Province of British Columbia
39th Parliament – 2010
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

FAIR See Fighting Autism Intervention Reductions
Fairholm, Robert

Study on early learning and child care (Davidson, S.) 21:1005
Fairview container terminal See Port of Prince Rupert
Families

Child custody and access See Custody issues under Children
Cost of living See Consumers
Family violence See Violence
Programs and services See Programs and services for children and families under Children
Relationship breakdown, impact on income (Bambrick, L.) 33:1515
Taxation (Hansen) 20:1345
Farmers Appreciation Week

Event (Quinn, E.) 28:1535-1540
Farmers, farms, etc. See Agriculture
FASD See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Favaro, Jim

B.C. Cancer Agency, role 21:1145
Campaign to Control Cancer, activities and recommendations on government budget 21:1145
Cancer prevention and treatment, government action and funding 21:1145
F.D.B.C. Film Development Society of British Columbia See British Columbia Film
Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee

Report on arts funding (Pickering, J.) 22:1640
Federation of Community Social Services of British Columbia

Member agencies, funding and services (Charlesworth, J.) 34:1510-1515
Recommendations on government budget and policies (Charlesworth, J.) 34:1520-1530 (Mungall) 34:1525 (Thornthwaite) 34:1525
Role (Belfie, J.) 22:1625
Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia

Recommendations on government budget and policies (Oliver, C.) 21:0910
Ferries and ferry services

Services for passengers without vehicles (Delves, M.) 27:0925
Festivals See Arts and culture
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Prevention and treatment services (Lifton, G.) 36:1320
Field, David

Alberta, public debt, elimination 21:1915
B.C. Citizens for Green Energy, position on public or private development of energy resources 21:1925
B.C. Hydro website, information on clean energy 21:1925
Carbon offsets and carbon pricing 21:1920-1925
Energy
clean energy, development potential in B.C. 21:1915-1925
clean energy, export 21:1920
independent power producers, revenues to government 21:1915-1920
Government revenues and revenue sources, green energy as revenue source 21:1915-1925
Public debt 21:1925
Fighting Autism Intervention Reductions

Membership (McIntosh, C.) 27:1000
Film industry

B.C.-owned production companies and productions (Bromley, R.) 21:1120-1130
Competitiveness (Letnick) 24:1650 (Weller, V.) 24:1650-1655
Content provision via digital media (Winckler, C.) 28:1415
Digital animation or visual effects tax credit, coverage of post-production work (Arbel, M.) 24:1650 (Weller, V.) 24:1655
Entrepreneurship (Leitch, P.) 21:1125
Industry
conditions (Stanke, R.) 24:1650
current and projected conditions (Routley, B.) 28:1420 (Shorten, L.) 28:1420
industry (Wandell, S.) 21:1715
industry and government support (Arbel, M.) 28:1415
industry outside Lower Mainland (Leitch, P.) 21:1125 (Letnick) 21:1125
Intellectual property development fund proposal (Bromley, R.) 24:1650
Post-production sector (Donaldson) 21:1130
Post-production sector, DAVE tax credit See Digital animation or visual effects tax credit above under this main heading
Research and development, funding (Bromley, R.) 24:1650
Tax credits (Stanke, R.) 24:1650
Workers, training and retention (Arbel, M.) 21:1130
Writers, tax credits (Weller, V.) 24:1655
Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair (Les) 19:0900 (McRae) 19:0900 (Ralston) 19:0900 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 19:0900
In-camera proceedings, motions to move in camera See Motions and resolutions
Meeting minutes, transcripts and audio recordings (Les) 20:1445
Meeting schedule (Les) 27:0830, 27:0850
Meeting schedule, public hearings See Public hearings below under this main heading
Motions See Motions and resolutions
Prebudget consultation planning (Les) 19:0900-0905
Prebudget consultation process (Les) 36:0900
Prebudget consultation report, withdrawal of NDP MLAs from report-making process (Donaldson) 38:1245 (Rustad) 38:1245
Public hearings, location and schedule (Les) 20:1445
Public hearings, proposal for hearing at UBCM meeting (Les) 19:0905 (Ralston) 19:0905 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 19:0905
Recommendations, implementation (Hansen) 20:1400 (Mirhady, D.) 20:1505
Recommendations on arts and culture funding (Alibhai, A.) 27:0955
Recommendations on funding for services to special needs children (Sandy, B.) 36:1130
Review of statutory officers See also Budget under particular statutory officers
(Les) 27:0830, 27:0850
Role in budget process (Hansen) 20:1345, 20:1400 (Mungall) 20:1400
Submissions to committee See also particular presenters
Submissions to committee from post-secondary student groups (Letnick) 30:1235 (Milinazzo, K.) 30:1240
Work of committee, relationship to government spending priorities (Donaldson) 38:1225-1230, 38:1240-1245 (Letnick) 38:1240 (Mungall) 38:1235-1240 (Ralston) 38:1230-1235 (Rustad) 38:1230 (Thornthwaite) 38:1240 (van Dongen) 38:1235
Finance, Ministry of

