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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Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Abbotsford, B.C.
Aboriginal Affairs Committee
Aboriginal peoples
An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
Address by Indigenous leaders
ADHD
Advertising
Agassiz, B.C.
Agassiz-Harrison Observer
Agriculture
Agriculture and Food Ministry
Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee
Air
Aircraft
A.L. Fortune Secondary School, Enderby, B.C.
Alberta
Alcohol
Alcuitas, Teodoro "Ted"
Alila, Younes
All Native Basketball Tournament
Allan, John
Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver
ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
ALS Society of B.C.
Alsop, Jason (Gaagwiis)
Ambulance service
American Loggers Council
AMS Society
Animals
Anti-Racism Act (Bill 23)
Anti-Racism Awareness Week
Antisemitism
Aquaculture
Ardern, Jacinda
Armed forces
Arts and culture
Asian Canadians
Asian Heritage Month
Assisted dying
Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments
Athlii Gwaii Legacy Trust (Winding Up) Act (Bill 8)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Attorney General Ministry
Auditor General
Austin, Janet
Automobiles
Badh, Ajit Singh
Banwell, Aubyn and Tristan
Barkerville Historic Town and Park
Bears
Beckett, Sarah
Bills by name
Bills by number
Bjelac, Igor
Black, Kim
Blessings and acknowledgments
Blindness
The Blue Grotto, Kamloops, B.C.
Books and book publishing
Boulet, Logan
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
Boyle, Christine
Braganza, Bob
Brain health
Brechner, Harry
Brella Community Services Society
Britannia Heritage Shipyard
British Columbia
B.C. Achievement Foundation
British Columbia Aviation Museum, Victoria, B.C.
B.C. Beef Day
British Columbia Book Day
British Columbia by region
British Columbia Common Ground Alliance
B.C. Cowboy Hall of Fame
B.C. Dumpling Festival
British Columbia Forest Enhancement Society
British Columbia Funeral Association
British Columbia Housing Management Commission
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
British Columbia Liberal Party
B.C. Lymphedema Association
British Columbia Museums Association
B.C. Museums Week
B.C. NDP government
British Columbia Nurses Union
British Columbia Police Association
British Columbia Snowmobile Federation
British Columbia Teachers Federation
British Columbia timber sales program
British Columbia Transit Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M218)
British Columbia United
British Columbia Utilities Commission
British Columbia Wildfire Service
British Columbia Winter Games
Bromley, Jeff
Brown's Bay Packing Co
Brunswick Point
Buddhism
Buddhist Culture Day
Budget
See also 2024-25 budget under Budgets
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2024 (Bill 3)
Budget Measures Implementation (Residential Property (Short-Term Holding) Profit Tax) Act, 2024 (Bill 15)
Budgets
Bullying and harassment
Burke Mountain constituency and area
Burnaby, B.C.
Buses and bus service
Business
Business Practices and Consumer Protection (Greenwashing Prevention) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M209)
Butler, Lee
Cahoon, Allan
Campagnolo, Iona
Campbell, Gordon
Campbell, Kim
Campbell River, B.C.
Canada
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian Forest Products Ltd
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Canadian Turkish Educational and Cultural Foundation, Richmond, B.C.
Cancer
Canopy Health
Capilano University, North Vancouver, B.C.
Capital regional district
Carbon
Carbon tax
Carbon taxes
Cardiac health
Cardiovascular health
Caregivers
Cariboo Memorial Hospital, Williams Lake, B.C.
Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area
Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre, North Vancouver, B.C.
Carnaval del Sol
Carnegie Housing Project
Caulkins, Jonathan
Cedar Lane Motel, Surrey, B.C.
Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers
Central Saanich, B.C.
Century Group
Chambers of commerce
Chand, Prabha
Chandler, Penelope
Cheema, Haiqa
Chetwynd and District Hospital Foundation
Chetwynd, B.C.
Chetwynd Hospital and Health Centre, Chetwynd, B.C.
