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

Vaccinations See Immunization under Health – Public health
van Iersel, Arn

As subject

work as Auditor General See Auditor General

Auditor General

audit services

accountability reporting 44:1030-1040, 44:1100, 44:1135

fees 44:1045-1055, 44:1110-1115, 44:1125

financial audits 44:1025, 44:1035

performance audits 44:1020, 44:1030-1035, 44:1100, 44:1145

priorities 44:1025, 44:1035-1045, 44:1100, 44:1140

priorities, criteria 44:1115-1120

priorities, role of media and public interest 44:1125, 44:1145

authority and powers 44:1025, 44:1150

budget 44:1015-1045, 44:1105

communications, best practices guides 44:1030

communications, public education 44:1150

legislation, potential exemption 44:1125

performance measurement 44:1045

relationship with select standing committees 44:1015-1020, 44:1045-1050, 44:1120, 44:1145

reports, print run and printing costs 44:1125

service plan, options 44:1020-1035, 44:1045, 44:1100-1105

staffing and consultants 44:1025, 44:1040, 44:1055, 44:1125

Auditor General Act

provisions on cost recovery for audit services 44:1055, 44:1115-1125

Auditor General of Canada

auditing services 44:1055, 44:1135

Business, public-private partnerships, review by Auditor General 44:1130

Education, school boards and districts, audits, cost and fiscal issues 44:1110

Forests and forest industry, forest worker safety, review by Auditor General 44:1120-1125

Government

accounting practices

audit committees 44:1120

audits, costs and scope in B.C. and elsewhere 44:1100, 44:1130-1135

use of generally accepted auditing principles 44:1050, 44:1110

computer systems, electronic information systems 44:1100

ministries, annual service plan reports, review by Auditor General 44:1100

procurement practices, contract management 44:1030

trusts and trust funds, review by Auditor General 44:1130-1135

Oil and Gas Commission, review by Auditor General 44:1055, 44:1110

Olympic Games, monitoring of finances by Auditor General 44:1115, 44:1145

School district 38 (Richmond), review by Auditor General 44:1050, 44:1110

School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), review by Auditor General 44:1050

Van Steinburg, Terri

Income assistance recipients, access to education and training 36:1440

Kwantlen University College, funding 36:1440

Post-secondary education, tuition fees 36:1440

Vancouver, B.C.

Affordable housing (Sam, S.) 35:1115

Downtown east side

issues, submissions to Finance and Government Services Committee (Hogg) 20:1225 (Kwan) 20:1225

East Vancouver, first nations population (Kwan) 25:1135

Housing, high-density social housing for low-income persons See Social and subsidized housing, small units under Housing

Services for children and families, office of Representative for Children and Youth See Offices, Vancouver under Representative for Children and Youth

Vancouver Board of Trade

Recommendations to Finance Ministry and Finance and Government Services Committee (Hayer) 30:1200 (Park, D.) 30:1150, 30:1200 (Sello, A.) 30:1200

Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C.

Courses and programs (Cosco, F.) 36:1430-1435 (Kwan) 26:1240

Funding (Cosco, F.) 36:1435

Vancouver International Airport

Relationship with lower mainland transportation infrastructure See Transportation infrastructure under Lower mainland

Vancouver Island

Artist population (Sufrin, G.) 24:1820

Forest industry See Coastal forest industry under Forests and forest industry

Forests, burning of logging slash during World War II (Haley, M.) 23:1205, 23:1220

North Island

Comox Valley area See Comox Valley

hospital services See North Island hospital proposal under Vancouver Island Health Authority

post-secondary education (Bowen, J.) 24:1800

South Island, transit services, funding (Horgan) 36:0930 (Price, M.) 36:0930

Vancouver Island Health Authority

North Island hospital proposal (Frayne, G.) 24:1920-1925 (Simpson, B.) 24:1925

Services, partnership with Haven Society See Haven Society

Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Board membership and accountability (Black) 44:1140-1145

