Fourth Session, 42nd Parliament – 2023
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
BUSINESS INDEX (DRAFT)
bills, estimates, question periods; parliamentary business
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
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Maiden speeches by members See First speeches by members
Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M221)
Members' statements See Personal Statements; Private members' statements; Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M214)
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry
- Estimates
- debate 307C:1710-1850, 308C:1105-1140, 309C:1300-1715, 311C:1500-1815, 312C:1100-1150
- speakers (Furstenau) 311C:1700-1815 (Shypitka) 311C:1510 (Stewart) 311C:1650-1700 (Sturko) 307C:1720-1840, 308C:1105-1135, 309C:1300-1710, 311C:1505-1640, 312C:1100-1145 (Whiteside) 307C:1710-1845, 308C:1110-1140, 309C:1310-1710, 311C:1505-1815, 312C:1105-1150
Ministerial statements
- Eby, Hon. David (Premier)
- Farnworth, Hon. Mike (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General)
- Kang, Hon. Anne (Minister of Municipal Affairs)
- Rankin, Hon. Murray (Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation)
Ministries
- Agriculture See Agriculture and Food Ministry
- Attorney General See Attorney General
- Child care See Education and Child Care Ministry
- Children and Family Development See Children and Family Development Ministry
- Citizens' Services See Citizens' Services Ministry
- Education and Child Care See Education and Child Care Ministry
- Emergency Management and Climate Readiness See Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Ministry
- Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation See Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Ministry
- Environment See Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry
- Finance See Finance Ministry
- Forests See Forests Ministry
- Health See Health Ministry
- Housing See Housing Ministry
- Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation See Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
- Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation See Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Ministry
- Labour See Labour Ministry
- Mental Health and Addictions See Mental Health and Addictions Ministry
- Municipal Affairs See Municipal Affairs Ministry
- Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills See Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Ministry
- Public Safety See Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
- Social Development See Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
- Solicitor General See Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
- Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport See Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry
- Transportation and Infrastructure See Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
- Water, Land and Resource Stewardship See Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Ministry
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 3)
- (Attorney General) 1R, 260B:1340; 2R, 265B:1055-1115; C, 267B:1440-1545; 3R, 267B:1545; RA, 288B:1705
- Debate, speakers (Banman) 267B:1450-1500 (Beare) 265B:1115, 267B:1445-1510 (de Jong) 265B:1100-1110, 267B:1440, 267B:1510 (Heyman) 265B:1110-1115, 267B:1515-1535 (Merrifield) 267B:1515-1535 (Sharma) 260B:1340, 265B:1055-1100, 265B:1115, 267B:1440, 267B:1545
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2), 2023 (Bill 24)
- (Attorney General) 1R, 301B:1015; 2R, 308B:1145-1150, 309B:1300-1330; C, 313B:1515-1655; 3R, 313B:1655; RA, 330B:1730
- Debate, speakers (Ashton) 309B:1325-1330, 313B:1545-1650 (Bernier) 313B:1525-1540 (de Jong) 309B:1300-1315, 313B:1525 (Dean) 309B:1315-1325 (Kahlon) 313B:1525-1545 (Kang) 313B:1550-1650 (Kirkpatrick) 309B:1330 (Milobar) 309B:1325 (Sharma) 301B:1015, 308B:1145-1150, 309B:1330
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.3), 2023 (Bill 42)
- (Attorney General) 1R, 352B:1005; 2R, 356B:1435-1820; C, 361C:1435-1715, 364A:1115-1145, 365A:1335-1815; reporting of bill, 365B:1825; 3R, 374B:1130; RA, 375B:1635
- Divisions: amdt. to add cl. 108.1 negatived 361C:1700
- Debate, speakers (Bailey) 361C:1535-1620, 361C:1645-1715, 364A:1120-1140, 365A:1355-1400, 365A:1435-1635 (Bond) 356B:1740-1805 (Chandra Herbert) 356B:1640-1655 (de Jong) 356B:1435-1500, 361C:1435-1440 (Doerkson) 356B:1540-1555 (Kahlon) 361C:1500-1525 (Kang) 365A:1650-1815 (Kirkpatrick) 356B:1520-1540, 361C:1455-1525 (Lee) 365A:1410, 365A:1440-1505, 365A:1520-1525 (Letnick) 356B:1555-1610 (Milobar) 356B:1610-1640, 365A:1640-1810 (Morris) 356B:1725-1740 (Olsen) 356B:1500-1520, 361C:1600-1610, 361C:1640, 361C:1705-1715, 365A:1335, 365A:1410-1440, 365A:1625 (Sharma) 352B:1005, 356B:1435, 361C:1435-1440 (Stewart) 356B:1655-1725, 365A:1335-1400, 365A:1505-1640 (Stone) 361C:1530-1600, 361C:1645-1705, 364A:1115-1140 (Sturdy) 365A:1530-1535 (Walker) 356B:1805-1820, 361C:1620, 365A:1340-1410, 365A:1515-1535, 365A:1605-1615, 365A:1800-1805
