Province of British Columbia
40th Parliament – 2013
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

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Abbotsford, B.C.

Homeless encampment sites, closings (Power, N.) 5:1220-1225
Housing, supportive housing initiative for men (Hamilton) 5:1230-1235 (Power, N.) 5:1225 (Santiago, R.) 5:1230-1235
Abbotsford Community Services See also Power, Nadine; Santiago, Rod

Presentation to committee 5:1220-1235
English-as-a-second-language programs, funding (Elmore) 5:1230 (Power, N.) 5:1230
Funding and role (Farnworth) 5:1230 (Power, N.) 5:1220-1230 (Santiago, R.) 5:1220-1230
Membership (Santiago, R.) 5:1220
Programs for school children (Popham) 5:1235 (Power, N.) 5:1230-1235
Recycling program (Santiago, R.) 5:1230
Services for seniors, funding (Power, N.) 5:1230
AbbotsfordWORKS

Funding and services (Santiago, R.) 5:1225-1230
ABE See Adult basic education under Education
Abortion

Services, funding and government role (Penninga, M.) 19:0810 (Taylor, R.) 19:0825
Accommodation See Hotels and travel accommodation
Accountants

Accounting standards
changes (Jones, R.) 26:1320
changes, adoption by government See Accounting, use of generally accepted accounting principles, changes under Government
post-secondary institutions See Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
public sector accounting standards (Hunt) 26:1345
Chartered professional accountants, designation, legislation and regulation (Rees, R.) 3:1455
New designation for accountants See Chartered professional accountants above under this main heading
Ackerman, Andy

Presentation to committee 21:0910-0915
B.C., northeast B.C.
literacy programs 21:0915
oil and gas industry and highway infrastructure 21:0915
Budgets, balanced budgets 21:0915
Decoda Literacy Solutions Society, funding and role 21:0915
Economy, balance with environmental and social values 21:0915
Highways and roads, government investment 21:0915
Literacy coordinators and funding for programs 21:0915
Oil and gas development, impact on highway infrastructure and safety 21:0915
Ackerman, Lori

Presentation to committee on behalf of city of Fort St. John 21:0940-0945
Auditor General for Local Government, mandate 21:0940
B.C., northern B.C.
government support for northern communities 21:0940
northeast B.C., skills training 21:0940
Northern Opportunities skills training program 21:0940
resource industries and support services in communities 21:0940
role in economy 21:0940
Fort St. John
city government, recommendations on government budget and policies 21:0940
residential care facilities, land acquisition and role of government 21:0940
Government, local government
municipal grants 21:0940
transfer of costs and responsibilities from other levels of government 21:0940
School district 60 (Peace River North), land acquisition for new schools 21:0940
Value-added taxes, B.C. value-added tax proposal 21:0940
Ackland, Shirley

Presentation to committee on behalf of North Island College Faculty Association 15:1120-1135
As subject
submission to committee (Ashton) 15:1130
Bleick, Anita, post-secondary education opportunities 15:1125
North Island College
administration costs 15:1125-1130
campuses 15:1120-1125
distance education and online learning 15:1135
faculty and administrative salaries 15:1120-1130
funding issues, impact on operations 15:1120-1125
licenced practical nurse program 15:1120, 15:1135
Post-secondary education
administration, costs 15:1120-1130
faculty, staffing and retention, role of salaries 15:1120-1130
funding for colleges, rural colleges, rural FT fund proposal 15:1120-1135
Skills training instructors, salaries 15:1120
An Act to Amend the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act (federal)

Provisions on financial literacy (Rees, R.) 3:1505
Addiction See Mental illness and addiction under Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction
Additional hotel room tax See Hotels and travel accommodation
Adoption

Program review (Popham) 27:0955 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 27:0910, 27:0955
Adult basic education See Education
Adult guardianship

System (Carter, K.) 27:1025-1030, 27:1050 (Foster) 27:1050
System, report by Ombudsperson See Reports under Ombudsperson
Advanced education See Post-secondary education
Advanced Education, Ministry of

Budget and service plan (Brown, J.) 7:0955 (Oliver, C.) 5:0920
Aerospace industry

