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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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Vakil, Thea
- Attorney General ministry
- management skill base, future needs 1156-7
- staff training and development 1155, 1157
- year 2000 readiness 1193-5
- Family maintenance enforcement program, private-sector service provider, year 2000 readiness 1194-5
- Government, business continuation planning, status 1194-5
- Provincial emergency program, year 2000 readiness activities 1193-4
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- public sector training and development 1156-7
- year 2000 project, update 1193-5
van Iersel, Arn
- Auditor general
- reports, follow-up process 1447, 1543
- role in activities of Public Accounts Committee 1451
- Auditor General Act, revision, involvement of Public Accounts Committee 1369
- B.C. Assessment, property valuation process 1534
- B.C. Ferry Corporation
- capital projects, management controls 1278
- implementation of auditor general's recommendations on fleet and terminal maintenance management and operational safety 1508
- B.C. Housing Management Commission, inclusion in Public Accounts Committee review process 1598-9
- Budget process review panel, report on budget process in B.C., recommendations, implementation by government 1561
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, provisions
- filing deadlines for annual reports of government agencies and organizations 1589, 1593
- financial reporting requirements 1560-1
- Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, debt-reporting benchmarks, recommendations 1569
- Civil service
- employees
- post-retirement benefits, government liability 1518
- salaries, capitalization by government 1516
- public sector
- employee retirement projections, replacement concerns 1539-40
- training and development, tracking of formally provided training 1538
- Columbia Basin Trust, government endowment, classification as grant or investment 1519, 1521, 1527
- Comptroller general, relationship with auditor general's office 1516-7
- Crown corporations
- accounting systems 1087-8
- governance 1278
- government involvement, accounting practices 1554-5
- Crown land
- capitalization of provincial lands 1103
- inventory, integrated land database 1518-9
- Economy, B.C. economy, impact of government spending on gross domestic product 1571
- Education
- educational sector revenues and expenditures, exclusion from province's financial statements 1532
- learning, safe learning environment in schools 1621, 1728
- role of school in society 1621
- Environment, environmental cleanups, cost to government 1519, 1521, 1522
- Ferries and ferry services, fast ferries 1278
- Forest industry, silviculture investments, valuation policies 1518-20
- Forest Renewal B.C.
- annual reports, timeliness 1593
- appearance before Public Accounts Committee 1295
- funding for projects, investments, information requirements 1368
- management units, number 1591-2
- performance measurement, tracking and reporting systems 1342
- Government
- accounting
- accounting, corporate accounting system 1081-2
- acceptance by government ministries 1085, 1088-9
- business continuation plan 1196, 1709
- formal agreements on responsibilities of system participants 1093
- impact on financial management practices 1086-8
- implementation 1084-6, 1094
- inclusion of Crown corporation data 1087-8
- assets
- capitalization of provincial assets 1103
- disposal, valuation issue 1533
- financial return not a requirement of public sector assets 1521, 1527
- debt statistics report 1518
- financial reporting
- incorporation of consolidated revenue fund statements into summary statements 1458-60
- public accounts, content and timeliness 1516-7, 1560-1, 1690-3
- reporting entity, inclusion of public sector (SUCH) institutions 1517-8, 1523, 1561, 1714
- timeliness 1088
- fiscal planning and policies
- borrowing by government, financing of capital investment 1571-4
- borrowing by government, sustainability issue 1563, 1567
- financial management, review 1554-7
- financial performance, measurability based on availability of recorded information 1533
- government financial systems, year 2000 readiness 1196
- performance systems 1088
- planning, all-hazards planning 1371-2
- spending
- capital expenditures 1574
- major projects, disclosure requirements 1573-4
- travel by government employees
- allowable travel expenses, rates for different categories of traveller 1130
- cost, auditor general's review and recommendations 1123
- use of per diem rates in lieu of receipts 1130
- use of single travel agency of record 1127
- Greater Vancouver regional hospital district, debt, disposition 1519
- Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, funding arrangements 1519
- Health care
- health sector revenues and expenditures, exclusion from province's financial statements 1532
- workers, standards of conduct, auditor general's review, follow-up survey 1711-2
- Health ministry, role in implementation of auditor general's recommendations on standards of conduct 1711-2
- Highways and roads, highway infrastructure, capitalization 1518, 1520
- Legislature
- estimates process, changes, auditor general's recommendations 1374
- oversight of Crown corporations 1390, 1595
- Oracle Systems Corp., business accounting computer software, use for B.C. government financial systems 1085-8
- Parks, purchase of land for use as park, valuation guidelines 1527-8, 1532-4
- Public Accounts, availability on Internet and in print 1459
- Public debt
- debt and sinking funds 1556
- debt as percentage of gross domestic product, comparison with elsewhere 1567
