Province of British Columbia
40th Parliament – 2016
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

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Labour See also Employment and unemployment

Labour market participation by parents, role of child care (Gregson, S.) 102:1620
Labour market projections (Dyson, C.) 102:1430
Labour relations code (Ekman, A.) 107:1825-1830
Workplace safety See Occupational health and safety
Labour Relations Board

Education system cases (Litzcke, K.) 102:1055-1100
Ladner, B.C.

River dredging program and funding See Fraser River
Ladner Sediment Group See also Roscoe, John

Presentation to committee 109:1930-1940
Work on dredging issues (Roscoe, J.) 109:1930-1940
Lakes

Invasive species control See Invasive species
Land use

Development approval process, local government role See Local government
Development charges for schools See School site acquisition charges under Schools
Development cost charges (Edge, C.) 110:0935, 110:0945 (Foster) 110:0945
Ground disturbance activities See Excavation work under Construction industry
Lane, Nathan

Presentation to committee on behalf of Thompson Rivers University Students Union 99:1500-1505, 99:1515
Post-secondary education
funding model 99:1500-1505
student financial assistance
model 99:1515
relationship to working in B.C. 99:1515
Thompson Rivers University, funding and programs 99:1500-1505
Langara College, Vancouver, B.C. See also Humphreys, Ian

Presentation to committee 101:1710-1725
Aboriginal students (Humphreys, I.) 101:1715-1720 (James) 101:1720
Building A renovation project (Humphreys, I.) 101:1715-1720
Funding and operations (Humphreys, I.) 101:1710-1725 (James) 101:1720
Information technology systems (Humphreys, I.) 101:1720
Recommendations on government budget and policies (Humphreys, I.) 101:1715-1720
Relationship with Musqueam First Nation (Humphreys, I.) 101:1710-1715
Student demographics and support services (Gibson) 101:1720 (Humphreys, I.) 101:1720-1725
Langford, B.C.

Housing development and permit approval process (Edge, C.) 110:0935, 110:0945
Langley school district See School district 35 (Langley)
Langley Teachers Association See also Chaddock-Costello, Gail

Presentation to committee 102:1330-1345
Issues and teacher survey results (Chaddock-Costello, G.) 102:1330-1335
Larsen, Todd

Presentation to committee on behalf of East Kootenay Invasive Species Council 98:1025-1045
East Kootenay Invasive Species Council
funding and role 98:1025-1035
recommendations 98:1035
Invasive species control, quagga and zebra mussels 98:1040
Meadowbrook Community Association, role 98:1025
Ontario, quagga and zebra mussels control 98:1040
Plants, invasive species control and funding 98:1025-1035, 98:1045
Resources, natural resource officers 98:1030
Weed Control Act, amendments 98:1030-1040
Law Society of British Columbia

Relationship with notaries organization See Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
Lawyers and legal services

Accessibility and affordability (Morin Nakashima, T.) 105:1930-1945 (Witherly, R.) 105:1930-1935, 105:1945
Legal aid See Justice system
Pro bono work and retired lawyers (Gibson) 100:1225 (Welsh, M.) 100:1225
Supply and training (Rice) 100:1225
Supply and training, rural education and access to lawyers program (Welsh, M.) 100:1215-1225
Supply and training, student loan forgiveness program (Welsh, M.) 100:1220
Leadlay, Brenda

Presentation to committee on behalf of Alliance for Arts and Culture 101:1725-1740
Alliance for Arts and Culture, recommendations on government budget 101:1735
Arts and culture, government funding and role in economy 101:1725-1740
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations 101:1725
Health, role of arts and culture 101:1730
Magnetic North Theatre Festival, economic benefits 101:1735
Mental health, role of arts and culture 101:1730
Leahy, Jean

Presentation to committee on behalf of Save Our Northern Seniors Society 106:1110-1120
Ambulance service, service in rural and remote communities 106:1115-1120
B.C. by region
northeast B.C., ambulance service 106:1115-1120
northern B.C., senior care services and transportation issues 106:1110-1120
Fort St. John
health care professionals and workers, supply 106:1115-1120
seniors housing 106:1115
Long-term and residential care
facilities and services 106:1110-1115
staff recruitment and retention 106:1115-1120
Peace River area, health care professionals and workers 106:1110-1120
Peace Villa
seniors care facility, expansion 106:1110-1115
staff retention and need for child care 106:1115-1120
Transit services, HandyDART system 106:1110-1115
LeBourdais, Michael

