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

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

Address by Indigenous leaders

Advertising

Agassiz-Harrison Observer

Agriculture

Agriculture and Food Ministry

Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee

Air

Alberta

Alcohol

Alcuitas, Teodoro "Ted"

Alila, Younes

All Native Basketball Tournament

Allan, John

Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver (AMS)

Alsop, Jason (Gaagwiis)

See Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop)


Ambulance service

AMS Society

See Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver (AMS)


Anti-Racism Act (Bill 23)

Antisemitism

See Discrimination and racism


Ardern, Jacinda

Armed forces

Asian Canadians

Athlii Gwaii Legacy Trust (Winding Up) Act (Bill 8)

Attorney General Ministry

Auditor General

Austin, Janet

See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Janet Austin


Automobiles

Badh, Ajit Singh

Bears

See Wildlife


Bills by name

See also Bills by number


Bills by number

See also Bills by name


Blessings and acknowledgments

See also Prayers and reflections


Blindness

See Eye health and visual impairment


The Blue Grotto, Kamloops, B.C.

Braganza, Bob

Brechner, Harry

Brella Community Services Society

British Columbia

British Columbia by region

B.C. Dumpling Festival

British Columbia Funeral Association

British Columbia Housing Management Commission

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

British Columbia Liberal Party

See also British Columbia United


B.C. Lymphedema Association

B.C. NDP government

British Columbia United

British Columbia Utilities Commission

British Columbia Winter Games

Bromley, Jeff

Brunswick Point

See Delta, B.C.


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

See Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area


Business

See also Small business


Business Practices and Consumer Protection (Greenwashing Prevention) Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M209)

Butler, Lee

Cahoon, Allan

Campagnolo, Iona

Campbell, Kim

Campbell River, B.C.

Canadian Cancer Society

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Cancer

Canopy Health

Capilano University, North Vancouver, B.C.

Carbon

Carbon tax

Carbon taxes

Cariboo Memorial Hospital, Williams Lake, B.C.

Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area

Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre, North Vancouver, B.C.

Carnegie Housing Project

Cedar Lane Motel, Surrey, B.C.

Central Saanich, B.C.

Chambers of commerce

See Business


Chand, Prabha

Cheema, Haiqa

Child care

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

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kelowna, B.C.

Christian Life Assembly Housing Society

Citizens on Patrol

Citizens' Services Ministry

Civil service

See Public service


CleanBC plan

Climate change

Coldest Night of the Year

Commercial Transport Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 10)

Committees

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


Communities

Community Living British Columbia

Comox Valley

Conservative Party of British Columbia

Consumers

Contraception

See Reproduction


Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area

Corlane Sporting Goods Ltd

Correction Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M210)

Corrections system

Cost of living

See Consumers


Côté, Isabelle

COVID-19

COVID-19 business impact and supports

COVID-19 impact

COVID-19 impact and government response

COVID-19 vaccination

Cowichan Tribes

Crime and criminals

Crown land

Cultural diversity

See Multiculturalism


Cundy, Scott

Davidoff, Tom

Dawson Creek, B.C.

Dawson Creek Sportsman's Club Gun and Sportsman Show

Daylight saving time

Death

Debt

Delta, B.C.

Dementia

Dick, Butch

Disabled persons

Discrimination and racism

Disease

Divisions recorded

See also Divisions under Legislature


Documents tabled

Doukhobor community

Drax

Drugs

Dueck, Taylor

Early Learning and Child Care Act

Eaves, Connie

Edison Motors

Education

See also Post-secondary education


Education and Child Care Ministry

Elections

Electric power

See Energy


Emergencies

Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Ministry

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 2)

Energy

Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 24)

Environment

Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry

Estimates of expenditures

Eye health and visual impairment

Families

Farmers, farming, farms, etc

See Agriculture


FIFA World Cup

Filipino Canadians

Film industry

Finance and Government Services Committee

Firearms

Firefighter Protection Act (Bill M206)

Fires and firefighters

First Nations and Indigenous persons

First Nations Mandated Post-Secondary Institutes Act (Bill 20)

Flores, Benson

Food and food industry

Food security

Forests and forest industry

Forests Ministry

Fort St. John, B.C.

