Second Session, 42nd Parliament – 2021
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
Index updated regularly during session.

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Cadieux, Stephanie (Surrey South)

As subject
advocacy for disability access and inclusion (Oakes) 78B:1145 (Simons) 79B:1430
associates with cerebral palsy 103B:1350
comments on issues
accessibility legislation (Bond) 65B:1615
debate on miscellaneous statutes bill (Eby) 108B:1110
government budget (Halford) 60B:1420
disability advocacy work (Coulter) 65B:1540
experience as minister with open information initiative 109B:1330-1335
experience of disability and advocacy work 65B:1455-1505
experience with freedom-of-information committee 109B:1330
father's encouragement on career goals 106B:1150
private member's bills 107B:1705
staff and family thanked 58B:1510
travel of B.C. as MLA 89B:1500-1505
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, provisions 84B:1315
Accessible British Columbia Act (Bill 6)
debate 65B:1455-1510, 82B:1435-1545, 82B:1605-1820, 83B:1100-1145, 84B:1305-1320, 84B:1345-1430
alignment with human rights legislation 65B:1510
consultation and development of bill 79C:1455, 82B:1440-1455
debate on bill, interpreter services 82B:1440
definitions 65B:1505, 82B:1505-1525, 82B:1535-1540
implementation timeline 82B:1445-1450
independent review 82B:1700-1705
Accessible Canada Act
definitions 65B:1505
purpose, compliance and enforcement 65B:1505-1510
Alma Mater Society of the UBC Vancouver, comments on COVID-19 safety protocols in post-secondary system 117B:1400
AutismBC, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 121B:1415
B.C. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Association, comments on freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation 109B:1340
B.C. NDP government
action on campaign statements and stated goals 48B:1045
performance, access to information 109B:1350
priorities 58B:1510-1535
B.C. Professional Firefighters Association, comments on government response to heatwave 101B:1045
Budget debate 58B:1510-1535
Budgets
2021-22 budget, content and priorities 58B:1510-1535
deficit budgets 58B:1515
Building Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill M206), debate 129B:1010
Business, women in business and entrepreneurship 134B:1015-1030
Caune, Paul, concerns re accessibility legislation 84B:1400
Cerebral palsy, awareness 103B:1350
Child care
government plan, implementation 58B:1525
role in economy and labour force participation 134B:1020-1025
Children and youth
children with support needs, diversity and inclusion 138B:1430
children with support needs, service model change
impact on autism services and funding 121B:1415-1420, 124B:1430-1435
stakeholder concerns and consultation 121B:1415-1420, 124B:1430-1435, 138B:1430
Climate change, 2019 report on climate risk assessment for B.C. 101B:1040
Construction industry, accessible design, building code and accessible built environment standard 65B:1500, 83B:1115-1125, 84B:1320
COVID-19
data collection and information
access and role in decision process 65B:1355-1400
access and school data 68B:1410
personal response, preventive measures and responsibility 58B:1510
travel restrictions
consultation by government 55B:1100
government information and stakeholder concerns 55B:1100
racialized communities 55B:1100
COVID-19 business impact and supports
small businesses and recovery grant program 58B:1520
women-owned small businesses 134B:1020
COVID-19 economic recovery, plan 58B:1515-1520, 58B:1535
COVID-19 education system impact and reopening, use of rapid testing 114B:1425
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, women 58B:1520-1525, 87B:1015, 106B:1150, 134B:1020
COVID-19 impact, women 58B:1520-1525
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, mental health services 99B:1030-1035
COVID-19 post-secondary education impact and supports, vaccination policies and safety protocols 117B:1400
COVID-19 vaccination
choice and benefits 113B:1055
vaccine hesitancy 113B:1050-1055
Crawley, Karissa, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 124B:1435
Crowhurst, Melissa, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 124B:1430
Deaf and deafblind community, recognition of linguistic community 65B:1505, 82B:1610-1620, 82B:1640
Dhillon, Kamal, experience of domestic violence and activism 139B:1055
Disability Alliance B.C., concerns re accessibility legislation 84B:1345
Disabled persons
accessibility and inclusion 50B:1015, 58B:1535
accessibility and inclusion 65B:1455-1510, 78B:1040-1055, 82B:1435-1545, 82B:1605-1820, 83B:1100-1145, 84B:1305-1320, 84B:1345-1430
accessible organizations and committees 82B:1745-1800
accessible organizations and plans 82B:1710, 82B:1730-1740, 82B:1815-1820
accessible organizations and public feedback 82B:1820
advisory committees 79C:1510-1520
compliance and enforcement 65B:1505
compliance and enforcement, appeals and tribunal 84B:1420-1425
compliance and enforcement, director and complaints mechanism 84B:1345-1420
definitions 65B:1505, 82B:1505-1525, 82B:1535-1540
experience of barriers 65B:1455, 82B:1730
gender-based analysis 83B:1105
government initiatives and funding 79C:1455-1545
government plan 82B:1700
legislation in other jurisdictions 65B:1505-1510
provincial accessibility committee 82B:1455, 82B:1805-1815, 83B:1135
provincial accessibility committee and remuneration 84B:1425-1430
public education and promotion 79C:1505
regulation and standards 65B:1500-1505, 82B:1440-1505, 82B:1730-1735
regulation and standards, development and consultation 83B:1100-1145
regulation and standards, development and relevant laws, standards and norms 84B:1305-1320
reporting requirements 82B:1650-1700
technical committee and remuneration 84B:1425-1430
employment and inclusion 50B:1010-1015, 65B:1455-1500, 78B:1045
experience of disability 65B:1455-1505
incidence of disability 65B:1455-1500
income assistance and relationship status 78B:1045
parking accessibility 54B:1340-1345
rights 65B:1505-1510
self-description and terminology variation 50B:1010
Discrimination and racism
ableism 117B:1525-1530
discrimination against disabled persons 65B:1505
discrimination and hatred against LGBTQ2S persons 72B:1345
Education, inclusive education and children with support needs, assessments 75A:1725-1730
Education Ministry, estimates debate 75A:1725-1730
Elections
electoral representation, terms "equality" and "equity" 89B:1510
redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 89B:1500-1510
rural and remote constituencies, representation 89B:1500-1510
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 89B:1500-1510
Electoral Boundaries Commission, work of commission 89B:1500
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 24), debate 117B:1525-1535
Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M203)
debate 87B:1015
purpose 107B:1705-1710
Finance Ministry, mandate letter 96B:1715
Fraser Health Authority, COVID-19 data 68B:1410
Freedom of information
access to information, changes 109B:1330-1350
proactive and routine disclosure 109B:1330-1335
requests for information, fees 109B:1345-1350
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Special Committee, work of committee 109B:1330
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 22)
debate 109B:1330-1350
introduction timeline and activities of review special committee 109B:1335-1340
Fuel, gasoline, pricing 58B:1530
Government
accountability and transparency 109B:1335
open data initiative 109B:1330-1335
programs and services, digital accessibility for disabled persons 79C:1530
Government records management
destruction of documents, oversight and penalties 109B:1340-1345
record of government activities and duty to document 109B:1340
Gutoskey, Ellen, comments on equality and equity 89B:1510
Hansard, accessibility for persons with visual impairment 79C:1530
Health
research and treatment, gender bias 120B:1010
social determinants, gender inequity and women's health 120B:1010
Health care system
services for transgender persons 120B:1010
Health care system, health professionals and workers, women 120B:1010-1015
Heatwaves, deaths and government response 101B:1040-1045
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 58B:1530
Horgan, John
actions and comments re heatwave 101B:1040-1045
comments on COVID-19 travel restrictions 55B:1100
Housing
accessible housing for disabled persons 129B:1010
affordable housing
government plan and performance reporting 48B:1045
supply and new units 48B:1045
Information and Privacy Commissioner, comments on destruction of records 109B:1345
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, observance 72B:1345
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, commemoration 139B:1055
Introductions by members 139B:1040
Kaler, Nicole, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 138B:1430
Laba, Izabella, comments on COVID-19 safety protocols in post-secondary system 117B:1400
