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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Valeriote, Jeremy (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky)
- As subject
- participation in sports 126B:1045
- relationship with First Nations in constituency and work on issues (Davidson) 177B:1045
- visit to Tumbler Ridge 117B:1340
- Arts and culture
- creative sector, impact of artificial intelligence technology 160B:1430-1435
- Bishop, Emily, service as Green Party caucus staff member 119B:1005-1010
- Blusson, Stewart
- allegations re fraudulent donations 140B:1100
- B.C. by region
- rural B.C., temporary foreign workers and role in communities 157B:1420
- B.C. Energy Regulator
- B.C. NDP
- B.C. NDP government
- action on campaign statements and stated goals 122B:1405
- performance
- transit services in Sea to Sky region 167B:1410
- Budget debate 120B:1540-1605
- Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)
- Budgets
- CleanBC plan
- Climate change
- Education
- Education and Child Care Ministry
- Education funding
- Energy and Climate Solutions Ministry
- Environment
- environmental stewardship and connection with natural environment 161B:1020-1025
- pollution, industrial pollution costs and government strategy 164B:1420
- Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 15)
- Farnworth, Mike
- comments on fuel tax costs for transit services in Sea to Sky region 172B:1040-1045
- Filipino Canadians
- support for community and survivors of 2025 vehicular attack in Vancouver 164B:1405
- Finance Ministry
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Forests and forest industry
- pest control and management, use of glyphosate 146B:1425
- FortisBC
- construction of supply pipeline for Woodfibre LNG, wastewater regulation and permit 153B:1405
- Francophones
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9)
- Green Party of B.C.
- Gud Takin Jaad (Rose Williams)
- Health care facilities and hospitals
- Health Ministry
- Hilltop House
- funding for seniors housing project 150B:1420
- Housing
- Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Codes of Conduct) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 17)
- Howe Sound
- Immigration
- temporary foreign workers
- temporary foreign worker program and protections for workers 157B:1415-1420
- Income assistance
- Infrastructure Ministry
- Insurance (Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill M237)
- Introductions by members 118B:1345, 132B:1345, 136B:1345, 139B:1340, 147B:1010, 166B:1335, 184B:1020, 187B:1020
- Iran
- global impacts of war and regional conflict 130B:1035
- human rights situation and protest movement 130B:1035
- Jobs and Economic Growth Ministry
- Joffre Lakes Provincial Park
- management plan and working group with local First Nations 177B:1045
- temporary closings 177B:1045
- K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
- Lapu-Lapu Day
- festival in Vancouver and vehicular attack, remembrance of victims 164B:1405
- Legislature
- question period, decorum and heckling 151B:1055
- Standing Order 36, order in addressing Chair 151B:1055
- Standing Order 40, disrespectful or offensive language 151B:1055
- Standing Order 43, irrelevance and repetition in debate 151B:1055
- Liquefied natural gas development
- LNG Canada facility project
- methane gas flaring and emissions levels 119B:1100
- Local government
- development approval process
- Long Term Care Access and Transparency Act (Bill M232)
- Long-term and residential care
- facilities
- new facilities and funding for projects 150B:1420
- Maternity and pregnancy
- obstetrics care, access to services 129B:1400
- Members' statements
- Canadian athletes at 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 126B:1045
- Climate action responsibility and optimism 187B:1040
- Earth Day and responsibility to future generations 161B:1020-1025
- Journée de la Francophonie 140B:1050
- Mental health
- access to services 122B:1405
- use of artificial intelligence services for mental health support 132B:1425
- awareness and elimination of stigma 122B:1405
- programs and services
- Mining and Critical Minerals Ministry
- Ministerial statements (response)
- Anniversary of Lapu-Lapu Festival attack and support for victims 164B:1405
- War in Iran and Middle East 130B:1035
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 16)
- Motions
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025 (Bill M226)
- Oil and gas
- hydraulic fracturing
- natural gas
- Olympic Games, 2026 Winter Games and Paralympic Games in Italy
- Oral questions
- Access to obstetrics care in hospitals 129B:1400
- Ban on glyphosate spraying and action on biodiversity and ecosystem health framework 146B:1425
- Budget provisions for school counsellors 122B:1405
- Disability assistance rates 183B:1410-1415
- Foreign investment and protection of farmland 186B:1420-1425
- Funding for long-term-care facility and affordable housing in Squamish 150B:1420
- Funding for mental health services 122B:1405
- Government action on drug toxicity crisis and safe supply 126B:1055-1100
- Government management of climate change policies 146B:1425
- Government policy on industrial site hazardous waste clean-up and costs 164B:1420
- Health impacts of LNG projects and methane gas flaring 119B:1100-1105
- Industrial water rates and watershed protection 164B:1420
