BC Legislature - Finance and Government Services Committee, 41st Parliament

Province of British Columbia
41st Parliament – 2017
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

Fair wage commission See Wages and salaries
Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C.

Trail initiative See Invermere, B.C.

Faludi, Gabrielle

Presentation to committee on behalf of Selkirk College Students Union 10:1610

Nelson, housing affordability and supply 10:1610

Post-secondary institutions, student housing 10:1610

Families

Affordability and cost of living issues See Cost of living under Consumers

Caregivers See Caregivers

Family justice system See Justice system

Faoro, Paul

Presentation to committee on behalf of CUPE, B.C. division 8:1635-1650

Canadian Union of Public Employees, B.C. division

membership 8:1635

recommendations on government budget 8:1640-1645

Education

curriculum, inclusion of Aboriginal content 8:1645

special education and special needs, education assistants 8:1645

Education funding

funding 8:1645

independent schools 8:1645

Employment standards branch, funding and services 8:1640-1645

Government programs and services, funding 8:1640-1645

Infrastructure, government investment 8:1640

Labour Relations Board, funding and services 8:1640-1645

Libraries, funding 8:1645-1650

Local government

revenue sources 8:1640

transfer of costs and responsibilities from provincial government 8:1640

Medical Services Plan premiums, reduction 8:1640

Paramedics, services and funding 8:1640

Partnerships B.C., elimination of funding 8:1640

Post-secondary education, accessibility and affordability 8:1640

Post-secondary education funding 8:1640, 8:1650

Social welfare, community social services sector wages 8:1645

Taxation, fair tax system 8:1640-1645

Farmers, farming, farms, etc. See Agriculture
FASD See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Federation of Community Social Services of British Columbia See also FitzZaland, Richard

Presentation to committee 4:1950-2005

Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia

Comments on post-secondary funding (Sutherland, D.) 10:1835

Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia See also Davison, George

Presentation to committee 3:1500-1515

Organization and membership (Davison, G.) 3:1500

Recommendations on government budget (Davison, G.) 3:1505-1510

Recommendations on government budget, priorities (Brar) 3:1515 (Davison, G.) 3:1515

Fedorak, Jay

Information and Privacy Commissioner

budget and operations

funding request 21:1445-1450

office space 21:1450

registrar of lobbyists function and priorities 21:1445

Lobbyists

registry, public education and information 21:1445

Fedorkiw, Terry

Presentation to committee on behalf of Physiotherapists for Northern Communities 8:1745-1750, 8:1800

B.C. by region, northern B.C., physiotherapy and rehabilitation services 8:1745-1750

Health care system, services for seniors, physiotherapy 8:1745

Physiotherapists

role in interdisciplinary health care teams 8:1800

services 8:1745-1750

services, impact on health care system costs 8:1800

supply and training 8:1750, 8:1800

Seniors Advocate report on access to physiotherapy services in care facilities 8:1745

University of Northern B.C.

medical programs, physical therapy program spaces 8:1750

medical programs, retention of graduates 8:1800

Fentanyl See Opioid overdoses under Substance use and addiction
Ferreras, Salvador

Presentation to committee on behalf of Kwantlen Polytechnic University 6:1210

Industry, relationship with post-secondary education system 6:1210

Kwantlen Polytechnic University, advanced manufacturing technology program 6:1210

Labour market, impact of automation 6:1210

Post-secondary education

alignment with labour market needs 6:1210

student mental health services 6:1210

Skills training, microcredentials 6:1210

Ferries and ferry services

Emission reductions See Greenhouse gas emissions

Vessels, LNG conversions (Bennett, D.) 13:0845

Festivals See Arts and culture
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Awareness (Cadieux) 8:1445 (Reiser, H.) 8:1435

Services (Cadieux) 12:1705 (Johnson, D.) 12:1710

FIFA

Video game series (Hursthouse, J.) 3:1520 (Lutz, J.) 3:1520

Film industry

Digital media industry See Digital media industry

Film and television industry (Klapwyk, P.) 6:1050 (Mitchell, P.) 6:1040-1045

Film commission (Mitchell, P.) 6:1045-1050

Role in economy (Dahl, B.) 13:0925 (Mitchell, P.) 6:1045

Tax credits (D'Eith) 4:1900 (Klapwyk, P.) 6:1050 (Mitchell, P.) 6:1055

Tax credits and federal programs (Dahl, B.) 13:0925

Tax credits, inclusion of writers (D'Eith) 6:1050 (Mitchell, P.) 6:1045-1050

Worker training (Dahl, B.) 13:0925 (Klapwyk, P.) 6:1050

Finance and Government Services Committee

Appointment of audit firm for audit of Auditor General office (Ashton) 23:1445 (D'Eith) 23:1445 (Leonard) 23:1445 (Redies) 23:1445 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1250

