BC Legislature - Finance and Government Services Committee, 38th Parliament

California

Purchase of electricity from B.C. See Sale of electricity to California under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Calvert, John

Writing on private power production in Liquid Gold (Davis, S.) 86:1725

Campbell, Colin

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, parks 84:1445-1450

Elders Council for Parks in B.C., recommendations for parks system 84:1445-1450

Environment Ministry, budget and environmental stewardship role 84:1445

Finance and Government Services Committee recommendations, adoption by government 84:1445

Parks, management, benefits of proposed funding increases 84:1445-1450

Campbell, Harvie

B.C. Liberal Party government policies, energy policies 88:1810

Budgets, management 88:1810

Climate change, western climate initiative, impact on B.C. of electricity import conditions 88:1805

Energy

bioenergy, electricity production from biomass 88:1810

clean energy industry, government support 88:1815

electricity production, clean electricity 88:1805-1810

independent power projects, impact of procurement process 88:1815

power supply, self-sufficiency issue 88:1805-1810

transmission system, planning 88:1815

Lower mainland, air quality, action on issues 88:1810

Mackenzie, economy and forest industry 88:1810

Pristine Power, operations and staff 88:1805

Campus 2020 report See Post-secondary education
Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies

Activities and role in B.C. health policy initiatives (Stovall, H.) 87:0950-0955, 87:1005

Code of conduct (Stovall, H.) 87:1005

Canadian Bar Association

B.C. branch, activities and concerns (Maisonville, M.) 72:1300, 72:1315 (Ralston) 72:1315

Canadian Cancer Society

Mission (Seely, K.) 87:0935

Proposal for B.C. cancer prevention centre (Seely, K.) 87:0945

Recommendations on government budget and policies (Seely, K.) 87:0935-0945

Canadian Direct Insurance Inc.

Operations (Brown, C.) 80:0955, 80:1005

Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Membership survey (Bonney, B.) 80:1330-1340

Recommendations on government budget (Bonney, B.) 80:1335-1345

Canadian Federation of Students

B.C. office, recommendations on government budget (Reid, S.) 80:0925, 80:0935 (Yap) 80:0935

B.C. office, role (Reid, S.) 80:0920-0925

Campaigns, We Ride public transit campaign (Simpson, R.) 88:1840

Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt

Naval base workforce and commuting patterns (Hill, G.) 84:1430 (Pearce, G.) 84:1320

Canadian Home Builders Association

Central Interior branch, recommendations on government budget (Wittal, D.) 78:1715

Canadian Mental Health Association

B.C. division, programs and services (Wright, B.) 80:1120

Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation

Scholarship funding (Paling, J.) 88:1800

Canadian Rockies International Airport

Impact on Fernie and area (Monsell, T.) 81:0950

Canadian Sport Centre Pacific See also PacificSport Northern B.C.

Work of organization (Oishi, A.) 76:2015

Cancer

B.C. cancer agency See British Columbia Cancer Agency

Cancer prevention centre proposal See Canadian Cancer Society

Skin cancer prevention (Adair, C.) 87:0950 (Hayer) 87:0945 (Seely, K.) 87:0945-0950

Treatment, improvements (Poutissou, J.) 80:0910, 80:0920

Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.

Designation as university, impact on budget (Horgan) 80:1315 (Wilson, J.) 80:1310-1315

Impact of carbon tax (Wilson, J.) 80:1310

Capital asset management framework See Capital projects, procurement practices under Government
Capital region See Victoria, B.C.
Capital regional district

Sewage treatment project See Victoria, B.C.

Carbon See also Fossil fuels under Fuel

Carbon capture and biofuel technology for agriculture industry See Agriculture

Carbon sequestration technology (Hansen) 71:1100

Carbon-neutral initiatives

fossil fuel sector See Fossil fuels under Fuel

local government initiatives See Carbon neutrality under Government – Local government; particular municipalities

post-secondary education system See Carbon neutrality under Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes

public sector initiatives (Reid, S.) 80:0935

Emissions See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Pacific carbon trust (Etsell, G.) 85:1130

Post-carbon economy See Economy

Carbon tax See also Carbon taxes

Alternative tax See Cap-and trade system and Reduction, tax on industry under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Application to cement exports See Exemption for alternative energy sources and cement industry exports below under this main heading

Application to emissions producers, scope (Horne, M.) 88:1630-1635

Application to fossil fuel exports (Horgan) 71:1015 (Rustad) 71:1055

Effectiveness (Gurney, D.) 86:1940 (Horne, M.) 88:1630-1635

Elimination (Bader, M.) 88:1510

Elimination or maintenance (Holmberg, D.) 85:0950

Elimination or reduction, government policy See Government commitment below under this main heading

