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

Radar Road Transport Ltd See also Seidel, Rick

Presentation to committee 44:1635-1645

Operations (Seidel, R.) 44:1630-1640

Railways and rail services

Tracks, use (Corbett, P.) 47:1130

Raine, Al

Presentation to committee on behalf of Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality 48:1935-1950

Airline industry airfare prices, impact on tourism 48:1945

Employment and unemployment, government job strategy 48:1940

Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system

impact on recreational properties 48:1935, 48:1945

transition process 48:1935-1940

Okanagan area, tourism industry conditions 48:1940-1945

Real estate industry

purchases of U.S. properties 48:1935, 48:1945-1950

recreational property market 48:1935, 48:1945-1950

Resorts, resort initiatives program 48:1945

Tourism

industry conditions 48:1940-1945

marketing 48:1950

Tourism B.C., windup of organization and transfer of responsibilities 48:1950

Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)

Air, greenhouse gas emissions

measurement 43:1510

Canada Winter Games

hosting by Prince George, participation by First Nations athletes 46:1640

Carbon tax

coverage of non-combustion emissions 43:1510

Dental health

Healthy Kids program for low-income children and public health program proposal 43:1050

Drugs

prescription drugs, research and development funding, programs 43:1205

Engineers

issues and concerns 43:1230

liability, limitation period 43:1230

Falcon, Kevin

attendance at prebudget consultation meeting 43:1005

Families

taxation rates and low-income credit thresholds 43:1050

Finance and Government Services Committee

appointment of audit firm for audit of Auditor General office 42:1040

election of Chair and Deputy Chair 42:1035

prebudget consultation process, role of Finance Minister 43:1005

witnesses, questions by committee members 50:1650

work of committee 42:1035

Forests and forest industry

industry, research and development 43:1420

Government

ministries, reorganization of natural resource ministries 43:1245

Horn River Producers Group

recommendations on government budget, proposal 44:1605

Housing, rental housing

rental to income assistance recipients, issues 48:1850

Kamloops

homeless population 48:1810

Kamloops Airport

direct flights from U.S. 48:1635

Mines and mining industry

First Nations involvement in industry, training programs 43:1245

permitting process 43:1245, 45:0915

Northwest Community College

mining and exploration program, funding 43:1245

Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes

financing for capital projects and inclusion in government reporting entity 48:1625

Publishing industry

tax credit 43:1840

Sales tax

administration and collection 43:1035

Science and technology

research and development, funding programs and tax credits 43:1610

Sports

participation by First Nations children and youth 46:1640

Windsor House School

funding and status 48:1720-1725

Ranching See Livestock industry
Real estate industry

Foreign buyers, surcharge proposal (Buell, A.) 49:1015

Industry, impact of reinstatement of sales tax system See Elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system under Harmonized sales tax

Purchases of U.S. properties (Pimm) 48:1950 (Raine, A.) 48:1935, 48:1945-1950

Recreational property market (Bennett) 48:1945 (Raine, A.) 48:1935, 48:1945-1950

Rees, Richard

Presentation to committee on behalf of Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. 43:1020-1040

Boggio, Len, attendance at prebudget consultation meeting 43:1020

Business licences, single business licence 43:1025

Civil liability, legislation and limitation period 43:1025-1030

Economy

conditions, current and projected conditions 43:1025

global economy, conditions 43:1025

productivity 43:1030

productivity, relationship to investment in social capital 43:1040

Government, local government regulations, cooperation across jurisdictions 43:1025

Harmonized sales tax

elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system 43:1030-1035

elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, loss of input tax credits 43:1030

Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C., membership 43:1020

Okanagan area, mobile business licence program 43:1025

Sales tax, administration and collection 43:1035

Taxation system, review 43:1030-1035

U.S., economic conditions 43:1025

Regulations and red tape See Government
Rental housing See Housing – Rental housing
Representative for Children and Youth See Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen

Position on children's advocacy centres for abuse victims (Elmore) 49:0915 (Ford, F.) 49:0915

Research and development

Film research and development See Film industry

Medical research See Research under Health

Scientific and technological research and development See Science and technology

Resorts

Resort initiatives program (Raine, A.) 48:1945

Resources and resource industries

Approval processes See Permitting processes below under this main heading

First Nations involvement in industries (Anglin, L.) 49:1020-1025

Permitting processes (Bennett) 46:1650 (McEwan, T.) 46:1645-1655

Permitting processes, government resources (Carruthers, B.) 47:0905 (Thornthwaite) 47:0910

Revenue-sharing with local communities See particular industries

Role in economy (Campbell, J.) 44:1620

Small business, government support (Campbell, J.) 44:1620-1625 (Donaldson) 44:1630

