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

Gabias, Mary Ellen

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Federation of the Blind 73:1805-1825

Canadian Federation of the Blind, follow-up on recommendations to committee 73:1825

Canadian National Institute for the Blind, services 73:1815-1820

Finance and Government Services Committee prebudget consultation, follow-up by witnesses 73:1825

Income assistance, employment programs, WorkBC programs 73:1815

U.S., rehabilitation and training for blind persons 73:1815-1820

Visual impairment, rehabilitation and training for blind persons, funding 73:1810-1825

Gabias, Paul

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Federation of the Blind 73:1815-1825

Canadian Federation of the Blind, role 73:1825

U.S., rehabilitation and training for blind persons 73:1815

Visual impairment, rehabilitation and training for blind persons, funding 73:1815-1825

Gabriel, Jim

Presentation to committee on behalf of PacificSport Okanagan 73:1905-1920

B.C. Games, hosting and coordination 73:1920

B.C. Sport Agency Society, role 73:1910

Canada Winter Games, hosting bid by Kelowna 73:1920

Okanagan area, sport events and programs, coordination and delivery 73:1905-1920

Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, legacy 73:1905

PacificSport Okanagan, activities and role 73:1905-1920

Sports

benefits 73:1910

gaming grants 73:1905

government funding and support 73:1905-1910

sports programs 73:1905-1910

Gadsby, Leona

Presentation to committee on behalf of Decoda Literacy Solutions Society 76:1030-1040

Children, early childhood development, StrongStart B.C. initiative, role in literacy programs 76:1040

Decoda Literacy Solutions Society, community task groups and networks 76:1035-1040

Education, graduation rate and literacy levels 76:1030

Literacy

programs and funding, long-term strategy 76:1035

role in economy and society 76:1030

skill levels and learning 76:1030

Gage, Andrew

Presentation to committee on behalf of West Coast Environmental Law 88:1130-1145

Air, greenhouse gas emissions

nitrous oxide emissions 88:1140

reduction in B.C. and other jurisdictions 88:1135-1145

Carbon credit trading 88:1145

Carbon tax

exemptions and rebates 88:1135-1145

impact on economic competitiveness and industries 88:1135-1145

increase and scope 88:1130-1140

Climate change, government action on climate change 88:1130-1145

Corporations, taxation 88:1135

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act 88:1135

Rolfe, Chris, work on environmental issues 88:1145

Sweden, carbon tax 88:1140

West Coast Environmental Law, submission to carbon tax review 88:1130-1135

Garson, Jon

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Chamber of Commerce 76:1455

Expert Panel on B.C.'s Business Tax Competitiveness, recommendation on sales tax credit and alternative revenue sources 76:1455

Gartshore, Ian

Presentation to committee on behalf of Shore Energy Solutions 87:1605-1625

As subject

assistance to individual affected by carbon monoxide poisoning 87:1615

experience with intermodal transportation 87:1615

input into ferry services consultation 87:1625 (Coons) 87:1620-1625

Carbon tax 87:1615

Energy

clean energy, shift to sustainable energy 87:1605-1615

energy efficiency incentives 87:1610

infrastructure, smart grid 87:1610

tidal power, development on south coast of B.C. 87:1610

Ferries and ferry services

system, application of intermodal transportation model 87:1610

Fuel, hydrogen fuel cell technology 87:1615-1620

Health care funding as percentage of total provincial budget 87:1615

Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 87:1610, 87:1620

Mines and mining industry, revenues to government 87:1605

Oil and gas industry, subsidies and revenues to government 87:1605

Port Mann Bridge reconstruction project, costs 87:1620

Railways and rail services, benefits 87:1610

Science and technology, subsidies and revenues to government 87:1610

Shore Energy Solutions Ltd., recommendations on government budget and policies 87:1605-1615

Surrey, transportation infrastructure, application of intermodal model 87:1620

Toronto, Ontario, highways and roads 87:1620

Transportation, intermodal systems 87:1610-1620

Gasoline See Fuel
Gatey, Cameron

Presentation to committee on behalf of Association of Consulting Engineering Companies, B.C. 81:1200-1205

Engineers, supply 81:1205

New west partnership trade agreement, inclusion of consulting engineers 81:1205

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., role in Evergreen line project and relationship with consulting engineers 81:1200

Geological survey See Exploration under Mines and mining industry
Geoscience See Resources and resource industries; Science and technology
Geoscience British Columbia Society See also Anglin, 'Lyn

Presentation to committee 70:1350-1410

Activities (Elmore) 70:1410 (Les) 70:1405

Activities and funding (Anglin, L.) 70:1350-1410 (Coons) 70:1405

Relationships with First Nations and post-secondary institutions (Anglin, L.) 70:1400, 70:1410

