Province of British Columbia
31st Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 17 to June 30, 1976

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IBM

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 1146, 1214-5 (Dailly) 1655

ICBC

See: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

IDERA

See: Industrial Development Education Resource Association

IOK Poultry Ltd.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451, 2331

IWA

See: International Woodworkers of America

Ibbot, William

Mentioned: (Cocke) 839

Identification of Criminals Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 1219

Ilyich, Ivan

Mentioned: (Brown) 1989

Imperial Oil Ltd.

Campaign fund contributions (Wallace, B.B.) 2338-9 (King) 2344

Gas price increase, request by (Lauk) Q. 1567, 1630 (Bennett) A. 1567, 1630 (Wallace, B.B.) 1680-1 (Macdonald) 1823

Mentioned: (Brown) 152 (Wallace, G.S.) 1502 (Lauk) 2252, 2362 (Macdonald) 3247

Income Assistance Programme

Mentioned: (Budget address) 260

Income Tax

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1976; see name of act.

Increase, effect on low-income people (Stupich) 866 (Wallace, G.S.) 868

Increase, expected revenue from (Wolfe) 865 (Gibson) 867 (Wallace, G.S.) 867 (D’Arcy) 868

Increase, greater for higher-income earners (Stupich) 1025

Indexing plan, extension in the federal income tax system (Gibson) 1189 (Stupich) 1203 (Wolfe) 1204

Levels, different for two taxation years (Gibson) 1026 (Wolfe) 1026

Manitoba, policy for higher-income earners (Stupich) 1025

Personal, exemption level (Skelly) 869 (Brown) 1026 (Wolfe) 1026 (Wallace, B.B.) 1026

Personal, increase (Wolfe) 264, 267, 865, 871 (Stupich) 285 (Wallace, G.S.) 303, 309, 867 (Lauk) 332 (Barnes) 501 (Lea) 614 (Hewitt) 619 (Skelly) 868 (Sanford) 931 (Strongman) 1012

Progressive nature of (King) 775 (Stupich) 866 (Wallace, G.S.) 867

Rebates and discounts, legislation on (Mair) 2955, 2959 (Sanford) 2956 (Wallace, G.S.) 2957-8

Saskatchewan, policy for higher-income earners (Stupich) 1025

Income Tax Act

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2866 (Wallace, G.S.) 1142

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1976

(Bill 9) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 276; 2R, 865-71; C, sec. 1, . 1025-6; sec. 2-3, 1026; sec. 4, 1026-7; sec. 5, 1027; Report, 1027; 3R, 1027

Speakers: (2R) D'Arcy 868; Gibson 867; Lockstead 870; Nicolson 870-1; Skelly 868-70; Stupich 865-7; Wallace, G.S. 867-8; Wolfe 865, 871

Speakers: (C) Brown 1026; Gibson 1025-6; Nicolson 1026; Stupich 1025, 1027; Wallace, B.B. 1026; Wolfe 1026-7

Corporation income tax increase (Gibson) 867 (Wallace, G.S.) 868 (Skelly) 868-9, 894 (Lockstead) 870 (Nicolson) 870-1 (Strongman)

Claims, negotiation in progress (Williams) 827 (Bennett) 1057 (Shelford) 2313 (Wallace, B.B.) 1012

Corporation income tax increase for small business, yield resulting (Nicolson) 1026-7 (Wolfe) 1026-7

Corporation income tax increase, regressive nature of (Skelly) 868-9, 894

Corporation income taxation, two-rate system, in support of (Stupich) 1027

Increase, effect on low-income people (Stupich) 866 (Wallace, G.S.) 868

Increase, expected revenue from (Wolfe) 865 (Gibson) 867 (Wallace, G.S.) 867 (D’Arcy) 868

Increase, greater for higher-income earners (Stupich) 1025

Levels, different for two taxation years (Gibson) 1026 (Wolfe) 1026

Manitoba, policy for higher-income earners (Stupich) 1025

Personal, exemption, level of (Skelly) 869 (Brown) 1026 (Wolfe) 1026 (Wallace, B.B.) 1026

Personal, increase (Skelly) 868 (Strongman) 1012 (Wallace, G.S.) 867 (Wolfe) 865, 871

