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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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O'Dea, Jim

B.C. Housing Management Commission
- governance
  - implementation of auditor general's recommendations 1391
  - issues and concerns 1383-5, 1392
- mandate and activities 1387-8
- review of roles and responsibilities 1395
Homes B.C. program 1385
Housing
- ministerial responsibility 1383
- rental housing, affordable rental housing stock, availability 1386
- social housing
  - benefits, criteria for measuring success 1394-5
  - delivery models 1388
  - rent supplements versus construction and ownership of asset 1389
- supportive housing 1394
Provincial Rental Housing Corporation, governance, issues and concerns 1383-5, 1395
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- social housing 1383-6, 1388-9, 1391-2, 1394-5
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program, rent supplements for seniors 1389
Social Development and Economic Security ministry
- accountability relationship with B.C. Housing Commission 1392
- responsibilities, housing policy 1383
Societies, role of non-profits in delivery of social housing 1385, 1388
Sunrise Hotel, role in social housing strategy 1394-5
Taxation, policies on rental properties owned for investment or business purposes 1386

Oil and gas industry

Drilling activities, impact on groundwater systems (Fast) 1071 (Schmitt, R.) 1071 (Weisgerber) 1071
Standards for drilling and pipeline construction (Miller) 1634 (Weisgerber) 1634
Standards for drilling and pipeline construction, review of pipeline safety (Miller) 1653 (Weisgerber) 1653

Okanagan area

Water sources and volumes (Calendino) 1439 (Mattison) 1439

Ontario

Process for management of province's drinking water (Smith, B.) 1639

Oracle Financials

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Oracle Systems Corp.

Business accounting computer software, use for B.C. government financial systems (Butterfield) 1082-3, 1085 (Coell) 1085, 1087 (Orcherton) 1086 (Orr) 1081 (Thorpe) 1086, 1088 (van Iersel) 1085-8

Orcherton, Steve (Victoria-Hillside)

