Province of British Columbia
40th Parliament – 2015
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
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AAPS See Association of Administrative and Professional Staff at UBC
Abbotsford, B.C.
Abbotsford Community Services See also Santiago, Rod; Stark, Neil
Abbotsford police department
ABE See Adult basic education under Education
Aben, Kyle
- Presentation to committee on behalf of David Suzuki Foundation 74:1335-1340
- Carbon
- carbon tax changes 74:1335-1340
- carbon tax revenues, allocation for local government or transportation infrastructure 74:1340
- carbon-neutral initiatives, capital program 74:1340
- David Suzuki Foundation, recommendations on government budget and policies 74:1335-1340
- Public sector
- carbon-neutral initiatives 74:1340
- public sector energy conservation agreement, funding 74:1340
Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Partners Council
Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Association of British Columbia
- Role and partnerships (James) 75:0935
Aboriginals See First Nations
ACCESS Canada
- Benchmarks for youth access to mental health services (Mathias, S.) 81:1420
Accountants
Ackerman, Lori
- Presentation to committee on behalf of NEBC Resource Municipalities Coalition 81:1350-1355, 81:1405
- B.C. by region, northeast B.C., resource development and community planning 81:1350-1355
- Economy, economic development and planning 81:1355
- Resources and resource industries
- resource development, local employment and planning 81:1350-1355
- resource-dependent communities, government support 81:1350
- Union of B.C. Municipalities, mayors' caucus 81:1405
Adams, Paul
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Altentech, FMI Bioenergy, SMG Wood Pellet and Torrefusion Technologies 77:0850-0910
- Altentech Power Inc., operations 77:0850-0910
- B.C. Bioenergy Network Association, funding and role 77:0855-0910
- Carbon tax 77:0855-0900
- Energy
- FMI Bioenergy Inc., operations 77:0850-0855
- Science and technology, clean technology and renewable energy technology, government support 77:0850-0910
- SMG Wood Pellet Inc., operations 77:0850-0855
- Torrefusion Technologies Inc., operations 77:0850-0855
Addiction See Mental illness and addiction under Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction
Adoption
- Adoption of children in government care (Ashton) 63:1020, 91:1305-1310, 91:1330 (Chandra Herbert) 91:1320, 91:1345 (Foster) 91:1305, 91:1320 (Gibson) 91:1325-1330, 91:1345 (Hamilton) 91:1345-1350 (Heyman) 63:1030-1035, 91:1335 (James) 91:1310-1315 (Morris) 63:1025 (Naughton, B.) 63:1040 (Shin) 63:1010-1015, 63:1055 (Sieben, M.) 91:1315-1345 (Thomas-Wightman, D.) 91:1300-1310, 91:1320-1345 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0955, 63:1005-1035, 63:1055-1100, 89:0915-0925 (Yap) 91:1340-1345
- Adoption of children in government care, other jurisdictions (Ashton) 91:1330-1335 (Clayton, A.) 91:1335
- Adoption program, review See Reports, report on adoption program under Representative for Children and Youth
- First Nations children See Children under First Nations
- Joint forum on adoption (Thomas-Wightman, D.) 91:1305
ADR See Police complaint process, alternative dispute resolution under Police and policing
Adult basic education See Education
Adult upgrading grant See Student financial assistance under Post-secondary education
Advanced education See Post-secondary education
Advanced Education, Ministry of
Advocis See Financial Advisors Association of Canada
AEDs See Automated external defibrillators under Cardiac health
Aging
- Impact of aging population See Number of persons and impact of aging population under Disabled persons; Small business, succession planning and demographic trends under Business
Agricultural Land Commission
- Enforcement activities (Hamilton) 71:2015 (Macklem, P.) 71:2005
- Enforcement activities and funding (Heyman) 80:1555 (Vander Waal, S.) 80:1550
Agricultural land reserve
Agriculture
- Direct marketing and farmers markets
- Environmental farm program (Vander Waal, S.) 80:1550
- Exports (Steele, F.) 72:1155
- Farmers
- Farmworkers See Workers below
- Fruit industry See Food and food industry
- Government collaboration with stakeholders and request for proposals process (Vander Waal, S.) 80:1550
