Province of British Columbia
38th Parliament – 2007
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

Air

Greenhouse gas emissions
reduction, role of municipalities (Pallesen, D.) 56:1355 (Simpson, B.) 56:1355
Aq'am Community Care Home

Operations (Clarke, K.) 56:1310

Bennett, Bill (East Kootenay)

As subject
work on constituency forestry issues 56:1325
Children, child care
funding 56:1215
Climate change
action on climate change, role of small business 56:1355
East Kootenay constituency and area
child care services 56:1215
First nations
health care, public health services in first nations communities 56:1315
Housing
affordable housing, government action 56:1435-40
Bonell, Kathy

B.C., northern and rural B.C., child care services 56:1210
Budgets, 2006-07 budget statements on children's services, government action 56:1205-10
Children, child care
economic and social benefits 56:1210
funding 56:1205-15
workers, financial assistance with education costs 56:1210
workers, wages and working conditions 56:1215-20
Children, early childhood development, early childhood educators, training 56:1210
East Kootenay constituency and area, child care services 56:1210-15
Boundary area See West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area
British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.

Child care services (Bonell, K.) 56:1210
Post-secondary education, colleges See particular institutions
Post-secondary education, funding of colleges See Post-secondary education – Funding
Social services agencies in rural B.C., funding and service delivery (Jarrett, A.) 56:1250-305 (Ralston) 56:1305 (Simpson, B.) 56:1300
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Position on minimum wage See Minimum wage, position of B.C. chambers of commerce under Wages and salaries
Budgets

2006-07 budget
statements on children's services, government action (Bonell, K.) 56:1205-10
2008-09 budget
forecast allowance and surplus (Hawes) 56:1350 (Horgan) 56:1345-50 (Pallesen, D.) 56:1345-50
Business – Small business

Taxation for climate change initiatives See Action on climate change, role of small business under Climate change

Calder, Michael

Children, child care
funding 56:1415
workers, supply and wages 56:1415
Cranbrook, demographics and population growth 56:1405
Kootenay area, East Kootenays, current conditions 56:1400-5
Property transfer tax, recommendations for changes 56:1405
Sales tax, harmonization with goods and services tax 56:1405
Taxation, competitive tax system 56:1405-10
TILMA, impact on labour mobility 56:1405
Wages and salaries, minimum wage 56:1410
Wills, probate fees 56:1410
Castlegar and District Community Services Society

Budget and staffing (Hayer) 56:1425 (Horgan) 56:1425 (Jackson, R.) 56:1420-5
Operations (Jackson, R.) 56:1420
Programs and services See also Services, Dinners at Home program under Interior Health Authority
(Jackson, R.) 56:1420-5
Children

Child care See Children – Child care
Children – Child care

Accessibility, impact on labour market (Kwan) 56:1350 (Pallesen, D.) 56:1355
Economic and social benefits (Bonell, K.) 56:1210
Funding
funding (Bennett) 56:1215 (Bonell, K.) 56:1205-15 (Calder, M.) 56:1415 (Kwan) 56:1415
Workers
financial assistance with education costs (Bonell, K.) 56:1210
supply and wages (Calder, M.) 56:1415 (Kwan) 56:1410-15
wages and working conditions (Bonell, K.) 56:1215-20
Children – Early childhood development

Early childhood educators See also Workers under Children – Child care
Early childhood educators, training (Bonell, K.) 56:1210
Clarke, Kathy

As subject
experience as nursing student and community health nurse 56:1305-15
Aq'am Community Care Home, operations 56:1310
College of the Rockies, programs, training programs for first nations 56:1310
First nations, health care
home care training 56:1310
public health services in first nations communities 56:1315
Ktunaxa Kinbasket Child and Family Services, community health services 56:1315
Climate change

Action on climate change
role of post-secondary institutions (Liepa, I.) 56:1220, 56:1230-5 (Simpson, B.) 56:1235
role of small business (Bennett) 56:1355 (Kwan) 56:1400 (Pallesen, D.) 56:1355-400
Greenhouse gas emissions See Air
College of the Rockies, Cranbrook, B.C.

College expansion (Hayer) 56:1230 (Liepa, I.) 56:1235 (Rubidge, N.) 56:1235-40
Enrolment (Rubidge, N.) 56:1245
Funding (Liepa, I.) 56:1225 (Ralston) 56:1250 (Rubidge, N.) 56:1250
International student exchange agreements (Ralston) 56:1250 (Rubidge, N.) 56:1250
Operations (Rubidge, N.) 56:1240
Programs, training programs for first nations (Clarke, K.) 56:1310
Role in local communities and economy (Liepa, I.) 56:1220-5 (Rubidge, N.) 56:1245
Solar-heated facility (Rubidge, N.) 56:1235
Colleges See Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
Cranbrook, B.C.

