41st Parliament – 2018
Parliamentary Committee Proceedings
Finance and Government Services Committee
SUBJECT-SPEAKER INDEX
speeches by Members, committee staff and witnesses; topics raised
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g.,
73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.
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A Way Home Kamloops See also Ford, Fred; McParland, Katherine
Abbotsford, B.C.
Abbotsford Community Services See also Jinnah, Shairose; Santiago, Rod
Abbott, George
- Report on emergency response See Emergency response to floods and wildfires, report under Emergencies
ABE See Adult basic education
Aboriginal persons See First Nations and Indigenous persons
Academic freedom See Post-secondary education
Ackland, Shirley
- Presentation to committee on behalf of town of Port McNeill 41:1350-1400
- Health care system, medical imaging services, CT scans 41:1355-1400
- Local government, infrastructure funding, federal funding 41:1350
- Mount Waddington, health care services review 41:1355
- Port McNeill
- Vancouver Island Health Authority, review of health care proposals 41:1355
- Vancouver Island, North island, CT scan services 41:1355
Active transportation See Transportation
Adams, Ian
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Rocky Mountain Trench ecosystem restoration program 43:0940-0950
- Environment, ecosystem restoration 43:0945-0950
- Fires and firefighters, wildfires, prevention and ecosystem restoration 43:0945
- Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry, staffing, new position for ecosystem management 43:0945
- Kootenay area, East Kootenays, ecosystem restoration program 43:0940-0950
Addiction See Substance use and addiction; Mental health and addiction under Mental health
Adoption
Adult basic education
- Accessibility (Booth, W.) 42:1635 (D'Eith) 42:1630-1635 (Reddy, N.) 42:1625-1635 (Simons) 42:1635 (Wilson, C.) 41:1315
- Accessibility and funding (MacRae, J.) 50:1615 (Thomson, T.) 42:1340-1345
- Ancillary fees (D'Eith) 42:1345 (Thomson, T.) 42:1340-1345
- Developmental programs (D'Eith) 43:0925, 46:1630 (Friedman, T.) 46:1625-1630 (Kaun, J.) 43:0925 (Leonard) 43:0925 (Pearce, S.) 37:1635
- Facilities (D'Eith) 50:1620 (MacRae, J.) 50:1615-1620
- Faculty consultation (Thomson, T.) 42:1345
- Non-tuition fees See Ancillary fees above
- Students, social conditions (Thomson, T.) 42:1340
Advanced education See Post-secondary education
Advanced Education, Skills and Training Ministry
- Role in regulation of private post-secondary institutions, review by Ombudsperson See Private institutions under Post-secondary institutions
Adventure tourism See Tourism
Adventure Tourism Coalition See also Harrison, Brad
Aerial spraying of herbicides and pesticides See Pest control and management under Forests and forest industry
Aggregate industry See Aggregate production and gravel extraction under Mines and mining industry
Agreements with young adults program See Youth at risk, youth agreements under Children and youth
Agricultural Land Commission See also Agricultural land reserve
- Staffing and enforcement activities (Gillanders, L.) 50:1550
Agricultural land reserve
- Mega-house issue See Regulation of residential housing below
- Regulation of residential housing size and location (Cadieux) 50:1555 (D'Eith) 50:1555 (Gillanders, L.) 50:1550-1600
Agriculture
- Cannabis production on agricultural land See Cannabis
- Farm status and property assessment (Ashton) 49:1410 (DeJong, J.) 49:1405 (Vander Waal, S.) 49:1410
- Farmers markets, nutrition coupon program See Healthy eating under Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
- Farmers markets, trail initiative and funding (O'Hara, H.) 50:0905
- Farmland
- assessment and value See Farm status and property assessment above
- protection (Gillander, L.) 50:1550-1600
- protection and utilization (DeJong, J.) 49:1405
- protection, mega-homes issue See Regulation of residential housing under Agricultural land reserve
- use for cannabis production See Production on agricultural land under Cannabis
- Government support and tax policies (Gillander, L.) 50:1555 (Vander Waal, S.) 49:1405-1410
- Greenhouse industry (Vander Waal, S.) 49:1405
- Replant program See Tree fruit industry under Food and food industry
- Tree fruit industry See Food and food industry
- Workers, seasonal agricultural workers (Vander Waal, S.) 49:1405
AHCOTE See Alaska Highway consortium on teacher education under Teachers
Air
Airbnb
Alaska Highway consortium on teacher education See Teachers
Alberta
Alcohol
Aldinger, Shannon
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Comox Valley Families for Public Education 41:1420-1430
- B.C. Summer Games, 2018 games in Cowichan Valley, reports of sexual touching at dance 41:1420-1425
- Education curriculum, sex education, inclusion of consent and on-line safety 41:1420-1430
- Orenstein, Peggy, research on incidence of sexual violence for girls 41:1420
- School district 71 (Comox Valley), sex education content 41:1420-1430
- Sex industry, pornography use by adolescents, studies 41:1425
- Sexual violence
- incidence for boys and men, prevention 41:1430
- incidence for girls and women, prevention 41:1420-1425
- Teachers, sex education teachers and training 41:1425-1430
Alexander, Amanda
- Presentation to committee on behalf of YMCA of Northern B.C. 38:1055-1105
- Child care facilities, funding 38:1100
- Non-profit sector
- YMCA of Northern B.C.
