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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Kahlon, Hon. Ravi (Delta North)

As subject
comments on COVID-19 circuit breaker relief program (Kirkpatrick) 45B:1045
comments on issues
COVID-19 economic recovery planning (Stone) 86B:1440-1445
worker supply issues (Stone) 86B:1450
constituent cases re high-cost loan use in immigrant communities 107B:1810
constituents, family and supporters thanked 46B:1710
death of father 46B:1710
experience of family with minimum-wage jobs 87B:1150
meeting with consular corps 74B:1510
work as Jobs Minister (Coulter) 49B:1615, 63B:1625
Agriculture, innovation and role of technology 46B:1730
Alacrity Canada, administration of COVID-19 business support programs 88B:1410, 88B:1430-1435, 88B:1445
Alaska, congressional delegation, letters to Prime Minister re cruise ship ban 91B:1655
Allan, Bentley, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435, 74B:1420
Anderson, Bridgitte, comments on COVID-19 circuit breaker relief program 45B:1040
Anderson, Bridgitte, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Andrew, Stephanie, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435, 74B:1420
Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, units, COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 88B:1540-1545, 90B:1050, 96B:1415-1420
Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 30), debate 135B:1635-1645
Baird, Kim, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1440
Balcom, Virginia, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1430
Boston Pizza, COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 88B:1710
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., supply chain and manufacturing 88B:1730
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, engagement with government 88B:1640
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner, re-establishment 46B:1720
Budgets, 2021-22 budget, contingency funding 89B:1740
Business
access to capital 74B:1405-1425
anchor companies 74B:1700-1710
government support 59B:1005, 63B:1350-1400, 67B:1425
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, amendments 107B:1805-1810
Cameron, Paulina, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1440
Campbell, Kevin, position on InBC Investment Corp. board 74B:1750
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, comments on COVID-19 economic recovery in B.C. 86B:1810, 86B:1820, 87B:1135, 89B:1830-1840
Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, position on InBC Investment Corp. 86B:1420
Carney, Mark, comments on values 74B:1350, 74B:1505
Chalke, Jay, comments on vaccine passports 86B:1735
Cheers Okanagan Tours, COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 89B:1705
Child care
economic and social benefits 46B:1725, 46B:1735
government plan, initiatives 86B:1455-1535
spaces 86B:1500, 86B:1510-1515, 86B:1525
CleanBC plan, plan 74B:1520-1535
Climate change, action 74B:1535-1540
COVID-19
circuit breaker restrictions 48B:1020, 51B:1355
safety protocols in workplaces, reopening and safety plans 86B:1540-1705
travel restrictions, impact on tourism accommodation bookings 58B:1355, 88B:1740
COVID-19 business impact and supports 51B:1355, 67B:1425, 90B:1040-1045, 135B:1640-1645
B.C. increased employment incentive program 88B:1520, 89B:1800
business impact and supports 86B:1810-1820, 87B:1120-1135, 87B:1145-1150, 88B:1405-1445, 88B:1455-1500, 88B:1510-1520, 88B:1715-1720, 88B:1745-1750, 89B:1805-1810, 89B:1820, 89B:1830-1855
BIPOC and rural communities 88B:1410
federal initiatives 89B:1820
impact and supports 46B:1725-1730
shutdowns 86B:1655-1705
stakeholder consultation and reopening plan 86B:1445-1450, 86B:1540-1705
businesses and circuit breaker relief grant program 45B:1040-1055, 48B:1025, 51B:1350, 69B:1040-1055, 76B:1045, 83B:1050, 86B:1405-1410, 88B:1410, 88B:1425-1445, 88B:1455, 90B:1050, 96B:1415-1420
businesses and circuit breaker relief grant program in northern B.C. 107B:1420, 118B:1040-1050, 136B:1045-1050
Industry Engagement Table 86B:1445
online business launch program 46B:1730, 88B:1410, 88B:1430-1445, 88B:1615, 88B:1750
online digital marketing training program 46B:1730
small businesses and recovery grant program 48B:1025, 69B:1040-1055, 86B:1700-1705, 88B:1345-1350, 88B:1405-1410, 88B:1425, 88B:1435-1445, 88B:1455, 88B:1510-1520, 88B:1600, 88B:1615, 88B:1705-1720, 88B:1750, 88B:1800-1820, 89B:1705-1710, 89B:1745-1805, 89B:1850
supports 83B:1050, 97B:1055-1100
tax payment deferrals for businesses 89B:1840
worker supply issues 86B:1450-1510
COVID-19 children and youth impact and supports 46B:1720
COVID-19 economic recovery
economic recovery 46B:1725-1735
economic recovery and jobs 87B:1125, 89B:1850-1855, 90B:1040-1045, 90B:1120-1150
equitable and inclusive recovery 46B:1730
equitable recovery 86B:1525-1535
plan 74B:1505, 76B:1015-1025, 88B:1345-1355, 88B:1405, 89B:1730-1735
plan and funding 87B:1120-1135
reopening and restart, consultation 86B:1440-1450, 86B:1545-1640
role of child care 86B:1515, 86B:1525-1535
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
health care workers, response and services 46B:1715
paid sick leave 86B:1655-1700
women 46B:1725
women and youth 90B:1120, 90B:1145-1150
workers 51B:1355
workers, training programs 90B:1120, 90B:1130, 90B:1145
young workers 48B:1030, 51B:1355
COVID-19 impact
Black, Indigenous and people of colour 90B:1120, 90B:1130
death and grieving 46B:1710
mental health of children 46B:1720
supply chain 88B:1730
women, youth and marginalized communities 90B:1120, 90B:1150
COVID-19 impact and government response
creative sector 88B:1600
cruise ship industry 86B:1640, 91B:1640-1645, 91B:1655
government response 76B:1025, 86B:1810-1815, 87B:1120-1125
guide-outfitters 88B:1800-1810, 89B:1755
live events industry 88B:1600, 88B:1610-1615, 88B:1625, 88B:1715, 88B:1800, 89B:1755
racialized communities 46B:1725
restaurant and food services industry 48B:1020-1030, 51B:1350, 76B:1025, 86B:1455-1505
wine tour industry 88B:1815, 89B:1705-1710
COVID-19 long-term and residential care impact and supports, single-site order 135B:1640
COVID-19 public health measures, regional measures 136B:1045
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports
impact and supports 87B:1125, 89B:1800, 89B:1810
impact and supports, reopening plan 86B:1630
tourism and hospitality industry 48B:1030, 58B:1355
tourism attractions and community events 75B:1415
tourism industry 69B:1055
COVID-19 vaccination
vaccination plan, implementation 76B:1025
vaccine passports, B.C. vaccine card impact 86B:1710-1750
Creative B.C., role in COVID-19 response 88B:1600, 88B:1615
D'Avignon, Greg, comments on issues, InBC Investment Corp. 111B:1150
Dawson Creek, businesses, COVID-19 impact 51B:1355
Delta, track facility project in North Delta 46B:1715-1720
Discrimination and racism, awareness and prevention, government action and initiatives 46B:1720-1725
Earthy, Jill, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1430
Economy
conditions prior to COVID-19 46B:1715
sustainable development
Emerging Economy Task Force report and recommendations 88B:1635-1700
sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 46B:1735, 74B:1520-1535
Employment and unemployment
employment and jobs, private sector jobs 87B:1145-1150
hybrid work model and remote work 46B:1735
Energy, clean energy, development 88B:1640
Eric van Soeren and Associates Ltd., contract with government 89B:1720-1735
Es Sabar, Karimah, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Etwaroo, Jerome, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Famulak, Fiona, comments on COVID-19 circuit breaker relief program 45B:1040, 45B:1050
Famulak, Fiona, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Financial services industry, high-cost credit products, regulation 107B:1805-1810
First Nations and Indigenous persons, children, Aboriginal Head Start program and child care spaces 86B:1525
Forests and forest industry
mass timber program 93A:1455-1505
value-added sector 93A:1455
Fraser Canyon, COVID-19 circuit breaker restrictions and impact on businesses 88B:1750
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, application to Crown corporations 74B:1435-1450, 75B:1355, 75B:1615-1625, 79B:1435, 86B:1410-1420, 111B:1150-1155
Furlong, Kim, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Geyer, Paul, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Gill, Charan, contributions and death 46B:1710
Government
accountability and transparency 75B:1355
regulations 88B:1640
Greenhouse gas emissions, reduction targets 74B:1525-1530
Henry, Bonnie
comments on vaccine passports 86B:1720, 86B:1730-1735, 86B:1745
role in COVID-19 response 86B:1630
High-technology industry
development and government support 74B:1405-1415
development and government support, federal government support 74B:1430
training 51B:1355, 88B:1625
venture capital program 74B:1345-1355, 74B:1700, 75B:1600-1605, 75B:1615-1620, 88B:1635
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 46B:1715
Hospitality industry
wholesale liquor pricing during COVID-19 135B:1640
Hospitality industry, wholesale liquor pricing during COVID-19 88B:1520
Huberman, Anita, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Immigration, provincial nominee program 88B:1640
InBC Investment Corp.
