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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Faculty See Post-secondary institutions
Fairbairn, Brett

Presentation to committee on behalf of Thompson Rivers University 121:1030-1035, 121:1050-1055
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
economic recovery, role of post-secondary education 121:1030
post-secondary education impact and supports
impact and supports 121:1055
international student enrolment 121:1050
Post-secondary education
funding 121:1030-1035
remote and online learning 121:1055
Thompson Rivers University
enrolment and students 121:1030, 121:1050
funding for facilities and supports 121:1035
operations and COVID-19 impact 121:1030, 121:1055
Family Services of Greater Vancouver See also Kirkpatrick, Karin

Presentation to committee 120:1550-1555, 120:1605
Faoro, Paul

Presentation to committee on behalf of CUPE, B.C. division 107:1015-1035
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic, paid sick leave 107:1030-1035
Education funding
funding 107:1020
independent schools 107:1020-1030
Employment and unemployment, precarious employment and income insecurity 107:1030-1035
Libraries, services and funding 107:1015
Post-secondary education funding 107:1015-1020
Farming See Agriculture
FASD See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fawkes-Kirby, Tanya

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, B.C. chapter 112:0905-0910, 112:0935
Children and youth
special needs children, access to services 112:0910
Health care system
primary health care, team-based care 112:0910
Occupational therapists
role in health care system and funding for services 112:0905-0910
Federation of Community Social Services of British Columbia See also FitzZaland, Rick

Presentation to committee 120:1530-1540
Federation of Independent School Associations in British Columbia See also Chisholm, Shawn

Presentation to committee 118:0905-0910, 118:0920
Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia See also Cosco, Frank

Presentation to committee 122:1530-1535, 122:1555
Fernie, B.C.

New school proposal (Johns, C.) 117:1405, 117:1425
Ferries and ferry services

Inland ferries, Kootenay Lake ferry (Ducs, D.) 109:1610
Ferris, Craig

Presentation to committee on behalf of Law Society of B.C. 110:1520-1525, 110:1535-1540
Abella, Rosalie, comments on court system 110:1520
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic, impact and government response
justice system and legal processes 110:1520-1525
Justice system
accessibility 110:1520-1525
courts and court services
funding 110:1525
reforms and use of technology 110:1520-1525, 110:1535-1540
Legal documents, remote processing 110:1520-1525
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Services and supports, review (Charlesworth, J.) 103:0910
Film industry

COVID-19 impact See Impact and government response under COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
Diversity, equity and inclusion (Friesen, T.) 119:0910, 119:0930 (Karanja, N.) 119:1040-1050 (Klapwyk, P.) 119:0915, 119:0925
Government investment and federal funding (D'Eith) 119:0930 (Friesen, T.) 119:0910, 119:0930
Industry and investment (Klapwyk, P.) 119:0915-0920
Role in economy (Klapwyk, P.) 119:0915
Tax credits (Klapwyk, P.) 119:0920
Tax credits and equity incentive proposal (D'Eith) 119:1050 (Karanja, N.) 119:1040-1050
Workers (Klapwyk, P.) 119:0915
Finance and Government Services Committee

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair (Barnett) 100:0820 (D'Eith) 100:0820 (Simons) 100:0820 (Sourial, S.) 100:0820
In-camera proceedings, motions to move in camera See Motions and resolutions
Membership change (D'Eith) 100:0925
Motions See Motions and resolutions
Prebudget consultation
coverage of food security issues (D'Eith) 108:1135 (Goldt, E.) 108:1110 (Leonard) 108:1130 (Prato, M.) 108:1125 (Stafford, J.) 108:1115
process (D'Eith) 106:1500, 106:1530, 106:1600, 132:0920
process, change to timeline and COVID-19 impact (James) 106:1500-1505, 106:1520
thematic format (Balabanowicz, J.) 116:1430 (D'Eith) 116:1535
virtual meetings (Campbell, R.) 114:1450
Public hearings, presenters thanked (D'Eith) 122:1720
Recommendations, implementation (Jones, S.) 115:1130
Reports
budget consultation report (Barnett) 131:0915 (D'Eith) 131:0915 (Leonard) 131:0915
statutory officers budget report (Leonard) 101:1115, 132:0920
statutory officers interim report (Barnett) 106:1455 (Coleman) 106:1455 (D'Eith) 106:1455
Review of statutory officers See also particular statutory officers
annual budget process (Simons) 132:0920
interim status review, report See Reports above
Work of committee
2020 planning (D'Eith) 100:0820 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 100:0820 (Sourial, S.) 100:0820
members and staff thanked (Clovechok) 122:1720, 131:0915 (D'Eith) 101:1000, 104:0955, 122:1400-1405, 122:1720, 131:0915, 132:0920
Finance Ministry

