Province of British Columbia
38th Parliament – 2007
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

 

ICBC See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Illington, Joy

 
Civil service
 
hiring practices, 100th anniversary of merit-based hiring in B.C. 66:0950
recruitment and retention 66:0940
Legislature, officers of the Legislature, shared services 66:0955
Merit Commissioner
 
audits of public service appointments 66:0940-0950
budget and operations 66:0940, 66:0950-0955
role and responsibilities 66:0940
Immigration

 
Credentialling of foreign-trained professionals and workers (Bloy) 53:1335 (Chan, K.) 53:1335 (Hayer) 52:0955-1000 (Martin, L.) 52:1000
Foreign and immigrant workers See also Provincial nominee program below under this main heading
 
credentialling See Credentialling of foreign-trained professionals and workers above under this main heading
recruitment (Hamilton, J.) 57:0950
work permits (Brar, P.) 54:0945 (Lee) 54:0950 (MacLachlan, M.) 57:0830
Immigrants to B.C. (Rees, R.) 54:0925
Immigrants to B.C., economic and social integration (Martin, L.) 52:0950-0955
Process, impact on skilled-worker immigration (Bloy) 57:0830 (MacLachlan, M.) 57:0830
Programs and services for immigrants to B.C.
 
English-as-a-second-language programs See Education
housing (Hamilton, J.) 57:0955-1000 (Kayfish, L.) 57:1000 (Simpson, B.) 57:0955
services for children and families, outreach See Advocacy and outreach under Representative for Children and Youth
Provincial nominee program (Kerr, M.) 48:0830 (MacLachlan, M.) 57:0830
Income

 
Average net income, B.C. and elsewhere (Lee) 54:0935 (Rees, R.) 54:0925-0935
Income disparity in B.C. (Goertzen, A.) 56:1435 (Krupa, E.) 57:0905 (Oikawa, L.) 54:1025
Income assistance

 
Benefits
 
benefit amount (Banks, J.) 51:1405 (James, A.) 55:1505-1510 (Kwan) 55:1510
benefit amount, relationship to cost of living (Jones, C.) 59:1310 (Kwan) 59:1305-1310 (Rozenhart, B.) 59:1310
earnings exemption (James, A.) 55:1505, 55:1515
payment method (Hawes) 61:0935
relationship to child health and diet (Montani, A.) 52:1055
Eligibility, two-year financial independence test (James, A.) 55:1505
Employment programs, service provider contracts (Lee) 53:0905 (Strachan, N.) 53:0855, 53:0905-0910
Government policies (Banks, J.) 51:1405
Rates See Benefits, benefit amount above under this main heading
Recipients, transition to employment (Hayer) 55:1510 (James, A.) 55:1515
Income assistance – Disability benefits

 
Benefit amount for shelter (Hawryluk, T.) 53:1545-1555 (Murray, M.) 58:1705-1710
Benefits payment case, review by Ombudsman (Carter, K.) 66:1050
Community volunteer program (Kwan) 58:1720 (Murray, M.) 58:1710
Earnings exemption (Murray, M.) 58:1710-1715
Government policy on disabled couples (Hawes) 58:1715
Income tax

 
Personal and corporate income tax, review (Bader, M.) 57:1050
Personal income tax rates, comparison with Alberta See Tax rates, comparison of Alberta and B.C. rates under Taxation
Reductions, impact on government revenues (Hayer) 52:1500 (Horgan) 52:1500 (Magnan, B.) 52:1500 (Sello, A.) 52:1500
Tax credits, student loan repayment credit (Hayer) 52:1440 (King, M.) 52:1440-1445
Taxation of capital gains (Hogg, R.) 57:1135
Independent power producers See Energy
Independent Power Producers Association of British Columbia

 
Activities (Davis, S.) 59:1420
Recommendation on capital financing (Bennett) 59:1430
Industry

 
Carbon tax See Carbon taxes
Consumer packaging See Consumers
Industry Training Authority

 
Funding for trades and technical programs (Jacques, L.) 48:0940-0945
Information and Privacy Commissioner See also Freedom of information

 
Budget and funding (Bennett) 65:1115-1120 (Hubbard, L.) 65:1115, 65:1140 (Loukidelis, D.) 65:1105-1120
Caseload (Loukidelis, D.) 65:1100-1105
Commissioner See Loukidelis, David
Consultation with Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner (Bennett) 65:1055 (Loukidelis, D.) 65:1055
Contracts, legal services (Black) 65:1140 (Loukidelis, D.) 65:1140
Operations (Bennett) 65:1140 (Hubbard, L.) 65:1140-1145 (Loukidelis, D.) 65:1100-1105, 65:1145
Relationship with statutory officers, shared services (Loukidelis, D.) 65:1105
Remuneration (Bennett) 65:1140 (Loukidelis, D.) 65:1105, 65:1140
Staffing (Black) 65:1140 (Horgan) 65:1120 (Loukidelis, D.) 65:1100-1110, 65:1125
Infrastructure See also particular cities, areas, etc.

 
Investment in infrastructure (Taylor) 47:1325 (Winter, J.) 60:1205-1210
Management by local government See Government – Local government
Public financing See Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia
Transportation infrastructure development, impact on greenhouse gas emissions (Vissers, J.) 60:1515, 60:1525
Transportation infrastructure, regional differences in government investment (Bepple, N.) 58:1625-1635 (Hawes) 58:1630
Inglehart, Ernie

 
Education, school boards and districts, staffing, wages and salaries 61:0955-1000
School district 60 (Peace River North)
 
enrolment levels 61:1000
use of geothermal heating in school buildings 61:0950, 61:1000
Teachers, training in B.C. and elsewhere 61:0955
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, impact on labour mobility 61:0955
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

 
Position on trade, investment and labour mobility agreement (Chan, K.) 53:1335 (Ralston) 53:1335 (Rees, R.) 54:0930
Report on B.C. economy (Chan, K.) 53:1330 (Rees, R.) 54:0925-0930
Insurance See also particular types or areas of insurance

 
Insurance industry
 
current conditions (Corbeil, S.) 53:1000-1010
health insurance claims (Secco, H.) 60:1225
role in climate change initiatives (Corbeil, S.) 53:1000-1005
Insurance premium tax (Corbeil, S.) 53:1005
Insurance Act

 
Government review (Corbeil, S.) 53:1015 (Ralston) 53:1015
Insurance Bureau of Canada

 
Recommendations on government budget (Corbeil, S.) 53:1000-1010
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia See also Insurance under Automobiles

 
Data-sharing with Elections B.C. See Enumeration under Elections
Share of automobile insurance market (Bader, M.) 57:1055
Taxation of insurance products (Corbeil, S.) 53:1010
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

 
Report, Climate Change 2007 See Global projections and need for action under Climate change
Interior British Columbia See British Columbia
Interior Community Services

 
Make Children First initiative (Janz, V.) 58:1755
Interior Health Authority

 
Services, Dinners at Home program (Hawes) 56:1430 (Jackson, R.) 56:1425-1430 (Kwan) 56:1430
International relations

 
B.C.-China relations See Development of relations with B.C. under China
Development assistance, funding (Bennett) 57:0915 (Krupa, E.) 57:0910-0915
Development assistance partnership initiatives, B.C. and developing countries (Krupa, E.) 57:0905

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