GAAP See Accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles
under Government
Gagatek, Norman
- Speech therapy treatment for stroke injuries (Dix) 2787 (Falcon) 2786 (Macdonald) 1618, 2786
Gambier Island
- Sinking of Annapolis warship in Halkett Bay waters, petition tabled (Simons) 2740
Gambling
- Addiction and problem gambling
- Casinos (Coleman) 1581
- Charities' access to gambling revenues See also particular charities and sectors; Community organizations under Communities
- access (Conroy) 496 (Simpson, S.) 473-4
- direct access grants and bingo affiliation grants (Coleman) 1652-5 (Simpson, S.) 1652, 1655
- government commitments (Coleman) 1651-2 (Fraser) 545-6 (Hammell) 2282 (Herbert) 192-3, 525 (James) 128-9 (Krog) 193 (Kwan) 195-6 (Lake) 308 (Mungall) 194 (Sather) 43 (Simpson, S.) 131, 1651-4
- priorities (Austin) 1671 (Coleman) 192-6, 805, 889-91, 1621, 1653-4, 1658-9, 1666-9 (Huntington) 805, 1666-7 (Krueger) 128-31, 152 (Lake) 484 (Routley, B.) 1658 (Simpson, S.) 1653-4
- reconsideration of applications (Coleman) 1655 (Simpson, S.) 1655
- Expansion of gambling (Coleman) 1571 (Krueger) 518 (Lake) 484 (Simpson, S.) 1568
- Government policies and initiatives See also Regulation below under this main heading
- Government policies, responsible gambling strategy (Simpson, S.) 1580
- Government policies, social contract (Simpson, S.) 1570-1
- Internet gaming (Coleman) 1571-82 (Fraser) 101 (Simpson, S.) 131, 474, 1573-83 (Thorne) 414
- Involvement of organized crime (Coleman) 1570, 1585-6 (Heed) 1365 (Simpson, S.) 1365-6, 1585-6
- Involvement of organized crime, integrated police unit See Integrated illegal gambling enforcement team under Police and policing
- On-line gambling See Internet gaming above under this main heading
- Regulation (Coleman) 1568, 1570, 1572, 1576-7, 1581-2
- Regulation, interprovincial action (Coleman) 1579-80 (Simpson, S.) 1579
- Revenues, use by social service organizations (Trevena) 258
- Revenues, use for essential services (Austin) 2832 (Thorne) 414
Games See particular games;
Sports
GamesTown 2010 competition See Olympic Games – 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
Gaming grants for community programs See Charities' access to gambling revenues
under Gambling; Community organizations
under Communities
Gangs
- Gang activity, information and reporting (Heed) 2536
- Gang colours and paraphernalia, regulation in B.C. and other jurisdictions (Farnworth) 553, 2538 (Heed) 2538
- Gang crime See Crime and criminals
- Gang members, use of body armour (Farnworth) 553, 1549
- Gang members, use of body armour, regulation See Regulation under Firearms – Body armour
- Incidence (Farnworth) 2533-4 (Heed) 2533-4, 2866
- Infiltration of government organizations (Farnworth) 1555
- Prevention of gang activity
- Recruitment of members (Farnworth) 2534 (Hayer) 555 (Heed) 2534 (Ralston) 557
Garibaldi Provincial Park
- Ski hill proposal in area (Krueger) 1778
- Ski hill proposal in area, public input on environmental assessment process (McIntyre) 110-1
Garson, Jon
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Yamamoto) 384
Gas industry See Oil and gas
Gateway projects See Pacific gateway initiative and projects
under Transportation
GATS See General Agreement on Trade in Services
Gatzke, Al
- Orchard business (Letnick) 26
Gay and Lesbian Business Association of British Columbia
- Work of organization (Herbert) 1298
Gays and lesbians See Sexual orientation
Gazzola, Dorothy
- Special needs child case (Karagianis) 1867
General Agreement on Trade in Services
- Agreement (Corrigan) 1151
General Insurance OmbudService
GeoB.C.
