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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Dahl, Astrid
- Caregiver convicted for death of client (Gasper) 25B:1040
Dairy industry
Dashboard Cameras in Commercial Vehicles Act (Bill M217)
Dashwood volunteer fire department
- Appreciation for fire prevention initiatives (Higginson) 76B:1340
Davidson, John
- Service as police officer and death while on duty (Neufeld, K.) 83B:1350
Davies, Margaret
- Support for Ukraine citizens (Chant) 17B:1350
Dawson Creek, B.C.
- Charities and funding (Neufeld, L.) 52B:1030
Day care See Child care
Day of Mourning for workers See National Day of Mourning
Daylight saving time
De Balinhard, Chase
- Death during interaction with police (McCall) 84B:1025
Death
Debt
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
- Action plan for implementation
- Implementation (Ma) 55B:1445
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Statute Repeal Act
Deficit See Budgets; Public debt
Delta, B.C.
- Crime and community safety issues
- Emergency services (Osborne) 77B:1055 (Paton) 77B:1055
Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation
Delta Hospital, Delta, B.C.
Delta Police Pipe Band
Delta South constituency and area
- Affordable seniors housing (Kahlon) 58B:1430
- Constituent challenges with housing and income assistance (Paton) 39B:1045
Democracy
Democratic and Electoral Reform Special Committee
Dentistry
- Professional regulation and legislation, petition tabled (Kindy) 55B:1455
Dhillon, Avtar Singh
- Contributions to Sikh community (Dhaliwal) 65B:1350
Digging safety See Underground infrastructure under Infrastructure
DigiBC
Dikes
Disabled persons
Disasters See Emergencies
Discrimination and racism
Districts See particular municipal and regional districts
Diversity See Human rights; Multiculturalism; Society
Divisions recorded
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2025 (Bill 5): amdt. to 2R negatived 57B:1940; 2R approved 57B:1955
- Budget: motion approved 25B:1155
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4): amdt. to 2R negatived 12B:1540; 2R approved 14B:1605; amdt. to cl. 5 negatived 26B:1505; amdt. to cl. 39 negatived 26B:1605
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025 (Bill 28): amdt. to cl. 6 negatived 114B:1550-1555
- Carbon Tax Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 8): 1R approved 27B:1020; amdt. to 2R negatived 28B:1710; 2R approved 28B:2105; cl. 9 approved, with casting vote by Chair 28A:0120
- Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 29): amdts. to cl. 3 negatived 107B:1550, 109B:1340, 113B:1350-1355, 113A:1515; amdt. to cl. 6 negatived 113B:1400
- Construction Prompt Payment Act (Bill 20): cl. 42 approved 100B:1730
- Dashboard Cameras in Commercial Vehicles Act (Bill M217): 2R approved 104B:1815
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Statute Repeal Act: 1R negatived 100B:1410
- Drug Use Prevention Education in Schools Act (Bill M213): 1R approved 56B:1030; 2R negatived 90B:1810
- Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act (Bill 7):
- Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act (Bill M202): 2R approved 14B:1810; reporting approved 62B:2035-2040; reporting approved 71B:1355
- Emergency and Disaster Management Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill M208): 2R negatived 42B:2040
- Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 11): 3R approved 62B:1725
- Employment Standards (Serious Illness or Injury Leave) Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 30): 2R approved 95B:1335; amdt. to cl. 1 negatived 106C:1650
- Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 31):
- Firefighters' Health Act (Bill M214): 1R approved 62B:1350
- Freedom Convoy Recognition Day Act (Bill M228): 1R approved 112B:1020
- Health Authorities Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill M219): 2R negatived 113B:1340-1345
- Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 25): 2R approved 99B:1530; cl. 1 approved 100C:1600; cl. 2 approved100C:1635; cl. 9 approved 102A:1335; cl. 10 approved 102A:1515; cl. 22 approved 102A:1635; cl. 25 approved 102A:1705; cl. 33 approved 104A:1625
- Income Tax (Grocery Rebate Guarantee) Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill M212): 1R approved 45B:1400
- Infrastructure Projects Act (Bill 15):
- 2R approved 64B:2020; amdt. to cl. 1 negatived, with casting vote by Chair 65A:1615; amdt. to cl. 1 negatived 65A:1920; cl. 2 negatived 67A:1655; amdt. to cl. 3 negatived 69A:1720; amdt. to cl. 4 negatived 69A:1835
- amdt. to cl. 4 negatived, with casting vote by Chair 71A:1820; cl. 4 approved, with casting vote by Chair 71A:1940; 3R approved, with casting vote by Speaker 72B:2010
- Intimate Images Protection Statutes Amendment Act (Bill 17): 2R approved 81B:1335-1340
- Land Acknowledgement Prohibition Act: 1R negatived 87B:1035-1040
- Mental Health Amendment Act (No.2), 2025 (Bill 32): 2R approved, with casting vote by Speaker 106B:1715; amdt. to cl. 1 negatived 109A:1450; amdts. to cl. 2 negatived 111A:1655, 111A:1725; amdts. to cl. 3 negatived 111A:1815, 113A:1420; 3R approved 113B:1445
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 13): amdt. to cl. 2 negatived 62C:1945; cl. 75 approved 64C:1905
- Motions
- Adoption of government business schedule (Standing Order 81.1): approved 57B:2115
- Deferral of divisions (Motion without notice): motion approved 111B:1445
