GAAP See Accounting practices, generally accepted accounting principles
under Government
Gambling See also Lotteries
- Charities' access to gambling revenues See also Community organizations, gaming grants under Communities; particular sectors
- Involvement of organized crime (Burtnick, R.) 21:1905-1910 (Letnick) 21:1910
Gaming grants for community programs See Community organizations
under Communities
Garossino, Sandy
- Arts and culture
- organizations, funding and sponsorship issues 21:1335
- role in economy 21:1325
- Asian Canadians, South Asian arts and culture 21:1325-1335
- Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, arts and culture component 21:1330
- Tourism, cultural tourism 21:1325
- Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration, activities and funding issues 21:1325-1335
Garson, Jon
- B.C. Chamber of Commerce
- recommendations on government budget 20:1500
- report on health care system 20:1500
- Property tax, municipal property tax reform 20:1500
Gas industry See Oil and gas
Gayda, Tim
- Education, school sports programs, funding 28:1425-1430
- Sport B.C., membership and mission 28:1420
- Sports
General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Genome B.C.
Georges P. Vanier Secondary School, Courtenay, B.C.
- Students, presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee (Les) 32:0845, 32:0920
Geoscience See Science and technology
Geoscience British Columbia Society
- Funding (Donaldson) 36:0930
- Funding and work (Dirom, G.) 34:1055
- Funding and work, projects (Anglin, L.) 36:0920-0930
- Mandate and role (Anglin, L.) 36:0920
- Recommendations on government budget (Anglin, L.) 36:0930
Gerow, Ray
- College of New Caledonia
- Education, transition of students to post-secondary education 30:0925-0930
- Post-secondary education, colleges
- Post-secondary education of First Nations people 30:0925-0930
- Skills training, supply of skilled workers
- role of aboriginal population and immigrants 30:0930
- role of post-secondary education 30:0920-0925
G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
- ALS Centre for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, funding and services (Ralston) 36:1615 (Thornthwaite) 36:1615 (Toyer, W.) 36:1610-1615 (van Dongen) 36:1615
Gillespie, Ian
- B.C. Medical Association
- Children, early childhood development, government support 34:0920
- Health
- funding, patient-centred funding 34:0925
- preventive health care 34:0930
- system
- Medical Services Plan of B.C.
- coverage of annual physical checkups 34:0930
- physician fee schedule 34:0930
- Physician master agreement 34:0930
Girardi, Carol
- Arts and culture
- Arts Council of Surrey, recommendations on government budget 21:1420-1425
- B.C. Arts Council, funding 21:1415-1420
- Surrey, arts and culture sector, impact of funding reduction 21:1415-1425
- Surrey Festival of Dance, funding 21:1420
Giraud, Byng
- B.C. Hydro
- energy purchase agreements with independent power producers 31:1720
- revenues, allocation to government and infrastructure 31:1710
- Energy
- Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry staff, resources for permit process 31:1715
- Geoscience B.C., funding and work 31:1715
- Harmonized sales tax
- Imperial Metals Corp.
- Industry, power consumption and electricity rates 31:1710
- Mines and mining industry
- Northwest Community College campuses, potential inclusion of former Northern Lights College campuses 31:1715
- Resources and resource industries, approval and permitting processes, government resources 31:1715-1720
Girouard, George
- Conayt Friendship Society, funding and services 35:1120-1130
- First Nations
- Merritt, housing and services for aboriginal people 35:1120-1130
Gleeson, Mychael
Global Buyers Mission
- Wood products trade show (Hawrysh, B.) 36:1555
GM See General Motors of Canada Ltd.
Godden, Kevin
- Education, student transition to post-secondary education 36:1540-1545
- Skills training, secondary school programs 36:1540
Golden, B.C.
