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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Oakes, Coralee (Cariboo North)

Alliance of B.C. Students
advocacy for sexualized and gender-based violence supports at post-secondary institutions 286B:1435
British Columbia by region
rural B.C.
health care services and staffing issues 289B:1055
B.C. Centre for Women in the Trades
work of organization 314B:1355
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
debate 290B:1605-1635
Cariboo area
highways and roads
conditions and rehabilitation after fires and flooding 277B:1045-1050
highways and roads, Crossover Road year-round maintenance, petition tabled 373B:1445
Cariboo North constituency and area
Roberta Pit gravel pit in Kersley area, petition tabled 326B:1115
Child protection system
system and reforms 314B:1420-1425
Children and Youth Committee
work of committee 314B:1425
Consumers
cost of living
cost increases 303B:1100
Coy Cup seniors AA provincial hockey championship
2023 championship in Quesnel 300B:1345-1350
Crime and criminals
crime in communities, incidence and impact on businesses 301B:1050
Diamonds in the Rough mine rescue team and participation in competition 290B:1400
Electoral Districts Act (Bill 25)
debate 309B:1415
Emergency and Disaster Management Act (Bill 31)
debate 337B:1640-1710
Health care professionals and workers
staffing shortages and working conditions 289B:1055
Health care system
emergency services
closures due to staffing issues 338B:1045-1050
Health Ministry
estimates debate 314A:1640-1655
Hospice and palliative care
hospice care, per diem fees 270B:1015
Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
debate 373B:1730-1735, 373B:1755, 373B:1915-1920, 373B:1945
Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 44)
debate 358B:1620-1650
Interior Health Authority
staffing 289B:1055
International Credentials Recognition Act (Bill 38)
debate 351B:1510-1530
Introductions by members 258B:1010, 279B:1335, 287B:1010, 290B:1340, 321B:1340, 328B:1345, 338B:1005, 340B:1340, 354B:1335, 363B:1335, 374B:1005, 374B:1015
Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 48)
debate 365B:1635-1700
Maternity and pregnancy
access to maternity services 275B:1055-1100
Mines and mining industry
mine rescue teams 290B:1400
women in mining sector 290B:1400
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.4), 2023 (Bill 45)
debate 367B:1105-1150, 368B:1305-1335
Motions
Activism against gender-based violence 369B:1110-1115
Affordability for British Columbians 336B:1125-1130
Government funding to drug user organizations 350B:1145
Northern Health Authority
staffing 289B:1055
Oral questions
Action on sexualized violence at post-secondary campuses 340B:1440-1445
Crime in communities and impact on businesses 301B:1050
Emergency services at hospitals 338B:1045-1050
Gender-based and sexualized violence supports at post-secondary institutions 286B:1435
Government action on Representative for Children and Youth recommendations 314B:1420-1425
Maintenance and repair of Quesnel River Bridge and rail overpass 277B:1045-1050
Petitions
Crossover Road year-round maintenance 373B:1445
Roberta Pit gravel pit 326B:1115
Seniors
financial supports and income assistance 366B:1435
Physicians
supply and training 289B:1055-1100
Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Ministry
estimates debate 327B:1755-1815, 328A:1515-1620
Post-secondary education funding
funding 303B:1055-1100
funding for campus support services 286B:1435
Post-secondary institutions
sexualized and gender-based violence on campus
implementation of policies and services 340B:1440-1445
prevention and support services 286B:1435
sexualized and gender-based violence on campuses
prevention and support services 303B:1055
student housing 303B:1100
Private members' statements (response)
Creating new midwifery training opportunities 275B:1055-1100
Internationally trained health care professionals 289B:1055-1100
Today's opportunities for a bright future 303B:1055-1100
Youth Week 317B:1055-1100
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
debate 323B:1705-1715, 325B:1455-1500
Quesnel
crime and community safety issues 301B:1050
hospice and palliative care 270B:1015
Quesnel and District Hospice Palliative Care Association
fundraising gala and work of organization 270B:1015
Quesnel Downtown Association
concerns re crime 301B:1050
Quesnel Festival of the Performing Arts
annual event and dance competition 279B:1355