- Mapping operations (Bell) 471
George, David
- Comments on reading centre funding (Austin) 876
Georgia Straight (Vancouver)
- Article on child workers (Chouhan) 621 (Coell) 621
Geoscience B.C.
Gibsons, B.C.
- B.C. Ferries dock, issues (Simons) 139
- Livable community award recipient (Simons) 1297-8
- Traffic configuration, petition tabled (Simons) 2739
Gillies, Patricia
- Experience as paramedic (Karagianis) 2268
Gingell, Fred
- Service as MLA (Huntington) 251
Girardi, Carol
- Comments on arts funding (Bains) 164
Gitanmaax See Hazelton, B.C.
Gitga'at First Nation
- Green energy initiatives (Coons) 127
Gitwinksihlkw
Gitxsan Chiefs Office
- Bioenergy proposal (Donaldson) 1064, 1209
Gitxsan First Nations
- Governance model and treaty proposals (Abbott) 1257 (Donaldson) 1256-7
- Summit of Gitxsan chiefs and house groups (Donaldson) 1531-2
Gitxsan Forest Enterprises Ltd.
- Access to fibre (Donaldson) 1063
Given, Brian
- Death and community work (Letnick) 24
Glacier Creek
Glenrosa, B.C.
- Fire protection activities (Bell) 966
Global warming See Climate change
The Globe and Mail
- Articles on issues
- B.C. Liberal Party government (Herbert) 632
- harmonized sales tax (McIntyre) 279-80
- statutory protection for Canadian Public Accountability Board officers (Ralston) 687, 953-5
Golden, B.C.
Golden Ears Bridge
- Construction (Dalton) 160
Golden Ears Provincial Park
- Activities for visitors (Dalton) 159
- Conditions in park (Sather) 1112
Goldstream Food Bank
- Work of organization commended (Horgan) 1455
Goldstream (News) Gazette
- Article on paramedic issues (Karagianis) 1976 (Lali) 1972
Goods and services tax
- Harmonization with provincial sales tax See Harmonized sales tax
- Impact on issues
- restaurant industry (Hansen) 2698 (Kwan) 1995 (Ralston) 2697
- small business (Kwan) 1994
- tourism (Kwan) 1994
- Implementation (Stewart) 526-7
- Revenues to government and tax base (Hansen) 2683-5 (Ralston) 2683-4
Gordon Bay Provincial Park
Gordon Head See Oak Bay–Gordon Head constituency and area
Gorge waterway
- Annual cleanup event (Fleming) 563
Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.
- Kelowna mill operations (Stewart) 176-7
Government See also British Columbia Liberal Party – Government; Civil service; Government – Local government; Legislature
- Accountability (Routley, D.) 800
- Accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles (Sultan) 83-4
- Advertising and announcements
- Advisory groups (James) 2762
- Advisory groups, independence (Campbell) 2765
- Agencies, boards and commissions See also Ministries and public agencies below under this main heading
- Agencies, boards and commissions, review by comptroller general (Throne speech) 5-6
- Cabinet See also Ministers below under this main heading
- agenda and priorities committee (Campbell) 2813-5 (James) 2813-6
- committee membership and meeting attendance (Campbell) 2814 (James) 2814
- confidentiality (Campbell) 2811, 2814, 2816 (James) 2814, 2816
- joint cabinet meeting with Washington (Gentner) 2828 (Yamamoto) 2828
- policy analysis support (Campbell) 2810-1 (James) 2810
- regulation-making powers (de Jong) 1379-80 (Krog) 1379-80
- role in budget process See Budget process under Budgets
- size (Macdonald) 1201
- size and costs (Campbell) 2816-8 (James) 2816-8
- Capital projects See also particular projects and sectors
