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

Labour

Labour force, conditions (Muir, C.) 28:1325
Labour shortage See Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training
Project labour agreements (Prentice, D.) 36:1415-1420
LaBranche, Paul

B.C. Hydro partnership with Building Owners and Managers Association on energy conservation initiatives 28:1455
Building Owners and Managers Association, activities and position on carbon tax 28:1450-1500
Carbon tax, allocation of revenues 28:1500
Construction industry, green building design of commercial buildings 28:1455-1500
Harmonized sales tax, position of commercial real estate industry 28:1455
Property tax credits for energy-efficient commercial buildings 28:1500
Ladner, B.C.

Fraser River channels in area See Fraser River
Ladner Sediment Group

Membership and mission (Roscoe, J.) 36:1335
Study on sediment in Fraser River (Jackson, L.) 21:1100
LaHay, David

Artistic direction of Ballet Kelowna (Moore, A.) 22:1535
Lake Cowichan, B.C.

School, need for replacement (Spilsbury, C.) 27:1050
Land

Assessment and registration systems (Rees, R.) 21:0940
Land use

Development cost charges (Les) 28:1330
Development cost charges, harmonization across regions (Russell, D.) 32:1010
Land for housing development (Whitemarsh, M.) 34:1120, 34:1130
Langley pilot project See Family violence under Violence
Lantz, Bruce

Government
local government, need for increased revenues 29:1635
programs and services, funding 29:1635
Taxation, tax reductions 29:1635
Lary, Anna

As subject
daughter's access to supported child development program 20:1945 (van Dongen) 20:1945
Children, supported child development program, funding and wait-lists 20:1940-1945
Vancouver, supported child development program, wait-list 20:1940-1945
Law Society of British Columbia

Complaint process (Carter, K.) 41:0950
Role and responsibilities (McPhee, S.) 20:1530
Lawyers See Justice system
Leahy, Jean

Fort St. John
rental housing market in area 29:1505-1510
residents with multiple sclerosis, experience with liberation treatment 29:1500
social and subsidized housing 29:1510
Heritage Manor I, seniors housing 29:1455-1505
Housing, social and subsidized housing for seniors, government policies 29:1500-1505
Multiple sclerosis, liberation treatment 29:1500-1505
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, position on liberation treatment 29:1505
Northern Lights College, health care programs 29:1455
Peace River area, seniors housing 29:1455-1500
Save Our Northern Seniors, activities and recommendations on government health and housing policies 29:1455-1500
Seniors housing
availability of market rental housing 29:1455-1505
safety 29:1455-1500, 29:1510
Lee, Alice

Housing, social and subsidized housing, rental assistance program 21:1355
Lower Mainland, women's rape crisis centres 21:1355
Women's centres, funding for rape crisis and sexual assault centres 21:1355
Lee family

Deaths (Porteous, T.) 21:1540, 21:1550
Legal aid See Justice system
Legg, Phillip

Industry Training Authority budget, allocation 21:0915
Kwantlen Polytechnic University, enrolment 21:1615
Post-secondary education
student financial assistance 36:1035
student spaces, capacity issues 36:1030-1035
students, length of studies and graduation time 36:1030
Post-secondary education, funding
funding formula 36:1030
operating grants 21:1615
tuition fee revenues 21:1615
Skills training, funding 21:0915
Legislature

Officers of the Legislature See also particular statutory officers
budget review by Finance and Government Services Committee See Review of statutory officers under Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on
relationship with committees (Carter, K.) 41:0920
shared services (Carter, K.) 41:0925
shared services, building occupancy costs (Denham, E.) 40:1330 (Donaldson) 40:1335 (Forrester, S.) 40:1335-1340
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Bankruptcy (Hansen) 20:1340
Lehmann, Deborah (Debbie)

Abbotsford
Campus of Care hospice and respite care project 36:1040-1050
need for hospice facility 36:1035
Abbotsford Hospice Society, services 36:1035
Health, health care funding priorities 36:1035
Hospice and palliative care, government policies 36:1035
Leitch, Peter

