M

McAdams, Gord
• Presentation to committee on behalf of city of Nelson 381-2
• Civil service, employees, staffing reductions, impact on economy 381
• Land use, land use planning 381
• Nelson, economy, current and future conditions 381-2
McAthy, Karen
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Northwest Community College Student Association 599-600
• B.C., northwestern B.C., post-secondary education service levels 599
• Northwest Community College, courses and programs, educational plan addressing community needs 600
• Northwest Community College Student Association, membership with Canadian Federation of Students 599-600
• Post-secondary education, tuition fees 599
McBride, Karen
• Presentation to committee 226-7
• Civil service, employees, staffing reductions 226-7
• Crime and criminals, youth crime, prevention programs 226
• Government, programs and services, reductions 226-7
MacDonald, Doug
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Office and Professional Employees International Union (Local 378) 94-5
• Automobiles, insurance
  • competition in provision of automobile insurance 94-5
  • uninsured drivers 94-5
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., privatization 94-5
• Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 378, role and position on competition in provision of automobile insurance 94
McDonald, Kelly
• Presentation to committee 104-5
• Highways and roads, road and bridge maintenance
  • funding 104-5
  • privatization 104
McDowall, Stephanie
• Presentation to committee 525-7, 548
• Bank of Canada, loans to government 548
• Civil service, employees, staffing reductions, impact on provision of services 526
• Economy, B.C. economy, government action to address economic conditions 526-7
• Exports and imports, free trade agreements, impact on economy 526
• Finance and Government Services Committee, consultation by committee, impact on government budget priorities 525
• Government, fiscal planning and policies, borrowings and loans by government 548
• Health care, funding levels 525
• Income assistance
  • benefit levels 526
  • recipients, employment initiatives 527
• Indians, referendum on principles for treaty negotiations 525
• U.S., September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, impact on U.S. and Canadian economies 526
McFadyen, Summer
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Federation of Students 193-7
• Canadian Federation of Students
  • membership of Simon Fraser University students 197
  • role and position on budget priorities 193-6
• Employment and unemployment, job opportunities for graduates of post-secondary education programs 196
• Government, ministries, amalgamation proposal 195
• Post-secondary education
  • accessibility 194
  • funding levels 194-6
  • role in knowledge-based economy 194-5
  • tuition fees, impact on accessibility of post-secondary education 194-7
• Taxation, tax reductions and government spending reductions 195
McGeer, Patrick
• Comments on B.C. politics in Politics in Paradise (Hills, W.) 441
McGregor, Tom
• Presentation to committee on behalf of British Columbia Coalition of People with Disabilities 205-6
• B.C. Benefits program, legislation governing program, amendment to provisions re medical goods, services and supplies 205-6
• Government, programs and services, reductions, impact on disabled persons 205
• Home care, home support services, service levels 205
• Income assistance
  • benefits, crisis grants 205
  • disability benefits, nutritional supplement allowances 205
• Taxation, tax reductions versus funding of social programs 205
McGuigan, David
• Presentation to committee 649-52
• Oil and gas industry, offshore drilling
  • moratorium, lifting of moratorium 649-51
  • revenues, use 650-1
McGuinness, Steve
• Presentation to committee 235-6
• Government, spending, control of spending 235-6
McKay, Velma
• Presentation to committee on behalf of College of the Rockies Faculty Association 417-9
• As subject
  • son's experience in post-secondary education system 418
• College of the Rockies Faculty Association, role 417
• College of the Rockies, role and funding needs 417-8
• Education, adult basic education, availability 417-8
• Post-secondary education
  • funding levels 419
  • tuition fees, impact on accessibility of post-secondary education 419
• Skills training
  • apprenticeship system 417
  • supply of trained workers 417
• Universities, colleges and institutes, role of community colleges in post-secondary education system 418-9
McKenny, Terrence
• Presentation to committee 495-6
• Government
  • information, records management system 495-6
  • ministries, budget reductions, impact on public sector information management 495-6
McKeown, Lael
• Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., Kitimat operations, status 618-9
