First Session, 43rd Parliament – 2025
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
MEMBERS INDEX (DRAFT)
speeches by Members; topics debated
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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Farnworth, Hon. Mike (Port Coquitlam)
- Aboriginal Affairs Committee
- Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee
- Anderson, George
- appointment as Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 2B:1435
- B.C. by region
- B.C. Ferry Services
- B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
- B.C. Liberal Party
- performance as government
- B.C. NDP government
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
- Canada
- Charbonneau, Art
- Children and Youth Committee
- Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
- Deputy Clerk, role and responsibilities 52B:1120
- Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, role and responsibilities 52B:1120
- Conservative Party of B.C.
- Crown Corporations Committee
- Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee
- Democratic and Electoral Reform Special Committee
- Documents tabled
- Hepner, Linda, media document re comments as Surrey mayor on mobility pricing issue 55B:1500
- Selection Special Committee
- first report for first session of 43rd parliament 3B:1435
- Education Committee
- Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act (Bill M202)
- Elmore, Mable
- appointment as Deputy Speaker 2B:1435
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- Freedom of information
- Government
- Health Committee
- Henry, Bonnie
- Hepner, Linda
- media document re comments as Surrey mayor on mobility pricing issue, tabled 55B:1500
- role as mayor and position on mobility pricing 55B:1435
- Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
- improvement projects, payment of subcontractors and workers 28B:1420-1425
- Highway 3A
- rock slide incident in Yellow Lake area and government response 43B:1050
- Highway 37
- infrastructure and safety upgrades 43B:1055
- Highway 97
- projects and section improvements 43B:1050
- Highway 99
- George Massey Tunnel replacement project 35B:1420
- Highways and roads
- Human Rights Code Provisions Review Special Committee
- Infrastructure
- Introductions by members 8B:1000, 14B:1330, 18B:1010, 21B:1330, 21B:1340, 29B:1000-1005, 56B:1010, 73B:1010, 83B:1335
- Legislative Initiatives Committee
- Legislature
- Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole
- committee to sit in three sections 51B:1435
- committee to sit in two sections 24B:1435
- Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole, membership changes to Section A and Section C 76B:1430
- estimates process
- language used in House
- legislative calendar and sitting schedule
- adjournment of Monday April 28 sitting 48B:1000
- change to legislative schedule for sitting weeks 79B:1455
- change to Monday sitting hours 27B:1155
- change to October 28 sitting hours 90B:1430
- deferral of divisions in Section B on May 7 58B:1435
- extension of sitting hours 24B:1440
- members' conduct and debate
- comments on legislation currently before the House 83B:1435
- question period
- conduct of opposition member 28B:1425
- no discussion of bills currently before House 28B:1425
- Speaker and Chair
- appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 2B:1435
- appointment of Deputy Speaker 2B:1435
- Standing Order 81, Bill 8 to proceed through two or more stages in one day 27B:1030-1040
- Standing Order 81.1, adoption of government business schedule 57B:2055
- Lobbyists Transparency Act Review Special Committee
- Lowther, Theresa Janice (Hu’hüüłk)
- life and role as Indigenous educator 19B:1305
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025 (Bill 27)
- Motions
- Adjournment motion 74B:1720
- Adjournment of Monday sitting 48B:1000
- Adoption of government business schedule 57B:2055
- Amendment to standing orders for Monday sitting hours 27B:1155
- Amendment to standing orders for October 28 sitting hours 90B:1430
- Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole 2B:1435
- Appointment of Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 52B:1120
- Appointment of Deputy Speaker 2B:1435
- Appointment of Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform 38B:1430
- Appointment of Special Committee to Appoint Statutory Officers 7B:1435
- Appointment of Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Human Rights Code 69B:1435
- Appointment of Special Committee to Review the Lobbyists Transparency Act 51B:1435
- Appointment of Special Committee to Review the Public Interest Disclosure Act 7B:1435
- Bill 8 to proceed through two or more stages in one day (Standing Order 81) 27B:1030-1040
- Change to legislative schedule for sitting weeks (Motion 45) 79B:1455
- Change to terms of reference for Finance Committee 74B:1715-1720
- Change to terms of reference for Statutory Officers Appointment Special Committee 74B:1715
- Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole to sit in three sections 51B:1435
- Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole to sit in two sections 24B:1435
- Deferral of divisions in Section B on May 7 58B:1435
- Extension of sitting hours 24B:1440
- Membership change to Children and Youth Committee 38B:1430
- Membership change to Finance Committee 38B:1430
- Membership change to Lobbyists Transparency Act Review Special Committee 69B:1435
- Membership change to Private Bills and Private Members' Bills Committee 55B:1500, 69B:1435
- Membership change to Private Bills and Private Members' Bills Committee (Motion without notice) 50B:1330