Exemption for alternative energy sources and cement industry exports (McSweeney, M.) 88:1555-1600

Exemption for child care providers (Kerr, M.) 76:1855

Government commitment (Dauncey, G.) 84:1510-1515 (Hansen) 71:1020 (Hayer) 88:1640 (Ralston) 71:1020

Harmonization with other climate change initiatives (McSweeney, M.) 88:1555

Impact on issues

agriculture industry (Etsell, G.) 85:1125 (Horgan) 79:1345 (Juba, B.) 83:1425 (Sardinha, J.) 79:1340-1350

aquaculture industry (Juba, B.) 83:1425

business (Holmberg, D.) 85:0950-0955 (Rigsby, J.) 83:1255-1300, 83:1310-1315 (Sanderson, B.) 80:1040 (Winter, J.) 79:1310

business and consumers (Finlayson, J.) 80:0955

cement industry (Hawes) 88:1635-1640 (Horne, M.) 88:1640 (Lee) 88:1640 (McSweeney, M.) 88:1550-1600 (Ralston) 88:1640

communities and local government (Hill, G.) 84:1435

economic competitiveness (Horgan) 80:1115 (Rees, R.) 80:1115-1120

garden and landscaping industry (Knittel, W.) 85:1020

greenhouse gas emissions (Horgan) 80:1325-1330 (Landry, P.) 80:1325-1330

health authorities (Leahy, J.) 75:0935

impact (Renault, S.) 84:1045

low-income earners (Horne, M.) 88:1630

northern and rural areas (Crawford, M.) 78:1700 (McEwan, T.) 76:1715 (Mehr, M.) 74:1830-1840 (Rustad) 74:1840

post-secondary education system (Beasley, S.) 83:1245-1250 (Horgan) 83:1235 (Reid, S.) 80:0935 (Simpson, R.) 88:1840

trucking industry (Holmberg, D.) 85:0955 (Landry, P.) 80:1315-1330

Increases, implementation (Boyd, D.) 75:0955 (Etsell, G.) 85:1125 (Horgan) 72:1405, 80:1045 (Horne, M.) 88:1630 (McSweeney, M.) 88:1555-1600 (Magnan, B.) 72:1405 (Ralston) 75:0955, 84:1055, 85:0955 (Renault, S.) 84:1045, 84:1055 (Sanderson, B.) 80:1045

Need for carbon tax (Holmberg, D.) 85:0950-0955

NDP position (Hansen) 71:1020 (Ralston) 71:1020

Position of B.C. chambers of commerce (Paterson, J.) 79:1430

Position of forest industry (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1625 (Publicover, R.) 76:1815

Position of small business sector (Bonney, B.) 80:1335-1340

Proposals See Carbon taxes

Public support, role of economic conditions (Hayer) 88:1640

Relationship to income tax reductions (Hayer) 85:0955 (Holmberg, D.) 85:0955 (Lee) 85:0955 (Yap) 88:1600

Relationship to proposed federal carbon tax (Mehr, M.) 74:1840 (Ralston) 74:1840

Response from consumers (Holmberg, D.) 85:0950

Revenue neutrality (Gurney, D.) 86:1940 (Hawes) 86:1940 (Horgan) 76:1635 (Magnan, B.) 72:1400-1405 (Mehr, M.) 74:1840 (Rustad) 74:1840 (Yap) 80:1045 (Zurowski, D.) 76:1630

Revenue neutrality for industry (Horne, M.) 88:1640-1645

Revision (Sardinha, J.) 79:1340

Suspension and review proposal (Lee) 86:1800 (Wilson, E.) 86:1750, 86:1800

Tax (Carter, B.) 84:1055 (Ralston) 86:1935 (Zimmer, J.) 86:1935

Tax credits (Sardinha, J.) 79:1350

Tax credits and offset measures (Finlayson, J.) 80:0945-0950

Tax offset grants for municipalities and school boards (Bowen, J.) 83:1235 (Horgan) 83:1235 (Ralston) 80:0935, 83:1235

Tax offset measures for agriculture and garden industries (Dyck, H.) 85:1025 (Knittel, W.) 85:1025 (Yap) 85:1025

Use of revenues (Boyd, D.) 75:1010 (Fox, L.) 76:1940 (Hawes) 75:1010 (Hayer) 76:1940, 76:2010, 80:1050 (Koehler, A.) 76:2010 (Rustad) 79:1350 (Sewell, L.) 75:1010