- Government investment and support (Ens, R.) 80:1600 (Steele, F.) 72:1150 (Trevena) 80:1600 (Vander Waal, S.) 80:1545
- Products, promotion of B.C. products See also Buy B.C. program; Buy Local program
- Research funding (Tower, S.) 76:1650
- Right to farm and social licence issues (Morris) 80:1555 (Vander Waal, S.) 80:1550-1555
- Taxation, sales tax See Sales tax
- Value-added products (Gibson) 72:1155 (Steele, F.) 72:1155
- Workers, seasonal agricultural workers (Lucas, G.) 72:1155 (Yap) 72:1155
Ahearn, S. Brian
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Fuels Association 69:1515-1530
- Canadian Fuels Association, members and issues 69:1515-1530
- Fuel
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduction
- Kent Marketing Services, information on fuel pricing 69:1525
- Oil and gas, refineries and refining industry 69:1515-1530
AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
- Treatment and prevention (Brown, J.) 75:0900
Air
AIR Worldwide
- Study on earthquakes (Sutherland, A.) 81:1115
Alberta
- Child protection system and residential services for complex needs (Naughton, B.) 63:1045 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:1040
- Immunization for HPV, expansion of program for children (Brown, J.) 75:0905
- Oil and gas activities and compensation for landowners (Chandra Herbert) 77:0845 (Gibson) 77:0850 (Heyman) 77:0845-0850 (Miller, M.) 77:0840-0845
- Skilled workers, employment and layoffs (Martens, M.) 80:1455 (Yap) 80:1455
Alberta Surface Rights Act
Alcohol
- Liquor industry as part of food industry See Food and food industry
- Liquor pricing (Collins, M.) 79:1110
- Liquor sales at farmers markets and artisan markets (Bell, J.) 80:1445 (Foster) 80:1445 (Quinn, E.) 80:1445
- Liquor sales in grocery stores (Wilson, G.) 74:1040
- Reduction in use and impact on health (Collins, M.) 79:1110
- Regulation, harm reduction concept See Harm reduction under Social welfare
Alderliesten, John
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Vanderhoof MenShed Society 76:1835-1845
- Public health, men's health and wellness initiatives, men shed concept 76:1835-1845
- Vanderhoof MenShed Society, operations and demographics 76:1835, 76:1845
Alliance for Arts and Culture See also Gloor, Rob
Allied Golf Association of B.C. See also Smith, Trevor
All-Native Basketball Tournament
Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver See also Crasta, Jude
Altentech Power Inc. See also Adams, Paul; Taylor, Larry
Alzheimer Society of British Columbia See also Howard, Maria
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
- Dementia-friendly communities workshops and support for families (James) 80:1045
- First Link initiative (Howard, M.) 80:1035-1040
- Research (Howard, M.) 80:1045
- Stigma and outreach (Howard, M.) 80:1045 (Yap) 80:1045
AMS Society See Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver
Anderson, Jim
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Venture Kamloops 72:0920-0935
- Business, small business
- succession planning and demographic trends 72:0920-0935
- transition supports re sales of existing businesses 72:0925-0935
- Employment, job loss 72:0925
- Financial services industry, credit union loans to small businesses 72:0935
- Immigration, provincial nominee program 72:0925, 72:0935
- Kamloops, small businesses, succession planning and demographic trends 72:0920-0935
Animals
Applied Coastal Ecology program See Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.
Apprenticeship See Skills training
Aquaculture
- Atlantic salmon (Gibson) 73:1615 (Ullstrom, G.) 73:1615
- First Nations involvement (Dunn, J.) 74:1220-1225 (Ullstrom, G.) 73:1605, 73:1615
- Fish farms
- Investment and government support (James) 73:1610 (Ullstrom, G.) 73:1605-1620
- Jobs and skills training (Ullstrom, G.) 73:1615-1620
- Ocean-based aquaculture, environmental issues (Ullstrom, G.) 73:1610
- Other jurisdictions (Gibson) 73:1615 (Ullstrom, G.) 73:1605-1615
- Recirculating aquaculture systems See Fish farms, land-based above
- Role in economy and study (Dunn, J.) 74:1215-1225 (Trevena) 74:1225
- Workers, training (Dunn, J.) 74:1225
Archdekin, Robin
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Geoscience B.C. 72:1200-1215
- Energy, geothermal power development 72:1205
- Geoscience B.C.
