41st Parliament – 2019
Parliamentary Committee Proceedings
Public Accounts 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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Accountants
APPA See Recommendations, implementation and action plan progress assessments under Auditor General
Auditor General
- Action plan progress assessments See Recommendations, implementation and action plans below
- Appointment of new Auditor General and transition (Bellringer, C.) 19:1425 (Bond) 19:1425 (Dean) 19:1420-1425
- Audit follow-up
- action plans See Recommendations, implementation and action plans below
- Audit services
- Compliance, controls and research group (Bellringer, C.) 19:1415
- Financial statement audit coverage plan, changes (Bellringer, C.) 19:0900-0905 (Dean) 19:0905
- Performance audits See Audit services above
- Recommendations
- Reports and reviews
- Detection and Response to Cybersecurity Threats on B.C. Hydro's Industrial Control Systems See Cybersecurity management, Auditor General review under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- financial statement audit coverage plan See Financial statement audit coverage plan above
- Performance Audit Coverage Plan 2019/20–2021/22 See Performance audit coverage plan above
- Progress Audit: The Education of Aboriginal Students in the B.C. Public School System See Education of Indigenous students, Auditor General review under Education
- Understanding Our Audit Opinion on B.C.'s 2018-19 Summary Financial Statements See Financial reporting, Auditor General review for 2018-19 under Government
- Staff (Bellringer, C.) 19:1420
- Staff, information and Indigenous staff (Dean) 19:1145
- Staff, work commended (Bond) 19:0930
Avalanches
BCTEA See British Columbia Tripartite Education Agreement
Begg, Garry (Surrey-Guildford)
- Health care system
- emergency health services
- Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1515
- Public Accounts Committee
- correspondence from B.C. Emergency Health Services 19:1515
Bellringer, Carol
- Accountants
- Auditor General
- appointment of new Auditor General and transition 19:1425
- audit services
- compliance, controls and research group 19:1415
- financial statement audit coverage plan, changes 19:0900-0905
- recommendations
- staff 19:1420
- Avalanches
- B.C. Hydro
- cybersecurity management
- financial reporting
- management and operations
- use of rate-regulated accounting
- Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
- 2019 conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, B.C. delegation 19:1525
- 2020 conference in B.C. 19:1525
- Enns, Doug
- report on budget process and accounting standards 19:0950
- Government
- accounting practices
- financial reporting
- Legislature
- Public Accounts Committee
- review of Auditor General reports on Legislature 19:1435-1440
- School districts
- financial reporting, Auditor General review 19:0905
- Site C power project
- Violence
Biodiversity See Environment
Bond, Shirley (Prince George–Valemount)
- Accountants
- accounting standards
- standard on government transfers 19:0955
- Auditor General
- appointment of new Auditor General and transition 19:1425
- audit services
- recommendations
- staff, work commended 19:0930
- Avalanches
- B.C. Hydro
- cybersecurity management
- management and operations
- use of rate-regulated accounting
- B.C. Utilities Commission
- regulation of electricity rates 19:1000
- Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
- Corrections system
- community corrections, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1505
- Education
- education of Indigenous students
- school completion certificate program 19:1130
- Education funding
- Energy
- electricity rates
- hydroelectric power system
- Environment
- biodiversity protection, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1505
- Government
- accounting practices
- financial reporting
- Health care system
- emergency health services
- Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1515-1520
- Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- Legislature
- Public Accounts Committee
- Ryan-Lloyd, Kate
- position with Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees 19:1520
- School districts
- capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1205-1215
- Teachers
- professional development days and Indigenous education 19:1200-1205
- training, Indigenous teacher program 19:1215
- U.K.
- UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
- impact on education initiatives 19:1200
- Williams Lake
- Indigenous teacher training pilot program 19:1215
Bourne, Peter
- Accountants, accounting standards, public sector accounting standards 19:0910-0915
- B.C. Hydro
- financial reporting
- use of rate-regulated accounting, changes and transition 19:0910-0915
- Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, provisions on accounting standards 19:0910-0915
- Government
- accounting practices
- deferral of government transfers revenue for capital projects 19:0910-0920
- use of accounting standards 19:0910
- use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 19:0910-0915
- financial reporting, Auditor General review for 2018-19 and qualification 19:0910-0920
- Public Sector Accounting Board, standards 19:0910
British Columbia
British Columbia Emergency Health Services See also Emergency health services under Health care system
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority See also Energy
- Cybersecurity management
- action plan (Morison, K.) 19:1325-1330
- attacks and monitoring (Bullock, J.) 19:1310 (Ma) 19:1340-1345 (Morison, K.) 19:1330-1335, 19:1345, 19:1355 (Sultan) 19:1345 (Thornthwaite) 19:1350-1355 (Yap) 19:1330-1335
- Auditor General review (Bellringer, C.) 19:1305, 19:1400 (Bond) 19:1315, 19:1355-1410 (Bullock, J.) 19:1310-1315 (Chiang, A.) 19:1305-1310 (Dean) 19:1335-1340 (Ma) 19:1340-1345 (Sultan) 19:1345-1350 (Thornthwaite) 19:1350-1355 (Yap) 19:1330-1335
- Auditor General review and response (Choudhury, P.) 19:1315, 19:1335-1340, 19:1350 (Morison, K.) 19:1315-1405
- management (Bullock, J.) 19:1310-1315 (Chiang, A.) 19:1305-1310 (Choudhury, P.) 19:1315, 19:1335-1340, 19:1350 (Morison, K.) 19:1315-1405 (Sultan) 19:1345-1350
- management and funding (Bond) 19:1400 (Dean) 19:1340 (Morison, K.) 19:1340, 19:1400
- public information (Bellringer, C.) 19:1400 (Bond) 19:1400 (Morison, K.) 19:1400
- testing (Choudhury, P.) 19:1335 (Morison, K.) 19:1335 (Yap) 19:1335
- Financial reporting
- accounting standards changes (Bourne, P.) 19:0910-0915
- Auditor General review (Bellringer, C.) 19:1005 (Bourne, P.) 19:0915
- use of rate-regulated accounting See Use of rate-regulated accounting below
- Management and operations
- Use of rate-regulated accounting
British Columbia Teachers Federation
- Position on standardized testing (Thornthwaite) 19:1120-1125
British Columbia Tripartite Education Agreement
British Columbia Utilities Commission
- Regulation of electricity rates (Bond) 19:1000
Bryant, Jane
- Auditor General
- Avalanches, safety program, Auditor General review 19:1445-1450
- Violence, domestic violence, Auditor General review 19:1420
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
- Provisions on accounting standards (Bourne, P.) 19:0910-0915
Bullock, John
- B.C. Hydro, cybersecurity management
- Energy, hydroelectric power system, operations and standards 19:1310-1315
CAAF See Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation
Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation
Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
CCPAC See Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
CCR See Compliance, controls and research group under Auditor General
Chiang, Ada
- B.C. Hydro, cybersecurity management
Choudhury, Paul
- B.C. Hydro, cybersecurity management
- Energy, hydroelectric power system
Corrections system
- Community corrections, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment (Bond) 19:1505 (Fischer, C.) 19:1500 (Pierce, L.) 19:1455
Credit rating
- Agencies and position on government accounting practices (Fischer, C.) 19:0945 (Sultan) 19:0945
Dean, Mitzi (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
- Auditor General
- appointment of new Auditor General and transition 19:1420-1425
- audit services
- financial statement audit coverage plan, changes 19:0905
- recommendations
- implementation and action plan progress assessments 19:1510
- staff, information and Indigenous staff 19:1145
- B.C. Hydro
- Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
- 2019 conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, B.C. delegation 19:1525
- 2020 conference in B.C. 19:1525
- Education
- education of Indigenous students
- Education Ministry
- staff, information and Indigenous staff 19:1145
- Energy
- hydroelectric power system
- Gender equity office
- Government
- accounting practices
- deferral of government transfers revenue for capital projects 19:0940-0945
