PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
31st Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 30, 1978 to June 29, 1978

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IBEW

See: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

IBM Co. Ltd.

B.C. Systems Corp., computer replacement, bidding on (Levi) Q. 2547 (Wolfe) A. 2547

Mentioned: (Levi) 729

IDB

See: Industrial Development Bank

IDSA

Mentioned: (Phillips) 1689

ILO

See: International Labour Organization

INCO

See: International Nickel Ltd.

IOK Poultry Ltd.

See: Interior-Okanagan-Kootenay Poultry Ltd.

ISPCO

Mentioned: (Lauk) 1348, 1674, 1676, 1681

IT&T

See: International Telephone and Telegraph Co.

IWA

See: International Woodworkers of America

Illecillewaet River, B.C.

Restocking of (Bawlf) 888 (King) 885-6

Illing, Ray

Mentioned: (Bennett) 1045, 1354

Illiteracy

Problem in B.C. (Levi) 2000-1

Immigrant Services Society of B.C.

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1410

Immigration

See: Emigration and immigration

Imperial Metals and Power Ltd.

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536 (Lea) 1460

Imperial Oil Ltd.

Donation to Social Credit Party (Lauk) 1057-8

Natural gas price increase application (Macdonald) 2121

Profits (Macdonald) 678

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1048, 2536 (Lauk) 1057, 1059 (Lea) 1327, 1467 (Lockstead) 1359

Income

Income distribution (Brown) 603-4

Per capita income in B.C. (Gibson) 64

Income, Guaranteed

Elderly, increase in pensions to (Lockstead) 311

GAIN, cost of living allowance (D’Arcy) 597, 599

GAIN exemption, increase in (Brown) 1172-3

GAIN, increase in (Gibson) 297

GAIN, indexing of (Brown) 1624-7 (Gibson) 79, Q. 2306 (Vander Zalm) A. 2306

GAIN, indexing of, cost (Brown) 1626

GAIN payments, complaints re receipt of (Lockstead) 311

GAIN programme, appropriation for (Brown) 1661-2 (Stupich) 281 (Vander Zalm) 1662

Guaranteed annual income (Bennett) 1175 (Brown) 1175

Income assistance to group aged 60 to 64 (Levi) 1620-1

Long-term care recipients, GAIN payments to (D’Arcy) 597

Income Tax

Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 1978. See name of act

Exemption level, increase in (Wolfe) 265

Increase in (Stupich) 587

Inflation, indexing of (Wolfe) 265

Reduction in (Gibson) 299 (Stephens) 99

Revenue and corporate tax revenue (Levi) 496-7, 664

Revenue, return to B.C. (Stupich) 739 (Wolfe) 739

Revenue source (Barber) 1154

Tax rebaters (Mair) 1883

Income Tax Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 2079, 2102 (Wolfe) 852

Income Tax Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Curtis) 433 (Wolfe) 256, 1384, 2510

Income tax branch

Employees, relocation of (Wolfe) 690

Independent Contractors and Businessmen's Association

Right-to-work campaign (Lauk) Q. 2457 (Phillips) A. 2457

Mentioned: (King) 1582

Independent Logging Association of B.C.

See: British Columbia Independent Logging Association

Independent schools

See: Private schools

Independent Schools Support Act

Mentioned: (Cocke) 1936, 2032 (Dailly) 1939, 2033 (McGeer) 1944

Indian Act

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1589

Indian Centre Society of Vancouver

Mentioned: (Brown) 2065

Indian Friendship Centre, Duncan, B.C.

Funds for (Wallace) 1594-5

Indian Homemakers' Association of B.C.