- Mines and mining industry, exploration and research 72:1205
- Oil and gas
- natural gas development, seismicity issue 72:1205
- scientific research 72:1205
- Resources and resource industries, data-sharing by resource industries 72:1215
- Science and technology, geoscience research 72:1200-1205
Archer, Keith See also Elections B.C.
- B.C. Mail Plus
- services re TransLink funding plebiscite 61:0915
- B.C. Stats
- services re MLA recall petitions 61:0940
- Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area
- Election Act
- Elections
- advance voting 88:1520-1525, 88:1535-1540, 91:1405-1410
- advertising and communications 91:1415, 91:1425
- ballot boxes, forms and guides 91:1415
- by-elections, upcoming by-elections 88:1500, 88:1520, 91:1355-1435
- electoral boundaries, review and redistribution 88:1455-1500
- electronic voting and new voting technology 88:1535, 91:1410-1420
- enumeration and list of voters 88:1455-1505, 88:1535
- federal election, processes 88:1520
- general election in 2017, preparations 88:1455, 91:1435
- general election in 2017, preparations and staff training 88:1525-1530
- process, administration and fairness 61:0920
- process, public education 61:0945-0950
- regulations, changes 91:1405-1420
- voter education and youth engagement, Student Vote 88:1540
- voter participation information, access by candidates and parties 91:1410, 91:1420, 91:1435
- voting areas 91:1410, 91:1420, 91:1430
- Elections B.C.
- Electoral Boundaries Commission
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- review of statutory officers
- South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
- plebiscite on funding model, "plebiscite or referendum" issue 61:0945
- Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area
Armstrong, Graeme
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Quesnel and District Chamber of Commerce 79:1135-1150
- B.C. by region, northern B.C.
- health care services and physician supply 79:1140
- worker supply and skills training 79:1145
- Finance Committee, prebudget consultation process 79:1135
- Forests and forest industry
- conditions in industry 79:1135-1140
- constraints on timber harvesting and non-timber values 79:1140
- government investment and support 79:1140
- timber supply areas in interior, mid-term supply and mitigation 79:1135-1140
- Health care facilities and hospitals, investment 79:1140
- Highway 97 improvements 79:1140-1145
- New Gold Inc., Blackwater mine, workers 79:1145
- Quesnel
- Skills training, secondary school programs and skilled worker supply 79:1145
Armstrong, Thom
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Co-operative Housing Federation 70:1115-1125
- Co-operative Housing Federation of B.C.
- asset management planning program 70:1120
- Housing
- cooperative housing and rent supplement for low-income residents 70:1115-1125
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria See also Tupper, Jon
Arts and culture
- Art galleries and museums, admission fees and funding (Trevena) 69:1400 (Tupper, J.) 69:1400
- Artist-run centres (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 74:1045-1100
- Creative sector (Leitch, P.) 78:1655
- Employment and income (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 74:1050-1100 (Chandra Herbert) 74:1100 (Gibson) 74:1100
- Government funding
- funding (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 74:1045-1100 (Chandra Herbert) 69:1345 (Morris) 74:1130
- funding and gaming grants (James) 74:1130
- funding and support (Sommer, A.) 77:0950
- funding in B.C. and other jurisdictions (Gloor, R.) 74:1200
- gaming grants (Bourcheix-Laporte, M.) 74:1055-1100 (Chandra Herbert) 74:1100 (Foster) 74:1055 (Gloor, R.) 74:1200 (Lindsay, H.) 69:1340
- gaming grants and multi-year funding (Hendrix, E.) 74:1120-1125 (Lindsay, H.) 69:1345
- multi-year funding (Chandra Herbert) 74:1210-1215 (Gloor, R.) 74:1215
- process and capital program (Chandra Herbert) 69:1355 (Gloor, R.) 74:1200-1210 (James) 74:1205 (Lindsay, H.) 69:1340 (Morris) 74:1205 (Trevena) 74:1200 (Tupper, J.) 69:1355
