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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Labour Ministry
Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 (Bill 10)
- (Minister of Labour) 1R, 132B:1350; 2R, 136B:1750-1815, 137B:1105-1155, 138B:1330-1730; C, 146C:1745-1830, 148C:1420-1710; 3R, 148B:1715; RA, 155B:1715
- Debate, speakers (Banman) 138B:1440-1505 (Block) 138B:1505-1530 (Dew) 138B:1400-1415 (Gibson) 138B:1415-1435 (Giddens) 137B:1105-1125, 146C:1745-1830, 148C:1420-1710 (Kooner) 137B:1135-1155, 138B:1330-1345 (Milobar) 138B:1610-1630 (Neufeld, K.) 138B:1710-1730 (Parmar) 137B:1125-1135 (Paton) 138B:1650-1710 (Rotchford) 138B:1345-1355 (Toor) 138B:1550-1610 (Van Popta) 138B:1530-1550 (Whiteside) 132B:1350, 136B:1750-1815, 146C:1745-1830, 148C:1425-1710 (Wilson) 138B:1630-1650
Ladysmith and District Historical Society
Ladysmith-Oceanside constituency and area
- Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region and hosting of international conference (Higginson) 184B:1040
Laidman, Jason
- Appointment as Sergeant-at-Arms (Warbus) 183B:1440
- Appointment as Sergeant-at-Arms and experience as police officer (Farnworth) 183B:1435-1440
Lake Okanagan Resort, Kelowna, B.C.
- Recovery from wildfire and residents' concerns re drinking water (McInnis) 140B:1055
Langley, B.C.
- Community contributions of Langley firefighters (Van Popta) 130B:1015-1020
- Equine industry and culture (Van Popta) 143B:1400-1405
- Fundraising events for mental health of first responders and veterans (Van Popta) 183B:1400
- Korean community (Van Popta) 118B:1400
- Urban development and protection of farmland (Van Popta) 143B:1400-1405
Langley Meals on Wheels
- Work of organization and volunteers (Toor) 129B:1340
Lapu-Lapu Day
- Festival in Vancouver and vehicular attack
Leap Manifesto
Leclair, Penny
- Experience as deafblind person and book Life with Jefferson on guide dog (Routledge) 184B:1035
Lee, Christopher
Legislation
- Treaty-related legislation (Farnworth) 119B:1125
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly Protective Services See also Sergeant-at-Arms
- Services and service delivery, changes in response to challenges (Speaker) 184B:1025
Legislature
- Bills process
- admissibility of private members' bill (Speaker) 139B:1350
- First Nations participation in introduction of treaty-related legislation (Farnworth) 119B:1125
- private members' bills See Private members' bills process below
- Bills process, first reading
- Casting votes by Speaker or Chair See Casting votes by Speaker or Chair
- Committee of Supply and Committee of the Whole
- committee to sit in three sections (Farnworth) 119B:1125
- Committee system
- appointment of select standing committees (Eby) 116B:1420
- Confidence motions (Eby) 150B:1410-1415, 158B:1030 (Warbus) 158B:1030
- Debate
- Divisions and voting process, deferral of divisions (Farnworth) 143B:1440, 160B:1500, 167B:1850
- Language used in House
- Legislative calendar and sitting schedule
- adjournment of Tuesday February 17 morning sitting (Farnworth) 116B:1420
- change to sitting schedule for April 2 (Farnworth) 146B:1445
- extension of sitting hours on May 27 (Farnworth) 183B:1435
- recess and change to Wednesday sitting hours (Farnworth) 174B:1845
- schedule for House adjournment (Farnworth) 140B:1135
- Members' conduct and debate
- attire of MLAs in House (Eby) 140B:1035 (Speaker) 140B:1035
- conduct during question period See Question period below
- have patience and let Chair hear and respond (Speaker) 179B:1435
- request that photos taken against rules be deleted (Farnworth) 153B:1425
- respectful and orderly conduct (Deputy Speaker) 141B:1340
- taking photos in chamber (Kahlon) 153B:1425 (Stamer) 153B:1425
- taking photos in chamber not permitted and any photos taken must be deleted (Speaker) 153B:1425
- wearing of unauthorized lapel pins (Speaker) 132B:1425, 160B:1415
- Members' statements
- Officers of the Legislature
- Opposition
- letter re membership composition of parliamentary committees, tabled (Warbus) 168B:1050
- Private members' bills process
- guidance and ruling on admissibility of bill (Speaker) 139B:1350
- Private members' bills process, report stage
- Private members' bills process, third reading
- guidance on debate limitations (Speaker) 147B:1035
- Private members' time
- changes to Standing Orders for private members' time (Farnworth) 119B:1125
- guidance on application of Standing Order 27 to private members' business (Shah) 133B:1115-1120
- Proceedings
- Question period
- all comments through Chair (Speaker) 164B:1435
- answers by ministers (Botterell) 125B:1410
- argument with Chair and member asked to leave chamber (Speaker) 177B:1105
- be careful as there are young children in gallery (Speaker) 132B:1440
- be courteous and good listeners (Speaker) 158B:1035
- be respectful as minister has the floor (Speaker) 177B:1040
- Chair can't hear question (Speaker) 179B:1425
- decorum and heckling (Speaker) 158B:1025 (Valeriote) 151B:1055
- do members want to hear answer to question (Speaker) 136B:1435
- guidelines and respectful debate (Speaker) 140B:1130
- hear both sides without interruptions (Speaker) 129B:1355
- Leader of Official Opposition asked to be quiet (Speaker) 172B:1055
- Leader of Opposition to show some courtesy (Speaker) 177B:1100
- let member ask question (Speaker) 179B:1425
