Province of British Columbia
40th Parliament – 2014
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

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Hall, Katrina

As subject
work in Auditor General office (Bellringer, C.) 56:1500
Auditor General
budget and operations, salaries 56:1510
Public sector
collective agreements and bargaining, cooperative gains mandate for public sector 56:1510
Hamilton, Wm. Scott (Delta North)

Agriculture
direct marketing and farmers markets
criteria 48:1725
industry, relationship with local government 47:0915
Ashton, Dan
election as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 45:0900
Automobiles
new car and truck dealers industry, property tax assessments 46:1250
taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles 46:1245-1250
Business
taxation 48:1735
Capilano University
student housing proposal 46:1810
Charities
governance and accountability of charitable organizations 46:1745
Chiropractors
B.C. school of chiropractic proposal, funding and support 46:1720
Communitas Supportive Care Society
role and programs, referrals 47:0900
Delta
municipal government
performance audit 48:1805
agriculture industry, relationship with local government 47:0915
landfill remediation and drinking water protection 48:1805
Film industry
tax credits 46:1150
Finance and Government Services Committee
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 45:0900
reports, statutory officers review 58:0925
Lyme disease
diagnosis and treatment 47:1035
Mortgages
brokering, role of notaries 48:1645
Notaries public
role and scope of profession 48:1645
Property tax
assessment system, highest-and-best-use approach 46:1250
Sales tax
impact on business 48:1735
Society Act
amendments, proposal for donors rights provision 46:1745
Waste management
landfills, remediation 48:1805
Handicapped persons See Disabled and handicapped persons
Hansen, Colin

Presentation to committee on behalf of Fraser Basin Council 46:1220, 46:1230-1235
Fraser Basin Council
activities and projects 46:1230
board and role 46:1220
funding 46:1230-1235
Imperial Metals Corp., Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach 46:1235
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on First Nations land claim 46:1220
Harmonized sales tax

Elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system See Reinstatement of sales tax system under Sales tax
Harvie, George

Presentation to committee on behalf of municipality of Delta 48:1805
Delta, landfill remediation and drinking water protection 48:1805
Waste management, landfills, remediation 48:1805
Head and brain injuries See Brain health
Health

Health literacy and patient self-management (Cavers, B.) 48:1615
Health status and outcomes (Kupka, S.) 48:1825
Preventive health care and health promotion See Health promotion and preventive care under Health – Public health
Research, role of genomics (Gibson) 48:1540 (Winter, A.) 48:1530, 48:1540
Health – Continuing and long-term care

Access to dental care for residents See Access to dental care under Dental health
Health – Health care funding

Funding (Foster) 46:1720 (Nixdorf, D.) 46:1650 (Robinson, J.) 46:1715
Health – Health care system

Chronic disease management
complex chronic diseases program See British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
management (Cavers, B.) 48:1610
nutrition-related chronic diseases (Kupka, S.) 48:1825
Costs and spending
costs and spending (Power, N.) 46:1530 (Willow, J.) 46:1615
management and outcomes (Cavers, B.) 48:1605-1610 (Winter, A.) 48:1530
management and reduction (Nixdorf, D.) 46:1655-1700
role of early childhood tooth decay patients (Baird, D.) 48:1705
role of hepatitis C patients (Luster, D.) 48:1815-1820
role of Lyme disease patients (Zubek, E.) 47:1105-1115
role of patients with nutrition issues (Kupka, S.) 48:1825-1830
role of therapeutic substitution of medication (Attara, G.) 46:1825-1835
role of vaccination programs (Swan, B.) 46:1820
E-health systems
electronic health records (Cavers, B.) 48:1610-1615 (Morris) 48:1610
EMRs See E-health systems, electronic health records above under this main heading
Government priorities and strategy document (Robinson, J.) 46:1710
Health professionals, training (Foster) 46:1720
Impact of demographic trends (Gibson) 48:1540
Information See also E-health systems above under this main heading
Information technology and information-sharing (Cavers, B.) 48:1610-1615 (Morris) 48:1610
Medical imaging services, wait times for chiropractic referrals (Robinson, J.) 46:1715
Patient-centred care (Robinson, J.) 46:1710
Personal health information
electronic health records See E-health systems above under this main heading
Primary health care
service delivery (Cavers, B.) 48:1605
Service delivery, collaborative activities (Cavers, B.) 48:1605-1610
Service delivery, collaborative care model (Heyman) 46:1715 (Morris) 46:1715 (Robinson, J.) 46:1710-1720
Services for seniors, home and community care (Carter, K.) 54:0915
Services for vulnerable patients and patients with complex medical needs (Cavers, B.) 48:1605
System
triple aim approach (Cavers, B.) 48:1605
Technology, information technology See Information technology above under this main heading
Telehealth initiatives (Cavers, B.) 48:1610
Wait-lists and waiting times (Winter, A.) 48:1530
Health, Ministry of