Progressive nature of (Stupich) 866 (Wallace, G.S.) 867

Saskatchewan, policy for higher-income earners (Stupich) 1025

Independent Labour Party

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2068

Indian land claims

See: Indians — Land Tenure

Indians

Court workers, employment of Indians to advise other Indians (Wallace, G.S.) 1284 (Wallace, B.B.) 1290

Culture, preservation of (Williams) 828

Economic assistance for (Lockstead) 773, 1524 (Williams) 828 (Phillips) 1524

Educational grants for (Dailly) 1804

Employment opportunities (Kahl) 675

Government policy on (Wallace, G.S.) 182 (Williams) 827-9

Grant to students for tutoring (Brown) 1810 (McGeer) 1810

Kamloops band, negotiations with (Mair) 637

Law programme at UBC for native Indians (Brown) Q. 2617-8 (Gardom) A. 2617-8

Policy of paternalism, criticized (Barnes) 201

Social assistance services for (Levi) 3372 (Vander Zalm) 3372

Vancouver Indian Centre, programme director, request for (Brown) 2437 (Vander Zalm) 2438

Indians — Governmental relations

Discussions with federal government (Throne speech) 13

Indians — Land tenure

Claims (Kempf) 22 (Hewitt) 208 (Shelford) 570, 2313 (Barber) 831 (Wallace, B.B.) 850 (Bennett) 1057 2336

Cut-off land, negotiations (Williams) 827-8 (Barber) 831

Rail agreement with Ottawa, policy involving (Davis) 746 (Lauk) 748

Indians — Legal status, laws

Grievances to be dealt with (Gibson) 169

Industrial Development Education Resource Association

Funding of (Brown) 972-3, 1022-4 (Wolfe) 972-3, 1023-4 (Phillips) 1024, 1084

Industrial disputes

See: Labour disputes

Industries — British Columbia

See: British Columbia — Industries

Information services, Government

See: Government publicity

Inheritance and transfer tax

Gift tax and succession duties, removal of (Gibson) 161 (Wallace, G.S.) 180, 1145 (Barnes) 811 (Skelly) 1209 (Lauk) 1211

Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd.

Tax dollars rebate to customers, proposed (D’Arcy) 1231

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 860, 1516 (Lauk) 2359-60

In-Laws Act

(Bill 1) (Attorney-General) 1R, 13

Inner Harbour, Victoria, B.C.

See entries under Victoria, B.C.

Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

Buttar and Chiene, complaint against (Lauk) 1088, 1093 (Nicolson) 1099

Buttar and Chiene, complaint hearing against findings, quoted (Nicolson) 1099

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 1146 (Wolfe) 1147

Insurance — Rates and tables

Legislation, proposed (Throne speech) 13

Insurance, Automobile

Automobiles insured, number of (Cocke) 1746-7 (McGeer) 1749, 1759 (Gibson) 1767

Coverage of B.C. car owners (Barnes) Q. 598 (McGeer) A. 598

Government policy (Macdonald) 93-6 (Strongman) 97-8 (Nicolson) 107-8 (Bawlf) 123 (Wallace, B.B.) 129-30 (Skelly) 133 (Lloyd) 146-7 (Brown) 152-5 (Barnes) 196, 200-1 (Macdonald) 236-7

ICBC financial situation (McGeer) 65-9 (Phillips) 78-85 (Stupich) 86-91

NDP government policy (McGeer) 65-9 (Hewitt) 99 (Kerster) 105-6 (Mair) 120-2 (Rogers) 130-1 (Bawtree) 134-6 (Calder) 137-40 (Haddad) 140-1 (Kahl) 141-4 (Loewen) 149-51 (Jordan) 156-8

Northern and interior region (Loewen) 235

Northern and interior regions drivers, consideration for (Wallace, G.S.) 53, 56 (Sanford) 60 (Lea) 62, 65 (McGeer) 69 (Phillips) 83 (Strongman) 97-8 (Lockstead) 98 (Hewitt) 99 (Nicolson) 107 (Lauk) 110 (Loewen) 151 (Brown) 153-4

Private insurance companies licensed to sell car insurance in B.C. (Cocke) Q. 3401 (McGeer) A. 3401-2

Private insurers, re-entry of (Gibson) Q. 1343 (McGeer) A. 1343, 2954 (Cocke) 1372, 1748-9, 2952-3 (Gardom) 1374 (Wallace, B.C.) 2953

Rate increases (King) 29, 38-41 (Cocke) 46-8 (Gibson) 48-51 (Wallace, G.S.) 52-3, 55-6 (Sanford) 60-2 (Lea) 62-5 (Strongman) 97-8 (Lockstead) 98 (Dailly) 100-1 (Barnes) 102-5, 196 (Nicolson) 106-8 (Lauk) 109-10, 328, 332 (D’Arcy) 111-3 (Skelly) 131-2 (Haddad) 140-1 (Brown) 152-4 (Loewen) 235 (Davis) 326 (McGeer) 873 (Davidson) 927-8

Uninsured drivers from out of province, legislation involving (McGeer) 2952, 2954

Victim, hit and run, insurance payment to (Gardom) 3390

See also: Insurance Corp. of B.C.

