Third Session, 42nd Parliament – 2022
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
MEMBERS INDEX (DRAFT)
speeches by Members; topics debated
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g.,
73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.
Bill abbreviations: Amdts. - Amendments; cl. - clause; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent
Index updated regularly during session.
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Cadieux, Stephanie (Surrey South)
- As subject
- Automobiles
- B.C. Non-Profit Housing Association
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2022 (Bill 6)
- Budgets
- Canada Cup Women's International Softball Championship
- establishment of Frank Demaris Volunteer Spirit Award 163B:1020
- Caregivers
- Coldest Night of the Year
- Consumers
- COVID-19 impact
- Demaris, Frank, contributions to amateur sports and legacy 163B:1020
- Discover Surrey
- Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M202)
- FIFA World Cup
- 2026 FIFA World Cup hosting proposal 167A:1140
- Fuel
- Government
- Hogg, Gordon, comments in honour of Frank Demaris 163B:1020
- Housing
- accessible housing for disabled persons 158B:1200
- affordable housing
- International Women's Day
- Introductions by members 143B:1340, 166B:1340-1345, 191B:1005
- Labour
- Legislature
- MLAs
- Motions
- Olympic Games
- 2022 Winter Games and Paralympic Games in Beijing, B.C. athletes 155B:1355
- 2030 Winter Games and Paralympic Games, proposal 167A:1140
- Oral questions
- Personal statements
- Politics and politicians
- Post-secondary education
- Private members' statements (response)
- Rental housing
- Service as MLA (Routledge) 186B:1120
- Sport B.C.
- Sports and recreation
- Statements by members
- Surrey
- Surrey South constituency and area
- Taxation
- Tourism
- culinary tourism, Spice Trail restaurant promotion 174B:1010
- Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry
- Transit services
- Treasury Board
- Women
Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)
- As subject
- appointment as Deputy Speaker (Farnworth) 142B:1455
- conversations with son about war and conflict 162B:1350
- Averbach, Gary, fundraising walk 232B:1355
- B.C. NDP government
- priorities and initiatives (Chandra Herbert) 235B:1105
- Consumers
- Cycling
- cycling experience and infrastructure 183B:1400
- Golden, Bob, contributions to West End community 232B:1355
- Gregory, Anne
- Introductions by members 167B:1010, 174B:1010, 177B:1015, 191B:1005, 216B:1010, 223B:1010, 236B:1330-1335
- LGBTQ2S community
- Maloney, Lucy, street safety initiative 232B:1355
- Motions
- Paddon, Holly, lunch program initiative 232B:1355
- Pride Month
- Rental housing
- protection and support for tenants 235B:1105
- rent increases
- supply and affordability 235B:1105
- Rowe, Ian, contributions to West End community 232B:1355
- Society
- Statements
- West End–Coal Harbour Community Policing Centre 215B:1340
- Statements by members
- Vancouver
- West End–Coal Harbour area, contributions by residents 232B:1355
- West End–Coal Harbour Community Policing Centre
Chant, Susie (North Vancouver–Seymour)
- As subject
- Arts and culture
- BlueShore Performing Arts Centre at Capilano University
- B.C.
- B.C. Book Day 208B:1405
- B.C. NDP government
- Budget debate 162B:1555-1625
- Budgets
- Caregivers
- Child care
- Child protection system
- Children and youth
- children with support needs, service model change
- needs-based system and access to services 162B:1605
- Climate change
- Communities
- gaming grants for community organizations 239B:1445
- Consumers
- COVID-19 economic recovery
- COVID-19 impact
- COVID-19 impact and government response
- Discrimination and racism
- racism against Indigenous persons
- District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services
- operations and training centre project 169B:1355
- Economy
- Emergencies
- Environment
- Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
- Fires and firefighters
- Food Delivery Service Fee Act (Bill 33)
- Fur industry
- farming of furbearing animals, petition tabled 183B:1435
- Girl Guides
- 3rd Seymour Pathfinders and Canada Cord Citizenship Certificate 187B:1345
- Government
- Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act
- Health care professionals and workers
- Health care system
- Health Sector Partnerships Agreement Act
- Health Sector Statutes Repeal Act
- impact on health care professionals and workers 242B:1025
- Hoffman, Jakub
- comments on climate change and youth perspective 162B:1620
- Housing
- social and subsidized housing
- government investment and new units 143B:1600
- Infrastructure
- Inglewood Care Centre, North Shore, B.C.
