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Province of British Columbia
39th Parliament – 2011
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
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Aboriginals See First Nations
Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
- Cap-and-trade system, impact on mining industry (Chalmers, B.) 43:1140
- Cap-and-trade system, need for review (Jeffery, R.) 43:1415
- Emissions from natural gas (Routley, B.) 43:1515
- Emissions from natural gas, removal of carbon dioxide from natural gas See Natural gas under Oil and gas
- Measurement (Horne, M.) 43:1510 (Ralston) 43:1510
Alberta
Animal Defense and Anti-Vivisection Society of British Columbia See also Pranger, John
Animals
- Experimental research on animals See Research under Health
Arbel, Menashe
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C. 43:1635
- Film industry
- digital animation or visual effects tax credit, coverage of post-production work 43:1635
- industry and government support 43:1635
- workers, training and retention 43:1630
- Post Modern Sound Inc., operations 43:1635
Arctic Air
- Television series (Hamilton, B.) 43:1640
Arts and culture
Asian Canadians
- South Asians, book publishing (Hayer) 43:1845
Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia See also Dirom, Gavin
- Presentation to committee 43:1235-50
- Members and role (Dirom, G.) 43:1235
- Recommendations on government budget and policies (Dirom, G.) 43:1240-5
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia See also Ballantyne, Robert; Reynolds, Margaret
- Presentation to committee 43:1830-45
- Organization (Reynolds, M.) 43:1830
- Recommendations on government budget (Reynolds, M.) 43:1830
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
Autism
- Treatment services, funding (Steele, D.) 43:1525
Bacchus, Patti
- Presentation to committee on behalf of school district 39 (Vancouver) 43:1205-20
- Education
- funding 43:1210-20
- 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)
Ballantyne, Robert
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Association of Book Publishers of B.C. 43:1835-45
- B.C. Arts Council, allocation of funds to literary book publishing 43:1835-40
- Publishing industry
Bennett, Bill (Kootenay East)
- B.C.
- rural B.C.
- lawyers, supply and training 43:1445
- Justice system
- costs, management and studies 43:1450
- Physicians
- Post-secondary education
- student financial assistance 43:1725-30
- student financial assistance, loan programs for law students 43:1445
- Public Commission on Legal Aid
Bloy, Hon. Harry (Burnaby-Lougheed)
Bodnar, Faith
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Association for Community Living 43:1100-5
- B.C. Association for Community Living, recommendations on community living services funding 43:1100-5
- Community Living B.C., funding, additional funding 43:1100-5
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services
- concerns of service providers 43:1105
- funding and service levels 43:1100-5
- 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
British Columbia Aboriginal Mine Training Association
British Columbia Arts Council
British Columbia Association for Community Living See also Bodnar, Faith; Delaplace, Annette
- Presentation to committee 43:1055-105
- Membership and mission (Delaplace, A.) 43:1100
- Recommendations on community living services funding (Bodnar, F.) 43:1100-5
British Columbia Community Living Action Group See also Dadson, Anita
B.C. geological survey branch See Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Housing
British Columbia Medical Association See also Hulyk, Rob; Jetha, Nasir
British Columbia Renaissance Capital Fund Inc.
British Columbia Society for Public Education See also Evans, Catherine; Luke, Helesia; Wong, Cynthia
British Columbia Teachers Federation See also Lambert, Susan
British Columbia Technology Industry Association See also Tam, Bill
Budgets
- 2012-13 budget consultation paper (Howard) 43:1000
- 2012-13 budget priorities
- Balanced budgets (Hayer) 43:1420 (Hobson, B.) 43:1540
Business
- Licences, single business licence (Rees, R.) 43:1025
- Social enterprises (Charlesworth, J.) 43:1825 (Donaldson) 43:1825
- Venture capital, venture capital programs (Tam, B.) 43:1605-15
Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies, Rx&D See also Dawson, Bob; Simpson, Peter; Stuart, Shiera
Canadian Bar Association
Cap-and-trade system See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon tax
Centre4Growth program See Technology industry
under Science and technology
Chalmers, Ben
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Mining Association of B.C. 43:1130-45
- Air, greenhouse gas emissions, cap-and-trade system, impact on mining industry 43:1140
- Carbon tax, impact on mining industry 43:1140-5
- Geoscience B.C., funding and work 43:1135
- Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, impact on mining industry 43:1140
- Mines and mining industry
- First Nations involvement in industry 43:1140
- industry, current conditions and competitiveness 43:1130-40
- mine project proposals 43:1135
- permitting process 43:1135-45
- power consumption and electricity rates and supply 43:1140
- revenues to government 43:1135
- role in economy 43:1135
- Towards Sustainable Mining program 43:1135
- Mining Association of B.C.
Charlesworth, Jennifer
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Federation of Community Social Services of B.C. 43:1815-30
- Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities, social services 43:1815
- Business, social enterprises 43:1825
- Children, child vulnerability and children at risk, benefits of early intervention 43:1820-5
- Federation of Community Social Services of B.C.