Film industry
digital animation or visual effects tax credit, coverage of post-production work 21:1110-1115
entrepreneurship 21:1125
industry and government support 21:1110-1115, 21:1130
industry outside Lower Mainland 21:1125
Harmonized sales tax, position of film industry 21:1125
Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C., recommendations on government budget 21:1115
Ontario film industry 21:1110
LePard, Doug

Review of police investigation into missing women See Vancouver police department
Lepholtz, Amanda

Piper, Martha, comments on role of universities 22:1410
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 22:1405-1410
student financial assistance, interest on loans 22:1405
students
debt load 22:1405
need for employment strategy 22:1410
tuition fees, reduction 22:1405, 22:1415
UBC Students Union Okanagan
membership and role 22:1405-1410
recommendations on post-secondary education policies 22:1405-1410
Les, John (Chilliwack)

As subject
election as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 19:0900 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 19:0900
Alcohol
craft distilling industry 32:0845
taxation 36:1200
Arts and culture
facilities, funding for development 21:1710
B.C. Chamber of Commerce
report on health care system 20:1500
Budgets
2011-12 budget priorities
priorities 29:1425
Comox Valley
sports fields and facilities, funding and maintenance 32:1055
Corporations
income tax, revenues to government 20:1415
Delta
city government, recommendations on government budget 21:1105
Donaldson, Doug
election as Deputy Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 19:0900
Finance and Government Services Committee
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 19:0900
meeting schedule 27:0830, 27:0850
meetings, minutes, transcripts and audio recordings 20:1445
prebudget consultation
planning 19:0900-0905
process 36:0900
public hearings
location and schedule 20:1445
proposal for hearing at UBCM meeting 19:0905
review of statutory officers 27:0830, 27:0850
Fraser River
dredging activities, cost 21:1105
Fuel
biofuel production, sustainability and food security issues 28:1400
Georges P. Vanier Secondary School students, presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee 32:0845, 32:0920
Harmonized sales tax
impact on housing and real estate industry 36:1020
Home ownership
affordability 28:1330
Housing
rental assistance program 21:1355-1400
social and subsidized housing 21:1355
Income tax
revenues to government 20:1415
Information and Privacy Commissioner
judicial review applications against office, number 40:1330
Karagianis, Maurine
attendance at statutory officer review meeting of Finance Committee 41:1025
Kelowna
police services, funding 22:1515
Land use
development cost charges 28:1330
Mortgages
amortization, consumer trends 21:1515
Okanagan Spirits, operations 22:1620
Physicians
supply and training, regulations for foreign-educated Canadian physicians returning to B.C. 20:2040
Police and policing
amalgamation and integration of services, combined forces special enforcement unit 22:1515
Police and policing, police complaint process
changes
impact on municipalities and police agencies 40:1200
changes, impact on police agencies 33:1630
contemporaneous oversight, information system 33:1630
Police Complaint Commissioner
budget and operations
funding for adjudications, hearings and legal services 40:1155, 40:1200
funding for staff 40:1145
impact of police complaint process changes 33:1630, 33:1730
operational funding increase approved in October 40:1145
leasing of office space 40:1200
public hearings 40:1200
staffing 40:1150
Property transfer tax
inclusion in mortgages, impact on housing costs 28:1330
reform, impact 28:1330
Public debt
debt 32:0915-0920
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
government contract for police services 21:1540
School district 34 (Abbotsford)
submission to Finance and Government Services Committee 36:1545
School district 60 (Peace River North)
submission to Finance and Government Services Committee 29:1635
Seniors
housing, availability of market rental housing 29:1505
housing, safety 29:1510
Sports
fields and facilities, funding and maintenance 32:1055
Surrey
development cost charges, allocation of revenues 21:1710
infrastructure 21:1710
Taxation
tax reductions, impact on government revenues 29:1535
Teachers
training 29:1620
Union of B.C. Municipalities
annual meeting in September 2010 19:0905
University of Northern B.C.
courses and programs, need for mechanical engineering program 30:1210
courses and programs, northern medical program 30:1210
Letnick, Norm (Kelowna–Lake Country)

