Fourth Session, 42nd Parliament – 2023
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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Kahlon, Hon. Ravi (Delta North)

As subject
grandmother 337B:1340
meeting with West Vancouver council re housing issues 337B:1425-1430
role as Housing Minister and letters received from residents (Eby) 374B:1035
Valerie Cross (Chemkwaat) 290B:1435
Abbotsford
homelessness, Lonzo Park encampment 290B:1425, 290B:1435
Adult basic education
accessibility and funding 319B:1030
Agriculture
farmland, protection and use 345B:1040
Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee
membership change 267B:1435, 279B:1435, 293B:1440
powers 267B:1435
Alsop, Jason (Gaagwiis)
permission to address the House 326B:1115
Atira Women's Resource Society
board of directors 328B:1425
executive leadership, status and role of board 326B:1050-1055
financial management and funding 326B:1100, 328B:1425, 329B:1055
financial management and operations 326B:1050
property management services
BDO financial review 326B:1100
contracts and funding 326B:1035-1040, 326B:1050, 326B:1105, 328B:1430
operations and safety at sites 329B:1050
reviews and reports 328B:1415
Automobiles
zero-emission and clean vehicles
charging stations 301B:1015
incentives for electric vehicles 301B:1015
legislation 314B:1640
sales targets 301B:1015, 313B:1400
B.C. Medical Journal report on health needs of supportive housing residents 321B:1420-1425
Bernier, Mike
comments on carbon tax and budget 360B:1040
B.C.
population
people moving to B.C. 373B:1440
population growth and migration to B.C. 273B:1030, 331B:1125
B.C. by region
rural B.C.
economy 268B:1045-1050
B.C. Housing
communications, letter from board chair to Atira 326B:1050
forensic audit report 325B:1430, 325B:1440-1445, 326B:1035-1050, 328B:1420
release and debate 264B:1440, 290B:1410-1415, 290B:1425, 294B:1105
release and disclosure of information 324B:1005
management and operations 325B:1430, 325B:1440, 326B:1100-1105, 328B:1425-1430
conflict of interest 328B:1415, 328B:1425
government action on issues 326B:1035-1050, 326B:1100-1110, 328B:1415-1420, 329B:1055
role in assistance for displaced persons 321B:1420
staff turnover 290B:1410-1415
B.C. Liberal Party
comments by party president on low-income demographics 287B:1105, 290B:1430, 321B:1425
MLAs
comments on housing issues 273B:1040
performance as government
housing issues 273B:1030-1035, 273B:1055, 300B:1400, 331B:1110, 331B:1125, 345B:1025-1030
housing issues and homelessness 301B:1035-1040
school capital funding and projects 319B:1025
position on issues
housing initiatives 300B:1400
B.C. NDP government
legislative agenda 363B:1455
B.C. United
position on issues 345B:1030, 364B:1105
housing initiatives 360B:1035
positions on issues 360B:1035
Budget debate 279B:1810-1840
Carbon tax
Conservative Party position 348B:1040
Carbon taxes
federal carbon tax
application to home heating fuel and exemption for oil heating 354B:1355-1400
Chandra Herbert, Spencer
appointment as Deputy Speaker 257B:1450
Children and Youth Committee
membership change 279B:1435
Chohan, Bindiro Kaur, life as immigrant to Canada and death 337B:1340
CleanBC plan
emissions component 301B:1015, 313B:1400
Climate change
Conservative Party position 348B:1040
government action
government action 354B:1410-1415
Communities
transit-oriented development 300B:1410
Comox Valley
housing, government investment 337B:1450
Comptroller general
Investigation of B.C. Housing, report of observations and recommendations, March 2023, tabled 324B:1005
Conservative Party of B.C.
