41st Parliament – 2020
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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Dairy industry
Dalglish, Cindy
- Presentation to committee 118:0950-0955
- Education, special education and special needs, education assistants and practice standards proposal 118:0950-0955
- Health Employers Association of B.C., proposal for education assistant model 118:0955
Daniell, Craig
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. SPCA 122:1655-1700
- Animal welfare facilities and services, funding 122:1655-1700
- B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic, impact and government response
DataFix
- Voting software vendor (Boegman, A.) 101:1030
Davidson, Kim
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Epilepsy Society 113:0935-0945
- B.C. Epilepsy Society
- Epilepsy, funding for services and treatment 113:0935-0940
- PharmaCare program coverage, Belvara 113:0940
- Ricks, Jared, epilepsy case and death 113:0935
Davis, Alan
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Kwantlen Polytechnic University 121:0950
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic, post-secondary education impact and supports 121:0950
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University, operations and COVID-19 impact 121:0950
- Post-secondary education
- Post-secondary institutions, teaching universities 121:0950
- Surrey, post-secondary education 121:0950
Dawson Creek, B.C.
Dawson Creek Literacy Now See also Mobley, Michele
Dawson Creek Literacy Society See also Mobley, Michele
Deafness See Ear health and hearing impairment
Dean, Mitzi (Esquimalt-Metchosin)
- Arts and culture
- creative sector
- Indigenous artists and culture 119:1010
- Auditor General
- Autism
- gender identity and expression 120:1425
- incidence of mental illness and suicide 120:1425
- Brain health
- brain injuries, link with gender-based violence 113:1050
- Business
- Cement industry
- Portland-limestone cement and use for public projects 116:1500
- Child protection system
- children in government care
- Children and youth
- special needs children
- early intervention services access and wait-lists 120:1425
- Colwood
- cycling infrastructure, Galloping Goose intersection at Colwood Corners 114:1455
- Conflict of Interest Commissioner
- budget and operations
- commissioner position and workload 102:1045
- Construction industry
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
- child care impact and supports 121:0930
- economic recovery
- education system impact and reopening
- employee impact and supports
- equitable recovery 111:1045
- impact
- impact and government response
- post-secondary education impact and supports
- Criminal Code
- review, consultation with sex work groups 110:1500
- Cycling
- Dental health
- Elections
- administration during COVID-19 pandemic 132:0840
- administration, implementation of legislative changes 101:1020
- Elections B.C.
- budget and operations
- supplementary funding request for implementation of legislative changes 101:1020
- Employment and unemployment
- First Nations and Indigenous persons
- children
- services for children and families 103:0925
- language preservation and revitalization 113:1020
- First Nations Health Authority
- consultation on arthritis triage tool 113:0825
- Gender identity
- gender identity and expression, youth 120:1425
- Government
- policy development, equity- and gender-based analysis plus 114:1455
- Health
- research, engagement with diverse and marginalized groups 113:0905
- Health care facilities and hospitals
- Health care system
- health professionals and workers
- High-technology industry
- Inclusion B.C.
