Galbraith, Larry
- As subject
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community support workers, wages 36:1700
Galore Creek
- Mining projects in area (McInnes, D.) 35:1025
Gambling
- Casino revenues, allocation within region (Ferguson, G.) 35:1005
- Charities' access to gambling revenues (Duncan, C.) 25:0915-0920 (Lee) 25:0920
- Internet gaming, use for hospital funding (Haddad, S.) 30:1505
- Revenues, use for arts and culture funding (Carroll, S.) 37:1050
Garossino, Sandra
- Arts and culture, benefits, revenues to government 30:1100
- Arts Future B.C., advocacy activities 30:1110
- B.C. Arts Council, budget and funding, distribution of funds 30:1100, 30:1110
- Citizens Roundtable for the Arts, advocacy activities 30:1100
- Media, new media, role in economy 30:1100
Gas industry See Oil and gas
Gastroenteritis
Gateway projects See Pacific gateway initiative and projects
under Transportation
Genome British Columbia
Genuine progress indicator See Economy
Geoscience British Columbia Society
Geschke, Laurie
- As subject
- experience as corporate director and parent of disabled child 35:1055, 35:1115
- Autism, autistic persons, programs and services 35:1105
- Computer technology, Internet, children's use of Internet, role of community and family 35:1110
- Crime and criminals, pedophiles, use of Internet for child pornography 35:1105-1110
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- developmentally disabled persons, income assistance, registered disability savings plan 35:1105
- developmentally disabled persons, programs and services, funding 35:1100-1105
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, treatment and services 35:1105
- Government, fiscal management, public information 35:1100
- Government revenues, revenue streams, relationship to consolidated revenue fund 35:1100
- Income assistance, disability benefits, benefits 35:1105-1115
- Police and policing, funding for police services 35:1105-1110
Giraud, Byng
- Mines and mining industry
- Resources and resource industries, development in beetle-impacted areas 32:1605-1615
Girvan, Allison
- Arts and culture
- benefits, community development 26:1125
- music, role in cross-cultural understanding 26:1125
- Education, extracurricular activities in schools, tax credits 26:1135
Gleeson, Mychael
- Justice system, family law, support for children 37:1400-1415
- Justice system, legal aid
- Mental health, impact of deinstitutionalization on mentally ill 37:1410
- Urban Child Counselling Project, activities 37:1405
Global warming See Climate change
Gooding, Winnifred
- Interior Health Authority, seniors advisory council 29:1740
- Thompson Rivers University, Williams Lake campus, nursing programs 29:1735-1740
- Williams Lake, home care and support services, wait-lists 29:1735
- Williams Lake, residential care facilities 29:1735-1740
Goodings, Karen
- Budgets, 2007-08 budget priorities 31:1110-1115
- Climate change, impact on agriculture industry 31:1120
- Housing, affordable housing, vulnerable populations 31:1115
- Peace River area
- Peace River regional district, recommendations to Finance and Government Services Committee, costing 31:1120
Goods and services tax
- Harmonization with provincial sales tax See Sales tax
- Rebate on home construction (Edge, C.) 36:1555
Gore, Al
- Presentation on climate change See Debate and discussion on climate change, documentary films under Climate change
Gottlieb-Tanaka, Dalia
- Report on arts and seniors health (Fraser, L.) 23:1110
Government
- Accountability (Drew, J.) 28:0905-0910
- Accountability, role of advocacy groups (Hatch, D.) 28:1030
- Accounting practices
- Advertising and announcements, cost (Kwan) 37:1015 (Rozenhart, B.) 37:1015
- Authority and powers, impact of trade agreements (Strong, A.) 28:0935-0950
- Bureaucracy, access-to-information decisions See Requests for information, decisions under Freedom of information
- Capital projects (Thorn, R.) 32:1800-1810
- Capital projects, funding (Cobb, W.) 29:1915-1920
- Capital projects, public inventory of capital projects (Horgan) 29:1820 (Solly, R.) 29:1820
- Computer systems, electronic information systems (van Iersel, A.) 44:1100
- Employees See Civil service
- Fiscal management (Tinson, B.) 37:1000-1005
- Fiscal management, education and health care spending (Hull, D.) 35:1045-1050
- Fiscal management, public information (Geschke, L.) 35:1100
- Fiscal planning and policies
- financial accountability See Accountability above under this main heading
- (Smith, J.) 24:1900
- Government records, release of personal information, investigation by Information and Privacy Commissioner See Investigation under Information and Privacy Commissioner
- Government spending, public information See Fiscal management, public information above under this main heading
- Hiring policies and practices for civil service See Civil service
- Hiring policies and practices, order-in-council appointments (Horgan) 44:0820, 44:0840 (Illington, J.) 44:0820
- Lobbyists See Lobbyists
- Ministries, annual service plan reports, review by Auditor General (van Iersel, A.) 44:1100
- Procurement practices See also Purchasing and tendering system below under this main heading
- Procurement practices, contract management (van Iersel, A.) 44:1030
- Programs and services
- Public participation, youth education and outreach (Hopkins, A.) 29:1935-1940 (Lekstrom) 29:1940