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair (Ashton) 1:1220 (Cadieux) 1:1215 (D'Eith) 1:1215-1220 (Leonard) 1:1215 (Sourial, S.) 1:1215

In-camera proceedings (Sourial, S.) 1:1235

In-camera proceedings, motions to move in camera See Motions and resolutions

Meetings, attendance by Guyanese delegation (D'Eith) 5:0845, 8:1400, 9:0800

Members, attendance requirements (Dean) 1:1230 (Sourial, S.) 1:1230-1235

Members, voting in Legislature (D'Eith) 1:1235-1240 (Milobar) 1:1235

Motions See Motions and resolutions

Prebudget consultation

advertising (D'Eith) 1:1235 (Milobar) 1:1235 (Sourial, S.) 1:1235

online tools (Sourial, S.) 1:1220

process (Brar) 1:1245 (D'Eith) 1:1220-1225, 1:1245, 3:1000 (Hill, L.) 1:1225 (James) 2:1245, 2:1255 (Milobar) 2:1255 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1225 (Sourial, S.) 1:1220, 1:1235, 1:1245

public hearings See Public hearings below under this main heading

questions (James) 2:1245

report See Reports below under this main heading

summary of submissions (Dean) 1:1230 (Hill, L.) 1:1235 (Sourial, S.) 1:1235

Public hearings

location and schedule (Ashton) 1:1240, 1:1250 (Brar) 1:1245 (Cadieux) 1:1240 (Dean) 1:1230 (D'Eith) 1:1220-1250, 2:1255 (Milobar) 1:1235 (Olsen) 1:1240 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1225-1230, 1:1240, 1:1250 (Sourial, S.) 1:1220, 1:1230-1240, 1:1250

presentations from music industry (Aldous, P.) 3:1650

presentations from student associations (Brar) 6:0935 (D'Eith) 6:1225 (Hashemi, Z.) 6:1220 (Leonard) 7:1850-1855 (Lin, S.) 6:0935

presentations from student organizations (D'Eith) 7:1530-1535

presentations on parks (D'Eith) 9:1005

presentations on youth mental health (D'Eith) 7:1730

use of video conferencing (Sourial, S.) 1:1220

Quorum (D'Eith) 1:1235 (Sourial, S.) 1:1235

Recommendations

brain injury services funding (Lewis, W.) 5:0855

child care system (Gregson, S.) 13:1015

disability benefits and CPP deduction (Brown, B.) 3:1050-1055

education funding (Johns, C.) 11:1025-1030 (Sinclair, A.) 6:0835

HPV immunization (Byford, J.) 7:1620

implementation by government (James) 2:1255 (Milobar) 2:1255

implementation of SFU Surrey campus memorandum of understanding (Petter, A.) 9:0920

libraries (Benedict, J.) 3:1445-1450

post-secondary education (Broder, S.) 7:1820

recommendations (Dalton, A.) 14:1640 (Model, E.) 7:1815

Referral of investigation to Ombudsperson See Health information breach investigation, review by Ombudsperson under Health Ministry

Reports, budget consultation report (Ashton) 20:0905 (D'Eith) 1:1225, 20:0905 (Leonard) 20:0905 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1225

Request for letter to Elections B.C. on funding request process (D'Eith) 28:1720

Review of statutory officers See also particular statutory officers

process (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1245-1250

process and templates for supplementary funding requests (D'Eith) 28:1720

scope (D'Eith) 6:1240

Role (Ashton) 1:1220 (D'Eith) 1:1215

Staff See also Work of committee below

Staff, roles and responsibilities (Hill, L.) 1:1225, 1:1235 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1225-1230, 1:1250 (Sourial, S.) 1:1230-1235

Subcommittee on auditing process (Weaver) 20:0910

Terms of reference (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 1:1245-1250 (Sourial, S.) 1:1220

Work of committee

debrief on processes (D'Eith) 26:1605 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 26:1605

members and staff commended (D'Eith) 20:0905, 26:1600

staff commended (Ashton) 1:1225 (D'Eith) 26:1600-1605 (Leonard) 1:1230

work of committee (D'Eith) 12:1825 (James) 2:1220 (Petter, A.) 9:0925 (Weaver) 12:1830

Finance Ministry

Minister's presentation to committee 2:1220-1255

Minister See James, Hon. Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)

