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

Pabel, Hilmar

Post-secondary education, funding 3:0935-0940

Simon Fraser University, impact of funding reductions 3:0935-0940

Palliative care See Hospice and palliative care
Park, Sheila

As subject

experience with mother in residential care 8:1055

Housing, residential care facilities fees, rate changes for seniors in residential care 8:1050-1100

Ombudsman, review of seniors care, report 8:1100

Paterson, Lorna

Arts and culture

government funding, gaming grants 9:1815

government funding reduction 9:1810-1815

music, educational and health benefits 9:1815

Education, curriculum, music lessons 9:1815

Kelowna Community Music School

funding and role 9:1815-1820

recommendations for government budget 9:1815

Peace River area

Power generation on river, Site C project (Strong, A.) 8:1045 (van Dongen) 8:1040-1045

Peace River North school district See School district 60 (Peace River North)
Peacock, Ken

B.C. Liberal Party government, financial management 3:1510

Budgets, 2009-10 budget, content and deficit 3:1510

Business Council of B.C.

position on harmonized sales tax 3:1510

position on minimum wage 3:1515

recommendations on government budget 3:1510

Construction industry, housing starts 3:1505

Economy, B.C. economy, conditions 3:1505

Economy, global economy, conditions 3:1500-1505

Exchange rate, impact on exports and imports 3:1505

Harmonized sales tax

impact on issues

business 3:1510-1515

employment 3:1520

housing 3:1515

tourism 3:1515

rebate for non-profit organizations and public sector bodies 3:1510

Property tax, reforms 3:1515

Sales tax, exemption for production machinery, impact on companies 3:1520

U.S., economic conditions 3:1505

Wages and salaries, minimum wage 3:1515

Waste management, waste discharge fees and permits 3:1515

Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development

Recommendations on government budget (Campbell, K.) 10:1125-1130 (Donaldson) 10:1135-1140 (Rustad) 10:1135

Work of organization (Campbell, K.) 10:1125

Penticton, B.C.

Art gallery, funding and role (Montgomery, J.) 9:1600

Permut, Harriet

Harmonized sales tax implementation, public and industry consultation 10:0945

Real estate industry, residential housing market, sales statistics for new and resale homes 10:0945-0950

Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency

Studies on pesticide safety (Seely, K.) 10:1325

Peters, Sheila

Communities, community organizations, funding 6:1100-1110

Crime and criminals, victim services 6:1110-1115

Northern Society for Domestic Peace, work of organization 6:1100-1115

Violence, family violence, programs and services for women and children, funding 6:1110

Welfare, social service providers, issues 6:1115

Women, programs and services, government handling 6:1105-1110

Petter, Martin

Government revenues and revenue sources 5:1130

North Island College

aboriginal coordinator and services for aboriginal students 5:1130

enrolment levels 5:1120-1125

funding for facilities and equipment 5:1120

programs and services 5:1115-1125

programs and services, carpentry program and trades building 5:1130

recommendations on government budget 5:1125-1130

role in local economy 5:1125-1130

service area 5:1115-1120

Post-secondary education

government investment 5:1135

Post-secondary education, funding

funding 5:1125-1130

Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes

colleges, role in B.C. economy 5:1125

Vancouver Island, North Island, economy and retraining 5:1120

Pharmacare program

Budget and coverage (Foord, L.) 4:1020 (Stuart, S.) 4:1025

Coverage

biologic medications (Albrecht, L.) 10:1005 (Routley, B.) 10:1005 (Thornthwaite) 10:1005

biologic medications, contingency funding proposal (Favaro, J.) 10:0955

policy, impact study (Foord, L.) 4:1020, 4:1030 (Thornthwaite) 4:1030

psoriasis medication (Albrecht, L.) 10:1000 (Favaro, J.) 10:0950-0955

Pharmaceutical industry

Prescription drugs See Drugs

Research and development (Dean, S.) 4:1015 (Foord, L.) 4:1020

Pharmaceutical Task Force

Implementation of recommendations (Foord, L.) 4:1020 (Stuart, S.) 4:1025

Physical fitness See Health – Public health
Physicians

Billing practices (Wannop, P.) 9:1840-1845

Restrictions and number of patients treated per day (Wilson, E.) 10:1345

Role in health care reforms See Initiatives and reforms, role of health professionals under Health – Health care system

