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

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | K | L | M | O | P | R | S | T | W | Y

Ralston, Hon. Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, Site C power project 9B:1405
Oral questions (response)
Site C power project 9B:1405-1410
Site C power project
geotechnical safety issues 9B:1405
review 9B:1405-1410
Steeves, Gary, life and contributions 11B:1330
Tributes
Gary Steeves 11B:1330
Rankin, Hon. Murray (Oak Bay–Gordon Head)

As subject
election as MLA 16B:1800
family and campaign workers thanked 16B:1800
role as Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister 16B:1810-1815
work with Joe Arvay 3B:1010-1015
Arvay, Joe, accomplishments as lawyer and legacy 3B:1010-1015
COVID-19 business impact and supports 16B:1810
COVID-19 housing impact and supports, temporary and rental housing 16B:1805-1810
COVID-19 impact and government response 16B:1805-1815
COVID-19, public health officials response 16B:1810
COVID-19 vaccination, vaccination plan implementation 16B:1810
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, passing in Legislature 16B:1810-1815
Eby, David, work on housing and homelessness issues 16B:1805
Elections, 2020 general election campaign 16B:1800
First Nations and Indigenous persons
agreements with government, revenue-sharing agreement for gaming revenues 16B:1815
consultation by government on land and resources 33B:1430
housing 16B:1815
reconciliation, government action 16B:1815
First speeches by members 16B:1800-1815
Forests and forest industry, old-growth forests, management and role of Indigenous communities 33B:1430
Homelessness, homeless population and government response 16B:1805
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, service expansion initiative for rural and Indigenous communities 16B:1815
Justice system, Indigenous justice strategy 16B:1815
Oak Bay–Gordon Head constituency and area, First Nations and Indigenous leaders 16B:1805
Oral questions (response)
Protection of old-growth forests and Indigenous consultation and consent 33B:1430
Rental housing
protections for tenants 16B:1810
rent increases, freeze on increases 16B:1810
Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7), content of bill 16B:1810
Throne speech debate 16B:1800-1815
Tributes
Joe Arvay 3B:1010-1015
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, call for old-growth protection and conservation financing 33B:1430
University of Victoria, Indigenous law program 16B:1815
Victoria, homelessness 16B:1805
Water, drinking water for Indigenous communities 16B:1815
Weaver, Andrew, service as MLA 16B:1805
Rice, Jennifer (North Coast)

As subject
constituents, staff and wife thanked 4B:1430
B.C. by region, coastal B.C., First Nations initiatives 10B:1010
B.C. recovery benefit 8B:1105, 15B:1130
Cadieux, Stephanie, advocacy on women's issues 22B:1050
Child care, funding and spaces 4B:1430
Coastal First Nations, initiatives and 20th anniversary 10B:1010
COVID-19 business impact and supports 8B:1105
COVID-19 economic recovery, plan 4B:1430
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, front-line workers thanked 4B:1425
COVID-19 housing impact and supports, rental housing 18B:1640-1645
COVID-19 impact
community response and role of women 22B:1050
first responders 41B:1005-1010
women 22B:1050
COVID-19 impact and government response 4B:1430-1435, 8B:1100-1105, 15B:1125-1130, 22B:1050-1055
health care system 4B:1430
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, opioid overdoses and services 4B:1430
COVID-19 public health measures 8B:1105
COVID-19 vaccination
vaccination plan
approach and priorities 33B:1345
small communities 33B:1345
vaccines 8B:1100-1105
Emergencies
emergency service dispatchers and 911 operators 41B:1005-1010
first responders 41B:1005-1010
states of emergency 41B:1010
First Nations and Indigenous persons, infrastructure funding and projects 15B:1130
Great Bear Rainforest, Great Bear initiative 10B:1010
Health care system, government plan and initiatives 4B:1430
Housing, social and subsidized housing, exemption from rent increase regulation 18B:1650
Infrastructure, community economic recovery infrastructure program 15B:1130
International Women's Day 22B:1050
LandlordBC, position on tenancy statutes legislation 18B:1650
