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.

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

Ralston, Hon. Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

Automobiles
zero-emission and clean vehicles
heavy-duty vehicles 74C:1635
rebates and incentives 58B:1550, 74C:1635
specialty use vehicle incentive program 74C:1635
Borealis GeoPower Inc., geothermal power project 75C:1555
B.C. Hydro
energy purchase agreements with independent power producers
report on costs 76C:1135
standing offer program changes and impact 76C:1125-1135
integrated resource plan 76C:1125, 76C:1135, 77C:1305-1310
review 76C:1135, 77C:1310
role re customer crisis fund program 76C:1110
role re Site C project 75C:1445, 75C:1500, 75C:1510, 75C:1605, 75C:1630-1635, 75C:1645-1650, 75C:1700-1705, 75C:1745-1750
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government, carbon tax policies 77C:1355
B.C. NDP government, priorities 58B:1535-1600
B.C. Utilities Commission
regulation of electricity rates 77C:1305-1310
role re integrated resource plan 77C:1305-1310
role re Site C power project 75C:1445, 75C:1515-1520, 75C:1615-1625, 75C:1655
ruling on customer crisis fund program 76C:1105-1120
Budget debate 58B:1535-1600
Budgets, 2021-22 budget, content and priorities 58B:1535-1600
Burrard Thermal power station
removal from heritage assets list and alternative site uses 75C:1810-1815, 81B:1555-1645
removal from heritage assets list and alternative site uses, First Nations consultation 81B:1610-1615
voltage transmission lines 75C:1810-1815
Carbon tax 77C:1355
Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy, establishment 58B:1555, 74C:1635
Clean Energy Act, amendments 81B:1555-1645
CleanBC plan
building component, geothermal heat projects 75C:1545
emissions component 75C:1710-1720, 75C:1730
industry fund and incentive program 58B:1555
plan 58B:1550-1555, 77C:1310
Climate change, government action 75B:1400-1405, 96B:1410
Construction industry, retrofits of buildings for energy efficiency, property-assessed clean energy program and funding 58B:1555
COVID-19 business impact and supports 58B:1545
COVID-19 economic recovery
green recovery 58B:1550-1555
plan 58B:1545-1550
COVID-19 impact, challenges 58B:1535
Discrimination and racism, awareness and prevention, government action 58B:1550
Economy, sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 74C:1635
Education funding, funding 58B:1550
Energy
clean energy, development 58B:1550-1555, 74C:1635, 76C:1135
electricity, clean electricity 77C:1310
electricity rates 76C:1125
electricity rates, deferral of payments for industry during COVID-19 74C:1650
electricity service, customer crisis fund program 75C:1825, 76C:1105-1120
geothermal power development 75C:1545-1555
independent power projects, First Nations communities 76C:1135
innovative clean energy fund 58B:1555
power supply
demand and forecasting 77C:1305
self-sufficiency 77C:1310, 81B:1625
surplus power 76C:1130
Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Ministry
estimates debate 74C:1635-1755, 75C:1440-1825, 76C:1105-1140, 77C:1305-1405
estimates process 77C:1400
role and responsibilities 74C:1635
staffing 74C:1730-1735, 74C:1755, 75C:1440, 77C:1400, 110B:1700
France, John and Kaare Hoeg, review of Site C project 75C:1745
Fuel, hydrogen fuel cell technology 58B:1550-1555
Geoscience B.C., funding and role 74C:1645, 74C:1655-1725
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from sectors, LNG development 75B:1400-1405, 75C:1710-1720, 75C:1730
reduction 74C:1635
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects, investment and projects 58B:1540-1545
Heyman, George, comments on issues, LNG emissions 75C:1715-1720
Housing
supportive housing 58B:1545
temporary housing and shelters 58B:1545
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine, reopening 74C:1740
InBC Investment Corp., establishment and role 58B:1550
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, budget, allocation for Indigenous initiatives 58B:1555
Industry, low-carbon industrial strategy 74C:1650
International Energy Agency
report on world energy issues 75C:1740
International Energy Agency, report on world energy issues 75B:1400-1405
Introductions by members 107B:1340, 124B:1335, 124B:1350, 125B:1005
Kindlein, Ward, life and contributions 126B:1300
Liquefied natural gas development
conditions for projects 75C:1720-1730
government policies 75B:1405, 75C:1720
LNG Canada facility project
emissions 75C:1710-1720, 75C:1730
project 75C:1725-1730, 77C:1400
Mah-Paulson, May, public service and retirement 139B:1005
Mines and mining industry
B.C. geological survey, funding and role 74C:1655-1725
First Nations involvement in industry 58B:1555, 74C:1645
industry
conditions 74C:1715
coordinated branding 74C:1650
government initiatives 74C:1635, 74C:1645-1650
innovation hub initiative 74C:1635
investment 58B:1555
mines, new mines 77C:1350-1355
Mining Jobs Task Force, recommendations and implementation 74C:1640-1725, 77C:1345
permitting process
decision-making process 74C:1745, 77C:1340
timeline 77C:1320-1345
timeline and staff training 74C:1730-1735, 74C:1755, 75C:1440
taxation
exploration tax credit 74C:1645, 77C:1345
mineral flow-through share tax credit 74C:1645, 77C:1345
workers, training road map 74C:1645
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 11)
debate 81B:1555-1645
consultation on bill, First Nations consultations 81B:1610-1615
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 21), debate 110B:1700-1845
Oil and gas
royalties
deep-well royalty credit program and review 96B:1410-1415
system review 74C:1635
wells
cleanup and permit exemptions 110B:1705-1730, 110B:1740-1845
decommissioning of sites and fines 110B:1845
Oil and Gas Activities Act, amendments, First Nations consultation 110B:1700-1845
Oil and Gas Commission
powers re permit exemptions 110B:1705-1720, 110B:1745, 110B:1755-1845
powers re permit exemptions, First Nations consultation 110B:1830
Oral questions (response)
International Energy Agency report and status of LNG industry 75B:1400-1405
Oil and gas industry royalties and status of LNG industry 96B:1410-1415
Port Moody
involvement in potential power plant project 81B:1630-1640
tax revenues from former power plant site 81B:1630, 81B:1645
School district 36 (Surrey), neighbourhood learning centres and student spaces 58B:1550
Site C power project
cost of power production 76C:1140
costs and construction schedule 75C:1445-1530, 75C:1625-1705
COVID-19 impact 75C:1500, 75C:1515, 75C:1630-1635, 75C:1645-1700
geotechnical safety issues 75C:1515, 75C:1635, 75C:1645, 75C:1655-1700, 75C:1745
oversight 75C:1535-1540, 75C:1600-1620
review 75C:1500, 75C:1535, 75C:1600-1620, 75C:1630-1635, 75C:1705, 75C:1745-1810
review, interim report 75C:1755-1810, 77C:1400
SkyTrain, expansion proposal for Langley 58B:1540
Social welfare, government investment 58B:1545
Supreme Court of B.C., rulings on issues, cumulative impact of industrial development 110B:1725-1730
Surrey
housing
affordable rental housing projects 58B:1545
Surrey, health care facilities and services, new hospital 58B:1540-1545
Taseko Mines Ltd., Gibraltar mine, operations and permitting issue 74C:1745-1750, 77C:1340
Tributes
May Mah-Paulson 139B:1005
Ward Kindlein 126B:1300
W.A.C. Bennett Dam, name 75C:1445
Woodside Energy Ltd., LNG project status 75C:1720
Rankin, Hon. Murray (Oak Bay–Gordon Head)

As subject
comments on issues
electoral representation (Lee) 84B:1705
freedom-of-information issues (Bernier) 112B:1640 (Cadieux) 109B:1345 (Halford) 112B:1450-1455 (Olsen) 121B:1550-1600 (Stone) 114B:1820 (Wat) 112B:1405
Indigenous issues (Olsen) 138B:1410-1415
experience working on First Nations issues 69A:1115
meetings with Wet'suwet'en leadership 69A:1145
role re engagement with Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs in 2020 70A:1420 (Milobar) 70A:1420
Aboriginal Affairs Committee, activation 96B:1400
Blue River, pipeline protest encampment, community concerns in area and government response 70A:1450-1510
Blueberry River First Nation, leadership and treaty land entitlement agreement negotiations 69A:1130-1135
B.C. NDP government, priorities 47B:1615-1635
Camosun College, film studio initiative 47B:1620-1625
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
adoption and purpose 84B:1615-1620
court cases re voting rights 84B:1615-1620
Children and youth
employment and training, youth initiatives and future leader program 47B:1625
youth, government support and initiatives 47B:1625
CleanBC plan 47B:1620
COVID-19 economic recovery
economic recovery 47B:1620-1625
First Nations and Indigenous communities 69A:1115
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, front-line and essential workers, response and services 47B:1615
COVID-19 First Nations response 69A:1115
COVID-19 impact
challenges 47B:1610-1615
youth 47B:1625
COVID-19 impact and government response, reconciliation initiatives 70A:1535, 70A:1550
COVID-19 vaccination
vaccination plan
First Nations 69A:1115
implementation 47B:1615-1620
de Jong, Michael, comments on issues, electoral representation 84B:1630
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
implementation 47B:1630, 70A:1520, 70A:1625-1640
implementation, action plan 70A:1525-1535, 96B:1400, 116B:1750
implementation, action plan and consultation process 70A:1550-1615
Education
curriculum, Indigenous content 70A:1620
education of Indigenous persons 116B:1750-1755
local education agreements 116B:1750
First Nations education jurisdiction initiative 116B:1745-1755
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 25)
debate 116B:1745-1755
development and consultation on bill, stakeholders and First Nations 116B:1750-1755
Elections
electoral districts, population and 25 percent deviation range 84B:1620-1630
electoral representation, First Nations representation 84B:1635
redistribution of electoral boundaries
court cases re voter parity 84B:1615-1630
process and principles 84B:1620-1630
rural and remote constituencies, representation 84B:1630-1635
voter parity principle 84B:1625
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7), debate 84B:1615-1635
Film industry, government initiatives 47B:1620-1625
First Nations and Indigenous persons
aboriginal rights and title 69A:1140, 135B:1410
agreements with government
agreements and funding 70A:1305-1345, 70A:1645
revenue-sharing and benefit agreements 70A:1440
strategic engagement agreements 69A:1130, 70A:1305-1310
consultation by government with Indigenous leadership groups 70A:1555
consultation on legislation 70A:1625-1630
cultural preservation and revitalization 70A:1650-1655
Delgamuukw case and rulings 69A:1140, 129B:1040-1045
distinction-based funding for Indigenous governments 70A:1515-1520
economic development 69A:1115-1125
friendship centres, funding 70A:1510
gaming revenue-sharing agreement with government 70A:1400-1415
governance and leadership 69A:1135-1145
governance and leadership, elected and hereditary leadership 70A:1610-1615
government initiatives and funding 69A:1115-1120
housing 70A:1355, 70A:1540
involvement in land and resource activities 69A:1120
land acknowledgments 47B:1605
land use conflicts on First Nations territories, government response 129B:1040-1045
language preservation and revitalization 70A:1400, 70A:1620
language preservation and revitalization, Métis and Inuit languages 70A:1700
protection of cultural and sacred sites
archaeological assessments 70A:1305
protection 69A:1125-1130
reconciliation 47B:1605, 47B:1630-1635
funding for initiatives 70A:1315-1400, 70A:1615
government approach and role of ministers 70A:1640, 70A:1710-1715
government approach and role of MLAs 80B:1035, 96B:1400
government secretariat 70A:1530-1535, 70A:1635
non-Indigenous awareness and public education 70A:1620
reconciliation and resources 80B:1030, 96B:1355-1410
relationship with government 69A:1115
residential schools
deaths and unmarked graves 80B:1030
government response to issues 96B:1405
support for survivors and families 80B:1030
teacher certification and regulation processes 116B:1750-1755
