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

Faculty Association of the College of New Caledonia

Relationship with college administration (Davison, G.) 76:1750

Fair Pharmacare See Pharmacare program
Fairbairn, Don

Post-secondary education, funding for colleges 87:1015-1020

Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes

college sector in B.C. 87:1015

colleges, collaboration and competition 87:1020

Vancouver Community College

accomplishments 87:1010-1015

courses and programs 87:1010-1020

funding issues 87:1015-1025

Families

Custody cases See Family court

Family caregivers, care plans for adult children with disabilities See Support after age 19 under Disabled and handicapped persons

Family violence See Violence

Government support for vulnerable families See also Low-income families under Income

(Norton, J.) 72:1245

Programs and services See Programs and services for children and families under Children

Relationship breakdown, impact on men (Boere, T.) 86:1650-1655

Relationship breakdown, support services for men See also Family violence prevention, programs and services for men under Violence; particular locations and service providers

(Boere, T.) 86:1650-1705 (Harris, K.) 84:1455-1500 (Hawes) 86:1700

Role of parents (Penninga, M.) 85:1035

Family court

Handling of child custody cases (Boere, T.) 86:1650

Farmers, farming, farms, etc. See Agriculture
Federation of British Columbia Naturalists See British Columbia Nature
Federation of Child and Family Services of British Columbia

Work of federation and member agencies (Charlesworth, J.) 84:0905

Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia

Recommendations on government budget (Oliver, C.) 72:1345

Ferguson, George

Abbotsford

court facilities 85:0930-0940

emergency services, funding 85:0930

transportation infrastructure needs 85:0925-0930

Abbotsford International Airport, establishment of aerospace-related industries on airport land 85:0940

Agricultural Land Commission, decision on lands around Abbotsford International Airport 85:0940

Government, local government, grants from provincial government 85:0930

Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway), expansion of overpasses in Abbotsford 85:0925

Police and policing, funding for police services 85:0930

Fernie, B.C.

Affordable housing, government action (Goertzen, A.) 81:1010-1020 (Hawes) 81:1020 (Rustad) 81:1015-1020

Recycling program (Hawes) 81:1005 (McSkimming, D.) 81:1005

Transportation infrastructure, improvements to Highway 3 See Highway 3

Waste transfer station See Municipal waste transfer stations under Regional district of East Kootenay

Ferries and ferry services See also British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.; particular ferry service areas

Ferry-dependent communities, issues (Law, T.) 83:1505-1510

Government investment and support (Law, T.) 83:1505-1510

Film industry

Government policy (Hayer) 72:1510 (Leitch, P.) 72:1505-1510

Industry in B.C. and elsewhere (Leitch, P.) 72:1500-1515

Post-production sector (Horgan) 72:1510 (Leitch, P.) 72:1510

Role in economy (Horgan) 72:1505 (Leitch, P.) 72:1500

Role of International Financial Centre See International finance centre in B.C. under Financial services industry

Sound production See Post-production above under this main heading

Tax credits (Lee) 80:1020 (Leitch, P.) 72:1505-1510

Workers, wages and salaries (Hawes) 72:1515 (Leitch, P.) 72:1515

Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on

Election of Chair (Hawes) 71:1010 (Hayer) 71:1010 (Ralston) 71:1010

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair (Bennett) 69:1130 (Hawes) 69:1130 (Hayer) 69:1130 (Horgan) 69:1130 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 69:1130

In-camera proceedings (Hawes) 89:0910, 97:1110 (Horgan) 94:1555

In-camera proceedings, motions to move in camera See Motions and resolutions

Mandate (Hawes) 89:1030 (Horgan) 71:1105 (Rustad) 89:1030

Meeting schedule (Hawes) 89:1030, 89:1040, 90:1550 (Thorne) 71:1110, 89:1030

Meeting schedule, public hearings See Public hearings below under this main heading

Meeting schedule, statutory officer review See Review of statutory officers, meeting agenda and attendance below under this main heading

