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

Presentation to committee on behalf of school district 38 (Richmond) 104:1700-1710
Auditor General, report on school district financial management 104:1705
B.C. Association of School Business Officials, report on school district costs 104:1705
Education
funding 104:1705-1710
system conditions 104:1705-1710
technology, use and costs 104:1705
School district 38 (Richmond)
consultation with stakeholders 104:1700
costs and funding 104:1705-1710
recommendations on government budget and education policies 104:1705-1710
school closings 104:1710
seismic upgrade projects 104:1705-1710
School districts
costs and funding 104:1705-1710
financial management and reporting 104:1705
Schools
closings 104:1710
seismic upgrades and utilization rate requirements 104:1705-1710
use of space for child care programs 104:1710
Tavender, Robin

Presentation to committee 97:0900-0910
As subject
self-identification as Native American 97:0910
Brown, A.J., deduction of pension benefits from disability benefits 97:0905
Budgets, 2016-17 budget surplus 97:0905-0910
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, provisions 97:0905
First Nations
"Indians" term 97:0910
non-status Indian people, rights 97:0910
Human rights, right to security of the person 97:0905
Income assistance
benefit amounts 97:0905
disability benefits, deduction of pension benefits 97:0905
Justice system 97:0910
Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on non-status Indian people 97:0910
Woolf, Virginia, comments on income in A Room of One's Own 97:0905
Taxation See also particular products and sectors

Business taxes See Taxation under Business
Carbon tax See Carbon tax
Competitive tax system (Dekovic, M.) 109:1925 (Rees, R.) 97:1455-1500
Competitive tax system and cross-border issues (Baxter, D.) 110:1110 (James) 110:1110
Competitive tax system commission (Hasham, A.) 110:1545
Corporate income tax See Income tax under Corporations
First Nations taxation of resource development See Economic development, revenues under First Nations
Government policies (Baxter, D.) 110:1005-1010
Government policies and tax reduction priorities (Peacock, K.) 109:1835
Government policies, consultation (Hasanen, B.) 99:1705
Imported goods See Trade
Marginal effective tax rates (Rees, R.) 97:1455
Payroll taxes See Wages and salaries
Property transfer tax See Property transfer tax
Public perception and discussion (Collins, M.) 110:1000 (Heyman) 110:0955
Sales tax See Sales tax
School tax on property See Property tax
System reform and fair-tax commission proposal (Austin) 102:1645 (Hamilton) 102:1650 (Hemingway, A.) 102:1645-1650
Tax credits See particular sectors
Tobacco tax See Tobacco
Value-added taxes See Value-added taxes
Taylor, Shaunna

Presentation to committee on behalf of PacificSport Okanagan 100:1155-1210
As subject
experience as athlete 100:1155-1200
Canadian Sport for Life, physical education film 100:1205
Education, physical education and physical literacy programs 100:1200-1205
Okanagan area, sports organizations and opportunities 100:1210
Olympic Games
medal wins and legacy 100:1200
Paralympic Games and movement 100:1200
PacificSport Okanagan
sport school 100:1210
work of organization 100:1155-1200
Public health, healthy lifestyle and physical literacy 100:1200-1205
Sports and recreation
benefits and role in communities 100:1155-1205
children's sports, XploreSportZ discovery program 100:1210
coaches and coaching 100:1210
government funding and support 100:1205
role of private sector 100:1210
Teachers

