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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Osborne, Hon. Josie (Mid Island–Pacific Rim)

As subject
comments during question period (Rustad) 52B:1115 (Speaker) 52B:1115
comments on issues
climate targets (Milobar) 59B:1055
Ambulance service
services in rural and remote communities 15B:1100
staffing and resources 7B:1425-1430
Angel Flight East Kootenay
services and funding 29B:1030-1035
Animals
dogs, legislation, petition tabled 36B:1105
Ballem, Penny
role as interim CEO at Provincial Health Services Authority 28B:1415
work in health care system 32B:1045
B.C. by region
northern B.C.
addiction services 8B:1040
mental health and addiction services 51B:1425
rural B.C.
access to health care services 8B:1055, 29B:1030, 56B:1120
health care and emergency services 7B:1425-1430
health care professionals 7B:1430, 11B:1030, 11B:1050, 25B:1055, 56B:1055-1100, 59B:1100-1105
B.C. Liberal Party
performance as government
long-term and residential care 18B:1100
Bulkley Valley District Hospital
funding for specialist physicians' travel 59B:1100-1105
Cancer
diagnostic and treatment services
system and access to care 8B:1050-1055
treatment
radiation therapy and U.S. facilities 18B:1050
Chamberlain, Don
lung transplant patient in Courtenay 25B:1100
Conservative Party of B.C.
policies and positions
health care issues 56B:1125
Corrections system
mental health and addiction services
access to services 51B:1420
Crime and criminals
illegal drug trade
police investigation of diversion of safe supply 4B:1045-1050
Delta Hospital
emergency services, temporary closing 7B:1420-1425, 11B:1050
East Kootenay Regional Hospital
new oncology treatment building services 8B:1050
Fires and firefighters
firefighters
cancer incidence 14B:1415
role and sacrifice 14B:1415
Fraser Health Authority
administration and services 32B:1040-1045
staffing and new positions 22B:1035
Hartwell, Sharon
comments on issues, reimbursement payments for rural physicians 59B:1100
Health authorities
review 28B:1415, 32B:1045
Health Care Costs Recovery Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 9)
debate 36B:1010
Health care facilities and hospitals
emergency services
access to services 11B:1025-1050
rural hospitals and temporary closings 11B:1025-1035, 11B:1045
temporary closings due to staffing issues 11B:1025, 11B:1035-1040, 11B:1050, 18B:1045
government investment and initiatives 11B:1045
illicit drug use, adjacent supervised use and overdose prevention sites 8B:1045-1050, 51B:1430
new facilities 10B:1430
safety and security 11B:1055, 38B:1405, 38B:1415-1425
safety and security, resources 31B:1415
Health care funding
mental health and addiction services 36B:1100
Health care professionals and workers
government support and initiatives 56B:1055-1100
recruitment and retention 3B:1425
recruitment and retention, rural retention incentive 7B:1430, 25B:1055
safety and government support 31B:1415-1420
staffing shortages 15B:1035
supply and recruitment 10B:1425, 11B:1025-1040
workplace violence 31B:1415
Health care system
access to services 11B:1055
emergency services 7B:1425
closures and government action on issues 15B:1035, 15B:1055
government action on issues 7B:1420-1425, 10B:1425-1430, 18B:1045, 32B:1045-1050, 56B:1115
laboratory services 52B:1050
primary health care
accessibility and government initiatives 11B:1045
system
public system 10B:1430
public system and role of private providers 52B:1045-1050
travel for treatment 29B:1030-1035
travel assistance program 25B:1100
travel for treatment, travel assistance program 59B:1100
Health Ministry
estimates debate 30B:1335-1800, 33B:1305-1715, 35B:1440-2045, 36B:1120-1150, 37B:1345-1820, 38B:1450-2050, 39B:1120-1150
Housing
supportive housing
complex-care housing 49B:1110
Introductions by members 3B:1335, 11B:1000-1005, 17B:1340, 18B:1005, 22B:1000, 31B:1335, 36B:1010, 38B:1340, 39B:1005, 42B:1335, 43B:1010, 49B:1010, 52B:1005-1010, 58B:1335, 69B:1335
Kitwanga
ambulance station and access to emergency services 7B:1425
Kootenay area
emergency services at hospitals 11B:1050
health care services, access to cancer treatment 8B:1050
Ksyen Regional Hospital
opening of new facility 11B:1045
Lapu-Lapu Day
festival in Vancouver and vehicular attack
impact and response to attack 49B:1110
Lee, Victoria
departure as Fraser Health Authority CEO and severance payment 32B:1040-1045
Legislature
question period
questions taken on notice 56B:1055
LifeLabs Inc.