Role, potential expansion (Anglin, L.) 70:1400, 70:1410 (Les) 70:1400

Giles, Jason

Presentation to committee on behalf of Coquitlam Teachers Association 77:1235-1245

Coquitlam Teachers Association, recommendations on government budget and policies 77:1240

Education

class size and composition 77:1235

funding and government support 77:1235-1240

special education and special needs, education assistants 77:1245

School district 43 (Coquitlam), learning conditions in classrooms 77:1235

Teachers, specialist teachers 77:1235

Giraud, Byng

Presentation to committee on behalf of Imperial Metals Corp. 84:0935-0955

Civil service

employees with needed skill sets, recruitment and retention 84:0935-0950

executive positions, powers and responsibilities 84:0935-0950

Environment

environmental assessment process, resources and timeline 84:0935-0955

Expert Panel on B.C.'s Business Tax Competitiveness, recommendation mining tax credits 84:0940

Government, funding and staffing of natural resource ministries 84:0935-0950

Imperial Metals Corp.

operations 84:0935

Mines and mining industry

First Nations involvement in industry 84:0935

mine proposal, rejection 84:0945

permitting process 84:0935-0955

revenues to government 84:0945

skilled workers, supply and training 84:0940-0945

taxation 84:0940-0945

Northwest Community College, School of Exploration and Mining, workforce exploration skills training program 84:0940

Post-secondary education

funding 84:0940

geology and mining engineering programs 84:0940, 84:0950

northern institutions 84:0940, 84:0950

Resource industries, permitting processes, backlog and impact on investment 84:0935-0955

Gleeson, Mychael

Presentation to committee 70:1410-1420

As subject

experience working with vulnerable persons 70:1410-1420

Children, child protection cases and role of legal aid 70:1410-1415

Disabled and handicapped persons, access to legal aid, case 70:1420

Justice system, legal aid, accessibility and funding 70:1410-1420

Seniors, access to legal aid, cases 70:1410-1420

Glen, Sheila

Presentation to committee 81:1000-1010

Children, early childhood development

child vulnerability 81:1000

StrongStart B.C. initiative 81:1010

Success By 6 program and funding 81:1000-1010

Education, evaluation and testing of students, use of early development instrument 81:1005

Global Issues Symposium for Youth

Symposium (Nemrava, K.) 87:1645

GLOBE Advisors

Reports on green economy (Matthaus, L.) 88:1155

The Globe and Mail

Article on real estate market (Mann, S.) 88:0940

Gloor, Rob

Presentation to committee on behalf of Alliance for Arts and Culture 77:1145-1200

Alliance for Arts and Culture 77:1145

Arts and culture

government funding 77:1145-1200

role in economy and society 77:1150-1155

B.C. Arts Council funding 77:1155-1200

GNPI See Community social services sector, government/non-profit initiative under Welfare
Goffinet, Rob

Presentation to committee on behalf of Kitimat Health Advocacy Group 83:1750-1805

B.C., northern B.C., health care facilities 83:1750-1800

Kitimat

health care facilities 83:1750-1800

health promotion and primary care 83:1755-1800

physicians 83:1805

population 83:1755, 83:1805

Kitimat Health Advocacy Group, organization 83:1750

Northern Health Authority

capital funding 83:1750-1755, 83:1805

funding priorities 83:1800

Golden Ears Bridge

Tolling See Bridge tolls under Tri-Cities area

Goodings, Karen

Presentation to committee on behalf of Peace River regional district 79:1045-1055

Carbon tax

elimination and alternatives 79:1050

exemptions 79:1050-1055

impact on agriculture industry 79:1045-1050

impact on northeastern communities 79:1045-1055

Peace River regional district, position on carbon tax and submission to review 79:1045

Gookstetter, Moira

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Sport Agency 76:1430-1435

B.C. Sport Agency Society

budget 76:1430

relationship with other sports organizations and initiatives 76:1430

support for children's and youth sports 76:1435

Sports

children's sports, KidSport B.C. program 76:1430

government funding and support 76:1430

participation by youth and older adults 76:1435

volunteering 76:1435

Gosling, Jerry

Presentation to committee on behalf of Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of B.C. 78:1705-1715

Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of B.C.

activities and funding 78:1710-1715

history and role 78:1705-1710

Government

Accountability See Freedom of information

Administration, executive positions See Executive positions under Civil service

Assets, sale See Lands and properties, sale below under this main heading

Capital projects, government plan (Dalton) 70:0955 (de Jong) 70:0955-1000 (Fleck, S.) 81:1155 (Ralston) 70:1000

