BC Legislature - Finance and Government Services Committee, 39th Parliament

Bacchus, Patti

Presentation to committee on behalf of school district 39 (Vancouver) 43:1205-1220

Education

funding 43:1210-1220

school districts and boards of education

audits, sharing of information 43:1220

operations, shift to paperless system 43:1220

special education and special needs, assessments 43:1220

Finance and Government Services Committee, public hearings, advertisement and witness notification 43:1205

Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, impact on school districts and education 43:1210

Immigration, school-based services programs and services for immigrants to B.C. 43:1220

Poverty, government action on child poverty 43:1220

Sales tax, exemptions and rebates for school districts 43:1210

School district 39 (Vancouver)

aging school facilities 43:1215

costs and funding 43:1210-1220

description 43:1205

Bailey, Jann

Presentation to committee on behalf of Kamloops Art Gallery 48:1920-1935

Arts and culture

artists 48:1920-1925

government funding, gaming grants 48:1925

government funding reduction 48:1930-1935

B.C. Arts Council, funding 48:1925, 48:1935

Communities, community organizations, gaming grant program review 48:1925

Kamloops Art Gallery

funding 48:1930-1935

recommendation on government budget 48:1925

Ballantyne, Robert

Presentation to committee on behalf of Association of Book Publishers of B.C. 43:1835-1845

B.C. Arts Council, allocation of funds to literary book publishing 43:1835-1840

Publishing industry

conditions in industry and impact of e-books 43:1835

government support 43:1845

literary publishing 43:1835-1840

Bassett-Kluss, Kerri

Presentation to committee on behalf of Bulkley Valley Child Development Centre Society 45:0955-1005

B.C., northern B.C., health care services, reduction in public health services 45:1005

Bulkley Valley Child Development Centre Society, infant development program 45:1000-1005

Children, programs and services for children and families

infant development program 45:1000

service providers and contracts 45:1005

Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 45:0955-1000

Education, special education and special needs 45:0955

Bazil, Mel

Presentation to committee on behalf of Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre Society 45:1025-1040

As subject

experience with aboriginal friendship centres 45:1025

Aboriginal Healing Foundation, funding and role 45:1025, 45:1035-1040

Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre Society, funding and services 45:1025-1040

First Nations

bentwood box tradition 45:1030

children in government care 45:1035

cultural traditions, role in society 45:1025-1035

friendship centres, funding and services 45:1025-1040

history of treatment by non–first nations, recovery 45:1025-1035

residential schools 45:1025-1035

urban and off-reserve population 45:1035

Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, article on children in care 45:1035

BCTS See British Columbia timber sales program
Bennett, Bill (Kootenay East)

B.C.

northern and rural B.C.

professionals and technical workers, training and retention 46:1900

road safety in southeast B.C. 44:1635

rural B.C.

lawyers, supply and training 43:1445

B.C., northern B.C.

mines and mining industry 45:0915

northeast B.C., recruitment of health professionals 44:1550-1555

northeast B.C., shale gas development 44:1615

northwest B.C.

economy and supply of skilled labour 45:1110

jobs for local residents 45:1110

resource revenues, allocation to area communities 47:1110

Budgets

2012-13 budget priorities 46:1810

Children, early childhood development

child development centres, service delivery 49:0925-0930

Comox Valley Child Development Association

service delivery, integration 49:0930

Elk Valley

tax-sharing agreement with mining industry 47:1110

Employment and unemployment

job creation, local jobs 45:1110

Energy

northwest transmission line 45:0915

First Nations

agreements with government, strategic engagement agreements 46:1655

Forests and forest industry

export of raw logs, policy proposal 49:1045

Fort Nelson

attraction of physicians 44:1645

Horn River

basin area, natural gas resource development, need for central access road 44:1610-1615

Horn River Producers Group

recommendations on government budget, proposal 44:1605-1615

Housing, residential care facilities

assisted-living model 47:1020

Hunting

trapping licences, government management and oversight 46:1755

Justice system

costs, management and studies 43:1450

funding 47:1035

legal information outreach workers 49:1115

Mines and mining industry

aggregate industry, companies, applications and permitting process 44:1625

permitting process 45:0915

Northern B.C. Truckers Association

issues and concerns 44:1635

Northern Health Authority

physician recruitment 44:1550-1555, 44:1645

Northwest Community College

funding and program readiness 45:1110

Physicians

supply and training 43:1405

Post-secondary education

student financial assistance 43:1725-1730

student financial assistance, loan programs for law students 43:1445

Prince George Chamber of Commerce

recommendations on government budget and policies 46:1810

Public Commission on Legal Aid

report 43:1450

Real estate industry

recreational property market 48:1945

Resources and resource industries

permitting processes 46:1650

Taseko Mines Ltd.