Quesnel Kangaroos hockey team
championship game 300B:1345-1350
Quesnel River Bridge
bridge and rail overpass conditions and repair 277B:1045-1050
Representative for Children and Youth
recommendations, implementation by government 314B:1420-1425
Representative for Children and Youth Appointment Special Committee
members and staff thanked 325B:1455
report, debate 325B:1455
work of committee and report 325B:1455
Scott, Lisa, work on trades training 314B:1355
Seniors
activities and community engagement 366B:1350
government support, income assistance and financial supports, petition tabled 366B:1435
Simon Fraser University
football program 303B:1100
Skills training
trades training programs for women, youth and Indigenous students 314B:1355
Small business
challenges and government support, proposal for crime and vandalism cost recovery fund 301B:1050
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
2022-23 supplementary estimates debate 286A:1645-1650
Sports and recreation
hockey, participation by seniors (Oakes) 300B:1345-1350
Statements by members
Action on sexualized violence at post-secondary campuses 340B:1400-1405
Coy Cup hockey championship in Quesnel 300B:1345-1350
Hospice care in Quesnel and area 270B:1015
Lisa Scott and support for women and youth in trades 314B:1355
Quesnel Festival of the Performing Arts 279B:1355
Seniors and volunteering 366B:1350
Women in mining industry and Diamonds in the Rough mine rescue team 290B:1400
Surrey
health care facilities and services
maternity services 275B:1055-1100
Throne speech debate 260B:1450-1520
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 304A:1615-1630
Volunteers and volunteer sector
contributions by seniors 366B:1350
Weremy, Carol
advocacy for hospice care 270B:1015
Williams Lake, B.C.
access to emergency services 338B:1045-1050
Olsen, Adam (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject
relationship with Denis Coupland 294B:1030-1035
Accessible British Columbia Act
implementation 373B:1425
Agriculture
sustainable local agriculture 280B:1015-1020
Agriculture and Food Ministry
estimates debate 302C:1410-1435
Arthur-Leung, Kimberley
comments on Children and Family Development Ministry accountability 367B:1045
Attorney General Ministry
estimates debate 316C:1305-1340
Baynes Sound
environmental protection 305B:1040
B.C. by region
northeast B.C.
Montney gas fields 294B:1050
rural B.C.
rural economic diversification and infrastructure program 273B:1040
B.C. Housing
forensic audit report, release and debate 264B:1445
B.C. NDP government
legislative agenda 363B:1435-1440
Budget debate 286B:1610-1640
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
debate 290B:1645-1700
Carbon
carbon offsets 291B:1045
Cedar LNG
LNG facility project
approval decision 291B:1040-1045
Child protection system
child protection workers, regulation and oversight 364B:1045
children in government care
safety and children missing from care 318B:1410-1415
system and conditions 318B:1410-1415, 341B:1125, 344B:1405-1410, 367B:1040-1045
Children and Family Development Ministry
estimates debate 292C:1535-1550
accountability 364B:1045-1050
accountability and leadership 341B:1125-1130, 344B:1405-1410, 360B:1050, 367B:1045
Chouhan, Raj, thanked for Legislature lək̓ʷəŋən signage installation and efforts towards reconciliation 373B:1345
Citizens' Services Ministry
estimates debate 290C:1555-1635
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 21)
debate 300B:1555-1400
Climate change
action on climate change
net-zero concept 291B:1040-1045
government action 265B:1035, 290B:1415-1420
energy action framework 290B:1420
government action and policies 291B:1040-1045, 294B:1050-1055
Coast Salish peoples
artwork 268B:1015
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd.
pipeline project
environmental compliance and enforcement 261B:1040
Communities
resilient communities and government investment 270B:1040
Corrections Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M203)
debate 260B:1350
Coupland, Denis
community contributions and death 294B:1030-1035
COVID-19 impact
employee impact 308B:1015
role of social inequality 308B:1015-1020
women and marginalized communities 308B:1015
Crime Victim Assistance Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 37)
debate 352B:1110-1120, 354B:1435-1455, 354B:1510-1520
Dean, Mitzi
performance as Children and Family Development Minister 344B:1405-1415
Deep Water Recovery Ltd.
