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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Bailey, Terry
- Football achievements and sports hall of fame induction (Halford) 177B:1020
Bains Travel, Vancouver, B.C.
- Anniversary and contributions to community (Elmore) 151B:1025
Ballem, Penny
- Contract with government and advisory work on health care system (Halford) 153B:1420-1425 (Osborne) 153B:1425
- Experience in health care system and hiring as consultant (Eby) 122B:1425
Barrett, Dave
- Newspaper articles and obituary by Joel Connelly (Dix) 155B:1305
Barrière, B.C.
Barrière Lions Club
- Annual Easter egg hunt and volunteers thanked (Stamer) 144B:1015
Bateman, Firth
- Life and contributions to Delta community (Kahlon) 127B:1300
BCAA See British Columbia Automobile Association
BCUC See British Columbia Utilities Commission
Beatty, Allan
- Comments on First Nations land claims and property valuation (Halford) 140B:1125
Becher Bay First Nation
Bella Coola, B.C.
Belleau, Charlene
- Comments re Frances Widdowson and residential schools (Armstrong) 154B:1045-1050
Bennett, Bill and Susan (Beth)
Bennett-Nabess, Cyril
Betker, Abigail
Bills by name See also Bills by number
- Government bills
- An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1) See An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
- Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2) See Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)
- Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3) See Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)
- Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 8) See Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 8)
- Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 15) See Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 15)
- Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 14) See Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 14)
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9) See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 9)
- Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Codes of Conduct) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 17) See 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) See Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Parental Leave) Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 18)
- Kitselas Treaty Act (Bill 21) See Kitselas Treaty Act (Bill 21)
- K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20) See K'ómoks Treaty Act (Bill 20)
- Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 10) See Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 10)
- Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 16) See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 16)
- Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 6) See Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 6)
- Post-Secondary International Education (Designated Institutions) Act (Bill 7) See Post-Secondary International Education (Designated Institutions) Act (Bill 7)
- Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 11) See Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 11)
- Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act (Bill 13) See Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act (Bill 13)
- Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12) See Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 12)
- Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22) See Supply Act, 2026-2027 (Bill 22)
- Supply Act (No. 1), 2026 (Bill 4) See Supply Act (No. 1), 2026 (Bill 4)
- Trade Recognition Act (Bill 5) See Trade Recognition Act (Bill 5)
- Private members' bills
- Private members' bills introduced in previous sessions
Bills by number
- (* denotes bill having received royal assent)
- 1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