- financial reporting
- Auditor General review for 2018-19 and qualification 19:0940-1945
- Health care system
- emergency health services
- Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1515
- Legislature
- financial reporting, Auditor General review 19:1435
- Public Accounts Committee
- correspondence from B.C. Emergency Health Services 19:1515
- School districts
- capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1140
- financial reporting, Auditor General review 19:0905
- Violence
Dodds, Sheila
- As subject
- experience on review of Indigenous student education outcomes 19:1030
- Education
- education of Indigenous students
- Education Ministry
- staff, information and Indigenous staff 19:1145
Domestic violence See Violence
Education
- Curriculum
- Education of Indigenous students
- achievement and supports (MacDonald, S.) 19:1155-1200 (Thornthwaite) 19:1155
- agreement See British Columbia Tripartite Education Agreement
- Auditor General review (Bond) 19:1130, 19:1200-1220 (Dean) 19:1140-1145 (Dodds, S.) 19:1030, 19:1145 (Ma) 19:1125-1130 (Schafer, J.) 19:1030-1035, 19:1140-1145 (Sultan) 19:1150-1155 (Thornthwaite) 19:1115-1125, 19:1155 (Yap) 19:1140 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1035-1045
- Auditor General review and government response (McCrea, J.) 19:1135-1140, 19:1200-1215 (MacDonald, S.) 19:1045-1220
- data analysis (MacDonald, S.) 19:1050-1055, 19:1105 (Schafer, J.) 19:1035 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1035-1040
- education agreements (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1035-1040
- enhancement agreements (MacDonald, S.) 19:1100 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1040
- Equity in Action program (MacDonald, S.) 19:1055-1100, 19:1110 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1040
- foundation skills assessment See student achievement and standardized testing below
- government strategy and action plan (Bond) 19:1210 (MacDonald, S.) 19:1050
- government strategy and outcomes (Dean) 19:1140-1145 (Dodds, S.) 19:1030 (McCrea, J.) 19:1135-1140 (MacDonald, S.) 19:1045-1220 (Schafer, J.) 19:1030-1035, 19:1140-1145 (Yap) 19:1140 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1035-1040
- graduation rate (Bond) 19:1045 (Ma) 19:1125-1130 (Schafer, J.) 19:1030-1035
- graduation rate and Evergreen certificates See School completion certificate program below
- local education agreements (McCrea, J.) 19:1205, 19:1215 (MacDonald, S.) 19:1055 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1040
- relationship to Truth and Reconciliation Commission report See Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
- relationship to UN declaration See United Nations declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples
- reporting (MacDonald, S.) 19:1110 (Schafer, J.) 19:1035 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1040
- safe, non-racist learning environment (Schafer, J.) 19:1035 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1040
- school district capacity See School districts
- student achievement and assessment (MacDonald, S.) 19:1055, 19:1110
- student achievement and enhanced student learning (MacDonald, S.) 19:1100-1105, 19:1115
- student achievement and standardized testing (MacDonald, S.) 19:1110-1125 (Thornthwaite) 19:1120-1125 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1040
- transformative change accord (Ma) 19:1130 (McCrea, J.) 19:1135
- transportation issues (Ma) 19:1130 (MacDonald, S.) 19:1105, 19:1155 (Sultan) 19:1155
- Evergreen certificate program See School completion certificate program below
- Funding See Education funding
- School completion certificate program (Bond) 19:1130 (Ma) 19:1130 (MacDonald, S.) 19:1050 (McCrea, J.) 19:1135 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1035
- School districts See School districts
- Students
- Indigenous students See Education of Indigenous students above
- Teachers See Teachers
Education funding
Education Ministry
Energy See also British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
- Electricity rates
- Hydroelectric power system
Enns, Doug
- Report on budget process and accounting standards (Bellringer, C.) 19:0950
Environment
- Biodiversity protection, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment (Bond) 19:1505 (Glumac) 19:1500
Equalization payments See Transfer payments from federal government under Government
Equity in Action program See Education of Indigenous students under Education
Eslha7an Learning Centre, Squamish, B.C.