- Media arts sector and independent media arts centres (Hendrix, E.) 74:1115-1130
- Non-profit sector, legislation See Legal requirements under Non-profit sector
- Role in attraction of workers to communities See Role in economy and society below
- Role in economy (Hendrix, E.) 74:1125 (Heyman) 69:1345 (Lindsay, H.) 69:1350 (Trevena) 74:1125 (Tupper, J.) 69:1350
- Role in economy and society (Gloor, R.) 74:1210 (Heyman) 74:1130, 74:1210 (Jarvis, D.) 69:1335
Ashton, Dan (Penticton)
- As subject
- Adoption
- Association of Administrative and Professional Staff at UBC 71:1905
- Auditor General
- budget and operations
- office space relocation and new premises 59:1230-1235
- office space relocation and new premises, costs 84:1135
- staffing 84:1135
- Beverages
- sugar-sweetened beverages, sales and tax proposal 74:1600
- B.C. Food Processors Association
- B.C. Schizophrenia Society
- Penticton branch, written submission to committee 70:1015
- Capital regional district
- Children and youth
- child protection system
- residential services for complex needs 63:1045
- Coast Capital Savings Credit Union
- potential expansion to federal status 81:1205
- Coyle, Allan, role at Okanagan college 71:1715
- Cycling
- infrastructure, government investment 81:1105
- Elections B.C.
- administration and costs of TransLink funding plebiscite 60:1225-1230
- Energy
- hydroelectric power projects 78:1750
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- motions for April 22 meeting 61:1020
- public hearings
- request for Ombudsperson and government officials to attend meeting 64:1010, 64:1020-1035
- review of statutory officers 59:1245
- standardization of presentations 59:1235
- Financial services industry
- credit unions
- credit unions, role and benefits 70:0925
- Food and food industry
- innovation and commercialization of products 81:1230
- role of liquor industry 81:1230
- Forests and forest industry
- Fuel
- Georgia Strait Alliance
- position on Kinder Morgan proposal 74:1545
- Health Ministry, health information breach investigation
- input by former employees and submissions to Finance Committee 64:1040, 66:1310, 66:1330-1345, 67:1020-1025
- review by Ombudsperson 64:1010, 64:1020-1040, 65:0910, 65:1045, 65:1130-1145, 67:1020-1025, 67:1115-1125, 67:1135-1140
- review by Ombudsperson and special directions 68:1020
- Horticulture industry
- role in invasive species control 77:1125
- Income assistance
- accessibility and service delivery 70:0915
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- registrar of lobbyists function and priorities 62:0925
- staffing and salaries 62:0925
- Kinder Morgan Canada Inc.
- proposal for oil pipeline expansion and increased tanker traffic on south coast 74:1545
- Lobbyists
- Mental health
- mental health of children and youth, service integration 81:1420
- Mines and mining industry
- Naramata
- trail system volunteer group 81:1255
- Okanagan area
- Okanagan College
- Ombudsperson
- Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
- Penticton
- Plants
- Post-secondary education
- student debt load 74:1610-1615
- student financial assistance, graduate student scholarships 80:1115
- Post-secondary education funding
- Post-secondary institutions
- Property
- Prospera Credit Union
- Public debt
- debt levels and paydown of debt 74:1530
- Rails to Trails trail network
- Real estate industry
- Representative for Children and Youth
- budget and operations
- expansion of mandate, advocacy for adoptions proposal 63:1020
- Sales
- retail industry, independent and chain retailers 74:1040
- Simon Fraser University
- Society of Notaries Public of B.C.
- Styffe, Tom, role at Okanagan college 71:1715
- Surrey
- light rail transit proposal 80:1030
- Tavender, Robin, presentations to committee 81:1220
- Trans Canada Trail
- Union of B.C. Municipalities
- UBC
- administrative and professional staff, role and concerns 71:1905
- funding, legacy fund 71:1900-1905
- University of Northern B.C.