- Carbon neutrality (Fleming) 2418 (Stewart) 696-7 (Yap) 141, 2416, 2418
- Carbon neutrality, travel (Yap) 2418
- Commitment to public interest (Trevena) 258-9
- Commitments, public confidence (Krog) 307-9
- Communications See also Advertising and announcements above under this main heading
- Communications, electronic communications (Routley, D.) 706-8 (Stewart) 706, 708
- Communications, silo effect (Barnett) 875 (Popham) 874-5
- Contracts for services, policy (Bell) 861-2 (Macdonald) 861-2
- Decisions and policies, interconnectedness of issues (Popham) 228-9
- Decisions and policies, low-carbon review (Donaldson) 237
- Employees See Civil service
- Federal-provincial relations (Throne speech) 7
- Federal-provincial relations during NDP and B.C. Liberal Party administrations (Bloy) 2645
- Financial management (Simpson, B.) 367-8
- Financial reporting See also Accounting above under this main heading
- Financial reporting, public accounts (Bell) 859 (Macdonald) 859
- Financial reporting, quarterly reporting (Hansen) 811 (Ralston) 811
- Fiscal year See Fiscal year under Budgets
- Government agents See Government agents
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduction See Carbon neutrality above under this main heading
- Intergovernmental relations (Gentner) 2825-8 (Yamamoto) 2825-8
- Ministers See also Cabinet above under this main heading
- communication with civil servants during election campaigns (Campbell) 2744, 2747
- delegation of duties during election campaigns (van Dongen) 491
- regulation-making powers (de Jong) 1379 (Krog) 1379
- salary holdback based on meeting of budget targets (Coons) 630 (Fleming) 669 (Hansen) 809-10 (Karagianis) 587 (Lali) 680 (Macdonald) 594, 597 (Ralston) 809-10 (Sather) 585 (Simons) 663
- Ministries
- budget reductions (Lali) 680
- credit card expenditures (Gentner) 488-9
- ministries and public agencies, service delivery and spending priorities (Throne speech) 5
- Operations, carbon neutrality See Carbon neutrality above under this main heading
- Operations during election period (Routley, D.) 715-6
- Performance measurement (Campbell) 2764
- Premier, role (Herbert) 523
- Privatization (Lali) 353
- Procurement practices and system
- B.C. Bid tendering process (Horgan) 2498 (Lekstrom) 2498
- government policy (Bell) 838
- service pods (Campbell) 2819
- support for B.C. food products (Popham) 838
- Programs and services
- Provincial-municipal relations See Government – Local government
- Purchasing See Procurement above under this main heading
- Records management
- disposal and records retention schedules (Routley, D.) 704, 706-8, 751-3, 766 (Stewart) 704, 706-8, 751-3
- document retrieval case (Routley, D.) 752-3 (Stewart) 752-3
- funding and staffing (Routley, D.) 706-7, 709, 752-4 (Stewart) 706, 752-5
- management during election period (Routley, D.) 707 (Stewart) 707
- records classification systems (Routley, D.) 753 (Stewart) 753-4
- Regulations and red tape, reduction (Krueger) 148
- Revenues See also 2009-10 budget, revenue projections under Budgets
- Revenues, decrease (Black, I.) 225 (Hansen) 197 (Hawes) 46 (Krueger) 148 (Lee) 534 (Lekstrom) 407-8 (McRae) 89 (Pimm) 451 (Ralston) 216 (Throne speech) 5 (van Dongen) 490
- Revenues, revenue management system See Centre of Excellence for Revenue Management, Victoria, B.C.