Quarterly financial reports, report tabled September 12, 2008 (Hansen) 20:1335-1340
Quarterly financial reports, report tabled September 15, 2010 (Hansen) 20:1340 (Hull, D.) 20:1450, 20:1500
Financial Information Act

Requirements for municipalities (Manjak, S.) 25:1025
Findlater, Doug

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, cost of municipal police services, medical coverage issue 23:1120-1125
Union of B.C. Municipalities, proposed resolutions 23:1125
West Kelowna
infrastructure projects and funding 23:1125
infrastructure, RCMP detachment project 23:1120-1125
municipal policing agreement and policing costs 23:1120-1125
municipality 23:1120
Fires and firefighters

Forest fires, response funding (Donaldson) 24:1640 (Kully, P.) 24:1640
First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

Recommendations on government budget (Montani, A.) 20:1605-1615 (Ralston) 20:1615
Role (Montani, A.) 20:1605
First Link initiative See Alzheimer's disease
First Nations

Aboriginal rights and title (Pollard, D.) 31:1745
Aboriginal rights, court case and ruling (Pierre, D.) 27:0905-0910
Children and families, child protection and children in government care (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 41:1040
Children and families, family resource program services (Kacir, P.) 36:1625
Consultation by government, process (MacAhonic, P.) 28:1305
Education See Education of First Nations people under Education; Post-secondary education
First Nations commercial and industrial development agreements (Donaldson) 31:1755 (Pollard, D.) 31:1750
Friendship centres, funding and services (Beddows, C.) 32:1105 (Donaldson) 32:1100-1115
Government investment in education and employment, economic impacts (Sterritt, L.) 35:1010
Housing (Shaw, N.) 35:1020
Housing for seniors (Ewald, G.) 35:1020
Involvement in forest industry See First Nations involvement in industry under Forests and forest industry
Involvement in mining industry See First Nations involvement in industry under Mines and mining industry
Issues (Kishi, R.) 32:1100
Land claims, settlement (Spooner, R.) 30:0955
Poverty See Poverty among aboriginal people under Poverty
Programs and services, funding for on-reserve and off-reserve population (Thornthwaite) 32:1105
Treaty negotiations (Kariya, P.) 27:0915
Treaty negotiations, representation by off-reserve urban population (Kishi, R.) 32:1110
Treaty negotiations, valuation of provincial lands (Jeffery, R.) 20:1555
Urban and off-reserve population, service needs (Girouard, G.) 35:1130-1120
Fish

Management and population inventories, funding (MacAhonic, P.) 28:1305
Stocking of lakes, funding (Watanabe, R.) 32:1035
Fishing industry