shipbreaking operations in Union Bay and environmental compliance and enforcement 305B:1040-1045
Democracy
parliamentary democracy, separation between executive and legislative branches 366B:1450-1455
Disabled persons
experience of barriers at health care facilities 373B:1425
Eby, David
comments on fossil fuels 265B:1035, 291B:1040
Economy
sustainable development
sustainable and local development 273B:1025
Education
mental health services and counsellors in schools 297B:1400-1405
Education and Child Care Ministry
estimates debate 292A:1645-1710, 293A:1505-1510, 293A:1535
Education funding
funding and funding model 322B:1030-1035
Election Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 11)
debate 290B:1530-1540, 299B:1635-1640
Electoral Districts Act (Bill 25)
debate 309B:1420-1425
Elliot, Charles (TEMOSEṈŦET)
life and cultural work 268B:1015
Emergency and Disaster Management Act (Bill 31)
debate 337B:1525-1550
Energy
clean energy development 294B:1055
power supply and demand 357B:1035
projects, environmental regulation and enforcement 261B:1035-1040
projects, workforce 268B:1035-1040
Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Ministry
estimates debate 299C:1410-1445
Environment
biodiversity, protection and role of First Nations 277B:1030
conservation officers and service, oversight 326B:1055
environmental assessment process 264B:1415-1420
environmental assessment process, petition tabled 287B:1105
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry
estimates debate 293C:1805-1840
Evans, Corky
presentation to community fisheries event 273B:1025
Farmlands Trust Society
sustainable farming model and volunteers 280B:1015-1020
Farnworth, Mike
meeting with Salt Spring Island first responders 284B:1045
First Nations and Indigenous persons
child protection system
breastfeeding accommodations for mothers 360B:1045-1050
consultation by government, workload and resources 315B:1025-1030
leadership and diversity 272B:1445
leadership and relationship with government 277B:1035
reconciliation
government action 373B:1345
reconciliation, government action and accountability 331B:1045-1050
relationship with government
court cases 331B:1045-1050
response to historic wrongs and legacies 311B:1415-1420
residential schools
deaths and unmarked graves 272B:1445-1450, 311B:1415
denialism 272B:1450
history and legacy of intergenerational trauma 311B:1415-1420
support for survivors and families 272B:1445-1450
Fishing industry
conditions 273B:1025
Food security
food security and locally grown food 280B:1015-1020
Forests and forest industry
First Nations involvement in industry
engagement on forest policy changes and impacts 277B:1035
old-growth forests
logging deferrals and First Nations consultation 277B:1030-1035, 304B:1405-1410
protection 304B:1405
protection of specklebelly lichen, petition tabled 366B:1435
Forests Ministry
estimates debate 295A:1440-1520
Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 41)
debate 359A:1525-1545, 359A:1835-1840
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M204)
debate 260B:1350
Fuel
fossil fuels, use and development 290B:1415
George, Elmer
work with Legislature on Indigenous signage 373B:1345
Green Party of B.C.
policies
child protection system 367B:1045
Greenhouse gas emissions
reduction targets 265B:1035, 290B:1420
Haida Nation Recognition Act (Bill 18)
debate 308B:1125-1140, 326B:1135-1140
Health care facilities and hospitals
parking accessibility 373B:1425
staffing at hospitals 347B:1415
Health care funding
long-term and residential care
for-profit contracted facilities 333B:1430
Health care professionals and workers
working conditions and ability to comment on issues 347B:1415
Health care system
government action on issues 347B:1415
Homelessness
government action 300B:1415-1420
tent cities and encampments 300B:1415-1420
Horgan, John
comments as opposition leader re child protection 341B:1130
Housing Ministry
estimates debate 306B:1335-1440
Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
debate 361B:1350-1420, 373B:1640-1655, 373B:1725-1755, 373B:2015-2025, 373B:2040-2120
Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 44)
debate 358B:1345-1525, 363A:1520-1630, 363A:1645-1750, 363B:1805-1815, 366B:1620-1825, 366B:1910-1955, 366B:2035, 367A:1120-1125, 368A:1325, 368A:1345-1350, 368A:1415-1455, 368A:1610-1710, 370A:1530-1655, 370B:1910-1915, 370B:1935-1950, 370B:2015-2045, 371A:1120-1145, 372A:1340-1400, 372A:1450-1505, 372A:1545-1555, 372A:1625-1735, 372A:1815-1825, 372A:1920-1940, 372A:2030-2040, 373B:1520-1525
