Cadger, Neil
- Arts and culture
- Ballet Kelowna, funding and role 9:1625-1630
- Post-secondary education students, social interaction and teamwork 9:1630-1645
- University of B.C., Okanagan campus (Kelowna), residences and student culture 9:1630-1635
Caldwell, Christine
- Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, response to government initiatives 10:1515
- Lower Mainland, South Fraser communities, post-secondary institutions 10:1520
- Real estate industry, taxation, capital gains tax rollovers 10:1520
- Substance abuse and addiction, grow ops and drug labs, house resale and disclosure of information 10:1520
Cameron, Nancy
- Harmonized sales tax, impact on hotel room tax 9:1705
- Hotels and travel accommodation, hotel room tax, allocation of revenues to tourism 9:1655, 9:1705
- Kamloops, impact of Olympic Games 9:1700
- Kelowna, tourism 9:1650-1700
- Tourism Kelowna
- Tourism, marketing 9:1650-1655
Camosun College Student Society
- Food bank, usage (Clement, M.) 4:1125
- Recommendations on government budget (Clement, M.) 4:1125-1130
- Request for information on tuition fees, student debt load and completion time (Letnick) 4:1130
- Work of organization (Clement, M.) 4:1120
Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.
- Funding (Clement, M.) 4:1125
- Partnerships with school districts (Reed, J.) 10:1655
Campbell, Judy
- Arts and culture
- B.C. Arts Council funding 7:1700-1710
- Conference Board of Canada, report on role of arts in economy 7:1655
- Island Mountain Arts
- funding and role in local economy 7:1700
- study on urban and rural arts funding 7:1705
- Kamloops city council, study on role of arts in economy 7:1655
- Kelowna, arts and culture investment 7:1700
- Thorne, Steven, study on role of arts in economy 7:1655
- Tourism, cultural tourism 7:1700
- Tourism, Sport and the Arts Ministry, report on role of arts in economy 7:1655
- Wells, arts and culture 7:1655-1700
Campbell, Karen
- Air, greenhouse gas emissions
- Carbon tax
- Construction industry, green building design
- Economy, B.C. economy, low-carbon economy for B.C. 10:1125-1130, 10:1140
- Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
- Scandinavia, impact of carbon tax 10:1140
Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies
Canadian Association of University Teachers
- Comments on tuition fees (Reid, S.) 4:1145
Canadian Bar Association
- B.C. branch, activities and recommendations on government policies (Bond, J.) 3:0900-0915
- B.C. branch, program for law student placements in rural communities (Bond, J.) 3:0910
Canadian Cancer Society
- Recommendations on government budget (Seely, K.) 10:1315-1325
- Work of organization (Seely, K.) 10:1315
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Recommendations on government budget (Ivanova, I.) 3:1035-1040 (Lee, M.) 3:1040
- September Budget Reality Check document, content (Ivanova, I.) 3:1035 (Lee, M.) 3:1040
Canadian Community Economic Development Network
- B.C.-Yukon leadership council, role (Donaldson) 9:1835
Canadian Conflict of Interest Network
- Annual meetings, attendance and hosting (Fraser, P.) 16:0910-0915
- Organization (Fraser, P.) 16:0905
Canadian dollar See Exports and imports
Canadian Federation of Students
Canadian Mental Health Association
- Recommendations on government budget (Wright, B.) 10:1540
Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association
- B.C. division
- consultation on harmonized sales tax (Donaldson) 3:1430 (von Schellwitz, M.) 3:1430
- recommendations on government budget (von Schellwitz, M.) 3:1420-1425
- survey on harmonized sales tax (von Schellwitz, M.) 3:1420
Canadian Sport Centre Pacific Society
- Recommendations on government budget (Sleivert, G.) 4:0900
- Work of organization (Sleivert, G.) 4:0845
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Recommendations on government budget (Bader, M.) 3:1635-1645
Cancer
- Awareness (Seely, K.) 10:1315
- Prostate cancer, mustache fundraiser (Doyle, J.) 17:1310
Cap-and-trade system See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Capital asset management framework See Capital projects, procurement practices
under Government
Carbon
Carbon tax
- Coverage of emissions (Campbell, K.) 10:1125, 10:1135 (Rustad) 10:1135
- Impact on issues
- Increase (Campbell, K.) 10:1130
- Need for changes (Aylen, P.) 8:0900 (Campbell, K.) 10:1125-1130 (Lee, M.) 3:1040
- Revenue neutrality (Campbell, K.) 10:1130-1135 (Rustad) 10:1135
- Revenues, use for emission reduction initiatives (Donaldson) 3:1415
- Tax (McCarthy, J.) 3:1410-1415
