Fourth Session, 42nd Parliament – 2023
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

SUBJECT INDEX (DRAFT)
topics, places, people
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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4-H Club

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Abbotsford, B.C.

See also Abbotsford West constituency and area


Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.

Abbotsford West constituency and area

ABE

See Adult basic education


Aboriginal peoples

See First Nations and Indigenous persons


Abortion

Accessible British Columbia Act

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)

Adastra Holdings Ltd

Addiction

See Substance use and addiction; Mental health and addiction under Mental health


Address by Indigenous leaders

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

See Throne speech debate (Address in Reply) under Speech from the Throne


Adoption

Adoption and Permanency Month

Adult basic education

Affordability and cost of living issues

See Consumers; Affordable housing under Housing


African Canadians

Agassiz, B.C.

Aging

See Seniors


Agricultural land reserve

Agriculture

Agriculture and Food Ministry

Agriculture Day

Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee

Air

Alberni Residential School, Port Alberni, B.C.

Alberta

Alcohol

Aldergrove Community Station House, Aldergrove, B.C.

Alexander, Sandeep

Alliance of B.C. Students

Alopecia

Alpay, Selen and Anita

Alphonse, Shirley

Alsop, Jason (Gaagwiis)

Ambulance service

Animals

Antidote Processing Inc

Anti-Semitism

See Discrimination and racism


Apprenticeship

See Skills training


Apprenticeships

See Skills training


Arbutus Street supportive housing project

See West 8th Avenue at Arbutus Street under Vancouver, B.C.


Archaeological sites protection

See Heritage sites; Protection of cultural and sacred sites under First Nations and Indigenous persons


Armed forces

See also War


Armour, Norman

The Arrest Handbook: A Guide to Your Rights

Arthur-Leung, Kimberley

Arts and culture

Asian Canadians

Asian Heritage Month

Asian Impact Society

ASK Wellness Society

Aspen Planers Ltd

Atira Women's Resource Society

Attorney General Ministry

Auditor General

Austin, Janet

See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Janet Austin


Autism

See also World Autism Awareness Day


Autism Acceptance Month

Automobiles

Avalanches

Avian influenza

Aviation

Baird, Maureen

Bamberton quarry

See Malahat Investment Corp.


Bandstra, Sharon and Sid

Banfield, Aaron

Banned Books Week

Baring-Gould, Lally

Barnside Brewing Co

Bauer, Manfred

Bautista, Florchita (Chit)

Baynes Sound

BCANDS

See British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society


BDO Canada LLP

Becker, Ginny

Beckett, Bob

Beef industry

See Food and food industry; Livestock industry


Beer and beer industry

Bevan, Mel (Sm'ooyget Satsan)

Bhullar, Harbans

Bill 36 (2022)

See Health Professions and Occupations Act


Bills by name

See also Bills by number


Bills by number

See also Bills by name


Billyboy-Bowe, Jaxon

Binyon, Robert Laurence

Biodiversity

See Environment


Bird flu

See Avian influenza


Birds

See Wildlife


Black Canadians

Black History Month

Blain, Larry

Blessings and acknowledgments

See also Prayers and reflections


Blindness

See Eye health and visual impairment


Blueberry River First Nation

Boer, Jacqueline

Books and book publishing

See Libraries; Publishing industry


Borrett, Liz

Boston Marathon

Boulet, Logan

Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area

Bowen Island

Boyd, Peter

Brackendale Art Gallery, Squamish, B.C.

Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park

Branchflower, Cliff

Brant Wildlife Festival

Breast health

Brennan, Evanna

Bridges

See particular bridges


British Columbia

See also British Columbia by region


British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society

British Columbia Arts Council

British Columbia Aviation Museum, Victoria, B.C.

B.C. Basic Income Panel

B.C. Beef Day

B.C. Buy Local Week

British Columbia by region

British Columbia Cattlemen's Association

British Columbia Centre for Women in the Trades

British Columbia Centre on Substance Use

B.C. Children's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

B.C. Conservative party

See Conservative Party of British Columbia


B.C. Energy Regulator

British Columbia Family Maintenance Agency

British Columbia Ferry Commissioner

British Columbia Ferry Services Inc

See also Ferries and ferry services


B.C. First Nations Water Table

B.C. Football Conference championship

See Cullen Cup football championship


British Columbia Housing Management Commission

British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

See also Energy


British Columbia Liberal Party

See also British Columbia United


B.C. Lions Football Club

British Columbia Medical Journal

British Columbia Museums Week

B.C. NDP

B.C. NDP government

B.C. Parks

See Parks


British Columbia Professional Firefighters Association

British Columbia Rail

British Columbia Transit

British Columbia Transit Amendment Act, 2023

British Columbia Treaty Commission

British Columbia United

See also British Columbia Liberal Party


British Columbia Utilities Commission

British Columbia Winter Games

Broadbent Institute

Brown, Jack

Brown, Rosemary

Buddhism

Buddhist Culture Day

Buddhist Culture Day Act (Bill M212)

Budget

See also 2023-24 budget under Budgets


Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill 10)

Budgets

Bullying and harassment

Burnaby, B.C.

Burns Block Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.

Business

Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 20)

Business Council of British Columbia

Business Improvement Areas of British Columbia

Bybee, Dayleen

By-election results

Cabinet

See Cabinet and Ministers under Government


Cain, Anna

Camp OAC, Kelowna, B.C.

