Province of British Columbia
4th Session, 39th Parliament – 2011-12
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

Gambling

Addiction and problem gambling (Turner, S.) 56:1510
Charities' access to gambling revenues See also Community organizations, gaming grants under Communities
Charities' access to gambling revenues, gaming grant program review See Community organizations under Communities
Revenues, allocation (Thornthwaite) 53:1115 (Wood, S.) 53:1105, 53:1115
Garcha, Neetu

Presentation to committee on behalf of UBC Students Union Okanagan 56:1610-1625
Frontier Centre for Public Policy, study on post-secondary tuition fees 56:1615
Government, revenue sources 56:1620
Post-secondary education
student debt load, impact on completion rates 56:1625
student financial assistance, interest on loans 56:1620
students, employment during studies 56:1615, 56:1625
tuition fees 56:1615-1620
University of B.C., Okanagan campus (Kelowna), enrolment of local students 56:1615
Garson, Jon

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Chamber of Commerce 53:0905-0920
Auditors general, municipal auditor general, proposal for establishment 53:0910, 53:0920
B.C. Chamber of Commerce
membership 53:0905
position on small business tax reduction 53:0915
recommendations on government budget 53:0905-0910
Budgets
2012-13 budget priorities 53:0915
balanced budgets 53:0910
Business, small business tax reduction 53:0905, 53:0915
Economy, conditions 53:0905
Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 53:0905
Government, local government
business licensing 53:0910-0915
relationship with business 53:0910-0915
revenues, need for new revenue sources 53:0910
Government spending, review and reductions 53:0910
Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system 53:0905-0910
Infrastructure, government action on municipal infrastructure needs, proposal for Premier's council 53:0910
Property tax review 53:0910
Taxation
public opinion 53:0905
system, review 53:0905, 53:0915
Gayda, Tim

Presentation to committee on behalf of Sport B.C. 57:1405-1410
Canadian Sport Centre Pacific, activities 57:1410
Communities, community organizations, gaming grant program review 57:1405
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, sports and arts legacy fund 57:1405
Sport Alliance, role 57:1410
Sport B.C.
mandate 57:1410
membership and role 57:1405
recommendations to gaming grant program review 57:1405-1410
relationship with sports organizations 57:1410
Sports
amateur sports, benefits and government investment 57:1405
government funding and support, multi-year funding 57:1405-1410
organized and unorganized sports opportunities for children and youth 57:1405
Geological Survey of Canada

Report on geothermal resources (Bremner, H.) 57:1305
Geothermal power See Energy
Gevatkoff, Paul

Presentation to committee on behalf of Citizens for Agricultural Reform 51:1000
Agricultural land reserve, use of land for business activities 51:1000
Peace River area, farmland use issues and oil and gas industry service and supply businesses 51:1000
Gilbert, Bryn

Presentation to committee on behalf of Kelowna Chamber of Commerce 56:1350-1405
Business, small business, government support 56:1355
Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, transition process 56:1355-1400
Kelowna Chamber of Commerce, membership 56:1350
Okanagan area, police services and organized crime task force, funding 56:1350-1400
Property tax, assessment system 56:1355-1405
Property transfer tax, elimination 56:1355
Skills training, supply of skilled workers 56:1355
Skills training, tax credit programs for businesses 56:1355-1400
Giraud, Byng

Presentation to committee on behalf of Imperial Metals Corp. 55:1750-1800
Energy
northwest transmission line 55:1750-1755
power supply infrastructure, role of private sector 55:1755
Imperial Metals Corp.
operations 55:1750
Red Chris mine 55:1750-1755
Mines and mining industry
First Nations consultation 55:1755
industry 55:1750-1755
mine project proposals 55:1800
permitting process 55:1755-1800
power consumption and electricity rates and supply 55:1750
taxation of capital investment 55:1755
Northwest Community College, School of Exploration and Mining 55:1800
Taxation system, review 55:1755-1800
Gleeson, Mychael

Presentation to committee 53:1050-1105
As subject
experience working with vulnerable seniors 53:1050-1105 (Stilwell) 53:1055
Justice system, legal aid funding 53:1050-1105
Seniors, access to legal aid, cases 53:1050-1105
Global warming See Climate change
The Globe and Mail

Articles on issues
real estate market (Fimrite, D.) 52:1400
Goodacre, Rick

Presentation to committee on behalf of Heritage B.C. 52:1025-1035
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, heritage branch, budget 52:1030-1035
Heritage B.C.
funding and projects 52:1025-1035
membership and role 52:1025
recommendations on heritage funding 52:1030-1035
Heritage sites
heritage legacy fund, projects 52:1025-1035
heritage strategy 52:1030-1035
Heritage Tourism Alliance, role 52:1025
International National Trusts Organization, conference in B.C. 52:1035
Tourism, cultural and heritage tourism 52:1025-1035
Vancouver Foundation, management of heritage legacy fund 52:1025-1030
Goods and services tax

Reinstatement in conjunction with sales tax See Elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system under Harmonized sales tax
Government

