41st Parliament – 2019
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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Ear health and hearing impairment

Assistive and adaptive equipment, coverage of costs (Cable, L.) 85:1520-1525 (Simons) 85:1520-1525
Early intervention services and funding (Cable, L.) 85:1515-1525
Hearing aids and assistive devices, coverage of costs (Zelazny, S.) 86:1525
Incidence of hearing impairment (Cable, L.) 85:1525 (Dean) 85:1525
Screening program for newborns (Cable, L.) 85:1515 (Simons) 85:1520
Services and proposed community facility for deaf persons, funding (Coleman) 86:1540 (Smith, F.) 86:1530-1540
Early childhood development See Children and youth
Earthquakes

Seismic upgrades to schools See Schools
East Kootenay area See Kootenay area
East Kootenay Invasive Species Council See also Benesh, Kendal

Presentation to committee 73:0845-0855
Role and funding (Benesh, K.) 73:0845
E-cigarettes See Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
Economic Forecast Council

Economic forecast (James) 72:0845
The Economist

Article on financing of Indigenous economic development (Ashton) 81:1015
Economy

Conditions (Corrigall, T.) 82:1620 (D'Eith) 72:1550 (James) 72:0900-0905 (Sawchuk, J.) 72:1545-1550
Diversification (James) 72:0905
Economic equity and inequality issues See particular topics under Income
Low-carbon economy See Sustainable development below
Sustainable development (James) 72:0850-0855 (Sawchuk, J.) 72:1550
Sustainable development and transition to low-carbon economy (Hackney, T.) 72:1120 (Zlotnik, M.) 79:1530-1535
Sustainable development, CleanBC plan See CleanBC plan
Ecosystems See Environment
Ecotrust Canada See also Sutcliffe, Tasha

Presentation to committee 80:1550-1555
Edge, Casey

Presentation to committee on behalf of Victoria Residential Builders Association 72:0930-0940
Capital regional district, regional planning 72:0935
Communities, densification and regional planning 72:0935
Construction industry
building code requirements, energy efficiency standards 72:0935
residential construction industry 72:0930-0935
Foot, David, comments in Boom, Bust and Echo 72:0935
Housing affordability and supply 72:0935
Local government, housing development approval process 72:0930-0935
Mortgage stress test 72:0935
Real estate industry, housing market 72:0930-0935
Vancouver Island, south Island,. housing market and development process 72:0930-0935
Zoning, regional greenbelts and urban areas 72:0935
Education See also Education funding; Post-secondary education; Skills training