Reynolds, Margaret

Presentation to committee on behalf of Association of Book Publishers of B.C. 43:1830-1845

Arts and culture, creative sector, cross-sectoral development 43:1830, 43:1840

Association of Book Publishers of B.C.

organization 43:1830

recommendations on government budget 43:1830

B.C. Arts Council

allocation of funds to literary book publishing 43:1835, 43:1845

funding 43:1830

Publishing industry

conditions in industry and impact of e-books 43:1830-1835

government support 43:1835

tax credit 43:1830-1845

Richmond, Al

Presentation to committee on behalf of Cariboo regional district 47:1055-1110

B.C., northern B.C.

infrastructure 47:1055-1110

resource revenues, allocation to area communities 47:1100-1110

Cariboo regional district

infrastructure investment and role as service centre for resource industry 47:1055-1110

position on Prosperity mine 47:1105

resolution on infrastructure investment 47:1055

revenues from taxation 47:1055-1100

revenues from taxation, parcel tax proposal 47:1105

Elk Valley, tax-sharing agreement with mining industry 47:1110

Fair Share initiative 47:1055, 47:1110

Government, local government, revenues, sources 47:1055-1105

Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, transition process 47:1055

Infrastructure, water infrastructure projects, funding 47:1100

Mines and mining industry, revenue-sharing with local communities 47:1105-1110

Taseko Mines Ltd., Prosperity gold-copper mine project 47:1105

Walkerton, Ontario, contaminated water incident 47:1100

Richmond Hospital Foundation

Fundraising activities (Howard) 44:1550

Road-rail-utility corridor project See Port of Prince Rupert
Rocky Mountain Rail Tours

Operations (Corbett, P.) 47:1130

Rogers, Dan

Presentation to committee on behalf of Prince George city government 46:1725

Crime and criminals, gang crime, integrated task force 46:1725

Highway 16, missing women along highway and regional transportation issues 46:1725

Prince George, policing issues 46:1725

Rourke, David

Presentation to committee on behalf of Faculty Association of the College of New Caledonia 46:1830-1840

College of New Caledonia

faculty and students 46:1830

funding and programs 46:1830-1840

role in northern B.C. economy 46:1830

Finance and Government Services Committee, recommendations on post-secondary education funding 46:1835-1840

Post-secondary education

accessibility and affordability 46:1835-1840

funding formula 46:1840

government investment, public opinion 46:1830-1835

operating funding 46:1835-1840

student financial assistance 46:1835

Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)

Air, greenhouse gas emissions

emissions from natural gas 43:1515

B.C.

northern and rural B.C.

advocacy services 50:1700

Cariboo area

land use issues 47:0920

Children, child care

accessibility for First Nations families 45:1125-1130

Cowichan Valley

First Nations population, service needs 43:1500

Federation of Community Social Services of B.C.

membership 43:1825

First Nations

friendship centres 43:1500

programs and services, employment and training opportunities 45:1130

programs and services, funding 43:1500

urban and off-reserve population, service needs 43:1500

Fort Nelson

attraction of workers, oil and gas industry 44:1540

Horn River

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

Horn River Producers Group

recommendations on government budget, proposal 44:1615

Oil and gas

flaring 43:1515

industry

attraction of workers 44:1540

Post-secondary education

accessibility 47:0950

accessibility and affordability 46:1840

student financial assistance, grant programs 43:1730

Poverty

poverty reduction plans, results in other jurisdictions 43:1055

Seniors

services, community organizations 43:1825

Sierra-Yoyo-Desan road

funding 44:1615

Trucking industry

interprovincial traffic, permitting process 44:1645

Welfare

social programs and services, preventive role and impact on social costs 43:1055

Williams Lake

post-secondary education opportunities 47:0950

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Government contract for police services, B.C. negotiation (Frizzell, G.) 46:1725

Roze, Darrell

Presentation to committee on behalf of Child Development Centre of Prince George and District 46:1730-1740

B.C. Liberal Party government, action on stated goals 46:1735

Child Development Centre of Prince George and District, funding and services 46:1730-1740

Children, early childhood development

child development centres, funding and services 46:1735-1740

child vulnerability, incidence and long-term impact 46:1730

early intervention therapy program 46:1730, 46:1740

Rx&D See Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies, Rx&D
Ryan-Lloyd, Kate

Finance and Government Services Committee

appointment of audit firm for audit of Auditor General office 42:1040

election of Chair and Deputy Chair 42:1030-1035

review of statutory officers 42:1035-1040

work of committee 42:1035-1040

Howard, Rob

election as Chair of Finance and Government Services Committee 42:1030-1035