- debt reporting
- key measures and indicators 1569
- reconciliation of long-term debt with operating surplus 1572-3
- timeliness 1560-1
- debt retirement, government plan to eliminate B.C.'s debt 1567
- debt-servicing costs, impact of inflation 1571
- debt-to-asset ratio 1103
- time required to pay back total provincial debt 1562-3
- Public Documents Committee, recommendations on retention and disposition of government records 1525
- Public Sector Accounting Board
- position on inclusion of public sector institutions in government financial statements 1714
- task force on asset capitalization 1533
- School boards/districts, accounting and financial reporting standards, changes 1528-9
- Schools, school-generated revenues, definition 1531-2
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
- business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- committee workplan 1295
- estimates process review: draft committee report 1374
- fast ferry project review 1278
- Forest Renewal B.C., planning and accountability 1342, 1344
- Forest Renewal B.C., silviculture programs 1368
- government financial accountability for 1997-98 fiscal year 1081-2, 1084-9, 1093-4, 1103, 1109
- management of travel: 1999 follow-up of performance audits/reviews 1123, 1127, 1130
- office of the auditor general, 1997-98 annual report: draft committee report 1369-70
- protecting drinking water sources 1442
- social housing: 1390, 1393
- year 2000 project: draft committee report 1371-2
- year 2000 project, update 1196
- business conducted during fourth session, thirty-sixth parliament
- B.C. Ferry Corporation, fleet and terminal maintenance management and operational safety: draft committee report 1708
- fall schedule of meetings 1578
- follow-up process 1454, 1456, 1543
- Forest Renewal B.C., planning and accountability: draft committee report 1587-9, 1591-4
- Forest Renewal B.C., silviculture programs: draft committee report 1624-5
- format of 1999-2000 public accounts 1458-60
- fostering a safe learning environment 1621
- fostering a safe learning environment: draft committee report 1728
- government financial accountability for 1997-98 fiscal year: draft committee report 1469
- government financial accountability for 1998-99 fiscal year, part I: 1998-99 public accounts 1516-23, 1527-9, 1531-4
- government financial accountability for 1998-99 fiscal year, part II: financial management 1554-7, 1560-3, 1567, 1569, 1571-4, 1664
- government financial accountability for 1998-99 fiscal year, parts I and II: draft committee report 1713-4
- loss reporting in government: auditor general follow-up 1677
- office of the auditor general follow-ups 1447
- orientation 1451-2
- protecting drinking water sources: draft committee report 1729
- public accounts, preparation and availability 1690-3
- public sector training and development: draft committee report 1538-40
- records retention and disposition authorities 1525
- social housing: draft committee report 1595-6, 1598-9, 1662-3
- standards of conduct in education and health sectors: draft committee report 1711-2
- woodlot licence program: draft committee report 1550, 1552, 1586
- year 2000 project: draft committee report 1709
- year 2000 project: final government report 1480
- 1996 recommendations on Legislature's oversight responsibilities 1393
- activities, relationship with auditor general's office 1451
- follow-ups on auditor general reports
- meetings, scheduling considerations 1578
- presentation materials of groups appearing before the committee, availability 1452
- reconstitution of committee 1421
- reports
- circulation of draft reports prior to tabling of final report in House 1454, 1471
- content, changes to reflect current situation of audited subject 1662-3
- work of committee, scheduling and agenda planning 1295, 1627
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., government intervention in financial situation 1109, 1518, 1554-5
- Vancouver, Expo lands, cleanup costs 1521
- Violence, violence in society, community responsibility 1621
- Year 2000 readiness
- accomplishments 1480
- auditor general's recommendations 1371-2
- auditor general's recommendations, follow-up review 1709
Van Rheenen, Peter
- Health care, health authorities, employee standards of conduct, implementation 1431-2
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- standards of conduct in education and health sectors 1431-2
Vancouver, B.C.
- Expo lands, cleanup costs
(van Iersel) 1521
(Weisgerber) 1521
Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.
- Labour charges on fast ferry program
(Ward) 1268-9
(Weisgerber) 1268-9
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- Expansion project, cost overruns
(Farrell-Collins) 1097
(McFarlane, L.) 1097
Violence
- Violence in schools, impact on learning See Learning under Education
- Violence in society, community responsibility
(Coell) 1610
(Harvey) 1610
(Kasper) 1619
(Ladyman) 1609-10
(Orcherton) 1612-4
(Roch) 1614
(van Iersel) 1621
Vogt, Harry
- Environment, Lands and Parks ministry
- auditor general's review of ministry's monitoring of pulp and paper mill effluent permits, report, distribution 1418-9
- monitoring of compliance with pulp and paper mill effluent permits, electronic reporting by mills 1419
- Forest industry, pulp and paper sector
- effluent from pulp mills, impact on receiving rivers and marine environment 1411
- pollution prevention initiatives 1415
- Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, business conducted during third session, thirty-sixth parliament
- Skeena Cellulose Inc., pollution, levels of AOX discharge 1414
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