Adult basic education See Adult basic education
Bullying issue See Bullying and harassment
Charter schools, initiative petition (Porter, C.) 96:0820
Child care in schools See Use of school buildings for child care under Schools
Class size and composition (D'Eith) 86:0945 (MacRae, J.) 86:0930 (Ponti, C.) 76:1815 (Wiebe, M.) 83:1000-1005 (Wood, D.) 77:0820
Classroom resources and supports (Sawka, R.) 80:1520-1525
Curriculum
arts and music programs (Coleman) 86:1040 (Milne Martens, M.) 86:1035-1040
arts education (Huberman, A.) 85:1050
new curriculum (Kerr, T.) 73:0855
new curriculum implementation (Gonzalez, E.) 79:1155 (Hamaguchi, K.) 86:1145 (Hansman, G.) 86:0950 (Hobson, B.) 86:0905 (Milne Martens, M.) 86:1035
sexual health education (Aldinger, S.) 77:1140-1145 (Dean) 77:1145 (D'Eith) 77:1145
Developmental programs See Adult basic education
Distance education and online learning (Papou, A.) 76:1715-1725
Distributed learning See Distance education and online learning above
Economic and social benefits (Dormer, J.) 76:1810-1815 (Ponti, C.) 76:1810
Education of Indigenous persons (Hansman, G.) 86:0955-1000 (Humphreys, T.) 72:1425 (McGraw, D.) 72:1010
Education of Indigenous persons, funding See Education funding
English language learning programs See English language learning programs
Enrolment (Dean) 83:0855 (Evans, E.) 83:0855
Environmental and outdoor recreation programs in schools (Manning, J.) 82:1850-1855
Environmental programs in schools (Salewski, W.) 82:1805
Government investment (Huberman, A.) 85:1045-1050
High-school upgrading See Adult basic education
Home schooling (Papou, A.) 76:1720
Inclusive education See Special education and special needs below
Independent schools, funding See Education funding
International Baccalaureate program (McGraw, D.) 72:1015
International education (McGraw, D.) 72:1005-1015
Mental health services in schools (Hamaguchi, K.) 86:1145
Mental health services in schools, funding See Education funding
Mental health services in schools, government strategy (Higginson, S.) 78:1605
Online learning See Distance education and online learning above
Parent advisory councils, fundraising See Fundraising by parents under Education funding
Physical education and physical literacy programs (Davison, T.) 74:1645
Pre-university programs (D'Eith) 72:1015 (McGraw, D.) 72:1010-1015
Principals and vice-principals
salaries (Kerr, T.) 73:0910
Privacy awareness education in schools See Privacy
Public system See System below
Restorative justice programs in schools (Morrison, B.) 79:1605-1610 (Simons) 79:1610
Right to education (Sinclair, A.) 86:0940
School psychologists and speech-language professionals (Hamaguchi, K.) 86:1145 (Hansman, G.) 86:0950-0955
Science, technology, engineering and math education See Science and technology
Seismic upgrades of school buildings See Schools
Settlement services for immigrant and refugee students (Mezei, J.) 85:1540
Special education and special needs
assessments (MacRae, J.) 86:0925-0930 (Montani, A.) 79:0935
audit and royal commission proposal (Humphreys, T.) 72:1425-1430
education assistants (Hamaguchi, K.) 86:1145 (Montani, A.) 79:0930
funding See Education funding
inclusive education (Humphreys, T.) 72:1425-1430 (Simons) 72:1430 (Wood, D.) 77:0815
special education and special needs (Hansman, G.) 86:0950-0955 (MacRae, J.) 86:0925-0930 (Papou, A.) 76:1720-1725 (Sawka, R.) 80:1525
Students
English language learners (Tremain, M.) 83:1000
immigrant and refugee students (Mezei, J.) 85:1540
provision of menstrual products (Dean) 85:1540 (Mezei, J.) 85:1540-1545
Support staff issues (Evans, E.) 83:0855
System, public system (Hutcheson, G.) 86:1030-1040 (Milne Martens, M.) 86:1040 (Zlotnik, M.) 79:1530
Teachers See Teachers
Technology use (Papou, A.) 76:1720
Vulnerable students and supports (Hamaguchi, K.) 86:1145 (Hobson, B.) 86:0905
Education funding

Annual facilities grant (Wilson, S.) 85:1500
Capital funding (Hobson, B.) 86:0905-0910 (Kerr, T.) 73:0910 (Ponti, C.) 76:1815 (Sinclair, A.) 86:0940-0945
Capital funding and maintenance funding (Gonzalez, E.) 79:1155
Capital funding for districts outside seismic area (Schill, K.) 76:1810
Capital funding for facility upgrades (Mezei, J.) 85:1540
Capital funding for new projects (Wilson, S.) 85:1455
Funding (Dormer, J.) 76:1815 (Gonzalez, E.) 79:1155-1200 (Hamaguchi, K.) 86:1145-1150 (Hansman, G.) 86:0950 (Higginson, S.) 78:1605 (Hobson, B.) 86:0905-0910 (Kerr, T.) 73:0855, 73:0910 (MacRae, J.) 86:0925-0930 (Robinson, S.) 86:1150 (Sawka, R.) 80:1520-1530 (Sinclair, A.) 86:0940-0945 (Tablotney, D.) 86:1150 (Wiebe, M.) 83:1000 (Wood, D.) 77:0820 (Zlotnik, M.) 79:1530
Funding and role of families (Coleman) 86:1040 (Hutcheson, G.) 86:1030-1040 (Milne Martens, M.) 86:1030-1040
Funding formula (Hamaguchi, K.) 86:1145-1150 (Simons) 76:1725
Funding formula and review (Gonzalez, E.) 79:1155 (Higginson, S.) 78:1605 (MacRae, J.) 86:0925 (Papou, A.) 76:1720-1725 (Sawka, R.) 80:1525-1530 (Sinclair, A.) 86:0945 (Wilson, S.) 85:1500
Fundraising by parents (Schill, K.) 76:1815
Independent schools (Dean) 80:1530 (D'Eith) 72:1015 (McGraw, D.) 72:1005-1015 (Sawka, R.) 80:1530
Indigenous education (Gonzalez, E.) 79:1155
Mental health services (D'Eith) 72:1540 (Hobson, B.) 86:0905 (Simons) 72:1540 (Stinson, S.) 72:1535-1540 (Swinburnson, M.) 72:1535-1540
Priorities (Wilson, S.) 85:1455
Special education and special needs (Gonzalez, E.) 79:1155 (Hobson, B.) 86:0905 (Humphreys, T.) 72:1430 (Johns, C.) 73:1025 (Kerr, T.) 73:0855, 73:0910 (MacRae, J.) 86:0925-0930 (Mezei, J.) 85:1535-1540 (Milne Martens, M.) 86:1030-1035 (Montani, A.) 79:0935 (Papou, A.) 76:1720-1725 (Sawka, R.) 80:1525 (Simons) 72:1430 (Tremain, M.) 83:1000 (Wiebe, M.) 83:1000 (Wilson, S.) 85:1500 (Wood, D.) 77:0815-0820
Eidse, Savannah