position on climate change and carbon tax 348B:1040
position on issues
climate change 354B:1415
Construction industry
residential construction industry
conditions and costs 347B:1400
Consumers
cost of living
government action 354B:1400-1405, 354B:1420, 363B:1420
COVID-19 impact and government response
government response 326B:1100
parliamentary operations and proceedings 257B:1450
supportive housing 321B:1420-1425, 328B:1430, 329B:1055
supportive housing and relocation of homeless persons 301B:1040, 326B:1040, 326B:1050
Cranbrook
affordable housing 337B:1440
Crime and criminals
crime in communities
incidence and impact on businesses 300B:1430
Cross, Valerie (Chemkwaat)
permission to address the House 290B:1435
Daylight saving time
permanent daylight saving time, implementation in B.C. 287B:1100
de Jong, Michael
comments in debate on sitting hours 363B:1455
Dennis, Robert, Sr. (Emchayiik)
permission to address the House 327B:1340
Documents tabled
comptroller general, Investigation of B.C. Housing, report of observations and recommendations, March 2023 324B:1005
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry, 2022-23 report on environmental emergency program 351B:1425
Legislature
parliamentary calendar for 2024 375B:1640
Selection Special Committee
second report for fourth session of 42nd parliament 305B:1105
Selection Special Committee report for fourth session of 42nd parliament 260B:1445
Duncan
tiny home transitional housing project 301B:1050
Eby, David
actions as Premier and cabinet minister 325B:1430
use of property 345B:1035
Economy
economic development 268B:1045-1050
Education
government investment 319B:1025-1030
Education funding
funding 319B:1035, 322B:1030-1035
Electoral Boundaries Commission
final report proposals 301B:1105
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry
2022-23 report on environmental emergency program, tabled 351B:1425
Falcon, Kevin
comments on carbon tax 352B:1055
performance as Health Minister 258B:1105
positions on issues 352B:1050
Finance and Government Services Committee
membership change 283B:1435
powers and role 270B:1055-1100
First Nations and Indigenous persons
housing 301B:1050
Fort St. John
affordable housing 337B:1445
Government
accountability and transparency 325B:1440, 326B:1040-1045
procurement practices 328B:1430
Happy Cities
urban planning firm, comments on housing legislation 374B:1045
Health care funding
federal funding 258B:1105
Heatwaves
heatwave preparedness and response 329B:1100
Homelessness
government action 287B:1100-1105, 290B:1425-1435, 291B:1050-1055, 297B:1415-1420, 300B:1415-1420, 301B:1030-1045, 311B:1435-1440, 334B:1045-1050, 337B:1440-1455
government action and funding 301B:1045-1050
navigation centres 291B:1050, 297B:1415-1420
tent cities and encampments 287B:1100, 290B:1425-1435, 291B:1050-1055, 300B:1415-1420, 301B:1030-1040, 311B:1435-1440
Homes for Living
comments on government housing plan 300B:1415
Hotels and travel accommodation
short-term accommodations
legislation and regulation 345B:1025-1035
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 273B:1050-1055, 290B:1410, 297B:1405-1410, 321B:1405, 331B:1105-1110, 347B:1400
affordable housing near transit services 356B:1415, 373B:1415
construction of new units 273B:1100
government action 273B:1030-1100, 345B:1025-1035, 360B:1035, 363B:1420, 367B:1055, 373B:1410-1415, 374B:1045
government action and federal role 273B:1045
government action and initiatives 321B:1400-1410, 331B:1105-1110, 331B:1120-1130, 337B:1440-1455, 347B:1410-1415
government action and investment 290B:1430-1435, 297B:1405-1415, 301B:1045
government plan 300B:1400-1415
government plan and targets 337B:1425
housing for families and seniors 331B:1130
role of private sector 367B:1050-1055
supply 273B:1050
supply and new units 273B:1055-1100, 347B:1415
government action on issues 290B:1425
single-room occupancies 329B:1050
social and subsidized housing
construction of new units 290B:1410, 290B:1430-1435, 301B:1035
government investment and new units 273B:1055, 300B:1420, 301B:1045-1050, 311B:1435-1440, 347B:1410-1415
supply and new units 321B:1405-1410
parking access 356B:1415
supportive housing 290B:1435, 311B:1435-1440
description as "warehousing" 321B:1425
funding and management 328B:1430
health needs of residents and access to services 321B:1420-1425
safety at sites 329B:1050
supportive housing and services 300B:1425-1430, 301B:1040-1045
temporary housing and shelters
transitional housing projects 301B:1045-1050, 311B:1440
Housing Ministry
estimates debate 304B:1435-1755, 305B:1110-1150, 306B:1335-1820, 307B:1435-1850, 311B:1505-1820, 312B:1105-1125
Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
debate 357B:1005, 359B:1805-1810, 373B:1545-2135
Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 44)
debate 354B:1340, 357B:1100-1110, 363A:1520-1745, 363B:1805-1825, 364B:1110-1150, 366A:1525-1600, 366B:1615-2055, 367A:1115-1145, 368A:1310, 368A:1325, 368A:1345, 368A:1420-1450, 368A:1505-1715, 370A:1520-1810, 370B:1905-2045, 371A:1115-1145, 372A:1335-1540, 372A:1610-1705, 372A:1730-1750, 372A:1800-2045, 373B:1520
Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 47)
debate 359B:1340, 361B:1635-1640, 374B:1135, 375B:1310-1425
Human Rights Commissioner Appointment Special Committee
appointment and powers 373B:1445
InBC Investment Corp.
