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

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Rails to Trails trail network See also Trans Canada Trail

Governance (Ashton) 81:1255 (Foster) 81:1245-1250
Governance and use by motorized vehicles (Woodrow, L.) 81:1240-1255
Railways and rail services

Companies, accountability (James) 79:0955 (Vandersteen, B.) 79:0950-1000
Service levels and transportation of commodities (Vandersteen, B.) 79:0950
Ramsay, Sandy

Presentation to committee on behalf of Prince George Mental Health Consumer Council 76:1700-1705
Mental health programs and services, advocacy services 76:1705
Prince George Mental Health Consumer Council, work of organization 76:1700-1705
Prince George, mental health services
advocate position proposal 76:1700-1705
services and funding 76:1705
RAS See Land-based aquaculture under Aquaculture
Ray, Christie

Presentation to committee on behalf of Prince George Chamber of Commerce 76:1605-1620
B.C. by region, northern B.C.
transportation infrastructure needs 76:1610
worker recruitment and retention 76:1615-1620
worker supply and skills training 76:1615
Cache Creek, transportation infrastructure in area 76:1610
Cariboo area, transportation infrastructure, Cariboo connector project 76:1610
Dawson Creek, transportation infrastructure in area 76:1610
Engineers, training 76:1615
Highways, improvements 76:1610
Prince George Chamber of Commerce
resolution on education and skills training 76:1615
resolution on transportation infrastructure needs 76:1610
Prince George, transportation infrastructure in area 76:1610
Quesnel, transportation infrastructure in area 76:1610
Skills training, government funding and support 76:1615
Transportation, government plan 76:1610
Vanderhoof, transportation infrastructure in area 76:1610
Reading See Literacy
Real estate industry See also Home ownership; Property

Housing market conditions
conditions (Bohus, S.) 74:1700 (Chandra Herbert) 71:1930 (de Jong) 69:1215 (Pastrick, H.) 74:1655-1700 (Robinson, J.) 71:1920 (Stathonikos, D.) 80:1240 (Yap) 74:1655
data collection (Rees, R.) 74:1010-1015 (Yap) 74:1015
international investment and foreign ownership (Braid, W.) 80:1210 (Heyman) 74:1020
Sales commissions (Ashton) 80:1245 (Horn, D.) 80:1245 (Stathonikos, D.) 80:1245
Transactions and role of notaries public See Handling of real estate transactions under Notaries public
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

Presentation to committee on behalf of Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C. 74:1005-1020
Accountants, supply and training 74:1010
Budgets, 2015-16 budget surplus 74:1005
Business
ability to attract employees 74:1005, 74:1015
licences, mobile business licence program 74:1010-1015
small business, collaboration and government support 74:1010
Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C.
B.C. Check-Up report recommendations 74:1005
recommendations on government budget 74:1010-1015
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, financial literacy initiatives 74:1010-1015
Conference Board of Canada, report on labour shortages 74:1010
Consumers, financial literacy, initiatives 74:1010-1015
Economy, conditions 74:1005-1010
Education, curriculum, integration of financial literacy 74:1015
Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers, express-entry program 74:1010
Labour market data, report and outlook document 74:1010
Property transfer tax reform 74:1015
Public debt, paydown of debt 74:1005
Real estate industry, housing market conditions, data collection 74:1010-1015
Skills training
government investment and support 74:1010
supply of skilled workers 74:1010
Taxation, education and information for students 74:1010
Vancouver housing market, international investment and foreign ownership 74:1010-1015
Workers supply 74:1005
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

Health Ministry
health information breach investigation
review by Ombudsperson 65:0935-1005, 65:1135-1145
Ombudsperson
investigative powers 65:0935-0950, 65:1135-1145
Reiser, Henry

Presentation to committee on behalf of College of New Caledonia 76:1820-1835
College of New Caledonia
budget and operations 76:1825-1830
digital delivery initiative 76:1830
funding for programs and facilities 76:1830
partnerships and applied research 76:1825
recommendations on government budget 76:1830
role in community and economy 76:1820-1825
student demographics 76:1820
tuition fees 76:1825-1835
Post-secondary education
education of First Nations people 76:1830
students, transition to employment 76:1830
tuition fees 76:1830
Remanufacturing industry See Value-added sector under Forests and forest industry
Rennie, Paulette

