41st Parliament – 2018
Parliamentary Committee Proceedings
Finance and Government Services Committee
SUBJECT-SPEAKER INDEX
speeches by Members, committee staff and witnesses; topics raised
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Sacks, Laura
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Citizens Climate Lobby 45:0925-0930
- Automobiles, clean energy and electric vehicles, incentives for rural areas 45:0930
- Carbon tax
- Citizens Climate Lobby, work of organization and donations 45:0925
Sagebrush Theatre, Kamloops, B.C.
- Facility and bookings (Humphreys, K.) 46:1715
Salas, Carlos
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Geoscience B.C. 42:1125-1130
- Energy, geothermal power development 42:1130
- Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, geothermal energy potential 42:1130
- Geoscience B.C. Society, research projects 42:1125-1130
- Greenhouse gas emissions, research 42:1130
- Imperial Metals Corp., Huckleberry mine, operations 42:1125
- Mines and mining industry, geoscience research 42:1125
- Peace River area, geoscience research 42:1125
- Resources and resource industries, geoscience research projects 42:1125-1130
- Water, geoscience research 42:1125-1130
Sales
Sales tax
Salmon See Fish
Sanderson, Susan
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Realistic Success Recovery Society 50:1600-1610
- Income assistance benefits, rate increase 50:1600-1605
- Substance use and addiction, recovery houses, funding and per-diem rates 50:1600-1610
Sandspit, B.C.
- Airport, fire department and ambulance services (Fraser, Joni) 40:1505
Santiago, Rod
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Abbotsford Community Services 49:1320-1330
- Abbotsford Community Services, staff 49:1325
- Mental health
- mental health and addiction services 49:1330
- mental health of children and youth, services 49:1325
- Seniors, care and support 49:1325
- Social welfare, community social services sector, funding and services 49:1325-1330
- Social workers, community social services workers
- training and professional development 49:1325
- wages and working conditions 49:1325
Saundry, Elysia
Save Our Northern Seniors Society See also Collins, Jim; Nelson, Mavis
Schizophrenia
Schmalcel, Liza
- Presentation to committee 41:1445-1450
- As subject
- Health care facilities and hospitals, capacity issues and overcrowding 41:1445-1450
- Health care system, use of acute care beds by seniors in need of long-term care 41:1445-1450
- North Island Hospital Comox Valley, beds and capacity issues 41:1445-1450
School district 5 (Southeast Kootenay) See also Johns, Chris
School district 8 (Kootenay Lake) See also Trenaman, Lenora
School district 28 (Quesnel)
School district 36 (Surrey)
School district 38 (Richmond) See also Yung, Eric
School district 39 (Vancouver) See also Alexander, Joy; Fraser, Janet
School district 57 (Prince George) See also Bennett, Tim; Wiebe, Bruce
School district 60 (Peace River North) See also Evans, Erin; Hooker, Brenda
School district 61 (Greater Victoria)
- Child care initiative (Holt, C.) 48:1205
School district 71 (Comox Valley)
School district 75 (Mission)
School districts
School tax on property See Property tax
Schools See also Education
- Building maintenance (Fraser, J.) 42:1325
- Capital projects (Swan, G.) 46:1605
- Capital projects and area standards (Martens, M.) 50:1005 (Sinclair, A.) 50:0935
- Construction of new schools and size requirements (Alexander, J.) 42:1325-1330 (Fraser, J.) 42:1330 (Redies) 42:1330 (Simons) 42:1330
- Portables (Johns, C.) 43:0905
- School buses and bus service (Ashton) 45:1030 (Evans, E.) 37:1700-1705 (Hooker, B.) 37:1705 (Milobar) 37:1700 (Trenaman, L.) 45:1030
- Seismic upgrades (Yung, E.) 50:1545
Science and technology
- Applied science technologists, supply and training (McCurry, T.) 50:1505-1515 (Redies) 50:1510
- Clean technology (Cox, B.) 48:1430
- Research and development See Research and development
- Science, technology, engineering and math education (Ciceri, R.) 48:0955 (Conlon, M.) 50:1350 (D'Eith) 50:1355
- Science, technology, engineering and math education, women and Indigenous students (Ciceri, R.) 48:1000 (Dean) 48:1000 (D'Eith) 48:1000
- Science, technology, engineering, art, math and design education (Ciceri, R.) 48:0955
- "Smart cities" concept See Communities
Science, technology, engineering and math education See Science and technology
Scott, Alex
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Physiotherapy Association of B.C. 42:1300-1310
- Health care facilities and hospitals, physiotherapy services 42:1300
- Physiotherapists
Scott, Lisa
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society 47:1110-1120
- Invasive species, plant invasive species, management and funding 47:1115-1120
Scrap-It program See B.C. SCRAP-IT program
Secure care See Mental health of children and youth under Mental health
Seismic upgrades
- Upgrades of school buildings See Schools
Select standing committees
Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C.