investment priorities 354B:1400
Interest rates
increases 331B:1105-1110
increases, impacts 347B:1400, 373B:1420
Introductions by members 265B:1000-1005, 272B:1335, 273B:1005, 277B:1005, 283B:1340, 284B:1005, 287B:1035, 291B:1005, 293B:1330, 294B:1005, 307B:1335, 307B:1635, 322B:1000, 328B:1335, 340B:1345, 356B:1340, 359B:1335, 367A:1110, 371B:1005, 373B:1335-1340
Johnson, Dillon (toqwanan)
permission to address the House 327B:1340
Kelowna
affordable housing units 273B:1055
supportive housing 337B:1450-1455
Land Owner Transparency Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 7)
debate 276B:1530
Land use
land for housing development 345B:1040
Legislative Initiatives Committee
membership change 279B:1435
Legislature
address to House by Indigenous leaders 326B:1115, 327B:1340
Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole, section A membership change 370B:1430
Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole to sit in three sections 278B:1435
Committee of the Whole section A, consideration of bills 278B:1435
Government House leader communications 363B:1455
hybrid and virtual proceedings 257B:1450
legislative calendar and sitting schedule
change to Thursday sitting hours 261B:1100
extension of sitting hours 325B:1455, 327B:1435, 363B:1430, 363B:1455, 366B:1435
parliamentary calendar for 2024, tabled 375B:1640
private members' time, change 261B:1100
Speaker and Chair
appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 257B:1455
appointment of Deputy Speaker 257B:1450
special procedures in exceptional circumstances 257B:1450
Leonard, Ronna-Rae
appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 257B:1455
MLAs
expenses and accountability 322B:1030
Mental health
mental health and addiction
services and funding 258B:1105
Merit Commissioner Appointment Special Committee
appointment and powers 258B:1110
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2), 2023 (Bill 24)
debate 313B:1525-1545
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.3), 2023 (Bill 42)
debate 361C:1500-1525
Moody, Neil
comments on housing legislation 374B:1045
Motions
Adoption of government business schedule 373B:1445
Amendment to standing orders for private members' time 261B:1100
Amendment to standing orders for Thursday sitting hours 261B:1100, 375B:1640
Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 257B:1455
Appointment of Deputy Speaker 257B:1450
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Human Rights Commissioner 373B:1445
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner 258B:1105-1110
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint a Representative for Children and Youth 273B:1115
Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner 361B:1300
Appointment of Special Committee to Review Private Members' Business 274B:1300
Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole to sit in three sections 278B:1435
Consideration of Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement amendments by Committee of the Whole 290B:1435
Electoral Boundaries Commission report proposals 301B:1105
Extension of sitting hours 325B:1455, 327B:1435, 363B:1455, 366B:1435, 370B:1430
Membership change to Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee 267B:1435, 279B:1435, 293B:1440
Membership change to Children and Youth Committee 279B:1435
Membership change to Crown Corporations Committee 337B:1455
Membership change to Finance and Government Services Committee 283B:1435
Membership change to Finance Committee 307B:1430, 337B:1455
Membership change to Legislative Initiatives Committee 279B:1435
Membership change to Parliamentary Reform Committee 337B:1455
Membership change to Public Accounts Committee 279B:1435, 337B:1455
Membership changes to committees 340B:1445
Membership changes to Section A 370B:1430
Permission for Indigenous leader to address the House 290B:1435
Permission for Indigenous leaders to address the House 326B:1115, 327B:1340
Powers and role of Children and Youth Committee 264B:1445
Powers and role of Finance Committee 270B:1055-1100
Powers and role of Public Accounts Committee 264B:1435-1440
Powers of Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee 267B:1435
Special procedures for proceedings of Legislative Assembly during COVID-19 pandemic 257B:1450
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023 (Bill 28)
debate 332B:1330
Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No.5) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 26)
debate 305B:1015, 312B:1130, 313B:1355, 314B:1700-1845
Nanaimo
homelessness, government response and navigation centre project 297B:1415-1420
Ontario
electric vehicle legislation for strata properties 314B:1640
Oral questions (response)
Affordable housing for families and protections for renters 273B:1035-1040, 273B:1045
Affordable housing for seniors 321B:1410
Affordable rental housing and B.C. Housing units 273B:1050-1055
B.C. Housing communications with Atira property services on status of Atira senior executives 326B:1050-1055
Budget priorities and electric vehicle infrastructure 354B:1415-1420
Carbon tax and cost of living 348B:1040