Labour, community benefits agreement, impact on project costs 58B:1520
Learning disabilities
inclusion of people with learning disabilities in accessibility initiatives 79C:1510
student assessment and supports 75A:1725-1730
LGBTQ2S community, inclusion 72B:1345
Measles, 2014 outbreak in Fraser Valley 113B:1055
Mental health
mental health and addiction, system and services 99B:1030-1035, 99B:1045
mental health of children and youth, services and access 99B:1035
programs and services, services for women 99B:1035
stigma reduction and mutual support 99B:1030, 99B:1040-1045
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 21)
debate 107B:1705-1710
debate in House 107B:1705
Motions
Contributions by women and equality in workforce 106B:1145-1150
National AccessAbility Week
celebration and participation 79B:1425
celebration and purpose 78B:1040
Ontario, service model for children with support needs 121B:1420
Oral questions
Access to COVID-19 data and report information on Surrey 65B:1355-1400
Access to COVID-19 data on schools 68B:1410
Affordable housing targets and construction of new units 48B:1045
COVID-19 response in schools and use of rapid testing 114B:1425
COVID-19 travel restrictions and enforcement 55B:1100
COVID-19 vaccine policies and safety protocols in post-secondary institutions 117B:1400
Funding for spinal cord injury research 79B:1425-1430
Gender pay gap and pay equity legislation 87B:1045
Government response to heatwave 101B:1040-1045
Service model change for children with support needs 138B:1430
Service model change for children with support needs and funding for autism services 121B:1415-1420, 124B:1430-1435
Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equality, mandate letter 96B:1715
Pattullo Bridge, replacement project 58B:1530
Paturel, Charlotte, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 121B:1420
Persons Day, recognition and history 106B:1145
Physicians
family physicians, recruitment and supply 58B:1525-1530
women physicians 120B:1010-1015
Plastic products, ban on single-use plastic products and packaging, impact on disabled persons 117B:1525-1535
Poliomyelitis, impact and immunization 113B:1055
Politics and politicians, political participation by youth 121B:1345-1350
Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, funding 79B:1430
Premier's Office, estimates debate 96B:1705-1715
Private members' statements
National AccessAbility Week 78B:1040-1055
Supporting female entrepreneurs 134B:1015-1030
World Mental Health Day 99B:1030-1045
Private members' statements (response)
Diversability in the workplace 50B:1010-1015
Gendering health 120B:1010-1015
Importance of vaccinations 113B:1050-1055
Public service, employment of persons with disabilities 79C:1535-1545
Qualtrough, Carla, comments on federal accessibility legislation 65B:1510
Rankin, Murray, comments on issues, freedom-of-information issues 109B:1345
Registered disability savings plans, role and awareness 108B:1005
Ride-hail services, review by parliamentary committee and appointment date 107B:1705
Routley, Doug, comments on issues, freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation 109B:1340
Sahota, Derek, comments on COVID-19 safety protocols in post-secondary system 117B:1400
School district 36 (Surrey)
budget and COVID-19 safety protocols 58B:1535
portable use and new school facilities 58B:1530
Sign language, recognition as primary language 65B:1505, 82B:1605-1620, 82B:1640
SkyTrain, expansion proposal for Langley 58B:1530
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
estimates debate 79C:1455-1545
accessibility directorate, budget and staffing 79C:1455-1500
budget, advertising and communications 79C:1505
estimates debate 79C:1525
South Surrey and White Rock Chamber of Commerce, employment of persons with disabilities 50B:1015
Spinal cord conditions and injuries, research and funding 79B:1425-1430
Statements by members
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 72B:1345
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 139B:1055
Parking accessibility for disabled persons 54B:1340-1345
Registered disability savings plans 108B:1005
Surrey Board of Trade Top 25 Under 25 Award recipients 59B:1015-1020
Volunteers 51B:1340-1345
World Cerebral Palsy Day 103B:1350
Youth council for Surrey South MLA 121B:1345-1350
Surrey
COVID-19 impact
access to data 65B:1355-1400
outbreaks in schools 68B:1410
health care facilities and services, new hospital 58B:1530
volunteers and volunteer initiatives 51B:1340
Surrey Board of Trade, Top 25 Under 25 Award recipients 59B:1015-1020
Surrey South constituency and area
MLA, youth council 121B:1345-1350
size and electoral representation 89B:1500-1510
Turcott, Sam, work on accessibility legislation 65B:1500
UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
implementation 79C:1525
principles 84B:1310
Violence
domestic violence awareness 139B:1055
violence against women
incidence and response 139B:1055
prevention and report 99B:1035
Volunteers and volunteer sector, contributions 51B:1340-1345
Wages and salaries, minimum wage, increase 96B:1710
Women
government action on issues 58B:1520-1525
leadership in the workplace 134B:1030
pay equity
gender pay gap and equal pay legislation 87B:1045, 96B:1705-1715, 106B:1150, 107B:1705-1710, 134B:1020
gender pay gap and reporting 87B:1015
women in traditionally male-dominated sectors 106B:1145-1150
women's equality and gender equity 120B:1010
World Cerebral Palsy Day 103B:1350
World Mental Health Day, theme 99B:1030, 99B:1045
Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)

As subject
appointment as Deputy Speaker (Farnworth) 44B:1450
constituency assistants thanked 104B:1025-1030
experience as young person 92B:1005
role as MLA 77B:1535-1540
Automobiles, modified tailpipes, noise pollution 66B:1015-1020
Bernier, Mike, leadership on LGBTQ2S issues 92B:1015
B.C. Family Doctor Day, observance 75B:1335
B.C. place name origins and First Nations history 89B:1350
Canada's Drag Race, television series 117B:1350
Discrimination and racism, targeting of advocates against discrimination and racism 92B:1015
Dogwood Monarchist Society, role and charitable fundraising 117B:1350
Elections
electoral districts, urban and rural districts 77B:1535-1540
redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 77B:1535-1545
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 77B:1535-1545
Electoral Boundaries Commission, independence 77B:1540-1545
First Nations and Indigenous persons
reconciliation 89B:1345-1350
relationship with government, response to historic wrongs and legacies 89B:1345-1350
Introductions by members 89B:1340
LGBTQ2S community
acronyms 92B:1005
history of rights movement and cultural changes 92B:1000-1015
MLAs, role 77B:1535-1540
Motorcycles, modified tailpipes, noise pollution 66B:1015-1020
northe, ted, activism for LGBTQ2S rights 92B:1010
Physicians, appreciation 75B:1335
Pride celebrations, history and purpose 92B:1000-1015
Pride Month, celebration 92B:1015
Private members' statements
Pride 92B:1000-1015
Stanley Park Ecology Society, appreciation 54B:1345
Stanley Park, role for residents of downtown areas 54B:1345
Statements
B.C. Family Doctor Day 75B:1335
Statements by members
Noise pollution and vehicles with modified tailpipes 66B:1015-1020
Reconciliation with First Nations and response to historic wrongs and legacies 89B:1345-1350
Stanley Park 54B:1345
West End drag community and Dogwood Monarchist Society 117B:1350
Work of Vancouver-West End constituency assistants 104B:1025-1030
Vancouver–West End constituency and area
constituency assistants, role and work 104B:1025-1030
constituent cases re noise pollution from modified vehicles 66B:1020
drag community and participation in drag race 117B:1350
First Nations history 89B:1350
size and electoral representation 77B:1535-1545
Chant, Susie (North Vancouver–Seymour)

As subject
constituents, family, staff and supporters thanked 46B:1810
experience of constituent with autistic children during COVID-19 65B:1750
experience of friend with disability who skies 65B:1740
experience of husband's friend with assistive technology 65B:1735
experience with freedom-of-information requests 109B:1515
experience working with disabled persons 65B:1725-1730
husband's work with assistive devices 65B:1730
nursing leader friend 68B:1340-1345
visit to ultraviolet sanitization business 63B:1700-1705
Accessible British Columbia Act (Bill 6)
debate 65B:1725-1755
consultation and development of bill, Indigenous consultation 65B:1745-1750
Armed forces, recognition of service 121B:1350
Blind community, assistive technology 65B:1735
B.C. NDP government
priorities 58B:1630-1640, 58B:1800-1810
B.C. NDP government, priorities 47B:1440-1450
Budget debate 58B:1625-1640, 58B:1800-1810
Budgets
2021-22 budget
content and priorities 58B:1630-1640, 58B:1800-1810
contingency funding 58B:1805
Child care
affordability and availability 100B:1610-1620
government plan, implementation 58B:1635
Children and youth