accountability and transparency 63B:1355-1400, 74B:1435-1450, 75B:1600-1605, 111B:1155
advisory forum 63B:1400
application process 63B:1355
board
appointment and recruitment 75B:1510, 75B:1525, 75B:1535
composition 67B:1440, 74B:1735-1755
remuneration 75B:1520, 75B:1530-1535
role and powers 63B:1400, 75B:1515
business plan 75B:1600-1605
chief executive officer, remuneration 75B:1525-1535
chief investment officer
position and termination 75B:1515
recruitment and remuneration 75B:1535
role 63B:1355, 74B:1630, 75B:1545-1555
comparison to B.C. Immigrant Investment Fund Ltd. 74B:1435-1450, 75B:1615-1620, 86B:1410-1415, 111B:1150
development
data collection 74B:1345
relationship to government policy documents 74B:1455-1530
stakeholder consultation 74B:1345-1350, 74B:1615-1620, 74B:1735
disbursement of funds
accessibility by sectors 74B:1550-1600
disbursement 74B:1725
start-ups in rural and remote areas 74B:1605-1615
establishment 86B:1415
establishment and role 59B:1005, 63B:1350-1400, 67B:1425-1440, 74B:1335-1755, 75B:1510-1625
governance 63B:1355-1400, 74B:1735-1755, 75B:1510-1535
independence and decision-making mandate 63B:1355, 67B:1430, 74B:1340, 74B:1350-1400, 74B:1455-1630, 74B:1640-1755, 75B:1515, 75B:1540-1555
independence and decision-making mandate, First Nations consultation 74B:1730
independence and decision-making mandate, score card 74B:1530, 74B:1540
information, privacy issues 74B:1440-1455, 75B:1615-1620
mandate 63B:1355
mandate letter 74B:1340
rate of return 74B:1630-1700
reporting requirements and review 63B:1355-1400, 67B:1430, 75B:1600-1605
risk management 74B:1625-1630
InBC Investment Corp. Act (Bill 5)
debate 59B:1005, 63B:1350-1400, 67B:1425-1440, 74B:1335-1755, 75B:1510-1625
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 74B:1735
debate in House 67B:1425-1430, 79B:1435
Information and communications technology
high-speed Internet service
connectivity issues for remote and rural communities 118B:1045
high-speed Internet service, connectivity issues for remote and rural communities 46B:1735
Internet service expansion initiative, funding 46B:1735
Information and Privacy Commissioner, recommendations re InBC Investment Corp. 74B:1440-1455, 75B:1615-1625, 79B:1435
Infrastructure
government investment 46B:1715-1720, 46B:1735
social infrastructure 46B:1720, 46B:1735
Innovate B.C., role 88B:1635-1640
Innovation commissioner, role and report 88B:1640, 88B:1650-1700
Intellectual property, management 88B:1640
Introductions by members 59B:1005, 101B:1100, 104B:1005, 107B:1335, 110B:1330, 118B:1010, 124B:1340-1345, 126B:1340, 128B:1330-1335, 138B:1330-1335
Investment
foreign investment 74B:1510-1520
investment climate 67B:1425, 74B:1415-1420
Jackson, Jeanette, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435, 74B:1420
James, Carole, position on InBC Investment Corp. 75B:1520
Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Ministry
estimates debate 86B:1430-1820, 87B:1120-1150, 88B:1335-1545, 88B:1600-1820, 89B:1705-1855, 90B:1115-1150, 91B:1640-1655, 93A:1450-1550
estimates process
participants thanked 93A:1545-1550
written questions and answers 93A:1545
role and responsibilities 86B:1430, 88B:1635-1640
role re COVID-19 economic recovery plan 86B:1440-1445
staff 74B:1335, 86B:1430, 93A:1545-1550
Kamloops Chamber of Commerce, comments on COVID-19 restart plan 86B:1540-1550
Kelowna-Mission constituency and area, impact of COVID-19 on businesses and eligibility for relief grant 88B:1815-1820, 89B:1705-1710
Kensington Capital Partners Ltd., management of venture capital program 75B:1615-1620
Kentucky Fried Chicken, COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 88B:1720
Knapp, Hans, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Labour, labour force survey and labour utilization 90B:1120, 90B:1130
LaMotte, Kari, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1430
Lee, Paul, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Live events industry, worker supply, recruitment and training 88B:1625
McNiven, Trevor, comments on COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 88B:1710
Mallory, Krista, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1430
Manufacturing industry, initiatives 88B:1730
Miller, Blair, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 21), debate 107B:1805-1810
Mod, Sam, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Nairne, Stephen, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Oakes, Coralee, welcome to chamber 88B:1335
Ontario, COVID-19 response for businesses 69B:1045
Oral questions (response)
Application of freedom-of-information legislation to InBC Investment Corp. 79B:1435, 86B:1410-1420, 111B:1150-1155
COVID-19 circuit breaker relief grant for businesses in northern B.C. 107B:1420
COVID-19 circuit breaker restrictions and support for businesses in northern B.C. 118B:1040-1050, 136B:1045-1050
COVID-19 circuit breaker restrictions and support for restaurant industry 48B:1020-1030, 51B:1350-1355
COVID-19 circuit-breaker relief grant for businesses 45B:1040-1055, 69B:1040-1055
COVID-19 relief grant eligibility for Royal Canadian Legion branches 76B:1045
COVID-19 relief grant eligibility for Royal Canadian Legion branches and ANAVETS club 83B:1050, 86B:1405-1410, 90B:1050, 96B:1415-1420
COVID-19 response for small businesses 69B:1055, 90B:1040-1045
COVID-19 response for tourism attractions and community events 75B:1415
COVID-19 travel restrictions and tourism accommodation reservations 58B:1355
Economic recovery and reopening plan 76B:1015-1025
Government transparency and application of freedom-of-information legislation 75B:1355
Taxation of COVID-19 supports 97B:1055-1100
Paish, Sue, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1430
Peace River North constituency and area, impact of COVID-19 on businesses and eligibility for relief grant 88B:1705-1720
Peacock, Ken, comments on B.C. economy 89B:1855, 90B:1045
Public sector, employees and jobs 87B:1145-1150
Representative for Children and Youth Act, amendments 107B:1810
Representative for Children and Youth, advocacy services, expansion to persons aged 26 107B:1810
Royal Canadian Legion branches, COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 69B:1050-1055, 76B:1045, 83B:1050, 86B:1405
Sales tax, exemptions, machinery and equipment 88B:1520
Schools, playgrounds 46B:1720
Science and technology
clean technology development 74B:1520-1535, 88B:1640
innovation and role in economy 46B:1725-1735
innovation, government support 88B:1635-1700
life sciences sector, convention 46B:1730-1735
Seager, Tessa, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1430, 74B:1420
Sinclair, Gerri, role as innovation commissioner 88B:1650-1655
Skills training
career transitions and worker retraining 90B:1120, 90B:1130, 90B:1145
training and career programs for young people, training and employment for young people 51B:1355
Stone, Todd, comments on issues, InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1430
Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, deaths 46B:1715
Throne speech debate 46B:1710-1735
Tourism Industry Association of B.C., comments on COVID-19 restart plan 86B:1630
Trade
exports and markets 93A:1540
trade between B.C. and Asia 93A:1520
Trade between B.C. and U.S. 46B:1735
trade representatives and offices, consolidation and closings 93A:1520-1540
U.S., legislation on ports for cruise ships 91B:1640-1645, 91B:1655
UBC, Brock Commons student residence 93A:1455
Vaisakhi, observance and significance 75B:1415
Vera's Shaping, COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 93A:1450
VIP Mountain Holidays, COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 88B:1510
Wages and salaries, minimum wage, increase 86B:1455
Ward, Jeff, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 67B:1435
Winter, Alan, role as innovation commissioner 88B:1650
Women, pay equity, gender pay gap and equal pay legislation 86B:1530
Yu, Bryan, comments on B.C. economy 90B:1045
Kang, Hon. Anne (Burnaby–Deer Lake)

As subject
constituents, staff, friends and family thanked 51B:1625