Manufactured home parks, regulation 18B:1650
Motions
Government response to COVID-19 8B:1100-1105, 15B:1125-1130
North Coast constituency and area
COVID-19 impact 4B:1430
infrastructure funding and projects 15B:1130
Prince Rupert, COVID-19 vaccination program 33B:1345
Private members' statements (response)
International Women's Day 22B:1050-1055
Rental housing
evictions for renovations and changes to process 18B:1645-1650
protections for tenants 18B:1640-1655
rent increases, freeze on increases 18B:1645-1650
Residential tenancy branch
compliance and enforcement unit 18B:1650-1655
education and outreach 18B:1650
Statements by members
20th anniversary of Coastal First Nations 10B:1010
911 operators and emergency dispatchers 41B:1005-1010
COVID-19 vaccination program in Prince Rupert 33B:1345
Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7), debate 18B:1640-1655
Throne speech debate 4B:1425-1435
Women, leadership and issues 22B:1050-1055
Robinson, Hon. Selina (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
comments on issues
fiscal updates (Cadieux) 9B:1550
interim supply legislation 38B:1105-1130 (Bernier) 38B:1105-1125 (Merrifield) 39B:1645 (Singh, A.) 30B:1510-1515
constituents thanked 17B:1115
experience of labour with daughter 39B:1730
experience with budget process in local government 11B:1725-1730
family experience in small business 12B:1825, 39B:1740
meeting with Economic Forecast Council 11B:1540 (de Jong) 11B:1535-1545
meetings with Katherine McParland 3B:1005
B.C. Financial Services Authority
board change to corporate oversight model 19B:1635
role re financial institutions 19B:1635
role re regulation of real estate industry 17B:1005-1010, 19B:1630-1635, 19B:1745, 25B:1510-1625
B.C. Liberal Party, proposal on sales tax exemptions 12B:1650
B.C. NDP, election platform 12B:1745-1750
B.C. NDP government, priorities 41B:1150
B.C. recovery benefit 6B:1030-1035, 9B:1705, 12B:1555, 12B:1605-1615, 12B:1635, 12B:1645-1655, 12B:1715, 13B:1115-1120, 13B:1135-1155, 14B:1335-1435, 27B:1050, 42B:1405-1410
Budget, 2020-21 supplementary estimates debate, other appropriations and contingencies (all ministries), coronavirus pandemic response and economic recovery 12B:1550-1825, 13B:1110-1155, 14B:1335-1435
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, amendments 3B:1015, 5B:1445, 10B:1110-1150, 11B:1335-1750, 12B:1430-1500
Budgets
2020-21 budget, interim supply and additional funds 12B:1505, 12B:1525
2021-22 budget
consultation 42B:1520-1525
interim supply process 30B:1435, 38B:1105, 39B:1340-1355
interim supply reduction 40B:1640-1645
interim supply timeline and calculation 20B:1005, 30B:1430-1440, 37B:1635-1640, 38B:1105-1150, 39B:1340-1820, 40B:1605-1745, 41B:1105-1150, 42B:1335-1410, 42B:1455-1520
budget process 13B:1040
additional time and date change 3B:1015, 5B:1445, 9B:1710, 10B:1110-1150, 11B:1335-1750, 30B:1435, 39B:1515-1545, 40B:1615, 40B:1715, 40B:1725, 42B:1455-1505
funding to remain available should a supply act not be enacted in an election year 3B:1015, 5B:1445
requirements 11B:1540-1545
role of public servants 10B:1150, 11B:1335-1340, 11B:1640-1645, 11B:1705, 30B:1435-1440, 42B:1500-1515
updates 5B:1445, 12B:1430-1500, 12B:1620-1630, 13B:1115-1130, 41B:1110-1145
Child care, funding 12B:1725
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area, COVID-19 response by local business 42B:1345
COVID-19
cases, second wave issues 10B:1120, 10B:1130
information, reporting on response funding 40B:1640-1645, 41B:1105
personal protective equipment and supplies
funding 39B:1655
local production 42B:1345
mask wearing 42B:1345
COVID-19 business impact and supports 39B:1740-1800
B.C. increased employment incentive program 12B:1555, 12B:1800-1810, 13B:1110, 39B:1800
small business and recovery grant program 12B:1800-1825
tax payment deferrals for businesses 42B:1340, 42B:1350-1355
COVID-19 child care impact and supports, child care operators 12B:1725
COVID-19 disability and income assistance recipients impact and supports, recovery supplement 12B:1555, 12B:1610-1620, 14B:1355
COVID-19 economic recovery
funding 27B:1045-1100
plan 9B:1705-1710, 12B:1555
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, B.C. emergency benefit 12B:1610