early childhood educators, supply, recruitment and retention 100B:1615
employment and training, youth initiatives and future leader program 47B:1445
Climate change, action 63B:1715-1720
Community Living B.C., COVID-19 impact on operations and services 65B:1735
Consumers, cost of living, government action 47B:1445
COVID-19 business impact and supports 47B:1440, 58B:1640
COVID-19 child care impact and supports 58B:1805
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
front-line and essential workers
appreciation 136B:1015
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, front-line and essential workers, appreciation 46B:1815
COVID-19 impact
challenges 58B:1800-1810
community response by service organizations 89B:1340-1345
health care system and hospitals 46B:1810-1815
impact and response 46B:1810-1820
vulnerable persons and services 47B:1440-1445
COVID-19 impact and government response 58B:1635
COVID-19 vaccination
choice and benefits 113B:1050-1100
vaccination plan, implementation 58B:1635, 58B:1805
Disabled persons
accessibility and inclusion 65B:1725-1755, 78B:1130-1135
community living services during COVID-19 65B:1735, 65B:1750
programs and services 78B:1130
Discrimination and racism, awareness and prevention 47B:1440
Disease, infectious diseases, history in Canada 113B:1045-1100
Early Learning and Child Care Act (Bill 15), debate 100B:1610-1620
Education, inclusive education and students with support needs 78B:1130
Elections
redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 77B:1600-1605
rural and remote constituencies, representation 77B:1600-1605
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 77B:1555-1605
Electoral Boundaries Commission, independence 77B:1555-1605
Fires and firefighters
wildfires
impact on forests 116B:1600
use of technology to identify underground fires 63B:1720
First Nations and Indigenous persons
child protection system, changes and support 47B:1450
children, Indigenous-led child care 100B:1620
programs and services, funding 47B:1450
Fish, salmon protection 47B:1450
Floods and floodplains, flooding and response 63B:1720
Forest landscape plans, First Nations role 116B:1600
Forests and forest industry
forest management and practices, public interest 116B:1600-1605
government forest policies, reform 116B:1600-1605
Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 23), debate 116B:1600-1605
Freedom of information
access to information, changes 109B:1515-1525
requests for information, government handling 109B:1515
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 22)
debate 109B:1515-1525
development and consultation on bill 109B:1520
Health care system
health professionals and workers
appreciation 136B:1015-1020
health support workers and labour history 58B:1630
telehealth services, accessibility 47B:1440
wait-lists and waiting times, surgery waiting times 47B:1445
High-technology industry
development and government support 63B:1655-1700
workers leaving B.C. 63B:1700
Housing, accessible housing for disabled persons, issues for low-income persons 65B:1755
InBC Investment Corp. Act (Bill 5), debate 63B:1655-1725
InBC Investment Corp., establishment and role 47B:1445, 63B:1655-1725
Information and communications technology, Internet service expansion initiative 47B:1445
Introductions by members 93B:1350, 107B:1345, 125B:1005, 139B:1040
Kamloops Indian Residential School, burial site and unmarked graves 78B:1130
Labour, labour mobility, "brain drain" concept 63B:1715
Land use, protected areas 103B:1605
Lynn Valley Care Centre, COVID-19 outbreak and response 46B:1810
Lynn Valley Lions Club, services during COVID-19 89B:1340-1345
Medical radiography technologists, role and training 136B:1020
Mental health
mental health and addiction
services and funding 99B:1145-1150
programs and services
access and availability 47B:1445
Mental health, mental health and addiction, services and funding 58B:1630-1635
Motions
Accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities 78B:1130-1135
Response to opioid crisis and mental health and addiction issues 99B:1145-1150
Mount Seymour Park
description and use 103B:1600
Mount Seymour Park, description and use 47B:1450
North Vancouver
community response to stabbing incident 48B:1010
forests and forest industry 116B:1600
North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area
constituent issues re child care 100B:1615-1620
overdose deaths 99B:1145
parks, recreation and wildlife protection 47B:1450
size and electoral representation 77B:1600-1605
Nurses
role during COVID-19 68B:1340-1345
training for prescription of addiction treatment medication 99B:1150
Oceans and marine environment, plastic removal and cleanup 63B:1720
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games and Paralympic Games in Vancouver-Whistler, accessibility and athletes 65B:1740
Parkgate Community Services Society, role and services 104B:1020-1025
Parks
accessibility 65B:1730
system and use 103B:1600-1605
Poliomyelitis, impact and immunization 113B:1055-1100
Prayers and reflections 45B:1000, 101B:1000
Privacy, information-sharing with Indigenous peoples 109B:1520-1525
Private members' statements
Importance of vaccinations 113B:1045-1100
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 17)
debate 103B:1600-1605
Public health, immunization, history in Canada and role 113B:1045-1100
Remembrance Day, observance and wearing of poppy 121B:1350
Say Nuth Khaw Yum Park, description and management 103B:1600-1605
Seniors, care and support 58B:1630
Social welfare, support system for vulnerable persons 47B:1440-1445
Sports and recreation, disabled sports 65B:1740
Statements by members
Community response to stabbing incident in North Vancouver 48B:1010
COVID-19 response and role of nurses 68B:1340-1345
Lynn Valley Lions Club 89B:1340-1345
Medical radiography technologists 136B:1015-1020
Parkgate Society 104B:1020-1025
Remembrance Day and Armed Forces members and veterans 121B:1350
Substance use and addiction
overdoses, response and government initiatives 99B:1145-1150
treatment and recovery services, access to services 47B:1445
Throne speech debate 46B:1810-1820, 47B:1440-1450
Tseil-Waututh Nation, park on First Nation lands 103B:1600-1605
Chen, Hon. Katrina (Burnaby-Lougheed)

As subject
comments in estimates debate (Kirkpatrick) 87B:1030 (Tegart) 87B:1035
comments on issues, child care (Stone) 86B:1520
communications with persons with disabilities 65B:1600-1605
experience with child care issues 100B:1515, 100B:1740
meetings with early childhood educators 100B:1800
use of term "grandparenting" 81C:1800
work on child care issues (Dykeman) 101B:1125 (Sharma) 101B:1100
Accessible British Columbia Act (Bill 6)
debate 65B:1600-1610
consultation and development of bill 65B:1600
Bone, Chris, comments on child care system 87B:1040
B.C. Benefits (Child Care Subsidy) Act, history and purpose 100B:1515-1520
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, child care 100B:1520
B.C. NDP government, performance, child care 100B:1515-1520
Burnaby-Lougheed constituency and area, constituents' concerns re accessibility 65B:1600
Child care
affordability and availability 82C:1530-1535, 82C:1550-1555, 82C:1740-1745, 100B:1515-1530, 100B:1740-1745, 100B:1800-1805
affordable child care benefit 81C:1530, 82C:1535-1540, 87B:1035-1040, 102B:1435-1440
child care providers
government support 129B:1055-1105, 135B:1355-1400
overpayments 102B:1610-1615
facilities
inspection 82C:1725-1730
new spaces building fund 82C:1545
prototype sites 82C:1545, 82C:1700-1710, 100B:1530
prototype sites review and report 82C:1550-1555, 82C:1610-1650
fee reduction initiative 81C:1530, 81C:1605, 81C:1720-1815, 82C:1500-1535, 82C:1610-1625, 82C:1655, 87B:1035-1040, 100B:1520-1525
fees 89B:1355-1400
fees, benefits and appeals 102B:1615
funding 82C:1815-1820
community child care space creation program 82C:1735
federal funding 82C:1600-1610, 82C:1705, 82C:1815
funding and spaces 89B:1405
grants 102B:1400-1410
government plan
annual reporting 102B:1600-1605
consultation 102B:1345-1355
implementation 65B:1605, 81C:1530-1535, 82C:1515, 82C:1550-1820, 87B:1030-1040, 89B:1355-1405, 100B:1740-1805, 129B:1055-1105, 135B:1355-1405
initiatives 100B:1515-1530, 135B:1400
strategy component 102B:1440-1445, 102B:1525
inclusive child care 102B:1440
inclusive child care for children with support needs 100B:1525-1530
legislation and regulation 100B:1515-1520
safety issues 100B:1745-1750
spaces 81C:1530-1540, 81C:1600-1645, 81C:1700, 81C:1815, 82C:1450, 82C:1650-1710, 82C:1810-1815, 87B:1030-1040, 100B:1525, 100B:1745
infant and toddler spaces 82C:1740
planning and local government role 82C:1730-1740
spaces in schools 81C:1635-1650, 81C:1700-1710, 82C:1755-1805
utilization 82C:1625-1645
standards of care 100B:1750
system
information 100B:1750
universal child care system 82C:1550-1600, 82C:1650, 100B:1800, 102B:1440
Child Care Minister of State
role and experiences 65B:1600-1605
role and responsibilities 81C:1530-1535, 100B:1515
