First Session, 43rd Parliament — 2025
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
INDEX TO SITTING
parliamentary business; speeches by Members
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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Bailey, Hon. Brenda (Vancouver–South Granville)
- Documents tabled
- Finance Ministry, government borrowings and loans for 2023-24 14B:1435
- Finance Ministry, guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 14B:1435
- Public Service Benefit Plan Act, annual report for year ended March 31, 2024 14B:1435
- Finance Ministry
- reports tabled, government borrowings and loans for 2023-24 14B:1435
- reports tabled, guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 14B:1435
- Introductions by members 14B:1335
- Oral questions (response)
- Public service hiring freeze and Environment Ministry front-line staffing 14B:1405-1410
- Trade and economic diversification 14B:1405
- Public Service Benefit Plan Act, annual report for year ended March 31, 2024, tabled 14B:1435
Banman, Bruce (Abbotsford South)
Begg, Hon. Gary (Surrey-Guildford)
- Oral questions (response)
- Firefighter health risks and use of fire suppression foam 14B:1410
Bhangu, Harman (Langley-Abbotsford)
- Oral questions
- Kootenay Lake ferry labour dispute 14B:1420
Blatherwick, Jennifer (Coquitlam-Maillardville)
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
Boultbee, Amelia (Penticton-Summerland)
- Oral questions
- Government response to deaths of children and youth in care and systemic inequality 14B:1425-1430
British Columbia Arts Council
- Annual report, 2023-24, tabled (Chandra Herbert) 14B:1435
Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
Chan, Hon (Richmond Centre)
Chandra Herbert, Hon. Spencer (Vancouver–West End)
- B.C. Arts Council 2023-24 annual report tabled 14B:1435
- Documents tabled
- B.C. Arts Council 2023-24 annual report 14B:1435
- Introductions by members 14B:1340
Chant, Susie (North Vancouver–Seymour)
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
Davis, Pete (Kootenay-Rockies)
Dew, Gavin (Kelowna-Mission)
Divisions recorded
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4): 2R approved 14B:1605
- Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act (Bill M202): 2R approved 14B:1810
Dix, Hon. Adrian (Vancouver-Renfrew)
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
- Oral questions (response)
- Proposal for carbon tax on U.S. thermal coal 14B:1400
Documents tabled
- British Columbia Arts Council
- 2023-24 annual report (Chandra Herbert) 14B:1435
- Finance Ministry
- government borrowings and loans for 2023-24 (Bailey) 14B:1435
- guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (Bailey) 14B:1435
- Islands Trust
- Public Service Benefit Plan Act
- annual report for year ended March 31, 2024 (Bailey) 14B:1435
Doerkson, Lorne (Cariboo-Chilcotin)
Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act (Bill M202)
Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington)
Farnworth, Hon. Mike (Port Coquitlam)
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
- Introductions by members 14B:1330
Finance Ministry
- Reports tabled
- government borrowings and loans for 2023-24 (Bailey) 14B:1435
- guarantees and indemnities for fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (Bailey) 14B:1435
Gibson, Hon. Diana (Oak Bay–Gordon Head)
- Oral questions (response)
Giddens, Kiel (Prince George–Mackenzie)
- Introductions by members 14B:1335
- Members' statements
- Oral questions
- Kootenay Lake ferry labour dispute 14B:1420
Greene, Hon. Kelly (Richmond-Steveston)
Hepner, Linda (Surrey–Serpentine River)
Higginson, Stephanie (Ladysmith-Oceanside)
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
- Throne speech debate 14B:1625-1650
Introductions by members
- Bailey, Hon. Brenda (Vancouver–South Granville) 14B:1335
- Banman, Bruce (Abbotsford South) 14B:1340
- Chandra Herbert, Hon. Spencer (Vancouver–West End) 14B:1340
- Chouhan, Hon. Raj (Burnaby-Edmonds)(Speaker of the Legislative Assembly) 14B:1330
- Davis, Pete (Kootenay-Rockies) 14B:1345
- Doerkson, Lorne (Cariboo-Chilcotin) 14B:1340
- Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington) 14B:1345
- Farnworth, Hon. Mike (Port Coquitlam) 14B:1330
- Giddens, Kiel (Prince George–Mackenzie) 14B:1335
- Greene, Hon. Kelly (Richmond-Steveston) 14B:1335
- Hepner, Linda (Surrey–Serpentine River) 14B:1335
- Kahlon, Hon. Ravi (Delta North) 14B:1335
- Loewen, Kristina (Kelowna Centre) 14B:1345
- Ma, Hon. Bowinn (North Vancouver–Lonsdale) 14B:1340
- Milobar, Peter (Kamloops Centre) 14B:1345
- Neufeld, Larry (Peace River South) 14B:1335
- Popham, Hon. Lana (Saanich South) 14B:1335
- Rattée, Claire (Skeena) 14B:1335
- Stamer, Ward (Kamloops–North Thompson) 14B:1345