Training programs (Deinstadt, B.) 16:1330 (Elmore) 16:1330
After-school programs See Out-of-school programs under Education
Aggregate industry See Mines and mining industry
Agricultural Land Commission

Applications for land exclusions and exemptions (Brynne, A.) 11:1045, 11:1055 (Foster) 11:1055 (Holman) 11:1055
Applications for land exclusions and exemptions, limit on reapplications (Hamir, A.) 15:1140
Chair See Bullock, Richard
Decision-making process (Davidson, P.) 10:1510-1515 (Kelly, K.) 15:1030
Enforcement activities (Miller, M.) 16:1445-1450
Funding (Ashton) 11:1055 (Foster) 13:1125 (Popham) 11:1055
Funding and operations (Atkinson, L.) 21:1030 (Davidson, P.) 10:1510-1515 (Popham) 13:1125 (Thielen, N.) 10:1520-1530
Mandate (Kelly, K.) 15:1030
Review
inclusion in core review See Role and potential impact of government core review below under this main heading
internal review and business plan (Popham) 15:1040
internal review and recommendations (Brynne, A.) 11:1045 (Geggie, L.) 9:0955 (Popham) 9:1005
review by Auditor General See Reports and reviews under Auditor General
reviews (Kergan, C.) 13:1115-1120
Review of regional district boundaries See East Kootenay regional district
Role (Brynne, A.) 11:1045 (Gevatkoff, P.) 16:1420-1430 (Miller, M.) 16:1440-1445 (Pavlis, F.) 16:1455-1500
Role and potential impact of government core review (Geggie, L.) 9:0955 (Gibson, K.) 9:0950 (Holman) 14:1830 (Kelly, K.) 15:1025-1030 (Olsen, A.) 14:1825 (Popham) 10:1535 (Thielen, N.) 10:1520-1525
Site visits to northern B.C., staff costs (Pavlis, F.) 16:1500
Agricultural land reserve

Activities on reserve lands, composting and fill-dumping (Holman) 9:1005
Boundaries, review and mapping (Brynne, A.) 11:1055
Establishment (Brynne, A.) 11:1040-1045
Homesite severances (Ashton) 16:1450 (Farnworth) 16:1450 (Foster) 16:1445 (Hamilton) 16:1450 (Miller, M.) 16:1440, 16:1450
Issues, debate (Foster) 15:1035 (Kelly, K.) 15:1040 (Popham) 15:1040
Land assessment See Boundaries, review and mapping above under this main heading
Location and quality of land (Brynne, A.) 11:1050 (Foster) 11:1055
Protection (Atkinson, L.) 21:1030 (Foster) 9:1000 (Kergan, C.) 13:1115-1125 (Kmet, W.) 13:1130 (Popham) 9:1005
Protection and impact on rural communities (Holman) 16:1450 (Miller, M.) 16:1440-1450
Protection and potential impact of government core review (Brynne, A.) 11:1045 (Foster) 16:1445 (Geggie, L.) 9:0955-1000 (Gibson, K.) 9:0950-0955 (Holman) 14:1830 (Kelly, K.) 15:1025-1040 (Olsen, A.) 14:1825 (Thielen, N.) 10:1520-1525
Protection, impact of oil and gas industry See Use of land, services to oil and gas industry below under this main heading
Public support (Kelly, K.) 15:1040
Removal of land from reserve
application process See Applications under Agricultural Land Commission
ban on removal (Hamir, A.) 15:1140
development pressures (Gibson, K.) 9:0955 (Kergan, C.) 13:1115-1120 (Ricketts, J.) 13:1140 (Thielen, N.) 10:1525-1530
removal (Popham) 11:1055
removal and addition of lands (Brynne, A.) 11:1050 (Gevatkoff, P.) 16:1430 (Holman) 13:1125 (Hunt) 11:1050 (Pavlis, F.) 16:1500
Role in northern and southern B.C. (Pavlis, F.) 16:1500
Use of land
business and resource development activities (Gevatkoff, P.) 16:1420-1435
farm-related housing (Holman) 13:1125 (Kergan, C.) 13:1120-1125
services to oil and gas industry (Foster) 16:1445-1450 (Holman) 16:1500-1505 (Miller, M.) 16:1440-1450 (Pavlis, F.) 16:1455-1500 (Pavlis, R.) 16:1500 (Popham) 16:1450
Agriculture