Campbell River, B.C.

Canada

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Winter Games

Canada's Naval Reserve

Canadian Armed Forces

See Armed forces


Canadian Cancer Society

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Canadian Firefighters Curling Championship

Canadian Mental Health Association

Canadian Pacific Railway

See CPKC


Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Cancer

Cannabis

Carbon

Carbon tax

Carbon taxes

Cardiac health

Caregivers

Cariboo area

See also Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area


Cariboo Memorial Hospital Auxiliary

Cariboo Memorial Hospital, Williams Lake, B.C.

Cariboo North constituency and area

Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area

Carolily Finery

Carrington View Apartments, West Kelowna, B.C.

Cars

See Automobiles


Castonguay, Yves

Cattle ranching

See Livestock industry


Cavoukian, Raffi

CBA

See Community benefits agreement under Labour


Cedar LNG

Centre for Family Equity

Cerantola, Massimo

CGL

See Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd.


Chamber of Commerce Week

Chambers of commerce

See Business


Chan, Evan and Alexandra

Charles III, King of Great Britain

Charlesworth, Jennifer

See also Representative for Children and Youth


Charter of Rights and Freedoms

See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms


Chemkwaat

See Cross, Valerie (Chemkwaat)


Chetwynd, B.C.

Chhina, Teresa

Chief Electoral Officer

See Elections B.C.


Chief records officer

Child Advocacy Centre of Kelowna

Child and Youth in Care Week

Child care

Child protection system

Children and Family Development Ministry

Children and youth

Children and Youth Committee

Chilliwack, B.C.

See also Chilliwack-Kent constituency and area


Chilliwack-Kent constituency and area

Chinese Canadian Museum

Chinese Canadians

Chinese Christian Mission

Chohan, Bindiro Kaur

Choo, Queenie

C-IRG

See Community-industry response group under Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Citizens' Services Ministry

City Dream Centre Society

City of Langley

See Langley, B.C.


Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 21)

Civil resolution tribunal

Clean energy

See Energy


CleanBC plan

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

Climate

See Climate change; Weather


Climate change

Clinics

See Health care facilities and hospitals


Cloverdale Community Kitchen

Cloverdale constituency and area

See Surrey-Cloverdale constituency and area


CNR Hope Station

Coal

Coast Salish Family Day

Coast Salish peoples

Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd

Coldest Night of the Year

Coleman, Jon

College of New Caledonia, Prince George, B.C.

College of the Rockies, Creston, B.C.

Colleges and Institutes Canada

Columbia River

Columbia Valley

Committee of Supply

See Estimates of expenditures; Committee of Supply resolution under Budget; Legislature; Supply motions under Motions


Committees

See Committee system under Legislature; Select standing committees; Special committees


Communities

Community benefits agreement

See Labour


Community Inclusion Month

Community Social Services Awareness Month

Community social services sector

See Social welfare


CommunityVotes Chilliwack

Comox Valley

Comox Valley Community Justice Centre

Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers

Comox Valley Ukrainian Cultural Society

Compton, Wayde

Comptroller general

Computer technology

See Information and communications technology


Condominiums

See Strata property


Confidence and supply agreement

See Agreement with Green Party under B.C. NDP


Conflict of interest

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

Connect 2 Protect

Conservation officers

See Environment


Conservative Party of British Columbia

Constituency assistants, offices

See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; particular constituencies


Construction and Skilled Trades Month

Construction industry

Consumers

Contraception

See Reproduction


Control of Foreign Funding and Electoral Influence Act (Bill M223)

Conversation on Chilliwack's Children

Cooperatives

Coquitlam Express hockey team

Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area

Coronavirus disease

See COVID-19


Corpus Christi College

See St. Mark's College, Vancouver, B.C.


Corrections Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M203)

Corrections system

Cost of living

See Consumers


Coupland, Denis

COVID-19

COVID-19 impact

COVID-19 impact and government response

COVID-19 vaccination

Cowichan Hospital, Duncan, B.C.

Cowichan Tribes

Cowichan Valley

Cowichan Women Against Violence Society

Coy Cup seniors AA provincial hockey championship

CPKC

Crab Park

See Vancouver, B.C.


Craft beer

See Beer and beer industry


Cranbrook, B.C.

Creative B.C.

Creative Industries Week

Creston Valley, Creston, B.C.

Crime and criminals

See also Justice system


Crime Victim Assistance Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 37)

Crofton Mill

Cross, Valerie (Chemkwaat)

Crown Land Residential Lease Act, 2023 (Bill M208)

Crystal Cup Pond Hockey Tournament

Crystal Lake Ranch, Malakwa, B.C.

CT scanning services

See Medical imaging services under Health care system


Cullen Cup football championship

Cultural diversity

See Multiculturalism


Cunningham, Chris

Cyber Security Awareness Month

Cybercrime

See Crime and criminals


Cybersecurity and protection of data

See Information and communications technology


Cycling

Cypress Provincial Park

Dan's Legacy Foundation

Davidson, Leslie

Dawe, Geoff

Dawson Creek, B.C.

Day One Society

Daylight saving time

De Gonzalez, Linda

de Villiers, Albert

Death

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

Decriminalization of drug use

See Substance use and addiction


Deep Water Recovery Ltd

Defibrillator Public Access Act, 2023

Della Mattia, Marie

Delta, B.C.

