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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Pacific Academic Institute of Chiropractic See also Green, Howard; Nixdorf, Don
Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, Victoria, B.C. See also Bettauer, Robert; Player, Lindsay; Wilson, Alethea
Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society See also Rans, Martha
PacificSport Fraser Valley See also Kope, Jared
PacificSport Interior B.C. See also McColl, Ron
PacificSport Vancouver Island See also Cooper, Drew
Palliative care See Hospice and palliative care
Parent Advocacy Network for Public Education See also Martens, Maggie Milne
Parkinson Society British Columbia See also Blake, Jean; Mayede, Richard
Parkinson's disease
Parks and protected areas
Partnerships B.C.
Passenger Transportation Board
- Role re taxi licences (Clovechok, S.) 43:1025
Patel, Ajay
Paterson, Jody
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Board Voice Society of B.C. 48:1340-1350
- Abbotsford Community Services, anti-gang program and funding 48:1345
- Board Voice Society of B.C., membership 48:1340-1345
- Employer health tax, impact on community social services sector 48:1345
- Health, social determinants 48:1340-1350
- Poverty reduction strategy 48:1350
- Social welfare
- Social workers, community social services workers, wages 48:1345
- Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, funding and services 48:1345
"Payroll tax" See Employer health tax
Peace River area
Peace River North school district See School district 60 (Peace River North)
Peace Villa, Fort St. John, B.C.
Peacock, Ken
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Business Council of B.C. 50:1450-1500
- Budgets, balanced budgets 50:1455
- Business climate 50:1455-1500
- Carbon tax, impact on export business competitiveness and mitigation 50:1455
- Construction industry, skilled worker supply 50:1455
- Economy conditions 50:1450
- Employment and unemployment, unemployment rate 50:1450
- Government regulations 50:1455
- Income tax rates 50:1455
- Infrastructure projects, priorities and phasing 50:1455
- Investment climate and foreign investment 50:1500
- Labour market 50:1450
- Public debt, debt-to-GDP ratio 50:1455
- Real estate industry, housing market conditions and impact of government policies 50:1450
- Sales tax exemptions, business inputs and equipment 50:1455
- Skills training, supply of skilled workers 50:1450-1455
- Taxation, government policies 50:1450-1455
- Trucking industry, truck fleet, low-carbon transition and sales tax exemption 50:1455
- U.S., taxation policies 50:1455-1500
Pearce, Suzanne
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Kwantlen Faculty Association 37:1630-1635
- Adult basic education, developmental programs 37:1635
- Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of B.C., recommendations 37:1635
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- Post-secondary education
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, implementation of recommendations on post-secondary education 37:1635
Peerless Engineering Sales Ltd. See also Magnolo, Jeff
- Presentation to committee 50:1535-1540
- Employees and impact of employer health tax on business operations (Magnolo, J.) 50:1535-1540
Permut, Harriet
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver 50:1625-1635
- Communities, densification 50:1630
- Housing, affordable housing 50:1625-1630
- Lower Mainland, housing affordability and housing market 50:1625-1630
- Property tax, school tax 50:1630
- Property transfer tax
- Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
- Real estate industry, housing market, conditions and impact of government policies 50:1625
- Speculation and vacancy tax, exemption request 50:1630
Personal Information Protection Act
- Provisions, compliance See Protection of personal information under Privacy
Persons with disabilities See Disabled persons
Pest control
Peterson, Sharon
- Presentation to committee on behalf of YMCA of Okanagan 47:1050-1100