CleanBC plan and economy 363B:1420
Cost of living and affordability issues and government priorities 373B:1440
Crime in communities and impact on businesses 300B:1425-1430
Development cost charges and government action on housing 360B:1035-1040
Disclosure of housing legislation information 374B:1045
Drug decriminalization program and data collection 258B:1105
Education funding 322B:1035
Farmland in Cowichan Valley 345B:1040
Fire at Winters Hotel and management of B.C. Housing and Atira property services 325B:1440, 328B:1430
Government action on affordable housing 273B:1030-1035, 297B:1405-1410, 331B:1105-1110, 331B:1120-1130, 347B:1400
Government action on drug toxicity crisis 287B:1105
Government action on homelessness 334B:1045-1050, 337B:1440-1450
Government action on homelessness and community safety in Downtown Eastside 300B:1415-1420
Government action on homelessness and homeless navigation centres 297B:1415-1420
Government action on homelessness in Downtown Eastside 301B:1030-1040
Government action on housing affordability and housing targets 337B:1425
Government action on housing affordability and student housing 273B:1055-1100
Government action on housing affordability and supply 321B:1400-1410, 373B:1410-1415
Government action on issues 273B:1030
Government action on tent cities 287B:1100-1105
Government advertising for CleanBC plan 364B:1105
Government funding for Atira property services 325B:1430
Government housing policies and role of private sector 367B:1050-1055
Government policy on carbon tax and home heating costs 352B:1050-1055
Government policy on carbon tax and spending priorities 354B:1355-1405
Government support for rural economy and natural resource sector 268B:1045-1050
Health needs of supportive housing residents and provision of services 321B:1420-1425
Heatwave response and support for vulnerable persons 329B:1100
Housing affordability and single-family zoning 297B:1410-1415, 300B:1400-1415
Housing density and access to transportation 356B:1415
Housing legislation and strata property age limits 267B:1415
Impact of government spending on interest rates and inflation 373B:1420
Implementation of permanent daylight saving time 287B:1055-1100
Management of B.C. Housing and Atira property services 325B:1445, 328B:1425
Management of B.C. Housing and government funding for Atira property services 326B:1035-1050, 326B:1100-1110
Management of B.C. Housing and safety issues at Atira properties 329B:1050-1055
Mental health and addiction services and redevelopment of Riverview lands 294B:1100-1105
Oversight and regulation of Children and Family Development Ministry social workers 363B:1410
Police services in Surrey 287B:1100, 367B:1050
Release of B.C. Housing audit report 290B:1410-1415, 290B:1425, 294B:1105, 321B:1430
Reports on management of B.C. Housing 328B:1415-1420
Residence and travel costs of Vancouver–West End MLA 322B:1030
Subsidies to LNG industry 354B:1410-1415
Support for displaced RidgeView Place tenants in Langford 321B:1415-1420
Supportive housing and action on homelessness 301B:1040-1045
Supportive housing project in Vancouver 347B:1410-1415
Supportive housing services and safety at North Vancouver site 337B:1425-1430
Surrey school district portable use 319B:1025-1040
Tent cities and construction of new housing units 290B:1430-1435
Tent cities and government action on homelessness and community safety 290B:1435, 291B:1050-1055
Transitional housing and action on homelessness 301B:1045-1050, 311B:1435-1440
Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development
role 268B:1045
Parmar, Ravi
role as school trustee 319B:1035
Post-secondary institutions
student housing 273B:1040, 273B:1100, 345B:1030
Prince George
housing issues and response 337B:1445
Private Members' Business Review Special Committee
appointment of committee 274B:1300
Privilege
comments by Ravi Kahlon re Standing Order 81.1 motion, debate 374B:1120, 374B:1130
comments by David Eby during question period, debate 372B:1330-1335
referral of legislation to committees and participation of members, debate 347B:1455
Public Accounts Committee
membership change 279B:1435
powers and role 264B:1435
terms of reference, amendment 264B:1440
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
debate on bill, sitting hours 327B:1435
debate on bill, sitting hours for second reading 325B:1455
Ralston, Bruce
recusal from conversations re Atira 328B:1425
Real estate industry
housing market conditions 331B:1105-1110
Real Estate Services Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
debate 276B:1435-1525
Reid, Erica (Gidin Jaad)
permission to address the House 326B:1115
Rental housing
protections and support for tenants 273B:1045
protections and support for tenants, family status 273B:1035
purpose-built rental housing
construction of new units 273B:1040, 331B:1105
maintenance and preservation of existing stock 273B:1050
rent increases 273B:1035-1040
rent increases, allowable increase 321B:1410, 331B:1125
supply and affordability 273B:1030-1035
Representative for Children and Youth Appointment Special Committee
appointment of committee 273B:1115
Richmond
homelessness and affordable housing 337B:1440