Insurance, Automobile — Policies

B.C. Safe-Driver Incentive Plan, proposed (Throne speech) 13 (McGeer) 70

Insurance, Fire

Deductible increase in B.C. schools (Gibson) Q. 472, 3187A (McGeer) A. 472, 3187A

Operational for school boards (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 472 (McGeer) A. 472

R.C. Palmer School, cost of (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 840 (McGeer) A. 840

School boards, consultation with (Dailly) 728 (Gibson) 1596

Schools, cost-sharing arrangement for (Wallace, G.S.) 1732 (McGeer) 1733-4

Schools, premiums to be paid by Education department (Gibson) Q. 3187A (McGeer) A 3187B

Insurance, unemployment

Waiting period, welfare provision (Barnes) 200

Insurance Agents of British Columbia

Mentioned (Nicolson) 107

Insurance Bureau of Canada

Mentioned: (Skelly) 589

Insurance companies

Private companies (Stupich) 90-1 (Macdonald) 95 (Dailly) 101 (Nicolson) 107-8 (Wallace, B.B.) 130 (Skelly) 132-4 (Bawtree) 135 (Haddad) 140 (Brown) 154-5 (Gibson) 161

Re-entry of (Cocke) 2952 (Wallace, B.B.) 2953-4 (McGeer) 2954

Report, annual, to avoid possible discrimination (Brown) 2960

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Adjusters, lay-off (Lauk) Q. 2941 (McGeer) A. 2941-2

Adjusters working for (Lauk) 2354

Assets (Stupich) 87-8

Board of directors, appointment to (Cocke) 1624-5

Body shop work charges (Cocke) 982-3, 1138 (Kerster) 988-9 (Barnes) Q. 1408 (McGeer) A. 1408

Borrowings made since December 11, 1975 (Stupich) Q. 506 (McGeer) A. 506

Building, new location (Cocke) Q. 118, 1764 (McGeer) A. 118-9, 1768-9 (Loewen) 734

Cash balance (Stupich) Q. 406, 581 (Bennett) A. 406 (Levi) 419-20 (Wallace, G.S.) 450 (Barnes) 516 (McGeer) 517, A. 3099 (Skelly) 528, 589 (King) 653 (Stupich) 696

Changes in legislation, proposed (Throne speech) 13

Cheque issued to (Lauk) Q. 406, 1016, 1124-5, 1127 (Wolfe) A. 406-7, A. 648, 995, 1121-2, 1124-5, 1131, 1136 (Cocke) 425, 1764 (Gibson) 430, 648, Q. 995, 1125, 1150 (Nicolson) 439 (Wallace, G.S.) 452 (McGeer) 676, 1017 (Skelly) 527, 530, 585, 665, 819, 821 (King) 534, 549, 653, 1132 (Barber) 548-9, 693, 833 (Levi) 551 (Macdonald) 552, 590, 716 (Bennett) 553 (Lea) 614, 646, 1120-2, 1126-7, 1130-1 (Sanford) 696, 877 (Stupich) 740, 1126, 1203-4 (Lockstead) 767 (Brown) 938 (Barnes) 1004

Cheque to, authorization of (Gibson) 1123, 1125, 1135, 1175, 1185 (Nicolson) 1136

Claimants, lie-detector tests for (Macdonald) Q. 2482 (McGeer) A. 2482, 2518

Claims, drop in (Cocke) 1746

Claims centre at Port Alberni, closure of (Skelly) Q. 3019 (McGeer) A. 3019, 3099

Collision coverage, not compulsory, effect of (Macdonald) 1767-8, 1770-1 (McGeer) 1770-1

