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

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

R. v. Morris case See Morris, Ivan and Carl Olsen
Racism See Discrimination and racism
Rapid transit See Transit services
Ratcliffe, Jennifer

Comments as child care service provider (Stone) 37B:1415

RCMP See Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Real Estate Council of British Columbia

Comments on real estate industry oversight (Coulter) 19B:1700 (Sims) 19B:1645

Dissolution (Bernier) 25B:1620-1625 (Robinson) 25B:1620-1625

Role re regulation of real estate industry (Robinson) 17B:1010, 19B:1630-1635

Real estate industry See also Home ownership; Housing

Beneficial ownership registry See Land surveys and titles

Foreign investment and ownership, additional tax for foreign buyers See Property transfer tax

Housing market

conditions (Coulter) 19B:1650-1655 (Cullen) 18B:1445 (Eby) 23B:1445 (Furstenau) 28B:1430 (Olsen) 18B:1610-1615 (Sims) 19B:1450-1500, 19B:1640-1645 (Stewart) 8B:1040, 15B:1035, 23B:1445-1450

speculation tax See Speculation and vacancy tax

Legislation See Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 8)

Licensees See Real estate professionals below

Money laundering and tax evasion

expert panel See Money laundering, review by Finance Ministry under Crime and criminals

prevention (Brar) 19B:1740-1745 (Coulter) 19B:1650-1655 (Elmore) 19B:1700-1720 (Furstenau) 19B:1725-1735 (Mercier) 19B:1720-1725 (Milobar) 19B:1735 (Robinson) 17B:1010, 19B:1630 (Sims) 19B:1640-1650

Ownership data collection (Furstenau) 12B:1540, 19B:1730 (Robinson) 12B:1540

Ownership transparency (Elmore) 19B:1715-1720

Real estate compensation fund (Robinson) 19B:1635

Real estate professionals

administrative penalties (Bernier) 25B:1600-1605 (Robinson) 19B:1630, 25B:1600-1610

conduct and discipline process (Bernier) 25B:1545-1600 (Robinson) 19B:1630-1635, 25B:1545-1605 (Sims) 19B:1650

education and licensing (Bernier) 25B:1605 (Robinson) 25B:1605-1610

education and licensing, fees (Robinson) 19B:1635

investigations and enforcement (Bernier) 25B:1555-1600 (Robinson) 17B:1010, 25B:1555-1600

Regulation and oversight

delegation of Minister's powers or duties (Bernier) 25B:1525-1530 (Robinson) 25B:1525-1530

freezing of property (Bernier) 25B:1530-1535 (Robinson) 25B:1535

Perrin report recommendations (Bernier) 25B:1510 (Robinson) 17B:1010, 19B:1630, 25B:1510

regulation-making powers (Bernier) 25B:1535 (Robinson) 25B:1540

rule-making powers (Bernier) 25B:1610-1620 (Robinson) 25B:1615-1620

single regulator model (Bernier) 19B:1635-1640, 25B:1510-1625 (Brar) 19B:1740-1745 (Coulter) 19B:1650-1700 (Elmore) 19B:1700-1720 (Furstenau) 19B:1725-1735 (Mercier) 19B:1720-1725 (Milobar) 19B:1735-1740 (Robinson) 17B:1005-1010, 19B:1630-1635, 19B:1745, 25B:1510-1625 (Sims) 19B:1640-1650

Superintendent, role and powers (Bernier) 25B:1515-1610 (Brar) 19B:1740-1745 (Elmore) 19B:1705-1710 (Robinson) 17B:1010, 19B:1630-1635, 25B:1520-1610

Taxation See Property tax; Property transfer tax

Real Estate Regulatory Structure Review See Money laundering, review by Finance Ministry under Crime and criminals
Real Estate Services Act

Amendments See also Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 8)

(Bernier) 25B:1540-1625 (Elmore) 19B:1700-1715 (Robinson) 17B:1005-1010, 25B:1540-1625

Recorded divisions See Divisions recorded
Recovery benefit See B.C. recovery benefit
Recreation See Sports and recreation
Red Gate Arts Society

COVID-19 impact (Oakes) 19B:1420

Redies, Tracy

Contributions (Halford) 4B:1630

Redsky, Kevin

Fundraising walks for mental health (Russell) 10B:1020

Reforming the Police Act Special Committee

Appointment, membership and powers (Farnworth) 5B:1440

Membership change (Farnworth) 16B:1430

Registrar of Lobbyists See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Religion

