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

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Oakes, Coralee (Cariboo North)

As subject
experience with campaign financing legislation 20B:1135-1150
family background and assistance from Chinese-Canadian businesses 36B:1125
Barkerville Historic Town, funding 32B:1530
B.C. by region, rural B.C., health care services and transportation issues 32B:1510
B.C. NDP government, budget process and government spending 32B:1505-1510
B.C. recovery benefit 32B:1525-1530
Budgets, 2021-22 budget, interim supply timeline and calculation 32B:1500-1530
Cariboo area
flood and wildfire impacts and response 32B:1515-1520
highways and roads, rehabilitation after fires and flooding 8B:1015-1030
Cariboo North constituency and area
community organizations supporting women 22B:1010
COVID-19 response, constituents' concerns 32B:1525-1530
government investment and support 32B:1505-1530
health care services and road maintenance 32B:1510, 32B:1530
Carrico, Ana Rose, comments on COVID-19 impact on arts venue 19B:1420
Cottonwood House Historic Site, funding 32B:1530
COVID-19 business impact and supports 32B:1510-1515
COVID-19 disability and income assistance recipient impact and supports 5B:1415
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, Canada emergency student benefit 15B:1135
COVID-19 housing impact and supports, rental housing, temporary rent supplement 15B:1135
COVID-19 impact and government response 15B:1130-1135, 32B:1505-1510
arts organizations and theatres 19B:1415-1420, 31B:1040
victims of domestic or sexual violence 22B:1010
volunteer organizations 32B:1510-1515
COVID-19 post-secondary education impact and supports, impact on students and financial hardship 15B:1135, 18B:1400-1405
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports
tourism attractions 32B:1530
tourism industry and hotels 23B:1410
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention 36B:1120-1125
systemic racism 36B:1120-1125
Fires and firefighters
volunteer firefighter departments, funding 32B:1510-1515
wildfires, impacts and response 32B:1515-1520
Floods and floodplains, flooding and road access 32B:1515-1520, 32B:1530
Government, accountability and transparency 32B:1500-1505
Health care system, travel for treatment 32B:1510
Highways and roads
flood and wildfire impacts and response 8B:1015-1030
maintenance and rehabilitation 32B:1510, 32B:1530
Introductions by members 30B:1335, 38B:1005
Kennedy, Aleta and Don, impact of road flooding on family 32B:1530
Kenneway, Judy, B.C. recovery benefit case 32B:1525
Leblanc, Phyllis, B.C. recovery benefit case 32B:1525-1530
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, history 20B:1135-1145
Local Elections Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, history 20B:1140-1145
Local Elections Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 9), debate 20B:1135-1150
Local government elections
campaign financing, reform and regulation 20B:1135-1150
legislation, history 20B:1135-1150
voter participation 20B:1150
Motions
Government response to COVID-19 15B:1130-1135
Systemic racism 36B:1120-1125
Nellon, Tim, B.C. homeowner grant case 32B:1530
New Pathways to Gold Society, funding 32B:1530
Oral questions
COVID-19 response for arts organizations 19B:1415-1420
COVID-19 response for disability and income assistance recipients 5B:1415
COVID-19 response for tourism attractions and arts and event organizations 31B:1040
COVID-19 response for tourism industry and report recommendations 23B:1410
Osborne, Josie, commended 20B:1135
Post-secondary education
affordability, role of housing costs 18B:1400
student mental health services 15B:1135
Post-secondary institutions
sexualized violence on campus 22B:1010
student housing, exclusion from temporary rental support programs 15B:1135
student housing, regulation 18B:1400-1410
student housing, regulation and supports 23B:1550-1555
Private members' statements
Vital infrastructure renewal in the Cariboo 8B:1015-1030
Private members' statements (response)
Violence against women 22B:1010
Quesnel, West Fraser Road, status and recovery 8B:1020, 32B:1520
Red Gate Arts Society, COVID-19 impact 19B:1420
Rental housing
protections for tenants 18B:1400-1410
rent increases, freeze on increases 18B:1405
rent increases, regulation 23B:1550-1555
Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 32B:1500-1530
Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 18B:1400-1410, 23B:1550-1555
scope of bill 18B:1400-1410
Union of B.C. Municipalities, recommendations for local government elections 20B:1140-1150