- Tax credits and initiatives for low-income earners (Campbell, K.) 10:1130
Cariboo connector See Highway 97
Carson, Donalda
- Hospice and palliative care
- Kuhl, David, comments on palliative care in What Dying People Want 7:1605
- Prince George Hospice Society
- Rotary Hospice House, funding and services 7:1600-1615
Carter, Kim
- B.C. Hydro, overbilling cases 17:1045
- Education, school districts and boards of education decisions, complaint process 17:1110
- Fairness Week event 17:1015
- Gardom, Garde, comments as Attorney General on establishment of Ombuds office 17:1020
- Health Insurance B.C., debt collection case 17:1040
- Income assistance, eligibility requirements 17:1050
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., communications 17:1045
- Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, segregation cells, issues 17:1035
- Ombudsperson
- Skills training institutions, quality of training programs 17:1045-1050
Catalyst Paper Corporation
- Property taxes, dispute with municipalities (Garson, J.) 10:1735 (Ralston) 10:1735
CCOIN See Canadian Conflict of Interest Network
Cellular phones See Telecommunications
Charities
- Donations to charities, tax credits (McGowan, R.) 10:1620-1625 (Mungall) 10:1625
- Organizations providing social services See Social service providers under Welfare
- Revenues from gaming See Gambling
Charlesworth, Jennifer
- Children and Family Development Ministry, budget and service contracts with agency providers 4:1055
- Federation of Community Social Services of B.C.
- funding 4:1055
- recommendations on government budget and policies 4:1100
- work of member agencies, priorities 4:1105
- work of organization 4:1050
- work with Children and Family Development Ministry 4:1100
- Government, programs and services, protection of services 4:1100
- Harmonized sales tax, rebate for community services organizations 4:1100
- Housing and Social Development Ministry, social development component, budget 4:1055
- Medical Services Plan premiums, increase, impact on community services organizations 4:1100-1105
- Welfare
- social programs and services, funding and role 4:1055-1100
- social service providers, employee costs 4:1105
Cherry farming See Food industry
Chief Electoral Officer See also Elections B.C.
Child and Youth Representative See Representative for Children and Youth
Child Care Human Resources Sector Council
- Report on early childhood education and care See Programs and services, integration with child care services under Children, early childhood development
Child in the Home of a Relative program See Foster care
Childcare, Minister of State for
- Role, elimination (Gregson, S.) 3:1450
Children
- Advocacy services See Advocacy and outreach under Representative for Children and Youth
- Child care See Children – Child care
- Child deaths and critical injuries, investigation and review (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1150-1155, 17:1210
- Child poverty See Poverty
- Child protection review, implementation of recommendations (Routley, B.) 17:1235
- Child protection system, collaborative approach to improvement (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1235
- Child protection system, public confidence (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1140
- Children in government care
- children in government care (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1145
- education system supports (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1200
- special needs children (Sandy, B.) 10:1025
- Children raised without fathers, impact on children and society (Boere, T.) 11:1100
- Children's forum (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1210
- Early childhood development See Children – Early childhood development
- First nations children See First nations
- Mental health See Mental health
- Programs and services for children and families
- designated services (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1140-1145, 17:1155
- impact of economic conditions (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1205
- programs and services (Evans, C.) 3:1600-1605
- rehabilitation and speech therapy services and therapist training (Sandy, B.) 10:1035
- youth agreements See Youth at risk under Youth
- Special needs children
- programs and services (Sandy, B.) 10:1025-1035
- programs and services, funding and transfer of responsibilities (Sandy, B.) 10:1020-1030
- programs and services, funding from gaming grants (Mungall) 10:1035 (Sandy, B.) 10:1030-1035
Children – Child care
- Accessibility and affordability (Gregson, S.) 3:1445-1450, 3:1500