Airline industry
open skies policies 22:1425
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, funding and role 22:1645
Alzheimer's disease
home care and residential care 21:1840
programs, First Link initiative 21:1835-1840
Arts and culture
facilities, funding for development 21:1705
government funding 27:0955
government funding, gaming grants 23:1035
Auditor General
budget and operations 41:1250-1300
computer system upgrades 41:1255-1300
office space costs 41:1250-1255
staff salaries 41:1250
Brain health, brain injuries
treatment services, economic benefits 36:1505
treatment services, funding 36:1505
B.C. Arts Council
allocation of funds 23:1035
funding 27:0955
B.C., northern B.C., post-secondary education access and costs 30:1235
Budgets
2011-12 budget priorities 26:1605
Camosun College
tuition fees 34:1325
Children
child care for school-aged children 26:1535
College of New Caledonia Students Union, recommendations on post-secondary education policies 30:1155
Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner
budget and operations 40:1045-1050
succession planning, proposal 40:1045
Construction industry
residential construction and renovation industry, underground renovation industry 34:1125
Cycling
barriers, weather issues 21:1500
Education
student outcomes, incentives 29:1615
students, transition to post-secondary education 36:1540
Elections B.C.
office space, lease proposal 40:0935
preparation for initiative vote on harmonized sales tax 40:0935
Film industry
industry, competitiveness 24:1650
industry outside Lower Mainland 21:1125
Finance and Government Services Committee
recommendations on arts and culture funding 23:1035
submissions to committee, submissions from post-secondary student groups 30:1235
work of committee, relationship to government spending priorities 38:1240
Forests and forest industry
aspen logging, relationship between forest and grazing tenures 29:1440
Fraser River
dredging of channels, use of material 36:1345
Gambling
involvement of organized crime 21:1910
Government
revenues and revenue sources, revenue sources 24:1855
Government, local government
revenues, municipal sales tax proposal 25:1025
Harmonized sales tax
economic benefits 23:0955
elimination, impacts 24:1650
impact on issues
business 29:1520
cattle industry 29:1440
film industry 24:1650
housing and real estate industry 36:1015
northeast B.C. 29:1520
information, industry employer information 31:1720
initiative vote, date 40:0935
revenues 24:1855
Health
role of personal responsibility 35:1045
social determinants 36:1325
Health, health care facilities and hospitals
faith-based health care facilities, role in health care system 36:1520
Health, health care funding
faith-based health care facilities 36:1520
patient-centred funding 36:1520
Health, health care system
services for non–B.C. residents 36:1520
Income assistance
recipients, tenancy issues 35:1030
Infrastructure
funding, model and local government role 26:1515
Initiatives Prince George Development Corp.
position on harmonized sales tax 30:0915
Kelowna
tourism related to Olympic Games 22:1425
Medical Services Plan of B.C.
physician fee schedule 34:0930
Oil and gas
industry, subsidies and incentives 27:1120
Okanagan area
film industry 21:1125
Okanagan College
tuition fee revenues 23:0910, 23:1025
Ontario
film industry 21:1125
Peace River area
Site C power generation project, impact on Fort St. John community 29:1520
Police and policing
police officers, training 33:1640
Police and policing, police complaint process 27:0830
changes, impact on municipalities and police agencies 33:1640
fee-based system 33:1640
Police Complaint Commissioner
budget and operations 27:0830
budget and operations, impact of police complaint process changes 33:1640
caseload and workload 33:1640
Post-secondary education
courses and programs, enrolment in science and technology programs 21:1025
education and integration of developmentally disabled persons 21:1645
education of First Nations people, participation rate 32:1105
enrolment levels, relationship to economic conditions 26:1445
graduates, earnings 31:1830
student financial assistance 24:1715
students, debt load 22:1410
students, length of studies and graduation time 36:1030
tuition fees, levels 24:1625
tuition fees, policies 34:1325
tuition fees, reduction 30:1155
Post-secondary education, funding
funding formula, per-student funding 36:1030
Poverty
measurement 34:1145
Prince George Hospice Society
funding 30:1030
Project Literacy Kelowna Society
clients 22:1440
funding and role 22:1440
Property tax
financial hardship deferment program for homeowners, application to seniors and families with children 25:1025
Property transfer tax
revenues to government 24:1855
threshold 22:1525-1530
Real estate industry
current conditions 34:1425
residential housing market, market prices, relationship to developer costs 22:1525-1530
residential housing market prices 36:1015
Representative for Children and Youth
budget and operations, priorities 41:1110-1115
role and responsibilities 41:1110
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
cost of municipal police services, medical coverage issue 23:1125
Selkirk College, enrolment 26:1445
Selkirk College Students Union, recommendations on government budget 26:1605
Simon Fraser University
Surrey campus, enrolment and expansion 21:1025
Sunshine Coast Community Services Society, recommendations on government budget 36:1325
Surrey
development cost charges, allocation for schools 21:1000
Taxation
marginal effective tax rate 30:1110
marginal effective tax rate, study 34:1145
revenues to government 23:0950-0955
system, equity 30:1110
Teachers
accountability 24:1635
Tourism
marketing funding 34:1410
UBC Students Union Okanagan, recommendations on post-secondary education policies 22:1410-1415
U.S.
housing prices, impact on B.C. market 34:1425
University of B.C.
Okanagan campus (Kelowna), enrolment of local students 22:1415
University of Northern B.C.
recommendations on government budget 30:1235
role as northern university 30:1235
Victoria
real estate industry, current conditions 34:1425
West Kelowna
infrastructure, RCMP detachment project 23:1125
Lewis, Dave