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 81C:1530-1815, 82C:1450-1820
estimates process, participants thanked 82C:1820
performance measurement and online portal 82C:1710
reporting requirements re child care system 100B:1525
service plan 82C:1710
staff 102B:1335, 103B:1655
Children and youth
children with support needs, inclusive services 65B:1605
early childhood development
early learning 81C:1550-1555
early learning and child care agreement 100B:1525-1530
early childhood educators
certification and recognition of credentials 100B:1755, 103B:1750-1755, 104B:1125, 104B:1145
criminal record checks 107B:1600
legislation and regulation 100B:1740-1805, 103B:1655-1805, 103B:1820-1850, 104B:1125-1155, 107B:1540-1600
legislation and regulation, information-sharing agreements with other provinces 100B:1755, 104B:1130-1135
registrar, compliance and enforcement 100B:1755, 107B:1540-1555
registry, exemptions 107B:1555
registry, registrar 103B:1730-1740
registry, registration of educators and programs 100B:1750, 103B:1745-1805
registry, training program review and approval process 103B:1805-1850, 104B:1125-1150, 107B:1555
role and support 100B:1740-1750, 100B:1800-1805
supply, recruitment and retention 100B:1745, 100B:1755
training and spaces 81C:1535, 81C:1550-1555, 81C:1710-1715
wages and enhancement program 81C:1535, 81C:1550-1555, 81C:1720, 82C:1550-1555, 82C:1815, 87B:1035, 100B:1525, 100B:1745, 100B:1755-1800
supported child development programs 100B:1525-1530
Community Care and Assisted Living Act, amendments 100B:1745-1750
Coulter, Dan
comments on issues, accessibility legislation 65B:1610
disability advocacy work 65B:1610
Crown agencies and board resourcing office, posting of child care council vacancies 102B:1540
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, definitions, "Indigenous governing body" 103B:1705
Degree Quality Assessment Board, consultation on early childhood educator legislation 103B:1825
Disabled persons
accessibility and inclusion 65B:1600-1610
intersectional lens 65B:1605-1610
regulation and standards 65B:1605
Early Childhood Educators Act (Bill 14)
debate 100B:1740-1805, 103B:1655-1805, 103B:1820-1850, 104B:1125-1155, 107B:1540-1600
alignment assessment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 103B:1655
development and consultation on bill
post-secondary institutions 103B:1700, 103B:1825-1840
stakeholders and First Nations 103B:1655-1730
Early Learning and Child Care Act (Bill 15)
debate 100B:1515-1535, 102B:1340-1615
alignment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 102B:1345
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 102B:1345-1355, 102B:1415-1435
Education
out-of-school care programs
seamless day kindergarten pilot program 81C:1705, 82C:1805-1810
spaces and funding 82C:1720-1730
Education Ministry, child care component transfer and responsibilities 81C:1545, 81C:1705-1710, 82C:1750-1805
First Nations and Indigenous persons
children
Aboriginal Head Start program and child care spaces 81C:1535, 82C:1815
child care 103B:1710-1730
Indigenous-led child care 100B:1520-1525, 102B:1415-1435
governance and leadership 103B:1705
First Nations Leadership Council, consultation on early childhood educator legislation 103B:1705
Introductions by members 90B:1005, 103B:1335, 110B:1335-1340, 118B:1005, 121B:1335, 124B:1345, 132B:1015
Kelowna, child care spaces 81C:1605-1615
Okanagan area, child care spaces 81C:1605-1615
Oral questions (response)
Child care plan 87B:1030-1040, 89B:1355-1405, 129B:1055-1105, 135B:1355-1405
Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility, activities and role 65B:1610
Private training institutions branch, program review and approval process 103B:1835-1850
Provincial Child Care Council, role and membership 102B:1445-1540
StudentAid B.C., consultation on early childhood educator legislation 103B:1830
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation legislation, application 102B:1420-1430
Vancouver, city government, funding of child care spaces and memorandum of understanding 82C:1710-1720
Chouhan, Hon. Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds) (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker in Subject Index
Chow, Hon. George (Vancouver-Fraserview)

Introductions by members 100B:1330-1335, 135B:1335
Clovechok, Doug (Columbia River–Revelstoke)

As subject
travel of B.C. as MLA 89B:1640-1645
Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, 2022 games at Panorama ski resort and road access 95C:1805-1810
Columbia River, salmon populations 64B:1150
Columbia River treaty, budget and treaty negotiations 89A:1745-1750
Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area, size and electoral representation 89B:1620-1645
Columbia Salmon Festival, event and Indigenous role 64B:1150
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, paid sick leave 68B:1645-1655
COVID-19 impact and government response, cruise ship industry 78B:1020-1025
Cruise ship industry
industry and role in economy 78B:1015-1020
ports in B.C. waters and government support 78B:1015-1030
Eichenberger, Kathy, work on Columbia River treaty commended 89A:1745
Elections
rural and remote constituencies, representation 89B:1625-1650
Elections, redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 89B:1625
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 89B:1620-1650
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 89B:1625-1630
debate on bill, participation by MLAs 89B:1650
Electoral Boundaries Commission, work of commission 89B:1625
Employment and unemployment, permanent paid sick leave 68B:1650-1655
Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 13), debate 68B:1645-1655
Fish, salmon
protection and restoration 64B:1150
status of wild chinook stocks 64B:1150
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 89A:1745-1750
Golden, bridge conditions and replacement 95C:1810
Introductions by members 129B:1005, 136B:1005
Kootenay area, habitat and wildlife conservation, advocacy 139B:1005
Motions
Wild salmon conservation 64B:1150
Personal statements
Withdrawal and apology for comments made in the House 90B:1100
Prayers and reflections 78B:1000
Private members' statements
Cruise ship industry in B.C. 78B:1015-1030
Purdy, Carmen, contributions and death 139B:1005
Toby Creek Road, conditions and improvements 95C:1805-1810
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 95C:1800-1810
staff commended 95C:1800
Tributes
Carmen Purdy 139B:1005
U.S., legislation on ports for cruise ships 78B:1020-1030
Conroy, Hon. Katrine (Kootenay West)

As subject
comments on issues
freedom-of-information requests (Sturdy) 114B:1500 (Wat) 112B:1410
old-growth logging (Furstenau) 103B:1415
death of husband and daughter's birthday 48B:1150
family members employed at pulp mill 49B:1355
role as Forests Minister 48B:1150
son's work in agriculture and ranching 133B:1620
Agriculture, government support and initiatives 49B:1345
Allan, John, work on softwood lumber issues 89A:1820
Auditor General
reports and reviews
conservation lands program 73B:1035
management of forest service roads 89A:1810
Automobiles, zero-emission and clean vehicles, batteries 49B:1335
Barkerville Historic Town and Park, COVID-19 impact and government support 91A:1325
B.C. by region, rural B.C., rural development and jobs 49B:1335
B.C. Cattlemen's Association, communications with government 133B:1620
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, forest policies 89A:1440-1445
B.C. NDP government
priorities 49B:1335-1355
B.C. NDP government, priorities 48B:1150-1155
B.C. Snowmobile Federation, recommendations re recreation and caribou protection 90A:1130
B.C. timber sales program
limitation on issuance of timber sales licences 128B:1730-1745
operations 73B:1035, 87A:1130-1135, 88A:1340, 88A:1430-1435, 88A:1555-1625
role re special purpose areas 138B:1830-1845, 140B:1520-1535
role re tenure reallocation 128B:1345
Canadian Forest Products Ltd., operations and revenues 88A:1805, 89A:1450
Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area
grazing leases, case re compensation for ranchers 91A:1515-1555
grizzly bear population 91A:1450-1500
wildlife, predator management 91A:1355-1405
Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council, forest industry activities, tenure reallocation 88A:1415, 88A:1455, 91A:1655
Castlegar
Sculpturewalk event 49B:1340
urgent and primary care centre 49B:1335
Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce, expansion and multi-use building project 49B:1340
Chief forester
delegation of powers 140B:1310
information-sharing re forest inventory by area-based tenure holders 128B:1345, 131B:1450, 138B:1445, 140B:1425-1510
role re forest landscape plans 128B:1635, 128B:1645, 128B:1655, 128B:1700, 132B:1115, 133B:1500, 133B:1710-1715, 135A:1610-1615, 135A:1640-1700, 135A:1720-1735, 135A:1805, 137A:1350, 137A:1425, 137A:1435-1545
role re special purpose areas 140B:1310