Use of revenues for environmental initiatives (Mehr, M.) 74:1830-1840 (Sanderson, B.) 80:1045-1050

Carbon taxes

B.C. carbon tax See Carbon tax

Cap-and-trade system See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Carbon tax proposals (Rees, R.) 80:1120 (Rustad) 83:1310 (Yap) 80:1120

Carbon tax proposals, relationship of proposed federal tax to B.C. carbon tax See Relationship to proposed federal carbon tax under Carbon tax

Carbon tax proposals, response by agriculture industry to proposed federal tax (Sardinha, J.) 79:1350

Economic impact (Horne, M.) 88:1640

Effectiveness (Beasley, S.) 83:1255

Producer tax (Rustad) 72:1405, 79:1350, 83:1235 (Sanderson, B.) 80:1045 (Yap) 80:0950, 80:1045

Caregivers

Foreign and immigrant caregivers, working conditions and family issues (Hawes) 87:1105 (Hayer) 87:1105-1110 (Javier, M.) 87:1055-1105

Residential care aides See Workers under Health – Continuing and long-term care

Cariboo-Chilcotin area

Regional economic development (Zirnhelt, D.) 77:0940, 77:0950

Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition

Community transition planning (Bello, N.) 76:1945

Regional economic diversification plan (Zirnhelt, D.) 77:0935-0940

Cariboo-Chilcotin school district See School district 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin)
Carter, Bruce

Carbon tax 84:1055

Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, position on carbon tax 84:1055

Greater Victoria Development Agency, activities and funding 84:1055

Taxation, tax reductions 84:1055

Vancouver Island ferry services, fare increases and schedule changes 84:1055

Victoria, economic development 84:1055

Carter, Kim

Health, continuing and long-term care facilities, investigation of complaints 95:1025-1030

Hospital Employees Union, member claims for compensation re health workers legislation 95:1125

Legislature, officers of the Legislature

shared services 95:1040

budget 95:1115

downtown Victoria office location 89:0935

executive director 95:1010

joint leasehold accommodation proposal 89:0920-0940

staff, commuting patterns 89:0935

Ombudsman

advertising and publications 95:1035

annual report 95:1010-1020

budget and operations 95:1005-1040, 95:1115-1130

complaint investigation services

cases and workload 95:1010-1020, 95:1035, 95:1050-1055

complaint investigation process 95:1045-1050, 95:1100-1110

early resolution program 95:1020, 95:1055

restoration of full services 95:1010, 95:1050

use of term "complaint" 95:1040

information management systems 95:1035

legislation 95:1040

mandate and role 95:1010-1015, 95:1025, 95:1040-1050, 95:1105-1110, 95:1125

office space 95:1125

office space and staffing 89:0920, 89:0930, 89:0940

public outreach and multicultural services 95:1015-1020, 95:1030

relationship with MLA constituency offices 95:1100-1110

relationship with public agencies 95:1040-1045

staffing 95:1025-1035, 95:1050-1055, 95:1125

staffing, student placements 95:1025

systemic investigations 95:1010, 95:1025-1030, 95:1050, 95:1110

website 95:1020

Supreme Court of Canada, ruling on role of Ombudsman 95:1045

Water, drinking water safety, investigation of complaints 95:1025

Carter-Smith, Judy

Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services

eligibility for services, assessment and IQ test 80:1445

ministerial responsibility 80:1440

service delivery 80:1440

services for persons 19 and older 80:1440

Disabled and handicapped persons, programs and services

deinstitutionalization and community support services 80:1435-1440

government consultation 80:1445

Disabled and handicapped persons, support after age 19 80:1445

Case, Ian

Arts and culture

funding, need for infrastructure funding program 84:1120-1130

report on cultural and heritage infrastructure in B.C. 84:1120-1125

Evergreen Cultural Centre, establishment of theatre 84:1125

Intrepid Theatre, activities 84:1115-1120

Metro Studio, establishment and funding 84:1120, 84:1130

Castlegar Airport

Funding for equipment and infrastructure (Malcolm, J.) 82:1835

Hazard beacon project (Hawes) 82:1840-1845 (Lee) 82:1840-1845 (Malcolm, J.) 82:1830-1845 (Ralston) 82:1840 (Rustad) 82:1840

Use of navigation system (Hawes) 82:1840 (Malcolm, J.) 82:1840 (Ralston) 82:1840

The Castlegar and District Community Services Society

Family support workers, role (Earnshaw, A.) 82:1800

Castlegar, B.C.