- 2.* Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026
- 3.* Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026
- 4.* Supply Act (No. 1), 2026
- 5.* Trade Recognition Act
- 6.* Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2026
- 7.* Post-Secondary International Education (Designated Institutions) Act
- 8.* Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2026
- 9.* Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026
- 10.* Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026
- 11.* Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2026
- 12.* Safe Access to Schools Amendment Act, 2026
- 13.* Safe Access to Places of Public Worship Act
- 14.* Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2026
- 15.* Environmental Assessment Amendment Act, 2026
- 16.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2026
- 17. Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Codes of Conduct) Amendment Act, 2026
- 18. Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes (Parental Leave) Amendment Act, 2026
- 20.* K'ómoks Treaty Act
- 21. Kitselas Treaty Act
- 22.* Supply Act, 2026-2027
- M214 (2025). Firefighters' Health Act
- M216 (2025). Professional Reliance Act
- M217 (2025).* Dashboard Cameras in Commercial Vehicles Act
- M226. Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025
- M231.* Veterans and First Responders Month Act
- M232. Long Term Care Access and Transparency Act
- M233. Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act
- M234. School Amendment Act
- M235. Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act
- M236. Health Professions and Occupations Repeal Act
- M237. Insurance (Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2026
- M238. Health Professions and Occupations Repeal Act (No. 2)
- M239. Aboriginal Title Transparency Act
- M240. Transparency of Advocacy Organizations Act
- M241. Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026
- M242. Mental Health (Brain Injury) Amendment Act, 2026
- M243. Speculation and Vacancy Tax Repeal Act
- M244. Home Rental Fairness Act
- M245. Young Workers Income Tax Relief Act
- M246. Small Farms Act
- M247. Crown Land and Financial Transparency Act
- M248. Chinese Heritage Month Act
- M249. Pharmaceutical Risk Management and Accountability Act
Billy Barker Days Festival
- Anniversary and involvement of local groups (Clare) 168B:1015
Biodiversity See Environment
Biodiversity and ecosystem health framework See Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Ministry
Bishop, Emily
Black Canadians
Black, Guy
- Journey of remembrance walk for Korean War veterans (Blatherwick) 168B:1010
Black History Month
Blessings and acknowledgments See also Prayers and reflections
Blind community
Blusson, Stewart
- Allegations re fraudulent donations (Valeriote) 140B:1100
Boats and boating
Books and book publishing See Publishing industry; Literature under Arts and culture
Boundary-Similkameen constituency and area
- Access to emergency health services (Wilson) 126B:1115
- Access to long-term-care and constituent senior care case (Wilson) 129B:1410
Brain health
Brain Injury Awareness Month
BrainTrust Canada
- Advocacy and support for brain injury (Loewen) 140B:1045
Brar, Ron
- Role as owner of junior hockey club (Chapman) 137B:1020
Brewster, Morgan
- Work as volunteer in Crescent Beach and South Surrey (Tepper) 164B:1345-1350
British Columbia See also British Columbia by region
British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
British Columbia Automobile Association
- Fireweed Pin for wildfire awareness and resilience fundraising (Morissette) 184B:1040
B.C. Beef Day
B.C. Book Day
- Recognition and celebration (Higginson) 158B:1020
British Columbia by region
- North coast
- Northern and rural B.C.
- Northern B.C.
- Rural B.C.
- health care and emergency services (Luck) 126B:1040