Delta South constituency and area

Dementia

Democracy

Dennis, Robert, Sr. (Emchayiik)

Dental health

Desert Hills Ranch, Ashcroft, B.C.

Diabetes

Diamonds in the Rough

Dick, Bradley

Dick, Florence

Disability benefits

See Income assistance


Disabled persons

Disasters

See Earthquakes; Emergencies; Fires and firefighters; Floods and floodplains; Severe weather events under Weather


Discrimination and racism

Disease

Displaced persons

See Immigration


Divisions recorded

Diwali

Doctors

See Physicians


Documents tabled

Domestic violence

See Violence


Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Downtown Eastside

See Vancouver, B.C.


Driver's licences

See Automobiles


Drug Users Liberation Front

Drugs

Druskee, Howard

Duclos, Jenna Nickle

Ducluzeau, Allison

Duncan, B.C.

Eagle Valley Senior Citizens Housing Society

Eagles

See Wildlife


Early childhood development

See Children and youth


Early childhood educators

See Children and youth


Earth Day

Earthquakes

East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.

Easter

Eating disorders

Economic Development Week

Economic Forecast Council

The Economist

Economy

Education

See also Adult basic education; Education funding; Post-secondary education; Skills training


Education and Child Care Ministry

Education funding

Ehattesaht First Nation

Eid ul-Fitr

Elderly

See Seniors


Election Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 11)

Elections

Elections B.C.

Electoral Boundaries Commission

Electoral Districts Act (Bill 25)

Electoral Districts (Renaming) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M209)

Electric power

See Energy


Electric vehicles

See Zero-emission and clean vehicles under Automobiles


Elk Valley

Elkford, B.C.

Elliot, Charles (TEMOSEṈŦET)

Embree, Norman

Emchayiik

See Dennis, Robert, Sr. (Emchayiik)


Emergencies

Emergency and Disaster Management Act (Bill 31)

Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Ministry

Emergency Program Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M211)

Employment and unemployment

See also Labour


End-of-life care

See Hospice and palliative care


Energy

See also British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority


Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Ministry

Environment

Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry

Environmental Appeal Board

Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 29)

E-One Moli Energy Corp

Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M205)

Ernst and Young

Esquimalt, B.C.

Estimates of expenditures

Estimates of Expenditures

Estuaries

Evans, Corky

Evans, Craig

Evans, Neil

Everett Crowley Park

See Vancouver, B.C.


Ewart, Joel

Eye health and visual impairment

Fairlie, Jordan

Families

Family Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 17)

Family physicians

See Physicians


Family violence

See Domestic violence under Violence


Famous Five

Farmers, farming, farms, etc

See Agriculture


Farmlands Trust Society

Farr, Ted

Fauteux-Goulet, Loïc

Fearnley, Robert and Gayle

Ferries and ferry services

See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.


Festivals

See Arts and culture; particular festivals


Film industry

Finance and Government Services Committee

Finance Ministry

Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 4)

Fires and firefighters

First Nations and Indigenous persons

First Nations Health Authority

First Nations Leadership Council

First speeches by members

Fish, Wildlife and Habitat Coalition

Fisher, Larry

Fishing industry

Floods and floodplains

Food and food industry

See also Restaurant and food services industry


Food banks

Food security

Forest Appeals Commission

Forestry Worker Supports and Community Resiliency council

Forests and forest industry

Forests Ministry

Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 41)

Forman, Patricia

Fort St. John, B.C.

Fortescue Future Industries Pty Ltd

Fossil fuels

See Fuel; Oil and gas


Fossils

Foster care

Foster Family Month

Foxall, Lisa

Francophones

Fraser Canyon Hospital, Hope, B.C.

Fraser Valley

Fraser Valley Gleaners Society

Fraser Valley Transit Services Act, 2023 (Bill M225)

Fraser-Nicola constituency and area

Fraserview constituency and area

See Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area


Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M204)

Froslev, Thor

Fuel

Gaagwiis

See Alsop, Jason (Gaagwiis)


Gabriola Island

Gaia Community Care and Wellness Society

Gale, Devyn

Gangs

Gardening

Gas

See Gasoline under Fuel; Natural gas under Oil and gas


Gayle, Devon

Gays and lesbians

See LGBTQ2S community


Gaza Strip

Gender equity

See Women's equality and gender equity under Women


Gender identity

See also LGBTQ2S community


Gender-based violence on campuses

See Post-secondary institutions


General practitioners

See Family physicians under Physicians


George, Elmer

George Little House, Terrace, B.C.

Gibson, Gordon Jr

Gidin Jaad

See Reid, Erica (Gidin Jaad)


Giles, Susan

Gini, Dino

Girling, Fred

Goertzen, Jason

GoHealth B.C.

