Province of British Columbia
38th Parliament – 2008
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
INDEX

Backhouse, Doug

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
freight and passenger use, costs and revenues 84:1405
freight transport 84:1355-1410
management of rail corridor 84:1355
rail line infrastructure, investment and support 84:1400-1405
Island Corridor Foundation, organization 84:1355
Southern Railway of B.C. Ltd., role in Vancouver Island rail freight transport 84:1410
Bader, Maureen

B.C. Lottery Corporation, competition with private sector 88:1510
Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, debt reduction 88:1505
Carbon tax, elimination 88:1510
Corporations, elimination of subsidies for green projects 88:1510
Energy
alternative energy sources, research 88:1515
hydroelectric power, government policy on run-of-the-river projects 88:1515
innovative clean energy fund, elimination 88:1510
Europe, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, effectiveness of government action 88:1510
Finance and Government Services Committee recommendations, adoption by government 88:1505
Health, health care system, private services and privatization 88:1510
Income tax, personal and corporate income tax, review 88:1505
Insurance Corporation of B.C., competition with private sector 88:1510
Public debt, paydown of debt 88:1505
BC150 cultural fund See Funding, endowment fund under Arts and culture
BCIT See British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.
Beasley, Steve

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, education and skills training 83:1240
Carbon tax, impact on post-secondary education system 83:1245-1250
Carbon taxes, effectiveness 83:1255
Climate change, government action 83:1255
Debt, personal debt 83:1240
Malaspina Students Union, organization 83:1240
Physicians, training, student costs and debt load 83:1250
Post-secondary education
students, access to transit services 83:1255
students, debt load 83:1240
textbooks 83:1250
tuition fees 83:1240
tuition fees for professional programs 83:1250
Post-secondary education, student financial assistance
grants 83:1245
interest on loans 83:1245
loan reduction program 83:1240
Post-secondary education, funding
federal funding 83:1240
funding formula, per-student funding 83:1245
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
carbon neutrality and green initiatives, impact on institution budgets 83:1245-1250
Vancouver Island University, impact of changes to three-year funding plan 83:1245
Beck, Bruce

Abbotsford
aerospace industry 85:0940
city council, audit and finance committee 85:0930
transportation infrastructure, projects and funding 85:0935
Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), expansion of overpasses in Abbotsford 85:0935
Infrastructure, funding, allocation of funding 85:0935
Bello, Nate

Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition, community transition planning 76:1945
Economic diversification in B.C., federal funding 76:1950
Highway 97, Quesnel bypass proposal 76:1955
Northern Development Initiative Trust, project funding 76:1945
Quesnel
city council, relationship with B.C. government 76:1955
economic development plan and funding 76:1950
economy and population 76:1940
resource industry development in area 76:1955
tourism 76:1955
Resources and resource industries, forest-dependent communities
community forums 76:1950
government support for local transition initiatives 76:1945-1950
Belmont Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.

Enrolment (Fox, B.) 84:1145 (Lockyer, D.) 84:1145 (Rustad) 84:1145
Impact of enrolment increases (Fox, B.) 84:1140 (Horgan) 84:1140 (Lockyer, D.) 84:1140 (Ralston) 84:1140
Benedict, Eileen

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, health care 74:1805
Health care funding for regional hospital districts 74:1805
Stuart-Nechako regional hospital district, replacement of aging hospital facilities 74:1745, 74:1805
Benham, Tara

Business taxation, small business tax threshold 84:1440
Sales tax, harmonization with goods and services tax 84:1440-1445
Taxation, competitive tax system 84:1440
Vancouver Island, South Island economy 84:1440
Bennett, Bill (East Kootenay)

As subject
election as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 69:1130 (Hawes) 69:1130 (Hayer) 69:1130 (Horgan) 69:1130 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 69:1130
support of grassland restoration initiative (Hawes) 81:1035 (Murphy, D.) 81:1020
Finance and Government Services Committee
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 69:1130
public hearings, location and schedule 70:1235
review of statutory officers, Information and Privacy Commissioner supplementary funding 69:1135
work of committee 69:1130-1135
Information and Privacy Commissioner budget, supplementary funding 69:1135
Bennett, Jim

