Pacific Gateway projects See Pacific gateway initiative and projects
under Transportation
Pallesen, Denise
- Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, role of municipalities 56:1355
- Budgets, 2008-09 budget, forecast allowance and surplus 56:1345-1350
- Children, child care accessibility, impact on labour market 56:1355
- Climate change, role of small business 56:1355-1400
- Cranbrook, demographics and population growth 56:1400
- Recycling programs, funding 56:1345-1350
- Sales tax, harmonization with goods and services tax 56:1345
- Wages and salaries, minimum wage, position of B.C. chambers of commerce 56:1345
Parks
- Benefits (Campbell, C.) 53:1435
- Expansion of park system (Jeffrey, R.) 59:1145-1150
- Forest recreation sites (Tretheway, D.) 58:1820
- Funding (Campbell, C.) 53:1435-1440
- Land acquisition for parks and protected areas, government funding and process (Lax, N.) 51:1420-1425 (Leicester, J.) 51:1425 (Ralston) 51:1425
- Management of parks system (Campbell, C.) 53:1430-1435
- Marine protected areas (O'Loughlin, C.) 52:1515
- Protected areas, conservation (Lewis, D.) 51:1245
- Protected areas, role in greenhouse gas reduction (Baker, K.) 59:1640
Parmar, Vinay
- Dawson Creek, community safety 61:1145
Peace River area
Peace River North school district See School district 60 (Peace River North)
Peacock, Ken
- Budgets, 2008-09 budget priorities, education and skills training 59:1055
- Economy, B.C. economy
- Exports and imports, trade deficit 59:1055
- Forests and forest industry, mountain pine beetle, impact on communities 59:1055
- Property tax, business and residential property taxes 59:1100
- Taxation, competitive tax system 59:1100
- Workers, shortage, impact of retirements on workforce 59:1055
Pellet stoves See Wood stoves
Pembina Institute
- 2007 carbon pricing conference in Calgary, Alberta (Horne, M.) 52:1130
- Research and advocacy activities (Horne, M.) 52:1125-1130
Penner, Diana
- Floods and floodplains
- development on floodplains, benefits and risks 50:1055
- flood prevention, government strategy 50:1100
- Terrace, flood prevention 50:1055-1100
Perrin, Lynn
- Forests and forest industry, small companies, relationship with government 60:1545-1550
- Government
- accounting and document retention policies 60:1545
- legal services 60:1545
- Peterson, John and Bernice, dispute with Forests Ministry 60:1540-1550
Perrin, Thorau and Associates Ltd.
Personal Information Protection Act
Pest control
- Pesticide use See Pest control and pesticide use under Environment
Peterson, John and Bernice
Petter, Chris
- Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C., recommendations on government budget 55:1615
- Post-secondary education
- Post-secondary education funding 55:1605-1615
- Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes, libraries and library services 53:0835
- Simon Fraser University, child care services, labour dispute 55:1615
Pharmacare program
Pharmaceutical industry
- Relationship with government (Stovall, H.) 53:1535-1540
- Relationship with health care system (Funk, J.) 48:1115
- Research See Research under Health
Pharmacists
- Role in blood testing and immunization programs (Appleton, G.) 59:1015 (Hawes) 59:1015
Physical fitness See Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
under Health – Public health
Physicians
- Licensing of foreign-trained physicians (Appleton, G.) 59:1015 (Hayer) 59:1015
- Physician education on prescription drug costs See Prescription drug costs under Drugs
- Physician offices, guide on environmental standards See British Columbia Medical Association
- Supply and training (Jarvis, L.) 51:1310 (Lee) 51:1310
- Training, expansion of medical school program (Massey, C.) 57:1110
Plant, Geoff
Plants
- Herbs, herbal remedies See Herbal medications under Drugs
Play See Recreation
Plutonic Power Corp.
- Hydroelectric power project in Powell River area (McInnes, D.) 52:0905
- Hydroelectric power project in Powell River area, construction camp and training (McInnes, D.) 52:0915-0920
Polaris Minerals Corp.