Selkirk College Faculty Association See also Marinelli, Lui
Selkirk College Students Union See also Hernandez, Santanna
Seniors
Seniors advocate
Seniors Advocate See also Mackenzie, Isobel
Service B.C.
Sex education See Curriculum under Education
Sex industry
- Pornography use by adolescents, studies (Aldinger, S.) 41:1425
Sexual violence
- Government action, sexual assault policy (Porteous, T.) 50:1100-1105 (Redies) 50:1105
- Incidence for boys and men, prevention (Aldinger, S.) 41:1430
- Incidence for girls and women, prevention (Aldinger, S.) 41:1420-1425
- Sexual assault centres, funding and services (Porteous, T.) 50:1100
- Sexual violence on post-secondary campuses See Post-secondary institutions
Sexual violence on post-secondary campuses See Post-secondary institutions
SHARE Family and Community Services Society See also MacLean, Claire
Shorten, Liz
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Media Producers Association, B.C. branch 42:1040, 42:1050
- Arts and culture, creative sector, role in economy 42:1040
- Creative B.C., funding 42:1050
- Film industry
Shypitka, Tom (Kootenay East)
- Fishing industry
- Wildlife
Simmons, Rob
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Media Producers Association, B.C. branch 42:1040-1050
- Creative B.C., funding 42:1045
- Film industry
Simon Fraser Student Society See also Gill, Jasdeep; Mohar, Amrita
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. See also Curry, Joanne; Petter, Andrew
- Presentation to committee 50:1010-1020
- Burnaby campus
- life sciences building and student housing proposals (Petter, A.) 50:1010
- transit issues and gondola system proposal (Curry, J.) 50:1015 (D'Eith) 50:1015 (Petter, A.) 50:1015 (Redies) 50:1015
- Funding and international students (Dean) 50:1020 (Petter, A.) 50:1020
- Graduate student society See Graduate Student Society at Simon Fraser University
- Student housing (De Weers, N.) 42:1615-1625 (Gill, J.) 48:1420 (Leonard) 42:1620-1625 (Mohar, A.) 48:1420-1425 (Simons) 42:1620
- Student housing and recruitment (Cenerelli, P.) 42:1620-1625
- Surrey campus
- expansion and programs (Petter, A.) 50:1010-1015
- student spaces and funding (Petter, A.) 50:1010
- student spaces and memorandum of understanding (Huberman, A.) 50:0925
Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)
- As subject
- membership on Finance Committee (D'Eith) 36:0835
- Adult basic education
- Auditor General
- budget and operations
- office space, satellite office 59:0825
- Beer and beer industry
- Bridge Youth and Family Services Society
- youth recovery house proposal 47:0940
- B.C. Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences Society
- activities and wet lab proposal 41:1540
- Carbon tax
- Cement industry
- Child Development Centre of Prince George and District Association
- Children and youth
- early childhood development
- early intervention services 47:0955
- College of New Caledonia
- health sciences centre proposal and centre of excellence in imaging 38:1030
- College of the Rockies
- Concrete
- Corrections system
- restorative justice programs, recidivism 41:1510
- Digital media industry
- Disabled persons
- housing options and home-share providers 42:0920
- Education
- curriculum
- sex education, inclusion of consent and on-line safety 41:1425
- school sports programs 41:1415
- Education funding
- capital funding and maintenance funding 42:1325
- Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
- Emergencies
- Employer health tax
- Ferries and ferry services
- ferry advisory committees 40:1350
- medical-assured loading program 40:1350
- routes and services
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- public hearings
- presentations from students 39:1720
- recommendations 42:1145
- work of committee, members commended 58:0940
- Fires and firefighters
- Fish
- salmon research
- interactions between farmed and wild salmon 41:1540
- Floods and floodplains
- flood preparedness and management 47:1215
- Food and food industry
- Geoscience B.C. Society
- Government
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Haida Gwaii
- mental health services for children and youth, counsellor positions 40:1430
- Health care system
- surgical services, deep brain stimulation 42:1545
- Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
- physical literacy 41:1415
- physical literacy and fitness programs, Move program 38:0825
- Housing
- Income assistance
- complaint process case 61:0840
- disability benefits, deduction of CPP disability payments 42:1145
- Invasive species
- management
- plant invasive species
- Kamloops YMCA
- impact of employer health tax on budget 46:1830
- Langara College
- Legal aid
- Libraries
- Literacy
- programs and participant feedback 41:1440
- Storybook program for inmates 46:1805
- Long-term and residential care
- Make Children First Kamloops
- Mental health
- mental health and addiction
- mental health of children and youth
- mental health services for children and youth 40:1430
- Merit Commissioner
- audits of appointments and reviews of staffing decisions 60:0850-0855
- budget and operations
- work of office, caseload 60:0850
