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.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

Identification

Legislation See Name Amendment Act (No.2), 2024 (Bill 26)
Immigrant Link Centre Society

Support for low-income immigrants (Routledge) 423B:1045
Immigration

Foreign and immigrant workers
credentialling (Parmar) 418B:1355
Immigrants to B.C.
African and francophone newcomers (Sims) 386B:1015-1020
support programs and service providers (Parmar) 418B:1355-1400
temporary residents See International students under Post-secondary education
Refugees and displaced persons
Ukrainians in B.C. and services (Farnworth) 385B:1400-1405
Ukrainian immigration and refugees See also Refugees and displaced persons above
(Banman) 385B:1415
Income See also Poverty; Wages and salaries

Affordability and cost of living issues See Consumers
Income disparity and social inequality
government action (Kahlon) 433B:1040-1045
Low-income persons, access to funeral services See Costs under Funeral industry
Wealth inequality
increase and access to services (Furstenau) 378B:1420
role of taxation (Furstenau) 433B:1040
Indigenous Nurses Day

Observation and significance (Chant) 411B:1405
Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry

Estimates
debate 429C:1720-1815, 430C:1110-1145, 431C:1330-1815, 432C:1455-1845
speakers (Davies) 432C:1520-1535 (de Jong) 432C:1635-1720 (Doerkson) 431C:1445-1530 (Halford) 432C:1500-1505 (Lee) 429C:1745-1815, 430C:1110-1115, 432C:1540-1810 (Morris) 430C:1115-1140, 431C:1330-1430 (Olsen) 432C:1810-1830 (Rankin) 429C:1720-1815, 430C:1125-1145, 431C:1335-1810, 432C:1500-1845 (Ross) 431C:1435-1445, 431C:1530-1735, 432C:1505-1630 (Sturdy) 431C:1740-1810 (Walker) 432C:1835-1845
Industry

Carbon tax See Application to industrial emitters under Carbon tax
Inflation

Global conditions (Conroy) 437B:1100 (Kahlon) 437B:1050
Information and communications technology

Artificial intelligence See Science and technology
Cybersecurity and protection of data (Farnworth) 433B:1100 (Stone) 433B:1100
Cybersecurity and protection of data, protection of personal information See Privacy
Virtual and hybrid work tools (Chen) 404B:1355
Information and Privacy Commissioner See also McEvoy, Michael

Annual report, 2023-24, tabled (Speaker) 426B:1105
Appointment and powers (Begg) 412B:1120
Appointment process See Information and Privacy Commissioner Appointment Special Committee
Registrar of Lobbyists
annual report, 2023-24, tabled (Speaker) 426B:1105
Determination Decision 23-07, Uber Canada Inc., Brian Kuntz, tabled (Speaker) 412B:1110
Reconsideration Report 23-07, Brian Kuntz, tabled (Speaker) 412B:1110
Information and Privacy Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Appointment and powers (Kahlon) 382B:1430
Report presented (Begg) 412B:1115-1120; debate (Merrifield) 412B:1120; adopted 412B:1120
Work of committee and members thanked (Begg) 412B:1115-1120
Work of committee and staff thanked (Merrifield) 412B:1120
Infrastructure

Underground infrastructure, safe digging campaign (Begg) 415B:1500-1505
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

Comments on liquefied natural gas expansion (Furstenau) 392B:1410
Interior Logging Association

Worker concerns about industry and government announcement at meeting (Milobar) 436B:1445
Interior Watershed Task Force

Concerns re clearcut logging, petition tabled (Morris) 418B:1435
International Firefighters Day

Observance (Bond) 426B:1020
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Definition of anti-Semitism See Anti-Semitism, international definition under Discrimination and racism
International South Asian Film Festival

Event (Sims) 386B:1015
International Women's Day

Celebration and purpose (Kirkpatrick) 393B:1015
Celebration and theme (Paddon) 392B:1345
Intimate Images Protection Act

