41st Parliament – 2019
Parliamentary Committee Proceedings
Finance and Government Services Committee
SUBJECT-SPEAKER INDEX
speeches by Members, committee staff and witnesses; topics raised
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A Way Home Kamloops See also Ford, Fred; McParland, Katherine
AAPS See Association of Administrative and Professional Staff at UBC
Abbotsford Community Services See Archway Community Services
ABE See Adult basic education
Abma-Sluggett, Deb
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Take a Hike Foundation 79:1025, 79:1035
- Children and youth, youth at risk
- Take a Hike program and funding 79:1025, 79:1035
- Take a Hike program and inclusion of immigrant youth 79:1035
- Take a Hike Foundation, role 79:1025
Aboriginal friendship centres See Friendship centres under First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal peoples See First Nations and Indigenous persons
Aboriginal service plan program See Education of Indigenous persons under Post-secondary education
AccessBC campaign for free prescription contraception See also Bondaroff, Teale Phelps
Ackland, Shirley
- Presentation to committee on behalf of North Island College Faculty Association 77:1010-1020
- North Island College, sessional faculty 77:1015-1020
- Post-secondary education
- students, support from faculty 77:1020
- Post-secondary institutions
- faculty, collective bargaining 77:1015
- faculty, wages and working conditions for contract faculty 77:1010-1020
Active transportation See Transportation
Addiction See Substance use and addiction
Adult basic education
- Accessibility and funding (Dean, G.) 86:1620
- Accessibility and time limits (Thomson, T.) 78:1610-1615
Advocates for SD73
Aerospace industry
- Training programs (Buszard, D.) 75:0815
Affordability and cost of living issues See Consumers; Affordability under Child care; Affordable housing under Housing
Aggregate industry See Aggregate production and gravel extraction under Mines and mining industry
Aging See also Seniors
Agreements with young adults program See Youth at risk, youth agreements under Children and youth
Agricultural land reserve
Agriculture
- Agrifood industry See Food and food industry
- Farmers markets
- Farmers, new farmers (Ferreras, S.) 86:1445
- Farmland See also Agricultural land reserve
- Farmland, affordability (Gordon, S.) 84:1745
- Farmland, use by film industry (Leitch, P.) 85:1430
- Farmworkers See Workers below
- Financial assistance and insurance programs
- AgriStability program (Lucas, G.) 74:1525
- compensation for wildlife damage (Roberts, J.) 84:1755
- Government support (Coleman) 74:1530-1535 (Leonard) 74:1535 (Lucas, G.) 74:1530-1535 (Prato, M.) 77:1005
- Livestock See Livestock industry
- Pest control and pesticide use, insect pests (Lucas, G.) 74:1530
- Products, promotion of B.C. products See also Buy B.C. program
- Tree fruit industry See Food and food industry
- Water stewardship (Salewski, W.) 82:1805
- Water use (Hamir, A.) 77:1130-1135
- Workers, seasonal workers (Lucas, G.) 74:1530
Air
Airbnb
Alberta
- Funding of college in B.C. (McGraw, D.) 72:1010
Alcohol
- Liquor sales
- Regulation, B.C. and other provinces (Vrsnik, V.) 75:0840-0845
- Wholesale pricing changes and impact on revenues (von Schellwitz, M.) 85:1505-1510
Alderson, Lucy
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Downtown Eastside Literacy Roundtable 79:1210-1220
- Decoda Literacy Solutions Society, funding and role 79:1215
- Downtown Eastside Literacy Roundtable
- Literacy programs and funding 79:1210-1220
Aldinger, Shannon
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Comox Valley Families for Public Education 77:1140-1145
- Education curriculum, sexual health education 77:1140-1145
- Orenstein, Peggy, research on youth sexuality in Girls and Sex book 77:1140
- Sex industry, online pornography, access by youth 77:1140
- Sexual violence, incidence and prevention 77:1140
Alexander, Amanda
- Presentation to committee on behalf of YMCA of Northern B.C. 82:1740-1750
- B.C. by region, northern B.C., child care and youth mental health services, 82:1740-1750
- Child care, government plan and initiatives 82:1745
- Children, early childhood educators, supply and training 82:1745-1750
- Mental health of children and youth, services and funding 82:1740-1745
- Ontario, early childhood educators 82:1750
- YMCA of Northern B.C.
