IBM Global Services
- Contract with government (Routley, D.) 3583-4 (Stewart) 3583-4
- Contract with government, freedom-of-information request (Routley, D.) 3585
ICE fund See Innovative clean energy fund
under Energy – Clean energy
ICM See Programs and services, integrated case management system
under Government
IFPAs See Forest management and practices, innovative forest practices agreements
under Forests and forest industry
ILMB See Integrated land management bureau
Immigration
- Attractiveness of B.C. to immigrants (Lee) 3247
- Credentialling of foreign-trained doctors See Supply and training under Physicians
- Credentialling of foreign-trained professionals (Lali) 3586-7 (Stewart) 3587
- Foreign and immigrant workers, employment standards complaints (Chouhan) 3668, 3670-1 (Coell) 3668, 3671
- Foreign and immigrant workers, farmworkers See Agriculture – Workers
- Immigrants to B.C., housing issues (Chouhan) 3363
- Programs and services for immigrants to B.C.
- employment and settlement services and funding (Stilwell) 4645-6
- health care services (Chouhan) 3798
- programs and services (Cadieux) 3182
- school-based services (Elmore) 5425-7
- school-based settlement services and workers (MacDiarmid) 5356, 5426
- settlement programs and services (Elmore) 3588 (Stewart) 3588-9
- settlement programs and services, Canada–B.C. agreement (Black, D.) 4948 (Lali) 3600 (Stilwell) 4946, 4948
- Welcome B.C. program (Stilwell) 4946
- Provincial nominee program (Black, I.) 3870-1 (Brar) 3870 (Stilwell) 4946
- Provincial nominee program, employment standards complaints (Chouhan) 3646, 3651 (Coell) 3646, 3651-2
- Recruitment of immigrant workers, B.C. investment and skills liaison office in India See Trade and investment representatives and offices under Exports and imports
- Refugees
- education needs (Austin) 3823
- housing and services (Chouhan) 3363, 3797-8
- refugees (Chouhan) 3498
- school-based services See Programs and services for immigrants to B.C., school-based services above under this main heading
- Sponsorship program, incidence of marriage fraud (Bains) 4374-5
Impaired driving
- Deaths (de Jong) 5416 (Simons) 5424
- Drug impairment (de Jong) 5603-7 (Farnworth) 5603-6 (Ralston) 5604-7
- Legislation See Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010
- Penalties
- changes (de Jong) 4871, 5416-7, 5446, 5599-603, 5607-9, 5630-2 (Farnworth) 5419-20, 5599-601, 5607-9, 5629-32 (Horgan) 5423-4 (Ralston) 5601-2, 5630-1, 5634 (Simons) 5602-3
- civil liberties issues (Huntington) 5446 (Simons) 5424-5, 5445
- reduction of prohibition period for participation in programs (de Jong) 5636 (Farnworth) 5636
- regulations (de Jong) 5603 (Farnworth) 5603
- vehicle impoundment (de Jong) 5417-8, 5636-9 (Farnworth) 5637-8 (Ralston) 5638
- Prevention, CounterAttack program (Farnworth) 5606
- Prevention, societal attitudes and education programs (Farnworth) 5420-1, 5606
- Roadside screening devices (de Jong) 5608-9 (Farnworth) 5608-9
- Vehicle impoundment See Penalties above under this main heading
Imperial Metals Corp.
Imports See Exports and imports
IMW Industries Ltd.
Income See also Poverty
- Disposable income (Bennett) 3375
- Disposable income, role in economy (Simpson, B.) 4177
- Earning levels in Canada (Ralston) 4011
- Fixed-income earners, impact of harmonized sales tax See Harmonized sales tax – Impact
- Income disparity See also Economic disparities under Economy
- Income disparity and redistribution of wealth (Fraser) 3132-3
- Income disparity in Canada (Simpson, B.) 3073
- Low-income cutoff See Measurement under Poverty
- Low-income earners
- Low-income families, government support (Barnett) 4172 (Cadieux) 4277 (Chong) 4287 (Coleman) 4416 (Howard) 3221-2 (Lake) 3220, 3779 (Penner) 4735 (Pimm) 4053 (Polak) 3038-9 (Simpson, B.) 3224 (Stilwell) 4592 (van Dongen) 4635
- Role in health See Social determinants under Health
Income assistance
- Benefits, changes to health care and supplementary benefits (Coleman) 4371-2 (Simpson, S.) 4371-2
- Benefits, transportation allowance and bus passes (Black, D.) 3316
- Caseload (Coleman) 4190-1, 4369 (Simpson, S.) 4190, 4369
- Community volunteer supplement program (Coleman) 4373-4 (Simpson, S.) 4373-4
- Disability benefits (Coleman) 4372-3
- Disability benefits, nutritional supplements (Coleman) 3233-4 (Dix) 3233-4 (Simons) 3233, 3344
- Disability benefits, reductions in health care benefits (Dix) 3215, 3437 (Fleming) 3395
- Employment insurance, employment programs See Employment programs below under this main heading
- Employment insurance, reforms (Coons) 3000
- Employment programs
- assessment and review (Coleman) 4246-7 (Simpson, S.) 4246-7
- consultation on new model (Coleman) 4252 (Simpson, S.) 4252