- wages and employment for health caare workers 242B:1020
- Introductions by members 166B:1340, 173B:1340, 177B:1015, 183B:1340, 184B:1015, 211B:1345, 212B:1020, 229B:1435, 250B:1345
- Iran
- death of Mahsa Amini and protests in Iran and elsewhere 222B:1350-1355
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 10)
- Lynn Valley Care Centre, North Vancouver, B.C.
- Mental health
- Multiculturalism
- Non-profit sector
- North Shore
- health care facilities and seniors care 143B:1555
- North Shore Rescue
- North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area
- constituency office, staff thanked 162B:1555
- constituents' issues and concerns 143B:1600
- COVID-19 response by community organizations 151B:1015
- Parks
- Petitions
- Politics and politicians
- concepts of consultation, cooperation and collaboration 187B:1345
- Prayers and reflections 144B:1000, 198B:1000, 240B:1005
- Premier's Awards for Excellence in Education
- Private members' statements
- Publishing industry
- Resources and resource industries
- Restaurant and food services industry
- Say Nuth Khaw Yum Park
- Seniors
- Sexual violence
- Skilled Trades BC Act (Bill 4)
- Social welfare
- Statements by members
- B.C. Book Day and publishing industry 208B:1405
- Collaboration 187B:1345
- Community concert and fundraising at Capilano University theatre 239B:1445
- Community organizations in North Vancouver-Seymour during COVID-19 151B:1015
- District of North Vancouver fire and rescue services 169B:1355
- Protests in response to death of Mahsa Amini 222B:1350-1355
- Recipients of Premier's Awards for Excellence in Education 233B:1105
- Substance use and addiction
- decriminalization of simple possession of drugs 143B:1545
- overdoses, government response and initiatives 143B:1545
- Throne speech debate 143B:1535-1600
- Workers
Chen, Hon. Katrina (Burnaby-Lougheed)
- As subject
- B.C. Liberal Party
- performance as government
- Child care
- Children and youth
- early childhood educators
- Education and Child Care Ministry
- Introductions by members 155B:1335, 163B:1010, 194B:1435, 211B:1340, 218B:1345, 222B:1335, 226B:1010, 229B:1330-1335, 230B:1010, 237B:1005, 240B:1010, 250B:1340
- Jackson, Christine
- comments on early childhood education 197B:1425
- Oral questions (response)
- Surrey
Chouhan, Hon. Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds) (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) See also Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker in Subject Index
Chow, Hon. George (Vancouver-Fraserview)
- Attorney General Statutes (Hague Convention on Child and Family Support) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 8)
- Introductions by members 170B:1105, 226B:1010, 240B:1010, 243B:1340
- Municipal Affairs Statutes (Property Taxation) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
- Skilled Trades BC Act (Bill 4)
Clovechok, Doug (Columbia River–Revelstoke)
- As subject
- adoption into Piikani First Nation and Blackfoot name 212B:1030
- Alberta
- Automobiles
- B.C. by region
- B.C. Liberal Party
- performance as government
- B.C. NDP government
- Budget debate 162B:1625-1655
- Budgets
- CBC's Search for B.C.'s Best Small Town
- Columbia Basin Trust
- Columbia Power Corporation
- Columbia River treaty
- Columbia River–Revelstoke constituency and area
- Columbia Valley Rural Fire and Rescue Services
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- language preservation and revitalization, personal names in government documents 212B:1025-1030
- Forests Ministry
- Health Ministry
- Health Professions and Occupations Act (Bill 36)
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- four-laning and upgrade projects in Interior, Kicking Horse Canyon section improvements and wildlife overpass 217A:1515-1525
- Identification
- name changes after marriage, requirements 181B:1010
- Indigenous Names Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill M209)
- Introductions by members 167B:1005, 202B:1005, 204B:1335, 225B:1345, 230B:1010
- Kimberley
- winner of Best Small Town competition 198B:1020
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 10)
- Lake Windermere
- Lake Windermere Ambassadors Society
- McCormick, Don
- comments on Kimberley and Best Small Town competition 198B:1020
- Miller, Jim
- Name Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill M205)
- Prayers and reflections 172B:1000
- Reinhardt, Clara
- local government service in Radium Hot Springs 233B:1110
- Rental housing
- Statements by members
- Sterzer, Karl
- local government service in Canal Flats 233B:1110
- Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
- Wildlife
- Wilkie, Jerry
- local government service in East Kootenay regional district 233B:1110
Conroy, Hon. Katrine (Kootenay West)
- As subject
- Arkle, Nick
- meeting on potential conservation area 210C:1535
- Australia
- BBC
- B.C. timber sales program
- B.C. Wildfire Service
- Budget debate 161B:1705-1730
- CBC
- Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail)
- Clearwater
- Columbia Basin Trust
- Columbia Power Corporation
- Columbia River treaty
- Council of Forest Industries
- Crown land
- lease rates for residential properties 210C:1545
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
- action plan for implementation
- Drax
- Emergencies
- emergency preparedness for floods, landslides and wildfires 219B:1105
- Energy
- Environment
- environmental protection
- government engagement with First Nations 153B:1035
- Fires and firefighters
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- agreements with government
- protection of cultural and sacred sites and objects 206B:1315
- Floods and floodplains
- Forest Enhancement Society of B.C.
