ICE fund See Innovative clean energy fund
under Energy
Illington, Joy
- Role in Merit Commissioner office (de Jong) 2345
ILMB See Integrated land management bureau
Immigration
- Credentialling of foreign-trained skilled workers (Bains) 1170-1 (Corrigan) 1150 (Karagianis) 1167 (Stilwell) 1441
- Foreign and immigrant workers
- construction industry See Workers under Construction industry
- farmworkers See Workers under Agriculture
- government responsibility for worker permits (Bond) 1024
- Skills Connect for Immigrants program (Stilwell) 1441
- Immigrants to B.C. (Hayer) 444
- Programs and services for immigrants to B.C.
- settlement programs and services, Canada–B.C. agreement (Stilwell) 1441-2
- settlement workers in schools program (Stilwell) 1441
- Welcome B.C. program (Stewart) 178 (Stilwell) 1441
- Welcoming and Inclusive Communities and Workplaces program (Stilwell) 1441
- Provincial nominee program (Stilwell) 1441
- Refugees, housing issues (Chouhan) 1656
Impaired driving
- Awareness and prevention (Farnworth) 1471
Imperial Metals Corp.
- Red Chris mine operations (Donaldson) 2522 (Hawes) 2522
Incomappleux Valley
- Protection of area (Gentner) 1682 (Sather) 1681
Income
- Income disparity (Bains) 163 (Coons) 423-4 (Macdonald) 596
- Income disparity and social inequality (Routley, D.) 2369-70
- Income disparity and social inequality in B.C. and Canada (Black, D.) 343-4 (Herbert) 522
- Income insecurity (Routley, B.) 514
- Low-income earners, government support (Coell) 622-3
- Low-income earners, taxation initiatives (Hayer) 446
- Low-income families
- case of single parent stealing food (Mungall) 1808
- government support (Campbell) 2820 (Coleman) 1674-5, 1732-3 (Coons) 423-4 (Karagianis) 449-51 (Polak) 426-7
- participation in sports (Horgan) 2018
- taxation initiatives (Bond) 378 (McIntyre) 280
- Low-income households (Coleman) 1730-2 (Simpson, S.) 1730
Income assistance
- Benefits
- benefit amount (Coleman) 1649, 1675
- hardship grants (Coleman) 1610
- relationship to cost of living (Coleman) 1650 (Conroy) 496 (Kwan) 1806 (Simpson, S.) 1649-50
- Caseload (Karagianis) 1811 (Ralston) 1822 (Simpson, S.) 1801
- Caseload, increase in employable persons (Coleman) 1610-1 (Simpson, S.) 1610
- Caseload, public release of information (Routley, D.) 715-6, 755 (Stewart) 716, 755
- Disability benefits, eligibility for spouses (Mungall) 92
- Eligibility (Coleman) 1610, 1650 (Coons) 423 (Simpson, S.) 1610, 1650
- Eligibility, legislation See also Housing and Social Development Statutes Amendment Act, 2009
- Eligibility restrictions for persons with outstanding warrants (Bains) 1822-3 (Coleman) 1191, 1798-9, 2452-6, 2458-60 (Heed) 1802-3 (Karagianis) 1809-13 (Krog) 1816-20 (Kwan) 1803-6 (Mungall) 1807-9 (Pimm) 1806-7 (Ralston) 1820-2, 2453-6, 2459 (Sather) 1814-6 (Simpson, S.) 1799-802, 2452-3, 2458-60
- Eligibility restrictions for persons with outstanding warrants, NDP position (Coleman) 1868-70
- Employment insurance, accessibility and eligibility (Krog) 1818
- Employment insurance claims in B.C. (Fleming) 403 (Ralston) 214-5
- Funding (Hayer) 445 (McIntyre) 280 (Pimm) 453 (Stilwell) 400
- Purpose (Bains) 1823 (Simpson, S.) 1799
- Rates See Benefits above under this main heading
- Recipients
- criminal record checks (Coleman) 1799, 2457-8 (Ralston) 2456-8 (Simpson, S.) 1800-1, 2458
- number See Caseload above under this main heading
- personal information security breach See Breach of personal information under Privacy
- public perception and stigma (Sather) 1813-4
- women and single-parent families (Coleman) 1674-6 (Corrigan) 1673-5
- System (Krog) 1817-8 (Mungall) 1808-9
- System review (Coleman) 1649 (Simpson, S.) 1649-50
Income tax
Income Tax Act
Independent Budget Officer Act, 2009
- (Bill M201) (Ralston) 1R, 126
- Debate, speakers (Ralston) 126
- Purpose of bill (Ralston) 126
Independent power producers, projects, etc. See Energy
Industry See also Resources and resource industries
- Government initiatives, NDP position (Black, I.) 226-7
