Province of British Columbia
40th Parliament – 2015
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

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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

Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Partners Council

Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Association of British Columbia

Aboriginals

See First Nations


ACCESS Canada

Accountants

Ackerman, Lori

Adams, Paul

Addiction

See Mental illness and addiction under Mental health; Substance abuse and addiction


Adoption

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

Agricultural Land Commission

Agricultural land reserve

Agriculture

Ahearn, S. Brian

AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Air

AIR Worldwide

Alberta

Alberta Surface Rights Act

Alcohol

Alderliesten, John

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

AMS Society

See Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver


Anderson, Jim

Animals

Applied Coastal Ecology program

See Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.


Apprenticeship

See Skills training


Aquaculture

Archdekin, Robin

Archer, Keith

See also Elections B.C.


Armstrong, Graeme

Armstrong, Thom

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

See also Tupper, Jon


Arts and culture

Ashton, Dan (Penticton)

Askeland, Gaelene

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

Auditor General

See also Bellringer, Carol


Auditor General for Local Government

Australia

Autism

Automated external defibrillators

See Cardiac health


Automobile rental industry

Automobiles

Bacchus, Patti

Baer, Doug

Baker, Jeremy

Ballantyne, Fraser

Ballot boxes

See Elections


Banham, Heather

Banks

See Financial services industry


Barbosa, Patrick

Barker, Sheila

Barrable, Bill

Bateman, Jordan

Bauml, Rob

Baxter, Dan

BBOT

See Burnaby Board of Trade


BCAC

See British Columbia Agriculture Council


BCACDI

See British Columbia Association for Child Development and Intervention


BCBN

See B.C. Bioenergy Network Association


BCGEU

See British Columbia Government and Service Employees Union


BCIT Student Association

See also Ismail, Sameer; Smith, Dylan


BCPSEA

See British Columbia Public School Employers Association


BCSS

See British Columbia Schizophrenia Society


BCTF

See British Columbia Teachers Federation


Bealing, Rod

Beasley, Steve

Beaudry, Richard

Bell, Jon

Belleville ferry terminal

See Victoria, B.C.


Bellringer, Carol

See also Auditor General


Bennett, Hon. Bill (Kootenay East)

Benton, Mark

Berchowitz, Brianne

Bertsch, Randy

Besse, Shelley

Beverages and beverage industry

Big Brothers Big Sisters

See also Brown, Rhonda; Leonhardt, Matt


Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria

Biking

See Cycling


Bioenergy

See Energy


Biofuels

See Fuel


Biomass

See Bioenergy under Energy


Bioscience industry

See Life sciences industry under Science and technology


Bird, David

Blackwater mine

See New Gold Inc.


Blueprint for skills training

See Government skills and training plan under Skills training


Boards of education

See particular school districts; School districts


Boegman, Anton

Bohus, Stephen

Boscacci, Robert

Botterell, Rob

Bouman, Sheila

Boundary area

See Kootenay-Boundary area


Bourcheix-Laporte, Mariane

Boyd, Doug

Braid, Wayne

British Columbia

See also British Columbia by region


British Columbia Agriculture Council

See also Ens, Reg; Vander Waal, Stan


British Columbia Arts Council

British Columbia Association for Child Development and Intervention

See also Gordon, Jason


British Columbia Association of Farmers Markets

See also Bell, Jon; Quinn, Elizabeth


British Columbia Association of Kinesiologists

See also Jhaj, Hardip


British Columbia Association of School Business Officials

British Columbia Bioenergy Network

See also Plant, Marnie; Weedon, Michael


B.C. Bioenergy Network Association

British Columbia by region

BCcampus program

British Columbia Chamber of Commerce

See also Baxter, Dan; Garson, Jon


B.C. Check-Up report

See Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia


British Columbia Children's Hospital

British Columbia Chiropractic Association

See also Nickelchok, Rick; Robinson, Jay


B.C. Colleges

See also Ewart, Colin; Trotter, Lane


British Columbia Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils

British Columbia Coroners Service

British Columbia Cycling Coalition

See also Campbell, Richard


British Columbia Dental Association

See also Lobb, Peter


British Columbia Food Processors Association

See also Donaldson, James; Pratt, James


British Columbia Fruit Growers Association

See also Lucas, Glen; Steele, Fred


British Columbia Gaming Industry Association

British Columbia Government and Service Employees Union

See also Kelly, Simon; Smith, Stephanie


British Columbia Healthy Living Alliance

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.

British Columbia Integrated Youth Services Initiative

See also Mathias, Steven


British Columbia Lottery Corporation

See also Gambling


British Columbia Lung Association

See also McDonald, Scott


B.C. Mail Plus

B.C. mayors' caucus

See Union of British Columbia Municipalities


British Columbia Principals and Vice-Principals Association

See also Li, Gordon


B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

See also Sadrehashemi, Lobat


British Columbia Public School Employers Association

British Columbia Public Service Agency

British Columbia Real Estate Association

See also Horn, Deanna; Stathonikos, Damian


British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association

See also Dunn, Jeremy


British Columbia Schizophrenia Society

See also Charleyboy, Cindy


British Columbia School Trustees Association

See also Rezansoff, Teresa


British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

See also Daniell, Craig


B.C. Stats

British Columbia Teachers Federation

See also Iker, Jim


British Columbia Transit

See also Transit services


British Columbia Utilities Commission

B.C. Wood Specialties Group

See also Hawrysh, Brian


Broadway transit corridor

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Brown, Jesse

Brown, Rhonda

Bruce, Ian

Brunton, Rosann

Budgets

Building code

See Construction industry


Bullying

See Violence


Burden, Kim

Burnaby, B.C.