Families
- Family violence See Domestic violence under Violence
Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan See Financial statement audit coverage plan under Auditor General
First Nations and Indigenous persons
- Education See Education of Indigenous students under Education
- Residential schools, legacy (Ma) 19:1125-1130
First Nations Education Steering Committee
Fischer, Carl
- Auditor General
- Corrections system
- community corrections, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1500
- Credit rating
- agencies and position on government accounting practices 19:0945
- Government
- accounting practices
- financial reporting
- transfer payments from federal government 19:0930-0940
- Lianga, Diane, work as accountant commended 19:0925
FNESC See First Nations Education Steering Committee
Gaston, Malcolm
- Auditor General
- audit services
- performance audit coverage plan 19:1420
- Violence
Gender equity office
Glumac, Rick (Port Moody–Coquitlam)
- Auditor General
- recommendations
- implementation and action plan progress assessments 19:1500
- Environment
- biodiversity protection, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1500
Government
- Accounting practices
- deferral of government transfers revenue for capital projects (Bellringer, C.) 19:0920-0925, 19:0940-0955 (Bond) 19:0955, 19:1005-1010 (Bourne, P.) 19:0910-0920 (Dean) 19:0940-0945 (Fischer, C.) 19:0930-0950, 19:1005-1010 (Jones, R.) 19:0950 (Lianga, D.) 19:0925 (Sultan) 19:0945-0950 (Yap) 19:0930-0935
- generally accepted accounting principles See Accounting standards, public sector accounting standards under Accountants
- use of accounting standards (Bellringer, C.) 19:0920-0925, 19:0950 (Bourne, P.) 19:0910 (Fischer, C.) 19:0940-0950 (Sultan) 19:0950
- use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts (Bellringer, C.) 19:0910, 19:0920-0925, 19:1000-1005 (Bond) 19:0955-1005 (Bourne, P.) 19:0910-0915 (Lianga, D.) 19:0925
- Equalization payments See Transfer payments from federal government below
- Financial reporting
- Transfer payments from federal government (Fischer, C.) 19:0930-0940 (Yap) 19:0930-0935
Health care system
- Emergency health services
Hydroelectricity See Hydroelectric power under Energy
Jones, Russ
- Accountants
- accounting standards
- standard on government transfers 19:0950
- Government
- accounting practices
- deferral of government transfers revenue for capital projects 19:0950
- financial reporting
- Auditor General review for 2018-19 and qualification 19:0950
Justice system
- Information management, JUSTIN system
- Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment (Pierce, L.) 19:1455
JUSTIN system See Information management under Justice system
LEA See Education of Indigenous students, local education agreements under Education
Legislative Assembly Management Committee
Legislature
Lianga, Diane
- As subject
- work as accountant commended (Fischer, C.) 19:0925
- Government
- accounting practices
- deferral of government transfers revenue for capital projects 19:0925
- use of rate-regulated accounting and deferral accounts 19:0925
- financial reporting, Auditor General review for 2018-19 and government response 19:0925
Ma, Bowinn (North Vancouver–Lonsdale)
- B.C. Hydro
- B.C. Tripartite Education Agreement
- Education
- curriculum
- education of Indigenous students
- school completion certificate program 19:1130
- Eslha7an Learning Centre
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- School districts
- capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1130
McCrea, Jennifer
- B.C. Tripartite Education Agreement 19:1135-1140
- Education
- education of Indigenous students
- school completion certificate program 19:1135
- Education funding, Indigenous education 19:1205, 19:1215
- First Nations Education Steering Committee, activities 19:1200-1205
- School districts, capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1135-1140, 19:1205, 19:1215
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, impact on education initiatives 19:1200
- UN declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, impact on education initiatives 19:1200
MacDonald, Scott
- B.C. Tripartite Education Agreement
- Education
- curriculum, Indigenous content 19:1050, 19:1120
- education of Indigenous students
- school completion certificate program 19:1050
- Education funding, Indigenous education 19:1100-1105, 19:1210
- Education Ministry
- First Nations Education Steering Committee, activities 19:1045, 19:1105, 19:1115
- School districts, capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1055-1120, 19:1130-1135, 19:1210
- Teachers
- Tsal'alhmec Nation, lands, location and access to education for students 19:1155
Mines and mining industry
- Compliance and enforcement
- Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment (Pierce, L.) 19:1455
Morison, Kip
- B.C. Hydro, cybersecurity management
- Energy, hydroelectric power system
Motions and resolutions
- Motion to approve request re WorkSafeBC avalanche safety program, approved 19:1450
Mount Meager
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Pierce, Laura
- Auditor General