Purpose (Phillip) 389B:1345
Introductions by members

Alexis, Hon. Pam (Abbotsford-Mission) 378B:1340, 379B:1005-1010, 418B:1340, 426B:1005, 432B:1340, 437B:1010, 439B:1345
Anderson, Brittny (Nelson-Creston) 382B:1335, 385B:1340-1345, 412B:1005, 416B:1010, 418B:1350, 440B:1635
Ashton, Dan (Penticton) 439B:1410
Babchuk, Michele (North Island) 389B:1335
Bailey, Hon. Brenda (Vancouver–False Creek) 382B:1335, 383B:1005, 390B:1005, 399B:1340, 402B:1010, 408B:1335, 422B:1340, 425B:1340, 432B:1340
Bains, Hon. Harry (Surrey-Newton) 379B:1005, 402B:1005, 404B:1330-1335, 405B:1005, 411B:1340, 412B:1005, 413B:1310, 416B:1005, 420B:1630, 422B:1350, 426B:1005, 429B:1335, 436B:1330, 437B:1005, 439B:1335, 440B:1005
Banman, Bruce (Abbotsford South) 423B:1015, 430B:1005, 439B:1345
Beare, Hon. Lisa (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows) 400B:1010-1015, 401B:1410, 401B:1525, 409B:1005, 427B:1355, 430B:1105
Begg, Garry (Surrey-Guildford) 432B:1350, 439B:1405
Bernier, Mike (Peace River South) 388B:1020, 398B:1450, 404B:1340, 418B:1345
Bond, Shirley (Prince George–Valemount) 385B:1335, 389B:1340, 396B:1335, 412B:1005, 415B:1455, 419B:1005, 422B:1335, 422B:1345, 426B:1015, 432B:1335-1340, 437B:1010, 439B:1335
Brar, Hon. Jagrup (Surrey-Fleetwood) 422B:1345
Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End) 378B:1345, 383B:1005, 416B:1015, 430B:1000-1005, 436B:1335
Chant, Susie (North Vancouver–Seymour) 416B:1010, 425B:1340, 426B:1010
Chen, Katrina (Burnaby-Lougheed) 396B:1330, 416B:1005, 430B:1000-1005, 437B:1010
Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds) (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) 426B:1005, 432B:1335
Chouhan, Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)(Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) 390B:1005, 408B:1340, 409B:1010
Chow, George (Vancouver-Fraserview) 425B:1335, 439B:1340
Chow, Hon. George (Vancouver-Fraserview) 412B:1010, 413B:1315-1320
Clovechok, Doug (Columbia River–Revelstoke) 440B:1005
Conroy, Hon. Katrine (Kootenay West) 392B:1335, 440B:1005
Coulter, Hon. Dan (Chilliwack) 416B:1005, 419B:1005, 423B:1010
Cullen, Hon. Nathan (Stikine) 378B:1340-1345, 385B:1340, 390B:1005-1010, 409B:1005, 415B:1500, 436B:1340
Davies, Dan (Peace River North) 378B:1345, 390B:1010, 408B:1340, 411B:1350, 419B:1020, 422B:1340, 429B:1335, 433B:1005, 437B:1020, 439B:1355-1400
de Jong, Michael (Abbotsford West) 399B:1335, 439B:1335-1340
Dean, Hon. Mitzi (Esquimalt-Metchosin) 414B:1040, 415B:1455, 425B:1335, 433B:1005, 437B:1015
D'Eith, Bob (Maple Ridge–Mission) 382B:1335, 404B:1335, 416B:1010, 418B:1340, 419B:1010, 440B:1550
Dix, Hon. Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway) 385B:1335, 389B:1335, 392B:1330-1335, 396B:1335, 400B:1000-1005, 411B:1335, 412B:1010, 413B:1400, 418B:1335-1340, 423B:1000-1005, 425B:1340, 425B:1440, 426B:1010-1015, 432B:1335, 439B:1335
Doerkson, Lorne (Cariboo-Chilcotin) 378B:1335, 408B:1335, 411B:1335, 423B:1005, 436B:1330, 437B:1005-1010, 437B:1020
Donnelly, Fin (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain) 422B:1345, 429B:1345, 433B:1010
Dykeman, Megan (Langley East) 378B:1335-1340, 400B:1010, 408B:1335, 411B:1350, 426B:1015, 433B:1005, 436B:1410
Eby, Hon. David (Vancouver–Point Grey) 402B:1005, 412B:1000-1005, 413B:1305, 422B:1330, 436B:1340
Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington) 405B:1015, 419B:1015, 426B:1015, 437B:1025, 438B:1425, 438B:1520, 440B:1010, 440B:1305
Falcon, Kevin (Vancouver-Quilchena) 392B:1335, 399B:1340, 422B:1335, 423B:1010, 425B:1335, 440B:1010
Farnworth, Hon. Mike (Port Coquitlam) 399B:1335, 405B:1000-1005, 411B:1335, 429B:1335, 439B:1355
Fleming, Hon. Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake) 385B:1600, 397B:1150, 400B:1015, 419B:1010, 433B:1010, 440B:1010
Furstenau, Sonia (Cowichan Valley) 378B:1340, 404B:1335, 411B:1345, 412B:1010, 416B:1010-1015, 423B:1005, 429B:1340, 437B:1025, 439B:1345-1350, 440B:1015
Glumac, Rick (Port Moody–Coquitlam) 396B:1340, 412B:1015, 419B:1020, 439B:1355
Greene, Kelly (Richmond-Steveston) 389B:1335, 397B:1005, 439B:1350
Halford, Trevor (Surrey–White Rock) 389B:1335, 419B:1005-1010, 433B:1110
Heyman, Hon. George (Vancouver-Fairview) 431B:1450, 432B:1340, 432B:1445
Kahlon, Hon. Ravi (Delta North) 378B:1335, 389B:1330, 396B:1335, 405B:1005-1010, 423B:1015, 424B:1340-1345, 424B:1500, 430B:1005, 432B:1335, 433B:1110, 439B:1355
Kang, Hon. Anne (Burnaby–Deer Lake) 378B:1340, 404B:1335, 415B:1550, 419B:1005
Kirkpatrick, Karin (West Vancouver–Capilano) 383B:1005, 392B:1335, 415B:1455, 430B:1005
Kyllo, Greg (Shuswap) 389B:1330-1335, 397B:1010, 399B:1340, 404B:1335-1340, 418B:1345, 423B:1015, 426B:1015, 426B:1105, 432B:1350, 436B:1340, 440B:1100
Lee, Michael (Vancouver-Langara) 378B:1345-1350, 439B:1405, 440B:1525-1530
Leonard, Ronna-Rae (Courtenay-Comox) 409B:1010, 427B:1310, 433B:1005
Letnick, Norm (Kelowna–Lake Country) 400B:1005, 411B:1340, 419B:1015
Lore, Hon. Grace (Victoria–Beacon Hill) 400B:1010, 405B:1010-1015, 408B:1335, 411B:1345-1350, 415B:1455, 425B:1340, 429B:1330-1335, 430B:1005, 433B:1005, 434B:1430, 437B:1020
Ma, Hon. Bowinn (North Vancouver–Lonsdale) 378B:1350, 379B:1010, 382B:1335, 419B:1015, 422B:1340, 423B:1005, 439B:1400
Malcolmson, Hon. Sheila (Nanaimo) 378B:1335, 385B:1335, 389B:1335, 390B:1010, 396B:1340, 397B:1005, 399B:1340, 408B:1340, 411B:1345, 439B:1405
Mercier, Hon. Andrew (Langley) 429B:1340
Merrifield, Renee (Kelowna-Mission) 389B:1335, 390B:1005, 392B:1340, 400B:1005, 404B:1345, 405B:1005, 416B:1005, 419B:1005, 426B:1005, 432B:1340, 436B:1335, 437B:1015, 439B:1340, 440B:1005, 440B:1100
Milobar, Peter (Kamloops–North Thompson) 385B:1340, 411B:1345, 423B:1005, 439B:1345, 440B:1610
Morris, Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie) 440B:1010
Oakes, Coralee (Cariboo North) 392B:1335, 409B:1005
Olsen, Adam (Saanich North and the Islands) 378B:1350, 385B:1340, 392B:1335, 393B:1005, 400B:1010, 412B:1015, 415B:1350-1355, 423B:1010, 432B:1350, 434B:1415, 436B:1340-1345, 437B:1025
Osborne, Hon. Josie (Mid Island–Pacific Rim) 397B:1005, 399B:1340, 404B:1335, 418B:1345, 422B:1335-1340, 431B:1350, 439B:1350
Paddon, Kelli (Chilliwack-Kent) 397B:1005, 400B:1010, 408B:1340, 411B:1350, 412B:1015, 425B:1340, 429B:1340, 439B:1350
Parmar, Ravi (Langford–Juan de Fuca) 378B:1350, 385B:1340, 399B:1340, 404B:1820, 419B:1035-1040, 423B:1005, 429B:1340-1345, 432B:1350, 437B:1025
Paton, Ian (Delta South) 405B:1015, 411B:1345, 415B:1500, 426B:1010, 436B:1335
Phillip, Joan (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant) 422B:1345, 439B:1405