Wilkerson, Isabel, comment on discrimination 36B:1125
Olsen, Adam (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject
comments on issues
disaggregated data collection (Furstenau) 17B:1035
constituents and volunteers thanked 9B:1735
experience as member of Rental Housing Task Force 18B:1615-1620
father's legal case re hunting rights 26B:1500-1510, 26B:1520
response to throne speech 9B:1735
work at Butchart Gardens 20B:1020
Automobiles, driver's licences, rules and seniors medical exam requirement, petition tabled 13B:1050
B.C., issues 9B:1740
B.C. NDP, agreement with Green Party 30B:1715, 39B:1445
B.C. NDP government
agenda 9B:1740
budget process and government spending 7B:1455-1500, 30B:1700-1725, 39B:1435-1450, 40B:1600-1620, 40B:1645-1650
minority government in 41st parliament 9B:1740-1745
B.C. recovery benefit 9B:1740, 19B:1550
Budget, 2020-21 supplementary estimates debate, other appropriations and contingencies (all ministries), coronavirus pandemic response and economic recovery 13B:1105
Budgets
2021-22 budget
interim supply reduction 40B:1645-1650
interim supply timeline and calculation 30B:1700-1725, 38B:1130, 39B:1430-1450, 40B:1600-1620, 40B:1645-1650
budget process, additional time and date change 7B:1455-1500, 9B:1740, 30B:1700-1725, 40B:1605-1620
Butchart Gardens, service and training programs 20B:1020
COVID-19 business impact and supports 13B:1030-1035
COVID-19 economic recovery, funding 30B:1710
COVID-19 impact and government response 6B:1020-1025, 7B:1500, 30B:1705-1725
funding, additional funding 13B:1105
government response and role of opposition 9B:1740-1745
vulnerable persons 6B:1025
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports 6B:1040
Discrimination and racism, racism against Indigenous persons in health care system 26B:1355-1400
Eby, David
comments on provincial-municipal relationship 38B:1035
year first elected as MLA 23B:1645
Elections, 2020 general election
impact on government and constituency operations 9B:1745
timing 7B:1450-1500, 30B:1710
Employer health tax 13B:1105
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3), debate 7B:1450-1500
Financial Administration Act, provisions 30B:1705
Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4)
debate 26B:1500-1605, 34B:1100-1105
amendments 26B:1555-1600
clause 5 amended to refer to Aboriginal rights 34B:1100-1105
clause 5 stood down 26B:1600-1605
consultation, First Nations consultation 26B:1500-1515, 26B:1525-1535, 26B:1550-1555
regulations 26B:1510, 26B:1555-1600
First Nations and Indigenous persons
agreements with government, revenue-sharing agreements 40B:1400
consultation by government on land and resources 33B:1425-1430
economic development options 33B:1430, 40B:1400-1405
right to hunt 26B:1500-1605, 34B:1105
treaties, Douglas treaties 34B:1015
Food banks, use and services during COVID-19 6B:1025
Forests and forest industry, old-growth forests
harvesting and protection 30B:1410-1415
management and panel report 30B:1410
management and role of Indigenous communities 33B:1425-1430, 40B:1400-1405
protection funding 33B:1430
Government
accountability and transparency 30B:1720-1725, 38B:1130
programs and services, online processes and service delivery 19B:1550
Gulf Islands, southern Gulf Islands, rural designation and eligibility for funding 6B:1035-1040
Health care system, primary health care, integration with mental health services 26B:1400
Home Owner Grant Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 6), debate 19B:1550-1555
Homelessness, incidence and experience 18B:1615
Homeowner grant, administration
application process 25B:1740-1755
centralization 19B:1550-1555, 25B:1720, 25B:1740-1755
information or records requirements 25B:1720
Horgan, John, letter on disaggregated data collection 20B:1040
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 18B:1610-1615
government action 18B:1615-1620
housing hub initiative and funding 18B:1620
Human Rights Commissioner, comments on disaggregated data collection 20B:1040
Hunting, use of firearms to hunt, Aboriginal hunting rights issues 26B:1500-1605, 34B:1100-1105
Information, data collection, disaggregated data 20B:1035-1040
Introductions by members 40B:1420
Island Coastal Economic Trust, funding for projects 6B:1035
Jackman, Martha, comments on B.C. government involvement in municipal rights court case 38B:1035
Juan de Fuca area, rural designation and eligibility for funding 6B:1035
Legislature
estimates process timeline 40B:1610-1620
legislative calendar and sitting schedule, uncertainty 9B:1740
Local government