Work of (Brown) 1444

Mentioned: (Brown) 1443 (McCarthy) 1446

Indians

Cut-off lands, additional land as compensation for (Williams) 1591

Cut-off lands, commission on (Skelly) 1592

Cut-off lands, compensation for (Williams) 1590

Cut-off lands, Lions Gate Bridge footings area (Gibson) 1597

Cut-off lands, negotiations on (Skelly) 1590, 1592 (Williams) 1590, 1598-9

Cut-off lands, return of (Skelly) 1590, 1592 (Williams) 1590

Economic development projects for (Skelly) 1588

Forest industry, opportunities in (King) 2319 (Shelford) 2365 (Wallace) 2434-5

Hunting regulations, review of (Bawlf) 653

Indian bands as municipalities (Gibson) 1503

Land claims against B.C. and confederation (Skelly) 1587-8 (Wallace) 1594 (Williams) 1590

Land claims, method of settlement (Gibson) 1597

Lands, taxes on (Skelly) 1589-90 (Williams) 1591

Taxes and social welfare services (Skelly) 1589 (William) 1591-2

Vander Zalm, W.N., statement re return to reservations (Brown) Q. 2397, Q. 2398 (Bennett) A. 2397

Women's Correctional Institute inmates (Brown) 2065-6 (Gardom) 2069

Indians — Reserves

Road maintenance (Chabot) 2642

Industrial accidents

Increase in (Wallace) 1595-6

Prevention of (Wallace) 1595, 1596

Industrial Development Bank

Mentioned: (Levi) 139

Industrial relations

B.C. Research Council work (William) 1566

Employee ownership (Gibson) 1604

Industrial democracy (Gibson) 1604 (Williams) 1566

Industrial democracy, conference on (Barber) 1564-6

Industrial research

See: Research, Industrial

Industrial safety

Inspections by occupational environment branch (Williams) 1554

Industrial sites

Delta industrial park (Davidson) 12

San Mateo county, Calif. (McGeer) 2522

Industrialization

Development, community plebiscite on (Shelford) 136

Environmentalists' opposition to (Skelly) 177

Industries

High-technology industry, growth of (McGeer) 2519

High-technology industry, price increases in products of (McGeer) 2520

Industry — Social aspects

Evils perpetrated by private enterprise (Brown) 104

Infants

Infant development programme (Vander Zalm) 1276

Infant development programme, income test for (Gibson) 1273

Inflation (Finance)

Contributory factors (Skelly) 1717

Cost-of-living indexation and inflation (Gibson) 793-4

Decrease in (Bennett) 222

Level of in B.C. (Bennett) 947, 1198-9

Problem (Bennett) 223 (Gibson) 289 (Loewen) 350 (Phillips) 157 (Shelford) 400 (Wolfe) 251

Tax revenue and inflation (Bennett) 947

Inheritance and transfer tax

Succession duties, abolition of (Barrett) 29 (Cocke) 635 (Macdonald) 674 (Wolfe) 680

Succession duties, abolition of and investment in B.C. (Levi) 497, 666 (Skelly) 572 (Stupich) Q. 155 (Wolfe) A. 155

Succession duties, reinstitution of (Barrett) 477

Initiation and Approval of Legislation by the Electors, An Act to Provide for

Proclamation of Act (Gibson) Q. 850, 1334-5, 1336 (Gardom) A. 850

Inland Natural Gas Ltd.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 422 (Lauk) 2373 (Macdonald) 197

Inner Harbour

See entries under Victoria, B.C.

Insulation (Heat)

Insulation material, removal of sales tax (Skelly) 781, 783 (Wolfe) 782

Insurance, Agricultural — Crop

Crop insurance programme (Hewitt) 2127

Insurance, Automobile

Private companies, loss of good risks to (Sanford) 1973-4, 1978

Private companies, return of to B.C. (Cooke) Q. 972 (McGeer) A. 972

See also: Insurance Corp. of B.C.

Insurance, Medical

See: Medical care, Prepaid

Insurance, Pharmaceutical services

Diabetics' needs, coverage for (Lauk) 796, 797 (Wolfe) 797

Pharmacare (Brown) 607, 1614

Pharmacare, appropriation for (Wolfe) 261

Pharmcare benefits, women and children (Vander Zalm) 116

Pharmacare, universal coverage (Bawlf) 568-9

Insurance Bureau of Canada

Mentioned: (Cocke) 1965-6

Insurance Corp. of B.C.

