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Province of British Columbia
38th Parliament – 2008
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
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MacAhonic, Patti
- B.C. Wildlife Federation
- outdoor education program for children 80:1415
- recommendations on government budget 80:1400-1415
- Fish, invasive species control, funding 80:1410
- Fishing industry, recreational fishing, compliance with licensing requirements 80:1405
- Hunting
- hunting licences, e-licensing program 80:1415
- hunting organizations, wildlife conservation work 80:1410
- Land use planning 80:1400
- Parks, forest recreation sites, funding and maintenance issues 80:1400-1405
- Recreation, outdoor education programs for children and youth 80:1415
- Shuswap area
- conservation officer services 80:1405
- fish and game club, conservation work 80:1410
- Wildlife
- conservation officers, staffing 80:1405
- human-wildlife conflict prevention, government strategy 80:1410
McAllister, James
- Income tax credits, age allowance and medical expenses claims 87:1200-1205
- Pharmacare program, Fair Pharmacare program, eligibility and income 87:1200-1205
McEwan, Tim
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- economic development and diversification, first nations involvement 76:1715
- resources and resource industries, revenues, Fair Share program 76:1720
- Carbon tax
- impact on northern and rural areas 76:1715
- Computer technology
- First nations
- consultation on and involvement in land use decisions 76:1715
- Highway 37
- Highway 97
- improvements to Cariboo–Prince George–Dawson Creek corridor 76:1710
- Initiatives Prince George Development Corp.
- Mines and mining industry
- Prince George
- arts and culture, performing arts centre project 76:1715
- post-secondary education 76:1715
- transportation infrastructure 76:1710-1715
- Prince George Airport
- Telecommunications
- cell phone service in northern B.C. 76:1725
McInnes, Donald
- B.C. Hydro
- energy purchase from private sector 72:1530
- sale of electricity to California, green energy requirements 72:1530
- Energy
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company, role in energy purchases in California 72:1530
- Plutonic Power Corporation, East Toba River–Montrose Creek hydroelectricity project 72:1515, 72:1525-1530
Mackenzie, B.C.
- Economy and forest industry (Campbell, H.) 88:1810
McKenzie, Donald
- Housing, supportive housing for mentally ill and addicted 80:1535
- Mental health, mental illness and addiction, service needs 80:1530
- Rivers and streams, community initiatives 80:1535
- Rivershed Society of B.C., sustainable living leadership program 80:1535
McLachlan, Manley
- B.C. Construction Association
- Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, infrastructure investment 84:1000
- Business, public-private partnerships, role of local construction companies in projects 84:1000-1005
- Construction industry in B.C., current conditions 84:0950-1005
- Construction Industry Training Organization, funding and support 84:1000
- Economy, current conditions, impact on public-private partnerships in B.C. 84:1000-1005
- Government, capital projects
- Industry, government oversight 84:0955
- Skills training, shortage of skilled workers 84:1000
- United States, economy 84:0955
McLellan, Alex
- Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, post-secondary education 78:1655
- Post-secondary education
- Post-secondary education, funding 78:1645-1650
- Thompson Rivers University Students Union
McNally-Dawes, Tanis
- Representative for Children and Youth
McSkimming, Dan
- East Kootenay Regional Hospital
- services, use by Fernie residents 81:1005
- Fernie
- Highway 3
- improvements in Fernie area 81:1005
- Regional district of East Kootenay
McSweeney, Michael
- Carbon tax
- exemption for alternative energy sources and cement industry exports 88:1555-1600
- harmonization with other climate change initiatives 88:1555
- impact on cement industry 88:1550-1600
- increases, implementation 88:1555-1600
- Cement Association of Canada, work with government on climate change initiatives 88:1545
- Cement industry
- Civil service, staff commended 88:1600
Magnan, Bernard
- Air, greenhouse gas emissions
- Carbon tax
- Fuel
- Government
- Health, health care system
- Property transfer tax 72:1400
- Taxation
- Vancouver Board of Trade
- recommendations on government budget 72:1355
Maisonville, Miriam
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., lawyers, recruitment and supply 72:1315
- Business, small business workers, retirement savings 72:1305
- Canadian Bar Association, B.C. branch, activities and concerns 72:1300, 72:1315
- Justice system
- lawyers and legal services, articling students in B.C. 72:1310
- lawyers and legal services, sales tax on services 72:1305-1315
- legal aid funding 72:1310
- Pensions, registered retirement plans, protection 72:1305
- Post-secondary education, student financial assistance, interest-free period for law students 72:1305-1315
Malaspina Students Union
Malaspina University College See Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, B.C.