Presentation to committee on behalf of Valley First 71:1810-1820
Consumers, financial literacy 71:1810
Financial services industry, credit unions, taxation and role in communities and economy 71:1815
First West Credit Union, Valley First division
operations and role in community 71:1810-1820
PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs program 71:1810
taxation 71:1820
Okanagan area
economy 71:1810-1815
sports tourism 71:1815
Okanagan Hockey Group, operations 71:1815
Seniors, financial issues 71:1810
Rental housing See Housing
Representative for Children and Youth See also Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

Advocacy and outreach (James) 89:0940 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0905-0910, 89:0925, 89:0940-0945
Auditing and monitoring activities (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0905
Budget and operations
funding request (Ashton) 63:1020 (Chandra Herbert) 89:0945, 89:1000 (Heyman) 63:1030-1035, 89:0950-0955 (James) 89:0940 (Morris) 63:1025, 89:0935, 89:0955-1000 (Naughton, B.) 89:0950, 89:1000-1005 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:1010, 63:1020-1035, 63:1055-1100, 89:0900-1000
funding request re adoptions proposal (Ashton) 91:1305-1310, 91:1330-1335 (Chandra Herbert) 91:1320, 91:1345 (Clayton, A.) 91:1335 (Foster) 91:1305, 91:1320 (Gibson) 91:1325-1330, 91:1345 (Hamilton) 91:1345-1350 (Heyman) 91:1335 (James) 91:1310-1315 (Morris) 89:0935 (Sieben, M.) 91:1315-1345 (Thomas-Wightman, D.) 91:1300-1310, 91:1320-1345 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0915-0925 (Yap) 91:1340-1345
operating budget (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0955
salaries (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0915, 89:0935
update (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0950-1100
Expansion of mandate, advocacy for adoptions proposal (Ashton) 63:1020 (Heyman) 63:1030-1035 (Morris) 63:1025 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:1005-1010, 63:1020-1035, 63:1055-1100
Expansion of mandate, advocacy for adoptions proposal and funding request See Budget and operations, funding request re adoptions proposal above
Expansion of mandate, advocacy for persons 19 and older transitioning from children's services (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0955
Investigation of child injuries and deaths (Chandra Herbert) 89:0945, 89:1000 (Heyman) 89:0950-0955 (James) 89:0940 (Morris) 89:0935, 89:0955-1000 (Naughton, B.) 63:1045, 89:0950, 89:1000-1005 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0950, 89:0905-0915, 89:0925-1000
Investigation of child injuries and deaths, notification of incidences See Relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry, reporting of child injuries and deaths below
Joint forum on adoption See Adoption
Offices (Hamilton) 63:1100 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0950, 63:1100
Performance measurement and reporting (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0910
Relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0935-0940
Relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry, reporting of child injuries and deaths (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0930
Relationship with Children and Youth Committee (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0955
Reports
report on adoption program (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0955, 63:1005, 89:0915
report on child tasering incident (Naughton, B.) 63:1040
report on death of aboriginal youth (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0955-1000, 63:1010, 63:1040, 63:1050, 89:0910-0915, 89:0940
report on youth mental health services (Montani, A.) 74:1640
reports on domestic violence issues (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0955
Role and responsibilities (Gibson) 63:1035 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0950, 63:1035-1050, 89:0905-0910
Staffing (Hamilton) 63:1100 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 63:0945-0950, 63:1100, 89:0930-0935
Research and development

Research infrastructure, knowledge development fund (Cassels, J.) 69:1425 (Ciceri, R.) 74:1140 (Weeks, D.) 70:1155
Research universities See Post-secondary institutions
Research Universities Council of British Columbia See also Ciceri, Robin

Presentation to committee 74:1135-1150
Recommendations on government budget (Ciceri, R.) 74:1140
Residential construction industry See Construction industry
Residential housing market See Real estate industry
Resources and resource industries

Data-sharing by resource industries (Archdekin, R.) 72:1215 (Chandra Herbert) 72:1215 (Salas, C.) 72:1215
Management, natural resource officers (Chandra Herbert) 80:1015 (Smith, S.) 80:1010
Ministries responsible See Ministries, natural resource ministries under Government
Permitting process See also particular sectors
(Sommer, A.) 77:0945-0950
Resource development
balance with environmental values See sustainable development below under this subheading
local employment and planning (Ackerman, L.) 81:1350-1355 (Foster) 81:1405 (Fraser, R.) 81:1400 (Griffith, C.) 81:1400-1405 (Morris) 81:1400 (Streeper, B.) 81:1400-1405
resource development (Hasanen, B.) 72:0915
sustainable development (Patt, A.) 70:1055-1100
Resource-dependent communities, government support and services (Ackerman, L.) 81:1350 (Fraser, R.) 81:1355 (Gibson) 81:1355 (Morris) 81:1400 (Trevena) 81:1405
Revenues to government (de Jong) 69:1155-1200
Retail Council of Canada See also Wilson, Greg