B.C. timber sales program, auction system and program review 20:1730
Forests and forest industry
coastal forest industry, role of independent business 20:1725
conditions in industry 20:1725-1740
expansion of market for products 20:1735
forest lands, investment 20:1740
government forest policies, impacts 20:1725-1740
industry recovery and supply chain capacity 20:1735
revenues to government 20:1725-1740
timber pricing, market pricing system 20:1730
Harmonized sales tax, impact on forest industry 20:1725
Truck Loggers Association
membership 20:1725
recommendations on government forest policies 20:1725-1740
Libraries

B.C. OneCard initiative, funding (Ackerman, A.) 29:1410-1415
Databases and electronic books (Ackerman, A.) 29:1425 (Rustad) 29:1425
Funding and role (Ackerman, A.) 29:1410-1425 (Donaldson) 29:1420
Lifton, Gloria

Board Voice Society of B.C., role 36:1315-1320
Children
early childhood development, government investment 36:1325
programs and services for children and families, funding 36:1325-1330
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, prevention and treatment services 36:1320
Health, social determinants 36:1315-1325
Sunshine Coast Community Services Society
recommendations on government budget 36:1325
role 36:1315
Welfare
community social services sector, funding and role 36:1315-1320-1325
social investment versus social cost 36:1320
Lindsay, Barbara

Alzheimer Society of B.C., work of organization 21:1840-1845
Alzheimer's disease
diagnosis and incidence 21:1845
home care and residential care 21:1840
Minds in Motion program 21:1845
programs, First Link initiative 21:1840-1845
Dementia, home care and caregiver support 21:1840-1845
Lindsay, Jan

North Island College
dual-admission agreements with other institutions 32:1000
enrolment levels 32:0950-0955
First Nations students 32:0950
funding and role 32:0950-1005
funding for facilities and equipment 32:0950-1005
international students 32:1000
partnerships with other institutions 32:0950, 32:1000
programs, wait-lists 32:0950-1000
recommendations on government budget 32:1000-1005
role in local economy 32:1000
Post-secondary education
colleges, role in economy 32:0945-0950
dual-admission agreements 32:1000
education of disabled and immigrant persons 32:0955, 32:1005
education of First Nations people 32:0955, 32:1005
Skills training, supply of skilled workers, role of post-secondary education 32:0955
Liquor See Alcohol
Liquor distribution branch See Housing and Social Development, Ministry of
Literacy See also Early learning and literacy under Children – Early childhood development