Prosperity gold-copper mine project 46:1655

Tourism

destination marketing organizations, proposal for industry-led organization 47:1130

Tourism B.C.

elimination, impact on tourism marketing 47:1135

Trucking industry

safety issues 44:1635

Williams Lake

crime rate and court services 47:1035

seniors housing issues 47:1020

W.J. Sand and Gravel Ltd.

operations, impact of industry permitting process 44:1625

Benton, Mark

Presentation to committee on behalf of Legal Services Society 49:1100-1115

Crime and criminals, administrative offences 49:1110

Immigration, foreign and immigrant workers, legal concerns of temporary workers 49:1115

Justice system

early intervention programs 49:1110

legal aid, funding and services 49:1105-1115

legal aid, telephone advice program 49:1110-1115

legal information outreach workers 49:1105-1115

priorities and solution-oriented approach 49:1105

Legal Services Society

funding and services 49:1105-1115

role 49:1100-1105

Welfare, social conditions, link to legal issues 49:1110

Birch, Brenda

Presentation to committee on behalf of Society for the Advancement of Non-coercive Education 48:1710-1725

As subject

work experience 48:1715

Education

government goals 48:1710-1715

personalized learning model and pilot project proposal 48:1710-1725

special education and special needs, grouping of students 48:1720

Society for the Advancement of Non-coercive Education

activities and role 48:1715

recommendations on education initiatives 48:1720

Windsor House School

funding and status 48:1720-1725

philosophy of education 48:1715-1725

Bloy, Hon. Harry (Burnaby-Lougheed)

As subject

meeting with B.C. Community Living Action Group (Dadson, A.) 43:1550, 43:1600 (Donaldson) 43:1600

Bodnar, Faith

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Association for Community Living 43:1100-1105

B.C. Association for Community Living, recommendations on community living services funding 43:1100-1105

Community Living B.C., funding, additional funding 43:1100-1105

Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services

concerns of service providers 43:1105

funding and service levels 43:1100-1105

services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 43:1105

Boggio, Len

Attendance at prebudget consultation meeting (Rees, R.) 43:1020

Book publishing See Publishing industry
British Columbia

Citizens, role in betterment of society (Buell, A.) 49:1005

Interior B.C., tourism industry (Legace, F.) 48:1635-1640

Northern and rural B.C. See also British Columbia – Northern B.C.

advocacy services (Donaldson) 50:1705 (Routley, B.) 50:1700 (Tyers, S.) 50:1705

child development centres, funding and operations (Pedersen, K.) 46:1815-1830

economic development, impact on health and social services (Donaldson) 45:1020 (Goffinet, R.) 45:1015-1020

government investment and support (Tyers, S.) 50:1655-1705

health care funding and services (Goffinet, R.) 45:1010-1020

jobs for local residents (Tyers, S.) 50:1700

professional and technical workers, training and retention (Bennett) 46:1900 (Iwama, G.) 46:1900

Northern B.C. See British Columbia – Northern B.C.

Population, aging population (MacLise, A.) 47:1010

Population, aging population, impact on health care system See Impact of demographic trends under Health – Health care system

Population, deaths (Odeneal, T.) 49:0955

Road safety in southeast B.C. (Bennett) 44:1635

Rural B.C.

education and skills training (Donaldson) 47:1005

lawyers, supply and training (Bennett) 43:1445 (Matthews, S.) 43:1440-1450

recruitment of health professionals (Pimm) 44:1555

trades training (Ackland, S.) 49:0945 (Donaldson) 49:0945

British Columbia – Northern B.C.

Attraction of skilled workers (Elmore) 47:1120 (McEwan, T.) 46:1645-1650

Business climate (McGill, B.) 46:1800

Cost of living See Cost of living for northern residents under Consumers

Economic development and natural resources (McEwan, T.) 46:1640-1645

Economic development and need for support services (Warcup, M.) 45:1000

Economic diversification (Phillips, B.) 46:1800-1805

Engineer and technician supply and training (McGill, G.) 46:1805

Fair Share initiative See Fair Share initiative

First Nations population and unemployment rate (Fielding, C.) 50:1610

Government investment and support (Dougherty, D.) 46:1800 (Fielding, C.) 50:1605 (McGill, B.) 46:1800-1805 (Phillips, B.) 46:1800-1810

Health care services (McGill, G.) 46:1805

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reduction in public health services (Bassett-Kluss, K.) 45:1005

training for health professionals (Warcup, M.) 45:0955

Infrastructure (Phillips, B.) 46:1805 (Richmond, A.) 47:1055-1110

Northeast B.C.

