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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Earthquakes

Hydraulic fracturing and seismic activity See Oil and gas
East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.

New oncology treatment building services (Davis) 8B:1050 (Osborne) 8B:1050
Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act (Bill 7)

(Attorney General) 1R, 25B:1015-1020
Debate, speakers (Sharma) 25B:1015-1020
Economy

Challenges and government response See also Economic plan for province below
(Rustad) 17B:1415-1420 (Throne speech) 2B:1400-1410
Circular economy See Sustainable and inclusive development below
Conditions (Eby) 17B:1400-1410, 18B:1105 (Throne speech) 2B:1410-1415
Economic plan for province (Bailey) 3B:1415 (Throne speech) 2B:1405-1410 (Valeriote) 3B:1410-1415
Exports See Trade
Government strategy See Economic plan above
Growth (Gibson) 14B:1425
Legislation See Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act (Bill 7)
Measurement
gross domestic product (Valeriote) 15B:1040
measurement and alternative indicators (Valeriote) 15B:1040
Sustainable and inclusive development
circular economy (Morissette) 7B:1340-1345
government investment (Throne speech) 2B:1415
Education

Education of Indigenous persons, funding (Beare) 24B:1430
Government investment (Beare) 18B:1055
School libraries
library materials, age-appropriate content (Beare) 22B:1040-1045 (Dhaliwal) 22B:1040
Education Ministry

Budget (Block) 18B:1050
Elections

Entering of certificate of results of October 24, 2020, general election into Journals of the House (Sharma) 2B:1435
General election, October 19, 2024, results (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly) 2B:1425-1435
Elections B.C.

Reports tabled
2023-24 annual report and 2024-25–2026-27 service plan (Speaker) 3B:1435
Chief Electoral Officer, general local elections October 15, 2022 (Speaker) 3B:1435
Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act (Bill M202)

(Rotchford) 1R, 10B:1345; 2R, 13B:1035-1150, 14B:1755-1810
Divisions: 2R approved 14B:1810
Debate, speakers (Anderson, G.) 13B:1125-1135 (Banman) 13B:1100-1105 (Blatherwick) 13B:1105-1115 (Higginson) 13B:1050-1055 (Lajeunesse) 13B:1135-1145 (Paton) 13B:1045-1050 (Rotchford) 10B:1345, 13B:1035-1045, 13B:1145-1150 (Stamer) 13B:1115-1120 (Toporowski) 13B:1120-1125 (Valeriote) 13B:1125
Elkford Health Centre, Elkford, B.C.

Emergency services (Davis) 11B:1050
Emergencies

911 call service and emergency dispatch system (Begg) 11B:1025-1030 (Botterell) 11B:1025-1030
Disaster financial assistance (Greene) 10B:1405
Disaster financial assistance, criteria (Valeriote) 10B:1405
Emergency preparedness and response
climate-related events (Greene) 10B:1410 (Valeriote) 10B:1405-1410
funding for communities (Greene) 10B:1410 (Valeriote) 10B:1405-1410
Search and rescue services
volunteers and remembrance (Routledge) 14B:1345-1350
Employment and unemployment

Job creation
job creation (Valeriote) 3B:1410
public sector and private sector (Dew) 14B:1425 (Gibson) 14B:1425
Energy

Clean energy
development and projects (Throne speech) 2B:1405
Power supply
supply (Rustad) 17B:1415
supply and projects (Throne speech) 2B:1405
Projects
government action (Valeriote) 3B:1410
Transmission system, power line projects and permitting process (Throne speech) 2B:1405
Wind power
projects and economic development (Dix) 24B:1420-1425
projects and environmental assessment (Dix) 24B:1420-1425 (Paton) 24B:1420-1425
projects and funding (Botterell) 24B:1415 (Dix) 24B:1415
Wind power projects, permits and regulation (Throne speech) 2B:1405
Energy Regulator See British Columbia Energy Regulator
Environment

Biodiversity
government investment (Botterell) 17B:1435
Conservation officers
role and oversight (Doerkson) 24B:1415
Environmental assessment process (Botterell) 17B:1435 (Valeriote) 3B:1415
Environment and Parks Ministry

Budget (Bailey) 17B:1435, 17B:1450 (Botterell) 17B:1435 (Halford) 17B:1445-1450
Staffing (Milobar) 14B:1410
Epilepsy

Awareness (Arora) 25B:1030
Awareness and treatment (Warbus) 25B:1020-1025
Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre

Work of organization (Rotchford) 8B:1015
Estimates of expenditures

Ministries
Agriculture and Food See Agriculture and Food Ministry
Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport See Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry
Presentation See Presentation of estimates
Europe

Response to invasion of Ukraine by Russia (Eby) 7B:1355