Financial services industry

Credit unions, taxation (James) 2:1245

Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan for Fiscal Years 2017-18 Through 2019-20 See Financial statement audit coverage plan under Auditor General
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre

Oversight of gaming operations (Goudron, P.) 6:0820

Finland

Support for business transition to digital economy (Brar) 4:1925 (Maynard, J.) 4:1920-1925

FINTRAC See Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre
Fires and firefighters

Volunteer firefighters in rural areas (Doratti, M.) 9:1025-1030

Wildfires

fire preparedness and risk reduction (Sutherland, A.) 13:1030-1035

impact on invasive species management (Leonard) 9:0850 (Milobar) 9:0845 (Scott, L.) 13:1000 (Stewart, B.) 13:1000 (Wallin, G.) 9:0840-0850

management and fireguards (Boon, K.) 12:1630

prevention and management (Ellis, S.) 6:1150

reforestation See Silviculture under Forests and forest industry

summer 2017 wildfires See Wildfires in summer 2017

First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition See also Montani, Adrienne

Presentation to committee 5:1000-1010

Membership and role (Montani, A.) 5:1000

Recommendations on government budget and policies (D'Eith) 5:1010 (Montani, A.) 5:1005-1010 (Redies) 5:1010

First Nations and Indigenous persons

Aboriginal content in school curriculum See Curriculum under Education

Artists (Jarvis, D.) 4:1935

Arts initiatives See Arts and culture

Brain injury incidence among First Nations persons (Lewis, D.) 5:0850

Children

child protection system review and recommendations (Richard, B.) 21:1340, 21:1350, 21:1400-1405

rights of children and youth (Montani, A.) 5:1000

Children in government care

care plans (Brar) 21:1400 (Richard, B.) 21:1350, 21:1400-1405

number (Richard, B.) 21:1340

youth engagement (Cadieux) 21:1355 (Richard, B.) 21:1340-1345, 21:1355, 21:1405-1410 (Thomas-Wightman, D.) 21:1400

Community-based anti-violence programs (Porteous, T.) 3:1645

Consultation by government on land and resources (Skuce, N.) 5:0920-0930

Education See Education of Indigenous persons under Post-secondary education

Employment and training programs (Morgan, A.) 5:1225-1235 (Redies) 5:1230-1235

Friendship centres

funding and services (Morgan, A.) 5:1225-1235

youth and elder initiatives (Morgan, A.) 5:1225

Indigenous Strategies and Partnerships team See Representative for Children and Youth

Internships (McKay, J.) 8:1700

Library services in communities (Epstein, K.) 3:1005, 3:1015 (Redies) 3:1015

Maternal health and doula support program (Morgan, A.) 5:1230

Mental health and addiction services See Mental health

Physical activity and athlete training programs (Lund, S.) 5:0935

Poverty among families See Poverty

Reconciliation (Denesiuk, C.) 13:0810

Youth programs and services (Arnett, S.) 14:1625-1635 (Bonkowski, M.) 14:1625

First Nations Health Authority

Funding of school nutrition program (Tonn, P.) 10:1715

Fish

Salmon, protection of wild stocks (Skuce, N.) 5:0920

Steelhead population and protection (Brumell, T.) 12:1845-1850

Fishing industry

Recreational fishing, steelhead (Brumell, T.) 12:1845-1850 (Weaver) 12:1850

Sport fishing See Recreational fishing above

Fitness and healthy lifestyle See Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness; Sports and recreation
FitzZaland, Richard

Presentation to committee on behalf of Federation of Community Social Services of B.C. 4:1950-2005

B.C. NDP government

action on social issues 4:1950

Social welfare

social services, service delivery and procurement 4:1955-2000

systemic approach to issues 4:1955

Social welfare, community social services sector

conditions and workplace violence 4:1955

funding and role 4:1950-2000

worker recruitment and wages 4:1950-2000

Floods and floodplains

Flood insurance (Redies) 13:1040 (Sutherland, A.) 13:1035-1040

Flood mitigation initiatives (Stathonikos, D.) 5:1055

Floods, impact on invasive species management (Scott, L.) 13:0955-1000

Food and food industry

Agriculture See Agriculture

Agrifood industry, small businesses (O'Hara, H.) 6:0905, 6:0915

Apples (Ashton) 13:0940 (Dhaliwal, P.) 13:0940 (Lucas, G.) 13:0940

Beverage industry See Beverages and beverage industry

Food banks and meal programs See Food banks

Food security and locally grown food (O'Hara, H.) 6:0905-0910

Fruits and vegetables, snack program in schools See Fruit and vegetable program under Education

