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

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Habitat protection See Fish
Hadfield, Chris

Comments on time in space (Leonard) 31B:1100
Haisla Nation

Housing and band council role (Ross) 18B:1600-1605
Involvement in LNG industry (Ross) 18B:1600
Hamilton, Lisa See Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia
Hand sanitizer See Personal protective equipment and supplies under COVID-19
Happy Times Travel

COVID-19 impact (Wat) 5B:1830-1835
Harassment See Bullying and harassment
Harjo, Joy

Comments in poetry (Singh, A.) 22B:1135
Harvie, George

Comments on COVID-19 vaccination plan (Bond) 17B:1025
Hastings constituency and area See Vancouver-Hastings constituency and area
Health See Health authorities; Health care facilities and hospitals; Health care funding; Health care system; Long-term and residential care; Public health

Community care See Home care
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness See Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
Mental health services See Mental health
Preventive health care See Public health
Reproductive health See Reproduction
Health authorities

COVID-19 response See COVID-19; particular health authorities
COVID-19 vaccine booking system See COVID-19 vaccination
Impact of government budget process change (de Jong) 11B:1355 (Merrifield) 7B:1540-1545 (Robinson) 11B:1400
Health care facilities and hospitals

Capital investment and projects (Coulter) 8B:1025
Facilities See also Long-term and residential care
Firearms prohibition See Prohibition under Firearms
Hospital at Home See Home care
Urgent and primary care centres (Malcolmson) 32B:1620 (Sharma) 34B:1015 (Throne speech) 2B:1415
Health care funding

Funding (Brar) 16B:1640 (Fleming) 16B:1615 (Sandhu) 16B:1450
Priorities (Stewart) 4B:1805-1810
Health care system

Chronic disease management and complex chronic disease program (Letnick) 34B:1010
Committee See Health Committee
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 impact and government response
Government investment (Elmore) 30B:1805-1810 (Sharma) 4B:1500
Government plan and initiatives (Rice) 4B:1430 (Throne speech) 2B:1415
Health professionals and workers See also particular professions and sectors
community health worker supply and training (Malcolmson) 16B:1735
gun violence risks (Chant) 21B:1550
mental health workers (Malcolmson) 34B:1040
pandemic pay for support workers See Front-line workers under COVID-19 employee impact and supports; Health care workers under COVID-19 employee impact and supports
recruitment (Throne speech) 2B:1415
supply and training (Chant) 8B:1055 (Leonard) 9B:1730
working conditions (Sandhu) 16B:1450
Laboratory services (Rustad) 3B:1140
Pain management and opioid use, prescription opioid monitoring program (Wilkinson) 17B:1045-1050
Patient-centred services (Merrifield) 4B:1450
Primary health care
accessibility (Sharma) 34B:1015
integration with mental health services (Olsen) 26B:1400
integration with mental health services and pilot project (Furstenau) 5B:1405-1410 (Malcolmson) 5B:1410
primary care networks and services (Throne speech) 2B:1415
urgent and primary care centres See Health care facilities and hospitals
Public system (Cullen) 19B:1810
Reforms (Merrifield) 4B:1450
Service delivery, priorities (Russell) 4B:1725
Services for Indigenous persons, investigation See Racism against Indigenous persons in health care system under Discrimination and racism
Services for seniors See also Home care; Long-term and residential care
(Rustad) 3B:1140
Spending and outcomes (Merrifield) 4B:1450
Surgical services
hip replacements (Leonard) 40B:1340
restart and number of surgeries (Cullen) 19B:1805
restart program funding (Merrifield) 39B:1705
services (Leonard) 9B:1730
Technology, use for virtual health care services See Telehealth below
Telehealth services (Merrifield) 4B:1450 (Russell) 20B:1015
Travel for treatment (Bernier) 38B:1015-1020 (Oakes) 32B:1510
Virtual care and services See Telehealth and virtual care above
Health Committee

Activation (de Jong) 5B:1420-1425 (Merrifield) 8B:1110
Health Ministry and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs

Budget and spending (Wilkinson) 7B:1520
Estimates process (Robinson) 39B:1650-1710
Opposition critic, role (Merrifield) 4B:1455
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness

Healthy eating, farmers market nutrition and coupon project (D'Eith) 36B:1030 (Paton) 36B:1030-1035
Physical literacy for children and youth (Mercier) 17B:1015
Helmcken, Gail

Experience with COVID-19 vaccine booking system (Bond) 24B:1025 (Dix) 24B:1025
Henry, Bonnie