Marketing relationships with small business (Sardinha, J.) 27:1945

Relationship with B.C. Paraplegic Association (Cadieux, S.) 25:1045

Vancouver Women's Health Collective

Budget and funding (Duncan, C.) 25:0915-0920 (Lee) 25:0920

Health information and health promotion activities (Duncan, C.) 25:0910-0915

VANOC See Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Verhoeven, Frits

Canadian Bar Association, recommendations to Finance Committee in 2005, government action 35:1150-1155

Justice system

lawyers and legal services, sales tax on services 35:1150-1155

legal aid, funding 35:1200-1205

legal aid, funding from legal services sales tax 35:1150, 35:1200

proportionate liability 35:1200

Kunin, Rosalyn, report on sales tax on legal services 35:1150-1200

Verma Laul, Monika

First nations, programs and services, self-employment program 30:1510

Multiculturalism, multiculturalism in B.C. and elsewhere 30:1510-1515

SEEDS, programs and services 30:1510

Victoria, B.C.

Belleville Street ferry terminal, redevelopment (Carter, B.) 36:1050 (Smith, J.) 24:1910-1915

Development cost charges (Edge, C.) 36:1550

Economic development (Carter, B.) 36:1100

Governance structure in capital region (Carter, B.) 36:1050 (Edge, C.) 36:1550 (Ralston) 36:1545-1550

Homelessness (Romanow, C.) 36:1615

Housing and rental supply (Kendrew, S.) 36:1105

Housing costs (Romanow, C.) 36:1630

Infrastructure funding (Kendrew, S.) 36:1115

Regional transportation authority (Carter, B.) 36:1055-1100

Student cooperative work terms in local businesses (Carter, B.) 36:1055

Transit services, Greater Victoria area See South Island, transit services under Vancouver Island

Transportation infrastructure, costing (Carter, B.) 36:1100 (Horgan) 36:1100

Victoria Real Estate Board

Quality-of-life principles (Kendrew, S.) 36:1105-1115

Violence

Family violence, barriers to leaving abusive relationships (Lidster, N.) 28:1100 (McCusker, L.) 28:1055-1105

Violence against women (Birkbeck, J.) 28:1050-1055 (Davis, C.) 28:1115-1120 (Lidster, N.) 28:1100

Violence against women in the sex trade (Yow, C.) 28:1155

Violence against women, services for abused women and children (McCusker, L.) 28:1055

Violence against women, studies (McCusker, L.) 28:1055-1100

Virji-Babul, Nazrin

Disabled and handicapped persons, developmental disability, research 37:1035-1040

Disabled and handicapped persons, developmentally disabled persons, programs and services 37:1040-1045

Down syndrome, incidence 37:1045

Down Syndrome Research Foundation, activities 37:1035-1040

Health, health care system, magnetoencephalography services 37:1035-1040

Visible minorities See Multiculturalism
Vohora, Praveen

Asia, economy, relationship with B.C. economy 34:1625, 34:1635

B.C., northern and rural B.C., economy in northwestern B.C. 34:1625-1640

B.C., northern and rural B.C., infrastructure in northwestern B.C. 34:1625

Budgets, 2007-08 budget priorities, infrastructure 34:1625

First nations, tax exemptions, administration 34:1630-1635

First nations, treaties, settlement in B.C., impact on northwestern B.C. economy 34:1625

Prince Rupert, port expansion and container port project 34:1625, 34:1635

Taxation, competitive tax system 34:1630

Transportation, Pacific gateway initiative and projects 34:1625, 34:1635

Volunteers and volunteer sector

Advocacy groups, eligibility for charitable tax status See Charitable tax status under Charities

Fundraising, government regulation (Brumell, T.) 28:1250

Investment by non-profit sector See Community equity under Communities

Need for volunteers by arts organizations (Lamb-Yorski, M.) 34:1735

Non-profit organizations, charitable tax status See Charitable tax status under Charities

Role in society (Robinson, H.) 28:1025

Volunteers in legal services system See Services, volunteer services under Justice system – Legal aid

Volunteers in residential care facilities See Services, volunteer services under Housing – Residential care facilities

Voneugen, Dick

Prince George, outdoor ice oval proposal 32:1930-1935

Voters, voting, etc. See Elections