BC Legislature - Finance and Government Services Committee, 38th Parliament

Yap, John (Richmond-Steveston)

Arts and culture, government support 3:1030

Auditor general

audit of office 16:1100

audit of office, request for proposals 12:0910

auditing services, fees 16:1045-1050

budget 16:1055-1100

Automobiles

taxation

shop supplies 4:0925

Automobiles, taxation, sales tax regulations 8:1150

B.C. Hydro

revenue 7:1900

B.C. Transmission Corporation

involvement with proposed Highway 37 power line expansion 6:1030

Budgets

2006-07 budget

priorities, sales tax and debt reduction 3:1115-1120

Bulkley Valley

programs and services for developmentally disabled persons, funding and service levels 6:0845

Business

public-private partnerships 6:1010, 6:1035

California

film industry, tax credits 9:1725

Cruise ship industry

industry in B.C., competition from Seattle 3:1000

Disabled and handicapped persons

programs and services, funding and service levels in rural vs. urban areas 6:0845

Economy

gross domestic product, ratio of public debt to GDP 8:1025-1030

Elections

electoral reform, citizens' assembly 16:1300

Elections B.C.

budget 16:1255-1305

staffing 16:1300

Fernie

resort development 8:1010

Finance and Government Services Committee

subcommittee to review request for proposals on audit of auditor general office, role 12:0910

Submissions to committee, electronic submissions 1:0845

Forests and forest industry

stumpage system, rates and waterbedding 8:0950

Fuel

taxation

exemption for alternative motor fuel 4:0935

Government

programs and services, efficiency 5:1805

Highway 37

section between Meziadin Junction and Dease Lake, power line project 6:0915

Income Tax Act

amendments proposed by federal government

government action 5:1825

Infrastructure

investment in infrastructure, level of public debt 7:1825-1830

Infrastructure, investment in infrastructure 3:1015

Kootenay area

campsites and trails, pilot project 8:0915

Oil and gas

resources in B.C. 3:1535

Ombudsman

complaint investigation services, caseload 16:1420

staffing 16:1420

Post-secondary education

students, funding of co-op placements 5:1950

Property transfer tax, review 3:0930

Public debt

debt from deficit spending vs. investment in infrastructure 9:1815

debt management 6:1005, 7:1825

debt-to-GDP ratio 9:1815

Sales tax

proposal for sales tax reduction in communities near Alberta border 4:1100-1105

Science and technology

biotechnology industry, genomics research

commercialization 9:1655

Seniors, information guide 5:1735

Smithers Regional Airport

infrastructure improvements 6:0915

Tembec Industries Inc.

operations, costs 8:0950

Thompson Rivers University

funding 7:2000

Welfare

social programs and services, funding 7:1735

Youth

Programs and services See Children – Child care

Substance abuse See Substance abuse and addiction