Associate professionals See Staff under Education
Coach education training (Abney, J.) 109:1750 (Cooper, D.) 107:1715 (Hawley, J.) 98:0910-0915 (James) 98:0915, 107:1715
Collective bargaining (Litzcke, K.) 102:1055-1100
Commended (Heyman) 101:1755
Education assistants See Special education and special needs under Education
Extra-curricular volunteerism (Abney, J.) 109:1750
Issues and working conditions (Aldinger, S.) 108:1120-1125 (Chaddock-Costello, G.) 102:1330-1340 (Holland, S.) 108:1130-1145 (Kishkan, L.) 106:1030-1035 (Sawka, R.) 104:1510-1520
Labour dispute, court cases (Litzcke, K.) 102:1055
Professional development for leadership (Reimer, K.) 97:1555
Professional development, physical education mentorship (Kope, J.) 102:1555 (Lund, S.) 110:1710-1715
Specialist teachers (Gough, S.) 107:1655 (James) 102:1555
Specialist teachers, physical education specialists (Abney, J.) 109:1750 (James) 109:1750, 110:1710
Teacher education fund See Education funding
Teacher-librarians (Greene, K.) 105:1305 (Holland, S.) 108:1135-1140
Working conditions (Giroday, R.) 105:1955
Technology See Science and technology
Tees, Penny

Presentation to committee on behalf of Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy 103:1315-1325
Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, funding, role and programs 103:1315-1325
Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendation on literacy funding 103:1315
Kootenay area, literacy programs and funding 103:1315-1325
Literacy
benefits of programs, cases 103:1315-1320
programs and funding 103:1315-1325
Tegart, Jackie (Fraser-Nicola)

Adoption
adoption of children in government care 95:0850, 95:0920, 95:0940
Agriculture
farmers markets 109:1810
horticulture industry, role in invasive species control 98:1025
Arts and culture
government funding 99:1725
Auditor General
budget and operations, update 95:0815
staffing and staff retention 95:0815
Brain health
brain injuries, prevention and use of helmets 105:1655
brain injuries, research and services 99:1630
B.C. by region
interior B.C., agrifood industry 109:1810
northern and rural B.C., farmers markets 109:1810
northern and rural B.C., health professional supply and training 109:1950
B.C. School Trustees Association
recommendations on education funding and policies 104:1655-1700
Children and Family Development Ministry
role re adoptions 95:0920
Children and youth
child abuse response services and privacy issues 103:1310
child protection workers, workload 95:0920
Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy
funding, role and programs 103:1320
Conflict of Interest Commissioner
guidelines for use of social media 94:0910
office space 116:1025
Construction industry
excavation work, protection of underground infrastructure and information call system 110:1115
Diabetes
management and prevention 110:1520
Education
principals and vice-principals 97:1600
Education funding
funding 104:1655
Elections
electoral boundaries redistribution, maps 93:0835
Elections B.C.
budget and operations
supplementary funding request for initiative petition 117:1005
update 93:0835
Energy
solar power, school systems 99:1850
Finance and Government Services Committee
invitation to officials for further discussion on adoptions proposal 95:0940
public hearings, location and schedule 96:0920
Financial services industry
credit unions
role in communities and economy 97:1415
Fires and firefighters
forest fire preparedness, FireSmart program and funding 105:1350
Fish
Pacific salmon, value, protection and funding 97:1150
steelhead, protection 99:1745
Food and food industry
public awareness and trust 109:1910-1915
Fraser-Nicola constituency and area
invasive plant control 98:1020, 98:1040
Fyfe, Richard
letter to committee 96:0920
Housing
social and subsidized housing, projects 104:1535
Literacy
programs and funding 103:1320
Lower Nicola Indian Band School, solar power system 99:1850
Oak Centre child and youth advocacy services 103:1310
Physicians
payment models, cap on services 110:1330
Plants
invasive species control and funding 98:1020, 98:1040
Politics and politicians
constituency associations, deregistration during election period 93:0835
Prince Rupert
housing, social housing projects 104:1535
Rangeland
invasive plant control 98:1020, 98:1040
Representative for Children and Youth
budget and operations 116:1105
funding request re adoptions proposal 95:0850, 95:0920, 95:0940
role re adoptions 95:0850, 95:0920
staff and staffing, indigenous representation 116:1120
staff and staffing, reclassification and costs 116:1105
statutory review 96:0920
Sales tax
administration and assessments, impact on contractors 99:1715
Seymour River rockslide remediation project and funding 110:1310
Thompson River, steelhead protection and hatchery proposal 99:1745
Water
sustainability 99:1755
Teslak, Dianne

