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

Wages and salaries See also particular sectors

Average wage in B.C. (Hansen) 71:1035
Minimum wage (Austin) 71:1035 (Walker, D.) 86:1640
Minimum wage, minimum- and low-wage earners (Norton, J.) 72:1300
Minimum wage, minimum-wage earners (Hansen) 71:1035 (Montani, A.) 72:1300 (Ralston) 72:1300
Walker, Darryl

B.C. Government and Service Employees Union
membership 86:1635
recommendations on government budget 86:1635-1645
Budgets, management of budget deficits 86:1645
Children
child care system, comprehensive system for B.C. 86:1640
child care workers, supply and training 86:1645
programs and services for children and families, funding and support 86:1640
Climate change, government action 86:1635-1640
Community Living B.C., funding and service delivery 86:1640
Economy, B.C. economy, government strategy 86:1635
Health care system, community care services 86:1640
Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 86:1645
Income assistance, benefit amount 86:1640
Legislature, officers of the Legislature, budgets and public access 86:1645
Post-secondary education, funding 86:1640-1645
Skills training, shortage of skilled workers, government action 86:1645
Wages and salaries, minimum wage 86:1640
Walker, Rob

Agrimarine Industries Inc., aquaculture pilot project at Cedar 83:1445, 83:1500
Aquaculture
current conditions in B.C. and elsewhere 83:1450-1455
fish farms, closed-containment systems 83:1445, 83:1455-1500
industry in B.C., innovation funding and government support 83:1445-1455, 83:1505
Middle Bay Sustainable Aquaculture Institute, aquaculture technology development and funding 83:1445-1505
Research and development, barriers to innovation 83:1445-1450
Warrington, Sharel

Education
funding 76:1905-1920
school districts and boards of education, mandate 76:1910
School district 57 (Prince George)
aboriginal education task force, implementation of recommendations 76:1910
budget 76:1910-1915
Waste management

Integrated resource management, government study (Wilhelmson, C.) 87:1135
Resource recovery from sewage (Wilhelmson, C.) 87:1135
Water

Conservation, government initiatives (Joe, T.) 84:1030
Drinking water safety, investigation of complaints (Carter, K.) 95:1025
Water licences, fees for hydroelectricity production (Hurst, D.) 82:1815
Weather

Severe weather events related to climate change, impact on insurance industry See Impact on insurance industry under Climate change
Welcome House, Vancouver, B.C.

Housing services for refugees (Francis, J.) 80:1140
Welfare

Facilities, initiatives for affordable housing and non-profit organization facilities (Ralston) 76:1740
Income assistance See Income assistance
Social programs and services
funding (Earnshaw, A.) 82:1800-1805 (Finlayson, J.) 80:0950 (Hawes) 82:1805 (Horgan) 82:1805
role in health status See Social determinants under Health
workers See Social services workers below under this main heading
Social services organizations
availability of affordable office space See also Facilities above under this main heading
(Pierre, P.) 76:1735-1740
government partnership initiative (Charlesworth, J.) 84:0910
revenues from gaming See Revenues, allocation to non-profit organizations under Gambling
Social services workers, wages in B.C. (Montani, A.) 72:1250-1255
Social welfare issues, government action (Collins, M.) 86:1905
West Coast Express

Commuter rail service (Hawes) 84:1320, 84:1435
West Kootenays See Kootenay area
West Shore See South Island under Vancouver Island; Victoria, B.C.
Western Communities See West Shore area under Victoria, B.C.
Western, Nola

As subject
work for Elections B.C. (Neufeld, H.) 95:1135
Elections
referendum on electoral system for B.C. 95:1145
referendum on electoral system for B.C., funding for opponents and proponents 95:1245
Elections B.C.
budget 95:1145-1155, 95:1230, 95:1245
computer systems and electronic information system 95:1150-1155, 95:1310
office space 95:1240
staff, wages 95:1235
Government buildings, use of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards 95:1240
Westwood, John

Nanaimo Men's Resource Centre
funding 83:1345-1355
programs and services 83:1345-1350
role 83:1345
work with other organizations 83:1355
Violence, family violence prevention, programs and services for men 83:1355
Women's centres, funding 83:1345
Whitemarsh, M. J.

Construction industry, green building design
Built Green certification program 88:1605-1610
renovation and retrofit of existing housing stock 88:1610
Property transfer tax
revenues to government 88:1605
tax rebate for energy-efficient homes 88:1605-1610
Wiebe, Rod

B.C. Wildlife Federation, recommendations on government budget 80:1400-1415
Fish, invasive species control, funding 80:1405-1410
Fishing industry, recreational fishers, compliance with licensing requirements 80:1405
Hunting
hunter access to agricultural lands, outdoor passport proposal 80:1410-1415
hunting organizations, wildlife conservation work 80:1410
Wildlife
conservation officers, staffing 80:1405
population inventories, issues 80:1400
Wildlife

Conservation officers, staffing (MacAhonic, P.) 80:1405 (Wiebe, R.) 80:1405
Conservation officers, staffing and workload issues (Austin) 77:0920-0925 (Pfleiderer, W.) 77:0910-0915, 77:0925
Human-wildlife conflict prevention, government strategy (MacAhonic, P.) 80:1410
Population inventories, issues (Horgan) 77:0920 (Pfleiderer, W.) 77:0910, 77:0920 (Rustad) 77:0920 (Wiebe, R.) 80:1400
Species at risk in B.C. (Pfleiderer, W.) 77:0920
Wilhelmson, Christianne