Child and Youth Mental Health Day
Child care
Child Care Month
Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 5)
Child protection system
Childhood Connections Okanagan Family and Childcare Society
Children and Family Development Ministry
Children and Family Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 19)
Children and youth
Children and Youth Committee
Chin, Chuck
Chinese Canadians
Chong, Denise
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kelowna, B.C.
Christian Life Assembly Housing Society
Citizens on Patrol
Citizens' Services Ministry
Civil Forfeiture Act
Civil service
Clean Air Act (Bill M211)
Clean Energy Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M213)
CleanBC plan
Climate change
Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair
Coldest Night of the Year
Commercial Transport Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 10)
Committee of Supply
See Committee of Supply resolution under Budget; Supply motions under Motions
Committees
Communities
Community Living British Columbia
Comox Valley
Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation
Connect Fest
Conservation officers
Conservative Party of British Columbia
Construction and Skilled Trades Month
Construction industry
Consumers
Contraception
Control of Foreign Funding and Electoral Influence Act (Bill M220)
Cool Aid Society
Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area
Corlane Sporting Goods Ltd
Correction Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M210)
Corrections system
Cost of living
Côté, Isabelle
Courtenay-Comox constituency and area
COVID-19
COVID-19 business impact and supports
COVID-19 employee impact and supports
COVID-19 impact
COVID-19 impact and government response
COVID-19 vaccination
Cowichan Hospital, Duncan, B.C.
Cowichan Tribes
Cranbrook, B.C.
Credit rating
Cridge Centre for the Family
Crime and criminals
Crown land
Crown Proceeding Act
Cultural diversity
Cundy, Scott
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Canada
Fairness in Women's and Girls' Sports Act (Bill M214)
Families
Family Caregiver Month
Family Compensation Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M221)
Farmers, farming, farms, etc
FIFA World Cup
Filipino Canadians
Film industry
Finance and Government Services Committee
Finance Ministry
Fire and Flood Emergency Services Ltd
Firearms
Firefighter Protection Act (Bill M206)
Fires and firefighters
First Nations and Indigenous persons
First Nations Mandated Post-Secondary Institutes Act (Bill 20)
Fish
Fishing industry
Flores, Benson
Food and food industry
Food banks
Food Rescue Heroes
Food security
Forest Appeals Commission
Forests and forest industry
Forests Ministry
Fort Nelson, B.C.
Fort St. John, B.C.
Fort Steele Heritage Town
FortisBC
Foundry
Fracking
Francophones
Freedom of information
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M225)
French, Layne
Fruit farming
Fuel
Fulton, John "Moose"
Funeral industry
Funk, Zac
Haida Gwaii
Haida Nation
Haida Nation Recognition Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 25)
Harvey, Michael
Hassib, Kareem
Head injuries
Health
Health authorities
Health Care Auxiliary Day
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 and Occupations Act
Heart health
HEARTH Village
Henry, Bonnie
Highway 99
Holocaust
Home ownership
Homelessness
Hope, B.C.
Horgan, John
Hosack, Cole
Hotels and travel accommodation
Housing
Housing Ministry
Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 16)
Houston, B.C.
Hoy Creek Housing Co-operative
Human rights
Human Rights Commissioner
Human Rights Commissioner Appointment Special Committee
Human Rights Commissioner Special Appointment Committee
Hurley, Ty
Hydroelectricity
See Hydroelectric power under Energy
Kamloops, B.C.
Kamloops Blazers hockey team
Kates, Charlotte
Kathrada, Younus
Kaur, Harman
Kaur, Manpreet
Kelowna, B.C.
Kelowna Rockets hockey team
Kenny, Sue
Kidney Foundation of Canada
Kidney health
Kipps, Vicki
Kiu, Chan
Klassen, Ernie
Kootenay area
Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Kruger Inc
Kuhn, Ken
LaBelle, Robert
Labour
Labour Ministry
Labour Relations Board
Lacerte, Paul and Raven
Laird, Bill
Lamb, Mark
LAMC
Land
Land surveys and titles
Land Title Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M226)
Land Title and Property Law Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 13)
Land use
Langford, B.C.