Agrifood industry See Food industry
Cattle grazing land See Rangeland
Direct marketing and farmers markets
farmers markets (Bell, J.) 4:1355 (Elmore) 4:1355 (Quinn, E.) 4:1345-1350
farm-gate sales (Denesiuk, C.) 12:1720-1725 (Holman) 12:1720-1725
food safety training and MarketSafe program (Quinn, E.) 4:1350
meat sales (Bell, J.) 4:1400 (Popham) 4:1400
nutrition and coupon program (Quinn, E.) 4:1350
policies on craft vendors and produce sources (Bell, J.) 4:1355 (Farnworth) 4:1355 (Foster) 4:1355 (Quinn, E.) 4:1355
Education in school system See Curriculum under Education
Environmental farm plan program, funding (Boon, K.) 7:0825
Farm operations, food system issues See Food systems, farm and fish operations under Food
Farm status and property assessments (Denesiuk, C.) 12:1720 (Farnworth) 6:1605 (Gemmell, K.) 6:1605-1610
Farmers markets See Direct marketing and farmers markets above under this main heading
Farmers, new and young farmers (Bell, J.) 4:1355-1400 (Hamir, A.) 15:1140 (Ricketts, J.) 13:1140-1145
Farmland
definition (Foster) 11:1055
farmland-riparian interface stewardship program (Popham) 7:0830
farmland-riparian interface stewardship program and funding (Boon, K.) 7:0825-0830 (Huffman, C.) 18:1750 (Popham) 18:1750
foreign ownership (Atkinson, L.) 21:1030-1035
incentives for production (Popham) 6:1605
invasive plant control (Elmore) 12:1735 (Foster) 10:1355 (Goodings, K.) 16:1400 (Johnstone, B.) 10:1345, 10:1355 (Popham) 10:1355 (Scott, L.) 12:1730
land classes and land use (Thielen, N.) 10:1525-1530
protection See also Agricultural land reserve
(Atkinson, L.) 21:1030-1035 (Brynne, A.) 11:1045-1050 (Forest, K.) 21:1145-1150 (Hamir, A.) 15:1135-1140 (Olsen, A.) 14:1825 (Popham) 4:1610 (Ricketts, J.) 13:1140-1145
taxation status See Farm status above under this main heading
Food processing See Food industry
Food providers in B.C. See Food systems under Food
Food supply and access See Food security under Food
Fruit production, tree fruits See Tree fruit industry under Food industry
Government investment and support (Dukhia, J.) 13:0850-0900 (Hadland, A.) 21:1130 (Hamir, A.) 15:1135-1140 (Lucas, G.) 13:0850-0855
Government support (Kergan, C.) 13:1125 (Kmet, W.) 13:1130 (Nedelec, A.) 13:1145
Government website (Dukhia, J.) 13:0855
Greenhouse industry (Stetski, W.) 10:1420
Greenhouse industry, use of cogeneration heating (Popham) 6:1800
Growing Forward agreement See Program funding and delivery, federal-provincial agreement below under this main heading
Industry, conditions (Kergan, C.) 13:1115
Industry, conditions and role in economy (Kelly, K.) 15:1030-1035
Innovation (McQuarrie, B.) 18:1725
Locally grown food See Food
Meat production See Food industry; Livestock industry
Program funding and delivery (Atkinson, L.) 21:1030
Program funding and delivery, federal-provincial agreement (Boon, K.) 7:0825 (Huffman, C.) 18:1745
Promotion of B.C. products (Foster) 9:1000
Promotion of B.C. products, Buy Local program (Geggie, L.) 9:1000 (Popham) 10:1410 (Quinn, E.) 4:1350
Ranching See Ranching industry under Livestock industry
Replant program See Tree fruit industry under Food industry
Research (Atkinson, L.) 21:1030
Role of fossil fuels (Forest, K.) 21:1150
Soil conditions (Forest, K.) 21:1150
Taxation, carbon tax See Carbon tax
Tree fruit industry See Food industry
Agriculture, Ministry of

