ICBC See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Identity theft See Crime and criminals
IEPs See Individual education plans
under Education
IGA Canada Ltd.
- MarketPlace development in Dundarave (McIntyre) 1993
ILO See International Labour Organization
Immigration See also Population
under British Columbia
- Business immigration program (Farnworth) 396-8 (Hansen) 374, 396-7
- Connecting skilled workers with employment (Mayencourt) 1377
- Connecting skilled workers with employment, Skills Connect for Immigrants program (Hansen) 374
- Immigrants to B.C., role in economy (Hayer) 143
- Immigration to rural B.C. (Farnworth) 375-6 (Hansen) 375-6
- Programs and services for immigrants to B.C.
- Provincial nominee program (Farnworth) 374-6, 395-6 (Hansen) 374-6, 394-7
- Role of immigrants in B.C. (Yap) 156
- Settlement systems, comparison of Canada and France (Fleming) 1976
Impaired driving
- Government initiatives (Les) 1631
Imperial Metals Corp.
- Mount Polley mine reopening (Jarvis) 185 (Rustad) 142-3 (Simpson, B.) 31
Imports See Exports and imports
IMRs See International marketing of B.C., in-market representatives
under Exports and imports
INAC See Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Income
- Employment income See Wages and salaries
- Low-income families, programs (Richmond) 2041, 2056
- Low-income persons, government initiatives (Mayencourt) 1694
- Low-income rate in B.C. (Richmond) 2054
Income assistance
- Accessibility for homeless persons (Richmond) 2051-2 (Trevena) 2051-2
- Benefits
- Budget (Richmond) 2041
- Caseload of Employment and Assistance Ministry See Recipients, number below under this main heading
- Eligibility
- appeals (Krog) 1605-6
- number of ineligible applicants (Richmond) 2060 (Trevena) 2060
- two-year financial independence test (Richmond) 2049 (Trevena) 2049
- Employment programs (Richmond) 2042-6 (Trevena) 2042-6
- Funding in system (Bond) 251
- Job placement programs See Employment programs above under this main heading
- Policies, impact on homelessness See Homelessness, causes of homelessness
- Recipients
- debts owed to government, collection See Revenue services, collection of debts owed to government by income assistance recipients under Revenue Services of British Columbia
- designation as person with persistent multiple barriers (Richmond) 2060-1 (Trevena) 2060-1
- number (Richmond) 2041, 2046 (Trevena) 2046
- recipients under age 18 (Hagen) 2198 (Wyse) 2198
- tracking of former recipients (Campbell) 2026 (James) 2026
- transition to employment (Richmond) 2045-6 (Trevena) 2045-6
- Service delivery (Richmond) 2064-5 (Trevena) 2064-5
- System (Campbell) 2025-6 (Simpson, S.) 110
Income assistance – Disability benefits
- Administrators' rulings and physicians' orders (Richmond) 2062-3 (Trevena) 567, 2062-3
- Application process (Puchmayr) 216 (Richmond) 2061-2 (Trevena) 2061-2
- Benefit amount (Mayencourt) 27 (Richmond) 2040, 2055 (Trevena) 2054-5
- Earnings threshold (Bloy) 128
- Eligibility
- additional benefits, cases (Mayencourt) 26-7
- eligibility (Richmond) 2061
- government policies (Fleming) 1695
- Employment programs and services (Richmond) 2040, 2052-3 (Trevena) 2052-3
- Evaluation of requests for assistance (Richmond) 567
- Medical benefits (Richmond) 2063-4 (Trevena) 2063-4
- Nutritional supplements (Trevena) 567
- Volunteer supplement (Richmond) 2056 (Trevena) 2056
Income tax
- Tax levels (Karagianis) 513 (Thorpe) 513
- Taxes for low- and middle-income families (Bloy) 300 (Hawes) 342 (Hawkins) 328 (Hayer) 115 (Horning) 338 (Polak) 217 (Sultan) 178-9 (Taylor) 72, 96-7 (Thorpe) 101 (Yap) 155
Income Tax Act
Independent living See Assisted-living model
under Housing – Residential care facilities
Independent Living B.C.
Independent power producers See Energy
Independent School Act
Independent schools See Education
India
- Abandoned brides in India See Asian Canadians
- Earthquake See Earthquake in South Asia under Asia
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- Responsibilities for water systems in first nations communities (Abbott) 1397
Indians See First nations
Indo-Canadians See Asian Canadians
Industry
Industry Training Authority
Information and privacy commissioner
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Special Committee to Select an
- Appointment (de Jong) 1399
- Report presented (Rustad) 2218, adopted 2218
Infoway initiative See Information systems
under Health – Health care system
Infrastructure
- Federal-provincial infrastructure program See Canada–British Columbia Infrastructure Works program
- Investment in infrastructure (Lekstrom) 163, 166 (Taylor) 72
- "New deal for cities"
- agreement See Projects, government-community partnerships below under this main heading
- management committee (Chong) 907-8 (Simpson, S.) 907-8
- Projects, government-community partnerships (Chong) 905-9 (Simpson, S.) 906-9
- Transportation infrastructure
- government-community partnerships (Fraser) 247
- infrastructure (Hayer) 114-5 (Lali) 90
- input by local government (Simpson, S.) 112
- investment (Falcon) 1151-2, 1314-5 (Horgan) 1292
Inheritance tax
Inner-city areas See Cities and towns
Inner-city schools See Education
Institute of Indigenous Government, Burnaby, B.C.
- Facilities (Coell) 1452 (Robertson) 1452
Insurance
- Taxation of insurance premiums (Karagianis) 526 (Thorpe) 526
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2003
- Implementation (Gentner) 1753 (Les) 1753
Integrated Pest Management Act
- Purpose of bill (Fraser) 1910 (Penner) 1910
Intellectual property
- Commercialization, patents in biotechnology and life sciences industry See Life sciences industry under Science and technology
Interfor See International Forest Products Ltd.
Interior Health Authority
- Long-term care beds (Conroy) 340
- Services (Abbott) 1819-20
International Day of Peace
International Financial Activity Act
- Amendments (Kwan) 781 (Taylor) 344
International financial activity program
- Expansion (Sultan) 178 (Taylor) 72 (Thorpe) 102
International Forest Products Ltd.
- Investment in U.S. (Bains) 324
International Labour Organization
- Comments on issues
- B.C. legislation re workers' rights (Conroy) 689-90 (Coons) 572 (Puchmayr) 418-9, 683-4, 764
- labour relations in education system (Kwan) 614-5
- legality of B.C. legislation re collective agreements (Chudnovsky) 708-9
Internet
- Government portal project See Electronic delivery of services, Internet portal project under Government
Interpretation Act
- Purpose of bill (Coleman) 943 (Simpson, B.) 943
Invasive Plant Council
- Funding (Simpson, B.) 1005
Invasive species See Marine protected areas
under Parks; Plants
Invermere, B.C.
Investment
- Investment in B.C. (Hansen) 365
- Investment in B.C., attraction of investments (Hawes) 343
- Investor responsibilities (Hansen) 439-40 (Simpson, S.) 440
- Venture capital See Business
Iron Horse Youth Safe House
- Operations in Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows area (Sather) 2140
Island Corridor Foundation
Ismaili Muslims
- Charitable work of community in B.C. (Nuraney) 63
Ismaili Walk
ITOs See Industry training organizations
under Skills training