Presentation to committee on behalf of First Nations Tax Commission 99:1655-1700
As subject
experience working on First Nation relationships with resource companies 99:1655-1700
Anderson, Ian, role re industry negotiations with First Nations 99:1655
Eyford, Doug, role re First Nations and resource development 99:1655
First Nations, economic development, revenues from resource taxation 99:1655-1700
Kinder Morgan Canada Inc., proposal for oil pipeline expansion, consultation with and involvement of First Nations 99:1655-1700
Property tax, revenues to First Nations 99:1700
Resources and resource industries, First Nations consultation and involvement 99:1655-1700
Lee, Mike

Presentation to committee on behalf of Insurance Bureau of Canada 110:1410-1415
Fires and firefighters, forest fire preparedness, FireSmart program and funding 110:1410-1415
Fort McMurray, wildfires in area 110:1415
Leech, John

Presentation to committee on behalf of Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of B.C. 110:1055-1110
Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of B.C., organization and role 110:1055-1100
Disabled persons, employment and inclusion 110:1100
Education, curriculum, career planning 110:1105
First Nations Careers Council 110:1105
Post-secondary education, applied technology programs 110:1105-1110
Professions, registration and regulation 110:1100, 110:1110
Science and technology
applied science and engineering technologists and technicians 110:1055-1110
skilled workers, technology workforce resource centre proposal 110:1105
skills training 110:1105-1110
Leekha, Gurpreet

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Doctors of Optometry 103:1525-1535
As subject
practice of optometry 103:1525
Eye health, eye disease, treatment 103:1530
Health care system, telehealth 103:1530
Ophthalmologists, role and scope of practice 103:1530-1535
Optometrists
role and scope of practice 103:1525-1535
supply 103:1530
Visual impairment and vision loss, incidence and costs 103:1525
Legal aid See Justice system
Legal services See Lawyers and legal services; Notaries public
Legal Services Society See also Benton, Mark

Presentation to committee 99:1600-1615
Funding and pilot projects (Benton, M.) 99:1600-1610
Operations (Heyman) 99:1615
Legislation

Citizens' initiatives, initiative petitions (Boegman, A.) 117:1010 (Gibson) 117:1010
Initiative petition on paramedics collective bargaining See Collective bargaining under Paramedics
Legislative committees See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees
Legislature

Committee system, in-camera proceedings (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 95:0930
Committee system, reporting of motions from in-camera proceedings (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 95:0925
Officers of the Legislature See also particular statutory officers
(Gibson) 95:0910
Officers of the Legislature, review by Finance and Government Services Committee See Review of statutory officers under Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on; particular statutory officers
Officers of the Legislature, shared services (Chalke, J.) 113:1605 (Gibson) 113:1300 (Hamilton) 113:1420 (Lowe, S.) 115:0925 (McArthur, D.) 113:1300 (Western, N.) 113:1420
Leitch, Peter

Presentation to committee on behalf of Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C. 102:1345-1400
Creative B.C., role 102:1350
Film industry
conditions and role in economy 102:1345-1355
tax credits and federal programs 102:1400
tax credits and stakeholder consultation 102:1350-1355
worker training and safety 102:1345-1350
Lower Mainland, film industry 102:1350-1355
Tourism, film tourism 102:1355
Vancouver, film industry and city as film location 102:1400
Lento, Frank

Comments on education issues (Johns, C.) 98:1050-1055
Let's Play program See Participation by persons with disabilities under Sports and recreation
Lewis, Chris

Presentation to committee on behalf of Nanaimo Youth Services Association 110:0925
Children and youth, employment and training programs for vulnerable youth 110:0925
Information and communications technology, digital literacy and access to technology and training 110:0925
Nanaimo Youth Services Association, programs and services 110:0925
Lewis, Conrad