- Government programs and services, relationship between health, education and social care services 43:1820
- Seniors services, community organizations 43:1825-30
- Welfare, community social services sector, funding and role 43:1815-25
Chartered Accountants of British Columbia See Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia
Children
Children – Child care
Children – Early childhood development
- Child vulnerability, incidence and reduction goal (Gregson, S.) 43:1430
- Early childhood educators, wages (Gregson, S.) 43:1425
- Early learning and child care
- Research, human early learning partnership See Human early learning partnership
Children and Family Development, Ministry of
- Budget (Montani, A.) 43:1050
- Budget and performance reporting (Steele, D.) 43:1525
Christensen, Tom
- Work in government (Steele, D.) 43:1530
Civil liability See also particular professions
- Legislation and limitation period (Rees, R.) 43:1025-30
Clift, Robert
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C. 43:1020
- Post-secondary education
- graduate studies, support and student recruitment 43:1020
- students, international students 43:1020
Climate change
- Action on climate change in B.C. and elsewhere (Hayer) 43:1515 (Horne, M.) 43:1515
- Government action on climate change, public opinion (Horne, M.) 43:1505
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia See also Gregson, Sharon; Oloman, Mab
- Presentation to committee 43:1420-35
- Plan for child care system (Elmore) 43:1435 (Gregson, S.) 43:1420-30 (Thornthwaite) 43:1430
- Recommendations on government budget and child care policies (Gregson, S.) 43:1430
Coast Forest Products Association See also Jeffery, Rick
Communities
Community living See Disabled and handicapped persons
Community Living British Columbia
Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia See also Clift, Robert; Mirhady, David
Consulting Engineers of British Columbia See also Fleck, Steve; Hinton, Doug
Cowichan Valley
- First Nations population (Routley, B.) 43:1500
Economy
- Conditions, current and projected conditions (Rees, R.) 43:1025
- Global economy, conditions (Rees, R.) 43:1025
- Government policy (Jeffery, R.) 43:1415
- Productivity (Rees, R.) 43:1030
- Productivity, relationship to investment in social capital (Donaldson) 43:1040 (Rees, R.) 43:1040
Education See also Education – Funding; Education – School districts and boards of education; Education – Schools; Post-secondary education; Skills training
- Adult basic education (Ehman, C.) 43:1720
- Class size and composition (Lambert, S.) 43:1705
- English-as-a-second-language programs (Lambert, S.) 43:1705
- Enrolment levels and student-educator ratios (Lambert, S.) 43:1710
- Services in schools for immigrant and refugee students and families See Programs and services for immigrants to B.C. under Immigration
- Special education and special needs
- System
Education – Funding
- Annual facilities grants for repairs and upgrades (Bacchus, P.) 43:1215
- Funding (Bacchus, P.) 43:1210-20 (Lambert, S.) 43:1700-5 (Luke, H.) 43:1750 (Montani, A.) 43:1045
- Funding as percentage of provincial budget (Evans, C.) 43:1745, 43:1755 (Hayer) 43:1755 (Luke, H.) 43:1755
- Funding for carbon neutrality initiatives See Carbon neutrality and costs under Education – School districts and boards of education
- Funding for salary costs (Bacchus, P.) 43:1215
- Funding formula, review (Evans, C.) 43:1745-50 (Luke, H.) 43:1750 (Thornthwaite) 43:1750 (Wong, C.) 43:1750
- Funding in B.C. and other jurisdictions (Lambert, S.) 43:1710-15
- Fundraising by parents (Luke, H.) 43:1750
- Impact on school district budgets and operations (Bacchus, P.) 43:1210-20
- Information technology infrastructure (Bacchus, P.) 43:1220
- Special education and special needs (Bacchus, P.) 43:1215-20 (Steele, D.) 43:1520
Education – School districts and boards of education
- Audits, sharing of information (Bacchus, P.) 43:1220
- Carbon neutrality and costs (Luke, H.) 43:1750
- Impact of harmonized sales tax elimination See Elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system under Harmonized sales tax
- Operations, shift to paperless system (Bacchus, P.) 43:1220
Education – Schools
- Environmental initiatives (Luke, H.) 43:1750
Education, Ministry of
- Budget and performance reporting (Steele, D.) 43:1525
Ehman, Carolyn
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Students Union of Vancouver Community College 43:1715-30
- Education, adult basic education 43:1720
- Post-secondary education
- affordability and accessibility 43:1720-30
- student debt load, impact on completion rates 43:1725
- student financial assistance, grant programs 43:1725-30
- student financial assistance, interest on loans 43:1725
- tuition fees, reduction 43:1720
- Students Union of Vancouver Community College, recommendations on government budget 43:1720-5
- Transit services, student passes, U-pass program 43:1715-20
- Waters, Charmaine, experience with U-pass student transit program 43:1720
Ellis, Scot
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. 43:1645-700
- First Nations, consultation by government 43:1650-5
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, role and responsibilities 43:1650
- Government, regulations and red tape, reduction 43:1650-5
- Guide Outfitters Association of B.C.
