BC Legislature - Hansard Members Index, First Session, 42nd Parliament

First Session, 42nd Parliament – 2020-21
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; cl. - clause; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent

Farnworth, Hon. Mike (Port Coquitlam)

As subject

comments on issues

avalanche control funding (Clovechok) 29B:1015

Agricultural Land Commission, decision-making and independence 34B:1050

Armoured Vehicle and After-Market Compartment Control Act, amendments 21B:1445

Automobile insurance

changes, transition and COVID-19 impact on outstanding cases 33B:1835-1840

enhanced care model, "no fault" and tort systems, rate affordability, etc., and related changes 24B:1100, 25B:1500-1505, 37B:1730, 37B:1745-1750, 40B:1440-1450, 40B:1505-1515

personal injury claims and dispute resolution, appeals 40B:1455

rates and reforms 25B:1500

Body Armour Control Act, amendments 21B:1445

B.C. Ferry Commissioner, annual report, fiscal year ending March 31, 2020, tabled 5B:1440

B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, Insurance Corporation of B.C. 25B:1500

Chandra Herbert, Spencer, appointment as Deputy Speaker 2B:1435

Children and Youth Committee, powers and role 5B:1430

Civil Resolution Tribunal, jurisdiction issues and court decisions 40B:1455-1515

Commission of Inquiry Into Money Laundering in B.C., interim report, tabled 6B:1100

COVID-19 impact and government response

parliamentary operations and proceedings 2B:1435, 15B:1005

vulnerable persons 6B:1100

Crime and criminals, witness security program 21B:1450, 21B:1720

Documents tabled

B.C. Ferry Commissioner

annual report for fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 5B:1440

Commission of Inquiry Into Money Laundering in B.C., interim report 6B:1100

Environment Ministry, Climate Change Accountability Report, 2020 12B:1430

Environmental Appeal Board, 2019-20 annual report 5B:1440

Environmental emergency program, 2019-20 report to Legislature 6B:1100

Gaming policy and enforcement branch, annual report for year ending March 31, 2020 5B:1440

Labour Relations Board, 2019 annual report 5B:1440

Legislative Assembly, parliamentary calendar for 2021 14B:1505

Public Guardian and Trustee of B.C., 2019-20 annual report 5B:1440

Selection Special Committee, interim report for first session of 42nd parliament 5B:1425

Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry, TogetherBC: British Columbia's Poverty Reduction Strategy, 2019 annual report 6B:1100

Election Act Provisions Review Special Committee, appointment of committee 17B:1055

Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry, Climate Change Accountability Report, 2020, tabled 12B:1430

Environmental Appeal Board, annual report, 2019-20, tabled 5B:1440

Environmental emergency program, 2019-20 report to Legislature, tabled 6B:1100

Finance and Government Services Committee

membership 10B:1055

powers and role 5B:1430

Firearm Act, repeal 21B:1445

Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4)

debate 19B:1335, 21B:1445-1450, 21B:1720-1730, 26B:1450-1800, 34B:1055-1100, 34B:1110-1115

amendments, motion and clauses amended to refer to Aboriginal rights 34B:1055-1115

clause 5 amended to refer to Aboriginal rights 34B:1055-1100

clause 5 stood down 26B:1605, 26B:1615, 26B:1630, 34B:1100

consultation, First Nations consultation 21B:1450, 26B:1505-1510, 26B:1520, 26B:1530, 26B:1540, 26B:1550, 26B:1605, 26B:1615, 26B:1630

content duplication with Criminal Code 26B:1455, 26B:1635

definitions

"boat" 26B:1450

loaded firearm 26B:1455

purpose 19B:1335

regulations 26B:1455-1500, 26B:1510, 26B:1540

Firearms

body armour, ban and private members' bill 21B:1725

civilian liability protection re reporting of firearms 21B:1445

discharge of firearm from vehicle or boat 26B:1455-1500

illegal firearm task force, recommendations 21B:1445-1450, 21B:1720

motor vehicle impoundment re vehicles used to flee police or transport illegal firearms 21B:1445, 21B:1725-1730, 26B:1635, 26B:1740-1745

prohibition on possession in designated property

child care property 26B:1720

exemptions 26B:1720

schools, hospitals and places of worship 21B:1445, 21B:1725

regulation

low-velocity and imitation firearms 21B:1445, 21B:1730, 26B:1640-1700

low-velocity and imitation firearms, requirements re minors 26B:1700-1715

offences involving corporations 26B:1745-1800

regulation 19B:1335

seized weapons or things 26B:1745

shooting ranges 21B:1445, 21B:1725, 26B:1720-1740

unsafe using, transporting carrying or storing 26B:1455

First Nations and Indigenous persons, right to hunt 26B:1500-1505, 26B:1520

Gaming policy and enforcement branch, annual report, year ending March 31, 2020, tabled 5B:1440