Income assistance
disability benefits
rate increases and funding 373B:1425-1430
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
estimates debate 300A:1450-1545
supplementary estimates debate 279A:1600-1630
Infrastructure
projects
employment and workers 268B:1035-1040
Intimate Images Protection Act (Bill 12)
debate 292B:1715-1720
Introductions by members 258B:1010, 260B:1340, 265B:1005, 268B:1005, 273B:1005, 277B:1005, 279B:1340, 283B:1340-1345, 284B:1010, 286B:1345, 287B:1020, 290B:1340, 293B:1605, 318B:1340, 322B:1010, 323B:1400, 328B:1355, 329B:1025, 334B:1010, 348B:1050, 367B:1005-1010, 370B:1340
Island Coastal Economic Trust
funding and role 270B:1035-1040, 273B:1040-1045
Jaad, Gud Takin
personal account of missing and murdered family and members of Indigenous community 333B:1410-1415
Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Ministry
estimates debate 306C:1605-1635
Justice system
injunctions, enforcement 293B:1420-1425, 371B:1035
Kenzie, Crystal
advocacy for mental health crisis support 334B:1050
Kwakiutl First Nation
concerns re forest management and logging in territory 277B:1035, 304B:1405-1410
Labour Ministry
estimates debate 297A:1745-1815
Legislation
legislation for 4th session, 42nd parliament 363B:1435
Legislature
committee system
role and work 264B:1440
culture, inclusion and safety for Indigenous women 272B:1415-1420
debate, impact of three sections for debate 363B:1440
House leaders, role 366B:1455
language used in House
apology for comments 315B:1025
legislative calendar and sitting schedule
extension of sitting hours 363B:1435-1440, 366B:1450-1455
management of proceedings 366B:1450-1455
private members' time
change 261B:1105, 334B:1125
special committee report and recommendations
committee Chairs and members thanked 334B:1125
question period
role 284B:1050
Liquefied natural gas development
advertising by industry supporters 359B:1410
government policies 265B:1035, 268B:1035-1040, 290B:1415-1420, 294B:1050-1055
projects
proposed projects and approvals 290B:1415-1420
Ma'amtagila Nation
concerns re forest management and logging in territory 277B:1035
Malahat Investment Corp.
Bamberton quarry expansion proposal and environmental assessment 264B:1415-1420
petition tabled 287B:1105
Mark, Melanie
comments as opposition member on child protection system 318B:1410
family 272B:1415
work and accomplishments as MLA and cabinet minister 272B:1415-1420
Media
freedom of the press and police restrictions on journalists 314B:1410-1415
legislative press gallery 363B:1440
MLAs
Indigenous women 272B:1415
Mental health
mental health and addiction
acute care supports, role of family 334B:1050
crisis response programs, advocacy 334B:1050
system and services 315B:1050
mental health of children and youth
services and access 297B:1405
programs and services
access and funding 280B:1040
access and system 315B:1050
Mental Health Act
proposed review 315B:1045-1050
Ministerial statements (response)
Burial site of Indigenous children at Sechelt residential school 311B:1415-1420
Burial sites at residential schools and support for survivors and families 272B:1445-1450
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 331B:1045-1050
National day of action for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and gender-diverse people 333B:1410-1415
War in Ukraine and one-year anniversary of invasion 273B:1110-1115
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.3), 2023 (Bill 42)
debate 356B:1500-1520, 361C:1600-1610, 361C:1640, 361C:1705-1715, 365A:1335, 365A:1410-1440, 365A:1625
Miscellaneous Statutes (Modernization) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 14)
debate 290B:1510
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit persons
missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, cases and response 333B:1410-1415
missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, response and funding 371B:1040
Morgan, Karen, service in health care 348B:1015
Morris, Jonny, comments on funding for mental health and addiction services 280B:1040
Motions
Addictions care 277B:1110-1130
Amendment to standing orders for private members' time 261B:1105
Amendments to Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement 327B:1350-1355
Amendments to Nisga'a Final Agreement 327B:1410
Amendments to Tla'amin Final Agreement 327B:1420
Amendments to Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement 290B:1750-1805
Appointment of Special Committee to Review Private Members' Business 274B:1400-1430