Child care, funding and spaces 49B:1340
CleanBC plan 49B:1355
Climate change, government action 49B:1355
Columbia Basin Trust, history and role 49B:1345-1350
Columbia River treaty
budget and treaty negotiations 89A:1750
debate in estimates 90A:1110
First Nations role and consultation 49B:1350
treaty and negotiations 49B:1350
COVID-19 economic recovery, funding 49B:1350
COVID-19 impact
challenges 48B:1150
impact and response 49B:1400
COVID-19 impact and government response
government response 48B:1150-1155
silviculture industry 49B:1355
Crown land, lease rates for residential properties 91A:1320
Dakota Bowl area, protection of forest lands 91A:1640
Dennis, Robert, comments on forest and resource management 89B:1410, 103B:1420
Ditidaht First Nation
call for deferral of old-growth logging 94B:1040
Ditidaht First Nation, call for deferral of old-growth logging 86B:1400
Eagle Graphite Corp., Slocan Valley graphite mine 49B:1335
Education funding 49B:1345
Environment, environmental protection, government initiatives 49B:1355
Finance Ministry
powers, enforcement of fee in lieu payments by timber exporters 128B:1345, 131B:1450, 138B:1455-1820
staff 138B:1440, 138B:1505
Fires and firefighters
wildfires
interface buffer areas, establishment 116B:1340
prevention 49B:1335
First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal rights and title 136A:1130-1140, 137A:1400-1425
agreements with government
forest and range agreements 91A:1655
revenue-sharing agreements 91A:1655
consultation by government 136A:1125-1140, 137A:1400-1425
governance and leadership 135A:1715-1720, 137A:1435
Fish
habitat protection 89A:1835
steelhead populations, government action 117B:1415-1420
Forest Act
amendments 128B:1345, 131B:1445-1450
definitions, "wood residue" 138B:1550
provisions re fee in lieu payments 128B:1345, 138B:1455-1820
Forest Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 28)
debate 128B:1345, 131B:1445-1450, 138B:1440-1845, 140B:1305-1630
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 131B:1450
debate, committee stage 138B:1445
definitions
"area-based licence" 138B:1825
"special purpose areas" 138B:1825-1845
implementation and impact 138B:1445-1450
purpose 128B:1345, 138B:1440-1450
Forest and Range Practices Act
amendments 110B:1345, 116B:1335-1340, 133B:1620-1635, 135A:1630-1700
amendments and consultation with First Nations 133B:1625-1635
definitions
"area of catastrophic damage" 130B:1700-1730
"forest landscape area" 130B:1735-1755
"trail-based recreation area" 130B:1805
provisions 89A:1525
Forest and Range Practices Advisory Council
consultation on forests legislation 116B:1335
membership 116B:1335
Forest landscape plans
allowable annual cut 133B:1435, 137A:1545-1605
areas of catastrophic damage 130B:1700-1730, 135A:1805-1810, 136A:1110-1120
community input 133B:1455-1530, 135A:1745-1750
contiguous or non-contiguous units 132B:1150
costs and funding 130B:1820-1825, 132B:1110-1115
cutblocks and locations 128B:1740
dispute resolution process 137A:1515-1530
establishment 110B:1345, 116B:1335, 130B:1800
First Nations role 110B:1345, 116B:1335-1340
consultation and cooperation 136A:1125-1140, 137A:1350-1530
decision-making agreements 137A:1745-1750
role and stakeholder consultation 128B:1620-1650, 128B:1705, 130B:1735-1755, 132B:1115-1135, 133B:1430, 133B:1450-1500, 133B:1530, 135A:1745-1750, 135A:1800, 136A:1120-1140
forest landscape area 130B:1735-1810
forest operations plans 110B:1345, 116B:1340, 130B:1815, 137A:1630-1655, 137A:1710
herbicide use 137A:1610-1620
implementation timeline 116B:1340, 130B:1825, 135A:1800, 137A:1755-1800
implementation timeline and regulations 133B:1515
objectives 116B:1335, 128B:1635, 133B:1435-1540, 133B:1620, 135A:1610-1620, 135A:1755, 137A:1505, 137A:1640, 140B:1440
ecosystem health and biodiversity risk 135A:1620, 135A:1630-1700
First Nations values 133B:1705-1720, 135A:1710-1755
old-growth management 128B:1705-1715
performance measurement 128B:1655-1700, 137A:1535-1540
range and forage values 133B:1540, 133B:1620
wildlife values 133B:1535
overlapping plans and interpretation provisions 130B:1815
permitting issues 128B:1820-1825, 130B:1515-1520
pilot projects 116B:1340, 132B:1110, 133B:1525
private lands 132B:1115-1135
private managed forest lands 132B:1135-1145
public access issues 135A:1755
public information 130B:1600-1605
relationship to community forests 130B:1745
relationship to timber supply areas 130B:1735-1745, 130B:1805, 132B:1150, 133B:1430
relationship to tree farm licences 130B:1735-1740, 130B:1805, 132B:1150, 133B:1430
relationship to woodlots 133B:1420
reporting requirements 137A:1535-1540
salvage logging 133B:1445-1455
science-based decision-making 137A:1605
silviculture obligations 130B:1720-1730, 130B:1800, 135A:1805-1810, 136A:1110-1120, 137A:1610-1620
site-level plans 137A:1700-1710
terms and extensions 137A:1625, 137A:1750
timber sale licences 128B:1730-1745
trail-based recreation areas 116B:1340, 130B:1805
Forest Practices Board
report on forest roads 130B:1540, 130B:1555
report on old growth management 73B:1035
Forests and forest industry
access to fibre, fibre recovery zones 88A:1520
allowable annual cut, undercut 87A:1135-1140
coast forest revitalization strategy, performance measurement 89A:1640-1650
coastal forest industry, log grade review 89A:1650
coastal forest industry, timber sales and volume 87A:1130-1145
companies, role in communities and social licence issue 89A:1445
employment and jobs 49B:1355, 136B:1055
export of products
auditing system and fee in lieu payments 128B:1345, 131B:1450, 138B:1450-1820
export and expansion of market 138B:1435
wood residue 138B:1550-1625, 138B:1640-1650, 138B:1750
First Nations involvement in industry
consultation 89A:1510, 89A:1525
consultation on forest policy changes 122B:1040-1045, 128B:1420-1425, 131B:1450
involvement 88A:1355, 88A:1405, 88A:1645, 91A:1655, 110B:1345, 116B:1335-1340
role in forest management 122B:1035
forest inventory, requirements 128B:1345, 131B:1450, 138B:1445, 140B:1425-1510
forest licences
area-based licences 138B:1825-1845
groups of licences 138B:1445, 140B:1340-1405
forest management and practices
compliance and enforcement 110B:1345, 116B:1340, 130B:1655
cutblocks and cutting permits 128B:1800-1810
public interest 110B:1345, 116B:1330-1340, 128B:1345, 131B:1445-1450
sustainability 49B:1355, 88A:1750-1805, 110B:1345, 116B:1335-1340
forest roads
access to private land and agreements with government 130B:1650
deactivation 128B:1810-1820, 130B:1530-1630
deactivation and penalties 130B:1655
declaration 130B:1525
declaration and funding 130B:1640
declassification 130B:1640-1645
management of forest service roads 89A:1810, 110B:1345, 116B:1340
permitting issues 128B:1750-1800, 130B:1525-1530, 130B:1600, 130B:1610-1630
road density and gates 130B:1605-1610
uses 130B:1525-1530
uses and role of First Nations 130B:1625-1630
forest stewardship plans, replacement 110B:1345, 116B:1335-1340, 128B:1825, 130B:1515-1520, 130B:1800, 137A:1755-1800
forest-dependent communities and workers
impact of forest policy changes and support 122B:1040, 122B:1050, 128B:1430, 132B:1100, 136B:1055-1100, 139B:1110-1115
transition support and retirement bridging program 89A:1550
government forest policies
changes and benefits 122B:1035-1050, 138B:1435
changes and socioeconomic analysis of impacts 122B:1035, 122B:1045, 128B:1430-1435, 138B:1450, 139B:1110-1120
reform 110B:1345, 116B:1330-1340, 128B:1345, 128B:1620-1625, 131B:1445-1450, 138B:1440-1450
reform and intentions paper 88A:1345-1525, 88A:1545, 88A:1620, 88A:1635, 88A:1700, 88A:1750-1805, 89A:1535, 89A:1600, 89A:1620, 89A:1700, 91A:1655
industry
competitiveness and costs 89A:1440-1445
conditions and competitiveness 88A:1800-1805
conditions and government response 139B:1120
diversification 49B:1355
investment 89A:1445-1450
Interior forest industry 88A:1520
legislation and policies 49B:1355
logging contractors, sustainability review 89A:1535-1540
management and practices 88A:1645, 88A:1700
old-growth forests
information and definition 89A:1600, 89A:1615-1620, 91A:1605-1625
management 73B:1035
management and panel report 86B:1400-1405, 89B:1405-1410
management and panel report recommendations 89A:1600-1615, 91A:1635, 103B:1415, 128B:1425-1435, 135A:1635
management and role of Indigenous communities 76B:1030, 82B:1410-1415, 86B:1400-1405, 89B:1405-1410, 91A:1635-1640, 94B:1040-1045, 103B:1415-1420
protection 49B:1355, 73B:1035, 76B:1025-1030
protection and logging deferrals 82B:1410-1415, 86B:1400-1405, 89B:1405-1410, 91A:1635-1640, 94B:1040-1045, 103B:1415, 122B:1035, 128B:1420-1425, 128B:1705-1715, 136B:1055, 139B:1110
public engagement 89A:1620
permitting process 89A:1510, 89A:1520-1525, 128B:1705, 128B:1800-1810, 128B:1820-1825, 130B:1515-1520
prescribed or cultural burning 88A:1525-1545
pulp and pellet sector 88A:1525, 88A:1740
silviculture
practices after wildfires 110B:1345, 135A:1805-1810, 136A:1110-1120
wildfire reforestation plans 116B:1340
softwood lumber trade with U.S.