treaties, government obligations 70A:1335
First Nations Education Authority, role re teacher certification and regulation processes 116B:1750-1755
First Nations Education Steering Committee, role re education jurisdiction initiative 116B:1750-1755
First Peoples Cultural Council, funding and role 70A:1655
Fisher, Thomas, comments on voting rights 84B:1620
Fraser, Scott, service as Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister 69A:1115
Gambling, revenues, COVID-19 impact 70A:1405-1415
Government, lawsuits involving government, litigation directive re Indigenous issues 70A:1630
Heritage and archaeological sites protection, site assessments and permit process 69A:1125-1130
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 69A:1115-1145, 70A:1305-1715
budget and funding 70A:1305-1310
budget and operations, COVID-19 impact 70A:1535
budget, base budget and contingency funding 70A:1315-1345
estimates process 70A:1715
mandate 69A:1115-1120
mandate and mandate letter 70A:1405, 70A:1530-1535
role and responsibilities 47B:1630-1635
role of minister in implementation of government reconciliation initiatives 70A:1640, 70A:1710-1715
Introductions by members 79B:1335, 87B:1005, 122B:1005, 129B:1005-1010, 135B:1330-1335
Investment, environmental, social and governmental considerations 47B:1620
Jarman, Paul Geoffrey, life and public service as lawyer 47B:1605-1610
Kamloops Indian Residential School
burial site and unmarked graves 96B:1355, 96B:1405
Kamloops Indian Residential School, burial site and unmarked graves 80B:1030
Kyllo, Greg, comments on issues, electoral representation 84B:1630
Legislature, language used in House, withdrawal of comments 135B:1415
Louis Riel Day, commemoration 129B:1025-1030
McLachlin, Beverley, comments on voting rights 84B:1625-1630
Métis
history and contributions 129B:1025-1030
rights 70A:1520
Métis Nation, accord with government and reporting 70A:1515
Ministerial statements
Louis Riel Day 129B:1025-1030
Morris, Mike, comments on issues, electoral representation 84B:1635
Non-profit sector, government support 47B:1625
Oceans and marine environment, coastal waters, cleanup of plastic and fishing debris 47B:1625
Oral questions (response)
Activation of Aboriginal Affairs Committee 80B:1035, 96B:1355-1410
Status of Coastal GasLink pipeline project on Wet'suwet'en lands 135B:1405-1415
Status of Coastal GasLink Pipeline project on Wet'suwet'en lands 129B:1040-1045
Support for residential school survivors and families 80B:1030
Pacheedaht First Nation, treaty negotiations and land management 70A:1705
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, life of service and death 47B:1605
Rankin, Joyce, work in mental health 47B:1615
Riel, Louis, role as Métis leader and execution in 1885 129B:1025
Robinson, Sarah, advocacy on Indigenous issues and legacy 91B:1430
Schools, First Nations schools 116B:1750-1755
Simpcw First Nation, concerns re pipeline protest encampment 70A:1500-1510
Sinclair, Murray, comments on reconciliation calls to action 116B:1750-1755
Substance use and addiction, overdoses, deaths and response 47B:1610-1615
Supreme Court of B.C., ruling on electoral districts and voter parity 84B:1620
Supreme Court of Canada
ruling on Charter and voting rights 84B:1625-1630
rulings on issues, Tsilhqot'in Nation land title 69A:1140
Throne speech, content 47B:1610
Throne speech debate 47B:1605-1635
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, concerns re pipeline protest encampment 70A:1500-1510
Treaty 8, treaty and land entitlements 69A:1130-1135
Tributes
Sarah Robinson 91B:1630
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, calls to action, education recommendations 116B:1745-1755
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation legislation and action plan 69A:1115-1120
University of Victoria, Indigenous law program 70A:1620
Vancouver Island, south Island, actions of resource workers in Fairy Creek area 70A:1705
Wet'suwet'en First Nation
engagement and relationship with government 129B:1040-1045
engagement with government and funding 70A:1440
revenues from agreements with government 70A:1440
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and Office of the Wet'suwet'en
funding for governance capacity-building and unity activities 70A:1420-1425, 70A:1445, 129B:1045, 135B:1415
memorandum of understanding with government 70A:1445
protests supporting Chiefs, blockade of pipeline project construction site and workers 129B:1040-1045
role and meetings with government 69A:1140-1145, 70A:1420, 70A:1435-1440, 129B:1040-1045
role and meetings with government, reporting and records 70A:1435
Wet'suwet'en Nation
decision-making and governance 70A:1425-1445
decision-making and unity 69A:1140-1145, 129B:1045, 135B:1405-1415
rights and title agreement with government
negotiation 135B:1410
negotiation and funding 70A:1420-1445
negotiation process and ratification 69A:1140-1145
Rice, Jennifer (North Coast)

Bella Bella Community School, Indigenous education and Háiɫzaqv ways of knowing 117B:1450
B.C. by region
coastal B.C., fibre optic line and connectivity project 120B:1125
northern and rural B.C., government support for communities and economic diversification 120B:1125
northwest B.C., government investment 120B:1125
B.C. Teachers Council, composition and representation by First Nations Education Authority 117B:1445
Children and youth
children with support needs, service model change
hub centres 127B:1140
impact on services in northern and rural communities 127B:1140-1145
needs-based system and access to services 127B:1140-1145
children with support needs, services and supports for neurodiverse children 127B:1140
Climate change
government action 113B:1120
impact, wildfires 113B:1120
COVID-19 business impact and supports 57B:1130
businesses and circuit breaker relief grant program 57B:1130
COVID-19 impact and government response
cruise ship industry 78B:1025
government response 57B:1130
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports 78B:1025
Cruise ship industry, ports in B.C. waters and government support 78B:1020-1025
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, implementation, action plan and consultation process 92B:1105
Discrimination and racism, racism against Indigenous persons 79B:1335, 92B:1105
Education, First Nations education jurisdiction initiative 117B:1445
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 25), debate 117B:1445-1450
Emergencies, ground search and rescue services 131B:1350
Employment and unemployment
employment equity and diversity 115B:1015-1020
hybrid work model and remote work 115B:1015-1020
Fires and firefighters
wildfires, impact and response 113B:1115
wildfires, prevention and mitigation 113B:1115-1120
First Nations and Indigenous persons
legacy of colonialism and European settlement 79B:1335, 92B:1105
reconciliation, government initiatives 92B:1105
residential schools, history and legacy of intergenerational trauma 99B:1010-1015
teacher certification and regulation processes 117B:1445
First Nations Education Authority, role re teacher certification and regulation processes 117B:1445
Fish, salmon
protection and restoration 64B:1120-1125
restoration and innovation fund 64B:1125
Fishing industry, commercial fishery, social capital and role in communities 64B:1120-1125
Fraser Valley, flooding and landslides, search and rescue response 131B:1350
Hall, Anita, role as principal at Indigenous school 117B:1450
Heiltsuk Nation, negotiations with government and school operations 117B:1445-1450
Highway 16
cellular service and safety 62B:1015, 120B:1125
transit system and funding 94B:1010
House of Commons, Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, recommendations 64B:1125
Inspire Kids FASD Family Support Society of B.C., comments on service model change for children with support needs 127B:1140-1145
Introductions by members 103B:1335
Kamloops Indian Residential School, burial site and unmarked graves 79B:1335, 92B:1105
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, incidence and response 62B:1015
Motions
National Indigenous History Month and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples 92B:1100-1105
Role of parents in care of children 127B:1140-1145
Rural communities and economies 120B:1125
Support for communities during COVID-19 57B:1130
Wild salmon conservation 64B:1120-1125
Wildfire response and recovery 113B:1115-1120
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, establishment 99B:1010
National Indigenous History Month, observance 92B:1100-1105
North Coast constituency and area, services for children with support needs 127B:1140-1145
Northern Development Initiative Trust, funding of public transportation services 94B:1010
Orange Shirt Day, campaign and residential school awareness 99B:1010-1015
Port of Prince Rupert, expansion project 120B:1125
Prince Rupert Ground Search and Rescue
operations 131B:1350
Prince Rupert, tourism and cruise ship industry 78B:1025
Private members' statements (response)
Cruise ship industry in B.C. 78B:1020-1025
Orange Shirt Day 99B:1010-1015
Reyt, Jean-Nicolas, comments on women in the workforce 115B:1020
Statements by members
Action on systemic racism against Indigenous persons 79B:1335
Cellular service along Highway of Tears 62B:1015
Ground search and rescue volunteers 131B:1350
Hybrid work model and workplace equality 115B:1015-1020
Transportation service on Highway 16 94B:1010
Swift, Marlene, sexual assault case and advocacy work 62B:1015
Transit services, services for northern communities 120B:1125
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, testimony of witnesses 99B:1015
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, comments on Kamloops residential school burial site and Indigenous rights 79B:1335
Webstad, Phyllis, experience at residential school 99B:1010
Robinson, Hon. Selina (Coquitlam-Maillardville)

As subject
experience with cancer diagnosis 53B:1420
performance as Finance Minister (Bernier) 93B:1440
wedding anniversary (Bernier) 93B:1440
work as city councillor, MLA and cabinet minister (Donnelly) 51B:1555
work as Finance Minister commended (Mercier) 54B:1705
Alcohol, liquor licensing, ministerial responsibility 95B:1440-1445
Assessment Act, amendments 67B:1450, 76B:1110-1120
Automobiles
taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles, inclusion of antique cars 95B:1435
zero-emission and clean vehicles, government initiatives 53B:1420
Beverages and beverage industry, tax on sweetened carbonated beverages 77B:1440-1450
Bonjour Vietnamese Bistro, COVID-19 impact on business 98B:1525
Bottled water industry, tax on water dispensed from vending machines 77B:1440-1450
B.C. Assessment Authority, annual service plan report, 2020, tabled 79B:1440
B.C. Assessment Authority, service delivery 67B:1450, 76B:1110-1120
B.C. Financial Services Authority, work on strata insurance increase issues 77B:1430
B.C. Housing, COVID-19 response 95B:1635
B.C. Hydro
application of employer health tax 67B:1445, 77B:1350-1355
role re Site C project 93B:1635-1640
B.C. Infrastructure Benefits
budget 98B:1450
reporting 98B:1450-1455
written questions by opposition 98B:1455
B.C. Liberal Party, performance as government 87B:1100
B.C. NDP government
policies, tax policies 95B:1420
priorities 53B:1355-1420, 53B:1445, 67B:1440-1450, 67B:1505, 95B:1410-1415
B.C. Public Service Agency, budget, allocation for salaries 95B:1350-1400
B.C. recovery benefit
benefit and eligibility 53B:1400, 53B:1445, 67B:1445, 77B:1405-1425, 95B:1605-1620
impact 93B:1430, 93B:1510
tax status 77B:1355
B.C. training and education savings grant program, allocation of funds to special account 53B:1445, 67B:1450, 77B:1450-1455
Budget debate 53B:1340-1420
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2021 (Bill 4)
debate 53B:1445, 67B:1440-1450, 67B:1505, 76B:1110-1150, 77B:1305-1455
addition of comma to reference 77B:1405-1415
purpose 53B:1445
Budgets
2021-22 budget, content and priorities 53B:1345-1420, 53B:1445, 54B:1400, 54B:1410-1425, 55B:1045-1050, 67B:1440-1450, 67B:1505
2021-22 budget, contingency funding 93B:1450-1500, 94B:1110-1135, 95B:1410-1425