Housing, rental housing supply, incentives for construction of rental housing 84:1040
Victoria Real Estate Board, environmental initiatives, energy conservation kit 84:1035
Berndorff, Hans

B.C., northern and rural B.C.
economic development and diversification, role of health care services 74:1755
health care services, hospitals 74:1750
Burns Lake, population in area 74:1755
Fort St. James, population in area 74:1755
Health authorities, capital planning issues and cost-sharing requirements 74:1750-1800
Health care funding for regional hospital districts 74:1750-1805
Stuart-Nechako regional hospital district, replacement of aging hospital facilities 74:1755-1805
Bicycling See Cycling
Bioenergy See Energy
Biofuel See Fuel
Blake, Jean

B.C. Healthy Living Alliance
activities and membership 86:1855
funding and programs 86:1910
position on alcohol consumption levy proposal 86:1905
Food, healthy food, access in rural and remote communities 86:1900
Health, public health, government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 86:1855-1900
Infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, active transportation 86:1855
Poverty
child poverty in B.C. 86:1910
reduction, government strategy 86:1905
Tobacco
smoking cessation products, subsidy 86:1900
smoking in public places, regulation 86:1900
taxation of tobacco products 86:1900
Bloy, Harry (Burquitlam)

Automobiles
insurance, rates in B.C. and elsewhere 80:1005
Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner
budget and operations 94:1525
Finance and Government Services Committee
request for updated fiscal forecast from Finance Minister 89:1015, 89:1025
Legislature, officers of the Legislature
shared services, joint leasehold accommodation proposal 89:0930-0935, 89:1000
staff, commuting patterns 89:0930-0935
Media
digital media industry in B.C. 80:1025
Victoria
West Shore area, government offices 89:0930-0935
Blue Pearl Mining See Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.
Boats and boating

Sewage disposal (Wilhelmson, C.) 87:1135
Sewage disposal project See Georgia Strait Alliance
Bobcat Country Inc.

Fuel consumption, reduction initiatives (Holmberg, D.) 85:0950
Growth of business (Holmberg, D.) 85:0945
Impact of carbon tax (Holmberg, D.) 85:0950
Boegman, Anton

As subject
work for Elections B.C. (Neufeld, H.) 95:1135
Election Act
amendments, impact on Elections B.C. 95:1245, 95:1300
Elections
enumeration 95:1250
general election, May 12, 2009 95:1250-1255
redistribution of electoral boundaries 95:1300
referendum on electoral system for B.C. 95:1255
Elections B.C.
budget for electoral events 95:1245-1300
communications, voter education 95:1250-1255
post-election work 95:1255
service delivery and staffing for elections 95:1250
Boere, Theo

Australia, family justice system and men's support services 86:1655
Children raised without fathers, impact on children and society 86:1650-1655
Families, relationship breakdown
impact on men 86:1650-1655
support services for men 86:1650-1705
Family court, handling of child custody cases 86:1650
Nanaimo Men's Resource Centre, funding and programs 86:1650-1655, 86:1705
Violence
family violence incidents in B.C. 86:1655
family violence prevention, programs and services for men and women 86:1700
Women's programs and services, funding 86:1650
Boldt, Cliff

As subject
recommendations on government budget 83:1320-1325
Comox Valley seniors, volunteerism 83:1325
Drugs, prescription drugs, costs to seniors 83:1320
Government, local government, infrastructure grants from provincial government 83:1320
Health, preventative health care and health promotion 83:1320
Home care
cost of services and role in health promotion 83:1320
funding 83:1320
Medical Services Plan premiums, elimination for seniors 83:1320-1325
MLAs, pension plans 83:1325
Pharmacare program deductible, elimination for seniors 83:1325-1330
Retirement, mandatory retirement, elimination 83:1325
Seniors
economic conditions for seniors 83:1315, 83:1325
housing, Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 83:1320, 83:1330
issues, call for advocate 83:1320
number of seniors in Canada 83:1315
physical activity, availability of outdoor facilities and infrastructure 83:1320
programs and services 83:1315-1330
role in volunteer sector, tax credits 83:1325
seniors healthy living secretariat 83:1315-1320
Bond, James