- Municipal and regional district tax program
- Northern Lights College
- student housing 37:1510
- tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 37:1510
- Ombudsperson
- annual report, case summaries 61:0840
- budget and operations, funding request 61:0840
- OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre
- Parkinson's disease
- awareness and access to treatment 42:1545
- Peace Villa
- seniors care facility, expansion 37:1535
- Physicians
- Physiotherapists
- Post-secondary education
- financial assistance
- completion grant 44:1625
- tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 37:1510
- international students and education 41:1335
- student mental health services 41:1335
- Post-secondary institutions
- Powell River
- Public service
- Rangeland
- grass-seeding and invasive plant control 47:1120
- Restaurant and food services industry
- Richmond
- anti-poverty coalition, arts initiative 42:1700
- Sales tax
- administration and assessments, impact on contractors 46:1645
- Save Our Northern Seniors Society
- work of organization and seniors' care proposal 37:1535
- School district 39 (Vancouver)
- School district 60 (Peace River North)
- teacher supply and recruitment 37:1705
- School district 71 (Comox Valley)
- Schools
- construction of new schools and size requirements 42:1330
- Seniors advocate
- report on residential care facilities 42:1420
- Simon Fraser University
- Speech disorders
- early intervention services and funding 42:1555
- Speech-language pathologists
- Sports and recreation
- coaching and leadership, local capacity-building 42:1605
- programs and funding 38:0825
- Taxation
- Teachers
- phys ed teachers and training 41:1415
- teacher supply and recruitment 37:1705
- Telkwa
- UBC
- audiology and speech sciences program 42:1555
- University of Northern B.C.
- physiotherapist program proposal 38:0920
- Upper Arrow Lakes
- Vanderhoof
- police services and First Nations policing agreement 38:0900
- Workers compensation
Sims, Kris
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Taxpayers Federation 38:1010-1025
- Automobiles, insurance rates and need for a competitive system 38:1020
- Budgets, balanced budgets 38:1015
- Canadian Taxpayers Federation, organization 38:1015
- Carbon tax, elimination 38:1015-1020
- Employer health tax, elimination 38:1015-1020
- Government spending 38:1020-1025
- Income assistance, basic income proposal and pilot project 38:1020
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., management and operations 38:1020
- Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, status and B.C. government actions 38:1020
Sinclair, Andrea
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils 50:0930-0935
- B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, work of organization 50:0930
- Education
- School districts, costs and funding 50:0935
- Schools, capital projects and area standards 50:0935
Site C power project
Ski industry See Sports and recreation
Skills training
Skuce, Nikki
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Northern Confluence Initiative 39:1615-1625
- B.C. by region, northern B.C., land use planning 39:1615-1620
- Land use planning, funding 39:1615-1620
- Northern Confluence Initiative, organization 39:1615, 39:1625
- Waste management, contaminated minesites, reclamation and fund proposal 39:1620-1625
Small business
SMCs See Special municipal constables under Police and policing
Smith, Forrest
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Deaf People of B.C. 49:1530-1540
- Ear health and hearing impairment, interpreting services, funding 49:1530-1540
- Health care funding, medical interpreting services for deaf and hearing-impaired persons 49:1530-1540
Smith, Kate
- Presentation to committee on behalf of OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre 47:0945-0950
- Children and youth, early childhood development, early intervention services and funding 47:0945-0950
Smith, Kyoko
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy 44:1635
- Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, funding and role 44:1635
- Literacy, programs, participation by immigrants to B.C. 44:1635
Smith, Stephanie
- Presentation to committee on behalf of BCGEU 49:1545-1555
- B.C. Government and Service Employees Union, activities and relationship with government 49:1545
- B.C. Wildfire Service, government investment 49:1550
- Budgets, 2019-20 budget priorities 49:1545-1550
- Child care, affordability and availability 49:1550
- Children and Family Development Ministry, staff retention and support 49:1555
- Environmental protection, enforcement and resources 49:1550
- Government
- natural resource ministries staffing and resources 49:1550
- programs and services, funding 49:1545-1550
- revenues and revenue sources 49:1550
- Housing, affordable housing, government investment 49:1550
- Parks system, funding and management 49:1550
- Poverty reduction strategy 49:1550
- Resources and resource industries, management and oversight 49:1550
- Social programs and services, funding and staffing 49:1550
- Taxation, government policies 49:1550
Smithers, B.C.