2022-23 budget, content and priorities 95B:1405-1415
balanced budgets 95B:1405-1410
Budget and Fiscal Plan 2020-21–2022-23, tabled 53B:1445
Second Quarterly Report, 2021-22, tabled 135B:1425
Business
benefit companies, reporting 76B:1055
employees, access to housing 93B:1730, 98B:1400
taxation, training tax credit 67B:1445
Business Corporations Act, amendments 103B:1340, 104B:1110
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, comments on capital gains tax 98B:1425-1430
Carbon tax
federal initiatives 76B:1145-1150
rate increase, deferral 53B:1445, 67B:1440, 76B:1130-1150
tax information, collection for fiscal policy development 76B:1125-1130
Carbon Tax Act, amendments 53B:1445, 67B:1440, 67B:1450, 76B:1125-1150
Child care
funding and spaces 54B:1420-1425
government plan, implementation 53B:1405, 54B:1420-1425, 59B:1045
spaces 53B:1415
Children and youth
early childhood educators, wages and enhancement program 53B:1405, 54B:1420
employment and training, youth initiatives and future leader program 53B:1415
CleanBC plan, funding 53B:1415
Climate change, government action 53B:1415-1420
Community Savings Credit Union, report on community benefits agreement 98B:1455
Construction industry
residential construction industry, housing starts 95B:1645
worker supply and training 98B:1540
Consumers, cost of living, government action on issues 53B:1400-1405, 114B:1405-1410, 136B:1030
Cooperative Association Act, amendments 103B:1340, 104B:1110
Coquitlam
housing, rental-only zoning 95B:1645
housing, single-family homes and condos 98B:1405-1410
Coquitlam, city government, decision-making re housing 95B:1640-1645, 98B:1405
COVID-19 business impact and supports
B.C. increased employment incentive program 53B:1445, 67B:1445, 76B:1150, 77B:1305-1325, 93B:1435, 93B:1530-1620, 94B:1100
business impact and supports 53B:1405-1410, 93B:1435, 93B:1510-1620, 98B:1510-1515, 98B:1525, 98B:1535-1545
business impact and supports, stakeholder consultation 95B:1555
businesses and circuit breaker relief grant program 54B:1410, 94B:1125-1130
small businesses and recovery grant program 54B:1410, 93B:1430, 93B:1525, 93B:1545
tax payment deferrals for businesses 93B:1520-1525, 98B:1510-1515, 98B:1525
tax status of benefits 77B:1355
worker supply issues 98B:1545
COVID-19 economic recovery
economic recovery 53B:1350-1355, 53B:1420, 93B:1435-1440
economic recovery and jobs 54B:1415-1420, 93B:1555-1605, 98B:1535
First Nations and Indigenous communities 53B:1415
funding, priorities 53B:1350-1355, 93B:1430-1435
funding, priorities and unspent funds 93B:1450-1620, 94B:1110-1135, 95B:1410-1425
COVID-19 education system impact and reopening, school district costs and funding 54B:1400
COVID-19 emergency orders and regulations, ministerial orders 72B:1335
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
B.C. emergency benefit 67B:1445, 77B:1355
B.C. emergency benefit and overpayments 77B:1400-1405
Canada emergency response benefit 77B:1400-1405, 93B:1510-1515
front-line and essential workers, response and services 53B:1350-1355
health care workers, staffing levels and increase 95B:1345
paid sick leave and federal government program 59B:1040
paid sick leave, leave and funding 136B:1035
supports and training opportunities 98B:1550
wage subsidy program and tax status 77B:1400
women and youth 54B:1420
workers 54B:1410, 54B:1420
COVID-19 housing impact and supportive housing, relocation of homeless persons 53B:1400
COVID-19 housing impact and supports
rental housing, rent freeze 95B:1635
rental housing, temporary rent supplement 95B:1635
COVID-19 impact
business community response 53B:1355
challenges 53B:1345-1355, 53B:1420
health care system impact and supports 53B:1400
housing 93B:1715-1720, 93B:1750
seniors 53B:1355
COVID-19 impact and government response
action plan and initiatives 53B:1350
forest industry 55B:1050
government response 53B:1350-1420, 54B:1410, 67B:1440-1445, 67B:1505, 76B:1130-1135
harmonization of federal and provincial relief measures 53B:1445
sport organizations 93B:1430
COVID-19, information, government communications and polling information 95B:1455-1600
COVID-19 long-term and residential care impact and supports 53B:1355
COVID-19 mental health and addiction impact and supports, services 53B:1400
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports
impact and supports 53B:1410, 54B:1410, 93B:1430
industry and hospitality industry 98B:1515
COVID-19 vaccination
vaccination plan, approach and priorities 94B:1110
vaccination plan, implementation 53B:1350, 76B:1130-1135, 77B:1320
Credit rating, B.C. rating 94B:1140-1145, 95B:1335
Crown corporations, staffing levels and increase 95B:1345
Discrimination and racism, awareness and prevention, government initiatives 53B:1405
Documents tabled
B.C. Assessment Authority, 2020 annual service plan report 79B:1440
Budgets, Budget and Fiscal Plan 2021-22–2023-24 53B:1445
Budgets, Second Quarterly Report, 2021-22, tabled 135B:1425
Finance Ministry, government borrowings and loans for 2020-21 122B:1050
Finance Ministry, guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 122B:1050
Government service plans and 2021-22–2023-24 strategic plan 53B:1445-1450
Speculation and vacancy tax, annual report for 2019 tax year 96B:1425
Economic Forecast Council, forecasting 76B:1140-1145, 93B:1535
Economy, conditions 76B:1140-1145, 95B:1335
Education
government investment 53B:1405
system, staffing levels and increase 95B:1345
Education funding 53B:1405
Employer Health Tax Act, amendments 53B:1445, 67B:1445-1450, 76B:1150, 77B:1305-1340
Employer health tax, tax information, collection requirements 77B:1330-1340
Employment and unemployment
hybrid work model and remote work 93B:1745
unemployment during COVID-19 98B:1535
Film industry
tax credits, interactive digital media tax credit 67B:1445
Film industry, tax credits 67B:1445
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 93B:1425-1755, 94B:1100-1150, 95B:1330-1645, 98B:1315-1555
estimates process
participants thanked 98B:1555
process 93B:1430
written questions 98B:1455
reports tabled, government borrowings and loans for 2020-21 122B:1050
reports tabled, guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 122B:1050
staff 77A:1620
staff thanked 93B:1430
Finance Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 9)
debate 72B:1335-1340, 76B:1055-1105, 77A:1620-1655
alignment assessment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 72B:1335, 76B:1100
consultation on bill 72B:1335-1340, 76B:1100, 77A:1645
definitions, "electronic" 77A:1625
purpose 72B:1335-1340
regulations 77A:1645
First Nations and Indigenous persons
children, Aboriginal Head Start program 53B:1415
reconciliation, government action 53B:1415
Forest Act, amendments 67B:1450
Forests and forest industry
mass timber technology 53B:1420
old-growth forests
management and panel report 55B:1045
management and panel report recommendations 93B:1705-1710
management and role of Indigenous communities 55B:1045
protection funding 55B:1045-1050
silviculture 53B:1420
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, budget 55B:1045-1050, 93B:1705-1710
Fuel
gasoline, pricing 77B:1435
motor fuel tax, refund for persons with disabilities 53B:1445, 67B:1445-1450
Government
advertising and announcements, funding 95B:1500-1505
capital projects, funding 53B:1410
financial management, unspent funds 93B:1450-1500, 94B:1110-1135
financial reporting, quarterly reports 94B:1135
information collection for fiscal policy development 67B:1450, 76B:1125-1130, 77B:1435
service plans and 2021-22–2023-24 strategic plan, tabled 53B:1445-1450
Government communications and public engagement
budget, role and staffing 95B:1455-1600
contracted services 95B:1515
Health care funding, mental health and addiction services 53B:1400
Health care system
health professionals and workers, staffing levels and increase 95B:1345
health professionals and workers, supply and health career access program 53B:1355
Health Ministry and Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs, staffing 95B:1500
Home Owner Grant Act, amendments 67B:1450, 77B:1340-1345
Homeowner grant
status 98B:1340, 98B:1420-1430
Homeowner grant, administration, information collection for fiscal policy development 77B:1340-1345
Hospitality industry, wholesale liquor pricing during COVID-19 98B:1525
Housing
affordable housing
data collection and information 125B:1035
government plan and initiatives 48B:1035-1040, 53B:1405, 93B:1715-1755, 95B:1625-1645, 98B:1355-1400, 98B:1440, 108B:1035-1040, 114B:1405, 125B:1035-1040
interjurisdictional initiatives 93B:1740-1745
panel report and recommendations 98B:1340, 98B:1355-1400, 98B:1420-1445
supply and new units 45B:1030-1035, 93B:1735, 98B:1405-1410
HousingHub initiative 53B:1405, 93B:1720-1725, 108B:1035
partnership projects and down payment matching program 125B:1035-1040
Hydro and Power Authority Act, amendments 67B:1445, 77B:1350-1355
InBC Investment Corp., establishment and role 53B:1410
Income, income supplement for low-income seniors 53B:1400
Income Tax Act, amendments 53B:1445, 67B:1445-1450, 77B:1355-1425
Information and communications technology
electronic meetings 72B:1335-1340, 76B:1055-1105, 77A:1615-1655
electronic meetings, proxy voting 77A:1650-1655
Internet service expansion initiative 53B:1410
Infrastructure, government investment 53B:1410
Insurance Premium Tax Act, amendments 67B:1450, 77B:1425-1430
International Business Activity Act, amendments 67B:1450
Introductions by members 72B:1330-1335, 93B:1335, 107B:1340, 117B:1330, 121B:1335, 131B:1340, 132B:1010, 138B:1340
James, Carole, performance as Finance Minister 93B:1430
Kelowna West constituency and area, constituent case re property transfer tax 95B:1450
Lambert, Jean, community contributions and death 46B:1330
Land surveys and titles, beneficial ownership registry 93B:1645-1700
Land Tax Deferment Act
amendments 67B:1450
amendments, privacy impact assessments 77B:1435
Legislature, hybrid and virtual proceedings 98B:1555
Local government
development approval process 98B:1400, 98B:1410
housing needs assessments and reports 93B:1720, 95B:1640-1645, 98B:1400, 98B:1410
Logging Tax Act
amendments 67B:1450
amendments, privacy impact assessments 77B:1435
Long-term and residential care
workers, staffing levels and increase 95B:1345
workers, training and health career access program 53B:1355
McCormick family, additional transfer tax case re property 95B:1450
Medical Services Plan, premiums, elimination 95B:1420, 95B:1430
Mental health, mental health of children and youth, mental health and addiction services 53B:1400
Mineral Tax Act, amendments 67B:1450
Mines and mining industry
industry, role in clean technology 53B:1420
taxation, exploration tax credit 67B:1445
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 21), debate 112B:1310
Moody's Investors Service Inc., credit rating of B.C. 94B:1140-1145
Motions
Funds granted for capital, loans, investments and other financing requirements 98B:1605
Funds granted for public service 98B:1605
Funds granted for revenue collected and transferred to other entities 98B:1605
Reports of resolutions from Committee of Supply 98B:1605
Motor Fuel Tax Act
amendments 53B:1445, 67B:1445-1450, 77B:1435
amendments, privacy impact assessments 77B:1435
North Shore, businesses, employees, access to housing 93B:1730, 98B:1400
Ontario, housing, rental housing model issues 93B:1755
Oral questions (response)
Affordable housing and government revenues from housing sector 108B:1035-1040
Affordable housing and wealth inequality 114B:1405-1410
Budget provisions and government plan for child care 54B:1420-1425
Budget provisions for protection of old-growth forests 55B:1045-1050
Budget provisions for school districts 54B:1400
Budget provisions on COVID-19 and support for businesses and workers 54B:1410
Budget provisions on economic recovery and jobs plan 54B:1415-1420
Child care plan 59B:1045
Cost of living and affordability issues 136B:1030
COVID-19 response and paid sick leave 59B:1040, 136B:1035
Gender pay gap and pay equity legislation 87B:1045-1050
