BC Legislature - Finance and Government Services Committee, 39th Parliament

Eager, Bill

Hotels and travel accommodation, hotel room tax, allocation of revenues to tourism 9:1645-1650, 9:1700

Kelowna, tourism 9:1645-1650, 9:1700

Okanagan area, tourism 9:1650

Tourism Kelowna, funding and role 9:1645-1650, 9:1700

Tourism, marketing 9:1645-1650

Early Childhood Learning Agency

Report on full-day kindergarten See Kindergarten under Education

Early learning and literacy See Children – Early childhood development
Economy

Economic stimulus programs, role of low-income supports (Henderson, N.) 10:1555

Global economy, conditions (Peacock, K.) 3:1500-1505

Knowledge-based economy, transition from resource-based economy (Nilson, R.) 11:0850, 11:0900

Role in funding for social services (McEwan, T.) 7:1645-1650

Role of government investment (Newell, T.) 5:1145

Economy – B.C. economy

Conditions (Ivanova, I.) 3:1035 (Peacock, K.) 3:1505 (Presley, M.) 5:0940-0945 (Rees, R.) 3:1005

Conditions and stimulus (Yakemchuk, A.) 7:1800

Conditions, government response (Pollock, K.) 3:1430-1440

Creative economy See Role in B.C. economy under Arts and culture

Gross domestic product (Ivanova, I.) 3:1045

Low-carbon economy for B.C. (Campbell, K.) 10:1125-1130, 10:1140 (Mungall) 10:1140

Low-carbon economy for B.C., government policy review (Donaldson) 10:1135-1140

Edmison Mehr Chartered Accountants

Work of organization (Mehr, M.) 6:0900

Education See also Education – Funding; Education – School districts and boards of education

Benefits to economy and society (Bacchus, P.) 3:1355-1400

Class size and composition, funding for implementation of legislation See Funding for implementation of class size limits under Education – Funding

Class size and composition, impact on special needs students (Mungall) 3:1105 (Steele, D.) 3:1105

Curriculum, music lessons (Donaldson) 9:1820 (Paterson, L.) 9:1815

Curriculum, school sports programs, benefits (Donaldson) 10:1120 (Puri, R.) 10:1115-1120

Fruit and vegetable program (Dolberg, A.) 3:1205 (Thornthwaite) 3:1205

Kindergarten, full-day kindergarten (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1715 (Dooley, P.) 5:1215 (Glover, A.) 8:1140-1145 (Gregson, S.) 3:1450 (Letnick) 5:1215 (Thornthwaite) 10:1345 (Walker, D.) 3:1540

Kindergarten, full-day kindergarten, report (Janes, C.) 3:1455

Private schools, funding See Education – Funding

Special education and special needs

funding See Education – Funding

special education and special needs (Blair, R.) 5:1145-1150 (Mooring, T.) 7:1905 (Mungall) 5:1145 (Newell, T.) 5:1140, 5:1150 (Stainton, T.) 3:1305-1310

student enrolment levels (McRae) 3:1100

student enrolment levels and performance measurement (Steele, D.) 3:1050-1100

Students

children in government care, supports See Children in government care under Children

school readiness See Children – Early childhood development

social interaction (Rustad) 9:1645

students from low-income families (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1220

System

support for public system (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1705-1710

system in Canada (Bacchus, P.) 3:1400

system in rural B.C. (Dooley, P.) 5:1215

Education – Funding

Annual facilities grants for repairs and upgrades (Bacchus, P.) 3:1350-1355 (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1710-1720 (Glover, A.) 8:1150 (McGowan, M.) 10:1625 (Mungall) 7:1900 (Nielsen, C.) 7:1900-1905 (Olson, S.) 6:1050 (Ralston) 6:1050 (Stafford, J.) 6:1040-1050 (Thornthwaite) 7:1905, 9:1715-1720 (Warrington, S.) 7:1855