Pickering, Jennifer

Arts and culture

artist-run centres, funding and role 9:1610-1620

artists in B.C., number and wages 9:1615

government funding reduction 9:1620-1625

role in economy, studies 9:1620-1625

B.C. Arts Council funding 9:1620-1625

Kelowna, arts and culture sector 9:1620-1625

Okanagan area, arts and culture sector, report 9:1620

Okanagan Artists Alternative Association

artist-run centre, funding and role 9:1610-1625

recommendations on government budget 9:1625

Pike, Toby

Infrastructure, water infrastructure projects, funding 9:1915

Interior Health Authority, water standards regulations 9:1905

Kelowna Joint Water Committee, water infrastructure upgrade projects, funding 9:1905-1910

Kelowna, water systems in area 9:1910

Pine Pass See Highway 97
Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network

Advocacy and educational activities (Styan, J.) 10:1510

Position on registered disability savings plans (Collins, J.) 10:1515 (Ralston) 10:1515

Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009

Purpose of bill (Lowe, S.) 17:0855, 17:0920

Police and policing

Amalgamation and integration of services (Lowe, S.) 17:1000 (Rustad) 17:1000

Civilian oversight (Lowe, S.) 17:0900

Police complaint process See also Police Complaint Commissioner

changes (Donaldson) 17:0945-0950 (Lowe, S.) 17:0920-0950, 17:1000-1010 (Ralston) 17:0955-1000 (Routley, B.) 17:1005 (van Dongen) 17:0930-0945

complaints by region (Lowe, S.) 17:1005-1010 (Routley, B.) 17:1005

legislation, implementation See also changes above under this subheading

(Lowe, S.) 17:0855-0900

process (Lowe, S.) 17:0900-0915

review recommendations (Lowe, S.) 17:0855, 17:0910

Police conduct (Lowe, S.) 17:0915, 17:1010

Police Complaint Commissioner

Budget and operations (Lowe, S.) 17:0900-0920

Budget and operations, impact of police complaint process changes (Hubbard, L.) 17:0955 (Les) 17:1010 (Lowe, S.) 17:0920-0955, 17:1005 (McRae) 17:0950-0955 (Ralston) 17:0955 (Rustad) 17:1000-1005 (van Dongen) 17:0935-0945

Caseload and workload (Lowe, S.) 17:0905, 17:0915-0925

Complaint process See Police complaint process under Police and policing

Computer systems and furniture (Hubbard, L.) 17:0955 (McRae) 17:0955

Legal action against office, costs and funding (Hubbard, L.) 17:0955 (Lowe, S.) 17:0925-0930

Mandate and purpose (Lowe, S.) 17:0900

Outreach and training activities (Lowe, S.) 17:0920-0925, 17:0935

Relationship with first nations police services (Donaldson) 17:0950 (Lowe, S.) 17:0950

Restructuring plan (Lowe, S.) 17:0920

Revenues (McRae) 17:0950

Review of complaints involving death or serious harm, memorandum of agreement with municipal police departments (Lowe, S.) 17:0930-0935 (van Dongen) 17:0935

Staffing (Lowe, S.) 17:0920, 17:0930

Policy Studies Institute

Study on role of arts in economy (Sandmark, P.) 4:0840

Politics and politicians

Political participation (Kmet, W.) 9:1935

Pollock, Kim

Economy, B.C. economy, conditions, government response 3:1430-1440

Forests and forest industry

export of raw logs 3:1435-1445

government forest policies, impact on communities and industry 3:1430-1440

stumpage system, changes 3:1445

value-added sector, government support 3:1435

Harmonized sales tax, impact on forest industry 3:1445

Hunt, Steve, comments on impact of government policies 3:1435

United Steelworkers, recommendations on government budget and policies 3:1435-1440

Wages and salaries, minimum wage 3:1435-1440

Welfare, social conditions in B.C. 3:1430-1440

Post-secondary education See also Post-secondary education – Funding; Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes; Skills training

Accessibility and affordability (Beasley, S.) 5:1035-1040 (Bowen, J.) 5:1100 (Clement, M.) 4:1125-1130 (Crispin, Z.) 11:1040-1045 (Harrison, V.) 4:1125-1130 (Murray, J.) 10:1410-1415 (Oliver, C.) 3:0920-0925 (Reid, S.) 4:1140-1155 (Thorogood, M.) 10:1145 (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1015-1020; 8:1030-1035 (Wakulich, B.) 5:0910

Benefits and need (Keitlah, J.) 5:1050

Cost, factors (McRae) 10:1415

Distance education (deBruijn, K.) 8:0915

Distance education and on-line learning (McRae) 10:1415 (Murray, J.) 10:1415

Education of first nations people, government support (Nilson, R.) 11:0855-0900

Enrolment levels, relationship with economy (Letnick) 8:1025 (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1025

