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

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.

ICBC See Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
IIO See Independent investigations office
Ilnitchi, Cristina

Presentation to committee on behalf of Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver 44:1640-1650

Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. Vancouver, organization and survey 44:1640-1645

Post-secondary education

financial assistance

completion grant 44:1645-1650

elimination of interest on loans 44:1645

needs-based grant programs 44:1645-1650

reform 44:1640-1645

textbook supply, open educational resources and textbooks 44:1650

Post-secondary institutions

sexual violence on campus, prevention programs and funding 44:1645

student housing 44:1650

University of B.C.

sexual violence and misconduct policy 44:1645

student debt issues 44:1640-1645

student housing 44:1650

Immigration

Credentialling of foreign-trained professionals and workers (Redies) 62:0905 (Zabarauckas, C.) 62:0905

Foreign and immigrant workers

streamlining of application processes (Redies) 49:1130 (von Schellwitz, M.) 49:1130-1135

Immigrant and refugee student needs See Students under Education

Programs and services, refugee family case (MacLean, C.) 50:1440-1445

Programs and services, settlement services and funding (MacRae, J.) 50:1620

Provincial nominee program (Cannan, R.) 47:1125

Imperial Metals Corp.

Huckleberry mine, operations (Salas, C.) 42:1125

Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. See also Charbonneau, Sébastien

Presentation to committee 48:1445-1455

Imports See Trade
In vitro fertilization treatment See IVF treatment under Reproduction
In-camera proceedings

Motions to move in camera See Motions and resolutions

Inclusion B.C. See also Verschoor, Karla

Presentation to committee 42:0915-0925

Inclusive education See Special education and special needs under Education
Income

Income disparity (Millar, J.) 43:0930-0940

Income disparity and social inequality (Zlotnik, M.) 42:1440-1445

Income assistance

Basic income proposal and pilot project (Sims, K.) 38:1020

Benefits See also Disability benefits below

Benefits, rate increase (Ivanova, I.) 50:1035 (Millar, J.) 43:0935 (Sanderson, S.) 50:1600-1605

Complaint process, case (Simons) 61:0840

Disability assistance

call wait times See System and call wait times below

First Nations recipients and service disruptions, investigation by Ombudsperson (Chalke, J.) 33:0905

Disability benefits

deduction of CPP disability payments (Brown, B.) 42:1135-1140 (Simons) 42:1145

earnings exemption (Brown, A.J.) 42:1145-1150 (Cadieux) 42:1150 (Tavender, R.) 50:1135

eligibility (Canadensis, F.) 48:1325-1330

medical equipment (Brown, A.J.) 42:1145

nutritional supplements (Brown, B.) 42:1135

rate increase (Millar, J.) 43:0935 (Tavender, R.) 50:1135

Earnings exemptions administration, review by Ombudsperson (Chalke, J.) 61:0800-0810

System and call wait times, investigation by Ombudsperson (Chalke, J.) 33:0855-0900

System and issues (Canadensis, F.) 48:1325-1330

Income tax

Rates (Peacock, K.) 50:1455

Revenues to government (James) 36:0910-0915 (Milobar) 36:0910

Independent investigations office

Role (Lowe, S.) 60:1010-1015

Indigenous peoples See First Nations and Indigenous persons
Industry

Involvement in government climate change strategy See Climate action strategy, industry consultation under Climate change

Industry Training Authority

Funding (Bovis-Cnossen, C.) 46:1740

Information

Access to information See Freedom of information

Disclosure and privacy issues See Privacy

Information and communications technology

Computer technology, quantum computing (D'Eith) 50:1025 (Hayashi, K.) 50:1025-1030

Training See High-technology industry

Information and Privacy Commissioner See also McEvoy, Michael

Budget and operations

building occupancy charges (Dean) 60:0925 (D'Eith) 60:0920 (McEvoy, M.) 60:0920-0925 (Van Swieten, D.) 60:0925

funding and allocation for salaries (McEvoy, M.) 30:0850

funding request (Ashton) 60:0925-0930 (Dean) 60:0925 (D'Eith) 60:0920-0925 (McEvoy, M.) 60:0905-0930 (Redies) 60:0925-0930 (Van Swieten, D.) 60:0925

professional services (McEvoy, M.) 60:0915, 60:0925 (Redies) 60:0925

shared services (McEvoy, M.) 60:0920

shared services with other statutory officers See Officers of the Legislature, shared services under Legislature

update (Leonard) 30:0900 (McEvoy, M.) 30:0845-0900 (Milobar) 30:0900

Collaboration with privacy regulators in other jurisdictions (McEvoy, M.) 30:0855

Information technology (Redies) 60:0925 (Van Swieten, D.) 60:0925

Investigations (McEvoy, M.) 30:0855

Investigations, process (McEvoy, M.) 60:0910

Judicial review applications against office (McEvoy, M.) 60:0925

Office space (McEvoy, M.) 60:0925

Privacy role (McEvoy, M.) 30:0850

Public education activities (McEvoy, M.) 60:0910-0915

Registrar of lobbyists role and priorities (McEvoy, M.) 30:0850

Registrar of lobbyists role and priorities, impact of changes (McEvoy, M.) 60:0905, 60:0920

