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

Wages and salaries

Living wage, impact on economy (Montani, A.) 43:1050-1055 (Thornthwaite) 43:1050

Walkerton, Ontario

Contaminated water incident (Richmond, A.) 47:1100

Warcup, Margaret

Presentation to committee on behalf of Kitimat Child Development Centre 45:0950-1005

B.C., northern B.C.

economic development and need for support services 45:1000

health care services, training for health professionals 45:0955

Children

early childhood development, comprehensive strategy 45:0955

programs and services for children and families, service providers and contracts 45:0955-1005

special needs children, funding for programs and services 45:0955

Children and Family Development Ministry, collaboration with Education and Health ministries 45:0950-0955, 45:1005

Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 45:1000

Government programs and services, relationship between health, education and social care services 45:0950

Group home closings and new residence model 45:1000

Health care system, health professionals, training 45:0955

Water

Groundwater, monitoring (Anglin, L.) 49:1025-1030

Water systems See Infrastructure

Waters, Charmaine

Experience with U-pass student transit program (Ehman, C.) 43:1720

Welfare

Community services organizations See Social service providers below under this main heading

Social conditions, link to legal issues (Benton, M.) 49:1110

Social programs and services

child and youth services See Programs and services for children and families under Children

counselling services for men, funding (Aspinall, A.) 48:1900

preventive role and impact on social costs (Aspinall, A.) 50:1700

social programs and services (Donaldson) 48:1900

Social service providers

community living services See Disabled and handicapped persons

enterprises See Social enterprises under Business

funding and role (Charlesworth, J.) 45:1145-1155

funding for employee maternity leaves (Aitken, L.) 49:0930

Western Canada Theatre Society See also Marchand, Lori

Presentation to committee 48:1920-1930

Funding from gaming grants (Marchand, L.) 48:1930

Whitehead, George

Presentation to committee on behalf of Smithers District Chamber of Commerce 45:0920-0935

Arts and culture, government funding, gaming grants 45:0930

B.C., northern B.C.

northwest B.C., forest industry 45:0925

resource revenues, allocation to area communities 45:0930

skills training and supply of skilled workers 45:0925-0930

Forests and forest industry, export of raw logs and value-added sector 45:0925, 45:0935

Government revenues and revenue sources 45:0930

Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system 45:0920-0925, 45:0935

Skills training

shortage of skilled workers, need for post-secondary education 45:0925-0930

Smithers District Chamber of Commerce, submission to Finance Committee prebudget consultation 45:0920-0925

Smithers, policing costs 45:0930

Trucking industry, supply of truck drivers in rural and remote areas 45:0925

Wildlife

Harvest allocation policy, report See Hunting

Inventory (Donaldson) 43:1655 (Ellis, S.) 43:1650

Management, government management of trapline system See Trapping licences under Hunting

Williams Lake and District Chamber of Commerce See also Solly, Roger

Presentation to committee 47:1110-1120

Position on Prosperity mine (Pimm) 47:1115 (Solly, R.) 47:1115

Williams Lake, B.C.

Aging population (MacLise, A.) 47:1010

City government See also Cook, Kerry

presentation to committee 47:1025-1035

Crime rate and court services (Bennett) 47:1035 (Cook, K.) 47:1030-1035

Health care services (MacLise, A.) 47:1015

Infrastructure investment and role as service centre for mining industry (Cook, K.) 47:1025

Infrastructure investment, transportation infrastructure (Cook, K.) 47:1030 (Howard) 47:1030

Mackenzie Avenue rehabilitation project, funding (Cook, K.) 47:1025

Post-secondary education opportunities (Routley, B.) 47:0950 (Venos, J.) 47:0950

Regional district See Cariboo regional district

Seniors housing issues (Bennett) 47:1020 (Donaldson) 47:1020 (MacLise, A.) 47:1015-1025

TRU campus See Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.

Williams Lake Construction Association

Presentation to committee 47:0930-0945

Submission to Finance Committee prebudget consultation (Howard) 47:0935

Wilson, Lorne

Presentation to committee on behalf of Anspayaxw Development Ltd. 45:1045-1055

Anspayaxw Development Ltd., silviculture operations 45:1055

B.C., northwest B.C., forest industry 45:1045-1050

Forests and forest industry, silviculture, government investment and contract tendering process 45:1045-1050

Kispiox, forest industry in area 45:1045

Workers, generational differences 45:1050

Windsor House School, North Vancouver, B.C.

Funding and status (Birch, B.) 48:1720-1725 (Ralston) 48:1720-1725

Philosophy of education (Birch, B.) 48:1715-1725 (Gagnon, D.) 48:1715-1720

Winter, Alan

Presentation to committee on behalf of Genome B.C. 43:1755-1810

Genome B.C., activities and funding 43:1755-1810

Health research, role of genomics 43:1800-1810

Science and technology, genomic research and applications 43:1800-1810

W.J. Sand and Gravel Ltd.

Operations, impact of industry permitting process (Bennett) 44:1625 (Campbell, J.) 44:1630

Wong, Cynthia

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Society for Public Education 43:1745-1755

B.C. Society for Public Education, organization 43:1745

Education, funding formula, review 43:1750

Wood innovation and design centre See Prince George, B.C.
Workers

Foreign and immigrant workers See Immigration

Generational differences (Wilson, L.) 45:1050

Shortage See Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training

Skilled workers See Skills training