City council recommendations on government budget (Hawes) 82:1840 (Malcolm, J.) 82:1830-1840

Cattle farming See Livestock industry
Cedar, B.C.

Aquaculture project See Agrimarine Industries Inc.

Cellular phones See Telecommunications
Cement Association of Canada

Work with government on climate change initiatives (McSweeney, M.) 88:1545

Cement industry

Exports to U.S. (McSweeney, M.) 88:1545

Impact of carbon tax See Carbon tax

Imports from other jurisdictions, issues and risks (McSweeney, M.) 88:1555-1600

Role in B.C. economy and infrastructure (McSweeney, M.) 88:1545-1550

Taxation, import tax (McSweeney, M.) 88:1555

Use of wood biomass (McSweeney, M.) 88:1550

Central Interior Logging Association

Activities and membership (Publicover, R.) 76:1800-1805

Position on carbon tax (Hawes) 76:1815 (Publicover, R.) 76:1815 (Ralston) 76:1815

Central Okanagan bypass corridor See Highway 97
Chaddock-Costello, Gail

Education

class size and composition 86:1845-1850

special education and special needs 86:1850

Education, funding

funding 86:1850

funding for implementation of class size limits 86:1850

School district 35 (Langley)

class size and composition issues 86:1845-1850

special education services, community report and recommendations 86:1850

Chalk River, Ontario

Medical isotope production at nuclear research facility See Nuclear science, medical isotope production in B.C. and elsewhere under Science and technology

Charities

Revenues from gaming See Gambling

Charlesworth, Jennifer

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, health and welfare 84:0915

Children and Family Development Ministry, relationship with service providers 84:0910

Children, programs and services for children and families

community-based services, role in community and economy 84:0905

service agencies, funding and staffing issues 84:0905-0915

Federation of Child and Family Services of B.C., work of federation and member agencies 84:0905

Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations, adoption by government 84:0910

Social workers, recruitment and retention 84:0915

Vancouver Island, South Island, community-based services 84:0915

Welfare, social services organizations, government partnership initiative 84:0910

Chief Electoral Officer See Elections B.C.
Chilcotin area See Cariboo-Chilcotin area
Child in the Home of a Relative program See Foster care
Children

Child care See Children – Child care

Child deaths and critical injuries, investigation and review by multidisciplinary team (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1140

Child deaths and critical injuries, investigation by Representative for Children and Youth See Investigation of child injuries and deaths under Representative for Children and Youth

Child poverty See Poverty

Child protection, advocacy See also Advocacy and outreach under Representative for Children and Youth

(Yap) 96:1215

Child protection, Internet use issues (Horgan) 96:1220 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1220

Child protection system (Lee) 96:1155 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1155-1200

Child protection system, caseload (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1115-1120

Children in government care, first nations children See Children, child protection system under First nations

Children raised without fathers, impact on children and society (Boere, T.) 86:1650-1655

Children's forum (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1125

Disabled children See Disabled and handicapped persons

Early development and learning See Children – Early childhood development

First nations children See First nations

Health care in northern and rural B.C. See Health care services under British Columbia – Northern and rural B.C.

Health, social determinants See Social determinants under Health

Healthy lifestyle and physical fitness See Government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness under Health – Public health

Parents See Families

Play and recreation See Recreation

Poverty See Child poverty under Poverty

Programs and services for children and families

community-based services, role in community and economy (Charlesworth, J.) 84:0905

funding and support (Walker, D.) 86:1640

monitoring by Representative for Children and Youth See Monitoring and evaluation under Representative for Children and Youth

outdoor education See Outdoor recreation under Recreation

service agencies, funding and staffing issues (Charlesworth, J.) 84:0905-0915

service agencies, relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry See Relationship with service providers under Children and Family Development, Ministry of

Special needs children

coordination of government funding and services (Horgan) 84:0945-0950 (Schultz, B.) 84:0950

link between level of support and impact on society (Schultz, B.) 84:0935

programs and services (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1125

programs and services, wait-lists (Bryenton, L.) 72:1545

support after age 19 See Disabled and handicapped persons

Studies on child welfare, B.C. children born in 1986 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1120-1125

Children – Child care

Accessibility (Crawford, M.) 78:1700

Child care operating funds (CCOF) See Funding, operating funds below under this main heading

Child care providers, concerns re government early learning initiatives See Government initiatives, impact on child care providers under Children – Early childhood development