Briefings on COVID-19 (Bernier) 10B:1130
Comments on COVID-19 rapid testing (Dix) 3B:1035, 3B:1045
Report on decriminalization of simple possession of drugs (Furstenau) 24B:1035-1040
Role in COVID-19 response (Brar) 9B:1755 (Fleming) 16B:1625 (Leonard) 9B:1720-1725 (Sandhu) 16B:1455
Role re vaccination plan priorities (Horgan) 27B:1030-1035
High-technology industry

Racism and technology See Discrimination and racism
Training spaces (Stone) 12B:1740
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Four-laning and upgrade projects in Interior, Salmon Arm west upgrade project (Kyllo) 29B:1200
Fraser Valley section
expansion and upgrades (Alexis) 16B:1520
improvement projects (Banman) 4B:1520, 29B:1125-1130 (Coulter) 15B:1025
Highway 7

Four-laning and upgrade projects in Fraser Valley (Coulter) 15B:1035
Highway 99

George Massey Tunnel replacement project
costs and timeline (Milobar) 9B:1420
project and plan (Lee) 29B:1105 (Paton) 15B:1030, 29B:1115 (Yao) 29B:1120
review and business case (Fleming) 9B:1415-1420 (Paton) 9B:1415-1420
test piling (Coulter) 15B:1030
timeline (Lee) 9B:1410-1415
timeline and consultation (Fleming) 9B:1410-1425
Highways and roads See also particular highways or locations

Construction projects (Fleming) 16B:1605
Flood and wildfire impacts and response (Oakes) 8B:1015-1030
Improvement projects, labour agreements framework See Community benefits agreement under Labour
Improvements and upgrades, funding (Fleming) 16B:1610
Maintenance and rehabilitation
culverts (Doerkson) 31B:1145
maintenance and rehabilitation (Lee) 29B:1105 (Oakes) 32B:1510, 32B:1530 (Rustad) 29B:1135-1140
Technology and Internet of roads (Kirkpatrick) 29B:1145-1150
Hockey See Sports and recreation
Hogg, Gordon

Contributions (Halford) 4B:1635
Hollyburn Family Services Society

Role and services, victim support program (Kirkpatrick) 27B:1010
Home care

Home and community care (Merrifield) 4B:1440
Home and community care, workers and services (Chant) 8B:1055
Home support See also Long-term and residential care
Home support and Better at Home program (Leonard) 9B:1730
Hospital at Home initiative (Throne speech) 2B:1415
Home inspectors See Property inspection
Home Owner Grant Act

Amendments See also Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 3)
(Bernier) 12B:1530-1535 (Furstenau) 5B:1600, 12B:1540 (Robinson) 3B:1015, 5B:1445-1450, 12B:1530-1540
Home Owner Grant Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 6)

(Minister of Finance) 1R, 17B:1005; 2R, 19B:1435-1630; C, 25B:1640-1825, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1330-1430; 3R, 28B:1440; RA, 42B:1600
Debate, speakers (Bernier) 19B:1440-1445, 25B:1640-1735, 25B:1805-1820, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1330-1430 (Brar) 19B:1620-1625 (Chant) 19B:1525-1530 (Coulter) 19B:1605-1620 (Davies) 19B:1505-1510 (Doerkson) 19B:1530-1535 (Elmore) 19B:1535-1545 (Furstenau) 28B:1430-1435 (Mercier) 19B:1555-1600 (Olsen) 19B:1550-1555, 25B:1720, 25B:1740-1755 (Osborne) 19B:1600-1605 (Robinson) 17B:1005, 19B:1435-1440, 19B:1630, 25B:1640-1825, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1330-1435 (Shypitka) 19B:1515-1525, 25B:1755-1815 (Sims) 19B:1445-1505 (Starchuk) 19B:1510-1515
Consultation on bill (Robinson) 19B:1435 (Sims) 19B:1500
Consultation on bill, First Nations consultation (Bernier) 27B:1110-1115 (Robinson) 27B:1110-1115
Purpose (Robinson) 17B:1005
Terminology and language changes (Bernier) 25B:1710-1715 (Robinson) 25B:1710-1715
Home ownership

Future of home ownership (Stewart) 23B:1440
Government support (Shypitka) 32B:1605
Homeowner grant See Homeowner grant
Transparency registry See Beneficial ownership registry under Land surveys and titles
Homelessness See also Poverty

COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 housing impact and supportive housing; COVID-19 impact and government response
Emergency shelters See Temporary housing and shelters under Housing
Encampments See Tent cities and homeless camps below
Homeless population and government response (Chant) 15B:1040-1045 (Merrifield) 4B:1440 (Rankin) 16B:1805
Incidence (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1350-1355
Incidence and experience (Olsen) 18B:1615
Tent cities and homeless camps (Eby) 34B:1025 (Stone) 34B:1030
Homeowner grant