Burnaby Board of Trade

See also Holden, Paul


Burnaby North constituency and area

Business

Business Council of British Columbia

See also Peacock, Ken


Buy B.C. program

Buy Local program

By-elections

See Elections

Cache Creek, B.C.

Camosun College Student Society

See also Eggenberger, Andrea


Camosun College, Victoria, B.C.

Campbell, Gordon

Campbell, Richard

Camping, campgrounds, etc

See Parks


Canada Council for the Arts

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Pension Plan

Canada Revenue Agency

Canada-Caribbean Emerging Leaders Dialogue

Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies

See also Stuart Chatterley, Jo-Ann; Willow, John


Canadian Arts Coalition

Canadian Bar Association

Canadian Cancer Society

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canadian Diabetes Association

See also Corbeil, Serge; Hux, Jan; Mallet, Colin


Canadian Federation of Independent Business

See also Truscott, Richard


Canadian Federation of Students

Canadian Fuels Association

See also Ahearn, S. Brian


Canadian Mental Health Association

Canadian Sport Institute

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Canadian Taxpayers Federation

See also Bateman, Jordan


Cancer

Capilano Students Union

See also Wilson, Taylor


Capilano University, North Vancouver, B.C.

Capital region

See South Island under Vancouver Island; Victoria, B.C.


Capital regional district

Car 60 program

See Police services and mental health nurses under Prince George, B.C.


Carbon

Carbon tax

Cardiac health

Cariboo area

Cars

See Automobiles


Carter, Bruce

Casinos

See Gambling


Cassels, Jamie

Castlegar, B.C.

Castlegar Hospice Society

See also Lehbauer, Suzanne


CCELD

See Canada-Caribbean Emerging Leaders Dialogue


Cenerelli, Pierre

Central 1 Credit Union

See also Pastrick, Helmut; Wright, Donald


Central Okanagan Parent Advisory Council

Central Okanagan school district

See School district 23 (Central Okanagan)


Chalke, Jay

See also Ombudsperson


Chambers of commerce

See also particular chambers


Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)

Charbonneau, Sébastien

Charleyboy, Cindy

Charter

See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms


Chartered professional accountants

See Accountants


Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia

See also Banham, Heather; Rees, Richard


Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

Chatterley, Jo-Ann

See Stuart Chatterley, Jo-Ann


Chevron Canada Ltd

Chief Electoral Officer

See Archer, Keith; Elections B.C.


Child Care Advocacy Forum

See also Gregson, Sharon


Childhood Obesity Foundation

See also Warshawski, Tom


Children

See Children and youth


Children and Family Development, Ministry of

Children and youth

Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on

Children's Forum

Chile

China

Chiropractors

Chow, Jennifer

Chronic disease management

See Health care system


Ciceri, Robin

Cigarettes

See Tobacco


Clare, Fiona

Clare, Lorne

Clarke-Richardson, Penny

Clayton, Anne

Clean energy

See Energy


Clean Energy B.C.

See also Kariya, Paul


Clean Energy Canada

See also Moorhouse, Jeremy


Clean energy vehicle program

See Vehicle efficiency under Automobiles


Clean technology

See Science and technology


Climate change

CMHC

See Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation


Coaching Association of Canada

Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia

See Child Care Advocacy Forum


Coast Capital Savings Credit Union

See also Groves, John


Coastal British Columbia

See British Columbia by region


Coastal Community Credit Union

See also Legin, Adrian


Coastal Invasive Species Committee

See also McElroy, Rachelle


College of New Caledonia, Prince George, B.C.

See also Reiser, Henry


College of the Rockies, Cranbrook, B.C.

See also Walls, David


Colleges

See Post-secondary institutions


Collins, Mary

Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy

See also Exley, Joan; Knight, Betty; Lenardon, Cheryl; Szuta, Barb


Columbia Basin Trust

Columbia River Treaty

Columbia school district

See School district 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)


Committees

See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees


Communications technology

See Information and communications technology


Communities

See also Local government


Community Living British Columbia

See also Community living services under Disabled persons


Community living services

See Disabled persons


Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning

See Child care, accessibility and affordability under Children and youth


Community social services sector

See Social welfare


Community social services workers

See Social workers


CommunityLINK program

See Education; Education funding


Competitiveness

See Economy


Computer technology

See Information and communications technology


Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia

See also Baer, Doug; Conlon, Michael


Conference Board of Canada

Conflict of interest

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

See also Fraser, Paul


Conlon, Michael

Conservation of wildlife

See Wildlife


Conservation officers

See Environment


Consolidated revenue fund

See Government


Construction industry

Consumers

Convenience stores

See Sales


Cooper, Drew

Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia

See also Armstrong, Thom; Kitchen, Darren


Cooperatives

Coquitlam–Burke Mountain constituency and area

Corbeil, Serge

Coroners and coroner services

See British Columbia Coroners Service


Corporations

Corrections system

Cosco, Lia

Courtney, Shelley

Cowichan River

Cowichan Valley regional district

Coyle, Allan

CPA Canada

See Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada


CPAs

See Accountants


CPP

See Canada Pension Plan


Cranbrook, B.C.