Fishing fees and licences (Donaldson) 27:1105
Fishing fees and licences, e-licence program (Peck, D.) 33:1540-1550
Fishing fees and licences, use of revenues to government (MacAhonic, P.) 27:1110 (Watanabe, R.) 27:1100-1115
Management of fisheries, government information (Westfall, H.) 27:1105-1115
Recreational fishing, regulation (Peck, D.) 33:1540-1555 (van Dongen) 33:1550
Salmon and steelhead fisheries (Westfall, H.) 27:1100-1110
Flathead Valley

Resource industry activities in area (Purdy, C.) 25:0955
Fontana-Wegelin, Traci

Autism treatment services, wait-lists for services 35:0945
Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, report on child care worker wages 35:0940
Children
child care funding 35:0940
child care workers, wages 35:0940
special needs children, transition to adult services 35:0940-0945
Community Living B.C., eligibility for services 35:0940-0945
North Island Community Services
programs and services, funding and role 35:0935-0945
recommendations on government budget 35:0935-0945
Port McNeill
child care availability 35:0935-0940
drug and alcohol use by youth 35:0935
services for developmentally disabled youth, transition to adult services 35:0940-0945
Welfare, community social services sector, funding and role 35:0935, 35:0945
Food

Beverages See Beverages
Food security (Downing, R.) 29:1555 (Rustad) 29:1600
Fruits and vegetables, snack program in schools See Fruit and vegetable program under Education
Junk food and beverages, cost comparison with healthy food (Warshawski, T.) 35:1045
Junk food, role in obesity (Thornthwaite) 35:1050 (Warshawski, T.) 35:1050
Locally grown food See also Direct marketing and farmers markets under Agriculture
(Jones, D.) 32:0835
Locally grown food, promotion in B.C. See Promotion of B.C. products under Agriculture
Supply, public awareness of issues (Rustad) 23:1115 (Sardinha, J.) 23:1115-1120
Food banks

Usage (Power, N.) 36:0955
Food industry

Abattoirs See Slaughter facilities below under this main heading
Agrifood technology and commercialization centre proposal, funding (Human, N.) 36:0940-0950 (Ralston) 36:0945
Beverage industry See Beverages
Food costs See also Junk food under Food
(Rustad) 23:1115 (Sardinha, J.) 23:1115
Food quality and safety, MarketSafe program for farmers markers (Bell, J.) 28:1535 (Quinn, E.) 28:1535 (van Dongen) 28:1535
Food quality and safety, strategy (Human, N.) 36:0945
Food-processing sector, current conditions and issues (Human, N.) 36:0935-0945
Food-processing sector, training strategy (Human, N.) 36:0940-0950
Junk food See Food
Meat-processing regulations, transition programs, funding (Human, N.) 36:0940-0945
Slaughter facilities, capacity and licensing (Human, N.) 36:0940-0945
Tree fruit industry (Sardinha, J.) 23:1040-1105
Force Four Entertainment

Film productions (Bromley, R.) 28:1410
Forest fires See Fires and firefighters
Forest, Ken

As subject
life in Peace River area 29:1550-1555
membership in Peace Valley Environment Association 29:1550-1555
Alberta, bitumen deposits, B.C. role in development 29:1600
Climate change
action on climate change, transition from fossil fuels 29:1605
impact on agriculture and food supply 29:1555
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., proposal for oil pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat 29:1600
Energy
alternative energy sources and diversification 29:1600-1605
clean energy, geothermal power 29:1600
electricity rates 29:1600
power supply, self-sufficiency 29:1600
Food security 29:1555
Oil and gas, peak oil issue 29:1555
Peace River area
crops and farmland 29:1555-1600
Site C power generation project 29:1600
Yukon territory, proposal for uranium mines 29:1605
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.