health care services (Peace, C.) 44:1550-1555

local government property taxation powers (Griffith, C.) 44:1700

natural gas development and groundwater monitoring (Anglin, L.) 49:1025-1030 (Pimm) 49:1030

recruitment of health professionals (Bennett) 44:1550-1555 (Elmore) 44:1555 (Peace, C.) 44:1550 (Streeper, B.) 44:1645

road safety (Elmore) 44:1640 (Hayer) 44:1645 (Seidel, R.) 44:1635-1645

shale gas development (Bennett) 44:1615 (Foreman, K.) 44:1600-1605 (Griffith, C.) 44:1455-1510, 44:1655 (Streeper, B.) 44:1450-1505, 44:1650-1655

shale gas development, Alberta workers (Milner, D.) 44:1520 (Pimm) 44:1520

temporary foreign workers (Elmore) 44:1525 (Vandersteen, B.) 44:1525

Northwest B.C.

community living services (Gorbahn, D.) 45:1145-1150 (Norman, A.) 45:1135 (Norman, C.) 45:1130-1140

economy and supply of skilled labour (Bennett) 45:1110 (O'Leary, D.) 45:1055-1110

forest industry (Stevens, M.) 45:1040, 45:1050 (Whitehead, G.) 45:0925 (Wilson, L.) 45:1045-1050

investment climate (Hayer) 50:1620

jobs for local residents (Bennett) 45:1110 (Donaldson) 45:1105 (O'Leary, D.) 45:1110

mines and mining industry (Bennett) 45:0915 (Ogryzlo, C.) 45:0905-0915 (Pimm) 50:1615

transportation and energy infrastructure (Carruthers, B.) 47:0905-0910

unemployment (O'Leary, D.) 45:1055

Post-secondary education

access (Donaldson) 46:1900 (Nowak, N.) 46:1855

funding (Mastromatteo, J.) 46:1840-1845

training programs for workers, funding (Donaldson) 46:1650 (McEwan, T.) 46:1645-1650

Resource revenues, allocation to area communities (Bennett) 47:1110 (Fielding, C.) 50:1610 (Richmond, A.) 47:1100-1110 (Whitehead, G.) 45:0930

Skills training and supply of skilled workers (Carruthers, B.) 47:0905-0910 (Donaldson) 47:1115 (Fielding, C.) 50:1620 (Howard) 47:0910 (Pimm) 47:0940 (Solly, R.) 47:1115-1120 (Whitehead, G.) 45:0925-0930 (Zacharias, S.) 47:0940-0945

Sports infrastructure funding (Pousette, A.) 46:1635-1640

Tax credits for residents See Tax credits for northern residents under Taxation

Transportation infrastructure, monitoring of bottlenecks in supply chain (McEwan, T.) 46:1645

British Columbia Aboriginal Mine Training Association

Funding and role (Dirom, G.) 43:1240, 43:1250

British Columbia Arts Council

Allocation of funds to literary book publishing (Ballantyne, R.) 43:1835-1840 (Donaldson) 43:1845 (Reynolds, M.) 43:1835, 43:1845

Funding (Bailey, J.) 48:1925, 48:1935 (Humphreys, K.) 48:1925-1930 (Marchand, L.) 48:1925-1930 (Reynolds, M.) 43:1830

British Columbia Association for Community Living See also Bodnar, Faith; Delaplace, Annette

Presentation to committee 43:1055-1105

Membership and mission (Delaplace, A.) 43:1100

Recommendations on community living services funding (Bodnar, F.) 43:1100-1105

British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres

Proposal for off-reserve aboriginal strategy (Azak, K.) 50:1625

B.C. Centre for Open Learning See Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, B.C.
British Columbia Community Living Action Group See also Dadson, Anita

Presentation to committee 43:1550-1600

Meeting with Social Development Minister (Dadson, A.) 43:1550, 43:1600 (Donaldson) 43:1600

Membership and role (Dadson, A.) 43:1550

British Columbia Construction Association

Position on sales tax issues, meeting and discussion (Howard) 47:0935 (Pimm) 47:0940 (Zacharias, S.) 47:0935-0940

Regional associations (Zacharias, S.) 47:0930

Role in trades training (Zacharias, S.) 47:0935-0940

B.C. geological survey branch See Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Housing
British Columbia Liberal Party – Government

Action on stated goals (Roze, D.) 46:1735

Financial management (Frizzell, G.) 46:1715

British Columbia Medical Association See also Hulyk, Rob; Jetha, Nasir

Presentation to committee 43:1350-1405

Activities (Jetha, N.) 43:1355-1400

Recommendations on government budget and health policies (Jetha, N.) 43:1350-1355

British Columbia Renaissance Capital Fund Inc.