Justice system, lawyers and legal services
articling students in B.C. 72:1310
remuneration of lawyers 72:1315
Pensions, registered retirement plans, protection 72:1315
Post-secondary education, student financial assistance
interest-free period for law students 72:1310-1315
programs for medical students 72:1310
Bonell, Kathy

College of the Rockies
courses and programs 81:0915-0920, 81:0930
courses and programs, international education 81:0930-0935
experience with public-private partnership for program delivery 81:0935
impact of changes to three-year funding plan 81:0920-0930
Post-secondary education
benefits to society 81:0920-0925
student financial assistance, bursaries and grants 81:0925-0930
Post-secondary education, funding 81:0925-0930
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
colleges and university colleges, access to research funding 81:0925
Bonney, Brian

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities 80:1335-1345
Business, small business
business climate 80:1330-1335
issues and concerns re government policies 80:1340-1345
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
membership survey 80:1330-1340
recommendations on government budget 80:1335-1345
Carbon tax, position of small business sector 80:1335-1340
Booster seats See Automobiles
Bourassa, Patsy

Construction industry, green building design, Built Green certification program 78:1725-1730
Bourdon, Rick

Fort St. John, seniors care facilities 75:0930
Heritage Manor I, seniors housing 75:0930
Bowden, Shawn

Health, continuing and long-term care workers, supply of residential care aides and care aide nurses 87:1040-1050
Immigration
foreign and immigrant workers, temporary workers 87:1050
provincial nominee program, inclusion of residential care aides 87:1040-1055
Nurses, supply and working conditions 87:1055
Bowen, James

Carbon tax, tax offset grants for municipalities and school boards 83:1235
North Island College, carbon neutrality 83:1235
Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
carbon neutrality and green initiatives, impact on institution budgets 83:1235
Skills training programs, trades training programs at post-secondary institutions 83:1235
Bowman, John

B.C., northern and rural B.C.
skills training, northern technical education initiative 76:1825
supply of skilled workers 76:1820-1825
College of New Caledonia
enrolment levels 76:1820
funding 76:1820
role in small communities, skills training 76:1830
Post-secondary education
enrolment levels in colleges, impact of new entrance requirements for universities 76:1830
funding, changes to three-year funding plan, impact on institution budgets 76:1825-1830
universities, colleges and institutes, government letters of expectations 76:1820
Skills training, funding for northern and rural B.C. 76:1825-1830
Bowman, Kyle

Post-secondary education
accessibility and affordability 78:1640-1645
students, debt load 78:1640
Boyd, Doug

As subject
service in Peace River North school district 75:0945
Carbon tax
increases, implementation 75:0955
use of revenues 75:1010
Education, funding
capital funding for retrofits of schools 75:1005
Finance and Government Services Committee
public hearings, advertisement 75:0945
School district 60 (Peace River North)
enrolment 75:1010
impact of carbon tax 75:0950-0955, 75:1005
meeting of officials with local MLAs 75:1005
residential construction program, geothermal heating installation 75:0950, 75:1000
school buildings, capacity 75:0955
school buildings, geothermal heating 75:0950-0955, 75:1000, 75:1010
shortage of teachers 75:1005
staff recruitment and retention 75:0950, 75:1005
transportation funding 75:0955
School district 91 (Nechako Lakes), letter to Education Minister re transportation funding 75:0955
Brain injuries See Accidents
British Columbia

150th anniversary, cultural fund See Funding, endowment fund under Arts and culture
Birth rate (Hawes) 74:1900
Coastal waters See Oceans
Economy See Economy – B.C. economy
Gross domestic product See Economy – B.C. economy
Labour issues See Labour
Population distribution and growth (Zitkauskas, R.) 74:1845-1850
Population health See Health – Public health
Population, migration to and from B.C. (Hansen) 71:1030-1035
Role as gateway to Asia Pacific, projects in northwestern B.C. (Lee) 76:1705 (North, J.) 76:1705
British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.