- presentation to Children and Youth Committee 118:0955
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- budget and operations
- gender-based analysis plus approach 102:1005
- impact of COVID-19 pandemic 102:1005
- Infrastructure
- government investment 109:1500
- green infrastructure, First Nations involvement 116:1535
- Invasive species
- Labour
- work at office or from home and COVID-19 impact 109:1655
- Literacy
- Indigenous language programs and partnerships 113:1020
- LNG Canada facility project
- community impacts and local engagement 110:1500
- Merit Commissioner
- budget and operations
- gender-based analysis plus approach 104:0950
- Metro Vancouver
- National inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
- New Brunswick, provincial election administration during COVID-19 132:0840
- Ombudsperson
- Police Complaint Commissioner
- budget and operations
- outreach activities, Indigenous community 103:1145
- Post-secondary education
- international students, government strategy proposal 122:1425
- programs and role in economy 121:1055
- Representative for Children and Youth
- Royal Roads University
- Skills training
- Social welfare
- community social services sector
- Sports and recreation
- Transportation
- active transportation and infrastructure, funding 114:1655
- Victoria
- cycling infrastructure and ridership 114:1455
- Whistleblowing
- protection for whistleblowers
- gender and power imbalance issues 104:0925
Decoda Literacy Solutions Society
Decolonization See Decolonization and human rights under Human rights
DeFaveri, Annette
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Library Association 119:1110-1115
- Libraries
D'Eith, Bob (Maple Ridge–Mission)
- As subject
- Agriculture
- Animals
- guide and service dog training and services 120:1505
- Arthritis
- Arts and culture
- creative sector, international distribution and networking 119:0935
- Ashton, Dan (Penticton)
- service as Deputy Chair of committee 100:0925
- Auditor General
- audit services
- budget and operations
- Automobiles
- zero-emission and clean vehicles
- Barnett, Donna
- Beverages and beverage industry
- sugar-sweetened beverages
- Bond, Shirley
- B.C. Arts Council
- B.C. Epilepsy Society
- proposed meeting with Health Minister 113:0945
- B.C. Guide Dog Services
- breeding and training facility proposal and funding 120:1500
- B.C. Principals and Vice-Principals Association
- Cement industry
- Children and youth
- special needs children, respite services 120:1430
- Chiropractors
- role in primary health care system 112:0930
- CleanBC plan
- Clovechok, Doug
- election as Deputy Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 100:0820
- Conflict of Interest Commissioner
- budget and operations
- commissioner appointment and office transition 102:1040
- Construction industry
- prompt payment issues and legislation proposal 109:1505
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
- economic recovery
- education system impact and reopening
- school district costs and funding 117:1510
- front-line workers
- impact
- impact and government response
- information
- communications and outreach to minority language communities 111:1010-1015
- paid sick leave 107:1030
- post-secondary education impact and supports
- testing, serology testing 113:0940
- vaccination plan, role of pharmacies 113:0940
- Cruise ship industry 109:1630
- Cycling
- Dairy industry
- Dental health
- services for low-income persons 112:1005
- Digital media industry
- Dikes
- dike construction program proposal 114:1650
- Ear health and hearing impairment
- early intervention services contract and funding 120:1435
- Education
- principals and vice-principals
- special education and special needs
- Education funding
- Elections
- Elections B.C.
- administration and preparations for elections 132:0850
- budget and operations
- impact of COVID-19 pandemic 101:1010
- Electronic cigarettes and vapour products
- Film industry
- government investment and federal funding 119:0930
- tax credits and equity incentive proposal 119:1050
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- election of Chair and Deputy Chair 100:0820
- membership change 100:0925
- prebudget consultation
- public hearings, presenters thanked 122:1720
- reports
- work of committee
- Fish
- salmon, habitat protection and federal role 115:0940
- Floods and floodplains
- flood insurance 110:1630
- flood management and infrastructure, fish habitat improvements 115:0940
- Food and food industry
- tree fruit industry and replant program 108:1025
- Fraser, Paul
- service as Conflict of Interest Commissioner 102:1040
- Gambling
- casinos, COVID-19 impact and reopening plan 109:1630
- Government
- policy development, gender-based analysis 110:1505
- Gray, Victoria
- appointment as Conflict of Interest Commissioner 102:1040
- Health care system
- Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
- healthy eating, farmers market nutrition and coupon project 108:1055-1100
- Housing
- rental housing
- supply and incentives for developers 118:1050
- social and subsidized housing, initiatives 118:1115
- Human Rights Commissioner
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- treatment centre proposal, costs 113:0830
- Information and communications technology
- cellular phone and Internet services, billing practices 112:1020
- digital literacy and access to technology and training 113:1025
- high-speed Internet service
- Internet service, access to public Internet service during COVID-19 119:1125
- Information and Privacy Commissioner
- Infrastructure
- government investment and role in private sector development 109:1500
- Intellectual property
- rights, funding for securing of rights 109:1540
- James, Carole
- work as Finance Minister commended 106:1520