family background in small business 58B:1445
re-election campaign 51B:1625
Advanced Education and Skills Training Ministry
estimates debate 68A:1445-1805, 68A:1825
estimates process, questions read into record 68A:1825
role and responsibilities 68A:1740
Autism, supports for autistic persons 51B:1635
B.C. Institute of Technology, Burnaby campus, student housing 58B:1455
B.C. NDP government, priorities 51B:1630, 51B:1645, 58B:1440-1510
Budget debate 58B:1440-1510
Budgets, 2021-22 budget, content and priorities 58B:1440-1510
Burnaby General Hospital, redevelopment project 58B:1440
Burnaby, growth and government investment 58B:1440-1445
Burnaby–Deer Lake constituency and area
COVID-19 impact and community response 51B:1630-1635
housing and school upgrades 58B:1440-1445
Children and youth, early childhood educators, training and spaces 58B:1505, 68A:1725
Consumers, cost of living, government action 51B:1630
COVID-19 business impact and supports, small businesses and recovery grant program 51B:1630
COVID-19 economic recovery
economic recovery and jobs 51B:1635
plan 58B:1500
role of post-secondary education 68A:1445
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
front-line and essential workers, appreciation 51B:1625
workers, training programs 58B:1500
COVID-19 impact
community response, community organizations 51B:1635
death and grieving 51B:1630
resilience 51B:1625
COVID-19 post-secondary education impact and supports
contributions by post-secondary institutions 58B:1505
impact and supports 51B:1640-1645, 68A:1445, 68A:1500-1520, 68A:1540-1555, 68A:1755
international students 68A:1540-1550, 68A:1755
reopening and safety protocols 58B:1505, 68A:1500
student services and supports 68A:1520, 68A:1755
tuition fees 68A:1510-1520
vaccination policies and safety protocols 114B:1420-1425, 117B:1400-1405
COVID-19 vaccination, vaccination plan, implementation 51B:1630
Crystal Mall, businesses and COVID-19 impact 51B:1630
Democracy, parliamentary democracy 51B:1625-1630
Forests and forest industry, forest-dependent communities and workers, transition support and funding 68A:1735-1750
Government, ministers, mandate letters 51B:1645
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects, investment and projects 58B:1440
Health care funding, funding for training 58B:1500
Health care system
health professionals and workers
care aides and health care assistants, training 58B:1500
supply and training 58B:1450-1455
High-technology industry, training 58B:1455
Housing, affordable housing, affordability and supply 58B:1440
Industry Training Authority, role and funding 68A:1700-1710
Infrastructure, government investment 51B:1640
Introductions by members 104B:1000-1005
Kangu, Kimini Wa, community contributions as post-secondary student 51B:1640
Legislature, proceedings 51B:1625-1630
Mental health, mental health workers, community mental health workers training 58B:1505
Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, funding 68A:1650
Nurses, supply and training 58B:1450-1455
Ontario, COVID-19 impact and response, post-secondary system 68A:1520
Oral questions (response)
COVID-19 vaccine policies and safety protocols in post-secondary institutions 117B:1400-1405
COVID-19 vaccine policies for post-secondary institutions and use of rapid testing 114B:1420-1425
Veterinarian supply and funding of training spaces 117B:1425
Post-secondary education
affordability and accessibility 51B:1640-1645, 58B:1445, 58B:1455-1510, 68A:1445
financial assistance
access grant 58B:1445
access grant and government initiatives 51B:1640
graduate student scholarships 58B:1455, 58B:1505, 68A:1555-1605, 68A:1805
tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 58B:1450
government investment and initiatives 58B:1445-1510, 68A:1445, 68A:1520
graduate programs and students, support and non-STEM programs 68A:1555-1605
international students, tuition fees and MSP premiums 68A:1530-1545, 68A:1755
role and importance 51B:1635-1640
student mental health services 51B:1640
tuition fees 68A:1510-1520
Post-secondary education funding
funding 68A:1805
operating grants, review 68A:1450
Post-secondary institutions
budgets and operations, COVID-19 impact 68A:1500-1520, 68A:1540, 68A:1555, 68A:1755
revenue sources 68A:1510
sexual violence prevention policies, funding for initiatives 68A:1615-1635
student housing 51B:1645, 58B:1455
Prayers and reflections 59B:1000, 87B:1005
Resources and resource industries, resource-dependent communities and workers, transition support 68A:1750
Schools, seismic upgrades 58B:1440
Skills training
apprenticeships 68A:1635, 68A:1655, 68A:1710
career transitions and worker retraining 58B:1500, 68A:1740, 68A:1805
funding 68A:1645-1710, 68A:1725, 68A:1740
government investment and initiatives 51B:1645
micro-credentialling 68A:1805
micro-credentialling and short-term training 58B:1500-1505
supply of skilled workers 68A:1725
trades training, mandatory certification 51B:1645, 58B:1450, 68A:1715-1725
trades training spaces 68A:1700-1710
training for Indigenous persons 58B:1500, 68A:1645-1650
training for women 68A:1655, 68A:1710
Throne speech debate 51B:1625-1645
University Highlands Elementary School, expansion project 58B:1440
Veterinarians, supply and training 117B:1425
Wages and salaries, minimum wage, increase 51B:1635
Wang, Nancy, award for youth anti-racism work 51B:1635
Western College of Veterinary Medicine, student seats and government support 117B:1425
Kirkpatrick, Karin (West Vancouver–Capilano)

As subject
experience adopting child in China 131B:1355-1400
experience in small business 68B:1630-1640
experience managing non-profit during COVID-19 68B:1630-1635
experience of sexism 134B:1140
experience with accreditation processes and quality assurance 100B:1730-1735
experience with freedom-of-information requests 109B:1530
mother's experience with hearing impairment 61B:1345
role as MLA 77B:1655-1700
staff and family thanked 46B:1445
use of term "grandparenting" 81C:1800, 82C:1445
Adoption
adoption of children in government care 131B:1400
adoptive families 131B:1355-1400
Adoption Act, amendments and First Nations consultation 110B:1650
Alcohol, liquor licensing, ministerial responsibility 95B:1440
Ambulance service, response times 107B:1430
Antifaev, Debra, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 121B:1400
Armed forces, veterans, appreciation 125B:1020
Auditor General, reports and reviews, contracted residential services for children in government care 81C:1345-1405
Autism, services and funding 80C:1130-1140
AutismBC, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 122B:1025
Automobiles, taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles, inclusion of antique cars 95B:1430-1440
Banez, Kaye, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 131B:1415
Bertuzzi, Brian, experience as assistant fire chief during heatwave 101B:1050
Biddlecombe, Jen, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 121B:1400
Booth, Erin, ambulance service case 107B:1430
Border crossings, reopening of U.S. land border after COVID-19 closing 90B:1045-1050
Briere, Chris, comments on COVID-19 impact on business 69B:1045
Briere Production Group Inc., COVID-19 impact and eligibility for relief grant 69B:1045
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, mental health and addiction services 80B:1035
B.C. NDP government
action on campaign statements and stated goals 46B:1450-1455, 46B:1505
priorities 58B:1810-1820, 59B:1055-1110
vision 46B:1445, 46B:1510
Budget debate 58B:1810-1820, 59B:1055-1110
Budgets
2021-22 budget
content and priorities 54B:1420, 58B:1810-1820, 59B:1055-1110
Budgets, 2021-22 budget, content and priorities 46B:1505
Business
business climate 46B:1510
government support 63B:1615-1620
taxation 46B:1510, 63B:1620
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, comments on B.C. child care system 89B:1400
Canadian Union of Public Employees, report on seamless day kindergarten model 59B:1100
Capilano Suspension Bridge
experience 103B:1345
Capilano Suspension Bridge, COVID-19 impact and access to relief funding 76B:1035
