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

Racism See Discrimination and racism
Rainforests See Forests and forest industry
Rajan, Prabhu See also Police Complaint Commissioner

Appointment as Police Complaint Commissioner (Begg) 378B:1435-1440 (Merrifield) 378B:1440
Ramadan

Observance (Begg) 404B:1350-1355 (Wat) 408B:1355
Observance and celebration (Sims) 400B:1025-1030
Rare Disease Day

Purpose (Chandra Herbert) 386B:1020
Ravensbergen, Joshua

Achievements with Prince George Cougars hockey team (Bond) 439B:1420
RCMP See Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R.E. Mountain Secondary School, Langley, B.C.

Improv team and accomplishments (Dykeman) 392B:1350
Real estate industry See also Home ownership; Housing

Interest rates and affordability (Falcon) 433B:1030 (Merrifield) 433B:1035-1040
Investment in government-funded affordable home ownership project (Eby) 392B:1400-1405 (Falcon) 392B:1400-1405
Red Dress Day See National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People
Refugees See Immigration
Registrar of Lobbyists See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Religion

Religious services, restrictions during COVID-19 See Public health measures under COVID-19
Rental housing

Affordability See also Supply and affordability below
(Furstenau) 382B:1400-1405
Pet-friendly housing (Kirkpatrick) 418B:1355
Protections and support for tenants
protections and support (Chandra Herbert) 402B:1025-1030 (Kahlon) 386B:1050
rental protection fund (Kahlon) 429B:1415 (Olsen) 429B:1415
Rebates for tenants See Renters tax credit below
Rent increases
additional rent increases for capital expenditures, petition tabled (Chandra Herbert) 439B:1515
Rent increases between tenancies, regulation (Furstenau) 382B:1400-1405 (Kahlon) 382B:1405
Renters tax credit (Chandra Herbert) 402B:1025-1030
Rent-to-own programs (Falcon) 378B:1405-1410, 433B:1030-1035 (Merrifield) 433B:1035-1040
Short-term rentals See Hotels and travel accommodation
Supply (Kahlon) 386B:1050
Supply and affordability (Kahlon) 382B:1405
Vacancy control policy See Rent increases between tenancies, regulation above
Reports from committees See Documents tabled; particular committees
Representative for Children and Youth

Advocacy and work commended (Bernier) 422B:1435 (Sims) 422B:1435
Recommendations, implementation by government (Bernier) 422B:1435 (Sims) 422B:1435
Reproduction

Access to free contraception (Paddon) 392B:1345
Menopause See Menopause
Reproductive system conditions and disorders See particular conditions
Restaurant and food services industry

Restaurant licences and penalties (Farnworth) 392B:1425 (Stone) 392B:1425
Retinal diseases See Eye health and visual impairment
Richmond, B.C.

Anti-Asian racism at safe-consumption site protest (Falcon) 378B:1355
Buddhist establishments (Wat) 426B:1025
Child care services (Wat) 416B:1025
Community diversity and heritage sites (Greene) 426B:1025
Community response to fire at local business (Greene) 378B:1350-1355
Community volunteers and Earth Day clean-up event (Yao) 423B:1050
Crime incidence and government response (Wat) 411B:1440-1445
Economic development and local businesses (Greene) 418B:1400
Garden City Community Park, invasive species removal and reforestation (Yao) 392B:1350-1355
Government investment (Greene) 397B:1025
Miyawaki forest planting volunteer event (Yao) 402B:1015-1020
Proposal for supervised consumption site (Farnworth) 423B:1120
Schools and health care facilities (Greene) 397B:1025
Richmond Chamber of Commerce

Role and events (Greene) 418B:1400
Richmond Poverty Reduction Coalition

Work of organization (Wat) 416B:1025
Richmond South Centre constituency and area

Government investment in community (Yao) 440B:1015
Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce

Business Excellence Awards recipients (D'Eith) 399B:1350
RidgeView Place, Langford, B.C.

Evacuation of building and support for displaced tenants (Kahlon) 439B:1445
Ripple Rock Elementary School, Campbell River, B.C.

