Second Session, 43rd Parliament – 2026
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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Haisla Nation

Involvement in LNG industry (Dix) 123B:1035
Hansen, Jeremy

Comments on Artemis II mission (Lajeunesse) 150B:1355
Harris, Cameryn

Death due to brain tumor (Kindy) 136B:1405
Harrison Tulip Festival, Agassiz, B.C.

Award and contributions of Onos family (Luck) 154B:1020-1025
Head and brain injuries See Brain health
Health

Brain health See Brain health
Facilities See Health care facilities and hospitals; Long-term and residential care; Mental health
Funding for health care See Health care funding
Health authorities See Health authorities
Health care system See Health care system
Home care See Home care
Hospitals See Health care facilities and hospitals; particular hospitals
Long-term care See Long-term and residential care
Maternal health See Maternity and pregnancy
Mental health services See Mental health
Pregnancy See Maternity and pregnancy
Public health See Public health
Sexual health See Public health
Health authorities See also particular authorities

Review (Halford) 153B:1420-1425 (Osborne) 153B:1425
Health care facilities and hospitals

Capacity and conditions (Dew) 157B:1425 (Kindy) 126B:1110
Capital projects and infrastructure investment (Ma) 122B:1410, 126B:1110, 129B:1410, 133B:1100, 140B:1110-1115, 151B:1055
Capital projects, timelines and funding (Sturko) 133B:1100
Emergency services
access to services (Sturko) 147B:1050-1055
rural hospitals and temporary closings (Wilson) 126B:1115
temporary closings due to staffing issues (Osborne) 126B:1115, 151B:1050
Health care auxiliaries
contributions and staff appreciation (Sandhu) 154B:1030-1035 (Hartwell) 129B:1350
Infrastructure and staffing, government investment (Osborne) 157B:1425
Long-term-care facilities See Long-term and residential care
Mental health and psychiatric services at hospitals See Facilities under Mental health
Mental health facilities See Mental health
Obstetric services at hospitals (Dew) 132B:1435 (Halford) 119B:1050 (Kindy) 132B:1435-1440 (Mok) 132B:1430 (Osborne) 119B:1050, 129B:1400-1405 (Valeriote) 129B:1400
Staffing at hospitals (Sturko) 147B:1050-1055
Health care funding

Funding (Bailey) 118B:1435 (Osborne) 119B:1115
Long-term and residential care (Bailey) 122B:1355-1400 (Day) 122B:1355
Long-term and residential care, project funding See Facilities under Long-term and residential care
Mental health services (Osborne) 157B:1425
Health care professionals and workers See also particular professions and sectors

Credentialling of foreign-trained professionals (Osborne) 146B:1435
Governance and oversight See also Health regulatory colleges
(Osborne) 146B:1430-1435
Government support and initiatives (Osborne) 151B:1050
Health support workers See also Workers under Long-term and residential care
Health support workers, labour model (Osborne) 119B:1110-1115
Recruitment See also Supply below
Recruitment and government investment (Osborne) 144B:1050
Recruitment and retention (Kindy) 146B:1425-1430 (Osborne) 146B:1435
Recruitment and retention, rural retention incentive (Bird) 144B:1050 (Eby) 126B:1120 (McInnis) 126B:1115-1120 (Osborne) 144B:1050
Recruitment of U.S. health care workers (Kindy) 144B:1100 (Osborne) 144B:1050, 153B:1425
Regulation See Governance and oversight above; Health regulatory colleges
Staffing shortages (Osborne) 144B:1050
Supply and recruitment (Osborne) 119B:1055, 140B:1115
Supply and training (Osborne) 126B:1115
Supply, recruitment and training (Osborne) 157B:1430
Health care system