Demographics and population growth (Calder, M.) 56:1405 (Hayer) 56:1400 (Pallesen, D.) 56:1400

East Kootenay constituency and area

Child care services (Bennett) 56:1215 (Bonell, K.) 56:1210-15 (Kwan) 56:1215 (Ralston) 56:1215

Fernie, B.C.

Homelessness in area (Goertzen, A.) 56:1435
First nations

Health care, home care training (Clarke, K.) 56:1310
Health care, public health services in first nations communities (Bennett) 56:1315 (Clarke, K.) 56:1315
Food

Dinners at Home program See Services under Interior Health Authority
Forests and forest industry

Government forest policy (Hromadnik, T.) 56:1325 (Simpson, B.) 56:1325
Interior forest industry, current conditions (Hromadnik, T.) 56:1325
Market pricing system See Timber pricing below under this main heading
Mills, industry profit margins (Hromadnik, T.) 56:1320
Mountain pine beetle infestation
impact on timber supply (Hromadnik, T.) 56:1320
Timber pricing, market pricing system (Hromadnik, T.) 56:1320-5 (Simpson, B.) 56:1325

Goertzen, Andrea

Fernie, homelessness in area 56:1435
Housing
affordable housing, government action 56:1435
social and subsidized housing, residential construction 56:1440
Income disparity in B.C. 56:1435
Goods and services tax

Harmonization with provincial sales tax See Sales tax
Greenhouse gas See Air

Hawes, Randy (Maple Ridge–Mission)

Budgets
2008-09 budget
forecast allowance and surplus 56:1350
Interior Health Authority
services, Dinners at Home program 56:1430
Post-secondary education
enrolment levels, relationship to economic cycle 56:1245
Recycling
programs, funding 56:1350
Wages and salaries
minimum wage 56:1410
Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)

Castlegar and District Community Services Society
budget and staffing 56:1425
College of the Rockies
college expansion 56:1230
Cranbrook
demographics and population growth 56:1400
Health – Public health

Services on first nations reserves See Health care under First nations
Home care

Services for first nations See Health care under First nations
Homes B.C. See Social and subsidized housing, residential construction under Housing
Horgan, John (Malahat–Juan de Fuca)

Budgets
2008-09 budget
forecast allowance and surplus 56:1345-50
Castlegar and District Community Services Society
budget and staffing 56:1425
Housing

Affordable housing
government action (Bennett) 56:1435-40 (Goertzen, A.) 56:1435
Social and subsidized housing
residential construction (Goertzen, A.) 56:1440 (Kwan) 56:1440
Hromadnik, Troy

Forests and forest industry
government forest policy 56:1325
interior forest industry, current conditions 56:1325
mills, industry profit margins 56:1320
mountain pine beetle infestation, impact on timber supply 56:1320
timber pricing, market pricing system 56:1320-5
Tembec Enterprises, position on B.C. forest industry issues 56:1315-25

Income

Income disparity in B.C. (Goertzen, A.) 56:1435
Interior Health Authority

Services, Dinners at Home program (Hawes) 56:1430 (Jackson, R.) 56:1425-30 (Kwan) 56:1430

Jackson, Robert

Castlegar and District Community Services Society
budget and staffing 56:1420-5
operations 56:1420
programs and services 56:1420-5
Interior Health Authority, services, Dinners at Home program 56:1425-30
Welfare, social services agencies, government contracts and funding 56:1415-30
Jarrett, Andrew

B.C., northern and rural B.C.
social services agencies in rural B.C., funding and service delivery 56:1250-305
Kootenay Boundary Regional Resources Cooperative, activities 56:1250, 56:1300-5
Salmo, social services in area 56:1255, 56:1305
Welfare, social services agencies, funding for cost-of-living increases 56:1300
West Kootenay-Boundary constituency and area, social services 56:1250, 56:1300-5

Kootenay area See also East Kootenay constituency and area; West Kootenay–Boundary constituency and area

East Kootenays, current conditions (Calder, M.) 56:1400-5
Kootenay Boundary Regional Resources Cooperative

Activities (Jarrett, A.) 56:1250, 56:1300-5
Ktunaxa Kinbasket Child and Family Services

Community health services (Clarke, K.) 56:1315
Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant)

