W

Wages

Wage demands (Wolfe) 248

Wall, R.S.

Report on rail line to Alaska (Barrett) 41

Wall board

Manufacture of, assistance for (Wallace) 102, 103

Wallace, Barbara B. (Cowichan-Malahat)

Address in reply 100-5

Building block manufacture, assistance for 102-3

Cowichan estuary, task force report, Q. 119

Cowichan estuary, task force report, unanimous approval of Q. 120

Denticare program 102

Expenditures under former government 101

Food costs 103-5

Food costs and return to farmers 103

Food costs, low-income and social assistance recipients 104-5

Food plan, low-cost, cost increase in 104

Food retailers, profits 103

Nuclear fusion project in province 101

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture report, cost of 103-4, 105

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture report, recommendations 104

Small business, forgiveable loans to 103

Wall board manufacture, assistance for 102, 103

Wallace, George Scott

Mentioned: (McGeer) 84

Waste products

Industrial liquid waste disposal system (Strongman) 137

Waterland, Hon. Thomas Manville, Minister of Forests (Yale-Lillooet)

Address in reply 211-6

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., share distribution 213

Cutting permit regulations, A. 27

Economy of B.C. 213

First Ministers’ Conference on economy 213

Forest industries, capital investment 213

Forest industries, small, assistance to 214

Forest management program, federal agreement on 214

Forest research council, establishment of 216

Natural resources, control over 213-4

Natural resources revenue, increase in 216

Northwood Mills Ltd., purchase of 211-2

Q.C. Timber Ltd. cutting permit and federal fisheries branch order, A. 27, A. 28, 83, 215-6

Similkameen Mining Co. Ltd., investment 212

Social welfare programs 211

Western Forest Products Laboratory, grant to 216

Webb, Beatrice

Mentioned: (Mair) 189

Webb, Sidney James

Mentioned: (Mair) 189

Weinstein, Polly

Mentioned: (Levi) 10

Weldwood of Canada Ltd.

Profits (Stupich) 305

Welsh, Sydney

Mentioned: (Barrett) 34

Werhun, Fred

Mentioned: (Barnes) 206

Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd.

Natural gas, 1954 contract (Bennett) 232

Trunk line, completion of (D’Arcy) 218-9

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 218 (Macdonald) 68, 70 (Stupich) 311 (Wolfe) 258

Western Forest Products Laboratory

Grant to (Waterland) 216

Western Institute of the Deaf

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 155

Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.

Northwood Mills Ltd., purchase of (Waterland) 211-2

Profits (Stupich) 305

Mentioned: (Stupich) 160, 162, 302

Wheat Board

See: Canada — Wheat Board

Whistler Mountain, B.C.

Ski facilities (Phillips) 320 (Wolfe) 254

White, Helena

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 142

Wildlife, Conservation of

Wildlife management program (Throne speech) 4-5

Wildlife management

See: Wildlife, Conservation of

Williams, Harrison A.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 43

Williams, Robert A.

Tribute to (King) 282

Mentioned: (Bennett) 280 (Hewitt) 55 (Hon. Member) 289 (Veitch) 177

Wills Act

Mentioned: (Jordan) 15 (Throne speech) 2

Wilson, Pat

Mentioned: (Levi) 10

Winch, E. E.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 31

Winch, Harold

Mentioned: (Barrett) 31

Winterton, Don

Mentioned: (Gardom) 179

Wismer, Gordon

Mentioned: (Calder) 196

Wolfe, Hon. Evan M., Minister of Finance (Vancouver-Little Mountain)

Agriculture ministry, appropriation 254

Agriculture ministry expenditures, reduction in 249

Airports, local, appropriation for 254

Alcan pipeline construction federal agreement on 252

Attorney-General ministry, zero-base budgeting 246

B.C. Buildings Corp., borrowing by 257

B.C. Development Corp., shares, appropriation for 253

B.C. Discovery Trust Fund, appropriation 253, 255

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act, 1979

(Bill 11) 1R, 264

B.C. Hydro, borrowing limit, increase in 257

B.C. Hydro funds, source of 257

B.C. Railway, borrowing by 257

B.C. Railway, Dease Lake line, funds for 243

B.C. Railway debt, public accounts listing of, A. 295

B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line reconstruction, appropriation 252, 254

B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line reconstruction, expenditure on 249

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets 258

B.C. ’Resources Investment Corp. share distribution 257, 258

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. share distribution, B.C. Systems Corp., A. 63

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. share distribution, cost of, A. 61, 258

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. share distribution, special warrant for, A. 28, A. 29

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, sale of 257, 258

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, sale of, commission on 258