Government action (Hagan, B.) 22:1440
Levels (Ackerman, A.) 29:1415
Levels, relationship to education system (Hagan, B.) 22:1445 (van Dongen) 22:1445
Programs and services, funding (Hagan, B.) 22:1430-1445 (Ralston) 22:1440
Raise-a-Reader program, funding (Hagan, B.) 22:1445
LiveSmart B.C. See Conservation initiatives under Energy
Livestock industry

Cattle industry
cattle feeding and location (Boone, K.) 24:1740
conditions and government support (Boone, K.) 29:1445-1450
impact of harmonized sales tax See Impact on issues under Harmonized sales tax
marketing initiatives (Boone, K.) 24:1740-1745 (Donaldson) 24:1740 (Mungall) 24:1745
role in agriculture industry (Boone, K.) 24:1745 (Mungall) 24:1745
role in economy (Buchanan, R.) 29:1430
Financial assistance See Financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers under Agriculture
Government initiatives (Boone, K.) 29:1445 (Donaldson) 29:1445
Grazing land See Rangeland
Predator control program (Boone, K.) 24:1725, 24:1750-1800 (Buchanan, R.) 24:1755, 24:1750 (van Dongen) 24:1755
Lloyd, Heather

Communities, community organizations, gaming grants 21:1350
Gambling, charities' access to gambling revenues 21:1340, 21:1350
Housing
affordable housing, women's need 21:1350
social and subsidized housing, additional units 21:1340, 21:1355
Income assistance, benefit amount 21:1340-1345
Poverty among women 21:1345
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
recommendations on government budget 21:1340, 21:1355
services 21:1340
Violence against women, sexual assault 21:1340-1345
Women
economic independence 21:1345
women's centres, funding for rape crisis and sexual assault centres 21:1340-1355
Lobbyists

Registrar See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Registry, compliance and enforcement (Denham, E.) 40:1320, 40:1330
Local government See Government – Local government; Communities
Lockie, Peter

Camosun College
enrolment 34:1315-1320
funding for facilities and equipment 34:1320, 34:1330
funding for operating budget 34:1320-1325
funding issues, impact on programs 34:1320
health and wellness facility proposal 34:1320-1325
programs, wait-lists 34:1315-1325
recommendations on government budget 34:1320
role in local economy 34:1315-1320
tuition fees 34:1330
Post-secondary education
colleges, accounting practices, issues 34:1320, 34:1330
colleges, role in economy 34:1315
education of disabled and immigrant persons 34:1320
education of First Nations people 34:1320
tuition fees, policies 34:1330
Lockyer, Dave

Belmont Secondary School, need for replacement, project proposal and business plan 34:0950
School district 62 (Sooke), recommendations on government budget 34:0950
Vancouver Island, south Island, West Shore, growth 34:0950
Lotteries See also Gambling

Raffles, time limits (MacAhonic, P.) 28:1310
Lowe, Stan See also Police Complaint Commissioner