- Highway maintenance in area and circle route (Atrill, G.) 39:1700
- Housing, short-term rentals (Atrill, G.) 39:1700 (Leonard) 39:1700
- Tourism in area, infrastructure needs and ferry services (Atrill, G.) 39:1655-1705 (Furstenau) 39:1705
Smoking See Tobacco; Cannabis
Snyder, Dustin
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Spruce City Wildlife Association 38:0940-0950
- Fish
- Fishing industry, licence fee revenues 38:0940-0945
- Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, activities and allocation of funds 38:0940
- Hunting, licence fee revenues 38:0940-0945
- Resources and resource development, revenues and allocation to fish and wildlife conservation 38:0945
- Spruce City Wildlife Association, role and salmon hatchery program 38:0940-0950
- Wildlife
Social Development and Poverty Reduction Ministry
- Administration of earnings exemptions for income assistance recipients, review by Ombudsperson See Earnings exemption under Income assistance
- Income assistance services See Income assistance
Social inequality See Income disparity and social inequality under Income
Social welfare
- Access to social services and information (Canadensis, F.) 48:1325-1330
- Community social services sector
- Government strategy proposal (D'Eith) 48:1345 (Paterson, J.) 48:1340-1350
- Income assistance See Income assistance
- Income disparity See Income
- Social determinants of health See Social determinants under Health
- Social programs and services, funding and staffing (Smith, S.) 49:1550
- Social service providers See also Social workers
Social workers
- Community social services workers
Societies
Soft drinks See Sugar-sweetened beverages under Beverages and beverage industry
Sourial, Susan
- D'Eith, Bob
- election as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 29:1600
- Elections B.C.
- budget and operations
- supplementary funding request for electoral legislation changes 29:1605
- supplementary funding request for referendum on electoral reform 29:1605
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- Legislature
- Officers of the Legislature, salaries 29:1610
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (TransLink)
South Island Prosperity Project See also de Rosenroll, Emilie; Williams, Bruce
South Peace Health Services Society
- Work of organization and proposal (Bumstead, D.) 37:1545
Southeast Kootenay school district See School district 5 (Southeast Kootenay)
SPCA See British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Special committees
Special needs children See Children and youth; Special education and special needs under Education
Speculation and vacancy tax
Speech and Hearing B.C. See also Chase, Kate Ballem
Speech disorders
Speech-language pathologists
Spencer, Fiona See also Merit Commissioner
- Merit Commissioner
- Ombudsperson
- recommendation on public service dismissal process 32:0900
- Public service
Spinal cord conditions and injuries
Sports and recreation
- Capital funding, community capital infrastructure fund (Leadlay, B.) 42:1700
- Coaching and leadership, local capacity-building (Heil, J.) 42:1605 (Simons) 42:1605
- Fitness tax credit See Tax credits for families with children under Families
- Government funding and support (Dean) 49:1315 (Kope, J.) 49:1310-1315
- Participation by children and youth (Ashton) 41:1410-1415 (Dean) 49:1315 (Graham, M.) 38:0820-0825 (Heil, J.) 42:1605 (Kope, J.) 49:1315
- Participation by children and youth, marginalized groups (Cooper, D.) 41:1410
- Participation by disabled persons (Blyth, S.) 50:1115 (Hamamoto, G.) 50:1110-1115 (Leonard) 50:1115
- Participation by disabled persons, programs for children (Wilson, A.) 48:1105
- Participation by disabled persons, Wheels kids program (Cooper, D.) 41:1410
- Participation by families (Kope, J.) 49:1315 (Redies) 49:1315
- Participation by girls and women (Cooper, D.) 41:1405-1410 (Dean) 41:1410 (D'Eith) 41:1410
- Participation by Indigenous persons (Player, L.) 48:1105
- Participation by seniors (Oates, G.) 48:0930-0940
- Physical fitness and physical literacy See Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
- Programs and funding (Dean) 38:0825 (D'Eith) 42:1605 (Gill, N.) 42:1605 (Graham, M.) 38:0820-0830 (Heil, J.) 42:1605 (Simons) 38:0825
- School sports programs See Education
- Ski industry
- role in economy and rural communities (Nicolson, C.) 49:1055
- wildfire risk and mitigation in ski areas (Milobar) 49:1100 (Nicolson, C.) 49:1055-1100
- Trails and paths, maintenance (Ashton) 38:0915 (D'Eith) 38:0915 (King, D.) 38:0910-0915
Spraying of herbicides and pesticides See Pest control and management under Forests and forest industry
Spruce bark beetle infestation See Forests and forest industry
Spruce City Wildlife Association See also Snyder, Dustin
Stathonikos, Damian