- Orca quarry in Port McNeill, aggregate mine operations (Hawes) 48:1045 (Jepsen, D.) 48:1045-1050
Police and policing
Police Complaint Commissioner
- Authority and powers (Ryneveld, D.) 66:1020-1025
- Budget and operations (Bennett) 66:1035-1040 (Bloy) 66:1025-1030, 66:1030 (Hubbard, L.) 66:1025-1030 (Ryneveld, D.) 66:1005-1015, 66:1025-1040
- Caseload (Horgan) 66:1015 (Ryneveld, D.) 66:1010, 66:1020
- Complaint process See Police complaint process under Police and policing
- Legislation See Police complaint process, legislation under Police and policing
- Relationship with RCMP See Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Relationship with statutory officers, shared services See Officers of the Legislature, shared services under Legislature
- Review of police taser use See Taser use, review under Police and policing
Politics and politicians
Polls and polling See Politics and politicians
Pollution See Air; Environment; Water
Port Coquitlam, B.C. See Tri-Cities area
Port Mann Bridge
- Expansion and transit services (Bateman, J.) 59:1530 (Dauncey, G.) 53:1420-1425 (Hayer) 53:1425, 55:1655, 59:1530 (Heitmann, D.) 60:1530 (Marsden, D.) 55:1655 (Ralston) 59:1530
- Expansion, impact (Hayer) 59:1225 (MacPherson, I.) 59:1225
- Expansion, impact on air pollution (Bateman, J.) 59:1520-1525
Port McNeill, B.C.
Port Moody, B.C. See Tri-Cities area
Port of Prince Rupert
- Expansion and container port project (Kerr, M.) 48:0825-0830
Post-secondary education See also Post-secondary education – Funding; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; Skills training
- Accessibility and affordability (Anderson, L.) 60:1030-1035 (Black) 52:1430 (Davison, G.) 48:0920 (Jacques, L.) 48:0935-0940 (O'Neill, B.) 52:0940 (Ronaasen, S.) 50:0905-0910
- Accessibility and affordability, relationship to supply of skilled workers (Oliver, C.) 59:1505, 59:1515
- Accessibility for low-income population (Montani, A.) 52:1105
- Benefits to society (Anderson, L.) 60:1030 (Briggs, S.) 55:1535-1540
- Campus 2020 report (Avison, D.) 57:1120-1125 (Barnsley, R.) 58:1905 (Jacques, L.) 48:0935 (Kwan) 53:1125, 59:1515, 59:1615 (Massey, C.) 57:1110-1120 (Oliver, C.) 59:1515 (O'Neill, B.) 52:0940 (Petter, C.) 55:1615 (Van Steinburg, T.) 59:1615
- Cost, textbook costs See Textbooks below under this main heading
- Courses and programs See also particular institutions
- Courses and programs, delivery costs and funding (Davison, G.) 48:0925
- Courses and programs, distributed and multi-institution programs See Great Northern Way Campus; Training, expansion of medical school program under Physicians
- Credits and transfer system (Avison, D.) 57:1120-1125 (Barnsley, R.) 58:1905-1910 (Hayer) 57:1125, 58:1905 (Olynyk, R.) 58:1910
- Education of first nations people, first nations students See Students below under this main heading
- Education of first nations people, funding and programs (Barnsley, R.) 58:1900 (Kwan) 50:0915 (Ronaasen, S.) 50:0915-0920
- Enrolment levels
- B.C. and elsewhere (O'Neill, B.) 52:0940
- impact of per-student funding (Briggs, S.) 55:1535
- relationship to economic conditions (Ashton, L.) 53:1145 (Barnsley, R.) 58:1900-1905 (Black) 52:1050, 53:1350 (Cosco, F.) 52:1050 (Davison, G.) 48:0930 (Hawes) 48:0930, 54:0920, 56:1245 (Horgan) 58:1905 (Reid, S.) 53:1350 (Rubidge, N.) 56:1245 (Taylor, A.) 55:1645
- relationship to job market (Avison, D.) 57:1130 (Crawford, V.) 48:0815 (Hawes) 59:1520 (Hayer) 48:0815 (Horgan) 57:1130 (Massey, C.) 57:1130
- rural and urban institutions (Ashton, L.) 53:1150 (Lee) 53:1150
- Funding See Post-secondary education – Funding
- Government promotion of post-secondary education and skills training (Cosco, F.) 52:1050 (Kerr, M.) 48:0825-0830
- Graduate programs, student spaces (Avison, D.) 60:1050 (Hurd, W.) 60:1050 (Ralston) 60:1050