• Business, business climate in B.C. 617-8
• Government, role in resource industry projects 617-8
• Investment, investment climate in B.C. 618
• Resources and resource industries, resource industry projects, government role 617-8
• Skeena Cellulose Inc., contracts for silviculture and watershed restoration 617
Mackie, Robert
• Presentation to committee 353-6
• As subject
  • position on budget priorities 354 (Bhullar) 354
• Bankruptcies, business bankruptcy rate in B.C., relationship to economy 353
• Revelstoke, economy 355
• Stiglitz, Joe, comments on relationship between tax reductions and economic growth 353
• Taxation, tax reductions
  • impact on economic growth 353
  • tax reductions versus funding of social programs 354
• Wages and salaries, family-supporting wages 355
MacKinnon, Gordon
• Presentation to committee 503-5
• Automobiles, insurance, competition in provision of automobile insurance 504
• B.C. Hydro, privatization and deregulation 503-4
• Government, privatization, impact on protection of public interest 503-5
• Health care, system, promotion of healthier lifestyles 504
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., services, impact of competitive automobile insurance system 504
• Sales tax, harmonization of federal and provincial sales taxes 504
• Taxation, levels in B.C., impact on competitiveness of B.C. businesses 503
McKinnon, Susan
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Brain Injury Associations of B.C. 468-71
• Accidents, head and brain injuries, incidence in B.C. 471
• Brain Injury Associations of B.C., work of association 468
• Health care
  • brain injury programs 469-70
  • continuing and long-term care, use of long-term care beds by victims of brain injury 469
MacLean, Ian
• Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Government and Service Employees Union faculty, Northwest Community College 591-3
• B.C., northwestern B.C., economic development 592
• Northwest Community College
  • courses and programs, fast-tracking of programs by government 592-3
  • Prince Rupert campus building, status 592-3
  • role and funding needs 592-3
• Universities, colleges and institutes, role of community colleges in post-secondary education system 592
McLean, Sandi
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Victoria Labour Council 501-3
• Government, ministries, budget reductions
  • impact on programs and services 502
  • input from front-line staff 502-3
• Victoria, economy, impact of government budget reductions on local economy 501-2
• Victoria Labour Council, role of organization 501
McLeod, Bob
• Presentation to committee 612-4
• B.C., northwestern B.C., emergency preparedness, need for regional emergency operations centre 613-4
• Emergencies
  • emergency preparedness 612-4
  • search and rescue services, role of volunteers 612-3
• Provincial emergency program, role and funding needs 612-4
• Terrace, search and rescue services in area, use of aircraft 613
MacPhail, Joy (Vancouver-Hastings)
• As subject
  • decisions made while cabinet minister (Dwyer, A.) 218
• AIDS, incidence among seniors 207-8
• B.C. Benefits program, budget 130
• Budgets, 2002-03 budget, prebudget consultation 6-7
• Campbell, Gordon, comments on impact of tax reductions on provincial revenue 473
• Children, child care
  • costs 282
  • costs, impact on single working mothers 81
• Civil service, employees, wages 261
• Disabled and handicapped persons, adult disabled children of aging parents 35, 523
• Economy, B.C. economy, benchmarks for measurement of economic performance 210
• Ethanol, transportation of ethanol 516
• Families, family maintenance workers, role 127
• Finance and Government Services Committee
  • Sept. 6, 2001, Victoria meeting 1-3, 5-7
  • Oct. 1, 2001, Dawson Creek public hearing 25, 30, 35, 39-41, 50-1, 53, 57
  • Oct. 1, 2001, Prince George public hearing 63, 66-7, 71, 74, 81, 84, 90, 92
  • Oct. 2, 2001, Williams Lake public hearing 103, 106, 108-9, 112, 125, 127, 130-1
  • Oct. 9, 2001, Vancouver public hearing 177, 180, 186, 190, 193, 207-10, 214, 222
  • Oct. 10, 2001, Chilliwack public hearing 243, 248, 252-3, 258, 261, 267, 269
  • Oct. 10, 2001, Surrey public hearing 273, 280, 282
  • Oct. 23, 2001, Victoria public hearing 445, 447-8, 451-2, 454, 456, 459, 464, 470-1, 473-4, 477, 487
  • Oct. 24, 2001, Nanaimo public hearing 511, 516-7, 520, 523, 535, 537-8
  • Oct. 31, 2001, Victoria meeting 658, 660, 663
  • advertising and publicity 5
  • consultation by committee, written submissions 660
  • meeting schedule 5
  • presentation of budget consultation paper by Finance minister 3
  • public hearings
    • presentations by witnesses, major themes 660
    • process 5
  • reports, minority reports 658
  • terms of reference 2-3