- Guide-outfitters
- Hunting, harvest allocation policy, report 43:1650
- Wildlife inventory 43:1650
Elmore, Mable (Vancouver-Kensington)
- Children, early childhood development
- early learning and child care, role of education system and local government 43:1435
- Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C.
- Disabled and handicapped persons
- community living services, comprehensive plan 43:1530
- Immigration
- programs and services for immigrants to B.C., school-based services 43:1220
- Moms on the Move
- recommendations on government budget and policies 43:1530
Energy
- Clean energy, role of forest industry See Role in clean energy development under Forests and forest industry
- Green energy See Clean energy above under this main heading
Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Housing
- B.C. geological survey branch, funding and role (Dirom, G.) 43:1240-5
Engineers
- Consulting engineering, role in economy (Hinton, D.) 43:1220-5
- Issues and concerns (Donaldson) 43:1230 (Fleck, S.) 43:1230 (Ralston) 43:1230
- Liability, limitation period in B.C. and elsewhere (Fleck, S.) 43:1230-5 (Hayer) 43:1230 (Hinton, D.) 43:1220-30 (Ralston) 43:1230
- Liability, limitation period, legislation See Limitation Act
- Procurement of services, quality-based selection (Fleck, S.) 43:1230
- Services, impact of western interprovincial trade agreement See Impact on engineering services under New west partnership trade agreement
Evans, Catherine
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Society for Public Education 43:1745-55
- Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities, education 43:1745
- Education
Exports and imports
- Trade agreements and partnerships
Falcon, Hon. Kevin (Surrey-Cloverdale)
Families
- Government support, "families first" concept (Steele, D.) 43:1520, 43:1530
- Programs and services See Programs and services for children and families under Children
- Taxation rates and low-income credit thresholds (Montani, A.) 43:1045 (Ralston) 43:1050
- Wages and working conditions for parents (Montani, A.) 43:1045
Federation of Community Social Services of British Columbia See also Charlesworth, Jennifer
- Presentation to committee 43:1815-30
- Membership (Charlesworth, J.) 43:1825-30 (Routley, B.) 43:1825
- Organization (Charlesworth, J.) 43:1815
- Written submission to Finance Committee prebudget consultation (Charlesworth, J.) 43:1830
FII See Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.
Film industry
- Digital animation or visual effects tax credit, coverage of post-production work (Arbel, M.) 43:1635 (Leitch, P.) 43:1630-5
- Industry
- Infrastructure (Leitch, P.) 43:1630
- Post-production sector (Leitch, P.) 43:1630-5
- Post-production sector, DAVE tax credit See Digital animation or visual effects tax credit above under this main heading
- Post-production sector, jobs for musicians and composers (D'Eith, B.) 43:1740 (Donaldson) 43:1740
- Research and development, funding (Hamilton, B.) 43:1640
- Tax credits (Hamilton, B.) 43:1640-5 (Leitch, P.) 43:1630-5
- Workers, training and retention (Arbel, M.) 43:1630
Finance and Government Services, Select Standing Committee on
- Prebudget consultation process (Howard) 43:1000
- Prebudget consultation process, role of Finance Minister (Donaldson) 43:1005 (Howard) 43:1005 (Ralston) 43:1005
- Public hearings (Howard) 43:1000
- Public hearings, advertisement and witness notification (Bacchus, P.) 43:1205
- Recommendations on arts and culture funding (D'Eith, B.) 43:1730
First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition See also Millar, John; Montani, Adrienne
First Nations
- Consultation by government (Ellis, S.) 43:1650-5
- Friendship centres (Donaldson) 43:1455-500 (Routley, B.) 43:1500 (Tatoosh, S.) 43:1450-5
- Involvement in forest industry See First Nations involvement in industry under Forests and forest industry
- Involvement in mining industry See First Nations involvement in industry under Mines and mining industry; Mines and mining industry
- Programs and services, funding (Routley, B.) 43:1500 (Tatoosh, S.) 43:1455-500 (Thornthwaite) 43:1500
- Skills training See Skills training for First Nations people under Skills training
- Urban and off-reserve population, service needs (Routley, B.) 43:1500 (Thornthwaite) 43:1500
- Urban and off-reserve population, service needs and comprehensive strategy (Tatoosh, S.) 43:1450-500
Fleck, Steve
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Consulting Engineers of B.C. 43:1230-5
- Engineers
- issues and concerns 43:1230
- liability, limitation period in B.C. and elsewhere 43:1230-5
- procurement of services, quality-based selection 43:1230
- Limitation Act, amendments 43:1230-5
- New west partnership trade agreement, impact on engineering services 43:1230
- Professions, liability, limitation period 43:1230
Forest Products Association of Canada
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.
