Fifth Session, 42nd Parliament – 2024
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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Haida Gwaii

Housing initiatives (Rice) 379B:1020
Secondary school basketball team in Daajing Giids See Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay Secondary School, Daajing Giids, B.C.
Haida Nation

Connection with land of Haida Gwaii (Eby) 415B:1400
Constitution (Furstenau) 415B:1420
Court case (Rustad) 415B:1425
Court case, ruling See Supreme Court of Canada
History and governance (Furstenau) 415B:1415-1420
Reconciliation, legislation See also Haida Nation Recognition Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 25)
(Lee) 415B:1405-1410
Reconciliation protocol and legislation (Rice) 412B:1030
Title recognition agreement with government (Eby) 415B:1400-1405 (Furstenau) 415B:1415-1425 (Lee) 415B:1405-1415 (Rankin) 418B:1425 (Rice) 412B:1025-1030 (Rustad) 415B:1425-1430
Title recognition agreement with government, legislation See Haida Nation Recognition Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 25)
Haida Nation Recognition Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 25)

(Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation) 1R, 415B:1355-1400; 2R, 418B:1725-1840, 419B:1125-1150, 422B:1440-1735
C, 425A:1450-1845, 426A:1115-1145, 427A:1305-1715, 433B:1135-1155, 434B:1415-1720, 436A:1455-1810, 437A:1125-1145, 438A:1350-1800; reporting of bill, 438B:1815; 3R, 439B:1515-1530; RA, 440B:1730
Divisions: 2R approved 422B:1725; amdts. to cl. 2 negatived 438A:1535, 438A:1625; amdt. to cl. 3 negatived 438A:1710; 3R approved 439B:1530
Debate, speakers (Cullen) 422B:1630-1650 (de Jong) 425A:1730-1825 (Heyman) 422B:1655-1705 (Lee) 418B:1745-1840, 419B:1125-1150, 422B:1440-1515, 425A:1450-1625, 426A:1115, 427A:1305-1710, 433B:1135-1145, 434B:1415-1625, 436A:1455-1805, 437A:1125-1140, 438A:1350-1750 (Milobar) 434B:1640-1715 (Olsen) 422B:1515-1600, 425A:1825-1845, 426A:1120-1140, 438A:1555, 438A:1750-1755 (Rankin) 415B:1355-1400, 418B:1725-1745, 422B:1705-1720, 425A:1500-1730, 425A:1740-1845, 426A:1120-1145, 427A:1320-1430, 427A:1455-1715, 433B:1140-1150, 434B:1435-1715, 436A:1505-1810, 437A:1135-1145, 438A:1355-1535, 438A:1600-1630, 438A:1645-1650, 438A:1720-1800 (Ross) 422B:1600-1630, 425A:1635-1725
Introduction and consideration of bill (Lee) 415B:1405-1415
Introduction and purpose of bill (Rankin) 416B:1050
Provisions (Rustad) 416B:1050
Harvey, Michael See also Information and Privacy Commissioner

Appointment as Information and Privacy Commissioner (Begg) 412B:1115-1120 (Merrifield) 412B:1120
Hassib, Kareem

Comments on Israel and Hamas attack (de Jong) 397B:1035
Head injuries See Brain health
Health See also Health care funding; Health care professionals and workers; Health care system

Disease See particular conditions, diseases, areas
Eye health See Eye health and visual impairment
Facilities See Health care facilities and hospitals
Maternal health See Maternity and pregnancy
Men's health See Men
Health authorities

Policies
overall policy re illicit drug use in facilities (Dix) 416B:1035-1040
policies and procedures re illicit drug use in hospitals (Dix) 405B:1045
Health Care Auxiliary Day