Funding (Andersen, A.) 5:1150-1155 (Boyd, D.) 5:0955-1010 (Delves, M.) 11:1015 (Dooley, P.) 5:1205-1215 (Evans, C.) 3:1600 (Glover, A.) 8:1135-1145 (Sewell, L.) 5:0955 (Stafford, J.) 6:1045-1050 (Wilson, E.) 10:1335-1340

Funding as percentage of provincial budget (Bacchus, P.) 3:1400

Funding for education groups and special programs (Donaldson) 6:1055 (Stafford, J.) 6:1045, 6:1055

Funding for implementation of class size limits (Mooring, T.) 7:1900

Funding for school districts (Bacchus, P.) 3:1355 (Blair, R.) 5:1135 (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1710-1715 (Donaldson) 3:1400 (Mooring, T.) 7:1900 (Newell, T.) 5:1135-1140

Funding for school districts, coverage of costs See Cost pressures under Education – School districts and boards of education

Funding for school districts, supplemental funding for rural districts (Donaldson) 5:1220 (Dooley, P.) 5:1220

Funding formula (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1720 (Glover, A.) 8:1135-1145 (Thornthwaite) 9:1720 (Warrington, S.) 7:1855

Per-student funding, impact of enrolment decline (Bacchus, P.) 3:1350

Priorities (Glover, A.) 8:1150 (Thornthwaite) 8:1145

Priorities, government consultation with stakeholders (McGowan, R.) 10:1630 (Thornthwaite) 10:1630

Private schools (Newell, T.) 5:1140

School sports programs (Donaldson) 10:1120 (Keenan, S.) 10:1120-1125 (Puri, R.) 10:1105-1115 (Ralston) 10:1115 (Thornthwaite) 10:1125 (Varian, P.) 11:0945

School sports programs, travel component (Keenan, S.) 10:1120 (McRae) 10:1120 (Puri, R.) 10:1120

Special education and special needs (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1715 (Donaldson) 7:1905 (Steele, D.) 3:1050-1100

Targeted taxation proposal (Blair, R.) 5:1150 (Newell, T.) 5:1140 (Thornthwaite) 5:1150

Transportation funding (Glover, A.) 8:1150 (Mungall) 8:1150

Transportation funding review (Glover, A.) 8:1140

Education – School districts and boards of education See also particular school districts

Accounting practices and contingency funding (Glover, A.) 8:1140

Budgets, allowance for deficits (McGowan, R.) 10:1625-1630

Budgets and costs (Stainton, T.) 3:1310

Carbon neutrality (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1720 (Donaldson) 9:1720

Climate action initiative (Donaldson) 5:1220 (Dooley, P.) 5:1220

Consultation by government (Hall, L.) 7:1855-1900 (Mungall) 7:1900 (Olson, S.) 6:1050 (Ralston) 6:1050 (Stafford, J.) 6:1040, 6:1050 (Thornthwaite) 6:1050, 7:1855-1900

Cost pressures (Andersen, A.) 5:1205 (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1710-1715 (Donaldson) 5:1200-1205, 6:1055 (Dooley, P.) 5:1220 (Mungall) 5:1220 (Stafford, J.) 6:1045 (Warrington, S.) 7:1855

Data collection (Dooley, P.) 5:1210

Decisions, complaint process (Carter, K.) 17:1110 (Thornthwaite) 17:1110

Funding See Education – Funding

Maintenance services, shared services (Rustad) 5:1220

Mandate and responsibilities (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1710

Revenue from taxation See Targeted taxation proposal under Education – Funding

Staff, recruitment and retention (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1720 (McRae) 9:1720

Tax exemptions and rebates (Olson, S.) 6:1050-1055 (Stafford, J.) 6:1045-1055 (van Dongen) 6:1050-1055

Tax revenues, local taxation authority (Stafford, J.) 6:1050 (Thornthwaite) 6:1050

Transportation costs, funding See Education – Funding

Education – Schools

School buses and bus service (Barter, R.) 5:1105-1110 (Thornthwaite) 5:1115

Use of school buildings by communities (Olson, S.) 6:1055-1100

Elections See also Elections B.C.

