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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Wages and salaries

Minimum wage (Bruenjes, A.) 49:1105 (D'Eith) 43:0935 (Millar, J.) 43:0935
Wallace, Graham

Presentation to committee on behalf of Destination Greater Victoria 48:0850
Hotels and travel accommodation, short-term accommodation, regulation and taxation 48:0850
Speculation and vacancy tax, impact on short-term and vacation rentals 48:0850
Victoria, short-term accommodation 48:0850
Walls, David

Presentation to committee on behalf of College of the Rockies 43:1035-1040
College of the Rockies
funding and financial management 43:1035-1040
Indigenous students and supports 43:1035-1040
student housing 43:1035
Post-secondary education
education of Indigenous persons 43:1035-1040
funding 43:1035-1040
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, implementation of recommendations on post-secondary education 43:1035-1040
Walsh, Fiona

Presentation to committee 42:1530-1535
Cycling
benefits and cycling infrastructure 42:1530-1535
electric bicycles 42:1530
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, seniors 42:1530
Lower Mainland, cycling and walking infrastructure 42:1530-1535
Railways, conversion of old rail lines to other uses 42:1530-1535
Transportation, active transportation and infrastructure 42:1530-1535
Warner, Nicholas

Presentation to committee on behalf of Thompson Rivers University Students Union 46:1615
Post-secondary education, international students and education 46:1615
Thompson Rivers University, international students 46:1615
Warshawski, Tom

Presentation to committee on behalf of Childhood Obesity Foundation of B.C. 47:0920-0935
Beverages and beverage industry
diet beverages 47:0925-0935
sugar-sweetened beverages
health impacts of consumption 47:0925
health promotion tax proposal 47:0920-0930
Childhood Obesity Foundation of B.C., work of organization 47:0925
Obesity, childhood obesity, prevention 47:0930
Waste management

Contaminated minesites, reclamation (Furstenau) 39:1625
Contaminated minesites, reclamation and fund proposal (Skuce, N.) 39:1620-1625
Water

Geoscience research (Leonard) 42:1125 (Salas, C.) 42:1125-1130
Watersheds

Sustainability fund proposal (D'Eith) 48:1340 (Martin, A.) 48:1335-1340
Weather

Severe weather events, preparedness (Sutherland, A.) 47:0915
Weaver, Andrew (Oak Bay–Gordon Head)

As subject
membership on Finance Committee (D'Eith) 36:0835
position on disability benefits (Brown, B.) 42:1140
Elections
enumeration and list of voters, post-secondary students and provisional registration of youth 32:0835
Elections B.C.
budget and operations
supplementary funding request for referendum on electoral reform 35:1100
update 32:0835
Welfare See Social welfare
Wendling, Lorna

Presentation to committee on behalf of Prince George Chamber of Commerce 38:0800-0810
Employer health tax, implementation and impact
businesses 38:0800-0810
municipal budgets 38:0805
West Coast Express

Funding and role of transit agencies (Hawes, R.) 49:1440
West Coast Kids Cancer Association See also Worth, Colin

Presentation to committee 49:1135-1145
Activities and camp facility proposal (Cadieux) 49:1145 (D'Eith) 49:1140 (Redies) 49:1145 (Worth, C.) 49:1135-1145
Western Canada Theatre See also Humphreys, Kathy; MacDonald, James

Presentation to committee 46:1710-1720
Western, Nola

As subject
service and retirement (Boegman, A.) 61:0930 (D'Eith) 61:0930
Elections
district electoral officers 32:0845
financial reporting 61:0940
funding 61:0915
local government elections, campaign contribution limits and outstanding debts 61:0945
Elections B.C.
administration and preparations for elections 61:0915, 61:0940
administration of campaign finance provisions for local elections 61:0945
budget and operations
building occupancy costs 61:0945
funding request 61:0910-0915, 61:0940-0945
operational and capital costs 61:0910-0915
professional services 61:0940
update 32:0845
impact of electoral reform legislation on office 61:0910
information technology and online systems 61:0915
staffing 61:0910
Local Elections Campaign Financing Act
provisions 61:0945
Politics and politicians
funding for political parties 61:0910
Wheels kids program See Participation by disabled persons under Sports and recreation
Whistleblowing

Protection for whistleblowers (Brar) 34:0810 (Chalke, J.) 34:0800, 34:0810-0815, 61:0815-0835
Protection for whistleblowers, other jurisdictions (Chalke, J.) 61:0820-0825
Wiebe, Bruce

Presentation to committee on behalf of Prince George school district 38:0955
School district 57 (Prince George), student population and funding 38:0955
Wildfires See British Columbia Wildfire Service; Fires and firefighters
Wildlife See also Fish

Elk population management (Hurtak, F.) 43:1055
Habitat protection (Koester, T.) 46:1725-1730
Hunting See Hunting
Inventory (Hurtak, F.) 43:1045
Licence fee revenues and allocation (Martin, A.) 48:1335-1340
Orcas
link with salmon (Furstenau) 38:0945 (Snyder, D.) 38:0945
Wildlife management and funding (Ashton) 43:1045-1050 (Bacon, G.) 46:1725-1730 (D'Eith) 43:1045 (Ellis, S.) 49:0955-1000 (Hurtak, F.) 43:1040-1055 (Koester, T.) 46:1730 (Martin, A.) 48:1335 (Milobar) 43:1050 (Shypitka) 43:1045-1050 (Snyder, D.) 38:0940-0950
Wildlife management and resource development (Hurtak, F.) 43:1055 (Redies) 43:1050
Wildlife-human interactions in urban areas (Koester, T.) 46:1730
Wilkin, Nancy

