Second Session, 43rd Parliament – 2026
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
meeting with Saanich North and the Islands MLA and constituents 139B:1415
100 Mile House
emergency services closures 151B:1050
Ballem, Penny
contract with government and advisory work on health care system 153B:1425
B.C. by region
rural B.C.
travel for health care services and accommodation assistance programs 144B:1055-1100
B.C. Transplant
communications with transplant recipients 119B:1100
Budgets
2026-27 budget
content and priorities 144B:1045
Conservative Party of B.C.
policies and positions
health care issues 146B:1445
Cool, Ezra, death after leaving hospital care 126B:1050
Gud Takin Jaad (Rose Williams), work as Green Party caucus staff 126B:1100
Health authorities
review 153B:1425
Health care facilities and hospitals
emergency services
temporary closings due to staffing issues 126B:1115, 151B:1050
infrastructure and staffing, government investment 157B:1425
obstetric services at hospitals 119B:1050, 129B:1400-1405
Health care funding
funding 119B:1115
mental health services 157B:1425
Health care professionals and workers
credentialling of foreign-trained professionals 146B:1435
governance and oversight 146B:1430-1435
government support and initiatives 151B:1050
health support workers, labour model 119B:1110-1115
recruitment and government investment 144B:1050
recruitment and retention 146B:1435
recruitment and retention, rural retention incentive 144B:1050
recruitment of U.S. health care workers 144B:1050, 153B:1425
staffing shortages 144B:1050
supply and recruitment 119B:1055, 140B:1115
supply and training 126B:1115
supply, recruitment and training 157B:1430
Health care system
costs and spending
reduction of administrative costs 153B:1425
emergency services
virtual services 126B:1115
family residence program, funding 144B:1055-1100
government initiatives and investment 147B:1055, 157B:1425-1430
primary health care
attachment to primary care provider 139B:1415, 157B:1430, 158B:1040
inclusion of psychiatric services 122B:1405
primary care networks 139B:1415
public system 157B:1425
services for seniors 119B:1115
travel for treatment 144B:1055-1100
wait-lists and waiting times
transplant wait-lists and criteria 119B:1055-1100
Health Ministry
estimates debate 164B:1450-1800, 165B:1105-1155, 166B:1335-1820
minister, meeting re Saanich Peninsula clinic 139B:1415
Health Professions and Occupations Act
purpose and implementation 146B:1430-1435
Health regulatory colleges
boards 146B:1430-1435
Home care
home support services and independent living programs 119B:1115, 133B:1100
Introductions by members 126B:1005, 132B:1335, 139B:1335, 144B:1005, 151B:1005, 153B:1335, 157B:1335
Legislature
question period
questions taken on notice 140B:1115
Long-term and residential care
beds
demand and availability 129B:1405
facilities
new facilities and funding for projects 119B:1115
wait-lists and waiting times 129B:1405
workers and staffing costs 119B:1110-1115
Maternity and pregnancy
emergency services during pregnancy 132B:1430
obstetrics and trauma care 132B:1430
obstetrics care, access to services 119B:1050, 129B:1400-1405, 132B:1435, 140B:1115
Mental health
access to services, government initiatives 132B:1425
facilities and beds 144B:1045-1050, 157B:1425
mental health and addiction
complex care and supports 158B:1055
involuntary care 144B:1045, 158B:1055
relationship to crime 144B:1045
mental health of children and youth
access to services and funding 126B:1050
government investment 122B:1405
programs and services
community counselling grant program 132B:1425
forensic psychiatric services 144B:1045
services and funding 126B:1050
system of care and early intervention 157B:1425-1430
Oral questions (response)
Access to acute psychiatric care at hospitals 157B:1425-1430
Access to critical cardiac care services in Surrey 147B:1050-1055
Access to emergency health services in Boundary-Similkameen area 126B:1115
Access to maternity care services in hospitals 119B:1050
Access to obstetrics and trauma care at Vancouver General Hospital 132B:1430
Access to obstetrics care in hospitals 129B:1400-1405, 132B:1435, 140B:1115
Access to primary care services for Saanich Peninsula clinic patients 158B:1040