Cariboo North constituency and area, size and electoral representation 77B:1700-1705
Carr, Emily, writings and art 100B:1340
Chen, Katrina, comments in estimates debate 87B:1030
Child and Youth in Care Week, purpose 83B:1010-1015
Child care
affordability and availability 82C:1525-1530, 82C:1740-1745, 92B:1020, 100B:1500-1510
affordable child care benefit 82C:1535, 102B:1435-1440
child care providers 75B:1340-1345
administrative issues 100B:1500-1505
contracts, multi-year contracts 59B:1055-1100
operations 46B:1455-1500
overpayments 102B:1605-1610
private providers 129B:1050-1055, 135B:1400-1405
private providers, women providers 58B:1820, 59B:1055
providers 59B:1100-1105, 139B:1130
facilities
inspection 82C:1725-1730
new spaces building fund 82C:1540-1545
prototype sites 58B:1820, 82C:1655-1705, 100B:1500
prototype sites review and report 82C:1545-1555, 82C:1610-1650
fee reduction initiative 46B:1455-1500, 54B:1420, 58B:1815, 81C:1720-1810, 82C:1445-1530, 82C:1610-1620, 82C:1655
fees 89B:1400-1405
fees, benefits and appeals 102B:1615
funding 82C:1815
federal funding 58B:1820, 82C:1605, 82C:1705
grants 102B:1355-1410
funding and spaces 54B:1420, 89B:1405
government plan
annual reporting 102B:1555-1600
consultation 102B:1340-1350
funding 58B:1810
implementation 46B:1450-1500
initiatives 58B:1815-1820, 59B:1055-1100, 100B:1500
pilot sites and report 46B:1450-1455
strategy component 102B:1440-1445, 102B:1525
government plan, implementation 54B:1420, 59B:1040-1045, 82C:1545-1820, 87B:1030, 89B:1400-1405, 129B:1050-1055, 135B:1400-1405, 139B:1130
inclusive child care 102B:1440
legislation and regulation 100B:1505-1510
licensing requirements 100B:1505-1510
spaces 46B:1450, 58B:1810-1820, 59B:1045, 81C:1610-1645, 81C:1700, 82C:1445-1450, 82C:1655-1710, 82C:1810, 87B:1030, 100B:1500
infant and toddler spaces 82C:1740
planning and local government role 82C:1730-1740
spaces in schools 81C:1635-1645, 81C:1700-1710, 82C:1750-1805
utilization 82C:1625-1640
system, universal child care system 82C:1545-1605, 102B:1440
Child Care Minister of State, estimates debate 87B:1030
Child Care Professionals of B.C., letter to Child Care Minister of State on fee reduction initiative 46B:1500
Child protection system
children in government care
access to information on overdose deaths 111B:1135
children and youth in care 83B:1010-1015
crime victim support benefits 51B:1400-1405
support for former youth in care 51B:1405
support for youth and transition out of care 46B:1500-1505, 81C:1455-1505
tracking of placements in and out of care 81C:1440
information-sharing requirements 81C:1425
residential services, contracted services and changes 81C:1345-1405
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 79C:1730-1735, 80C:1115-1140, 81C:1330-1520, 81C:1535, 81C:1555, 81C:1610-1810, 82C:1445-1820
budget 58B:1810, 59B:1110
caseload assumptions 81C:1445
estimates process, participants thanked 79C:1730, 82C:1820
freedom-of-information requests on deaths of children in care 111B:1135
performance measurement 59B:1110
performance measurement and online portal 81C:1430-1440
policies and practices, changes 81C:1420
reporting requirements re child care system 100B:1510
role and responsibilities 51B:1400
service plan 81C:1415-1440, 82C:1705-1710
staff 103B:1655
Children and youth
children with support needs
advisory council role 80C:1120
funding for services 81C:1330-1340
inclusive services for immigrant families 128B:1405-1410
role of parents 127B:1105-1110
services and funding 138B:1350, 138B:1410
terminology change 80C:1115
children with support needs, service model change
hub centres 121B:1400, 124B:1415
impact on autism services and funding 59B:1105-1110, 121B:1400, 122B:1025, 124B:1415, 125B:1030-1035, 127B:1105-1110, 131B:1415
impact on service providers 124B:1415
needs-based system and access to services 81C:1330
petition 121B:1400
service model change 80C:1115-1140, 81C:1330-1345, 138B:1350
stakeholder concerns 125B:1030-1035, 127B:1105-1110, 128B:1405-1410
stakeholder concerns and consultation 121B:1400, 122B:1025, 124B:1415, 131B:1415, 138B:1410
early childhood educators
certification and recognition of credentials 100B:1725-1730, 103B:1750-1755, 104B:1125
criminal record checks 100B:1730, 107B:1600
legislation and regulation 100B:1720-1740, 103B:1655-1700, 103B:1730-1805, 103B:1815-1850, 104B:1120-1155, 107B:1535-1600
registrar, compliance and enforcement 100B:1725, 107B:1535-1555
registry, exemptions 107B:1555
registry, registrar 103B:1730-1740
registry, registration of educators and programs 100B:1725-1735, 103B:1740-1805
registry, training program review and approval process 100B:1730-1740, 103B:1805-1850, 104B:1120-1155, 107B:1550-1555
role and support 75B:1340-1345, 100B:1720, 100B:1730
supply, recruitment and retention 100B:1500, 100B:1720-1725, 103B:1655
training and bursaries 100B:1730
training and spaces 81C:1710-1715
wages and enhancement program 54B:1420, 81C:1715, 100B:1500-1505, 100B:1725
youth at risk, youth agreements 110B:1640
Climate change
action 50B:1130-1135
climate action revenue incentive program 72B:1410
impact 50B:1130
fish populations and habitat 64B:1140
Concrete industry, women in sector 106B:1125
COVID-19
data collection and information
access 109B:1530
access and hospital data 109B:1535
access and school data 109B:1535
COVID-19 business impact and supports, businesses and circuit breaker relief grant program 45B:1045, 69B:1045-1050
COVID-19 children and youth impact and supports
children with support needs 125B:1030
youth agreements and youth transitioning out of care 81C:1455-1505
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
paid sick leave 68B:1630-1640
women 92B:1015-1025
COVID-19 impact
community response and concept of hope 57B:1055-1100
mental health 57B:1055
victims of domestic and gender-based violence 134B:1140
COVID-19 impact and government response
cruise ship industry 90B:1045-1050
government response 46B:1445-1450
live events industry 69B:1045
taxi industry 90B:1050
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports, tourism attractions and community events 76B:1035
COVID-19 vaccination
vaccination plan, role of pop-up clinics 62B:1040-1045
vaccine booking system, translation services 62B:1040-1045
Crown agencies and board resourcing office, posting of child care council vacancies 102B:1540
Cruise ship industry, ports in B.C. waters and government support 90B:1045-1050
Dawe, Alec, World War I service and return of medal to family 125B:1015-1020
Degree Quality Assessment Board, consultation on early childhood educator legislation 103B:1825
Discrimination and racism
ageism 78B:1010
awareness and prevention 76B:1010
role of MLAs 85B:1110
B.C. rejection of South Asians aboard Komagata Maru 76B:1010
discrimination and hatred against LGBTQ2S persons 71B:1050-1055
name discrimination 85B:1110-1115
racism against Chinese Canadians 85B:1110-1115
Ear health and hearing impairment, accessible services and experience of hearing impairment during COVID-19 61B:1345
Early Childhood Educators Act (Bill 14)
debate 100B:1720-1740, 103B:1655-1700, 103B:1730-1805, 103B:1815-1850, 107B:1535-1600
debate, speakers 104B:1120-1155
alignment assessment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 103B:1655
amendment process 103B:1820
development and consultation on bill
post-secondary institutions 103B:1700, 103B:1825-1840
stakeholders and First Nations 103B:1655-1700
Early Learning and Child Care Act (Bill 15)
debate 100B:1500-1515, 102B:1340-1410, 102B:1435-1620
alignment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 102B:1340
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 102B:1340-1350
Earth Day, celebration and purpose 50B:1130
Eby, David, role re 2015 study on housing market and racism issue 85B:1110-1115
E-Comm, concerns re 911 service and emergency dispatch system 115B:1030-1035
Economy, sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 63B:1615
Education
independent distributed learning 131B:1415
out-of-school care programs