- Forests and forest industry
- access to fibre 206B:1515, 206B:1525, 206B:1555, 206B:1610, 206B:1625
- access to fibre, fibre recovery zones 206B:1610, 206B:1625, 206B:1645
- coast forest revitalization strategy 206B:1625, 206B:1645
- community forests 206B:1720
- deforestation and tree farming 206B:1355
- employment and jobs 153B:1035-1050, 206B:1555
- export of logs
- manufactured forest products regulation 206B:1645
- First Nations involvement in industry
- forest management and practices
- forest roads
- forestry-dependent communities and workers
- impact of forest policy changes and support 153B:1035-1050
- transition support and retirement bridging program 153B:1045
- government forest policies
- industry
- old-growth forests
- permitting process 206B:1515
- pest control and management
- pulp and paper sector, access to fibre 206B:1605-1625
- silviculture
- stumpage system, revenues 206B:1445, 206B:1455-1505
- tenure reallocation
- value-added sector 206B:1555
- wood pellets
- woodlots 206B:1715-1720
- Forests Ministry
- Garibaldi at Squamish
- resort proposal and gondola development 210C:1545
- Gondolas
- Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.
- role in potential conservation area 210C:1535
- Harrop-Procter community forest
- Hunting
- Integrated Pest Management Act
- Introductions by members 155B:1335, 176B:1455, 177B:1015, 204B:1345, 226B:1010, 230B:1005, 240B:1010, 246B:1330-1335, 250B:1335, 251B:1110
- Kamloops
- Kelowna
- Joe Rich area, watershed and impact of forest industry activities 210C:1535
- Kruger Inc.
- Land, Water and Resource Stewardship Ministry
- Lichens
- oldgrowth specklebelly lichen, protection 153B:1035
- Meier, Ian, work on wildfire prevention 210C:1500
- Mercer Celgar
- Nanwakolas Council
- agreement with Western Forest Products 153B:1050
- Nicholls, Diane
- former chief forester and role with Drax 223B:1045
- retirement from public service and work as chief forester 184B:1015
- Okanagan Indian Band
- Oral questions (response)
- Action on climate change and use of wood pellets 223B:1045
- Consultation on spraying of glyphosate on First Nations lands 177B:1050-1055
- Drax operations in B.C. and production of wood pellets 223B:1045, 230B:1045-1050
- Flood and wildfire preparedness 219B:1105
- Forest policy changes and forest industry jobs and worker supports 153B:1035-1050
- Forests legislation and protection of biodiversity 153B:1035
- Groundwater use licensing process 166B:1425-1435
- Groundwater use licensing process and timeline 156B:1050-1055
- Indigenous harvesting rights and spraying of glyphosate on First Nations lands 180B:1405-1410
- Parliament Buildings
- protest in precinct supporting forest workers, cancellation 153B:1045
- Pest control and pesticides
- Rivers and streams
- Tributes
- Water
- groundwater use licensing
- Wildlife
- Wildlife Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 14)
Coulter, Dan (Chilliwack)
- As subject
- Abbotsford
- Abraham, Debra Maria, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1615
- Accessible British Columbia Act
- Ann Davis Transition Society
- Autism
- awareness and inclusion of persons with autism 174B:1015
- Autism Acceptance Month
- The Book Man
- B.C. Liberal Party
- B.C. NDP government
- Burns, Sheryl, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1615
- Cheam Leisure Centre
- Chetipurackal, Vinu Abraham, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1615
- Chilliwack
- domestic violence prevention and support services 156B:1020
- flooding event and resiliency centre 143B:1610
- growth and housing costs 143B:1610
- Chilliwack Child and Youth Committee
- Construction industry
- COVID-19 business impact and supports
- COVID-19 employee impact and supports
- COVID-19 impact
- COVID-19 impact and government response
- Disabled persons
- Down syndrome
- awareness and inclusion of persons with Down syndrome 174B:1015
- Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 26)
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Floods and floodplains
- Harrington, Richard James
- Hawes, Spring, position as accessibility committee co-chair 143B:1615
- Housing
- Indigenous Disability Awareness Month, celebration and purpose 254B:1015
- Introductions by members 155B:1335, 163B:1005, 171B:1435, 176B:1445-1450, 177B:1020, 183B:1345, 184B:1005, 190B:1335-1340, 194B:1335, 202B:1010, 212B:1025, 215B:1335, 216B:1005-1010, 218B:1335, 225B:1345, 254B:1005
- Kramer, Ken, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1615
- Labour
- community benefits agreement
- Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 10)