Alexander, Craig
- Comments on economy and education (Dean, G.) 86:1615
Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail
Alisa's Wish Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, Maple Ridge, B.C.
- Work of organization (D'Eith) 79:1145
Alliance of B.C. Students See also Gill, Gurvir
Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia Vancouver See also Ilnitchi, Cristina; Meehan, Patrick
Almond, Janis
- Presentation to committee on behalf of North Island College Faculty Association 77:1010-1020
- North Island College, sessional faculty 77:1010-1020
- Post-secondary institutions, wages and working conditions for contract faculty 77:1010-1020
- Post-secondary students, support from faculty 77:1020
Alone and Afraid: Lessons Learned from the Ordeal of a Child with Special Needs and His Family See Reports, case of special needs child under Representative for Children and Youth
Alzheimer Society of British Columbia See also Howard, Maria
Anaesthesiologists See Physicians
Ancient Forest/Chun T'oh Whudujut Provincial Park
Andrykew, Tyson
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Hotel Association 76:1820-1825
- B.C. Hotel Association 76:1820
- Hotels and travel accommodation
- Housing, affordability and supply 76:1820-1825
- Local government, role in regulation and taxation of short-term accommodation 76:1820-1825
- Municipal and regional district tax program 76:1820-1825
- Revelstoke, short-term accommodation 76:1820
- Sales tax, application to short-term accommodation 76:1820
Animals See also Wildlife
APPA See Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities
Applied science technologists See Science and technology
Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia See also McCurry, Theresa
Appraisal Institute of Canada
Archway Community Services See also Raie, Najib; Wynsouw, Leah
Aristotle
- Comments on correction (Tavender, R.) 79:1125
Arts and culture See also British Columbia Arts Council
- Dance as physical activity (Coleman) 74:1640 (Davison, T.) 74:1640
- Education and outreach programs (Humphreys, K.) 76:1800-1805 (Neville, C.) 76:1800
- Government funding and support (Humphreys, K.) 76:1805 (Klassen, E.) 76:1800-1805 (Leadlay, B.) 79:0905-0915 (Neville, C.) 76:1800-1805
- Government funding, community resilience grants and gaming grants (Neville, C.) 76:1805
- Infrastructure funding (Klassen, E.) 76:1805
- Museums See Museums
- Music See Music industry
- Regional organizations and artist travel costs (Humphreys, K.) 76:1800-1805
- Role in communities and economy (Humphreys, K.) 76:1800-1805 (Klassen, E.) 76:1800-1805 (Neville, C.) 76:1800-1805
- Role in well-being of society (Leadlay, B.) 79:0905-0910
- STEAM education See Science, technology, engineering, the arts and math education under Science and technology
Ashton, Dan (Penticton)
- As subject
- election as Deputy Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 66:0915 (D'Eith) 66:0915
- work as Deputy Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee (D'Eith) 86:1620
- Auditor General
- bc211 information and referral service and funding 76:1900
- Child protection system
- Children and Family Development Ministry
- implementation of recommendations 93:0915
- Children and youth
- programs and services for children and families
- Chute Lake Lodge, road issues and creek access proposal 75:1115
- College of the Rockies
- faculty, wages and working conditions for contract faculty 73:1010
- international students and tuition 73:0930
- Crime and criminals
- victim services, VictimLinkBC information and referral service 76:1900
- D'Eith, Bob
- work as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 79:1520, 86:1620
- The Economist
- article on financing of Indigenous economic development 81:1015
- Elections B.C.