Presentation to committee on behalf of United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union–Unifor, Local 31 103:1500-1510
As subject
experience in fishing industry 103:1500-1510
Alaska, salmon cannery operations 103:1505
Canadian Fishing Company, Prince Rupert cannery operations, changes and impact on workers 103:1500-1505
First Nations, culture and role of salmon 103:1505-1510
Fish, pacific salmon, value 103:1505-1510
Fishing industry consolidation, exports and impact on workers 103:1500-1505
Prince Rupert
fishing industry history 103:1505
salmon cannery operations, changes and impact on workers 103:1505
Lewis, Will

Presentation to committee on behalf of Northern Brain Injury Association 105:1645, 105:1655
Northern Brain Injury Association, organization, services 105:1655
Libraries

Funding and role (Benedict, J.) 107:1720-1725
Internet access and digital infrastructure (Benedict, J.) 107:1720
Internet access and use by vulnerable persons (Benedict, J.) 107:1725 (James) 107:1725
School libraries See Education
Lilli House facility See Comox Valley Transition Society
Limer, Penny

Auditor General
budget and operations, salaries 95:0825
budget and operations, update 95:0820-0825
staffing and staff retention 95:0820-0825
Lincoln, Rose

Presentation to committee on behalf of United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union 104:1445
As subject
experience as cannery worker 104:1445
Canadian Fishing Company, Prince Rupert cannery operations, changes and impact on workers, cases 104:1445
Lindsay, Heather

Presentation to committee on behalf of Professional Arts Alliance of Greater Victoria 110:0900-0905, 110:0915
Arts and culture
artists 110:0915
government funding 110:0905, 110:0915
role in economy and society 110:0905
B.C. Arts Council, budget 110:0905, 110:0915
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on arts and culture funding 110:0905
Intrepid Theatre Club Society 110:0905
Professional Arts Alliance of Greater Victoria
organization 110:0900-0905
recommendations on government budget 110:0905, 110:0915
Lindstrom, Robert

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Pulp and Paper Coalition 101:1600-1615
B.C. Pulp and Paper Coalition, work of organization 101:1600-1605
Carbon tax, impact on pulp and paper industry 101:1605-1615
Climate change, climate leadership plan and team recommendations 101:1610
Corporations, income tax rate 101:1605-1610
Energy, innovative clean energy fund, elimination 101:1605-1610
Forests and forest industry, pulp and paper sector
clean energy initiatives 101:1610-1615
power supply and taxation 101:1605-1610
role in economy 101:1600-1605
Greenhouse gas emission reduction, pulp and paper industry 101:1605
Sales tax, elimination of tax on electricity purchases for industrial processing 101:1605
Liquefied natural gas development

Development (Austin) 103:1255 (Hadland, A.) 105:1405-1410 (Vandersteen, B.) 103:1250-1255
Infrastructure needs (Bomben, C.) 104:1540-1550
Role of ports See Port of Prince Rupert
Literacy

Benefits of programs, cases (Beuschel, R.) 106:1100 (Tees, P.) 103:1315-1320
Client referrals to services (Gibson) 105:1340 (Mobley, M.) 105:1340
Digital literacy See Information and communications technology
Financial literacy (Knight, B.) 98:1010 (Rice) 98:1005
Issues, trends (James) 98:1005, 105:1335 (Knight, B.) 98:1005 (Mobley, M.) 105:1335
Literacy organizations, services (Hamilton) 98:1010 (Heyman) 98:1000
Literacy organizations, services and funding (Knight, B.) 98:0955-1010
Literacy outreach coordinators (Eddy, K.) 108:1105 (Knight, B.) 98:0955
Literacy skills, gender differences (Gibson) 105:1340 (Mobley, M.) 105:1340
Physical literacy See Healthy lifestyle and physical literacy under Public health
Programs and funding (Alderson, L.) 97:1230-1235 (Beuschel, R.) 106:1055-1110 (Booth, W.) 97:1225-1230 (Boyd, A.) 108:1110 (Eddy, K.) 108:1100-1115 (Hamilton) 104:1505-1510 (Heyman) 103:1325, 106:1105, 108:1110 (James) 97:1240, 104:1500 (Mobley, M.) 105:1330-1340 (Rice) 104:1505 (Tees, P.) 103:1315-1325 (Tegart) 103:1320 (Wilson, E.) 104:1455-1510 (Yap) 106:1110
Programs and skills training (Foster) 104:1505 (Wilson, E.) 104:1500-1505
Programs for boys (Heyman) 98:1005 (Knight, B.) 98:1005
Role in economy (Knight, B.) 98:0955-1000
Role in economy and society (Mobley, M.) 105:1335 (Wilson, E.) 104:1455-1500
Stigma of low literacy (Alderson, L.) 97:1240-1245 (Booth, W.) 97:1240 (Gibson) 97:1240, 98:1005, 105:1340, 108:1110 (Knight, B.) 98:1005
Literacy Quesnel Society See also Beuschel, Rebecca