powers and responsibilities 38B:1035
relationship with provincial government 38B:1035
Mental health, programs and services, accessibility 26B:1400
Michael, Jordan, comments on logging activities on Nootka Island 33B:1425
Modestino, Alicia Sasser, comments on disaggregated data collection 20B:1035-1040
Morris, Ivan and Carl Olsen, legal case re hunting rights 26B:1500-1510, 26B:1520
Nootka Island, logging activities in area 33B:1425
Nuchatlaht Nation, concerns re old-growth forests in territory 33B:1425
Nurses, training for prescription of addiction treatment medication 23B:1400-1405
Oral questions
Access to mental health services and systemic racism in health care system 26B:1355-1400
COVID-19 response for small businesses 13B:1030-1035
Disaggregated data collection and use 20B:1035-1040
Government involvement in Supreme Court case on rights of municipalities 38B:1035
Protection of old-growth forests 30B:1410-1415
Protection of old-growth forests on Vancouver Island and economic options for Indigenous communities 40B:1400-1405
Rural designation for Gulf Island communities 6B:1035
Site C power project 9B:1400-1405
Training for prescription of addiction treatment medications and access to safe supply 23B:1400-1405
Oral questions (response)
Protection of old-growth forests and Indigenous consultation and consent 33B:1425-1430
Pacheedaht First Nation, economic supports and old-growth protection 40B:1400-1405
Petitions
driver's licensing rules and seniors medical exam requirement 13B:1050
Real estate industry, housing market conditions 18B:1610-1615
Rental housing
evictions for renovations and changes to process 23B:1645-1650
protections for tenants 18B:1615-1620
rent increases, increase for capital expenditure 23B:1500
Rental Housing Task Force, work of task force 18B:1615-1620
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area
constituency office
public consultation 20B:1020
work and constituent concerns 20B:1015-1020
constituent case re employer health tax 13B:1105
Saltspring Island, rural designation and eligibility for funding 6B:1035-1040
Sampson, Jonathan, legal case re hunting rights 26B:1520-1525, 26B:1540
Sidney, contributions of "Mr. Beads" 18B:1610
Site C power project
costs 9B:1400-1405
geotechnical safety issues 9B:1400-1405
Speculation and vacancy tax, administration, collection of information 25B:1750
Statements by members
COVID-19 impact and work of food banks 6B:1020-1025
Douglas treaty and hunting and fishing rights 34B:1015
Work of Saanich North and the Islands constituency office 20B:1015-1020
Substance use and addiction
opioid overdoses, deaths and response 23B:1400
safe supply access 23B:1400-1405
Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10)
debate 30B:1700-1725, 38B:1130, 39B:1430-1450, 40B:1600-1620, 40B:1645-1650
passage through all stages 38B:1130
passage through all stages, consideration as confidence matter 39B:1430-1450
Supreme Court of Canada
case re rights of municipalities, intervener status of B.C. government 38B:1035
decision re Aboriginal hunting rights 26B:1500, 26B:1510, 26B:1605
Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 18B:1610-1620, 23B:1500, 23B:1645-1650
debate on bill 18B:1620
Throne speech content 9B:1735-1745
Throne speech debate 9B:1735-1745
Tsartlip First Nation
consultation on firearms legislation 26B:1500-1505, 26B:1555-1600
hunting rights 26B:1500, 26B:1510-1535
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, call for old-growth protection and conservation financing 33B:1430, 40B:1405
Vancouver Island, south Island, old-growth forests and Fairy Creek area 40B:1400-1405
WSÁNEĆ Nation
consultation on firearms legislation 26B:1500-1505, 26B:1555-1600
Douglas treaty and defence of fishing and hunting rights 34B:1015
hunting rights 26B:1520-1535, 26B:1605
Osborne, Hon. Josie (Mid Island–Pacific Rim)

As subject
commended (Ashton) 20B:1110, 28B:1445 (Oakes) 20B:1135
election campaign staff and volunteers 16B:1740
involvement in politics and experience working with Nuu-chah-nulth communities 16B:1735-1740
Ashton, Dan, commended 21B:1440
Chief Electoral Officer
authority and powers 20B:1100-1110, 28B:1450-1455, 28B:1530
recommendations on local government elections 20B:1100-1105
Child care, funding and spaces 16B:1750-1755
COVID-19 economic recovery, plan 16B:1745-1750
COVID-19 impact
business community response 16B:1755
communities 16B:1740-1745
COVID-19 impact and government response, local government 16B:1745
Documents tabled
Islands Trust
2019-20 annual report 26B:1415
Elections, advertising, social media 28B:1455
Elections B.C.