- Graduate students, financial assistance in B.C. and elsewhere (Bowles, P.) 48:1010-1015 (Kerr, M.) 48:0835 (Ralston) 48:0835, 48:1015
- Green initiatives (Massey, C.) 57:1115
- Private institutions See Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
- Public perception of issues See Polling on education issues under Politics and politicians
- Quality of education (Petter, C.) 55:1605-1615 (Sanseverino, M.) 53:0825-0830
- Role in economy (Lubbers, D.) 57:0840-0845
- Role in economy and employment (Ackland, S.) 51:1410
- Student financial assistance
- bursaries, grants and scholarships (Barnsley, R.) 58:1900
- government policy (Winter, J.) 60:1200-1215
- grants and loan reduction program (Barbosa, P.) 51:1210 (Black) 52:0945, 53:1350 (Davison, G.) 48:0930 (de Groot, M.) 53:1120 (Fast, S.) 54:0920 (King, M.) 52:1435 (Krishnan, V.) 52:1420 (Kwan) 48:0820, 57:0925 (Lubbers, D.) 57:0845 (McFadyen, S.) 53:1355 (O'Neill, B.) 52:0945 (Reid, S.) 53:1345, 53:1355 (Simon, J.) 48:0810 (Smith, K.) 57:0925
- interest on student loans (Barbosa, P.) 51:1215-1220 (Bennett) 53:1125 (de Groot, M.) 53:1120 (Horgan) 51:1215, 52:1425 (Kalanj, T.) 52:1425 (King, M.) 52:1435 (Krishnan, V.) 52:1420-1425 (Lubbers, D.) 57:0850 (O'Neill, B.) 52:0940, 52:0950 (Ralston) 52:0945 (Reid, S.) 53:1345 (Simon, J.) 48:0810 (Smith, K.) 57:0920
- loan repayment tax credit See Income tax
- Pacific Leaders B.C. loan forgiveness program for civil service employees (Black) 67:1000 (Western, N.) 67:1000
- review and strategies (Avison, D.) 57:1125
- review by StudentAid B.C. (Reid, S.) 53:1345
- role of families and government (Bloy) 53:0830 (Sanseverino, M.) 53:0830-0835
- transit pass program See also Fares, U-Pass student subsidy under Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (GVTA)
- Student spaces
- Students
- debt load (Anderson, L.) 60:1035 (Bennett) 57:0925, 60:1030-1035 (Fast, S.) 54:0915, 54:0925 (Hawes) 54:0920 (Lubbers, D.) 57:0845-0850 (Smith, K.) 57:0920-0925
- debt load and credit eligibility (de Groot, M.) 53:1115-1120 (Reid, S.) 53:1340
- first nations and low-income students (Avison, D.) 57:1125 (Kwan) 57:1120 (Massey, C.) 57:1110
- graduate students See Graduate students above under this main heading
- part-time employment during school year (Briggs, S.) 55:1540 (Hayer) 55:1540
- recruitment, competition among post-secondary institutions (Black) 52:1050 (Cosco, F.) 52:1050
- recruitment from underrepresented groups (Dryden, L.) 51:1320-1325
- responsibility for education costs See Student financial assistance, role of families and government above under this main heading
- student employment (Bloy) 55:1650 (Bowles, P.) 48:1010 (Sanseverino, M.) 53:0830-0835 (Witter, S.) 55:1650
- student employment programs (Corea, E.) 61:1020-1025
- System, inclusion of disabled persons (Murray, M.) 58:1710
- Textbooks, cost (Barbosa, P.) 51:1220 (Davison, G.) 48:0930 (Hawes) 51:1220 (Horgan) 48:0930 (Kerr, M.) 48:0825-0830 (Kwan) 50:0915-0920 (Ronaasen, S.) 50:0920
- Tuition fees
- fees (Black) 59:1510 (Bloy) 53:1125 (Crawford, V.) 48:0815-0820 (de Groot, M.) 53:1125 (Krishnan, V.) 52:1415 (Kwan) 47:1320, 48:0820 (Lubbers, D.) 57:0840-0845 (Oliver, C.) 59:1505-1510, 59:1520 (Simon, J.) 48:0815 (Taylor) 47:1325
- fees in B.C. and elsewhere (Bowles, P.) 48:1025 (Davison, G.) 48:0930 (Kwan) 48:1020
- impact of fee increases on students (Ackland, S.) 51:1415 (Cosco, F.) 52:1040-1045 (Crawford, V.) 48:0805 (Smith, K.) 57:0915-0920 (Van Steinburg, T.) 59:1610
- impact on enrolment (Hawes) 48:0815, 50:0910-0915 (Kalanj, T.) 52:1430 (Kwan) 48:0815, 50:0915 (Reid, S.) 53:1340-1350 (Ronaasen, S.) 50:0915
- reduction (Ackland, S.) 51:1415 (Barbosa, P.) 51:1210 (Fast, S.) 54:0915-0920 (O'Neill, B.) 52:0940
- relationship to cost of education (Briggs, S.) 55:1540 (Van Steinburg, T.) 59:1610
Post-secondary education – Funding
- Double the Opportunity initiative See Student spaces, computer science and engineering under Post-secondary education