- Transportation infrastructure, cycling and walking facilities (McRae) 33:1525 (Nichols, L.) 33:1520-1525
Golden Early Childhood Development Coalition
Gordon, Marg
- B.C. Apartment Owners and Managers Association
- Carbon tax, tax credit refund proposal for landlords 36:1150
- Construction industry, green building design for rental housing 36:1145-1150
- Harmonized sales tax
- Housing, rental housing
- Vancouver, rental housing 36:1140
Government See also Legislature
- Accounting practices, generally accepted accounting principles (Clift, R.) 20:1515 (Mirhady, D.) 20:1505
- Accounting practices, public sector accounting standards and not-for-profit group standards (Doyle, J.) 41:1200, 41:1240-1245 (van Dongen) 41:1240
- Administrative fairness and good governance (Carter, K.) 41:0905-0920
- Borrowing See Financial management below under this main heading
- Capital investment (Peacock, K.) 36:1110
- Capital projects, procurement practices (McLachlan, M.) 34:0905-0920 (Ralston) 34:0915
- Decentralization (McEwan, T.) 30:0910-0915 (van Dongen) 30:0915
- Employees See Civil service
- Financial management (Peacock, K.) 33:1655
- Financial management, borrowing costs (McLaren, D.) 30:1115 (Oland, H.) 30:1100
- Financial reporting
- Information
- Ministers, post-employment conflict-of-interest guidelines See Conflict of interest
- Programs and services
- Regulations and red tape, reduction (Tilley, H.) 20:1640
- Revenues and revenue sources See also Taxation
- Role (Hull, D.) 36:1440
- Role, public investment (Lubbers, D.) 26:1605
- Spending
- accountability (Hull, D. 36:1435-1450
- economic impact, comparison to debt repayment See Deficit financing and debt management, return on investment under Budgets
- review (Winter, J.) 20:1450
- spending (Spooner, R.) 30:0950
Government – Local government
- Financial reporting, issues (Donaldson) 25:1025 (Manjak, S.) 25:1025
- Financing process (Manjak, S.) 25:1020
- Infrastructure deficit, government action (McEwan, T.) 30:0905
- Infrastructure projects, federal-provincial funding partnerships See Funding under Infrastructure
- Provincial-municipal relations (Manjak, S.) 25:1010-1015
- Revenues
- Taxation, property taxes See Property tax
Grant, Dauna
- Arts and culture, need for core funding 22:1455-1500
- Arts and culture, worker salaries 22:1455
- Vernon arts organizations and funding 22:1455-1500
- Vernon Public Art Gallery Society, recommendations on government budget 22:1455
Gratton, Pierre
- B.C. Hydro, expenditures 34:1055
- Endako Mines Ltd., profit-sharing initiative at B.C. mine 34:1050
- Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry staff, resources for permit process 34:1100
- Geoscience B.C., funding and work 34:1055
- Harmonized sales tax, impact on business and economy 34:1050
- Huckleberry Mines Inc. mine in Houston, B.C. 34:1050
- Mines and mining industry
- Mining Association of B.C.
- position on harmonized sales tax 34:1050
- recommendations on government budget 34:1055
- Resources and resource industries, approval and permitting processes, government resources 34:1100
Gray, John
- Alcohol consumption in B.C., health and social impacts 34:1355
- Mental illness and addiction, role of alcohol 34:1355
Grazing land See Rangeland
Great Britain
- Post-employment guidelines for former cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries (Fraser, P.) 40:1110 (Ralston) 40:1110
Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce
- Position on harmonized sales tax (Delves, M.) 27:0920
Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
- Organization (Marshall, D.) 34:1400
- Position on bus and rail transit (Marshall, D.) 34:1415 (Ralston) 34:1415
- Position on harmonized sales tax (Marshall, D.) 34:1400
- Recommendations on government budget (Marshall, D.) 34:1400 (Renault, S.) 34:1405-1410
Greene, Trevor
- Brain injury rehabilitation (Sing, G.) 34:1540
Greenhill, Sean
- B.C. Wood Specialties Group, activities 36:1600
- Forests and forest industry, value-added sector 36:1600
- Masonite International Corp.
- benefit from forest industry support programs 36:1600
- timber supply 36:1600
- wood product manufacturing and export 36:1550
Greenholtz, Joe
- Community Living B.C., relationship with STEPS Forward education organization 21:1655
- Disabled and handicapped persons, education and employment 21:1640-1645
- Education, special education and special needs 21:1640
- Post-secondary education, education and integration of developmentally disabled persons 21:1640-1655
- STEPS Forward Inclusive Post-Secondary Education Society
Greenhouse gas emissions See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Gregson, Sharon
- Children
- child care system, comprehensive system 21:1005-1010
- early learning and child care, government investment and economic benefits 21:1010
- early learning and child care, public and private delivery 21:1010
- Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C., plan for child care system 21:1005-1010
- Early Childhood Educators of B.C., plan for child care system 21:1010
- Education, full-day kindergarten 21:1005
- Human early learning partnership, report on early childhood development 21:1010
- Vancouver Board of Trade, report on early childhood development investment 21:1010
Grendel Group Family Advocates
- Mental health initiative in Smithers (Johnson, T.) 27:1145
Growing Forward initiative See Financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers
under Agriculture
Growing Up in B.C. See Reports, joint report on status of children
under Representative for Children and Youth
Guichon, Judy
- B.C. Cattlemen's Association
- Harmonized sales tax, impact on cattle industry 24:1750
- Livestock industry, cattle industry, conditions and government support 24:1720, 24:1750
- Plants, invasive species control 24:1740
- Rangeland
- Water, drought, impact on agriculture industry 24:1750
Guttmann, Manpreet
- As subject
- son's access to supported child development program 20:1945
- Children, supported child development program, funding and wait-lists 20:1945