- Valeriote, Jeremy (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky) 14B:1345
- Van Popta, Misty (Langley–Walnut Grove) 14B:1340
- Warbus, Á’a:líya (Chilliwack–Cultus Lake) 14B:1435
- Wat, Teresa (Richmond-Bridgeport) 14B:1330
- Whiteside, Hon. Jennifer (New Westminster–Coquitlam) 14B:1340
- Williams, David (Salmon Arm–Shuswap) 14B:1335
Islands Trust
Kahlon, Hon. Ravi (Delta North)
- Documents tabled
- Introductions by members 14B:1335
- Islands Trust
- Oral questions (response)
- Fire safety and building code changes to staircase requirements 14B:1415-1420
Loewen, Kristina (Kelowna Centre)
Luck, Tony (Fraser-Nicola)
Ma, Hon. Bowinn (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
Maahs, Heather (Chilliwack North)
- Oral questions
- Indigenous youth overdose deaths and management of safe supply 14B:1430
Members' statements
- Giddens, Kiel (Prince George–Mackenzie)
- Luck, Tony (Fraser-Nicola)
- Neufeld, Larry (Peace River South)
- Butlerys House and South Peace Health Services Society 14B:1355
- Rotchford, Darlene (Esquimalt-Colwood)
- Routledge, Janet (Burnaby North)
- Sandhu, Harwinder (Vernon-Lumby)
Milobar, Peter (Kamloops Centre)
- Introductions by members 14B:1345
- Oral questions
- Public service hiring freeze and Environment Ministry front-line staffing 14B:1405-1410
Neufeld, Larry (Peace River South)
- Introductions by members 14B:1335
- Members' statements
- Butlerys House and South Peace Health Services Society 14B:1355
Oral questions by member
- Bhangu, Harman (Langley-Abbotsford)
- Kootenay Lake ferry labour dispute 14B:1420
- Boultbee, Amelia (Penticton-Summerland)
- Government response to deaths of children and youth in care and systemic inequality 14B:1425-1430
- Dew, Gavin (Kelowna-Mission)
- Giddens, Kiel (Prince George–Mackenzie)
- Kootenay Lake ferry labour dispute 14B:1420
- Maahs, Heather (Chilliwack North)
- Indigenous youth overdose deaths and management of safe supply 14B:1430
- Milobar, Peter (Kamloops Centre)
- Public service hiring freeze and Environment Ministry front-line staffing 14B:1405-1410
- Rustad, John (Nechako Lakes)
- Proposal for carbon tax on U.S. thermal coal 14B:1400
- Trade and economic diversification 14B:1405
- Valeriote, Jeremy (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky)
- Early cancer screenings for firefighters 14B:1410-1415
- Firefighter health risks and use of fire suppression foam 14B:1410
- Van Popta, Misty (Langley–Walnut Grove)
- Fire safety and building code changes to staircase requirements 14B:1415-1420
Oral questions by subject
- Budget, economy and trade issues
- Children and youth
- Government response to deaths of children and youth in care and systemic inequality (Boultbee) 14B:1425-1430 (Wickens) 14B:1425-1430
- Employment and jobs
- Ferry services
- Fires and firefighting
- Government and Legislature
- Housing, homelessness and real estate
- Substance use and addiction issues
- Indigenous youth overdose deaths and management of safe supply (Maahs) 14B:1430 (Osborne) 14B:1430
Osborne, Hon. Josie (Mid Island–Pacific Rim)
- Oral questions (response)
- Early cancer screenings for firefighters 14B:1415
- Indigenous youth overdose deaths and management of safe supply 14B:1430
Popham, Hon. Lana (Saanich South)
Public Service Benefit Plan Act
- Annual report for year ended March 31, 2024, tabled (Bailey) 14B:1435
Rattée, Claire (Skeena)
Rotchford, Darlene (Esquimalt-Colwood)
Routledge, Janet (Burnaby North)
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
Rustad, John (Nechako Lakes)
- Oral questions
- Proposal for carbon tax on U.S. thermal coal 14B:1400
- Trade and economic diversification 14B:1405
Sandhu, Harwinder (Vernon-Lumby)
Sharma, Hon. Niki (Vancouver-Hastings)
- Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4)
Speech from the Throne
- Throne speech debate (Address in Reply)
Stamer, Ward (Kamloops–North Thompson)
Sunner, Jessie (Surrey-Newton)
Tepper, Bryan (Surrey-Panorama)
Valeriote, Jeremy (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky)
- Introductions by members 14B:1345
- Oral questions
- Early cancer screenings for firefighters 14B:1410-1415
- Firefighter health risks and use of fire suppression foam 14B:1410
Van Popta, Misty (Langley–Walnut Grove)
- Introductions by members 14B:1340
- Oral questions
- Fire safety and building code changes to staircase requirements 14B:1415-1420
Warbus, Á’a:líya (Chilliwack–Cultus Lake)
Wat, Teresa (Richmond-Bridgeport)
Whiteside, Hon. Jennifer (New Westminster–Coquitlam)
- Introductions by members 14B:1340
- Oral questions (response)
Wickens, Hon. Jodie (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)
- Oral questions (response)
- Government response to deaths of children and youth in care and systemic inequality 14B:1425-1430
Williams, David (Salmon Arm–Shuswap)