  • witnesses, committee questions and comments to witnesses 35, 190
• Financial services industry, taxation
  • impact of capital tax on industry 180
  • location of institution headquarters, relationship with taxation level 180
• Forest industry, government initiatives for industry 474
• Forests ministry, core services review, employee input 53
• Fuel, ethanol, use in motor fuel 517
• Government
  • accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles 193
  • core services review, process 458-9
  • financial reporting, reporting entity, inclusion of SUCH sector public institutions and municipalities 193
  • information technology, role of private sector in service delivery 456
  • ministries, budget reductions, impact on British Columbians 50-1
  • regulations and red tape, waste-busters website, anonymity of submissions to website 663
• Harbours and ports, access to ports 252-3
• Health care
  • brain injury programs 470
  • community care, continuing care for seniors 280
  • funding levels 108
• Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation, use of concrete for road surfaces 448
• Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp., location of headquarters 180
• Hospice care, cost of care, comparison with hospital care 222
• Income assistance
  • benefits for displaced forestry workers 248
  • financial assistance workers, caseloads 131
• Income tax, B.C. income tax system, impact of separation from federal income tax system 451-2
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., services, impact of competitive automobile insurance system 477
• Justice system, courts and court services, double-shifted sittings 269
• Legislature, statutory officers, budgets and performance plans, review by Finance and Government Services Committee 2-3
• Municipalities, public-private partnerships, legal opinion on municipal participation 477
• Oil and gas industry, development of industry in B.C., local government consultation 30
• Park, Edna, experience as family maintenance worker 127
• Peters, Barb, experience as government employee 535
• Pharmacare program
  • coverage, changes to fee structure 464, 487
  • privatization 464
• Pharmacists, role of pharmacists in monitoring interactions between complementary therapies and prescription drugs 464
• Port Alberni, aluminum smelter proposal 538
• Post-secondary education
  • funding for university colleges 243
  • tuition fees 66-7
• Prince George
  • civil service employees, role 74
  • government programs and services, reductions, impact on community 90
• Quesnel, acute and long-term care needs 109
• St. James Community Service Society
  • contracts with government 222
  • hospice services 222
• Sardis Society of Debate and Politics, male and female participation rates 258
• Social workers, supply, recruitment and retention 214
• Soda Creek, government programs and services, reductions, impact on community 125
• Taxation
  • tax reductions, impact on access to post-secondary education 447
  • tax-shifting for environmental protection 267
• Tumbler Ridge
  • housing issues 41
  • passenger rail service 41
• University College of the Cariboo, Williams Lake campus, participation rates by Indians 106
• University of Northern B.C.
  • research funding 67
  • role and funding needs 66-7
• Vancouver Board of Trade, position on budget priorities 186
• Victoria, economy, impact of government budget reductions on local economy 454
• Water, safety of supply, impact of changes to drinking water protection legislation 520
• Williams Lake
  • community living services 112
  • Métis association services 112
• Women's Equality minister of state, consultation with stakeholders on child care programs 282
• Workers Compensation Board, review of operations 71
McPherson, Debra
• Presentation to committee on behalf of British Columbia Nurses Union 186-91
• B.C. Liberal Party, actions upon election as government 186-8
• B.C. Nurses Union, position on budget priorities 186-8
• Finance and Government Services Committee, consultation by committee 190-1
• Government
  • ministries, budget reductions, impact on social services 187-9
  • spending, reductions 186-7
• Health care
  • community health centres proposal 187
  • funding levels 187-90
  • privatization of services 188
• Nurses
  • role in health care system 186-7
  • supply 189-90
• Taxation, tax reductions
  • impact on economic growth 187-8
  • tax reductions and government spending reductions, impact on economy 186-8
Magnetic resonance imaging services See MRI services under Health care
Mahler, Rick
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Vancouver Board of Trade 211
• Business, companies moving to Alberta 211
Malaspina Students Union See also witness Beasley, Steve
• Presentation to committee 524-5
Malaspina University College, Nanaimo, B.C.