COVID-19 impact and government response 6B:1030-1035, 9B:1705-1710, 10B:1105-1145, 11B:1550-1610, 30B:1430-1440, 37B:1635-1640, 39B:1535-1610, 42B:1335-1410, 42B:1500-1505
funding, additional funding 12B:1550-1825, 14B:1335-1435
tax payment deferrals 42B:1340, 42B:1350-1355
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports 12B:1600-1605
tourism industry and report recommendations 10B:1140, 12B:1735, 12B:1750
COVID-19 vaccination, vaccination plan implementation funding 39B:1655-1705
Credit Union Incorporation Act, amendments 19B:1635
Crime and criminals, money laundering, review by Finance Ministry 17B:1010, 19B:1630, 25B:1510
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, purpose and application 11B:1450-1540
Documents tabled
Finance Ministry reports
Fall 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update 13B:1055
government borrowings and loans for 2019-20 12B:1430
guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 9B:1425
Economic Forecast Council, meeting with Finance Minister 11B:1540
Elections, 2020 general election 5B:1445
timing 11B:1550-1610
Employer health tax 12B:1810, 13B:1110
Finance Ministry, reports tabled
Fall 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update 13B:1055
government borrowings and loans for 2019-20 12B:1430
guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 9B:1425
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
debate 3B:1015, 5B:1445-1450, 9B:1705-1710, 10B:1100-1150, 11B:1335-1750, 12B:1430-1540
alignment assessment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 11B:1450-1540
purpose 3B:1015, 5B:1445
review by legislative review committee and cabinet confidentiality issues 11B:1420-1445
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 8)
debate 17B:1005-1010, 19B:1630-1635, 19B:1745
alignment assessment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 19B:1635
consultation on bill 25B:1515
purpose 17B:1005-1010
transitional provisions 25B:1620-1625
Financial Administration Act, amendments 3B:1015, 5B:1445, 12B:1505-1525
Financial Institutions Act, amendments 19B:1635, 25B:1510-1540
Financial services industry, regulation, role of minister in amalgamations and continuances 25B:1525
Financial Services Tribunal, role re regulation of real estate industry 19B:1635
First Nations and Indigenous persons, programs and services, impact of government budget process change 11B:1410-1420
Government
accountability and transparency 37B:1635-1640, 40B:1640-1650
capital projects, funding 40B:1705-1725
financial management, revenue transfers 40B:1745
financial reporting
quarterly reports and fiscal updates 13B:1115-1130, 41B:1110-1145
quarterly reports and release timeline 3B:1015, 5B:1445, 11B:1740-1750
quarterly reports and use of term "fiscal update" 12B:1430-1500
programs and services, grant programs 39B:1815-1820
Health authorities, impact of government budget process change 11B:1400
Health Ministry, estimates process 39B:1650-1710
Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 3B:1015, 5B:1445-1450, 12B:1530-1540
Home Owner Grant Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 6)
debate 17B:1005, 19B:1435-1440, 19B:1630, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1330-1435
consultation on bill 19B:1435
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 27B:1110-1115
purpose 17B:1005
terminology and language changes 25B:1710-1715
Homeowner grant
administration 3B:1015, 5B:1445-1450, 10B:1130, 12B:1530-1540
adjustments and cancellations of grants 27B:1115-1125
application process 19B:1435, 25B:1725-1825, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1345
audits, repayments and reviews 28B:1400-1415
centralization 17B:1005, 19B:1435-1440, 19B:1630, 25B:1640-1825, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1330-1435
fraud prevention 25B:1800-1815, 27B:1130-1145
information collection and reporting 27B:1130-1150, 28B:1330, 28B:1435
information collection, social insurance numbers 19B:1435, 25B:1755-1805, 27B:1130-1145
information or records requirements 25B:1710-1720
payments, financial institution issues 28B:1350-1400
payments, incorrect payments 28B:1335-1340
payments, recovery of amounts owning and appeals 28B:1415-1430
prepaid taxes 25B:1810
spouse definition and relationship breakdown 25B:1655
application, First Nations 19B:1435, 27B:1105-1115
First Nations homeowner grant program, administration 19B:1435