contract with government for laboratory services 52B:1050
Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre
emergency services 11B:1030
Long-term and residential care
government investment 18B:1100, 58B:1420
Medical Services Plan
coverage
seniors 38B:1415
Mental health
awareness and elimination of stigma 58B:1410
facilities and beds 51B:1420-1425
involuntary detention and care of mentally ill persons 51B:1420
mental health and addiction
complex care and supports 51B:1420, 56B:1050-1110
crisis response programs 56B:1100-1105
government strategy 21B:1420
involuntary care 4B:1055, 56B:1050, 56B:1105-1110
involuntary care and new facilities 10B:1410-1415, 21B:1425, 25B:1105
mental health of children and youth
mental health and addiction services 10B:1415-1420
mental illness
treatment and services for persons with severe mental illness 49B:1110
programs and services
early psychosis intervention program 51B:1425
forensic psychiatric services 56B:1105
services and funding 49B:1110, 51B:1425, 58B:1410-1415
system of care 55B:1440
Mental Health Act
consultation with First Nations 55B:1440
review and modernization 55B:1440
Merritt
access to health care and emergency services 15B:1035
Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre
emergency services 15B:1035
Nurses
supply and government initiatives 31B:1420, 38B:1400-1410, 38B:1425-1430
workplace health and safety 31B:1420, 38B:1400-1405, 38B:1415-1425
Oral questions (response)
Access to cancer care services in Kootenay area 8B:1050-1055
Access to health care services 62B:1415
Access to health care services and safety of hospital workers 11B:1055
Access to health care services and travel assistance program 25B:1100
Access to health care services in East Kootenay area 56B:1115-1120
Access to mental health and addiction services in northern B.C. 51B:1425
Addiction treatment and recovery services in Terrace 8B:1040-1045
Addiction treatment beds in Northern Health region 45B:1445
Addiction treatment services in rural communities 66B:1055
Ambulance station and service in Kitwanga 7B:1425-1430
Budget priorities and cancer care services in U.S. facilities 18B:1050
Budget priorities and emergency health care services in rural B.C. 18B:1045
Budget provisions for addiction treatment and recovery 18B:1040
Budget provisions for mental health and addictions services 36B:1100
Cellular service reliability and access to emergency services in rural and remote communities 46B:1050
Chief executive officer at Provincial Health Services Authority 28B:1415
Chief Executive Officer at Provincial Health Services Authority 32B:1045-1050
Community safety and involuntary care for mental health issues 69B:1415-1420
Diversion of safe supply to illicit market and role of pharmacies 4B:1045-1050
Early cancer screenings for firefighters 14B:1415
Emergency health care services in rural B.C. 15B:1100
Emergency room waiting times 45B:1440-1445
Emergency services at Delta Hospital 7B:1420-1425
Emergency services at hospitals 11B:1025, 11B:1030-1050
Emergency services at Nicola Valley Hospital 15B:1035
Emergency services at Port Hardy Hospital 15B:1055
Forensic psychiatric services for persons with severe mental illness 56B:1105
Funding for Angel Flight East Kootenay medical transport 29B:1030-1035
Funding for long-term-care beds 18B:1100
Government action on drug toxicity crisis and overdose deaths 42B:1405-1410
Government action on issues in health care system 10B:1425-1430
Government action on seniors care and availability of long-term-care beds 58B:1420
Government action on youth mental health and addiction issues 62B:1420-1425, 63B:1045-1050
Government reimbursement payments for rural health care specialists 56B:1055-1100, 59B:1100-1105
Health care services and government priorities 56B:1120-1125
Health care services in Cariboo-Chilcotin 66B:1050-1055
Health Ministry consultant contract and reporting 46B:1055