tariffs and government response 138B:1430-1435
softwood lumber trade with U.S., tariffs and government response 89A:1820-1830
special purpose areas 131B:1450, 138B:1440, 140B:1305-1310, 140B:1515-1625
compensation 140B:1605-1625
definition 138B:1825-1845
First Nations–related measures 140B:1540-1555
relationship to archaeological overview assessments 140B:1605
stumpage system 89A:1715, 89A:1725, 138B:1500-1550
tenure agreement requirements for disposal or transfer, public interest component 88A:1645, 88A:1700
tenure reallocation 128B:1345
compensation 128B:1345, 131B:1450, 138B:1445
First Nations 128B:1345, 131B:1450
tenure system
community-based tenure 88A:1355
redistribution tool 88A:1435, 88A:1635
tenure reallocation and compensation 88A:1635
tenure reallocation for First Nations 88A:1405, 88A:1445-1500, 88A:1700, 88A:1720-1725, 89A:1700, 89A:1715-1725, 91A:1655
timber supply areas, allowable annual cut and reductions 138B:1445, 140B:1315-1405, 140B:1520-1525
timber supply review 133B:1435-1440, 137A:1600
use or occupation of public lands, fees 110B:1345
value-added sector 88A:1355, 88A:1430, 88A:1555, 88A:1700, 88A:1740-1750, 88A:1815, 89A:1445
wood products and uses, mass timber products 49B:1355, 88A:1430
Wood Secretariat 88A:1430, 88A:1740
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
estimates debate 87A:1120-1145, 88A:1340-1815, 89A:1440-1845, 90A:1110-1145, 91A:1310-1700
budget 89A:1510
conservation lands program 73B:1035
estimates process
request for list of permitting information 89A:1520-1525
written answers 91A:1310-1325, 91A:1405, 91A:1555, 91A:1700
written questions 90A:1110
Minister, decision-making powers 128B:1800
staff 128B:1620, 130B:1515, 132B:1110, 135A:1610, 138B:1825, 140B:1305
staffing, additional staffing for permitting process 90A:1145
staffing and workload 89A:1510
website information on old-growth forests 91A:1405
Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 23)
debate 110B:1345, 116B:1330-1340, 128B:1620-1825, 130B:1515-1825, 132B:1110-1150, 133B:1420-1720, 135A:1610-1810, 136A:1110-1140, 137A:1350-1800
alignment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 110B:1345, 116B:1335-1340
coming into force 128B:1810
definitions
"approximate locations" 128B:1740
"Indigenous peoples" 135A:1710
definitions, "forest landscape area" 128B:1720
development and consultation 116B:1335
development and consultation, First Nations 116B:1335, 133B:1625-1640
purpose 110B:1345, 116B:1330-1340
regulations 128B:1810, 133B:1515
FrontCounter B.C., service delivery delays 90A:1140-1145
Guide Outfitters Association of B.C., meeting with government 91A:1425
Guide-outfitters, unused harvest allotments 91A:1410-1430
Health care system, government investment and initiatives 49B:1335
Housing, affordable housing, government action 49B:1345
Houston, forest industry, timber supply in area 88A:1405
Hunting
trapping of wolves 91A:1435-1440
women in hunting 89A:1840
Huu-ay-aht First Nations
call for deferral of old-growth logging 94B:1040
Huu-ay-aht First Nations, call for deferral of old-growth logging 86B:1400
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, connectivity issues for remote and rural communities 49B:1340
International Forest Products Ltd., operations and investment 139B:1120
Introductions by members 107B:1340, 108B:1005, 110B:1335, 124B:1340
Investment, government investments 49B:1335-1345
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd., mass timber products 88A:1430, 88A:1740
Kootenay area
agriculture and food 49B:1345
health facilities and services 49B:1335
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, upgrades and services 49B:1335
Kootenay West constituency and area
child care 49B:1340
COVID-19 impact and response 49B:1335
education and post-secondary education 49B:1345
government investment 49B:1335-1345
housing 49B:1345
parks and trails 49B:1345
Lakes planning area, pilot project 133B:1525
Land use, protected areas 73B:1035
Nakusp, accessible trails 49B:1345
Oral questions (response)
Deferral of old-growth logging and consultation with First Nations and forest industry 128B:1420-1425
Deferral of old-growth logging and role of First Nations 86B:1400-1405, 89B:1405-1410
Forest policy changes and consultation with First Nations 122B:1040-1045
Forest policy changes and socioeconomic analysis of impacts 122B:1035-1050, 128B:1425-1435, 139B:1110-1120
Forest policy changes and support for forest workers 132B:1100, 136B:1055-1100
Government management of forests and conservation lands program 73B:1035
Government policies on forest industry and protection of old-growth forests 82B:1410-1415
Panel report recommendations and deferral of old-growth logging 103B:1415-1420
Protection of Fraser River steelhead 117B:1415-1420
Protection of old-growth forests and call for immediate logging deferrals 76B:1030
Protection of old-growth forests and practices of B.C. Timber Sales 73B:1035
Request by Squamish Nation for deferral of old-growth logging 94B:1040-1045
U.S. tariffs on softwood lumber 138B:1430-1435
Pacheedaht First Nation
call for deferral of old-growth logging 94B:1040
Pacheedaht First Nation, call for deferral of old-growth logging 86B:1400
Parks, COVID-19 impact, closings and reopenings 91A:1320
Parsnip area, moose populations and hunting 91A:1325-1345
Peace River area, caribou protection and snowmobile recreation 90A:1130
Peak Renewables, forest application 91A:1315
Port Alberni, forest industry activities 89A:1445
Post-secondary education, government investment and initiatives 49B:1345
Prince George timber supply area, tenure allocation for First Nations 88A:1455, 91A:1655
Rangeland, grazing leases, compensation for ranchers 91A:1515-1555
Resources and resource industries, permitting process 89A:1510, 90A:1145
Revelstoke, moose populations and hunting in area 91A:1325-1345
Selkirk College, programs and funding 49B:1345
Shuswap area, constituent water licence application case 90A:1145
Snowmobiles, snowmobiling, recreation areas 90A:1130
Social welfare, funding for supports 49B:1340-1345
Splatsin First Nation, economic development and campground project 89A:1735
Sports and recreation, trails and paths, accessibility 49B:1345
Squamish, Crown land lease rates for residential properties 91A:1320
Squamish Nation, call for deferral of old-growth logging 91A:1640, 94B:1040
Supreme Court of Canada, rulings on issues, Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 91A:1540
Tahltan Nation, grizzly bear population in area 91A:1510
Thompson-Okanagan area, permitting process 90A:1145
Throne speech debate 48B:1150-1155, 49B:1335-1400
Treasury Board, role re compensation for tenure reallocation 88A:1635
Vancouver Island
south Island
forest industry activities 89A:1445-1450
old-growth forests and Fairy Creek area 89A:1620, 103B:1415-1420
wolf trapping case 91A:1440
Verigin-Burk, Tammy, role in building project 49B:1340
Water, water licences, applications and timeline 90A:1140-1145
Wildlife
caribou protection
predator management 91A:1355-1405
socioeconomic impact and consultation with stakeholders 90A:1130
grizzly bears, trophy hunting ban and population management 91A:1450-1510
management and funding 89A:1835-1845
moose population management
calf-cow harvest and First Nations concerns 89A:1845
population and cow-calf hunting 91A:1325-1350
predator management 91A:1350-1405, 91A:1435-1440
wildlife and habitat protection, Together for Wildlife strategy 89A:1835-1840
wolves, population management 91A:1355-1400, 91A:1435-1440
Wood waste, slash burning 88A:1405, 88A:1515-1520
Coulter, Dan (Chilliwack)

As subject
advocacy and role (Mercier) 78B:1120
comments on issues, accessibility legislation (Chen) 65B:1610 (Dykeman) 65B:1640
disability advocacy work (Chen) 65B:1610
experience of accessibility and barriers 78B:1100
experience of disability and advocacy work 65B:1520-1525, 65B:1540
experience of mother as health support worker 63B:1630
local government and business supporters thanked 49B:1605
motivation to enter politics 49B:1620-1625
staff thanked 49B:1600
Accessibility Legislation and COVID-19 Advisory Committee,
membership and work on accessibility legislation 65B:1525
Accessible British Columbia Act (Bill 6)
debate 65B:1515-1540
consultation and development of bill 65B:1525-1535, 106B:1005
definitions 65B:1535
purpose of bill 78B:1100, 79B:1340
BDC Capital, comments on strategic investment fund 63B:1635
B.C., issues and challenges, collaborative response 134B:1045
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., government support for communities and economic diversification 120B:1140-1145
B.C. Liberal Party
MLAs, questions to government 56B:1445
performance as government
