Province of British Columbia
39th Parliament – 2010
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts
INDEX

CADAC See Canadian Arts Data under Arts and culture
Campbell, Dave

Chief information officer, activities 7:0915
Government, wireless network security
encryption issues 7:0920
firewalls 7:0930
impact of technology changes 7:0925-0930
review by Auditor General, implementation of recommendations 7:0910-0920, 7:0930-0940
security of transactions with non-profit organizations 7:0920
wireless access devices 7:0935-0940
Campbell, David

Crown corporations, business continuity planning for information technology systems 14:1440
Earthquake preparedness 14:1415
Emergency management services 14:1410-1420, 14:1450
Government
information technology systems
denial-of-service incidents 14:1445
government response to service disruptions 14:1445-1450
ownership of government data 14:1515
information technology systems, business continuity planning
contracted services 14:1415-1425, 14:1515
coordination with local governments 14:1430
prioritization of critical government business functions 14:1415-1420, 14:1450-1455
review by Auditor General, government response 14:1410-1420, 14:1450
information technology systems, data centres
locations and earthquake risk 14:1415, 14:1425
locations and role 14:1435-1440, 14:1450, 14:1515
security and storage capacity 14:1500
Government, local government
information technology systems, business continuity planning 14:1430
HP Advanced Solutions Inc., data management services to B.C. government 14:1415, 14:1425, 14:1515
Shared Services B.C., information technology support services, business continuity planning 14:1410-1425, 14:1445-1450
Vancouver Island, government services, disaster recovery planning 14:1510-1515
Campbell, Duncan

As subject
position with Vancouver Coastal Health Authority 7:1025-1030 (Sultan) 7:1025
Fraser Health Authority, information management system 7:1025
Health authorities, consolidation initiative for corporate, clinical support and back-office functions 7:1025
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
primary access regional information system access and security, protection of personal information 7:1015
primary access regional information system access and security, review by Auditor General, implementation of recommendations 7:0950-1015, 7:1030
wireless network security review 7:0955
Campbell River, B.C.

Sidewalk project (Furey, M.) 11:1240
Canada Health Infoway Inc.

Role in e-health systems (Gaston, M.) 7:1040 (McKnight, E.) 7:1050, 7:1115-1125
Canadian Council of Legislative Auditors

Public sector governance studies (Gaston, M.) 9:1045
Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees

2010 conference in Quebec City (McIntyre) 8:1455 (Ralston) 8:1450-1455 (Rustad) 8:1450-1455 (Ryan-Lloyd, K.) 8:1445-1450 (Simpson, S.) 8:1450
Canadian Institute for Health Information

Use of health data (Davidson, H.) 8:1245-1250 (Letnick) 8:1250
Capital regional district

Impact of land removal from tree farm licence on southern Vancouver Island See Removal of land from tree farm licence, impacts under Western Forest Products Inc.
Cascadia Forest Products Ltd.

Purchase by Western Forest Products Inc. See Western Forest Products Inc.
Chandra Herbert, Spencer (Vancouver–West End)