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, B.C. chapter 75:1025-1035
B.C. Parks, funding 75:1030
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
B.C. chapter
work of organization 75:1025
Climate change, role of intact ecosystems 75:1025
Environment
biodiversity protection 75:1025-1030
ecosystems, protection 75:1025-1030
environmental protection, First Nations involvement 75:1025-1030
Forests and forest industry, forest roads, rehabilitation and impact on wildlife 75:1035
Okanagan area, south Okanagan, establishment of national park 75:1025-1030
Parks and protected areas
establishment and expansion of parks and conservancies 75:1025-1030
management, First Nations involvement 75:1025-1030
system, funding and management 75:1025-1030
Wildlife, badgers, population 75:1035
Ekona Power See also Reid, Chris

Presentation to committee 85:1620-1630
Operations and investment (D'Eith) 85:1630 (Reid, C.) 85:1620-1630
Elders Council for Parks in B.C. See also Campbell, Colin

Presentation to committee 72:1405-1420
2020 conference in Vancouver (Campbell, C.) 72:1410
Membership and activities (Campbell, C.) 72:1405-1410
Election Act

Amendments (Boegman, A.) 71:0845, 71:0855, 96:0800-0805
Provisions (Porter, C.) 96:0820-0825
Elections See also Elections B.C.

Administration and potential legislative changes (Boegman, A.) 71:0845, 71:0855, 71:0905-0910, 96:0800-0805
By-elections (Boegman, A.) 96:0825 (Coleman) 96:0825
By-elections and local assent votes (Porter, C.) 96:0815
By-elections, campaign expense reimbursements (Boegman, A.) 71:0845
Campaign financing
annual allowance for political parties (Boegman, A.) 96:0810 (Leonard) 96:0830
annual allowance for political parties and special committee (Porter, C.) 96:0820-0830
automation and implementation of changes (Koehn, Y.) 96:0815
Chief Electoral Officer See Boegman, Anton
Cyberattacks See Election interference prevention below
Digital threats to election integrity See Election interference prevention below
Election interference prevention (Boegman, A.) 71:0900-0910, 96:0800 (D'Eith) 71:0820, 71:0905 (McEvoy, M.) 71:0820
Electoral reform, referendum See Referendum on electoral reform
Enumeration and list of voters
breakdown of voter information (Boegman, A.) 71:0905 (Dean) 71:0905
data-sharing (Boegman, A.) 71:0900, 71:0910 (Leonard) 71:0910 (Porter, C.) 71:0910
enumeration and list of voters (Boegman, A.) 96:0805 (Porter, C.) 96:0820
provisional registration of youth (Boegman, A.) 71:0855-0900
General elections (Boegman, A.) 96:0805-0810, 96:0830 (D'Eith) 96:0830
General elections, 2021 general election (Porter, C.) 96:0820
Local government elections
administration of campaign finance provisions (Boegman, A.) 71:0850
Misinformation, digital misinformation campaigns See Election interference prevention above
New voting technology, implementation (Koehn, Y.) 96:0815
New voting technology, implementation and costs (Boegman, A.) 71:0850-0900
On-demand elections (Boegman, A.) 71:0900
Technology See New voting technology above
Voter registration See Enumeration above
Voter turnout (Boegman, A.) 71:0845
Voters list See Enumeration and list of voters above
Voting technology See New voting technology above
Elections B.C. See also Boegman, Anton; Elections