Gorman, Amanda

Government

See also B.C. NDP government; Legislature; Local government


Green economy

See Sustainable and inclusive development under Economy


Green Party of British Columbia

Green Shirt Day

Green technology

See Clean technology under Science and technology


Greenhouse gas emissions

Grewal, Simrath

Groundwater

See Water


Gulf Islands

Gulf of Georgia Cannery

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat protection

See Wildlife


Hager, Aur

Haida Nation Recognition Act (Bill 18)

Haisla Nation

Haisla-Cedar LNG

See Cedar LNG


Halloween

Hanlon, Michael

Happy Cities

Harcourt, Mike

Harper's Trail Winery

Harris, Erin

Harris, Pat

Haven Society

Haydon, Thomas William

Haynes, Ray

Health

See also Health care facilities and hospitals; Health care funding; Health care system


Health authorities

See also particular authorities


Health Canada

Health care facilities and hospitals

Health care funding

Health care professionals and workers

See also particular professions and sectors


Health care system

Health Committee

Health Ministry

Health Professions Act

Health Professions and Occupations Act

Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness

Healthy Watersheds Initiative

Heart health

See Cardiac health


Heart Month

Heatwaves

Heights Merchants Association, Burnaby, B.C.

Helps, Lisa

Henry, Bonnie

Heppell's Potatoes farm

Heritage Conservation Act

Heritage sites

Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Highway 16

Highway 97

Highway of Tears

See Highway 16


Highways and roads

See also particular highways or locations


HMCS Discovery

HMCS Malahat

Ho, Kathy

Hockey

See particular teams and leagues; Sports and recreation


Hockeyville competition

See Kraft Hockeyville


Hockin, Amber

Hogan's Alley area

See Black community under Vancouver, B.C.


Holi festival

Holidays

See particular holidays


Hollyburn Ridge Association

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holodomor

Holodomor Memorial Day

Home ownership

See also Real estate industry


Homelessness

Homes for Living

Homma, Tomekichi

See also Steveston, B.C.


Hope Air

Hope and Area Transition Society

Hope, B.C.

Horgan, John

Horning, Al

Hospice and palliative care

Hospitality industry

See Hotels and travel accommodation; Restaurant and food services industry


Hotels and travel accommodation

Housing

See also British Columbia Housing Management Commission; Rental housing


Housing Ministry

Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 46)

Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 44)

Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 47)

Hruby, Dave

Hudson-Lunn, Paula

Human rights

Human Rights Commissioner

Human Rights Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Hydro rates

See Electricity rates under Energy

ICE fund

See Innovative clean energy fund under Energy


Ignite a Dream

IHRA

Immaculata Regional High School, Kelowna, B.C.

Immigrant Link Centre Society

Immigration

In Plain Sight report

InBC Investment Corp

Income

Income assistance

India

Indigenous Disability Awareness Month

Indigenous Names Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M213)

Indigenous peoples

See First Nations and Indigenous persons


Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry

Indigenous Veterans Day

Industry

See also Resources and resource industries; particular sectors


Inflation

See also Consumers


Influenza virus

Information and communications technology

Information and Privacy Commissioner

Infrastructure

Injunctions

See Justice system


Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Interest rates

Interior Health Authority

International Credentials Recognition Act (Bill 38)

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

International Energy Agency

International Firefighters Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

International Women's Day

Internet

See Information and communications technology


Intimate Images Protection Act (Bill 12)

Introductions by members

Invasive species

Invasive Species Council of British Columbia

Iran

Iranian Canadians

Iranian Seniors Club

Islam

Islamic Heritage Month

Island Coastal Economic Trust

Island Crisis Care Society

Island Health

See Vancouver Island Health Authority


Islands Trust

Israel

Jaad, Gud Takin

Jade Music Fest, Vancouver, B.C.

Japanese Canadians

Jewish community

Jewish Community Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Jmaiff, Larry

Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Ministry

Johnson, Dillon (toqwanan)

Jones, Dave

Jordan, Travis

Joseph, Byron John

Joudah, Fady

Journée de la francophonie

Juan de Fuca constituency and area

See Langford–Juan de Fuca constituency and area


Judicial Compensation Commission

The Juliet, Victoria, B.C.

Jumpstart Multi Sport Court, Prince George, B.C.

Justice system

See also Crime and criminals

Kagan, Keira

Kambere, Amos and Edith

Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops Blazers hockey team

Kamloops Society for Alcohol and Drug Services

See Day One Society


Kamloops This Week

Kanaka Bar Indian Band

Karis Support Society

Kelowna, B.C.

See also Kelowna-Mission constituency and area


Kelowna Chamber of Commerce

Kelowna General Hospital Foundation

Kelowna International Airport

Kelowna-Mission constituency and area

Kendall, Perry

Kent constituency and area

See Chilliwack-Kent constituency and area


Kenzie, Crystal

Kershaw, Paul

Key City Theatre, Cranbrook, B.C.

Khalsa Diwan Society

Khowutzun Development Corp

Kidney health

KidSport B.C.

Kindy, Anna

Kinew, Wab

King Charles III

See Charles III, King of Great Britain


King George Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Kitimat, B.C.

Kitimat Firefighters Association

Kitimat General Hospital and Health Centre, Kitimat, B.C.

Kitimat General Hospital Foundation

Kitselas First Nation

Kiwanis North Shore Housing Society

Kootenay area

See also Kootenay East constituency and area


Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Trail, B.C.

Kootenay Columbia College of Integrative Health Sciences, Nelson, B.C.

Kootenay East constituency and area

Kraft Hockeyville

Krog, Leonard

Krueger, Fayra

Kulic, Darko

Kurdish Canadian Society

Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, Nelson, B.C.