Extension of sitting hours 363B:1435-1440, 366B:1450-1455, 370B:1445-1450
Powers and role of Public Accounts Committee 264B:1440-1445
Provincial fuel and carbon taxes 362B:1155-1200
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 23)
debate 309B:1500-1515
Municipal Affairs Ministry
estimates debate 300C:1655-1715
2022-23 supplementary estimates debate 284A:1115-1135
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
observance 331B:1045-1050
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act (Bill 2)
debate 261B:1130-1145, 268B:1140-1150
National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People
observance 333B:1410-1415
National inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
inquiry 333B:1410
Newman Farm
operations 280B:1015-1020
North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M218)
debate 293B:1350-1355
Nurses
staffing levels 347B:1415
Oil and gas
hydraulic fracturing
environmental and health impacts 294B:1050-1055
industry
government policies on infrastructure expansion 265B:1035, 291B:1040-1045, 359B:1405
Oral questions
Accessibility issues for disabled persons and implementation of accessibility legislation 373B:1425
Action on climate change and role of net-zero concept and carbon offsets 291B:1040-1045
Child protection system and Children and Family Development Ministry accountability 341B:1125-1130, 344B:1405-1410, 360B:1045-1050, 364B:1045-1050, 367B:1040-1045
Coastal GasLink pipeline project environmental compliance and enforcement 261B:1040
Disability assistance rates 373B:1425
Drug toxicity crisis and access to safe supply 312B:1035
Economic development funding for Island and coastal communities 273B:1040-1045
Education funding 322B:1030-1035
Employment plan for infrastructure workers and role of LNG development 268B:1035-1040
Environmental regulation of energy projects 261B:1035
Funding for Island Coastal Economic Trust 270B:1035-1040
Gender-based violence and support for Indigenous women and LGBTQ2S persons 286B:1425
Government action on climate change and LNG development policies 290B:1415-1420
Government action on homelessness and community safety in Downtown Eastside 300B:1415-1420
Government action on issues in health care system 347B:1415
Government policies on fossil fuel industry and action on climate change 265B:1035, 359B:1405
Independent oversight of conservation officer service 326B:1055
LNG development and fracking impacts 294B:1050-1055
LNG industry advertising 359B:1410
Mental health services 280B:1035-1040
Mental health supports and counsellors at schools 297B:1400-1405
Old-growth logging deferrals and role of First Nations 277B:1030-1035
Oversight of policing and implementation of Police Act committee recommendations 314B:1415
Police actions and press freedom for journalists 314B:1410-1415
Police funding priorities and action on missing and murdered Indigenous women and children 371B:1040
Protection of old-growth forests and logging in Kwakiutl territory 304B:1405-1410
Protection of Saanich Inlet and environmental assessment for Bamberton quarry expansion proposal 264B:1415-1420
RCMP community-industry response group funding 371B:1035
Regulation and oversight of addiction treatment facilities 298B:1030-1035
Report recommendations on contracted long-term-care facilities 333B:1430
Review of Mental Health Act 315B:1045-1050
Role of family members in mental health crisis services 334B:1050
Rural policing funding and RCMP community-industry response group 293B:1420-1425
Safety of children in government care 318B:1410-1415
Salt Spring Island public safety services and resources for first responders 284B:1045-1050
Shipbreaking activities in Baynes Sound and environmental compliance and enforcement 305B:1040-1045
Site C power project 357B:1030-1035
Standards of care for addiction treatment and recovery services 280B:1035
Parliament Buildings
installation of lək̓ʷəŋən signage in front area 373B:1345
Pay Transparency Act (Bill 13)
debate 292B:1350-1410, 293B:1550-1620, 293B:1645-1740, 313A:1410, 313A:1425-1530, 313A:1555-1740
committee debate on bill 315B:1025
Personal statements
Apology for comments made in the House 315B:1025
Personal statements (response)
Service to Legislature and experience as First Nations MLA 272B:1415-1420
Petitions
environmental assessment for Bamberton projects 287B:1105
protection of old-growth specklebelly lichen 366B:1435
Points of order
consultation with opposition members re adoption of government business schedule 373B:1455