Government action on women's issues 87B:1100-1105
Housing affordability and role of intergenerational wealth and systemic racism 125B:1035-1040
Housing prices and action on affordability 48B:1035-1040
New schools in Vancouver area 59B:1050
Property tax assessment increases and proposed legislation 45B:1035
Speculation and vacancy tax for small businesses 45B:1025-1030
Paramedics, numbers and increase 95B:1345
Parks, campgrounds, additional campsites 53B:1420
Police Act, amendments 67B:1450
Police and policing, police tax rates, calculation 67B:1450
Ports, ports competitive initiative 67B:1450
Ports Property Tax Act, amendments 67B:1450
Post-secondary education, system, staffing levels and increase 95B:1345
Presentation of estimates, estimates of sums required for the service of the province 53B:1340
Property tax
assessment of property
electronic delivery of notices and reports 67B:1450, 76B:1110-1120
impact of valuation increase on commercial taxes and rents 45B:1025-1030
residential redevelopment of commercial properties 45B:1025-1030
split classification approach and proposed legislation 45B:1035
rates for small businesses 45B:1025-1030, 93B:1520-1525
school tax, reductions 98B:1510-1515, 98B:1525
Property Transfer Tax Act, amendments 67B:1450
Property transfer tax, dispute resolution, limits on arbitration 67B:1450
Provincial Sales Tax Act, amendments 53B:1445, 67B:1445-1450, 77B:1440-1450
Public debt, debt-servicing costs 95B:1335
Public sector, awareness and work commended 95B:1355
Public service
staffing levels, increase and salaries 95B:1340-1345, 95B:1355-1400
work during COVID-19 commended 93B:1440, 93B:1450, 93B:1510
Publishing industry, book publishing tax credit 53B:1445, 67B:1445
Real estate industry
capital gains tax exemption on principal residences 98B:1420-1430
housing market
conditions 93B:1715, 93B:1735
impact on government revenues 93B:1725
price increases 48B:1035
money laundering, impact on housing market 48B:1040
Rental housing
government initiatives 95B:1630-1635
purpose-built rental housing, construction of new units 95B:1645, 98B:1400
rebates for tenants 95B:1625-1630
rent increases 95B:1635
rental-only zoning in communities 95B:1645
single-family home rentals, consolidation issues 93B:1755
Restaurant and food services industry, server wages and women in industry 87B:1050
Sales tax
exemptions, electric bicycles 53B:1415, 53B:1445, 67B:1445, 93B:1435
exemptions, new residents' effects 53B:1445, 67B:1445
rebate on machinery and equipment 54B:1410, 93B:1435, 93B:1530, 95B:1330-1335
refunds for grey market vehicle purchases 53B:1445, 67B:1445, 77B:1440
School district 36 (Surrey), portable use and new school facilities 59B:1050
School districts, budgets and operations 54B:1400
Schools
capital projects, new and renovated schools 53B:1405
capital projects, new schools 59B:1050
Science and technology
clean technology development 53B:1420
scientific research and experimental development tax credit 67B:1445
Seniors, government support 53B:1355-1400
Site C power project, costs and oversight 93B:1635-1640
Skills training
government investment 93B:1740, 98B:1550
Skills training, government investment 53B:1415
Social workers, numbers and increase 95B:1345
Societies
administration and activities 103B:1340, 104B:1105-1115, 107B:1440-1525
disclosure requirements for senior managers 107B:1505-1510
donations to societies 107B:1520
elimination of proxy voting by directors 107B:1500-1505
meetings, notification requirements, electronic notifications 107B:1510
meetings, requirements 104B:1110, 107B:1455
members' proposals, word counts 107B:1515
record-keeping requirements 104B:1110, 107B:1515
registry filing requirements 104B:1110
reporting requirements re remuneration 107B:1455
requisition word count 107B:1510
role 104B:1105
transition applications, extensions 107B:1525
Societies Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 19)
debate 103B:1340, 104B:1105-1115, 107B:1440-1525
alignment assessment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 103B:1340, 104B:1110
consultation on bill 107B:1445-1450
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 103B:1340, 104B:1110, 107B:1445-1450
purpose 103B:1340
Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act, amendments 53B:1445, 67B:1450, 77B:1450-1455
Speculation and vacancy tax
annual report for 2019 tax year, tabled 96B:1425
assessment timeline 67B:1450
beneficial owner definition change 67B:1450
exemptions, expansion for registered charities 67B:1450, 77B:1455
implementation and impact, commercial properties and tenant businesses 45B:1025-1035
implementation and impact, rental housing 98B:1320
purpose 98B:1315-1320, 98B:1425
reference to income tax return reporting line, update 67B:1450
revenues to government 98B:1320
review 98B:1330
Speculation and Vacancy Tax Act
amendments 67B:1450, 77B:1455
definitions, "beneficial owner" 67B:1450
Statements
Message of condolence 87B:1005
Stewart World Port, designation and ports competitive initiative 67B:1450
Strata property, insurance cost increases, impact and response 77B:1425-1430
Strategic Communications Inc., contract with government 95B:1515
Supply Act, 2021-2022 (Bill 16)
debate 98B:1605
purpose 98B:1605
Supreme Court of B.C., rulings re tax decisions, appeal requirements 67B:1450, 77B:1325-1330
Surrey Board of Trade, comments on government budget 54B:1415
Taxation
administration 53B:1445
decisions, harmonization of appeal procedures 67B:1450
government policies 95B:1420, 95B:1430
relationship to government services 95B:1350-1355
tax credits, timeline extensions 77B:1400
Taxation (Rural Area) Act, amendments 67B:1450
Teachers, numbers, increase 95B:1345
Thorne, Diane, condolences on death of husband 87B:1005
Tobacco Tax Act, amendments 53B:1445, 67B:1450
Tobacco, taxation of tobacco products, increase 53B:1445, 67B:1450
Tourism, industry, government funding and support 53B:1410
Transit services
expansion and government investment 53B:1400
fares, free transit for children 12 and under 53B:1400
Tributes
Jean Lambert 46B:1330
Vancouver Charter, amendments 67B:1450
Wine and wine industry, tax on wine analyzed in laboratories 98B:1345-1350
Women
government action on issues 87B:1100-1105
pay equity, gender pay gap and equal pay 87B:1045-1050
women's equality and gender equity 87B:1045-1050
Ross, Ellis (Skeena)

As subject
background in environmental protection 72C:1450-1455
dance troupe visit to home community 111B:1115
experience as elected councillor in First Nations governance 79B:1645-1650
experience as father with part-time employment 137B:1655
experience with diversity and reconciliation 111B:1115
family background in forest industry 137B:1640
work on Indigenous economic development 116B:1805
Aboriginal Affairs Committee, activation 96B:1400-1405
Blueberry River First Nation, consultation by government on land and resources 105B:1610-1615
Borealis GeoPower Inc., geothermal power project 72C:1750-1805
B.C., size and communities 79B:1640, 79B:1650-1705
B.C. NDP government, priorities 49B:1725-1735, 61B:1620-1650
Budget debate 61B:1620-1650
Budgets
2021-22 budget, content and priorities 61B:1620-1650
budget process, additional time and date change 61B:1620
Canada, historic wrongs and legacies, response 89B:1345
Casimir, Roseanne, criticism by pipeline opponents 51B:1425
CleanBC plan
bioenergy component 74C:1345, 74C:1405
emissions component 74C:1425-1435
natural gas component 74C:1415
Climate change
climate action revenue incentive program 74C:1415-1435, 74C:1615
climate action strategy 74C:1400-1520
government action
local government programs 74C:1415-1445
ministerial responsibility 74C:1350-1410, 74C:1430-1445, 74C:1615
role of bioenergy 74C:1335-1345, 74C:1405
role of clean energy 72C:1745-1805, 74C:1335-1415, 106B:1020, 106B:1030
COVID-19
protective technology, air filtration technology 83B:1010
travel restrictions
enforcement and police role 61B:1425
roadside checks 61B:1425
COVID-19 economic recovery 51B:1425-1430, 61B:1620-1630
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, health care workers, support 61B:1645-1650
COVID-19 impact and government response, cruise ship industry 51B:1430
COVID-19 tourism impact and supports, industry and hospitality industry 51B:1430
Crime and criminals, violent crime, incidence and government response 51B:1435
Cruise ship industry, ports in B.C. waters and government support 51B:1430
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
definitions, "Indigenous governing body" 103B:1705-1710, 124B:1740-1750, 125B:1145
implementation 49B:1725-1735, 51B:1420-1425, 103B:1505-1525, 105B:1620, 110B:1730-1750
Disabled persons, accessibility and inclusion 78B:1115-1120
Discrimination and racism, racism against Indigenous persons in health care system, report and response 61B:1645-1650
Early Childhood Educators Act (Bill 14)
debate 103B:1700-1725
development and consultation on bill, stakeholders and First Nations 103B:1700-1725
Early Learning and Child Care Act (Bill 15)
debate 102B:1410-1435
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 102B:1410-1435
Earth Day, celebration 55B:1025
Economy, sustainable development 50B:1150, 55B:1025-1030
Education
education of Indigenous persons 116B:1800-1810
local education agreements 116B:1800
Education funding, Indigenous education 116B:1810
Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 25)
debate 116B:1800-1810
development and consultation on bill, stakeholders and First Nations 116B:1800-1805
Elections
electoral representation, First Nations representation 79B:1700-1705
redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 79B:1640
rural and remote constituencies, representation 79B:1640-1705
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7) 91B:1405-1425
debate 79B:1640-1705
consultation on bill, First Nations consultation 91B:1405-1425
Energy
bioenergy, strategy 74C:1335-1345, 74C:1405
bioenergy, use of wood waste for power generation 74C:1405
clean energy, development 72C:1745-1805, 74C:1335-1415
clean energy, development and First Nations involvement 72C:1805, 74C:1400-1410, 74C:1615
geothermal power development 72C:1750-1805
power supply, international demand and use of coal and oil 106B:1030
Environment
environmental assessment process, changes 72C:1455
environmental protection 50B:1150, 55B:1025-1030
protection and remediation 72C:1450-1455
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry
estimates debate 72C:1450-1455, 72C:1745-1805, 74C:1335-1520, 74C:1615
service plan 74C:1450-1505
False Creek, water quality 58B:1345
Fire Dragon Festival 101B:1010
First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal rights and title 49B:1725-1730, 51B:1425, 91B:1425, 103B:1510, 110B:1730, 124B:1745-1800, 125B:1145-1155
agreements with government 92B:1155, 106B:1015-1020
forest and range agreements 49B:1730
children, child care 103B:1715-1725
children, Indigenous-led child care 102B:1410-1435
conditions, economic and social conditions 49B:1735, 103B:1510
consultation by government 105B:1620-1625, 110B:1735-1750
consultation on legislation 49B:1725
economic development 103B:1510-1515, 116B:1805-1810
governance and leadership 103B:1520, 103B:1700-1705, 124B:1735-1800, 125B:1145
elected and hereditary leadership 51B:1425
elected leadership 49B:1735, 92B:1150
powers 116B:1800
reconciliation 89B:1345, 116B:1810
diversity and reconciliation 111B:1115
economic reconciliation 106B:1015-1030
government approach 51B:1420-1425
government approach and role of MLAs 96B:1400-1405
reconciliation 92B:1150-1155, 101B:1010
relationship with Asian community 101B:1010
relationship with government 49B:1725-1735, 51B:1420-1430
response to historic wrongs and legacies 89B:1345
residential schools, deaths and repatriation of children's remains 79B:1415-1420
residential schools, government response to issues 96B:1400-1405
teacher certification and regulation processes 116B:1800-1810
treaty negotiations 105B:1615
First Nations Leadership Council
consultation on early childhood educator legislation 103B:1700-1705