Kuyer, Jack

Kwakiutl First Nation

Kwakwaka'wakw

See Kwakiutl First Nation; Ma'amtagila Nation

Labour

See also Employment and unemployment; Workers


Labour Ministry

Labour Relations Board

Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 48)

Land Owner Transparency Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 7)

Land Title Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill M206)

Land use

Langford, B.C.

Langford–Juan de Fuca constituency and area

Langley, B.C.

Langley Meals on Wheels

Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley, B.C.

Language

Lapu-Lapu Day

Laquian, Aprodicio

Lark Group

Larsen, Dana

Lasqueti Island

LaVallie, Dave

Lawyers and legal services

Legal aid

Legion Veterans Village, Surrey, B.C.

Legislation

Legislative Assembly Management Committee

Legislative Initiatives Committee

Legislature

LePard, Doug

Lesbians and gays

See LGBTQ2S community


LGBTQ2S community

Lhats'as?in Memorial Day

Libraries

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Janet Austin

Liquefied natural gas development

Literature

See Arts and culture


Little Mountain Housing redevelopment project

See Housing under Vancouver, B.C.


Livestock industry

Lloyd, Howard

LNG

See Liquefied natural gas development


LNG Canada

Lobbyists

Local government

Locke, Brenda

Logan, Kristin

Long-term and residential care

Low, Duncan

Lower Mainland

See also particular cities, constituencies, etc.


Lower Similkameen Community Services Society

Lunar new year

Lunar New Year Act (Bill M227)

Lytton, B.C.

Ma'amtagila Nation

MacArthur, Jay

McBride, B.C.

McCoy, David

MacGillivray, Brian

Mahlman, Clint

See also Save Our Streets coalition


Maiden speeches by members

See First speeches by members


Maier, Kristi

Majidpour, Mohammed

Malahat Investment Corp

Malgapo, Ernesto

Manak, Del

Manitoba

Maple Ridge, B.C.

See also Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area


Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area

Maplewood Flats

See North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area


Marchbank, Jen

Marijuana

See Cannabis


Marpole Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.

Marshes

See Wetlands


Maternity and pregnancy

Matthew, Wilfred Douglas

Media

Medical Services Plan

Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M221)

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

See also Politics and politicians; MLAs under particular parties


Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Members' statements

See Personal Statements; Private members' statements; Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)


Memorial Cup hockey tournament

Men

Menstrual products

Mental health

Mental Health Act

Mental Health Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M214)

Mental Health and Addictions Ministry

Merit Commissioner

See also Baird, Maureen; McCoy, David


Merit Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Merritt, B.C.

Metro Community, Kelowna, B.C.

Metro Vancouver

See also Lower Mainland


Mid-Autumn Festival

Midwives

Military

See Armed forces


Miller, Andrea

Miller, Mary

Mills, Howard

Milobar, Mary-Ann

Mines and mining industry

Ministerial statements

Ministers of government

See Government


Ministries

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 3)

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2), 2023 (Bill 24)

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.3), 2023 (Bill 42)

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.4), 2023 (Bill 45)

Miscellaneous Statutes (Gas Price Relief) Amendment Act, 2023

Miscellaneous Statutes (Modernization) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 14)

Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit persons

Mission Blazers

Mission constituency and area

See Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area


Mizrachi, Ben

Molendyk, Tanner

Moms Stop the Harm

Money Judgment Enforcement Act (Bill 27)

Money Judgment Enforcement Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Act (Bill 43)

Money Services Businesses Act (Bill 19)

Moody, Neil

Moose Hide campaign

See Violence against Indigenous women, children and two-spirit persons under Violence


Morgan, Karen

Morris, Jonny

Motions

See also Standing Order 35 adjournment motions


Motor Vehicle Act

Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 23)

Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023 (Bill 28)

Mount Baker Secondary School, Cranbrook, B.C.

Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary School, Kelowna, B.C.

Mount Pleasant constituency and area

See Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area


Movember

Movie industry

See Film industry


MSP

See Medical Services Plan


Muise, Zak

Multiculturalism

Mungall, Michelle

Municipal Affairs Ministry

Municipalities

See Local government


Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 5) (Bill 6)

Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No.5) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 26)

Murdoch, Kevin

Museums

Music

See Arts and culture


Muslim Canadians

Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

Nataros, Alex

National Addictions Awareness Week

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act (Bill 2)

National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People

National Day of Mourning

National Hockey League

National inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

National Nursing Week

National Women's Under-18 Championship

Natural gas

See Liquefied natural gas development; Oil and gas


Nature Trust of British Columbia

Neate, John

Nechako Lakes constituency and area

Neighbourhood houses

See Communities; particular neighbourhood houses


New Democratic Party of British Columbia

See B.C. NDP


Newman Farm

Nicola constituency and area

See Fraser-Nicola constituency and area


Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre, Merritt, B.C.

Nicola Valley Women's Fair

Nisga'a Nation

Nlaka'pamux First Nations

No Net Loss of Wetland Act (Bill M226)

Non-Disclosure Agreements Act (Bill M215)

Non-profit Recognition Day

Non-profit sector

See also Volunteers and volunteer sector


Noonan, John

North Coast constituency and area

North Island

See Vancouver Island


North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M218)

North Shore

North Shore Neighbourhood House, North Vancouver, B.C.

North Shore Rescue

North Vancouver, B.C.

See also North Shore; North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area


North Vancouver–Seymour constituency and area

Northern British Columbia

See British Columbia by region


Northern Health Authority

Northwest B.C. Resource Benefits Alliance

Nourish Cowichan Society

NOW Group

Nowruz

Nurses

Oak Bay, B.C.