Cranbrook school district

See School district 5 (Southeast Kootenay)


Crasta, Jude

CRD

See Capital regional district


Creative B.C.

Credit unions

See Financial services industry


Creelman, Gene

Crime and criminals

See also Justice system


Crowley, Hilary

Crowley, Sharon

Crown corporations

CTF

See Canadian Taxpayers Federation


Cycling

Daniell, Craig

David Suzuki Foundation

See also Aben, Kyle; Bruce, Ian


Davidson, Pennie-Lynn

Davis, Alan

Davis, Bob

Davis, Maureen

Davison, George

Dawson Creek, B.C.

Dawson Creek Literacy Now

See also Mobley, Michelle


Dawson Creek Literacy Society

de Jong, Hon. Michael (Abbotsford West)

Dearle, Gillian

Death

Debt

Decoda Literacy Solutions Society

See also Gadsby, Leona; Le Clair, Brenda


Deer

See Wildlife


Delta, B.C.

Dementia

See Alzheimer's disease and other dementias


Demers, Sheryl

Denham, Elizabeth

See also Information and Privacy Commissioner


Denmark

Dental health

Destination B.C.

Development cost charges

See Land use


Development initiative trusts

See Economic development initiative trusts under Economy; particular trusts


Diabetes

Digital technology

See Information and communications technology


Dirom, Gavin

Disabled persons

Disasters

See Emergencies


Discovery Coast route

See Discovery Coast circle route under Tourism


Disease

Doctors

See Physicians


Domestic violence

See Violence


Donaldson, James

Douglas College, New Westminster, B.C.

Douglas Students Union

See also Waraich, Ruab


Downtown Eastside

See Vancouver, B.C.


Drugs

Dunn, Jeremy

Dying with dignity

See Death

Early childhood development

See Children and youth


Early learning and literacy

See Early childhood development under Children and youth


Earthquakes

E-cigarettes and vapour products

Economic Forecast Council

Economy

Education

See also Education funding; Post-secondary education; School districts; Schools; Skills training


Education funding

Education, Ministry of

EFP

See Environmental farm program under Agriculture


Eggenberger, Andrea

Election Act

Elections

Elections B.C.

See also Archer, Keith


Electoral Boundaries Commission

Electric power

See Energy


Electricity

See Energy


Electronic voting

See Plebiscites and referenda


Elias, Angel

ELL

Elliott, Don

Elliott, Garrett

Emergencies

Emily Carr Students Union

See also Han, Gloria; Hijaab, Alia; MacDonald, Lori


Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.

Emissions

See Greenhouse gas emissions


Employment and unemployment

Ending Violence Association of British Columbia

See also Rossiter, Kate


End-of-life care, issues, etc

See Dying with dignity under Death; Hospice and palliative care


Energy

Energy purchase agreements with independent power producers

See British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority


Engineers

English-as-a-second-language programs

See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education


Ens, Reg

Enterprise Holdings

Environment

Envision Financial

See First West Credit Union


EPAs

See Energy purchase agreements with independent power producers under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority


ESL programs

See English language learning programs under Post-secondary education


Europe

EVA B.C.

See Ending Violence Association of British Columbia


Evans, Sharon

Ewart, Colin

Exercise

Exley, Joan

Exports

See Trade

Families

Families Against Cuts to Education

See also Legal, Heather; Stewart, Jennifer


Family physicians

See Physicians


Farmers, farming, farms, etc

See Agriculture


Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Federation of Community Social Services of British Columbia

See also FitzZaland, Rick


Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia

See also Davison, George


Fedorak, Jay

Fedorkiw, Terry

Ferries and ferry services

Film industry

Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on

Finance, Ministry of

Financial Advisors Association of Canada

See also Bauml, Rob


Financial services industry

Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan for Fiscal Years 2016-17 Through 2018-19

See Financial statement audit coverage plan under Auditor General


FIOSA-MIOSA Safety Alliance of British Columbia

See also McGuire, Lisa


Fires and firefighters

First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

See also Montani, Adrienne


First Nations

First Nations Health Authority

First West Credit Union

Fish

Fitness

See Public health


FitzZaland, Rick

FMI Bioenergy Inc

See also Adams, Paul


Food and food industry

Food banks

Food Skills for Families program

See Management and prevention under Diabetes


Forest fires

See Fires and firefighters


Forests and forest industry

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of

Fort Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce

See also Vandersteen, Bev


Fort St. John Hospital, Fort St. John, B.C.

Fossil fuels

See Fuel


Foster care

Foster, Eric (Vernon-Monashee)

Franchises Act

Fraser Health Authority

Fraser Health region hospice advisory committee

See also Elias, Angel; Royer, Gaëtan; Smith, Rebecca


Fraser, Paul

See also Conflict of Interest Commissioner


Fraser, Rob

Fraser Valley

Freedom of information

See also Government records management


Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the

Friedman, Thomas

Fromberg, Mark

Fruit industry

See Food and food industry


Fuel

Fyfe, Richard

Gabriola Bridge Society

See Baker, Jeremy


Gabriola Island

Gadsby, Leona

Gambling

Gaming grants

See Communities


Garson, Jon

Gartshore, Ian

Gas industry

See Oil and gas


Gasoline

See Fuel


Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd

See also Nijjar, Jag; Santo, Tony; Stuart, Shiera


Gauchier, Paige

Gays and lesbians

See Sexual orientation


General practitioners

See Family physicians under Physicians


Georgia Strait

Georgia Strait Alliance

See also Woodsworth, Alexandra


Geoscience British Columbia Society

See also Archdekin, Robin; Salas, Carlos


Gervais, Alex

Gibson, Simon (Abbotsford-Mission)