- Accessibility and affordability, polls and surveys (Janes, C.) 3:1450
- Child care in post-secondary institutions See Child care services under Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
- Funding grant for facility upgrades (Donaldson) 3:1500 (Gregson, S.) 3:1450, 3:1500
- Funding, supported child development programs (Sandy, B.) 10:1025-1030
- Integration with early learning programs See Programs and services, integration under Children – Early childhood development
- Spaces, need for new spaces (Janes, C.) 3:1455 (Mungall) 3:1455
- System, comprehensive system for B.C. (Gregson, S.) 3:1450 (Janes, C.) 3:1450-1455
- System in B.C. (Walker, D.) 3:1540-1545
- Workers, wages (Gregson, S.) 3:1445-1450
Children – Early childhood development
- Government investment (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1710-1715 (Evans, C.) 3:1600 (Ralston) 3:1555 (Walker, D.) 3:1555
- Programs and services, integration with child care services (Gregson, S.) 3:1450
- Programs and services, integration with child care services, report (Janes, C.) 3:1450-1455
- School readiness and child vulnerability (Evans, C.) 3:1600
- School readiness and early development instrument (Nelson, R.) 5:1155-1200
- StrongStart B.C. initiative (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1710
Children and Family Development, Ministry of
- Budget (Charlesworth, J.) 4:1055 (Sandy, B.) 10:1030
- Service contracts with agency providers (Charlesworth, J.) 4:1055
- Service contracts with agency providers, funding issues (Sandy, B.) 10:1030-1035
China
- Construction industry, promotion of B.C. wood building materials (Jeffery, R.) 3:1525-1530
Chu, Timothy
- Alma Mater Society of UBC, activities and recommendations on government budget 10:1350-1400
- Post-secondary education
- Transit services, student U-pass program 10:1355
- University of B.C., transit services to campus 10:1355
Civil service
- Diversity (Illington, J.) 15:0925, 15:0945
- Employees, consultation by government on spending reductions (Donaldson) 3:1550 (Walker, D.) 3:1550
- Hiring practices (Illington, J.) 15:0910-0920, 15:0930-0940 (Routley, B.) 15:0930 (van Dongen) 15:0935
- Hiring practices, audit by Merit Commissioner See Audits of public service appointments under Merit Commissioner
- Hiring practices, centralized model (Illington, J.) 15:0910-0915, 15:0940-0945 (van Dongen) 15:0935-0940
- Merit principle See Hiring practices above under this main heading
- Number of employees, retirement projections (Illington, J.) 15:0920
- Recruitment and retention (Mungall) 3:1550-1555 (Walker, D.) 3:1550-1555
- Retirements and succession planning (Doyle, J.) 17:1320
- Staffing reviews (Donaldson) 15:0945 (Illington, J.) 15:0930, 15:0945-0950 (Letnick) 15:0930
- Staffing reviews, survey proposal (Illington, J.) 15:0915-0925
- Wage freeze (Clift, R.) 3:0940
- Wages and salaries (Mungall) 3:1555 (Walker, D.) 3:1555
- Work environment survey (Illington, J.) 15:0910-0920
Clayton, Beverley
- Arts and culture
- government funding 8:0940
- government funding, three-year grants 8:1000
- B.C. Arts Council funding 8:0940
- Kamloops Art Gallery, funding from gaming grants 8:0945, 8:1000
- Kamloops, arts and culture sector, role in local economy 8:0940
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, impact on arts and culture sector 8:0940
Clement, Matteus
- Camosun College, funding 4:1125
- Camosun College Student Society
- Germany, post-secondary education system 4:1130-1135
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and affordability 4:1125-1130
- government investment and role in economy 4:1135
- student financial assistance, grant program 4:1125
- student financial assistance, interest on loans 4:1125
- students, debt load 4:1125
- tuition fees, reduction 4:1125
- Post-secondary education, funding
- changes to three-year funding plan, impact on institution budgets 4:1125
- funding formula, per-student funding 4:1125
- University of Victoria Students Society, recommendations on government budget 4:1125-1130
Clift, Robert
- Carbon tax, impact on post-secondary institutions 3:0935
- Civil service, wage freeze 3:0940
- Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C., role and recommendations on government budget 3:0930, 3:0940-0945
- Harmonized sales tax, impact on post-secondary institutions 3:0935
- Medical Services Plan premiums, increase 3:0940
- Post-secondary education
- funding 3:0930-0945
- student spaces, unfunded spaces 3:0935
- universities, colleges and institutes
Climate change
Club Penguin Entertainment Inc.