- Child care facilities, funding 47:1055-1100
- Non-profit sector, infrastructure funding 47:1055
- YMCA of Okanagan
Pets See Animals
Petter, Andrew
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Simon Fraser University 50:1010-1020
- Post-secondary education
- Simon Fraser University
- Burnaby campus
- life sciences building and student housing proposals 50:1010
- transit issues and gondola system proposal 50:1015
- funding and international students 50:1020
- Surrey campus
- South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority (TransLink), role in gondola system proposal 50:1015
PharmaCare program
Physical literacy See Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
Physicians
- Anaesthesiologists, services and funding model (D'Eith) 50:1345-1350 (Orfaly, R.) 50:1340-1350 (Redies) 50:1350
- Assisted dying See Assisted dying
- Family physicians, supply (Carson-Austin, T.) 41:1345-1350 (Hansen, J.) 47:1025-1030 (Muff, S.) 47:1030 (Simons) 47:1030
- Neurosurgeons, supply (Blake, J.) 42:1545 (D'Eith) 42:1545 (Simons) 42:1545
- Pediatricians, supply (Behn, V.) 38:1045-1050
- Supply and training, internationally-trained physicians (Carson-Austin, T.) 41:1350
Physiotherapists
- Role in interdisciplinary health care teams (Lundie, J.) 42:1305 (Scott, A.) 42:1300
- Role in interdisciplinary health care teams, funding (Bradstock, C.) 42:1300-1305
- Services (Bradstock, C.) 42:1300-1305 (Crowley, H.) 38:0920 (Scott, A.) 42:1310 (Toyata, F.) 38:0830-0840
- Services, impact on health care system costs (Jadan, P.) 48:1300
- Supply and recruitment (Beek, J.) 38:0835 (Simons) 38:0835
- Supply and training (Bradstock, C.) 42:1305-1310 (Crowley, H.) 38:0920-0925 (D'Eith) 48:1305 (Fedorkiw, T.) 38:0920-0925 (Jadan, P.) 48:1300-1305 (Leonard) 42:1305 (Lundie, J.) 42:1305 (MacRitchie, E.) 38:0915, 38:0925 (Redies) 42:1305 (Scott, A.) 42:1300-1305
- Supply and training, foreign-trained physiotherapists (Jadan, P.) 48:1305 (Redies) 48:1305
Physiotherapists for Northern Communities See also Crowley, Hilary; Fedorkiw, Terry; MacRitchie, Elizabeth
Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia See also Bradstock, Christine; Lundie, Janet; Scott, Alex
Pidgeon, Wes
- Presentation to committee 49:1610-1620
- As subject
- Child protection system and issues 49:1610-1620
- Fry, Serena, care in youth mental health system and death 49:1615-1620
- The Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre, care of youth and issues 49:1610-1615
Plants
Plato
- Comments on governance (Tavender, R.) 50:1130
Player, Lindsay
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence 48:1105
- First Nations and Indigenous persons, athletes, development program 48:1105
- Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence, role and programs 48:1105
- Sports and recreation, participation by Indigenous persons 48:1105
PNP program See Provincial nominee program
Podiatrists See Foot health
Police and policing
- Civilian oversight (Lowe, S.) 60:1010-1020
- Police complaint process
- alternative dispute resolution (Lowe, S.) 60:1010
- review by Josiah Wood (Lowe, S.) 60:1010-1015
- Police powers, oversight See Civilian oversight above
- Police services in First Nations communities (Thiessen, G.) 38:0850-0900
- Police services in First Nations communities, safety of Indigenous women (Dean) 38:0900 (Thiessen, G.) 38:0900
- Police services in rural communities (Thiessen, G.) 38:0850-0900
- Profession (Lowe, S.) 60:1020
- Special municipal constables, number and oversight (Dean) 60:1105-1110 (Lowe, S.) 60:1020, 60:1040-1045, 60:1110
Police Complaint Commissioner See also Lowe, Stan
Police Complaint Process Review Special Committee
- Appointment and powers (Lowe, S.) 60:1015
Politics and politicians
- Funding for political parties (Boegman, A.) 61:0905 (Western, N.) 61:0910
- Political parties, collection of information (Archer, K.) 32:0825 (McEvoy, M.) 30:0855
Pop See Sugar-sweetened beverages under Beverages and beverage industry
Pornography See Sex industry
Port McNeill, B.C.