Arts and culture, amenities (Zurowski, D.) 76:1635
B.C. northern caucus See British Columbia northern caucus
Cellular service See Telecommunications
Economic and social development, government promotion (Horgan) 74:1850 (Lee) 74:1900 (Zitkauskas, R.) 74:1855-1900
Economic development and diversification
diversification (Zurowski, D.) 76:1625
economic development and diversification in northwestern B.C. (Mehr, M.) 74:1825-1830
economic development and government investment (Publicover, R.) 76:1800-1810
first nations involvement (McEwan, T.) 76:1715
impact on housing availability (Pierre, P.) 76:1730
role of health care services (Berndorff, H.) 74:1755
trust fund See Northern Development Initiative Trust
Energy supply, northwest transmission line See Electrification under Highway 37
Government services, accessibility and use of video conferencing (Publicover, R.) 76:1805-1810
Health care services, hospitals (Berndorff, H.) 74:1750
Health care services, pediatricians (Austin) 81:0950 (Brown, G.) 81:0945
Highways and roads See also particular highways
(Publicover, R.) 76:1805
Immigrants See Immigrants to B.C. under Immigration
Infrastructure investment (Mehr, M.) 74:1825-1830
Internet access See Computer technology
Labour force, retention of young workers (Synotte, L.) 74:1815
Lawyers, recruitment and supply (Maisonville, M.) 72:1315 (Nevin, C.) 72:1315
Nurses, supply (Almer, R.) 73:1005-1010 (Hawes) 73:1010
Oil and gas industry See also Resources and resource industries below under this main heading
Oil and gas industry, taxation (Hawes) 75:0925 (Morey, C.) 75:0925
Population decline and potential for growth (Zitkauskas, R.) 74:1850-1855
Population of rural communities in northwestern B.C. See also particular communities
(Synotte, L.) 74:1815
Post-secondary education See also Skills training below under this main heading
funding See Post-secondary education – Funding
government support (Kerr, M.) 76:1850
need for engineering program (Kerr, M.) 76:1850-1855 (Koehler, A.) 76:2005-2010
Resources and resource industries See also Oil and gas industry above under this main heading
revenues, Fair Share program (Austin) 75:0935-0940 (Leahy, J.) 75:0940 (McEwan, T.) 76:1720 (Morey, C.) 75:0915
revenues, use for legacy fund See Proposal for fossil fuel innovation and legacy fund under Georgia Strait Alliance
role in economy (Rustad) 71:1055
Seniors, access to care (Horgan) 74:1850 (Zitkauskas, R.) 74:1850-1855
Services (Zitkauskas, R.) 74:1850-1855
Services for developmentally disabled persons in northwestern B.C. (Moyle, S.) 74:1905-1915
Skills training See also Post-secondary education above under this main heading
Skills training in northwestern B.C. (Lee) 74:1820 (Marks, E.) 74:1810, 74:1820 (Synotte, L.) 74:1820
Skills training, northern technical education initiative (Bowman, J.) 76:1825 (Rustad) 76:1830
Supply of skilled workers (Bowman, J.) 76:1820-1825
Supply of skilled workers, engineers (Koehler, A.) 76:2005-2010
Transit services (Crawford, M.) 78:1700
British Columbia Agriculture Council

Role in sales tax review (Dyck, H.) 85:1025
British Columbia Arts Council

Funding (Chilton, R.) 88:1715, 88:1730 (Habel, I.) 88:1730 (Ralston) 88:1730 (Shefsiek, D.) 84:1115
British Columbia Association for Community Living

Work of organization (Bryenton, L.) 72:1530
British Columbia Association of Child Development and Intervention

Child development centres, funding issues (Jaquier, J.) 83:1215-1220
British Columbia Brain Injury Association

Budget and work of organization (Hawes) 88:1710 (Ickert, M.) 88:1655, 88:1710
British Columbia Cancer Agency

Cancer treatment facilities (Poutissou, J.) 80:0910
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Position on taxation (Winter, J.) 79:1310
Presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee (Rigsby, J.) 83:1255
Recommendations on government budget (Winter, J.) 79:1310, 79:1320
British Columbia Chiropractic Association

Public education programs (Nixdorf, D.) 72:1435
Written submission to Finance and Government Services Committee (Nixdorf, D.) 72:1425
British Columbia Construction Association

Membership and issues (McLachlan, M.) 84:0950
Recommendations on government policies (McLachlan, M.) 84:0955-1000
British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.