Gangs, gang and organized crime and violence, gun violence prevention 19B:1335, 21B:1445-1450, 21B:1720-1730, 26B:1450-1455, 26B:1530, 26B:1615-1800, 34B:1055-1100, 34B:1110-1115

Glumac, Rick, membership in Finance Committee 10B:1055

Greene, Kelly, membership on Personal Information Protection Act Review Special Committee 16B:1430

Hunting, use of firearms to hunt 26B:1455-1500

Aboriginal hunting rights issues 26B:1500-1605, 34B:1055-1115

Insurance Corporation Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 5)

debate 20B:1005, 24B:1100, 26B:1800-1845, 28B:1625-1745, 33B:1825-1850, 37B:1705-1800, 40B:1430-1535

alignment assessment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 24B:1100, 26B:1815-1820

consultation, First Nations consultation 26B:1815-1825

definitions, "corporation process" 26B:1825

purpose 20B:1005

Insurance Corporation of B.C.

accountability and transparency 20B:1005, 24B:1100, 28B:1630, 40B:1430

board, reporting on response to recommendations 24B:1100

complaints, review process and recommendations 20B:1005, 24B:1100, 28B:1720-1730, 33B:1845-1850, 37B:1705-1800, 40B:1440-1450, 40B:1510-1515

fairness commissioner, role 28B:1710-1715, 37B:1710-1720, 37B:1735, 40B:1430-1440

fairness officer

appointment 20B:1005, 24B:1100, 40B:1435-1440

appointment and remuneration 26B:1830-1835, 28B:1630-1640, 40B:1520

budget process 33B:1825-1830

independence 28B:1630-1700

job posting 33B:1835

oversight and reporting requirements 24B:1100, 26B:1835-1845, 28B:1625-1650, 40B:1430

role and powers 20B:1005, 24B:1100, 25B:1505, 26B:1815-1820, 28B:1700-1745, 33B:1835-1850, 37B:1705-1800, 40B:1430-1440, 40B:1455-1515, 40B:1525-1535

financial status and management 25B:1500

public trust 26B:1845

Introductions by members 16B:1335, 41B:1000

Kirkpatrick, Karin, membership on Reforming the Police Act Special Committee 16B:1430

Labour Relations Board, annual report, 2019, tabled 5B:1440

Legislation, private members' bills, purpose 21B:1725

Legislative Assembly, parliamentary calendar for 2021, tabled 14B:1505

Legislature

Committee of Supply, special procedures in exceptional circumstances 2B:1435, 15B:1005

hybrid and virtual proceedings 2B:1435, 15B:1005

legislative calendar and sitting schedule, 2021 calendar and sitting schedule 14B:1505

Speaker and Chair

appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 2B:1435

appointment of Deputy Speaker 2B:1435

Leonard, Ronna-Rae, appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 2B:1435

Lower Mainland, gang activity and gun violence 21B:1445

Mental health and addiction, government strategy 34B:1050

Motions

Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 2B:1435

Appointment of Deputy Speaker 2B:1435

Appointment of Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act 5B:1440

Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Ombudsperson 17B:1055

Appointment of Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Election Act 17B:1055

Appointment of Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act 5B:1435

Membership change to Finance Committee 10B:1055

Membership change to Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act 16B:1430

Membership change to Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act 16B:1430

Powers and role of Children and Youth Committee 5B:1430

Powers and role of Finance Committee 5B:1430

Powers and role of Public Accounts Committee 5B:1435

Schedule for debate on Bill 10 (Standing Order 81.1) 42B:1415

Special procedures for proceedings of Legislative Assembly during COVID-19 pandemic 2B:1435, 15B:1005