Alexander, Joy
- Presentation to committee on behalf of school district 39 (Vancouver) 42:1320-1330
- Education funding
- Education, mental health services in schools, staff 42:1325-1330
- School district 39 (Vancouver)
- Schools, construction of new schools and size requirements 42:1325-1330
Alhuwayshil, Amal
- Presentation to committee on behalf of UBC Students Union Okanagan 47:1155
- Post-secondary education, international students and tuition fees 47:1155
Alliance of B.C. Students See also Berson, Noah; Meehan, Patrick
Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver See also Ilnitchi, Cristina; Tockman, Jason
Alzheimer Society of British Columbia See also Howard, Maria
Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Amantea, Carolyn
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy 44:1630-1640
- Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, funding and role 44:1630-1640
- Decoda Literacy Solutions Society, funding and role 44:1640
- Literacy, programs and funding 44:1630-1640
Amazon.com Inc.
American Sign Language See Ear health and hearing impairment
Amplify B.C. fund See Music industry
Anaesthesiologists See Physicians
Anhorn, Michael
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver-Fraser branch 37:1615-1625
- Mental health
- mental health and addiction services 37:1620
- programs and services
- research funding 37:1620
- stigma prevention 37:1620
- Non-profit sector, administrative services and funding 37:1620-1625
Animals
APPA See Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities
Appelt, Leonhard
- Presentation to committee 41:1345
- Education, field trips and transportation costs 41:1345
- Ferries and ferry services, student fares 41:1345
Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia See also McCurry, Theresa
Appraisal and valuation of real estate See Real estate industry
Appraisal Institute of Canada
April Wine Month
Aquaculture
- Fish farms
- land-based systems (Powell, J.) 41:1535
Archer, Keith See also Elections B.C.
- As subject
- Education
- Election Act
- Elections
- advance and absentee voting 32:0820
- district electoral officers 32:0840
- enumeration and list of voters
- fixed and non-fixed election dates, administration costs 32:0825, 32:0835
- general elections
- new voting technology, implementation and costs 32:0820-0830
- voter participation information, access by candidates and parties 32:0825
- voter turnout and youth engagement 32:0815-1820, 32:0840
- Elections B.C.