Langley, B.C.
Larson, Marianne
Lau, Anita
Laughing Crow Organics
Lawson, George
Legal Professions Act (Bill 21)
Legislation
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
Legislature
Lesbians and gays
LGBTQ2S community
Lhtako Dene Nation
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Janet Austin
Lillooet Lake Estates
Liquefied natural gas development
Liu, Larry
Livestock industry
LNG
LNG Canada facility project
Local government
Loo, Alexa
Lopez, Joseph
Lower Mainland
See also particular cities, constituencies, etc.
Lumby, B.C.
Lunar new year
Lunn, Michael
Lymphedema
Lynn Valley
Lytton, B.C.
McEachern, Fred
McEvoy, Michael
McIntrye-Starko, Sidney
MacKay-Dunn, Alexis
MAiD
Maile, Susan
Manak, Del
Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Katzie Seniors Network
Marine environment
Mason, Jordan
Maternity and pregnancy
McMinn, Bob
Meck, Adrian
Media
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Men
Menopause
Mental health
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M208)
Mental Health and Addictions Ministry
Mental Health Week
Meziadin Indigenous Protected Area
Mines and mining industry
Ministerial statements
Ministries
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 9)
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit persons
Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce
Miyawaki forest
MNP LLP
Montana
Monzur, Rumana
Moose Hide campaign
See Violence against Indigenous women and children under Violence; Violence against Indigenous women, children and two-spirit persons under Violence
Mothers
Mother's Day
Motions
Mount Boucherie Secondary School
Moving Forward Family Services
Mulroney, Brian
Multiculturalism
Multiple myeloma
See Blood cancers under Cancer
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
Municipal Affairs Ministry
Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 4)
Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No.5) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 27)
Murakami House, Richmond, B.C.
Museums
Muslim Canadians
Mussels
Name Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M212)
Name Amendment Act (No.2), 2024 (Bill 26)
Nanaimo, B.C.
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People
National Day of Mourning
National Heart Failure Awareness Week
National Nursing Week
National Police Federation
National Police Week
Natural gas
Nelson, B.C.
Nelson CARES Society
Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Nisga'a Nation
Noel, Audrey
Non-Disclosure Agreements Act (Bill M217)
Non-profit sector
North Cowichan, B.C.
North Island Hospital, Campbell River, B.C.
North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M205)
North Shore
North Shore Rescue
North Shore Women's Centre
North Vancouver, B.C.
Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek, B.C.
Novak, Kim
Nowruz
Nurses
Packer, Seth
Palestinian territories (Palestine)
Palestinians
Parents
Parker George, Cedar
Parkinson's disease
Parksville, B.C.
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills Committee
Passenger Directed Vehicles Review Special Committee
Passover
Peace region
Peace River area
Peace River South constituency and area
Peace Rugby Club
Pecknold, Clayton
See also Police Complaint Commissioner
Pemberton Valley
Pender Harbour
Persian new year
Personal statements
Petitions
Pets
Pharmacies
Philippines
Phillip, Stewart
Physicians
Pink Shirt Day
Plants
Plourde, Dale
Points of order
Police Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 17)
Police and policing
Police Complaint Commissioner Appointment Special Committee
Politics and politicians
Pollon, Rick
Pollution
Post-secondary education
Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Ministry
Post-secondary institutions
Poverty
Power
Prayers and reflections
Premier's Office
Premier's Office
Prescription drugs
Presentation of estimates
Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act (Bill M207)
Prevention of Violence Against Women Week
Prince George, B.C.
Prince George Cougars hockey team
Prince George lymphedema garment fund
Prince Rupert, B.C.
Privacy
Private members' statements
Privilege
Project Hope
Property
Property Assessment Appeal Board
Provincial health officer
Public Accounts Committee
Public debt
Public health
Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act (Bill 12)
Public safety
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
Public service
Public Service Benefit Plan Act
Publishing industry
Racism
Rainforests
Rajan, Prabhu
See also Police Complaint Commissioner
Ramadan
Rare Disease Day
Ravensbergen, Joshua
RCMP
R.E. Mountain Secondary School, Langley, B.C.