- Purchasing and tendering system See also Procurement practices above under this main heading
- Purchasing and tendering system, B.C. Bid program (McLachlan, M.) 36:1605
- Regulations and red tape (Black) 36:1220 (Evans, G.) 25:1615, 25:1630-1635 (Jones, L.) 36:1215 (Lee) 25:1630
- Regulations and red tape, deregulation (Carter, K.) 44:0930-0935
- Regulations and red tape, regulation of non-profit fundraising See Fundraising under Volunteers and volunteer sector
- Revenues
- consolidation of revenues (Darvasi, D.) 30:1235, 30:1245 (Lekstrom) 30:1245
- creation See strategies to increase government revenues below under this subheading
- impact of levels of taxes and user fees (Clark-Marlow, K.) 27:1710 (Horgan) 22:1325 (Kwan) 27:1710 (Lekstrom) 22:1325
- public information See Fiscal management, public information above under this main heading
- revenue streams, relationship to consolidated revenue fund (Geschke, L.) 35:1100
- revenues from environmental levies See Battery tax under Taxation; Retail sales, levy on plastic bags under Sales
- revenues from photo radar (Prothero, W.) 24:2040
- revenues from resource industries See Resources and resource industries
- revenues from taxation See Taxation
- strategies to increase government revenues (Black) 30:1055 (Bonesky, C.) 30:1050-1055 (Edgson, J.) 27:1820 (Lee) 27:1820, 30:1055 (Sethen, S.) 32:1630
- three-year fiscal plan (Lekstrom) 30:1245
- Spending (Finlayson, J.) 37:1325
- Transfer of responsibilities to municipalities See Powers and responsibilities, transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government under Government – Local government
- Transfer payments from federal government (Hayer) 30:1145 (Reekie, J.) 30:1130
- Trusts and trust funds, review by Auditor General (Simpson, B.) 44:1130 (van Iersel, A.) 44:1130-1135
Government – Local government
- Authority and powers, impact of trade agreements (Strong, A.) 28:0930-0945
- Municipal elections See Elections
- Powers and responsibilities, transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government (Eglinski, J.) 31:0920-0925
- Regional districts, governance in urban areas (Smith, J.) 24:1905
- Regional planning, directive approach (Edge, C.) 36:1545
- Regional planning, role of agricultural land reserve (Copp, S.) 36:1550 (Hawes) 36:1550
- Revenue-sharing agreement from federal gasoline tax See New Deal for Cities and Communities under Cities and towns
Grain
Gray Smith, Monique
- Children
- programs and services for children and families, service delivery, neighbourhood hub model 36:0910-0915
- First nations
- culture and language preservation, programs for children 36:0910-0915
- new relationship with government 36:0915
- programs and services, government funding 36:0910-0915
- First nations children
Great Bear rain forest
- Impact of resource development in area (Patterson, M.) 37:1455
Greater Vancouver See Vancouver, B.C.
Greater Vancouver regional district
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Greater Victoria See Victoria, B.C.
Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
- Recommendations to Finance and Government Services Committee (Carter, B.) 36:1050-1055
Greenhouse gas See Air
Gregson, Sharon
- B.C. Liberal Party government
- goals 30:1545
- position on issues, federal agreement on child care 30:1545
- Budgets, 2007-08 budget priorities, child care 30:1550
- Children, child care
- child care system, consultation report 30:1545
- child care system, role of federal government 30:1555
- funding, federal agreement, B.C. Liberal government position 30:1545
- funding, provincial funding 30:1545-1550, 30:1600
- licensing and regulation 30:1555
- need in B.C. 30:1550
- studies, child care preferences 30:1600
- Labour, labour force participation by women 30:1550, 30:1600
Griffin, Paul
- Corporations, capital tax, elimination 30:1020
- Financial services industry
- International Financial Centre, operations 30:1025-1030
Grizzly Den park See Sugarbowl–Grizzly Den Provincial Park and Protected Area
Grof, Dustin
- Budgets, 2007-08 budget priorities, education and skills training 26:1040
- Education, adult basic education, tuition fees 26:1030-1035
- Post-secondary education
- Post-secondary education, funding 26:1030-1040
- Selkirk College
- Skills training
Gross domestic product See Economy
Group applied behavioral analysis (GABA) See Treatment, behavioral intervention
under Autism
Group homes See also Health – Continuing and long-term care
Grow ops See Grow ops and meth labs
under Substance abuse and addiction
Growth management
- Regional growth strategies, role of agriculture (Hawes) 35:0945 (Thomson, S.) 35:0950
GST See Goods and services tax
Guardianship
- Adult guardianship, power of attorney for family members (Rothenburger, J.) 28:1010
- Institutionalization of addicted persons See Mandatory treatment under Substance abuse and addiction
Gudmundson, Dennis
- Hepatitis, treatment of hepatitis C 36:1625
- Wages for service jobs 36:1630
Gutray, Beverley
- B.C. population, mobility of vulnerable and at-risk people 29:1715
- Budgets, 2007-08 budget priorities, health and welfare 29:1715
- Homelessness, homelessness in B.C. 29:1715
- Income assistance, disability benefits, benefit amount in B.C. and elsewhere 29:1720
- Mental health
- funding, national mental health strategy 29:1715
- mental illness, impact on hospital and police services 29:1715
- programs and services, community supports 29:1715-1720