- Indigenous rights and recognition of historical wrongs and legacies (Motion 18): motion approved 42B:1700
- Recommittal of Bill M202, Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act (Motion 31): motion approved 66B:1130
- Response to U.S. tariffs proposal (Motion 7): motion approved 7B:1805-1810
- Views and Policies of Association for Reformed Political Action (Motion 38): motion approved 76B:1815
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 12): adjournment of 2R debate negatived 76B:1755; 2R approved 81B:1425
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Statute Repeal Act: 1R negatived 101B:1030
- New Resident Health Cost Recovery Act: 1R negatived 94B:1040
- Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health Strategy Act (Bill M204): 2R approved 21B:1810
- Post-Secondary Institutions Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Prohibition Act: 1R negatived 100B:1425
- Professional Reliance Act (Bill M216): 2R approved 97B:1810
- Property Rights Protection Act: 1R negatived 93B:1405
- Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act: 1R negatived 79B:1400
- Public Flags Display Act: 1R negatived 105B:1030
- Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act (Bill 14):
- 2R approved 67B:1450; amdt. to cl. 1 negatived 69C:1655; amdt. to cl. 2 negatived 69C:1920; amdt. to cl. 5 69C:2030; amdt. to cl. 8 negatived 71C:1420; amdt. to cl. 14 negatived 71C:1935; cl. 14 approved 71C:2030;
- amdt. to cl. 15 negatived, with casting vote by Chair 72C:1515; cl. 15 approved, with casting vote by Chair 72C:1725;
- amdt. to add cl. 19.1 negatived, with casting vote by Chair 72C:1835; amdt. to add cl. 20.1 negatived, with casting vote by Chair 72C:1900; 3R approved, with casting vote by Speaker 72B:1925
- School Amendment Act (Bill 19): amdt. to cl. 2 negatived 90A:1650; 3R approved 90B:1710
- Secure Procurement in Respect of China Act (Bill M225): 1R approved, 107B:1410
- Sexual Violence Policy Act (Bill 18): 3R approved 88B:1550
- Speech from the Throne (Address in Reply): amendment negatived 10B:1840
- Supply Act, 2025-2025 (Bill 16): 3R approved 74B:1710
- Vaping Product Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act (Bill 24): amdts. to cl. 1 negatived 106A:1520, 106A:1655, 106A:1805; 3R approved 113B:1550
- Zero-Emission Vehicles Repeal Act (Bill M211): 2R negatived 55B:2045
Diwali
Doctors See Physicians
Documents tabled
- Attorney General Ministry
- report on multiculturalism, 2023-24 (Sharma) 114B:1440
- Auditor General
- 2023-24 annual report (Speaker) 3B:1435
- 2024-25 annual report (Speaker) 76B:1425
- 2024-25 annual report, revised September 2025 (Speaker) 76B:1425
- annual follow-up report, 2019-2022, May 2024 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- annual follow-up report, 2019-2023, October 2025 (Speaker) 77B:1100
- B.C. Public Sector Boards: Oversight of the Appointment Process, February 2025 (Speaker) 8B:1055
- Beyond the Bottom Line: Navigating the Province of B.C.'s 2024-25 Audited Financial Statements, October 2025 (Speaker) 91B:1110
- Beyond the Bottom Line: Navigating the Province of B.C.'s Audited Financial Statements, August 2025 (Speaker) 76B:1425
- Child Care Licensing Capacity, February 2025 (Speaker) 11B:1055
- Ensuring the Quality of Legal Aid Representation Services, April 2025 (Speaker) 49B:1120
- Final Report on the Examination of MNP's Administration of the Advanced Research and Commercialization Grant Program, August 2024 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Interim Report on the Examination of MNP's Administration of the Advanced Research and Commercialization Grant Program, June 2024 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food: Reliability of Premises Identification Information, November 2025 (Speaker) 97B:1435
- Ministry of Forests: Calculating Carbon Projects, March 2025 (Speaker) 28B:1430
- British Columbia Arts Council
- 2023-24 annual report (Chandra Herbert) 14B:1435
- 2024-25 annual report (Kang) 83B:1450
- British Columbia Ferry Commissioner
- annual report for fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 (Sharma) 3B:1440
- annual report for fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 (Sharma) 86B:1440
- British Columbia Treaty Commission
- 2024 annual report (Boyle) 7B:1435
- 2025 annual report (Chandra Herbert) 83B:1450
- British Columbia Utilities Commission
- Budgets
- Budget 2025 second quarterly report (Bailey) 108B:1055
- Budget and Fiscal Plan 2025-26–2027-28 (Bailey) 16B:1430
- Chief Electoral Officer
- letters of results of October 19, 2024, general election (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly) 2B:1425-1435
- report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2022 general local elections, October 15, 2022 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- report of the Chief Electoral Officer: statement of votes, 43rd provincial general election, October 19, 2024 (Speaker) 46B:1100
- report on 43rd provincial general election, October 19, 2024
- Volume 1: Administration (Speaker) 70B:1110
- Volume II: Financing and Expenses (Speaker) 76B:1425
- Volume III: Recommendations for Legislative Change (Speaker) 94B:1140
- Chief records officer
- 2023-24 annual report (Chow) 3B:1440
- 2024-25 annual report (Gibson) 83B:1450
- Civil Resolution Tribunal
- Conflict of Interest Commissioner
- Democratic and Electoral Reform Special Committee
- report for first session of 43rd parliament (Blatherwick) 107B:1510-1515
- Elections B.C.
