IBM Global Services
ICBC See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
ICE fund See Innovative clean energy fund
under Energy
Ilkay Development Corporation
- Purchase of lands released from tree farm licences (Conroy) 12001 (Simpson, B.) 11998
Immigration
- Credentialling of foreign-trained professionals and workers See also Health professionals under Health – Health care system; particular professions
- Federal government policies, debate (de Jong) 12038 (Kwan) 12037-8 (Speaker) 12067
- Foreign and immigrant workers See also Provincial nominee program below under this main heading
- credentialling See Credentialling above under this main heading
- federal temporary foreign worker program (Hansen) 11757
- labour contractors, issues (Puchmayr) 10738
- Mexican farmworker program See Workers, seasonal and guest workers under Agriculture
- Philippine workers agreement (Hansen) 11756-7 (Ilich) 10467 (Kwan) 11756-7 (Puchmayr) 10467
- protection (Puchmayr) 9699-700, 10463, 10467
- recruitment (Hayer) 9674, 10062-3 (Krueger) 9770
- role in filling B.C. jobs (Hayer) 10062-3
- Skills Connect for Immigrants program (Hansen) 9837 (Lee) 10162
- temporary workers (Bloy) 11266-7 (Hansen) 11757 (Kwan) 11757 (Puchmayr) 11266
- Immigrants to B.C.
- education and employment issues (Chouhan) 12240 (Oppal) 12240
- family violence See Violence
- income and education issues (Kwan) 12353
- income and poverty issues (Chouhan) 9850 (Kwan) 12057
- role in development of B.C. (Hayer) 9673
- Legislation See Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (federal)
- Parliamentary committee on immigration, submission content (Puchmayr) 10737-8
- Programs and services for immigrants to B.C.
- Provincial nominee program (Hansen) 9837 (Hayer) 9673-4 (Lee) 10162
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (federal)
The Impact of the Olympics on Community Coalition
- Proposal for surcharge on Olympic Games merchandise and tickets (Hansen) 11671-2 (Kwan) 11671-2
Imperial Metals Corporation
- Red Chris mine (Krueger) 12544
Income
- Income disparity between men and women (Trevena) 10341
- Income disparity in B.C. (Bains) 12511 (Dix) 12005-6 (Ralston) 12053, 12208-9
- Low-income families (Richmond) 9811
- Low-income families, government support (Christensen) 10094-5 (Polak) 9918-9, 12866-7
- Low-income families, government support during B.C. Liberal Party and NDP administrations (Hayer) 9922 (Yap) 9920-1
Income assistance
- Benefits
- benefit amount for shelter (Austin) 9774
- benefit amount increases (Falcon) 10218
- benefit amounts (Lali) 9780
- damage deposits held in trust (Kwan) 11333 (Richmond) 11333
- government policy on damage deposits (Chudnovsky) 10288 (Kwan) 10289, 11330-3 (Richmond) 10288, 11330-3
- transportation allowance and bus passes (Brar) 11321 (Richmond) 11321
- travel expenses and mileage rate (Brar) 11326-7 (Richmond) 11326-7
- Caseload (Richmond) 11263
- Caseload for employable singles (Brar) 11263
- Eligibility, immediate-needs assessment process (Richmond) 9853
- Employment insurance (EI), extension of benefits (Macdonald) 13696
- Employment programs
- contracts (Richmond) 11325-6
- contracts, bidding process See Employment programs, contract bidding process below under this main heading
- contracts, termination option (Brar) 11253-4 (Richmond) 11254
- fees (Brar) 11262-3 (Richmond) 11263, 11325
- performance measurement (Brar) 11320 (Richmond) 11320
- placement rates (Brar) 11320-1
- program for ready-to-work people (Richmond) 11320
- programs (Brar) 11245-7, 11258 (Richmond) 9854, 11245-6, 11250, 11256, 11261
- programs for people with disabilities See Income assistance – Disability benefits
- protection of client information (Brar) 11261-2 (Richmond) 11261-2
- reviews (Richmond) 11262-3
- self-employment program (Richmond) 11322
- subcontractors (Brar) 11251-2, 11255, 11260 (Richmond) 11250-2, 11261
- WCG contracts See Contract to deliver employment programs under WCG International Consultants Ltd.