Members, cooperation (Hawes) 92:1320 (Horgan) 92:1320

Members, partisanship (Hawes) 90:0915 (Thorne) 90:0920

Motions See Motions and resolutions

Prebudget consultation See also 2009-10 budget, prebudget consultation under Budgets

committee conclusions See Recommendations below under this main heading

effectiveness (Hayer) 90:0925 (Thorne) 90:0920 (Yap) 90:0925

process (Hawes) 72:1225 (Hayer) 89:1035 (Horgan) 71:1105 (Lee) 89:1030

public hearings See Public hearings below under this main heading

public input (Hawes) 92:1320

report See Reports below under this main heading

role of revenue forecasts See Request for updated fiscal forecast below under this main heading

written submissions See Submissions below under this main heading

Public consultation on policy matters outside of prebudget consultation See Subcommittee on public policy consultation below under this main heading

Public hearing process (Hawes) 72:1225

Public hearings

advertisement (Boyd, D.) 75:0945 (Hawes) 75:0945 (Leahy, J.) 75:0930, 75:0945

location and schedule (Bennett) 70:1235 (Hawes) 81:0900

locations (Hawes) 80:0900

presentations (Hawes) 71:1105 (Hayer) 71:1110

schedule (Hawes) 71:1105 (Rustad) 71:1115

Recommendations

adoption by government (Bader, M.) 88:1505 (Campbell, C.) 84:1445 (Charlesworth, J.) 84:0910

consideration of economic conditions (Finlayson, J.) 80:0940 (Hawes) 93:1500-1505 (Hayer) 90:0925 (Rustad) 90:0915 (Yap) 93:1550

proposed recommendation on government prebudget advertising See 2009-10 budget, prebudget consultation, government advertising under Budgets

recommendations (Austin) 89:1020 (Hawes) 89:1140, 90:1550 (Rustad) 89:1020

Relationship with government (Horgan) 80:1345

Reports, budget consultation report

draft report (Hawes) 89:1040, 91:1010, 91:1545

final report (Hawes) 92:1320

time line (Hawes) 71:1105, 90:0915

Reports, recommendations See Recommendations above under this main heading

Reports, statutory officers budget review report (Hawes) 97:1250 (James, C.) 97:1250-1255 (Ralston) 97:1250 (Thorne) 97:1250 (Yap) 97:1250

Request for updated fiscal forecast from Finance Minister (Austin) 89:1020, 90:0915 (Bloy) 89:1015, 89:1025 (Hawes) 89:1015, 89:1025-1035, 90:0905-0930 (Hayer) 89:1020, 89:1035 (Ralston) 89:1015, 89:1025, 90:0910, 90:0925 (Rustad) 89:1020-1025, 90:0915 (Thorne) 90:0920 (Yap) 89:1020

Review of statutory officers See also Budget under particular statutory officers

format for budget submissions (Hawes) 97:1245 (Ralston) 97:1250 (Thorne) 97:1250

Information and Privacy Commissioner supplementary funding (Bennett) 69:1135 (Horgan) 69:1135

meeting agenda and attendance (Hawes) 93:1610 (James, C.) 93:1610 (Ralston) 93:1610

positions of committee members (Ralston) 97:1255

questions to Elections B.C. witnesses (Hawes) 95:1210 (Horgan) 95:1220

release of information (James, C.) 97:1250-1255 (Ralston) 97:1250-1255 (Yap) 97:1255

relevance of questions (Hawes) 96:1045 (Horgan) 96:1045

report See Reports above under this main heading

review (Doyle, J.) 95:1345 (Hawes) 93:1500, 96:1205-1215, 96:1230, 97:1110, 97:1245 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1205-1210

Staff commended (Hawes) 92:1320 (Horgan) 92:1320

Subcommittee on public policy consultation (Hayer) 71:1110 (Horgan) 71:1105 (Ralston) 71:1110 (Rustad) 71:1110 (Thorne) 71:1110

Submissions to committee

deadline for written submissions (Hawes) 71:1115

impact (Friedman, T.) 78:1610-1615

relationship to fiscal situation (Rustad) 89:1020

use of anecdotal information (Horgan) 76:1845

written submissions (Hawes) 74:1845

Terms of reference See Mandate above under this main heading

Work of committee (Bennett) 69:1130-1135 (Manjak, S.) 81:1110-1115 (Rustad) 71:1110 (Yap) 89:1035

Finance, Ministry of

Fiscal reporting, quarterly update (Hawes) 90:0910-0920

Financial Institutions Commission

Role in pensions regulation (Satanove, H.) 86:1710

Financial services industry

International finance centre in B.C., role in film industry (Lee) 72:1510 (Leitch, P.) 72:1510