As subject
comments on government response to Auditor General report on homelessness (McIntyre) 8:1400
Agricultural Land Commission
relationship with local governments 13:1235
Auditor General
audit follow-up, principles and priorities 7:1150
mandate and role 15:1050-1055
recommendations, information-sharing on recommendations in government and agencies 7:1150
B.C. Arts Council
grant administration, adjudication process documentation 12:1250-1255
grant administration, review by Auditor General 12:1250-1300
B.C. Rail, status and Auditor General oversight 11:1120
Budgets
budget process review, report, discussion by Public Accounts Committee 9:1015
Civil service, public sector governance
board members, experience and training 9:1315
board practices for information use 9:1320
board practices for information use and decision-making, survey 9:1315
Communities
green community design and development, LocalMotion program 11:1255-1300
Credit rating
role of Auditor General review of government financial reporting 10:1240
Crown corporations
executive compensation arrangements, review by Auditor General 9:1220-1225
Earthquake preparedness 14:1510
Education, funding
annual facilities grants for repairs and upgrades 8:1045
funding for seismic upgrading of schools 8:1045
Education, schools
seismic mitigation program 8:1040-1045
Gambling
charities' access to gambling revenues, potential review by Auditor General 12:1300
Government
fraud risk management, reporting of fraud and loss, tip hotlines and whistle-blower protection 12:1335
fraud risk management, review by Auditor General 12:1335
performance indicators and reporting
development guide for key indicators 15:1050
key indicators, development and use by ministries 15:1050-1055
key indicators, relationship to other performance indicators 15:1050
performance reporting, annual reviews by Auditor General 15:1055
public accounts, financial statement discussion and analysis 9:1025
public accounts, financial statement discussion and analysis, request for information 9:1010-1015
records, potential revenue generation from duplicate historical documents 15:1410
wireless network security, security of transactions with non-profit organizations 7:0920
Health, continuing and long-term care
home and community care planning, review by Auditor General 8:1300-1305
Health, health authorities
e-health systems, costs 7:1100-1105
Health, health care system
e-health systems, costs and planning 7:1100-1105, 7:1135
Health, home and community care
service levels 8:1300-1305
Highways and roads, maintenance and rehabilitation 15:1215-1220
Homelessness
causes 8:1355
government action, comprehensive plan 8:1350
government action, review by Auditor General, government response 8:1350
homelessness 8:1435
number of homeless 8:1350-1400
Housing
temporary housing and shelters 8:1435
Industry Training Authority
consultation with stakeholders 12:1040
Infrastructure
projects, assessment and priorities 11:1255-1300, 12:1250
projects, grant administration, review by Auditor General 11:1255-1300
Long, Jeremy, work for B.C. Arts Council commended 12:1250
Parks
ecological integrity, reporting 13:1435
management, role of citizens and community organizations 13:1350, 13:1435
pest control and management, invasive species 13:1435
Public Accounts Committee
attendance by committee members and staff at annual public accounts committees conference 8:1450
Public debt
impact on budget process 10:1240
Skills training
employer satisfaction 12:1040
quality assurance 12:1040
Stanley Park Ecology Society
report 13:1435
work of organization 13:1350
Transportation Investment Corporation
financial reporting 10:1120, 10:1235-1240
Vancouver Island, government services, disaster recovery planning 14:1510
Water
groundwater management and protection, review by Auditor General 15:1325-1330
groundwater safety and supply 15:1325
Western Forest Products Inc., removal of land from tree farm licence
company request to government 13:1130
costs to government 13:1020-1025, 13:1115-1120
government decision-making process 13:1035-1040, 13:1115-1120
government decision-making process, consideration of public interest 13:1020, 13:1040
impact on capital regional district 13:1035-1040, 13:1120
review by Auditor General 13:1020, 13:1035, 13:1115-1120
review by Auditor General, government response 13:1040-1045, 13:1130
Charities

Revenues from gaming See Gambling
Chief information officer

Activities (Campbell, Dave) 7:0915
Citizens' Services, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism and the Public Affairs Bureau