• Use of trimester system (Beasley, S.) 524
Mammography services See Health care
Mantie, Carla
• Presentation to committee 614-6
• As subject
  • experience with son with mental illness 614
• B.C., northwestern B.C., mental health services 614-5
• Mental health
  • programs and services
    • service delivery, use of private contractors 615
    • services for children and youth, service levels 614-6
  • travel for treatment and diagnostic services 614-5
Manufactured homes
• Mobile home registry (Houley, L.) 56
• Permits for transport of mobile homes (Houley, L.) 56
Marcil, Lyssa
• Presentation to committee 581
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., government role in operations 581
• Timberline Secondary School, trades program 581
• Youth
  • Liberal Party support 581
  • youth employment initiative, elimination 581
Maretic, Carmen
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Compensation and Accountability to Soaked Homeowners Society 483-4
• Strata property, condominiums, leaky-condos issue, compensation under disaster relief programs 483-4
• Vancouver, international image, impact of leaky-condos issue on image during Olympic Games bidding process 484
Marijuana
• Medical use, requirements for legal use (Evers, N.) 577
• Taxation (Evers, N.) 577
Martens, Terry
• Presentation to committee 60
• Government, revenues, provincial-municipal cooperation in revenue generation 60
Martens-Forrester, Jody
• Presentation to committee 627-8
• Civil service, employees, staffing reductions, impact on economy 627
• Government, ministries, budget reductions, impact on social services 627
• Taxation, tax reductions, impact on social programs and services 627-8
• Welfare, social programs and services, services for children and families 627
Martin, Gerry
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Terrace Economic Development Authority 588-9
• Airports, ownership issue 588
• Terrace-Kitimat Airport, infrastructure 589
Matten, Jaime
• Presentation to committee on behalf of University of Victoria Students Society 487-8
• Finance and Government Services Committee, consultation by committee 488
• Government, fiscal planning and policies, review of planning principles 488
• Post-secondary education, funding 488
• Taxation, tax reductions, impact on government revenues 488
• University of Victoria Students Society, work of society 487-8
Mayencourt, Lorne (Vancouver-Burrard)
• Airports, municipal airports, funding from Vancouver Airport profits 553-4
• Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., Kitimat operations, status 618
• Bonds, cancellation of B.C. bonds program 148
• B.C.
  • northern and rural B.C.
    • aquaculture moratorium on north coast 641
    • health professionals supply 78
  • northwestern B.C., emergency preparedness, need for regional emergency operations centre 614
• B.C. Benefits program
  • budget 130
  • legislation governing program, amendment to provisions re medical goods, services and supplies 205-6
• Brown, Brenda, experience of out-of-province hip replacement surgery for mother 108
• Budgets
  • 2002-03 budget, prebudget consultation document, distribution 24
  • budget-making process, government consultation with stakeholders 332
  • fiscal panel review, report 16-7
• Children
  • child care
    • funding 383-4
    • programs and services, availability 602
  • early childhood development, funding for early childhood development initiatives 282
• Children and Family Development ministry, core services review 358
• College of the Rockies, role 425
• Columbia Basin Trust, activities and mandate 298
• Cranbrook, commercial building activity 429
• Disabled and handicapped persons
  • community living services, regionalization of services 389
  • importance of work with disabled 111-2
• Emergencies, search and rescue services 569
• Families, family maintenance workers, role 127-8
• Finance and Government Services Committee
  • Sept. 6, 2001, Victoria meeting 5-6
  • Sept. 14, 2001, Vancouver meeting 16-7, 19-20, 23-4
  • Oct. 1, 2001, Dawson Creek public hearing 25, 30, 36, 62
  • Oct. 1, 2001, Prince George public hearing 63, 77-8, 89
  • Oct. 2, 2001, Williams Lake public hearing 103, 106-8, 111-2, 127-8, 130-1
  • Oct. 2, 2001, Kamloops public hearing 142-3, 148, 162
  • Oct. 9, 2001, Vancouver public hearing 177, 202, 204-7, 209, 223, 225-6, 228-9, 235
  • Oct. 10, 2001, Chilliwack public hearing 239, 243, 247, 258, 269
  • Oct. 10, 2001, Surrey public hearing 273, 276, 280, 282-3, 285, 289, 302
