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

Wages and salaries

Living wage (Donaldson) 56:1315 (Thordarson, L.) 56:1315

Walker, Darryl

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Government and Service Employees Union 52:0945-0955

B.C. Government and Service Employees Union

consultation by government 52:0950

recommendations on government budget and policies 52:0950-0955

role 52:0945

B.C. Liberal Party government, policies since leadership transition 52:0945-0950

Budgets, balanced budgets 52:0955

Civil service

compensation and recruitment 52:0950-0955

employees with needed skill sets, recruitment and retention 52:0955

Forests and forest industry, forest inventory 52:0950

Government

funding and staffing of natural resource ministries 52:0950-0955

funding for programs and services 52:0950

revenues and revenue sources 52:0950

Justice system, sheriff recruitment and retention 52:0955

Resources and resource industries

permitting processes, backlog and freedom-of-information request 52:0950-0955

revenues to government 52:0950

Walling, Mary Ellen

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Salmon Farmers Association 57:1500-1510

Aquaculture

First Nations involvement in industry 57:1500

fish farms, closed-containment and open-net systems 57:1505-1510

industry in B.C. and elsewhere 57:1500-1510

public education and information 57:1510

role in economy and coastal communities 57:1500-1505

tenures 57:1505

B.C. Salmon Farmers Association, activities 57:1500-1510

Chile, aquaculture industry 57:1510

Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River 57:1505-1510

Harmonized sales tax, elimination and reinstatement of sales tax system, impact on agrifood industry 57:1505

Sales tax, exemptions and rebates for aquaculture industry 57:1505

Waneta Dam

Expansion project, investment by Fortis See FortisBC Inc.

Waste management

Landfills, impact of food packaging waste (Noshad, D.) 53:1420

Water

Drinking water and irrigation systems See Water systems under Infrastructure

Rivers See Rivers and streams

Water systems See Infrastructure

Watersheds See Watersheds

Watersheds

Watershed planning, community round tables (Tebb, T.) 57:1040

Watson, Lilla

Comments on aboriginal issues (Gregoire, T.) 56:1525

Watson, Ron

Presentation to committee 53:0950-0955

As subject

correspondence to Health ministers 53:0950-0955 (Donaldson) 53:0955

involvement in heath care issues in Surrey area 53:0955 (Hayer) 53:0955

Canada Health Act, review 53:0950

Health, health care system

services for seniors 53:0950-0955

user fees 53:0955

Home care, home support services for seniors 53:0950-0955

Hospice and palliative care facilities 53:0955

Surrey and White Rock Home Care Association, funding history, funds from gaming 53:0955

Weather

Severe weather events related to climate change, impact on insurance industry See Climate change

Weber, Gail

Presentation to committee on behalf of North Peace Seniors Housing Society 51:0935-0940

Fort St. John, housing issues, seniors housing project proposal 51:0935-0940

North Peace Seniors Housing Society

organization 51:0935

survey results 51:0940

Peace River area, population growth and senior population 51:0935

Seniors housing, availability 51:0935-0940

Weed Control Act

Provisions (Hafke, M.) 55:1905

Weeds See Plants
Welfare

Community services organizations See Social service providers below under this main heading

Social programs and services

funding (Hayer) 53:1030 (Vincent, L.) 53:1020-1030

preventive role and impact on social costs (Reid, J.) 51:1045-1050

Social service providers

funding (Thordarson, L.) 56:1315-1320 (Thornthwaite) 56:1315

funding and role (Power, N.) 54:0910 (Santiago, R.) 54:0905-0910

government relationship with contracted agencies (McCoy, M.) 57:1445-1500

government/non-profit initiative (Strachan, N.) 52:1340

Munroe accord on successorship policies (McCoy, M.) 57:1450-1455

unfunded liabilities for employee health and pension benefits (McCoy, M.) 57:1455

Social services sector, collective bargaining and labour relations (McCoy, M.) 57:1450-1455

Support system for vulnerable persons (Turpel-Lafond, M.) 66:0815

Western Canadian Functional Food and Natural Health Product Network

Status (Human, N.) 53:1145

Western, Nola

As subject

work with Elections B.C. (Archer, K.) 64:0805

Elections B.C.

budget and operations 64:0820-0825

office and warehouse space 64:0825

Whalen, Patricia

Presentation to committee on behalf of Community Connections Society 55:1955

Children, early childhood development

child development centres, funding and government support 55:1955

early intervention services, funding 55:1955

programs and services, collaboration and integration 55:1955

Children, special needs children, funding for programs and services 55:1955

Communities, capital grants to community organizations from gaming grant program 55:1955

Community Connections Society of Southeast B.C., recommendations on government budget and policies 55:1955

Whistler, B.C.

