Jennifer WhitesideMinister of Labour (EN)

Interventions récentes

Un extrait de chaque intervention en chambre — lisez le texte intégral au dossier officiel.

1. Tabling Documents

   I have the honour to table the 2025 annual report and 2026-2028 service plan for WorkSafeBC.

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

2. Tributes — Rhonda Larrabee

   It is an honour to rise in this House on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking People of the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations to pay tribute to Chief Rhonda Larrabee of the qiqéyt First Nation, who pass…

   2026-05-28·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

3. Introductions by Members

   Today I am so thrilled that we have, joining us in the gallery, a whole group of shop stewards and representatives from the Compensation Employees Union. If you would like to rise, folks. The Compensation Employees Uni…

   2026-05-27·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

4. Introductions by Members

   Thank you to my friend the Minister of Housing for allowing me to introduce the mayor of New Westminster, Patrick Johnstone, who joins his colleagues here this morning. In New Westminster, we are the second-densest city…

   2026-05-26·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

5. Introductions by Members

   Thank you to my friend the Minister of Housing for allowing me to introduce the mayor of New Westminster, Patrick Johnstone, who joins his colleagues here this morning. In New Westminster, we are the second-densest city…

   2026-05-26·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

6. Introductions by Members

   I wanted to send a big hello and shout-out to folks in my community at the Elizabeth Fry Society. This week is Elizabeth Fry Week. Since 1939, folks at EFry have been standing up for vulnerable girls and women. Their hea…

   2026-05-07·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

7. Committee of Supply — Estimates: Ministry of Labour (continued)

   Before I read the numbers into the record, just on the overall of what the member is characterizing as rate shock…. That term is just not a term that is in the WorkSafe lexicon. It isn’t an approach that they are conside…

   2026-05-05·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

8. Committee of Supply — Estimates: Ministry of Labour (continued)

   I think, perhaps, I can just go into the answer that we were preparing in regard to the member’s question about the forecasting of premium rates. There were just a few items in the member’s commentary with respect to tha…

   2026-05-05·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

9. Committee of Supply — Estimates: Ministry of Labour (continued)

   Yes, thank you very much, Chair. Thank you to the member for a good discussion and for his commitment to canvassing these issues — and to his team. I guess I will just say again that I deeply believe that we have a soc…

   2026-05-05·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗

10. Committee of Supply — Estimates: Ministry of Labour (continued)

    There’s a lot in that question, so I appreciate that the member might want to come back and ask supplementary questions to it. It is, as I appreciate the member understands, a complex area. Just to, again, situate the c…

    2026-05-05·Legislative Assembly·Dossier officiel ↗