grant threshold 28B:1430
Housing, affordable housing, government plan and initiatives 19B:1435-1440, 25B:1645
Income assistance
basic income proposal and pilot project 12B:1705
benefits, rate increase 14B:1355
Introductions by members 13B:1010
James, Carole, comments on budget process 12B:1510
Legislature
bills process, committee stage and third reading, use of technology 10B:1100
estimates process 11B:1620, 39B:1635-1710
additional time 3B:1015, 5B:1445
timeline 39B:1430, 40B:1620, 40B:1650-1655
Local government, impact of government budget process change 11B:1725-1730
McParland, Katherine, advocacy work and legacy 3B:1005
MLAs, constituents 17B:1115
Motions
Funds granted for public service 14B:1440
Report of resolution from Committee of Supply 14B:1440
Nisga'a Nation, homeowner grants 19B:1435
Oral questions (response)
Budget process and government spending 27B:1045-1100
Budget process changes 13B:1040
Eligibility for B.C. recovery benefit 6B:1030-1035
Gender wage gap and pay equity legislation 23B:1420
Poverty reduction strategy 12B:1705-1715
Presentation of estimates, supplementary estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 3B:1020
Public debt, deficit 12B:1620-1625
Public service, work commended 10B:1150, 12B:1440-1445
Real Estate Council of B.C.
dissolution 25B:1620-1625
role re regulation of real estate industry 17B:1010, 19B:1630-1635
Real estate industry
money laundering and tax evasion, prevention 17B:1010, 19B:1630
ownership data collection 12B:1540
real estate compensation fund 19B:1635
real estate professionals
administrative penalties 19B:1630, 25B:1600-1610
conduct and discipline process 19B:1630-1635, 25B:1545-1605
education and licensing 25B:1605-1610
education and licensing, fees 19B:1635
investigations and enforcement 17B:1010, 25B:1555-1600
regulation and oversight
delegation of Minister's powers or duties 25B:1525-1530
freezing of property 25B:1535
Perrin report recommendations 17B:1010, 19B:1630, 25B:1510
regulation-making powers 25B:1540
rule-making powers 25B:1615-1620
single regulator model 17B:1005-1010, 19B:1630-1635, 19B:1745, 25B:1510-1625
superintendent, role and powers 17B:1010, 19B:1630-1635, 25B:1520-1610
Real Estate Services Act, amendments 17B:1005-1010, 25B:1540-1625
Sales tax
exemptions 12B:1650
rebate on machinery and equipment 39B:1800
School districts, impact of government budget process change 11B:1350-1400, 11B:1650-1655
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry, estimates process 39B:1635-1640
Special warrants, use 3B:1015, 5B:1445, 12B:1505-1525
Speculation and vacancy tax, administration
collection of information 25B:1750
spouse definition and relationship breakdown 25B:1655-1700
Supply Act, 2020-2021 (Supplementary Estimates No. 3) (Bill 2), debate 14B:1440
Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10)
debate 20B:1005, 30B:1430-1440, 37B:1635-1640, 38B:1105-1150, 39B:1340-1820, 40B:1605-1745, 41B:1105-1150, 42B:1335-1410, 42B:1455-1530
debate, participants thanked 42B:1530
passage through all stages, consideration as confidence matter 38B:1105-1150, 39B:1340-1355, 39B:1430, 39B:1640, 39B:1650, 39B:1730
purpose 20B:1005
Taxation, government policies 41B:1150, 42B:1335-1340, 42B:1350-1355, 42B:1410
Throne speech debate 17B:1115
Throne speech, debate 17B:1115
Tributes
Katherine McParland 3B:1005
Union of B.C. Municipalities, support for homeowner grant centralization 28B:1400-1405
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation legislation, application 19B:1635, 27B:1115
Vancouver, homeowners, participation in homeowner grant 25B:1650
Women, gender pay gap and equal pay legislation 23B:1420
Ross, Ellis (Skeena)

As subject
constituents thanked 5B:1835-1840
experience as elected councillor in First Nations governance 5B:1835-1840, 6B:1105-1110
experience as MLA 5B:1835-1840
experience as tenant and Haisla Nation landlord 18B:1555-1605
experience in First Nations governance 30B:1740-1750
family experience with firearms 21B:1530-1540
B.C. First Nations Justice Council, consultation on appeal court legislation 33B:1515-1535
B.C. NDP government, budget process and government spending 5B:1840-1850, 6B:1105-1115, 30B:1740-1755
B.C. recovery benefit 6B:1105-1115
Budgets
2021-22 budget, interim supply timeline and calculation 30B:1740-1800