Actuary, advertisement for in San Francisco Examiner (Cocke) Q. 2611, Q. 2765 (McGeer) A. 2765

Borrowing by, 1977 to date (Cocke) Q. 723 (McGeer) A. 723

Claimants, P.L. McGeer's statements re (Stephens) 992-3, 994

Claim for broken windows, Hall-Gray broadcasting station (King) Q. 2763

Claims, amount of and effect on reserves (McGeer) 1979

Claims, amount of and rate increases (Stephens) 1979

Claims, disparity in awards made (Macdonald) 1981-2 (McGeer) 1979, 1980 (Stephens) 1980-1

Claims, increase in amount of (McGeer) 1979-80

Claims involving vehicles insured by Royal Insurance Co. (Cocke) Q. 2307 (McGeer) A. 2307

Claims, proposal for no-fault system (Cocke) 1976 (King) 1985 (McGeer) 1976 (Stephens) 1978-9, 1981

Claims service, agreements with private companies (Cocke) Q. 972 (McGeer) A. 972

Employees, bonuses paid to (Cocke) Q. 336 (McGeer) A. 336

Employees, right to bargain for pensions (King) 2751 (McGeer) 2750-1 (Sanford) 2749-50, 2751

Executive development programme (McGeer) 1967

Executives, 1975 advertisements in U.S., Great Britain (Strongman) Q. 2765

Forms, supplying by Ontario firm (Cocke) Q. 1040-1 (McGeer) A. 1079-80

Grant, March, 1976 (Barrett) 964 (Gibson) 290 (King) 1984-5 (Macdonald) 673, 810, 1984 (Stupich) 811

Head office, locating of in New Westminster (Cocke) 468 (Loewen) 472

Investment holdings (Cocke) Q. 722 (McGeer) A. 722

Loans, names of companies and amount of loans (Cocke) Q. 723 (McGeer) A. 723

Loss under former government (Bennett) 961

Losses (McGeer) 302

Political interference in (Cocke) Q. 2765

Premiums, cyclical renewal system (McGeer) 1968

Premiums, rates, comparisons with other provinces (McGeer) 1974-5 (Sanford) 1974, 1977, 1978

President. See also entries under Sherrell, Robert

Private companies, loss of good risks to (Sanford) 1973-4, 1978

Rates, increase in (D’Arcy) 427-8 (Macdonald) 1982-3 (McGeer) 1984

Rates, young drivers (King) 1985

Reserves, increase in (Macdonald) 1982-3 (McGeer) 1979

Revenue (D’Arcy) 597

Royal Insurance Co. Ltd., charges to for claims services (Cocke) Q. 911-2 (McGeer) A. 912

Safe driver discount (Kerster) 1977 (Macdonald) 1983 (McGeer) 1983-4 (Sanford) 1973

Telephone, free long-distance calls (D’Arcy) 420

Truck parts, retail price charged by dealers (Cocke) Q. 2517 (McGeer) A. 2517

West, Susan, claim to corporation (Cocke) 1969, 1976-7 (McGeer) 1975-6

Mentioned: (Barber) 613, 618, 766, 769, 1152, 1439 (Barnes) 411, 416 (Barrett) 40, 959 (Bawtree) 1865 (Brown) 107, 604 (Cocke) 706, 1927, 1931, 1946 (D’Arcy) 1764 (Gardom) 2104 (Gibson) 154, 291, 298, 706, 788, 2721, 2722, 2725 (Jordan) 626 (Kerster) 1749 (Lauk) 55, 1289 (Lea) 343, 2603 (Lockstead) 310 (Macdonald) 676, 2108, 2531 (McGeer) 245, 371, 1945 (Nicolson) 1110, 2622 (Nielsen) 1834 (Sanford) 441, 2665, 2718 (Skelly) 394 (Vander Zalm) 1648 (Wallace) 319 (Wolfe) 690, 2667

Insurers' Advisory Organization

Mentioned: (McGeer) 1974 (Sanford) 1974

Inter-American Development Bank

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1715

Interest and usury

Interest rate (Macdonald) 194-5

Intercoast Resources Corp.

Queen Charlotte Island oil shales, exploration permits (Chabot) 1464, 1465 (Lea) 1463-4, 1465

Report quoted (Lea) 1465

Interior-Okanagan-Kootenay Poultry Ltd.