seamless day kindergarten pilot program 59B:1100, 81C:1700, 81C:1710, 82C:1750, 82C:1800-1805
spaces and funding 82C:1720-1725, 82C:1750-1800
Education Ministry
estimates debate 75A:1815
child care component transfer and responsibilities 59B:1100-1105, 75A:1815, 82C:1750-1805
Elections
2020 general election, timing 58B:1810, 95B:1440
electoral representation 77B:1655
redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 77B:1650-1655
rural and remote constituencies, representation 77B:1655-1705
voter parity principle 77B:1655, 77B:1705
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7), debate 77B:1650-1705
Electoral Boundaries Commission, work of commission 77B:1650-1655
Emergencies
911 call service and emergency dispatch system
ambulance call transfer delays and wait times 115B:1030-1035, 118B:1035
freedom-of-information request 115B:1030
Employer health tax, implementation and impact 68B:1640
Employment and unemployment
employment equity and diversity, barriers 106B:1130
permanent paid sick leave 68B:1635
Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 13), debate 68B:1630-1640
EngAge B.C., posting on residential services 81C:1355
Ferries and ferry services, information, reader boards for hearing impaired 61B:1345
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
services 80C:1140, 81C:1330
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, services 59B:1110
Finance Ministry, estimates debate 95B:1430-1440
First Nations and Indigenous persons
child protection system, system and role of Indigenous communities 81C:1515
children
adoption of children and information-sharing re adoptees seeking Indian Act status 110B:1650-1655
programs and services 81C:1510
services and supports for children with support needs 138B:1410
residential schools
deaths and unmarked graves 79C:1730
legacy of impact on families 83B:1015
First Nations Leadership Council, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 138B:1410
Fish
salmon
protection and restoration 64B:1140-1145
protection of habitat and stocks 55B:1010
role in ecosystems and cultures 64B:1140
steelhead populations, status and protection 64B:1140
Foundry
facilities and services 100B:1430
Foundry, facilities and services 81C:1455
Fraser Health Authority, COVID-19 vaccination plan, use of pop-up clinics 62B:1040-1045
Freedom of information
access to information, changes 109B:1525-1540, 114B:1650-1705
requests for information
fees 109B:1535-1540
government handling and response times 109B:1530-1540
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 22)
debate 109B:1525-1540, 114B:1650-1705
introduction timeline and activities of review special committee 109B:1525, 114B:1650
referral to committee 114B:1650-1705
Gawlick, Emily, comments on government budget 54B:1420
Goerke, Len, police service and retirement 45B:1015-1020
Gonzales, Rosa, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 128B:1405-1410
Gordon, Ashleigh, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 122B:1025
Government
accountability and transparency 109B:1525-1540
decision-making and public consultation 138B:1350
Government records management, destruction of documents, oversight and penalties 109B:1535
Gregson, Sharon, comments on government budget 54B:1420
Grouse Mountain, activities in area 103B:1345
Harrison, Heather and Ray, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 125B:1030
Health care system, emergency services, children and youth during COVID-19 81C:1445
Health Ministry, estimates debate 94A:1140-1145
Heatwaves
deaths and call for review 118B:1030-1035
deaths and government response 101B:1045-1050, 115B:1030-1035
Heisler, Koryn, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 124B:1415, 125B:1030, 127B:1105
High-technology industry, women in sector 106B:1125
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project, access to information 109B:1535
Horgan, John
actions and comments re heatwave 101B:1050, 118B:1030-1035
comments on issues, freedom-of-information issues 109B:1540
Housing, affordable housing, affordability and supply 46B:1505
InBC Investment Corp.
application of freedom-of-information legislation 109B:1530
establishment and role 63B:1615-1625
InBC Investment Corp. Act (Bill 5), debate 63B:1615-1625
Influenza virus, high-dose vaccine for seniors 114B:1405
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, connectivity issues for remote and rural communities 77B:1700
Information and Privacy Commissioner, recommendations on freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation 109B:1525-1530, 114B:1700
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 71B:1050
Introductions by members 131B:1340, 138B:1340
Jerome, Harry, athletic accomplishments 115B:1015
Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Ministry, minister, comments on COVID-19 circuit breaker relief program 45B:1045
Justice system, young offenders, Indigenous youth services and funding 81C:1510
Kahlon, Ravi, comments on COVID-19 circuit breaker relief program 45B:1045
Kamloops Indian Residential School, burial site and unmarked graves 79C:1730
Kennedy, Romizel April, concerns re government child care plan 139B:1130
Labour, labour force participation, women 92B:1020
Lawyers and legal services, women in law 92B:1020
LGBTQ2S community, human rights and inclusion 71B:1050-1055
MacLure's Cabs, cruise ship business and COVID-19 impact 90B:1050
Medical Services Plan, premiums, elimination 68B:1635-1640
Mental health
mental health and addiction
access to services and affordability 99B:1150-1155
preventive services and supports 99B:1150-1155
system and services 80B:1035-1040
mental health of children and youth
Indigenous youth 81C:1510
mental health and addiction services 80B:1040, 100B:1430
services and access 81C:1330, 81C:1445-1455
stabilization care legislation for mental health and addiction issues 81C:1455, 81C:1505-1510, 111B:1135
mental illness, serious mental illness and supports for families 135B:1345
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 22), introduction of bill 111B:1135
Mink farming farming operations, health management and COVID-19 transmission risk 94A:1140-1145
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 21), debate 110B:1640-1655
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, incidence and response 81C:1440
Mohamed-Pal, Alisha, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 128B:1410
Motions
Activism against sexism and gender-based violence 134B:1140
Anti-Asian racism 85B:1110-1115
Contributions by women and equality in workforce 106B:1125-1130
Earth Day and action on climate change 50B:1130-1135
Response to opioid crisis and mental health and addiction issues 99B:1150-1155
Role of parents in care of children 127B:1105-1110
Wild salmon conservation 64B:1140-1145
Nagra, Gurpal, comments on cruise ship industry 90B:1050
Nahirney, Lois, accomplishments as senior executive in traditionally male sectors 106B:1130
Newman, Janice, eligibility for high-dose flu vaccine 114B:1405
Nicholson, John, comments on cruise ship industry 90B:1045
North Shore, sport facility and running track project 115B:1015
Oakes, Coralee, role as MLA 77B:1700-1705
Obama, Barack, comments on B.C. concrete company 106B:1125
Ontario
child care system 46B:1500
COVID-19 response for businesses 69B:1045
Oral questions
Ambulance response times and service management 107B:1430
Budget provisions and government plan for child care 54B:1420
Child care plan 59B:1040-1045, 87B:1030, 89B:1400-1405, 129B:1050-1055, 135B:1400-1405, 139B:1130
Climate action revenue incentive program 72B:1410
COVID-19 circuit-breaker relief grant for businesses 45B:1045, 69B:1045
COVID-19 response for tourism attractions and community events 76B:1035
COVID-19 vaccination plan and role of pop-up clinics 62B:1040-1045
Crime victim support benefits for former children in care 51B:1400-1405
Emergency calls system management and government response to heatwave 115B:1030-1035, 118B:1030-1035
Government action on opioid crisis and mental health and addiction services 80B:1035-1040