Administration of elections and electoral processes See also Federal government and Local government below under this main heading

(Boegman, A.) 16:1125-1130 (Johnson, L.) 16:1115, 16:1135-1140 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1100, 16:1135 (Western, N.) 16:1110

Chief electoral officers, national working group (Neufeld, H.) 16:1155

Electoral boundaries, mapping, integrated digital electoral atlas (INDEA) See Computer systems, integrated digital electoral atlas under Elections B.C.

Electoral information system (EIS) See Computer systems, electoral information system under Elections B.C.

Electronic voting See Voting below under this main heading

Enumeration

cost and efficiency (Neufeld, H.) 16:1205-1210 (Rustad) 16:1205-1210

coverage of homeless shelters and long-term-care facilities (Boegman, A) 16:1140 (Thornthwaite) 16:1140

door-to-door enumeration pilot project (Boegman, A.) 16:1130, 16:1140-1145 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1140 (Thornthwaite) 16:1140

enumeration (McRae) 16:1150 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1150 (Ralston) 16:1145

Federal election administration, Internet-based pilot project (Neufeld, H.) 16:1155

Local government election administration (Neufeld, H.) 16:1130-1135

Local government election task force (Donaldson) 16:1200-1205 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1205

Role of information technology (McRae) 16:1155 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1145-1150 (Ralston) 16:1145

Voter education See Education and outreach under Elections B.C.

Voter engagement and turnout, role of electoral management bodies (Donaldson) 16:1200 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1200

Voter registration See Enumeration above under this main heading

Voting, electronic voting (McRae) 16:1155 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1155

Elections B.C. See also Chief Electoral Officer; Elections

Annual report and service plan (Donaldson) 16:1200

Budget and operations (Boegman, A.) 16:1125-1130, 16:1140-1145 (Johnson, L.) 16:1115-1125, 16:1135-1140, 16:1210 (Les) 16:1210 (Letnick) 16:1135 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1100-1105, 16:1130-1150 (Ralston) 16:1145 (Rustad) 16:1205-1210 (Thornthwaite) 16:1140 (Western, N.) 16:1105-1115, 16:1210

Capital assets, amortization (Western, N.) 16:1110-1115

Computer systems, electoral information system (Johnson, L.) 16:1120-1125 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1145-1150 (Ralston) 16:1145 (Western, N.) 16:1115

Computer systems, integrated digital electoral atlas (Johnson, L.) 16:1125

Costs (Johnson, L.) 16:1120-1125 (Western, N.) 16:1105-1115

Education and outreach (Neufeld, H.) 16:1200 (Western, N.) 16:1115

Information technology See Computer systems above under this main heading

Mandate See Role and responsibilities below under this main heading

Office space (Johnson, L.) 16:1120, 16:1140 (Les) 16:1210 (Thornthwaite) 16:1140 (Western, N.) 16:1110, 16:1210

Operations See also Budget and operations above under this main heading

Operations, impact of funding limitations (Johnson, L.) 16:1115-1120

Relationship with Finance and Government Services Committee (Neufeld, H.) 16:1100, 16:1130-1135, 16:1150

Relationship with government ministries (Neufeld, H.) 16:1205

Role and responsibilities (Boegman, A.) 16:1125 (Donaldson) 16:1200-1205 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1200-1205

Shared resources, partnering with other jurisdictions (Neufeld, H.) 16:1150-1155

Staff (Neufeld, H.) 16:1100

Staff commended (Donaldson) 16:1200 (McRae) 16:1155

Staffing (Johnson, L.) 16:1115-1120, 16:1135-1140 (Letnick) 16:1135 (Neufeld, H.) 16:1135 (Thornthwaite) 16:1140 (Western, N.) 16:1110-1115