- administration and costs of initiative petitions 32:0810, 32:0830
- budget and operations
- supplementary funding request for initiative petition 32:0810
- supplementary funding request for referendum on electoral reform 32:0810
- update 32:0805-0845
- information technology 32:0820-0830
- recommendations 32:0815-0825
- report on recommendations for legislative change 32:0815
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- review of statutory officers
- process and templates for supplementary funding requests 32:0805
- work of committee, members and staff commended 32:0805
- Legislation
- citizens' initiatives, process 32:0830
- Politics and politicians
- political parties, collection of information 32:0825
- Privacy
- protection of personal information, data-sharing in other provinces 32:0820
- Recall and Initiative Act
- Site C power project
- initiative petition campaign 32:0810
Aristotle
- Comments on interpretation (Tavender, R.) 50:1130
Armour, Lyle
- Presentation to committee 47:1205-1210
- Floods and floodplains, flood preparedness and management 47:1205-1210
- Kettle Valley Railway Trail, impact of flooding 47:1205-1210
- Okanagan area, flood preparedness and stormwater management 47:1205-1210
Armutlu, Aran
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Federation of Students 49:1555-1600
- B.C. Federation of Students, organization and affiliations 49:1555-1600
- Canadian Federation of Students, relationship with B.C. organizations 49:1600
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and affordability 49:1555-1600
- financial assistance, grant programs and elimination of interest on loans 49:1600
- student debt load 49:1600
- textbook supply, open educational resources and textbooks 49:1600
Arts and culture See also British Columbia Arts Council
- Creative sector, role in economy (Shorten, L.) 42:1040
- Creative sector, skilled workers and training (Ralph, J.) 50:1515
- Government funding (D'Eith) 50:0925-0930 (Huberman, A.) 50:0925-0930 (Humphreys, K.) 46:1710-1720
- Government funding and support (Leadlay, B.) 42:1655-1705
- Health and social benefits (D'Eith) 42:1705 (Leadlay, B.) 42:1700-1705
- Infrastructure funding (D'Eith) 46:1715 (Humphreys, K.) 46:1715 (Leadlay, B.) 42:1700
- Ministry See Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry
- Regional organizations and artist travel costs (Ashton) 46:1720 (MacDonald, J.) 46:1720
Ashton, Dan (Penticton)
- As subject
- election as Deputy Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 29:1600 (D'Eith) 29:1600 (Leonard) 29:1600
- Agriculture
- farm status and property assessment 49:1410
- Arts and culture
- regional organizations and artist travel costs 46:1720
- Auditor General
- budget and operations
- staff and staffing
- Automobiles
- Boats and boating
- Boegman, Anton
- Child protection system
- Children and youth
- programs and services for children and families
- system of services and supports 31:0840
- Citizens Climate Lobby
- work of organization and donations 45:0925
- College of New Caledonia
- health sciences centre proposal and centre of excellence in imaging 38:0815
- College of the Rockies
- Elections B.C.
- administration of campaign finance provisions for local elections 61:0940
- budget and operations
- funding request 61:0940
- supplementary funding request for referendum on electoral reform 35:1030, 35:1100
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- Fires and firefighters
- wildfires
- prevention and ecosystem restoration 43:0950
- Floods and floodplains
- Food and food industry
- Health care system
- medical imaging services and training programs 38:0815
- Human Rights Commissioner
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- budget and operations
- role as secretariat for Asia-Pacific region organization 60:0925-0930
- Invasive species
- Kamloops and District Fish and Game Association
- Kelowna
- addiction treatment services for youth 47:0940
- Kootenay area
- East Kootenays, ecosystem restoration program 43:0950
- transit service 45:0920
- Legislature
- Officers of the Legislature shared services, human resource services 61:0835
- Long-term and residential care
- Lowe, Stan, service as Police Complaint Commissioner commended 60:1110
- Make Every Voter Count Society, organization and activities 35:1100
- Merit Commissioner
- audits of appointments and reviews of staffing decisions 60:0850-0855
- budget and operations
- Okanagan area
- Okanagan College
- Ombudsperson
- Parks and protected areas
- Police Complaint Commissioner
- Post-secondary education
- Prince George Backcountry Recreation Society
- Public service
- Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
- communications with local government 50:1630
- Referendum on electoral reform
- proponent and opponent groups, funding 35:1100
- role of Service B.C. and referendum service offices 35:1030
- Representative for Children and Youth
- School district 8 (Kootenay Lake)
- Schools
- school buses and bus service 45:1030
- Selkirk College
- Sports and recreation
- United States–Mexico-Canada agreement
- impact on automobile industry 49:1025
- University of B.C.