Government response to heatwave 101B:1045-1050
High-dose flu shots for seniors 114B:1405
Reopening of marine border and support for cruise ship industry 90B:1045-1050
Service model change for children with support needs and funding for autism services 121B:1400, 122B:1025, 124B:1415, 125B:1030-1035, 128B:1405-1410, 131B:1415
Service model change for children with support needs and independent distributed learning 131B:1415
Service model change for children with support needs and services for Indigenous children 138B:1410
Youth mental health and addiction treatment beds and centres 100B:1430
Youth stabilization care legislation and access to information on youth overdose deaths 111B:1135
Pathways Serious Mental Illness Society, work of organization 135B:1345
Pearce, Diane, concerns re service model change for children with support needs 121B:1400
Pebble Lane Early Learning, child care operations 81C:1810
Politics and politicians, women in politics 100B:1340
Post-secondary education, program review and approval process 100B:1730-1740, 103B:1805-1820
Poverty, poverty among seniors 78B:1010-1015
Prayers and reflections 64B:1000
Privacy
information-sharing by government, data-linking 114B:1655-1700
protection of personal information, data residency requirements and changes 114B:1700
social media information 114B:1655-1700
Private members' statements
Helping women succeed 92B:1015-1035
Private members' statements (response)
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 71B:1050-1055
The power of hope during the third wave 57B:1055-1100
Women and aging 78B:1010-1015
Private training institutions branch, program review and approval process 103B:1830-1850
Proud 2 Be, North Shore community group supporting LGBTQ2S youth 71B:1055
Provincial Child Care Council
role and membership 102B:1440-1540
Provincial Child Care Council, recommendations 100B:1510
Psychotherapists and counsellors, conversion practices, impact and proposed ban 71B:1055
Railways and rail services, women in sector 106B:1125
Ratcliffe, Jennifer, comments on child care operations 81C:1810
Reaburn, Tammy, concerns re government child care plan 135B:1400
Real estate industry, foreign investment and ownership, 2015 study and stigma issue for Asian Canadians 85B:1110-1115
Reforming the Police Act Special Committee, work of committee 114B:1650
Representative for Children and Youth
advocacy services, expansion to persons aged 26 110B:1640-1645
consultation on service model and system for children with support needs 81C:1340
reports
recommendations and implementation 46B:1505-1510
service model for children with support needs 59B:1105-1110, 80C:1125
Representative for Children and Youth Act, amendments and definition, "included adults" 110B:1640-1645
Restaurants and food services industry, temporary liquor licences for pop-up restaurants 95B:1440
Rivers and streams, protection 55B:1010
Routley, Doug, comments on issues, freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation 109B:1540
Schultz, Laurie, accomplishments as CEO in tech sector 106B:1125
Science and technology, clean technology development 63B:1615
Seniors, senior women 78B:1010-1015
Social workers
community social services workers
wages and union differential 81C:1410-1415
Social workers, community social services workers, wages and union differential 59B:1110
Society, hope, concept and impact 57B:1055-1100
Staples, Stephanie, poem in tribute to early childhood educators 75B:1345
Statements by members
Adoption awareness 131B:1355-1400
Child care providers 75B:1340-1345
Children and youth in care 83B:1010-1015
Children with support needs 138B:1350
Experience of hearing impairment during COVID-19 61B:1345
Komagata Maru and action on racism 76B:1010
Pathways Serious Mental Illness Society 135B:1345
Police service of Len Goerke in West Vancouver 45B:1015-1020
Tourist attractions in West Vancouver–Capilano area 103B:1345
West Vancouver Place for Sport and Harry Jerome Oval project 115B:1015
West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society 55B:1010
Women in politics 100B:1340
World War I service of Alec Dawe and return of medal to family 125B:1015-1020
StudentAid B.C., consultation on early childhood educator legislation 103B:1825-1830
Substance use and addiction
overdoses by children and youth, overdose deaths and prevention 80B:1035-1040, 111B:1135
overdoses, deaths and response 80B:1035-1040, 99B:1150-1155
stigma and stereotyping 99B:1150
youth substance use and addiction, treatment beds 100B:1430
Sultan, Ralph, role as MLA 46B:1445
Taxation, government policies 63B:1620
Throne speech debate 46B:1440-1510
Tuningley, Lisa, accomplishments as CEO of railway company 106B:1125
U.S., legislation on ports for cruise ships 90B:1045
Vancouver, city government, funding of child care spaces and memorandum of understanding 82C:1705-1720
Victoria, ambulance service, cases 107B:1430
Violence
domestic violence, support for persons experiencing domestic violence 134B:1140
gender-based violence 134B:1140
West Vancouver, environmental initiatives and action on climate change 50B:1130
West Vancouver Place for Sport, facility and Harry Jerome Oval, project 115B:1015
West Vancouver Streamkeeper Society, work of organization 55B:1010, 64B:1140-1145
West Vancouver–Capilano constituency and area
description and community organizations 46B:1445
size and electoral representation 77B:1655-1700
tourist attractions 103B:1345
Women
achievements in history 100B:1340
misogyny 134B:1140
pay equity
gender pay gap and equal pay legislation 92B:1020-1025
gender pay gap and reporting 81C:1410
women in traditionally male-dominated sectors 106B:1125-1130
women's equality and gender equity 92B:1020-1035
women's status and aging 78B:1010-1015
Yuers, Kari, accomplishments in concrete industry 106B:1125
Kyllo, Greg (Shuswap)

As subject
comments on issues
business (Stone) 68B:1515
electoral representation (Rankin) 84B:1630
constituents, family and staff thanked 59B:1140
participation in Public Safety and Solicitor General estimates debate 67B:1530-1535
Access to Services (COVID-19) Act (Bill 20), debate 130B:1355-1405
Alberta, corporate tax rate 75B:1445
Alcohol, liquor consumption in parks 67B:1540
Ambulance service, response times 115B:1045
Animals, sniffer dogs 50B:1020
Ashton, Dan, employer case re COVID-19 impact on business 56B:1635
Bankruptcy and insolvency, incidence 46B:1400
Barnard, Brett, comments on impact of forest policy changes 131B:1740
Boats and boating, boat inspections and stations 50B:1020-1025
Boulet, Logan, organ donor registration and organ donation after death 51B:1340
B.C., size and communities 77B:1515-1530
B.C. Federation of Labour
consultation on employer reimbursement program 81A:1415
B.C. Infrastructure Benefits
budget 98B:1450
reporting 96C:1840, 98B:1450-1455
written questions by opposition 98B:1455
B.C. Liberal Party
performance as government
employment and jobs 66B:1105
B.C. NDP government
action on campaign statements and stated goals 46B:1355-1425
priorities 59B:1140-1150, 60B:1330-1345
Budget debate 59B:1140-1150, 60B:1330-1345
Budgets
2021-22 budget
content and priorities 60B:1330-1345
budget process
additional time and date change 46B:1420
Budgets, 2021-22 budget, content and priorities 59B:1140-1150
Business
competitiveness 46B:1415, 60B:1340, 66B:1110
taxation 46B:1415, 66B:1110-1115
women in business, supports 52B:1015
Cannabis
community safety unit 91C:1425, 91C:1445-1525
illegal trade 91C:1425-1525
illegal trade, competition with legal operations 67B:1530-1540
illegal trade, sale of controlled substances in cannabis stores 91C:1455-1500
legalization and regulation
application process for stores 91C:1515
compliance and enforcement 67B:1530-1540, 91C:1440-1500, 91C:1520
education 91C:1515
legal and illegal stores and operations 91C:1450-1525
regulation by First Nations 67B:1530-1535
quality and safety 67B:1530-1540
contaminants and carcinogens 91C:1425, 91C:1445-1450
reporting 91C:1450
study 91C:1425-1440
testing and consumer protection 91C:1440-1450
sale to minors 91C:1525
