First Session, 43rd Parliament – 2025
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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California

Wildfires in southern California (Parmar) 7B:1415
Camp Skylark See Fraser Canyon Hospice Society
Canada

Canada–U.S. relations
collaboration and differences (Throne speech) 2B:1420
conditions (Rustad) 17B:1415
history and significance (Eby) 17B:1405
relations (Throne speech) 2B:1400, 2B:1410
tariffs See U.S. tariffs under Trade
Economy (Rustad) 17B:1410
National unity (Armstrong) 25B:1045 (Eby) 17B:1410 (Farnworth) 17B:1455 (Kahlon) 25B:1045-1050
Political leaders, deaths (Throne speech) 2B:1355
Sovereignty and character (Throne speech) 2B:1420
Trade between provinces See Trade
Trade with United States See Trade
Canadian Men's Health Foundation

Supports and services for men's health issues (Chant) 25B:1035
Canadian Ski Patrol

Organization and services (Clare) 28B:1350
Cancer

Awareness (McInnis) 4B:1010-1015
Diagnostic and treatment services
system and access to care (Osborne) 8B:1050-1055 (Rustad) 17B:1425
Treatment See also Diagnostic and treatment services above
radiation therapy and U.S. facilities (Gasper) 18B:1050 (Milobar) 18B:1100 (Osborne) 18B:1050 (Rustad) 17B:1425
radiation therapy services (Davis) 8B:1050-1055
Carbon

Carbon pricing (Eby) 21B:1400
Legislation See Low Carbon Fuels Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill M201)
Carbon tax

Elimination (Bailey) 25B:1045 (Davidson) 21B:1400 (Eby) 21B:1355-1400 (Rustad) 21B:1355
Elimination of consumer carbon tax (Bailey) 29B:1045 (Eby) 28B:1400 (Rustad) 28B:1400
Elimination of consumer carbon tax and impact on government revenues (Milobar) 29B:1055 (Neufeld, L.) 29B:1045
Federal carbon tax See Carbon taxes
Impact on emissions reduction See Greenhouse gas emissions
Increase (Rustad) 17B:1425
Industrial carbon tax and call for elimination (Bailey) 29B:1045 (Eby) 28B:1400 (Neufeld, L.) 29B:1045 (Rustad) 28B:1400
Legislation See Carbon Tax Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 8)
Proposed tax on U.S. coal exports See Coal
Revenues, allocation (Milobar) 21B:1400
Tax credits and rebates
climate action tax credit (Milobar) 29B:1055
credits and rebates (Valeriote) 25B:1045
Carbon Tax Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 8)

(Minister of Finance) 1R, 27B:1005; 2R, 28B:1555-2105; C, 28A:2115-0125; 3R, 28B:0130; RA, 28B:0145
Divisions: 1R approved 27B:1020; amdt. to 2R negatived 28B:1710; 2R approved 28B:2105; cl. 9 approved 28A:0120
Debate, speakers (Bailey) 27B:1005, 28A:2115-0125, 28B:1555-1600, 28B:2050 (Bhangu) 28B:2030 (Botterell) 28A:2205-2210, 28B:1630-1650 (Chan) 28B:2030-2035 (Clare) 28B:1820-1845 (Day) 28B:2045 (Dew) 28B:2035-2045 (Dix) 28B:1655-1755 (Giddens) 28B:2005-2010 (Halford) 28B:1905-1930 (Hartwell) 28B:1955-2005 (Kealy) 28B:2010-2020 (Milobar) 28A:2115-0125, 28B:1600-1630, 28B:1650 (Neufeld, K.) 28B:1930-1945 (Rattée) 28B:2020-2030 (Stamer) 28B:1955 (Sturko) 28B:1755-1820 (Valeriote) 28A:2200-2205, 28A:2245, 28B:1845-1905 (Williams) 28B:1945-1950
Carbon taxes

Carbon tax in B.C. See Carbon tax
Federal carbon tax
elimination (Bailey) 25B:1045 (Eby) 21B:1355-1400 (Rustad) 21B:1355
increase (Bailey) 17B:1425
Cariboo Memorial Hospital, Williams Lake, B.C.

Emergency services (Doerkson) 11B:1035
Carlé, Jackie

Community work at Esquimalt military base (Rotchford) 8B:1015
Castlegar and District Community Services Society

Services and volunteers (Morissette) 17B:1355
Castlegar, B.C.