Giroux-Schmidt, Colleen

Gleeson, Mychael

Gloor, Rob

Goffinet, Rob

Golden Life Management Corp

Golf and golf courses

Gordon, Jason

Government

See also Local government; Public sector


Government records management

A GP for Me program

See Family physicians under Physicians


Graduate Student Society at Simon Fraser University

See also Cenerelli, Pierre; Perry, Mark


Granville Youth Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Great Canadian Gaming Corp

See also Keeling, Chuck


Greater Vancouver area

See Lower Mainland


Greater Victoria area

See Victoria, B.C.


Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce

See also Carter, Bruce; Kulmala, Peggy


Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness

See also Elliott, Don


Greenhouse gas emissions

Gregg, Amber

Gregson, Sharon

Griffith, Colin

Grisch, Chelsea

Group homes

Grover, Ken

Groves, John

Gulf Islands

Gutray, Beverley

HAFI

See Accessible housing, Home Adaptations for Independence program under Disabled persons


Haida Gwaii

Hall, Dolly

Hall, Katrina

Hamilton, Wm. Scott (Delta North)

Han, Gloria

Handicapped persons

See Disabled persons


Hansen, Joey

Harm reduction

See Health promotion and disease prevention under Public health; Social welfare


Harmonized sales tax

Harvest Power Canada Ltd

Hasanen, Brant

Hawrysh, Brian

Health

Health authorities

Health care facilities and hospitals

Health care funding

Health care system

Health, Ministry of

Heart health

See Cardiac health


Hendrix, Emma

Hepatitis C virus

Heyman, George (Vancouver-Fairview)

Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)

Highway 16

Highway 37

Highway 97

Hijaab, Alia

Hill, Lisa

HIV/AIDS

See AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)


Hoffman, Tom

Hogg, Gordon (Surrey–White Rock)

Holden, Paul

Holman, Gary (Saanich North and the Islands)

Home care

Home Medical Equipment Dealers Association of British Columbia

See also Boscacci, Robert; Mackie, Darryl


Home ownership

See also Property


Home Sweet Home Grocery, Prince George, B.C.

Homelessness

Homosexuality

See Sexual orientation


Hong Kong

Hooker, Brenda

Horn, Deanna

Horne, Matt

Horticulture industry

Hospice and palliative care

Housing

Howard, Maria

HPV vaccine

See Immunization under Public health


HUB Cycling program

See Cycling


Huberman, Anita

Human papillomavirus

Human papillomavirus vaccine

See Immunization under Public health


Human rights

Humphreys, Ian

Hunting

Hutniak, David

Hux, Jan

Hydroelectric power projects

See Energy

ICATS

See Violence against women, prevention, interagency case assessment teams under Violence


ICBC

See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia


ICE fund

See Innovative clean energy fund under Energy


IGNITE athlete development program

See Sports and recreation


Iker, Jim

Immigration

Immunization

See Public health


Imperial Metals Corp

Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd

See also Charbonneau, Sébastien


Improvement districts

See Local government


In-camera proceedings

Income

Income assistance

Income tax

Income Tax Act

Independent Media Arts Alliance

Independent schools

See Education


Indigenous peoples

See First Nations


Information and communications technology

Information and Privacy Commissioner

See also Denham, Elizabeth


Infrastructure

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc

See also Giroux-Schmidt, Colleen


Innovative clean energy fund

See Energy


Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

See Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia


Insulin pump therapy

See Diabetes


Insurance

Insurance Bureau of Canada

See also Sutherland, Aaron


Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Integris Credit Union

See also Bird, David


Interagency case assessment teams

See Violence against women, prevention under Violence


Interior Health Authority

Interior Savings Credit Union

See also Creelman, Gene


International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

International students

See Education; Post-secondary education


Intrepid Theatre Club Society

Invasive species

Invasive Species Council of British Columbia

See also Wallin, Gail


Isaak, Kerri Palmer

See Palmer Isaak, Kerri


Island Coastal Economic Trust

See also Kent, Phil; Smith, Dallas


Island Health

See Vancouver Island Health Authority


Island Savings

See First West Credit Union


Islands Trust

Ismail, Sameer

James, Alana

James, Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)

Jarvis, Doug

Jhaj, Hardip

Jivani, Khairun

Jobs

See Employment and unemployment


John Howard Society of the Central and South Okanagan

See also Askeland, Gaelene


Johns, Chris

Jones, Russ

Judges

See Judiciary under Justice system


Justice, Ministry of

Justice system

See also Crime and criminals

Kaiser, Angela

Kaminsky, Barbara

Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops Chamber of Commerce

See also Hasanen, Brant


Kariya, Paul

Keeling, Chuck

Keller-Macleod, Madeline

Kelly, Simon

Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna Chamber of Commerce

See also Robinson, Jeff


Kent Marketing Services

Kent, Phil

Kettle Friendship Society

Kids in Control program

See Mental health of children and youth under Mental health


Kinder Morgan Canada Inc

Kinesiologists

Kitchen, Darren

Kitimat, B.C.