  • Oct. 15, 2001, Vernon public hearing 309, 312, 327, 332, 338
  • Oct. 15, 2001, Revelstoke public hearing 349, 355, 358, 369
  • Oct. 16, 2001, Trail public hearing 373, 375, 380, 383-4, 387, 389, 396, 398-9
  • Oct. 16, 2001, Cranbrook public hearing 409, 411, 419, 425, 427, 429
  • Oct. 23, 2001, Victoria public hearing 445, 489, 494
  • Oct. 24, 2001, Nanaimo public hearing 511, 519-21, 524, 539-40
  • Oct. 24, 2001, Port McNeill public hearing 549, 553-4, 562, 564-5, 567, 569
  • Oct. 25, 2001, Terrace public hearing 585, 588, 592-3, 597-8, 600, 602, 604, 609-10, 614-8
  • Oct. 25, 2001, Prince Rupert public hearing 623, 629-30, 633, 641, 643, 645
  • Oct. 31, 2001, Victoria meeting 659, 660, 666
  • Nov. 14, 2001, Victoria meeting 668
  • advertising and publicity 17, 23
  • meeting schedule 5
  • presentation of budget consultation paper by Finance minister 16-7
  • public hearings
    • presentations by witnesses, major themes 659-60
    • process 6, 17
• Fisheries
  • fish habitat restoration, role of volunteer organizations 540
  • government programs and services, funding 539
• Fort St. John, infrastructure and services, funding issues 30
• Government
  • core services review 643
  • ministries, budgets, cost savings 148
  • programs and services
    • delivery of services, efficiencies 327, 332, 387, 609
    • determination of changes 229, 598
• Health care
  • community care, continuing care for seniors 280
  • dialysis services 604
  • privatization of services 108
  • regionalization, effectiveness 207
  • service delivery models, health determinants and population health framework 207
  • travel for treatment and diagnostic services, dialysis services 604
• High-technology industry, industry in B.C. 285
• Immigration, immigrants to B.C., settlement programs and services, funding 302
• Income assistance
  • administration and delivery of assistance cheques 223
  • disability benefits
    • benefit levels 62
    • recipients, number 130-1
  • recipients, number 130
• Infrastructure, public-private partnerships 396
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., role in competitive automobile insurance system 289
• Ireland, tuition fee policies 489
• Kootenay area, tourism industry in East Kootenays 427
• Lawyers and legal services, access to legal resources by public 128
• Mental health
  • funding for services, impact on community living sector 36
  • programs and services
    • service delivery 343
    • services for children and youth, service levels 616
• Northwest Community College
  • courses and programs
    • educational plan addressing community needs 600
    • fast-tracking of programs by government 592-3
  • role and funding needs 592
• Olympic Games, Vancouver-Whistler bid to host 2010 winter games, cultural component 411
• Park, Edna, experience as family maintenance worker 127-8
• Persons with AIDS Society of B.C., role and funding needs 202
• Port Hardy, water and sewer infrastructure, public-private partnership 553
• Post-secondary education
  • student financial assistance, accessibility 235, 258
  • tuition
    • fees 258
    • tuition freeze 312
• Prince Rupert, shipping industry 645
• Provincial emergency program, role and funding needs 614
• Public debt
  • debt management, long-term debt management 519
  • paydown of debt, timeline 209
• Quesnel, hospice project 127
• Railways, northern corridor, use by industry 629-30
• Revelstoke, economy 355, 369
• Skills training, supply of trained workers 225-6
• Taxation, levels in B.C., impact on competitiveness of B.C. businesses 209
• Terrace, health care services 604
• Terrace-Kitimat Airport, infrastructure 588
• Trail Family and Individual Resource Centre Society, funding issues 380
• United Way, role in community 89
• Universities, colleges and institutes
  • faculty, consultation with provincial government 142-3
  • university colleges, legislation, need for revision 243, 312
  • use of trimester system 524
• University College of the Cariboo, Williams Lake campus, participation rates 106-7
• Vancouver, downtown east side, AIDS programs and services 202
• Vernon, building construction activity in area 338
• Water, Land and Air Protection ministry, B.C. Parks, funding 494
• Water, safety of supply, impact of manure runoff 521
• Welfare, social programs and services, service delivery, efficiencies 223
• Wells Gray Community Resources Society, operations 162
• Workers compensation, premiums 375
• Youth
  • employment and unemployment, situation in B.C. 276