Administration
adjustments and cancellations of grants (Bernier) 27B:1115-1125 (Robinson) 27B:1115-1125
application process (Bernier) 25B:1720-1735, 25B:1805-1820, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1340-1345 (Brar) 19B:1625 (Chant) 19B:1530 (Coulter) 19B:1605-1620 (Davies) 19B:1505-1510 (Doerkson) 19B:1535 (Elmore) 19B:1540-1545 (Olsen) 25B:1740-1755 (Robinson) 19B:1435, 25B:1725-1825, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1345 (Shypitka) 19B:1520-1525, 25B:1755-1815 (Sims) 19B:1450-1455 (Starchuk) 19B:1510-1515
audits, repayments and reviews (Bernier) 28B:1400-1415 (Robinson) 28B:1400-1415
centralization (Ashton) 7B:1740-1745 (Bernier) 12B:1530-1535, 19B:1440-1445, 25B:1640-1735, 25B:1805-1820, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1330-1430 (Brar) 19B:1620-1625 (Chant) 19B:1525-1530 (Coulter) 19B:1605-1620 (Davies) 19B:1505-1510 (de Jong) 5B:1715 (Doerkson) 19B:1530-1535 (Elmore) 19B:1535-1545 (Furstenau) 5B:1600, 12B:1540, 28B:1430-1435 (Mercier) 19B:1555-1600 (Olsen) 19B:1550-1555, 25B:1720, 25B:1740-1755 (Osborne) 19B:1600-1605 (Robinson) 3B:1015, 5B:1445-1450, 10B:1130, 12B:1530-1540, 17B:1005, 19B:1435-1440, 19B:1630, 25B:1640-1825, 27B:1105-1150, 28B:1330-1435 (Shypitka) 19B:1515-1525, 25B:1755-1815 (Sims) 19B:1445-1505 (Starchuk) 19B:1510-1515 (Stewart) 7B:1610-1620
fraud prevention (Bernier) 25B:1805-1820, 27B:1130-1145 (Robinson) 25B:1800-1815, 27B:1130-1145 (Shypitka) 25B:1800
information collection and reporting (Bernier) 27B:1125-1150, 28B:1330 (Furstenau) 28B:1435 (Robinson) 27B:1130-1150, 28B:1330, 28B:1435
information collection, social insurance numbers (Bernier) 19B:1445, 27B:1130-1145 (Coulter) 19B:1615 (Robinson) 19B:1435, 25B:1755-1805, 27B:1130-1145 (Shypitka) 25B:1800 (Starchuk) 19B:1510
information or records requirements (Bernier) 25B:1710 (Olsen) 25B:1720 (Robinson) 25B:1710-1720
payments, financial institution issues (Bernier) 28B:1350-1355 (Robinson) 28B:1350-1400
payments, incorrect payments (Bernier) 28B:1335-1340 (Robinson) 28B:1335-1340
payments, recovery of amounts owning and appeals (Bernier) 28B:1415-1430 (Robinson) 28B:1415-1430
prepaid taxes (Robinson) 25B:1810 (Shypitka) 25B:1810
spouse definition and relationship breakdown (Bernier) 25B:1655 (Robinson) 25B:1655
Application, First Nations (Bernier) 27B:1105-1115 (Robinson) 19B:1435, 27B:1105-1115
First Nations homeowner grant program, administration (Robinson) 19B:1435
Grant threshold (Coulter) 19B:1610 (Elmore) 19B:1545 (Furstenau) 28B:1430 (Robinson) 28B:1430
Legislation See Home Owner Grant Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 6)
Hope, B.C.

COVID-19 vaccination plan implementation (Bond) 16B:1355-1400, 17B:1025 (Horgan) 16B:1400
Mayor See Robb, Peter
Hope in the Darkness Walk for Youth Mental Health

Initiative (Russell) 40B:1345
Hornby Island

Arts centre project and funding (Osborne) 16B:1750
Hornby Island Community School, Hornby Island, B.C.