Capital replacement program (Law, T.) 83:1510
Ferry advisory committees, strategy for coastal ferry service (Law, T.) 83:1510
British Columbia Food Processors Association

Membership and work of organization (Human, N.) 85:1105
Recommendations on government budget (Human, N.) 85:1115
British Columbia Games Society

Games participation requirements, minimum female participation (Austin) 76:2025 (Franklin, W.) 73:0920-0930 (Hayer) 73:0930 (Oishi, A.) 76:2025-2030
Mission and operations (Franklin, W.) 73:0915, 73:0930 (Hawes) 73:0930
British Columbia Government and Service Employees Union

Membership (Walker, D.) 86:1635
Recommendations on government budget (Walker, D.) 86:1635-1645
British Columbia Healthy Living Alliance

Activities and membership (Blake, J.) 86:1855
Funding and programs (Blake, J.) 86:1910 (Lee) 86:1910
Policy forum and discussion paper, recommendations to government (Collins, M.) 86:1900-1905
Position on alcohol consumption levy proposal (Blake, J.) 86:1905
British Columbia Housing Management Commission

Operations, buildings and tenants See Social and subsidized housing under Housing
British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

Operations (Penninga, M.) 85:1040
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Energy purchase from private sector (McInnes, D.) 72:1530
Energy sales to California See Sale of electricity to California below under this main heading
Long-term acquisition plan (Davis, S.) 86:1735
Privatization (Hurst, D.) 82:1815
Rates See Electricity rates under Energy
Role, new energy development (Davis, S.) 86:1730
Role, power system expansion See Power generation and transmission systems, expansion under Energy
Sale of electricity to California, green energy requirements (Horgan) 72:1530 (McInnes, D.) 72:1530
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, B.C.

Computer science programs, games development (Low, K.) 80:1015
Nursing programs (Lee) 86:1610
British Columbia Landscape and Nursery Association

Membership (Dyck, H.) 85:1015 (Knittel, W.) 85:1015
British Columbia Liberal Party – Government

Budgets and throne speeches, environmental focus in 2008-09 budget and 2007 throne speech (Wilhelmson, C.) 87:1130
Policies, energy policies (Adams, P.) 85:1005 (Campbell, H.) 88:1810
Policies, impact on environment and forest industry (Adams, P.) 85:1000
British Columbia Lottery Corporation

Competition with private sector (Bader, M.) 88:1510
British Columbia Nature

Activities (Ramey, B.) 72:1445-1455 (Thorne) 72:1455
British Columbia northern caucus

Issues and priorities (Rustad) 76:1900
British Columbia Old Age Pensioners Organization

Greater Victoria Seniors branch, recommendations on government budget (Startin, D.) 84:1210
B.C. Parks

Budget See Park services under Environment, Ministry of, and Ministry Responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities
British Columbia Pulp and Paper Task Force

Work on industry issues (Adams, B.) 78:1630
British Columbia Real Estate Association

Report on housing sales and economic impact (Horn, D.) 85:0915
British Columbia Teachers Federation

Presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee (Fonseca, S.) 86:1835
British Columbia Transmission Corporation

Role in transmission system expansion See Power generation and transmission systems, expansion under Energy
British Columbia Trucking Association

2007 submission to Finance and Government Services Committee (Landry, P.) 80:1315
British Columbia Wildlife Federation

Outdoor education program for children (MacAhonic, P.) 80:1415
Outdoor passport proposal See Hunter access to agricultural lands under Hunting
Recommendations on government budget (MacAhonic, P.) 80:1400-1415 (Wiebe, R.) 80:1400-1415
British Columbia Winter Games