- Industry (Barnett) 339
- Production machinery and equipment, tax exemption See Exemptions under Sales tax
- Property tax, issues (Bennett) 1910-9 (Fraser) 1910-9
- School tax reduction (Bell) 927, 970 (Bennett) 1911, 1915 (Fraser) 1911, 1915 (Macdonald) 926-8
Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- Elimination (Routley, D.) 2322
Industry Training Authority
Industry training organizations See Skills training
Infant development program See Children
Information
Information and Privacy Commissioner
- Annual report, 2008-09, tabled (Speaker) 14
- Comments on government records management legislation (Routley, D.) 707-8, 754, 766 (Stewart) 707
- Government consultation on issues
- body armour legislation (Farnworth) 1545, 1556-7 (Heed) 1545-6, 1556-7
- environmental protection legislation (Fleming) 1431 (Penner) 1430
- police complaint legislation (de Jong) 1638 (Farnworth) 1638
- Recommendations on lobbyist registration legislation (de Jong) 1762, 2401 (James) 975 (Krog) 1764, 1766-7, 2401 (Routley, D.) 1767-8
- Reports on freedom-of-information requests (Fleming) 1431 (Routley, D.) 699-703, 766 (Stewart) 699-701, 703
- Review of collection of information for continuing care services (Falcon) 813-5, 818 (Ralston) 811-6, 818
- Role as lobbyists registrar, powers and responsibilities (de Jong) 1763, 1776, 2407-10 (Hammell) 1771 (Karagianis) 1769 (Krog) 1766, 2407-10 (Ralston) 1772 (Routley, D.) 1767
Infrastructure
- Funding See also Investment in projects below under this main heading
- Funding, Building Canada fund (Bennett) 1919-21 (Fraser) 1919
- Funding, federal-provincial funding partnerships, government action (Bennett) 1919-21, 1937-42 (Bloy) 2645 (Bond) 438-41 (Campbell) 2755 (Donaldson) 440-1, 2642 (Farnworth) 441 (Fraser) 440, 458, 580, 1919-21, 1937-42 (Gentner) 488 (Hayer) 444, 2643 (James) 438-9 (Kwan) 2643-4 (Pimm) 453 (Ralston) 439, 2640 (Simpson, S.) 475-6 (Stilwell) 401
- Investment in projects (Hansen) 200, 539 (Hayer) 2643 (Horne) 2639 (Lee) 2641 (Stewart) 526 (Throne speech) 7
- Transportation infrastructure
Infrastructure, Ministry of See Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of
Inner-city schools See Education
Innovative clean energy fund See Energy
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia
Insurance See also particular types or areas of insurance
- Classes of insurance (Hansen) 956-7, 992 (Ralston) 956-7, 992
- Consumer protection issues, legislation See also Insurance Amendment Act, 2009
- Consumer protection issues, review and work with other jurisdictions (Hansen) 371-2, 688-9 (Sultan) 691
- Contracts
- content and time limits (Hansen) 958-61 (Ralston) 958-61
- content and time limits, exemptions for fidelity or surety insurance (Hansen) 959-60 (Ralston) 959-60
- electronic communications (Hansen) 688
- life and health insurance (Hansen) 985-91 (Ralston) 985-91
- life and health insurance, grace period for payment (Hansen) 688, 987 (Ralston) 987
- life and health insurance, time period for ability to rescind (Hansen) 688
- property insurance (Hansen) 688
- renewal (Hansen) 960 (Ralston) 960
- Coverage
- coverage for innocent persons (Hansen) 688, 984-5 (Ralston) 984-5
- earthquake events (Krog) 692 (Sultan) 692
- earthquake events, fire after earthquakes See fire coverage and exclusions below under this subheading
- fire coverage and exclusions (Hansen) 688, 961-2, 983-5 (Ralston) 689, 961-2, 983-5
- Health insurance See Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
- Health insurance contracts See Contracts, life and health insurance above under this main heading
- Home warranty insurance See Home ownership
- Industry
- comparison between Canada and other jurisdictions (Sultan) 691
- dispute resolution and complaint processes (Hansen) 688, 960 (Ralston) 689-91, 960
- dispute resolution and complaint processes, service providers (Hansen) 992-3 (Ralston) 992-3
- regulations, reduction (Hansen) 688, 956-7
- requirements for insurance activities (Hansen) 371, 923-4, 951 (Ralston) 923-4, 951