forest policies 120B:1145
labour and education policies 49B:1620-1625
worker protection 63B:1630-1635, 68B:1625-1630
B.C. NDP government, performance, education and schools 49B:1625
B.C. recovery benefit 56B:1445
Budget debate 56B:1435-1500
Budgets, 2021-22 budget content and priorities 56B:1435-1500
Business Council of B.C., comments on strategic investment fund 63B:1635
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, amendments 107B:1700
Cadieux, Stephanie, disability advocacy work 65B:1540
Cheung, Sarah, comments on accessibility legislation 65B:1525-1530
Child care, government plan and spaces 56B:1440
Children and youth, early childhood educators, wages and enhancement program 56B:1440
Chilliwack
businesses, COVID-19 impact and supports 49B:1610-1615
child care spaces 56B:1440
city council and economic organizations thanked 49B:1605
community response to flooding event 134B:1030-1045
Indigenous names for local mountains 49B:1600
mental health and addiction issues and response 56B:1455
multiculturalism and anti-racism projects and funding 49B:1615-1620
rental housing project 49B:1610
supportive housing project 49B:1605-1610
Chilliwack constituency and area, constituents, use of high-cost credit products 107B:1700
Chilliwack Economic Partners Corp., role 63B:1625
Chilliwack Economic Recovery Network, role re economic recovery supports for businesses 49B:1610-1615
Chilliwack Restorative Justice Society, role and services 59B:1010
Chilliwack Youth Health Centre, funding for project 49B:1615-1620
Communities, challenges and courage of community members 134B:1030-1045
Community Inclusion Month 110B:1345-1350
Community of Accessible Employers, membership and work on accessibility legislation 65B:1530
Construction industry, workers, demographics 56B:1450
COVID-19 business impact and supports
business impact and supports 63B:1625
COVID-19 business impact and supports, business impact and supports 49B:1615
COVID-19 economic recovery
equitable and inclusive recovery 56B:1500
funding 49B:1620
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
disabled workers 106B:1000
front-line and essential workers, appreciation 56B:1435
paid sick leave 68B:1620-1630
COVID-19 impact and government response, funding 56B:1435-1440
COVID-19 vaccination, vaccination plan, implementation 49B:1600, 56B:1435
D'Avignon, Greg, comments on strategic investment fund 63B:1635
Disabled persons
accessibility and inclusion 65B:1515-1540, 78B:1100-1105, 79B:1340, 106B:1005, 110B:1345-1350
advisory committees 106B:1010
definitions 65B:1535
experience of barriers 65B:1520, 65B:1530, 78B:1100
government plan 65B:1535
provincial accessibility committee 65B:1535-1540
public education and promotion 65B:1520-1525, 65B:1535
regulation and standards 65B:1540
accessibility secretariat, work of staff commended 65B:1515, 65B:1525
employment and inclusion 65B:1530-1535
government programs and initiatives 106B:1000-1015
presidents group network and guide for employers 106B:1005-1015
experience of disability 65B:1520
history of institutionalization 65B:1515
incidence of disability 65B:1515-1520, 65B:1540
incidence of disability among First Nations 65B:1515
parking accessibility 78B:1100
Discrimination and racism
awareness and prevention, government initiatives 49B:1615-1620
discrimination against disabled persons 65B:1520
Education funding
capital funding and operating funding 56B:1450, 56B:1500
Education, government investment 56B:1445, 56B:1500
Employment and unemployment, permanent paid sick leave 68B:1625
Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 13), debate 68B:1620-1630
Financial services industry, high-cost credit products, regulation 107B:1700
First Nations and Indigenous persons, housing 49B:1610
Forests and forest industry
forest-dependent communities and workers, transition support 120B:1145
mass timber program 120B:1145
value-added sector 120B:1145
Fraser Valley
child care spaces 56B:1440
flooding and landslides, community response 134B:1030-1045
Health care funding 56B:1435
Health care system, health professionals and workers, health support workers and labour history 63B:1630
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), Fraser Valley section, improvement projects 56B:1450
Housing
accessible housing for disabled persons 110B:1350
supportive housing 49B:1605-1610
Hurlburt, Wendy, comments on strategic investment fund 63B:1635
InBC Investment Corp. Act (Bill 5)
debate 63B:1625-1640
InBC Investment Corp., establishment and role 63B:1625-1640
Inclusion B.C., work of organization 110B:1350
Introductions by members 128B:1340
Kahlon, Ravi
work as Jobs Minister 63B:1625
Kahlon, Ravi, work as Jobs Minister 49B:1615
Labour
community benefits agreement
benefits 63B:1630
training component and equity employment 56B:1450-1455
Legislation, legislation for 2nd session, 42nd parliament, two employment standards amendment acts 68B:1620
Legislature, question period, questions 56B:1445
LifeSciences B.C., comments on strategic investment fund 63B:1635
Martin, John, role as MLA 49B:1600
Mental health, mental health and addiction services and funding 56B:1455
Merrifield, Renee, comments on workers 68B:1625
Millwrights' Machine Erectors and Maintenance Union local 2736 128B:1345-1350
Millwrights, role and contributions 128B:1345-1350
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 21), debate 107B:1700-1705
Motions
Accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities 78B:1100-1105
Rural communities and economies 120B:1140-1145
Multiculturalism, multiculturalism and anti-racism initiative and funding 49B:1615-1620
National AccessAbility Week 65B:1535
celebration 79B:1340
celebration and purpose 78B:1100-1105
Nycz, Jérõme, comments on strategic investment fund 63B:1635
Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility
activities and role 106B:1005
Parliamentary Secretary for Accessibility, activities and role 65B:1520-1525
Passenger Transportation Act, amendments 107B:1705
Popove, Ken
comments on supportive housing project 49B:1605-1610
public service and housing advocacy 49B:1605
Prayers and reflections 61B:1330, 90B:1000, 118B:1000
Presidents Group, membership and work on accessibility legislation 65B:1530
Private members' statements
Community heroes across B.C. 134B:1030-1045
Disability employment 106B:1000-1015
Public service, employment of persons with disabilities 106B:1005-1010
Rental housing, purpose-built rental housing, construction of new units 49B:1610
Ride-hail services, review by parliamentary committee and appointment date 107B:1705
School district 33 (Chilliwack)
budget and capital projects 49B:1625
capital projects 56B:1450
Schools, capital projects 56B:1445-1450
Simpson, Shane, work on accessibility legislation 65B:1525
Skills training, apprenticeships 56B:1455, 128B:1350
Statements by members
Accessibility for disabled persons 79B:1340
Chilliwack Restorative Justice Society 59B:1010
Community Inclusion Month 110B:1345-1350
Millwrights and Millwrights Local 2736 128B:1345-1350
Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre, funding for Indigenous-settler relations project 49B:1615-1620
Substance use and addiction
overdoses
deaths and response 56B:1455
response and government initiatives 56B:1455-1500
treatment and recovery services, services and funding 56B:1455
Szakacs, Kaylee, work commended 63B:1625
Throne speech debate 49B:1555-1625
Transit services, fares, free transit for children 12 and under 56B:1500
Transportation, infrastructure, government investment and projects 56B:1450
Turcott, Sam, work on accessibility legislation 65B:1515
Tzeachten First Nation, housing 49B:1610
Weather, severe weather events in November 2021, community response 134B:1030-1045
Woodlands, history and lawsuit by former residents 65B:1515
Workers
government support 63B:1630
protection 68B:1625-1630
Cullen, Hon. Nathan (Stikine)

As subject
comments on issues
electoral representation (Lee) 84B:1705 (Wat) 84B:1640
steelhead recovery (Sturdy) 117B:1415
experience with credit card fraud attempt 109B:1635-1640
experience with freedom-of-information issues 109B:1640 (Wilkinson) 109B:1650
experience with garbage strike 117B:1550
exposure to money and politics in Washington 122B:1145
freedom-of-information request information (Halford) 112B:1455-1500, 112B:1510
travel of B.C. as MLA 84B:1535, 84B:1545-1600
Access to Services (COVID-19) Act (Bill 20), debate 130B:1445-1500
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome), privacy concerns for persons with AIDS 109B:1650
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C.
government support 56B:1535-1540
migration from urban areas and housing issues 117B:1640-1645
northern B.C.
