Fifth Session, 42nd Parliament – 2024
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

INDEX TO SITTING
parliamentary business; speeches by Members
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 | H | I | K | L | M | O | P | R | S | T | W

Alexis, Hon. Pam (Abbotsford-Mission)

Introductions by members 386B:1005

Bailey, Hon. Brenda (Vancouver–False Creek)

Introductions by members 386B:1010
Banman, Bruce (Abbotsford South)

Introductions by members 386B:1010
Oral questions
Funding for medical schools 386B:1055
Government action on issues in health care system and response to case in Nanaimo 386B:1100
Bernier, Mike (Peace River South)

Introductions by members 386B:1005
Bills by name

Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M201) See Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M201)
Bills by number

M201. Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2024
Budget

Debate 386B:1120-1155
Debate, speakers (Dean) 386B:1120-1135 (Wat) 386B:1140-1150

Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)

Statements by members
Rare Disease Day 386B:1020

Davies, Dan (Peace River North)

Introductions by members 386B:1005
de Jong, Michael (Abbotsford West)

Tributes
Patty Sahota 386B:1030-1035
Dean, Hon. Mitzi (Esquimalt-Metchosin)

Budget debate 386B:1120-1135
Oral questions (response)
Implementation of child care legislation and progress reports 386B:1105
Dix, Hon. Adrian (Vancouver-Kingsway)

Oral questions (response)
Funding for medical schools 386B:1055-1100
Government action on issues in health care system and response to case in Nanaimo 386B:1100
Recruitment and retention of nurses and use of private agencies 386B:1050-1055
Documents tabled

Working Group on Parliamentary Culture
report, Working Together to Build a Better Parliamentary Culture at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, February 2024 (Speaker) 386B:1110
Doerkson, Lorne (Cariboo-Chilcotin)

Landslides
assistance for landslide-affected homeowners in Williams Lake, petition tabled 386B:1110
Oral questions
2026 FIFA World Cup hosting costs 386B:1105
Petitions
assistance for landslide-affected homeowners in Williams Lake 386B:1110
Williams Lake
Terra Ridge landslide impacts and assistance, petition tabled 386B:1110

Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington)

Motions
Permission for Working Group on Parliamentary Culture to speak to report 386B:1110
Statements
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture 386B:1110

Falcon, Kevin (Vancouver-Quilchena)

Introductions by members 386B:1110
Oral questions
Affordable housing for seniors and SAFER rental assistance program 386B:1035-1040
Farnworth, Hon. Mike (Port Coquitlam)

Oral questions (response)
Government action on gang violence and drug trafficking 386B:1105-1110
Fleming, Hon. Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake)

Introductions by members 386B:1005-1010
Furstenau, Sonia (Cowichan Valley)

Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2024
debate 386B:1010-1015
Statements
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture 386B:1115

Halford, Trevor (Surrey–White Rock)

Oral questions
Government action on housing issues and homelessness 386B:1045
Statements by members
Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk in South Surrey–White Rock 386B:1015

Introductions by members

Alexis, Hon. Pam (Abbotsford-Mission) 386B:1005
Bailey, Hon. Brenda (Vancouver–False Creek) 386B:1010
Banman, Bruce (Abbotsford South) 386B:1010
Bernier, Mike (Peace River South) 386B:1005
Davies, Dan (Peace River North) 386B:1005
Falcon, Kevin (Vancouver-Quilchena) 386B:1110
Fleming, Hon. Rob (Victoria–Swan Lake) 386B:1005-1010
Kang, Hon. Anne (Burnaby–Deer Lake) 386B:1010
Paddon, Kelli (Chilliwack-Kent) 386B:1010
Starchuk, Mike (Surrey-Cloverdale) 386B:1010
Wat, Teresa (Richmond North Centre) 386B:1005

Kahlon, Hon. Ravi (Delta North)

Oral questions (response)
2026 FIFA World Cup hosting costs 386B:1105
Affordable housing for seniors and SAFER rental assistance program 386B:1035-1045
Government action on housing issues and homelessness 386B:1045-1050
Kang, Hon. Anne (Burnaby–Deer Lake)

Introductions by members 386B:1010

Landslides

Assistance for landslide-affected homeowners in Williams Lake, petition tabled (Doerkson) 386B:1110
Legislature

Culture
working group and report See Working Group on Parliamentary Culture below
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture
report tabled (Speaker) 386B:1110

Merrifield, Renee (Kelowna-Mission)

Oral questions
Implementation of child care legislation and progress reports 386B:1100
Motions