Poultry plant, establishment of (Hewitt) 2154 (Stupich) 2153-4

Interior Vegetable Marketing Board

See: British Columbia Interior Vegetable Marketing Board

Intermediate care

See: Nursing homes

International boundaries

See name of country with subdivision Boundaries, e.g. Canada — Boundaries

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Mentioned: (Wallace) 1596

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America

Vlahovic, Jack, report of hearings (Gibson) Q. 335, 1597 (Williams) A. 335, 1600

Mentioned: (Dailly) 647

International Monetary Fund

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1715

International Nickel Ltd.

Mentioned: (King) 2315, 2316 (Macdonald) 196, 1185

International Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 1964, 1965 (D’Arcy) 423

International Woodworkers of America

Doman Industries Ltd. sawmill, union activities prior to collective agreement (Wallace) Q. 268-9 (Phillips) A. 369, A. 370 (Stephens) Q. 370, Q. 455

Press release quoted (Gibson) 2420 (Levi) 2415

Report quoted (Lauk) 2376

Telegrams quoted (King) 2388 (Stephens) 2363

Mentioned: (Bennett) 224 (Cocke) 2378, 2379 (Gibson) 2356, 2725 (Haddad) 2427, 2428 (King) 2312, 2389 (Lauk) 55, 381, 1695, 1696 (Levi) 2416 (Macdonald) 1584, 1585 (Nicolson) 1587 (Phillips) 161 (Rogers) 201 (Sanford) 2417 (Shelford) 1586 (Skelly) 2384, 2422, 2424 (Wallace) 2431 (Waterland) 1531, 2444 (Williams) 1587

Interpretation Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 2696, 2697 (Waterland) 2767, 2768

Inter-Provincial Lottery Corporation

Advertising budget, amount of and percentage spent in B.C. (Gibson) Q. 2645 (McCarthy) A. 2645

Interprovincial Pipe and Steel Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 244

Intersection, Surrey, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 1165

Inventions

Encouragement, application of in B.C. (Kohl) 644

Investment, Capital

See: Capital investments

Investment of public funds

Investment officer (Wolfe) 691

Investments, interest on (Stupich) 737, 740 (Wolfe) 737

Temporary investments (Gibson) 763

Term investments, length of (Stupich) 809-10

Irrigation

ARDA agreement (Hewitt) 329

Irving, K.C.

Newspaper case cited (Levi) 1905 (Mair) 1905

Irwin, W.S.

Work load (Levi) 2502

Tribute to (Mair) 2502

Island Copper Mine

Tailings, disposal of (Nielsen) 1875 (Sanford) 1874

Island Highway

See: Highway 19

Island Youth Centre, Brannan Lake, B.C.

B.C. Buildings Corp. work on (Stupich) Q. 1363, Q. 1576 (Fraser) A. 1363, A. 1367, A. 1576

Closing of (Levi) 1623

Staff (Vander Zalm) 1634

Status as correctional institute, date of change in (Gardom) 2096 (Stupich) 2094, 2096

Use as tourist facility (Stupich) Q. 1363, 1397-8 (McCarthy) A. 1363

Use for heroin treatment (Cocke) Q. 1366 (Fraser) A. 1367

Use for heroin treatment, date of decision on (Stupich) Q. 1425, Q. 1426 (Bennett) A. 1426

Use for heroin treatment, effect of on surrounding community (Gardom) 2096 (Stupich) 2095, 2096

Use of (Stupich) Q. 1143, Q. 1266, 1782, 1784

Use of, decision on (McCarthy) 1399-1400 (Stupich) 1398, 1399

Mentioned: (Brown) 1612 (D’Arcy) 2253

Islands Protection Society

Mentioned: (Cocke) 2379 (Skelly) 2424

Islands Trust Act

Amendments to (Curtis) 430

Isotopes

Facility, construction of (Cocke) 1671 (Gibson) 1671 (Lauk) 1673 (McGeer) 1671 (Phillips) 1677

Israel

Aerospace industry (Gibson) 96

Itel of Canada

B.C. Systems Corp., computer replacement, bidding on (Levi) Q. 2547 (Wolfe) A. 2547