Malcolm, John
- Castlegar Airport
- Castlegar, city council recommendations on government budget 82:1830-1840
- Kootenay area, west Kootenays, medical evacuations 82:1835
Mandatory retirement See Retirement
Manjak, Scott
- Finance and Government Services Committee, work of committee 81:1110-1115
- Government, local government budget process, public participation 81:1110-1115
Manufacturing industry
Marijuana grow ops See Grow ops
under Substance abuse and addiction
Marine protected areas See Parks
Marks, Eugene
- B.C., northern and rural B.C., skills training in northwestern B.C. 74:1810, 74:1820
- College of New Caledonia, Lakes District campus, trades training partnership with school district 74:1810-1825
- Mines and mining industry, skills training 74:1820
- School district 91 (Nechako Lakes), trades training programs 74:1810
Mary Manning Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Matsqui-Sumas-Abbotsford General Hospital
Mead, Ed
- Cities and towns, hub status, impact on crime rates 77:0955-1005
- Corrections system, prolific offender management pilot project 77:1000-1005
- Interior Health Authority, relationship with city councils 77:1000-1005
- Justice system, community courts 77:1005
- Williams Lake
Meat See Food industry
Media
- Digital media industry
- New media See also Digital media industry above under this main heading
- New media, industry and training in B.C. (Leitch, P.) 72:1500-1505
Medical Services Plan of British Columbia
Medications See Pharmacare program; Prescription drugs
under Drugs
Mehr, Michael
- As subject
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- Carbon tax
- Highway 37 electrification 74:1830
- Northwest Premium Meat Cooperative, operations 74:1830-1835
- Sales tax, harmonization with goods and services tax 74:1835
- Taxation, competitive tax system 74:1835
- Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., molybdenum mining operations in northwestern B.C. 74:1835
Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Men's Trauma Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Mental health
- Facilities and support services for deinstitutionalized persons See Programs and services, regionalization below under this main heading
- Housing for people with mental illness See Supportive housing under Housing
- Mental illness and addiction
- Programs and services, programs for ethnic minorities and first nations (Gutray, B.) 80:1130 (Lee) 80:1130
- Programs and services, regionalization (Wright, B.) 80:1125
- Relationship to head injuries See Head and brain injuries under Accidents
Merit Commissioner
- Audits of public service appointments (Illington, J.) 95:1430-1445 (Yap) 95:1440-1445
- Audits of public service appointments, timeliness (Horgan) 95:1445
- Budget (Hawes) 95:1440-1450 (Hubbard, L.) 95:1440 (Yap) 95:1440
- Budget and operations (Illington, J.) 95:1425-1440
- Mandate (Illington, J.) 95:1430
- Office space and staffing (Hawes) 89:0945-0950 (Hubbard, L.) 89:0950 (Illington, J.) 89:0945-0950
- Relationship with statutory officers, shared services See Officers of the Legislature, shared services under Legislature
- Staff, salaries (Illington, J.) 95:1435
Metro Studio
Metro Vancouver See also Lower mainland
Meyer, Deborah
- Hedges, Robert (Bo), experience as wheelchair basketball athlete 76:2020
- Morrison, Denny, experience as speed skating athlete 76:2020
- PacificSport Northern B.C., support for amateur sports 76:2020
- Sports, government funding and support 76:2020
Middle Bay Sustainable Aquaculture Institute
Millennium scholarship fund See Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Mines and mining industry
- Development in B.C., call for mining commission (Zurowski, D.) 76:1625
- Exploration activities (Kirkham, G.) 82:1740-1750 (Yap) 82:1745
- Exploration activities, role of Geoscience B.C. See Geoscience British Columbia Society
- Government initiatives (Anglin, L.) 88:1820
- Government support (Kirkham, G.) 82:1740
- Industry in B.C.
- Involvement of communities and first nations in industry (Anglin, L.) 88:1825-1830
- Permitting process See Regulation, approvals process below under this main heading
- Regulation, approvals process (Kirkham, G.) 82:1740-1750 (McEwan, T.) 76:1715 (Rustad) 82:1750 (Yap) 82:1745
- Role in economic diversification of beetle-impacted areas See Development in beetle-impacted areas under Resources and resource industries
- Role in northwest transmission line See Electrification, role of public and private sectors under Highway 37
- Skills training (Lee) 74:1820 (McEwan, T.) 76:1715 (Marks, E.) 74:1820 (Synotte, L.) 74:1820
Mirhady, David
- Post-secondary education enrolment levels, relationship to economic cycle 87:0915
- Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
- faculty, mitigation of costs due to mandatory retirement elimination 87:0915
- Retirement, elimination of mandatory retirement 87:0915
- Simon Fraser University
Mission, B.C.