- temporary foreign workers and role in communities (Valeriote) 157B:1420
- travel for health care services and accommodation assistance programs (Day) 144B:1055 (Osborne) 144B:1055-1100
B.C. Cattlemen's Association
- Legal action and concerns re DRIPA and potential impacts on private property rights (Paton) 175B:1040 (Sharma) 175B:1040
British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
- Accommodation for families of children at hospital (Dew) 161B:1025-1030
British Columbia Court of Appeal
British Columbia Dairy Day
British Columbia Energy Regulator
British Columbia Ferry Authority
- Board membership and appointment process (Farnworth) 151B:1045
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
British Columbia Housing Management Commission See also Housing
- Property management
- Review of single-room-occupancy operations and maintenance (Rattée) 130B:1100, 136B:1420
- Social and subsidized housing See Housing
- Supportive housing See Housing
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
British Columbia Liberal Party
- Members while in government (Bailey) 164B:1440 (Milobar) 164B:1440
- Performance as government
B.C. Natural Resources Forum
- Event and participants (Anderson, G.) 123B:1015
B.C. NDP See also B.C. NDP government
B.C. NDP government
British Columbia Pavilion Corporation
- Board membership, appointment of former MLAs (Loewen) 158B:1050
B.C. Transplant
British Columbia Trappers Association
- History and work of organization (Clare) 157B:1355
British Columbia Utilities Commission
- Annual report, 2024-25, tabled (Sharma) 132B:1440
British Columbia Wildfire Service See also Fires and firefighters
British Columbia Winter Games
Bruinsma, John
- Family farm and corn maze in Fraser Valley (Neufeld, K.) 164B:1355-1400
Bryant, Michael
- Government contract for consulting work and previous employment with Legal Aid B.C. (McInnis) 123B:1045
Buddhism
Buddhist Culture Day
Budget See also 2026-27 budget under Budgets
- Budget address (Bailey) 117B:1350-1425; motion approved 126B:1155
- Divisions: budget motion approved, with casting vote by Speaker 126B:1155
- Debate 117B:1350-1450, 118B:1445-1845, 119B:1130-1155, 120B:1300-1720, 122B:1430-1755, 123B:1055-1150, 124B:1330-1825, 125B:1430-1850, 126B:1125-1150
- Debate, speakers (Anderson, B.) 120B:1510-1540 (Arora) 124B:1555-1615 (Bailey) 117B:1350-1425, 126B:1130-1145 (Banman) 122B:1530-1600 (Begg) 122B:1510-1530 (Bhangu) 124B:1815-1820, 125B:1430-1440 (Block) 122B:1450-1510 (Botterell) 118B:1610-1710 (Boultbee) 125B:1635-1640 (Boyle) 119B:1140-1150, 120B:1300-1320 (Brar) 122B:1735-1755, 123B:1055-1100 (Brodie) 124B:1705-1715 (Chan) 124B:1735-1800 (Chandra Herbert) 122B:1635-1700 (Chant) 120B:1350-1415 (Choi) 122B:1430-1450 (Chow) 122B:1600-1615 (Clare) 120B:1650-1720 (Day) 120B:1320-1350 (Dew) 122B:1705-1730 (Dhir) 125B:1805-1830 (Dix) 125B:1605-1635 (Glumac) 124B:1410-1430 (Halford) 126B:1125-1130 (Hartwell) 125B:1540-1605 (Higginson) 123B:1130-1145, 124B:1330-1335 (Kang) 124B:1455-1520 (Kealy) 125B:1515-1540 (Lajeunesse) 124B:1800-1815 (Loewen) 124B:1620-1635 (Luck) 120B:1605-1635 (McCall) 125B:1830-1850 (McInnis) 120B:1440-1510 (Milobar) 117B:1425-1450, 118B:1445-1605 (Morissette) 120B:1635-1650 (Neufeld, K.) 118B:1830-1845, 119B:1130-1140 (Parmar) 118B:1710-1810 (Paton) 120B:1415-1440 (Rattée) 123B:1100-1130 (Rotchford) 124B:1715-1730 (Sharma) 125B:1710-1735 (Stamer) 124B:1335-1405 (Sturko) 124B:1520-1550 (Sunner) 125B:1445-1515 (Tepper) 124B:1435-1455 (Toor) 125B:1735-1805 (Valeriote) 120B:1540-1605 (Whiteside) 124B:1635-1705 (Wickens) 118B:1810-1830 (Williams) 125B:1640-1710 (Wilson) 122B:1615-1635
- Management of public funds and debt, estimates 185B:1820
- Other appropriations, estimates 185B:1820
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2026 (Bill 2)