COVID-19 cases and impact on health care system 130B:1450-1455
COVID-19 vaccinations 56B:1535
northwest B.C., government investment 56B:1540, 56B:1555-1600
B.C. Liberal Party
Basi-Virk court case re alleged breach of trust 109B:1625
performance as government, budget priorities 56B:1530
B.C. NDP government
performance
access to information 109B:1625
forest industry 135B:1800
performance and re-election in 2020 56B:1530
priorities 56B:1530
B.C. population growth 84B:1550
B.C. recovery benefit 56B:1545
Budget debate 56B:1530-1600
Budgets, 2021-22 budget content and priorities 56B:1530-1600
Bulkley Valley District Hospital, COVID-19 protest 130B:1445
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, provisions 130B:1450
Child care, spaces 56B:1545
Children and youth, early childhood educators 56B:1545
CleanBC plan, plastics action plan component 117B:1550
Climate change
government action 56B:1550
impact on forests 135B:1755
Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia (Cullen Commission) 56B:1535, 109B:1625-1630
Consumers, cost of living, government action 56B:1545
COVID-19
access zones for services 130B:1445-1500
data collection and information, access 109B:1635
variants 46B:1620
COVID-19 economic recovery 56B:1540
economic recovery and jobs 46B:1625
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, health care workers, appreciation 56B:1535
COVID-19 impact
faith community impact 46B:1620-1625
health care system 46B:1620
protests at constituency offices 130B:1450
protests at health and education sites 130B:1445-1500
protests, references to Holocaust 130B:1450
COVID-19 impact and government response
government response 46B:1615, 46B:1640
government response, non-partisanship 130B:1445-1450
restaurant and food services industry 56B:1540
silviculture industry 135B:1810
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, overdoses 56B:1545
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports 56B:1540
COVID-19 vaccination 56B:1535
vaccination, choice and benefits 130B:1455
vaccination plan, implementation 46B:1615, 56B:1535
Crime and criminals, credit card fraud 109B:1640
Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre Society, funding 46B:1635
Economy
diversification 46B:1625
supply chain 56B:1550
Election Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 27), debate 122B:1140-1150
Elections
2020 general election results 56B:1530
electoral representation, First Nations representation 84B:1600
redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 84B:1535-1550, 84B:1600
rural and remote constituencies, representation 84B:1535-1600
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 84B:1530-1600
Electoral Boundaries Commission, work of commission 84B:1545-1550
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 24), debate 117B:1545-1555
Europe, forest industry 135B:1810
Fires and firefighters, wildfires, changes in behaviour 135B:1755
First Nations and Indigenous persons
economic development and skills development 56B:1550
land use decisions, relationship with local government 117B:1650
reconciliation, government initiatives and funding 56B:1550-1555
relationship with government, response to historic wrongs and legacies 46B:1630-1635
Forest Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 28)
debate 135B:1750-1820
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 135B:1815
Forests and forest industry
access to fibre 135B:1805
community forests 46B:1635
companies, role in communities and social contract issue 135B:1805
First Nations involvement in industry
consultation on forest policy changes 135B:1815
involvement 135B:1800
forest management and practices, role of communities 135B:1805
forest-dependent communities and workers, impact of forest policy changes and support 135B:1750-1820
government role as land manager 135B:1755-1800, 135B:1815
industry, diversification 46B:1625
silviculture 135B:1810-1815
tenure reallocation, compensation 135B:1805, 135B:1815
Fraser-Nicola constituency and area, size and electoral representation 84B:1535
Freedom of information
access to information, changes 109B:1620-1650
requests for information
fees 109B:1630
government handling 109B:1625-1645
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 22), debate 109B:1620-1650
Gambling, casinos, money laundering incidence and government response 109B:1625-1630
Government
accountability and transparency 109B:1630-1635
capital projects, priorities 56B:1540
Health care funding, funding 56B:1540-1545
Health care system, personal health information, protection 109B:1650
Highway 16
cellular service and safety 56B:1555
transit system and cellular service and safety 46B:1630-1635
Housing
affordable housing, government action 117B:1640-1650
affordable housing, supply and new units 56B:1555
role of local government 117B:1640-1645
Information and communications technology
cellular phones, service expansion 56B:1555
cybersecurity and protection of data 109B:1635-1645
Infrastructure, government investment 56B:1540, 56B:1555-1600
Introductions by members 131B:1335-1340
Islands Trust, relationship with First Nations 117B:1650
Kaska Dena, community centre project 97B:1025
Land use
land and resource management plans 135B:1755-1800
land use planning, community consultation and social licence 46B:1630
Legislature, collaboration between government and opposition 46B:1615
Local government
development approval process
changes 117B:1645-1650
minor variance permits and delegation of authority 117B:1650-1655
Lower Post
demolition of former residential school building 46B:1635, 84B:1555, 97B:1025
demolition of former residential school building and construction of new community centre 56B:1555
Manufacturing industry, local production and capacity 56B:1550
Medical Services Plan, premiums, elimination 56B:1545
Mental health, programs and services, access to services and integrated system of care 56B:1545
Ministerial statements
Demolition of residential school at Lower Post 97B:1025
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 26), debate 117B:1640-1655
Oceans and marine environment, shoreline cleanup and funding 56B:1550
Parks, funding 56B:1550
Plastic products
ban on single-use plastic products and packaging 117B:1545-1555
ban on single-use plastic products and packaging, exemptions 117B:1555
impact on environment and wildlife 117B:1545
Politics and politicians
money and politics 122B:1140-1150
political parties, annual allowances 122B:1140-1150
Powell River, economic development and mill site area, local governance 117B:1650
Prince Rupert, COVID-19 vaccination program 56B:1535
Privacy
breaches of personal information, breaches 109B:1645
protection of personal information
data residency requirements and changes 109B:1645
protection 109B:1620-1625, 109B:1635, 109B:1645-1650
Recycling, recycling in rural areas 117B:1555
Remembrance Day, COVID-19 protests at ceremonies 130B:1455
Resources and resource industries, sustainable resource management 46B:1625
Schilling, Harlan, comments on demolition of former residential school 97B:1025
Skills training
training and career programs for young people 56B:1545
training for Indigenous persons 56B:1550
Smithers
community 130B:1445
COVID-19 protests 130B:1450
development issues 117B:1645
Social welfare, social safety net 46B:1620
Society, civil society and balance of rights and freedoms 130B:1445-1500
Stikine constituency and area
access to information issues 109B:1620
description 46B:1610, 117B:1545
development and housing issues 117B:1640-1645
economy and community economic development 56B:1535-1540
forest industry and mill operations 135B:1800
government investment 46B:1635, 56B:1555
recycling services 117B:1555
representation and government support 56B:1535
size and electoral representation 84B:1540-1600
Substance use and addiction
overdoses, deaths and response 46B:1620
overdoses, government response 56B:1545
Tahltan Nation
agreement with government on mining project 46B:1625
community development 56B:1550
Throne speech debate 46B:1610-1640
Throne speech, role of throne speeches 46B:1610
Urbanization 84B:1555
Ward, John, comments on demolition of former residential school 97B:1025
Watersheds, watershed strategy and funding 56B:1550
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and Office of the Wet'suwet'en, funding for governance and unity activities 56B:1555
Wood waste,
beehive burners and term "wood waste" 135B:1810

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