Healthy food (Dhaliwal, P.) 13:0935

Pest control and pesticide use See Agriculture

Tree fruit industry, replant program (Dhaliwal, P.) 13:0930, 13:0940 (Lucas, G.) 13:0930, 13:0940

Food banks

Access to fresh food (Cadieux) 6:0915 (O'Hara, H.) 6:0915

Starfish backpack program for school-age children (Thompson, B.) 9:1015-1020

Foord, Leslie

Presentation to committee on behalf of Merck 13:0820-0825

B.C. Cancer Agency, comments on immunotherapy 13:0820

Cancer

incidence 13:0820-0825

treatment services, immunotherapy 13:0820-0825

Health care system, technology, immunotherapy and biological markers 13:0825

Merck Canada, recommendations on funding of new therapies 13:0820-0825

Foreign and immigrant workers See Immigration
Forests and forest industry

Beetle infestations See also Forest health below

Beetle infestations, impact and response (McKay, J.) 8:1705

Exports (Hoffman, T.) 9:0820

Forest health, insect infestations (Cobb, W.) 9:0810

Forest innovation fund (McKay, J.) 8:1700

Forest management, staffing and resources (Cobb, W.) 9:0815

Forest stewardship, incentives for wildlife protection (Ellis, S.) 6:1145-1150

Reforestation See Silviculture below

Salvage logging and timber valuation (Hoffman, T.) 9:0825

Silviculture, replanting after wildfires (Hoffman, T.) 9:0825-0830 (Milobar) 9:0830 (Weaver) 9:0835

Softwood lumber trade with U.S. (Doratti, M.) 9:1030 (James) 2:1225

Timber supply areas in interior, mid-term supply (Cobb, W.) 9:0810

Wood waste, use in production of electricity See Bioenergy under Energy

Fort St. John, B.C.

Health support workers, supply and training (Leahy, J.) 5:1240

Housing issues

affordable housing and residential care facilities (Leahy, J.) 5:1240-1245

Schools and replacement projects (Campbell, I.) 5:1215

FortisBC See also Bennett, Dave

Presentation to committee 13:0840-0855

Operations and natural gas pipeline projects (Bennett, D.) 13:0840-0845

Recommendations on government budget (Bennett, D.) 13:0840-0855

Foster care

System, support for caregivers (Montani, A.) 5:1005

Training, task force proposal (Bodnar, F.) 3:1215

Foundry

Mental health and social services (Turner, S.) 13:0945-0950

Mental health and social services, funding (Weaver) 13:0950

Foundry See also Mathias, Steve

Presentation to committee 14:1720-1730

Abbotsford facility (Thompson, B.) 9:1015

Age range of clients (Dean) 14:1730 (Mathias, S.) 14:1730

Funding and partnerships (Brar) 14:1730 (Mathias, S.) 14:1725-1730

Recommendations on government budget (Mathias, S.) 14:1725-1730

Surrey facility proposal (Mathias, S.) 14:1730 (Redies) 14:1730

Youth services initiative and centres (Mathias, S.) 14:1725 (Thompson, B.) 9:1015

Fracking See Hydraulic fracturing under Oil and gas
Fraser, Paul See also Conflict of Interest Commissioner

Conflict of interest

rules for politicians 22:1110

Conflict of Interest Commissioner

budget and operations

funding request 22:1105-1130

commissioner salary 22:1110-1115, 22:1125

decisions not reviewable by courts 22:1120-1125

outreach and website 22:1115-1120

staff, contracted staff 22:1115

work of office, update and priorities 22:1105-1125

workload and cases 22:1120-1125

Ombudsperson

work of office 22:1115

Pink, Linda

work with Conflict of Interest Commissioner 22:1105

Fraser River

Flood risks and mitigation (Pitcairn, M.) 7:1440

Fraser Valley Brain Injury Association See also Paetkau, Carol

Presentation to committee 6:1100-1115

Services and clients (Paetkau, C.) 6:1100-1110

Fraser Valley–Fraser Canyon area

Youth homelessness and sexual exploitation (Talvio, L.) 12:1830-1835

Freedom of information

Information and Privacy Commissioner See Information and Privacy Commissioner

Requests for information, government handling and timelines (McArthur, D.) 21:1435

Fruit and vegetable program See Education
Fuel

Fossil fuels, transition to alternatives, impact on electricity demand See Power supply under Energy

Home heating, natural gas heating systems (Bennett, D.) 13:0845-0850

Taxation

proposed tax exemption for marine gas oil (Wirtz, G.) 14:1730-1735

Fugitive emissions See Emissions from oil and gas sector, methane and fugitive emissions under Greenhouse gas emissions