Forests and forest industry
- Companies, taxation issues re local government (Jeffery, R.) 43:1415
- Conditions in industry, opportunities (Jeffery, R.) 43:1405-10
- Expansion of market for products (Jeffery, R.) 43:1410
- First Nations involvement in industry (Jeffery, R.) 43:1415
- Industry
- conditions See Conditions in industry above under this main heading
- impact of harmonized sales tax elimination See Elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system under Harmonized sales tax
- investment and government support (Jeffery, R.) 43:1410-20
- research and development (Jeffery, R.) 43:1410-20 (Ralston) 43:1420
- tax credits (Jeffery, R.) 43:1410-20
- Revenues to government (Hayer) 43:1420 (Jeffery, R.) 43:1420
- Role in clean energy development (Jeffery, R.) 43:1410-15
- Wood products and uses, development of new products and uses (Jeffery, R.) 43:1410-15
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Ministry of
Gambling
- Charities' access to gambling revenues See Community organizations, gaming grants under Communities
- Charities' access to gambling revenues, gaming grant program review See Community organizations under Communities
Gardner, Pamela
- Presentation to committee 43:1530-40
- As subject
- experience working with clients for orthotics and prosthetics 43:1530-40
- Income assistance, disability benefits recipients, policy for coverage of orthotics and prosthetics 43:1530-40
- Lower Mainland, orthotics and prosthetics services 43:1530-40
Genome B.C. See also Winter, Alan
Geological survey branch See Energy and Mines, Ministry of, and Minister Responsible for Housing
Geoscience British Columbia Society
Goods and services tax
- Reinstatement in conjunction with sales tax See Elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system under Harmonized sales tax
Government
- Ministries
- reorganization and staffing of natural resource ministries (Dirom, G.) 43:1250
- reorganization of natural resource ministries (Ralston) 43:1245
- Procurement practices, support for innovative B.C. products (Jeffery, R.) 43:1415
- Programs and services
- relationship between health, education and social care services (Charlesworth, J.) 43:1820
- social programs See Welfare; particular program areas
- Regulations and red tape, reduction (Ellis, S.) 43:1650-5
- Regulations, consistency across regional jurisdictions See Government – Local government
- Revenues and revenue sources
Government – Local government
- Municipal Auditor General proposal (Jeffery, R.) 43:1415
- Regulations, cooperation across jurisdictions (Rees, R.) 43:1025
Greenhouse gas emissions See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
Gregson, Sharon
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. 43:1420-35
- Children, child care accessibility and affordability 43:1420-30
- Children, early childhood development
- child vulnerability, incidence and reduction goal 43:1430
- early childhood educators, wages 43:1425
- early learning and child care, government investment and economic benefits 43:1420-35
- Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C.
- plan for child care system 43:1420-30
- recommendations on government budget and child care policies 43:1430
- Human early learning partnership, report on early childhood development 43:1425-30
- Quebec, child care system 43:1430
Group homes
Guide Outfitters Association of British Columbia See also Ellis, Scott
Guide-outfitters
Hamilton, Brian
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C. 43:1635-45
- Arctic Air, television series 43:1640
- Film industry
- Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, impact on film industry 43:1645
- Ice Pilots NWT, television series 43:1640
- Intellectual property in film 43:1640
- Omni Film Productions Ltd., operations 43:1635-40
- Ontario film industry 43:1640-5
Handicapped persons See Disabled and handicapped persons
Harmonized sales tax
- Elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system
- administration of reinstated provincial sales tax See Sales tax
- impact on film industry (Hamilton, B.) 43:1645 (Leitch, P.) 43:1630-5
- impact on forest industry (Jeffery, R.) 43:1410-15
- impact on mining industry (Chalmers, B.) 43:1140
- impact on school districts and education (Bacchus, P.) 43:1210
- loss of input tax credits (Rees, R.) 43:1030
- reinstatement of sales tax system (Rees, R.) 43:1030-5
- transition process (Donaldson) 43:1420 (Jeffery, R.) 43:1420
Hayer, Dave S. (Surrey-Tynehead)
- Asian Canadians
- South Asians, book publishing 43:1845
- Budgets
- Carbon tax
- Climate change
- action on climate change in B.C. and elsewhere 43:1515
- Drugs
- prescription drugs, costs and spending 43:1200
- Education, funding
- funding as percentage of provincial budget 43:1755
- Engineers
- liability, limitation period in B.C. and elsewhere 43:1230
- Falcon, Kevin
- attendance at prebudget consultation meeting 43:1005
- Forests and forest industry
- Group homes
- closings and resident moves 43:1600
- Income assistance, disability benefits
- recipients, policy for coverage of orthotics and prosthetics 43:1535
- Limitation Act
- Lower Mainland
- orthotics and prosthetics services 43:1535
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Investment in prescription drug research and development, job creation 43:1200
- Publishing industry
Health See also Health – Health care funding; Health – Health care system; Health – Public health
- Preventive health care (Donaldson) 43:1400 (Hulyk, R.) 43:1405 (Jetha, N.) 43:1355-400
- Research and experimentation involving animals, funding and effectiveness (Pranger, J.) 43:1115-30
- Research and experimentation involving animals, scientific opinion (Pranger, J.) 43:1125-30
- Research, role of genomics (Winter, A.) 43:1800-10
Health – Health care funding
- Health accord funding from federal government (Millar, J.) 43:1055
- Patient-centred funding (Jetha, N.) 43:1400
Health – Health care system
- Accessibility (Jetha, N.) 43:1400
- Chronic disease management (Jetha, N.) 43:1355
- Costs and spending (Dawson, B.) 43:1155 (Simpson, P.) 43:1155 (Stuart, S.) 43:1155-200
- Costs, management (Hulyk, R.) 43:1405 (Jetha, N.) 43:1355-400
- Government initiatives and reforms (Jetha, N.) 43:1355-405