Kitimat Child Development Centre Association

See also Warcup, Margaret


Kitimat Health Advocacy Group

See also Goffinet, Rob


Klassen, Paul

Klukas, Andrew

Knight, Betty

Knott, Angie

Knotweed

See Invasive species under Plants


Knowledge development fund

See Research infrastructure under Research and development


Koehn, Yvonne

Kootenay area

Kootenay Savings Credit Union

See also Tremblay, Brent


Kootenay-Boundary area

Kootenay-Columbia school district

See School district 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)


KPU

See Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, B.C.


Kulmala, Peggy

Kulmatycki, Bryn

Kurjata, John

Kuterra LP

See also Ullstrom, Garry


Kwantlen Faculty Association

See also Davis, Bob; Dearle, Gillian


Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, B.C.

See also Davis, Alan


Kwantlen Student Association

See also McGowan, Alex

Labour

Land use

LandlordBC

See also Hutniak, David


Landlords

See Rental housing under Housing


Lands, Ministry of

See Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of


Lane, Nathan

Lang family

Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.

See also Humphreys, Ian


Langley school district

See School district 35 (Langley)


Langley Teachers Association

See also Beaudry, Richard


Language

Law Society of British Columbia

Lawrance, Jill

Lawyers and legal services

Le Clair, Brenda

Leahy, Jean

Lee, Christian

LeFebvre, Marc

Legal aid

See Justice system


Legal, Heather

Legal Services Society

See also Benton, Mark


Legin, Adrian

Legislature

Lehbauer, Suzanne

Leitch, Peter

Lenardon, Cheryl

Leonhardt, Matt

Li, Gordon

Life sciences industry

See Science and technology


Lindsay, Heather

Liquefied natural gas development

Liquor

See Alcohol


Literacy

Literacy in Kamloops

See also Clare, Fiona


Literacy Matters Abbotsford

See also Crowley, Sharon


Liver health

Living Positive Resource Centre, Kelowna, B.C.

See also Wall, Dylan


LNG development

See Liquefied natural gas development


Lobb, Peter

Lobbyists

Local government

See also Communities


Long-term and residential care

Lowe, Stan

Lower Mainland

See also particular locations


Lucas, Glen

Lung health

McCarthy, Sherry

MacDonald, Lori

McDonald, Scott

McElroy, Rachelle

McEvoy, Michael

McGowan, Alex

McGuire, Lisa

McKay, Corinne

Mackenzie, Isobel

Mackie, Darryl

Macklem, Paul

McLoughlin, Michael

MacRitchie, Elizabeth

Mail-in voting

See Plebiscites and referenda


Main, Don

Make Transit Work Coalition

See also Rogers, Kenya


Mallet, Colin

Maple Ridge–Mission constituency and area

Marathassa spill

See English Bay, bunker oil spill from ship under Vancouver, B.C.


Marginal effective tax rates

See Taxation


Marijuana

Marshall, Megan

Martens, Maggie Milne

See Milne Martens, Maggie


Martens, Mike

Mathias, Steven

Medical Services Plan of British Columbia

Medi-Kel Family Practice and Walk-In Clinic, Kelowna, B.C.

Members' Conflict of Interest Act

Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Men

Mental health

Mental Health America

Mental Illness Awareness Week

Merit Commissioner

See also Spencer, Fiona


Metro Vancouver

See also Lower Mainland


Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite

See Plebiscite on funding model under South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


METRs

See Marginal effective tax rates under Taxation


Mexico

Michaels, David

Miller, Bill

Miller, Mary

Milne Martens, Maggie

Mines and mining industry

Missing Women Commission of Inquiry (Oppal Commission)

MLAs

See Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia


Mobley, Michelle

Montani, Adrienne

Moorhouse, Jeremy

Morin-Nakashima, Tammy

Morris, Jonny

Morris, Mike (Prince George–Mackenzie)

Mortgage Brokers Act

Mossman, Lee

Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia

See also Klassen, Paul; Leitch, Peter; Thompson, Suzanne


Motions and resolutions

Mount Baker Secondary School, Cranbrook, B.C.

Mount Polley mine

See Imperial Metals Corp.


Mountain pine beetle

See Mountain pine beetle infestation under Forests and forest industry


MSP

See Medical Services Plan of British Columbia


MTU

See Trades training, mobile trades unit under Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.


Mullaly, Christa

Municipalities

See Local government


Mussels

See Control and management, quagga and zebra mussels under Invasive species


MyEducation B.C.

See Information management under Education

'Namgis First Nation

Nanaimo, B.C.

Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district

See School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)


Nanwakolas First Nations

Naramata, B.C.

Natural gas

See Oil and gas


Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of

See Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of


Natural resources

See Resources and resource industries; Oil and gas


Naughton, Bill

NDIT

See Northern Development Initiative Trust


NEBC Resource Municipalities Coalition

See also Ackerman, Lori; Fraser, Rob; Griffith, Colin; Streeper, Bill


Nechako Valley Historical Society

See Alderliesten, John


Nelson CARES Society

New Democratic Party of British Columbia

New Gold Inc

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nickelchok, Rick

Night school

See Evening programs under Post-secondary education


Nijjar, Jag

Nisga'a Lisims Government

Non-profit sector

North American Indigenous Games

North Central Local Government Association

North Island College, Courtenay, B.C.

North Island Students Union

See also Sandy, Jessica


Northeastern Resource Municipalities Coalition

See NEBC Resource Municipalities Coalition


Northern British Columbia

See British Columbia by region


Northern Development Initiative Trust

Northern Health Authority

Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek, B.C.