consultation on electoral boundaries legislation 91B:1405-1425
role 103B:1515
Fish, salmon
habitat protection and restoration 64B:1130
predation 64B:1130
protection 64B:1130, 86B:1345
Fishing industry
First Nations involvement in industry 86B:1345
salmon fishery, innovative selective fishing process 86B:1345
Forest Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 28)
debate 137B:1640-1700
debate, debate by government MLAs 137B:1645
debate, timeline and time allocation 137B:1640-1700
delay for six months 137B:1640-1700
Forests and forest industry
forest-dependent communities and workers, impact of forest policy changes and support 137B:1640-1700
old-growth forests, protection and logging deferrals 137B:1650-1655
Fraser River, oil spill response 86B:1345
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 22)
debate 124B:1735-1815, 125B:1145-1155
alignment with Indigenous rights declaration legislation 124B:1735-1815
definitions
"Indigenous governing entity" 124B:1735-1800
development and consultation on bill, Indigenous stakeholders 124B:1800-1815
Freedom of information, disclosure harmful to interests of an Indigenous people 125B:1145-1155
Friends of False Creek, water quality protection activities 58B:1345
Fuel, biofuel, strategy 74C:1345
Greenhouse gas emissions
emissions from sectors, LNG development 74C:1505-1520, 74C:1615
emissions from sectors, local government tracking and reporting 74C:1415-1435, 74C:1615
reduction targets 74C:1450-1520, 74C:1615
Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation, iron sulphate release initiative 64B:1130
Haisla Nation
accessibility infrastructure and funding 78B:1115
consultation on land use and conservation area 103B:1515
economic development 79B:1645-1650, 92B:1150
involvement in LNG industry 116B:1805
economic development and environmental stewardship 50B:1150, 55B:1030, 72C:1450
economic development and involvement in LNG industry 61B:1625
involvement in LNG industry 106B:1020
Health care system, issues of inclusion and systemic racism, use of term "systemic" 61B:1645-1650
Indian Act, impact 79B:1645-1650
Introductions by members 82B:1340
Investment climate 61B:1630
Kamloops Indian Residential School, burial site and unmarked graves 79B:1640, 89B:1345, 96B:1400-1405
Kitimat
economic development 116B:1810
industrial activities and environmental protection 72C:1450
liquefied natural gas projects 49B:1735, 61B:1640
Kitimat Valley Institute, role and funding 116B:1810
Kitselas First Nation, #economic development and treaty negotiations 72C:1805, 74C:1405
Kitselas Geothermal Inc., geothermal power project 72C:1805
Kitsumkalum First Nation, treaty negotiations and bioenergy project 74C:1405, 74C:1615
Krahn, Peter, development of innovative fishing process 86B:1345
Land use
land use planning, First Nations consultation and involvement 103B:1505-1525
protected areas, First Nations consultation 103B:1515
Legislation, development, Indigenous consultation 103B:1515-1520
Legislature, members' conduct and debate, rules of debate 103B:1520
Liquefied natural gas development
First Nations involvement 49B:1735, 51B:1425, 61B:1625, 94B:1010, 103B:1510, 106B:1020, 106B:1030, 116B:1805-1810
government support 61B:1640
industry and projects 94B:1010-1015
industry and role in clean energy development 106B:1020, 106B:1030
LNG Canada facility project
emissions 74C:1505-1510, 74C:1615
project 61B:1640, 94B:1010, 106B:1020
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, members with disabilities, accessibility and use of wheelchairs 78B:1115-1120
Ministerial statements (response)
Earth Day and transition to clean economy 55B:1025-1030
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 21), debate 110B:1730-1750
Motions
Accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities 78B:1115-1120
Earth Day and action on climate change 50B:1150
National Indigenous History Month and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples 92B:1150-1155
Wild salmon conservation 64B:1130
Municipal Affairs Ministry, work with Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry 74C:1425-1445
Nisga'a Lisims Government, involvement in LNG development 74C:1510-1520
Nuchatlaht First Nation, land title case 49B:1730, 51B:1420
Oceans and marine environment, shoreline protection 72C:1455
Oil and gas
oil spills, response 86B:1345
wells, cleanup and permit exemptions 110B:1730-1750
Oil and Gas Activities Act, amendments, First Nations consultation 110B:1730-1750
Oil and gas, natural gas, renewable natural gas 74C:1415-1425
Oral questions
Activation of Aboriginal Affairs Committee 96B:1400-1405
COVID-19 travel restrictions and enforcement 61B:1425
Repatriation of Indigenous children buried at residential schools 79B:1415-1420
Parks, changes, consultation with Indigenous communities 103B:1505-1525, 105B:1610-1625
Parliament Buildings, accessibility 78B:1115
Private members' statements
Economic reconciliation 106B:1015-1030
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 17)
debate 103B:1505-1525, 105B:1610-1625
consultation on bill, Indigenous communities 103B:1515-1520
Public debt, debt levels 61B:1630
Safety, public safety 51B:1435
Schools, First Nations schools 116B:1800-1810
Skeena constituency and area, size and electoral representation 79B:1655-1700
Spills, marine spills, prevention 72C:1455
Statements by members
COVID-19 and air filtration technology 83B:1010
Diversity and reconciliation 111B:1115
Fire Dragon Festival and Vancouver's Chinatown 101B:1010
Friends of False Creek and water quality protection 58B:1345
Innovative salmon harvesting process and use by First Nations 86B:1345
LNG industry and projects 94B:1010-1015
Reconciliation with First Nations and response to historic wrongs and legacies 89B:1345
Substance use and addiction
impact 51B:1435
overdoses, government response 51B:1430-1435
Supreme Court of Canada
rulings on issues, Haida Nation consultation 106B:1015, 110B:1740-1750
rulings on issues, Tsilhqot'in Nation consultation 110B:1740-1750
Taxation, government policies 61B:1630-1635
Throne speech debate 49B:1725-1735, 51B:1420-1435
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, concerns re pipeline protest encampment 51B:1425
UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, implementation legislation, application 91B:1405-1425, 102B:1415-1435, 116B:1800, 116B:1810
U.S., legislation on ports for cruise ships 51B:1430
Vancouver, Chinatown, proposed World Heritage Site designation 101B:1010
Waste management, sewage systems and raw sewage disposal 50B:1150
Water
protection 72C:1455
water quality protection 58B:1345
Wet'suwet'en Nation, decision-making and governance, removal of hereditary leadership titles 51B:1425-1430
Whidbey, Joseph, contact with Indigenous peoples 111B:1115
Wildlife, predator control 64B:1130
Woodward, Jack, concerns re Aboriginal rights and title and legislation 49B:1730
Routledge, Janet (Burnaby North)

As subject
parents and adoption 129B:1020
Adoption, awareness 129B:1020
Angelo, Mark, work as river conservationist and salmon protection recommendations 64B:1155
B.C., issues and challenges 128B:1435-1440
B.C. NDP government, priorities 49B:1515
Burnaby North constituency and area, secondary school graduates 86B:1335
Cerebral palsy, awareness 103B:1340-1345
Chalke, Jay, service and re-appointment as Ombudsperson 69B:1055-1100
Children and youth, youth at risk Take a Hike program 108B:1010-1015
Climate change, action 50B:1115
Community Savings Credit Union, role in communities and COVID-19 response 55B:1010-1015
COVID-19 economic recovery 49B:1515
COVID-19 education system impact and reopening, graduates of 2021 86B:1335
COVID-19 impact and government response
government response and role of opposition 49B:1515-1525
wartime analogy 49B:1520-1525
Discrimination and racism, ageism 78B:1005
Documents tabled
Finance and Government Services Committee, first report for second session of 42nd parliament, interim review of Officers of the Legislature 104B:1100-1105
Finance and Government Services Committee, second report for second session of 42nd parliament, 2022 budget consultations 128B:1435-1440
Ombudsperson Appointment Special Committee report 69B:1055-1100
Earth Day, celebration and purpose 50B:1115
Education, graduation, secondary school graduates congratulated 86B:1335
Elections, 2020 general election, timing 49B:1525
Employment and unemployment, employment equity and diversity 106B:1140
Families, role and diversity 129B:1020
Finance and Government Services Committee
first report for second session of 42nd parliament presented 104B:1100
members and staff thanked 128B:1440
prebudget consultation process and presentations to committee 128B:1435-1440
reports, second report for second session of 42nd parliament, 2022 budget consultations
report and recommendations 128B:1435-1440
second report for second session of 42nd parliament presented 128B:1435
statutory officer interim review and work of committee 104B:1100-1105
work of committee, members and staff thanked 104B:1105
Fish, salmon, protection and restoration 64B:1155
Fraser River, salmon populations and habitat conservation in Mission-to-Hope section 64B:1155
Greenhouse gas emissions, emissions from oil and gas sector 50B:1115
Labour, community benefits agreement, training component and equity employment 55B:1015
Liberal Party of Canada, actions as government 50B:1115
Mayne Island, child care 66B:1015
Motions
Appointment of Ombudsperson 69B:1100
Contributions by women and equality in workforce 106B:1140-1145
Earth Day and action on climate change 50B:1115
Wild salmon conservation 64B:1155
Oil and gas, bitumen, production and use 50B:1115
Ombudsperson Appointment Special Committee
report presented 69B:1055-1100
work of committee 69B:1055-1100
Pelosi, Nancy, treatment as senior woman 78B:1005
Poverty, poverty among seniors 78B:1005
Private members' statements
Women and aging 78B:1005-1015
Robichaud, Bonnie, activism against sexual harassment in workplace and court case 106B:1145
Seniors, senior women 78B:1005-1015
Sexual violence, sexual abuse and harassment of women in the workplace 106B:1145
Statements by members
Adoption awareness 129B:1020
Child care on Mayne Island 66B:1015
Community Savings Credit Union 55B:1010-1015
Graduates of 2021 in Burnaby 86B:1335
Take a Hike Program for vulnerable youth 108B:1010-1015
World Cerebral Palsy Day 103B:1340-1345
Supreme Court of Canada
rulings on issues, appeal case re Trans Mountain oil pipeline project 50B:1115
rulings on issues, sexual harassment in the workplace 106B:1145
Throne speech
debate by opposition members 49B:1515-1525
role of throne speeches 49B:1510
Throne speech debate 49B:1510-1525
Trans Mountain Corp., Burnaby oil tank facility and pipeline terminal, issues 50B:1115
Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, impact on climate change 50B:1115
War, World War II, domestic impact and response 49B:1520-1525
Watersheds, restoration and security fund 64B:1155
Women
women in traditionally male-dominated sectors 106B:1140
women's status and aging 78B:1005-1015
World Cerebral Palsy Day 103B:1340-1345
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan)

As subject
comments on issues, freedom-of-information and privacy protection legislation (Cadieux) 109B:1340 (Kirkpatrick) 109B:1540 (Sturdy) 114B:1500
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., government support for communities and economic diversification 120B:1155-1200
B.C. Hydro, Connected newsletter, article on two-spirit persons 92B:1115
Carnation Creek, fisheries and forestry study 121B:1345
Communities, challenges and courage of community members 135B:1350
Cowichan Valley, Eagle Heights area 103B:1620-1625
Eye health and visual impairment, cane use and checkered eye badges 66B:1010
First Nations and Indigenous persons
language preservation and revitalization 92B:1115
reconciliation 103B:1625-1630
reconciliation, government initiatives 92B:1115
Fish, salmon, protection and restoration 64B:1135-1140
Forests and forest industry, coastal Douglas fir ecosystem, protection 103B:1620