Finland

Forest industry, investment and research by forest companies (Ralston) 87:1150

Finlayson, Jock

Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, tax incentives 80:0950

Business taxation 80:0945-0950

Carbon tax

impact on business and consumers 80:0955

tax credits and offset measures 80:0945-0950

Economy, B.C. economy, current conditions 80:0940-0945

Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations, consideration of economic conditions 80:0940

Forests and forest industry, conditions in industry 80:0940

Government fiscal status 80:0945

Income tax reforms 80:0950

Intellectual property, commercialization, tax incentives for business 80:0950

International Financial Activity Act, proposed amendments 80:0950

Manufacturing industry, taxation 80:0945

Post-secondary education, funding 80:0950

Post-secondary education, graduate students, recruitment 80:0950

Sales tax reform 80:0950

Tax policies 80:0945-0950

Welfare, social programs and services, funding 80:0950

First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

Role (Montani, A.) 72:1255 (Norton, J.) 72:1245 (Rustad) 72:1255

First nations

Aboriginal rights, fishing and hunting rights (Pfleiderer, W.) 77:0910

Child protection system (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1115-1120, 96:1135

Children, services for children and families

delegated aboriginal agencies (Hawes) 96:1220 (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1220

federal-provincial jurisdictional issues (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1120

Consultation by government on land and resources, wildlife inventory issues (Pfleiderer, W.) 77:0920

Consultation on and involvement in land use decisions (McEwan, T.) 76:1715

Education, post-secondary education See Education of first nations people under Post-secondary education

Joint decision-making with government, capacity issues (Zirnhelt, D.) 77:0940

Land claims, treaty process See First nations – Treaties

Relationship with government (Zirnhelt, D.) 77:0940-0945

Relationship with resource industries See also Consultation on and involvement in land use decisions above under this main heading

(Kirkham, G.) 82:1740

First nations – Treaties

Land purchase by government for future treaty settlements (Zirnhelt, D.) 77:0940-0945

Fischer, Stephanie

Children, child care

funding, operating funds 82:1825-1830

spaces, business support for new spaces 82:1830

Children, early childhood development, early childhood educators, retention 82:1825-1830

Kootenay Kids Society

funding and programs 82:1825

recommendations on government budget 82:1825-1830

Nelson

child care centre, public-private partnership 82:1825-1830

child care spaces 82:1825-1830

Fish

Invasive species control, funding (MacAhonic, P.) 80:1410 (Pfleiderer, W.) 77:0915 (Wiebe, R.) 80:1405-1410

Population inventories See Population inventories under Wildlife

Spiny-ray fish (Pfleiderer, W.) 77:0915

Fish farms See Aquaculture
Fishing industry

Recreational fishing, compliance with licensing requirements (MacAhonic, P.) 80:1405 (Wiebe, R.) 80:1405

Fonseca, Susan

B.C. Teachers Federation, presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee 86:1835

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, education and skills training 86:1835

Education, funding

funding formula changes 86:1845

special education and special needs 86:1845

School district 35 (Langley)

funding issues, impact on schools 86:1840-1845

special education services, community report and recommendations 86:1835-1840

Food

Food security (Horgan) 77:0945 (Juba, B.) 83:1415-1425 (Piver, A.) 82:1700

Healthy food, access by low-income population (Juba, B.) 83:1415-1420

Healthy food, access in rural and remote communities (Blake, J.) 86:1900

Locally grown food (Leahy, J.) 75:0935

Locally grown food, demand and production (Hawes) 77:0950

Locally grown food, government promotion and support (Leahy, J.) 75:0940 (Rustad) 75:0940

Processing See Food industry

Food industry

Food-processing sector, current conditions and initiatives (Human, N.) 85:1105

Food-processing sector, government support (Human, N.) 85:1110-1115

Meat industry enhancement strategy (MIES) See Meat-processing regulations, government assistance below under this main heading

Meat transition assistance program (MTAP) See Meat-processing regulations, government assistance below under this main heading

Meat-processing industry in B.C. (Horgan) 77:0945 (Zirnhelt, D.) 77:0945

Meat-processing regulations, government assistance with regulatory transition (Human, N.) 85:1105-1115 (Vanderpol, P.) 85:1105-1110

Tax exemptions See Taxation under Agriculture

Tree fruit industry

current conditions (Sardinha, J.) 79:1335

funding for replant program (Sardinha, J.) 79:1335-1340

pesticide use reduction (Sardinha, J.) 79:1350

Foreign workers See Immigration
Forest recreation sites See Parks
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.