Funding and role (Hawrysh, B.) 20:1555
Forests and forest industry

Aspen logging, relationship between forest and grazing tenures (Letnick) 29:1440 (McConnell, M.) 29:1435-1455 (Rustad) 29:1450
Coastal forest industry, conditions (Jeffery, R.) 20:1600 (McRae) 20:1600
Coastal forest industry, role of independent business (Lewis, D.) 20:1725
Companies, taxation issues re local government (Chernoff, L.) 20:1550
Conditions in industry See also Industry below under this main heading
(Lewis, D.) 20:1725-1740
Expansion of market for products (Hawrysh, B.) 20:1735
Expansion of market for products, government policy See also Wood-first initiative below under this main heading
(Jeffery, R.) 20:1555
First Nations involvement in industry (Jeffery, R.) 20:1555
Forest lands, investment (Lewis, D.) 20:1740
Forest management and practices, intensive forest management on land base (Rustad) 28:1315
Forest-dependent communities See Resources and resource industries
Government forest policies, impacts (Lewis, D.) 20:1725-1740
Government management and stewardship capacity (Walker, D.) 36:1350-1355
Impact of harmonized sales tax See Impact on issues under Harmonized sales tax
Industry
capital cost allowance proposal (Jeffery, R.) 20:1550
investment (Jeffery, R.) 20:1550, 20:1600 (Rustad) 20:1600
recovery and supply chain capacity (Lewis, D.) 20:1735
research and development (Jeffery, R.) 20:1555
research funding (Mirhady, D.) 20:1510
tax credits (Jeffery, R.) 20:1550, 20:1600 (Rustad) 20:1600
value-added wood products industry See Value-added sector below under this main heading
Interior forest industry, projected conditions (Bassermann, D.) 30:1120
Mountain pine beetle infestation
beetle action coalitions See also particular coalitions
beetle action coalitions, funding and role (Bassermann, D.) 30:1125
funding (Bassermann, D.) 30:1125-1130 (Donaldson) 30:1130
impact on First Nations (Bassermann, D.) 30:1120
infestation and impact on timber supply (Bassermann, D.) 30:1120
Revenues to government (Lewis, D.) 20:1725-1740
Silviculture activities in beetle-kill areas (Bassermann, D.) 30:1130 (Routley, B.) 30:1125
Silviculture, funding for pilot projects (Donaldson) 30:0955 (Spooner, R.) 30:0955
Stumpage system, compliance and enforcement (Walker, D.) 36:1400
Tenure system, relationship between forest and grazing tenures See Aspen logging above under this main heading
Timber pricing, market pricing system (Lewis, D.) 20:1730
Timber sales program See British Columbia timber sales program
Value-added sector (Hawrysh, B.) 36:1550-1605 (Routley, B.) 36:1600
Value-added sector, fibre supply (Greenhill, S.) 36:1600 (Ralston) 36:1600 (Routley, B.) 36:1605
Value-added sector, government incentives (Donaldson) 36:1600 (Greenhill, S.) 36:1600
Wood-first initiative (Hawrysh, B.) 30:1135
Forests and Range, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau

Budget reduction (Watanabe, R.) 32:1035
Forrester, Shelley

Legislature, Officers of the Legislature, shared services, building occupancy costs 40:1335-1340
Forster, Liz

Harmonized sales tax
exemptions and rebates, resorts 24:1835
impact on construction industry 24:1835
impact on housing and real estate industry 24:1835-1845
impact on resorts and recreation properties 24:1835-1845
implementation in Atlantic provinces 24:1840
Property transfer tax in B.C. and Atlantic provinces 24:1840
Real estate industry, recreational property sales to foreign buyers 24:1835-1845
Sun Peaks Resort, impact of harmonized sales tax 24:1835-1845
Fort St. John and District Chamber of Commerce

Issues and priorities (Rustad) 29:1530 (Tylosky, A.) 29:1510-1520, 29:1530 (Weswick, N.) 29:1530
Membership and role (Weswick, N.) 29:1510
Position on harmonized sales tax and initiative vote (Routley, B.) 29:1525 (Tylosky, A.) 29:1520-1530
Fort St. John, B.C.