  • programs and services, employment and skills programs 276
Mealey, Rob
• Presentation to committee on behalf of North Island Students Association 559-61
• Canadian Federation of Students, membership fees 561
• Ontario, post-secondary tuition fees 560
• Post-secondary education
  • funding, core funding for institutions 560
  • scholarships and bursaries, need 560
  • tuition
    • tuition freeze, continuation 559-61
    • variable levels based on family income 561
• Students, costs 561
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• Pension benefits (Davison, M.) 286-7 (Lekstrom) 287
Mental health
• Acquired brain injury services, devolution (Nash, L.) 61
• Early psychosis identification and intervention (Bray) 62 (Nash, L.) 61-2
• Funding for services
  • impact on community living sector (Flavelle, G.) 36 (Mayencourt) 36
  • regional differences (Nash, L.) 61
• Group homes for mentally challenged, supply of facilities (Kerek, P.) 151
• Mental health facilities See Psychiatric facilities under Hospitals
• Mental illness, services for persons with mental illness and substance addictions See Treatment services under Substance abuse/addiction
• Programs and services
  • service delivery (Deegan, L.) 342-3 (Mayencourt) 343
  • service delivery, use of private contractors (Mantie, C.) 615
  • service levels (Tannen, L.) 339
  • services for children and youth, service levels (Mantie, C.) 614-6 (Mayencourt) 616
• Travel for treatment and diagnostic services (Mantie, C.) 614-5
Mental Health, Minister of State for
• Role (Krueger) 73
Milke, Mark
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Taxpayers Federation 449-52
• Business, subsidization by government, elimination of subsidies 452
• Canadian Taxpayers Federation
  • recommendations on government fiscal planning and policies 450
  • role of federation 449
• Civil service, employees, wages, benefits and job security 450
• Government
  • fiscal planning and policies, policies for economic growth versus redistribution of income 449-51
  • spending, reductions 450
• Income tax, B.C. income tax system, impact of separation from federal income tax system 451-2
• Municipalities, public-private partnerships, legal opinion on municipal participation 450-1
• Taxation, tax reductions, impact on economic growth 449-50
• Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, expansion project, government investment 450
Miller, Darleen
• Presentation to committee 49-51
• Finance and Government Services, public hearings process 50
• Government, ministries, budget reductions, impact on British Columbians 49-51
• Taxation, tax reductions, impact on social programs and services 50
Mills Memorial Hospital, Terrace, B.C.
• Administration (Mohler, I.) 603-4
• Budget (Ritchey, D.) 603
• Pediatric ward proposal (Mohler, I.) 604-5
• Status as regional referral centre (Mohler, I.) 604
Mining industry
• Impact of environmental protection policies (Bloy) 416 (Purdy, C.) 415-6
• Industry in B.C. (Banham, F.) 42 (Iles, C.) 41-2 (Krueger) 125-6 (Landry, C.) 479-80 (Lasser, C.) 47 (Sultan) 41
Mobile homes See Manufactured homes
Mohler, Ida
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Terrace and Area Health Watch Group 603-6
• Health care
  • administrative costs 604
  • dialysis services 604
  • funding, disbursement of funds 604
  • regionalization 604
  • travel for treatment and diagnostic services, dialysis services 604
• Home care, home support services, funding and service levels 604
• Mills Memorial Hospital
  • administration 603-4
  • pediatric ward proposal 604-5
  • status as regional referral centre 604
• Terrace
  • health care services 603-5
  • nurse supply 605-6
Morrison, Julie
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Trail Women's Group 399, 402
• As subject
  • position on budget priorities 399, 402
• Civil service, employees, staffing reductions, impact on economy 399
• Government, ministries, budget reductions, impact on social services 399
• Taxation, tax reductions, reductions 399
Morton, Kim
• Presentation to committee 573-5
• Business, government role 574
• Civil service, employees
  • staffing reductions, need 574
  • wages 574
• Education, assessments, provincewide examinations for students and teachers 574
• Forests ministry, staffing for field work 574
• Government
  • core services review 574
  • regulations and red tape, reduction 574
• Health care, funding, administrative costs 574
• Income assistance, benefits, disallowance for protesters blocking work sites 574