Ombudsperson Appointment Special Committee, appointment of committee 17B:1055

Ombudsperson, complaints re ICBC 28B:1645, 28B:1730

Oral questions (response)

COVID-19 response and impact on vulnerable people 6B:1100

Opioid crisis and Carrier-Sekani addiction treatment facility 34B:1050

Paton, Ian, membership on Reforming the Police Act Special Committee 16B:1430

Personal Information Protection Act Review Special Committee

appointment, membership and powers 5B:1435

membership change 16B:1430

Police and policing, firearms forensic lab 21B:1450, 21B:1720-1725

Public Accounts Committee, powers and role 5B:1435

Public Guardian and Trustee of B.C., annual report, 2019-20, tabled 5B:1440

Reforming the Police Act Special Committee

appointment, membership and powers 5B:1440

membership change 16B:1430

Selection Special Committee, interim report for first session of 42nd parliament presented and adopted 5B:1425

Singh, Rachna, membership on Personal Information Protection Act Review Special Committee 16B:1430

Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry, TogetherBC: British Columbia's Poverty Reduction Strategy 2019 annual report, tabled 6B:1100

Starchuk, Mike, membership in Finance Committee 10B:1055

Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), schedule for debate 42B:1415

Wildlife Act, amendments 26B:1455

Fleming, Hon. Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake)

As subject

staff and election officials and participants thanked 16B:1555-1600

B.C. by region, rural B.C., remote and rural communities road projects program 16B:1610

B.C. Hydro, COVID-19 response 16B:1615

B.C. recovery benefit 16B:1605

Child care

child care providers, government support 16B:1615

funding and spaces 16B:1625

COVID-19 business impact and supports 16B:1615

COVID-19 economic recovery 16B:1620

community infrastructure program 16B:1610

COVID-19 education system impact and reopening 16B:1615-1620

COVID-19 impact and government response 16B:1600-1620

transit services and transportation projects 16B:1605-1610

COVID-19 impact, response 16B:1625

COVID-19 vaccination plan 16B:1600

Democracy, parliamentary democracy 16B:1600

Economy, conditions and potential 16B:1620

Education system, workers commended 16B:1520

Elections, 2020 general election, officials and participants commended 16B:1555-1600

First Nations and Indigenous persons, reconciliation 16B:1600

Health care funding 16B:1615

Henry, Bonnie, role in COVID-19 response 16B:1625

Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project

review and business case 9B:1415-1420

timeline and consultation 9B:1410-1425

Highways and roads

construction projects 16B:1605

improvement projects and funding 16B:1610

Housing

affordable housing, government plan and initiatives 16B:1620

supportive housing for Indigenous women 16B:1620

Oral questions (response)

Massey Tunnel replacement project 9B:1410-1425

Post-secondary institutions, student housing 16B:1620

Provincial health officer, COVID-19 response 16B:1625

School district 61 (Greater Victoria), seismic upgrades to schools 16B:1625

Schools, seismic upgrades 16B:1625

Skills training, government investment 16B:1615

Spa'Qun House, housing project for Indigenous women 16B:1620

Stone, Todd, comments on Massey Tunnel replacement project 9B:1420

Throne speech debate 16B:1555-1625

Transit services

funding 16B:1610

workers commended 16B:1605

Transportation

active transportation and infrastructure 16B:1610

infrastructure, government investment and projects 16B:1610

sector, front-line workers commended 16B:1605

University of Victoria, student housing program 16B:1620

Victoria, affordable housing 16B:1620

Victoria High School, seismic upgrade project 16B:1625

Victoria–Swan Lake constituency and area

child care facilities 16B:1625

description 16B:1600

Furstenau, Sonia (Cowichan Valley)

As subject

communications from teachers 5B:1610

Ardern, Jacinda, leadership 37B:1435-1440

Auditor General, report on mining industry compliance and enforcement 25B:1445

Automobile insurance, changes, transition and COVID-19 impact on outstanding cases 33B:1835-1840

B.C. Financial Services Authority, role re regulation of real estate industry 19B:1725

B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 12B:1700, 21B:1430, 37B:1435

B.C. NDP government, budget process and government spending 37B:1425-1440

B.C. Psychological Association, research on mental health during COVID-19 5B:1405-1410