Government motions
Permission for Working Group on Parliamentary Culture to speak to report (Motion without notice)
Moved (Elmore) 386B:1110; approved 386B:1110

Olsen, Adam (Saanich North and the Islands)

Oral questions
Recruitment and retention of nurses and use of private agencies 386B:1050-1055
Statements by members
Housing as a human right 386B:1025
Oral questions by member

Banman, Bruce (Abbotsford South)
Funding for medical schools 386B:1055
Government action on issues in health care system and response to case in Nanaimo 386B:1100
Doerkson, Lorne (Cariboo-Chilcotin)
2026 FIFA World Cup hosting costs 386B:1105
Falcon, Kevin (Vancouver-Quilchena)
Affordable housing for seniors and SAFER rental assistance program 386B:1035-1040
Halford, Trevor (Surrey–White Rock)
Government action on housing issues and homelessness 386B:1045
Merrifield, Renee (Kelowna-Mission)
Implementation of child care legislation and progress reports 386B:1100
Olsen, Adam (Saanich North and the Islands)
Recruitment and retention of nurses and use of private agencies 386B:1050-1055
Sturko, Elenore (Surrey South)
Government action on gang violence and drug trafficking 386B:1105
Oral questions by subject

Children and youth
Implementation of child care legislation and progress reports (Dean) 386B:1105 (Merrifield) 386B:1100
Crime and community safety
Government action on gang violence and drug trafficking (Farnworth) 386B:1105-1110 (Sturko) 386B:1105
FIFA World Cup
2026 FIFA World Cup hosting costs (Doerkson) 386B:1105 (Kahlon) 386B:1105
Health care services
Funding for medical schools (Banman) 386B:1055 (Dix) 386B:1055-1100
Government action on issues in health care system and response to case in Nanaimo (Banman) 386B:1100 (Dix) 386B:1100
Recruitment and retention of nurses and use of private agencies (Dix) 386B:1050-1055 (Olsen) 386B:1050-1055
Housing, homelessness and real estate
Affordable housing for seniors and SAFER rental assistance program (Falcon) 386B:1035-1040 (Kahlon) 386B:1035-1045
Government action on housing issues and homelessness (Halford) 386B:1045 (Kahlon) 386B:1045-1050

Paddon, Kelli (Chilliwack-Kent)

Introductions by members 386B:1010
Petitions

Landslides
assistance for landslide-affected homeowners in Williams Lake (Doerkson) 386B:1110
Prayers and reflections

Wat, Teresa (Richmond North Centre) 386B:1000

Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2024 (Bill M201)

(Furstenau) 1R, 386B:1010-1015
Debate, speakers (Furstenau) 386B:1010-1015
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker

Reports tabled
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture report, Working Together to Build a Better Parliamentary Culture at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, February 2024 386B:1110
Tributes
Patty Sahota 386B:1025-1030

Sims, Jinny (Surrey-Panorama)

Statements by members
Community events in Surrey 386B:1015-1020
Starchuk, Mike (Surrey-Cloverdale)

Introductions by members 386B:1010
Statements by members
Multiple myeloma awareness 386B:1025
Statements

Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington)
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture 386B:1110
Furstenau, Sonia (Cowichan Valley)
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture 386B:1115
Sturko, Elenore (Surrey South)
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture 386B:1110-1115
Statements by members (Standing Order 25B)

Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)
Rare Disease Day 386B:1020
Halford, Trevor (Surrey–White Rock)
Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk in South Surrey–White Rock 386B:1015
Olsen, Adam (Saanich North and the Islands)
Housing as a human right 386B:1025
Sims, Jinny (Surrey-Panorama)
Community events in Surrey 386B:1015-1020
Starchuk, Mike (Surrey-Cloverdale)
Multiple myeloma awareness 386B:1025
Stone, Todd (Kamloops–South Thompson)
Hockey achievements of Logan Stankoven 386B:1020
Stone, Todd (Kamloops–South Thompson)

Statements by members
Hockey achievements of Logan Stankoven 386B:1020
Sturko, Elenore (Surrey South)

Oral questions
Government action on gang violence and drug trafficking 386B:1105
Statements
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture 386B:1110-1115

Tributes

Patty Sahota (de Jong) 386B:1030-1035 (Speaker) 386B:1025-1030

Wat, Teresa (Richmond North Centre)

Budget debate 386B:1140-1150
Introductions by members 386B:1005
Prayers and reflections 386B:1000
Williams Lake, B.C.

Terra Ridge landslide impacts and assistance, petition tabled (Doerkson) 386B:1110
Working Group on Parliamentary Culture See Legislature

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