Contracted services, oversight (Simpson, S.) 10:1310
Civil service

Employees, standards of conduct (Doyle, J.) 12:1410 (Newton, S.) 12:1325, 12:1335, 12:1410
Employees, training (Fischer, C.) 11:1450
Executive compensation and labour relations issues, responsibility (Corrigan) 9:1225 (Vincent, T.) 9:1230
Knowledge management See Government
Public sector governance
board governance (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 10:1320
board members, experience and training (Chandra Herbert) 9:1315 (Corrigan) 9:1320-1325 (Doyle, J.) 9:1315, 9:1330-1335 (Howard) 9:1310 (Les) 9:1320 (McIntyre) 9:1310-1315, 9:1335 (Rustad) 9:1325 (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 9:1305-1310, 9:1330
boards, appointed vs. elected boards (Doyle, J.) 9:1335 (Ralston) 9:1335
good practices guide (Doyle, J.) 9:1040 (Gaston, M.) 9:1045 (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 9:1055
review by Auditor General (Corrigan) 9:1115 (Doyle, J.) 9:1040, 9:1115 (Gaston, M.) 9:1040-1055 (Gentner) 9:1120 (Letnick) 9:1105-1100
review by Auditor General, government response (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 9:1055-1105
Public sector governance, board practices for information use and decision-making
board practices for information use (Chandra Herbert) 9:1320 (Doyle, J.) 9:1320 (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 9:1320
review by Auditor General (Corrigan) 9:1320-1325 (Doyle, J.) 9:1250, 9:1315, 9:1330-1335 (Gaston, M.) 9:1250-1300 (McIntyre) 9:1310-1315
review by Auditor General, follow-up process (Doyle, J.) 9:1310 (Howard) 9:1305-1310 (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 9:1310
review by Auditor General, government response (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 9:1300-1305
survey (Chandra Herbert) 9:1315 (Doyle, J.) 9:1250, 9:1315 (Gaston, M.) 9:1055
survey and guidelines (Gaston, M.) 9:1250-1300 (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 9:1300-1305
Public sector organizations
performance measurement, reporting (Doyle, J.) 9:1110, 9:1115 (Letnick) 9:1110 (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 9:1100-1105, 9:1115
performance measurement, survey (Doyle, J.) 9:1040 (Gaston, M.) 9:1045-1050
Colleges See Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
Committees See Committee system under Legislature; particular committees
Communities

Green community design and development, LocalMotion program (Chandra Herbert) 11:1255-1300 (Edwards, L.) 11:1245, 11:1415 (Furey, M.) 11:1220-1230, 11:1240-1245, 11:1300-1310 (Handrahan, K.) 11:1255-1300 (Jones, R.) 11:1215 (Ralston) 11:1305
Green community design and development, Towns for Tomorrow program (Furey, M.) 11:1220, 11:1230, 11:1310
Community Living British Columbia

Financial reporting, audit (Doyle, J.) 11:1020 (Huntington) 11:1020
Primary access regional information system access and security (Simpson, S.) 7:1020
Comptroller general

Fraud and loss reports to Auditor General (Corrigan) 12:1415-1420 (Doyle, J.) 12:1415-1420 (Newton, S.) 12:1415-1420
Fraud prevention activities (Gentner) 12:1400 (Newton, S.) 12:1325-1340, 12:1355-1400, 12:1425
Internal audit reports, availability and review by Public Accounts Committee (Huntington) 11:1100 (Newton, S.) 11:1055-1100 (Ralston) 11:1100
Internal audit reports, review by Public Accounts Committee (Huntington) 12:1350-1355 (Newton, S.) 12:1355 (Ralston) 12:1355
Presentation to Public Accounts Committee (Ralston) 10:1100
Relationship with Auditor General See Auditor General
Report, Public Accounts for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2009 See Public accounts, financial statement discussion and analysis under Government
Review of e-health system procurement process See E-health systems, contracts and procurement process under Health – Health care system
Computer technology

Wireless network security (Lau, D.) 7:0905
Contaminated sites See Waste management
Corrigan, Kathy (Burnaby–Deer Lake)