budget process, additional time and date change 6B:1110-1115
Carrier-Sekani Family Services, addiction treatment facility project 30B:1400-1405
Court of Appeal Act (Bill 11)
debate 33B:1510-1535
development and stakeholder consultation, Indigenous groups 33B:1510-1535
COVID-19, impact and government response 5B:1845-1850, 6B:1105-1115, 30B:1755-1800
Elections, 2020 general election, timing 5B:1850, 6B:1105
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3), debate 5B:1835-1850, 6B:1105-1115
Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4)
debate 21B:1525-1545, 26B:1620-1630
clause 5 stood down 26B:1625-1630
consultation, First Nations consultation 21B:1535, 26B:1620-1630
Firearms
illegal firearm task force, recommendations 21B:1530
motor vehicle impoundment re vehicles used to flee police or transport illegal firearms 21B:1545
prohibition on possession in designated property, schools, hospitals and places of worship 21B:1545
regulation
low-velocity and imitation firearms, requirements re minors 21B:1545
shooting ranges 21B:1545
use by First Nations 21B:1530-1540
use for protection from wildlife 21B:1540
use in rural areas 21B:1530
First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal rights and title 26B:1620-1630, 33B:1510-1535
housing 18B:1600-1605
reconciliation 5B:1850
right to hunt 21B:1535-1540
Fish, salmon
impact of 6PPD chemical 9B:1345
protection of wild coho stocks 9B:1345
Gangs, gang and organized crime and violence, gun violence prevention 21B:1525-1545
Government
accountability and transparency 5B:1835-1845, 30B:1740-1755
spending and priorities 5B:1840-1850
Haisla Nation
housing and band council role 18B:1600-1605
involvement in LNG industry 18B:1600
Housing, affordable housing, government action 18B:1610
Hunt, Marvin, work as MLA on gun violence prevention 21B:1525, 21B:1535, 21B:1545
Hunting, use of firearms to hunt 21B:1535-1540
Aboriginal hunting rights issues 26B:1620-1630
Indian Act, provisions re accountability and transparency 5B:1840
Introductions by members 10B:1005
Justice system, appeal court system and changes 33B:1525
Leween, Corinna, letter to government re Carrier-Sekani addiction treatment project 30B:1405
Liquefied natural gas development
development 30B:1750
First Nations involvement 9B:1345
LNG Canada facility project
debate in Legislature 5B:1845
project agreement 30B:1750
MLAs, representation of constituents 5B:1840
Oral questions
Opioid crisis and Carrier-Sekani addiction treatment facility 30B:1400-1405
Rental housing
landlord-tenant issues 18B:1605
protections for tenants 18B:1555-1610
supply and investment by landlords 18B:1600-1610
Statements by members
Protection of wild salmon 9B:1345
Substance use and addiction
opioid overdoses, impact on Indigenous persons 30B:1400-1405
treatment and recovery services for Indigenous persons 30B:1400-1405
Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 30B:1735-1800
Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 18B:1555-1610
debate on bill 18B:1555-1600
Tsilhqot'in Nation, land title court case 33B:1525
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation legislation, application 26B:1620-1630, 33B:1510-1535
Williams Lake, gang activity and gun violence 21B:1530-1535
Routledge, Janet (Burnaby North)

As subject
family and staff thanked 16B:1545-1550
meeting with Tsleil-Waututh Chief Leah George-Wilson 16B:1540
Bowers Medical Supply, production of hand sanitizer dispensers 23B:1335
B.C. Liberal Party
performance as government, budgets 35B:1405
position on Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project 16B:1545
B.C. NDP government
performance, budgets 35B:1400-1405
priorities 35B:1415
Budgets
2021-22 budget, interim supply timeline and calculation 35B:1355-1415
deficit budgets and austerity approach 16B:1550-1555
Burnaby
government investment 35B:1410
primary care network and COVID-19 response 16B:1550
Burnaby North constituency and area, constituency office and work of staff 16B:1545-1550
Burnaby North Secondary School, replacement project 35B:1410
Business, women in business 23B:1340
Clearway Supply, production of hand sanitizer dispensers 23B:1335
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, front-line workers response and services 16B:1550
COVID-19 impact and government response 16B:1545-1555, 35B:1355-1410