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.4), 2023 (Bill 45)
- (Attorney General) 1R, 356B:1345; 2R, 363B:1640-1800; C, 367B:1105-1150, 368B:1305-1520, 372B:1425-1830, 372B:1900-2050, 374A:1140-1145, 375A:1310-1455, 375B:1500-1625; 3R, 375B:1625; RA, 375B:1635
- Divisions: 2R approved 363B:1800; amdt. to cl. 42 approved 372B:1955; cl. 42 approved as amended 372B:2010
- Debate, speakers (Beare) 367B:1105 (Coulter) 368B:1345-1440 (Cullen) 368B:1445-1515 (de Jong) 363B:1645-1700, 372B:1505-1525, 372B:1550-1620, 372B:1750-1820, 372B:1930-2045, 374A:1140-1145, 375A:1315-1425, 375B:1500-1505 (Doerkson) 368B:1445-1515 (Furstenau) 363B:1715-1740, 372B:1620-1750, 375B:1510-1620 (Halford) 368B:1340-1440 (Lee) 372B:1525-1540, 372B:1900-1925 (Mercier) 367B:1105-1150, 368B:1310-1340 (Milobar) 363B:1705-1715 (Oakes) 367B:1105-1150, 368B:1305-1335 (Robinson) 363B:1740-1750 (Sharma) 356B:1345, 363B:1640-1645, 372B:1455-1505, 372B:1520-1735, 372B:1755-1825, 372B:1910-2050, 374A:1140-1145, 375A:1310-1425, 375B:1510-1620
Miscellaneous Statutes (Gas Price Relief) Amendment Act, 2023
Miscellaneous Statutes (Modernization) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 14)
- (Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation) 1R, 286B:1350-1355; 2R, 290B:1500-1515; C, 292B:1800-1820, 293B:1515-1525; 3R, 293B:1525-1530; RA, 295B:1710
- Divisions: motion that committee rise and report bill complete without amendment approved 293B:1525; 3R approved 293B:1530
- Debate, speakers (Bailey) 286B:1350-1355, 290B:1500-1505, 290B:1515, 292B:1800-1820, 293B:1515 (Halford) 290B:1505-1510 (Merrifield) 290B:1510-1515, 292B:1800-1820, 293B:1515 (Olsen) 290B:1510
Money Judgment Enforcement Act (Bill 27)
- (Attorney General) 1R, 318B:1340-1345; 2R, 332B:1330-1815; C, 334A:1130-1145, 335A:1305-1715, 337A:1500-1815, 338A:1105-1145, 339A:1400-1555, 340B:1450-1515; reporting of bill 340B:1515; 3R, 345B:1055; RA, 349B:1500
- Debate, speakers (Alexis) 332B:1700 (Anderson) 332B:1545-1550 (Brar) 332B:1645-1655 (de Jong) 332B:1345-1355, 334A:1130-1140, 335A:1305-1715, 337A:1500-1815, 338A:1105-1140, 339A:1400-1555, 340B:1450-1455 (Dean) 332B:1355-1420 (Dix) 332B:1800-1815 (Donnelly) 332B:1550-1615 (Greene) 332B:1420-1435 (Lee) 332B:1525-1530 (Leonard) 332B:1720-1740 (Parmar) 332B:1440-1505 (Phillip) 332B:1440 (Rankin) 332B:1700-1720 (Robinson) 332B:1530-1545 (Routledge) 332B:1750-1800 (Routley) 332B:1615-1630 (Russell) 332B:1630-1645 (Sharma) 318B:1340, 332B:1330-1345, 334A:1135-1140, 335A:1310-1715, 337A:1500-1815, 338A:1110-1140, 339A:1405-1555, 340B:1455-1515 (Sims) 332B:1505-1525 (Yao) 332B:1740-1750
Money Judgment Enforcement Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Act (Bill 43)
- (Attorney General) 1R, 354B:1340; 2R, 357B:1055-1100; C, 360C:1115-1145, 361C:1350-1420; 3R, 361B:1420; RA, 375B:1635
- Debate, speakers (de Jong) 360C:1115-1145, 361C:1350-1415 (Sharma) 354B:1340, 357B:1055-1100, 360C:1115-1145, 361C:1355-1415
Money Services Businesses Act (Bill 19)
Motions See also Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
- Government motions
- Addictions care (Motion 17)
- Adoption of government business schedule (Standing Order 81.1)
- Amendment to standing orders for private members' time (Motion 12)
- Amendment to standing orders for Thursday sitting hours (Motion 13)
- Amendment to standing orders for Thursday sitting hours (Motion 62)
- Amendments to Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement (Motion 44)
- Amendments to Nisga'a Final Agreement (Motion 45)
- Amendments to Tla'amin Final Agreement (Motion 46)
- Amendments to Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement (Motion 29)
- Appointment of Merit Commissioner (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Representative for Children and Youth (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Human Rights Commissioner (Motion 61)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Police Complaint Commissioner (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Representative for Children and Youth (Motion 19)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner (Motion 57)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Review Passenger Directed Vehicles (Motion without notice)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Review Private Members' Business (Motion 18)