As subject
experience as school trustee 10:1355, 10:1440
Accountants
accounting standards, information 10:1115
Agricultural Land Commission
budget and operations 13:1250
mandate 13:1245
Agricultural land reserve
regulations, compliance and enforcement 13:1310
removal of land from reserve, application process 13:1250
Agriculture
farmland, protection 13:1245
Auditor General
audit follow-up 14:1605
audit follow-up, self-assessment 14:1530-1535
audit services, auditor rotation and term limits 11:1030
budget 11:1100
financial statement audit coverage plan 10:1025, 11:1030-1035, 11:1100
B.C. Ambulance Service
information technology systems, disaster recovery planning 14:1450-1455
B.C. Federation of Labour
concerns re implementation of Auditor General recommendations on skills training system 14:1535
Burnaby
infrastructure funding 11:1315
Business
public-private partnerships, assessment methodology 9:0935-0950
public-private partnerships, review by Auditor General 9:0945-0950
public-private partnerships, value-for-money reports 9:0930-0935
Civil service
executive compensation and labour relations issues, responsibility 9:1225
public sector governance
board members, experience and training 9:1320-1325
board practices for information use and decision-making, review by Auditor General 9:1320-1325
review by Auditor General 9:1115
Comptroller general
fraud and loss reports to Auditor General 12:1415-1420
Crown corporations
executive compensation arrangements, review by Auditor General 9:1225
Crown Corporations Employers Association
role and responsibilities 9:1225
Education, funding
funding for school districts 10:1400
Education Ministry
capital asset management system 8:1035
Education, school districts and boards of education
board members, experience and training 9:1325
budget process 10:1440
financial management of working capital 10:1440
financial management of working capital, reforms 10:1355-1400
financial reporting, review by Auditor General 11:1035
Education, schools
seismic mitigation program 8:1030-1035
seismic mitigation program, review by Auditor General, follow-up and implementation of recommendations 14:1605-1610
Exports and imports
trade agreements, impact on certification and hiring of skilled labour 12:1125
Financial Administration Act
compliance 12:1415-1420
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., operations and Auditor General oversight 11:1030-1035
Government
accounting practices, rate-regulated accounting 10:1245
financial management of working capital by SUCH sector entities, review by Auditor General 10:1355-1400
financial reporting
audit costs 11:1100
contractual obligations 9:0940-0955, 10:1245
review by Auditor General 11:1100
review by Auditor General and government response 10:1115
review by private sector auditors 11:1100
fraud risk management
cost benefits 12:1345
incidence of fraud in B.C. and other jurisdictions 12:1345
reporting of fraud and loss 12:1415-1420
review by Auditor General 12:1345, 12:1415
information security management 14:1630
information technology systems, business continuity planning
contracted services, costs 14:1420-1425
prioritization of critical government business functions 14:1450-1455
review by Auditor General 14:1420, 14:1450-1455
information technology systems, data centre locations and earthquake risk 14:1420
knowledge management practices, Bridge initiative 8:1125
knowledge management practices, privacy issues 8:1120
ministries, audits and financial reporting 10:1250
public accounts, financial statement discussion and analysis 9:0955, 9:1025
transfer agreements and funding, year-end transfers
2008-09 fiscal year 11:1450-1455
review by Auditor General 11:1450-1455
wireless network security, information breaches 7:0920-0925
Health, continuing and long-term care
beds, number 8:1310
home and community care
planning, review by Auditor General 8:1305-1310
Health, health authorities
performance measurement, reporting 9:1115-1120
Health, health care system
e-health systems
contracts and procurement process 7:1105
participation by specialist physicians 7:1135
Health Services Ministry
performance measurement, reporting 9:1115-1120
Homelessness
government action, comprehensive plan 8:1410
government action, review by Auditor General, government response 8:1405
perception 8:1410
Housing
social and subsidized housing, wait-lists for social housing 8:1410
Information
knowledge management, good practice guide and web tool by Auditor General 8:1120
Infrastructure
projects
application acceptance rate 11:1315
assessment and priorities 11:1240-1245
assessment and priorities, process 11:1315-1320
grant administration, review by Auditor General 11:1240-1245, 11:1315-1320
International Statistics Day, declaration 10:1245
MLAs
access to information 8:1125
Oil and gas
industry, liability rating 9:1405
number of remediated wells 9:1405
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler
costs and funding, definition and government information 12:1255-1300
costs and funding, review by Auditor General 12:1255-1300
Olympic Games, 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, security costs, infrastructure funding and financial reporting 10:1325
Parks
ecological integrity, conservation and status 13:1400-1405
facilities and services, contracted operations 13:1410
pest control and management, invasive species 13:1400
system, review by Auditor General 13:1400-1405
Partnerships B.C.
role in school seismic upgrading projects 8:1035
Partnerships B.C.
evaluation of projects, methodology discussion paper, review by Auditor and comptroller generals 9:0930-0950
evaluation of projects, request for information 9:0935-0940
report content on Sea to Sky Highway upgrade project, comparison with public accounts content 9:0955
Public Accounts Committee
members, access to accounting standards documents 10:1115
Public Sector Employers' Council
role and responsibilities 9:1225
School district 39 (Vancouver)
financial management, oversight 11:1035
School district 41 (Burnaby)
financial management 10:1355, 10:1440
Shared Services B.C.
information technology support services, business continuity planning 14:1450-1455
Skills training
apprenticeship, completion rates 12:1035
apprenticeship, enrolment 12:1035
industry training organizations, labour representation 12:1125-1130
Red Seal certification 12:1125
role of trade unions 12:1125
system, review by Auditor General and follow-up process 14:1535
Trades, compulsory trades 12:1125
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, primary access regional information system access and security
protection of personal information 7:1005-1010
review by Auditor General 7:1005-1010
review by Auditor General, follow-up process 14:1535
Victoria
government services, data centre security 14:1420
Waste management
contaminated sites 9:1405
Western Forest Products Inc.
corporate ownership 13:1115
Western Forest Products Inc., removal of land from tree farm licence
government decision-making process 13:1015-1020, 13:1115
government decision-making process, consideration of public interest 13:1115
impact on allowable annual cut 13:1115
review by Auditor General 13:1020, 13:1115
review by Auditor General, handling of insider trading allegation 13:1020
Credit rating