- eligibility and funding (Coleman) 4250-2 (Simpson, S.) 4250-1
- federal funding (Coleman) 4191-2 (Simpson, S.) 4191-2
- funding and services (Coleman) 4249-50 (Simpson, S.) 4248-50
- programs (Coell) 4474 (Coleman) 4245-6 (Simpson, S.) 4245-6
- programs for persons with disabilities and multiple barriers (Coleman) 4247-8 (Simpson, S.) 4248
- Issues (Krueger) 3484
- Offices, resources and staffing (Coleman) 4369 (Simpson, S.) 4369
- Programs and services, funding (Chandra Herbert) 3232-3 (Coleman) 3232-3 (Simpson, S.) 3294
- Recipients
- government response to overpayments (Coleman) 5711-2 (Simons) 5711-2 (Simpson, S.) 5711
- personal information security breach See Breach of personal information under Privacy
- sponsored immigrants (Bains) 4374-5 (Coleman) 4374-5
- System, assessment and standards (Coleman) 4369-71 (Simpson, S.) 4369-71
- System, technology (Coleman) 4194
Income tax
Income Tax Act
Independent Power Producers Association of British Columbia
- Comments on government budget (Bloy) 3424
- Comments on government support for clean energy development (McIntyre) 3384
India
- B.C. trade offices See Trade and investment representatives and offices under Exports and imports
- Tradition of jaloos (Lali) 4589-90
Indians See First Nations; Métis
Indo-Canadian Business Association
- Membership and student achievement awards (Hayer) 5880
Industrial relations See Labour relations
under Labour
Industrial Roads Act
Industry
- Government support and role in economy (Hawes) 3418
- Impact of harmonized sales tax See Harmonized sales tax – Impact
- Industry training See Skills training
- Joint electricity steering committee, submission to green energy task force (Sather) 5979
- Power consumption and electricity rates (Horgan) 5811 (Macdonald) 5892
- Property tax (Bennett) 3375
- Property tax, joint task force (Bennett) 5670-2, 5674-5 (Fraser) 5669-72, 5674-5 (Hansen) 3623 (Ralston) 3475, 3623
- Property tax, reduction (Simpson, B.) 4176-7
- School tax, reduction (Hansen) 3101, 3472, 3622-3 (Ralston) 3475, 3622-3 (Simpson, B.) 4648
Industry and Consumer Advisory Council
Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
- Elimination (Routley, D.) 5095
Industry Training Authority
- Olympic Games tickets (Black, D.) 4948 (Stilwell) 4948
- Operations and role (Black, D.) 4962-3 (Stilwell) 4945, 4961-3
- Support for trades training in green sector (Thornthwaite) 5095
Infant development program See Children
Information
Information and Privacy Commissioner See also Freedom of information; Privacy
- Annual report, 2009-10, tabled (Speaker) 6269
- Appointment See Denham, Elizabeth
- Government consultation on violent-injury reporting legislation (de Jong) 5212 (Farnworth) 5212
- Investigations of lobbyist activities, discussion of topic in Legislature (Krueger) 4109-10
- Position on health information legislation (Dix) 5068-70, 5190-1, 5193-4, 5196-7, 5200
- Relationship with government (Campbell) 6106
- Relationship with Health Services Ministry (Dix) 5191, 5199-200 (Falcon) 5191-3
- Reports
- freedom-of-information requests (Campbell) 6108 (James) 6107 (Routley, D.) 3012, 3511, 3514-5 (Stewart) 3511
- integrated case management system (Routley, D.) 3536-9 (Stewart) 3536
- integrated information systems (Coleman) 4195 (Simpson, S.) 4195-6
- privacy breach of personal information of income assistance recipients (Routley, D.) 2909, 3532-4, 3536 (Simpson, S.) 2909 (Stewart) 3533-6
- Vancouver Coastal Health Authority e-health information system See Primary access regional information system under Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
- Role (Routley, D.) 5969
- Rulings, judicial review applications by government (Campbell) 6105-6 (James) 6105-6
- Rulings on health information practices (Falcon) 5191-2, 5194-5, 5197, 5199
- Submission to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review Special Committee (Routley, D.) 4341-2
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Special Committee to Appoint a
- Appointment and powers (de Jong) 2911
- Report presented (Cadieux) and adopted 5320-1
Information Technology Association of Canada
Infrastructure
- Funding, Building Canada fund (Bennett) 5652 (Fraser) 5652
- Funding model and local government role (Bennett) 5653, 5674 (Fraser) 5653, 5674
- Government investment (Barnett) 5376 (Bennett) 5654-5 (Cadieux) 5381-2 (Chouhan) 5381 (Dalton) 3258 (Hansen) 3097 (Kwan) 5376-7 (Rustad) 3327
- Government investment in rural and urban areas (Dalton) 5380 (Donaldson) 5378-9
- Projects See also Capital projects under Government
- Replacement of aging infrastructure (Huntington) 3387
- Transportation infrastructure
Infrastructure, Ministry of See Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of
Initiatives Prince George Development Corp.