Popham, Hon. Lana (Saanich South) 396B:1335, 415B:1500, 439B:1345
Ralston, Hon. Bruce (Surrey-Whalley) 382B:1330, 383B:1000-1005, 389B:1330, 400B:1005, 408B:1330-1335, 415B:1355
Rankin, Hon. Murray (Oak Bay–Gordon Head) 378B:1340, 382B:1330-1335, 402B:1005, 408B:1335-1340, 409B:1005-1010, 415B:1340-1345, 419B:1010, 423B:1005, 425B:1340, 436B:1335-1340, 437B:1010, 439B:1345, 439B:1355
Rice, Jennifer (North Coast) 378B:1345, 379B:1010, 379B:1015, 393B:1005-1010, 415B:1345-1350, 416B:1015-1020, 419B:1040, 439B:1400
Robinson, Selina (Coquitlam-Maillardville) 424B:1455-1500
Ross, Ellis (Skeena) 379B:1010, 400B:1005, 411B:1345, 415B:1350, 415B:1455, 419B:1015-1020, 422B:1340, 425B:1330-1335, 426B:1010
Routledge, Janet (Burnaby North) 390B:1010, 399B:1335, 440B:1420
Routley, Doug (Nanaimo–North Cowichan) 390B:1010, 397B:1010, 400B:1015, 405B:1010, 412B:1015, 416B:1015, 425B:1340, 432B:1340-1345, 435B:1015, 437B:1025, 439B:1405-1410, 440B:1010
Russell, Roly (Boundary-Similkameen) 384B:1330, 412B:1015, 417B:1445, 417B:1525, 418B:1345, 420B:1300, 440B:1305
Rustad, John (Nechako Lakes) 404B:1345, 405B:1005, 423B:1010
Sandhu, Harwinder (Vernon-Monashee) 378B:1350, 385B:1340, 390B:1010, 393B:1005, 395B:1000, 412B:1010, 432B:1350, 435B:1040
Sharma, Hon. Niki (Vancouver-Hastings) 382B:1330, 383B:1005, 411B:1340, 412B:1005, 413B:1300-1305, 422B:1335, 425B:1335, 432B:1540, 439B:1340-1345
Shypitka, Tom (Kootenay East) 383B:1005, 402B:1005, 404B:1340, 411B:1340, 411B:1350, 415B:1500, 422B:1335, 425B:1340, 440B:1010
Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast) 399B:1335, 416B:1015, 429B:1340, 432B:1350, 433B:1005-1010, 435B:1040, 440B:1305
Sims, Jinny (Surrey-Panorama) 402B:1010, 404B:1345, 408B:1340, 422B:1345, 429B:1345, 432B:1345, 437B:1020, 439B:1400
Singh, Aman (Richmond-Queensborough) 397B:1005, 402B:1005, 409B:1005, 418B:1335, 422B:1335, 432B:1345, 435B:1110
Singh, Hon. Rachna (Surrey–Green Timbers) 411B:1345, 422B:1340
Starchuk, Mike (Surrey-Cloverdale) 390B:1005, 413B:1510, 413B:1550, 422B:1340, 434B:1405, 434B:1430, 434B:1505
Stewart, Ben (Kelowna West) 390B:1005-1010, 437B:1015
Stone, Todd (Kamloops–South Thompson) 379B:1010, 396B:1335, 409B:1005, 418B:1340, 429B:1335
Sturdy, Jordan (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky) 419B:1020
Sturko, Elenore (Surrey South) 385B:1335, 392B:1335, 396B:1340, 409B:1005, 411B:1340, 426B:1005, 426B:1035
Tegart, Jackie (Fraser-Nicola) 378B:1340, 383B:1005, 397B:1005
Walker, Adam (Parksville-Qualicum) 392B:1335, 409B:1010, 412B:1005-1010, 416B:1015, 422B:1340, 424B:1330, 432B:1340, 435B:1145
Wat, Teresa (Richmond North Centre) 385B:1340, 387B:1305-1310, 418B:1340, 425B:1335, 426B:1035, 436B:1335
Whiteside, Hon. Jennifer (New Westminster) 396B:1335, 397B:1005, 404B:1340, 429B:1335-1340, 437B:1015, 439B:1340
Yao, Henry (Richmond South Centre) 379B:1010, 382B:1335, 382B:1425, 390B:1010, 402B:1010, 405B:1000, 416B:1015, 430B:1005, 430B:1140-1145, 432B:1350
Invasive species

Himalayan blackberry (Yao) 392B:1350-1355
Management
funding (Kyllo) 385B:1400
plant invasive species (Routledge) 409B:1025
quagga and zebra mussels (Kyllo) 385B:1400
Island Health See Vancouver Island Health Authority
Israel

Attack by Hamas in October 2023, hostages in Gaza See Gaza Strip