Portables See Schools
Porteous, Tracy
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Ending Violence Association of B.C. 50:1055-1105
- Ending Violence Association of B.C., programs and funding 50:1055-1105
- First Nations and Indigenous persons, community-based anti-violence programs 50:1100
- Sexual violence
- government action, sexual assault policy 50:1100-1105
- sexual assault centres, funding and services 50:1100
- Violence
- domestic violence, incidence and interagency case assessment teams 50:1100
- violence against women
Porter, Charles
- Elections
- Elections B.C.
- administration and preparations for elections 61:0915-0930
- administration of campaign finance provisions for local elections 61:0915, 61:0940
- administration of referendum on electoral reform 61:0920-0940
- budget and operations, electoral events 61:0925
- budget and operations, funding request 61:0915-0940
- staffing 61:0930
- Referendum on electoral reform
- mail-in ballot
- public education and voter information 61:0920
- Site C power project
- initiative petition campaign 61:0930
Ports
Post-secondary education See also Adult basic education; Post-secondary education funding; Post-secondary institutions; Skills training
- Academic freedom (Markwick, M.) 39:1715
- Accessibility and affordability (Armutlu, A.) 49:1555-1600 (Berson, N.) 49:1520 (Curry, J.) 50:1020 (Davison, G.) 42:0945 (D'Eith) 50:1515-1520 (Felhauer, M.) 47:1000 (Frechette, M.) 38:1020-1030 (Furstenau) 50:1015 (Hancott, D.) 42:1110-1115 (Hutchison, M.) 50:1530-1535 (Meehan, P.) 49:1520-1525 (Petter, A.) 50:1015-1020 (Ralph, J.) 50:1515
- Adult basic education See Adult basic education
- Alignment with labour market needs (Conlon, M.) 50:1350-1355 (D'Eith) 50:1355
- Colleges See Post-secondary institutions
- Co-op programs See Work-integrated learning below
- Courses and programs
- Developmental programs See Adult basic education
- Education of Indigenous persons (Davis, A.) 50:1120-1125 (D'Eith) 37:1510, 50:1125 (Graff, A.) 37:1505-1510 (Milobar) 43:1040 (Walls, D.) 43:1035-1040
- Education of Indigenous persons, reconciliation initiatives See Reconciliation initiatives below
- Education of Indigenous persons, student financial assistance (Tavender, R.) 50:1135
- Faculty See Post-secondary institutions
- Financial assistance
- bursaries and role of communities (Bovis-Cnossen, C.) 46:1745 (Milobar) 46:1745
- completion grant (Armutlu, A.) 49:1600 (D'Eith) 44:1645 (Hernandez, S.) 44:1620-1630 (Ilnitchi, C.) 44:1645-1650 (Simons) 44:1625
- eligibility criteria (Dandiwal, H.) 38:1030 (Leonard) 38:1030
- elimination of interest on loans (Armutlu, A.) 49:1600 (Berson, N.) 49:1525 (Blackwell, D.) 44:1625 (Bonner, A.) 48:1130-1135 (Dalton, A.) 50:1530-1535 (D'Eith) 49:1525 (Frechette, M.) 38:1025 (Furstenau) 48:1135 (Hernandez, S.) 44:1625 (Ilnitchi, C.) 44:1645 (Meehan, P.) 49:1525 (Redies) 44:1625 (Rickinson, M.) 41:1320-1325 (Sullivan, S.) 42:1350 (Tran, P.) 47:1150
- financial assistance (Cadieux) 49:1525 (Dean) 41:1325 (D'Eith) 38:1030 (Pearce, S.) 37:1635 (Ralph, J.) 50:1515
- graduate student scholarships See Graduate student scholarship program above
- housing allowance (D'Eith) 48:1425 (Gill, J.) 48:1420
- interest on loans (D'Eith) 44:1625
- loan remission programs (Douglass, L.) 46:1610