Report on best practices in home care for seniors See Home support services for seniors, best practices report under Home care
Work on social policy issues (Davis, M.) 46:1255
Health Professions Review Board

Review process (Morris) 56:1615
Health – Public health

Health promotion and preventive care (Foster) 46:1720 (Nickelchok, R.) 46:1720 (Robinson, J.) 46:1715-1720
Healthy eating
farmers market nutrition and coupon project See Direct marketing and farmers markets under Agriculture
role in health outcomes (Kupka, S.) 48:1825-1830
Healthy families B.C. policy framework (Davis, M.) 46:1255
Healthy foods See Access to healthy foods under Food and food industry; Diet and nutrition under Food and food industry
Immunization, Gardasil HPV program, expansion to boys (Baird, D.) 48:1710 (Swan, B.) 46:1810-1820
Healthy families B.C. policy framework See Health – Public health
Helmets

Use, enforcement and legislation (Foster) 47:0940
Use to prevent brain injuries See Prevention of brain injuries under Brain health
Hepatitis C

Costs, awareness and education (Luster, D.) 48:1810-1820
Diagnosis and treatment (Luster, D.) 48:1810-1820
Heyman, George (Vancouver-Fairview)

Agricultural Land Commission
funding and role 47:0910
Agriculture
farms, role of small-scale operations 48:1720
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
First Link initiative, funding and studies 48:1440
Automobiles
after-market automotive industry, employment and wages 46:1440
vehicle efficiency, clean energy vehicle program 46:1245
Children and youth, child care
government investment 46:1645
role in economy 46:1645
Children and youth, early childhood development
early intervention services
return on investment 48:1525
Chiropractors
B.C. school of chiropractic proposal, funding 46:1700
schools of chiropractic, government funding and support 46:1705
Clean Energy Association of B.C.
meetings with LNG proponents 46:1115
Creative B.C.
research activities 46:1145
Dietitians of Canada
communications with Health Ministry 48:1840
Drugs
prescription drugs, costs of non-adherence to medications 46:1620
Economy
bioeconomy 48:1540
Education
special education and special needs
assessments 48:1625
number of students 48:1625
Elections
district electoral officers, training 54:0840
Elections B.C.
staff during electoral period, evaluation and training 54:0835-0840
Energy
alternative energy sources 45:1135
geothermal power 46:1115
Finance and Government Services Committee
public hearings, presentations by literacy organizations 46:1330
reports, statutory officers review 58:0925
Food and food industry
access to healthy foods and healthy choices 48:1840
food security 47:0915
industry, government support 46:1355
Fraser Basin Council
activities and projects 46:1230
Freedom of information
requests for information, government handling and timelines 45:1150-1155
Government
programs and services, funding and return on investment 47:1100
programs and services, return on investment 46:1630
Health, health care system
service delivery, collaborative care model 46:1715
Home care
home support services, dietitian positions and interprofessional teams 48:1840
Hudson's Hope
revenues, grants-in-lieu 45:1110
Illington, Joy, former Merit Commissioner 55:1655
Income assistance
service delivery and role of external agencies 45:1120
Information and Privacy Commissioner
budget and operations, funding request 55:1620
budget and operations, reallocation of surplus dedicated professional services funds 55:1625
investigations, relationship to systemic issues 45:1150-1155
workload 45:1150-1155
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
rates for collision repair 46:1445
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc.
proposal for oil pipeline expansion
oil spill preparedness and recovery fund proposal 47:1045-1050
Literacy
programs and funding, multi-year funding 45:1005
programs and services
programs and funding 47:0840
Lower Mainland
farmers markets 48:1720
South Fraser communities, transit services 46:1315
transit services 48:1735
Lyme disease
diagnosis and treatment 46:1215
Merit Commissioner
establishment and history 55:1655
relationship with B.C. Public Service Agency 55:1655
Mission Literacy in Motion Association
volunteers 47:0840
Oil and gas
liquefied natural gas development
power supply and clean energy 46:1115
Police and policing
police complaint process, public hearings and reviews on record 56:1625-1630
Police Complaint Commissioner
budget and operations 56:1625-1630
Post-secondary education
students, support services 46:1425
Post-secondary education, funding
operating funding 46:1425
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
colleges and university colleges
accounting practices, issues 47:0955
Public debt
debt levels 47:1100
Public service
hiring practices, merit-based hiring and oversight 55:1655
Representative for Children and Youth
budget and operations 56:1650
Richmond Society for Community Living
funding and services 48:1525
Sales tax
exemptions and rebates
machinery and equipment 48:1735
School district 38 (Richmond)
Student Success Through Engagement initiative 48:1625
Science and technology
biotechnology industry
job creation 48:1540
clean technology, development and government support 46:1130
Selkirk College
campuses, programs and services
accessibility and loss of potential students 45:1040
Smithers Community Services Association
funding and literacy programs 45:1005
Teachers
collective agreement 48:1845
Transit services
benefits and role in economy 46:1230, 48:1735
Transportation
infrastructure
government investment and impact of congestion 48:1735
University of the Fraser Valley
accounting practices, requirements 47:0955
recommendations on government budget and policies 47:0955
University of Victoria
Environmental Law Centre, requests to Information and Privacy Commissioner 45:1150-1155
Vancouver
transit services 46:1230
Highway 99