Activities (Lewis, D.) 87:1155-1200

Forests and forest industry

Coastal forest industry (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1620

Conditions in industry (Finlayson, J.) 80:0940 (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1615-1620 (Rigsby, J.) 83:1300

Export of raw logs (Hayer) 87:1155 (Lee) 87:1155 (Lewis, D.) 87:1145, 87:1155-1200

Exports, pulp and paper exports (Adams, B.) 78:1630-1635 (Lee) 78:1630

Forest lands, productivity (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1630 (Rustad) 86:1630

Forest practices, regulation (Murphy, D.) 81:1030

Forest-dependent communities See Resources and resource industries

Government support (Lewis, D.) 87:1150

Industry in B.C. (Davison, G.) 76:1745

Industry in B.C., investment and research (Lewis, D.) 87:1155 (Ralston) 87:1150-1155

Industry in B.C., position on carbon tax See Carbon tax

Innovation and research, funding (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1625-1630

Investment in industry, role of government (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1620-1630

Mountain pine beetle infestation

beetle-damaged wood, use in composite wood product (Coxson, D.) 76:1835, 76:1845

communities affected See Forest-dependent communities under Resources and resource industries

economic diversification and resource development in beetle-impacted areas See Development in beetle-impacted areas under Resources and resource industries

mitigation of fire risks See Government action, mitigation of community and homeowner risks under Climate change

mitigation, role of silviculture See Silviculture below under this main heading

Political commentary and party positions See Politics and politicians

Public education (Lee) 83:1310 (Rigsby, J.) 83:1305-1310

Pulp and paper sector

current conditions (Murphy, D.) 81:1035

exports See Exports above under this main heading

fibre supply (Adams, B.) 78:1640 (Rustad) 78:1635-1640

sector (Adams, B.) 78:1625-1630

Regulatory review (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1630

Silviculture (Rigsby, J.) 83:1305

Softwood lumber agreement with U.S. (Hawes) 87:1200 (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1620 (Lewis, D.) 87:1200

Stumpage system, 1990s stumpage tax program (Rustad) 74:1840

Stumpage system, stumpage rates (Rigsby, J.) 83:1305

Taxation (Jeffrey, R.) 86:1620-1625 (Rigsby, J.) 83:1300

Tenure system (Horgan) 76:1810 (Publicover, R.) 76:1810

Tenure system, relationship to ecosystem restoration initiatives (Murphy, D.) 81:1030

Wood waste, use by bioenergy industry See Bioenergy industry under Energy; Wood waste under Energy

Workers, recruitment of young workers (Lewis, D.) 87:1150 (Yap) 87:1150

Workers, skills training and supply See Workers under Resources and resource industries

Fort Fraser, B.C. See Nechako area
Fort McMurray, Alberta

Impact of bitumen deposits development on infrastructure (Morey, C.) 75:0915

Fort Nelson, B.C.

Establishment of single municipality for area (Morey, C.) 75:0910, 75:0920

Industrial property taxation (Morey, C.) 75:0925

Infrastructure needs (Morey, C.) 75:0905-0920

Population growth (Horgan) 75:0925 (Morey, C.) 75:0920-0925 (Rustad) 75:0920

Symposium on Horn River Basin development (Morey, C.) 75:0910

Fort St. James, B.C. See also Nechako area

Hospital See Stuart-Nechako regional hospital district

Population in area (Berndorff, H.) 74:1755

Fort St. John, B.C.

Seniors care facilities (Bourdon, R.) 75:0930

Fossil fuels See Fuel
Foster care

Child in the Home of a Relative program (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 96:1120

Foster homes (Lee) 96:1155

Fox, Brian

Belmont Secondary School

enrolment 84:1145

impact of enrolment increases 84:1140

School district 62 (Sooke)

capital plans, construction of secondary schools 84:1145

enrolment 84:1140

strategic planning, impact of neighbourhoods of learning project 84:1140

Fox, Len

Carbon tax

use of revenues 76:1940

Communities

small communities, government grants 76:1940

Highway 16

expansion between Prince George and Vanderhoof 76:1935

Infrastructure

federal-provincial infrastructure programs, project time lines 76:1925-1940

Northern Development Initiative Trust

effectiveness 76:1935-1940

Vanderhoof

benefits to community from northern trust fund 76:1925-1930

community programs and services, work of district with first nations and youth 76:1935

work of district with aboriginal people 76:1935

Francis, Jenny

Housing

affordable housing, need 80:1135

social and subsidized housing, eligibility criteria for social housing tenants 80:1145

social and subsidized housing, expansion 80:1150

Immigration, refugees

government responsibility 80:1140

government-assisted refugees 80:1140

housing issues 80:1135-1150

Welcome House, housing services for refugees 80:1140

Francis-Pelton, Leslee

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, education and skills training 84:1505