Faith community response during COVID-19 See Faith community response under COVID-19

Places of worship, firearms prohibition See Prohibition under Firearms

Renewable energy See Clean energy under Energy
Rental housing

Asbestos removal and remediation (Eby) 23B:1650-1700 (Stewart) 23B:1630, 23B:1650-1655

Capital upgrades as reason for eviction See Evictions for renovations below

Capital upgrades, cost recovery from rent increases See Rent increases, increase for capital expenditures below

COVID-19 impact See Rental housing under COVID-19 housing impact and supports

Demolitions and conversions (Eby) 23B:1625 (Stewart) 23B:1620

Evictions for occupancy by landlord or family members (Eby) 23B:1720-1725 (Stewart) 23B:1720-1725

Evictions for renovations and changes to process (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1340-1345 (Cullen) 18B:1450, 18B:1500 (D'Eith) 18B:1700-1705 (Eby) 17B:1120, 23B:1430-1435, 23B:1620-1735 (Elmore) 18B:1720-1725 (Leonard) 18B:1545 (Ma) 18B:1420 (Mercier) 18B:1435 (Merrifield) 4B:1440 (Olsen) 23B:1645-1650 (Rice) 18B:1645-1650 (Sharma) 18B:1505-1510 (Stewart) 23B:1620-1735 (Yao) 18B:1625

Fixed-term leases (Ma) 18B:1410-1415

Landlords, issues (Shypitka) 32B:1605

Landlord-tenant issues

dispute resolution and tenancy law enforcement See Residential tenancy branch

issues (Paddon) 18B:1740-1745 (Ross) 18B:1605

regulation See Protections for tenants below

Legislation See also Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)

application to First Nations lands (Eby) 23B:1430 (Stewart) 23B:1425

application to social housing See Social and subsidized housing, exemption under Housing

Maintenance and repairs (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1345

Protections for tenants (Banman) 18B:1515-1530 (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1340-1400 (Cullen) 18B:1440-1500, 19B:1805-1810 (D'Eith) 18B:1655-1710 (Doerkson) 18B:1425 (Dykeman) 18B:1710-1720 (Eby) 16B:1340, 17B:1120-1125, 18B:1745, 23B:1430-1745 (Elmore) 18B:1720-1735 (Leonard) 18B:1530-1555 (Ma) 18B:1410-1420 (Mercier) 18B:1430-1440 (Oakes) 18B:1400-1410 (Olsen) 18B:1615-1620 (Paddon) 18B:1740-1745 (Rankin) 16B:1810 (Rice) 18B:1640-1655 (Ross) 18B:1555-1610 (Sharma) 18B:1500-1515 (Stewart) 17B:1130-1135, 18B:1335-1340, 23B:1430-1745 (Walker) 18B:1630-1640 (Yao) 18B:1620-1630

Protections for tenants, enforcement See Compliance and enforcement unit under Residential tenancy branch

Purpose-built rental housing

construction of new units (Eby) 23B:1715

preservation of existing stock (Eby) 23B:1715 (Stewart) 23B:1715

Rebates for tenants (Ashton) 7B:1730

Renovictions See Evictions for renovations above

Rent increases

freeze on increases (D'Eith) 18B:1700 (Doerkson) 18B:1425-1430 (Eby) 16B:1340, 17B:1120, 23B:1455-1500, 23B:1545-1555 (Elmore) 18B:1725 (Leonard) 18B:1535-1540 (Mercier) 18B:1435 (Oakes) 18B:1405 (Rankin) 16B:1810 (Rice) 18B:1645-1650 (Rustad) 40B:1415 (Sharma) 18B:1505 (Stewart) 17B:1130, 23B:1455-1500, 23B:1540-1550 (Sturdy) 40B:1410 (Yao) 18B:1620

geographic rent increase (Ma) 18B:1415

increase for capital expenditure (Eby) 16B:1340, 23B:1500, 23B:1605-1615, 23B:1705-1715, 23B:1740 (Olsen) 23B:1500 (Stewart) 23B:1605-1615, 23B:1715, 23B:1735-1740

increases (Banman) 18B:1525 (Stewart) 17B:1140, 23B:1435

regulation (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1340 (Eby) 23B:1540-1615 (Mercier) 18B:1435 (Oakes) 23B:1550-1555 (Stewart) 23B:1540-1615

regulation, unit-based regulation See vacancy control below

vacancy control (Eby) 23B:1600-1605 (Stewart) 23B:1600

Role in communities (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1355

Supply (Cullen) 18B:1455 (D'Eith) 18B:1655 (Eby) 18B:1745, 23B:1450-1455 (Stewart) 23B:1430-1435, 23B:1445-1450 (Walker) 18B:1635