Obesity

O'Brien, Frederick

Occupational health and safety

Oceans and marine environment

Ochs, Phil

OECD

See Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development


Oil and gas

Okanagan Anglican (Owaissi) Camp

See Camp OAC, Kelowna, B.C.


Okanagan area

Okanagan College Coyotes basketball team

Okanagan College Foundation

Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

Okanagan Dream Rally

Old-growth forests

See Forests and forest industry


Olson, Alice

Olympic Villas, Merritt, B.C.

Ombudsperson

Ontario

Oral questions by member

Oral questions by subject

Orange Shirt Day

See also National Day for Truth and Reconciliation


Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Organs and tissues

O'Rourke Family Estate winery

Outdoor recreation

See Sports and recreation

Pacific Agriculture Show

Pacific Autism Family Network

Pacific Immigrant Resources Society

Palestinian territories (Palestine)

See Gaza Strip


Palestinians

Panorama Mountain resort

Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corp

Paper Planes Café, Richmond, B.C.

Parkgate Village, North Vancouver, B.C.

Parks

Parksville, B.C.

Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area

Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Parliamentary calendar

See Legislative calendar and sitting schedule under Legislature; Legislature


Parliamentary democracy

See Democracy


Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills Committee

Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Development

Parmar, Ravi

Passenger Directed Vehicles Review Speical Committee

Passenger transportation industry

Passover

Pathway to Hope initiative

See Mental health and addiction, government strategy under Mental health


Patricia Forman Day

Patrick, Kenneth

Pattison, Jim

Pattullo Bridge

Paul, Katisha

Pay Transparency Act (Bill 13)

Peace River area

Peace River North constituency and area

Peace River South constituency and area

Peacock, Ken

Pederson, Chad

Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 33)

Penticton, B.C.

Persian new year

See Nowruz


Personal protective equipment

See COVID-19


Personal statements

Persons Day

Pest control and pesticides

Peters, Sam

Peter's Your Independent Grocer, Kelowna, B.C.

Petitions

PharmaCare program

Pharmacies

Pharmacists

Philippines

Phoenix pay system

Physicians

Pink Shirt Day

Pioneer Log Homes of B.C.

Pitt, Joey

Plant, Brenda

Plants

Plunge for the Cure

Points of order

See also Points of order under Legislature


Police Act

Police Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 36)

Police and policing

See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Police Complaint Commissioner

Police Complaint Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Politics and politicians

Pollution

Pope Francis I

Poppe, Mark

Port Hardy Hospital, Port Hardy, B.C.

Port Moody, B.C.

See also Port Moody–Coquitlam constituency and area


Port Moody Station Museum, Port Moody, B.C.

Port Moody–Coquitlam constituency and area

Portillo, Sonia

Portland Hotel Society

Ports

Ports Property Tax Act

Post-secondary education

See also Post-secondary education funding; Post-secondary institutions


Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Ministry

Post-secondary education funding

Post-secondary institutions

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Poultry industry

Poverty

Power to Be

PPE

See Personal protective equipment under COVID-19


Pranger, Sylvia

Prayers and reflections

See Blessings and acknowledgments


Premier's Office

Prescription drugs

Presentation of estimates

Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act, 2023 (Bill M210)

Press

See Media


PressProgress

See Broadbent Institute


Prevention of Violence Against Women Week

Prince George, B.C.

Prince George Community Foundation

Prince George Hospice Palliative Care Society

Prince George Spruce Kings hockey team

Prince Rupert gas transmission project

See TC Energy


Prince Rupert Lions Club

Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, Prince Rupert, B.C.

Privacy

Private Members' Business Review Special Committee

Private members' statements

See also Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)


Privilege

Professional governance

Property Assessment Appeal Board

Property transfer tax

Prorogation address

Protecting Small Business from Crime and Vandalism Review Act (Bill M222)

Protests

Provincial health officer

See also Henry, Bonnie


Provincial Sales Tax (Used Passenger Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M201)

Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 32)

Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M207)

PTSD

See Post-traumatic stress disorder


Public Accounts Committee

Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia

Public health

Public safety

See Safety


Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry

Public sector

Public service

Public Service Act Provisions Review Special Committee

Public Service Benefit Plan Act

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)

Public transit

See Transit services


Publishing industry

Purim

QMUNITY

Quails' Gate Vineyards Estate Winery Ltd

Qualicum Beach constituency and area

See Parksville-Qualicum constituency and area


Queer community

See LGBTQ2S community


Quesnel and District Hospice Palliative Care Association

Quesnel, B.C.

Quesnel Downtown Association

Quesnel Festival of the Performing Arts

Quesnel Kangaroos hockey team

Quesnel River Bridge

Question period

See Legislature; Oral questions by member; Oral questions by subject

Racism

See Discrimination and racism


Raffi

See Cavoukian, Raffi


Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring

Railways and rail services

Ramadan

Ranching

See Livestock industry


Ranger, Brett

Raven's Nest Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, Duncan, B.C.

RavenStone Construction

RCMP

See Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Real Acts of Caring Week

Real estate industry

Real Estate Services Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)

Recorded divisions

See Divisions recorded


Red Dress Day

See National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People


Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction, Coquitlam, B.C.