RidgeView Place
evacuation of building and support for displaced tenants 321B:1415-1420
Riverview facilities and lands
redevelopment process and role of Kwikwetlem Nation 294B:1100-1105
Rustad, John
position on carbon tax 348B:1040
Safety
public safety
community safety and response to complex social issues 291B:1050-1055, 300B:1425-1430, 301B:1045
School district 36 (Surrey)
capital projects and funding 319B:1025, 319B:1040
school spaces and new facilities 319B:1030-1040
Schools
capacity issues due to class size changes 319B:1030
capital projects, government investment and projects 319B:1025-1040
Selection Special Committee
report for fourth session of 42nd parliament presented 260B:1445
second report for fourth session of 42nd parliament presented 305B:1105
Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (Bill 35)
debate 336B:1000-1005, 340B:1735-1740, 342B:1350, 346B:1400-1405, 346B:1500-1505, 346B:1530-1820, 347B:1455-1535, 347B:1600-1605, 347B:1800-1845, 348B:1100-1150, 349B:1305-1410, 349B:1435-1440
Skills training
government plan 322B:1035
Small business
challenges 300B:1430
Social welfare
government investment 273B:1030
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
Canada Line, construction 300B:1410
Speculation and vacancy tax 273B:1050-1100, 297B:1410, 321B:1410
Strata property
charging stations and infrastructure for electric vehicles 313B:1400, 314B:1625-1650
electric vehicle infrastructure
charging stations and infrastructure 301B:1015
government funding 314B:1650
legislation, impacts 267B:1415
strata corporations
electrical planning reports 313B:1400, 314B:1625
elimination of ability to ban rentals 267B:1415
setting of age limits for strata ownership 267B:1415
voting threshold change 313B:1400, 314B:1630-1640
Strata Property Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 22)
debate 301B:1015, 313B:1400, 313B:1410, 314B:1625-1650
Strata Property Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 22)
purpose of bill 301B:1015, 313B:1400
Substance use and addiction
decriminalization program 258B:1105
facilities 287B:1105
Supreme Court of Canada
ruling on teachers' collective bargaining rights 319B:1030
Surrey
police services
transition 367B:1050
taxation and infrastructure funding 287B:1100
Teegee, Terry
comments on Prince George city council response to housing and homelessness issues 337B:1445
Terrace
housing and homelessness, government action 337B:1450
Time changes and time zones
Pacific time zone, transition to permanent daylight saving time 287B:1100
Tributes
Bindiro Kaur Chohan 337B:1340
Tsawwassen First Nation
Final Agreement, consideration of amendments by Committee of the Whole 290B:1435
Vancouver
addiction treatment and recovery services, housing and treatment facility project 287B:1105
Crab Park encampment and funding for services 287B:1100
Downtown Eastside
encampment clearance and provision of housing 300B:1415-1420, 301B:1030-1045, 311B:1435
housing 290B:1410, 290B:1430
housing and shelter spaces 291B:1055
housing and supports 297B:1415
Vancouver, B.C.
homeless count, 2023 334B:1045-1050
Williams Lake
affordable housing 337B:1445-1450
Winters Hotel
property management and fire 325B:1440, 328B:1430, 329B:1045
Yan, Andy
comments on government housing plan 300B:1415
Zoning
single-family zoning and rezoning to greater density 297B:1410, 300B:1400-1415
single-family zoning and rezoning to greater density, legislation 331B:1130
Kang, Hon. Anne (Burnaby–Deer Lake)

Documents tabled
Islands Trust, 2022-23 annual report 363B:1430
Immigration
refugees and displaced persons
Ukrainians settling in Canada 273B:1105
Introductions by members 258B:1010, 267B:1335, 279B:1340, 283B:1330-1335, 290B:1335, 290B:1340, 293B:1335, 294B:1010, 297B:1335, 304B:1335, 311B:1345, 315B:1010, 318B:1335, 321B:1345, 340B:1350, 354B:1340, 360B:1010, 363B:1340, 367B:1005, 370B:1335, 371B:1010, 374B:1010
Islands Trust
annual report, 2022-23, tabled 363B:1430
Ministerial statements
War in Ukraine and one-year anniversary of invasion 273B:1100-1105
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2), 2023 (Bill 24)
debate 313B:1550-1650
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.3), 2023 (Bill 42)
debate 365A:1650-1815
Municipal Affairs Ministry
estimates debate 300C:1610-1845
2022-23 supplementary estimates debate 283A:1620-1815, 284A:1115-1145
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 5) (Bill 6)
debate 264B:1345, 265B:1115-1125, 267B:1545-1555
Prayers and reflections 362B:1000
Ukraine
B.C. support for citizens 273B:1105
war and one-year anniversary of invasion by Russia 273B:1100-1105
Kirkpatrick, Karin (West Vancouver–Capilano)

As subject
experience as film and television extra 355B:1020
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
campaign and participation 367B:1015
Adoption
awareness 351B:1345-1350
Adoption and Permanency Month
celebration 351B:1345-1350
Atira Women's Resource Society
financial management and funding 324B:1020, 325B:1415, 326B:1100
property management services, BDO financial review 325B:1415, 326B:1100
Autism
autism spectrum disorder 289B:1000-1005, 289B:1015
experience of autism