Indigenous youth overdose deaths and management of safe supply 14B:1430
Interior Health data breach and employee privacy protection 43B:1030-1035
Involuntary care for mental health and addiction issues 4B:1055, 10B:1410-1415, 21B:1425, 25B:1105, 56B:1105-1110
Involuntary mental health care and conditions for persons in corrections system 51B:1420
Licensing of specialist physicians 56B:1110-1115
LifeLabs labour dispute and delivery of medical laboratory services 52B:1050
Management of safe supply and diversion to illicit market 3B:1425, 4B:1035-1040
Medical assessment fees for seniors 38B:1415
Mental health and addiction issues and action on community safety 21B:1420
Mental health and addiction services facility proposal for Okanagan area 51B:1420-1425
Mental health and addiction treatment beds and facilities 56B:1050-1055, 56B:1110
Mental health crisis response services 56B:1100-1105
Mental health services and stigma reduction 58B:1410-1415
Mental health services for persons with severe mental illness 49B:1110
Overdose deaths and management of safe supply 4B:1030-1035
Overdose prevention site at Langley Memorial Hospital 51B:1430
Performance of Fraser Health Authority board chair 22B:1035-1040
Prescribed alternative opioid safe supply initiative 45B:1420
Review of Mental Health Act 55B:1440
Rural retention incentive for health care professionals 7B:1430, 25B:1055
Safety of health care workers 31B:1415-1420
Safety of nurses in health care system 38B:1400-1405, 38B:1415
Severance payment to former Fraser Health Authority CEO 32B:1040-1045
Staffing shortages in health care system 3B:1425-1430
Supervised drug use sites near health care facilities 8B:1045-1050
Supply and training of specialized nurses 38B:1410
Telus Health services contract and programs for adults with eating disorders 52B:1045
Violent incidents in hospitals and safety of health care workers 38B:1420-1430
Youth mental health and addiction services 10B:1415-1420
Petitions
reform provincial dog laws 36B:1105
Physicians
credentialling of foreign-trained physicians 56B:1110-1115
specialist physicians
recruitment and retention 3B:1425-1430, 56B:1115
Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 3)
debate 8B:1120-1125
Provincial Health Services Authority
administration and review 28B:1415, 32B:1045
Public debt
debt levels and debt-servicing costs 18B:1040
Red Fish Healing Centre
operation and services 51B:1420-1425
Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
complex care supports 56B:1055
Rustad, John
comments on issues
paid health care 56B:1125
Safety
public safety
community safety and response to complex social issues 4B:1055
community safety issues and government response 10B:1410-1415
Substance use and addiction
First Nations
substance use impacts and access to health care 4B:1030-1035
harm reduction services
supervised consumption sites and locations 8B:1045-1050, 51B:1430
impact on communities and response 18B:1040
overdoses
deaths and government response 4B:1030-1035
government response 8B:1050
overdoses by children and youth
overdose deaths 10B:1415
safe supply
diversion of supply to illicit market 4B:1040-1050
prescribed safe supply 3B:1425, 4B:1030-1035; 1045-1050
treatment and recovery services
access to services 8B:1040-1045
continuum of services and supports 8B:1040
services and funding 18B:1040
services and government strategy 4B:1035-1040
services for Indigenous persons 8B:1040
use and addiction among Indigenous persons
impacts and access to supports 14B:1430
youth substance use and addiction
early intervention 10B:1415
Surrey
government investment in infrastructure 22B:1040
Vigo, Daniel
role as clinical advisor on involuntary care 25B:1105
role in development of mental health and addiction care 10B:1415
Wallace, Roseanne
experience of workplace violence and death by suicide 38B:1400
Webster, Cameron
experience with mental illness and peer support work 51B:1425