- needs-based grant programs (Armutlu, A.) 49:1600 (Berson, N.) 49:1520 (Cadieux) 46:1615-1620 (D'Eith) 49:1605 (Douglass, L.) 46:1610-1620 (Frechette, M.) 38:1025 (Hernandez, S.) 44:1620 (Ilnitchi, C.) 44:1645-1650 (Meehan, P.) 49:1520-1525 (Olson, M.) 49:1605 (Rickinson, M.) 41:1320 (Sullivan, S.) 42:1350 (Tran, P.) 47:1150
- reform (Ilnitchi, C.) 44:1640-1645
- tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care (Simons) 37:1510
- First-generation learners See Students first in their families to attend below
- Government investment and role in economy (Gill, J.) 48:1420
- Graduate student scholarship program, funding and scope (Conlon, M.) 50:1350-1355
- Graduate studies, student recruitment and support (Cenerelli, P.) 42:1620-1625 (De Weers, N.) 42:1615-1625 (Redies) 42:1620
- Graduates, median income and cost of living (Cadieux) 49:1525 (Meehan, P.) 49:1520-1525
- Integration of Indigenous knowledge (Davison, G.) 42:0950
- International students (Cenerelli, P.) 42:1620 (De Weers, N.) 42:1615-1620 (D'Eith) 42:1620 (Hancott, D.) 42:1115 (Mohar, A.) 48:1420 (Redies) 42:1620 (Steeves, K.) 42:1655
- International students and education (Davis, B.) 37:1640 (D'Eith) 41:1335 (Domae, L.) 41:1335 (Fowler, C.) 41:1335 (Furstenau) 37:1635 (Knight, R.) 38:0845 (Milobar) 37:1640 (Pearce, S.) 37:1635 (Simons) 41:1335 (Warner, N.) 46:1615
- International students and tuition fees (Alhwayshil, A.) 47:1155 (Ashton) 47:1020, 48:1115 (Bonner, A.) 48:1135 (Dandiwal, H.) 38:1035 (Davison, G.) 42:0940 (Dean) 50:1020 (D'Eith) 42:0935, 47:1155, 50:1020 (Frechette, M.) 38:1035 (Kaun, J.) 43:0920-0930 (Petter, A.) 50:1020 (Tran, P.) 47:1155 (Trotter, L.) 42:0935 (Turcotte, M.) 48:1110-1115
- Legislation (D'Eith) 41:1530, 46:1625 (Jaeger, C.) 41:1520, 41:1530
- Mental health services See Student mental health services below
- Open educational resources See Textbook supply below
- Private institutions See Post-secondary institutions
- Reconciliation initiatives (Barker, P.) 47:0905 (Davis, A.) 50:1125 (Friedman, T.) 46:1625 (Kaun, J.) 43:0925
- Research chairs on natural disaster risks (Bovis-Cnossen, C.) 46:1740
- Science, technology, engineering and math education See Science and technology
- Sexual assault prevention and response See Sexual violence on campus under Post-secondary institutions
- Student debt load (Armutlu, A.) 49:1600 (Dalton, A.) 50:1530-1535 (Hernandez, S.) 44:1620-1630 (Mohar, A.) 48:1420 (Rickinson, M.) 41:1315-1325 (Tran, P.) 47:1150
- Student housing See Post-secondary institutions
- Student mental health services (Domae, L.) 41:1335 (Graff, A.) 37:1505-1510 (Simons) 41:1335
- Student spaces (Davis, A.) 50:1120
- Student spaces, graduate student spaces (Ciceri, R.) 48:0955
- Students
- international students See International students above
- students first in their families to attend (Domae, L.) 41:1335 (Furstenau) 41:1335
- tracking of students working locally (Coyle, A.) 47:1025 (D'Eith) 47:1020-1025
- System (Steeves, K.) 42:1655
- Tax credits (Douglass, L.) 46:1615
- Textbook supply, open educational resources and textbooks (Armutlu, A.) 49:1600 (Bovis-Cnossen, C.) 46:1740 (D'Eith) 44:1650, 46:1740, 47:1000, 47:1155 (Felhauer, M.) 47:1000 (Frechette, M.) 38:1030 (Hutchison, M.) 50:1530-1535 (Ilnitchi, C.) 44:1650 (Meyer, J.) 47:1000 (Tran, P.) 47:1150-1155 (Wilson, C.) 41:1315
- Tuition fees