Gabriola Island, arts and community organizations and funding 120B:1155-1200
Good, Darcy, leadership 62B:1020
Gulf Islands, culture and economies 120B:1155-1200
Hwsalu-utsum Park, establishment 103B:1620-1625
Introductions by members 121B:1330-1335
James, Florence, work on Hul'q'umi'num' translation 92B:1115
Joseph, Erralyn, leadership 62B:1020
LGBTQ2S community, two-spirit persons 92B:1115
MLAs
challenges and courage 135B:1350
cooperation and non-partisanship 113B:1020
role and use of debate 113B:1020, 113B:1030
Morden Colliery Historic Parkm history and funding for preservation 103B:1620
Motions
National Indigenous History Month and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples 92B:1115
Rural communities and economies 120B:1155-1200
Wild salmon conservation 64B:1135-1140
Nanaimo–North Cowichan constituency and aream parks and protected areas 103B:1620-1625
National Indigenous History Month, observance 92B:1115
Parks, changes 103B:1620-1625
Politics and politicians
political debate and action in civil society 113B:1015-1020, 113B:1030
political intimidation 113B:1020, 113B:1030
Portsmouth, Pat, advocacy for visually impaired 66B:1010
Pride Month, celebration 92B:1115
Private members' statements
Political intimidation 113B:1015-1020, 113B:1030
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 17)
debate 103B:1620-1630
Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Marine) Park
history and importance to Snuneymuxw people 103B:1625
naming 103B:1625
Schmidt, Mel, accomplishments and legacy 108B:1010
Snuneymuxw First Nation, young leaders 62B:1020
Society
civil society 113B:1020
role of kindness 135B:1350
Statements by members
Community heroes and power of kindness 135B:1350
Fisheries and forestry study of Carnation Creek 121B:1345
Mel Schmidt 108B:1010
Visual impairment and checkered eye badges 66B:1010
Young leaders in Snuneymuxw First Nation 62B:1020
Thaw, Libby, founding of checkered eye project 66B:1010
Vancouver Island, wildlife, elk 103B:1625
Voller, Steve, role as biologist and study of Carnation Creek 121B:1345
White, Douglas, III, leadership 62B:1020
Wild Salmon Advisory Council, membership and work of council 64B:1135
Young, Maureen, community contributions as Nanaimo district councillor 135B:1350
Russell, Roly (Boundary-Similkameen)

As subject
background and path to becoming an elected representative 60B:1645
staff thanked 60B:1645
Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Ministry
estimates debate 84C:1345-1350
estimates debate 84C:1345-1350
service plan and goals 60B:1650
Agriculture, government support 60B:1650
Berry, Wendell, poem "The Peace of Wild Things" 103B:1610
Boundary Electric, operations 120B:1105
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
children's art show 57B:1020
constituent concerns 60B:1650-1655
parks 103B:1615
size and electoral representation 81B:1805-1810
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C.
access to health care services 47B:1815
child care services 120B:1105
economic changes and issues 120B:1105
government support for communities and economic diversification 120B:1100-1105
migration to rural communities and issues 120B:1105
rural B.C.
economic development and government services 60B:1655-1705
economic development and recovery 47B:1810-1825
government support 135B:1735
health care services 60B:1700-1705
rural B.C., community spirit 129B:1015
B.C. NDP government, priorities 47B:1805-1825, 60B:1645-1715
Budget debate 60B:1645-1715
Budgets, 2021-22 budget, content and priorities 60B:1645-1715
Carbon, carbon cycle, role of forests and fossil fuels 106B:1050
Cariboo area, flood and wildfire impacts and response 64B:1055
Children and youth, youth at risk, supports 59B:1020
Climate change
action 113B:1130
government action 47B:1810
government action, role of forest and wildfire management 106B:1055
impact on infrastructure and mitigation 64B:1055
COVID-19 business impact and supports 47B:1815
local businesses 115B:1020-1025
COVID-19 economic recovery 47B:1810-1815
COVID-19 education system impact and reopening 47B:1810-1815, 57B:1020-1030
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
front-line and essential workers, appreciation 47B:1805
front-line and essential workers, response and services 57B:1030
COVID-19 impact
clean economy and sustainable development 115B:1025
community response 47B:1800-1805, 57B:1015-1030
impact and response 47B:1800-1805
rural B.C. and local economies 115B:1020-1025
sport organizations, youth soccer 47B:1800-1805
COVID-19 impact and government response
government response 47B:1805-1825
homelessness 47B:1825
COVID-19, information, misinformation 100B:1345
Coyne, Spencer, role in Princeton flooding response 129B:1015
Darwin, Charles comments on interdependence of life forms 47B:1810
Discrimination and racism, awareness and prevention, government initiatives 47B:1810
Disease, epidemics and pandemics, psychosocial impacts 57B:1020
Economy, supply chain 115B:1020-1025
Education, system, contributions of education professionals and staff 47B:1810-1815, 57B:1015-1030
Elections
redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 81B:1810
rural and remote constituencies, representation 81B:1805-1810
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7), debate 81B:1805-1810
Electoral Boundaries Commission, work of commission 81B:1805-1810
Emergencies, emergency management framework and legislation 113B:1125-1130
Employment and unemployment
hybrid work model and remote work 120B:1105
worker training and job opportunity office proposal 60B:1705
Environment
ecosystem services 103B:1610
health benefits of human interaction with nature 103B:1610
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 24), debate 117B:1540-1545
Fires and firefighters
firefighters and support crews commended 113B:1125-1130
wildfires, impact and response 113B:1125-1130
First Nations and Indigenous persons, reconciliation 47B:1810
Food and food industry
locally grown and produced food 120B:1105
Food and food industry, locally grown and produced food 115B:1020-1025
Forest Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 28), debate 135B:1730-1735
Forests and forest industry
forest management and practices, cumulative impacts 135B:1735
forest-dependent communities and workers, impact of forest policy changes and support 135B:1730-1735
forest-dependent communities and workers, transition support 60B:1705
forests as carbon sinks 106B:1050-1055
government forest policies, reform 113B:1130
government forest policies, reform and "paradigm shift" concept 47B:1810, 47B:1820-1825
old-growth forests, management and action on panel report recommendations 47B:1820
tenure reallocation, compensation 135B:1730
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, service plan and goals 60B:1655
Fuel, fossil fuels, source and role in carbon cycle 106B:1050
Government
cross-sectoral initiatives and change to "silos" approach 47B:1805
ministries, service plans and goals 60B:1650-1705
programs and services, service delivery during COVID-19 47B:1805
public policy and values 90B:1020
Greenhouse gas emissions, emissions from sectors, forest fires and other forest losses 106B:1050
Health care system
government action on issues 47B:1815
telehealth services 47B:1805
travel for treatment and costs 60B:1700-1705
Highways and roads, flood and wildfire impacts and response 64B:1055
Housing, supply and new units 47B:1825
Information and communications technology
cellular phones, service expansion on highways 47B:1825
high-speed Internet service, service expansion initiative for rural and Indigenous communities 47B:1825, 120B:1105
Internet service expansion initiative 60B:1700-1705
Information, misinformation 100B:1345
Infrastructure
disaster mitigation and resilience 64B:1055
government investment 47B:1820
Interior Health Authority, mental health and addiction services 60B:1710-1715
Introductions by members 94B:1005, 104B:1010, 110B:1340, 114B:1335, 118B:1010, 128B:1340, 129B:1010
Jumbo Glacier resort municipality, dissolution 117B:1735
Legislature, estimates process, relevance of debate 84C:1345-1350
Local government
bans on single-use plastic products 117B:1540
codes of conduct 117B:1730
development approval process, changes 117B:1730-1735
public notice requirements 117B:1735
relationship with provincial government, support 117B:1730
Malcolmson, Sheila, prayer at start of Legislature sitting on Oct. 6 103B:1610
Mental health
mental health and addiction, government strategy and Pathway to Hope initiative 47B:1815
mental health and addiction, services and funding 60B:1655, 60B:1710-1715
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry, service plan and goals 60B:1650-1655
Motions
Rural communities and economies 120B:1100-1105
Wildfire response and recovery 113B:1125-1130
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2021 (Bill 26), debate 117B:1730-1735
Oceans and marine environment, impact of plastic accumulation 117B:1540
Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C., publication on benefits of trails 103B:1610-1615
Parks
benefits 103B:1610-1615
changes 103B:1605-1610
Parliamentary Secretary for Rural and Regional Development, role 60B:1700-1705
Pathways Addictions Resource Centre, funding and status 60B:1710
Phoenix, dissolution of municipality 117B:1735
Plastic products
ban on single-use plastic products and packaging 117B:1540-1545
impact on environment and wildlife 117B:1540
Prayers and reflections 57B:1000, 89B:1335, 127B:1000
Princeton, flooding response 129B:1015
Private members' statements
Pandemic support champions 57B:1015-1030
Private members' statements (response)
B.C. forests carbon sink 106B:1050-1055
Rural infrastructure 64B:1050-1055
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 17), debate 103B:1605-1615
Resources and resource industries, resource management, values-based approach 90B:1020
Science and technology, chaos and complexity theory 47B:1805
Sickle Point, status and protection of area 60B:1705-1710
Society
adaptation to disruptive events 47B:1805
values 90B:1020
Sports and recreation
outdoor recreation, social and economic benefits 103B:1610-1615
trails and paths 103B:1615
Statements by members
Community response to severe weather events 129B:1015
COVID-19 impact on rural B.C. and local economies 115B:1020-1025
Misinformation and COVID-19 100B:1345
Supports for youth at risk 59B:1020
Values and public policy 90B:1020
Substance use and addiction
decriminalization of simple possession of drugs 47B:1815
overdoses, deaths and response 47B:1815, 60B:1655
Throne speech, content 47B:1805-1825
Throne speech debate 47B:1800-1825
Transportation, infrastructure, government investment 64B:1055
Trommer, Rosemerry, poem 47B:1805
Tutu, Desmond, comment on origin of issues 60B:1650
Unity Skateboards, owner advocacy for youth at risk 59B:1020
Vermillion Court, seniors housing facility 60B:1705
Weather, severe weather events in November 2021, impact and community response 129B:1015
Wildlife, wildlife and habitat protection 103B:1605-1610
Rustad, John (Nechako Lakes)

As subject
attendance at resource industry presentation 61B:1735
constituents thanked 48B:1120
experience as former minister with Indigenous issues 116B:1345, 131B:1515-1520
experience as woodlot licence owner 116B:1415
experience with redistribution of electoral boundaries 77B:1615-1620
family 48B:1120
family background in forest industry 131B:1455-1500, 131B:1535, 131B:1555
letter from professional forester on impact of forest policy changes 131B:1530
performance as Forests Minister in Liberal Party government (Horgan) 82B:1430
role as MLA 77B:1630
Agricultural land reserve, regulation of residential housing 48B:1140
Agriculture, industry 48B:1140
Ambulance service, services in rural and remote communities 95A:1750
Artemis Gold Inc., Blackwater Gold mine project 48B:1125-1130
Auditor General, reports and reviews, management of forest service roads 89A:1755
Blueberry River First Nation, leadership and treaty land entitlement agreement negotiations 69A:1130-1135
B.C. by region
northern and rural B.C.