See also Kulmatycki, Bryn; Kurjata, John


Northwest Community College Students Union

See also Keller-Macleod, Madeline; Walker, Reilly


Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.

See also Try, David


Norway

Notaries public

Noye, Wayne

Nurses

Obama, Barack

Obesity

Occupational health and safety

Office of the Seniors Advocate

See Seniors Advocate


Officers of the Legislature

See Legislature


Oil and gas

OIPC

See Information and Privacy Commissioner


Okanagan area

Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

See also Coyle, Allan; Styffe, Tom


Okanagan College Students Union

See also Berchowitz, Brianne; Grisch, Chelsea


Okanagan Hockey Group

Olympic Games

Ombudsperson

See also Chalke, Jay


Ombudsperson Act

Omineca Beetle Action Coalition

See also Miller, Bill; Tower, Sharon


Online learning

See Distance education and online learning under Post-secondary education


Ontario

Open Space Arts Society

"Open" textbooks

See Textbooks under Post-secondary education


Oppal, Wally

ORL

See Registrar of lobbyists function and priorities under Information and Privacy Commissioner

PAARC

See Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres


Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre

Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres

See also Bourcheix-Laporte, Mariane


PacificSport Provincial Network

PacificSport Vancouver Island

See also Cooper, Drew


Paige's Story: Abuse, Indifference and a Young Life Discarded report

See Reports, report on death of aboriginal youth under Representative for Children and Youth


Palliative care

See Hospice and palliative care


Palmer Isaak, Kerri

PARC

See Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre


Parent advisory councils

See Education


Parent Advocacy Network for Public Education

See also Milne Martens, Maggie


Parkinson, Sean

Parks

Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce

See also Burden, Kim


Pastrick, Helmut

Patient navigators

See Health care system


Patients

See Health care system


Patt, Amanda

Peace River area

Peace River school districts

See School district 60 (Peace River North)


Peace Valley Landowners Association

See also Botterell, Rob


Peace Villa, Fort St. John, B.C.

Peacock, Ken

Pembina Institute

See also Horne, Matt


Peninsula Co-op, Saanichton, B.C.

Pensions

Penticton, B.C.

Perry, Mark

Persons with disabilities

See Disabled persons


Pest control

Pest control and pesticide use

Petroleum and Natural Gas Act

Petter, Andrew

PharmaCare program

Pharmaceutical industry

Physical fitness

See Public health; Sports and recreation


Physicians

Physiotherapists

Physiotherapists for Northern Communities

See also Crowley, Hilary; Fedorkiw, Terry; MacRitchie, Elizabeth


Pine beetle

See Mountain pine beetle infestation under Forests and forest industry


Plant, Marnie

Plants

Playgrounds

Plebiscite on transportation funding model

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Plebiscites and referenda

PNP

See Provincial nominee program under Immigration


Pohl, Cindi

Police Act

Police and policing

Police Complaint Commissioner

Politics and politicians

Pop

See Beverages and beverage industry


Post-secondary education

See also Post-secondary education funding; Post-secondary institutions; Skills training


Post-secondary education funding

Post-secondary institutions

Pousette, Anne

Poverty

Pratt, James

Preventive health care

See Public health


Primary health care

See Health care system


Prince George, B.C.

Prince George Chamber of Commerce

See also Pohl, Cindi; Ray, Christie; Wendling, Lorna


Prince George Mental Health Consumer Council

See also Davidson, Pennie-Lynn; Ramsay, Sandy


Prince George school district

See School district 57 (Prince George)


Prince Rupert, B.C.

Principals and vice-principals

See Education


Privacy

Private Forest Landowners Association

See also Bealing, Rod


Private schools

See Independent schools under Education


ProArt Alliance

See Professional Arts Alliance of Greater Victoria


Professional Arts Alliance of Greater Victoria

See also Jarvis, Doug; Lindsay, Heather


Professions

Progressive Contractors Association of Canada

See also Martens, Mike


Promotion of Wellness in Northern B.C. Association

See also Pousette, Anne; Sutter, Michelle


Property

See also Home ownership


Property tax

Property transfer tax

Prospera Credit Union

See also Kaiser, Angela


Prostate cancer

See Cancer


Prostate Cancer Canada

See also Winter, John


Prostitution

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provincial nominee program

See Immigration


Provincial sales tax

See Sales tax


PSA test

See Prostate cancer under Cancer


PSECA

See Public sector energy conservation agreement under Public sector


PST

See Sales tax


Public accounts

See Financial reporting under Government


Public debt

Public health

Public sector

Public service

See also British Columbia Public Service Agency


Public transit

See Transit services


Pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada

See Knott, Angie


PWDs

See Disabled persons

Quebec

Queen Charlotte Islands

See Haida Gwaii


Quesnel and District Chamber of Commerce

See also Armstrong, Graeme; Gregg, Amber


Quesnel, B.C.

Quesnel Junior Secondary School, Quesnel, B.C.

Quesnel River Pulp Co

Quesnel school district

See School district 28 (Quesnel)


Quinn, Elizabeth

Rails to Trails trail network

See also Trans Canada Trail


Railways and rail services

Ramsay, Sandy

RAS

See Land-based aquaculture under Aquaculture


Ray, Christie

Reading

See Literacy


Real estate industry

See also Home ownership; Property


REAL program

See Rural education and access to lawyers program under Canadian Bar Association


Recall petitions administration

See Administration and costs of recall petitions under Elections B.C.