- let minister answer (Speaker) 175B:1050, 175B:1110
- let minister finish (Speaker) 179B:1435
- member has the floor (Speaker) 165B:1100
- member to ask questions through Chair (Speaker) 146B:1430
- member to ask questions through Chair and listen to answer (Speaker) 146B:1420
- member to be careful with language (Speaker) 129B:1350
- member to be courteous and listen (Speaker) 137B:1050
- member to be quiet, listen and not argue with Chair (Speaker) 137B:1050
- member to stop heckling or be asked to leave House (Speaker) 150B:1440
- member to take seat and let minister finish (Speaker) 179B:1415
- member to wait for turn (Speaker) 168B:1045
- members to be good listeners (Speaker) 130B:1050
- members to calm down (Speaker) 177B:1105
- members to come to order (Speaker) 130B:1050, 137B:1040, 146B:1415, 150B:1425-1430, 154B:1040, 168B:1030, 177B:1050
- members to come to order and be quiet (Speaker) 154B:1105
- members to come to order and behave themselves (Speaker) 177B:1035
- members to come to order and wait for turn (Speaker) 150B:1415, 184B:1100
- members to focus debate on issue and not name other members (Speaker) 164B:1440
- members to have short preamble to question (Speaker) 133B:1100
- members to let minister answer (Speaker) 150B:1435, 151B:1035
- members to let Premier answer (Speaker) 140B:1125
- members to listen and provide leadership to children watching question period (Speaker) 137B:1050
- members to listen to answer and wait for turn (Speaker) 177B:1050
- members to listen to answer so as to ask more questions (Speaker) 158B:1050
- members to wait for their turn (Speaker) 129B:1400, 137B:1040
- members wasting own time (Speaker) 130B:1055, 179B:1415
- members wasting time (Speaker) 150B:1435
- minister has the floor (Speaker) 136B:1435, 150B:1430, 151B:1045, 151B:1055, 164B:1435, 172B:1035, 179B:1410, 184B:1100
- minister will be careful in her comments (Speaker) 136B:1440
- minister's prerogative how she answers (Speaker) 160B:1430
- nice people do not interrupt (Speaker) 179B:1420
- opposition House Leader to tell members no statements during question period (Speaker) 137B:1050
- Premier has the floor (Speaker) 177B:1100
- questions taken on notice (Farnworth) 151B:1055 (Ma) 150B:1425 (Osborne) 140B:1115 (Sharma) 140B:1100
- supplemental question should be related to main question (Speaker) 168B:1035
- use of electronic devices (Farnworth) 184B:1115 (Speaker) 183B:1425, 184B:1050
- wait for turn or no ice cream today (Speaker) 177B:1040
- wait for your question (Speaker) 157B:1430
- will ask member to leave House if hear comment one more time (Speaker) 179B:1435
- Sergeant-at-Arms See Sergeant-at-Arms
- Speaker and Chair
- Staff thanked (Speaker) 175B:1005
- Staff, work and dedication of staff (Speaker) 184B:1025
- Standing Order 27 and Standing Order 27A (Shah) 133B:1115
- Standing Order 36, order in addressing Chair (Valeriote) 151B:1055
- Standing Order 40, disrespectful or offensive language (Valeriote) 151B:1055
- Standing Order 43, irrelevance and repetition in debate (Valeriote) 151B:1055
- Standing Order 76, application to private members' bills (Speaker) 139B:1350
- Standing Order 81.1(2), adoption of government business schedule (Farnworth) 174B:0240
- Virtual proceedings
- location of members during division votes (Farnworth) 188B:1350
Levitt, Dan
- Advocacy for seniors and long-term-care beds (Ma) 171B:1430
- Comments on long-term-care facility projects (Day) 171B:1430
Lewis, Avi
- Comments on Ksi Lisims LNG project (Warbus) 144B:1030
Lewis, Stephen
- Death and legacy as former federal NDP leader (Morissette) 147B:1030
LGBTQ2S community
- Discrimination against LGBTQ2S persons See Discrimination and racism
- Human rights activism and history (Chandra Herbert) 181B:1300
- Transgender, gender-diverse and two-spirit community
Libraries
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Wendy Cocchia
Life sciences sector See Science and technology
Lillooet, B.C.
- Access to emergency health services (Luck) 126B:1040
- District government and community (Luck) 126B:1040
Líl̓wat Nation
Lindsay, Dave and Rhonda
- Work and community advocacy (Loewen) 168B:1010
Liquefied natural gas development
Literacy
Literacy Central Vancouver Island, Nanaimo, B.C.
- Programs for adult learners (Anderson, G.) 137B:1030
Livestock industry
- Ranching industry
- work of ranchers and challenges (Paton) 172B:1020
LNG See Liquefied natural gas development
LNG Canada
- Facility project, methane gas flaring and emissions levels (Dix) 174B:1415 (Valeriote) 119B:1100
- Phase 2 expansion project (Eby) 177B:1035
- Phase 2 expansion project, announcement attendance by Conservative MLAs (Eby) 177B:1105
Lobbyists
Lobbyists Transparency Act
Lobbyists Transparency Act Review Special Committee
Local government
- Development approval process
Local Governments and Rural Communities Minister of State
- Response to concerns re northern and rural homeowner benefit (Bird) 184B:1105-1110
London Drugs
- Sale of tobacco products (Botterell) 184B:1050
Long Term Care Access and Transparency Act (Bill M232)
Long-term and residential care
Louie, Clarence
- Comments and letter re mineral project judicial review process (McInnis) 164B:1415, 165B:1040
Lower Mainland
- Regional district See Metro Vancouver
- South Fraser communities See also particular communities
Lunar new year
Luugat, Vancouver, B.C.
Luvisotto, Fred