autistic person 289B:1015
parent of autistic child 289B:1005-1010
Boston Marathon, participation by women 331B:1025
B.C. Housing
board of directors, termination and replacement 324B:1020
forensic audit report 324B:1025, 325B:1415
forensic audit report, release and debate 290B:1410
management and operations 290B:1410, 324B:1020-1025, 325B:1415
reviews and reports 324B:1020
staff turnover 290B:1410
B.C. NDP government
MLAs
real estate ownership 297B:1410
Budget debate 279B:1740-1810
Cain, Anna, access to health care services and cancer diagnosis 279B:1425
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
report on housing market 321B:1405
Cancer
diagnostic and treatment services
access and waiting times 279B:1425
gynecological cancers 279B:1425
ovarian cancer, incidence and research 265B:1010-1015
Chhina, Teresa, access to affordable housing 331B:1105
Child protection system
system and conditions 340B:1435
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 292C:1355-1515
accountability and audits 340B:1435
Children and youth
children with support needs, service models 328B:1435
Crab Park
encampment of homeless persons, funding for services 287B:1100
Crime and criminals
crime in communities
violent attacks and handling of cases by justice system 293B:1410
Crime Victim Assistance Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 37)
debate 352B:1105, 354B:1435, 354B:1500-1530
Cypress Provincial Park
Hollyburn cabins on Cypress Mountain 276B:1350
De Gonzalez, Linda, rent increase 321B:1405-1410
Dean, Mitzi
performance as Children and Family Development Minister 340B:1435
Discrimination and racism
discrimination and violence against transgender persons 363B:1350
Earth Day
celebration and theme 308B:1010
Easter
celebration and observance 303B:1025-1030
Eby, David
listing for Victoria condo sale 345B:1025-1030
Education and Child Care Ministry
estimates debate 292A:1745-1810, 293A:1450-1505, 293A:1535-1705
Eid ul-Fitr
celebration and observance 303B:1025-1030
Famous Five
role as activists for women's rights 340B:1405-1410
Film industry
challenges and role in economy 355B:1020-1030
tax incentives 355B:1020-1025
Government
accountability and transparency 324B:1020
Health care facilities and hospitals
walk-in clinics, waiting times 282B:1015-1030
Health care professionals and workers
safety and workplace violence 286B:1430
Hollyburn Ridge Association
work of organization 276B:1350
Homelessness
government action 287B:1100, 334B:1045-1050
tent cities and encampments 287B:1100
Hotels and travel accommodation
short-term accommodations
inclusion in real estate listings 345B:1025-1030
short-term accommodations, use by film industry 355B:1025
Housing
affordable housing
affordability and supply 290B:1410, 297B:1405-1410, 331B:1105
government action 273B:1035, 297B:1405-1410, 321B:1405-1410, 331B:1105-1110, 345B:1025-1030
government plan 300B:1410-1415
social and subsidized housing
construction of new units 290B:1410, 324B:1025
supportive housing 347B:1410-1415
supportive housing and services 337B:1425-1430
transition houses 367B:1015
Housing Ministry
estimates debate 304B:1435-1755, 305B:1110-1150, 306B:1440-1815, 307B:1440-1720, 307B:1850, 311B:1620-1820
Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
debate 359B:1810-1840
Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 44)
debate 357B:1110-1140, 363A:1635-1640, 366B:1630, 366B:1955-2005, 366B:2040-2055, 367A:1135-1145, 368A:1305-1350, 368A:1505-1625, 368A:1650-1710, 370A:1515-1520, 370A:1720-1745, 370B:1905-1910, 370B:1920-1935, 371A:1130-1135, 372A:1345, 372A:1400-1450, 372A:1505-1520, 372A:1545
Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 47)
debate 361B:1640-1705
Introductions by members 301B:1005, 304B:1330-1335, 311B:1340, 328B:1340
The Juliet
use of building units for short-term rentals 345B:1025
Justice system
handling of cases involving repeat offenders
government action on issues 293B:1410
Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society
rental housing for seniors and Village West project 359B:1355
Land Title Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill M206)
debate 260B:1355
LGBTQ2S community
transgender, gender-diverse and two-spirit community, support 363B:1350
Mental health
mental health and addiction
facilities and services 294B:1100
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2), 2023 (Bill 24)
debate 309B:1330
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.3), 2023 (Bill 42)
debate 356B:1520-1540, 361C:1455-1525
Motions
Activism against gender-based violence 369B:1140-1145
Affordability for British Columbians 336B:1115-1120
Circular economy 343B:1125-1130
Housing affordability 275B:1105-1110
Involuntary treatment for vulnerable persons 317B:1105-1110
Violence against drag artists and performers 296B:1120-1125
Multiculturalism
cultural and religious diversity 303B:1025-1030
Municipal Affairs Ministry
estimates debate 300C:1725
Murdoch, Kevin
comments on housing development and rezoning 300B:1415
Nanaimo
crime and community safety issues 293B:1410
North Shore
access to primary health care 282B:1015-1030
North Shore Rescue
funding 319B:1010