victims of domestic or sexual violence 8B:1005
COVID-19 impact, women's safety 5B:1340
COVID-19 long-term and residential care impact and supports, health care workers, wages 16B:1550
COVID-19, personal protective equipment and supplies, local production of hand sanitizer dispensers 23B:1335
Dixon Transition Society, role and services 5B:1340
Documents tabled
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for first session of 42nd parliament 19B:1430
Economy, conditions 35B:1405-1410
Elections, 2020 general election, results 35B:1410-1415
Employment and unemployment rate 35B:1405
Ending Violence Association of B.C., More than a Bystander anti-violence program 8B:1015
Finance and Government Services Committee
members and staff thanked 19B:1430
prebudget consultation process 16B:1555
reports, first report for first session of 42nd parliament, annual review of Officers of the Legislature, presented 19B:1430
statutory officer review and work of committee 19B:1430
Government
role 35B:1410
spending and priorities 16B:1555
Humble Manufacturing Co. Ltd., production of hand sanitizer dispensers 23B:1335
MLAs
constituency offices 16B:1545-1550
women members, experience 8B:1005
Montreal, Quebec, massacre of women at École Polytechnique in 1989 5B:1340
National Football League, Super Bowl event and domestic violence awareness 8B:1015
Private members' statements
Sixteen days of activism against gender-based violence 8B:1000-1015
Statements by members
COVID-19 response by businesses and local production of hand sanitizer dispensers 23B:1335
Prevention of violence against women and COVID-19 impact on women 5B:1340
Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 35B:1355-1415
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on appeal case re Trans Mountain oil pipeline project 16B:1545
Throne speech debate 16B:1540-1555
Trans Mountain Corp., Burnaby oil tank facility and pipeline terminal, fire risk and emergency plan 16B:1540
Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project
Liberal Party position 16B:1545
potential impact on B.C. coast and Indigenous communities 16B:1540-1545
Violence
gender-based violence 8B:1000-1010
violence against women
awareness and prevention 8B:1015
incidence and response 8B:1005-1015
prevention 5B:1340
role of misogyny and toxic masculinity 8B:1005-1010
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)

As subject
election debate 4B:1605
mother 22B:1025
partner thanked 4B:1600
Arts and culture, role during COVID-19 24B:1005-1010
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, housing issues 8B:1035-1045
B.C. NDP government
accomplishments 4B:1610-1615
priorities 4B:1605-1615
women members and diversity in caucus 22B:1020-1025
Consumers, cost of living 8B:1030
government action on issues 8B:1045
COVID-19 impact and government response 4B:1615, 15B:1140
health care system 15B:1140
COVID-19 impact, public service response 15B:1140
Doman, Rick, train metaphor re government policies 4B:1615
Energy, clean energy, development and leadership 22B:1025
Housing, affordable housing
affordability and supply 8B:1030-1035
federal funding 8B:1045
government plan and initiatives 8B:1035-1045
MLAs
constituency offices, staff 4B:1600-1605
women members 22B:1020
Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park, history and funding for preservation 6B:1025
Motions
Government response to COVID-19 15B:1135-1140
Museums, role in preserving experiences during COVID-19 24B:1005
Nanaimo, housing, affordable housing projects 8B:1035
Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and area
arts and culture organizations, funding 24B:1005-1010
First Nations 4B:1600-1605
impact of government initiatives 4B:1610
Paterson, Duck, role in debate as B.C. Liberal candidate 4B:1605
Politics and politicians, women in politics 22B:1020-1025
Private members' statements
Housing 8B:1030-1045
Private members' statements (response)
Renewable energy 22B:1020-1025
Statements by members
Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park 6B:1025
Role of arts and culture during COVID-19 24B:1005-1010
Throne speech debate 4B:1600-1615
Russell, Roly (Boundary-Similkameen)

As subject
experience during election campaign 40B:1345
family, supporters, staff and constituents thanked 4B:1720-1725