B.C. recovery benefit 5B:1610, 12B:1705-1715

Budget, 2020-21 supplementary estimates debate, other appropriations and contingencies (all ministries), coronavirus pandemic response and economic recovery 12B:1700-1715

Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, amendments 5B:1600

Budgets

2021-22 budget, interim supply timeline and calculation 37B:1425-1440, 42B:1505-1515

budget process

additional time and date change 5B:1600-1605, 5B:1615, 11B:1550-1610, 37B:1430-1435

funding to remain available should a supply act not be enacted in an election year 5B:1600

role of public servants 42B:1515

C.D. Howe Institute, report on beneficial ownership registry to combat money laundering 19B:1730

Children and Family Development Ministry, operations and oversight 25B:1440

Chouhan, Raj, election as Speaker 1B:1020

Civil disobedience, purpose and use for Indigenous and environmental causes 41B:1015

Climate change, government action 4B:1345

Cook, Rande (Makwala), comments on forest management and logging in Ma'amtagila territory 33B:1425

COVID-19

anniversary of declaration of pandemic 27B:1025

cases, long-term illness cases and supports 19B:1405, 37B:1400-1405

data collection

disaggregated data 3B:1050-1055, 4B:1340-1345, 16B:1410, 17B:1035-1040

long-term illness cases 19B:1405, 37B:1400-1405

COVID-19 business impact and supports 5B:1605-1610, 11B:1555

COVID-19 disability and income assistance recipients impact and supports, recovery supplement 12B:1700-1710

COVID-19 education system impact and reopening

access to information on COVID-19 in schools and online tracker tool 12B:1405-1410

safety plans and impact on teachers 5B:1605-1610, 12B:1405-1410, 37B:1405

COVID-19 First Nations concerns and response 16B:1410

COVID-19 impact

response 27B:1025

social equity and inequality 4B:1340-1345

COVID-19 impact and government response 4B:1330-1345, 5B:1605-1615, 11B:1550-1610, 37B:1430

artists and artisans 5B:1610

funding, additional funding 12B:1700-1715

government response and role of opposition 4B:1340

parliamentary operations and proceedings 12B:1515

visible minority communities 3B:1050-1055, 16B:1410, 17B:1040

vulnerable persons 4B:1340-1645

COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, mental health services 5B:1405-1410

COVID-19 vaccination plan 19B:1405

Crime and criminals, money laundering, review by Finance Ministry 19B:1725-1730

Crown corporations, operations and public trust 25B:1435-1440, 28B:1700, 40B:1540-1545

Democracy 21B:1430

impact of disasters 12B:1515

ecologyst, COVID-19 impact 5B:1610

Elections

2020 general election, timing 4B:1330-1335, 11B:1550-1610, 37B:1430, 42B:1505-1515

campaign financing reform, Green Party position 21B:1430

Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3), debate 5B:1600-1615, 11B:1550-1610, 12B:1515, 12B:1540

Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 8), debate 19B:1725-1735

Financial Administration Act, amendments 5B:1600, 12B:1515

First Nations and Indigenous persons

consultation by government on land and resources 33B:1420-1425

health, data collection 16B:1410

Forests and forest industry

industry, sustainability 41B:1030

old-growth forests

interim protections 31B:1030

management and panel report 27B:1040-1045, 31B:1030, 41B:1030

management and role of Indigenous communities 33B:1420-1425

Fry, Pete, work on local government election reforms 21B:1425-1430

Government

accountability and transparency 5B:1600-1605, 37B:1435

financial reporting, quarterly reports and release timeline 5B:1600

minority and majority governments 37B:1435

public trust 4B:1335

Green Party of B.C., position on campaign financing reform and legislation 21B:1430

Health care system, primary health care, integration with mental health services and pilot project 5B:1405-1410

Henry, Bonnie, report on decriminalization of simple possession of drugs 24B:1035-1040

Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 5B:1600, 12B:1540

Home Owner Grant Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 6), debate 28B:1430-1435

Homeowner grant

administration 5B:1600, 12B:1540

centralization 28B:1430-1435

information collection and reporting 28B:1435

grant threshold 28B:1430

Horgan, John, letter on disaggregated data collection 17B:1035

Human Rights Commissioner

comments on disaggregated data collection 16B:1410

letter from Premier on disaggregated data collection 17B:1035

Hunt, Dorothy, comments on old-growth forests and logging in Kwakiutl territory 33B:1420