Budget address 242-63

Canada Pension Plan funds, borrowing from 256, 257

Capital investments, increase in 247

Colleges, operating costs 255

Colleges, provincial institutes, appropriation 255

Committee on Crown Corporations 246

Companies incorporated 248

Comptroller-general, role of 246

Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 5) 1R, 263

Corporation capital tax exemption, increase in 259, 262

Corporation, venture-capital, tax credit 260, 262

Crown corporations capital programs, financing of 256-7

Crown land, residential use 256

Deficit, federal 250-1

Deficit, 1975-76, repayment of 252

Denticare program 255

Deregulation ministry, achievements 246

Diabetic supplies, sales tax on 259, 262

Diesel fuel, tax rate in B.C. 262

Diet supplements, sales tax on 259, 262

Dividend tax credit, B.C. companies 259-60, 262

Economic Development ministry, appropriation 254

Economic proposals, First Ministers’ Conferences 247

Economy of B.C. 243-5, 246-7, 248-9

Education, Science and Technology ministry, appropriation 255

Employment, increase in 243

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, appropriation 253

Energy policy for province 253

Estimates, staff positions, listing of 256

Expenditures and gross provincial product 243, 252

Expenditures, 1979-80, increase in 251-2

Expenditures, reduction in 243

Expenditures, special authorized 249

Expenditures under former government 242-3

Exports, future 249

Exports, value of 247

Farm income assurance program, expenditures 249

Farmland, agricultural reserve land, tax on 259, 262, 317

Federal spending cuts, impact of 252

Ferry construction, modernization 254

Financial accountability, increase in 245-6

Fishing agreement 254

Forest industries, capital investment 247-8

Forest industry development program 253

Forest management program, appropriation for 252, 253

Forest revenue, increase in 249

Forests ministry, appropriation 253

Forests ministry, zero-base budgeting 246

Gasoline tax rate, B.C. 262

Government Employee Relations Bureau, work of 246

Handicapped, needs, tax write-off for building adaptations 260-1, 262

Health ministry, appropriation 255

Highway construction, appropriation 252, 254

Home acquisition assistance 256

Homeowner grant, increase in 252

Hospital construction 257

Hospitals, appropriation 253, 255

Housing programs, appropriation 256

Human Resources ministry, income assistance, appropriation 256

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 4) 1R, 273

Income tax, reduction in 261, 262

Income tax revenue 249, 259, 261, 262

Industrial Development Subsidiary Agreement 254

Industries, cost competitiveness 248-9

Inflation 243-4

Institutes, provincial, appropriation 255

Insurance Corp. of B.C. rates 245

Job creation, expenditures for 250

Job experience program, appropriation 252

Labour-management relations 248

Long-term care program, appropriation 255

Lower Mainland Stadium Fund Act (Bill 9) 1R, 264

Marine resource industries, development of 254

Medical Services Commission appropriation 255

Mill rate increases, ceiling on 245, 256

Mine development, expansion 248

Mining industry, capital investment 248

Municipal budgets, limit on increase in, A. 296

Municipalities, revenue-sharing program 251, 256

Natural gas developments scheduled 248

Natural gas, export price 250

Natural resources revenue 250

Natural resources, role of in provincial economy 246-7

Ostomy supplies, sales tax on 259, 262

Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 6) 1R, 263

Pari-mutuel betting tax, reduction in 261, 262

Parks branch employees, number laid off, A. 240

Petroleum developments scheduled 248

Political contributions, tax deduction for 261

Port expansions 248

Price index, consumer 248

Public service, wage increases 245

Recreation facilities, appropriation 252

Regional district budgets, ceiling on increases 245

Renters’ tax credit, increase in 259, 262

Retail trade, value of 247

Revenue, federal, estimates of 250-1

Revenue, increase in 249

Revenue, 1979-80, forecast of 259

Revenue Surplus of 1977-78

Appropriation Act, 1979 (Bill 7) 1R, 263

Sales tax, reduction in 261-2, 262

Sales tax reduction, revenue loss 261-2

Sales tax revenue 249, 259

Salmonid Enhancement Program 254

School construction, funds for 257

School district budgets, scrutiny of 245

School system, appropriation for 255

Science Council of B.C., appropriation 255

Science Council of B.C., establishment of 247

Small business, assistance to 247, 254

Small business development branch, appropriation 254

Small business, loan program 253

Social assistance, municipal share, reduction in 256

Social Services Tax Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 3) 1R, 263

Social welfare programs, appropriation 255-6

Special Purpose Appropriation Act, 1979 (Bill 10) 1R, 264

Spending, restraint in 245

Sports centre, lower mainland, appropriation 253

Strikes and lockouts, man-days lost 248

Surplus, allocation of 252-3

Surplus, forecast of 249

Surpluses 249-50

Tax burden, lowering of 244

Taxpayers, low-income, tax reduction for 261, 262

Tourism branch, appropriation 253

Transit, responsibility for 245, 257

Travel Industry Development Subsidiary Agreement 253-4

Tree Island Steel Co., mill 248

Universities, appropriation 255

University and community college construction 257

Vancouver and Victoria Trade and Convention Centres Fund Act (Bill 8) 1R, 263

Vancouver convention centre, appropriation for 252-3

Victoria convention centre, appropriation for 253

Vitamins, sales tax on 259, 262

Wage demands 248

Whistler Mountain ski facilities 254

Women

Transition house, Coquitlam (Kerster) 24

Women’s centre, Port Coquitlam (Kerster) 24

Women — Employment

Unemployment (Dailly) 169 (Sanford) 49-50

Women in work force (Dailly) 169

Wood — Preservation

New industry in Kootenay constituency (Haddad) 140

Woodward Stores Ltd.

Employee stock option plan (Rogers) 165

Woody, Frank J.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 43

Work Point Barracks

See entries under Victoria, B.C.

Workers Compensation Board

Mentioned: (King) 129

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