- Funding (Ackland, S.) 51:1415 (Barbosa, P.) 51:1215 (Crawford, V.) 48:0810 (Krishnan, V.) 52:1415-1425 (Oliver, C.) 59:1505-1510 (Petter, C.) 55:1605-1615 (Sanseverino, M.) 53:0820-0830
- Funding for colleges (Ashton, L.) 53:1145-1150 (de Groot, M.) 53:1120-1125 (Kwan) 53:1125 (Ready, D.) 50:1115 (Taylor, A.) 55:1640
- Funding for colleges, northern and rural colleges (Dryden, L.) 51:1320-1330 (Horgan) 51:1325 (Liepa, I.) 56:1225-1235 (Rubidge, N.) 56:1245
- Funding for colleges, targeted funding for regional skills training programs (Ashton, L.) 53:1155 (Kwan) 53:1155
- Funding for graduate and research programs (Avison, D.) 60:1040-1045 (Hurd, W.) 60:1040 (Lee) 60:1040-1045 (Petter, C.) 55:1610-1615
- Funding for graduate programs (Sanseverino, M.) 53:0825-0830
- Funding for northern and rural B.C. (Harrington, P.) 58:2000
- Funding formula
- Government investment in B.C. and elsewhere (Hurd, W.) 60:1035-1040
- Leading-edge endowment fund See Research and development
- Operational funding (Fast, S.) 54:0915 (Massey, C.) 57:1115 (Reid, S.) 53:1345-1350
- Research funding, centres of excellence (Massey, C.) 57:1115
- Targeted funding for climate change initiatives See Action on climate change, role of post-secondary institutions under Climate change
Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes See also particular institutions
- Building construction and design, use of LEED standards See Buildings, use of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards under Government
- Buildings, maintenance (Black) 52:0945 (O'Neill, B.) 52:0940
- Child care services (Sanseverino, M.) 53:0830
- Colleges
- capital projects and infrastructure (de Groot, M.) 53:1120
- degree-granting authority (Oliver, C.) 59:1515
- environmental initiatives and programs (Ashton, L.) 53:1145 (Witter, S.) 55:1640
- funding See Post-secondary education – Funding
- loss of students to universities and other jurisdictions (Briggs, S.) 55:1535 (Davison, G.) 48:0920-0925
- role in communities outside lower mainland (Oliver, C.) 59:1515
- role in economy (Ashton, L.) 53:1140-1150 (Martin, L.) 52:0950 (Ready, D.) 50:1110
- role in economy and society (Rubidge, N.) 56:1245
- role in economy, studies (Dryden, L.) 51:1315-1320 (Horgan) 51:1325 (Taylor, A.) 55:1645 (Witter, S.) 55:1635-1640
- role in meeting labour shortage (Davison, G.) 48:0920 (Jacques, L.) 48:0935
- student recruitment from underrepresented groups See Students under Post-secondary education
- student transfers from universities (Dryden, L.) 53:1150
- Community colleges See Colleges above under this main heading
- Enrolment levels See particular institutions; Post-secondary education
- Faculty, accessibility and quality of teaching (Bowles, P.) 48:1005-1010, 48:1025
- Faculty, recruitment and retention (Hurd, W.) 60:1040
- Funding See Post-secondary education – Funding
- Libraries and library services (Horgan) 53:0835 (Petter, C.) 53:0835 (Sanseverino, M.) 53:0825, 53:0835
- Private institutions (Bloy) 52:1045 (Cosco, F.) 52:1045-1050
- Role in climate change initiatives See Action on climate change under Climate change
- Sustainability initiatives (Barnsley, R.) 58:1905 (Mennell, P.) 52:1435-1440
- Universities, role and responsibility (Avison, D.) 57:1120
- University colleges, change to university status (Avison, D.) 57:1120 (Ralston) 57:1120
Poverty See also Homelessness
- Child poverty, economic and social costs (Montani, A.) 52:1105 (Simpson, B.) 52:1105
- Child poverty, government action (Montani, A.) 52:1055-1100
- Government action (James, A.) 55:1505-1510
- Impact on education system (Babchuk, M.) 51:1355-1400 (Horgan) 51:1355 (Maclagan, G.) 51:1350-1355
- Reduction, community responsibility (Maclagan, G.) 51:1355
- Reduction, government strategy (Klein, S.) 52:1010-1015
Powell River, B.C.