Accounting practices, public sector accounting standards and not-for-profit group standards (Doyle, J.) 63:0905
Administrative fairness and good governance (Carter, K.) 65:1605-1615
Capital projects, procurement practices See Procurement practices and system below under this main heading
Conflict-of-interest guidelines See Conflict of interest
Contractual obligations, impact on public debt (Routley, B.) 63:0950-0955
Employees See Civil service
Financial management (Finlayson, J.) 57:0940
Goals (Kayfish, L.) 56:1540
Information
access See Freedom of information
disclosure and privacy issues See Privacy
Ministries, funding and staffing of natural resource ministries (Walker, D.) 52:0950-0955
Procurement practices and system
practices for capital projects (Davidson, J.) 54:0920-0930 (Hayer) 54:0930 (McLachlan, M.) 52:0905-0920 (Ralston) 52:0915, 54:0925
support for B.C. food products (Donaldson) 54:1010 (Etsell, G.) 54:1010
Programs and services
access and service quality issues (Carter, K.) 65:1605-1620
access and service quality issues, 1-800 telephone systems (Carter, K.) 65:1620, 65:1650 (Elmore) 65:1650
funding (Walker, D.) 52:0950
review (Bateman, J.) 53:1000
Regulations and red tape, reduction (Kurl, S.) 53:1410
Revenues and revenue sources, revenue sources (Garcha, N.) 56:1620 (Hayer) 53:1515 (Marani, J.) 52:1325 (Walker, D.) 52:0950
Revenues and revenue sources, tax revenues See Taxation
Risk management practices (McLachlan, M.) 52:0915-0920
Spending
capital spending (Finlayson, J.) 57:0940-0945
priorities (Alibhai, A.) 57:1420
public perception (Hayer) 63:0945
review and reductions (Garson, J.) 53:0910
spending (Kurl, S.) 53:1405
Government – Local government

Auditor general See Municipal auditor general under Auditors general
Business licensing (Garson, J.) 53:0910-0915
Consultation by senior governments (Lantz, B.) 51:1100
Development cost charges See Land use
Financial management and oversight (Wood, S.) 53:1105
Infrastructure deficit (Manjak, S.) 55:1805
Infrastructure funding (Angus, S.) 52:0925
Infrastructure needs, role of provincial government See Government action on municipal infrastructure needs under Infrastructure
Irrigation districts (James, G.) 56:1435, 56:1450
Municipal–regional district relations (Lantz, B.) 51:1100-1105
Regional municipalities (Lantz, B.) 51:1105 (Pimm) 51:1105
Relationship with business (Garson, J.) 53:0910-0915
Revenue sources and funding models (Lantz, B.) 51:1100-1105
Revenues
municipal consumption tax proposal (Manjak, S.) 55:1810-1815 (Thornthwaite) 55:1815
need for new revenue sources (Garson, J.) 53:0910 (Manjak, S.) 55:1805-1810
property tax revenues See Property tax
Taxation, property taxes See Property tax
Transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government (Lantz, B.) 51:1100
Use of municipal services by rural residents (Lantz, B.) 51:1100-1105 (Pimm) 51:1105
Greater Victoria See Victoria, B.C.
Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce See also Angus, Sasha; Carter, Bruce

Presentation to committee 52:0920-0930
Position on government economic policies (Angus, S.) 52:0920-0925
Position on harmonized sales tax transition process (Carter, B.) 52:0920
Role (Carter, B.) 52:0920
Greenhouse gas emissions See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse industry See Agriculture
Greenlay, Sherry

Presentation to committee on behalf of Central Okanagan Child Development Organization 56:1430
As subject
family's experience with special needs children 56:1430
Children, special needs children, funding for programs and services 56:1430
Gregoire, Tanya

Presentation to committee on behalf of Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society 56:1515-1530
As subject
experience as aboriginal youth and with aboriginal friendship centre 56:1520, 56:1530 (Donaldson) 56:1530
First Nations
friendship centres, funding and services 56:1520-1530
friendship centres, services to youth 56:1530
history of treatment by non–First Nations, impact 56:1520
urban and off-reserve population
economic and social development 56:1525
federal support 56:1530
service needs and comprehensive strategy 56:1520-1530
youth 56:1520
Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society, work of society 56:1520, 56:1530
Watson, Lilla, comments on aboriginal issues 56:1525
Grill, Arron

As subject
experience with son and child development services (Barr, J.) 57:1430
Grow ops See Grow ops and drug labs under Crime and criminals
Gugliotta, Tony

Presentation to committee on behalf of Vancouver Airport Authority 53:1300-1320
Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, airline industry 53:1315
Airline industry
direct flights between B.C. and Asia 53:1310-1315
direct flights between B.C. and Europe 53:1315
Airports
cross-border competition between B.C. and U.S. airports 53:1315
gateway airports, service between North America and Asia 53:1305-1315
international marketing program for B.C. airports 53:1310-1315
passenger security screening 53:1320
Boeing 787 aircraft 53:1310-1315
Calgary International Airport, development as gateway airport between Asia and North America 53:1310
Carbon tax, impact on airline industry 53:1315
Fuel, aviation fuel, taxation 53:1305
Vancouver Airport Authority
business development activities and competitiveness 53:1305-1320
position on carbon tax 53:1315
relationship with Abbotsford Airport Authority 53:1310
relationships with airlines, community and government 53:1300-1305, 53:1320
Vancouver International Airport
development as gateway airport between Asia and North America 53:1300-1315
direct flights from India 53:1310-1315
fees and taxes charged to airlines 53:1305
passenger security screening 53:1320
role in economy 53:1300-1305

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