REDIP

See Rural B.C., rural economic diversification and infrastructure program under British Columbia by region


Reforming the Police Act Special Committee

Refugees

See Immigration


Regional districts

Registered disability savings plans

Registrar of Lobbyists

See Information and Privacy Commissioner


Reid, Erica (Gidin Jaad)

Religion

See also particular religions


Remembrance Day

Rental housing

Repeat offenders

See Crime and criminals


Representative for Children and Youth

See also Charlesworth, Jennifer


Representative for Children and Youth Appointment Special Committee

Reproduction

Residential construction industry

See Construction industry


Residential schools

See First Nations and Indigenous persons


Resource Benefits Alliance

See Northwest B.C. Resource Benefits Alliance


Resources and resource industries

See also particular industries


Restaurant and food services industry

Restorative justice programs

See Corrections system


Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act (Bill 34)

Revelstoke, B.C.

Rhubart, Danielle

Richards, Murray and Cheryl

Richmond Addiction Services Society

Richmond, B.C.

See also Richmond North Centre constituency and area; Richmond-Steveston constituency and area


Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives

Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Richmond Cosom Floor Hockey Association

Richmond North Centre constituency and area

Richmond Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.

Richmond Women's Resource Centre

Richmond-Steveston constituency and area

Ride-hail services

Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce

Ridge Meadows Rustlers hockey team

RidgeView Place, Langford, B.C.

Riverview facilities and lands

Riverview Hospital

See Riverview facilities and lands


Robinson, Curtis

Robinson, Red

Romilly, Selwyn

Rosebud Cannabis Farms

Rotary Club of West Vancouver Sunrise

Royal assent to bills

Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C.

Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

See also Police and policing


Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

Rural British Columbia

See British Columbia by region


Ryan, Brett

Saanich Inlet

Saanich Inlet Protection Society

Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area

Saanich Peninsula

Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Health Care Foundation

Saanich Peninsula Hospital, Saanichton, B.C.

Safe supply

See Substance use and addiction


Safety

St. Augustine's Indian Residential School, Sechelt, B.C.

St. Joseph's Mission School, Williams Lake, B.C.

St. Mark's College Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill Pr402)

St. Mark's College, Vancouver, B.C.

St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Salt Spring Island

Samaddar, Sam

Sanio, Aaron

Sather, Michael

Save Our Streets coalition

Schmidt, Paul

School Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 40)

School district 36 (Surrey)

School districts

Schools

Science and technology

Scott, Lisa

Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Sea to Sky constituency and area

See West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area


Seafood

See Food and food industry


Search and rescue services

See Emergencies


Sechelt, B.C.

Secwepemc people

See also particular nations and communities


Select standing committees

See also Committee system under Legislature; Special committees


Selection Special Committee

Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C.

Seniors

Seniors advocate

Sex education

See Curriculum under Education


Sexual violence

Shin, Jane

Shipbreaking industry

Shíshálh Nation

Short-term accommodations

See Hotels and travel accommodation


Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act (Bill 35)

Shuswap constituency and area

Sicamous, B.C.

Sikh community

Sikh Heritage Month

Similkameen constituency and area

See Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area


Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Sinclair, Christine

Sinclair, Reuben

Singh, Shaheed Bhagat

Single Mothers Alliance

Sisters Sleep Gallery and Stereo Warehouse, Kamloops, B.C.

Site C power project

Skeena constituency and area

Skilled Trades BC Act

SkillPlan

Skills training

SkyTrain

Small business

See also Business


Small Business Week

Smith, Clint

Smith, Matt

Sm'ooyget Satsan

See Bevan, Mel (Sm'ooyget Satsan)


Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry

Social housing

See Social and subsidized housing under Housing


Social welfare

Social workers

Society

Society of We Are Canadians Too

SOGI policies

See Sexual orientation and gender identity policies under School districts


Sonnenberg, Blain

Soul Bite Food, Inc

South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)

South Delta Storm hockey team

South Fraser communities

See Lower Mainland


South Surrey and White Rock Chamber of Commerce

South Vancouver Family Place, Vancouver, B.C.

South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.

Sparks, Colleen

Speaker's statements

See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker


Special committees

See also Committee system under Legislature; Select standing committees


Special needs children

See Children with support needs under Children and youth


Special Olympics B.C.

Species at risk

See Wildlife


Speculation and vacancy tax

Speech from the Throne

Sports and recreation

Squamish Chamber of Commerce

SS Moyie

Standing Order 35 adjournment motions

Stanley Park

See Vancouver, B.C.


Starbright Children's Development Centre, Kelowna, B.C.

Statements

See also Ministerial statements; Personal statements; Private members' statements; Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker; Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)


Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)

See also Private members' statements


Statutory officers

See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature; particular statutory officers


STEAM careers

See Science, technology, engineering, the arts and math under Science and technology


STEM education

See Science, technology, engineering and math education under Science and technology


Steveston, B.C.

See also Richmond-Steveston constituency and area


Steveston constituency and area

See Richmond-Steveston constituency and area


Steveston Harbour Authority

Stewart, Shelley

Stinson, Noah

Stirling, Don

Stó:lō Nation

Strata property

Strata Property Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 22)

Streams Foundation

StrongerBC Young Leaders Council

Students

See Education; Post-secondary education; Post-secondary institutions; Skills training


Stump, Werner and Jody

Substance use and addiction

SUCCESS

See United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society


Suicide

Supply Act, 2022-2023 (Supplementary Estimates) (Bill 9)

Supply Act, 2023-2024 (Bill 30)

Supply Act (No.1), 2023 (Bill 16)

Supreme Court of Canada

Surrey, B.C.