Funding (Tam, B.) 43:1610

British Columbia Society for Public Education See also Evans, Catherine; Luke, Helesia; Wong, Cynthia

Presentation to committee 43:1745-1755

Organization (Wong, C.) 43:1745

British Columbia Teachers Federation See also Lambert, Susan

Presentation to committee 43:1700-1715

British Columbia Technology Industry Association See also Tam, Bill

Presentation to committee 43:1605-1615

Recommendations on government budget (Tam, B.) 43:1605-1610

Role (Stilwell) 43:1615 (Tam, B.) 43:1615

British Columbia timber sales program

Operations (Stevens, M.) 45:1050

British Columbia Transit

Call for review (Frizzell, G.) 46:1720

British Columbia Trappers Association See also Morris, Mike

Presentation to committee 46:1740-1755

Recommendations on government budget (Morris, M.) 46:1750-1755

Brown, Guy

Presentation to committee 45:1115-1130

As subject

experience as single parent 45:1115-1130

Education of First Nations people 45:1115-1125

First Nations

children, access to sports 45:1115, 45:1125

urban population, government support 45:1115

Brown, Jason

Presentation to committee on behalf of Thompson Rivers University Faculty Association 48:1645-1655

Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on student financial assistance 48:1650-1655

Oppal, Wally, comments on personal experience and role of post-secondary education 48:1655

Post-secondary education

accessibility and affordability 48:1650-1655

funding 48:1650-1655

investment and role in economy 48:1650

Thompson Rivers University

facilities and programs 48:1645-1650

law school 48:1645

role 48:1645

tuition fees 48:1650

Budgets

2012-13 budget consultation paper (Howard) 43:1000

2012-13 budget, principles (Dougherty, D.) 46:1800-1810 (McGill, B.) 46:1805 (Phillips, B.) 46:1800-1810

2012-13 budget priorities

children and youth (Montani, A.) 43:1040

education (Evans, C.) 43:1745

post-secondary education (Mastromatteo, J.) 46:1840 (Thornthwaite) 46:1840

post-secondary education and skills training (Carruthers, B.) 47:0905

priorities (Bennett) 46:1810

social services (Charlesworth, J.) 43:1815 (Tyers, S.) 50:1655-1700 (Steele, D.) 43:1520, 43:1530

tax policies (Solly, R.) 47:1115

Balanced budgets (Dougherty, D.) 46:1800 (Hayer) 43:1420 (Hobson, B.) 43:1540

Deficit budgets (Carruthers, B.) 47:0905

Buell, Azima

Presentation to committee 49:1005-1015

B.C. citizens, role in betterment of society 49:1005

Coloroso, Barbara, philosophy of parenting 49:1005

Corrections system, prisoner rehabilitation and volunteerism 49:1015

Education system, role in social development of children 49:1010

Employment and unemployment, role of post-secondary education 49:1015

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevention, proposal for maternal support during pregnancy 49:1010

Housing, affordable housing and co-op housing 49:1015

Real estate industry, foreign buyers, surcharge proposal 49:1015

Society, sense of social responsibility, development in individuals 49:1005-1015

Vancouver Island, proposed amalgamation of Victoria area municipalities 49:1015

Volunteerism, development and government support 49:1005-1015

Bulkley Valley

Mining industry (Ogryzlo, C.) 45:0905

Bulkley Valley Child Development Centre Society See also Bassett-Kluss, Kerri

Presentation to committee 45:0950-1005

Infant development program (Bassett-Kluss, K.) 45:1000-1005 (Elmore) 45:1000

Burnie-Shea Provincial Park

Facilities and infrastructure, role of government and tourism operators (Dietzfelbinger, C.) 45:0950-0945 (Donaldson) 45:0945 (Thornthwaite) 45:0950

Burns Lake, B.C.

Social programs and services (Gorbahn, D.) 45:1150

Business

Business climate (Dougherty, D.) 46:1805-1810

Licences, single business licence (Rees, R.) 43:1025

Social enterprises (Charlesworth, J.) 43:1825 (Donaldson) 43:1825, 45:1155 (Gorbahn, D.) 45:1155

Social enterprises, Enterprising Non-Profits program (Genshorek, T.) 48:1810

Social enterprises, government support (Genshorek, T.) 48:1810

Venture capital, venture capital programs (Tam, B.) 43:1605-1615