Events (Paton) 433B:1010
Health care facilities and hospitals

Capital projects and investment (Dix) 439B:1430-1440
Capital projects, public ownership (Dix) 386B:1055
Emergency services See Health care system
Illicit drug use in hospitals and facilities (Banman) 405B:1055 (Bond) 404B:1405-1410, 405B:1035-1045, 408B:1425, 409B:1055-1100, 416B:1040, 429B:1400-1405 (Dix) 405B:1030-1045, 408B:1425-1435, 416B:1035-1040, 416B:1055 (Falcon) 412B:1035-1040 (Merrifield) 408B:1430-1435, 412B:1040-1045, 416B:1030-1035 (Milobar) 416B:1100 (Stone) 412B:1125 (Sturko) 408B:1425, 416B:1050-1055
Illicit drug use in hospitals and reporting by staff (Dix) 412B:1045 (Merrifield) 412B:1045
Primary care clinics (Chant) 390B:1030
Safety and security (Bond) 416B:1035-1040 (Dix) 404B:1415, 416B:1035-1040, 416B:1050-1055, 429B:1405 (Sturko) 404B:1415, 416B:1050
Walk-in clinics, waiting times (Falcon) 385B:1415
Health care funding

Health human resources strategy (Dix) 439B:1435
Maternity services (Stone) 397B:1045-1050
Health care professionals and workers See also particular professions and sectors

Appreciation (Dix) 404B:1415
COVID-19 vaccination status and rehiring (Banman) 382B:1410 (Dix) 436B:1420 (Eby) 436B:1415 (Falcon) 379B:1025-1030, 436B:1415-1420
Hiring and recruitment (Banman) 433B:1045 (Dix) 379B:1030-1035, 385B:1415-1430, 422B:1415-1420, 423B:1110
Legislation See Health Professions and Occupations Act
Recruitment and numbers (Dix) 404B:1425, 404B:1435
Recruitment and retention, government strategy See Health human resources strategy and plan under Health care system
Safety and government support (Dix) 408B:1425-1435, 412B:1035-1040
Safety and workplace violence (Merrifield) 408B:1430-1435
Staffing and recruitment (Dix) 382B:1410-1415, 397B:1050-1055, 408B:1425-1430, 409B:1055, 412B:1040
Staffing shortages (Falcon) 379B:1030
Health care system

Access to services (Merrifield) 397B:1055
Costs and spending
administrative costs (Furstenau) 422B:1415-1420
spending and outcomes (Olsen) 404B:1420
Emergency services
closures due to staffing issues (Dix) 425B:1440 (Doerkson) 425B:1435 (Falcon) 436B:1420
Emergency services, ambulance See Ambulance service
Government action on issues (Banman) 382B:1405-1410, 386B:1100 (Bond) 385B:1425-1430 (de Jong) 400B:1055 (Dix) 382B:1410, 385B:1415-1430, 397B:1050-1100, 404B:1425-1435, 422B:1420, 439B:1435 (Falcon) 385B:1415-1420, 436B:1415-1420 (Furstenau) 404B:1420 (Halford) 397B:1055 (Lee) 404B:1430 (Merrifield) 397B:1055, 404B:1435 (Olsen) 404B:1420 (Paton) 404B:1435 (Stone) 426B:1100
Government investment and initiatives (Dix) 383B:1105-1110, 425B:1420-1425
Health human resources strategy
plan and implementation (Dix) 425B:1435, 426B:1100
Health professionals and workers See Health care professionals and workers
Issues of inclusion and systemic racism
antisemitism (Bond) 400B:1100
Medical imaging services (Dix) 425B:1435
Patient care quality, review process (Dix) 386B:1100
Primary health care
accessibility (Banman) 382B:1405-1410 (Bond) 385B:1425-1420 (Dix) 382B:1410 (Falcon) 385B:1415-1420 (Furstenau) 422B:1415
accessibility and government initiatives (Dix) 385B:1425, 386B:1055-1100, 423B:1110
clinics See Health care facilities and hospitals
primary care networks (Dix) 393B:1055-1100, 440B:1050 (Walker) 393B:1055
Services for women
progress report on women's health (Furstenau) 423B:1110
services (Dix) 423B:1110 (Paddon) 392B:1345
services and women's health research (Furstenau) 393B:1020-1025
Surgical services
services and renewal program (Dix) 404B:1435
System
issues and government response See Government action on issues above
public system and government policies (Dix) 405B:1055
public system and role of private providers (Olsen) 386B:1050-1055
Wait-lists and waiting times
waiting times for diagnostic services (Dix) 404B:1435-1440
Health Committee