Child care providers, funding disparities (Law, T.) 76:1905

Funding (Chudnovsky, R.) 86:1915 (Cottons, D.) 88:1655 (Frouws, P.) 88:1645-1650 (Lee) 88:1655 (Pierre, P.) 76:1730

Funding and government support (Kerr, M.) 76:1855, 76:1905 (Lanzinger, I.) 80:1155 (Ralston) 76:1900-1905

Funding, disparities between group and family operations See Child care providers above under this main heading

Funding, operating funds (Fischer, S.) 82:1825-1830

Integration with early learning programs See Programs and services, integration under Children – Early childhood development

Need for and value of child care (Janes, C.) 86:1910-1915

Spaces (Frouws, P.) 88:1650

Spaces, business support for new spaces (Fischer, S.) 82:1830 (Ralston) 82:1830

Spaces, demand (Horgan) 73:1000

System (Penninga, M.) 85:1035

System, comprehensive system for B.C. (Dessureault, D.) 73:1000 (Frouws, P.) 88:1650 (Janes, C.) 86:1915 (Walker, D.) 86:1640

System, current conditions (Chudnovsky, R.) 86:1915-1925 (Frouws, P.) 88:1645-1650 (Thorne) 86:1920

Workers See also Early childhood educators under Children – Early childhood development

Workers, supply and training (Walker, D.) 86:1645

Workers, wages (Frouws, P.) 88:1650

Children – Early childhood development

Early childhood education initiatives, kindergarten expansion See Kindergarten under Education

Early childhood educators, retention (Fischer, S.) 82:1825-1830

Government initiatives (Chudnovsky, R.) 86:1915-1920 (Horgan) 73:1000 (Montani, A.) 72:1300 (Ralston) 72:1300

Government initiatives, impact on child care providers (Dessureault, D.) 73:0955 (Hawes) 73:0955-1000 (Hayer) 73:1000-1005 (Rustad) 73:1000

Government investment, economic benefits study (Montani, A.) 72:1255

Programs and services, integration with child care services (Chudnovsky, R.) 86:1920-1925 (Collins, M.) 86:1910 (Cottons, D.) 88:1655 (Frouws, P.) 88:1650-1655 (Ralston) 86:1925 (Thorne) 86:1910, 88:1655

School readiness, study (Juba, B.) 83:1415-1420

Children and Family Development, Ministry of

Allocation of funds (Jaquier, J.) 83:1205-1215 (Ralston) 83:1210-1215

Relationship with Representative for Children and Youth See Representative for Children and Youth

Relationship with service providers (Charlesworth, J.) 84:0910

Chilton, Roger

Arts and culture

benefits 88:1715-1720

funding 88:1715-1720

role in economy and society 88:1715-1720

Arts Future B.C., activities and recommendations on government budget 88:1715-1720

B.C. Arts Council, funding 88:1715, 88:1730

Vancouver Foundation, B.C. arts renaissance fund 88:1715

China

Post-secondary education, B.C. involvement See Programs in China under Royal Roads University

Chiropractors

Training, program development in B.C. (Nixdorf, D.) 72:1435

Chudnovsky, Rita

Children, child care

funding 86:1915

system, current conditions 86:1915-1925

Children, early childhood development

government initiatives 86:1915-1920

programs and services, integration with child care services 86:1920-1925

Cities and towns See also Communities

Hub status, impact on crime rates (Mead, E.) 77:0955-1005

Silviculture initiatives, Trees for Tomorrow program (Dyck, H.) 85:1020 (Knittel, W.) 85:1025

Status as retail and service centres for regions See Hub status above under this main heading

Civil service

Financial management employees, training and career mobility (Doyle, J.) 95:1400, 95:1410

Hiring practices (Hawes) 95:1445 (Illington, J.) 95:1445-1450 (Lee) 95:1445

Hiring practices, audit by Merit Commissioner See Audits of public service appointments under Merit Commissioner

Merit principle See Hiring practices above under this main heading

Recruitment and retention (Hansen) 71:1055 (Horgan) 71:1055

Retirements and succession planning (Doyle, J.) 95:1410, 95:1420 (Lee) 95:1420

Smoking cessation program for employees (Seely, K.) 87:0945

Staff commended (McSweeney, M.) 88:1600

Wages and salaries, increases for senior executives (Hansen) 71:1050-1055 (Horgan) 71:1050-1055