responsibilities as MLA 4B:1715-1720
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
community situation table program 40B:1345
First Nations and Métis 4B:1715
flooding response and recovery 4B:1725
B.C. by region, rural B.C., addiction treatment services 10B:1020
Communities, collaborative action on issues 40B:1345
COVID-19 economic recovery 4B:1725
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, essential services workers 4B:1715
COVID-19 impact and government response 4B:1715
COVID-19 impact, challenges and opportunities 20B:1015
COVID-19, personal response, communication with and support to others 4B:1725
Dick, Butch, comments in blessing 4B:1715, 4B:1730
Elections, 2020 general election, timing 4B:1725
First speeches by members 4B:1715-1730
Food security 20B:1015
Government, priorities 4B:1715
Health care system
service delivery, priorities 4B:1725
telehealth services 20B:1015
Hope in the Darkness Walk for Youth Mental Health 40B:1345
Introductions by members 40B:1335
MLAs
collaboration 4B:1730
responsibilities 4B:1715-1720
Mental health of children and youth, community action on issues 40B:1345
Oliver, Mary, poem, The Summer Day 4B:1720
Prayers and reflections 19B:1335
Redsky, Kevin, fundraising walks for mental health 10B:1020
Statements by members
COVID-19 impact 20B:1015
Overdose response in rural communities 10B:1020
Youth mental health and collaborative action on issues 40B:1345
Substance use and addiction
opioid overdoses
incidence and response 4B:1715
response in rural communities and report 10B:1020
treatment and recovery services for Indigenous persons 10B:1020
Throne speech debate 4B:1715-1730
Rustad, John (Nechako Lakes)

As subject
constituents, family, supporters and staff thanked 3B:1135
Agricultural land reserve, regulation, changes and impacts 3B:1145
Agriculture, government support 3B:1145
B.C. by region, rural B.C.
health care services 3B:1140
rural dividend program 5B:1705
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, budgets 35B:1545-1550
B.C. NDP government
budget process and government spending 5B:1650-1710, 35B:1535-1600
performance in 1990s 35B:1550, 35B:1600
priorities 3B:1140-1150
B.C. recovery benefit 3B:1150, 5B:1650-1655
Budgets
2020-21 budget, COVID-19 impact 5B:1650-1655
2021-22 budget, interim supply timeline and calculation 35B:1535-1600
budget process, additional time and date change 3B:1150, 5B:1645-1705
COVID-19 business impact and supports 3B:1140
COVID-19 impact and government response 5B:1650-1700, 35B:1540-1545
food banks 3B:1155
COVID-19 impact, faith community response 3B:1150
COVID-19 long-term and residential care impact and supports, rapid-testing program 3B:1145-1150
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, mental health services 3B:1150-1155
Crown land leases, rent increases for tenants 40B:1415
Eby, David, comments on issues, interim supply legislation 35B:1550
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3), debate 5B:1645-1710
Forests and forest industry, industry conditions and government response 3B:1140-1145
Fraser Lake, seniors' access to lab services 3B:1140
Government
accountability and transparency 5B:1645-1710
spending and priorities 5B:1650-1710
Health care system
laboratory services 3B:1140
services for seniors 3B:1140
Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 29B:1135-1140
Infrastructure plan and economic recovery 29B:1135-1140
Insurance Corporation of B.C., financial status and management 35B:1550
Legislature, language used in House
"fertilizer" or "manure" 35B:1535-1540
unparliamentary language 35B:1540
Motions
Economic recovery and infrastructure plan 29B:1135-1140
Nechako Lakes constituency and area
COVID-19 impact on businesses 3B:1140
description and issues 3B:1140-1155
impact of government budget process change 5B:1705
road maintenance and access issues 29B:1135-1140
Oral questions
Rent increases for tenants on Crown land 40B:1415
Points of order
unparliamentary language 35B:1540
Rental housing, rent increases, freeze on increases 40B:1415
Restaurant and food services industry, cap on service delivery fees 5B:1705
Small business, government support 3B:1140
Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10), debate 35B:1535-1600
Throne speech debate 3B:1135-1155

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