Province of British Columbia

3rd and 4th Sessions, 36th Parliament (1999-2001)

INDEX to the Hansard Report of the
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts

October 1999 - February 2001

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Aaron, Ian

Forest industry, silviculture, types of silviculture 1345
Forest Renewal B.C., silviculture programs, review of policies and practices 1345-7
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- Forest Renewal B.C., silviculture programs 1345-7

Abbotsford, B.C.

Sewage treatment facility for area, capacity concerns (Mattison) 1637 (Smith, B.) 1638 (Streifel) 1637-8

Action 2000

Purpose of project (Culbertson) 1185 (Fletcher) 1181-2

Advanced Education, Training and Technology, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Youth

Role in implementation of auditor general's recommendations on standards of conduct (Morrow) 1711

Agricultural land reserve

Geologic inventory of reserve land (Farrell-Collins) 1509 (Levson) 1509

Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Rural Development

Budget, training and development component (Coell) 1179 (Davies) 1153 (Farrell-Collins) 1153 (Gillespie) 1178 (Macatee) 1178-9 (Thorpe) 1153 (Weisgerber) 1178-9
Staff training and development
- auditor general's review and recommendations (Davies) 1152-3 (Macatee) 1177-8 (McCannell) 1152
- balance between professional and technical needs (Coell) 1179-80 (Macatee) 1179-80 (Morfitt) 1180
- expenditures (Davies) 1154 (Farrell-Collins) 1154 (Weisgerber) 1154
- federal-provincial initiatives (Macatee) 1180 (Thorpe) 1180
- participation in seminars and conferences (Gillespie) 1178 (Macatee) 1178-9 (Weisgerber) 1178-9
- service agreement with Transportation and Highways ministry (Davies) 1153 (Farrell-Collins) 1153
- skill needs within ministry (Davies) 1153-4 (Farrell-Collins) 1153-4
- status (Dunsdon) 1537
- use of videoconferencing (Walsh) 1154 (Webber, R.) 1154
Year 2000 assistance for agriculture industry (Culbertson) 1185

Agriculture industry

Farms and farming operations, potential for contamination of community water systems (Calendino) 1440 (Mattison) 1635 (Miller) 1635 (Peck) 1643 (Smith, B.) 1440
Role of Agriculture ministry in industry issues (Davies) 1153-4 (Farrell-Collins) 1153-4

Ahmadi, Keyvan

Attorney General ministry, year 2000 readiness 1195
Budget process review panel, report on budget process in B.C., recommendations, implementation by government 1717-20
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, provisions
- compliance, government actions to date 1718-20
- requirement for auditor general to report on implementation of budget process review panel recommendations 1717-8
Budgets, special warrants, use to defray ministries' overexpenditures 1718
Columbia Basin Trust, government endowment, classification as grant or investment 1521-2, 1528
Crown corporations, government involvement, reporting practices 1554-5
Family maintenance enforcement program, private-sector service provider, year 2000 readiness 1195
Government
- accounting
  - capitalization of tangible capital assets 1522
  - methods, auditor general's concerns 1719
- accounting, corporate accounting system
  - formal agreements on responsibilities of system participants 1093
  - implementation review 1079
  - inclusion of Crown corporation data 1087-8
- business continuation planning
  - auditor general's review 1190
  - status 1195
- financial reporting
  - accounting and financial reporting standards used by reporting organizations 1513
  - incorporation of consolidated revenue fund statements into summary statements 1460
  - reporting entity, inclusion of public sector (SUCH) institutions 1523, 1719
- fiscal planning and policies
  - financial management review 1552-5
  - financial practices, legislative requirements 1718-20
Investment, investments by government, social return on public expenditures 1529
Legislature, estimates process, changes, auditor general's recommendations 1717
Public debt, debt levels, historical overview 1552-3
School boards/districts, accounting and financial reporting standards, changes 1513, 1522, 1529
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
  - government financial accountability for 1997-98 fiscal year 1079, 1087-8, 1093
  - year 2000 project, update 1180-1, 1189-90, 1195
- business conducted during fourth session, thirty-sixth parliament
  - budget process, review panel recommendations 1717-20
  - format of 1999-2000 public accounts 1460
  - government financial accountability for 1998-99 fiscal year, part I: 1998-99 public accounts 1513, 1521-3, 1529
  - government financial accountability for 1998-99 fiscal year, part II: financial management 1552-5
Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation, impact on provincial debt 1554-5
Treasury Board, attestation requirement re assumptions underlying fiscal forecasts 1718-9
Year 2000 readiness 1180-1, 1189

Airline industry

Air travel by government employees See Travel by government employees under Government
Merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International Ltd., impact on level of airline service in B.C. (Tannhauser) 1125-6