- Investigation of financial transactions related to Quest University Squamish campus 140B:1100
- Joffre Lakes Provincial Park management plan and working group 177B:1045
- Mental health services and use of artificial intelligence for mental health support 132B:1425
- Permitting process for local projects 136B:1420-1425
- RCMP critical response unit information-gathering activities 180B:1040
- Regional transit services for Sea to Sky Corridor 167B:1410, 171B:1410-1415, 172B:1040-1045
- Regulation of artificial intelligence and conflict-of-interest concerns 143B:1415
- Regulation of artificial intelligence technology 132B:1425, 160B:1430-1435
- Status of Quest University and use of tuition fee revenues 140B:1100-1105
- Temporary foreign worker program 157B:1415-1420
- Woodfibre LNG project expansion proposal and local taxation 154B:1040-1045
- Woodfibre LNG project expansion proposal and wastewater regulation 153B:1405
- Parks and protected areas
- public access and temporary closings for Indigenous use 177B:1045
- Points of order
- Post-secondary education
- Poverty
- Premier's Office
- Protests
- Psychotherapists and counsellors
- coverage of services under Medical Services Plan 122B:1405
- Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act (Bill M233)
- Quest University Canada
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- critical response unit, information-gathering activities 180B:1040
- Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act (Bill 13)
- Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12)
- Science and technology
- Smart, Kai
- Society
- Sports and recreation
- Squamish
- demographic growth and government support 150B:1420
- tourism operator's concerns re permit waiting times 136B:1420
- Squamish Community Housing Society
- funding for community housing project 150B:1420
- Statements
- Substance use and addiction
- illegal and toxic drugs
- presence of medetomidine in illicit supply 126B:1055
- overdoses
- safe supply
- Throne speech debate 117B:1340
- Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Ministry
- Trade Recognition Act (Bill 5)
- Transit services
- Transportation and Transit Ministry
- Tributes
- Tumbler Ridge
- shootings incident and deaths, response and support for community 117B:1340
- Vancouver General Hospital
- Veterans and First Responders Month Act (Bill M231)
- Waste management
- hazardous wastes, government action on issues 164B:1420
- Water
- Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Ministry
- biodiversity and ecosystem health framework 146B:1425
- Watersheds
- West Vancouver–Sea to Sky constituency and area
- Whistler
- Wildlife
- species at risk, protection and legislation 146B:1425
- Woodfibre LNG
- Woods, Nigel
- death and contributions to Whistler community 176B:1305
Van Popta, Misty (Langley–Walnut Grove)
- As subject
- Agriculture and Food Ministry
- Armed forces
- Arts and culture
- Budgets
- Burnaby General Hospital
- Education and Child Care Ministry
- minister, role in school trustees court case 184B:1045
- Emergencies
- Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 15)
- Equine industry
- Finance Ministry
- Firefighters' Health Act (Bill M214)
- Fires and firefighters
- Fraser Health Authority
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9)
- Government
- Health care facilities and hospitals
- Health Ministry
- Housing and Municipal Affairs Ministry
- Hurley, Mike
- comments on contract cancellation for Burnaby Hospital replacement project 171B:1420
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure Ministry
- Introductions by members 118B:1340, 125B:1340, 130B:1010, 133B:1005, 144B:1005-1015, 149B:1005, 155B:1340, 155B:1415, 155B:1450, 157B:1335, 164B:1335, 183B:1340, 186B:1345, 186B:1445
- James, Kristy
- comments on Burnaby Hospital replacement project and cancelled contract 171B:1425, 174B:1430
- K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
- Korean Canadians
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 10)
- Langley
- Long Term Care Access and Transparency Act (Bill M232)
- Long-term and residential care
- facilities, new facilities and funding for projects 129B:1410
- Lunar new year
- Members' statements
- Accomplishments of Langley Secondary School students and improv team 161B:1020
- Equine culture in Langley and development of rural land 143B:1400-1405
- Lunar New Year and Korean community 118B:1400
- Recognition of Langley firefighters 130B:1015-1020
- Rolling Barrage Ride and events to support mental health of first responders 183B:1400
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 16)
- Motions
- Oil and gas
- exports and benefits 153B:1420
- pipelines
- government policies on pipeline projects 153B:1420
- Oral questions
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- support for first responders and military veterans with PTSD 183B:1400
- Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act (Bill M233)
- R.E. Mountain Secondary School
- drama program improv team and participation in national festival 161B:1020
- student accomplishments 161B:1020
- Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 11)
- The Rolling Barrage: Coast to Coast Ride to Combat PTSD
- fundraising motorcycle ride and events 183B:1400
- School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
- trustees removal court case, costs and document disclosure 184B:1045