2010 games in Terrace, funding for athlete participation (Hawes) 76:2025 (Oishi, A.) 76:2025
2010 games in Terrace, participation requirements See British Columbia Games Society
Brown, Bruce

Legislature, officers of the Legislature
shared services, joint leasehold accommodation proposal 89:0920, 89:0935
staff, commuting patterns 89:0935
Police Complaint Commissioner, staffing 89:0920
Brown, Colin

Automobiles
theft and break-in prevention program 80:0955
vehicle efficiency, energy-efficient vehicles 80:0955
Automobiles, insurance
environmental incentives for drivers 80:0955
rates and industry competition 80:1000-1005
rates in B.C. and elsewhere 80:1005
Canadian Direct Insurance Inc., operations 80:0955, 80:1005
Consumers, costs and user fees, government action 80:1000
Insurance Corporation of B.C., financial reserves 80:1000-1010
Insurance industry
capital asset requirements 80:1000-1010
current conditions 80:1005
Brown, Gail

As subject
contact with Representative for Children and Youth 81:0940 (Ralston) 81:0940
Alberta Children's Hospital
use of services by East Kootenays residents 81:0940
B.C., northern and rural B.C.
health care services, pediatricians 81:0945
Kootenay area
services for children and families 81:0935-50
Brulotte, Janice

As subject
daughter's experience as special needs child in education system 81:1035-1050 (Hawes) 81:1045-1050
Education
special education and special needs, teaching assistants 81:1040-1045
Education, funding
special education and special needs 81:1040-1050
Education, school districts and boards of education
allocation of special needs funding 81:1045
Bryenton, Laney

B.C. Association for Community Living, work of organization 72:1530
Budgets, 2008-09 budget surplus 72:1535
Children, programs and services for special needs children, wait-lists 72:1545
Disabled and handicapped persons
community living services, eligibility for services, IQ test 72:1545-1550
community living services, system 72:1530-1535, 72:1545-1550
families of developmentally disabled persons, need for supports 72:1530-1535, 72:1545
Vancouver, services for special needs children 72:1545
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act