Presentation to committee 106:1055-1110
Funding, role and programs (Beuschel, R.) 106:1055-1110 (Heyman) 106:1105 (Yap) 106:1110
Litzcke, Karin

Presentation to committee 102:1055-1110
As subject
network 102:1105-1110 (Austin) 102:1105 (Yap) 102:1105-1110
B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils 102:1105
Education
compulsory enrolment and attendance 102:1105-1110
legal rights of parents and children, representation 102:1055-1110
parent advisory councils 102:1105
Justice system, court cases re education system 102:1055, 102:1105
Labour Relations Board, education system cases 102:1055-1100
Representative for Children and Youth, comments on education system 102:1100
Teachers, collective bargaining and labour dispute court cases 102:1055-1100
Liver health

Hepatitis C See Hepatitis C virus
Livestock industry

Grazing land See Rangeland
Ranching industry
highway fencing program (Ashton) 99:1800 (Boon, K.) 99:1755-1800 (Heyman) 99:1800
insurance See Financial assistance and insurance programs for farmers under Agriculture
role in invasive species control (Jennings, H.) 106:0925
water use (Boon, K.) 99:1800
Living Life to the Full program See Programs and services under Mental health
Living rivers trust fund See Rivers and streams
LNG development See Liquefied natural gas development
Lobbyists Registration Act

Amendments (McArthur, D.) 113:1245
Lobbyists registry

Compliance and enforcement (McArthur, D.) 113:1245
Enforcement and fines (Austin) 96:0900-0905 (Denham, E.) 96:0855-0905 (Fedorak, J.) 96:0905 (Foster) 96:0905
Public education and information (Denham, E.) 96:0855, 96:0905 (McArthur, D.) 113:1245
Registrar See Information and Privacy Commissioner
Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016

Provisions (Archer, K.) 93:0825
Local government See also Communities

Amalgamation of municipalities (Foster) 110:1555 (Gibson) 110:1555 (Hamilton) 110:1600 (Holt, C.) 110:1555-1600
Cycling initiatives (Campbell, R.) 102:1405 (Hamilton) 102:1410
Development approval process (Edge, C.) 110:0935, 110:0945 (Huberman, A.) 102:1040 (Yap) 102:1040
Development approval process, backlog and staffing (Permut, H.) 109:1720-1725
Development cost charges See Land use
Economic incentive programs (Hamilton) 103:1550 (Harvie, G.) 103:1545-1550
Elections See Elections
Infrastructure funding (Harvie, G.) 103:1545-1550 (Newell, B.) 105:1345-1350
Infrastructure funding, small communities fund (Ackland, S.) 107:1640
Municipal elections See Local government elections under Elections
Revenue sources (Edge, C.) 110:0945 (Foster) 110:0945
Revenues from gaming facilities (Stuart, S.) 102:1130
Logan Lake, B.C.

Young offender program (Cardinal, B.) 103:1335
Lombardi, Mike

Presentation to committee on behalf of Vancouver school district 101:1830-1845
Education
adult basic education, accessibility and fee changes 101:1845
curriculum, implementation of new curriculum 101:1840
student-teacher ratio 101:1840
Education funding
capital funding 101:1840
funding 101:1835-1845
funding for salary costs and inflation 101:1840
special education and special needs 101:1840
Poverty reduction, government strategy 101:1845
School district 39 (Vancouver)
2016-17 budget 101:1835
capital funding 101:1840
enrolment and student achievement 101:1835
funding and programs 101:1835-1845
potential school closings 101:1845
recommendations on government budget 101:1840-1845
seismic upgrade projects 101:1845
special education funding 101:1840
Schools, seismic upgrades and utilization rate requirements 101:1840-1845
Long-term and residential care