Recreation

See Sports and recreation


Red tape

See Regulations under Government


Rees, Richard

Referenda

See Plebiscites and referenda


Referendum on transit funding model

See Plebiscite on funding model under South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Refineries and refining industry

See Oil and gas


Reimer, Neil

Reiser, Henry

Remanufacturing industry

See Value-added sector under Forests and forest industry


Rennie, Paulette

Rental housing

See Housing


Representative for Children and Youth

See also Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen


Research and development

Research universities

See Post-secondary institutions


Research Universities Council of British Columbia

See also Ciceri, Robin


Residential construction industry

See Construction industry


Residential housing market

See Real estate industry


Resources and resource industries

Retail Council of Canada

See also Wilson, Greg


Retail industry

See Sales


Revelstoke Dam

Rezansoff, Teresa

Richmond, B.C.

Richmond board of education

See School district 38 (Richmond)


Rick Hansen Institute

See also Barrable, Bill; Clarke-Richardson, Penny


Right to die

See Dying with dignity under Death


Rights and freedoms

See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Human rights


Rio Tinto Alcan Inc

Robertson, Terry

Robinson, Angie and Robert

Robinson, Jay

Robinson, Jeff

Rogers, Kenya

Ross, Brian

Rossiter, Kate

Royer, Gaëtan

Run-of-the-river power projects

See Hydroelectric power under Energy


Rural British Columbia

See British Columbia by region


Rx&D

See Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies


Ryan-Lloyd, Kate

Saanich, B.C.

Sadrehashemi, Lobat

SAFER

Salaries

See Wages and salaries


Salas, Carlos

Sales

Sales tax

Salmon farming

See Aquaculture


Sandman Centre, Kamloops, B.C.

Sandy, Jessica

Santiago, Rod

Santo, Tony

Saskatchewan

Save Our Northern Seniors Society

See also Barker, Sheila; Leahy, Jean


Schizophrenia

Schoenborn family

School Act

School boards

See School districts


School buses

See Schools


School district 5 (Southeast Kootenay)

School district 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)

See also Brunton, Rosann


School district 23 (Central Okanagan)

See also Mossman, Lee


School district 28 (Quesnel)

School district 35 (Langley)

School district 36 (Surrey)

See also Noye, Wayne; Wilson, Shawn


School district 38 (Richmond)

See also Yung, Erick


School district 39 (Vancouver)

See also Bacchus, Patti; Ballantyne, Fraser


School district 43 (Coquitlam)

See also Palmer Isaak, Kerri


School district 57 (Prince George)

See also Hooker, Brenda


School district 60 (Peace River North)

See also Boyd, Doug


School district 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)

School districts

See also Education; Education funding; Schools


School of Exploration and Mining

See Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.


Schools

See also Education; Education funding; School districts


SCI

See Spinal cord conditions and injuries


Science and technology

Scott, Aidan

Seafood

See Food and food industry


Seattle, Washington

Secure care

See Mental health of children and youth under Mental health


Seismic upgrades

Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth

See Children and Youth, Select Standing Committee on


Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services

See Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on


Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C.

Seniors

Seniors Advocate

See also Mackenzie, Isobel


Sewage disposal

See Waste management


Sex trade

See Prostitution


Sexual assault

See Crime and criminals


Sexual orientation

Shantz, Bob

Sharma, Deepak

Shaver, Alan

Shellfish

Shin, Jane Jae Kyung (Burnaby-Lougheed)

Shore Energy Solutions Ltd

See also Gartshore, Ian


Sieben, Mark

Simon Fraser Student Society

See also Sharma, Deepak; Weng, Enoch; Yang, Kathleen


Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

See also Petter, Andrew


Simpson, Bob

Site C power project

Skills training

Small business

See Business


SMG Wood Pellet Inc

See also Adams, Paul


Smith, Dallas

Smith, Dylan

Smith, Rebecca

Smith, Stephanie

Smith, Trevor

Smoking

See Tobacco


Social Development and Social Innovation, Ministry of

Social services

See Programs and services under Government; Social welfare


Social welfare

Social workers

Societies

Societies Act

Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia

See also Braid, Wayne; Morin-Nakashima, Tammy


Solar power

See Energy


Sommer, Angela

South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)

South Fraser communities

See Lower Mainland


Spagrud, Mary Lu

SPCA

See British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals


SpeakBOX

See also Scott, Aidan


Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Special Committee to Review the


Special needs children

See Children and youth; Special education and special needs under Education


Speech disorders

Spencer, Fiona

See also Merit Commissioner


Spinal cord conditions and injuries

Sports and recreation

Stanley, Marni

Stark, Neil

Stathonikos, Damian

Statistics Canada

Statutory appropriations

See Consolidated revenue fund under Government


Statutory officers

See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature; particular statutory officers


Steele, Fred

Stewart, Jennifer

Stone, Hon. Todd (Kamloops–South Thompson)

Storms

See Weather


Storvold, Amber

Streeper, Bill

Strengthening Families Together program, First Nations edition

See Programs and services under Schizophrenia


Stuart Chatterley, Jo-Ann

Stuart, Shiera

Student Vote

See Voter education and youth engagement under Elections


Students

See Post-secondary education


Styffe, Tom

Substance abuse and addiction

Sugar

See Food and food industry


Sugar-sweetened beverages

See Beverages


Summerland, B.C.