Powell River school district See School district 47 (Powell River)
Power See Energy
Power Smart program See Energy efficiency and conservation
under Energy
Price, Ted
- Arts and culture
- Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils, study of economic benefits of arts and culture 48:1140
- B.C. Arts Council
- Community Arts Council of Prince George and District
- Prince George arts organizations, relationship with other sectors 48:1135
- Quebec, government support for arts and culture 48:1140
- Theatre North West, funding and operations 48:1125-1135
Prince George Airport
Prince George, B.C.
- Air pollution, government action (Crawford, V.) 48:0820 (Ralston) 48:0820, 48:0915 (Zurowski, D.) 48:0910-0915
- Airport See Prince George Airport
- Arts council See Community Arts Council of Prince George and District
- Arts organizations, relationship with other sectors (Laughlin, A.) 48:1135 (Price, T.) 48:1135 (Ralston) 48:1135
- Bioenergy, government support for industry development in area (Zurowski, D.) 48:0905
- Bioenergy, research facility (Bowles, P.) 48:1020 (Ralston) 48:1015
- Bioenergy, role See Energy plan below under this main heading
- City council, recommendations on provincial government budget (Zurowski, D.) 48:0900-0910
- Economy (Mitchell, S.) 48:0845-0850
- Energy plan, role of bioenergy (Horgan) 48:0910-0915 (Zurowski, D.) 48:0915
- Health care services, cancer care centre See Health care services under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
- Integrated community sustainability plan, provincial funding (Zurowski, D.) 48:0900
- Intermodal container handling facility (Zurowski, D.) 48:0900
- Sewer infrastructure (Zurowski, D.) 48:0905
- Theatre company See Theatre North West
- Transportation infrastructure, investment (Mitchell, S.) 48:0845-0850 (Zurowski, D.) 48:0900
Prince George Chamber of Commerce
- Meeting with NDP caucus group (Kwan) 48:0840
- Recommendations on government budget (Kerr, M.) 48:0825-0840
Prince Rupert, B.C.
Privatization See particular entities and services; Public-private partnerships
under Business
ProArt Alliance of Greater Victoria
- Arts funding and revenues, report (Case, I.) 53:1105
- Presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee, lobbying request (Case, I.) 53:1105-1110
Probate fees See Wills
Property tax
- Business and residential property taxes (Peacock, K.) 59:1100
- Industrial and residential property taxes (Bello, N.) 49:1645
- Property tax system, impact on local governments (Royer, G.) 55:1555-1600
- Property tax system, need for review (Hudson, R.) 59:1540
- Property transfer tax See Property transfer tax
- Regional district property tax (Renault, S.) 53:0850
Property transfer tax
- Elimination (Andrews, D.) 60:1105-1115
- Exemption for first-time buyers (Hayer) 59:0925 (McIvor, B.) 53:1400 (Olson, S.) 59:0925
- Rebates for purchase of energy-efficient buildings (Cunningham, J.) 59:1020-1025
- Recommendations for changes See Reform below under this main heading
- Reform (Bennett) 60:1120 (Calder, M.) 56:1405 (Ralston) 60:1210 (Renault, S.) 53:0845
- Reform, position of B.C. chambers of commerce (Marsden, D.) 55:1655 (Winter, J.) 60:1210
- Revenues to government (Bennett) 53:1330-1335 (Chan, K.) 53:1330-1335
Protect Our Ports Committee
Provincial emergency program
- Funding for channel repairs to creekbanks (McKimmon, L.) 54:1010
Provincial nominee program See Immigration
Provincial sales tax See Sales tax
Provincial-municipal relations See Government – Local government
Public debt
Public sector/public service See Civil service
Publicover, Rick
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- Energy, power generation from biomass and wood waste 48:1105
- Forests and forest industry
- mountain pine beetle infestation, impact on timber supply 48:1105
- workers, skill levels and skills training 48:1055-1105
Public-private partnerships See Business; particular sectors