Facilities and services (Collins, J.) 106:1115-1120 (Leahy, J.) 106:1110-1115
Staff recruitment and retention (James) 106:1120 (Leahy, J.) 106:1115-1120
Use as housing by low-income seniors (Heyman) 108:1240 (Mackenzie, I.) 108:1235-1240
Lowe, Stan

Information and Privacy Commissioner
judicial review application against Police Complaint Commissioner 115:0930
Legislature
Officers of the Legislature, shared services 115:0925
Ontario
review of independent oversight of police 115:0900-0905
Police Act
amendments 115:0905, 115:0925
Police and policing
civilian oversight 115:0900-0905
civilian oversight and public use of media technology 115:0940
police complaint process
alternative dispute resolution 115:0910-0915
disciplinary actions 115:0935
disclosure of information 115:0940
judicial reviews 115:0915, 115:0925-0930
process 115:0910-0915, 115:0925-0930
review by Josiah Wood 115:0925
profession 115:0905
standards and training 115:0940
use of body-worn cameras 115:0940
Police Complaint Commissioner
budget and operations 115:0905-0925, 115:0940-0945
budget and operations, funding request and capital funding 115:0915-0920
education and outreach 115:0945
role and responsibilities 115:0910
staff 115:0900-0905, 115:0920
workload 115:0915
U.S.
police forces, relationship with public 115:0905
Lower Mainland See also particular locations

Cycling infrastructure (O'Melinn, E.) 102:1605
Film industry (Leitch, P.) 102:1350-1355
Housing affordability and housing market (de Jong) 97:1110 (Foster) 109:1715 (Heyman) 97:1105 (Permut, H.) 109:1710-1720 (Stathonikos, D.) 109:1955
Mental health care, beds (Gutray, B.) 97:0950
South Fraser communities, post-secondary education access (McGowan, A.) 102:1150 (Petter, A.) 102:1500-1505
Technology industry (Rees, R.) 97:1455
Traffic congestion and impact on students (Hancott, D.) 97:0915
Transit services (McGregor, M.) 97:1445
Lower Nicola Indian Band School, Merritt, B.C.

Solar power system (Tegart) 99:1850
Lucas, Glen

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Fruit Growers Association 100:1045-1100
Budgets, 2017-18 budget consultation questionnaire 100:1045-1050
Columbia River Treaty 100:1050
Education, fruit and vegetable program 100:1050
Food and food industry
food industry, government support and value-added products 100:1055
tree fruit industry 100:1045-1050
apples and apple products 100:1055
Health care facilities and hospitals, food services, procurement of local food 100:1050
Lukan, Megan

Presentation to committee 110:1525-1530
As subject
athletic development and Olympic team training experience 110:1525-1530
Olympic bronze medal 110:1530 (Hamilton) 110:1530 (Pattenden, W.) 110:1520, 110:1530
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, athlete training and support 110:1525-1530
Olympic Games athletes, training 110:1525-1530
Sports and recreation
athletes, development and training 110:1525-1530
participation by youth, factors 110:1530
Lund, Stacey

Presentation to committee on behalf of Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence 110:1710-1715
Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, programs and funding 110:1710
Public health, healthy lifestyle, physical literacy and activity 110:1710
Sports and recreation, participation by First Nations and persons with disabilities 110:1710
Teachers, professional development, physical education mentorship 110:1710-1715
Lung health

Lung disease, prevention and treatment (McDonald, S.) 97:1525-1535
Research (McDonald, S.) 97:1525
Luster, Daryl

Presentation to committee on behalf of Pacific Hepatitis C Network 109:1725-1740
Health care funding for community public health organizations 109:1725-1735
Hepatitis C virus
awareness, stigma and testing 109:1725-1740
community health organizations 109:1725-1735
incidence and treatment 109:1730
Pacific Hepatitis C Network, funding 109:1725
Public Health Agency of Canada, funding allocation 109:1730-1735
Luxury tax See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles under Automobiles

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