Inland Glass and Aluminum Ltd.
Innovation See Research and development; Science and technology
Innovative forest practices agreements See Forest management and practices
under Forests and forest industry
Innovative timber sale licences See Forest licences
under Forests and forest industry
Inproheat Industries Ltd.
- Industrial heating technology (Sultan) 6054
Insite See Supervised injection sites, Vancouver facility
under Substance abuse and addiction
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia
- CEO See Rees, Richard
- Comments on government budget (Bloy) 3424
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Stewart) 4490 (Thomson) 4537
Insurance
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Insurance Corporation Act
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
- Accounting, impact of international financial reporting standards (Hansen) 3576 (Ralston) 3576
- Annual report, 2009, tabled (de Jong) 5775
- Board (Farnworth) 3172 (Hansen) 3172 (Ralston) 3172
- Chair See Turner, T. Richard
- Freedom-of-information requests (Routley, D.) 3513
- Operations and regulation (Hansen) 3101, 3471
- Operations and regulation, application of minimum capital test guidelines (Hansen) 3570-6 (Ralston) 3569-76
- Rates See Insurance rates under Automobiles
- Surplus funds, transfer to government (Farnworth) 3172-3, 6058 (Gentner) 3323 (Hansen) 3172-3, 3471 (Krog) 3152 (Ralston) 3172, 3474 (Sather) 3297
Integrated case management system See Programs and services
under Government
Integrated land management bureau
Intellectual property
- Commercialization (McIntyre) 5098
Interfor See International Forest Products Ltd.
Intergovernmental Relations, Minister of State for
- Accountability statement (Gentner) 6009
- Budget (Gentner) 6003 (Yamamoto) 6003
- Business plan and performance measurement (Gentner) 6003, 6009 (Yamamoto) 6003
- Olympic Games contracts (Black, I.) 3848-9 (Kwan) 3848-9
- Olympics Games responsibilities (Gentner) 6009 (Yamamoto) 6009-11
- Relationship with lobbyists See Relationship with government under Lobbyists
- Role and responsibilities (Gentner) 6002-3, 6005, 6008-9 (Simpson, B.) 6012-4 (Yamamoto) 6001-3, 6005-9, 6011-4
- Role re First Nations issues (Simpson, B.) 6014 (Yamamoto) 6014
Interim supply See Budget
Interior Health Authority
Interior heart and surgical centre project See Kelowna General Hospital, Kelowna, B.C.
International Business Activity Act
International Children's Games
- Winter games in 2011, hosting by Kelowna (Thomson) 3803
International commerce See Financial services industry
International Composting Corp.
International Dance Day
- Celebration (Chandra Herbert) 5042
International Day Against Homophobia
International Financial Activity Act
International financial activity program See International business activity program
under Financial services industry
International Financial Centre See International finance centre
under Financial services industry
International Forest Products Ltd.
- Adams Lake operations (Bell) 3044
- Castlegar mill operations, impact of harmonized sales tax (Conroy) 3421
- Hammond Cedar mill operations (Sather) 3300
- Investment in U.S. operations (Ralston) 3118
- Operations on coast and relationship with government (Routley, D.) 5346-7, 5349 (Simpson, B.) 5343-4
International Monetary Fund
- Report on value-added taxes (Sather) 4281
International Olympic Committee
- Covenant with B.C. government on financial obligations of games (Corrigan) 4551
- Position on women's ski jumping at Olympic Games (Hawes) 3414
International Trade Dinner and Surrey Export Awards
International Women's Day
International Wood Markets Group
- Report on mountain pine beetle infestation and timber supply See Mountain pine beetle infestation and impact on timber supply under Forests and forest industry
Internet See Computer technology
InterVistas Consulting Inc.
- Study on Olympic Games economic impact (Chandra Herbert) 3928 (Krueger) 3926
Investment
- Government investment in future (Karagianis) 3178-80
- Impact of harmonized sales tax See Harmonized sales tax – Impact
- Investment (Lee) 3010, 3012
- Investment climate See also Business
- Investment in B.C. and Canada (Routley, B.) 4702-3
- Investment process review (Bell) 3043 (Hayer) 3071 (Stewart) 2989
- Investment representatives and offices in other countries See Trade and investment representatives and offices under Exports and imports
- Investor confidence (Howard) 3136
- Relationship to tax reductions See Tax reductions under Taxation
- Strategic investments (Bond) 3304 (Cadieux) 3182 (Coleman) 3240-2
Investment Council Association of Canada
- Chairperson See Hill, Bob
- Comments on harmonized sales tax (Coons) 4874
Investment Industry Association of Canada
- Comments on business taxation in B.C. (McIntyre) 3384
Investment Prince George Development Corp.
- Position on harmonized sales tax (Hansen) 4006
Ipsos-Reid Corp.
- Poll on harmonized sales tax (Macdonald) 4538-9
Irene Thomas Hospice, Delta, B.C.
- Opening of facility (Huntington) 3031
Island Highway See Highway 19 (Island Highway)
Island Spirits Distillery, Hornby Island, B.C.
Islands Trust Act
ITA See Industry Training Authority