Capital projects, procurement See Procurement practices and system below under this main heading

Carbon neutrality (Bennett, D.) 77:1225

Core services review (Scales, B.) 86:0925

Debt See Public debt

Employees See Civil service

Equalization payments See Transfer payments from federal government below under this main heading

Federal government See Canada

Financial management (Andersen, E.) 87:1650-1700 (Scales, B.) 86:0920-0930

Financial management, fiscal planning and policies (de Jong) 70:0945 (Doyle, J.) 92:0950-0955 (Peacock, K.) 88:1410-1415 (Ralston) 70:0940

Financial management in B.C. and other jurisdictions (Les) 84:1005 (Penninga, M.) 84:1005-1010

Financial reporting, changes to auditing standards (Doyle, J.) 92:0835, 92:0950-0955 (Hayer) 92:0955

Financial reporting, quarterly reports See Quarterly financial reports under Finance, Ministry of

Hiring practices See Civil service

Information

access See Freedom of information

disclosure and privacy issues See Privacy

Lands and properties, sale

disclosure of information (de Jong) 70:0940-0945 (Ralston) 70:0945

First Nations consultation (de Jong) 70:0945

revenues to government (de Jong) 70:0940 (Ralston) 70:0940-0945

sale (Ralston) 77:1145

Ministries See also particular ministries

Ministries, funding and staffing of natural resource ministries (Briño, K.) 81:1035, 81:1045 (Giraud, B.) 84:0935-0950

Procurement practices and system

contract documents (McLachlan, M.) 78:1730-1735

design-build approach (Elmore) 78:1730 (McLachlan, M.) 78:1730

practices for capital projects (Les) 78:1730 (McLachlan, M.) 78:1725-1735

procurement of consulting services on capital projects (Elmore) 81:1200 (Fleck, S.) 81:1155-1200

Programs and services

contracted services, review proposal (Walker, D.) 77:0905

cost-effectiveness (Walker, D.) 77:0905-0910

funding (de Jong) 70:1010-1015 (Elmore) 70:1010

funding and performance measurement (Scales, B.) 86:0920-0925

funding and policies (Intermela, T.) 82:1105-1110

information-sharing initiatives See also Information and Privacy Commissioner

(Les) 93:1210

integrated case management system (Walker, D.) 77:0910 (Warcup, M.) 83:1740

integrated case management system, monitoring by Representative for Children and Youth See Monitoring of integrated case management system under Representative for Children and Youth

policy trends (Montani, A.) 76:1140

proposed cost savings (Penninga, M.) 84:1000-1005

service access card, development (Denham, E.) 93:1225

social services See Welfare

Regulations and red tape, reduction (Ralston) 86:0835, 88:1425 (Whitemarsh, M.) 88:1425-1430

Revenues and revenue sources See also Budgets; Taxation; particular revenue sources

(Andersen, E.) 87:1700 (Bateman, J.) 87:1515 (Boparai, K.) 73:1710 (Brandle-McCall, J.) 85:1740 (Chaddock-Costello, G.) 78:1905, 78:1915 (Hayer) 70:1610, 85:1735 (Les) 87:1700 (McGill, B.) 85:1735 (Ralston) 85:1735, 87:1510 (Routley, B.) 70:1135 (Walker, D.) 77:0905, 77:0915 (Winter, J.) 76:1455

Risk management practices (Andersen, E.) 87:1655-1700 (McLachlan, M.) 78:1730-1735

Role (Penninga, M.) 84:1000 (Simmons, K.) 76:0905

Spending

authorization (Elmore) 75:1155-1200

plan for capital projects See Capital projects above under this main heading

priorities (Chaddock-Costello, G.) 78:1905-1910

reduction (Ralston) 87:1510

review (Scales, B.) 86:0920-0925 (Winter, J.) 76:1445

spending (Boparai, K.) 73:1715

strategic investments (Carter, B.) 88:1310

Transfer of costs and responsibilities to local government See Transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government under Government – Local government

Transfer payments from federal government, have-not status of B.C. (Hayer) 70:1025

Transfer payments from federal government, program (Bateman, J.) 87:1510 (Les) 87:1510

Government – Local government See also Communities

Employees, wages (Bateman, J.) 87:1510

Federal-provincial-municipal relations (Ackerman, L.) 79:0925 (Stetski, W.) 72:1845, 72:1855

Infrastructure deficit (Mussallem, J.) 82:1005 (Ralston) 82:1000

Infrastructure needs and funding (Ackerman, L.) 79:0925 (Elmore) 72:1855 (Rice, J.) 82:1030 (Shaw, K.) 82:0805-0810 (Stetski, W.) 72:1845-1900