- Employment programs, contract bidding process
- process (Richmond) 11260, 11326
- process and change of company ownership (Brar) 11255 (Richmond) 11256
- reference checks (Brar) 11260
- role of minister (Richmond) 11258
- Outreach program (Brar) 11327-8 (Richmond) 10288, 11327-8, 11332
- Programs and services (Richmond) 11244
- Rates See Benefits, benefit amounts above under this main heading
- Recipients, employment as seasonal agricultural workers (Richmond) 9854
- Recipients, transition to employment (Coell) 10935-6
- Return to assistance program after temporary work (Brar) 11323 (Richmond) 11321, 11323
Income assistance – Disability benefits
- Benefits (Richmond) 11321
- Benefits reduction, case (Brar) 11327
- Earnings exemption (Brar) 11320-1 (Richmond) 11320-1
- Employment programs and services
- employment program for persons with disabilities start date (Richmond) 11250
- programs and services (Brar) 11250, 11253, 11258, 11320 (Richmond) 11259, 11320
- project for people with developmental disabilities (Richmond) 11321
- social enterprises employing people with disabilities (Brar) 11322 (Richmond) 11322
- WorkAble Solutions (Richmond) 11322
- Government initiatives (Richmond) 9853
Income tax
Income Tax Act
Independent living savings account See Seniors
Independent power producers, projects, etc. See Energy
India
Indians See First nations
Indo-Canadians See Asian Canadians
Industry
Industry Training and Apprenticeship Council
- Elimination, impact on apprenticeship completion rates (Hansen) 11696-7 (Routley) 11696
Industry Training Authority
- Assessment of credentials, role of TILMA agreement (Hansen) 11696 (Routley) 11696
- Budget and operations (Hansen) 11693-4 (Routley) 11693-4
- Budget and operations, administration costs and staffing (Fleming) 11700-1 (Hansen) 11700
- Governance (Hansen) 11689-90 (Routley) 11689-90
- Industry training organizations See Skills training
- Initiatives, registry of industry training achievement See Apprenticeship system under Skills training
- Ministerial responsibility (Hansen) 11697
- Performance measurement (Hansen) 11700
- Role in apprenticeship completion rates (Hansen) 11696-7
- Role in provision of supports for aboriginal and women apprentices (Hansen) 11695-6 (Routley) 11695-6
Information and Privacy Commissioner
- Annual report, 2007-08, tabled (Speaker) 13159
- Budget and funding (Bennett) 10562 (Ilich) 10528
- Comments on issues
- cap-and-trade legislation (Bains) 11308-10 (Coons) 11345-6 (Dix) 11317-8 (Fraser) 11305-6, 11308 (James) 11378 (Macdonald) 11220 (Puchmayr) 11296 (Ralston) 11350 (Sather) 11217 (Simpson, S.) 11137-8, 11140, 11144, 11148 (Thorne) 11298-9 (Trevena) 11301
- ferry legislation (Coons) 11346
- freedom-of-information legislation (Conroy) 10547, 10745, 10915 (Farnworth) 10754-5 (Ilich) 10547, 10554, 10735
- fuel legislation (Horgan) 11536 (Macdonald) 11123 (Neufeld) 11135, 11536-7 (Ralston) 11128-9 (Simpson, S.) 11076, 11078 (Trevena) 11068
- health information legislation (Dix) 12160, 12162
- health information loss case (Dix) 12156-7
- oil and gas legislation (Horgan) 11390 (Robertson) 11394
- Inquiry and review processes (Ilich) 10735
- Powers (Ilich) 10735
- Recommendations on lobbyist registration legislation (James) 13373-4
- Review of freedom-of-information requests by environmental organizations (Conroy) 10528-9 (Ilich) 10529
- Role (Lekstrom) 10753
- Role in information-sharing agreements (Christensen) 13046 (Simons) 13046
Infrastructure
- Border infrastructure program See Border infrastructure program
- Federal-provincial grants (Cantelon) 10113
- Financing of projects (Sather) 13477-8
- Funding, federal government role (Farnworth) 13348-9 (Les) 13662
- Government investment in rural and urban areas (Farnworth) 13351-2 (Lekstrom) 10123 (Macdonald) 10037 (Trevena) 13264-5
- Investment by private investors (Ralston) 11547-8
- Investment by state investment firms (Ralston) 12614
- Investment during NDP administration (Farnworth) 13348
- Investment in projects (Black) 9888 (Chong) 9898 (Lee) 10163
- Investment in projects, government action (Brar) 13293 (Coons) 13298 (Farnworth) 13351-2 (Fleming) 13342 (Horgan) 13234 (Lali) 13330-1 (Macdonald) 13238 (McIntyre) 13605-6 (Ralston) 13219 (Simpson, S.) 13229 (Thorpe) 13246 (Yap) 13637-8
- Projects, workers, government recognition campaign See Workers in B.C. under Workers