- Appointment of Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Public Service Act (Motion without notice)
- Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole to sit in three sections (Motion 21)
- Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole to sit in three sections (Motion 48)
- Consideration of Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement amendments by Committee of the Whole (Motion without notice)
- Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals (Motion 39)
- Extension of sitting hours (Motion 59)
- Extension of sitting hours (Motion without notice)
- Membership change to Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee (Motion 23)
- Membership change to Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee (Motion 38)
- Membership change to Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee (Motion without notice)
- Membership change to Children and Youth Committee (Motion 24)
- Membership change to Crown Corporations Committee (Motion 52)
- Membership change to Finance and Government Services Committee (Motion 28)
- Membership change to Finance Committee (Motion 41)
- Membership change to Finance Committee (Motion 51)
- Membership change to Legislative Initiatives Committee (Motion 26)
- Membership change to Parliamentary Reform Committee (Motion 50)
- Membership change to Public Accounts Committee (Motion 27)
- Membership change to Public Accounts Committee (Motion 53)
- Membership changes to committees (Motion 54)
- Membership changes to Section A (Motion without notice)
- Permission for Indigenous leader to address the House (Motion without notice)
- Permission for Indigenous leaders to address the House
- Permission for Indigenous leaders to address the House (Motion without notice)
- Powers and role of Children and Youth Committee (Motion 15)
- Powers and role of Finance Committee
- Powers and role of Public Accounts Committee (Motion 14)
- Powers of Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee (Motion 16)
- Schedule for House adjournment (Motion without notice – Standing Order 45)
- Special procedures for proceedings of Legislative Assembly during COVID-19 pandemic (Motion without notice)
- Private members' motions
- Activism against gender-based violence (Motion 60)
- Affordability for British Columbians (Motion 49)
- Circular economy (Motion 55)
- COVID-19 response and protests (Motion 3)
- Government funding to drug user organizations
- Health care professional legislation (Motion 31)
- Housing affordability (Motion 20)
- Involuntary treatment for vulnerable persons (Motion 43)
- Provincial fuel and carbon taxes (Motion 58)
- Tourism industry (Motion 42)
- Value of public assets (Motion 5)
- Violence against drag artists and performers (Motion 32)
- Watershed security (Motion 47)
- Supply motions
- Funds granted for capital expenditures, loans, investments and other financing requirements
- Funds granted for public service
- Reports of resolutions from Committee of Supply
- Other motions
- Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker
- Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole
- Appointment of Deputy Speaker
- Appointment of select standing committees
- Printing of Votes and Proceedings
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 23)
- (Minister of Transportation) 1R, 300B:1340; 2R, 309B:1440-1540; C, 313B:1700-1820; 3R, 313B:1820; RA, 330B:1730
- Debate, speakers (Coulter) 309B:1515-1525 (Fleming) 300B:1340, 309B:1440-1455, 309B:1530-1540, 313B:1700-1815 (Furstenau) 313B:1745-1800 (Halford) 309B:1455-1500, 313B:1700-1725, 313B:1740-1815 (Kyllo) 313B:1725-1735 (Olsen) 309B:1500-1515 (Routley) 309B:1525-1530
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023 (Bill 28)
- (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 1R, 319B:1010; 2R, 331B:1140-1150, 332B:1330; C, 349C:1435-1515; reporting of bill, 349B:1515; 3R, 354B:1430; RA, 359B:1800
- Debate, speakers (Farnworth) 319B:1010, 331B:1140-1150, 349C:1435-1515 (Halford) 331B:1145-1150, 349C:1435-1515 (Kahlon) 332B:1330
Municipal Affairs Ministry
- Estimates
- 2022-23 Supplementary estimates
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 5) (Bill 6)
Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No.5) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 26)
- (Minister of Housing) 1R, 305B:1015; 2R, 312B:1130-1155, 313B:1330-1400; C, 314B:1655-1900; 3R, 314B:1900-1905; RA 330B:1730
- Divisions: cl. 2 approved 314B:1855; 3R approved 314B:1905
- Debate, speakers (de Jong) 312B:1135-1155, 314B:1655-1700, 314B:1750-1820 (Kahlon) 305B:1015, 312B:1130, 313B:1355, 314B:1700-1845 (Lee) 313B:1330-1355, 314B:1715, 314B:1820-1845 (Sturko) 314B:1700-1750
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