Community services and programs (Morissette) 17B:1355
Cedar Secondary School, Nanaimo, B.C.

Senior boys basketball team achievements (Higginson) 18B:1030
Chamberlain, Don

Lung transplant patient in Courtenay (Day) 3B:1425, 25B:1100 (Osborne) 25B:1100
Chief Electoral Officer

Letters of results of October 19, 2024, general election, tabled (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly) 2B:1425-1435
Chief records officer

Annual report, 2023-24, tabled (Chow) 3B:1440
Child care

$10aDay child care plan See Government plan below
Affordability and availability (Beare) 22B:1045 (Throne speech) 2B:1415
Funding and spaces See also Spaces below
(Beare) 28B:1420
Government plan (Beare) 22B:1045, 25B:1050 (Gasper) 22B:1045 (Mok) 25B:1050
Ministry responsible See Education and Child Care Ministry
Spaces (Beare) 22B:1045 (Gasper) 22B:1045
Child protection system

Children in government care
deaths (Boultbee) 14B:1425 (Wickens) 14B:1425-1430
deaths and critical injuries (Botterell) 28B:1410
deaths and response (Boultbee) 31B:1400-1405 (Eby) 31B:1430 (Halford) 31B:1420 (Warbus) 31B:1430 (Wickens) 28B:1410, 31B:1400-1410
Indigenous children See Child protection system under First Nations and Indigenous persons
safety and children missing from care (Botterell) 28B:1410 (McInnis) 31B:1405-1410
Deaths and critical injuries among children and youth in care See Children in government care above
Protection and safety of children (Wickens) 31B:1425-1430
System and reforms (Wickens) 31B:1410, 31B:1420-1425
System conditions and government action on issues (Botterell) 28B:1410 (Wickens) 28B:1410
Children and youth

Child care See Child care
Child protection system See Child protection system
Deaths and critical injuries See also Child protection system
deaths and critical injuries (Maahs) 31B:1420 (Wickens) 31B:1405
role of substance use See also Overdoses by children and youth under Substance use and addiction
(Gasper) 31B:1425
Early childhood development
early learning and literacy (Higginson) 31B:1350
Children and Youth Committee

Membership change (Farnworth) 38B:1430
Powers and role (Farnworth) 7B:1440
Chilliwack, B.C.

Access to local treatment and recovery services (Kahlon) 24B:1410 (Maahs) 24B:1410
Community social service organizations (Maahs) 7B:1345
Crime and community safety (Warbus) 21B:1410
Citizens' Services Ministry

Estimates
debate 31A:1915-2045, 32A:1105-1145, 33A:1305-1440
speakers (Bird) 31A:1920-2040, 32A:1105-1140, 33A:1310-1435 (Chow) 31A:1915-2045, 32A:1110-1140, 33A:1310-1440
CleanBC plan

Plan, joint review (Dix) 24B:1420
Clearwater, B.C.

Hospital See Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, Clearwater, B.C.
Wildfire response services (Parmar) 29B:1040-1045
Wildfire response services and funding for rapattack crews (Stamer) 29B:1040
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

Chief Electoral Officer, letters of results of October 19, 2024, general election, tabled 2B:1425-1435
Chouhan, Raj, election as Speaker 1B:1035
General election, October 19, 2024, results 2B:1425-1435
Kelowna Centre constituency and area, election, judicial recount 2B:1425
Legislature, election of Speaker 1B:1035
Prince George–Mackenzie constituency and area, election, judicial recount 2B:1425
Surrey-Guildford constituency and area, election, judicial recount 2B:1425
Climate change

Action on climate change
action and mitigation (Davidson) 21B:1400
carbon taxes See Carbon tax; Carbon taxes
Government action
government action and policies (Botterell) 18B:1040
Impact
water systems (Valeriote) 32B:1020
Legislation See Low Carbon Fuels Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill M201)
Cloverdale United Church

History and hosting of Heritage Week events (Sturko) 3B:1355
Coal

Thermal coal, carbon tax proposal for exports of U.S. thermal coal through B.C. (Eby) 7B:1405-1410 (Rustad) 7B:1405-1410, 14B:1400, 17B:1425 (Stamer) 7B:1410-1415
Cocchia, Wendy See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Wendy Cocchia
Coldest Night of the Year