- Impact of demographic trends (Jetha, N.) 43:1355
- Information, HealthLink B.C. services (Hobson, B.) 43:1545
- Primary health care, general practice services committee (Hulyk, R.) 43:1405 (Jetha, N.) 43:1355
- Services in remote and rural areas (Donaldson) 43:1400 (Jetha, N.) 43:1400
Health – Public health
- Health promotion and preventive care, impact on health care costs (Millar, J.) 43:1055
- Healthy lifestyle, personal accountability issue (Jetha, N.) 43:1355-400
HealthLink B.C. See Information
under Health – Health care system
Highways and roads
- Sound-abatement fencing, use of hemlock (Jeffery, R.) 43:1415
Hinton, Doug
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Consulting Engineers of B.C. 43:1220-30
- Consulting Engineers of B.C., membership and role 43:1220
- Denton, Frank, comments on liability period for engineers 43:1225
- Engineers
- consulting engineering, role in economy 43:1220-5
- liability, limitation period in B.C. and elsewhere 43:1220-30
- Limitation Act, amendments 43:1220-30
- New west partnership trade agreement, impact on engineering services 43:1230
- Professions, liability, limitation period 43:1230
Hobson, Barbara
- Presentation to committee 43:1540-50
- Budgets, balanced budgets 43:1540
- Communities, community organizations
- Education
- special education and special needs, grouping of students 43:1545
- system innovation 43:1540
- Health, health care system information, HealthLink B.C. services 43:1545
- Nurses and nurse practitioners, role 43:1545
Horn River
- Basin area, natural gas resources (Horne, M.) 43:1515
Horne, Matt
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Pembina Institute 43:1505-15
- Air, greenhouse gas emissions, measurement 43:1510
- Carbon tax 43:1505-15
- Climate change
- action on climate change in B.C. and elsewhere 43:1515
- government action on climate change, public opinion 43:1505
- Horn River basin area, natural gas resources 43:1515
- Oil and gas
- Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
- polling and work on climate change issues 43:1505-15
- recommendations on carbon tax and government budget 43:1510
- report on gas drilling practices 43:1515
Howard, Rob (Richmond Centre)
- Budgets
- 2012-13 budget consultation paper 43:1000
- Falcon, Kevin
- attendance at prebudget consultation meeting 43:1005
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- prebudget consultation process 43:1000
- prebudget consultation process, role of Finance Minister 43:1005
- public hearings 43:1000
HST See Harmonized sales tax
Hulyk, Rob
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Medical Association 43:1405
- Health care system 43:1405
Human early learning partnership
- Report on early childhood development (Gregson, S.) 43:1425-30
Hunting
- Harvest allocation policy, report (Ellis, S.) 43:1650
Ice Pilots NWT
- Television series (Hamilton, B.) 43:1640
Immigration
- Programs and services for immigrants to B.C.
Income assistance
- Benefit amount for families (Montani, A.) 43:1045
Income assistance – Disability benefits
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia See also Rees, Richard
Intellectual property
- Intellectual property in film (Hamilton, B.) 43:1640
- Protection standards, B.C. and Canada participation in international agreement (Simpson, P.) 43:1150
Jeffery, Rick
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Coast Forest Products Association 43:1405-20
- Air, greenhouse gas emissions, cap-and-trade system 43:1415
- Carbon tax, need for review 43:1415
- Economy, government policy 43:1415
- Forest Products Association of Canada 43:1420
- Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd., funding and role 43:1410-15
- Forests and forest industry
- conditions in industry, opportunities 43:1405-10
- First Nations involvement in industry 43:1415
- industry, investment and government support 43:1410-20
- revenues to government 43:1420
- role in clean energy development 43:1410-15
- wood products and uses, development of new products and uses 43:1410-15
- Government
- local government, municipal Auditor General proposal 43:1415
- procurement practices, support for innovative B.C. products 43:1415
- Harmonized sales tax
- elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, impact on forest industry 43:1410-15
- elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, transition process 43:1420
- Highways and roads, sound-abatement fencing, use of hemlock 43:1415
Jetha, Nasir
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Medical Association 43:1350-405
- B.C. Medical Association
- de Jong, Michael, comments on preventive health care 43:1350
- Health, health care system
- Health, preventive health care 43:1355-400
- Health, public health, healthy lifestyle, personal accountability issue 43:1355-400
- Physicians, supply and training 43:1405
- Vancouver Board of Trade, speech by Health Minister 43:1350
Justice system
- Accessibility (Donaldson) 43:1445 (Matthews, S.) 43:1435-45
- Costs, management and studies (Bennett) 43:1450 (Donaldson) 43:1445 (Matthews, S.) 43:1440-50
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legal aid
- benefits and funding (Matthews, S.) 43:1440-5
- public commission See Public Commission on Legal Aid
- Self-represented litigants, impact on system (Matthews, S.) 43:1435-45
Lambert, Susan
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Teachers Federation 43:1700-15
- Education
- class size and composition 43:1705
- English-as-a-second-language programs 43:1705
- enrolment levels and student-educator ratios 43:1710
- funding 43:1700-5
- funding in B.C. and other jurisdictions 43:1710-15
- special education and special needs 43:1705
- Government revenues and revenue sources, decrease 43:1715
- Newfoundland and Labrador, education system, enrolment levels and student-educator ratios 43:1710
- Taxation
- fair tax system 43:1715
- government policies, public consultation 43:1715
- system, review 43:1715
- tax reductions, impact on government revenues and services 43:1705
- Teachers
- salaries in B.C. and other jurisdictions 43:1710
- specialist teachers 43:1705
Lawyers See Justice system
Legal aid See Justice system
Leitch, Peter