Provisions on prebudget consultation (Ralston) 89:1010, 89:1030
Budgets

2008-09 budget
environmental focus See Budgets and throne speeches under British Columbia Liberal Party – Government
revenues See Revenue forecasting below under this main heading
surplus (Bryenton, L.) 72:1535
2009-10 budget
consultation See 2009-10 budget, prebudget consultation below under this main heading
forecast revenues See Revenue forecasting below under this main heading
priorities See 2009-10 budget priorities below under this main heading
surplus (Hawes) 89:1035
2009-10 budget, prebudget consultation
government advertising (Hawes) 89:1035 (Ralston) 89:1030, 89:1040 (Rustad) 89:1035 (Yap) 89:1035
prebudget consultation paper (Davis, M.) 88:1735 (Hansen) 71:1010, 71:1025 (Hawes) 71:1045-1050 (Horgan) 71:1025 (Ralston) 89:1010
prebudget consultation process See also Prebudget consultation; Public hearing process; Public hearings under Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on
(Hawes) 72:1225
use of term "ordinary British Columbians" (Pearce, G.) 84:1310
2009-10 budget priorities
child care (Frouws, P.) 88:1645 (Janes, C.) 86:1915
children (Lanzinger, I.) 80:1150
climate change initiatives (Dauncey, G.) 84:1510-1520 (Horne, M.) 88:1635
debt reduction (Bader, M.) 88:1505 (Rustad) 84:1005
education and skills training (Atkinson, D.) 86:1600 (Beasley, S.) 83:1240 (Clift, R.) 80:1100 (Coxson, D.) 76:1840-1845 (Davison, G.) 76:1755 (Fonseca, S.) 86:1835 (Francis-Pelton, L.) 84:1505 (Friedman, T.) 78:1615-1620 (McLellan, T.) 78:1655 (Oliver, C.) 72:1340-1345 (Ratjen, S.) 87:1025-1030 (Reid, S.) 80:0925 (Rustad) 80:1100 (Schultz, B.) 84:0945 (Shaw, J.) 79:1355-1400 (Thorogood, M.) 88:1835
environmental initiatives (Simpson, R.) 88:1840
ferry services (Law, T.) 83:1505-1510
government priorities (Hansen) 71:1015-1020 (Ralston) 71:1015-1020
health and welfare (Charlesworth, J.) 84:0915 (Collins, M.) 86:1905
health care (Benedict, E.) 74:1805
housing (Pierre, P.) 76:1730
infrastructure investment (Hochstein, P.) 84:1335 (McLachlan, M.) 84:1000 (Winter, J.) 79:1320
parks (Campbell, C.) 84:1445-1450
post-secondary education See education and skills training under this subheading
priorities (Bonney, B.) 80:1335-1345 (Hansen) 71:1050 (Hawes) 71:1050 (Horgan) 74:1805 (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1625-1630 (Kerr, M.) 76:1850-1900 (Paterson, J.) 79:1425 (Prothero, W.) 83:1520 (Publicover, R.) 76:1810-1815 (Raging Grannies) 84:1325 (Rigsby, J.) 83:1305 (Robertson, D.) 72:1235-1240 (Roelants, D.) 84:1415-1420 (Rustad) 76:1810, 78:1620, 78:1655, 79:1425
seniors care (Ottenbreit, D.) 73:0940 (Reay, H.) 73:0940
special education See education and skills training under this subheading
tax reductions (Omland, J.) 79:1330 (Rustad) 79:1330
Legislation See Budget Transparency and Accountability Act
Management (Campbell, H.) 88:1810
Management of budget deficits (Ralston) 86:1645 (Walker, D.) 86:1645
Management of budget surpluses, allocation of surplus funds See 2009-10 budget priorities above under this main heading
Revenue forecasting (Hansen) 71:1015, 71:1025 (Hawes) 89:1015, 89:1035 (Ralston) 89:1010-1015, 89:1025, 89:1040, 90:0910, 90:0925
Surpluses (Lee) 71:1020
Surpluses, benefits (Hansen) 71:1020
Building Canada fund See Infrastructure programs under Infrastructure
Built Green See Green building design under Construction industry
Burnaby Partners in Seniors Wellness

Activities and funding (Player, D.) 87:1205-1210
Burns Lake, B.C.

Hospital See Stuart-Nechako regional hospital district
Population in area (Berndorff, H.) 74:1755
Business

Business climate in B.C., current and past conditions (Rigsby, J.) 83:1300
Corporate subsidies See Corporations
Impact of TILMA See Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement (TILMA)
Public-private partnerships, role of local construction companies in projects (McLachlan, M.) 84:1000-1005
Taxation (Finlayson, J.) 80:0945-0950
Business – Small business

Business climate (Bonney, B.) 80:1330-1335
Environmental initiatives, government incentives for climate change initiatives See Government action, incentives for small business under Climate change
Government support (Lee) 80:1045 (Paterson, J.) 79:1420 (Sanderson, B.) 80:1040-1045
Issues and concerns re government policies (Bonney, B.) 80:1340-1345
Position on carbon tax See Carbon tax
Recommendations on government budget See Recommendations on government budget under Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Role in economy (Sanderson, B.) 80:1040 (Zimmer, J.) 86:1930
Tax reduction (Omland, J.) 79:1330-1335 (Rees, R.) 80:1110 (Sanderson, B.) 80:1040 (Zimmer, J.) 86:1930
Tax reduction, impact on government revenues (Hawes) 79:1335 (Lee) 79:1335
Taxation, small business tax threshold (Atwood, K.) 81:1100-1110 (Benham, T.) 84:1440 (Hawes) 81:1110 (Presley, M.) 83:1405 (Rustad) 81:1105 (Zimmer, J.) 86:1930
Workers, retirement savings (Maisonville, M.) 72:1305
Business Council of British Columbia

Recommendations on government budget, post-secondary funding (Clift, R.) 80:1055 (Ralston) 80:1055
Role (Greene, V.) 80:0940
By-elections See Elections

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