Presentation to committee on behalf of College of the Rockies 98:0935-0945
College of the Rockies
funding and operations 98:0935-0945
recommendations 98:0935
Post-secondary education, aboriginal service plans 98:0935
Post-secondary education funding 98:0935-0940
Post-secondary institutions
financial management requirements 98:0935, 98:0945
student housing 98:0935
Skills training 98:0935-0940
Textbooks See Post-secondary education
Thomas-Wightman, Dawn

Adoption
adoption of children in government care 116:1110-1115
First Nations
children and youth in government care 116:1110
John, Ed
work as special adviser and report 116:1120
Representative for Children and Youth
advocacy role 116:1055
budget and operations 116:1050
budget and operations, funding request for 2017-18 116:1100-1105
funding request re adoptions proposal 116:1115
indigenous strategies and partnership team 116:1055-1100
investigation of child injuries and deaths 116:1055
relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry, outreach to ministry staff 116:1125
reports and reviews 116:1055
role and responsibilities 116:1050-1100
staff and staffing
indigenous representation 116:1120
reclassification and costs 116:1125
recruitment and retention 116:1105
salaries and remuneration 116:1100
staff 116:1050
term of service and appointment of new representative 116:1050
work of office and workload 116:1055-1100, 116:1115
Thompson, Krista

Presentation to committee on behalf of Covenant House Vancouver 105:1415-1425
Children and youth, programs and services for children and families, services for at-risk youth 105:1415-1425
Covenant House Vancouver
facility expansion project and capital funding 105:1415-1425
services for at-risk youth 105:1415, 105:1425
Homelessness, homeless youth 105:1415-1425
Sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of youth 105:1425
Thompson River

Steelhead hatchery proposal (Ashton) 102:1540
Steelhead protection and hatchery proposal (Bacon, G.) 99:1735-1745 (Hamilton) 99:1745 (Heyman) 99:1745 (Tegart) 99:1745 (Tretheway, D.) 99:1730-1745
Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association See also Friedman, Thomas

Presentation to committee 99:1635-1640
Membership (Friedman, T.) 99:1635
Recommendations on post-secondary funding (Friedman, T.) 99:1640
Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C. See also Dagg, Paul; Shaver, Alan

Presentation to committee 99:1530-1545
Engineering program (Dagg, P.) 99:1530
Enrolment levels (Gibson) 99:1540 (Shaver, A.) 99:1540
Funding (Ashton) 99:1515 (Dagg, P.) 99:1530 (Shaver, A.) 99:1530-1535
Funding and programs (Lane, N.) 99:1500-1505
Funding and role (Friedman, T.) 99:1635
Health professionals programs (Dagg, P.) 99:1530
Online courses (Gibson) 99:1540 (Shaver, A.) 99:1540
Student support programs and services (Shaver, A) 99:1535
Student-to-instructor ratio (Ashton) 99:1535 (Shaver, A.) 99:1535
Trades training and funding (Dagg, P.) 99:1545 (Shaver, A.) 99:1545 (Yap) 99:1545
Tuition fees (Friedman, T.) 99:1635
Thompson Rivers University Students Union See also Douglass, Leif; Hickson, Cole; Lane, Nathan; Storvold, Amber

Presentation to committee 99:1500-1515
Poll results (Douglass, L.) 99:1510
Thomson, Taryn

Presentation to committee on behalf of Vancouver Community College Faculty Association 97:1120-1135
Education, adult basic education and students 97:1120-1135
Post-secondary education, student financial assistance, adult upgrading grant 97:1125-1135
Vancouver Community College, adult basic education programs and funding 97:1130-1135
Vancouver Community College Faculty Association, recommendations on government budget and policies 97:1130
Tidal power See Energy
Tilbury Island, B.C.