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Motion Picture Production Industry Association of B.C. 43:1630-5, 43:1645
- Film industry
- Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, impact on film industry 43:1630-5
- Lower Mainland, film industry in area 43:1630
- Ontario film industry 43:1630
Life sciences industry See Biotechnology industry
under Science and technology
Limitation Act
Local government See Government – Local government; Communities
Lower Mainland
Luke, Helesia
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Society for Public Education 43:1750-5
- Education
- funding and funding formula review 43:1750
- funding as percentage of provincial budget 43:1755
- fundraising by parents 43:1750
- school districts and boards of education, carbon neutrality and costs 43:1750
- schools, environmental initiatives 43:1750
- Pacific Carbon Trust, allocation of carbon offsets, impact on school districts 43:1750
McManus, John
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Mining Association of B.C. 43:1130, 43:1145-50
- Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry, mining component 43:1145-50
- Mines and mining industry, permitting process 43:1145-50
- Mining Association of B.C., recommendations on government budget 43:1145
Matthews, Sharon
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Bar Association, B.C. branch 43:1435-50
- B.C., rural B.C., lawyer supply and training 43:1440-50
- Justice system
- Post-secondary education, loan programs for law students 43:1440-5
- Public Commission on Legal Aid, report 43:1440
Media
- Digital media industry, role in economy (D'Eith, B.) 43:1730-5
Medications See Prescription drugs
under Drugs; Pharmacare program
Millar, John
- Presentation to committee on behalf of First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition 43:1055
- Health
- health accord funding from federal government 43:1055
- public health promotion and preventive care, impact on health care costs 43:1055
Mineral Exploration Roundup
- Annual conference in Vancouver (Dirom, G.) 43:1235
Mines and mining industry
- Approval process for mines See Permitting process below under this main heading
- Emissions issues See Air – Greenhouse gas emissions
- Exploration, investment and government support (Dirom, G.) 43:1235-50
- Exploration, role of Geoscience B.C. See Geoscience British Columbia Society
- First Nations consultation (Dirom, G.) 43:1240
- First Nations involvement in industry (Chalmers, B.) 43:1140
- First Nations involvement in industry, training programs (Dirom, G.) 43:1240, 43:1250 (Ralston) 43:1245
- Industry
- current conditions and competitiveness (Chalmers, B.) 43:1130-40
- impact of carbon tax See Impact on issues under Carbon tax
- impact of reinstatement of sales tax system See Elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system under Harmonized sales tax
- Mine project proposals (Chalmers, B.) 43:1135
- Mineral exploration, conference See Mineral Exploration Roundup
- Permitting process (Chalmers, B.) 43:1135-45 (Dirom, G.) 43:1235-40, 43:1250 (Donaldson) 43:1145 (McManus, J.) 43:1145-50 (Pimm) 43:1140 (Ralston) 43:1245 (Thornthwaite) 43:1145
- Power consumption and electricity rates and supply (Chalmers, B.) 43:1140
- Revenues to government (Chalmers, B.) 43:1135
- Role in economy (Chalmers, B.) 43:1135
- Taxation, tax incentives (Dirom, G.) 43:1245
- Towards Sustainable Mining program (Chalmers, B.) 43:1135
Mining Association of British Columbia See also Chalmers, Ben; McManus, John
Mirhady, David
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Confederation of University Faculty Associations of B.C. 43:1005-20
- Post-secondary education
- Post-secondary education, funding
- Post-secondary education, universities, colleges and institutes
- faculty, recruitment and retention 43:1010
- Taxation, tax increases, use of revenues 43:1015
Mission Self Advocacy Group See also Schaufelberger, Bryce
Moms on the Move See also Steele, Dawn
- Presentation to committee 43:1520-30
- Recommendations on government budget and policies (Elmore) 43:1530 (Thornthwaite) 43:1530
Montani, Adrienne
- Presentation to committee on behalf of First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition 43:1040-55
- Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities, children and youth 43:1040
- Children
- child care, government investment 43:1045
- child vulnerability and children at risk, prevention and mitigation 43:1040-5
- healthy development, factors 43:1040
- programs and services for children and families, funding 43:1045-50
- Children and Family Development Ministry, budget 43:1050
- Dental health
- access to dental care, Healthy Kids program for low-income children 43:1050
- public health program 43:1050
- Education, funding 43:1045
- Families
- taxation rates and low-income credit thresholds 43:1045
- wages and working conditions for parents 43:1045
- First Call B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, recommendations on government budget 43:1045-50
- Income assistance, benefit amount for families 43:1045
- Poverty
- reduction plan 43:1045
- reduction plans, results in other jurisdictions 43:1055
- Taxation system, review 43:1050
- UN convention on the rights of the child, implementation 43:1040
- Wages, living wage, impact on economy 43:1050-5
- Welfare, social programs and services, preventive role and impact on social costs 43:1045-50
Moore, Kathleen
- Presentation to committee 43:1105-10
- As subject
- experience with daughter and community living services 43:1105-10
- Community Living B.C., additional funding 43:1110
- Disabled and handicapped persons, community living services for persons 19 and older, transition from children's services 43:1105-10
Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia See also Arbel, Menashe; Hamilton, Brian; Leitch, Peter
Movie industry See Film industry
Music See Arts and culture
Music British Columbia Industry Association See also D'Eith, Bob
New west partnership trade agreement
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Education system, enrolment levels and student-educator ratios (Lambert, S.) 43:1710
Non-profit sector
- Business enterprises See Social enterprises under Business
Northwest Community College, Terrace, B.C.