Administration and completion activities for elections (Porter, C.) 96:0815
Administration and costs of referendum on electoral reform (Boegman, A.) 71:0850-0855
Administration and preparations for elections (Boegman, A.) 96:0805-0810, 96:0825-0830 (Coleman) 96:0825 (D'Eith) 96:0830 (Koehn, Y.) 96:0815 (Porter, C.) 96:0815-0820
Administration of campaign finance provisions for local elections (Boegman, A.) 71:0850
Budget and operations
funding request (Ashton) 96:0825 (Boegman, A.) 96:0800-0810, 96:0825-0830 (Coleman) 96:0825 (D'Eith) 96:0825-0830 (Koehn, Y.) 96:0810-0815 (Leonard) 96:0830 (Porter, C.) 96:0815-0830
operational and capital costs (Boegman, A.) 71:0855, 96:0805-0810 (Koehn, Y.) 96:0810-0815
operational costs (Porter, C.) 96:0815-0820
supplementary funding request for by-election (Boegman, A.) 71:0845
update (Boegman, A.) 71:0845-0910 (Dean) 71:0905 (D'Eith) 71:0905 (Leonard) 71:0910 (Porter, C.) 71:0910
Event-related activities and readiness See Administration and preparations above
Information technology (Koehn, Y.) 96:0815
Office and warehouse space (Koehn, Y.) 96:0810
Reports and reviews
reports on recommendations for legislative change (Boegman, A.) 71:0845, 71:0855, 71:0905-0910, 96:0800-0805
Staff and staffing (Boegman, A.) 71:0845
Staff and staffing, organization chart and staff numbers (Ashton) 96:0825 (Boegman, A.) 96:0825
Work of office, update and priorities (Boegman, A.) 96:0800-0810, 96:0825
Work with Information and Privacy Commissioner (Boegman, A.) 71:0905 (D'Eith) 71:0905
Electoral system referendum See Referendum on electoral reform
Electric bicycles See Cycling
Electric power See Energy
Electric vehicles See Zero-emission and clean vehicles
Electronic cigarettes and vapour products

Flavoured products (Charbonneau, S.) 76:1645
Online sales (Charbonneau, S.) 76:1655 (D'Eith) 76:1650-1655
Regulation and enforcement (Charbonneau, S.) 76:1645-1655
Vaping by youth (Charbonneau, S.) 76:1645-1655 (D'Eith) 76:1650-1655
Elevators and escalators

Industry (von Donat, C.) 79:1110
Regulation, number of elevators in buildings (Leonard) 79:1115
Regulation, number of elevators in buildings and traffic analysis framework proposal (von Donat, C.) 79:1110-1115
Elk River Alliance See also von Wittgenstein, Paul

Presentation to committee 73:1015-1025
Work of organization (von Wittgenstein, P.) 73:1015-1020
Workshop event (Simons) 73:1025 (von Wittgenstein, P.) 73:1020-1025
Elk River watershed

Protection and projects (von Wittgenstein, P.) 73:1015-1025
ELL See English language learning programs
Email addresses

Collection re speculation tax See Administration process and data collection under Speculation and vacancy tax
Emergencies

Emergency preparedness and response (Cosma, R.) 84:1815-1830
Emergency preparedness by Indigenous communities See First Nations and Indigenous persons
Emergency preparedness by school districts See School districts
Evacuee registration system, pilot project (Hall, L.) 82:1710
First responders, safety (Rogoza, D.) 72:1340
Health care emergencies See Emergency services under Health care system
Information services (Ghoussoub, L.) 76:1855
Road rescue services and funding (Coleman) 76:1745 (Dean) 76:1745 (D'Eith) 76:1745 (Lauzon, A.) 76:1735-1745
Emergency Management British Columbia

Funding to local governments for road rescue services (Dean) 76:1745 (Lauzon, A.) 76:1740-1745
Emily Carr Students Union See also Huang, Selina

Presentation to committee 85:1030-1035
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.

Faculty, workload and employment model (Dean) 85:1035 (Huang, S.) 85:1035
Funding (Huang, S.) 85:1030-1035
Graduate programs (Huang, S.) 85:1030-1035
Emissions See Greenhouse gas emissions
Employer health tax

Elimination (D'Eith) 84:1630 (Sims, K.) 84:1625-1630
Exemptions, employees under age 19 (von Schellwitz, M.) 85:1510
Exemptions, threshold (Huberman, A.) 85:1050 (von Schellwitz, M.) 85:1510
Implementation and impact
agriculture industry (Lucas, G.) 74:1530
businesses (Clovechok) 82:1625 (Coleman) 75:0855-0900, 82:1625 (Corrigall, T.) 82:1615-1630 (D'Eith) 82:1630 (Leonard) 82:1625 (Robinson, J.) 75:0850-0900
charities and non-profit agencies (Corrigall, T.) 82:1620-1625 (Simons) 82:1625
Employment and unemployment