FortisBC

Francophones

Freedom of information

Fruit farming

See Food and food industry


Fuel

Fulton, John "Moose"

Funeral industry

Gaagwiis (Jason Alsop)

Gaming policy and enforcement branch

Gangs

Garden City Community Park

See Richmond, B.C.


Garden City Conservation Society

Gidgalang Kuuyas Naay Secondary School, Daajing Giids, B.C.

Gill, Gurdev Singh

Government

See also B.C. NDP government; Legislature


Government communications and public engagement

Green Party of British Columbia

Greenhouse gas emissions

Haida Gwaii

Haida Nation Recognition Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 25)

Harvey, Michael

Hassib, Kareem

Health

See also Health care funding; Health care professionals and workers; Health care system


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

HEARTH Village

Henry, Bonnie

Highway 99

Home ownership

Homelessness

Hope, B.C.

Hosack, Cole

Hotels and travel accommodation

Housing

Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 16)

Hoy Creek Housing Co-operative

Human rights

Human Rights Commissioner

Human Rights Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Hydroelectricity

See Hydroelectric power under Energy

Immigration

Income

See also Poverty; Wages and salaries


Industry

Information and communications technology

Information and Privacy Commissioner

Information and Privacy Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

International South Asian Film Festival

International Women's Day

Intimate Images Protection Act

Introductions by members

Invasive species

Jennie Gaglardi Place, Langley, B.C.

Jewish community

Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation Ministry

Johal, Paul

Journée de la francophonie

Justice system

Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops Blazers hockey team

Kathrada, Younus

Kelowna, B.C.

Kidney Foundation of Canada

Kidney health

Kiu, Chan

Klassen, Ernie

Kootenay area

Kuhn, Ken

Labour Ministry

Labour Relations Board

Land

Land Title and Property Law Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 13)

Land use

Larson, Marianne

Lawson, George

Legal Professions Act (Bill 21)

Legislature

See also Government; Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia; Rulings and Statements by Chair or Speaker


Lhtako Dene Nation

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Janet Austin

Liquefied natural gas development

LNG Canada facility project

Lopez, Joseph

Lower Mainland

See also particular cities, constituencies, etc.


Lunar new year

Lymphedema

Lynn Valley

See North Vancouver, B.C.

MacKay-Dunn, Alexis

Maternity and pregnancy

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Men

Menopause

Mental health

Mental Health Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M208)

Mental Health and Addictions Ministry

Ministerial statements

Ministries

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 9)

Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce

Miyawaki forest

See Garden City Community Park


Montana

Motions

Mount Boucherie Secondary School

Mulroney, Brian

Multiculturalism

Multiple myeloma

See Blood cancers under Cancer


Municipal Affairs Ministry

Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 4)

Muslim Canadians

Mussels

See Management under Invasive species

Nanaimo, B.C.

Natural gas

See Oil and gas; Liquefied natural gas development


Nelson, B.C.

Nelson CARES Society

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Nisga'a Nation

Noel, Audrey

Non-profit sector

North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M205)

North Shore

North Shore Women's Centre

North Vancouver, B.C.

Nowruz

Nurses

Oil and gas

Old-growth forests

See Forests and forest industry


Ombudsperson

Ophthalmologists

See Physicians


Opioids

See Substance use and addiction; Prescription drugs


Oral questions by member

Oral questions by subject

Oregon

Parents

See Families


Parker George, Cedar

Parksville, B.C.

Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Passenger Directed Vehicles Review Special Committee

Peace River South constituency and area

Pecknold, Clayton

See also Police Complaint Commissioner


Pemberton Valley

Pender Harbour

See Sunshine Coast area


Persian new year

See Nowruz


Personal statements

Petitions

Pharmacies

Philippines

Physicians

Pink Shirt Day

Plants

Points of order

Police Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 17)

Police and policing

See also Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Police Complaint Commissioner Appointment Special Committee

Politics and politicians

Pollon, Rick

Post-secondary education

See also Post-secondary institutions


Post-secondary institutions

Poverty

Power

See Energy


Prayers and reflections

See also Blessings and acknowledgments


Premier's Office

Prescription drugs

Presentation of estimates

Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act (Bill M207)

Prince George lymphedema garment fund

See Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation


Prince Rupert, B.C.