LNG facility See FortisBC
Till, Barry

Presentation to committee on behalf of Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 110:1135-1345
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Asian collection 110:1335-1345
collection and capacity issues 110:1340-1345
Arts and culture, art galleries, Asian art collections 110:1335-1345
Japan, Japanese art 110:1340
Menzies, James, Asian art collecting activities 110:1340
Tinmouth, Katherine

Presentation to committee on behalf of Comox Valley Families for Public Education 108:1115, 108:1125-1130
Comox Valley Families for Public Education
organization 108:1115
recommendations on education funding 108:1125
Education funding
funding 108:1115, 108:1125-1130
impact on school district budgets and operations 108:1115, 108:1125
Education, public system and conditions 108:1115, 108:1125-1130
Puntledge Park Elementary School, potential closing 108:1115
School district 71 (Comox Valley)
funding and impact on instruction time 108:1115
potential school closing 108:1115
Schools, closings 108:1115
Tobacco

Electronic cigarettes See Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
Illegal tobacco trade (Klukas, A.) 106:1045-1050
Illegal tobacco trade and enforcement programs (Charbonneau, S.) 110:1440-1445 (Yap) 110:1445
Sale of tobacco products in convenience stores See Convenience store sector under Sales
Smoking cessation, QuitNow program (McDonald, S.) 97:1525-1530
Smoking prevention and reduction (Krueckl, S.) 102:1425 (McDonald, S.) 97:1530 (Warshawski, T.) 100:0955
Taxation of tobacco products (Charbonneau, S.) 110:1440-1445 (Collins, M.) 110:0950-0955 (Yap) 110:1000
Taxation of tobacco products, revenues to government (Charbonneau, S.) 110:1445 (Yap) 110:1445
Tourism

Agrifood and arts tourism, role of farmers markets (Gibson) 109:1805 (O'Hara, H.) 109:1805
Cycling tourism (Burger, C.) 110:1655 (Campbell, R.) 102:1405
Film tourism (Campbell, R.) 102:1400 (Leitch, P.) 102:1355
Industry (Robert, L.) 108:1205
Role of golf industry (Smith, T.) 99:1525
Trade

Exports (de Jong) 97:1100 (Peacock, K.) 109:1830
Exports and imports (Dekovic, M.) 109:1920, 109:1930
Imported goods, de minimis rate re customs and taxes (Wilson, G.) 101:1800-1805
International trade (Pastrick, H.) 97:1410 (Yap) 97:1410
Interprovincial trade agreement (Wilson, G.) 101:1800
Trade between B.C. and Asia (McArthur, D.) 113:1255
Trade between B.C. and Asia (Veldman, K.) 104:1605-1610
Trade with China See China
Trade unions

Role and organizing (Ekman, A.) 107:1830
Trades

Contractors, taxation issue See Administration and assessments under Sales tax
Trail, B.C.

Community animal centre, replacement See Castlegar, B.C.
Transit services

Bus pass program, changes (Kajiwara, Y.) 101:1915-1920
Funding (Bateman, J.) 109:1700
Government investment (Austin) 106:0910 (Collins, M.) 110:0955 (Gibson) 102:1645 (Hemingway, A.) 102:1640 (McGregor, M.) 97:1445 (Morris-Reade, J.) 106:0905-0910
HandyDART system (Leahy, J.) 106:1110-1115
Student passes, U-pass program (Dyson, C.) 102:1435 (McGregor, M.) 97:1445 (Paulino, M.) 102:1015 (Simpson, K.) 97:1500-1505
Transition houses See Housing
TransLink See South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
Transportation

Active transportation See also Cycling
active transportation by walking and cycling (Campbell, R.) 102:1405-1410
infrastructure and government investment (Collins, M.) 110:0955
infrastructure and networks (Burger, C.) 110:1650 (James) 102:1610 (O'Melinn, E.) 102:1600-1615
promotion (Cooper, D.) 107:1710
Infrastructure, active transportation facilities and connectors See Active transportation, infrastructure and networks above
Intermodal systems and investment (Ashton) 109:1925 (Dekovic, M.) 109:1920-1930 (Hamilton) 109:1930
Transit services See Transit services
Trepanier, Linda