- Legislature
- McLellan, Michael, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1615
- Motions
- National AccessAbility Week
- Parks
- Passenger Transportation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2022 (Bill 40)
- Politics and politicians
- concepts of consultation, cooperation and collaboration 200B:1140-1145
- Prayers and reflections 165B:1000, 226B:1000
- Private members' statements
- Private members' statements (response)
- Property Law Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 12)
- Provincial Accessibility Committee
- Real estate industry
- Registered disability savings plans
- Robinson, Rheanna, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1620
- Ryan, Jim, advocacy for accessibility issues 144B:1010-1015
- Skills training
- Sleath, Rob, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1620
- Speculation and vacancy tax
- Statements by members
- Sutton, Kirsten, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1615
- Teegee, Mary, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1620
- Throne speech debate 143B:1605-1625
- Tributes
- UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities 254B:1015
- Vliegenthart, Jessica, accomplishments and advocacy work 143B:1620
- Weather
- severe weather events in November 2021
- Workers
- Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2022 (Bill 41)
- World Autism Awareness Day 174B:1015
- World Down Syndrome Day 174B:1015
Cullen, Hon. Nathan (Stikine)
- As subject
- B.C.
- issues and challenges, collaborative response 152B:1500
- B.C. by region
- B.C. Development Corporation
- role as Crown corporation in Expo 86 232B:1745
- B.C. Enterprise Corporation
- B.C. Liberal Party
- performance as government
- B.C. NDP government
- B.C. Pavilion Corporation
- B.C. Pavilion Corporation Act (Bill 31)
- B.C. Place Stadium
- Budget debate 157B:1530-1600
- Budgets
- Cariboo area
- Ukrainian refugee family in South Cariboo 240B:1030
- Chief Delgamuukw (Earl Muldon)
- Child care
- Children and youth
- CleanBC plan
- Climate change
- Consumers
- Convention centres
- COVID-19 business impact and supports
- COVID-19 economic recovery
- COVID-19 impact
- COVID-19 impact and government response
- COVID-19 public health measures
- COVID-19 vaccination
- Cuba, Alex, Grammy Award win 180B:1330-1335
- Documents tabled
- Economy
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Floods and floodplains
- Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry
- Forests Ministry
- Fort McMurray
- Health care facilities and hospitals
- Health Professions and Occupations Act (Bill 36)
- Henry, Bonnie
- Housing
- affordable housing, affordability and supply 152B:1505-1510
- supply and new units
- Immigration
- immigrants to B.C., response 152B:1505
- refugees
- Ukrainian refugees in B.C.
- Information and communications technology
- high-speed Internet service
- service expansion initiative for rural and Indigenous communities 157B:1550
- Insurance Corporation of B.C.
- Introductions by members 169B:1340, 212B:1020, 218B:1350
- Islands Trust
- Kruisselbrink, Harry
- Land, Water and Resource Stewardship Ministry
- role re action plan for implementation of Indigenous rights legislation 157B:1555
- Local government
- Medical Services Plan
- Mines and mining industry
- Ministerial statements
- Mortgage Services Act (Bill 29)
- Municipal Affairs Ministry
- Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 20)
- Municipal Affairs Statutes (Property Taxation) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 28)
- Nurses
- Pemberton Valley dyking district
- flooding preparedness infrastructure 190A:1850
- Property Law Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 12)
- Property tax
- assessment of property
- impact of valuation increase on residential taxes 152B:1505
- business property tax relief exemption 190A:1705
- commercial tenants
- Provincial health officer
- Real estate industry
- Regional districts
- Rustad, John
- experience supporting family during COVID-19 restrictions 157B:1530
- Science and technology
- Skills training
- Smithers
- Stikine constituency and area
- Sunset Community Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Throne speech
- Throne speech debate 152B:1455-1525
- Toilet facilities
- public toilet facilities, government funding 190A:1800
- Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry
- responsibility for B.C. Pavilion Corp. 234B:1350
- Tributes
- Ukraine
- Vancouver
- Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
- The Village, Duncan, B.C.
- Waste management
- Weather