Municipal grant program, unconditional grants (Mussallem, J.) 82:0955

Pesticide regulation (Visentin, P.) 72:1820-1830

Procurement practices, design-build approach for infrastructure projects (Les) 72:1855-1900

Provincial-municipal relations See Federal-provincial-municipal relations above under this main heading

Revenues and revenue sources

property tax revenues from ports See Ports

revenue sources (Davidson, J.) 84:0835 (Marsden, D.) 77:1140 (Rice, J.) 82:1030 (Winter, J.) 76:1440-1445

revenue sources and funding models (Stetski, W.) 72:1845, 72:1855

revenue sources and taxation issues See also Property tax

(Morgan-Silvester, S.) 76:1700

review proposal (Scales, B.) 86:0920

Role (Marsden, D.) 77:1140

Role, recruitment of workers to communities (Ackerman, L.) 79:0925

Taxation, property taxes See Property tax

Transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government (Ackerman, L.) 79:0925 (Penner, D.) 83:1825

Grandinetti, Teresa

Presentation to committee on behalf of Coquitlam Teachers Association 77:1240-1245

Education

class composition 77:1245

funding and tax revenue proposals 77:1240

schools, carbon neutrality and offsets 77:1240

special education and special needs, education assistants 77:1245

School district 43 (Coquitlam), green initiatives 77:1240

Grant Thornton LLP

Appointment as independent auditor of Auditor General (Horne) 94:1430 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 94:1430 (Sourial, S.) 69:0830

Work as independent auditor of Auditor General (Howard) 68:0910 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 68:0910, 70:1435

Gravel extraction permitting See Permitting processes, aggregate operations under Resources and resource industries
Great British Columbia ShakeOut

Earthquake drill (Horne) 88:1015

Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce See also Carter, Bruce

Presentation to committee 88:1305-1310

Green, Justin

Presentation to committee on behalf of Nanaimo District Teachers Association 87:1530-1550

Children, early childhood development, child vulnerability 87:1540-1550

Mental health

mental health of children and youth, incidence of illness and role of child development services 87:1540-1545

mental illness and poverty 87:1535

Nanaimo, child poverty and child vulnerability 87:1535-1545

Poverty

child poverty 87:1535, 87:1550

reduction, government strategy 87:1545

working poor 87:1535

School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith), school counsellors 87:1545-1550

Teachers, school counsellors, elementary counsellors 87:1540-1550

Greenhouse gas emissions See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act

Provisions (Gage, A.) 88:1135

Gregoire, Tanya

Presentation to committee 74:0955-1010

As subject

experience as aboriginal youth and as friendship centre worker 74:0955-1005 (Elmore) 74:1005

presentation to committee (Elmore) 74:1005 (Hayer) 74:1005 (Horne) 74:1005 (Routley, B.) 74:1005

role as aboriginal youth (Dalton) 74:1005

B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres

activities and funding 74:0955-1010

youth services 74:1005

Education

education of First Nations people 74:0955-1000

First Nations

aboriginal identity 74:0955-1000

barriers in non-aboriginal society 74:0955-1000

friendship centres, funding and services 74:0955-1000

friendship centres, services to non-aboriginal people 74:1010

relationship with non–First Nations communities 74:1010

urban and off-reserve population, supports 74:0955-1000

youth 74:0955-1000, 74:1010

Kelowna, aboriginal friendship centre 74:0955-1000

Gregson, Sharon

Presentation to committee on behalf of Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. 77:1025-1040

As subject

experience in child care sector 77:1025

Children, child care

accessibility and affordability 77:1025-1030

child care providers, commercial providers 77:1030

fees 77:1030-1040

funding 77:1035

return on investment 77:1040

subsidies 77:1040

system, community plan proposal 77:1025-1040

Consumers, cost of living for families 77:1030

Quebec, child care system 77:1030

Taxation, fair tax system 77:1040

Vancouver, affordability for families, child care costs 77:1030, 77:1040

Griffith, Colin

Presentation to committee on behalf of Northern Rockies regional municipality 75:0910-0915, 75:0930

B.C., northeast B.C., natural gas industry 75:0910-0915

Fort McMurray, development of bitumen industry 75:0925

Fort Nelson, housing and infrastructure needs 75:0915

Horn River basin area, development of natural gas resources 75:0910-0915

Northern Rockies Regional Airport 75:0930

Northern Rockies regional municipality, natural gas resources and development of industry in area 75:0915-0925

Oil and gas

natural gas, liquefied natural gas development 75:0910

shale gas development 75:0915

Group homes

Staffing (Hill, G.) 86:0840

Growing Forward initiative See Financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers under Agriculture