Budget (Foster) 13:1125
AHRT See Additional hotel room tax under Hotels and travel accommodation
Air

Pollution from industry emissions (Knox, G.) 21:1100-1105
Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Emissions from natural gas industry (Brown, G.) 19:0950-0955 (Hibbard, D.) 19:0905-0910 (Horne, M.) 3:1830-1835 (Nowak, N.) 19:1005-1010
Emissions from natural gas industry, report (Hibbard, D.) 19:0910
Reduction
cement industry (Holman) 3:1425-1430
public opinion and political leadership (Holman) 14:1855-1900 (Nix, P.) 14:1900
reduction (Nix, P.) 14:1850-1855
reduction and targets (Horne, M.) 3:1830
Airline industry

Open skies policies (Sieben, B.) 13:1045-1050
Aksuk aboriginal foods initiative See Housing, affordable housing and social enterprise under First Nations
Alberta

Companies operating in B.C. (Earl, J.) 16:1415
Flood response (Nemrava, K.) 9:1005-1010
Forest industry regulation (Hoffman, T.) 18:1625
Sheriffs (Farnworth) 5:0910 (Walker, D.) 5:0905-0910
ALC See Agricultural Land Commission
Alcohol

Beer See Beer
Direct delivery and trade agreement issues (Westcott, J.) 12:1605-1610
Distilleries, direct delivery (Westcott, J.) 12:1605-1610
Liquor distribution system privatization (Denesiuk, C.) 12:1720
Liquor licensing process, case (Ryll, J.) 18:1730-1735 (Yap) 18:1735
Liquor markup rates, policies (Holman) 12:1615 (Westcott, J.) 12:1600-1615
Liquor regulation, review and stakeholder consultation (Yap) 18:1735-1740
Liquor sales, pricing and revenues to government See also Liquor markup rates above under this main heading
(Foster) 5:0915 (Holman) 5:0910 (Scott, M.) 5:0915 (Walker, D.) 5:0915 (Westcott, J.) 12:1600
Liquor stores, government and private stores (Foster) 5:0915 (Holman) 5:0910 (Scott, M.) 5:0915 (Walker, D.) 5:0915
Liquor stores, proposal for expanded operations (Walker, D.) 5:0905, 5:0915
Local producers, rebate programs (Hamilton) 12:1615
Local producers, rebate programs, public release of information (Westcott, J.) 12:1600, 12:1610-1615
Regulation, reform (Denesiuk, C.) 12:1720
Sale of alcohol at farmers markets (Quinn, E.) 4:1350-1355
Spirits See Spirits
Wine See Wine
Alliance for Arts and Culture See also Gloor, Rob

Presentation to committee 3:1730-1740
Membership (Gloor, R.) 3:1730, 3:1740 (Hunt) 3:1740
Alliance for B.C. Students

Membership and goals (Barr, R.) 9:1115-1120
Allinger, Cathy See also Priestner Allinger, Cathy
Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver See also Bokor, Tanner

Presentation to committee 3:1800-1810
Organization (Bokor, T.) 3:1800
Recommendations on government budget (Bokor, T.) 3:1805
ALR See Agricultural land reserve
Alzheimer Society of British Columbia See also Mann, Jim; Morris, Rebecca

Presentation to committee 4:1045-1100
Work of organization (Mann, J.) 4:1045-1050
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Drop-in services (Popham) 5:1045
First Link program, case (Morris, R.) 4:1050-1055
First Link program, expansion and funding (Farnworth) 4:1055 (Hamilton) 4:1055 (Hunt) 4:1055 (Mann, J.) 4:1045-1100 (Morris, R.) 4:1055-1100
Incidence and impacts (Mann, J.) 4:1045
Multicultural services (Farnworth) 4:1055 (Mann, J.) 4:1055
Amarc Resources Ltd.