Commission payments (Cocke) 1764 (Gibson) 1766-7, 1783-4 (McGeer) 1769

Defence in court, legislation (McGeer) 2952

Deficit situation (McGeer) 65-9, 516-7, 684, 873, 1749 (Phillips) 78-85, 445 (Wolfe) 252-3 (Kerster) 434 (Bennett) 554 (Mair) 638-9 (Davidson) 927 (Hewitt) 2118

Deposits, source of information (Lauk) Q. 474 (McGeer) A. 474

Education Minister's trip to England (Lea) Q. 2483 (McGeer) A. 2483-4 (Lauk) Q. 2483-4

Government policy (Macdonald) 93-6 (Strongman) 97-8 (Nicolson) 107-8 (Bawlf) 123 (Wallace, B.B.) 129-30 (Skelly) 133 (Lloyd) 146-7 (Brown) 152-5 (Barnes) 196, 200-1 (McGeer) 873

Handicapped, premium rates for (Wallace, G.S.) 1768 (McGeer) 1770

Instalment plans, amount (Lauk) 584, 586 (Stupich) Q. 597 (McGeer) A. 597

Loan to government (Gibson) Q. 923, 995-6, 1125 (Wolfe) A. 923, 995-6, 1121-2, 1125 (Sanford) 931 (Barnes) 1004 (Lea) 1120-2, 1126-7, 1130-1 (Lauk) 1125 (Stupich) 1126, 1204 (King) 1132-3

Loan to government, term and interest rate (King) 1132-3 (Wolfe) 1133

Motor-vehicle inspection notices (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 2482-3 (McGeer) A. 2483, 2518

Motor-vehicle registrations, number of (Cocke) Q. 2941 (McGeer) A. 2941

NDP government policy (McGeer) 66-9, 1757-9 (Phillips) 78-85 (Stupich) 89 (Kerster) 105-6 (Mair) 120-2 (Rogers) 130-1 (Bawtree) 134-6 (Calder) 137-40 (Haddad) 140-1 (Kahl) 141-4 (Loewen) 149-51 (Jordan) 156-8

Northern and interior regions, drivers, consideration for (Wallace, G.S.) 53, 56 (Sanford) 60 (Lea) 62, 65 (McGeer) 69 (Phillips) 83 (Strongman) 97-8 (Lockstead) 98 (Hewitt) 99 (Nicolson) 107 (Lauk) 110 (Loewen) 151 (Brown) 153-4

Payment in arrears (McGeer) 2954

Payments from consolidated revenue (Wolfe) 995

Performance (Cocke) Q. 3347

Point system for rebate (Macdonald) 2973, 3204

Political interference (Cocke) 1745-6, 1760 (McGeer) 1758-9

Premium rates, criteria for determining (Gibson) 1765-6

Premiums, overcharging creating huge surplus (Barrett) 3158 (Barnes) 3204

Programme (Davidson) 92

R.C. Palmer School, cost of insurance (Gibson) Q. 840 (McGeer) A. 840

Rate increase (King) 39-41 (Cocke) 46-8, 1746-9, 1761-2, A. 3099 (Gibson) 48-51 (Wallace, G.S.) 52-3, 55-6 (Levi) 57 (Sanford) 60-2 (Strongman) 97-8 (Lockstead) 98 (Dailly) 100-1 (Barnes) 102-5, 196 (Nicolson) 106-8 (Lauk) 109-10 (D’Arcy) 111-3 (Skelly) 131-2 (Haddad) 140-1 (Brown) 152-4 (Davis) 326 (Lauk) 328, 332 (McGeer) 873, 3100 (Davidson) 927-8

Refund of surplus premiums, adjournment of House to discuss, M. (Barrett) 3158

Refunds, delays in (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 2482 (McGeer) A. 2482-3, 2518 (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 2482-3

Refunds, possibility of (Gibson) Q. 3099 (McGeer) A. 3099

Reinsurance programme (McGeer) A. 2483-4 (Lauk) Q. 2483-4

Safe-driving dividend (McGeer) 1760 (Cocke) 1764 (Nicolson) 2976

Safe-driving dividend for under 25s, basis for claims (Macdonald) 1768, 2973-4 (McGeer) 1769-70 (Davis) 2970-1, 2981 (Cocke) 2971 (Barnes) 2971-2 (Sanford) 2973 (Lloyd) 2974-5 (Barrett) 2976-8 (Hewitt) 2978 (Wallace, G.S.) 2979 (King) 2980-1