- fees (Lim, M.) 41:1340 (Marinelli, L.) 45:0930-0940 (Milobar) 42:1350 (Sullivan, S.) 42:1350
- freeze (Douglass, L.) 46:1620 (Hernandez, S.) 44:1615-1620 (Milobar) 46:1620
- international students See International students above
- policy (Dandiwal, H.) 38:1030-1035 (Frechette, M.) 38:1035 (Milobar) 38:1030-1035, 41:1325 (Rickinson, M.) 41:1325
- tuition fees and revenues (Davison, G.) 42:0945-0950 (Trotter, L.) 42:0930-0935
- tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care See Financial assistance above
- Work-integrated learning and co-op programs (Mathison, L.) 42:1405
Post-secondary education funding
- B.C. knowledge development fund See Research and development
- Colleges (Thomson, T.) 42:1340 (Turcotte, M.) 48:1115
- Colleges, rural colleges (Friedman, T.) 46:1625
- Funding (Berger, B.) 46:1735-1740 (Bonner, A.) 48:1135 (Coyle, A.) 47:1015-1020 (Davis, A.) 50:1115-1125 (Davis, B.) 37:1640 (D'Eith) 50:1125 (Domae, L.) 41:1330-1335 (Faoro, P.) 42:1335 (Felhauer, M.) 47:0955 (Furstenau) 37:1510 (Graff, A.) 37:1505-1510 (Knight, R.) 38:0845-0850 (Marinelli, L.) 45:0930-0940 (Meyer, J.) 47:0955-1000 (Morgan, G.) 47:1015 (Pearce, S.) 37:1630-1635 (Petter, A.) 50:1010 (Redies) 50:1120 (Trotter, L.) 42:0930 (Walls, D.) 43:1035-1040
- Funding and funding models (Jaeger, C.) 41:1520-1530
- Funding formula, review (Friedman, T.) 46:1620-1630 (Hickson, C.) 46:1610 (Kaun, J.) 43:0920-0925
- Funding models and revenue sources (Davison, G.) 42:0945-0950 (Furstenau) 42:0945
- Health science professions programs (Avery, V.) 49:1110
- Priorities and targeted funding (Conlon, M.) 50:1350-1355
- Surplus funds (Markwick, M.) 39:1720
Post-secondary institutions
- Colleges, role and issues (Thomson, T.) 42:1340-1345
- Colleges, transition to university status (Jaeger, C.) 41:1530 (Simons) 41:1525
- Faculty, collective bargaining (Conlon, M.) 50:1355
- Faculty, wages and working conditions for contract faculty (Davison, G.) 42:0945
- Faculty, workload issues (Kaun, J.) 43:0925
- Financial management and ability to borrow (Domae, L.) 41:1335 (Fowler, C.) 41:1330
- Private institutions, regulation and review by Ombudsperson (Chalke, J.) 61:0805
- Removal from PSEC mandate (Hansen, J.) 47:1025
- Sexual violence on campus, prevention and policies (Davis, A.) 50:1125 (Dean) 50:1125 (Graziano, M.) 50:1125
- Sexual violence on campus, prevention programs and funding (Dean) 39:1720 (Ilnitchi, C.) 44:1645 (Markwick, M.) 39:1720
- Student housing (Cadieux) 50:1125 (Coyle, A.) 47:1020 (Dean) 41:1325 (D'Eith) 44:1650 (Domae, L.) 41:1335 (Fowler, C.) 41:1330 (Graff, A.) 37:1510 (Harding, J.) 50:1125 (Ilnitchi, C.) 44:1650 (Morgan, G.) 47:1015 (Patel, A.) 42:0930-0935 (Simons) 37:1510, 42:0930 (Tockman, J.) 44:1650
- Student housing, costs and fees (Gill, J.) 48:1420 (Mohar, A.) 48:1420-1425
- Student housing, couples and families (Cenerelli, P.) 42:1625 (De Weers, N.) 42:1615-1625 (D'Eith) 42:1620-1625
Poverty
Poverty Reduction Ministry See Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
Powell, Jim
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences Society 41:1530-1545
- Aquaculture, fish farms, land-based systems 41:1535
- B.C. Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences Society, activities and wet lab proposal 41:1535-1545
- Fish, salmon research, interactions between farmed and wild salmon 41:1535-1545
Powell River, B.C.