Child care facility on site (Babchuk) 419B:1025
Rising Tide agreement See Title recognition agreement under Haida Nation
Roberts, Eric

Experience with health care system (Lee) 404B:1430 (Merrifield) 404B:1435
Rodeos

Events (Doerkson) 430B:1025
Rogers, Matt

Life and contributions to South Delta community (Paton) 440B:1300
Royal assent to bills 401B:1605, 420B:1705, 440B:1730
Royal Canadian Mounted Police See also Police and policing

Community-industry response group
funding (Farnworth) 379B:1040 (Olsen) 379B:1040
investigations into actions of group (Olsen) 379B:1040
Police service agreement in Surrey (Farnworth) 412B:1045-1050
Recruitment and staffing (Farnworth) 429B:1430
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

Introductions by members 390B:1005, 408B:1340, 409B:1010, 426B:1005, 432B:1335
Legislature
language used in House
"cowardly" 396B:1400
"wacko" 425B:1430
withdrawal of comments requested 419B:1105
members' conduct and debate
members not to wear partisan pins or symbols 420B:1710
points of order
points of order as points of clarification 419B:1120
private members' statements
debate to be non-partisan 430B:1025
question period
calm down 396B:1425
conduct 400B:1045
decorum and respectful behaviour 404B:1405
equal opportunity to speak 405B:1030
let minister answer 399B:1430
listen to questions and answers 383B:1050, 418B:1435, 419B:1050
member to wait for turn 416B:1100
members not to argue with Speaker 433B:1100
members not to engage in cross talk 432B:1425
members not to interrupt 399B:1410, 416B:1100, 432B:1425
members not to refer to members by name 429B:1420
members to be careful in wording 392B:1410
members to be respectful 429B:1435, 430B:1100, 432B:1420-1425
members to come to order 385B:1445, 416B:1100-1105
members to come to order and calm down 419B:1050-1055
members to let minister answer 430B:1050
members to listen to questions and answers 430B:1040
minister has the floor 386B:1040-1045
minister to take seat 416B:1100
no arguments 419B:1055
no cross-talking 386B:1100
no discussion of bills currently before House 416B:1050
no use of electronic devices during question period 411B:1400, 440B:1040
one speaker at a time 386B:1040
relevance of question to ministry 404B:1425
time for questions 419B:1055
unnecessary comments 404B:1425
wasting time 419B:1100
statements by members (Standing Order 25B)
statements to be non-partisan 405B:1015
tabling documents, rules and voting 432B:1440
Privilege
comments by Ravi Kahlon during question period 388B:1000
Reports tabled
Auditor General
Audit of B.C.'s 2022-23 Summary Financial Statements: Areas of Interest, March 2024 396B:1430
B.C.'s Toxic Drug Crisis: Implementation of Harm Reduction Programs, March 2024 402B:1100
Managing Hazardous Spills in B.C., February 2024 383B:1110
Information and Privacy Commissioner
2023-24 annual report 426B:1105
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
reconciliation action plan, 2024-2028 432B:1445
Ombudsperson
Alone: The Prolonged and Repeated Isolation of Youth in Custody, April 2024 416B:1105
On the Road Again: Fixing a Long-standing Injustice in Section 42 of the Transportation Act, March 2024 390B:1105
Registrar of Lobbyists
2023-24 annual report 426B:1105
Determination Decision 23-07, Uber Canada Inc., Brian Kuntz 412B:1110
Reconsideration Report 23-07, Brian Kuntz 412B:1110
Sahota, Patty
service as MLA and death 386B:1025-1030
Selection Special Committee
first report for fifth session of 42nd parliament, debate and adoption motion 382B:1430
Speaker's statements
Decorum and behaviour during question period 404B:1405, 405B:1030
Non-partisan statements by members 405B:1015
Use of electronic devices during question period 411B:1400
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Request to debate a matter of urgent public importance — illicit drug use in health facilities 413B:1320
Standng Order 35 adjournment motions
Request to debate a matter of urgent public importance — illicit drug use in health facilities 412B:1125
Rural B.C. See British Columbia by region