road conditions and investment 96C:1645
B.C. by region, northern and rural B.C., road conditions and investment 48B:1140-1145
B.C. First Nations Forestry Council, comments on forest policy changes 122B:1040-1045
B.C. Forest Enhancement Society, role and funding 116B:1355, 136A:1115
B.C. NDP government
performance, forest industry 131B:1615
policies, approach to land use conflicts and First Nations leadership 129B:1040-1045
priorities 61B:1720-1750
vision 48B:1145
B.C. timber sales program
limitation on issuance of timber sales licences 128B:1730, 128B:1745
operations 87A:1120-1135, 88A:1340, 88A:1420-1435, 88A:1545-1610
role re special purpose areas 138B:1830-1840, 140B:1520-1530
Bromley, Jeff, comments on impact of forest policy changes 131B:1525
Budget debate 61B:1720-1750
Budgets
balanced budgets 48B:1145
Budgets, 2021-22 budget, content and priorities 61B:1720-1750
Business, competitiveness 61B:1725-1740
Canadian Forest Products Ltd., operations and revenues 88A:1805, 89A:1450
Carbon, designation of carbon dioxide as pollutant 48B:1130
Carrier-Sekani Family Services, addiction treatment facility project 48B:1135
Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council, forest industry activities, tenure reallocation 88A:1415-1420
Chetwynd, mill operations 88A:1725
Chief forester
delegation of powers 140B:1305-1310
information-sharing re forest inventory by area-based tenure holders 140B:1420-1505
role and funding 116B:1350
role re forest landscape plans 128B:1635, 128B:1650, 128B:1700, 133B:1430, 133B:1455-1500, 135A:1710-1740, 135A:1800-1805, 137A:1430-1545, 137A:1745-1750
role re reforestation 136A:1115-1120
role re special purpose areas 140B:1305-1310
Cluculz Lake, description of area and COVID-19 impact 48B:1120-1125
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd., pipeline project, First Nations involvement and positions 129B:1040-1045
Columbia River treaty, debate in estimates 89A:1750-1755
Council of Forest Industries, comments on impact of forest policy changes 131B:1550
COVID-19 employee impact and supports, front-line and essential workers 48B:1120
COVID-19 impact and government response
restaurant and food services industry 48B:1125
COVID-19 impact, challenges 48B:1120-1125
COVID-19 public health measures, regional measures 48B:1125
Crime and criminals, crime in communities, incidence and response 48B:1135
Domtar Inc., mill operations in Kamloops 131B:1505
Eby, David, comments on housing costs and market conditions 48B:1135
Economy, government strategy 48B:1145-1150, 61B:1725-1745
Elections
rural and remote constituencies, representation 77B:1605-1630
Elections, redistribution of electoral boundaries, process and principles 77B:1620-1625
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 7)
debate 77B:1605-1630
Electoral Boundaries Commission, work of commission 77B:1620-1625
Finance Ministry, powers, enforcement of fee in lieu payments by timber exporters 138B:1455-1820
Fires and firefighters
evacuations and persons choosing to stay behind 113B:1110-1115
wildfires, impact and response 113B:1110-1115
wildfires, impact on forests 135A:1805-1810
First Nations and Indigenous persons
aboriginal rights and title 69A:1140
Delgamuukw case and rulings 69A:1140
governance and leadership 69A:1135-1145, 116B:1420, 135A:1710-1725, 137A:1430-1435
history, education for non-Indigenous persons 92B:1140
land use conflicts on First Nations territories, government response 129B:1040-1045
reconciliation 92B:1140
First Nations Forestry Council, comments on impact of forest policy changes 131B:1515-1520
Forest Act, definitions, "wood residue" 138B:1550
Forest Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 28)
debate 131B:1455-1530, 131B:1535-1620, 138B:1440-1845, 140B:1305-1630
debate, committee stage 138B:1445
debate, second reading debate 131B:1540
debate, timeline 131B:1455
debate, timeline and time allocation 140B:1625-1630
definitions, "area-based licence" 138B:1825-1830
definitions, "special purpose areas" 138B:1825-1845
implementation and impact 138B:1445
purpose 138B:1440-1445
Forest and Range Practices Act
amendments 133B:1535-1605, 133B:1625, 133B:1635-1640
definitions, "area of catastrophic damage" 130B:1700-1730
definitions, "forest landscape area" 128B:1720, 130B:1735-1755, 133B:1430
definitions, "trail-based recreation area" 130B:1805-1810
Forest Enhancement Society of B.C., funding 61B:1735
Forest landscape plans
allowable annual cut 133B:1435, 135A:1750-1755, 137A:1540-1605
areas of catastrophic damage 130B:1700-1730, 130B:1750, 135A:1805-1810, 136A:1110-1120
community input 133B:1455-1530, 135A:1740-1750
contiguous or non-contiguous units 132B:1150
costs and funding 116B:1345-1400, 116B:1415, 116B:1425, 130B:1815-1820, 132B:1105-1110
dispute resolution process 137A:1515-1530
First Nations role 116B:1345-1400, 116B:1410-1420
consultation and cooperation 137A:1430-1530
decision-making agreements 137A:1740-1750
funding 132B:1105-1110
role and stakeholder consultation 128B:1620-1640, 128B:1700-1705, 130B:1735-1755, 133B:1430, 133B:1445-1500, 135A:1740-1750, 135A:1755-1800, 136A:1115-1120
forest landscape area 128B:1720, 130B:1735-1755, 133B:1430
forest operations plans 116B:1400, 128B:1725, 130B:1810-1815, 137A:1625-1650
herbicide use 137A:1610-1620
implementation timeline 116B:1405-1410, 130B:1820, 135A:1755-1800, 137A:1750-1755
implementation timeline and regulations 133B:1515
objectives 133B:1430-1605, 137A:1455-1505, 140B:1430-1440
ecosystem health and biodiversity risk 135A:1630
First Nations values 135A:1705-1750
old-growth management 128B:1705-1715
performance measurement 128B:1650, 128B:1700, 137A:1530-1540
range and forage values 133B:1535-1605, 133B:1625, 133B:1635-1640
water values 133B:1535
wildlife values 133B:1530-1535
overlapping plans 133B:1425, 137A:1510
overlapping plans and interpretation provisions 130B:1810-1815
permitting issues 128B:1820, 130B:1515-1520
pilot projects 132B:1110
private managed forest lands 132B:1135-1145
public access issues 135A:1755
relationship to archaeological overview assessments 116B:1410-1415
relationship to community forests 130B:1740, 133B:1420
relationship to land and resource management plans 116B:1405-1410
relationship to timber supply areas 130B:1745
relationship to tree farm licences 116B:1410, 133B:1420, 133B:1430
relationship to woodlots 133B:1420-1425
reporting requirements 137A:1535-1540, 137A:1700-1705
salvage logging 133B:1445-1455, 133B:1505
science-based decision-making 137A:1600
silviculture obligations 130B:1720-1730, 135A:1805-1810, 136A:1110-1120, 137A:1610-1620
site-level plans 137A:1655-1710
terms and extensions 137A:1620-1625, 137A:1745-1750
timber sale licences 128B:1730, 128B:1745
trail-based recreation areas 130B:1805-1810
Forests and forest industry
access to fibre 88A:1355-1400
fibre recovery zones 88A:1515-1525
allowable annual cut, undercut 87A:1130-1135, 88A:1355-1400
coast forest revitalization strategy, performance measurement 89A:1630-1650
coastal forest industry 88A:1515
timber sales and volume 87A:1120-1140
coastal forest industry, log grade review 89A:1640-1650
employment and jobs 131B:1555, 136B:1055
export of products
auditing system and fee in lieu payments 138B:1450-1820
wood residue 138B:1550-1625, 138B:1640-1650, 138B:1700, 138B:1750-1755, 138B:1805-1810
First Nations involvement in industry
consultation 89A:1515, 89A:1525-1530
consultation on forest policy changes 122B:1040-1045, 128B:1420-1425, 131B:1515-1525
involvement 88A:1650
forest health 128B:1730, 128B:1745
forest inventory, requirements 131B:1610, 140B:1420-1505
forest licences, area-based licences 138B:1825-1840
forest licences, groups of licences 140B:1340-1405
forest management and practices
compliance and enforcement 116B:1410, 130B:1655
cutblocks and cutting permits 128B:1805
objectives 131B:1610
performance measurement 116B:1355-1400
sustainability 116B:1415-1430
forest roads 48B:1140
access to private land and agreements with government 130B:1645-1650
deactivation 128B:1810-1815, 130B:1530-1535, 130B:1545-1550, 130B:1600-1630, 135A:1755
deactivation and penalties 130B:1655
declaration 130B:1525
declassification 130B:1640-1645
management of forest service roads 89A:1755, 89A:1810-1815, 116B:1400-1405, 128B:1725
permitting issues 128B:1750, 128B:1800, 130B:1525-1530, 130B:1610, 130B:1620-1630
road density and gates 130B:1600-1610
uses 130B:1525-1530
uses and role of First Nations 130B:1620-1630
forest stewardship plans, replacement 130B:1515-1520, 133B:1425, 137A:1750-1755
forest-dependent communities and workers
impact of forest policy changes and support 128B:1425, 131B:1455-1620, 132B:1055-1100, 136B:1050-1055
transition support and retirement bridging program 89A:1540-1550
government forest policies 48B:1130
changes and socioeconomic analysis of impacts 131B:1505-1510, 131B:1620, 138B:1445, 139B:1110, 140B:1625
impact 61B:1730-1735
reform 116B:1345-1430, 128B:1620
reform and intentions paper 88A:1340-1525, 88A:1610-1620, 88A:1635, 88A:1715-1730, 88A:1755, 89A:1455, 89A:1530-1535, 89A:1650, 89A:1700
industry, competitiveness and costs 88A:1755, 88A:1805-1815, 89A:1450-1455, 116B:1345-1350, 116B:1400, 116B:1415, 116B:1425
industry conditions and government response 139B:1110
industry, investment 88A:1805-1815, 89A:1450-1455
Interior forest industry 88A:1515-1525
logging contractors, sustainability review 89A:1530-1540
old-growth forests
information and definition 89A:1555, 89A:1605
management 89A:1455, 131B:1610