Supply and investment by landlords (Banman) 18B:1520-1525 (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1350 (Doerkson) 18B:1425 (Eby) 23B:1605-1610, 23B:1715 (Ross) 18B:1600-1610 (Stewart) 4B:1800, 17B:1135, 17B:1145, 18B:1335, 23B:1605-1610, 23B:1715

Rental Housing Task Force

Public consultation process (Eby) 17B:1120 (Leonard) 18B:1530-1535

Recommendations and implementation (Banman) 18B:1515-1520 (Eby) 16B:1340, 17B:1120-1130, 23B:1435-1440 (Elmore) 18B:1720, 18B:1735 (Stewart) 23B:1435-1440

Work of task force (Leonard) 18B:1530 (Olsen) 18B:1615-1620 (Sharma) 18B:1505 (Stewart) 17B:1130-1135

Reports from committees See Documents tabled; particular committees
Reports tabled See Documents tabled
Representative for Children and Youth

Report on services for special needs children and youth during COVID-19 (Bond) 5B:1355-1400 (Dean) 5B:1355, 5B:1405, 13B:1040, 41B:1045 (Kirkpatrick) 4B:1555, 5B:1400-1405 (Tegart) 13B:1040, 41B:1045

Reports tabled

2019-20 annual report and 2020-21 to 2022-23 service plan (Speaker) 3B:1110

2019-20 financial statements (Speaker) 3B:1110

Detained: Rights of Children and Youth Under the Mental Health Act, January 2021 (Speaker) 16B:1430

Iluminating Service Experience: A Descriptive Analysis of Injury and Death Reports for First Nations Children and Youth in B.C., 2015 to 2017, December 2020 (Speaker) 3B:1110

Left Out: Children and Youth with Special Needs in the Pandemic, December 2020 (Speaker) 3B:1110

A Parent's Duty: Government's Obligation to Youth Transitioning into Adulthood, December 2020 (Speaker) 10B:1050

A Way to Cope: Exploring Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in B.C. Youth, September 2020 (Speaker) 3B:1110

Reproduction

Access to reproductive care and contraception (Greene) 22B:1035

Residential care See Long-term and residential care
Residential construction industry See Construction industry
Residential tenancy See Rental housing
Residential Tenancy Act

Amendments See also Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)

(Eby) 16B:1340, 17B:1120-1130 (Ma) 18B:1415

Residential tenancy branch

Administrative penalties See Compliance and enforcement unit, changes to enforcement process below

Authority and powers (Eby) 16B:1340, 23B:1505 (Stewart) 17B:1130, 18B:1340, 23B:1505

Authority and powers, access to records (Eby) 23B:1510, 23B:1740 (Stewart) 23B:1510, 23B:1740

Compliance and enforcement unit (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1345 (Cullen) 18B:1455-1500 (Ma) 18B:1415 (Rice) 18B:1650-1655

Compliance and enforcement unit, changes to enforcement process (Eby) 17B:1125, 23B:1515-1525 (Elmore) 18B:1725, 18B:1735 (Mercier) 18B:1440 (Stewart) 23B:1515-1525

Dispute adjudication process and review (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1350 (Eby) 17B:1125, 23B:1505-1510, 23B:1525-1530 (Elmore) 18B:1725-1730 (Leonard) 18B:1545 (Stewart) 23B:1500-1510, 23B:1525-1530 (Walker) 18B:1640

Education and outreach (Rice) 18B:1650

Enforcement activities See Compliance and enforcement unit above

Operations (Leonard) 18B:1535 (Sharma) 18B:1510 (Yao) 18B:1625-1630

Operations and funding (Chandra Herbert) 18B:1345-1350 (Ma) 18B:1415 (Stewart) 17B:1145

Resources and resource industries See also particular industries

Leadership by women in sector (Shypitka) 22B:1020

Rural dividend program See Rural B.C. under British Columbia by region

Restaurant and food services industry

Cap on service delivery fees (Ashton) 7B:1735 (Halford) 6B:1010 (Kahlon) 12B:1420-1425 (Kyllo) 7B:1405 (Lee) 5B:1745 (Rustad) 5B:1705 (Stewart) 7B:1555 (Stone) 5B:1640