Police Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 36)
debate 339B:1555-1620, 342B:1420-1425, 342B:1440, 342B:1525-1530
Police and policing
accountability and oversight 314B:1415
funding for police services 293B:1420-1425
police services in rural and remote communities 293B:1420
Poppe, Mark
service to Legislative Assembly and retirement 264B:1335-1340
Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Ministry
estimates debate 328A:1800-1820
Private Members' Business Review Special Committee
committee Chairs and members thanked 334B:1125
report for fourth session of 42nd parliament, debate 334B:1125
Privilege
reserving right to raise matter of privilege 373B:1540, 373B:1700
comments by Ravi Kahlon on consultation process re government motion for business schedule 373B:1510
comments by Ravi Kahlon re Standing Order 81.1 374B:1120-1130
Protests
policing and restrictions on journalists 314B:1410-1415
Public Accounts Committee
agenda and work of committee 264B:1440-1445
terms of reference, amendment 264B:1440-1445
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
estimates debate 320B:1645-1740
minister's meetings with first responders 284B:1045
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
debate 323B:1435-1500, 328B:1445-1450
Reforming the Police Act Special Committee
recommendation on police accountability and implementation 314B:1415
recommendations 315B:1050
Representative for Children and Youth
recommendations, implementation by government 318B:1410
Resources and resource industries
resource-based communities, sustainability and local stewardship 273B:1025
Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act (Bill 34)
debate 345B:1110-1125, 353B:1620-1700, 353B:1725-1735
Royal B.C. Museum
handling of Indigenous artifacts 268B:1035
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
community-industry response group 293B:1425
community-industry response group, costs and funding 371B:1035
Saanich Inlet
environmental protection 294B:1035
environmental protection and 1996 government study 264B:1415-1420
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area
access to health care services 347B:1415
Saanich Peninsula
environmental protection 294B:1030-1035
Saanich Peninsula Hospital
role in community 348B:1015
Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Health Care Foundation
fundraising 348B:1015
St. Augustine's Indian Residential School, Sechelt, B.C.
burial site and unmarked graves 311B:1415
Salt Spring Island
first responders, services and facilities 284B:1045-1050
transportation infrastructure 284B:1050
School districts
budgets and operations 322B:1030-1035
Seniors advocate
report on long-term care homes
recommendations 333B:1430
Shipbreaking industry
regulation 305B:1040-1045
Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (Bill 35)
debate 342B:1320-1350, 346B:1455-1500, 349B:1330-1335
Site C power project
costs and transparency 357B:1030-1035
environmental impacts 357B:1035
status 357B:1030-1035
Society
social equity and inequality 308B:1015-1020
Statements
Installation of lək̓ʷəŋən signage at Legislature 373B:1345
Statements by members
Charles Elliot (TEMOSEṈŦET) 268B:1015
Community preservation of fisheries and forest resources 273B:1025
COVID-19 impacts and social inequality 308B:1015-1020
Denis Coupland 294B:1030-1035
Newman Farm and Farmlands Trust Society 280B:1015-1020
Resources for First Nations communities in government consultation process 315B:1025-1030
Saanich Peninsula Hospital fundraising event 348B:1015
Substance use and addiction
facilities
private facilities and costs 298B:1030
regulation and oversight 298B:1030-1035
overdoses
deaths 312B:1035
impact on Indigenous persons 311B:1415-1420, 312B:1035
safe supply
access and expansion 312B:1035
treatment and recovery services
access to services 298B:1030-1035
oversight and standards of care 280B:1035
Suicide
mental health crisis support and suicide prevention 334B:1050
Throne speech debate 260B:1640-1710
Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry
estimates debate 288A:1600-1625
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
estimates debate 304A:1700-1750
2022-23 supplementary estimates debate 281A:1445-1510
Tributes
Mark Poppe 264B:1335-1340
Ukraine
B.C. support for citizens 273B:1115
war and one-year anniversary of invasion by Russia 273B:1110-1115
Vancouver
Downtown Eastside
encampment clearance and media coverage 314B:1410
encampment clearance and provision of housing 300B:1415-1420
Vancouver Island