Alberta

Economy (Farrell-Collins) 1563-4 (Zirnhelt) 1566

Ambulance service

Capacity, adequacy in event of disaster (Douglas) 1503

Armed forces

Militia program, cutbacks (Coell) 1506-7 (Harrower) 1507

Assessment Authority of British Columbia

See British Columbia Assessment
Attorney General, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Human Rights

Legal services branch, role in year 2000 readiness activities (Fletcher) 1181
Management skill base, future needs (McAdams) 1156 (McCannell) 1155 (Vakil) 1156-7 (Weisgerber) 1156
Review of confidentiality issue re fast ferry program (Brohman) 1245 (Carter, N.) 1245 (Coell) 1245 (Farrell-Collins) 1245 (Morfitt) 1245
Staff training and development
- auditor general's review and recommendations (McAdams) 1156 (McCannell) 1155 (Vakil) 1156 (Weisgerber) 1156
- expenditures (Thorpe) 1157 (Vakil) 1157
- program delivery methods (Thorpe) 1157 (Vakil) 1157
- status (Dunsdon) 1537
Year 2000 readiness (Ahmadi) 1195 (Kasper) 1194-5 (Thorpe) 1193 (Vakil) 1193-5 (Weisgerber) 1194

Auditor general

Accountability, auditing of office by outside agencies (Strelioff) 1660-1 (Walsh) 1660
Auditing practices, sector-based focus (Farrell-Collins) 1735 (Strelioff) 1733-4
Authority to audit publicly funded agencies in health and education sectors (Gregory) 1686 (Strelioff) 1655-6, 1686 (Weisgerber) 1655, 1686
Funding
- concerns re independence and role of Treasury Board (Calendino) 1658 (Farrell-Collins) 1683 (Miller) 1656-7, 1661, 1686-8 (Orcherton) 1657-8 (Streifel) 1661 (Strelioff) 1656-61 (Thorpe) 1659 (Weisgerber) 1657, 1688
- status (Strelioff) 1735
Mandate and responsibilities (Gregory) 1451-2 (Strelioff) 1682-3
Operation of office
- 1999-2002 corporate plan and 2000-01 business plan (Morfitt) 1296-8
- performance audit (Dunsdon) 1370 (Kasper) 1370 (Morfitt) 1370 (Thorpe) 1370
- planning for future (Strelioff) 1654-5, 1659 (Thorpe) 1659
- strategic direction and priorities (Strelioff) 1733-5
- workload and funding issues (Calendino) 1300 (Morfitt) 1298-300 (Orcherton) 1298-9 (Weisgerber) 1299
Process for selection of subjects for review (Orcherton) 1715-6 (Strelioff) 1716 (Thorpe) 1716
Provision of audit services outside of government (Morfitt) 1300 (Thorpe) 1300
Provision of lines of inquiry to Public Accounts Committee members (Kasper) 1175 (Morfitt) 1159, 1175 (Orcherton) 1174-5 (Thorpe) 1174-5
Reports
- annual report, inclusion of independent auditor's information (Gillespie) 1420-1 (Morfitt) 1421 (Thorpe) 1421
- change from annual to periodic reports (Morfitt) 1443
- distribution to Public Accounts Committee members (Farrell-Collins) 1622-3 (Thorpe) 1622-3 (Zirnhelt) 1622
- follow-up process (Gillespie) 1447-8 (Gregory) 1445-7 (Kasper) 1446 (Thorpe) 1446-8 (van Iersel) 1447
- follow-up process, activities to date (Gregory) 1547
- follow-up process, objectives and outcomes (Farrell-Collins) 1678-80, 1710 (Orcherton) 1710 (Strelioff) 1679-80, 1710 (Sydor) 1678-80 (Thorpe) 1680
- follow-up process, status report (Sydor) 1542-3 (Thorpe) 1543 (van Iersel) 1543
- follow-up reports, consideration by Public Accounts Committee (Strelioff) 1541
- long-term usefulness and practical value of auditor general's findings (Miller) 1740-1 (Strelioff) 1740-1
- role of Public Accounts committee (Gillespie) 1290-1 (Kasper) 1290 (MacPhail) 1290 (Orcherton) 1290 (Thorpe) 1290 (Weisgerber) 1289-90
Reports considered by Public Accounts Committee
- 1997-98 Annual Report: "Auditing in the Public Interest" 1368-70, 1420-1
- 1999-2000 Annual Report: "Auditing in the Public Interest" 1653-61
- "1999 Follow-up of Performance Audits/Reviews" (Report No. 1, 1999-2000) 1110-21, 1123-57
- "British Columbia Ferry Corporation: Fleet and Terminal Maintenance Management; Operational Safety" (Report No. 2, 1995-96) 1486-95, 1675-6, 1707-8
- "Crown Corporations Governance Study" (Report No. 2, 1996-97) 1548-9, 1676
- "Earthquake Preparedness" (Report No. 1, 1997-98) 1497-512, 1675-6, 1704-7