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Building Owners and Managers Association of B.C. 42:0935-0945
- Building Owners and Managers Association of B.C., energy and environmental consultation services 42:0935-0940
- Climate change, climate action strategy, industry consultation and transition support 42:0940-0945
- Construction industry, building energy efficiency initiatives and incentives 42:0940
- Emergencies, emergency communication systems 42:0940
- Local government, development approval process 42:0940
- Property
- commercial property management industry 42:0935-0945
- management, labour supply and talent strategy proposal 42:0940-0945
- Property tax, rates and reform 42:0940
Statutory officers See Officers of the Legislature under Legislature; Review of statutory officers under Finance and Government Services Committee; particular officers
Staub-French, Julia
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Family Services of the North Shore 50:1410-1420
- Children and youth
- Family Services of the North Shore
- Social welfare, community social services sector 50:1410-1420
Steel
- Tariffs See U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel under Trade
Steelhead See Fish
Steeves, Keith
- Presentation to committee 42:1645-1655
- As subject
- Budgets, 2019-20 budget priorities and economic forecasting 42:1650
- Geoscience B.C. Society 42:1650
- Legislation, private bills process 42:1645
- Mines and mining industry, taxation 42:1650
- Post-secondary education system and international students 42:1655
- Site C power project 42:1645-1650
STEM education See Science, technology, engineering and math education under Science and technology
Stem to Stern: Crown Land Allocation and the Victoria International Marina report See Water lots and private marina project, review by Ombudsperson under Victoria, B.C.
Stevens, Robert
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Association for Mineral Exploration B.C. 50:0910-0920
- Auditor General, reports and reviews, mining industry compliance and enforcement 50:0915
- Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry, staffing, new positions 50:0915
- Mines and mining industry
Stewart, Barb
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Boundary Invasive Species Society 47:1115-1120
- Invasive species, plant invasive species, management and funding 47:1115-1120
- Rangeland, grass-seeding and invasive plant control 47:1115-1120
Stormwater management See Floods and floodplains
Storybook program for inmates See Literacy
Stroud, David
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Mortgage Sandbox 50:1520-1525
- Real estate industry
Stuart, Shiera
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Gaming Industry Association 42:1455-1505
- Gambling
- casinos, money-laundering prevention and review 42:1505
- industry funding model and operator agreements 42:1500-1505
- revenues to government and role in economy 42:1500-1505
- Local government, revenues from gaming facilities 42:1500-1505
Students Union of UBC Okanagan See UBC Students Union Okanagan
Students Union of Vancouver Community College See also Sullivan, Sydney
Substance use and addiction
Sugar-sweetened beverages See Beverages and beverage industry
Suicide
Sullivan, Sydney
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Students Union of Vancouver Community College 42:1350
- As subject
- training as early childhood educator 42:1350
- Post-secondary education
- financial assistance, elimination of interest on loans and needs-based grant program 42:1350
- tuition fees 42:1350
- Vancouver Community College
Surgeons See Physicians
Surgical services See Health care system
Surrey, B.C.
Surrey Board of Trade See also Huberman, Anita
Surrey school district See School district 36 (Surrey)
Surrey Teachers Association See also MacRae, Julia
Susan's Battle advocacy group See also Van Pelt, Art
Sutherland, Aaron
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Insurance Bureau of Canada 47:0910-0920
- Automobiles
- Climate change
- Earthquakes
- Fires and firefighters, wildfires, preparedness 47:0915
- Floods and floodplains, preparedness 47:0915
- Insurance Corporation of B.C., financial status and management 47:0910-0920
- Insurance, industry, catastrophic risk mitigation 47:0915
- Weather, severe weather events, preparedness 47:0915
Swan, Gordon
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. School Trustees Association 46:1600-1610
- Education
- class size and composition 46:1605
- curriculum, implementation of new curriculum 46:1605
- funding and funding for collective agreements 46:1605-1610
- principals and vice-principals, impact of loss of non-enrolling positions 46:1610
- School districts, budgets and financial decision-making power 46:1600-1610
- Schools, capital projects 46:1605
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