- 2023-24 annual report and 2024-25–2026-27 service plan (Speaker) 3B:1435
- 2024-25 annual report and 2025-26–2027-28 service plan (Speaker) 76B:1425
- Emergency and Disaster Management Act
- report for fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (Speaker) 76B:1425
- Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Ministry
- B.C. disaster and climate risk and resilience assessment provincial report, October 2025 (Greene) 107B:1515
- Energy and Climate Solutions Ministry
- 2024 climate change accountability report (Dix) 49B:1120
- 2024 zero-emission vehicle update (Dix) 49B:1120
- 2025 climate change accountability report (Dix) 114B:1440
- CleanBC independent review panel final report, Rising to the Moment, November 2025 (Dix) 107B:1515
- Environment and Parks Ministry
- environmental emergency branch report, 2024-25 (Davidson) 94B:1150
- Environmental Appeal Board
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- first report for first session of 43rd parliament, review of supplementary funding requests of Officers of the Legislature (Choi) 72B:1440
- second report for first session of 43rd parliament, 2026 budget consultation (Choi) 79B:1450
- Finance Ministry
- government borrowings and loans for 2023-24 (Bailey) 14B:1435
- government borrowings and loans for 2024-25 (Bailey) 83B:1455
- guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (Bailey) 14B:1435
- guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (Bailey) 83B:1450
- Forest Appeals Commission
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- administration report, 2024-25 (Gibson) 83B:1450
- Gaming policy and enforcement branch
- Government
- 2025-26–2027-28 strategic plan and service plans (Bailey) 16B:1430
- Hepner, Linda
- media document re comments as Surrey mayor on mobility pricing issue (Farnworth) 55B:1500
- Human Rights Commissioner
- 2023-24 annual report and 2024-25–2026-27 service plan (Speaker) 3B:1435
- 2024-25 annual report and 2025-26–2027-28 service plan (Speaker) 76B:1425
- We're Still Here: Report of the Inquiry into Detentions Under the Adult Guardianship Act, April 2025 (Speaker) 36B:1105
- Where We Stand: Recommendations Monitoring Report, 2019-2024, May 2025 (Speaker) 70B:1110
- InBC Investment Corp.