Cannabis Control and Licensing Act, amendments 67B:1530-1540
Cariboo North constituency and area
size and electoral representation 77B:1520
transportation infrastructure and road issues 77B:1525
Casavant, Eugene, contributions as administrator of Shuswap Lake Hospital and foundation 117B:1350-1355
Child care, government plan, implementation 46B:1400
Community Savings Credit Union, report on community benefits agreement 98B:1455
Consumers, cost of living, government action on issues 46B:1400
Corporations
income tax rate 75B:1445
Corporations, income tax rate 60B:1340
COVID-19
access zones for services 130B:1355-1405
safety protocols in workplaces
implementation timeline 69B:1105-1145, 70B:1305-1405
workplace safety 61B:1355
travel restrictions
enforcement and police role 55B:1105
government information and stakeholder concerns 55B:1100-1105
roadside checks 55B:1105
COVID-19 business impact and supports 46B:1410-1415, 52B:1110-1115, 60B:1345, 66B:1105-1115, 68B:1500-1505, 99B:1025-1030
businesses and circuit breaker relief grant program 45B:1050
Industry Engagement Table 54B:1725-1740
COVID-19 economic recovery
economic recovery 59B:1140-1150
economic recovery and jobs 99B:1025-1030
plan and funding 46B:1410-1420
task force 46B:1410, 70B:1435-1440
COVID-19 emergency measures use, transition and winding down 58B:1700-1715
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
Canada recovery sickness benefit 69B:1110
front-line and essential workers, thanked 46B:1350
paid leave to attend vaccination appointment 52B:1105-1115, 54B:1710-1850, 56B:1615-1740, 58B:1645-1755, 60B:1335, 60B:1345, 66B:1120
calculation 56B:1655
cost to businesses 54B:1845-1850, 56B:1720, 58B:1750-1755
dispute resolution 56B:1625-1630, 56B:1705-1710, 56B:1725, 56B:1740, 79A:1730
federally-regulated employees 56B:1635-1645
limit on requests 54B:1820-1840
part-time employees 52B:1105
private businesses on First Nations reserve lands 56B:1645-1650
proof of vaccination 52B:1110, 56B:1655-1700, 56B:1725-1740, 58B:1645-1655
regulation date 54B:1755
vaccine unavailable 56B:1710-1720
paid sick leave 61B:1415, 68B:1435-1505, 69B:1105-1145, 70B:1305-1655, 72B:1535-1740, 72B:1810, 73B:1055-1100, 73B:1140, 75B:1425-1450
calculation of employee wages 75B:1430
collective agreements and dispute resolution 70B:1630-1640
costs 60B:1340, 68B:1445-1450, 70B:1500, 70B:1515, 70B:1535, 70B:1650-1655, 72B:1535-1600, 72B:1700-1710, 75B:1435-1445, 112B:1535-1540
deadline for program end 72B:1725-1735
development and consultation 68B:1450, 70B:1430-1515
development and consultation, First Nations consultation 70B:1550-1630
development and timeline 68B:1435-1445, 69B:1105-1145, 70B:1305-1405, 70B:1545-1550
dispute resolution 72B:1710-1725, 79A:1730
eligibility criteria 81A:1430-1435
employer reimbursement program 68B:1445, 68B:1455-1500, 72B:1550, 72B:1600-1615, 72B:1630-1635, 72B:1655-1705, 73B:1055-1100, 79A:1800-1810, 80A:1105, 80A:1115, 80A:1125-1140, 81A:1335-1455
federal government program 69B:1110, 70B:1310-1405, 70B:1510, 70B:1530-1550
funding 62B:1025-1030
part-time employees 72B:1630-1710, 75B:1440
COVID-19 impact
protests at health and education sites 130B:1400-1405
public service response 93B:1340-1345
victims of domestic and gender-based violence 134B:1150
COVID-19 impact and government response
funding 68B:1440, 70B:1305
government response 46B:1355-1425, 60B:1345
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports
industry and hospitality industry 99B:1025
tourism attractions and community events 76B:1030
COVID-19 vaccination, vaccination plan, implementation 46B:1410, 52B:1105-1110, 54B:1805-1810
Discrimination and racism, sexism and discrimination against women 134B:1150-1155
Downie Timber Ltd., Revelstoke mill operations 131B:1735-1740
Economy, conditions 59B:1145
Education funding, funding 60B:1330
Elections
2020 general election, timing 46B:1355, 46B:1410, 59B:1145-1150, 112B:1515-1520
electoral districts
history and term "riding" 77B:1510, 91B:1555
urban and rural districts 77B:1515-1525
redistribution of electoral boundaries, First Nations considerations 77B:1535
rural and remote constituencies, representation 77B:1510-1535, 91B:1555-1615
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 77B:1510-1535, 91B:1555-1615
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 77B:1530-1535
Emergencies, search and rescue services 75B:1345-1350
Employer health tax, implementation and impact 60B:1345
Employment and unemployment
paid sick leave, information on number of employees covered by leave programs 70B:1405-1430, 72B:1540
permanent paid sick leave
costs 72B:1735
development and consultation 68B:1445-1505, 70B:1530-1550, 72B:1730-1740, 72B:1810, 75B:1435-1450
number of days 68B:1445, 73B:1140
number of days and referral of report to committee 72B:1810
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 3)
debate 52B:1105-1115, 54B:1710-1850, 56B:1615-1740, 58B:1645-1800
commencement 58B:1720-1735
consultation on bill 52B:1110, 54B:1710-1755, 54B:1810-1815, 54B:1825-1835
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 56B:1650
development timeline 52B:1105, 54B:1810, 56B:1720, 58B:1735-1755
repeal by order-in-council 58B:1655-1720
Employment Standards Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 13)
debate 68B:1435-1505, 69B:1105-1145, 70B:1305-1655, 72B:1535-1740, 72B:1810, 73B:1055-1100, 73B:1140, 75B:1425-1450
coming into force 70B:1350
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 70B:1550-1630
definitions, "prescribed circumstance" 75B:1425-1435, 75B:1450
development and consultation on bill 68B:1435-1445, 69B:1105-1145, 70B:1305-1405, 70B:1430-1515, 70B:1530-1550, 72B:1730-1745, 75B:1435-1450
Employment standards branch
caseload and adjudication timelines 72B:1715-1725, 79A:1630-1800, 81A:1555
COVID-19 impact 79A:1630
staffing 79A:1625, 79A:1640-1645, 79A:1745-1800
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 98B:1445-1455
estimates process, written questions 98B:1455
Fires and firefighters
wildfires
impact and response 113B:1120-1125
impact on tourism industry 113B:1125
First Nations and Indigenous persons, reconciliation and redress 96C:1810-1815
Forest Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 28), debate 131B:1730-1750
Forests and forest industry
employment and jobs 131B:1730-1750
First Nations involvement in industry, consultation on forest policy changes 131B:1740-1745
forest-dependent communities and workers, impact of forest policy changes and support 131B:1730-1750
mills, operations and closings 131B:1735-1740
old-growth forests, management and panel report recommendations 131B:1740
role in economy and society 131B:1730
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, estimates debate 90A:1135
Freedom of information, access to information, changes 112B:1515-1545
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 22)
debate 112B:1515-1545
introduction timeline and activities of review special committee 112B:1520-1530
regulations 112B:1535
FrontCounter B.C., service delivery delays 90A:1135
Government
accountability and transparency 46B:1410, 66B:1110, 112B:1520
advertising and announcements, funding 112B:1530
ministries, budgets 60B:1335
Green Shirt Day, organ donor registration awareness initiative 51B:1340
Health authorities, role in cannabis regulation and enforcement 91C:1440-1455
Health care funding, funding 60B:1330
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), four-laning and upgrade projects in Interior
Illecillewaet section improvements 46B:1420, 66B:1120, 96C:1830-1835, 98C:1325-1330, 98C:1345
status and costs 96C:1815-1840
Highway 97A, Canyon Road intersection upgrades 96C:1805-1810
Highways and roads, improvement and repair projects, First Nations impact and response 96C:1810
Horgan, John
actions re election timing 59B:1150
comments on COVID-19 travel restrictions 55B:1100-1105
comments on issues, paid sick leave 61B:1415
Housing
affordable housing, supply and new units 60B:1335
Housing, affordable housing, supply and new units 46B:1405
InBC Investment Corp.