management and panel report recommendations 89A:1550-1605, 131B:1505
protection 116B:1350
protection and logging deferrals 116B:1415, 128B:1420-1425, 128B:1705-1715, 131B:1455-1605, 136B:1055, 140B:1625
public engagement 89A:1605
permitting process 89A:1455, 89A:1510-1530, 116B:1400, 116B:1410-1415, 128B:1700-1705, 128B:1805, 128B:1820, 130B:1515-1520
pest control and management, use of glyphosate 137A:1610-1620
prescribed or cultural burning 88A:1525-1545
role in economy and society 116B:1425-1430, 131B:1505-1510
silviculture 61B:1735, 131B:1510
practices after wildfires 116B:1350-1355, 135A:1805-1810, 136A:1110-1120
softwood lumber trade with U.S., tariffs 82B:1415
softwood lumber trade with U.S., tariffs and government response 89A:1815-1830
special purpose areas 131B:1600-1610, 131B:1620, 140B:1305-1310, 140B:1510-1625
compensation 140B:1605-1615
definition 138B:1825-1845
First Nations–related measures 140B:1540-1545
relationship to archaeological overview assessments 140B:1600
spruce beetle infestation 131B:1610
stumpage system 89A:1700-1705, 89A:1715, 131B:1600, 138B:1500-1550, 138B:1640, 138B:1655
tenure agreement requirements for disposal or transfer, public interest component 88A:1645-1650
tenure reallocation 131B:1600-1610, 131B:1620
First Nations 131B:1515
tenure system
tenure reallocation 88A:1650, 88A:1715, 88A:1730
tenure reallocation and compensation 88A:1620-1645
tenure reallocation for First Nations 88A:1400, 88A:1410, 88A:1435-1515, 88A:1710-1725, 89A:1700-1705, 89A:1715-1725
timber supply areas, allowable annual cut and reductions 140B:1315-1405, 140B:1515-1525
timber supply review 133B:1430-1440, 137A:1555-1605
use or occupation of public lands, fees 116B:1420-1425
value-added sector 88A:1555, 88A:1610, 88A:1730, 88A:1745, 88A:1805-1815, 89A:1450-1455, 116B:1350, 116B:1415
wood products and uses, innovative products 88A:1810-1815
wood products and uses, wood alternatives 116B:1420
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
estimates debate 87A:1120-1140, 88A:1340-1815, 89A:1450-1735, 89A:1750-1845, 90A:1115, 91A:1305
estimates process, request for list of permitting information 89A:1515-1525
estimates process, written questions 90A:1115
Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 23)
debate 116B:1340-1430, 128B:1620-1820, 130B:1515-1535, 130B:1545-1755, 130B:1805-1820, 132B:1105-1110, 132B:1135-1150, 133B:1415-1605, 133B:1625, 133B:1635-1640, 135A:1610, 135A:1630, 135A:1705-1810, 136A:1110-1120, 137A:1430-1715, 137A:1740-1755
definitions, "forest landscape area" 128B:1720, 130B:1735-1755, 133B:1430
definitions, "governing body" 135A:1715-1720
definitions, "Indigenous peoples" 135A:1705-1710
regulations 133B:1515
Fort St. James, industry 61B:1740
Government, spending 61B:1725
Granisle
ambulance services 95A:1750
impact of mining operation closing 131B:1535
Great Bear Rainforest, establishment 88A:1420
Health care facilities and hospitals, capital projects, projects in northern B.C. 95A:1755
Health Ministry, estimates debate 95A:1750-1755
Heritage and archaeological sites protection, site assessments and permit process 69A:1125-1130
Higgins, Charlene, comments on government consultation with First Nations 131B:1515
Highway 16, intersection of Lloyd Drive with Highway 16, petition tabled 139B:1140
Highways and roads
maintenance and rehabilitation 96C:1645
Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 48B:1140-1145
Horgan, John, comments on First Nations and forest management 122B:1040
Houston, forest industry, timber supply in area 88A:1400
Hunting, women in hunting 89A:1840
InBC Investment Corp., establishment and role 61B:1740-1745
Independent Wood Producers Association, comments on impact of forest policy changes 140B:1625
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry, estimates debate 69A:1125-1145
Introductions by members 132B:1005, 136B:1010, 138B:1335, 139B:1035-1040
Investment climate 48B:1130, 61B:1730
Joseph, Robert (Bobby), work with MLA on reconciliation 92B:1140
Kalesnikoff Lumber Co. Ltd., mass timber products 88A:1730
Lakes planning area, pilot project 133B:1525
Legislature
bills process, second reading, #relevance of debate 131B:1545
bills process, committee stage and third reading, use of term "clause" 128B:1625
Lil'wat Nation
forestry operations 122B:1045
forestry operations and impact of forest policy changes 131B:1515
Media, status of industry 48B:1130
Mental health
mental health and addiction, complex care and supports 48B:1135
mental health and addiction, services and funding 61B:1720
programs and services, services and funding 48B:1135
Mines and mining industry
industry, conditions and government support 61B:1735
industry, conditions and investment 48B:1125-1130
role in economy and clean technology development 48B:1125-1130
Motions
National Indigenous History Month and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples 92B:1140-1145
Wildfire response and recovery 113B:1110-1115
National Indigenous History Month, observance 92B:1140
Nechako Lakes constituency and area
2018 wildfire in Francois Lake area, community response 113B:1110-1115
forest and mining industry 61B:1735-1740
forest industry 131B:1505, 131B:1540
highways and roads, conditions and government investment 48B:1140-1145
issues and constituents' concerns 61B:1745-1750
size and electoral representation 77B:1605-1630
Occupational health and safety, workers killed or injured on the job 61B:1720
Oral questions
Deferral of old-growth logging and consultation with First Nations and forest industry 128B:1420-1425
Forest policy changes and consultation with First Nations 122B:1040-1045
Forest policy changes and socioeconomic analysis of impacts 139B:1110
Forest policy changes and support for forest workers 132B:1055-1100, 136B:1050-1055
Status of Coastal GasLink Pipeline project on Wet'suwet'en lands 129B:1040-1045
U.S. tariffs on softwood lumber 82B:1415-1420
Pacheedaht First Nation, call for deferral of old-growth logging 116B:1415-1420
Parks
land protected in parks 116B:1425
management of catastrophic events 130B:1750-1755
Petitions
highways and roads, intersection of Lloyd Drive with Highway 16 139B:1140
Prince George, Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park, history and description 92B:1140
Prince George timber supply area
supply 137A:1605
tenure allocation for First Nations 88A:1445-1515, 89A:1725
Public debt, debt levels 61B:1720-1730
Quebec, forest industry, impact of U.S. duties 89A:1815
Rangeland, management 133B:1535-1605, 133B:1625, 133B:1635-1640
Real estate industry, housing market, price increases 48B:1135
Reconciliation Canada, work of organization 92B:1140
Safety, public safety, community safety and response to complex social issues 48B:1135
San Group Inc., operations and property taxes 131B:1615
Shortreed, Amanda, comments on government forest policy changes 136B:1055
Small business, government support 48B:1130
Splatsin First Nation, economic development and campground project 89A:1725-1735
Sports and recreation, back-country recreation, access 116B:1400-1405
Starchuk, Mike, comments on persons disobeying wildfire evacuation orders 113B:1110-1115
Stuart Lake Hospital
replacement project 61B:1740
replacement project and recruitment of hospital staff 48B:1145, 95A:1755
Substance use and addiction, treatment and recovery services, services for Indigenous persons 48B:1135
Surrey Board of Trade, comments on impact of forest policy changes 131B:1545
Throne speech, content 48B:1145
Throne speech debate 48B:1120-1150
Tindall, Klay, comments on government consultation with First Nations 122B:1045
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry, estimates debate 96C:1645
Treaty 8, treaty and land entitlements 69A:1130-1135
Truck Loggers Association, comments on impact of forest policy changes 131B:1550
Tumbler Ridge, industry and employment 61B:1735
U.S., legislation on ports for cruise ships 82B:1415-1420
United Steelworkers Wood Council, comments on impact of forest policy changes 131B:1525
Vancouver Island
north Island, forest industry 131B:1540
south Island, old-growth forests and Fairy Creek area 116B:1415
Vanderhoof, health care services, primary care centre project 95A:1755
West Moberly First Nations, forest industry activities and tenure reallocation 88A:1725
West-Pro Logging Ltd., impact of government forest policies on operations 136B:1055
Wet'suwet'en First Nation, concerns re rights and title agreement process 69A:1135-1140
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and Office of the Wet'suwet'en
role and meetings with government 69A:1135-1140
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs and Office of the Wet'suwet'en, protests supporting Chiefs, blockade of pipeline project 129B:1040-1045
Wet'suwet'en Nation
decision-making and unity 69A:1140-1145
rights and title agreement with government, negotiation process and ratification 69A:1135-1145
Wildlife
caribou protection 89A:1830-1840
recovery plan 116B:1400
management and funding 89A:1830-1845
management and protection 61B:1730, 61B:1745
moose population management, calf-cow harvest and First Nations concerns 89A:1840-1845
population recovery and performance measurement 116B:1355
Williams, Bill
comments on government consultation with First Nations 131B:1515
Williams, Bill, comments on government consultation with First Nations 122B:1040
Wood waste, slash burning 88A:1525

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