Relationship with Finance and Government Services Committee (McEvoy, M.) 30:0845

Role as secretariat for Asia-Pacific region organization (Ashton) 60:0925-0930 (Dean) 60:0925 (McEvoy, M.) 60:0915, 60:0925-0930

Staff and salaries (McEvoy, M.) 60:0915-0920

Work of office, appreciation (D'Eith) 30:0900

Work of office, update and priorities (McEvoy, M.) 60:0910-0920

Workload and backlog of cases (McEvoy, M.) 30:0850, 60:0905-0910

Infrastructure

Community capital infrastructure fund See Capital funding under Sports and recreation

Construction costs (Holmes, D.) 49:1150

Funding, local government See Infrastructure funding under Local government

Government investment (James) 36:0840

Government investment in green infrastructure (Ivanova, I.) 50:1040

Projects, life-cycle costing and carbon footprints (Carrusca, K.) 42:1010

Projects, priorities and phasing (D'Eith) 50:1455 (Peacock, K.) 50:1455

Public-private partnerships See Business

Underground infrastructure, protection during digging See Excavation work under Construction industry

Initiative petitions See Citizens' initiatives under Legislation
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. See also Giroux-Schmidt, Colleen

Presentation to committee 42:1430-1440

Organization and operations (Giroux-Schmidt, C.) 42:1430

Innovation See Research and development; particular sectors and topics; Science and technology
Insurance

Automobile insurance See Automobiles

Industry

catastrophic risk mitigation (Sutherland, A.) 47:0915

impact of climate change See Impact on issues under Climate change

Insurance Bureau of Canada See also Sutherland, Aaron

Presentation to committee 47:0910-0920

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Financial status and management (Sutherland, A.) 47:0910-0920

Management and operations (Sims, K.) 38:1020

Premiums See Insurance under Automobiles

Interactive and Digital Media Industry Association of British Columbia See also Bailey, Brenda; Frost, Sarah; Greenwood, Peter

Presentation to committee 42:1310-1320

Programs in schools (Bailey, B.) 42:1320

Interactive media industry See Digital media industry
Interest rates

Impact on government budget (James) 36:0855

Interior B.C. See British Columbia by region
International students See Post-secondary education
Invasive species

Ban on sale and legislation (Harris, B.) 43:1020 (Heise, B.) 46:1705

Boat inspections See Boats and boating

Incidence (Ashton) 43:1020 (Harris, B.) 43:1020

Incidence linked to industry (D'Eith) 46:1710 (Heise, B.) 46:1710

Management

funding (Ashton) 46:1705-1710 (D'Eith) 46:1705 (Harris, B.) 43:1015-1020 (Heise, B.) 46:1700-1710 (Simons) 43:1020

mussels (Cannan, R.) 47:1125

Plant invasive species

management (Milobar) 47:1115

management and funding (Atkinson, J.) 47:1110 (Kitchen, E.) 47:1110 (Redies) 47:1115 (Scott, L.) 47:1115-1120 (Simons) 47:1115 (Stewart, B.) 47:1115-1120

Invasive Species Council of British Columbia See also Heise, Brian

Presentation to committee 46:1700-1710

Work of organization and trust fund proposal (Heise, B.) 46:1700-1705

Investment

Investment climate (Mathison, L.) 42:1410

Investment climate and "capital flight" concept (Redies) 42:1410

Investment climate and foreign investment (Peacock, K.) 50:1500

Isabella Dicken Elementary School, Fernie, B.C.

Portables (Johns, C.) 43:0905-0910

Island Coastal Economic Trust See also Jack, John; Osborne, Josie; Robert, Line

Presentation to committee 42:1100-1110

Governance and role of First Nations (D'Eith) 42:1110 (Jack, J.) 42:1105-1110 (Leonard) 42:1110 (Line, R.) 42:1110 (Milobar) 42:1105 (Osborne, J.) 42:1100-1110 (Redies) 42:1110

Legislation (Line, R.) 42:1110

ITA See Industry Training Authority
Ivanova, Iglika

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 50:1035-1040

Carbon tax

rate increase 50:1040

revenues, allocation 50:1040

Climate change, government action on climate change 50:1040

Economy, sustainable development 50:1040

Housing

affordable housing, government action 50:1040

rental housing affordability and supply 50:1040

social and subsidized housing 50:1040

Income assistance benefits, rate increase 50:1035

Infrastructure, government investment in green infrastructure 50:1040

Liquefied natural gas development, impact on greenhouse gas emissions targets 50:1040

LNG Canada, LNG facility project, emissions 50:1040

Poverty reduction strategy, components 50:1035-1040

IVF treatment See Reproduction
IVF4BC See also Nouch, Nicole

Presentation to committee 49:0945-0955