- staff recruitment, wages and human rights complaints 47:1030
- Van Swieten, Dave
- work on human rights commission re-establishment 62:0855
- Vanderhoof
- police services and First Nations policing agreement 38:0855
- Wildlife
Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities
- Membership and role (McEvoy, M.) 60:0915
Asia-Pacific region
ASL See American Sign Language under Ear health and hearing impairment
ASPECT See Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training
Assisted dying
Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia See also Stevens, Robert
Association of Administrative and Professional Staff at UBC See also Hansen, Joey; Muff, Sarah
Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training See also Morris-Reade, Janet
Atchison, Chris
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Construction Association 43:1005-1015
- B.C. Construction Association, work of organization 43:1005
- Construction industry
- Government, procurement practices and system, capital asset management framework model 43:1010
- Labour, community benefits agreement, impact 43:1010
Atkinson, Jaymie
- Presentation to committee 47:1110-1115
- Fires and firefighters, wildfires, impact on invasive plant species 47:1110
- Invasive species, plant invasive species, management and funding 47:1110
- Rangeland, grass-seeding and invasive plant control 47:1110
Atrill, Gladys
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Tourism Smithers 39:1655-1705
- Destination B.C., funding 39:1655
- Ferries and ferry services, routes and services, additional sailings 39:1655-1705
- Municipal and regional district tax program, allocation of revenues 39:1655-1705
- Resorts, resort municipality initiative program 39:1700
- Smithers
- highway maintenance in area and circle route 39:1700
- housing, short-term rentals 39:1700
- tourism in area, infrastructure needs and ferry services 39:1655-1705
Attorney General Ministry
- Role in correctional facilities inspection system, review by Ombudsperson See Correctional facilities under Corrections system
- Role re referendum on electoral reform (Boegman, A.) 35:1040 (Redies) 35:1040
Audain, Tunya
Audiology services See Ear health
Auditor General See also Bellringer, Carol
- Audit of office (Bellringer, C.) 31:0845-0850
- Audit services
- access to government documents (Bellringer, C.) 31:0855-0900
- coverage plan See Financial statement audit coverage plan below
- performance audit coverage plan (Bellringer, C.) 59:0810
- process and planned audits (Bellringer, C.) 31:0855-0900
- Budget and operations
- budget underspending (Bellringer, C.) 31:0850
- funding request (Ashton) 59:0835 (Bellringer, C.) 59:0805-0835 (Cadieux) 59:0820 (Dean) 59:0830 (D'Eith) 59:0815-0820 (Jones, R.) 59:0820-0830 (Kearsey, S.) 59:0820, 59:0830 (Leonard) 59:0825 (Redies) 59:0830 (Simons) 59:0825
- professional services (Bellringer, C.) 59:0810
- salaries (Bellringer, C.) 59:0810
- update (Bellringer, C.) 31:0845-0920 (Brar) 31:0915 (D'Eith) 31:0900-0905, 31:0915 (Hall, K.) 31:0915 (Jones, R.) 31:0910 (Leonard) 31:0910 (Milobar) 31:0905 (Redies) 31:0915-0920
- Financial statement audit coverage plan (Bellringer, C.) 59:0805
- Freedom-of-information requests (Bellringer, C.) 31:0855-0900, 31:0915 (Brar) 31:0915 (Hall, K.) 31:0915
- Indigenous relations strategy (Bellringer, C.) 31:0900
- Information technology (Bellringer, C.) 31:0900, 59:0815
- Office space (Bellringer, C.) 31:0915, 59:0810 (D'Eith) 31:0915
- Office space, satellite office (Bellringer, C.) 59:0825 (Jones, R.) 59:0825 (Simons) 59:0825
- Reports and reviews
- mining industry compliance and enforcement (Stevens, R.) 50:0915
- Staff and staffing
- Staff salaries, retention and new positions (Bellringer, C.) 59:0815-0820 (D'Eith) 59:0815 (Jones, R.) 59:0820 (Kearsey, S.) 59:0830 (Leonard) 59:0825
- Work of office, update and priorities (Bellringer, C.) 31:0850-0900
Austin, Janet See Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Janet Austin
Autism
Automobiles
- Accident rate (Leonard) 47:0915 (Sutherland, A.) 47:0920
- Clean energy and electric vehicles
- Electric vehicles See Clean energy and electric vehicles above
- Industry
- Insurance
- Luxury tax See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles below
- Sales and leasing (Ashton) 49:1020-1025 (Qualey, B.) 49:1020-1025
- Scrapping program See B.C. SCRAP-IT program
- Taxation
- Zero-emission vehicles See Clean energy and electric vehicles above
Avery, Val
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Health Sciences Association of B.C. 49:1105-1115
- Health care system
- health professionals, workforce development strategy proposal 49:1110
- primary health care and interdisciplinary teams 49:1110
- Health Ministry, health professions policy secretariat proposal 49:1110
- Post-secondary education funding, health science professions programs 49:1110
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