Surrey Crime Prevention Society

Surrey Eagles hockey team

Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society

Surrey Food Bank

Surrey Libraries Youth Writing Contest

Surrey Memorial Hospital

Surrey Minor Hockey Association

Surrey school district

See School district 36 (Surrey)


Surrey-Cloverdale constituency and area

Surrey–White Rock constituency and area

Sustainable Development Challenge

Sword, Kamilah

Syria

Tablotney, Curtis Andrew

Taxation

Taylor, Linda and Robert

TC Energy

Teachers

Teck Resources Ltd

Teegee, Terry

Television production

See Film industry


TEMOSEṈŦET

See Elliot, Charles (TEMOSEṈŦET)


Terrace, B.C.

Terrorism

Thomas, Louis

Thompson Region Family Obstetrics Clinic, Kamloops, B.C.

Thompson-Nicola Regional Library

Time changes and time zones

See also Daylight saving time


Together for Wildlife strategy

See Wildlife and habitat protection and restoration under Wildlife


Toilet facilities

toqwanan

See Johnson, Dillon (toqwanan)


Tour de Rock

Tourism

Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry

Township of Langley

See Township under Langley, B.C.


Trade unions

Trades

Traffic safety

Trail, B.C.

Trails and paths

See Sports and recreation; particular locations


Tran, Francis

Transgender

See Gender identity; LGBTQ2S community


Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Visibility

Transit services

See also particular transit service areas


Transition houses

See Housing


TransLink

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Transplantation of organs and tissues

See Organs and tissues


Transportation

Transportation Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M224)

Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry

Travel accommodation

See Hotels and travel accommodation


Treaty Commission

See British Columbia Treaty Commission


Tributes

Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce

Tsawwassen First Nation

Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement Amending Agreement (No. 2)

Tseshaht First Nation

Tŝilhqot'in Nation

Tsunamis

See Earthquakes


Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

Türkiye

Turning Point Recovery Society

Tyrrell, Walter

Ukraine

Ukraine International Airlines flight 752

Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day

See Holodomor Memorial Day


Umoja Operation Compassion Society of British Columbia

Union Cooperative Initiative

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

Unions

See Trade unions


United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society

United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples

United States

United Way, British Columbia

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

Urban, Don

Vacation rentals

See Short-term accommodations under Hotels and travel accommodation


Vaccination for COVID-19

See COVID-19


Vaillant, Sophia

Vaisakhi

van Hoof, Linda

Vancouver, B.C.

See also Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area; Vancouver-Langara constituency and area; Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area; Vancouver–West End constituency and area


Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Association

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Vancouver Foundation

Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill Pr401)

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island Health Authority

Vancouver police department

Vancouver Public Library

Vancouver-Fraserview constituency and area

Vancouver-Langara constituency and area

Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area

Vancouver–West End constituency and area

Vanderhoof, B.C.

Vehicles

See Automobiles; Cycling


Veles, Natalie

Vernon, B.C.

See also Vernon-Monashee constituency and area


Vernon Winter Carnival

Vernon-Monashee constituency and area

Veterans

See Armed forces; War


VictimLinkBC

Victoria, B.C.

Victoria police department

Vimy, France

Vimy Ridge

Violence

Vision loss

See Eye health and visual impairment


Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 15)

Volunteers and volunteer sector

See also Non-profit sector


Von Bergmann, Jens

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Wages and salaries

Wallace, Pat

Wanamaker, Lori

War

See also Armed forces


Water

Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Ministry

Watersheds

Watersheds B.C.

Watson, Garry

Weather

Weaver, Andrew

Webstad, Phyllis

Wei, Yang Dong

Weremy, Carol

West Coast Trail

See Vancouver Island


West End constituency and area

See Vancouver–West End constituency and area


West End Seniors Network

West Vancouver, B.C.

See North Shore; West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area


West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area

Westbank Town Centre Park

Western Hockey League

Westshore Rebels football team

Wetlands

The Whale

Whistleblowing

Whistler, B.C.

Whistler Chamber of Commerce

White Cane Week

White Rock, B.C.

Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia

Wildfires

See Fires and firefighters


Wildlife

Wildlife Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M202)

Wildlife Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023 (Bill M217)

Wildsight

Williams, Ben

Williams Lake, B.C.

Williams Lake First Nation

Williams, Rose

See Jaad, Gud Takin


Willowstone Academy, Kelowna, B.C.

Wine and wine industry

Winters Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.

Wolf, Jayli

Women

Women's Entrepreneurship Day

Women's History Month

Women's Memorial March

Woodward, Chelsey

Workers

World Autism Awareness Day

World Diabetes Day

World Kidney Day

World Mental Health Day

World Press Freedom Day

W̱SÁNEĆ Nations

Yan, Andy

Yang, Shaelyn

Yolen, Jane

Young Agrarians

Young offenders

See Justice system


Youth

See Children and youth

Zappone Manor, Surrey, B.C.

Zenius Labs

Zero-Emission Vehicles Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 39)

Zimbabwe Cultural Society

Zimmer, Cindy

Zimmer, James

Zoning

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