Minister See James, Hon. Carole (Victoria–Beacon Hill)
Financial services industry

Business loans (Delaney, B.) 109:1535 (Han, H.) 109:1535 (Leonard) 109:1535
Business loans, COVID-19 emergency fund See Business impact and supports, Canada business emergency account under COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
Credit unions (Barnett) 109:1530 (Coleman) 109:1535 (Han, H.) 109:1515, 109:1535
Sustainable finance
expert panel report (Roberts, C.) 116:1605
green bonds (Roberts, C.) 116:1605
First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition See also Montani, Adrienne

Presentation to committee 121:0920-0925
First Nations and Indigenous persons

Aboriginal rights and title (Tavender, R.) 116:1710
Artists See Arts and culture
Children and youth
services for children and families (Charlesworth, J.) 103:0925-0930 (Dean) 103:0925
youth programs and funding (Barnett) 112:1150 (Gibson, E.) 112:1135-1140, 112:1150 (Tallio, J.) 112:1135
Education See Education of Indigenous persons under Post-secondary education
Friendship centres, funding and services (Barnett) 114:1415 (Kishi, R.) 114:1420 (Leonard) 114:1415 (Rankin, G.) 114:1405-1420
Health care services See Services for Indigenous persons under Health care system
Indigenous protected and conservation areas See Environment; Parks
Involvement with justice system See particular topics under Corrections system; Justice system
Lands and concepts of ownership (Tavender, R.) 116:1710
Language preservation and revitalization (Alkenbrack, B.) 113:1020 (Crowley, S.) 113:1020 (Dean) 113:1020 (Palmer, R.) 113:1020
Programs and services, funding (Rankin, G.) 114:1405-1420
Reconciliation
government action and implementation of recommendations (Charlesworth, J.) 103:0915
public awareness and education (Crowley, S.) 113:1015
reconciliation (FitzZaland, R.) 120:1530-1535 (Pedersen, L.) 115:1005
use of territorial acknowledgments (Kelly, B.) 119:1120
Rights (Govender, K.) 103:0955
Women, missing and murdered women national inquiry See National inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls
Youth See Children and youth above
First Nations Health Authority

Consultation on arthritis triage tool (Basque, C.) 113:0825 (Dean) 113:0825
FISA See Federation of Independent School Associations in British Columbia
Fischer, Stephanie

Presentation to committee on behalf of Capitol Theatre Restoration Society 119:1035
Arts and culture
creative sector 119:1035
government funding and support 119:1035
health and social benefits 119:1035
venues, theatres 119:1035
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
impact and government response, arts organizations and creative sector 119:1035
Fish

Habitat protection See also Wildlife; Stream flow protection under Rivers and streams
(Zuckerman, C.) 115:0930-0935
Salmon
habitat protection and federal role (Azeez, L.) 115:0940 (D'Eith) 115:0940
habitat protection and funding (Azeez, L.) 115:0915-0920, 115:0940 (Snyder, D.) 115:0925
protection and role in economy (Skuce, N.) 116:1530-1535
restoration and innovation fund and projects (Azeez, L.) 115:0915-0920, 115:0940
Fishing industry