Corridor improvement projects (Jackson, L.) 48:1755-1800
George Massey Tunnel, replacement project (Jackson, L.) 48:1800
Hogan, Jackie

Presentation to committee on behalf of University of the Fraser Valley 47:0945-0955
Post-secondary education
attraction of mature students 47:0955
capital funding for maintenance and rehabilitation, deferred maintenance 47:0950
colleges and university colleges, accounting practices, issues 47:0950-0955
funding 47:0950
students with disabilities 47:0950
tuition fees policy review 47:0955
Skills training, government skills and training plan 47:0945-0950
University of the Fraser Valley
accounting practices, requirements 47:0950-0955
administration and service delivery 47:0950
funding and capacity issues 47:0950-0955
funding for deferred maintenance 47:0950
programs 47:0945
recommendations on government budget and policies 47:0955
students, mature students 47:0955
students with disabilities 47:0950
Holman, Gary (Saanich North and the Islands)

Agricultural land reserve
changes to permitted use, impact on food processing industry 46:1355
Agriculture
farm status and property assessment, unused farmland 47:0910
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
diagnosis and incidence 48:1445
housing for patients 48:1445
Arts and culture
employment and jobs 46:1730
funding, leveraged funding 46:1730
Auditor General
budget and operations 56:1515
office space, LEED standards for new building 56:1515
Automobiles
vehicle efficiency, clean energy vehicle program 46:1250
B.C. Hydro
financial management and debt levels 47:1105
B.C. neurotrauma fund
access to fund by brain injury organizations 47:0945
Capilano University
student housing proposal 46:1810
Carbon tax
impact on cement industry 46:1135
scope 46:1130
Children and youth, early childhood development
early intervention services
benefits 48:1615
early learning and child care, community plan proposal 46:1645
Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy
funding 45:0920
Communitas Supportive Care Society
funding 47:0900
Economy
bioeconomy 48:1535-1540
Education
adult basic education 45:0945
Education, funding
funding and enrolment issues 47:0920-0925
funding for First Nations education 48:1845-1850
Energy
clean energy, clean power call by government 46:1110
conservation 46:1110
northwest transmission line project 47:1130
power supply, surplus energy 46:1110
Energy and Mines Ministry
oversight role re mine development 47:1130
Finance and Government Services Committee
recommendation on child care system 46:1645
review of statutory officers 56:1700
Forests and forest industry
stumpage system, rates 46:1630
Fraser Basin Council
funding 46:1230-1235
Fraser River
call for stewardship plan 47:1005
report on role in economy 47:1005
Genome B.C.
return on government investment 48:1535-1540
Government
financial management of working capital by SUCH sector entities
central deposit program and capital funding policy 47:0920-0925
revenues and revenue sources
revenue sources 46:1630
transfer payments from federal government 46:1645
Government, local government
staff wages, report 48:1805-1810
Hudson's Hope
district government, recommendations on government budget and policies 45:1105
revenues, grants-in-lieu 45:1105
Information and Privacy Commissioner
budget and operations
reallocation of surplus dedicated professional services funds 45:1200, 45:1215, 55:1620-1625
salaries 55:1620
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
rates for collision repair 46:1445
Legislature
Officers of the Legislature, shared services 56:1700
Literacy Quesnel Society
funding and role 45:0955
Lyme disease
advocacy work and government action 47:1120
diagnosis and treatment 47:1120, 48:1615
Merit Commissioner
budget and operations, budget surplus 55:1700
staffing 55:1700
Mines and mining industry
development, benefits and community engagement 47:1130
power consumption and electricity costs 47:1130-1135
Mortgages
brokering, role of notaries 48:1645
Notaries public
role and scope of profession 48:1645
Oil and gas
liquefied natural gas development
development 48:1750
natural gas
prices and projections 48:1750
Ombudsperson
budget and operations 54:0935
PacificSport Fraser Valley
funding 47:1140
work with First Nations 47:1140
Peace River area
agriculture and farmland 45:1135
Fair Share agreement for local government funding 45:1105
Site C power project 45:1135, 47:1105
Peace Valley Environment Association
written submission to Finance Committee 45:1135
Police Complaint Commissioner
budget and operations, salaries 56:1620
Post-secondary education, funding
capital funding for maintenance and rehabilitation 45:1020
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
student housing 46:1810
Property transfer tax
exemption for first-time home buyers 48:1555
revenues to government 48:1555
threshold, proposal for changes 48:1555
Provincial Health Services Authority
report on Lyme disease and recommendations 47:1120
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
recommendations on government budget and policies 48:1555
Representative for Children and Youth
budget and operations 56:1700
School district 34 (Abbotsford)
cash management and capital planning 47:0920-0925
Science and technology
biotechnology industry, tax revenues to government 48:1540
clean technology 46:1130
genomic research and development, applications and commercialization 48:1540
Selkirk College
funding, capital funding 45:1020
role in economy 45:1020
Social welfare
programs and services, use 46:1540
social policy framework proposal 46:1300
Society of Notaries Public of B.C.
relationship with Law Society 48:1645
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
infrastructure and services, Burnaby Mountain gondola project proposal 46:1205
Sports and recreation
government funding and support 47:1140
Surrey
light rail transit proposal 46:1320
Taxation
tax reductions, impact on public debt levels 47:1105
Transit services
transit plan and government investment 46:1130
Zubek, Elizabeth
experience treating Lyme disease patients 47:1120
Home care