Presentation to committee on behalf of Central Okanagan Food Policy Council 100:1135-1150
As subject
family experience in agriculture 100:1140-1150 (Foster) 100:1145
Agricultural land reserve, protection 100:1140-1145
Agriculture
data and mapping 100:1145
farmers, net income 100:1140
farmland
proposal for inventory of foreign-owned land 100:1145
subdivision 100:1145-1150
government policy 100:1140-1145
Central Okanagan Food Policy Council, work of organization 100:1135-1140
Food and food industry
food policy councils 100:1145-1150
food security and affordability 100:1140-1145
food systems, bioregional food system proposal 100:1140-1150
food systems, written question and answer 100:1150
Fuel, fossil fuels, use in agriculture 100:1140, 100:1150
Tretheway, Don

Presentation to committee on behalf of Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association 99:1730-1745
Chilcotin River, steelhead protection 99:1735
Fish, steelhead protection 99:1730-1745
Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association 99:1730
Thompson River, steelhead protection and hatchery proposal 99:1730-1745
Trotter, Lane

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Colleges 110:1140-1145
Post-secondary education
education of First Nations people 110:1140
funding 110:1140
Trout Creek Elementary School, Summerland, B.C.

Pilot project proposal (Campardo, J.) 103:1355
Potential closing and alternatives (Ashton) 103:1355 (Hamilton) 103:1400 (Pleasance, M.) 103:1345-1350, 103:1400 (Steele, M.) 103:1355
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Recommendations (Smith, D.) 108:1210
Recommendations on education (Bowman, J.) 108:0920
Recommendations on partnerships (Cardinal, B.) 103:1340
Report recommendations for justice system (Benton, M.) 99:1610
TSI Terminal Systems See Global Container Terminals Inc.
Tsimshian First Nation

Economic development (Veldman, K.) 104:1610
Tuition fees See Post-secondary education
Tulloch review See Review of independent oversight of police under Ontario
Tupper, Jon

Presentation to committee on behalf of Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 110:1135-1345
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Asian collection 110:1335-1340
building renovation project and funding 110:1345
collection and capacity issues 110:1335
funding, membership and programs 110:1335
youth engagement 110:1345
Arts and culture
art galleries and museums, activities 110:1335
art galleries, Asian art collections 110:1335-1340
youth engagement 110:1345
Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen See also Representative for Children and Youth

Adoption
adoption of children in government care 93:0855-0925
adoption of children in government care, accountability 93:0920
adoption of children in government care, right to a family and potential legal action 93:0900
B.C., northern B.C.
programs and services for children and families 93:0920
Children and Family Development Ministry
service lines 93:0910-0915
Children and youth
child deaths and critical injuries, reporting and review 93:0850-0855
child deaths and critical injuries, youth death cases 93:0850
child protection workers, training 93:0850
children in government care, continuing custody orders 93:0855-0905, 93:0920
children in government care, residential services 93:0905
children in government care, support for youth and transition out of care 93:0855-0905
programs and services for children and families, rural and remote areas 93:0920
First Nations
children and youth, adoption of children 93:0900-0905, 93:0915-0925
programs and services for children and families, federal-provincial roles 93:0915-0920
Foster care
kith-and-kin placements for aboriginal children 93:0900-0905
system 93:0855-0905
John, Ed
work as special adviser 93:0900
McNeil, Mary
work as Children and Family Development Minister 93:0910
North Coast constituency and area
programs and services for children and families 93:0920
Representative for Children and Youth
advocacy for adoptions 93:0855-0915
audit of office 93:0845
budget and operations, November 2015 funding request 93:0845-0850
budget and operations, update 93:0845-0925
funding request re adoptions proposal 93:0900, 93:0915-0920
investigation of child injuries and deaths 93:0850-0855
relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry 93:0855-0900, 93:0925
report on adoption program 93:0855-0900, 93:0910-0915
reports on youth death cases 93:0850
staffing 93:0850, 93:0900

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