- Justice system
- courts and court services
- Labour
- Land surveys and titles
- beneficial ownership registry, privacy issues 118:1145
- Land use
- development in areas at risk for natural disasters, prevention 110:1630
- Local government
- housing development approval process 118:1050
- Lower Mainland
- cycling infrastructure and ridership 114:1505
- Merit Commissioner
- appointment of new commissioner and office transition 104:0950
- budget and operations
- impact of COVID-19 pandemic 104:0950
- Mission Institution correctional facility
- Mortgages
- Music industry
- Occupational health and safety
- COVID-19 health and safety services and training, funding 107:1135
- Oil and gas
- Ombudsperson
- Parks and protected areas
- recreational activities, cycling and trail use 115:1020
- Pearson College UWC
- Physicians
- physician assistants, scope of practice and role in health care system 112:0920
- Police and policing
- police complaint process
- coronavirus-related cases and reporting 103:1140
- Police Complaint Commissioner
- Ports
- Post-secondary education
- costs, transportation costs 121:0900
- distance education and online learning
- financial assistance
- tuition waivers for youth transitioning out of government care 121:0900
- textbook supply, open educational resources and textbooks 122:1505
- Post-secondary institutions
- faculty wages and working conditions, contract faculty 122:1630
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Representative for Children and Youth
- Seniors
- Sexual violence
- sexual assault and response, services and funding 110:1410
- Smith, Lynn
- work as acting Conflict of Interest Commissioner 102:1040
- Social welfare
- community social services sector
- Social workers
- community social services workers
- South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority
- Mayors Council and rapid transit plan 114:1540
- Tolls
- Tourism
- Transit services
- handyDART system, funding and COVID-19 impact 114:1545
- Water
- protection of resources, holistic approach 115:1100
Dekovic, Marko
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Global Container Terminals 114:1610, 114:1625
- Global Container Terminals Inc., support for Indigenous rights declaration legislation 114:1610
- Infrastructure, government investment 114:1610
- Ports
- COVID-19 impact, container terminal operators and workers 114:1610, 114:1625
- economic development and ports modernization review 114:1610
- Gateway Transportation Collaboration Forum and projects 114:1610
Delaney, Barry
- Presentation to committee on behalf of SASCU Credit Union 109:1520-1525, 109:1535
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
- business impact and supports
- Canada emergency business account loans and provincial loan program proposal 109:1520-1525
- impact 109:1535
- impact and government response, tourism and hospitality industry 109:1520-1525
- Financial services industry
- Interest rates
- rates in 1980s and impact on businesses 109:1535
- Okanagan area
- North Okanagan, COVID-19 impact on businesses 109:1520
Delta, B.C.
Demers, Eric
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Association of Physician Assistants 112:0910-0915, 112:0925
- As subject
- experience as physician assistant 112:0915
- Physicians
Dental health See also Dentists
Dentists See also Dental health
- COVID-19 impact on dentists and dental offices (Nadolski, A.) 112:1000
- Fees for income assistance recipients (Nadolski, A.) 112:1000
DeRosa, David
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Principals and Vice-Principals Association 117:1620-1640
- B.C. Principals and Vice-Principals Association
- Education
- principals and vice-principals
- system, development and investment 117:1625
Desrochers, Sean
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Vancouver Island University Students Union 122:1450-1455
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
- post-secondary education impact and supports
- international students and tuition fees and revenues 122:1450
- Post-secondary education
- international students, tuition fees and government strategy proposal 122:1450-1455
- Post-secondary institutions
- revenue sources, international students and tuition fees 122:1450-1455
Destination Greater Victoria See also Nursey, Paul
Development cost charges See Land use
Development of land See Land use
Developmental programs See Adult basic education
Dhaliwal, Sav
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Metro Vancouver 107:0945
Diabetes
Dietitians and nutritionists
DigiBC See Interactive and Digital Media Industry Association of British Columbia
Digital literacy See Information and communications technology
Digital media industry
Dikes
Diller, Eric
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Island Transformations Organization 114:1535-1545
- Automobiles, zero-emission and clean vehicles, incentives 114:1545
- Climate change, government action 114:1535
- Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, rail corridor, refurbishment 114:1535
- Fuel, gasoline, taxation and pay-as-you-drive model 114:1540-1545
- Transit services, buses and bus service expansion 114:1535
- Transportation projects, funding and local government role 114:1535
Disability Alliance B.C. See also Pritchard, Erin
Disability benefits See Income assistance
Disabled persons
Disasters See Earthquakes; Emergencies; Floods and floodplains
Discrimination and racism
- Discrimination against LGBTQ2S persons, funding for elimination and prevention (Goodwin, S.) 121:1110-1115
- Discrimination on the basis of poverty (Govender, K.) 103:1010, 103:1025
- Government action on systemic discrimination and racism (Markwick, M.) 110:1645-1650
- Human rights See Human rights
Disease See particular conditions, diseases, etc.