- "Executive Severance Practices: Government Ministries and Crown Corporations" (Report No. 8, 1996-97) 1117-21, 1480, 1549, 1676-7
- "Forest Renewal B.C. (Report No. 6, 1999-2000)
  - "Planning and Accountability in the Corporation" 1303-44, 1587-94, 1626, 1678
  - "The Silviculture Programs" 1345-68, 1623-5, 1678
- "Fostering a Safe Learning Environment: How the British Columbia School System is Doing" (Report No. 1, 2000-01) 1601-21, 1675, 1727-8
- "Loss Reporting in Government" (Report No. 4, 1997-98) 1677
- "Maintaining Human Capital in the British Columbia Public Service: The Role of Training and Development" (Report No. 3, 1999-2000) 1134-57, 1177-80, 1495, 1537-41, 1678-80
- "Management of Travel, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations" (Report No. 7, 1996-97) 1123-34, 1480-3
- "Managing the Woodlot Licence Program" (Report No. 4, 1999-2000) 1159-74, 1544, 1549-52, 1580-7
- "Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations – Revenue Verification for the Social Service Tax" (Report No. 4, 1995-96) 1677
- "Motor Dealer Act" (Report No. 4, 1997-98) 1677
- "Protecting Drinking-Water Sources" (Report No. 5, 1998-99) 1065-78, 1433-42, 1458, 1463-9, 1629-53, 1675-6, 1695-703
- "Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Permit Monitoring" (Report No. 9, 1999-2000) 1403-20, 1672-4
- "Report on Government Financial Accountability for the 1997-98 Fiscal Year" (Report No. 2, 1999-2000) 1079-110, 1469-70
- "Report on Government Financial Accountability for the 1998-99 Fiscal Year, Parts I and II" (Report No. 10, 1999-2000)
  - part I: Report on the 1998-99 Public Accounts 1513-23, 1525-34, 1675, 1712-5
  - part II: Report on Province's Financial Management 1552-7, 1559-74, 1664, 1675, 1712-5
- "Report on the Preparedness of the Government of British Columbia in Dealing with the Year 2000 Problem" (Report No. 7, 1999-2000) 1159, 1180-98, 1370-3, 1473-80, 1675, 1708-10
- "A Review of the Estimates Process in British Columbia" (Report No. 4, 1998-99) 1373-7, 1621-3
- "A Review of the Fast Ferry Project: Governance and Risk Management" (Report No. 5, 1999-2000) 1200-26, 1227-78, 1279-87, 1665-71, 1680-2
- "Social Housing: The Governance of the British Columbia Housing Management Commission and the Provincial Rental Housing Corporation; The Management of Social Housing Subsidies" (Report No. 8, 1999-2000) 1379-402, 1594-9, 1661-3, 1678
- "Standards of Conduct in the Education and Health Sectors" (Report No. 9, 1999-2000) 1421-32, 1675, 1710-2
- "Trucking Safety" (Report No. 4, 1996-97) 1110-7, 1480, 1677-8
- "Vancouver Island Highway Project: Planning and Design" (Report No. 3, 1996-97) 1547-8, 1676
Response to testimony given during January 12, 2000, Public Accounts meeting on review of fast ferry program (Dunsdon) 1671 (Kasper) 1667-8, 1670-1 (Morfitt) 1279-80 (Thorpe) 1671
Role in activities of Public Accounts Committee (Calendino) 1092 (Farrell-Collins) 1090-3 (Giesbrecht) 1093 (Gillespie) 1090, 1092-3 (Morfitt) 1090-1 (Orcherton) 1089, 1091-3 (Thorpe) 1089-92 (van Iersel) 1451 (Walsh) 1090
Selection of new auditor general (Gillespie) 1288-9, 1291 (Kasper) 1289 (Orcherton) 1292 (Thorpe) 1288, 1291-2, 1300-1
Term of appointment, considerations re length and renewability (Farrell-Collins) 1683-5, 1687 (Gregory) 1685 (Kasper) 1685 (Strelioff) 1684, 1687 (Thorpe) 1684 (Weisgerber) 1684-5, 1687-8

Auditor General Act

Provisions governing appointment and removal of an auditor general (Farrell-Collins) 1683 (Strelioff) 1684
Review by independent advisory group (Orcherton) 1660 (Strelioff) 1660
Revision
- auditor general's proposals (Miller) 1690 (Strelioff) 1654-5, 1659, 1682-3, 1685-7, 1734 (Thorpe) 1659, 1690
- involvement of Public Accounts Committee (Dunsdon) 1369 (Kasper) 1369 (MacPhail) 1369 (Morfitt) 1368-9 (Orcherton) 1369 (Thorpe) 1369 (van Iersel) 1369 (Weisgerber) 1369
Update (Morfitt) 1297

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