Availability of long-term-care beds 129B:1405
Budget provisions for long-term-care projects 119B:1115
Comments by chief scientific adviser and government action on drug toxicity crisis and safe supply 151B:1025-1030
Comments by provincial health officer and government position on drug decriminalization 151B:1030-1040
Conditions at hospitals 157B:1425
Drug decriminalization program 143B:1430
Drug decriminalization program and data collection 144B:1100, 146B:1445, 147B:1035
Emergency services in 100 Mile House 151B:1050
Extension of contract for health care system adviser and health authority review 153B:1425
Family residence program and budget priorities 144B:1055-1100
Forensic psychiatric services and budget priorities 144B:1045-1050
Fraser Health Authority injury case 161B:1055
Funding for mental health services 122B:1405
Funding for Saanich Peninsula Hospital 158B:1040
Government action on drug toxicity crisis and safe supply 126B:1100
Health care travel assistance and family residence programs 161B:1030-1035
Home support services 133B:1100
Implementation of health professions legislation 146B:1430-1435
Medical assessment fees for seniors 140B:1115
Mental health services and psychiatric facilities 126B:1050
Mental health services and use of artificial intelligence for mental health support 132B:1425
Paramedics labour dispute 119B:1055
Primary health care providers and attachment numbers 157B:1430
Review of Mental Health Act and clinical guidance to health care workers 165B:1040-1045
Rural retention incentive program and budget priorities 144B:1050
Saanich Peninsula outreach team health clinic and access to primary care services 139B:1415
Staffing costs at long-term-care facilities 119B:1110-1115
Temporary housing for families of children in B.C. Children's Hospital and Ronald McDonald House project 161B:1025-1030
Transplant waiting list case 119B:1055-1100
Work of chief scientific adviser and government action on mental health and substance use issues 158B:1055
Organs and tissues
transplantation services and system 119B:1055-1100
Paramedics
collective bargaining and labour dispute 119B:1055
government investment 119B:1055
Peace Arch Hospital
staffing issues and diversion of maternity cases 140B:1115
Physicians
obstetrician-gynecologists, recruitment and supply 119B:1050, 132B:1435
supply 132B:1435
Princeton General Hospital
emergency services 126B:1115
Privilege
reserving right to raise matter of privilege re question period comments by Josie Osborne, debate 150B:1440-1445
Provincial Health Services Authority
administration and review 153B:1425
Saanich Peninsula
health care services, access for patients of outreach team clinic 139B:1415, 158B:1040
health care services, service provider collaboration 158B:1040
Saanich Peninsula Hospital
funding and staffing 158B:1040
Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Health Care Foundation
funding decisions 158B:1040
Shoreline Medical Society
role in staffing of Saanich Peninsula Hospital 158B:1040
Somers, Julian
government contract for addictions research and data collection and retention 146B:1445, 147B:1035
Substance use and addiction
decriminalization program
data collection and retention 144B:1100, 146B:1445, 147B:1035
purpose 143B:1430
harm reduction services 126B:1100
illegal and toxic drugs, toxic drug supply 126B:1100
overdoses
deaths and government response 126B:1100, 151B:1025-1040
safe supply
prescribed alternatives 151B:1030-1040
treatment and recovery services
continuum of services and supports 126B:1100, 143B:1430, 144B:1045-1050
Surrey
health care services and facilities
access to health care and emergency services 147B:1050-1055
Surrey Memorial Hospital
cardiac care services 147B:1050-1055
Terrace
addiction recovery services 143B:1430
Tumbler Ridge
shootings incident and deaths
response by paramedics 119B:1055
Vancouver General Hospital
access to trauma care for pregnant patients 132B:1430
obstetrics care and trauma services 129B:1400-1405
Vigo, Daniel
advisory role re concurrent disorders of mental illness, addiction and brain injury 158B:1055
advisory role re toxic drugs 151B:1030
W̱SÁNEĆ Nations
work with primary health care services 158B:1040