Post-secondary education

education of first nations people, student financial assistance 84:1505

funding stability 84:1505

student financial assistance, graduate scholarships 84:1505

University of Victoria, impact of changes to three-year funding plan 84:1500

Franklin, William

B.C. Games Society

games participation requirements, minimum female participation 73:0920-0930

mission and operations 73:0915, 73:0930

Sports

boxing, amateur boxing in B.C. 73:0915-0920, 73:0930

government funding and support 73:0915-0930

travel costs for sports competitors 73:0925

Fraser Health Authority

Funding and services (Smith, J.) 85:1040-1055

Proposed collaboration with Kwantlen Polytechnic University for health education program delivery See Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, B.C.

Fraser Lake, B.C. See Nechako area
Fraser, Paul

Conflict of interest

oversight system 94:1505-1510

oversight system in B.C., comparison with other jurisdictions 94:1535-1540

public disclosure of investments by MLAs 94:1505

Conflict-of-Interest Commissioner

budget and operations 94:1505-1555

information management and technology 94:1510, 94:1545

legislation 94:1535-1540

lower mainland office 94:1525, 94:1535-1540, 94:1550-1555

mandate 94:1535

remuneration 94:1515-1520

role and responsibilities 94:1505, 94:1540

work of office, transition from outgoing commissioner 94:1545

Legislature

officers of the Legislature, offices in lower mainland 94:1525

Fraser Valley

Health care services, need for pediatricians (Hawes) 81:0945

South Fraser communities See Lower mainland

Fraser Valley Real Estate Board

Activities and membership (Horn, D.) 85:0910

Comments on government policies (Horn, D.) 85:0910

Forum on housing and illegal drug operations (Horn, D.) 85:0915

Fraser Valley University See University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, B.C.
Freedom of information

Requests for information, response times and resources (Horgan) 96:1040 (Loukidelis, D.) 96:1005, 96:1040

Friedman, Thomas

Budgets

2009-10 budget priorities, post-secondary education 78:1615-1620

Education

adult basic education, tuition fee elimination 78:1610-1615

Finance and Government Services Committee

submissions to committee, impact 78:1610-1615

Post-secondary education

accessibility and affordability 78:1610

benefits to society 78:1620

tuition fees 78:1610

Post-secondary education, funding

funding 78:1605-1610

funding formula, implementation of Periit review recommendations 78:1615

Skills training

shortage of skilled workers, need for post-secondary education 78:1610

Thompson Rivers University

courses and programs 78:1605

funding and capacity needs 78:1610-1615

graduate programs 78:1620

research activities and mandate 78:1620

Frouws, Pat

Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, child care 88:1645

Children, child care

funding 88:1645-1650

spaces 88:1650

system, comprehensive system for B.C. 88:1650

system, current conditions 88:1645-1650

workers, wages 88:1650

Children, early childhood development

programs and services, integration with child care services 88:1650-1655

Fuel

Aviation fuel tax (Magnan, B.) 72:1400

Biofuel and wood pellets for heating See Heating fuel, energy-efficient wood-burning appliances below under this main heading

Biofuel production from waste See Resource recovery from sewage under Waste management

Biofuel production from wood waste (Adams, P.) 85:1000-1015

Fossil fuels

carbon tax on exports See Application to fossil fuel exports under Carbon tax

development of carbon-neutral and environmental technologies (Ralston) 81:1055 (Stewart, C.) 81:1050-1055

quality of exports (Hansen) 71:1100

reduction in use See Transition to post-carbon economy under Economy

Fuel taxes, impact on business competitiveness (Wilson, E.) 86:1750

Heating fuel, biofuel pellets, energy-efficient stoves See Wood stoves

Taxation (Hawes) 85:0955 (Holmberg, D.) 85:0955