establishment and role 66B:1105-1120
InBC Investment Corp. Act (Bill 5)
debate 66B:1105-1120
InBC Investment Corp., establishment and role 46B:1415
Income assistance, benefits, deductions 46B:1400
Industry Training Authority, apprenticeship awareness campaign 128B:1400
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, connectivity issues for remote and rural communities 91B:1600, 91B:1615
Information and Privacy Commissioner, recommendations on freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation 112B:1525, 112B:1535-1545
Interior Provincial Exhibition, access to COVID-19 relief funding 76B:1030
Introductions by members 90B:1005, 112B:1515, 117B:1335, 121B:1340, 138B:1345
Invasive species
insect pests, armyworms 50B:1030
legislation 50B:1030
management and funding 50B:1020-1030
management, quagga and zebra mussels 50B:1020-1025
wildlife invasive species, grey squirrels 50B:1030
Labour
community benefits agreement
agreement and hiring 96C:1830-1840
impact on project costs 46B:1420, 98C:1325-1340
promotion 98B:1455
training component and equity employment 98B:1450, 98C:1345-1350
union component 46B:1420, 66B:1120
Labour Ministry
estimates debate 79A:1505-1530, 79A:1605-1810, 80A:1105-1140, 81A:1335-1600
budget, COVID-19 impact 79A:1510
estimates process
participants thanked 81A:1600
written questions 79A:1505
staff 79A:1505-1510
Law, Diana, work in health care and death from COVID-19 61B:1355
Legislature
opposition, role 112B:1530-1535
Legislature, opposition, role 46B:1400
Mental health
issues for men 121B:1345
mental health of children and youth
services and access 46B:1405
stabilization care legislation for mental health and addiction issues 112B:1515-1520
Ministerial statements (response)
National Day of Mourning for workers 61B:1350-1355
Motions
Activism against sexism and gender-based violence 134B:1150-1155
Wildfire response and recovery 113B:1120-1125
Mt. Ida Nursery Ltd., operations 131B:1740
Movember, fundraising event for men's health 121B:1340-1345
National Day of Mourning, observance of day of mourning for workers killed or injured on the job 61B:1350-1355
Occupational health and safety, workers killed or injured on the job 61B:1350-1355
Oral questions
Ambulance response times and emergency health system 115B:1045
COVID-19 circuit-breaker relief grant for businesses 45B:1050
COVID-19 response and paid sick leave 61B:1415, 62B:1025-1030
COVID-19 response for tourism attractions and community events 76B:1030
COVID-19 travel restrictions and enforcement 55B:1100-1105
Organs and tissues, donation and donor registration 51B:1335-1340
Palmer, Vaughn, comments on InBC Investment Corp. 46B:1415-1420
Peach, Petronella, contributions and death 76B:1005
Police and policing, drug enforcement 91C:1500
Prayers and reflections 66B:1000, 122B:1000, 139B:1000
Premier's Office, application of freedom-of-information legislation 112B:1540-1545
Privacy
information-sharing by government, data-linking 112B:1540
protection of personal information, data residency requirements and changes 112B:1540
Private members' statements
Invasive species 50B:1020-1030
Private members' statements (response)
Workers and the new economy 99B:1025-1030
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
service plan 91C:1450
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry, estimates debate 91C:1425-1525
Public Safety and Solicitor General Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 8), debate 67B:1530-1540
Public service, service during COVID-19 93B:1340-1345
Remembrance Day, COVID-19 protest at ceremony 130B:1405
Rental housing, rebates for tenants 60B:1330
Retail Council of Canada, letter on paid sick leave 75B:1445
Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue, station 106 in Sicamous 75B:1345-1350
School district 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap), COVID-19 protests at schools 130B:1400
Secwépemc peoples, redress request for impacts of previous highway projects 96C:1810-1815
Shuswap Area Family Emergency (SAFE) Society, services for persons experiencing domestic violence and abuse 134B:1150
Shuswap area, women in business, supports 52B:1015
Shuswap constituency and area
agriculture industry, impact of armyworms 50B:1030
ambulance service case 115B:1045
cannabis operations, cases and response by RCMP 67B:1530-1540
constituent water licence application case 90A:1135
forest industry and mill operations 131B:1730-1750
size and electoral representation 77B:1510-1515, 91B:1555-1610
wildfire impact 113B:1120-1125
Shuswap Lake General Hospital, administration and hospital foundation 117B:1350-1355
Skills training
apprenticeships 128B:1400
supply of skilled workers 128B:1400
Splatsin First Nation, concerns re road safety and consultation on highway upgrades 96C:1805-1810
Sports and recreation, outdoor recreation, water safety 75B:1345-1350
Statements by members
Apprenticeships in skilled trades 128B:1400
Eugene Casavant 117B:1350-1355
Knud Thomsen 132B:1020
Movember fundraising campaign 121B:1340-1345
Organ donation and Logan Boulet 51B:1335-1340
Role of public servants during COVID-19 93B:1340-1345
Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue 75B:1345-1350
Tsuts'weye support network for women entrepreneurs 52B:1015
Substance use and addiction
controlled drugs and substances, schedule III drugs and enforcement 91C:1455-1500
overdoses, deaths and response 46B:1405
psilocybin 91C:1455-1500
Sullivan, Sam, role as MLA 77B:1515, 91B:1600
Taxation, government policies 46B:1400, 60B:1340-1345, 68B:1505
Thomsen, Knud Alfred, life and contributions 132B:1020
Throne speech debate 46B:1355-1425
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 98C:1325-1355
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 96C:1805-1840
Transportation, projects 98C:1325-1350
Tributes
Petronella Peach 76B:1005
Tsuts'weye Women's Entrepreneur and Innovation Network, role and services 52B:1015
Union of B.C. Municipalities, round tables on economic recovery 99B:1025
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation legislation, application 70B:1615-1630
Vancouver park board, authority to designate public places re liquor consumption 67B:1540
Vancouver police department, concerns re COVID-19 travel restrictions and enforcement 55B:1105
Vancouver–False Creek constituency and area, size and electoral representation 77B:1515, 91B:1555-1610
Violence, domestic violence, response and services 134B:1150
Water, licences, applications and timeline 90A:1135
Workers compensation
compensation benefits
determination of retirement age 81A:1520-1525
dual pension system 81A:1520-1525
maximum insurable earnings 81A:1520-1530
premiums, costs 79A:1525-1530, 79A:1605-1610, 81A:1515-1555
presumptive conditions category, addition of COVID-19 81A:1540-1550
reports and reviews, legislation report and recommendations 79A:1530, 79A:1605, 81A:1515-1545
WorkSafeBC
accident fund and surplus, management 79A:1515
COVID-19 response 69B:1125-1135, 70B:1305-1320
financial status 79A:1515, 79A:1610-1625
pension plan 79A:1615-1625
reporting on premium costs 79A:1610
role re COVID-19 paid sick leave reimbursement program 72B:1605-1615, 72B:1630, 72B:1700, 73B:1055-1100, 81A:1340-1345, 81A:1420, 81A:1440-1455
staffing 79A:1510

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