Licence fee revenues, allocation (Snyder, D.) 115:0920-0925
FitzZaland, Rick

Presentation to committee on behalf of Federation of Community Social Services of B.C. 120:1530-1540
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
impact and government response, community social services sector 120:1530-1535
First Nations and Indigenous persons, reconciliation 120:1530-1535
Social welfare
community social services sector
contracts and procurement process 120:1530, 120:1540
financial accountability 120:1540
funding and sustainability 120:1530-1535
Indigenous organizations 120:1530-1535
reforms 120:1535-1540
social programs and services, client-centred and holistic approach 120:1540
Social Services Sector Roundtable 120:1530-1535
Social workers, community social services workers
wages and union differential 120:1530, 120:1540
FiveX Festival See 5X Festival
Flip the Script program See Sexual assault under Sexual violence
Floods and floodplains

Flood insurance (D'Eith) 110:1630 (Sutherland, A.) 110:1630
Flood management and infrastructure, investment and fish habitat improvements (Azeez, L.) 115:0915-0920, 115:0940 (D'Eith) 115:0940
Orphan dikes (Kozakevich, K.) 110:1605
Preparedness and mitigation (Kozakevich, K.) 110:1605-1610 (Sutherland, A.) 110:1600
Flu See Influenza virus
FNMIR See Indigenous relations team under Representative for Children and Youth
Food and food industry

Diet and nutrition (Cody, J.) 108:1120
Food literacy (Gambling, S.) 117:1415
Food programs in schools See Education
Food security
childhood food insecurity and funding for program (King, E.) 121:1125-1130
COVID-19 impact See Impact and government response under COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
emergency management See Emergencies
food security (Koutsodimos, R.) 111:0905 (Leonard) 117:1510 (Mezei, J.) 117:1500-1505, 117:1515 (Palmer Isaak, K.) 117:1510-1515
funding for initiatives (Cody, J.) 108:1120-1125 (Goldt, E.) 108:1110-1115 (Prato, M.) 108:1125-1130 (Sherritt, D.) 120:1455 (Stafford, J.) 108:1115-1120
role of hunting (Eyers, D.) 115:0925-0930
task force recommendations (Ens, R.) 108:1010-1015
Food supply during COVID-19, Auditor General review See Impact and government response, supply chain under COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
Food systems, resilience (Ens, R.) 108:1010 (Goldt, E.) 108:1110-1115
Healthy eating See Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness
Locally grown food (Cody, J.) 108:1125 (O'Hara, H.) 108:1045
Locally grown food and infrastructure (Prato, M.) 108:1130
Meat-processing facilities, cooperative model proposal (Boon, K.) 108:1025 (Leonard) 108:1025
Regional food hubs (Cody, J.) 108:1125 (Goldt, E.) 108:1110-1115 (Stafford, J.) 108:1120
Tree fruit industry and replant program (D'Eith) 108:1025 (Lucas, G.) 108:1015, 108:1025-1030
Worker wages (Prato, M.) 108:1130
Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.

Funding and services (Metcalfe, J.) 110:1530
Forests and forest industry

Access to fibre, pulp and paper sector See Pulp and paper sector below
Access to underutilized fibre See Utilization below
Bioenergy See Energy
COVID-19 impact See Impact and government response under COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
Exports and markets (Hanacek, M.) 108:0955
Forest management and practices
management for tourism values (Strawson, A.) 115:1015-1020
sustainability (Peart, B.) 115:1120
Landscape-level planning, forage development (Boon, K.) 108:1025
Old-growth forests
protection (Burkhart, T.) 116:1525
protection and First Nations sustainable economic development as an alternative to logging (Inness, A.) 116:1520-1525
Private lands
access to markets (Hanacek, M.) 108:0955
costs and role in economy (Hanacek, M.) 108:0950-0955
managed forest land status and property assessment (Hanacek, M.) 108:0950-0955
Pulp and paper sector
access to fibre (Lindstrom, R.) 108:0935-0940, 108:1005 (Simons) 108:0955 (Skene, B.) 108:0945-1000
clean energy and environmental initiatives (Skene, B.) 108:0940-0945
clean energy initiatives (Lindstrom, R.) 108:0940
costs and conditions (Lindstrom, R.) 108:0935, 108:1005 (Skene, B.) 108:0940-1000
COVID-19 impact See Impact and government response, forest industry under COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic
diversification funding (Lindstrom, R.) 108:0940
hemp as source of fibre (Hanacek, M.) 108:1000 (Simons) 108:0955
Utilization of marginal forest stands and wood (Lindstrom, R.) 108:0940, 108:1005 (Skene, B.) 108:0945-0950, 108:1000
Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Ministry

