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
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Warbus, Á’a:líya (Chilliwack–Cultus Lake)
- Accessible housing for disabled persons, shelter allowance increase, petition tabled 126B:1125
- B.C. Ferry Services Inc.
- B.C. NDP government
- accountability and transparency 123B:1025-1030
- policies and positions
- Ksi Lisims LNG project and comments by federal NDP leader 144B:1030
- Community Angels
- work of organization for seniors support 139B:1405
- Cost of living
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
- Doerkson, Lorne
- appointment as Assistant Deputy Speaker 116B:1420
- Eby, David
- Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 15)
- Ferries and ferry services
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Aboriginal rights and title, government handling of issues 158B:1030
- Food security
- Grant, Howard E., death and send-off ceremony 146B:1350
- Housing
- single-room occupancies 130B:1105
- supportive housing
- management and government response to issues 130B:1105
- Income
- low-income families and households, support 118B:1425
- Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Ministry
- Introductions by members 122B:1340, 125B:1340, 126B:1015, 136B:1340, 139B:1345, 164B:1340
- Ksi Lisims LNG
- Legislature
- confidence motions 158B:1030
- Speaker and Chair
- appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 116B:1420
- Lewis, Avi
- Members' statements
- Merit Commissioner
- Ministerial statements (response)
- Motions
- Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker 116B:1420
- Committal of Bill M237 to Insurance (Vehicle) Act Provisions Review Committee 160B:1505-1510
- Support for human rights code and enforcement 141B:1310-1335
- Oral questions
- Ferry system management 154B:1055-1100
- Government action on affordability issues 118B:1425
- Government handling of DRIPA concerns and legal issues 158B:1030
- Government hiring of staff and role of Merit Commissioner 123B:1025-1030
- Government position on Ksi Lisims LNG project and comments by federal NDP leader 144B:1030
- Management of supportive housing sites 130B:1105
- Petitions
- shelter allowance increase for persons living with disabilities 126B:1125
- Poverty
- Public service
- Seniors
- Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
- Tributes
Wat, Teresa (Richmond-Bridgeport)
- Attorney General Ministry
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)
- Chinese Canadians
- Economy
- Employment and unemployment
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9)
- Introductions by members 137B:1010, 154B:1010
- Lunar new year
- MLAs
- Members' statements
- Lunar New Year and Yàhnyaht 123B:1010
- Qingming festival and contributions of Chinese Canadians 144B:1025
- Oral questions
- Private members' statements
- Qingming festival
- Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 11)
- Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act (Bill 13)
- Small business
- Trade Recognition Act (Bill 5)
Whiteside, Hon. Jennifer (New Westminster–Coquitlam)
- Budget debate 124B:1635-1705
- Construction industry
- Cronk, Laird
- Economy
- Immigration, temporary foreign workers
- Introductions by members 126B:1010, 129B:1335, 150B:1330-1335, 160B:1335, 164B:1340, 165B:1010
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 10)
- Occupational health and safety
- workers killed or injured on the job 123B:1040
- Oral questions (response)
- Appointment to government agencies and role of Merit Commissioner 123B:1040
- Cowichan Hospital replacement project workers and Cowichan Tribes contractors 150B:1425
- Temporary foreign worker program 157B:1415-1420
- Prayers and reflections 144B:1000-1005
- Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act (Bill 13)
- WorkSafeBC
Wickens, Hon. Jodie (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain)
- As subject
- Autism
- B.C. Liberal Party
- performance as government
- funding for services to children and families 147B:1105
- Budget debate 118B:1810-1830
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)
- Children and Family Development Ministry
- Children and youth
- children with support needs
- children with support needs, service model change 139B:1425-1430
- Davies, Glen, comments on funding for children with support needs 139B:1430
- Introductions by members 154B:1010
- Mental health
- mental health of children and youth
- Oral questions (response)
Williams, David (Salmon Arm–Shuswap)
- Budget debate 125B:1640-1710
- Energy and Climate Solutions Ministry
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9)
- Introductions by members 140B:1010, 161B:1010
- Members' statements
- Private members' statements
- FireSmart program and impact of wildfire events on carbon emissions 142B:1030-1035
- Public health
- Salmon Arm–Shuswap constituency and area
- Sicamous
- Sicamous Ferry Society operations and passenger ferry service 158B:1010-1015
- Water
- water systems and infrastructure, plumbing systems and plumbers 139B:1355
- World Plumbing Day
- Zest Commercial Food Hub
- low-barrier food production initiative 122B:1345
Wilson, Donegal (Boundary-Similkameen)
- Agriculture and Food Ministry
- Autism
- experience of autism
- services and funding 147B:1100
- Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
- access to emergency health services 126B:1115
- access to long-term-care and constituent senior care case 129B:1410
- Budget debate 122B:1615-1635
- Children and youth
- children with support needs, service model change
- impact on autism services and funding 147B:1100
- Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 15)
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- third report for first session of 43rd parliament, debate 118B:1440
- statutory officer review and work of committee 118B:1440
- First speeches by members 122B:1615-1635
- Forests Ministry
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 14)
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9)
- Health care facilities and hospitals
- emergency services at rural hospitals and temporary closings 126B:1115
- Health care system
- emergency services, virtual services 126B:1115
- Housing and Municipal Affairs Ministry
- Interior Health Authority
- long-term-care beds and services for seniors 129B:1410
- Introductions by members 129B:1335, 153B:1340, 159B:1340
- Kettle Valley Rail Trail
- K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 10)
- Legislature
- Officers of the Legislature, work and new appointments 118B:1440
- Long-term and residential care
- Members' statements
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 16)
- Motions
- Okanagan area
- South Okanagan drinking water infrastructure, petition tabled 122B:1430
- Oral questions
- Access to emergency health services in Boundary-Similkameen area 126B:1115
- Government handling of DRIPA concerns and relationship with First Nations 165B:1045
- Long-term-care projects and costs 129B:1410
- Sage Mesa community water system 140B:1100
- Service model change for children with support needs and funding for autism services 147B:1100
- Penticton, Sage Mesa community water system conditions and funding 140B:1100
- Petitions
- drinking water infrastructure improvements in South Okanagan 122B:1430
- Princeton General Hospital
- Private members' statements
- Drinking water safety and infrastructure investment 156B:1015
- Flooding preparedness in Boundary-Similkameen area 142B:1020-1025
- Similkameen Sparks school basketball team
- Statements
- Similkameen Sparks basketball team provincial championship 136B:1335
- Water
- drinking water infrastructure, petition tabled 122B:1430