Presentation to committee on behalf of Elders Council for Parks in B.C. 48:1350-1355
Austin, Janet, activities as Lieutenant-Governor 48:1355
Elders Council for Parks in B.C., membership and activities 48:1350-1355
Parks system, funding and management 48:1350-1355
Williams, Bruce

Presentation to committee on behalf of South Island Prosperity Project 48:0900-0905
Communities, economic development and innovation 48:0900-0905
South Island Prosperity Project
activities 48:0900-0905
involvement of public and private sectors 48:0900
Transportation, issues and role of technology 48:0900-0905
Vancouver Island, south Island, economic development and technology infrastructure 48:0900-0905
Williams, Bryce

Presentation to committee on behalf of Tsawwassen First Nation 50:1500-1505
First Nations and Indigenous persons, financial management and borrowing ability 50:1500-1505
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel replacement project 50:1505
Tsawwassen First Nation, economic development projects and infrastructure 50:1500-1505
Willms, Manisha

Presentation to committee on behalf of OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre 47:0945-0955
Children and youth, early childhood development, early intervention services and funding 47:0945-0955
OSNS Child and Youth Development Centre, referrals 47:0955
Wilson, Alethea

Presentation to committee on behalf of Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence 48:1105
Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, physical literacy and fitness programs 48:1105
Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence
fundraising campaigns and Field of Dreams project 48:1105
role and programs 48:1105
Sports and recreation, participation by disabled persons, programs for children 48:1105
Wilson, Carissa

Presentation to committee on behalf of North Island Students Union 41:1315
Adult basic education, accessibility 41:1315
North Island Students Union, organization 41:1315
Post-secondary education, textbook supply, open educational resources and textbooks 41:1315
Wilson, Greg

Presentation to committee on behalf of Retail Council of Canada 49:1105
Amazon.com Inc., operations 49:1105
Business costs and taxation 49:1105
Recycling, product stewardship programs and impact on retail industry 49:1105
Retail industry, online sales sector and impacts 49:1105
Wine and wine industry

Boycott of B.C. wine by Alberta See B.C. dispute with Alberta, impact on wine industry under Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion project
Role in economy and exports (Prodan, M.) 47:1140-1150
VQA products (Prodan, M.) 47:1140
Wine tourism See Tourism
WISE Math B.C. See also Houle, Tara

Presentation to committee 48:1440-1445
Communications with MLAs (Houle, T.) 48:1445
Witherly, Rhoda

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Notaries 49:1300-1310
Crime and criminals, money-laundering prevention 49:1310
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre, oversight role 49:1310
Notaries Act, revision 49:1300
Notaries public
requirements re reporting of potential money-laundering 49:1310
role and scope of profession 49:1300-1310
role re mortgages 49:1300
Witset band council See also Naziel, Gary

Presentation to committee 39:1640-1645
Village and firebreak proposal (Dean) 39:1645 (D'Eith) 39:1645 (Milobar) 39:1645 (Naziel, G.) 39:1640-1645
Wood, Heather

Government
financial reporting
public accounts 36:0910
Wood, Josiah

Review of police complaint process See Police complaint process, review by Josiah Wood under Police and policing
Wood stoves

Air quality issue and wood stove exchange program (Lam, C.) 49:1420
Woodfibre LNG See also Giraud, Byng

Presentation to committee 37:1550-1600
LNG facility project (Giraud, B.) 37:1550-1600
Workers See also particular sectors

Employment programs See Employment and unemployment
Foreign and immigrant workers See Immigration
Government investment (Lanzinger, I.) 42:0905-0910
Recruitment and retention (Holt, C.) 48:1200-1205
Supply See also Supply of skilled workers under Skills training
Supply and recruitment, factors (D'Eith) 42:1410 (Mathison, L.) 42:1405-1415
Workers compensation See Workers compensation
Workers compensation

System (Lanzinger, I.) 42:0910 (Simons) 42:0910
WorkSafe B.C.

Handling of freedom-of-information requests (McEvoy, M.) 30:0855
Worth, Colin

Presentation to committee on behalf of West Coast Kids Cancer Association 49:1135-1145
Canadian Cancer Society, Camp Good Times program 49:1145
Cancer, childhood cancer, supports for children and families 49:1135-1145
Children and youth, camps for children with illness or disabilities 49:1140-1145
Kids Cancer Care, activities and camp 49:1140
Kwantlen First Nation, involvement in camp proposal 49:1140-1145
West Coast Kids Cancer Association, activities and camp facility proposal 49:1135-1145
Woynillowicz, Dan

Presentation to committee on behalf of Clean Energy Canada 48:1115-1130
Automobiles, clean energy and electric vehicles
government fleet 48:1120
incentives 48:1120
Budgets, 2019-20 budget priorities 48:1115-1120
Climate change, government action on climate change 48:1115-1120
Economy
clean economy development 48:1115-1120
sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy 48:1120
Energy
clean energy development 48:1115-1130
clean energy development, involvement of First Nations 48:1125
energy efficiency 48:1120
Fuel, fossil fuels 48:1125
Government, procurement practices and system, low-carbon approach 48:1120, 48:1130
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction 48:1125-1130
LNG Canada, LNG facility project 48:1125
Mines and mining industry, use of clean energy 48:1120

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