community economic development and government investment 270B:1035-1040, 273B:1040-1045
Vancouver police department
comments by chief on accountability 314B:1415
Victoria
health care facilities, disabled access parking 373B:1425
Violence
gender-based violence
government action plan and funding for services 286B:1425
violence against Indigenous women, children and two-spirit persons
incidence and response 286B:1425
violence against Indigenous women, children and two-spirit persons, incidence and response 333B:1410-1415
Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 15)
debate 291B:1110
War
Indigenous veterans, recognition in lək̓ʷəŋən signage at war memorial 373B:1345
Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Ministry
estimates debate 314C:1745-1825
2022-23 supplementary estimates debates 285A:1515-1550
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M202)
debate 260B:1345-1350
Woodward, Chelsey
experience as Indigenous mother with child protection system 360B:1045-1050
Workers
working conditions and rights 308B:1020
W̱SÁNEĆ Nations
arts and culture 268B:1015
Zimmer, Cindy
advocacy for mental health crisis support 334B:1050
Zimmer, James
death after release from involuntary care and impact on family 334B:1050
Osborne, Hon. Josie (Mid Island–Pacific Rim)

Alberta
gasoline, prices and taxation 356B:1400
Banman, Bruce
position on climate change 351B:1410
B.C. Energy Regulator
role in environmental compliance 356B:1410
B.C. Liberal Party
performance as government
carbon tax 352B:1050
B.C. United
policies on carbon tax and fuel taxes 357B:1020
position on carbon tax 356B:1400
position on issues
positions on issues 352B:1030
Carbon tax
B.C. United position 356B:1400
tax and impacts 351B:1410-1415, 352B:1045
tax credits and rebates 356B:1400
climate action tax credit 351B:1400, 351B:1410-1415, 351B:1425
Carbon taxes
federal carbon tax
application to home heating fuel and exemption for oil heating 352B:1045
federal carbon tax, application to home heating fuel and exemption for oil heating 351B:1400, 351B:1415
Cedar LNG
LNG facility project approval decision 290B:1420
Climate change
government action 267B:1415, 352B:1030, 352B:1045
action and policies 351B:1405
collaboration by ministers 290B:1420
energy action framework 290B:1420
role of clean energy projects 359B:1410
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd.
pipeline project
environmental compliance and enforcement 356B:1410
Conservative Party of B.C.
position on issues
climate change 352B:1045
Consumers
cost of living
cost increases and government action 357B:1020
government action 351B:1400-1410
Energy
clean energy
development 359B:1410
home heating
heat pumps and transition incentives 351B:1400-1405, 351B:1415
power supply and demand 357B:1030
Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Ministry
estimates debate 297C:1600-1815, 298C:1110-1140, 299C:1345-1815, 300C:1445-1605
Environment
environmental assessment process 356B:1410
Falcon, Kevin
positions on issues 352B:1030
Greenhouse gas emissions
reduction, role of carbon tax 351B:1410, 352B:1045
reduction targets 265B:1035
Introductions by members 284B:1010, 300B:1335, 321B:1335-1340, 325B:1340-1345, 333B:1335, 340B:1345, 351B:1330, 353B:1405, 364B:1005
Liquefied natural gas development
advertising by industry supporters 359B:1410
conditions for projects 265B:1035, 267B:1415, 356B:1410
projects
proposed projects and approvals 290B:1420
Oil and gas
royalties
system review and subsidies 267B:1415
Oral questions (response)
Energy Regulator and environmental compliance of gas pipeline projects 356B:1410
Government action on affordability issues 357B:1020-1025
Government action on climate change and LNG development policies 290B:1420
Government policies on fossil fuel industry and action on climate change 265B:1035, 267B:1415
Government policy on carbon tax and home heating costs 352B:1030, 352B:1050
Government policy on carbon tax and spending priorities 356B:1400
Government response to federal carbon tax changes for home heating 351B:1400-1415, 352B:1045
LNG industry advertising 359B:1410
Site C power project 357B:1030-1035
Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (Bill 35)
debate 340B:1810-1820
Site C power project
costs and transparency 357B:1030
status 357B:1030-1035
Zero-Emission Vehicles Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 39)
debate 345B:1010, 351B:1610-1615, 353B:1345, 358C:1430-1815, 359C:1450-1455, 359C:1525-1830, 361C:1310-1315

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