Prescription drugs
Prince George Backcountry Recreation Society See also King, Dave
Prince George, B.C.
- City government See also Frizzell, Garth; Hall, Lyn
- City government
- impact of employer health tax on budget (Frizzell, G.) 38:0925-0930
- Housing, short-term rentals (Frizzell, G.) 38:0940 (Leonard) 38:0940
- Parks in area, maintenance and plant inventory (King, D.) 38:0910
- Tourism (Frizzell, G.) 38:0930-0935
- Wildfire evacuees (Leonard) 38:0935
- Wildfire evacuees and need for emergency response centre (Frizzell, G.) 38:0940 (Hall, L.) 38:0930-0935
Prince George Chamber of Commerce See also Corrigal, Todd; Quinn, Bill; Wendling, Lorna
Principals and vice-principals See Education
Prisons See Correctional facilities under Corrections system
Privacy
- Breaches of personal information (McEvoy, M.) 30:0855, 60:0910
- Privacy awareness
- general data protection regulation for business (McEvoy, M.) 60:0910-0915
- lesson plans for teachers (McEvoy, M.) 60:0910
- Privacy management programs (McEvoy, M.) 60:0915
- Protection of personal information
- data-sharing in other provinces (Archer, K.) 32:0820
- private sector compliance and assessment tool (McEvoy, M.) 30:0855
- protection (McEvoy, M.) 30:0850-0855
Private Forest Landowners Association See also Hanacek, Megan
Private post-secondary institutions See Post-secondary institutions
Prodan, Miles
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Wine Institute 47:1140-1150
- April Wine Month 47:1145
- Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion project, B.C. dispute with Alberta, impact on wine industry 47:1145
- Tourism, wine tourism 47:1145
- Trade, interprovincial trade 47:1145-1150
- Wine and wine industry
Professional reliance model See Environment
Property
- Appraisal and valuation of real estate See Real estate industry
- Commercial property management industry (Stathonikos, D.) 42:0935-0945
- Management See also Commercial property management industry above
- Management, labour supply and talent strategy proposal (Redies) 42:0940 (Stathonikos, D.) 42:0940-0945
Property tax
Property transfer tax
Provincial nominee program See Immigration
Provincial sales tax See Sales tax
PSEC See Public Sector Employers Council
PST See Sales tax
Psychiatric care beds See Beds under Mental health
Public accounts See Financial reporting under Government
Public debt
Public Education Network Society See also Zlotnik, Michael
Public health
Public Health Association of British Columbia See also Millar, John; Turner, Shannon
Public interest disclosure See Whistleblowing
Public Interest Disclosure Act
Public Safety and Solicitor General Ministry
- Role in correctional facilities inspection system, review by Ombudsperson See Correctional facilities under Corrections system
Public Sector Employers Council
- Mandate (Hansen, J.) 47:1025
- Role in collective bargaining (Conlon, M.) 50:1355
Public service
Public transit See Transit services
Public-private partnerships See Business
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