- recommendations, implementation and action plan progress assessments 19:1450-1455
- Corrections system, community corrections, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1455
- Justice system
- information management, JUSTIN system, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1455
- Mines and mining industry
- compliance and enforcement, Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1455
Prisons, prisoners, etc. See Corrections system
PSAB See Public Sector Accounting Board
PSAS See Accounting standards, public sector accounting standards under Accountants
Public Accounts Committee
Public Sector Accounting Board
Residential schools See First Nations and Indigenous persons
Ryan-Lloyd, Kate
- As subject
- Auditor General
- recommendations
- implementation and action plan progress assessments 19:1510
- Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation
- Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
- Legislative Assembly Management Committee
- review of Auditor General reports 19:1435
- Legislature
- financial reporting, Auditor General review 19:1435
- performance audit by Auditor General 19:1435
- Public Accounts Committee
Schafer, Jessica
- Education, education of Indigenous students
- School districts, capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1140
School boards See School districts
School districts
- Capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions (Bond) 19:1205-1215 (Dean) 19:1140 (Ma) 19:1130 (McCrea, J.) 19:1135-1140, 19:1205, 19:1215 (MacDonald, S.) 19:1055-1120, 19:1130-1135, 19:1210 (Schafer, J.) 19:1140 (Thornthwaite) 19:1115-1120 (Yap) 19:1140 (Yearwood-Lee, E.) 19:1040
- Financial reporting, Auditor General review (Bellringer, C.) 19:0905 (Dean) 19:0905
Select standing committees
Seton Portage–Shalalth area
Site C power project
- Auditor General review (Bellringer, C.) 19:1415
Squamish Nation
Subcommittee on agenda and procedure See Public Accounts Committee
Sultan, Ralph (West Vancouver–Capilano)
- As subject
- Auditor General
- Avalanches
- B.C. Hydro
- Credit rating
- agencies and position on government accounting practices 19:0945
- Education
- education of Indigenous students
- Energy
- hydroelectric power system
- Government
- accounting practices
- deferral of government transfers revenue for capital projects 19:0945-0950
- use of accounting standards 19:0950
- financial reporting
- Auditor General review for 2018-19 and qualification 19:0945-0950
- Health care system
- emergency health services
- Auditor General review and action plan progress assessment 19:1520
- Mount Meager
- Public Accounts Committee
- correspondence from B.C. Emergency Health Services 19:1520
- subcommittee on agenda and procedure 19:1515
- Tsal'alhmec Nation
- lands, location and access to education for students 19:1150-1155
Teachers
Thornthwaite, Jane (North Vancouver–Seymour)
- Auditor General
- recommendations
- implementation and action plan progress assessments 19:1500
- B.C. Hydro
- B.C. Teachers Federation
- Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
- Education
- education of Indigenous students
- School districts
- capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1115-1120
- Teachers
- professional development days and Indigenous education 19:1120
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
- Impact on education initiatives (McCrea, J.) 19:1200
Tsal'alhmec Nation
- Lands, location and access to education for students (MacDonald, S.) 19:1155 (Sultan) 19:1150-1155
Williams Lake, B.C.
- Indigenous teacher training pilot program (Bond) 19:1215
WorkSafeBC
- Avalanche safety program, Auditor General review See Safety program, Auditor General review under Avalanches
Yap, John (Richmond-Steveston)
- Accountants
- B.C. Hydro
- Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation
- Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees
- 2019 conference in Niagara-on-the-Lake, B.C. delegation 19:1535
- letter of welcome to new public accounts committees 19:1535
- Education
- education of Indigenous students
- Auditor General review 19:1140
- government strategy and outcomes 19:1140
- Government
- accounting practices
- deferral of government transfers revenue for capital projects 19:0930-0935
- financial reporting
- Auditor General review for 2018-19 and qualification 19:0930-0935
- transfer payments from federal government 19:0930-0935
- Public Accounts Committee
- Ryan-Lloyd, Kate
- position with Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees 19:1535
- School districts
- capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1140
- U.K.
Yearwood-Lee, Emily
- As subject
- experience as student in First Nations class pilot 19:1040-1045
- B.C. Tripartite Education
- Agreement, provisions on Indigenous education initiatives 19:1035-1040
- Education
- curriculum, Indigenous content 19:1035-1045
- education of Indigenous students
- school completion certificate program 19:1035
- Education funding, Indigenous education 19:1040
- School districts, capacity for Indigenous student initiatives, support and interventions 19:1040
- Teachers, professional development days and Indigenous education 19:1040
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