Acute care, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care (Kindy) 126B:1110
Costs and spending
reduction of administrative costs (Osborne) 153B:1425
Emergency services
ambulance See Ambulance service
temporary closings of hospital ERs See Emergency services under Health care facilities and hospitals
virtual services (Osborne) 126B:1115 (Wilson) 126B:1115
Family residence program, funding (Day) 144B:1055 (Gasper) 144B:1055 (Osborne) 144B:1055-1100
Government action on issues (Halford) 153B:1425
Government initiatives and investment (Osborne) 147B:1055, 157B:1425-1430
Laboratory services and workers (Chant) 153B:1340-1345
Medical imaging services (Day) 151B:1015
Primary health care
accessibility (Botterell) 139B:1415
attachment to primary care provider (Botterell) 158B:1040 (Day) 157B:1430 (Osborne) 139B:1415, 157B:1430, 158B:1040
inclusion of psychiatric services (Osborne) 122B:1405
primary care networks (Osborne) 139B:1415
Services for seniors (Osborne) 119B:1115
Services for transgender persons (Botterell) 147B:1030
System
public system (Osborne) 157B:1425
Travel for treatment (Day) 144B:1055 (Osborne) 144B:1055-1100
Travel for treatment, accommodation for families See Family residence program above
Wait-lists and waiting times
long-term-care beds See Long-term and residential care
transplant wait-lists and criteria (Loewen) 119B:1055-1100 (Osborne) 119B:1055-1100
transplant wait-lists and waiting times (Toporowski) 133B:1030-1035
Health Ministry

Estimates
debate 164B:1450-1800
speakers (Osborne) 164B:1450-1800 (Rattée) 164B:1450-1755
Minister, meeting re Saanich Peninsula clinic (Osborne) 139B:1415
Health Professions and Occupations Act

Purpose and implementation (Day) 146B:1430-1435 (Kindy) 146B:1425-1430 (Osborne) 146B:1430-1435
Health Professions and Occupations Repeal Act (Bill M236)

(Kindy) 1R, 136B:1350-1355
Debate, speakers (Kindy) 136B:1350-1355
Health Professions and Occupations Repeal Act (No. 2) (Bill M238)

(Kealy) 1R, 137B:1015-1020
Debate, speakers (Kealy) 137B:1015-1020
Health regulatory colleges

Boards (Osborne) 146B:1430-1435
HEART program See Government action under Homelessness
HEARTH program See Government action under Homelessness
Henry, Bonnie

Comments on drug decriminalization (Kindy) 151B:1030
Heritage See Arts and culture; Multiculturalism
Heritage Week

Purpose and theme (Higginson) 126B:1045-1050
Heyman, George

Government hiring as adviser and contract renewal (Bailey) 123B:1045 (Stamer) 123B:1045
Highway 16

Symbolism re missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (Bird) 151B:1010-1015
Highway of Tears See Highway 16
Highway of Tears Symposium, Prince George, B.C.

20th anniversary event (Bird) 151B:1010-1015
Highways and roads

Improvement and repair projects (Farnworth) 150B:1435
Hilltop House, Squamish, B.C.

Funding for seniors housing project (Valeriote) 150B:1420
Hockey See Sports and recreation; particular teams and events
Hogg, George and Isabel

Life together and death of Isabel Hogg (McInnis) 155B:1300
Home care

Home support services and independent living programs (Osborne) 119B:1115, 133B:1100 (Sturko) 133B:1100
Home ownership

Opportunity and government support (Boyle) 137B:1055
Rural homeowner grant See Northern and rural B.C., northern and rural homeowner benefit under British Columbia by region
Young homebuyers, affordability and cost increases (Bhangu) 137B:1100 (Day) 137B:1055 (Dew) 137B:1100
Homeless encampment action response temporary housing (HEARTH) program See Government action under Homelessness
Homelessness

Awareness (Rattée) 130B:1020
Government action
HEART and HEARTH programs (Boyle) 150B:1420
Tent cities and encampments
encampments in backcountry and forest lands (Loewen) 153B:1350
safety issues and government action (Banman) 146B:1435-1440 (Farnworth) 146B:1440
Homelessness encampment action response team (HEART) program See Government action under Homelessness
Hornosty, Avery