Clark, Alyssa

College of New Caledonia

funding 76:1640

Post-secondary education

student financial assistance, interest on loans 76:1645

students, debt load 76:1645

tuition fees 76:1640

Post-secondary education, funding

funding 76:1640

Clift, Robert

Advanced Education Ministry budget 80:1105

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, education and skills training 80:1100

Business Council of B.C., recommendations on government budget, post-secondary funding 80:1055

Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C.

position on tuition fees 80:1100

recommendations on government budget 80:1055

Post-secondary education

cost and quality 80:1100

graduate students, government support 80:1055-1100

student financial assistance, graduate scholarships 80:1055

system in B.C. 80:1050

Post-secondary education, funding 80:1050-1100

Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes

universities, increases in costs and expenses 80:1050

Climate change

Action on climate change, role of agriculture industry See Reduction, programs and incentives for agriculture industry under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Carbon neutrality, offsets, etc. See Carbon; particular sectors

Carbon tax See Carbon tax

Climate action plan, transit ridership targets (Simpson, R.) 88:1840

Climate action revenue incentive program See Tax offset grants under Carbon tax

Emissions trading See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Government action See also Reduction under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

action (Beasley, S.) 83:1255 (Gurney, D.) 86:1940 (Prothero, W.) 83:1515 (Walker, D.) 86:1635-1640

adaptation and mitigation programs for agriculture and forest industries (Sardinha, J.) 79:1345

carbon tax See Carbon tax

housing sector initiatives (Joe, T.) 84:1030

incentives for small business (Sanderson, B.) 80:1040

investment in environmental options (Horne, M.) 88:1630

mitigation of community and homeowner risks (Olson, L.) 87:0925-0930

taxation measures See Carbon tax; Reduction, tax under Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

technology development (Winter, J.) 79:1310

Greenhouse gas emissions See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions

Impact on insurance industry (Olson, L.) 87:0925-0930

Impact on sea levels (Dauncey, G.) 84:1515

Pacific carbon trust See Carbon

Western climate initiative, consideration of carbon taxes on exports (Hansen) 71:1015

Western climate initiative, impact on B.C. of electricity import conditions (Campbell, H.) 88:1805

Coal See also Fossil fuels under Fuel

Coal exports, contracts and grade of coal (Hansen) 71:1055-1100

Coal exports, role in economy (Ralston) 81:1050

Coast Forest Products Association

Recommendations on government budget (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1620-1630

Coell, Hon. Murray (Saanich North and the Islands)

As subject

letter as Advanced Education Minister to college board chairs on college system mandate (Sutherland, B.) 76:1820

College of New Caledonia, Prince George, B.C.

Administration (Davison, G.) 76:1750

Courses and programs (Crawford, V.) 76:1640 (Davison, G.) 76:1750-1755 (Synotte, L.) 74:1810

Enrolment levels (Bowman, J.) 76:1820 (Crawford, V.) 76:1645-1650 (Ralston) 76:1645 (Rustad) 76:1650 (Sutherland, B.) 76:1820

Faculty association See Faculty Association of the College of New Caledonia

Funding (Bowman, J.) 76:1820 (Clark, A.) 76:1640 (Sutherland, B.) 76:1815-1820

Funding, impact of changes to three-year funding plan (Davison, G.) 76:1750

Lakes District campus, trades training partnership with school district (Hawes) 74:1825 (Marks, E.) 74:1810-1825 (Rustad) 74:1815 (Synotte, L.) 74:1805-1825 (Thorne) 74:1820

Role in small communities, skills training (Bowman, J.) 76:1830 (Rustad) 76:1830

College of the Rockies, Cranbrook, B.C.

Courses and programs (Bonell, K.) 81:0915-0920, 81:0930 (Rustad) 81:0930

Courses and programs, international education (Bonell, K.) 81:0930-0935 (Lee) 81:0930

Enrolment of students from lower mainland (Lee) 81:0930

Experience with public-private partnership for program delivery (Bonell, K.) 81:0935

Impact of changes to three-year funding plan (Bonell, K.) 81:0920-0930 (Rustad) 81:0930

Colleges See Colleges and university colleges under Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
Collins, Mary

B.C. Healthy Living Alliance policy forum and discussion paper, recommendations to government 86:1900-1905

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, health and welfare 86:1905

Children, early childhood development programs and services, integration with child care services 86:1910