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia
- Recommendations on government budget (Janes, C.) 3:1455
- Work of organization (Gregson, S.) 3:1445
Cochrane, Ryan
- Performance at 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing (Sleivert, G.) 4:0850
College of New Caledonia, Prince George, B.C.
- Costs, impact of harmonized sales tax and Medical Services Plan premiums (Bowman, J.) 7:1725 (Mungall) 7:1725
- Enrolment levels (Bowman, J.) 7:1715 (Donaldson) 7:1725 (Mungall) 7:1725
- Faculty association See Faculty Association of the College of New Caledonia
- Funding (Bowman, J.) 7:1715-1730 (Donaldson) 7:1725
- Funding issues, impact on facilities and programs (Mastromatteo, J.) 7:1830-1835
- Graduates, work in northern B.C. (Bowman, J.) 7:1720 (McRae) 7:1720
- Presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee (Bowman, J.) 7:1710
- Programs and services (Mastromatteo, J.) 7:1830-1835
- Recommendations on government budget (Bowman, J.) 7:1720
- Relationship with University of Northern B.C. (Bowman, J.) 7:1720 (McRae) 7:1720
- Role (Bowman, J.) 7:1720 (Sutherland, B.) 7:1710-1715
- Trades training programs, fees (Bowman, J.) 7:1725
College of the Rockies, Cranbrook, B.C.
- Costs, impact of harmonized sales tax and Medical Services Plan premiums (Mungall) 5:0940 (Rubidge, N.) 5:0940
- Cranbrook campus, expansion (Maryniak, M.) 5:0925
- Funding issues, impact on programs and services (Routley, B.) 5:0920 (Rubidge, N.) 5:0925-0935 (Wakulich, B.) 5:0910-0920
- Partnerships with government and private sector (Rubidge, N.) 5:0930
- Recommendations on government budget (Rubidge, N.) 5:0930-0935
- Role (Maryniak, M.) 5:0925 (Rubidge, N.) 5:0925-0930
- Skills training and forest worker training (Rubidge, N.) 5:0935 (Rustad) 5:0935
- Students and faculty, transportation issues (Mungall) 5:0920 (Wakulich, B.) 5:0920
- Tuition fees (McRae) 5:0935 (Rubidge, N.) 5:0940
College of the Rockies Faculty Association
- Recommendations on government budget (Thornthwaite) 5:0915 (Wakulich, B.) 5:0910
- Work of organization (Wakulich, B.) 5:0905
Colleges See Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; particular colleges
Collins, Jack
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- income support, registered disability savings plan 10:1510-1515
- income support, role of families and government 10:1500-1515
- Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network, position on registered disability savings plans 10:1515
Colvin, Miriam
- As subject
- Arts and culture
- B.C. Arts Council, funding 6:1000-1005
- B.C., northern B.C., role of arts and culture sector 6:1000
- Smithers, arts and culture activities 6:0950-1005
Communities
- Community economic development, collaboration (North, J.) 7:1740
- Community foundations (North, J.) 7:1740
- Community organizations (Kmet, W.) 9:1935
- Community organizations, funding (Peters, S.) 6:1100-1110
- Community organizations, government support (Bassett, D.) 10:1635
- Community projects, funding (Stafford, J.) 6:1040
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria
Community Living British Columbia See also Community living services
under Disabled and handicapped persons
- Funding and service delivery (Gorbahn, D.) 6:0935
- Work with Children and Family Development Ministry (Gorbahn, D.) 6:0940
Community-based services See Social service providers
under Welfare
Computer technology
- Internet service in rural and remote communities (Logan, K.) 3:1155 (MacAhonic, P.) 10:1020 (Mungall) 3:1155
Concerned Citizens for Addictions Care
- Recommendations on government budget (Davenport, P.) 11:1120
- Work of organization (Davenport, P.) 11:1115
Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia
Conference Board of Canada