North Vancouver
supportive housing site on Marine Drive 337B:1425-1430
Nowruz
celebration 287B:1020
Nurses
workplace safety and violence prevention 286B:1430
Oral questions
Access to cancer care services 279B:1425
Access to harm reduction services and opioid replacement drugs 283B:1420
Affordable housing for families and protections for renters 273B:1035
Affordable housing for seniors 321B:1410
Attacks by repeat offenders and handling by justice system 293B:1410
Child protection system and Children and Family Development Ministry accountability 340B:1435
Drug decriminalization program and data collection 258B:1100-1105
Drug decriminalization program and federal requirements 261B:1030-1035
Government action on affordable housing 297B:1405, 331B:1105-1110
Government action on homelessness 334B:1045-1050
Government action on housing affordability and supply 321B:1405
Government action on tent cities 287B:1100
Government funding for Atira property services 325B:1415
Housing affordability and single-family zoning 297B:1410
Housing legislation and strata property age limits 267B:1415
Management of B.C. Housing and government funding for Atira property services 326B:1100
Mental health and addiction services and redevelopment of Riverview lands 294B:1100
Release of B.C. Housing audit report 290B:1410
Safety of nurses in health care system 286B:1430
Service models for children with support needs 328B:1435
Short-term rentals and government action on affordable housing 345B:1025-1030
Supportive housing project in Vancouver 347B:1410-1415
Supportive housing services and safety at North Vancouver site 337B:1425-1430
Surrey school district portable use 319B:1035
Oral questions (response)
Housing affordability and single-family zoning 300B:1410-1415
Parmar, Ravi
comments on schools 319B:1035
Persons Day
recognition and history 340B:1405-1410
Physicians
family physicians, supply 282B:1015-1030
Plant, Brenda, contributions as addiction recovery service provider 291B:1015
Plunge for the Cure fundraising event for ovarian cancer research 265B:1010-1015
Private members' statements
Access to health care on the North Shore 282B:1015-1030
Autism awareness 289B:1000-1015
Film sector in need 355B:1020-1030
Private members' statements (response)
Vaisakhi, Eid, Easter 303B:1025-1030
Ranger, Brett
repeat offences and handling by justice system 293B:1410
Rental housing
protections for tenants, family status 273B:1035
purpose-built rental housing
construction of new units and replacement of existing stock 273B:1035
rent increases 273B:1035, 321B:1405
supply and affordability 321B:1405-1410
Riverview facilities and lands
redevelopment process 294B:1100
Rotary Club of West Vancouver Sunrise
Ride for Rescue fundraising event 319B:1010
School district 36 (Surrey)
portable use and reduction goal 319B:1035
school spaces and growth 319B:1035
Schools
capacity issues and school spaces 319B:1035
Science and technology
robotics programs and competitions 304B:1345
science, technology, engineering and math education 304B:1345
Seniors
housing, access to affordable housing 321B:1410, 359B:1355
Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (Bill 35)
debate 340B:1755-1810, 346B:1400-1410, 346B:1440, 346B:1525-1535, 346B:1550-1655, 346B:1715-1820, 347B:1455-1510, 347B:1525-1535, 347B:1740, 347B:1805-1830, 348B:1100-1135, 349B:1305-1400, 349B:1435-1440
Skills training
training 304B:1345
Statements by members
Activism against gender-based violence 367B:1015
Adoption awareness 351B:1345-1350
Earth Day 308B:1010
Hollyburn cabins on Cypress Mountain 276B:1350
Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society and Village West project 359B:1355
Nowruz celebrations 287B:1020
Ovarian cancer and fundraising for research 265B:1010-1015
Persons Day and women's rights 340B:1405-1410
Rotary Club of West Vancouver Sunrise and Ride for Rescue fundraiser 319B:1010
STEM education and school robotics programs 304B:1345
Transgender Day of Remembrance 363B:1350
Turning Point Recovery Society 291B:1015-1020
Women's History Month 331B:1020-1025
Statements (response)
B.C. Housing operations and audit report 324B:1020-1025
Strata property
legislation, impacts 267B:1415, 300B:1410
strata corporations
setting of age limits for strata ownership 267B:1415
Substance use and addiction
decriminalization program
data collection 258B:1100-1105
federal letter of requirements 258B:1100
implementation and federal letter of requirements 261B:1030-1035
facilities
recovery houses and services 291B:1015-1020
harm reduction services
access 283B:1420
impact on communities and response 261B:1035
opioid replacement therapies
access and fees 283B:1420
virtual opioid dependency program 283B:1420
public education and information 261B:1030
treatment and recovery services
access to services 261B:1030
Throne speech debate 259B:1455-1525
Transgender Day of Remembrance 363B:1350
Turning Point Recovery Society
work of organization 291B:1015-1020
Vaisakhi
celebration and observance 303B:1025-1030
Vancouver
Crab Park encampment and funding for services 287B:1100
homelessness 347B:1410
homelessness, count in 2023 334B:1045