authority and powers
investigations and penalties 19B:1340, 20B:1105, 28B:1530-1550
reports and statements re campaign financing 20B:1105
recommendations on local government elections 20B:1100, 28B:1445-1455
First speeches by members 16B:1735-1800
Fraser, Scott, service as MLA 16B:1740
Grandma Marg's Clubhouse, child care operations 16B:1750-1755
Home Owner Grant Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 6), debate 19B:1600-1605
Homeowner grant, administration, centralization 19B:1600-1605
Hornby Island, arts centre project and funding 16B:1750
Hornby Island Community School, rebuilding and new school site 16B:1755
Huu-ay-aht First Nation, campground expansion project 16B:1750
Islands Trust, annual report, 2019-20, tabled 26B:1415
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act
alignment with provincial election legislation 28B:1450
amendments 19B:1340, 20B:1055-1110, 28B:1445-1555
Local Elections Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 9)
debate 19B:1340, 20B:1055-1110, 21B:1440, 28B:1445-1605
consultation on bill 20B:1100
definitions, "significant contributor" 28B:1530
implementation timeline 20B:1110
purpose 19B:1340
Local Government Act, amendments 19B:1340, 20B:1105, 28B:1600-1605
Local government elections
administration 19B:1340, 20B:1105
advertising
advertising on a commercial basis 28B:1500
electronic advertising 28B:1500-1505
pre-campaign period 19B:1340, 20B:1100, 28B:1500
campaign financing
administration 20B:1105
disclosure statements and reporting requirements 20B:1105
enforcement and penalties 19B:1340, 20B:1105-1110, 28B:1530-1550
reform and regulation 19B:1340, 20B:1055-1110, 21B:1440, 28B:1445-1605
sponsorship contribution limits 19B:1340, 20B:1105, 28B:1510-1520, 28B:1530-1535, 28B:1555
candidates, access to residential properties 19B:1340, 20B:1105, 28B:1605
elections in 2018 and government response to issues 19B:1340, 20B:1100, 28B:1445-1455
elections, invalid elections 19B:1340, 20B:1105
elector organizations
regulation and registration 19B:1340, 20B:1100, 28B:1505-1510, 28B:1545
reporting requirements 28B:1520-1530
third-party advertisers and organizations 20B:1100-1105, 28B:1535-1550
voters, residency requirements 19B:1340, 20B:1105, 28B:1600
Local government, infrastructure funding and projects 16B:1750
Meares Island, Big Tree Trail improvements 16B:1750
Mid Island–Pacific Rim constituency and area
COVID-19 impact and response 16B:1740-1800
government investment in projects for First Nations and local governments 16B:1750-1755
Municipal Affairs Ministry, staff 28B:1445
Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations, leadership and Elders 16B:1740
Port Alberni, train station project funding 16B:1750
School Act, amendments 19B:1340, 20B:1105
Throne speech debate 16B:1735-1800
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, infrastructure funding 16B:1750
Tofino, COVID-19 impact and response 16B:1740-1745
Vancouver Charter, amendments 19B:1340, 20B:1105

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