- Role (Krog) 299-300 (Routley, D.) 55, 337
- Role in society (Herbert) 2365 (Routley, D.) 2370 (Simpson, B.) 367-8
- Service plans and strategic plan update, 2009-10 to 2011-12, tabled (Hansen) 203
- Spending
- cost pressures (Hansen) 197
- decisions and priorities (Throne speech) 5
- discretionary spending (Campbell) 2815-8 (Chong) 567-8 (Gentner) 485-6 (Horgan) 566 (James) 2815-6 (Routley, D.) 754 (Stewart) 754
- reduction (Lake) 484
- Telecommunications system, NetWork B.C. (Stewart) 177-8, 644
- Transfer of costs and responsibilities to local government See Transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government under Government – Local government
- Transfer payments from federal government (Horgan) 673
Government – Local government See also Communities; Regional districts
- Bylaw enforcement
- Bylaw enforcement re graffiti and signs during Olympic Games, legislation See also Amendments under Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 3); Amendments under Vancouver Charter
- definitions (Huntington) 1390-1 (Krog) 1391
- government and public support (Krog) 1228, 1232
- government consultation (Bennett) 1387 (Krog) 1387, 1397
- government response to concerns (Farnworth) 1234-5 (Herbert) 1236-7
- impact on civil liberties (Bennett) 1396 (de Jong) 1238-40 (Farnworth) 1233-5 (Herbert) 1235-7 (Krog) 1228-33, 1391, 1397 (Simons) 1237-8
- information briefing for NDP members (de Jong) 1228, 1240 (Huntington) 1235, 1388 (Krog) 1228
- legislation (Bennett) 1381-96 (Huntington) 1388-91 (Krog) 1381, 1383-7, 1391-6
- limitation to Richmond, Vancouver and Whistler (Bennett) 1395 (Krog) 1395
- municipalities' requests for legislation (Bennett) 1387, 1393-5 (Krog) 1393-4
- public response (Bennett) 1383 (Krog) 1383, 1397
- time limit (Bennett) 1390, 1393 (Krog) 1385-6, 1393, 1396
- Bylaws, applicability of Canadian Charter See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Elections See Municipal elections under Elections
- Grants from provincial government during B.C. Liberal and NDP administrations (Bennett) 1365
- Infrastructure projects, federal-provincial funding partnerships See Funding under Infrastructure
- Local decision-making (Macdonald) 60-2
- Powers (Bennett) 1382, 1385, 1389-90, 1396 (Krog) 1231-2, 1385
- Powers, relationship to citizen rights (Huntington) 1389-91
- Procurement policies, B.C. resolution at conference See Pacific NorthWest Economic Region
- Provincial-municipal relations (Bennett) 1396 (Herbert) 1236 (Howard) 255 (Huntington) 1389 (Krog) 1385
- Revenues, allocation of traffic fine revenues to local governments (Bennett) 1365 (Farnworth) 1543-4 (Heed) 1543 (Huntington) 1364-5
- Revenues, reduction in property tax revenues (Bennett) 1381 (Krog) 1381
- Role (Fraser) 1910
- Traffic regulation powers (Bennett) 1428 (Krog) 1428
- Transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government (Sather) 44
Government agents
Governor General's Literary Awards
- B.C. recipients and nominees (Herbert) 2873-4
Graffiti See Bylaw enforcement
under Government – Local government; particular locations
Graham, Roger
- Appointment as chief negotiator in treaty negotiations (Abbott) 1257
Gramlich, Ted
- Death in forest industry accident, coroner's inquest recommendations (Coell) 623-4 (Routley, B.) 623-4
Grant, Elizabeth
- Access to H1N1 vaccination (Dix) 2021 (Simpson, S.) 2019
Gravel
Great Bear rain forest
- Potential impact of oil tanker traffic in area (Coons) 1299
Great Canadian Heli-Skiing Ltd.
- Impact of HST on business (Macdonald) 2739
Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association
- Chief executive officer See Simpson, Peter
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Black, I.) 2002
- Relationship with government (Black, I.) 2002
Greater Victoria Police Victim Services
Greek Canadians
- History in B.C. (Fleming) 267
Greek Fest
- Annual event (Fleming) 267
Green technology See Environmental technology
under Science and technology
Green Timbers See Surrey–Green Timbers constituency and area
Greenhill, Vern
- Achievements in lawn bowling (McRae) 206
Greenhouse gas emissions See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act
Greenmax Resources
Grewal, Gurdev Singh
Grills, Lee
- Letter on Japanese Canadian internment during World War II (Yamamoto) 385
Grindrod, B.C.
- Proposed animal waste facility, petition tabled (Abbott) 74
Grizzly bears See Bears
under Wildlife
Groundwater See Water
Grouse Mountain
- Bear rehabilitation centre proposal See North Shore
- Wind turbine project (Sultan) 1298-9
GST See Goods and services tax
Guardianship
Guide-outfitters
- Regulation (Sather) 1326 (Stilwell) 1326
- Role (Donaldson) 2733
Gulf Islands
- Groundwater protection (Routley, D.) 1950