Cross-border shopping issues (McRae) 29:1525 (Tylosky, A.) 29:1525 (Weswick, N.) 29:1525
Impact of Site C power project See Site C power generation project under Peace River area
Rental housing market in area (Leahy, J.) 29:1505-1510 (McRae) 29:1505
Residents with multiple sclerosis, experience with liberation treatment (Leahy, J.) 29:1500
Social and subsidized housing (Leahy, J.) 29:1510 (Thornthwaite) 29:1505
Status as music capital and local concert (O'Donnell, T.) 29:1405
Fort St. John Community Arts Council

Funding (Donaldson) 29:1405 (Ralston) 29:1410 (Thornthwaite) 29:1405
Funding and role (Mungall) 29:1410 (O'Donnell, T.) 29:1405-1410
Recommendations on government budget (O'Donnell, T.) 29:1405
Fortis Inc.

B.C. offices and projects (Stout, D.) 28:1335
Recommendations on government budget (Donaldson) 28:1345 (Stout, D.) 28:1335-1345
Work of organization (Stout, D.) 28:1335
Foster care

Child in the Home of a Relative program (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 41:1050
Fraser, Paul See also Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

As subject
work as Information and Privacy Commissioner 40:1040
Conflict of interest, post-employment guidelines for former cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries 40:1105-1110
Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner
attendance at Union of B.C. Municipalities convention 40:1105
budget and operations 40:1025-1050
information management, electronic filing system 40:1030
information requests 40:1035
Lower Mainland office 40:1025
meetings with MLAs 40:1105
MLAs disclosure forms 40:1030, 40:1055-1105
salary payment 40:1040
scope of responsibilities, local government 40:1040, 40:1100
service requests 40:1030-1035, 40:1045
staff 40:1025, 40:1040-1050
succession planning, proposal 40:1030, 40:1040-1045
Great Britain, post-employment guidelines for former cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries 40:1110
Fraser River

Dredging activities
activities (Jackson, L.) 21:1055-1100
call for sediment management plan (Jackson, L.) 21:1100-1105 (van Dongen) 21:1105
cost (Jackson, L.) 21:1110 (Les) 21:1105 (McGill, S.) 21:1110
funding and government responsibility (Huntington) 36:1340 (Roscoe, J.) 36:1335-1340
impact on economic activity in area (Jackson, L.) 21:1100
use of material (Letnick) 36:1345 (Roscoe, J.) 36:1345
Ladner channels, management (Donaldson) 36:1340 (Roscoe, J.) 36:1330-1340
Sediment load (Roscoe, J.) 36:1330
Sockeye salmon run (Purdy, C.) 25:0950
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board

Participation in public affairs and budget consultation process (Olson, S.) 21:0920
Response to government initiatives (Olson, S.) 21:0920
Fraserside Community Services Society

Programs and services (Bonesky, C.) 21:1620
Freedom of information See also Information and Privacy Commissioner

Legislation, purpose and application to public bodies (Denham, E.) 40:1315-1320
Requests for information, complaints and appeals (Denham, E.) 40:1315-1320
Requests for information, revenues to government (Denham, E.) 40:1340 (Donaldson) 40:1340
Role in democracy and government (Denham, E.) 40:1315
Friendship centres See First Nations
Fuel

Biofuel production
ethanol (Hooper, D.) 28:1405
government incentives and support (Donaldson) 28:1400 (Hooper, D.) 28:1350-1400
sustainability and food security issues (Hooper, D.) 28:1400-1405 (Les) 28:1400
Coloured and clear fuel, tax rates (Etsell, G.) 36:0915
Hydrogen fuel cell technology (Ralston) 28:1350
Low-carbon and renewable fuel, biomass See Biofuel production above under this main heading
Low-carbon and renewable fuel, regulatory requirements See Reduction, low-carbon and renewable fuel requirements under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Taxation (Hooper, D.) 28:1355
Fuhr, Brian

B.C., northern B.C., mental health services 27:1020
Bulkley Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Committee
recommendations on government budget 27:1015-1025
role 27:1015
Mental health
mental illness and addiction
costs 27:1015-1030
programs and services, funding and delivery 27:1020-1030
service delivery, First Nations involvement 27:1025
service engagement by persons with illness and addictions 27:1030

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