- Report on role of arts in economy (Campbell, J.) 7:1655
Conflict of interest
Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner
- Budget and operations (Donaldson) 16:0935 (Fraser, P.) 16:0900-0945 (Les) 16:0945 (Letnick) 16:0925 (van Dongen) 16:0940
- Budget and operations, capital and operating costs (Ralston) 16:0940-0945
- Information management, electronic filing system (Fraser, P.) 16:0920, 16:0940-0945 (Ralston) 16:0940-0945
- Lower Mainland office (Fraser, P.) 16:0910, 16:0925 (Thornthwaite) 16:0925
- Performance measurement (Fraser, P.) 16:0930 (Letnick) 16:0930
- Service requests (Donaldson) 16:0930 (Fraser, P.) 16:0930-0940 (McRae) 16:0935 (Thompson, D.) 16:0935
- Staff (Fraser, P.) 16:0905
- Travel expenses (Fraser, P.) 16:0910-0915, 16:0925 (Thornthwaite) 16:0925
Construction industry
- Building design, energy-efficient and carbon-reduction design and retrofitting See Green building design below under this main heading
- Competitiveness, report (McLachlan, M.) 10:1425
- Green building design
- Home warranty insurance See Home ownership
- Housing starts (Peacock, K.) 3:1505 (Simpson, P.) 10:1740
- Industry in B.C., issues (McLachlan, M.) 10:1420-1435
- Owner-builders on private property See Property rights, owner-builders on private land under Property
- Proposal for construction ministry See Regulatory reform below under this main heading
- Regulatory reform (McLachlan, M.) 10:1425, 10:1435 (Ralston) 10:1435
- Renovations, legitimate and underground industries (Simpson, P.) 10:1745
Consumers
Conversation on Health See Public consultation by government
under Health – Health care system
Cooperatives
Copper mining See Mines and mining industry
Copper Mountain mine See Copper Mountain Mining Corporation
Copper Mountain Mining Corporation
- Copper Mountain mine operations (Gratton, P.) 3:1125
Corbeil, Serge
- Automobiles, insurance 3:1705
- Harmonized sales tax
- Insurance
- coverage and exclusions 3:1710
- insurance premium tax, elimination 3:1705
- Insurance Act amendments 3:1705
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., competition with private sector 3:1705
- Taxation, government policies and initiatives 3:1700
Coroner
Corporations
Council of Forest Industries
- Position on harmonized sales tax (Jeffery, R.) 3:1535
- Recommendations on government budget (Jeffery, R.) 3:1530-1540
Courtenay, B.C.
- Economic conditions in area (Presley, M.) 5:0945
Courts See Justice system; particular courts
Crawford Bay, B.C.
- Reading centre, funding and role (George, D.) 11:1135
Creston, B.C.
- Cherry farming in area, need for district agriculturalist (Mungall) 9:1920
Crime and criminals
Crimson Coast Dance Society
Crispin, Zachary
- Post-secondary education
- Selkirk College, funding issues, impact on facilities and programs 11:1040, 11:1055
- Selkirk College Student Union
Crombie, Melanie
- B.C. Paraplegic Association
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- accessiblity for disabled persons 10:0930
- programs and services for persons with spinal cord injuries 10:0920-0935
- Health, preventative health care 10:0925
- Spinal cord conditions and injuries
- prevention and treatment of spinal cord injuries 10:0920-0930
- secondary health complications 10:0920
Crown corporations
CSIL program See Health – Continuing and long-term care
Cummings, Peter
- Agriculture
- B.C. Greenhouse Growers Association, position on harmonized sales tax 10:1705
- Carbon tax, impact on agriculture, greenhouse industry 10:1705-1710, 10:1720
- Energy, bioenergy, access to wood waste 10:1710-1715
- Exchange rate, Canadian and U.S. currencies, impact on agriculture industry 10:1715
- Harmonized sales tax
- impact on agriculture, greenhouse industry 10:1705
- impact on consumer prices 10:1720