Justice system
judiciary, work of retired and senior judges 33:1620
Ontario
police complaint process 33:1605
Police and policing
accountability and oversight 40:1130
civilian oversight 40:1135, 40:1150
police conduct 33:1650-1655
police conduct, commissions of inquiry 33:1635
training 33:1640
use of force 33:1640
Police and policing, police complaint process
accessibility 33:1605-1610
audit 33:1700
cases requiring disciplinary action 33:1650-1655
changes 33:1605-1615, 33:1625, 33:1635
handling of old complaints 27:0845-0850
impact on municipalities and police agencies 40:1200
impact on police agencies 27:0800-0805
complaints
departments and officers generating complaints 33:1645-1650
mediation and informal resolution 33:1615, 33:1640
on-line submissions 33:1645
screening and admissibility 40:1135
substantiation 33:1645-1650
third-party complaints 33:1615
contemporaneous oversight 33:1700-1705, 33:1725-1730
contemporaneous oversight, information system 40:1200
development of misconduct definition 33:1725-1730
judicial reviews 40:1155
legislation 33:1605-1610, 33:1700-1705, 33:1725-1730
legislation, case law and judicial rulings 40:1145
public confidence 33:1610, 33:1635, 33:1700
public education, role of media 27:0810
reportable injuries 33:1620-1625
review 40:1155-1200
screening and admissibility of complaints 27:0805-0810, 27:0830-0840
timeline 33:1615, 33:1630, 33:1705, 33:1720
Police Complaint Commissioner
budget and operations 40:1130-1135
funding for adjudications, hearings and legal services 40:1130, 40:1140-1155
funding for staff 40:1135-1150
impact of police complaint process changes 40:1130-1145
operational efficiencies 40:1135-1400, 40:1200
operational funding increase approved in October 40:1135, 40:1145
caseload and workload 33:1605, 33:1615-1625, 33:1635, 33:1645-1650, 33:1730
leasing of office space 40:1140, 40:1155
legal support services to office 33:1705-1715
mandate and role 40:1130-1135
outreach and training activities 33:1640
priorities 40:1135
public hearings 40:1155
relationship with police agencies 40:1200
restructuring plan 40:1140, 40:1150
staffing 40:1135, 40:1150
staffing and training 33:1635, 33:1650, 33:1710-1715, 33:1730-1735
Lower Mainland

Child care services, mobile child care program (Charlesworth, J.) 34:1525
South Fraser communities, post-secondary education access (Curry, J.) 21:1020-1025 (Hurd, W.) 21:1015 (Stenberg, M.) 21:1020
Transit services, rapid transit (McElroy, J.) 28:1440
Women's rape crisis centres (Lee, A.) 21:1355 (Ralston) 21:1355
Lubbers, David

B.C., rural B.C., transit services 26:1555-1600
Budgets, 2011-12 budget priorities, post-secondary education 26:1550
Government
revenue sources 26:1600
role, public investment 26:1605
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 26:1610-1615
costs 26:1600
funding formula, per-student funding 26:1550
student debt load, impact on economy 26:1555, 26:1610-1615
student financial assistance 26:1550-1600
tuition fees 26:1550, 26:1600-1605
tuition fees, impact on enrolment 26:1605-1610
Selkirk College, student transportation 26:1555
Selkirk College Students Union
activities and membership 26:1545
recommendations on government budget 26:1550-1605
Skills training
funding 26:1555
planning and graduate placement 26:1555
Transit services, student passes, U-pass program 26:1555
Lucas, Glen

Agriculture
environmental farm plans, funding 23:1110
government investment and support 23:1110
promotion of B.C. products 23:1105
role in economy 23:1100
Columbia River Treaty, renegotiation and allocation of funds 23:1055
Luscombe, Marilyn

Education, adult basic education 26:1450
Post-secondary education
colleges and university colleges
accounting practices, issues 26:1440, 26:1450-1455
role in economy 26:1430-1445
education of disabled and immigrant persons 26:1440
education of First Nations people 26:1440-1450
enrolment levels, relationship to economic conditions 26:1445
funding for colleges 26:1440-1445, 26:1455
government investment 26:1440-1445
Selkirk College
enrolment
enrolment and expansion 26:1435, 26:1445, 26:1500
First Nations students 26:1450
international students 26:1500
skilled trades and nursing 26:1500
funding and role 26:1430-1455
funding, corporate funding and fundraising 26:1500-1505
funding for operating budget 26:1455
recommendations on government budget 26:1440-1445
Skills training, shortage of skilled workers 26:1435-1440, 26:1500
Luxury tax See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles under Automobiles

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