Mineral exploration activities (Salas, C.) 3:1345
AMS Society See Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver
Andersen, Erik

Presentation to committee 14:1700-1715
As subject
recommendations on government budget 14:1710
Auditor General, report on government financial statements and accounting practices 14:1705
B.C. Hydro and Power Authority, financial management 14:1705
Business, public-private partnerships, contractual obligations 14:1715
Economy
conditions and "economic leakage" concept 14:1705-1715
measurement, gross domestic product 14:1705-1715
Energy, electricity rates 14:1705-1710
Government, financial management and revenues 14:1705-1715
Labour force participation 14:1705
Public debt and liabilities 14:1705-1715
Standard and Poor's, economic reports 14:1705
Animals

Invasive species, grey squirrel (Elmore) 14:1815 (Hamilton) 14:1815 (McElroy, R.) 14:1815
Apex Mountain Resort

Role in sport of skiing (Ashton) 11:0940 (Fry, B.) 11:0940
Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia See also Leech, John

Presentation to committee 15:1100-1115
Activities and role (Leech, J.) 15:1100-1110
Recommendations on technology education and policies (Elmore) 15:1115 (Leech, J.) 15:1110-1115
Work on accreditation of foreign-trained professionals (Leech, J.) 15:1115 (Yap) 15:1115
Applied science technology professionals See Science and technology
Apprenticeship See Skills training
Arcand, MaryAnne

Presentation to committee on behalf of Central Interior Logging Association 17:0925-0935
Automobiles, commercial vehicle safety enforcement 17:0930-0935
Forests and forest industry
conditions in logging industry 17:0925-0930
forest management, results-based approach and innovation 17:0930
government management, role of staff 17:0930-0935
tenure system, area-based tenures 17:0925
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry
budget allocation for permit processing 17:0925
staffing and resources 17:0925-0935
Government, core review 17:0925
Resources and resource industries
permitting process, backlog and staff resources 17:0925-0935
regulation, consultation services requirements and role of government 17:0935
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry commercial vehicle safety and enforcement branch, staffing and resources 17:0930-0935
Archer, Keith See also Elections B.C.

Elections
administration, voter-centric model 26:1050-1100
electoral boundaries, changes 26:1110
electronic voting, research panel activities and report 26:1105
enumeration
2013 enumeration and outreach project 26:1140-1145
coverage of under-represented groups 26:1140-1145
coverage of young voters 26:1140, 26:1150
local enumeration plans in electoral districts 26:1130-1135
proposal to register voters as part of post-secondary enrolment 26:1150
general election in 2013, advertising, Know Your Electoral District tool and voteB.C.app 26:1055, 26:1150
general elections, preparations 26:1100-1105
mandatory voting 26:1150
municipal elections, legislation 26:1050, 26:1105, 26:1130
voter turnout 26:1055-1100
voters list
information 26:1145
management and updates 26:1100, 26:1130-1135
proposal for provisional register for 16- and 17-year-olds 26:1140
voting opportunities, accessibility and administrative barriers 26:1050-1100
voting process, modernization 26:1100
Elections B.C.
budget and operations
access to contingency funds 26:1050
budget and operations 26:1045-1050, 26:1130
information technology component 26:1050, 26:1130
mandate, inclusion of oversight of municipal election campaign financing and advertising 26:1050, 26:1105, 26:1130
projects 26:1105-1110
recommendations on voting process 26:1100
role re Electoral Boundaries Commission 26:1110
staff 26:1100
strategic planning and priorities 26:1050-1110
Electoral Boundaries Commission
activities and role 26:1110
Arner, Brad

presentation to committee on behalf of Ducks Unlimited 7:0930-0935
Ducks Unlimited Canada, role 7:0930-0935
Economy, balance with environmental values 7:0930
Environment
biodiversity, Trust for Public Lands 7:0930
conservation, B.C. conservation partnership fund proposal 7:0930-0935
Arnett, Steve

Presentation to committee on behalf of Nanaimo Youth Services Association 14:1830-1845
Bond, Shirley, comments on Canada job grant program 14:1835
Clark, Christy, comments on government jobs plan 14:1835
Employment and unemployment
employment program, proposal to restore former youth employment centre model 14:1835-1845
federal job grant program 14:1835
government job strategy, role of skills training 14:1835
Nanaimo Youth Services Association
work of organization 14:1835-1840
youth employment centre services 14:1835-1845
Skills training, trades training for low-skilled workers 14:1835
Youth, employment and training for disengaged youth 14:1835-1845
Arts and culture See also Heritage sites