- academic teaching cycle and sabbaticals 70:1200
Askeland, Gaelene
- Presentation to committee on behalf of John Howard Society 71:1750-1805
- Corrections system
- restorative justice programs 71:1755-1800
- transition and reintegration programs for persons leaving custody 71:1805
- Finance and Government Services Committee, public hearings 71:1750
- John Howard Society of the Central and South Okanagan, programs 71:1755, 71:1805
- Justice system
- community court system 71:1800-1805
- handling of cases involving mentally ill and addicted persons 71:1800
- Violence, domestic violence
Assault
Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia See also Dirom, Gavin
Association of Administrative and Professional Staff at UBC See also Cosco, Lia; Hansen, Joey
Atlantic provinces
Atwell, Richard
- Employee-monitoring software case See District council under Saanich, B.C.
Auditor General See also Bellringer, Carol
- Audit of office, internal audit (Morris) 63:1140
- Audit services
- Budget and operations
- budget and operations (Gibson) 59:1225 (Hamilton) 59:1225 (Heyman) 59:1225-1230 (Morris) 59:1225 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 59:1220-1225
- capital budget (Bellringer, C.) 84:1105-1110
- fees and revenues (Bellringer, C.) 63:1140 (Hall, K.) 63:1140 (Jones, R.) 63:1140-1145 (Yap) 63:1140
- funding request (Ashton) 84:1135 (Bellringer, C.) 84:1100-1135 (Chandra Herbert) 84:1125 (Foster) 84:1115 (Gibson) 84:1115-1125 (Hall, K.) 84:1115, 84:1130 (Hamilton) 84:1130 (Heyman) 84:1125 (Lefebvre, M.) 84:1120-1125 (Yap) 84:1115, 84:1125
- impact of accountant designation change (Bellringer, C.) 63:1125 (Jones, R.) 63:1125 (Lefebvre, M.) 63:1125 (Yap) 63:1125
- salaries (Bellringer, C.) 63:1110, 84:1105-1110 (Heyman) 63:1120-1125 (Lefebvre, M.) 63:1120-1125
- update (Bellringer, C.) 63:1105-1150
- Communications and meeting with Finance and Government Services Committee (Foster) 59:1230 (Hamilton) 59:1230, 59:1240 (Heyman) 59:1230
- Financial statement audit coverage plan (Bellringer, C.) 63:1115, 63:1135, 84:1100-1105, 84:1115
- Information technology (Bellringer, C.) 63:1115, 84:1110
- Office space relocation and new premises (Ashton) 59:1230-1235 (Bellringer, C.) 63:1110-1115 (Foster) 59:1230-1235 (Hamilton) 59:1230 (Heyman) 59:1235 (Morris) 59:1230 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 59:1235
- Office space relocation and new premises, costs (Ashton) 84:1135 (Bellringer, C.) 84:1100-1105, 84:1130-1135 (Hall, K.) 84:1130 (Hamilton) 84:1130
- Office space, shared services and training space (Bellringer, C.) 63:1120
- Recommendations, implementation and terminology (Bellringer, C.) 63:1135 (Gibson) 63:1135
- Reports and reviews
- Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan For Fiscal Years 2016-17 Through 2018-19 See Financial statement audit coverage plan above
- Staff classifications (Bellringer, C.) 63:1130 (Gibson) 63:1125-1130 (Lefebvre, M.) 63:1130
- Staffing (Ashton) 84:1135 (Bellringer, C.) 63:1105, 63:1115-1120, 84:1105, 84:1115-1130 (Foster) 84:1115 (Gibson) 84:1115-1125 (Hall, K.) 84:1115 (Heyman) 84:1125 (Lefebvre, M.) 84:1120-1125 (Yap) 84:1115, 84:1125
- Staffing and telework (Bellringer, C.) 63:1150 (Gibson) 63:1150 (Jones, R.) 63:1150
- Staffing and training (Bellringer, C.) 63:1145-1150 (Hamilton) 63:1145 (Lefebvre, M.) 63:1145
- Staffing, salaries See Budget and operations above
- Strategic plan (Bellringer, C.) 84:1100
Auditor General for Local Government
Australia
- Tax policies and consultation by government (Baxter, D.) 74:1245
Autism
Automated external defibrillators See Cardiac health
Automobile rental industry
Automobiles
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