- Social infrastructure See Social welfare systems under Welfare
- Transportation infrastructure See also Pacific gateway initiative and projects and Projects in B.C. under Transportation
Inheritance tax
- NDP position (Falcon) 10218
Innovative clean energy fund See Energy
Inquiry Act
- Replacement (Ralston) 11968
Insect pests
In-SHUCK-ch Nation
- Involvement in treaty negotiations (de Jong) 12447, 12452
Insite See Supervised injection sites, Vancouver facility
under Substance abuse and addiction
inSite Housing, Hospitality and Health Services Inc.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia
- Comments on government economic policies (Yap) 9820
Insurance
Insurance Amendment Act, 2008
- (Bill 40) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 11772-3
- Debate, speakers (Taylor) 11772
- Purpose of bill (Taylor) 11772
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Annual report, 2007, tabled (van Dongen) 12973
- Board of directors and management (van Dongen) 10790, 10889
- Board of directors, letter tabled (van Dongen) 11447
- Chief executive officer See Taylor, Paul
- Government expectations (van Dongen) 10888
- Insurance rates See Insurance under Automobiles
- Investigation into sale of repaired write-off vehicles
- Notification in person for driver's licence name changes (Karagianis) 11460 (van Dongen) 11460
- Operations (Les) 9737
- Position on electronic stability control in vehicles (Farnworth) 13151 (Lali) 13152-4 (van Dongen) 13151, 13153-4
- Purchase of Olympic Games tickets (Farnworth) 13694
- Role in vehicle design and safety technology (van Dongen) 13152-3
- Safer School program and school transportation analysis (Bond) 11418 (Cubberley) 11418
- Sale of repaired write-off vehicles (van Dongen) 10787
- Sale of repaired write-off vehicles, investigation See Investigation into sale of repaired write-off vehicles above under this main heading
- Sponsorship agreement for Olympic Games (Bains) 11668
- Work with agencies on safety technology (Lali) 13153-4 (van Dongen) 13154
Insurance Premium Tax Act
Insurance (Vehicle) Act
Integrated land management bureau
Integrated Pest Management Act
Interfor See International Forest Products Inc.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Reports on carbon sequestration (Penner) 12286-7
- Work of B.C. members (Penner) 9976-7
Interior Health Authority
- Contract for minor surgical services (Abbott) 10964
- Facilities, maintenance services (Abbott) 12628-9 (Dix) 12628-9
- Funding and services (Conroy) 10107-8
- Long-term care beds, availability and interim beds (Abbott) 13381-2 (Conroy) 13381-2
- Magnetic resonance imaging services in area facilities (Abbott) 13032-3 (Dix) 13033-4 (James) 13032-3
- Residential care services (Macdonald) 10079
- Services (Lali) 13328
International Broadcast Centre See Broadcast services
under Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
International Carbon Action Partnership
- Government membership (Penner) 12834-5
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
International Development Week
- Recognition (Trevena) 9633
International Financial Activity Act
International Financial Centre See International financial centre in B.C.
under Financial services industry
International Forest Products Inc.
International Labour Organization
International Olympic Committee
- Decision on women's ski jumping at Olympic Games (Bains) 9903, 9932 (Hansen) 9932 (McIntyre) 9646
International relations
- Development assistance (Trevena) 9633
International Women's Day
International Women's Week
- Celebration (Polak) 10135
Internet See Computer technology
Intrawest Development Corp. See Fortress Investment Group LLC
Invermere, B.C.
Investment
Investment Agriculture Foundation of British Columbia
IOC See International Olympic Committee
Ireland
- Economy and post-secondary education (Bloy) 10322 (Fleming) 10321
Iskut First Nation
- Agreement involving coalbed methane development (Horgan) 12563 (Neufeld) 12563-4
Island coastal economic trust
Island Corridor Foundation
- Corridor initiative (Horgan) 11190
- Government liaison (Falcon) 10781 (Horgan) 10782
Island Scallops Ltd.
- Scallop farm in Georgia Strait, licensing and public consultation (Bell) 11198 (Fraser) 11198-9
Island Timberlands Ltd.
ITA See Industry Training Authority