Artist-run centres (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 4:1450, 4:1500 (Elmore) 4:1500
Artists, wages (Sandmark, P.) 9:1150
Capital infrastructure, funding (Holman) 9:1155
Capital infrastructure, grant program proposal (Habel, I.) 9:1155
Creative economy See Role in economy below under this main heading
Creative sector See also Film industry
cross-sectoral development (Reynolds, M.) 4:1330-1335
cross-sectoral development and role of film industry (Gloor, R.) 3:1740 (Hunt) 3:1740
government agency See Creative B.C.
industries and intellectual property (Shorten, L.) 4:1335
Cultural and historical literacy (Elmore) 12:1700, 20:1525 (Grimes, J.) 12:1700 (Wilson, E.) 20:1530
Employment and jobs (Benjamin, M.) 14:1640 (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 4:1450-1455 (Ramsey, K.) 14:1635 (Sandmark, P.) 9:1150
Government funding See also British Columbia Arts Council
arts renaissance fund (Humphreys, K.) 7:1025-1030 (Plett, N.) 7:1025
endowment fund program See arts renaissance fund above under this subheading
funding and support (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 4:1450-1500 (Kashuba, C.) 13:0925 (Maratta, J.) 11:1030-1035 (Parsons, O.) 10:1305-1310 (Ramsey, K.) 14:1635 (Sandmark, P.) 9:1145-1155
funding from local government (Holman) 14:1640 (Ramsey, K.) 14:1635
funding in B.C. and other jurisdictions (Gloor, R.) 3:1735-1740 (Holman) 3:1740
gaming grants (Gloor, R.) 3:1735 (Grimes, J.) 12:1700 (Holman) 9:1155, 11:1035 (Kashuba, C.) 13:0925 (Maratta, J.) 11:1030-1035 (Parsons, O.) 10:1310 (Ramsey, K.) 14:1635 (Sandmark, P.) 9:1155
stable funding (Habel, I.) 9:1150
Government investment (Habel, I.) 9:1145
Museums See Museums
Music industry (D'Eith, B.) 4:1340
Music industry, tours See Performing arts and touring of live shows below under this main heading
Organizations, issues (Kashuba, C.) 13:0920
Performing arts and touring of live shows (Maratta, J.) 11:1030 (Popham) 11:1035
Role in economy (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 4:1450-1500 (D'Eith, B.) 4:1335 (Popham) 10:1310
Role in economy and society (Gloor, R.) 3:1735-1740 (Parsons, O.) 10:1305-1310 (Ramsey, K.) 14:1635 (Sandmark, P.) 9:1145-1150
Task group proposal for development of new funding models (Grimes, J.) 12:1700 (Holman) 12:1700
Youth engagement, B.C. Creative Futures strategy and programs (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 4:1450-1500
ArtsBC See also Kashuba, Christine; Parsons, Oz; Ramsey, Kathy

Presentation to committee 10:1300-1310, 13:0915-0925, 14:1630-1640
Annual conference (Kashuba, C.) 13:0920
Funding of arts organizations (Benjamin, M.) 14:1640 (Ramsey, K.) 14:1640 (Tegart) 14:1640
Members and role (Elmore) 10:1310 (Kashuba, C.) 13:0920-0925 (Parsons, O.) 10:1300, 10:1310 (Ramsey, K.) 14:1630
Recommendations on government budget (Kashuba, C.) 13:0925 (Parsons, O.) 10:1305-1310 (Ramsey, K.) 14:1635
Ash Grove Cement Co.