Cap on service delivery fees, private members' bill See also Food and Beverage Delivery Fees Cap Act (Bill M202)

(Bernier) 11B:1635 (Bond) 9B:1700-1705 (Halford) 8B:1125, 9B:1545, 12B:1420, 21B:1635 (Milobar) 9B:1620, 9B:1635 (Stone) 8B:1150

COVID-19 impact See COVID-19 impact and government response

Richards, Michael

Disability assistance case (Davies) 5B:1415

Richmond, B.C. See also Richmond North Centre constituency and area; Richmond South Centre constituency and area; Richmond-Steveston constituency and area

Agriculture and farmers (Greene) 30B:1345-1350

Climate change vulnerability (Greene) 19B:1825-1830

Community response to COVID-19 (Greene) 12B:1345-1350

COVID-19 impact on tourism industry (Wat) 4B:1700, 5B:1825-1830

Fishers and fishery sales (Greene) 30B:1350

Resident demographics and experiences of racism (Yao) 36B:1125-1130

Steveston area See Richmond-Steveston constituency and area

Volunteers and contributions (Greene) 38B:1020

Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives

Christmas fund program (Wat) 3B:1025, 4B:1700-1705

Volunteers Are Stars Awards nominees (Greene) 38B:1020

Richmond Food Bank

Operations during COVID-19 (Greene) 12B:1350

Richmond Hospital, Richmond, B.C.

Acute care tower project (Greene) 19B:1835, 29B:1140

Services and health professionals (Yao) 16B:1630

Richmond Night Market, Richmond, B.C.

COVID-19 impact (Horgan) 19B:1400 (Wat) 5B:1830, 19B:1400

Richmond North Centre constituency and area

COVID-19 impact and issues (Wat) 8B:1140

Cultural diversity and role in tourism (Wat) 4B:1700

Richmond school district See School district 38 (Richmond)
Richmond South Centre constituency and area

COVID-19 economic recovery (Yao) 29B:1120

Non-profit sector response to COVID-19 (Yao) 10B:1015

Population and housing (Yao) 18B:1625-1630

Richmond-Steveston constituency and area

Description and issues (Greene) 19B:1820-1845

Heritage sites and tourism attractions (Greene) 19B:1840

Industries and activities (Greene) 19B:1820-1830

Small businesses (Greene) 19B:1825, 19B:1835-1840

Rideout, Wayne

Work on illegal firearm task force (Coulter) 21B:1710 (Elmore) 21B:1625

Roads See Highways and roads; Infrastructure under Transportation; particular locations
Robb, Peter

Comments on COVID-19 vaccination plan (Bond) 16B:1355-1400

Rodenticide See Pest control and pesticide use under Environment
Rodeo Association of British Columbia

COVID-19 impact and relief funding (Paton) 35B:1425

Rodeos

COVID-19 impact and relief funding (Doerkson) 15B:1145

Role in economy (Paton) 36B:1030

Royal assent to bills 14B:1505, 42B:1600 See also Bills by number
Royal Canadian Mounted Police See also Police and policing

Firearms forensic lab See Police and policing

Police services commended (Doerkson) 16B:1350

Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

Agriculture workers, rights and organizing 1B:1025

Asian Canadians, South Asian community and history in B.C. 1B:1020-1025

Discrimination and racism, awareness and prevention 1B:1025

Firearm Violence Prevention Act (Bill 4)

amendments 26B:1745, 34B:1055

clause 5 stood down 26B:1610-1615

Insurance Corporation Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 5), amendments 40B:1515-1525

Legislature

bills process, second reading

relevance of debate 19B:1720

bills process, committee stage and third reading

new line of questioning 11B:1535

relevance of debate to clause 12B:1500

use of term "clause" 10B:1100, 25B:1720, 26B:1825

hybrid and virtual proceedings 37B:1345-1350

introductions, guidelines 13B:1005

language used in House

"fertilizer" or "manure" 35B:1600

"incompetent" 19B:1425-1430

parliamentary language 13B:1135

respectful language 32B:1415

unparliamentary language 25B:1430, 32B:1400, 35B:1600

withdrawal of comments requested 31B:1135, 35B:1510

members' conduct and debate

clarification re reference to member 21B:1635

heckling 31B:1125

interjections 37B:1350

members address each other from their chairs 35B:1715

members cannot imply current members purposely misled the House 31B:1135

members chitchat outside chamber 20B:1055

members make comments through Chair 39B:1650

members not to debate current legislation 32B:1605, 32B:1805

members not to refer to members by name 4B:1410, 4B:1505-1510, 7B:1450, 7B:1500

members to mute their communications when a speaker has the floor 23B:1735, 35B:1635

