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Railways
• Northern corridor, use by industry (Krueger) 630 (Mayencourt) 629-30 (Silversides, D.) 629-30
• Tax reductions on railway infrastructure, impact on local government revenue (Bell, D.) 296, 298 (Sultan) 298
Rangeland
• Condition, impact of forest ingrowth (Reay, R.) 421-2
Rea, John
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Retail B.C. 214, 216-7
• Government, programs and services, determination of changes 216
• Retail B.C., role and position on budget priorities 214, 216
• Sales, retail industry, role in B.C. economy 214
• Sales tax, provincial sales tax, exemptions for clothing for children under 15 years of age 216-7
• Wages and salaries, minimum wage level 216
Real property tax
• Flat tax proposal (Erbe, A.) 58
• Residential and commercial rates (Beardsell, B.) 344
Reay, Randy
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Kootenay Livestock Association 420-2
• Civil service, employees, staffing reductions 421
• Columbia Basin Trust, structure 421
• Economy, B.C. economy, government action to address economic conditions 420-1
• Environment, environmental protection, government policies and regulations, impact on industrial activity 421
• Forest industry, forest management and practices, coastal and interior requirements 420
• Forest Practices Code, impact of code, cost to industry 420
• Government, regulations and red tape, reduction 420
• Income assistance, recipients, employment initiatives 420
• Kootenay Livestock Association, position on budget priorities 420-2
• Livestock industry, access to rangeland 421-2
• Rangeland, condition, impact of forest ingrowth 421-2
• Water, management of supply 422
Recreation
• Fishing guides, requirement for tourists to use guide (Evers, N.) 576
Red Mountain Resorts See also witness Greene, Jim
• Presentation to committee 373-5
Rees, Richard
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia 191-3
• Government
  • accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 192-3
  • financial reporting, reporting entity, inclusion of SUCH sector public institutions 192-3
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C.
  • B.C. Checkup publication 191, 193
  • role and position on budget priorities 191-2
• Public debt, paydown of debt, debt management plan 192
• Taxation
  • levels in B.C., impact on competitiveness of B.C. businesses 193
  • tax reductions, impact on investment and economic growth 193
Regional districts
• Elimination (Beardsell, B.) 344
Regulations and red tape See Government
Resources and resource industries
• Diversification of resources sector (Crawford, S.) 512
• Foreign ownership (Baker, V.) 156
• Impact of government job loss in regions (Anderson, F.) 146-7
• Resource industry projects, government role (McKeown, L.) 617-8
• Resource-based communities
  • government support
• Role in B.C. economy (Hesselden, K.) 572 (Hills, W.) 441 (Lekstrom) 554-5
Restaurant industry See Food and beverage services industry
Retail B.C. See also witness Rea, John
• Presentation to committee 214, 216-7
• Role and position on budget priorities (Rea, J.) 214, 216
Retail Council of Canada See also witness Evans, Kevin
• Presentation to committee 214-7
• Role and position on budget priorities (Evans, K.) 214-6
Retail industry See Sales
Retail Merchants Association See Retail B.C.
Revelstoke, B.C.
• Economy (Edwards, G.) 367-9 (Mackie, R.) 355 (Mayencourt) 355, 369 (Sahlstrom, R.) 372
• Tourism in area (Sahlstrom, R.) 372
• Trans-Canada highway in area See Revelstoke area highway under Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)
Revelstoke for a Safe Trans-Canada Highway See also witness Harvey, Shelby
• Presentation to committee 369-71
• Role (Harvey, Shelby) 369
Reynolds, Tom
• Presentation to committee 135-6
• Government, programs and services, determination of changes 135-6
• Homeowner grant, elimination proposal 135-6
• Williams Lake, homeowner grants, elimination, impact on community 135-6
Rezac, Darcy
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Vancouver Board of Trade 208-11
• Budgets, balanced budgets, timeline for balanced budget 208-9
• Economy, B.C. economy
  • benchmarks for measurement of economic performance 210
  • government action to address economic conditions 208-10
• Financial services industry, taxation, impact of capital tax on industry 208
• Government
  • programs and services, delivery of services, efficiencies 210
  • spending, capital spending 209
• Public debt, paydown of debt, timeline for paydown of debt 210-1
• Taxation
  • levels in B.C., impact on competitiveness of B.C. businesses 208-9
  • tax reductions and government spending reductions, impact on economy 209
• U.S., September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, impact on U.S. and Canadian economies 209
• Vancouver Board of Trade, position on budget priorities 208-11
Richardson, Dave
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Northern Interior regional health board 77-8
• B.C., northern and rural B.C., health professionals supply 78
• Health care, regionalization, impact on health care system costs 78
• Northern Interior regional health board
  • fund for recruitment and retention of physicians 77
  • public health facilities, transfer of ownership from B.C. Buildings Corporation to board 77
• Physicians
  • supply and recruitment in northern and rural areas 77-8
  • training programs in northern B.C. 78
Richmond, B.C.