Children, child care
accessibility, impact on labour market 56:1350
funding 56:1415
workers, supply and wages 56:1410-15
Climate change
action on climate change, role of small business 56:1400
East Kootenay constituency and area
child care services 56:1215
Housing
social and subsidized housing, residential construction 56:1440
Interior Health Authority
services, Dinners at Home program 56:1430
Welfare
social services agencies, funding 56:1300

Liepa, Ingrid

Climate change, action on climate change, role of post-secondary institutions 56:1220, 56:1230-5
College of the Rockies
college expansion 56:1235
funding 56:1225
role in local communities and economy 56:1220-5
Post-secondary education, funding
funding for northern and rural colleges 56:1225-35
Wildsight, environmental initiatives 56:1220-5

Minimum wage See Wages and salaries

Pallesen, Denise

Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, role of municipalities 56:1355
Budgets, 2008-09 budget, forecast allowance and surplus 56:1345-50
Children, child care accessibility, impact on labour market 56:1355
Climate change, emissions trading, tax on small business 56:1355-400
Cranbrook, demographics and population growth 56:1400
Recycling programs, funding 56:1345-50
Sales tax, harmonization with goods and services tax 56:1345
Wages and salaries, minimum wage, position of B.C. chambers of commerce 56:1345
Post-secondary education

Enrolment levels
relationship to economic cycle (Hawes) 56:1245 (Rubidge, N.) 56:1245
Funding See Post-secondary education – Funding
Post-secondary education – Funding

Funding for colleges, northern and rural colleges (Liepa, I.) 56:1225-35 (Rubidge, N.) 56:1245
Targeted funding for climate change initiatives See Action on climate change, role of post-secondary institutions under Climate change
Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes

Colleges
role in economy and society (Rubidge, N.) 56:1245
Community colleges See Colleges above under this main heading
Funding See Post-secondary education – Funding
Probate fees See Wills
Property transfer tax

Recommendations for changes (Calder, M.) 56:1405

Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

B.C., northern and rural B.C.
social services agencies in rural B.C., funding and service delivery 56:1305
College of the Rockies
funding 56:1250
international student exchange agreements 56:1250
East Kootenay constituency and area
child care services 56:1215
Recycling

Programs, funding (Hawes) 56:1350 (Pallesen, D.) 56:1345-50
Rubidge, Nicholas (Nick)

College of the Rockies
college expansion 56:1235-40
enrolment 56:1245
funding 56:1250
international student exchange agreements 56:1250
operations 56:1240
role in local communities and economy 56:1245
solar-heated facility 56:1235
Post-secondary education
enrolment levels, relationship to economic cycle 56:1245
Post-secondary education, funding
funding for northern and rural colleges 56:1245
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
colleges, role in economy and society 56:1245

St. Mary's First Nation

Aq'am Community Care Home See Aq'am Community Care Home
Sales tax

Harmonization with goods and services tax (Calder, M.) 56:1405 (Pallesen, D.) 56:1345
Salmo, B.C.

Social services in area (Jarrett, A.) 56:1255, 56:1305
Simpson, Bob (Cariboo North)

Air
greenhouse gas emissions
reduction, role of municipalities 56:1355
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
social services agencies in rural B.C., funding and service delivery 56:1300
Climate change
action on climate change, role of post-secondary institutions 56:1235
Forests and forest industry
government forest policy 56:1325
timber pricing, market pricing system 56:1325
Social services See Welfare
Social services tax See Sales tax
Stumpage system See Timber pricing under Forests and forest industry

Taxation

Competitive tax system (Calder, M.) 56:1405-10
Property transfer tax See Property transfer tax
Tembec Enterprises Inc.

Position on B.C. forest industry issues (Hromadnik, T.) 56:1320-5
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement (TILMA)

Impact on labour mobility (Calder, M.) 56:1405

Wages and salaries

Minimum wage (Calder, M.) 56:1410 (Hawes) 56:1410
Minimum wage, position of B.C. chambers of commerce (Pallesen, D.) 56:1345
Welfare

Social services agencies, funding (Jarrett, A.) 56:1300 (Kwan) 56:1300
Social services agencies, government contracts and funding (Jackson, R.) 56:1415-30
Social services in rural areas See particular areas; Social services under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.
West Kootenay-Boundary constituency and area

Social services (Jarrett, A.) 56:1250, 56:1300-5
Wildsight

Environmental initiatives (Liepa, I.) 56:1220-5
Wills

Probate fees (Calder, M.) 56:1410
Winter, John

Comments on minimum wage See Minimum wage, position of B.C. chambers of commerce under Wages and salaries
Workers

Minimum-wage workers See Minimum wage under Wages and salaries

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