Fundraising walk (Higginson) 8B:1020-1025 (Sunner) 7B:1345-1350
Communities

Community gaming grants program (Bird) 15B:1035 (Chandra Herbert) 15B:1035, 29B:1045
Community organizations, social service work and fundraising (Sunner) 7B:1350
Rural communities See Rural B.C. under British Columbia by region
Community Living British Columbia See also Community living services under Disabled persons

Executive salary levels (Loewen) 25B:1035-1040 (Malcolmson) 25B:1040
Performance and incident involving death of client (Gasper) 25B:1040 (Malcolmson) 25B:1040-1045
Conflict of Interest Commissioner

Annual report, 2023, tabled (Speaker) 3B:1435
Legislation See Acting Conflict of Interest Commissioner Continuation Act (Bill 2)
Conservation officers See Environment
Conservative Party of British Columbia

MLAs
record of MLAs who served in B.C. Liberal government See Performance as government under British Columbia Liberal Party
Policies and positions
carbon tax (Eby) 21B:1400
COVID-19 response (Farnworth) 28B:1430
COVID-19 vaccinations (Eby) 24B:1405-1410
crime and community safety (Sharma) 21B:1420
resource industries (Rustad) 7B:1405
U.S. policy on Canada (Farnworth) 25B:1055, 32B:1055
U.S. tariffs (Eby) 4B:1055, 7B:1405-1410, 24B:1435 (Farnworth) 22B:1055, 28B:1430
Position on issues See Policies and positions above
Construction industry

Building code
fire safety standards (Kahlon) 14B:1415-1420 (Van Popta) 14B:1415-1420
Residential construction industry
building code See Building code above
Safety, digging practices See Underground infrastructure under Infrastructure
Consumers

Affordability issues See Cost of living
Consumer protection issues
government initiatives (Throne speech) 2B:1415
legislation See Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
Cooper, Jonathan D.

Accomplishments as hockey coach (Bird) 7B:1340
Cost of living

Cost increases (Botterell) 4B:1040-1045 (Malcolmson) 4B:1040-1045
Cost of living (Gasper) 28B:1420
Government action (Bailey) 32B:1050 (McInnis) 32B:1050
Government action on affordability issues (Gibson) 15B:1040-1045
Government action on issues and causes (Throne speech) 2B:1415
Grocery costs
grocery rebate (Bailey) 3B:1415 (Rustad) 17B:1425
Impact on seniors (Wat) 15B:1025
Cowichan Estuary

Restoration project (Toporowski) 32B:1020-1025
Cowichan high school See Quw'utsun Secondary School, Duncan, B.C.
Cowichan Valley

Agriculture and farmland, issues (Paton) 15B:1030 (Popham) 15B:1030-1035
Cranbrook, B.C.

Hospital See East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.
Credit rating

B.C. rating (Dew) 32B:1025-1030 (McInnis) 32B:1050 (Milobar) 32B:1025
Creston Valley Hospital and Health Centre, Creston, B.C.

Emergency services (Bird) 11B:1050
Crime and criminals

Crime in communities
government action (Begg) 21B:1415 (Sharma) 21B:1420-1425
government action on issues (Begg) 25B:1100-1105
incidence and impact on businesses (Brodie) 4B:1050 (McCall) 15B:1045 (Yung) 4B:1050-1055
incidence and response (Dew) 21B:1415 (Gasper) 21B:1415 (Hepner) 21B:1420 (Kooner) 21B:1415 (Sturko) 21B:1405-1410 (Warbus) 21B:1410
violent attacks and response (Halford) 10B:1410-1415
Drug trafficking See Illegal drug trade below
Hate crimes
prosecution (Rustad) 10B:1400 (Sharma) 10B:1400
Illegal drug trade
activities (Sturko) 3B:1410
activities and use of online platforms (Sturko) 8B:1030
drug labs and production (Sturko) 17B:1445
enforcement and funding (Bailey) 17B:1445 (Sturko) 17B:1445
enforcement initiatives (Begg) 8B:1030-1035 (Throne speech) 2B:1410
police investigation of diversion of safe supply (Osborne) 4B:1045-1050
prevention and enforcement (Sturko) 4B:1045-1050
Organized crime See also Gangs
Organized crime, government response (Begg) 8B:1030-1035
Repeat offenders
issues See Crime in communities above; Handling of cases involving repeat offenders under Justice system
repeat violent offending intervention initiative (Begg) 21B:1410-1415
Sexual assault and abuse See Sexual violence
Crown prosecutors See Justice system