Training facilities for athletes (Pattenden, W.) 53:0940-0945

Whistler, Karen

Presentation to committee on behalf of Emily Carr Students Union 53:1605-1615

As subject

experience as student at Emily Carr University 53:1605-1615 (Hayer) 53:1615

Emily Carr Students Union, recommendations on government budget and policies 53:1610

Emily Carr University of Art and Design

graduate program in applied arts and design 53:1610

transit pass program 53:1605

Finance and Government Services Committee recommendations, transit pass for students 53:1605

Post-secondary education

applied research programs 53:1610

funding 53:1610-1615

international students 53:1615

special-purpose teaching universities, graduate programs 53:1610-1615

Transit services, student passes, U-pass program 53:1605

Whitemarsh, M.J.

Presentation to committee on behalf of Canadian Home Builders Association of B.C. 54:1015-1030

Agricultural land reserve, removal of land from reserve 54:1025

Canadian Home Builders Association of B.C., membership and role 54:1015

Construction industry

residential construction and renovation industry

conditions 54:1020-1025

employment in sector and workforce mobility 54:1015-1020

second-home market 54:1020

workers, training and supply 54:1020

Energy and Mines Ministry and Minister Responsible for Housing, housing component 54:1025

Harmonized sales tax

elimination of sales tax portion of tax for home purchases 54:1020, 54:1030

impact on home construction and renovation industry 54:1015-1020, 54:1030

Housing, government role, housing secretariat proposal 54:1025

Land use for housing development 54:1025

Property transfer tax reform 54:1025

Zoning, inclusionary zoning 54:1025

Wiebe, Ruth

Presentation to committee on behalf of school district 33 54:0955-1000

School district 33 (Chilliwack), relationship with Science World B.C. 54:0955-1000

Science and technology, awareness in society 54:1000

Science World B.C., outreach activities with school districts 54:0955-1000

Wilderness tourism See Tourism
Wilson, Eric

Presentation to committee on behalf of Surrey Board of Trade 53:1505-1515

Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities 53:1505, 53:1515

International Indian Film Academy Awards, hosting of 2013 awards, proposal by Surrey 53:1515

Lower Mainland, South Fraser communities

post-secondary education access 53:1510

transit services 53:1510

transportation infrastructure 53:1505

School district 36 (Surrey), capital funding for new facilities 53:1510

South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority, funding 53:1510

Surrey, education infrastructure and programs 53:1505

Winter, John

Comments on small business tax reduction (Ralston) 53:0915

Wood, Josiah

Comments on civilian oversight of police (Lowe, S.) 65:1710-1715

Comments on funding for police complaint public hearings and legal services (Lowe, S.) 65:1730-1735 (Ralston) 65:1745

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

Wood, Steve

Presentation to committee 53:1105-1115

As subject

public service work and submission to Finance Committee prebudget consultation 53:1115

Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities 53:1110-1115

Civil service, salaries and wages 53:1115

Gambling revenues, allocation 53:1105, 53:1115

Government, local government financial management and oversight 53:1105

Justice system, funding and legal aid 53:1110-1115

Lobbyists, advocacy groups, funding 53:1110

Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, funding for groups participating in inquiry 53:1110

School district 36 (Surrey), capital funding and portables 53:1110

Sports, government funding, gaming grants 53:1105, 53:1115

Surrey, work of local MLAs and MPs 53:1115

Vancouver, riot during Stanley Cup playoffs, charges and court proceedings 53:1110

Youth organizations, gaming grants 53:1105, 53:1115

Wood waste

Allocation system for alternative energy production (Donaldson) 55:1905 (Stagg, C.) 55:1905

Use in production of biofuels See Biofuel production under Fuel

Use in production of electricity See Bioenergy under Energy

Woodward, John

Presentation to committee on behalf of Living Rivers Advisory Group 57:1040-1045

Budgets, 2012-13 budget priorities, environment and sustainability 57:1040

Living Rivers Advisory Group, activities and funding 57:1040-1045

Woolsey, Jim

Presentation to committee on behalf of Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver 57:1015

Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, recommendations on government budget and policies 57:1015

Workers

Foreign workers See Immigration

Shortage See Shortage of skilled workers under Skills training

WorkSafe B.C.

Claims management system (Carter, K.) 65:1625

Service quality issues, cases (Carter, K.) 65:1620-1625, 65:1700

Writers Guild of Canada

Members, issues (Chomiak, R.) 53:1015

Wylie, Rikki

Presentation to committee on behalf of B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres 52:0930, 52:0940

First Nations friendship centres, services to youth 52:0940

Nanaimo, aboriginal friendship centre 52:0940