- Mining and exploration program, funding (Dirom, G.) 43:1250 (Ralston) 43:1245
Nurses
- Nurses and nurse practitioners, role (Hobson, B.) 43:1545
Oil and gas
Okanagan area
- Mobile business licence program (Rees, R.) 43:1025
Oloman, Mab
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Coalition of Child Care Advocates of B.C. 43:1435
Omni Film Productions Ltd.
Ontario
Orthotics and prosthetics
Pacific Carbon Trust
- Allocation of carbon offsets, impact on school districts (Luke, H.) 43:1750
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development See also Horne, Matt
- Presentation to committee 43:1505-15
- Polling (Pimm) 43:1510
- Polling and work on climate change issues (Horne, M.) 43:1505-15
- Recommendations on carbon tax and government budget (Horne, M.) 43:1510 (Thornthwaite) 43:1515
- Report on gas drilling practices (Donaldson) 43:1510 (Horne, M.) 43:1515
Pharmacare program
- Budget and role in health care system (Dawson, B.) 43:1155
Pharmaceutical industry See also Prescription drugs
under Drugs
- Consultation by government (Dawson, B.) 43:1155
- Consultation by government, working group proposal (Stuart, S.) 43:1155-200
- Investment in prescription drug research and development (Simpson, P.) 43:1150-5
- Investment in prescription drug research and development, job creation (Dawson, B.) 43:1200 (Hayer) 43:1200 (Simpson, P.) 43:1200-5
Pharmaceuticals See Prescription drugs
under Drugs
Physicians
- Supply and training (Bennett) 43:1405 (Hulyk, R.) 43:1405 (Jetha, N.) 43:1405
- Supply and training, credentialling of foreign-trained physicians (Jetha, N.) 43:1405
Pimm, Pat (Peace River North)
- Carbon tax
- Guide-outfitters
- industry and government support 43:1655
- Mines and mining industry
- Mining Association of B.C.
- recommendations on government budget 43:1140-5
- Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
Post Modern Sound Inc.
Post-secondary education
- Accessibility and affordability (Mirhady, D.) 43:1015
- Affordability and accessibility (Ehman, C.) 43:1720-30
- Graduate studies, support and student recruitment (Clift, R.) 43:1020 (Donaldson) 43:1015 (Mirhady, D.) 43:1010, 43:1020
- Investment and role in economy (Mirhady, D.) 43:1010
- Student debt load, impact on completion rates (Ehman, C.) 43:1725
- Student financial assistance
- Students, international students (Clift, R.) 43:1020 (Donaldson) 43:1015 (Mirhady, D.) 43:1015-20
- Tuition fees, reduction (Ehman, C.) 43:1720
Post-secondary education – Funding
- Federal funding (Mirhady, D.) 43:1015
- Operating funding (Mirhady, D.) 43:1010
Post-secondary education – Universities, colleges and institutes
- Faculty, recruitment and retention (Mirhady, D.) 43:1010
Poverty
- Child poverty, government action (Bacchus, P.) 43:1220
- Poverty reduction plan (Montani, A.) 43:1045
- Poverty reduction plans, results in other jurisdictions (Montani, A.) 43:1055 (Routley, B.) 43:1055
Pranger, John
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Animal Defense and Anti-Vivisection Society of B.C. 43:1115-30
- Health, research and experimentation involving animals, funding and effectiveness 43:1115-30
Professions See also particular professions
Property
Provincial sales tax See Sales tax
PST See Sales tax
Public Commission on Legal Aid (Doust commission)
Publishing industry
Quebec
- Child care system (Gregson, S.) 43:1430
Ralston, Bruce (Surrey-Whalley)
- Air, greenhouse gas emissions
- 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
- Falcon, Kevin
- attendance at prebudget consultation meeting 43:1005
- Families
- taxation rates and low-income credit thresholds 43:1050
- Finance and Government Services Committee
- prebudget consultation process, role of Finance Minister 43:1005
- Forests and forest industry
- industry, research and development 43:1420
- Government
- ministries, reorganization of natural resource ministries 43:1245
- Mines and mining industry
- First Nations involvement in industry, training programs 43:1245
- permitting process 43:1245
- Northwest Community College
- mining and exploration program, funding 43:1245
- Publishing industry
- Sales tax
- administration and collection 43:1035
- Science and technology
- research and development, funding programs and tax credits 43:1610
Rees, Richard
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. 43:1020-40
- Boggio, Len, attendance at prebudget consultation meeting 43:1020
- Business licences, single business licence 43:1025
- Civil liability, legislation and limitation period 43:1025-30
- 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 43:1030-5
- 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 43:1030-5
- U.S., economic conditions 43:1025
Regulations and red tape See Government
Research and development
Reynolds, Margaret
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Association of Book Publishers of B.C. 43:1830-45
- Arts and culture, creative sector, cross-sectoral development 43:1830, 43:1840
- Association of Book Publishers of B.C.