- budget and operations, funding request 96:0825
- staff organization chart and numbers 96:0825
- Energy
- power supply, single-feeder-line issue 85:1010
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- election of Chair and Deputy Chair 66:0915
- membership 90:1230
- prebudget consultation, requests for funding 79:1510
- public hearings, presentations from water management groups 74:1600
- reports, budget consultation report 90:1235
- reports, statutory officers budget report 99:1420
- review of statutory officers, process 95:0830
- work of committee, members and staff thanked 67:0800, 90:1230, 99:1420
- Fires and firefighters
- wildfires, preparedness and funding 84:1825
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Forests and forest industry
- Fraser Valley
- power supply to small communities 85:1010
- Geoscience B.C. Society
- Gingolx port facility development and granite quarry project 81:1015
- Green Party of B.C., participation on parliamentary committees 90:1230
- Health care system
- health professionals and workers
- Home care
- workers, hours and working conditions 85:1620
- Human rights
- Human Rights Commissioner
- budget and operations
- engagement with stakeholders and feedback 70:0825
- staff organization chart and management staff 95:0830
- Income tax
- rates for high-income earners 82:1820
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- budget and operations
- supplementary funding request for lobbyists registry rebuilding initiative 91:1530
- Invasive species
- aquatic invasive species, impact on tourism 76:1735
- management, mussels 76:1735
- Kettle Valley Railway Trail
- Langara College
- Libraries
- Liquefied natural gas development
- Long-term and residential care
- MLAs
- cooperation and non-partisanship 90:1235
- Mines and mining industry
- aggregate production and gravel extraction, permitting and local production 85:1045
- role in economy and communities 85:1555
- Nazko emergency management team
- funding for firefighting equipment 84:1825
- Okanagan area
- invasive species management 76:1735
- Okanagan Regional Library
- Ombudsperson
- Peachland watershed
- Pearce, Michael
- attendance at committee hearing 86:0910
- Pearson College UWC
- Penticton
- Post-secondary education
- Post-secondary institutions, faculty
- Quesnel
- city government, budget and taxation 84:1700
- Real estate industry
- fraudulent activities, prevention 77:1105
- housing market, speculation 86:1545
- Representative for Children and Youth
- budget and operations, funding request 93:0915
- Skills training
- trades training, workplace culture and inclusivity awareness 82:1820
- Substance use and addiction
- recovery houses 72:1330
- treatment and recovery services, services for women 72:1330
- Taxation
- Thompson Rivers University
- faculty, wages and working conditions for contract faculty 76:1700
- Tobacco
- Trucking industry
- truck traffic, impact on roads and weight regulation 85:1220
- University of B.C.
- Okanagan campus (Kelowna)
- Watersheds
- management and protection, funding 74:1600
- Wildlife
- Zero-emission and clean vehicles
Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities
Asian Canadians
- South Asian community, dementia services (Howard, M.) 86:1400-1405
ASP See Education of Indigenous persons, Aboriginal service plan program under Post-secondary education
Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia See also Stevens, Robert
Association of Administrative and Professional Staff at UBC See also Hansen, Joey; Muff, Sarah
Atchison, Chris
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Construction Association 77:0830-0840
- B.C. Construction Association , role and work of organization 77:0830
- Construction industry
- Government procurement practices and capital asset management framework 77:0835
- Public sector procurement 77:0835
Attorney General Ministry
Auditor General See also Bellringer, Carol
- Audit of office (Bellringer, C.) 68:0800 (Dean) 89:0900 (D'Eith) 89:0900 (Simons) 89:0900
- Audit services See also Financial statement audit coverage plan below
- compliance, control and research audits (Bellringer, C.) 92:0850 (Dodds, S.) 92:0900
- fees and billing process (Bellringer, C.) 98:1605 (Dean) 98:1610 (D'Eith) 98:1605 (Jones, R.) 98:1605-1610
- fees and revenues (Bellringer, C.) 92:0915, 92:0935-0940 (Coleman) 92:0935, 98:1550-1600 (Dean) 92:0915 (McNeill, J.) 92:0940
- financial statement audits (Bellringer, C.) 92:0850 (Dodds, S.) 92:0855-0900