housing affordability and supply 321B:1405
supportive housing projects
First Avenue at Clark Drive supportive housing project 347B:1410
Violence
violence against women
awareness and prevention 367B:1015
incidence and government action 367B:1015
Women
women's empowerment and gender equity 331B:1025
women's equality and rights, "Persons" court case 340B:1405-1410
Women's History Month 331B:1020-1025
World Autism Awareness Day
event and role of United Nations 289B:1000-1005, 289B:1015
Yolen, Jane, poem for Earth Day 308B:1010
Zoning
single-family zoning and rezoning to greater density 297B:1410, 300B:1410-1415
Kyllo, Greg (Shuswap)

As subject
family and grandchildren 374B:1020
role as parent, grandparent and gender-equity ally 282B:1010
Boulet, Logan
organ donor donation after death 300B:1355
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
debate 288B:1720-1725, 290B:1540-1605
Cancer
diagnostic and treatment services
access and waiting times 360B:1100
Construction industry
worker supply and training 296B:1015-1030
Cowichan Hospital
replacement project 264B:1420
Crystal Lake Ranch
operations and sustainability initiatives 351B:1350-1355
Eagle Valley Senior Citizens Housing Society
work of organization 307B:1350
Embree, Norman, life and contributions 277B:1010
Emergency and Disaster Management Act (Bill 31)
debate 337B:1740-1810
Families
grandchildren 374B:1020
Finance Ministry
estimates debate 321B:1535-1655
First Nations and Indigenous persons
cultural preservation and revitalization 328B:1410
Green Shirt Day
organ donor awareness and registration initiative 300B:1355
Health care system
emergency services
closures due to staffing issues 360B:1100
Health Ministry
estimates debate 313C:1605-1625
Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
debate 361B:1505-1535
Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 44)
debate 359B:1610-1640
International Credentials Recognition Act (Bill 38)
debate 351B:1445-1505, 354A:1650-1840, 356A:1435-1805, 357A:1100-1145, 358A:1335-1750
Introductions by members 264B:1335, 286B:1345, 293B:1345, 307B:1340, 315B:1015, 357B:1005, 370B:1335
Kelowna
worker deaths at construction site 315B:1020
Khowutzun Development Corp.
contractors' access to work at Cowichan Hospital site 264B:1420
Labour
community benefits agreement
union component 264B:1420
Labour Ministry
estimates debate 297A:1605-1745, 298A:1100-1145, 299A:1335-1810
Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 48)
debate 366B:1525-1550, 368B:1525-1610, 368B:1655-1715, 370B:1515-1815, 371B:1110-1150, 372B:1335-1405
Livestock industry
ranching industry, sustainability and land management 351B:1350-1355
MLAs, caucus participation in Movember fundraising campaign 354B:1355
Motions
Addictions care 284B:1150-1155
Circular economy 343B:1115-1120
Housing affordability 303B:1115-1120
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 23)
debate 313B:1725-1735
Movember
fundraising event for men's health 354B:1355
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act (Bill 2)
debate 261B:1120-1130, 268B:1100
National Day of Mourning
observance of day of mourning for workers killed or injured on the job 315B:1020
Occupational health and safety
workers killed or injured on the job 315B:1020
workplace health and safety 315B:1020
Oral questions
Cowichan Hospital replacement project and Cowichan Tribes contractors 264B:1420
Primary health care in Vernon 360B:1100
Organs and tissues
donation and donor registration 300B:1355
Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Ministry
estimates debate 328A:1620-1755
Prayers and reflections 277B:1000, 293B:1330
Private members' statements
Construction and skilled trades 296B:1015-1030
Skills training 324B:1110-1120
Private members' statements (response)
Apprentices and workforce development 355B:1040-1045
Men as allies for gender equity 282B:1005-1010
Worker well-being 362B:1100-1105
Working for workers 310B:1010-1015
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
debate 325B:1600-1630
RavenStone Construction
access to work at Cowichan Hospital site 264B:1420
Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act (Bill 34)
debate 344B:1725-1735
Secwepemc people
cultural leadership 328B:1410
Seniors
housing 307B:1350
Sicamous
seniors housing 307B:1350
Skills training
apprenticeships 296B:1020
apprenticeships, role and value 355B:1040
supply of skilled workers 296B:1015-1030
trades training
mandatory certification 296B:1015-1030
training and supply of skilled workers 355B:1040-1045
Statements by members
Eagle Valley Senior Citizens Housing Society 307B:1350
Grandchildren 374B:1020
Green Shirt Day and organ donation awareness 300B:1355
Louis Thomas and work as Secwepemc Knowledge Keeper 328B:1410
Movember fundraising campaign 354B:1355
National Day of Mourning for Workers 315B:1020
Norman Embree 277B:1010
Ranch sustainability award recipients 351B:1350-1355
Stump, Werner and Jody, ranch sustainability award 351B:1350-1355
Thomas, Louis
contributions as Secwepemc Knowledge Keeper and Neskonlith councillor 328B:1410
Women
women's equality and gender equity 282B:1005-1010

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