Government investment See also Role in economy below under this main heading

(Beasley, S.) 5:1045 (Clement, M.) 4:1135 (Harrison, V.) 4:1130-1135 (Letnick) 4:1150 (Mungall) 4:1130 (Petter, M.) 5:1135 (Reid, S.) 4:1155 (Rubidge, N.) 5:0925-0930 (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1020

Government investment, impact on corporate sector (Reid, S.) 4:1145-1150

Government support (Nilson, R.) 11:0850, 11:0900

International students See Students below under this main heading

Literacy coordinators (Oliver, C.) 3:0925

On-line learning See Distance education and on-line learning above under this main heading

Professional fees, regulation (Chu, T.) 10:1350

Role in economy (Beasley, S.) 5:1045 (Chu, T.) 10:1400 (Clement, M.) 4:1135 (Harrison, V.) 4:1130 (Mungall) 4:1130 (Rubidge, N.) 5:0925-0930

Role in economy, studies (Murray, J.) 10:1410-1415

Student financial assistance

comparison between B.C. and other jurisdictions (Reid, S.) 4:1140-1145

defaults on loan repayment (McRae) 10:1355 (Mungall) 10:1400

grant program (Beasley, S.) 5:1040 (Chu, T.) 10:1355 (Clement, M.) 4:1125 (Crispin, Z.) 11:1045 (Keitlah, J.) 5:1055 (Reid, S.) 4:1140-1145 (Thorogood, M.) 10:1145-1150

grants and loan reduction program (Reid, S.) 4:1145

interest on loans (Beasley, S.) 5:1035-1040 (Chu, T.) 10:1350-1355 (Clement, M.) 4:1125 (Crispin, Z.) 11:1040-1045 (Keitlah, J.) 5:1055 (Reid, S.) 4:1140-1145 (Thorogood, M.) 10:1150

interest-free period and loan forgiveness program for law students (Bond, J.) 3:0910

loans, defaults (Lubbers, D.) 11:1050 (McRae) 11:1050

program reductions, government consultation (Chu, T.) 10:1400 (Donaldson) 10:1400

reinstatement (Chu, T.) 10:1350, 10:1400 (Mastromatteo, J.) 7:1835 (Mungall) 7:1835, 8:1025 (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1025

transit assistance See Student passes under Transit services

Student spaces and enrolment levels (Rustad) 5:1055

Student spaces, unfunded spaces (Clift, R.) 3:0935

Student support services, impact of funding reductions (Oliver, C.) 3:0925

Students

debt load (Beasley, S.) 5:1035-1040 (Chu, T.) 10:1350-1355 (Clement, M.) 4:1125 (Crispin, Z.) 11:1040-1045 (Harrison, V.) 4:1125-1135 (Reid, S.) 4:1140, 4:1150-1155 (Rustad) 4:1135

debt load and completion times (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1015

debt load and completion times, request for studies (Letnick) 8:1020-1025 (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1020-1025

debt load, impact on economy (Crispin, Z.) 11:1045 (Lubbers, D.) 11:1045-1050 (Mungall) 11:1045

debt load, percentage of tuition fees (Crispin, Z.) 11:1050 (Lubbers, D.) 11:1050 (McRae) 11:1050

debt load, studies (Mungall) 4:1150 (Reid, S.) 4:1150

international students in B.C. institutions (McRae) 11:0900 (Nilson, R.) 11:0900-0905

recruitment, impact of demographic and economic changes (Letnick) 11:0905 (Nilson, R) 11:0905

social interaction and teamwork (Cadger, N.) 9:1630-1645 (Donaldson) 9:1640

transportation issues (Wakulich, B.) 5:0920

U-pass program See Student passes under Transit services

Tuition fees

levels (Barnsley, R.) 8:0935 (Lubbers, D.) 11:1050 (McRae) 8:0935, 11:0900 (Nilson, R.) 11:0900 (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1015-1020

limit policy review (Bowman, J.) 7:1720-1730 (Donaldson) 7:1725 (Letnick) 7:1720-1725

reduction (Beasley, S.) 5:1035-1040 (Clement, M.) 4:1125 (Crispin, Z.) 11:1040-1045 (Harrison, V.) 4:1125, 4:1135 (Keitlah, J.) 5:1050 (Reid, S.) 4:1140-1145 (Thorogood, M.) 10:1145 (Wakulich, B.) 5:0910

studies (Harrison, V.) 4:1125 (Reid, S.) 4:1140

Post-secondary education – Funding

Capital allowance funding grant (Legg, P.) 10:1655 (Reed, J.) 10:1655 (Thornthwaite) 10:1655