Employment and jobs (Fairbairn, B.) 76:1605 (James) 72:0900 (Sawchuk, J.) 72:1545 (Searle, K.) 85:1155
Employment standards (Ryan, S.) 85:1155-1200
Human resources See Labour
Human rights issues See Human rights
Precarious employment and income insecurity (Cronk, L.) 82:1815 (Friedman, T.) 76:1655-1700
Sustainable jobs and CleanBC plan See CleanBC plan
Employment standards branch

Funding and operations (Cronk, L.) 82:1815
Endangered species See Species at risk under Wildlife
End-of-life care, issues, etc. See Hospice and palliative care
Energy

Clean energy
Clean Energy Ministerial event (Balabanowicz, J.) 79:1010
CleanBC plan See CleanBC plan
development (Balabanowicz, J.) 79:1005-1010 (Hackney, T.) 72:1120-1125
development and First Nations involvement (Moore, G.) 81:1000
development and funding (Reid, C.) 85:1620-1630
Electricity rates, industrial rates (Goehring, M.) 85:1550
Electrification and power supply See Power supply below
Electrification of resource industries See Power supply under particular industries
Energy step code See Building code requirements, energy efficiency standards under Construction industry
Geoscience research (Salas, C.) 86:1045
Geothermal power development (Salas, C.) 86:1045
Green energy See Clean energy above
Power supply and electrification (Balabanowicz, J.) 79:1005 (Hackney, T.) 72:1120-1125
Power supply, single-feeder-line issue (Ashton) 85:1010 (Simons) 85:1010 (Wright, D.) 85:1005-1010
Renewable energy See Clean energy above
Sustainable energy See Clean energy above
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Ministry

Funding (Stevens, R.) 85:0955
England See United Kingdom
English language learning programs

Accessibility and funding (Dean, G.) 86:1620
Funding (Wiebe, M.) 83:1000
Student skills and supports (Smith, J.) 79:1400-1410
Environment

Back-country recreation See Sports and recreation
Biodiversity protection (Ball, V.) 86:1015 (Eidse, S.) 75:1025-1030 (McNeil, S.) 76:1635-1630 (Snyder, D.) 82:1755
Climate change See Climate change
Conservation and outdoor recreation education program and funding (Leonard) 82:1855 (Manning, J.) 82:1845-1855
Conservation officers (Hooper, R.) 76:1730 (Paille, G.) 83:0905
Cumulative impact assessment See Resource development under Resources and resource industries
Ecosystems, protection (Eidse, S.) 75:1025-1030
Environmental protection
awareness and generational differences (Coleman) 79:1535
First Nations involvement (Ball, V.) 86:1015 (Eidse, S.) 75:1025-1030 (McNeil, S.) 76:1625-1630 (Morrison, I.) 72:1035 (Salewski, W.) 82:1810 (Seymour, W.) 72:1040
funding (Dean) 76:1630 (McNeil, S.) 76:1625-1630 (Zuckerman, C.) 79:1615-1620
protection (Martin, A.) 77:0950-0955
Professional oversight (Zuckerman, C.) 79:1620
Professional reliance model and review (McCannell, S.) 72:1050
Sustainability, balance with economic development values See Sustainable development under Economy
Environment and Climate Change Strategy Ministry

Budget (Zuckerman, C.) 79:1615
Etienne, Roxanne

Presentation to committee on behalf of Right to Play 76:1825-1830
First Nations and Indigenous persons, youth programs 76:1830
Right to Play, program for Indigenous youth 76:1830
Skeetchestn Indian Band, youth program and community involvement 76:1830
Evans, Erin

Presentation to committee on behalf of school district 60 (Peace River North) 83:0850-0855
Education
enrolment 83:0855
support staff issues 83:0855
School district 60 (Peace River North)
funding priorities 83:0855
school facilities and land 83:0850-0855
staffing issues 83:0855
student enrolment 83:0855
Schools, capital projects and upgrades 83:0850-0855
Teachers, supply and recruitment 83:0855
Evidence for Democracy

Role and studies (McCannell, S.) 72:1055
EVs See Zero-emission and clean vehicles
Exercise and healthy lifestyle See Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness; Sports and recreation
The Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre, Prince George, B.C. See also Calogheros, Tracy

Presentation to committee 82:1645-1655
Joint outreach project with Science World See Science World, Vancouver, B.C.
Role and funding (Calogheros, T.) 82:1650-1655 (D'Eith) 82:1655 (Leonard) 82:1655
Exports See Trade; particular industries

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