Presentation to committee 74:1030-1045
Membership and role (Wilson, G.) 74:1030
Recommendations on government budget (Wilson, G.) 74:1030-1035
Retail industry See Sales
Revelstoke Dam

Revelstoke unit 6 proposal (Botterell, R.) 81:1625-1630 (Heyman) 81:1625
Rezansoff, Teresa

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. School Trustees Association 71:1630-1650
B.C. Public School Employers Association, role and oversight 71:1635
B.C. School Trustees Association
recommendations on education funding and policies 71:1635
role 71:1630, 71:1645
Education
enrolment levels 71:1640-1645
funding 71:1630-1650
implementation of new curriculum 71:1645
public system 71:1630-1635
School districts
costs and funding 71:1630-1650
financial management and reporting 71:1635-1640
programs and funding 71:1645
staff compensation and role in collective bargaining 71:1635
trustees, professional development 71:1635
Schools
rural schools 71:1640-1645
school buses and bus service 71:1650
use of school buildings 71:1640-1645
Teachers, professional development 71:1645
Richmond, B.C.

Hospice facility (Yap) 70:1050-1055
Richmond board of education See School district 38 (Richmond)
Rick Hansen Institute See also Barrable, Bill; Clarke-Richardson, Penny

Presentation to committee 75:1125-1145
Consultation with stakeholders (Clarke-Richardson, P.) 75:1130-1135
Funding and role (Barrable, B.) 75:1125-1140 (Clarke-Richardson, P.) 75:1130-1145 (James) 75:1140 (Morris) 75:1135
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.

Kitimat smelter project (Goffinet, R.) 77:1155
Robertson, Terry

Presentation to committee 78:1725-1735
As subject
daughter's experience with community living services 78:1725-1735
Autism, funding for services 78:1735
Community Living B.C., funding and caseload 78:1725-1730
Disabled persons
community living services, access and wait-lists 78:1725-1735
programs and services, day programs 78:1735
programs and services, respite services 78:1735
services and planning for adult children of aging parents 78:1730
Robinson, Angie and Robert

Deaths and access to autism services (Demers, S.) 81:1505
Deaths and access to autism services, inquest recommendations (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 89:0925
Robinson, Jay

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Chiropractic Association 74:1245-1255
B.C. Chiropractic Association, membership and role 74:1245-1255
Chiropractors
role in health care system 74:1250-1255
scope of practice and prescription of medication 74:1255
Health care system
medical imaging services, chiropractic referrals proposal 74:1250-1255
primary health care, interdisciplinary teams 74:1250-1255
Medical Services Plan, coverage of chiropractic services 74:1250-1255
Sports and recreation, health care issues and role of chiropractors 74:1250
Robinson, Jeff

Presentation to committee on behalf of Kelowna Chamber of Commerce 71:1915-1930
Financial services industry
credit unions, comparison with banks 71:1925
credit unions, taxation 71:1925-1930
Home ownership, primary-residence grant proposal 71:1920
Housing, affordable housing 71:1920
Kelowna Chamber of Commerce, recommendations on government budget 71:1915
Okanagan area, housing market and affordability 71:1920
Property, foreign ownership, restrictions and taxation 71:1920-1925
Property transfer tax, proposal for changes 71:1920
Real estate industry, residential housing market conditions 71:1920
Rogers, Kenya