• Motor Carrier Commission, elimination 574-5
• Post-secondary education, tuition, free tuition for medical and technology students 574
• Taxation, tax burden on working people 574
Moses, Simon
• Presentation to committee 136-7
• Cariboo Economic Action Forum, role and funding needs 136-7
• Cariboo-Chilcotin area
  • economic development through community and industry partnerships 136-7
  • socioeconomic conditions, health and education levels 136-7
Motion picture industry See Film industry
Motor Carrier Commission
• Elimination (Morton, K.) 574-5
Moulton, Larry
• Presentation to committee 153-5
• Government
  • ministries, budget reductions, impact on social services 154-5
  • regulations and red tape, reduction, impact on public health and safety 154-5
• Walkerton, Ontario, contaminated drinking water incident 154-5
Mracek, Dennis
• Presentation to committee 44-6
• As subject
  • personal injury and injury settlement 44, 46 (Krueger) 46
• B.C. Gaming Commission, staff reduction 45-6
• Education, funding levels 45
• Fuel, gasoline tax rebate for disabled and handicapped persons 45
• Health care
  • acute care, user fees 45
  • funding levels 45
• Home care, home support services, funding and service levels 45
• Insurance Corporation of B.C., staff reduction, impact on service 45
• Lekstrom, Blair, accessibility of constituency office 44
• Pharmacare program, funding issues 45
• Police and policing, Citizens on Patrol program 45
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial funding levels 45
MSA Hospital, Abbotsford, B.C.
• Proposed new facility, provision of ancillary services (Penner) 500
Muirhead, Tom
• Presentation to committee 90-1
• Civil service, employees, staffing reductions 91
• Government, ministries, budget reductions, impact on social services 91
• Prince George, civil service employees, role 91
• Prince George Gymnastics Society, operations 91
Mundeling, Stephanie
• Presentation to committee 131-4
• B.C. Liberal Party
  • actions upon election as government 131
  • position on balanced budgets and deficit 131-3
• Budgets
  • 2002-03 budget, prebudget consultation document, content 131-2
  • balanced budgets, B.C. Liberal Party commitment 131
• Forests ministry, Horsefly district office, role 132
• Government, programs and services, determination of changes 132, 134
• Horsefly, forest industry in area 132
• Public debt, deficit, B.C. Liberal Party position 132-3
• Taxation, tax reductions versus funding of social programs 132
Municipalities See also Local government
• Grants from provincial government
  • grant process (Lewin, P.) 407
  • reduction (Bell, D.) 295-6
  • small community grants (Banham, F.) 40-1 (Johnson, B.) 623-4 (Lasser, C.) 47
• Powers, authority to provide incentives and investment to business (Aven, G.) 37
• Public-private partnerships, legal opinion on municipal participation (MacPhail) 477 (Milke, M.) 450-1 (O'Neill, B.) 477 (Sultan) 451
• Revenue
  • impact of transfer of costs from provincial to municipal governments (Bell, D.) 296-7
  • income from property taxes for communities with no industrial tax base (Lekstrom) 551
  • transfer of funds based on residents who work in resource industries outside municipality's boundaries (Furney, G.) 550
• Transfer of responsibilities from provincial to municipal government (Goerz, B.) 85-6 (Kinsley, C.) 79-80 (Lunde, C.) 230
Murphy, John
• Presentation to committee on behalf of Coalition of Leaky Condo Owners; Conduit; Victoria Harbour Residents Association 465-7
• Economy, B.C. economy, current condition 465-6
• Homeowner protection office, loans to leaky-condo owners 466-7
• Strata property condominiums, leaky-condos issue
  • compensation 465-7
  • impact on government revenues 466
  • impact on residential construction industry 466
Murray, Craig
• Presentation to committee 565-6
• Aquaculture industry, business climate in B.C. 565
• Business
  • access to private land 565
  • public-private partnerships 565
• Tourism industry
  • land ownership by small business 565-6
  • tax credit for travellers for 2001-02 period 566
• Vancouver Island, tourism-forestry agreement in North Island region 565
Myre, Gaetan
• Presentation to committee 299-301
• B.C. Hydro
  • privatization and deregulation 299-301
  • staff
    • employee wages and benefits, comparison to utilities in U.S. 300
    • maintenance of skilled personnel 299-300
• Electric power, transmission system, condition of infrastructure 299

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