- B.C. Arts Council
- Publishing industry
Routley, Bill (Cowichan Valley)
- Air, greenhouse gas emissions
- Cowichan Valley
- First Nations population, service needs 43:1500
- Federation of Community Social Services of B.C.
- First Nations
- friendship centres 43:1500
- programs and services, funding 43:1500
- urban and off-reserve population, service needs 43:1500
- Oil and gas
- Post-secondary education
- student financial assistance, grant programs 43:1730
- Poverty
- poverty reduction plans, results in other jurisdictions 43:1055
- Seniors
- services, community organizations 43:1825
- Welfare
- social programs and services, preventive role and impact on social costs 43:1055
Rx&D See Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies, Rx&D
Tam, Bill
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Technology Industry Association 43:1605-15
- B.C. Renaissance Capital Fund Inc., funding 43:1610
- B.C. Technology Industry Association
- Business, venture capital programs 43:1605-15
- Science and technology
- research and development, funding programs and tax credits 43:1605-10
- technology industry
Tatoosh, Susan
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society 43:1450-500
- First Nations
- friendship centres 43:1450-5
- funding for programs and services 43:1455-500
- urban and off-reserve population, service needs and comprehensive strategy 43:1450-500
- Skills training for First Nations people 43:1455-500
- Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society 43:1450, 43:1500
- Vancouver, First Nations population 43:1450-500
Taxation
- Carbon tax See Carbon tax
- Fair tax system (Lambert, S.) 43:1715
- Government policies, public consultation (Lambert, S.) 43:1715
- Harmonized sales tax See Harmonized sales tax
- Sales tax See Sales tax
- System, review See also Fair tax system above under this main heading
- Tax increases, use of revenues (Mirhady, D.) 43:1015
- Tax reductions, impact on government revenues and services (Lambert, S.) 43:1705
Teachers
- Salaries in B.C. and other jurisdictions (Lambert, S.) 43:1710
- Specialist teachers (Lambert, S.) 43:1705
Technology See Science and technology
Thornthwaite, Jane Ann (North Vancouver–Seymour)
- Carbon tax
- Coalition of Child Care Advocates of British Columbia
- Education
- special education and special needs
- special education and special needs, assessments 43:1220
- special education and special needs, stakeholder consultation 43:1530
- Education, funding
- First Nations
- programs and services, funding 43:1500
- urban and off-reserve population, service needs 43:1500
- Justice system
- lawyers and legal services
- Mines and mining industry
- Moms on the Move
- recommendations on government budget and policies 43:1530
- Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development
- recommendations on carbon tax and government budget 43:1515
- Taxation
- Wages and salaries
- living wage, impact on economy 43:1050
Towards Sustainable Mining program See Mines and mining industry
Transit services
- Student passes, U-pass program (Ehman, C.) 43:1715-20
Trumpy, Chris
- Report on wildlife harvest allocation policy See Harvest allocation policy, report under Hunting
United Nations convention on the rights of the child
- Implementation (Montani, A.) 43:1040
United States
- Economic conditions (Rees, R.) 43:1025
U-pass program See Student passes
under Transit services
Wages and salaries
Waters, Charmaine
- Experience with U-pass student transit program (Ehman, C.) 43:1720
Welfare
- Community social services sector
- enterprises See Social enterprises under Business
- funding and role (Charlesworth, J.) 43:1815-25
- Social programs and services, preventive role and impact on social costs (Montani, A.) 43:1045-50 (Routley, B.) 43:1055
Wildlife
Winter, Alan
- Presentation to committee on behalf of Genome B.C. 43:1755-810
- Genome B.C., activities and funding 43:1755-810
- Health research, role of genomics 43:1800-10
- Science and technology, genomic research and applications 43:1800-10
Wong, Cynthia
- Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Society for Public Education 43:1745-55
- B.C. Society for Public Education, organization 43:1745
- Education, funding formula, review 43:1750
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