Auditor general
- funding, concerns re independence and role of Treasury Board 1657-8
- operation of office, workload and funding issues 1298-9
- process for selection of subjects for review 1715-6
- provision of lines of inquiry to Public Accounts Committee members 1174-5
- reports
  - follow-up process, objectives and outcomes 1710
  - role of Public Accounts Committee 1290
- role in activities of Public Accounts Committee 1089, 1091-3
- selection of new auditor general 1292
Auditor General Act
- review by independent advisory group 1660
- revision, involvement of Public Accounts Committee 1369
B.C. Ferry Corporation
- planning, mid-Island transportation strategy, inclusion of fast ferries 1209-10
- workers' compensation claims, current levels 1488
B.C. Housing Management Commission, governance, issues and concerns 1596-7
Business, use of term "human capital" to describe value of employees' cumulative knowledge 1144-5
Children, child development, learning of socially responsible behaviours 1614
Civil service
- hiring practices, auditor general review 1716
- public sector training and development 1144-7
- specialization 1145-6
Communities
- involvement of community leaders in school issues 1613
- local authority and accountability 1529-31
Credit rating, B.C. rating, current rating 1566
Crown land, capitalization of provincial lands 1103
Economy, B.C. economy, economic predictions and assumptions re future commodity prices 1565
Education
- educational sector revenues and expenditures, exclusion from province's financial statements 1529-31
- learning, safe learning environment in schools 1612-3
Ferries and ferry services
- fast ferries
  - capital and operating costs 1210
  - suitability of technology for use in B.C. 1213
- fast ferries construction program
  - benefits to B.C. economy 1214
  - cost, 1998 data, accuracy concerns 1270-1
  - decision to implement program 1210-1
  - progress, availability of accurate and timely information 1270
  - review by auditor general 1224-5, 1285-6, 1285-7, 1668-9
  - vessel design changes 1209-10, 1213-4, 1236
- safety 1488
Forest industry, woodlot licence program
- operating funding 1166
- public awareness and understanding of program 1581
- residency requirements 1585
- revenues to government 1165-6
Forest Renewal B.C., silviculture programs, objectives, inclusion of environmental and social values 1348-9
Forests ministry, staff, funding by Forest Renewal B.C. 1165-6
Fuel, oil and gas prices 1565
Government
- accounting, corporate accounting system 1085-7
- assets, capitalization of provincial assets 1103
- audit coverage, adequacy of current levels 1298
- federal government fiscal policies, provinces' knowledge of future policies 1102
- travel by government employees, issues 1124, 1126-8
Health care, health sector revenues and expenditures, exclusion from province's financial statements 1529-31
Health ministry, role in protection of province's drinking water supply 1730-1
Information, Science and Technology Agency, authority to acquire information technology services for government 1478
Investment, investments by government, social return on public expenditures 1531
Legislature, estimates process, changes, auditor general's recommendations 1374
MLAs, independent MLAs, opportunity to participate in committees 1457
Municipalities, powers to levy taxes 1530
Oracle Systems Corp., business accounting computer software, use for B.C. government financial systems 1086
Public debt
- debt as percentage of gross domestic product 1564-5
- debt-servicing costs 1564-6
- debt-to-asset ratio 1099-100, 1103
Sandwell Engineering Inc., interview with auditor general 1211, 1213
Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, activation of committee 1548-9
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
  - committee workplan 1290, 1292, 1294-5
  - estimates process review: draft committee report 1374-6
  - fast ferry project review 1209-11, 1213-4, 1224-5, 1236, 1269-71, 1283, 1285-7
  - Forest Renewal B.C., silviculture programs 1348
  - government financial accountability for 1997-98 fiscal year 1085-7, 1089, 1091-3, 1099-110, 1102-3
  - management of travel: 1999 follow-up of performance audits/reviews 1126-8
  - office of the auditor general, 1997-98 annual report: draft committee report 1369
  - office of the auditor general, 1999-2002 corporate plan 1298-9
  - protecting drinking water sources 1067
  - public sector training and development 1144-7
  - woodlot licence program 1165-6
  - year 2000 project: draft committee report 1370, 1373
- business conducted during fourth session, thirty-sixth parliament
  - B.C. Ferry Corporation, fleet and terminal maintenance management and operational safety 1488
  - Crown corporations governance: auditor general follow-up 1548-9
  - fast ferry project review: draft committee report 1668-9
  - follow-up process 1456-7
  - fostering a safe learning environment 1612-4
  - government financial accountability for 1998-99 fiscal year, part I: 1998-99 public accounts 1529-31
  - government financial accountability for 1998-99 fiscal year, part II: financial management 1564-6
  - office of the auditor general, 1999-2000 annual report 1657-60
  - protecting drinking water sources: draft committee report 1465-6, 1730-1
  - setting priorities 1453
  - social housing: draft committee report 1596-8
  - woodlot licence program: draft committee report 1581, 1585-7
  - year 2000 project: draft committee report 1710
  - year 2000 project: final government report 1478
- follow-ups on auditor general reports, usefulness 1710
- Hansard record of proceedings, content 1374-6
- hearings on auditor general's review of fast ferry program, conclusion 1285-6
- powers and terms of reference 1716
- reports
  - draft reports, distribution to members 1453
  - inclusion of minority reports 1376
- role in decisions on funding for auditor general's office 1659-60
- witnesses
  - consent and confidentiality concerns 1224-5
  - questioning based on lines of inquiry prepared by auditor general's office 1089, 1091-3
  - questioning by non-members 1456-7
- work of committee, scheduling and agenda planning 1290, 1292, 1294-5, 1627
Shipbuilding industry
- future of industry in B.C. 1214
- international industry, construction of fast ferries 1210
Skills training, employee training and development funding, comparison of Canada with elsewhere 1146-7
Students, socioeconomic status, impact on educational opportunities 1613
Taxation, revenues, reduction in B.C. 1099
Violence, violence in society, community responsibility 1612-4
Water
- groundwater monitoring for presence of MTBE 1465-6
- quality and safety 1067, 1730-1
Year 2000 readiness
- auditor general's recommendations 1370, 1373
- auditor general's recommendations, follow-up review 1710

O'Riordan, Jon

Environment Canada, agreement with provincial Environment ministry re pulp mill inspection enforcement procedures 1408
Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, monitoring of compliance with pulp and paper mill effluent permits
- accuracy and reliability of laboratory analysis 1407-8, 1411, 1413-4, 1416
- advance notice to mills of on-site inspection 1409
- focus on high-risk cases 1409
- non-compliance levels 1414
- non-compliance reporting by ministry 1406
- overview of monitoring activities 1406-7
- split-sampling procedures 1417
- training program for ministry staff, prioritization 1420
Forest industry, pulp and paper sector, pollution prevention initiatives 1411, 1414
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- pulp and paper effluent permit monitoring 1406-9, 1411, 1413-4, 1416-7, 1419-20
Skeena Cellulose Inc., pollution, levels of AOX discharge 1414

Orr, Jamie

Government
- accounting, corporate accounting system, implementation project objectives 1079-81
- business continuation planning 1081
- fiscal planning and policies, financial transactions, process controls 1079-80
- information technology and services division, environmental controls 1080
Oracle Systems Corp., business accounting computer software, use for B.C. government financial systems 1081
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- government financial accountability for 1997-98 fiscal year 1079-81

Osoyoos, B.C.

Weigh scale for area (Stewart) 1113

Owen, Peter

Civil service, public sector, standards of conduct 1425, 1429
Criminal Records Review Act, applicability to school board employees 1425
Education, standards of conduct for educational sector workers 1423, 1425-31
Health care, workers, standards of conduct, auditor general's review 1423, 1430-1
School Act, revision to require implementation of standards of conduct for school employees 1429
School boards/districts, employee standards of conduct 1423, 1425-31
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- standards of conduct in education and health sectors 1423, 1425-31

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