Income assistance, basic income proposal and pilot project 12B:1700, 12B:1710

Income disparity and COVID-19 impact 12B:1700-1705

Information, data collection, disaggregated data 17B:1035-1040

Insurance Corporation Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 5), debate 28B:1700-1705, 33B:1835-1840, 40B:1540-1545

Insurance Corporation of B.C.

fairness officer

appointment 25B:1435

role and powers 25B:1430-1445, 28B:1700-1705, 33B:1835-1840, 40B:1540-1545

public trust 25B:1435-1445

Introductions by members 3B:1015, 16B:1335

Kwakiutl First Nation, concerns re forest management and logging in territory 33B:1420

Land surveys and titles, beneficial ownership registry 19B:1730

Legislature

estimates process

additional time 5B:1600

timeline 37B:1430-1435

mouse 13B:1015-1020

Speaker and Chair, election of Speaker 1B:1020

staff, thanked 4B:1345, 13B:1015-1020

Local Elections Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 9), debate 21B:1425-1435

Local government elections, campaign financing reform and regulation 21B:1425-1435

Ma'amtagila First Nation, concerns re forest management and logging in territory 33B:1425

McCallum-Miller, Jessica, resignation from council 21B:1430

Manitoba, COVID-19 response and use of disaggregated data 17B:1040

Marliss, Kathy, comments on COVID-19 safety in schools 12B:1410

MLAs

collaboration 37B:1435-1440

collaboration and non-partisanship 4B:1335-1340

role and relationship to laws 41B:1015

Ministerial statements (response)

Anniversary of declaration of COVID-19 pandemic 27B:1025

Ian Waddell 33B:1405

New Zealand

government leadership and response to issues 37B:1435-1440

politics and minority government 37B:1435

Oil and Gas Commission, operations and public trust 25B:1435

Olsen, Adam, comments on disaggregated data collection 17B:1035

Oral questions

Access to information on COVID-19 in schools and school safety plans 12B:1405-1410

COVID-19 impact and disaggregated data collection 3B:1050-1055, 16B:1410, 17B:1035-1040

COVID-19 response and mental health services 5B:1405-1410

COVID-19 safety plans in schools 37B:1405

Data collection on long-term COVID-19 cases 19B:1405

Data collection on long-term COVID-19 cases and support for patients 37B:1400

Overdose deaths and decriminalization of simple possession of drugs 24B:1035-1040

Panel report recommendations on protection of old-growth forests 27B:1040-1045, 31B:1030

Protection of old-growth forests and Fairy Creek area 41B:1030

Protection of old-growth forests and Indigenous consultation and consent 33B:1420-1425

Site C power project 9B:1405-1410

Politics and politicians

political participation by racialized population 21B:1430

women in politics, attacks 27B:1010-1015

Poverty reduction strategy 12B:1700-1710

Professional governance, superintendent, establishment and role 25B:1445

Protests and movements, history and role in society 41B:1015

Real estate industry

housing market conditions 28B:1430

money laundering and tax evasion, prevention 19B:1725-1735

ownership data collection 12B:1540, 19B:1730

regulation and oversight, single regulator model 19B:1725-1735

Site C power project

costs and access to information 9B:1405-1410

review 9B:1405-1410

Special warrants, use 12B:1515

Sports Traders, COVID-19 impact 5B:1605

Statements by members

Attacks on women in politics 27B:1010-1015

Civil disobedience and peaceful protest 41B:1015

Service of Legislature staff during COVID-19 13B:1015-1020

Substance use and addiction

decriminalization of simple possession of drugs 24B:1035-1040

opioid overdoses, deaths and response 24B:1035

Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 37B:1425-1440, 42B:1505-1515

Surrey Teachers Association, comments on COVID-19 safety in schools 12B:1405

Tedds, Lindsay, comments on B.C. recovery benefit 12B:1705

Throne speech debate 4B:1330-1345

Vancouver city government, work on local government election reforms 21B:1425

Vancouver Island, south Island, old-growth forests and Fairy Creek area 41B:1030

Vancouver Sun, article on disaggregated data collection 17B:1035

Waddell, Ian, life and public service as MP and MLA 33B:1405