Presentation to committee on behalf of Make Transit Work Coalition 81:1035-1050
Presentation to committee on behalf of University of Victoria Students Society 70:1020-1040
B.C. Transit, budget and funding model 81:1040-1045
Carbon tax revenues, allocation for transit services 81:1040-1045
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations
implementation by government 70:1020-1025
recommendation on post-secondary funding 70:1020-1025
Highway 1, south Island section, dedicated bus and HOV lanes 81:1040
Human rights, right to education 70:1025
Insurance Corporation of B.C., debt collection and power to refuse to issue driver's licences 70:1030
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 70:1025
Make Transit Work Coalition
organization 81:1035
recommendations on government budget and policies 81:1040-1045
Newfoundland and Labrador, student financial assistance 70:1030
Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 70:1020-1040
accessibility and affordability, generational differences 70:1030-1035
role in economy and society 70:1020-1025
student debt load, paydown of debt 70:1025-1030
student financial assistance, loan and grant programs 70:1030
student financial assistance, relationship to completion rate 70:1030-1035
tuition fees 70:1025
Post-secondary education funding
funding 70:1020-1030
funding for adult basic education and English language programs 70:1025
Post-secondary institutions, campus food banks 70:1035-1040
Transit services
government investment and support 81:1040-1050
student passes, U-pass program 81:1040, 81:1050
University of Victoria, campus food bank 70:1035-1040
University of Victoria Students Society, recommendations on post-secondary education 70:1025-1030
Victoria
transit services and fares 81:1040-1050
Victoria Regional Transit Commission, fuel tax increase proposal for transit funding 81:1040, 81:1050
Ross, Brian

Presentation to committee on behalf of Thompson Rivers University 72:0940-0950
Post-secondary education
distance education and role in economy 72:0950
funding 72:0945-0950
Thompson Rivers University
capital funding for facilities 72:0945-0950
distance education and online learning 72:0950
enrolment 72:0950
funding for graduate studies 72:0945-0950
health care assistant program 72:0940
public-private partnerships 72:0945
recommendations on post-secondary funding 72:0950
research activities 72:0940-0950
student demographics and transition to employment 72:0940
Zerr, Tiara, experience in post-secondary education 72:0940-0945
Rossiter, Kate

Presentation to committee on behalf of Ending Violence Association of B.C. 80:1600-1620
Crime and criminals
sexual assault, incidence and reporting 80:1605
victim services, community-based victim services and funding 80:1605-1615
Ending Violence Association of B.C.
recommendation on government budget 80:1605-1610
role and services 80:1600-1605
Vernon, violence against women prevention and interagency case assessment teams 80:1610
Violence
domestic violence
economic impact 80:1605
incidence and trends 80:1615
services and funding 80:1600-1605
violence against women, prevention, interagency case assessment teams 80:1605-1615
Royer, Gaëtan

Presentation to committee on behalf of Fraser Health region hospice advisory committee 81:1425-1435
Fraser Health region hospice advisory committee, hospice membership 81:1425
Hospice and palliative care
bereavement issues and services 81:1425-1435
funding 81:1430-1435
hospice societies 81:1425, 81:1435
services for children and youth 81:1430
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

Auditor General
budget and operations 59:1220-1225
office space relocation and new premises 59:1235
Elections B.C.
budget and operations
supplementary funding request 59:1210, 59:1220
supplementary funding request for by-elections and correspondence 91:1420
meeting with Finance and Government Services Committee 59:1210, 59:1220
Finance and Government Services Committee
correspondence from statutory officers 59:1210, 59:1220-1225
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 59:1210
meeting schedule 61:1025, 89:1155
motions for April 22 meeting 61:1020
prebudget consultation
process 62:1050-1110
public participation 62:1110
public hearings
advertisement 62:1100
location and schedule 62:1050-1110
multiple presentations from related groups 62:1055-1100
use of video conferencing 62:1105
reports, statutory officers review draft report 90:1515
request for Ombudsperson and government officials to attend meeting 64:1015-1035
review of statutory officers
consideration of supplementary funding requests 59:1220
operational updates 61:1025
proposed budget template 61:1025
standardization of presentations 59:1240-1245
terms of reference 61:1025
Hamilton, Wm. Scott
election as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 59:1210
Health Ministry
health information breach investigation
input by former employees and submissions to Finance Committee 64:1050-1055, 64:1105, 66:1310-1320, 66:1335-1345
review by Ombudsperson 64:1005, 64:1015-1035, 64:1050-1055, 64:1105, 67:1010, 67:1115, 67:1145-1150
review by Ombudsperson and special directions 68:1000-1005, 68:1015-1020
James, Alana
potential submission to Finance Committee 66:1350
Legislature
committee system
reactivation 91:1615
officers of the Legislature, financial reporting 59:1240-1245
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
plebiscite on funding model, coverage of costs 59:1210, 59:1220
Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry
role in funding of TransLink plebiscite 59:1220

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