Health

preventative health care and health promotion 86:1900-1905

social determinants 86:1900

Health, public health

health status of British Columbians, relationship to income disparities 86:1900

Poverty reduction, government strategy 86:1905

Welfare, social welfare issues, government action 86:1905

Communities See also Cities and towns

Community development, collaboration (North, J.) 76:1700

Forest-dependent communities See Resources and resource industries

Small communities, government grants (Fox, L.) 76:1940 (Rustad) 76:1940

Communities for Commuter Rail

Membership (Pearce, G.) 84:1310

Community LINK program See Education
Community Living British Columbia See also Community living services under Disabled and handicapped persons

Eligibility for services, IQ test See Community living services, eligibility under Disabled and handicapped persons

Funding (Davis, M.) 88:1735-1740 (Lee) 88:1740 (Ralston) 88:1740

Funding and service delivery (Walker, D.) 86:1640

Community living services See Disabled and handicapped persons
Comox, B.C. See Comox Valley
Comox Valley See also North Island under Vancouver Island

Affordable housing and homelessness (Hawes) 83:1435 (Juba, B.) 83:1435-1445 (Prothero, W.) 83:1520 (Spink, R.) 83:1430-1435

Aquaculture in area (Juba, B.) 83:1425

Children, school readiness (Juba, B.) 83:1415-1420

Sage Hills development (Presley, M.) 83:1410

Seniors, volunteerism (Boldt, C.) 83:1325

Trade mission to China (Presley, M.) 83:1405

Comox Valley Affordable Housing Society

Work of organization (Spink, R.) 83:1430

Computer technology

Internet, child protection issues See Child protection under Children

Internet service in rural and remote communities See also particular communities and service providers

(Austin) 77:0955 (Lee) 76:1725 (McEwan, T.) 76:1715, 76:1725

Condominiums See Strata property
Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia

Position on tuition fees (Clift, R.) 80:1100 (Horgan) 80:1100

Recommendations on government budget (Clift, R.) 80:1055 (Ralston) 80:1055

Conflict of interest

Commissioner See Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

Commissioners in Canada, role and responsibilities See Oversight system in B.C., comparison with other jurisdictions below under this main heading

Oversight system in B.C. See also Legislation under Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

(Fraser, P.) 94:1505-1510

Oversight system in B.C., comparison with other jurisdictions (Fraser, P.) 94:1535-1540 (Hayer) 94:1540 (Horgan) 94:1530

Public disclosure of investments by MLAs (Fraser, P.) 94:1505

Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

Budget and operations (Austin) 94:1530 (Bloy) 94:1525 (Fraser, P.) 94:1505-1535, 94:1545-1555 (Hawes) 94:1545-1555 (Horgan) 94:1530-1535 (Lee) 94:1545 (Yap) 94:1540-1545

Budget and operations, contingency funding (Fraser, P.) 94:1540 (Hayer) 94:1540

Expenses See Budget and operations above under this main heading

Information management and technology (Fraser, P.) 94:1510, 94:1545 (Lee) 94:1545

Legislation (Fraser, P.) 94:1535-1540 (Horgan) 94:1530

Lower mainland office (Fraser, P.) 94:1525, 94:1535-1540, 94:1550-1555 (Hawes) 94:1550 (Hayer) 94:1535 (Thorne) 94:1525 (Yap) 94:1540

Mandate (Fraser, P.) 94:1535-1540 (Horgan) 94:1530-1535

Remuneration (Fraser, P.) 94:1515-1520

Role and responsibilities (Fraser, P.) 94:1505, 94:1540

Service provision, locations See Lower mainland office above under this main heading

Work of office, transition from outgoing commissioner (Fraser, P.) 94:1545 (Ralston) 94:1545

Conservation officers See Wildlife
Construction industry

Cement sector See Cement industry

Green building design See also Residential construction, incentives for energy-efficient homes below under this main heading

Built Green certification program (Bourassa, P.) 78:1725-1730 (Whitemarsh, M.) 88:1605-1610 (Wittal, D.) 78:1720

programs and standards (Horgan) 78:1725

renovation and retrofit of existing housing stock (Joe, T.) 84:1030 (Whitemarsh, M.) 88:1610

Industry in B.C. (Hochstein, P.) 84:1325-1330

Industry in B.C., current conditions (McLachlan, M.) 84:0950-1005

Project financing (Hayer) 89:0930 (Hubbard, L.) 89:0930

Renovations, green retrofits and LiveSmart B.C. program See Green building design, renovation and retrofit above under this main heading

Residential construction, incentives for energy-efficient homes See also Green building design above under this main heading

(Wittal, D.) 78:1720-1725

Tendering process for public projects See Capital projects, procurement practices under Government

Trades training See Training programs, trades training programs under Skills training

Construction Industry Training Organization

Funding and support (McLachlan, M.) 84:1000

Consumers

Consumer debt See Personal debt under Debt

Consumer protection issues, labelling for toxic substances in products See Hazardous products

Costs and user fees, government action (Brown, C.) 80:1000

Coquihalla Highway See Highway 5
Coquitlam, B.C.