- performance audits (Bellringer, C.) 92:0855 (Dodds, S.) 92:0900-0905
- priorities (Bellringer, C.) 68:0830
- process (Bellringer, C.) 68:0820-0825
- public benefit (Ashton) 92:0930-0935 (Bellringer, C.) 92:0935 (Coleman) 92:0940 (Dodds, S.) 92:0905 (Jones, R.) 92:0930-0935 (McNeill, J.) 92:0935
- Budget and operations
- budget process and staffing component (Bellringer, C.) 98:1600, 98:1610
- budget underspending (Bellringer, C.) 68:0800-0805, 68:0830-0835
- capital costs (Jones, R.) 92:0910-0915
- comparison to other jurisdictions (Bellringer, C.) 92:0920 (Dean) 92:0920
- funding request (Bellringer, C.) 92:0845-0855, 92:0915-0945, 98:1550-1615 (Coleman) 92:0935-0940, 98:1550-1600 (Dean) 92:0915-0920, 98:1610 (D'Eith) 92:0915-0920, 92:0940, 98:1550, 98:1605 (Dodds, S.) 92:0855-0905, 92:0945 (Jones, R.) 92:0905-0915, 92:0925-0935, 98:1605-1610 (Leonard) 92:0920-0930, 92:0940, 98:1615 (McNeill, J.) 92:0915-0920, 92:0930-0940
- professional dues (Bellringer, C.) 68:0805
- update (Bellringer, C.) 68:0800-0835 (Coleman) 68:0830 (Dean) 68:0825 (D'Eith) 68:0820 (Jones, R.) 68:0815 (Leonard) 68:0825-0830 (McNeill, J.) 68:0810-0815
- Committee request for information (D'Eith) 92:0940, 98:1550
- Financial statement audit coverage plan (Bellringer, C.) 92:0925 (Jones, R.) 92:0925-0930
- Human resources, reorganization (Jones, R.) 68:0815, 92:0910-0915
- Information technology (Bellringer, C.) 68:0805 (Jones, R.) 92:0910
- Information technology, CaseWare software (Jones, R.) 68:0815
- Information technology, time and project management system (Bellringer, C.) 68:0820 (Jones, R.) 68:0815
- Inquiries from public (Bellringer, C.) 92:0850, 92:0940-0945 (Dodds, S.) 92:0900, 92:0945 (Leonard) 92:0940
- Office space See also Workspace below
- Presentation to Public Accounts Committee (Dodds, S.) 92:0905
- Professional services (Bellringer, C.) 98:1550-1600 (Coleman) 98:1550 (Jones, R.) 92:0905, 92:0930 (Leonard) 92:0930
- Reports and reviews
- Staff and staffing
- Staff salaries, retention and new positions (Bellringer, C.) 68:0805-0810 (McNeill, J.) 68:0810
- Staffing and workload (Bellringer, C.) 92:0850-0855, 92:0925 (D'Eith) 92:0915 (Dodds, S.) 92:0855-0900 (Jones, R.) 92:0925-0930 (Leonard) 92:0925 (McNeill, J.) 92:0930
- Vancouver office See Office space, satellite office above
- Workspace and staff sharing with federal Auditor General See Auditor General of Canada
Auditor General of Canada
- Workspace and staff sharing with B.C. Auditor General (Jones, R.) 68:0815, 92:0910
Auditors General
- Services and funding in other jurisdictions (Bellringer, C.) 68:0835
Aunt Leah's Society
- Work of organization (Simons) 85:1230
- Work of organization and youth training program (Stewart, G.) 85:1225-1230
Australia
Autism
Automobiles
- Auto-wrecking industry (Coleman) 72:1340 (Rogoza, D.) 72:1340
- Clean energy and electric vehicles See Zero-emission and clean vehicles
- Emissions reduction See Reduction, transportation sector under Greenhouse gas emissions
- Industry
- Insurance
- Insurance claims for personal injuries
- minor injuries and limit on pain and suffering awards (Coleman) 75:1140 (Sutherland, A.) 75:1140
- Licence plates, B.C. Parks plates program (Ball, V.) 86:1020 (Campbell, C.) 72:1415 (Coleman) 72:1415, 86:1020
- Luxury tax See Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles below
- Maintenance and repair (D'Eith) 85:0920 (Qualey, B.) 85:0920
- Road rescue services See Emergencies
- Taxation, tax on high-priced vehicles (Qualey, B.) 85:0915
- Vehicle efficiency, Scrap-It incentive program See B.C. SCRAP-IT program
- Workers, supply of skilled workers See Industry, employment and skills training above
AYA program See Youth at risk, youth agreements under Children and youth
Ayles, Chris
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Camosun College Faculty Association 72:1440-1450
- Camosun College, contract faculty 72:1445-1450
- Post-secondary education funding 72:1445-1450
- Post-secondary institutions
Azeez, Lina
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Watershed Watch Salmon Society 85:1020-1030
- Fish
- Floods and floodplains, flood management and infrastructure, impact on fish habitat and mitigation 85:1020-1025
- Fraser River waterways, ecology and protection 85:1020-1030
- Fraser Valley flood controls, impact on salmon habitat in area 85:1020-1030
- Infrastructure funding, fish-friendly criteria and priorities 85:1025-1030
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