- Landfill, infrastructure funding (Hawes) 81:1005
- Parks in area, disruptive activity by visitors (Hawes) 72:1455
Mix, Bryan
- Duchess Park Secondary School
- School district 57 (Prince George)
- upgrading of schools for carbon footprint reduction 76:1925
Monsell, Tammy
- Canadian Rockies International Airport
- Delta Air Lines
- Highway 3
Montaldi, Ruth
- As subject
- personal experience of living on disability benefits 84:1105
- Income assistance, disability benefits
- Income tax reductions, impact on low-income earners 84:1105
- Vancouver Island, south Island, income assistance offices 84:1110
- Victoria, housing costs 84:1100
Montani, Adrienne
- Children, early childhood development
- government initiatives 72:1300
- government investment, economic benefits study 72:1255
- Education, kindergarten, full-day kindergarten 72:1300
- First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, role 72:1255
- Health, public health, government promotion of healthy lifestyle and physical fitness 72:1255
- Housing, social and subsidized housing, rental assistance program 72:1255
- Income assistance recipients, eligibility for other social welfare programs 72:1255
- Poverty
- Wages and salaries, minimum-wage earners 72:1300
- Welfare, social services workers, wages in B.C. 72:1250-1255
Moon, Anne
- Raging Grannies, presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee 84:1320
Morey, Chris
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- oil and gas industry, taxation 75:0925
- resource industry revenues, Fair Share program 75:0915
- Fort McMurray, Alberta, impact of bitumen deposits development on infrastructure 75:0915
- Fort Nelson
- Horn River Basin, development of natural gas resources 75:0905-0925
- Investment climate in B.C., comparison with Alberta 75:0925
- Oil and gas, revenues to government 75:0920
- Peace River area infrastructure funding 75:0915
Morrison, Denny
- Experience as speed skating athlete (Meyer, D.) 76:2020
Motions and resolutions See also minutes of particular committee issues
- Motion for Chair to deposit copy of budget consultation report with Office of the Clerk and for report to be presented to Legislative Assembly at earliest opportunity, approved 92:1320
- Motion re preparation, adoption and presentation of report on supplementary funding for Information and Privacy Commissioner, approved 69:1135
- Motion that budget submissions by legislative offices be approved as amended, approved on division 97:1245
- Motion that Chair and Deputy Chair be directed by discussion and prepare a draft travel itinerary, approved 70:1235
- Motion that Chair present report to the House as soon as practicable, approved 97:1250
- Motion that in view of media statements by the Finance Minister on provincial revenues, the minister be asked to appear before the committee and provide an updated revenue forecast, negatived 89:1015-1025
- Motion that the Chair invite the Finance Minister to speak to the Finance Committee to give an update on current financial projections for B.C., approved 89:1025-1030
- Motion that the Clerk of Committees work with legislative offices to standardize their budget submissions, approved 97:1250
- Motion to adopt budget consultation report as amended, approved 92:1320
- Motion to adopt report on budgets of statutory officers as amended, approved on division 97:1250
- Motion to appoint one or more subcommittees to hear comment on public policy matters outside of the prebudget consultation process, negatived 71:1110
- Motion to approve statutory officers' joint leasehold accommodation proposal, approved 89:1000
- Motion to direct that all Finance Ministry budget consultation advertisements cease immediately, negatived 89:1030-1040
- Motion to elect Chair, approved 69:1130, 71:1010
- Motion to elect Deputy Chair, approved 69:1130
- Motion to endorse Information and Privacy Commissioner application for additional funding to defray costs re legal proceedings, approved 69:1135
- Motion to go in camera, approved 70:1210, 89:0950, 89:1040, 90:0930, 91:1010, 92:1100, 93:1550, 94:1555, 96:1300
- Motion to notify legislative officers that expenditure commitments which impact future budgets must be brought to Finance Committee for approval, approved 97:1250
Mount Washington Alpine Resort
- Use as training facility by Olympic athletes (Presley, M.) 83:1410
Mountain pine beetle
Moyle, Shannon
- B.C., northern and rural B.C.
- services for developmentally disabled persons in northwestern B.C. 74:1905-1915
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living services, respite services 74:1910
- employment, wage subsidies 74:1905-1910
- housing for developmentally disabled persons 74:1910-1915
- programs and services for developmentally disabled persons 74:1905-1915
- High Road Services Society
- presentation to Finance and Government Services Committee in 2005 74:1905
- programs and services for developmentally disabled persons 74:1900-1915
MSA Hospital See Matsqui-Sumas-Abbotsford General Hospital
Multicultural Helping House Society
Murphy, Dan
- Bennett, Bill, support of grassland restoration initiative 81:1020
- Energy, bioenergy industry, government investment 81:1035
- Forests and forest industry
- forest practices, regulation 81:1030
- pulp and paper sector, current conditions 81:1035
- tenure system, relationship to ecosystem restoration initiatives 81:1030
- Grassland ecosystem restoration, government program and funding 81:1025-1030
- Kootenay area, East Kootenays, grassland ecosystem management 81:1025-1035
- Kootenay-Boundary land use plan 81:1025-1030
- Parks, ecosystem management in parks 81:1030
- Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society
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