Affordable housing (Thorne) 83:1440

Corbeil, Serge

Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 87:0920

Insurance Bureau of Canada, recommendations on government budget and policies 87:0920-0925

Insurance industry, current conditions 87:0920-0925

Corporations

Financial valuation, mark-to-market accounting (Ralston) 86:1715 (Satanove, H.) 86:1705-1715

Income tax, revenues to government (Hansen) 71:1015

Subsidies, elimination of subsidies for green projects (Bader, M.) 88:1510

Taxation (Olson, L.) 87:0930

Corrections system

Facilities, double-bunking of inmates (Startin, D.) 84:1210

Prolific offender management pilot project (Mead, E.) 77:1000-1005

Repeat offenders, pilot project See Prolific offender management pilot project above under this main heading

Cortes, Zeal

Immigration

foreign and immigrant workers, temporary workers 87:1050

provincial nominee program, inclusion of residential care aides 87:1045-1050

Labour mobility between B.C. and Philippines 87:1050

Nurses, supply and working conditions 87:1045

Cost of living See Costs and user fees under Consumers
Cottons, Darcelle

Children

child care funding 88:1655

early childhood development programs and services, integration with child care services 88:1655

Courtenay, B.C. See Comox Valley
Courts See Justice system
Cowichan Lodge, Duncan, B.C.

Closing (Horgan) 84:1210 (Startin, D.) 84:1210-1215

Coxson, Darwyn

Ancient Forest Trail, establishment of recreational trail 76:1835

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, post-secondary education 76:1840-1845

Energy, wind power, research on environmental impact 76:1835

Forests and forest industry, mountain pine beetle infestation, use of beetle-damaged wood in composite wood product 76:1835, 76:1845

Pasca, Sorin, research work on beetle-damaged wood 76:1835

Post-secondary education, funding 76:1840-1845

Radies, David, research work on biodiversity 76:1835

Thomas, Phil, research work on bird migration and wind power 76:1835

University of Northern B.C.

cost pressures and impact of changes to three-year funding plan 76:1840-1845

programs and new facilities 76:1835

students, research contributions 76:1835

Cranbrook and District Chamber of Commerce

Recommendations on government budget (Stewart, C.) 81:1050-1100

Cranbrook, B.C.

Hospital See East Kootenay Regional Hospital, Cranbrook, B.C.

Crawford, Michael

As subject

political campaigning experience 78:1700

B.C., northern and rural B.C., transit services 78:1700

Carbon tax, impact on northern and rural areas 78:1700

Children, child care, accessibility 78:1700

Government, public concerns and public perception 78:1700-1705

Home care, need for services 78:1700

Crawford, Valentine

College of New Caledonia

courses and programs 76:1640

enrolment levels 76:1645-1650

Post-secondary education

student financial assistance, bursaries and grants 76:1645

student financial assistance, interest on loans 76:1645

Post-secondary education, funding

changes to three-year funding plan 76:1640

University of Northern B.C.

enrolment levels 76:1650

Credit rating

B.C. rating, impact on borrowing costs for infrastructure projects See Government investment, role of budget surpluses under Infrastructure

Crime and criminals

Automobile crime, prevention See Theft and break-in prevention program under Automobiles

Criminals with outstanding warrants in other provinces, con air transportation program (Renault, S.) 84:1050

Illegal drug operations See also Grow ops under Substance abuse and addiction

(Horn, D.) 85:0910-0915

Organized crime and money laundering, government action (Paterson, J.) 79:1415

Crown corporations

Audits (Doyle, J.) 95:1405 (Hawes) 95:1405

Competition with private sector See particular Crown corporations

Crown land

Leases and sales (Ashmore, S.) 81:0915 (Ralston) 81:0915

Cumberland, B.C. See Comox Valley
Curry, Joanne

Lower mainland, south Fraser area, post-secondary education 86:1740-1745

Simon Fraser University, Surrey campus

courses and programs 86:1740-1745

enrolment and expansion 86:1740-1745

Cycling

Cycling infrastructure See also Transportation infrastructure, active transportation under Infrastructure

Cycling infrastructure, government investment (Hawes) 83:1520 (Prothero, W.) 83:1515-1520