B.C. rating and rating process (Letnick) 10:1305 (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 10:1305
Role of Auditor General review of government financial reporting (Chandra Herbert) 10:1240 (Doyle, J.) 10:1240-1245
Crown agencies

Boards of public sector organizations, information use and decision-making See Public sector governance under Civil service
Performance indicators and reporting See Performance indicators and reporting under Government
Crown corporations

Accountability and audits See particular Crown corporations
Crown corporations secretariat (Evans, K.) 12:1110
Establishment, startup issues See Agencies under Government
Executive compensation
caps on compensation (Chandra Herbert) 9:1220 (Gaston, M.) 9:1130-1135 (Huntington) 9:1225 (Vincent, T.) 9:1220-1225
comparison with other jurisdictions and sectors (Doyle, J.) 9:1155, 9:1205-1210 (Rustad) 9:1205-1210
compensation (Doyle, J.) 9:1155 (Gentner) 9:1215 (Vincent, T.) 9:1215
compensation arrangements, review by Auditor General (Chandra Herbert) 9:1220-1225 (Corrigan) 9:1225 (Doyle, J.) 9:1130, 9:1155-1215, 9:1225 (Gaston, M.) 9:1130-1135 (Gentner) 9:1215 (Huntington) 9:1215, 9:1225 (McIntyre) 9:1155 (Ralston) 9:1150 (Rustad) 9:1205-1210 (Vincent, T.) 9:1215-1220
compensation arrangements, review by Auditor General, government response (Vincent, T.) 9:1135-1200, 9:1225
disclosure of information (Chandra Herbert) 9:1220-1225 (Doyle, J.) 9:1225 (Gaston, M.) 9:1135 (Huntington) 9:1225 (Vincent, T.) 9:1145, 9:1200, 9:1220-1225
link to performance (Chandra Herbert) 9:1225 (Doyle, J.) 9:1200-1205 (Gaston, M.) 9:1135 (McIntyre) 9:1155 (Vincent, T.) 9:1145, 9:1200
severance payments (Ralston) 9:1150 (Vincent, T.) 9:1150
Executive employment arrangements, limits on future employment (Gentner) 9:1215 (Vincent, T.) 9:1215
Executive employment arrangements, term of employment (Doyle, J.) 9:1155, 9:1210 (Ralston) 9:1150 (Vincent, T.) 9:1150
Executive performance measurement (Doyle, J.) 9:1155-1205 (Huntington) 9:1215 (Vincent, T.) 9:1155
Executive performance measurement, use of public opinion surveys (McIntyre) 9:1200-1205
Financial liability (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 10:1300
Information technology systems, business continuity planning (Campbell, D.) 14:1440 (Filmer, C.) 14:1440 (Sultan) 14:1440
Relationship with government (Vincent, T.) 9:1140
Succession planning (Doyle, J.) 9:1215-1220 (Huntington) 9:1215
Crown Corporations Employers Association

Role and responsibilities (Corrigan) 9:1225 (Vincent, T.) 9:1140-1145, 9:1230
Crown land

Inherited Crown land (Gentner) 10:1300 (Wenezenki-Yolland, C.) 10:1100

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