no comments on presence or absence of members 31B:1125

reading of poetry 4B:1720

reference to members' riding names and titles 4B:1505-1510

petitions, process 24B:1050

private members' statements, debate to be non-partisan 8B:1035-1040, 8B:1100, 15B:1040, 29B:1010-1015

question period

conduct of members 19B:1425-1430

listen to answers 13B:1045

resume after heckling 17B:1030

time taken for questions and answers 5B:1355

Standing Order 40, language in debate 32B:1415

MLAs, new members 1B:1025

Points of order

unparliamentary language 25B:1430, 35B:1600

Reports tabled

Auditor General

Auditor General's Status Report, March 2021 43B:1000

IT Asset Management in B.C. Government, November 2020 16B:1430

Management of Forest Service Roads, November 2020 16B:1430

Management of Medical Device Cybersecurity at the Provincial Health Services Authority, February 2021 16B:1430

Oversight of International Education Programs in Offshore and Group 4 Schools, November 2020 16B:1430

Report on Financial Audit Work for the 2019-20 Fiscal Year, March 2021 17B:1055

Summary of COVID-19 Pandemic Funding Allocations and Other Financial Relief Measures information report, September 2020 3B:1110

Vancouver Community College: Executive Compensation Disclosures Audit, March 2021 24B:1050

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

2019 annual report 3B:1110

COVID-19 Related Measures Act

reports pursuant to act 3B:1110, 12B:1430, 16B:1430, 43B:1000

Elections B.C.

Modern Elections for Modern Times: 2019-20 annual report and 2020-21–2022-23 service plan 10B:1050

Human Rights Commissioner

Disaggregated Demographic Data Collection in British Columbia: The Grandmother Perspective, September 2020 3B:1110

Laying the Foundations: annual report 2019-20 and service plan 2020-21 to 2022-23 12B:1430

Information and Privacy Commissioner

2019-20 annual report 3B:1110

Merit Commissioner

2019-20 performance audit report 12B:1430

Ombudsperson

2019-20 annual report 16B:1430

Complaint Handling Guide, Setting Up Effective Complaint Resolution Systems in Public Organizations, December 2020 9B:1425

Course Correction: The Ministry of Education 2019 Provincial Exam Errors, August 2020 3B:1110

Police Complaint Commissioner

2019-20 annual report 3B:1110

Registrar of Lobbyists

2019-20 annual report 3B:1110

Investigation Report 20-01, B.C. Salmon Farmers Association 3B:1110

Investigation Report 20-02, Dave Cyr 40B:1420

Investigation Report 20-03, Adrienne S. Smith 40B:1420

Representative for Children and Youth

2019-20 annual report and 2020-21 to 2022-23 service plan 3B:1110

2019-20 financial statements 3B:1110

Detained: Rights of Children and Youth Under the Mental Health Act, January 2021 16B:1430

Iluminating Service Experience: A Descriptive Analysis of Injury and Death Reports for First Nations Children and Youth in B.C., 2015 to 2017, December 2020 3B:1110

Left Out: Children and Youth with Special Needs in the Pandemic, December 2020 (Speaker) 3B:1110

A Parent's Duty: Government's Obligation to Youth Transitioning into Adulthood, December 2020 10B:1050

A Way to Cope: Exploring Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in B.C. Youth, September 2020 3B:1110

Speaker's statements

Conduct of members during question period 19B:1425-1430

Interjections during hybrid and virtual proceedings 37B:1345-1350

Respectful language in debate 32B:1415

Supply Act (No. 1), 2021 (Bill 10)

debate, request for clarification 40B:1605

passage through all stages, time allocation 42B:1530

Wat, Teresa, private member's statement transcript 22B:1040

Rural B.C. See British Columbia by region
Rural Development Ministry See Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
Rural dividend fund/program See Rural B.C. under British Columbia by region
Rural Economic Development Minister of State

Former position (Doerkson) 4B:1620

Ruzic, Susan

Art project involving guns (Sims) 21B:1505

Ryan-Lloyd, Kate See also Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

Position as Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Shypitka) 9B:1510