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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Bains Travel, Vancouver, B.C.
Ballem, Penny
Barrett, Dave
Barrière, B.C.
Barrière Lions Club
Bateman, Firth
Beatty, Allan
Becher Bay First Nation
Bella Coola, B.C.
Belleau, Charlene
Bennett, Bill and Susan (Beth)
Bennett-Nabess, Cyril
Betker, Abigail
Bills by name
Bills by number
Bills by number introduced in previous sessions
Biodiversity
Biodiversity and ecosystem health framework
Bishop, Emily
Black Canadians
Black History Month
Blessings and acknowledgments
Blusson, Stewart
Boats and boating
Books and book publishing
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
Brain health
BrainTrust Canada
Brar, Ron
British Columbia
B.C. Book Day
British Columbia by region
British Columbia Court of Appeal
British Columbia Energy Regulator
British Columbia Ferry Authority
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc
British Columbia Housing Management Commission
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
British Columbia Liberal Party
B.C. Natural Resources Forum
B.C. NDP
B.C. NDP government
British Columbia Pavilion Corporation
B.C. Transplant
British Columbia Trappers Association
British Columbia Utilities Commission
British Columbia Wildfire Service
British Columbia Winter Games
Bryant, Michael
Budget
See also 2026-27 budget under Budgets
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)
Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)
Budgets
Buemann, Christine
Build communities strong fund
Building code
Bulkley Valley District Hospital Auxiliary
Bullying and harassment
Burnaby, B.C.
Burnaby General Hospital
Buses and bus service
Bush, Chris
Business
Cameryn's Cause for Kids Society, Campbell River, B.C.
Campbell, Larry
Campbell River, B.C.
Campbell River Hospital
Canada
Canada Book Week
Canada Cord Citizenship Certificate
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, Merritt, B.C.
Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)
Canadian Mal Wrestling Club, Surrey, B.C.
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Cancer
Carbon
Carbon tax
Cardona, Diego
CARGA
See Agreement with Green Party under B.C. NDP
Cariboo area
Cariboo-Chilcotin constituency and area
Casting votes by Speaker or Chair
Caul, Doug
CERAWeek
Champlain Heights Community Association
Charles, Lavina "Lee"
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Chester, Ashley
Child care
Children
Children and Family Development Ministry
Children and youth
Children and Youth Committee
Chilliwack, B.C.
Chinese Canadians
Chinese New Year
Christianity
Citizens' Services Ministry
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 8)
Civil service
Civil society
Clarke, Christina
CleanBC plan
Climate change
Clinton Annual Ball
Cloverdale, B.C.
Coldest Night of the Year
Colwood constituency and area
Committees
See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees
Communities
Community Angels
Community Living British Columbia
Comox Valley Glacier Kings
Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation
Connelly, Joel
Conservative Party of British Columbia
Construction industry
Consumers
Cool, Ezra
Cooperation and Responsible Government Accord (CARGA)
See Agreement with Green Party under B.C. NDP
Coquitlam-Maillardville constituency and area
Cost of living
Cowichan Capitals
Cowichan Hospital, Duncan, B.C.
Cowichan Tribes
Cowichan Valley
Creative Industries Week
Creba, Doug
Crebo, David
Credit rating
Cretain, Tom
Crime and criminals
Cronk, Laird
Crown Proceeding Act
Cueva Homes, Lantzville, B.C.
Culture
Haisla Nation
Hansen, Jeremy
Harris, Cameryn
Harrison Tulip Festival, Agassiz, B.C.
Head and brain injuries
Health
Health authorities
See also particular authorities
Health care facilities and hospitals
Health care funding
Health care professionals and workers
See also particular professions and sectors
Health care system
Health Ministry
Health Professions and Occupations Act
Health Professions and Occupations Repeal Act (Bill M236)
Health Professions and Occupations Repeal Act (No. 2) (Bill M238)
Health regulatory colleges
HEART program
HEARTH program
Henry, Bonnie
Heritage
Heritage Week
Heyman, George
Highway 16
Highway of Tears
Highway of Tears Symposium, Prince George, B.C.
Highways and roads
Hilltop House, Squamish, B.C.
Hockey
Hogg, George and Isabel
Home care
Home ownership
Homeless encampment action response temporary housing (HEARTH) program
Homelessness
Homelessness encampment action response team (HEART) program
Hornosty, Avery
Housing
Housing and Municipal Affairs Ministry
Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Codes of Conduct) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 17)
Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Parental Leave) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 18)
Housing Squamish
Howe Sound
Human rights
Human rights code
Human Rights Code Provisions Review Special Committee
Human Rights Code Repeal Act
Human Rights Commissioner
Hunting
Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 10)
Ladysmith and District Historical Society
Lake Okanagan Resort, Kelowna, B.C.
Langley, B.C.
Langley Meals on Wheels
Lapu-Lapu Day
Leap Manifesto
Legislation
Legislature
Lewis, Avi
Lewis, Stephen
LGBTQ2S community
Libraries
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Wendy Cocchia
Lillooet, B.C.
Liquefied natural gas development
Literacy
Literacy Central Vancouver Island, Nanaimo, B.C.