DMOs See Destination marketing organizations under Tourism
Dobrovolny, Jerry
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Metro Vancouver 107:0945-0955
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic, impact and government response, local government 107:0945
- Housing, affordability and supply 107:0945-0955
- Metro Vancouver
- Vancouver, housing, affordability and supply 107:0940-0955
- Water systems and infrastructure 107:0945-0950
Dogs See Animals
Doherty, Eric
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Better Transit Alliance of Greater Victoria 114:1530, 114:1640, 114:1655
- Airports, expansion projects, reduction near urban areas 114:1530, 114:1640
- Climate change, government action 114:1530
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic, economic recovery, green recovery 114:1530, 114:1640
- Cycling, infrastructure and funding 114:1655
- England, cycling infrastructure projects 114:1655
- Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, transportation sector 114:1530, 114:1640
- Transit services
- Transportation projects, reduction of expansion projects near urban areas 114:1530, 114:1640
- Victoria, transit services, expansion 114:1530, 114:1640
Dominguez, Omar
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Vantage Point 120:1625-1630, 120:1650
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
- Health, general well-being, government strategy 120:1650
- Non-profit sector, stabilization fund proposal to address gender inequality 120:1625
- Social welfare
- community social services sector reforms 120:1650
- social programs and services, virtual access and use of technology 120:1625
- support system for vulnerable persons 120:1625
Domtar Inc. See also Skene, Bonny
Dowle, Terry
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Appraisal Institute of Canada, B.C. association 118:1135-1140
- Real estate industry, appraisal and valuation of real estate, data collection 118:1135-1140
Downtown Eastside See Vancouver, B.C.
Downtown Eastside Literacy Roundtable See also Alkenbrack, Betsy
Drugs
Ducs, Dianna
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism 109:1600-1615
- Alberta, visitors to B.C. 109:1605-1610
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
- impact and government response, tourism and hospitality industry 109:1615
- impact and response, tourism and SMART travel 109:1605-1610
- Ferries and ferry services, inland ferries, Kootenay Lake ferry 109:1610
- Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, Wi-Fi for rural communities 109:1605
- Kootenay area, tourism industry and issues 109:1600-1605, 109:1615
- Municipal and regional district tax program 109:1605
- Resorts, resort municipality initiative program 109:1600
- Small business, online operations, government support 109:1605
- Tourism, infrastructure investment for small and rural communities 109:1600-1605
Dunn, Jeremy
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Dairy Association 108:1050-1100
- Agriculture
- government support and infrastructure investment 108:1055
- supply management system 108:1050
- Bulkley Valley, dairy farming 108:1050
- CleanBC plan 108:1100
- Climate change, impact on agriculture and water management 108:1050-1100
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
- impact and response, dairy farming sector 108:1050
- Cowichan Valley, Koksilah watershed
- agriculture and water management 108:1100
- Dairy industry
- Water supply and storage infrastructure 108:1055
Dupasquier, Grace
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Alliance of B.C. Students 122:1405-1410, 122:1425-1435
- BCcampus 122:1405
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
- economic recovery, role of post-secondary education 122:1405
- impact and government response, mental health 122:1435
- post-secondary education impact and supports
- Post-secondary education
- accessibility and affordability 122:1405-1410
- financial assistance, access grant 122:1410
- international students
- open educational resources and textbooks 122:1405
- Post-secondary education funding 122:1405-1410
- Post-secondary institutions, budgets and operations
- COVID-19 impact and deficit budgets 122:1405
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