Operations (McSweeney, M.) 3:1420-1425
Ashton, Dan (Penticton)

As subject
election as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 1:1205 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1200-1205 (Yap) 1:1200
experience of Trail area 11:0900
experience working with school boards and municipalities 9:1420-1425
Ackland, Shirley, submission to committee 15:1130
Agricultural Land Commission
funding 11:1055
Agricultural land reserve
homesite severances 16:1450
Apex Mountain Resort, role in sport of skiing 11:0940
Blair, Chris, presentation to committee 4:1415
Boersma, Gus, positions with Fernie city government 10:1500
B.C.
interior B.C., TREK mineral exploration project 3:1350
B.C. Library Trustees Association
recommendations on government budget 5:1010
Brown, Jason, faculty status 7:1000
Budgets
2014-15 budget
consultation paper 9:1025
consultation questionnaire 9:1155-1200
Chevron Canada Ltd.
Burnaby refinery operations 5:0955-1000
Children, early childhood development
early learning and literacy 4:1040
Climate change
government action on climate change, action elsewhere 14:1900
College of New Caledonia
program priorities, decision-making 17:0955
Conflict of Interest Commissioner
budget and operations 26:1305
Coons, Gary, attendance at Finance Committee public hearing in Prince Rupert 20:1605
Education, school districts and boards of education
agreements with municipalities 9:1420-1425
Elections B.C.
administration of by-election and proposed referendum 1:1210
budget and operations
information technology component 26:1150-1155
budget and operations, supplementary funding request 1:1210
Farnworth, Mike
election as Deputy Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 1:1205
Fernie
mining industry, tailing ponds in are 10:1500
Finance and Government Services Committee
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 1:1205
meeting schedule 1:1210-1215
members, relationship 1:1205
prebudget consultation
budget and costs 1:1230
process 1:1215-1220, 1:1230, 3:1300-1305
process, inclusion of public consultation on government core review 9:1000, 14:1830, 16:1300
submissions to committee 15:1040
proceedings, recording and availability 1:1220
public hearings
location and schedule 1:1215, 1:1230
presentations by arts groups 11:1035
presentations by literacy organizations 17:1115, 21:1030
reports, budget consultation report, drafting process and participation by NDP MLAs 25:1045
review of statutory officers 27:1205
terms of reference 1:1205-1210
work of committee 25:1045
Floods and floodplains
flooding caused by atmospheric rivers (ARks) 21:1150
Food industry
tree fruit industry 13:0900
Government
core review, public consultation 14:1830, 15:1035
Hansard Services
role and services 1:1220
Highway 3
maintenance and upgrades 12:1800
Housing, rental housing
rent increases, regulation 13:0940
Hunt, Marvin
question on supplementary funding request for Representative for Children and Youth 2:1215
Information and Privacy Commissioner
budget and operations 27:1205
Jones, Natalie, presentation to committee 6:1740
Literacy
Raise-a-Reader campaign 7:0925
Manufactured homes
rent increases in manufactured home parks, regulation 13:0940
Ombudsperson
budget and operations
budget and operations 27:1110
Post-secondary education
student financial assistance, interest on loans 3:1820
students, international students 13:0915
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
enrolment 9:1325
Prince Rupert
sewage system and liquid waste management plan 20:1615
Representative for Children and Youth
staffing, new staff 2:1215
Reproduction
in vitro fertilization treatment, funding 5:1110
Rice, Jennifer, attendance at Finance Committee public hearing in Prince Rupert 20:1500
School district 60 (Peace River North)
land acquisition for new schools 21:1015
Thompson Rivers University
board of governors 7:1000
Tulameen
rink roof project, land transfer issue 8:1610
Union of B.C. Municipalities
annual meeting in September 2013 1:1230
UBC Okanagan
students, access for students from Interior B.C. 13:1110
Asia-Pacific gateway

Development (Downie, B.) 21:1040 (Mathison, L.) 4:1605 (Veldman, K.) 20:1555-1600
Asia-Pacific initiative See Trade between B.C. and Asia under Exports and imports
Asia-Pacific region

Market for B.C. products, forest products (Hoffman, T.) 18:1625 (Yap) 18:1625
Assisted reproduction See Reproduction
Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia See also Dirom, Gavin

Presentation to committee 17:1115-1130
Organization (Dirom, G.) 17:1115
Recommendations on government budget and policies (Dirom, G.) 17:1120-1125
Association for Reformed Political Action Canada See also Penninga, Mark