Budget, invasive species management (Stewart, B.) 115:0845
Fort St. John, B.C.

Better at Home program seniors hotline (Little, M.) 112:1045 (Weber, G.) 112:1045
Health care services and seniors care facilities (Little, M.) 112:1030-1035
Seniors housing and care facilities (Weber, G.) 112:1035-1040
FortisBC See also Stout, Doug

Presentation to committee 116:1445-1450, 116:1505
Study on natural gas system (Stout, D.) 116:1505
Tilbury LNG facility, operations and expansion (Stout, D.) 116:1445
Fostering Change See also Russell, Susan

Presentation to committee 121:0850-0855
France

Champagne region and appellation (McCann, C.) 116:1635
Fraser, Paul

Service as Conflict of Interest Commissioner (D'Eith) 102:1040
Fraser River

Flood controls and salmon habitat restoration (Azeez, L.) 115:0915-0920
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board See also Schacter, Joel

Presentation to committee 118:1025-1035, 118:1045-1050
Freedom of information See also Information and Privacy Commissioner

Access to information during COVID-19 pandemic (McEvoy, M.) 102:0950-0955
Requests for information, process (McEvoy, M.) 102:0950
Freshwater Fisheries Society of British Columbia

Funding and operations (Snyder, D.) 115:0920-0925
Friesen, Tracy

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Media Producers Association, B.C. branch 119:0910, 119:0930
Arts and culture, government funding and support 119:0910
Creative B.C., funding 119:0910
Film industry
diversity, equity and inclusion 119:0910, 119:0930
government investment and federal funding 119:0910, 119:0930
Frizzell, Garth

Presentation to committee on behalf of city of Prince George 107:0935-0940, 107:0955-1000
B.C. by region, northern B.C., high-speed Internet service 107:0935
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic, impact and government response, local government 107:0935-0940, 107:0955
Information and communications technology, high-speed Internet service, connectivity issues for remote and rural communities 107:0935
Local government, funding 107:0935-0940
Prince George
city government
COVID-19 impact on revenues 107:0935-0940
COVID-19 response 107:0935-0940, 107:0955
transit services, COVID-19 impact and ridership 107:0935
vulnerable populations and opioid crisis initiative 107:0940, 107:0955-1000
Substance use and addiction, opioid overdoses, response 107:0940, 107:0955-1000
From Marginalized to Magnified: Youth Homelessness Solutions from Those with Lived Expertise report See Reports, youth homelessness under Representative for Children and Youth
Fuel

Gasoline
taxation and pay-as-you-drive model (Barnett) 114:1540-1545 (Diller, E.) 114:1540-1545
taxation and revenues (Barnett) 116:1420-1425
Hydrogen fuel cell technology, development and road map (Woynillowicz, D.) 116:1420
Use of diverted waste materials as fuel source (McSweeney, M.) 116:1455-1500
Fuller, Colleen

Presentation to committee on behalf of REACH Community Health Centre 112:1105-1110, 112:1120
COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease) pandemic, impact and response, community health centres 112:1105
Health
social determinants 112:1105
Health care facilities and hospitals
community health centres 112:1105-1110, 112:1120
Health care funding
funding model for community primary care clinics 112:1105-1110
Health care system
services for Indigenous persons 112:1120
REACH Community Health Centre
Indigenous involvement and services 112:1120
operations and COVID-19 impact 112:1105

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