- Membership change to Public Accounts Committee 31B:1435
- Membership change to Section A and Section C 76B:1430
- Membership changes to Aboriginal Affairs Committee 86B:1440
- Membership changes to Agriculture, Fish and Food Committee 86B:1440
- Membership changes to Children and Youth Committee (Motion 48) 87B:1130
- Membership changes to Children and Youth Committee (Motion 67) 87B:1130
- Membership changes to Crown Corporations Committee 86B:1440
- Membership changes to Democratic and Electoral Reform Committee 86B:1440
- Membership changes to Education Committee 86B:1440
- Membership changes to Finance Committee 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Health Committee 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Human Rights Code Provisions Review Committee 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Legislative Initiatives Committee (Farnworth) 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Lobbyists Transparency Act Review Special Committee 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct and Standing Orders Committee 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Private Bills and Private Members' Bills Committee 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Public Accounts Committee (Farnworth) 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Public Interest Disclosure Act Review Committee 86B:1445
- Membership changes to Statutory Officers Appointment Committee 86B:1445
- Permanent officer status for Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel 52B:1120
- Pink Shirt Day 8B:1055
- Powers and role of Children and Youth Committee 7B:1440
- Powers and role of Finance Committee 7B:1435
- Powers and role of Private Bills and Members' Bills Committee 7B:1440
- Powers and role of Public Accounts Committee 7B:1435
- Recommittal of Bill M202, Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act 66B:1105
- Schedule for House adjournment 39B:1105
- Okanagan area
- transportation infrastructure and government investment 43B:1055
- Oral questions (response)
- Actions of Premier 28B:1425-1430
- Budget priorities and funding for ferry services 18B:1055
- Budget priorities and tax credit for technology sector 17B:1455
- Budget provisions for infrastructure projects 36B:1045-1050
- Budget provisions for rural infrastructure projects 43B:1100
- Bus rapid transit system in Maple Ridge-Langley area 43B:1045
- Capital funding for schools and infrastructure in Surrey 22B:1055
- Ferry replacement and services 59B:1045
- Funding for Surrey-Langley SkyTrain 22B:1045-1050
- Government action and accountability on issues 45B:1450
- Government action on infrastructure and social issues and funding for residential care facilities 87B:1125
- Government legislation on Indigenous rights documentation and meetings 83B:1435
- Government management of infrastructure projects 70B:1050-1055
- Government performance 70B:1105-1110
- Highway 37 safety upgrades and maintenance 43B:1055
- Implementation of permanent daylight saving time 25B:1055
- Massey Tunnel replacement project 35B:1415-1420, 45B:1425
- Motor vehicle fatalities 45B:1425
- Pattullo Bridge project 35B:1425
- Payment to company for road accident clearance work 80B:1100
- Payments to highway project workers and government management of transportation projects 28B:1420-1425
- Public service labour dispute and NDP caucus staff 79B:1445-1450
- Quesnel River Bridge and Highway 97 interconnector upgrades 43B:1050
- Rural transportation infrastructure 43B:1050
- Severance payments to senior government staff 32B:1055
- SkyTrain fare enforcement 45B:1430-1435
- Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project 35B:1420
- Taylor Bridge replacement and government policy on infrastructure tolling revenues 39B:1040
- TransLink funding and government position on road pricing and vehicle levy 55B:1430-1435
- Transportation projects in Kelowna and status of Highway 33 multimodal corridor 43B:1055
- Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct and Standing Orders Committee
- Pattullo Bridge
- Pink Shirt Day
- observance and anti-bullying message 8B:1055
- Points of order
- apology requested for comments by Niki Sharma, debate 79B:1450
- background for remote member during division vote, debate 72B:2015
- private members' bills admissibility for debate and voting 41B:1010-1015
- request for withdrawal of unparliamentary language by John Rustad during question period 84B:1105
- Private Bills and Private Members' Bills Committee
- Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 3)
- Public Accounts Committee
- Public Interest Disclosure Act Review Special Committee
- Public service
- work of public servants and comments by opposition members 32B:1055
- Quesnel River Bridge
- condition, upgrades and government investment 43B:1050
- Selection Special Committee
- first report for first session of 43rd parliament presented 3B:1435-1440
- Seo, Seunghee Susie
- role as Law Clerk and appointment as permanent officer 52B:1120
- SkyTrain
- expansion project for Surrey and Langley
- Sogomonian, Artour
- appointment as Deputy Clerk and permanent officer 52B:1120
- South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
- funding
- funding and service expansion 43B:1045
- Statements
- Clarification of motion to adjourn the House 40B:1720
- Statutory Officers Appointment Special Committee
- Sunshine, Jasper
- Taylor Bridge (Peace River Bridge)
- Throne speech debate 5B:1645-1715
- Trade
- tariffs, legislation 28B:1425
- U.S. tariffs
- Traffic safety
- Transit services
- Transportation
- Transportation and Transit Ministry
- Tributes
- Wanamaker, Lori