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- 2024-25 annual report (Speaker) 76B:1425
- Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Insurance (Vehicle) Act part 7 accident benefits review, recommendations, March 2025 (Begg) 42B:1430
- Islands Trust
- Labour Relations Board
- Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- 2023-24 committee report (Speaker) 62B:1440
- 2024-25 committee report (Speaker) 108B:1055
- Legislature
- documents re point of order on question period time allocation (Warbus) 111B:1430
- Merit Commissioner
- 2023-24 annual report (Speaker) 3B:1435
- 2023-24 performance audit report (Speaker) 3B:1435
- 2024-25 annual report (Speaker) 70B:1110
- Ombudsperson
- 2023-24 annual report (Speaker) 3B:1435
- 2024-25 annual report (Speaker) 98B:1110
- Hire Power: the Appointment of Ineligible Candidates to the Temporary Assignments in the Public Service, June 2024 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Under Inspection: The Hiatus in B.C. Correctional Centre Inspections, July 2024 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- No Benefit, Period: How a Flawed Audit and Unjust Legislation Left People Scrambling to Repay the B.C. Emergency Benefit for Workers, May 2025 (Speaker) 56B:1125
- Public Interest Disclosure Act special report, Awareness and Trust: Insights from Chief Executives and Employees of Public Bodies Covered under the Public Interest Disclosure Act, August 2025 (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Public Interest Disclosure Act special report, Operational Review: Five Years of Operating under the Public Interest Disclosure Act, August 2025 (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Public Interest Disclosure Act special report, Proposed Amendments: Lessons from the First Five Years of the Public Interest Disclosure Act, August 2025 (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Public Interest Disclosure Act special report, Supporting Implementation and Providing Guidance: How the Ombudsperson Assisted Public Bodies to Meet Their Responsibilities under the Public Interest Disclosure Act, August 2025 (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Short Changed: Ensuring Federal Benefits Paid to the Province Reach Caregivers of Children with Disabilities, January 2025 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Police Complaint Commissioner
- 2023-24 annual report (Speaker) 3B:1435
- 2024-25 annual report (Speaker) 97B:1435
- Private Bills and Private Members' Bills Committee
- report on Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act (Bill M202) (Shah) 58B:1435, 69B:1435
- report on Korean Heritage Month Act (Bill M210) (Shah) 80B:1105
- report on Mental Health Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill M205) (Shah) 65B:1435
- report on Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health Strategy Act (Bill M204) (Shah) 62B:1440
- Property Assessment Appeal Board
- 2024 annual report (Sharma) 7B:1435
- Provincial health officer
- annual report of activities under the Drinking Water Protection Act, 2022-23 (Neill) 3B:1440
- annual report of activities under the Drinking Water Protection Act, 2023-24 (Brar) 114B:1440
- Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia
- Public Service Benefit Plan Act
- annual report for year ended March 31, 2024 (Bailey) 14B:1435
- Registrar of Lobbyists
- 2024-25 annual report and service plan (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Determination Decision 24-02, AbCellera Biologics Inc., Carl Hansen (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Determination Decision 24-03, Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association, Paul Rasmussen (Speaker) 51B:1435
- Determination Decision 24-04, B.C. Chamber of Commerce, Fiona Famulak (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Determination Decision 25-01, Atira Women's Resource Society, Donna-Lynn Donnie Rosa-Brailsford (Speaker) 31B:1430
- Determination Decision 25-02, Arts Club of Vancouver Theatre Society, Peter Cathie White (Speaker) 31B:1430
- Determination Decision 25-03, Vancouver Humane Society, Amy Morris (Speaker) 31B:1430
- Determination Decision 25-04, Truck Loggers Association, William Brash (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Determination Decision 25-05, Intuitive Surgical Canada, Inc., Eric Dastmalchian (Speaker) 73B:1125
- Determination Decision 25-06, British Columbia Nurses' Union, Adriane Gear (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Reconsideration Decision 24-03, Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association, Paul Rasmussen (Speaker) 51B:1435
- Reconsideration Report 25-04, William Brash (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Representative for Children and Youth
- 2023-24 annual report and 2024-25 to 2026-27 service plan (Speaker) 3B:1435
- 2024-25 annual report and 2025-26 to 2027-28 service plan (Speaker) 76B:1430
- Don't Look Away: How One Boy's Story has the Power to Shift a System of Care for Children and Youth, July 2024 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Don't Look Away: How One Boy's Story has the Power to Shift a System of Care for Children and Youth, July 2024 (summary report) (Speaker) 3B:1435
- No Time to Wait: A Review of MCFD's Child Welfare Workforce, Part One, July 2024 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- No Time to Wait: A Review of MCFD's Child Welfare Workforce, Part Two, February 2025 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Too Many Left Behind: Ensuring Children and Youth with Disabilities Thrive, January 2025 (Speaker) 3B:1435
- Selection Special Committee
- first report for first session of 43rd parliament (Farnworth) 3B:1435
- Statutory Officers Appointment Special Committee
- report on appointment of Chief Electoral Officer (Routledge) 86B:1435
- report on appointment of Ombudsperson (Routledge) 105B:1125
- second report for first session of 43rd parliament, appointment of Conflict of Interest Commissioner (Routledge) 94B:1140
- third report for first session of 43rd parliament, appointment of Auditor General (Routledge) 94B:1145
- WorkSafeBC
- annual report, 2024, and 2025-2027 service plan (Whiteside) 62B:1440
Dogs See Animals
Domestic violence See Violence
Dorner, Rita
- Contributions and death (Tepper) 93B:1335
Down syndrome
- Awareness and inclusion of persons with Down syndrome (Chow) 90B:1340-1345
Downtown Eastside See Vancouver, B.C.
Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association
- Establishment and work of organization (Shah) 45B:1410
Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital, Clearwater, B.C.
Drinking water See Water
Drinking Water Protection Act
DRIPA See Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
Drug Use Prevention Education in Schools Act (Bill M213)
Dumas, Joanne
- Contributions to French-Canadian culture (Blatherwick) 10B:1355
Duncan, B.C.