Supreme Court of Canada

Surrey, B.C.

See also South Fraser communities under Lower Mainland


Surrey Board of Trade

See also Huberman, Anita


Surrey school district

See School district 36 (Surrey)


Sutherland, Aaron

Sutter, Michelle

Szuta, Barb

Tamminga, Monique

Tatlock, Jan

Tavender, Robin

Taxation

Taylor, Amy

Taylor, Larry

Teachers

Technology

See Information and communications technology; Science and technology


Tegart, Jackie (Fraser-Nicola)

Tenants

See Rental housing under Housing


Terrace, B.C.

Textbooks

See Post-secondary education


Thomas-Wightman, Dawn

Thompson Okanagan region

See Okanagan area


Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association

See also Friedman, Thomas


Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.

See also Ross, Brian; Shaver, Alan


Thompson Rivers University Students Union

See also Lane, Nathan; Storvold, Amber


Thompson, Suzanne

Thomson, Taryn

Tidal power

See Energy


Tierney, Mike

Timber supply

See Forests and forest industry


Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation

Tobacco

Tolko Industries Ltd

See also Hoffman, Tom


Toronto, Ontario

Torrefusion Technologies Inc

See also Adams, Paul


Tourism

Tower, Sharon

Trade

Trades

Trails

See particular trail systems


Trans Canada Trail

Trans-Canada Highway

See Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway)


Transit plebiscite

See Plebiscite on funding model under South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Transit services

See also British Columbia Transit; South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


TransLink

See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)


Transportation

Transportation and Infrastructure, Ministry of

Tremblay, Brent

Trevena, Claire (North Island)

Triple-bottom-line accounting

See Accountants


Trotter, Lane

TRU

See Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.


Truscott, Richard

Trustees

See Trustees under School districts


Trusts

See Economic development initiative trusts under Economy; particular trusts


Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Try, David

Tsilhqot'in Nation

Tuck, John

Tuition fees

See Post-secondary education


Tupper, Jon

Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

See also Representative for Children and Youth

Ullstrom, Garry

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

United States

Universities

See Post-secondary education; Post-secondary education funding; Post-secondary institutions


University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

University of the Fraser Valley Faculty and Staff Association

See also Parkinson, Sean


University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, B.C.

See also Weeks, Daniel


University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, B.C.

University of Victoria Students Society

See also Rogers, Kenya


University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.

See also Cassels, Jamie


U-pass program

See Student passes under Transit services


Utilities Commission

See British Columbia Utilities Commission

Vaccination

See Immunization under Public health


Valley First

See First West Credit Union


Value-added sector

See Forests and forest industry


Value-added taxes

Van Swieten, Dave

Vancouver Art Gallery

Vancouver, B.C.

See also Lower Mainland


Vancouver Community College

Vancouver Community College Faculty Association

See also Thomson, Taryn


Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island Health Authority

Vancouver Island University Faculty Association

See also Stanley, Marni


Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.

Vancouver Island University Students Union

See also Barbosa, Patrick; McCarthy, Sherry


Vancouver school district

See School district 39 (Vancouver)


Vancouver–Mount Pleasant constituency and area

Vander Waal, Stan

Vanderhoof, B.C.

Vanderhoof MenShed Society

See also Alderliesten, John


Vandersteen, Bev

Vapour products

See E-cigarettes and vapour products


VAT

See Value-added taxes


Vehicles

See Automobiles


Venture capital

See Business


Venture Kamloops

See also Anderson, Jim


Vernon, B.C.

ViaSport British Columbia

See also Bouman, Sheila


Vice-principals

See Principals and vice-principals under Education


Victoria, B.C.

See also Capital regional district; South Island under Vancouver Island


Victoria Fringe Festival

Victoria Regional Transit Commission

Violence

See also Crime and criminals


Visitor information centres

See Tourism


Visual impairment

Vogel, Richard

Volunteers and volunteer sector

Voting

See Plebiscites and referenda

Wages and salaries

Walker, Reilly

Walk-in clinics

See Health care facilities and hospitals


Walk-In Clinics of British Columbia

See also Fromberg, Mark; McLoughlin, Michael


Wall, Dylan

Wallin, Gail

Walls, David

Waraich, Ruab

Warcup, Margaret

Warshawski, Tom

Waste management

Water

Weather

Weed Act

Weedon, Michael

Weeks, Daniel

Welfare

See Social welfare


Wendling, Lorna

Weng, Enoch

Western Convenience Stores Association

See also Klukas, Andrew


Western, Nola

WHO

See World Health Organization


Wild Coast Cottages, Port Renfrew, B.C.

Wildfires

See Forest fires under Fires and firefighters


Wildlife

Wilk, Stephen

William case

See Ruling on Tsilhqot'in Nation land title under Supreme Court of Canada


Williams Lake and District Chamber of Commerce

See also Sommer, Angela


Williams Lake, B.C.

Willow, John

Wilson, Greg

Wilson, Shawn

Wilson, Taylor

WINBC

See Promotion of Wellness in Northern B.C. Association


Wind power

See Energy


Winter, John

Women

Wood, Josiah

Wood waste

Woodrow, Larri

Woodsworth, Alexandra

Woolf, Virginia

Workers

WorkSafe B.C.

World Health Organization

World Wildlife Federation

Wright, Donald