Capital and equipment funding (Reed, J.) 10:1640

Capital projects, debt financing, policy review (Barnsley, R.) 8:0925-0930 (deBruijn, K.) 8:0920 (Ralston) 8:0925-0930

Changes to three-year funding plan, impact on institution budgets (Clement, M.) 4:1125 (Reid, S.) 4:1140-1145

Federal funding and transfer payments (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1020 (Wakulich, B.) 5:0910

Funding (Chu, T.) 10:1350, 10:1400 (Clift, R.) 3:0930-0945 (deBruijn, K.) 8:0910-20 (Keitlah, J.) 5:1050-1055 (Legg, P.) 10:1415 (Letnick) 10:1415 (Murray, J.) 10:1405-1415 (Oliver, C.) 3:0920-0925 (Pabel, H.) 3:0935-0940 (Petter, M.) 5:1125-1130 (Rustad) 10:1355-1400 (Walker, D.) 3:1545

Funding for child care services on campus (Chu, T.) 10:1355, 10:1405 (Mungall) 10:1405

Funding for colleges (Bowman, J.) 7:1720 (Reed, J.) 10:1650 (Sousa, C.) 11:0915

Funding for graduate programs (Chu, T.) 10:1400 (Ralston) 10:1400

Funding for new universities (Nilson, R.) 11:0850-0900

Funding formula (Mastromatteo, J.) 7:1830-1840 (Mungall) 5:0920 (Rustad) 8:1030 (Thornthwaite) 5:0915, 7:1835, 8:1025

Funding formula, impact on programs and services (Beasley, S.) 5:1030-1040 (Crispin, Z.) 11:1040, 11:1055 (Donaldson) 5:0910-0915, 11:1050-1055 (Rubidge, N.) 5:0925-0935 (Thorogood, M.) 10:1150 (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1015-1020, 8:1030 (Wakulich, B.) 5:0910-0920

Funding formula, per-student funding (Clement, M.) 4:1125 (Reid, S.) 4:1145

Matching program for donations (Barnsley, R.) 8:0930 (deBruijn, K.) 8:0910-0920, 8:0930 (Mungall) 8:0930

Research (van Dongen) 8:1030 (Villeneuve, E.) 8:1030

Tuition funding (Clift, R.) 3:0945 (McRae) 3:0945

Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes

Carbon neutrality and green initiatives (Keitlah, J.) 5:1055

Child care services, funding See Post-secondary education – Funding

Child care services, need (Murray, J.) 10:1405-1410

Colleges and university colleges

capacity and enrolment (Reed, J.) 10:1640

cost-saving initiatives (Reed, J.) 10:1640-1645

role in communities (Wakulich, B.) 5:0915

role in economy (Petter, M.) 5:1125 (Reed, J.) 10:1645-1650 (Rubidge, N.) 5:0925-0930 (Sousa, C.) 11:0905, 11:0915

role in economy and education system (Sutherland, B.) 7:1710-1715

Costs (Clift, R.) 3:0930-0940 (Mungall) 3:0940, 10:1700

Entrance requirements (Clift, R.) 3:0945 (McRae) 3:0940 (Rustad) 5:1055

Faculty, recruitment and wages (Clift, R.) 3:0940-0945 (Rustad) 3:0945

New universities, partnerships and role (Nilson, R.) 11:0850-0905

Partnerships with secondary schools (McRae) 10:1655 (Reed, J.) 10:1655

Public and private institutions (Ralston) 10:1700 (Reed, J.) 10:1700

Shared services, media acquisition services (Oliver, C.) 3:0920

Poverty

Child poverty in B.C.

definition and measures (Letnick) 17:1215 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1150, 17:1215-1220

government action (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1220

poverty (Denesiuk, C.) 9:1715 (Evans, C.) 3:1600-1605 (McRae) 3:1605

Gap between poor and rich See Income disparity under Income

Poverty reduction plan (Henderson, N.) 10:1550, 10:1600 (Ivanova, I.) 3:1035 (Ralston) 10:1600

Reduction, government strategy (Evans, C.) 3:1600 (Walker, D.) 3:1545

Role of family breakdown (McRae) 17:1220-1225 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 17:1220-1225

Presley and Partners

Operations (Presley, M.) 5:0940

Position on harmonized sales tax (Presley, M.) 5:0945

Presley, Murray

Courtenay, economic conditions in area 5:0945

Economy, B.C. economy, conditions 5:0940-0945

Forests and forest industry companies, impact of property taxes 5:0945-0950

Government, local government, revenues from property taxes 5:0945-0950

Harmonized sales tax

impact on forest industry 5:0950

impact on seniors care providers 5:0945

implementation and administration 5:0945

position of local government 5:0955

Presley and Partners

operations 5:0940

position on harmonized sales tax 5:0945

Property tax, impact on business 5:0945-0950

Prince George, B.C.