Voters list management See Enumeration under Elections

Website, posting of live election results (Neufeld, H.) 16:1145-1150

Emily Carr Students Union

Recommendations on government budget (MacDonald, L.) 10:1150 (Thorogood, M.) 10:1145

Emissions trading See Cap-and-trade system under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
End-of-life care See Hospice and palliative care
Energy

Alternative energy sources, development of environmental technology See Environmental technology under Science and technology

Bioenergy

access to wood waste (Cummings, P.) 10:1710-1715

bioenergy (McRae) 10:0915 (Stout, D.) 10:0915

use of smallwood biomass for power generation (Murphy, D.) 5:1025

use of wood waste for power generation (Jeffery, R.) 3:1530-1535

Clean energy

development of resources (Thornthwaite) 10:1050

development of resources and role in emission reduction (Sanderson, B.) 10:1040-1050

government support (McCarthy, J.) 3:1410

green energy advisory task force (Sanderson, B.) 10:1040

public and private delivery models (Mungall) 8:1040 (Strong, A.) 8:1040

role of private sector (Mungall) 10:1050-1055 (Sanderson, B.) 10:1050-1055 (Stout, D.) 10:0900-0910

Conservation See Energy efficiency and conservation below under this main heading

Energy efficiency and conservation

efficiency and conservation (Strong, A.) 8:1045 (van Dongen) 8:1045

energy-efficient buildings and homes See Green building design under Construction industry

government incentives (Bader, M.) 3:1650 (Thornthwaite) 3:1650

retrofitting See Green building design under Construction industry

Green energy See Clean energy above under this main heading

Hydroelectric power, run-of-the-river projects (Strong, A.) 8:1040

Independent power producers and projects (Strong, A.) 8:1035-1040

Independent power producers and projects, public information (Routley, B.) 8:1050 (Strong, A.) 8:1050

Innovative clean energy fund (Bader, M.) 3:1640-1645 (Ralston) 3:1645

Northern energy corridor (McEwan, T.) 7:1650

Northwest transmission line See Electrification under Highway 37

Power generation, Site C project See Power generation on river under Peace River area

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of

Budget and operations (Dirom, G.) 4:1035, 4:1045 (Donaldson) 4:1045

Eng, Ken

Arts and culture

accessibility and affordability 6:1015

benefits, quality of life 6:1020-1025

funding, government funding 6:1015-1020

role in rural B.C. 6:1015-1020

B.C., northern and rural B.C., arts organizations in northwestern B.C. 6:1010-1015

Bulkley Valley Community Arts Council, funding and operations 6:1015

Bulkley Valley Concert Association, written submission to Finance and Government Services Committee 6:1020

Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, 2010 Legacies Now 6:1010

Engineers

Training, proposed expansion in northern B.C. (McEwan, T.) 7:1640

Environment

Environmental assessment, mine projects See Regulation under Mines and mining industry

Environmental protection, energy conservation See Energy

Pesticide use, regulation and health-impact studies (Seely, K.) 10:1320-1325

Environment, Ministry of

Fish and wildlife branch, budget (MacAhonic, P.) 10:1010

Evans, Catherine

Budgets, 2010-11 budget priorities, children 3:1555

Children

early childhood development 3:1600

programs and services for children and families 3:1600-1605

Education, funding 3:1600

First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, recommendations on government budget 3:1605

Government

programs and services, contract service providers, employee wages 3:1600

revenues and revenue sources, strategies to increase government revenues 3:1605

Poverty

child poverty in B.C. 3:1600-1605

reduction, government strategy 3:1600

Taxation, tax reductions, impact 3:1605

Wages and salaries, living wage 3:1600

Exchange rate

Canadian and U.S. currencies, impact on agriculture industry (Cummings, P.) 10:1715 (McRae) 10:1715

Impact on exports and imports (Peacock, K.) 3:1505

Expo 86

Impact on tourism (Morris, L.) 8:1005

Exports and imports

Impact of Canadian dollar level See Exchange rate