Private members' statements

Privilege

Property

Property Assessment Appeal Board

Public Accounts Committee

Public debt

Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act (Bill 12)

Public service

Public Service Benefit Plan Act

Quesnel, B.C.

Question period

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

Racism

See Discrimination and racism


Rajan, Prabhu

See also Police Complaint Commissioner


Ramadan

Rare Disease Day

RCMP

See Royal Canadian Mounted Police


R.E. Mountain Secondary School, Langley, B.C.

Real estate industry

See also Home ownership; Housing


Registrar of Lobbyists

See Information and Privacy Commissioner


Rental housing

Reproduction

Restaurant and food services industry

Retinal diseases

See Eye health and visual impairment


Richmond, B.C.

Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce

Royal assent to bills

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

See also Police and policing


Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

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

Sandher Fruit Packers

Savinkoff, Laura

School districts

Schools

Science and technology

Sea to Sky Highway

See Highway 99


Search and rescue services

See Emergencies


Sechelt Nation

See Shíshálh Nation


Seitz, Earl

Select standing committees

See also Committee system under Legislature; Special committees


Selection Special Committee

Semiahmoo nation

See SEMYOME First Nation


SEMYOME First Nation

Seniors

Seres, Darryl

Sexual exploitation

Sexual violence

Seymour, William "Chip"

Shellfish

Sherret, India

Shíshálh Nation

Short-term accommodations

See Hotels and travel accommodation


Short-Term Rental Accommodations Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M203)

Shuswap constituency and area

Sidney, B.C.

Sikh community

Sikh Heritage Month

Skiing

See Sports and recreation


Small business

Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry

Social Development and Poverty Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 7)

Social welfare

Social workers

Society

SOGI policies

See Sexual orientation and gender identity policies under School districts


SOLID Outreach

South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, Vancouver, B.C.

Speaker's statements

See Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker


Special committees

Speech from the Throne

Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation

Sports and recreation

Squtxulenuhw

See Seymour, William "Chip"


Standing Order 35 adjournment motions

Stankoven, Logan

Statements

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


Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)

Statutory officers

See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature


Stop the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth Awareness Week

Strata property

Substance use and addiction

Sunshine Coast area

Supply Act (No.1), 2024 (Bill 6)

Surrey, B.C.

See also Surrey South constituency and area; Surrey–White Rock constituency and area


Surrey South constituency and area

Surrey–White Rock constituency and area

Tashme Historical Society

Taxation

Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 14)

Terrace, B.C.

Thielmann, Tim

Thomas, Mary Ann

Thomas, Mary Anne

Tilbury marine jetty

See Exports under Liquefied natural gas development


Timber Supply Special Committee

Time changes and time zones

See also Daylight saving time


Tourism

Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry

Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry

Tributes

Tri-Cities Seniors Action Society

Trucking industry

Ukraine

United Steelworkers Wood Council

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C.

Urbanization

Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill 11)

Vancouver Charter Amendment Act (No. 2), 2024 (Bill 18)

Vernon Winter Carnival

Victoria, B.C.

Vigh, Carter

Vision loss

See Eye health and visual impairment


Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

War

Water

Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Ministry

Watersheds

Wealth inequality

See Income


Weather

Wehren, Peter

West Kelowna, B.C.

Westlin, Theodore Wilfred (Ted)

Westshore Urgent Primary Care Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Wildfires

See Fires and firefighters


Wildlife

Wildlife Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M204)

Williams Lake, B.C.

Wine and wine industry

Women

Wood products

See Forests and forest industry


Working Group on Parliamentary Culture

World Cup

See FIFA World Cup


World Lymphedema Day

World War I, II

See War


World Wildlife Day

Zappone Manor, Surrey, B.C.

Zoning

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