Recommendations on toxic drug poisoning crisis response (Falcon) 399B:1405 (Whiteside) 399B:1405
Work on toxic drug poisoning crisis (Eby) 419B:1040-1045, 425B:1415, 425B:1425 (Falcon) 419B:1045 (Whiteside) 415B:1525
Health Ministry

Estimates
debate 404B:1730-1815, 404B:1820-1855, 410B:1420-1825, 411B:1655-1850, 412B:1125-1155, 413B:1325-1720, 415B:1555-1820, 417B:1335-1820
speakers (Bernier) 415B:1630-1635 (Bond) 404B:1735-1815, 404B:1825-1850, 410B:1420-1750, 410B:1815-1820, 411B:1655-1850, 412B:1130-1150, 413B:1325-1355, 413B:1445-1715, 415B:1555, 415B:1655-1815, 417B:1335, 417B:1450-1655 (Davies) 415B:1640-1655 (Dix) 404B:1730-1815, 404B:1820-1855, 410B:1425-1820, 411B:1655-1850, 412B:1130-1155, 413B:1330-1715, 415B:1600-1815, 417B:1340-1815 (Doerkson) 417B:1415-1450 (Furstenau) 417B:1655-1755 (Halford) 415B:1605 (Kirkpatrick) 415B:1710-1715 (Lee) 415B:1605-1630 (Milobar) 415B:1555-1600 (Paton) 413B:1635-1640 (Ross) 410B:1750-1805 (Shypitka) 410B:1805-1810, 413B:1355-1435, 417B:1645 (Stewart) 417B:1630-1635 (Stone) 417B:1335-1415 (Walker) 417B:1755-1815
Budget (Furstenau) 404B:1420
Minister
response to issues in health care system and call for resignation (Bernier) 425B:1440 (Doerkson) 425B:1435 (Stone) 426B:1100 (Sturko) 425B:1435
Health Professions and Occupations Act

Public concerns, petitions tabled (Davies) 440B:1700 (Rustad) 440B:1300
Heart health See Cardiovascular health
HEARTH Village

Temporary housing project (Babchuk) 389B:1340
Henry, Bonnie

Role in COVID-19 response (Dix) 379B:1030-1035, 436B:1420
Highway 99

Sea to Sky section
safety (Sturdy) 399B:1350
Holocaust

Awareness and education (Eby) 429B:1425
Remembrance (Robinson) 429B:1400
Home ownership

Affordable home ownership program and oversight (Eby) 392B:1400 (Falcon) 392B:1355-1400
Young homebuyers, affordability and cost increases (Falcon) 433B:1030-1035 (Merrifield) 433B:1035-1040
Homelessness

Government action and funding (Olsen) 429B:1415
Incidence and government response (Halford) 386B:1045, 432B:1440 (Kahlon) 386B:1045-1050 (Shypitka) 432B:1440
Hope, B.C.

Flooding, recovery efforts (Tegart) 404B:1405
Hope train station heritage building (Tegart) 389B:1350-1355
Horgan, John

Comments on IHRA definition of antisemitism (Robinson) 433B:1050
Hosack, Cole

Disappearance and family's search (Bernier) 383B:1020
Hotels and travel accommodation

Short-term accommodations
legislation and regulation (Kirkpatrick) 392B:1405-1410
legislation, petition tabled (Kirkpatrick) 392B:1430
Housing