Canada Cord Girl Guides award recipient (McInnis) 146B:1410
Housing

Accessible housing for disabled persons
shelter allowance increase, petition tabled (Warbus) 126B:1125
Affordable housing
community housing fund (Botterell) 130B:1050-1055 (Boyle) 130B:1055, 136B:1410-1415 (Halford) 136B:1410-1415
community housing fund projects (Boyle) 122B:1400-1410 (Hepner) 122B:1410 (Rattée) 122B:1400 (Valeriote) 150B:1420
government action and impact of policies (Dew) 137B:1100 (Giddens) 137B:1050-1055 (Hepner) 122B:1410
government action and investment (Boyle) 122B:1400-1410, 130B:1050-1055, 137B:1050-1055
Home ownership See Home ownership
Housing construction industry See Residential construction industry under Construction industry
Single-room occupancies (Boyle) 130B:1100 (Rattée) 130B:1100 (Warbus) 130B:1105
Social and subsidized housing
government investment and new units (Boyle) 130B:1100, 136B:1415
Supportive housing
drug use at sites (Neufeld, K.) 130B:1055
management and government response to issues (Boyle) 130B:1055-1105, 136B:1415-1420 (Rattée) 136B:1415-1420 (Warbus) 130B:1105
safety at sites (Rattée) 130B:1100
supportive housing and services (Boyle) 130B:1055-1105
Temporary housing and shelters
security (Bird) 130B:1100 (Boyle) 130B:1100
Transition houses
funding and construction of new units (Phillip) 136B:1400
safe houses (Block) 150B:1355
Housing and Municipal Affairs Ministry

Estimates
debate 136C:1750-1810, 137C:1110-1140, 138C:1335-1815, 139C:1440-1845, 140A:1135-1145
speakers (Botterell) 139C:1815-1835, 140A:1140-1145 (Boyle) 136C:1750-1810, 137C:1115-1140, 138C:1340-1815, 139C:1445-1840, 140A:1140-1145 (Hepner) 136C:1750-1810, 137C:1110-1135, 138C:1515-1735, 139C:1445-1505, 139C:1700-1800 (Luck) 138C:1335-1500, 139C:1505-1530, 139C:1800-1815 (Rattée) 139C:1540-1655 (Van Popta) 138C:1735-1810 (Wilson) 138C:1335-1400
Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Codes of Conduct) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 17)

(Minister of Housing) 1R, 147B:1010-1015
Debate, speakers (Boyle) 147B:1010-1015
Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Parental Leave) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 18)

(Minister of Housing) 1R, 147B:1015
Debate, speakers (Boyle) 147B:1015
Housing Squamish See Squamish Community Housing Society
Howe Sound

Ecological value and water quality (Valeriote) 153B:1405
LNG project in area See Woodfibre LNG
Human rights

Awareness and protection (Sandhu) 133B:1040
Code See Human rights code
Discrimination See Discrimination and racism
Employment rights (Armstrong) 133B:1105
Protection (Eby) 126B:1120
Voting rights See Right to vote under Elections
Human rights code

Application and purpose (Sharma) 133B:1105
Impact (Armstrong) 133B:1105
Legislation See also Human Rights Code Repeal Act
Legislation, private members' bill for repeal of code (Eby) 126B:1120
Human Rights Code Provisions Review Special Committee

Appointment and powers (Farnworth) 119B:1125
Human Rights Code Repeal Act

(Armstrong) 1R, 126B:1020
Divisions: 1R negatived 126B:1035
Debate, speakers (Armstrong) 126B:1020
Human Rights Commissioner

Reports tabled
Inquiry into Detentions Under the Adult Guardianship Act, Progress Update on Recommendations, April 2026 (Speaker) 154B:1110
Hunting

Trapping and trappers (Clare) 157B:1355