Boundary Road connector projects (Krause, M.) 7:1615 (McEwan, T.) 7:1635 (Yakemchuk, A.) 7:1800-1805

Cancer treatment services, cancer lodge proposal (Seely, K.) 10:1325

Carbon-neutral initiatives (Krause, M.) 7:1620

City council recommendations on government budget (Donaldson) 7:1625 (Krause, M.) 7:1615-1625 (Rustad) 7:1620-1625

City council, work with education and health organizations (Krause, M.) 7:1625 (Letnick) 7:1625

District energy system proposal (Krause, M.) 7:1620

Economy and economic conditions in area (McEwan, T.) 7:1630 (Mitchell, S.) 7:1810-1815

Government investment (Yakemchuk, A.) 7:1755

Infrastructure projects, criteria and funding (Donaldson) 7:1625 (Krause, M.) 7:1615-1625 (Rustad) 7:1620-1625

Infrastructure projects, priorities (Krause, M.) 7:1615

School district See School district 57 (Prince George)

Social programs and services, delivery (Donaldson) 7:1630 (Krause, M.) 7:1630

Prince George Chamber of Commerce

Position on harmonized sales tax (Ralston) 7:1805 (Sethen, S.) 7:1805 (Yakemchuk, A.) 7:1805

Recommendations on government budget (Letnick) 7:1805-1810 (Sethen, S.) 7:1810 (Yakemchuk, A.) 7:1755-1805

Support for child care (Ralston) 7:1805 (Sethen, S.) 7:1805

Prince George Hospice Society

Facility See Rotary Hospice House, Prince George, B.C.

Funding (Ralston) 7:1805 (Sethen, S.) 7:1805

Funding, petition (Carson, D.) 7:1605

Work of organization (Beeson, K.) 7:1610 (Carson, D.) 7:1600-1615

Prince Rupert Amateur Swim Club

Funding and role (Devine, R.) 11:0945-0950 (Donaldson) 11:0950

Prince Rupert, B.C.

Addiction treatment services and impact of addiction on community (Davenport, P.) 11:1120-1125

Sports organizations, funding and role (Basso, M.) 11:1030-1035 (Mungall) 11:1035

Prince Rupert Minor Basketball Association

Funding and role (Basso, M.) 11:1025-1035 (Donaldson) 11:1030 (McRae) 11:1030 (Mungall) 11:1025-1035 (Thornthwaite) 11:1035

Participation by first nations children (Basso, M.) 11:1035 (Donaldson) 11:1030

Participation levels (Basso, M.) 11:1035 (Rustad) 11:1035

Recommendations on government budget (Basso, M.) 11:1035 (Thornthwaite) 11:1035

Privacy

Information and privacy commissioner See Information and Privacy Commissioner

Protection of personal information

complaints and appeals (Loukidelis, D.) 16:0955

rules for collection and disclosure of information (Loukidelis, D.) 16:0955

ProArt Alliance of Greater Victoria

Work of organization and funding (Scrivener, P.) 4:0910

Property

Property rights, owner-builders on private land (Lang, D.) 11:0835-0850

Property tax

Impact on business (Presley, M.) 5:0945-0950

Property taxes for car dealerships See Sales under Automobiles

Reforms (Peacock, K.) 3:1515

Review and reforms (Garson, J.) 10:1735 (Ralston) 10:1735 (Winter, J.) 10:1725-1735

Property transfer tax

Elimination (Bader, M.) 3:1640 (Letnick) 3:1410 (McCarthy, J.) 3:1410

Reduction (Renault, S.) 4:0945-0950

Reform and elimination (Laing, R.) 10:1525-1530 (Letnick) 10:1530

Prosperity mine See Taseko Mines Ltd.
Prostate cancer See Cancer
Provincial sales tax See Sales tax
Psoriasis

Treatment (Albrecht, L.) 10:0955-1005 (Routley, B.) 10:1005 (Thornthwaite) 10:1005

PST See Sales tax
Public debt

Debt-servicing costs (Sanderson, B.) 10:1045

Paydown of debt (Winter, J.) 10:1725

Public sector/public service See Civil service
Pulp and paper industry See Pulp and paper sector under Forests and forest industry
Puri, Raj

B.C. School Sports

funding and role 10:1110-1115

recommendations on government budget 10:1115

work of organization 10:1105-1110

Education, curriculum, school sports programs, benefits 10:1115-1120

Education, funding

school sports programs 10:1105-1115

school sports programs, travel component 10:1120