LNG Canada facility project
Lobbyists
Lobbyists Transparency Act
Lobbyists Transparency Act Review Special Committee
Local government
Long Term Care Access and Transparency Act (Bill M232)
Long-term and residential care
Lower Mainland
Lunar new year
Luvisotto, Fred
Maas, Paulus
McDames, Anne
MacDonald, Jock
McDougall Creek, B.C.
McSherry, Caren
Maillardville constituency and area
Mains, Valerie
Manufacturing industry
Maple Ridge, B.C.
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Community Services
Marine safety
Maternity and pregnancy
Meadow Ridge Rotary Club
Media
Medical laboratories
Medical Laboratory Week
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Members' statements
Mental health
Mental Health (Brain Injury) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M242)
Merit Commissioner
Merritt, B.C.
Metro Theatre
Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver Transit Riders (Movement YVR)
Middle East
Mines and mining industry
Ministerial statements
Ministries
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 16)
Missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit persons
Mission Sunrise Rotary Club
MLAs
Motions
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 6)
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025 (Bill M226)
Movement YVR
Moyse, Geoffrey
Multiculturalism
Music
Muslim community
Musqueam Indian Band
National Police Federation
Naval forces
Netherlands
Networks Ministries, Dawson Creek, B.C.
New Westminster, B.C.
Newbold, Mary Lou
Newspapers
See Media; particular newspapers
A Night to Shine
Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Nikkei Place Foundation
Non-profit sector
North Cariboo constituency and area
North Coast transmission line
North Shore wastewater treatment plant project
North Vancouver, B.C.
Northcott, Pierce
Northern B.C. Therapeutic Community, Prince George, B.C.
Northern Health Authority
Raglin, Rod
Rainbow Kitchen, Esquimalt, B.C.
Ramadan
Reading
Real Acts of Caring Week
Religion
See also particular religions and religious communities
Remedios, Anthony Michael Maria
Rempel, Nicole (Malidi)
Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 11)
Resources and resource industries
The REVUE
Richholt, Lyndsay
Richmond, B.C.
Ridge Meadows Hospital, Maple Ridge, B.C.
Rio Tinto
Ritzand, Grayson
Rokeby-Thomas, Megan
Royal assent to bills
Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Rulings and statements by Chair or Speaker
Rutland
Saanich Peninsula
Saanich Peninsula Hospital and Health Care Foundation
Saanich Peninsula Hospital, Saanichton, B.C.
Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act (Bill 13)
Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12)
Safety
Sage Mesa
Sage Transition House, Vancouver, B.C.
Sales tax
Salgado, Raymond
Salmon Arm–Shuswap constituency and area
Sam, Diane
Sarpal, Ram Labhai
Sather, Michael
Savage, Taig
Schonwetter, Ilana
School Amendment Act (Bill M234)
Schools
SC’IȺNEW̱ Nation
Science and technology
Sea to Sky constituency and area
Seabridge Gold Inc
Search and rescue services
Security services
Seehra, Sukhvir
Seizure disorders
Select standing committees
Selection Special Committee
Seniors
Sex education
Sexual health
Sharpe, Cassie
Shipping industry
Shoreline Medical Society
Shuswap constituency and area
Sicamous, B.C.
Sicamous Ferry Society
Sikh community
Sikh Heritage Month
Silversmith Power and Light Generating Station, Sandon, B.C.
Similkameen constituency and area
Similkameen Sparks school basketball team, Keremeos, B.C.
Single-room occupancies
Skeena constituency and area
Skills training
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw
Small business
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
Social welfare
Social Work Week
Social workers
Society
Somers, Julian
Sookarama
Sooke, B.C.
Sooke Food Bank
Sooke Lions Club
South Fraser communities
Southin, Mary
Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Special committees
Special Olympics B.C.
Species at risk
Speculation and Vacancy Tax Repeal Act (Bill M243)
Speech from the Throne
Sports and recreation
Squamish, B.C.
Squamish Community Housing Society
Squamish Nation
SROs
See Single-room occupancies under Housing
stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Statements
Statistics Canada
Statutory officers
See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature; particular officers
Stephen Lewis Foundation
Stocker, Victor Joseph
Stone, Todd
Strait of Georgia
Strata property
Substance use and addiction
Supply Act (No. 1), 2026 (Bill 4)
Supreme Court of British Columbia
Supreme Court of Canada
Surrey, B.C.
Surrey Eagles, Surrey, B.C.
Surrey Hospitals Foundation
Surrey Memorial Hospital
Surrey-Cloverdale constituency and area
Taxation
Tax'ayee (McDames, Anne)
Taylor Bridge
Teegee, Terry
Temporary foreign workers
Terrace, B.C.
Thandi, Kuldip Singh
Thomas, Jerome (Seesanuk)
Thomas, Mary Ann
Thompson, Adam
Throne speech
TMX pipeline
Toilet facilities
Tourism
Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry
Tourism Week
Trade
Trade Recognition Act (Bill 5)
Traffic safety
Tran, Dao
Trans Mountain oil pipeline and expansion
Transgender Day of Visibility
Transit services
Transparency of Advocacy Organizations Act (Bill M240)
Transplantation of organs and tissues
Trapping
Tributes
Tsilhqot'in First Nation
Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Tumbler Ridge Outdoor Recreation Association