Air, greenhouse gas emissions, price on emissions 87:1130
Aquaculture, fish farms, closed-containment systems, funding 87:1135
Boats and boating, sewage disposal 87:1135
B.C. Liberal Party government, environmental focus in 2008-09 budget and 2007 throne speech 87:1130
Environment, environmental protection, relationship to economy 87:1130
Georgia Strait Alliance
activities 87:1125
boating sewage disposal project, funding 87:1135
position on carbon tax 87:1140
proposal for fossil fuel innovation and legacy fund 87:1130
Metro Vancouver, sewage treatment, resource recovery at Annacis plant 87:1140
Nanaimo, sewage treatment plant, resource recovery 87:1140
South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, transit services, need for improvements 87:1130, 87:1140
Victoria, sewage treatment project, resource recovery 87:1140
Waste management
integrated resource management, government study 87:1135
resource recovery from sewage 87:1135
Williams Lake, B.C.

City council, relationship with Interior Health Authority See Relationship with city councils under Interior Health Authority
Crime and substance abuse issues (Mead, E.) 77:0955-1005
Detox facilities, need (Mead, E.) 77:1000-1005
Justice and police services, funding (Mead, E.) 77:0955-1005
Wilson, Eric

Carbon tax, suspension and review proposal 86:1750, 86:1800
Education, Community LINK program 86:1755
Fuel taxes, impact on competitiveness 86:1750
Health, complementary medicine, accessibility 86:1755
Lower mainland
south Fraser area, health care services 86:1755
south Fraser area, transit services and transportation infrastructure 86:1750-1755
transportation infrastructure projects 86:1750-1755
Post-secondary education, funding 86:1755
Property transfer tax, reform 86:1750
School district 36 (Surrey), funding for Community LINK program 86:1755
Surrey Board of Trade, recommendations on government budget 86:1745-1800
Surrey, population growth and post-secondary education 86:1755
Wilson, John

Capilano College
designation as university, impact on budget 80:1310-1315
impact of carbon tax 80:1310
Post-secondary education
enrolment levels, relationship to economic cycle 80:1310
students, international students in B.C. institutions 80:1310-1315
system, capacity issues 80:1305-1310
Post-secondary education, funding 80:1310
Wind power See Energy
Winter, Alan

Genome B.C. research activities and funding 72:1425
Winter, Colleen

As subject
experience as parent with special needs child in education system 85:0940-0945
Education
class size and composition 85:0945
special education and special needs 85:0945
Winter, John

Air, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, programs for business 79:1310
B.C. Chamber of Commerce
position on taxation 79:1310
recommendations on government budget 79:1310, 79:1320
Budgets, 2009-10 budget priorities, infrastructure investment 79:1320
Carbon tax, impact on business 79:1310
Climate change, government action, technology development 79:1310
Government
programs and services, evaluation and review 79:1315
spending 79:1315
Health care system, costs and efficiency 79:1315
Highway 37 electrification 79:1320
Immigration, provincial nominee program 79:1325
Public debt, paydown of debt 79:1315-1320
Skills training, tax credit programs for businesses 79:1320
Taxation
tax incentives and measures 79:1315
tax rates, comparison of Alberta and B.C. rates 79:1315
tax reductions 79:1310-1315
Trade, investment and labour mobility agreement, impact on B.C. businesses 79:1315
Withers, Fred

Government spending, reallocation and reduction 72:1405
Wittal, Doug

Air, greenhouse gas emissions from housing sector 78:1720-1725
Canadian Home Builders Association, Central Interior branch, recommendations on government budget 78:1715
Construction industry
green building design, Built Green certification program 78:1720
residential construction, incentives for energy-efficient homes 78:1720-1725
Property transfer tax
revenues to government 78:1715
tax rate threshold 78:1715-1720
use of revenues for environmental initiatives 78:1720
Skills training, trades training programs 78:1730
Women

Programs and services, funding (Boere, T.) 86:1650
Sexual assault See Violence
Women's centres, funding (Hawes) 86:1700 (Thorne) 83:1355, 86:1700 (Westwood, J.) 83:1345
Women's Sexual Assault Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Costs and funding (Horgan) 84:0925 (Rielly, M.) 84:0920-0930 (Rustad) 84:0930
Project Respect program for sexual violence prevention (Ralston) 84:0930 (Rielly, M.) 84:0925-0930
Services (Rielly, M.) 84:0920-0930
Services, coordination with other social service agencies (Lee) 84:0930 (Rielly, M.) 84:0930
Wood, Josiah

Review of police complaint process See Police complaint process, review under Police and policing
Wood stoves

Energy-efficient wood-burning appliances (Adams, P.) 85:1005-1010 (Thorne) 85:1010
Wood waste

Biofuel production See Fuel
Use to generate electricity See Bioenergy under Energy; Wood waste under Energy
Workers See also Labour; particular sectors

Foreign and immigrant workers See Immigration
Minimum-wage workers See Minimum wage under Wages and salaries
Retirement issues See Retirement
Shortage See also Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training
Shortage, study by Conference Board (Ackland, S.) 83:1335
Wright, William (Bill)

Canadian Mental Health Association, B.C. division, programs and services 80:1120
Homelessness
costs 80:1125
government action 80:1125-1130
Housing, supportive housing for mentally ill and addicted 80:1125
Income assistance benefits, benefit amount for shelter 80:1125
Mental health
mental illness and addiction, beds 80:1125
mental illness and addiction, government plan 80:1120-1125
programs and services, regionalization 80:1125
Substance abuse and addiction, detox beds and services 80:1125
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, mental health beds 80:1125

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