Presentation to committee 19:0800-0815
Recommendations on government budget (Penninga, M.) 19:0805-0810
Role (Penninga, M.) 19:0800
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia See also Reynolds, Margaret

Presentation to committee 4:1330-1345
Association of Canadian Distillers See Spirits Canada
Athletes See Sports
Atkinson, Lynda

Presentation to committee on behalf of Kersley Farmers Institute 21:1030-1035
Agricultural Land Commission 21:1030
Agricultural land reserve 21:1030
Agriculture
farmland protection and foreign ownership 21:1030-1035
program funding and delivery 21:1030
research 21:1030
Post-secondary education, agriculture research programs 21:1030
Attainable Homes Calgary Corp.

Operations (Mann, S.) 9:1135
ATVs See All-terrain vehicles under Automobiles
Auditor General See also Jones, Russ

Audit of office, appointment of auditor See Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on
Audit services
coverage of police complaints process (Lowe, S.) 27:1245, 27:1255, 27:1335
performance audits (Jones, R.) 26:1320
professional services (Jones, R.) 26:1335
Budget and operations (Jones, R.) 26:1315-1335
Budget and operations, capital funding for equipment and security system (Jones, R.) 26:1325-1330
Budget and operations, travel costs (Jones, R.) 26:1335
Financial statement audit coverage plan (Jones, R.) 26:1315
Municipal auditor general See Auditor General for Local Government
Office space, LEED standards for new building (Farnworth) 26:1340 (Foster) 26:1350 (Hamilton) 26:1335-1340 (Hunt) 26:1340 (Jones, R.) 26:1330, 26:1340
Office space, relocation (Foster) 26:1345 (Jones, R.) 26:1325-1330, 26:1345-1350
Position on accounting for capital project funding transfers from federal government (de Jong) 2:1335
Recommendations, implementation (Davidson, P.) 10:1515
Reports and reviews
report on Agricultural Land Commission (Brynne, A.) 11:1045 (Geggie, L.) 9:0955 (Kergan, C.) 13:1120
report on government summary financial statements and accounting practices (Andersen, E.) 14:1705 (Farnworth) 3:1505 (Holman) 3:1505 (Rees, R.) 3:1505
Role and core values (Jones, R.) 26:1315
Staff
salaries (Jones, R.) 26:1335
staffing model (Jones, R.) 26:1330-1335
training (Jones, R.) 26:1320, 26:1335
Auditor General for Local Government

Mandate (Ackerman, L.) 21:0940
Australia

Liquefied natural gas development plants (Overstall, R.) 19:1005
Skilled worker supply (McLachlan, M.) 4:1105
Autism

Funding for services (Foster) 8:1635 (Gordon, J.) 8:1630-1640
Treatment services, administration and contracts (Daigle, D.) 15:0910-0920 (Elmore) 15:0915-0920
Automobiles

All-terrain vehicles, regulation and invasive species control (Wallin, G.) 18:1610
Auto show See Vancouver International Auto Show
Collision repair industry (Qualey, B.) 9:0940
Commercial vehicle safety enforcement (Arcand, M.) 17:0930-0935
Industry and sector, employment and skills training (Qualey, B.) 9:0940
Industry and sector, revenues to government (Qualey, B.) 9:0935
Insurance See also Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
(Corbeil, S.) 5:1020
Luxury tax See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles below under this main heading
New car and truck dealers industry
government policies (Qualey, B.) 9:0935-0940
property tax assessments (Farnworth) 9:0945 (Qualey, B.) 9:0940-0945
Sales, role in economy (Qualey, B.) 9:0935
Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles (Holman) 9:0945 (Qualey, B.) 9:0940
Tires, tax proposal (Wallin, G.) 18:1610
Traffic violations, surcharge program proposal re research and care costs for neurotrauma injuries (Ewart, C.) 4:1155, 4:1205 (Holman) 4:1205
Vehicle efficiency, clean energy vehicle program (Holman) 9:0945-0950 (Qualey, B.) 9:0945-0950
Vehicle efficiency, Scrap-It program (Farnworth) 9:0945 (Holman) 9:0945-0950 (Qualey, B.) 9:0940-0950

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