Better at Home program, funding (Power, N.) 46:1535
Home support services, dietitian positions and interprofessional teams (Heyman) 48:1840 (Kupka, S.) 48:1825-1840
Home support services for seniors, best practices report and funding (Power, N.) 46:1530-1535
Home support services, funding (Smith, S.) 46:1620-1625
Home ownership

Affordability (Permut, H.) 48:1550
Homelessness

Incidence and costs (Nash, P.) 45:1115
Incidence and costs, report (Santiago, R.) 46:1530
Housing

Home ownership See Home ownership
Residential housing market See Real estate industry
Social and subsidized housing
rental assistance for seniors program See Housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program under Seniors
Supportive housing (Santiago, R.) 46:1530
Housing – Residential care facilities

Access to dental care for residents See Access to dental care under Dental health
Howard, Maria

Presentation to committee on behalf of Alzheimer Society of B.C. 48:1430-1445
Alzheimer Society of B.C.
recommendations on government budget 48:1440
work of organization 48:1430-1440
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
awareness and education, dementia-friendly communities initiative 48:1435, 48:1445
diagnosis and incidence 48:1430-1445
family support for patients 48:1445
First Link initiative, funding 48:1435-1440
First Link initiative, funding and studies 48:1440-1445
government action plan 48:1435-1440
housing for patients 48:1445
research 48:1435
training for support workers 48:1435
HPV program See Immunization under Health – Public health
Hudson's Hope, B.C.

District government See also Johansson, Gwen
presentation to committee 45:1050-1110
recommendations on government budget and policies (Holman) 45:1105 (Johansson, G.) 45:1105
Land use, role of B.C. Hydro and potential impact of Site C project (Johansson, G.) 45:1100
Revenues, Fair Share agreement (Johansson, G.) 45:1105 (Morris) 45:1105
Revenues, grants-in-lieu (Heyman) 45:1110 (Holman) 45:1105 (Johansson, G.) 45:1100-1110
Human papillomavirus program See Immunization, Gardasil HPV program under Health – Public health
Hydro rates See Electricity rates under Energy
Hyndman, Bryan

Presentation to committee on behalf of Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce 47:1000-1005
B.C. Chamber of Commerce, resolution on Riverview lands 47:1000
Budgets, balanced budgets 47:1000
Economy, diversification 47:1000
Fraser River
call for stewardship plan 47:1005
report on role in economy 47:1005
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure 47:1005
Investment, government investment, balance between foreign and local investment 47:1000
Lower Mainland transportation infrastructure 47:1005
Oil and gas, liquefied natural gas development, LNG Buy B.C. program 47:1000
Riverview Hospital, mental health campus proposal 47:1000
Transportation infrastructure, government investment 47:1005
Tri-Cities area, transportation infrastructure investment and projects 47:1005
Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
membership and role 47:1000
recommendations on government budget and policies 47:1000-1005

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