Safe-driving dividend for under 25s, discriminating nature of (Barnes) 2971-2 (Wallace, G.S.) 2979 (King) 2979-81 (Macdonald) 3204-5

Straight report (Gibson) 48-50 (Wallace, G.S.) 55 (Lauk) 109

Term deposits and investment position (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 472 (McGeer) A. 472

Territorial equalization policy (Cocke) 1764 (Gibson) 1764-5, 1784 (McGeer) 1769 (Lea) 1771-2

Mentioned: (King) 33, 37 (Chabot) 42 (Lea) 63 (Stupich) 284 (Gibson) 294, 2946 (Cocke) 1372 (McGeer) 68, 2948

Intercoastal shipping

Federal Bill C-61, adverse effects on province (Davis) 325

Interfaith

Funding under, Agriculture department estimates (Phillips) 1084

Intergovernmental fiscal relations

General (Throne speech) 12

Municipalities, advance of funds (Sanford) 695 (Bawtree) 730-1

Revenue sharing (Gibson) 168

Revenue-sharing formula (Curtis) 844-5

Sharing of revenue between local and provincial government, proposed (Throne speech) 12 (Veitch) 20 (Kempf) 23 (Gibson) 168 (Hewitt) 208 (Vander Zalm) 599 A. 631 (Barber) 838 (Curtis) 844-7

See also: Municipal finance

Interior Vegetable Marketing Board

Mentioned: (Stupich) 1470

International Council of Women

Mentioned: (Jordan) 3097 (Wallace, G.S.) 3118

International Federation of Dentists

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 716

International Hydrodynamics

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1491, 3013

International Labour Organization

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 3174

International Women's Year

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 180, 3118

International Woodworkers of America

Publication quoted (Lockstead) 1698

Mentioned: (Wallace, B.B.) 1344 (McGeer) 1617 (Skelly) 1659 (Nicolson) 2070 (Gibson) 2298, 2691 (Shelford) 2559 (Waterland) 2694

Interpretation Act

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1888 (Wolfe) 2300

Interpretation Amendment Act, 1976

(Bill 20) (Attorney-General) IR, 2037; 2R, 2228-9; C, 2244-5; 2296; 3R, 2455, RA, 2511

Speakers: (2R) Gardom 2228-9; Macdonald 2229

Speakers: (C) Gardom 2244, 2296; Gibson 2244-5; Lauk 2245, 2296

Amdts: C, sec. 10 (Gardom) 2296, approved 2296; sec. 12 (Gardom) 2296, approved 2296

Deputy Ministers, power of (Gibson) 2244 (Gardom) 2244-5 (Lauk) 2245

Enactments, how they come into effect (Gibson) 2244 (Gardom) 2244

Statutes, elimination of repetitions (Gardom 2228

Statutes, simplification of (Gardom) 2228

Interprovincial Subpoena Act

(Bill 19) (Attorney-General) 1R, 2037; 2R, 2225-6; C, 2243-4; 3R, 2244; RA, 2511

Speakers: (2R) Gardom 2225-6

Speakers: (C) Gardom 2244; Lauk 2243-4

Contempt proceedings when subpoena is disobeyed (Gardom) 2226

Reciprocity provisions (Gardom) 2226

Witnesses, compensation for (Lauk) 2243-4 (Gardom) 2244

Witnesses on commission (Gardom) 2225-6

Investment Dealers Association of Canada

Report on savings, categories of (Gibson) 1188

Mentioned: (Gibson) 291, 2691

Investments, Capital

See: Capital investments

Investments, Foreign

Land, foreign ownership in B.C. (Sanford) 1326, 1355 (Rogers) 1327-8 (Lauk) 1329 (Gardom) 1355

Review agency, ruling of (Gibson) Q. 998 (Phillips) A. 998

Unemployment, cause of (Sanford) 935

Inonoaklin River, B.C.

Fisheries mitigation (D’Arcy) 1035

Irving, Ruth N.

Mentioned: (Mair) 2771

Island Copper Mines

Mentioned: (Waterland) 2508

Island Highway

See: Highway 19

Islands Trust Co.

Funds available to (Barber) 3232 (Curtis) 3232-3

Senior planner, status of (Barber) Q. 706 (Curtis) A. 706, 840

Israels, Sidney

Mentioned (McClelland) 1957 (Cocke) 2961

Italian Brain Research Organization

Mentioned (McGeer) 2515