- time limit for legal claims against companies (Hansen) 688, 960, 991 (Ralston) 960, 991
- Marine insurance legislation See also Insurance (Marine) Act
- Proceeds, legislation (de Jong) 728 (Krog) 727
- Title insurance, scope (Hansen) 957 (Ralston) 957
Insurance Act
Insurance (Marine) Act
Insurance Amendment Act, 2009
- (Bill 6) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 371-2; 2R, 688-92; C, 956-62, 983-94; 3R, 994; RA, 1823
- Debate, speakers (Hansen) 371-2, 688-9, 692, 956-62, 983-94 (Krog) 692 (Ralston) 689-91, 956-62, 983-94 (Sultan) 691-2
- Additional definitions (Hansen) 985 (Ralston) 985
- Implementation timeline (Hansen) 994 (Ralston) 993-4
- Need for reform (Ralston) 689-90 (Sultan) 691-2
- Purpose of bill (Hansen) 371-2
- Regulation-making powers (Hansen) 992 (Ralston) 991-2
Insurance Bureau of Canada
- Comments on fire insurance coverage and exclusions (Ralston) 983
Insurance Companies Act (federal)
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Express repair shops, audits and vehicle damage estimates (Bains) 2867-8 (Heed) 2867-8
- Express repair shops, disputes re vehicle damage estimates, cases (Bains) 2868-9 (Heed) 2869
- Fraud prevention, investigative unit (James) 2798
- Investigations into sale of repaired write-off vehicles, ICBC response (Farnworth) 2866-7 (Heed) 2866-7
- Rates, impact of driver infractions on rates (Farnworth) 1540
- Role re legislation restricting cell phone use by drivers (Farnworth) 1470, 1539 (Fleming) 1474
- Traffic safety projects and staffing (Farnworth) 2867 (Heed) 2867
Integrated land management bureau
- First Nations consultation (Bell) 471, 838
- First Nations consultation, letter re power project proposal (Simons) 838
- FrontCounter B.C. See FrontCounter B.C.
- GeoB.C. See GeoB.C.
- Role (Bell) 470-1, 970-1 (Donaldson) 970-1
- Role in aquaculture tenure system (Bell) 970 (Popham) 970
Interactive games See Video games
Interfor See International Forest Products, Inc.
Intergovernmental relations See Federal-provincial relations
and Intergovernmental relations
under Government; Provincial-municipal relations
under Government – Local government
Interim supply See Budget
Interior Health Authority
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Local 258, letter to Energy and Labour Ministers (Chouhan) 604 (Coell) 604
International Carbon Action Partnership See Climate change
International Day of Climate Action
International Day of Democracy
International Day of Older Persons
International Financial Centre See International finance centre
under Financial services industry
International Forest Products Inc.
- Adams Lake operations (Lake) 483
- Operations (Routley, B.) 1052 (Simpson, B.) 1059
- Purchase of tree farm licence (Bell) 848 (Simpson, B.) 848
International Joint Commission
- Study on mining activities in Flathead Valley (Gentner) 2826 (Yamamoto) 2826
International Labour Organization
- Conventions on labour agreements (Dix) 2290
- Conventions on protections for young workers (Chouhan) 1520
- Definition of collective agreement (Chouhan) 2300
International Olympic Committee
- Decision on women's ski jumping at Olympic Games (Black, D.) 2424-5
- Membership (Horne) 2639
- Relationship with B.C. government (Farnworth) 1234-5 (Herbert) 1235
Internet See Computer technology
Invermere, B.C.
Investment
- Investment climate (Barnett) 340 (Letnick) 510
- Investment, impact of marginal effective tax rates (Hansen) 2691-2 (Ralston) 2691
- Venture capital See Business
IPPs See Independent power producers and projects
under Energy
Ipsos-Reid Corp.
- Poll on B.C. Liberal Party government financial management (Coons) 421 (Karagianis) 447-8
ISL Health (FSJ) General Partnership
- Role in health care facility project (Pimm) 548
Island Chefs Collaborative
Island JADE Society
- Community services in Campbell River area (Trevena) 887
Island Mountain Arts
Islands Trust
- Annual report, 2007-08, tabled (Bennett) 21
ITOs See Industry training organizations
under Skills training