Real estate industry
Red Dress Day
Refugees
Registrar of Lobbyists
Religion
Rental housing
Reports from committees
Representative for Children and Youth
Reproduction
Restaurant and food services industry
Retinal diseases
Richmond, B.C.
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
Richmond Poverty Reduction Coalition
Richmond South Centre constituency and area
Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce
RidgeView Place, Langford, B.C.
Ripple Rock Elementary School, Campbell River, B.C.
Rising Tide agreement
Roberts, Eric
Rodeos
Rogers, Matt
Royal assent to bills
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
Rural B.C.
Saanich North and the Islands constituency and area
Saanich Peninsula Hospital, Saanichton, B.C.
Saanich Peninsula Wastewater Commission
Safe Access to Schools Act (Bill 22)
Safe Care Act (Bill M202)
SAFER rental assistance program
See Housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program under Seniors
Safety
Sahota, Patty
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Salish Sea
Samidoun
Sandher Fruit Packers
Sanio, Aaron
Sanio, Michael
Sarah Beckett Memorial Run
Sauvé, Brian
Savinkoff, Laura
School district 35 (Langley)
School district 36 (Surrey)
School district 43 (Coquitlam)
School districts
Schools
Science and technology
Scott, Lisa
Sea to Sky Highway
Sea to Sky region
Search and rescue services
Sechelt Nation
Secwépemc Nation
Seitz, Earl
Select standing committees
Selection Special Committee
Semiahmoo nation
SEMYOME First Nation
Seniors
Seres, Darryl
Sewage disposal
Sexual exploitation
Sexual violence
Seymour, William "Chip"
Shaw, Rob
Shell Oil Co
Shellfish
Sherret, India
Shíshálh Nation
The Shoparama Spring Market
Short-term accommodations
Short-Term Rental Accommodations Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M203)
Shuswap constituency and area
Shuswap North Okanagan Rail Trail
Sidney, B.C.
Sikh community
Sikh Heritage Month
Simpson, Lauren
Site C power project
Skiing
Skills training
Small business
Snowmobiles
Snowpack
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 7)
Social welfare
Social workers
Social Workers Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M227)
Society
SOGI policies
SOLID Outreach
South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.
Southcombe, Tyson
Spallumcheen, B.C.
Speaker's statements
Special committees
Speech from the Throne
Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation
Sports and recreation
Squtxulenuhw
Standing Order 35 adjournment motions
Standing Order 81 motions
Stankoven, Logan
Statements
Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)
Statutory officers
Stop the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth Awareness Week
Strata property
Substance use and addiction
Sunshine Coast area
Supply Act, 2024-2025 (Bill 28)
Supply Act (No.1), 2024 (Bill 6)
Supreme Court of Canada
Surrey, B.C.
Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, B.C.
Surrey Pride Society
Surrey school district
Surrey South constituency and area
Surrey–White Rock constituency and area
Sustainable development
Swann, Jeff
SWITCH BC
Sword, Greg
Sword, Kamilah
Wages and salaries
War
Waste management
Water
Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Ministry
Watersheds
Watts, Stephanie
We Wai Kai Nation
Wealth inequality
Weather
Wehren, Peter
West, Brad
West Kelowna, B.C.
Westlin, Theodore Wilfred (Ted)
Westshore Urgent Primary Care Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Whalen, Deirdre
White Rock, B.C.
White Rock Lawn Bowling Club
Wildfire (Carter's Law) Amendment Act, 2024 (M223)
Wildfires
Wildlife
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M204)
Wildlife Amendment Act (No.2), 2024 (Bill M216)
Wildscaping Our Neighbourhood Society
Williams Lake, B.C.
Williams Lake Mustangs hockey team
Williams, Rose
Wilson, Des
Wilson, Fiona
Wine and wine industry
Women
Wong, Rita
Wood products
Workers
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture
WorkSafeBC
World Cup
World Lymphedema Day
World War I, II
World Wildlife Day
Wu, Ken