• Government programs and services, reductions, impact on community (LeBlanc, S.) 212
Ringdal, Glen
• Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Automobile Dealers Association 288-90
• Automobiles, automobile industry
  • impact of government tax initiatives on industry 288-9
  • motor vehicle dealers' industry, self-regulation 289-90
  • role in environmental protection measures 288
• Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission, role 288
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., role in competitive automobile insurance system 288-90
• Workers Compensation Board, performance during 1990-2000 period 288
Ritchey, Don
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Terrace and Area Health Watch Group 602-6
• B.C., northern and rural B.C., health care services 602-3, 605
• Health care
  • administrative costs 602-3
  • funding, disbursement of funds 602-3, 605
  • health authorities, community health councils, effectiveness 605
  • mammography services 605
  • MRI services 605
  • privatization of services 603
  • travel for treatment and diagnostic services
    • mammography services 605
    • MRI services 605
• Mills Memorial Hospital, budget 603
• Terrace
  • health care services 604-5
  • nurse supply 605
• Terrace and Area Health Watch Group, role 602
Rivers and streams
• Streamside protection legislation and regulations (Penner) 54-5 (Smith, L.) 54-5
Roads See Highways and roads
Robart, Greg
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Williams Lake Community Arts Council 137-9
• Business, community enterprise program, role 138
• Government, programs and services, determination of changes 138
• Local government, role in administration of government programs 138
• Williams Lake Community Arts Council, performance, arts and discovery centre proposal, funding needs 137-9
Rocky Mountain Trench
• Restoration of ecosystem in area (Bergenske, J.) 423
Rogalsky, Rudy
• Presentation to committee 266-7
• Chilliwack, air pollution 266
• Taxation, tax-shifting for environmental protection 266-7
Rogalsky, Sharon
• Presentation to committee 270-1
• Human Resources ministry, budget reductions, impact on income assistance recipients 270-1
• Income assistance, recipients 271
Rogers, Stan
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Chilliwack Chamber of Commerce 244-6
• Business, business climate in B.C. 244-6
• Investment, investment climate in B.C. 245-6
• Land Reserve Commission, mandate 245
• Premier's Economic Advisory Council, role 245
• Transportation, investment in infrastructure 245
Ross, Colleen
• Presentation to committee 562-3
• Government, regulations and red tape, impact on small business 562-3
• Sales tax, calculation in hospitality and tourism industry 562-3
• Workers Compensation Board
  • classification system changes, impact on business premiums 563
  • operations 563
Rothenburger, Mel
• Presentation to committee 168-70
• Business
  • community enterprise program, elimination, impact on local economic development 169-70
  • subsidization by government, review 169-70
• Economy, local economic development, government funding 169-70
• Government, transfer of costs from provincial to municipal government 169
• Technology Kamloops, grant application to government 169
Rowe, Frank
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Terrace District Teachers Union 619-20
• Education
  • computers, use in education, effectiveness 619
  • funding levels 620
  • learning resources, funding 619
  • special education and special needs, funding 619
• School boards/districts, funding, three-year funding 620
• School district 82 (Coast Mountains)
  • amalgamation issue 619
  • enrolment levels 619-20
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Funding
  • issues (Harvey, Sean) 342-3 (Penner) 342, 344
  • provincial funding levels (Dahlen, W.) 58 (Doran, D.) 332 (Lekstrom) 46 (Mracek, D.) 45
Russow, Joan
• Presentation to committee 508
• Food industry, genetically modified food, federal government policies 508
• Government, federal transfer payments to provinces, funding for impact of international commitments 508
Ryan-Lloyd, Kate
• Clerk of Committees office, role 19
• Finance and Government Services Committee
  • Sept. 14, 2001, Vancouver meeting 19-20, 22-3
  • advertising and publicity
    • advertising and publicity 22-3
    • budget 19-20
  • budget 19
  • public hearings process 22-3
  • report on prebudget consultation, preparation 19

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