Rebuilding and new school site (Osborne) 16B:1755
Hospital Act

Section on nurses and midwives, amendment (de Jong) 26B:1430 (Eby) 26B:1435
Hospitality industry

COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 impact and government response
Hospitals See Health care facilities and hospitals; particular hospitals
Hotels and travel accommodation

COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 tourism impact and supports
Government purchase of hotels for supportive housing See COVID-19 housing impact and supportive housing
Housing See also Rental housing

Affordable housing See also Social and subsidized housing below
30-point action plan See government plan and initiatives below
affordability (Paddon) 18B:1740-1745
affordability and supply (Chant) 4B:1540 (Eby) 40B:1410-1415 (Merrifield) 4B:1440 (Olsen) 18B:1610-1615 (Routley) 8B:1030-1035 (Stewart) 4B:1755-1800, 8B:1040, 15B:1035-1045, 17B:1135-1150
federal funding (Routley) 8B:1045
government action (Banman) 18B:1520 (Cullen) 18B:1450-1455 (Dykeman) 18B:1715-1720 (Eby) 23B:1445 (Elmore) 18B:1725-1730 (Mercier) 18B:1430-1440 (Olsen) 18B:1615-1620 (Ross) 18B:1610 (Sandhu) 16B:1455 (Sharma) 18B:1505 (Stewart) 8B:1040-1045, 17B:1130
government plan and initiatives (Chant) 15B:1045 (D'Eith) 18B:1655-1700 (Fleming) 16B:1620 (Robinson) 19B:1435-1440, 25B:1645 (Routley) 8B:1035-1045 (Stewart) 4B:1800-1805
housing hub initiative See below
need and value (Chant) 15B:1040 (Greene) 19B:1820
new units (D'Eith) 18B:1700 (Eby) 23B:1435, 23B:1450 (Sharma) 18B:1510
relationship to jobs and worker supply (Stewart) 17B:1135-1140
secondary suites (Banman) 18B:1515
COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 housing impact and supportive housing; COVID-19 housing impact and supports
Development approval process See Local government
Development costs See also Residential construction industry under Construction industry
(Stewart) 17B:1135
Homelessness See Homelessness
Housing hub initiative and funding (Olsen) 18B:1620
Housing industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Housing market See Real estate industry
Inspections See Property inspection; Building inspections under Construction industry
Landlord-tenant issues See Rental housing
Ministry See Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing
Rental housing See Rental housing
Right to housing (Cullen) 18B:1445
Seniors housing See Long-term and residential care; Seniors
Single-room occupancies (Eby) 23B:1600-1605
Social and subsidized housing
construction of new units (D'Eith) 18B:1655-1700 (Stewart) 17B:1150
exemption from rent increase regulation (Rice) 18B:1650
exemption from tenancy regulations (Eby) 23B:1600 (Stewart) 23B:1555-1600
supportive housing See Supportive housing below
Student housing See Post-secondary institutions
Supportive housing
community safety (Stewart) 4B:1805, 17B:1150-1155
modular units (Eby) 6B:1055
supportive housing (Elmore) 18B:1730
supportive housing and services (Bond) 34B:1015-1020 (Stewart) 4B:1800-1805, 8B:1045, 15B:1040-1050, 17B:1150-1155
supportive housing for Indigenous women (Fleming) 16B:1620
Temporary housing and shelters (Eby) 34B:1020-1025
Temporary housing and shelters, use during COVID-19 See COVID-19 housing impact and supports
Human rights

Discrimination See Discrimination and racism
Freedom of information See Freedom of information
LGBTQ2S rights See LGBTQ2S community
Protection (Cadieux) 6B:1020 (Leonard) 6B:1015-1020
Voting rights See Right to vote under Elections
Human Rights Commissioner

Comments on disaggregated data collection (Eby) 20B:1035-1040 (Furstenau) 16B:1410 (Olsen) 20B:1040
Letter from Premier on disaggregated data collection (Furstenau) 17B:1035
Re-establishment (Horgan) 1B:1015
Reports tabled
Disaggregated Demographic Data Collection in British Columbia: The Grandmother Perspective, September 2020 (Speaker) 3B:1110
Laying the Foundations: annual report 2019-20 and service plan 2020-21 to 2022-23 (Speaker) 12B:1430
Humble Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Production of hand sanitizer dispensers (Routledge) 23B:1335
Hunt, Dorothy

Comments on old-growth forests and logging in Kwakiutl territory (Furstenau) 33B:1420
Hunt, Marvin

Work as MLA on gun violence prevention (Halford) 21B:1640 (Ross) 21B:1525, 21B:1535, 21B:1545 (Stewart) 21B:1605
Hunting

Use of firearms to hunt (Farnworth) 26B:1455-1500 (Morris) 26B:1455 (Ross) 21B:1535-1540 (Stewart) 21B:1610
Use of firearms to hunt, Aboriginal hunting rights issues (Farnworth) 26B:1500-1605, 34B:1055-1115 (Olsen) 26B:1500-1605, 34B:1100-1105 (Ross) 26B:1620-1630
Huu-ay-aht First Nation

Campground expansion project (Osborne) 16B:1750

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