Affordable housing See also Rental housing
affordability and supply (Falcon) 392B:1400, 433B:1030 (Kahlon) 386B:1035-1040 (Merrifield) 437B:1115
affordable housing for young people (Anderson) 430B:1025
B.C. Builds program See below
construction of new units (Banman) 439B:1445 (Kahlon) 439B:1445-1450
government action (Bond) 382B:1420-1425 (Eby) 378B:1405-1410 (Halford) 386B:1045 (Kahlon) 378B:1415-1420, 382B:1405, 382B:1425, 392B:1410
government action and initiatives (Kahlon) 383B:1055-1100, 385B:1430-1435, 389B:1425, 433B:1030-1040 (Olsen) 383B:1055-1100 (Rice) 379B:1020
government action and investment (Kahlon) 386B:1040-1045, 429B:1415-1420, 432B:1440
HousingHub initiative See below
initiatives and models (Donnelly) 383B:1020-1025
middle-income and lower-income housing (Kahlon) 383B:1100 (Olsen) 383B:1055-1100
models and options (Furstenau) 385B:1430-1435
needs and priorities (Olsen) 386B:1025
role of non-profit sector and collaboration with government (Dykeman) 402B:1020
B.C. Builds program (Kahlon) 383B:1055-1100 (Olsen) 383B:1055-1100
Home ownership See Home ownership
Housing construction industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Housing market See Real estate industry
Housing security (Olsen) 386B:1025
HousingHub initiative (Olsen) 383B:1055
Legislation, transit-oriented housing development legislation, petition tabled (Falcon) 426B:1105
Rental housing See Rental housing
Right to housing (Olsen) 386B:1025
Seniors housing See Seniors
Social and subsidized housing
modular housing (Furstenau) 385B:1435
pets in housing (Kirkpatrick) 418B:1355
SAFER program See Housing under Seniors
wait-lists (Falcon) 386B:1035-1040
Supply and new units See also Affordable housing above
(Kahlon) 379B:1050, 433B:1040 (Merrifield) 433B:1035-1040
Supportive housing
drug dealing and use at sites (Rustad) 411B:1430 (Sturko) 399B:1410
long-term mental health housing (D'Eith) 382B:1350
purchase of hotels for housing (Kahlon) 440B:1045
safety at sites (Banman) 390B:1050 (Kahlon) 390B:1050, 411B:1430-1435
services and supports (Kahlon) 411B:1430-1435
supportive housing and services (Kahlon) 390B:1050
tiny-home sites (Kahlon) 385B:1430
Temporary housing and shelters (Babchuk) 389B:1340
Tiny homes (Furstenau) 385B:1430
Zoning issues See Zoning
Housing Ministry

Estimates
debate 420B:1305-1725, 424B:1330-1800
speakers (Bond) 420B:1530-1600 (Davies) 420B:1520-1525 (Halford) 424B:1440-1445 (Kahlon) 420B:1305-1725, 424B:1335-1800 (Kirkpatrick) 420B:1305-1520, 420B:1600-1620, 420B:1710-1720, 424B:1335-1440, 424B:1500-1640 (Milobar) 420B:1620-1655 (Olsen) 424B:1645-1725 (Paton) 420B:1645-1650 (Walker) 424B:1730-1800
Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 16)

(Minister of Housing) 1R, 404B:1350; 2R, 408B:1730-1740, 408B:1740-1820, 409B:1105; C, 411A:1455-1655; 3R, 411B:1705; RA, 420B:1705
Debate, speakers (Furstenau) 411A:1455-1520, 411A:1535-1550 (Kahlon) 404B:1350, 408B:1730-1740, 411A:1455-1655 (Kirkpatrick) 408B:1740-1800, 411A:1520-1535, 411A:1550-1635 (Milobar) 411A:1645-1655 (Olsen) 408B:1800-1820, 411A:1635-1645
Houston, B.C.

Mill closure and impact on community (Rustad) 436B:1430
Hoy Creek Housing Co-operative

New housing project (Donnelly) 383B:1025
Human rights

Housing as a human right See Housing
Human Rights Commissioner See also Govender, Kasari

Appointment process See Human Rights Commissioner Special Appointment Committee
Re-establishment (Kahlon) 397B:1035, 399B:1425-1430
Human Rights Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Appointment and powers (Kahlon) 382B:1430
Report for fifth session of 42nd parliament
presented (Phillip) 439B:1510-1515; debate (Letnick) 439B:1515; adopted 439B:1515
Human Rights Commissioner Special Appointment Committee

Work of committee and members thanked (Letnick) 439B:1515 (Phillip) 439B:1510
Hurley, Ty

Lifesaving actions and awards (Merrifield) 419B:1025
Hydroelectricity See Hydroelectric power under Energy