- (Minister of Finance) 1R, 117B:1450; 2R, 133B:1125-1145, 134B:1325-1720, 136B:1445-1745; C, 144A:1125-1145, 145A:1330-1810, 146A:1455-1645; 3R, 146B:1655-1705; RA, 155B:1715
- Divisions: 2R approved 136B:1745; 3R approved, with casting vote by Speaker 146B:1705
- Debate, speakers (Bailey) 117B:1450, 133B:1125-1135, 144A:1125, 145A:1340-1810, 146A:1455-1645 (Banman) 134B:1355-1425 (Bird) 136B:1520-1540 (Blatherwick) 134B:1335-1355 (Clare) 136B:1445-1505 (Day) 136B:1610-1635 (Dew) 133B:1135-1145, 134B:1325-1335, 145A:1545-1640 (Gibson) 134B:1520-1550, 144A:1125-1145, 145A:1330 (Giddens) 134B:1455-1520 (Kahlon) 136B:1635-1700 (Luck) 134B:1640-1705 (Malcolmson) 136B:1540-1610 (McInnis) 134B:1550-1620 (Milobar) 136B:1700-1730, 144A:1125-1140, 145A:1330-1540, 145A:1650-1810, 146A:1455-1640 (Neill) 136B:1505-1520 (Shah) 134B:1425-1455 (Toporowski) 134B:1620-1640 (Wickens) 134B:1705-1720
- Votes on bill, casting vote (Speaker) 146B:1705
Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2026 (Bill 3)
- (Minister of Finance) 1R, 117B:1450-1455; 2R, 127B:1625; C, 132A:1450-1840, 133A:1125-1140; reporting of bill, 133B:1145; 3R, 134B:1305; RA, 141B:1715
- Divisions: 2R approved 127B:1725; amdt. to cl. 1 negatived 133A:1140; 3R approved 134B:1325
- Debate, speakers (Bailey) 117B:1450-1455 (Glumac) 127B:1700-1710 (Kahlon) 127B:1625-1630, 132A:1450-1840, 133A:1130 (Milobar) 127B:1630-1655, 132A:1455-1535, 132A:1620-1840 (Rotchford) 127B:1655-1700 (Valeriote) 132A:1535-1620, 132A:1710-1720, 133A:1125-1130
Budgets
- 2026-27 budget
- allocations and changes (Milobar) 136B:1440 (Rattée) 129B:1415
- allocations for capital projects (Milobar) 129B:1420
- casting vote by Speaker (Speaker) 126B:1155
- content and priorities (Bailey) 122B:1355-1400, 123B:1025, 123B:1050, 143B:1420, 184B:1055, 184B:1115 (Banman) 144B:1045 (Beare) 122B:1405 (Bhangu) 143B:1420 (Botterell) 123B:1030 (Day) 122B:1355 (Giddens) 119B:1120 (Kahlon) 174B:1410 (Milobar) 184B:1110-1115 (Neufeld, K.) 119B:1115 (Osborne) 144B:1045 (Rattée) 122B:1400 (Valeriote) 122B:1405 (Van Popta) 122B:1405-1410
- deficit (Bailey) 143B:1420, 174B:1425-1430, 175B:1055-1100 (Bhangu) 143B:1420 (Brodie) 119B:1110 (Eby) 119B:1110 (Giddens) 143B:1420-1425
- impact on seniors (Giddens) 129B:1405
- priorities (Bailey) 118B:1410, 118B:1420, 118B:1435, 119B:1115-1120, 136B:1440, 139B:1420, 158B:1050 (Banman) 158B:1045 (Eby) 119B:1120 (Giddens) 118B:1415-1420 (Milobar) 118B:1430-1435 (Rattée) 118B:1405-1410 (Stamer) 139B:1420
- priorities and allocation for public education system (Beare) 183B:1405-1410
- Budget and Fiscal Plan 2026-27–2028-29 (Bailey) 117B:1455
- Budget process
- public input and consultation (Morissette) 143B:1355
- Deficit budgets (Bailey) 184B:1055 (Giddens) 119B:1120
Buemann, Christine
- Death and work as mortgage broker (Giddens) 143B:1345
Build communities strong fund See Federal government under Government
Building code See Construction industry
Bulkley Valley District Hospital Auxiliary
- History and contributions (Hartwell) 129B:1350
Bullying and harassment
- Awareness and prevention (Phillip) 125B:1345-1350
- Bullying and violence at school
Burnaby, B.C.
- Food security programs and community organizations (Routledge) 146B:1405
Burnaby General Hospital
Burnaby South Secondary School, Burnaby, B.C.
- STEM team achievements and participation in national competition (Choi) 167B:1350
Buses and bus service See Transit services; School buses under Schools
Bush, Chris
- Contributions to local journalism and retirement (Anderson, G.) 146B:1340-1345
Business
Business Council of British Columbia
- Comments on Heritage Conservation Act amendment consultation process (Giddens) 171B:1420
- Member survey and DRIPA concerns (Rattée) 174B:1410
Butterfly Support Network
- Work and programs for families experiencing infertility and perinatal loss (Blatherwick) 180B:1025