Province of British Columbia
32nd Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 6, 1979 to August 2, 1979

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NEB

See: Canada-National Energy Board

Nanaimo, B.C.

Arterial highway system for (Fraser) 1073 (Stupich) 1066

Downtown development (Phillips) 555 (Stupich) 555

Duke Point industrial site (Phillips) 556 (Stupich) 555

Parking extension proposal for (Phillips) 556 (Stupich) 555

Nanaimo Commonwealth Society

Mentioned: (Bennett) 155

Nanaimo Regional Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 808

Naugle, Hugh

Quoted (Leggatt) 405

Narcotic Addiction Foundation

Mentioned: (Cocke) 838

Narcotic Control Act

Mentioned: (Howard) 862

Nash, C.W.

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 305

National Cancer Institute

Mentioned: (Skelly) 654, 655, 656, 743 (Wallace) 657

National Energy Board

See: Canada-National Energy Board

National Museum Corp. of Canada

Mentioned: (Hanson) 993

National Research Council of Canada

Mentioned: (Wallace) 541, 542

Natural gas pipelines

See entries under Gas, Natural

Natural Products Marketing Act

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 47, 581, 582 (Wallace) 581

Natural resources

Export tax on (Davis) 406

Foreign control over (Macdonald) 87 (Stupich) 28

Provincial jurisdiction over (Bennett) 353-4, 364

Revenue (Wolfe) 92

See also: Offshore resources

Nature Conservancy of Canada

Grant from (Chabot) 961

Nawitka Consultants

Mentioned: (Skelly) 650

Naylor, Bruce

Mentioned: (Lea) 617

Nechako River, B.C.

Kemano 2 project (D’Arcy) 465

Neighbourhood Pub Association

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 548

Neighbourhood pubs

See: Hotels, taverns, etc.

Nelson, Maxwell W.

Mentioned: (Barber) 129, 130

Nelson, B.C.

Garbage disposal, sites for (Nicolson) 662

Nelson Daily News, Nelson, B.C.

Mentioned: (Segarty) 768

Nelson District Community Resources

Mentioned: (Brown) 893

Neumann, Alfred E.

Mentioned: (Lea) 276

New Aiyansh, B.C.

Logging trucks and school bus, Greenville-New Aiyansh road (Passarell) 771 (Waterland) 771

New Democratic Party

Advertisements re health care system during election campaign (Cocke) 796, 798 (Jordan) 857 (McClelland) 792

Contributions to (Cocke) 216-7 (Gabelmann) 220 (Hyndman) 204 (McCarthy) 215-6 (McGeer) 219-20 (Mussallem) 219

Land, private ownership of, policy on (Chabot) 708, 714 (Cocke) 711 (King) 708 (Lauk) 713 (Mussallem) 711-2

Premier's use of term “national socialists” (Barber) 410 (Barrett) 356-7, 378, 381 (Cocke) 409 (Hanson) 13 (Howard) 388 (Hyndman) 407 (King) 400-1 (Leggatt) 405 (Sanford) 406-7 (Stupich) 26 (Waterland) 401-2

Waffle Manifesto (Kempf) 127 (King) 712 (Mussallem) 712 (Speaker) 712

New Denver, B.C.

Mine under residences (Nicolson) 662

New Members Assistance Act

(Bill M201) (Rogers) 1R, 96

New Westminster, B.C.

Commercial redevelopment of (Cocke) 633

Community plan (Vander Zalm) 633

Courthouse (Cocke) 634

Development project for (Phillips) 555

Land assembly (Vander Zalm) 633

New Westminster Redevelopment Act, 1979. See name of act

Parking facilities (Vander Zalm) 704

New Westminster, B.C.-Transit system

Transit (Cocke) 633-4, 704 (Vander Zalm) 634, 704

New Westminster Redevelopment Act, 1979

(Bill 21) (Minister of Municipal Affairs) 1R, 484; 2R, 633-4; C, 703-5; 3R, 705; RA, 1090

Speakers: Cocke 633-4, 703-4, 704, 705; Vander Zalm 633, 634, 704, 705

Commercial redevelopment (Cocke) 633

Community plan (Vander Zalm) 633

Courthouse (Vander Zalm) 634

Douglas College, parking, provision for (Cocke) 633, 703-4, 704 (Vander Zalm) 634

Douglas College, relocation of (Cocke) 633, 634, 704 (Vander Zalm) 634

Land assembly (Vander Zalm) 633

Parking facilities (Vander Zalm) 704

Proclamation of (Cocke) 705 (Vander Zalm) 705

Transit problem (Cocke) 633-4, 704 (Vander Zalm) 634, 704

New York Yankees

Mentioned: (Rogers) 178

New Yorker

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 462 (Skelly) 455, 463

Newcastle Island Park

Facilities (Chabot) 970 (Stupich) 970

Neuman, John

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 445

Newmont Mines Ltd.

Capital development, employment (Hewitt) 46

Ney, Frank

Mentioned: (Gardom) 483

Nichols, Norm

Letter to Burnaby teachers (McCarthy) 215-6 (Mussallem) 194, 219

Letter quoted (McCarthy) 215-6

Nickel

Price, two-price system (Davis) 406

Nicolson, Lorne (Nelson-Creston)

Arrow Lakes Hospital staff, cutback in 832

Arrow Lakes Hospital budget, limit on 83

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 513-5, 527

BATmobiles, use of 515

Bonner, Robert, Trilaterial Commission membership 312

Breathalyser, Borkenstein, limitations of 515

B.C. Housing Corp. directors, payments to, 1976 to 1978, Q. 1072

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1979) 311-2

B.C. Hydro, export of power by 311-2

B.C. Hydro, transit assets, transfer of 786

B.C. Hydro, transmission line rights-of-way, logging of 738-40

B.C. Hydro, transmission line rights-of-way, mineral claims 476

B.C. Hydro, transmission line rights-of-way, water rights 476

Budget debate 82-5

Cerebral Palsy Association, grant to 911

Cerebral palsy, children's program, funding of 83

Cerebral palsy, Outreach program, Trail 83

Committee on Crown Corporations, member 442

Committees of Legislature, naming of members to fill vacancies 1149

Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority, operation of, budget for 663

Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority staff, trapping by 663

Crown counsel, Interior communities, workload, staff shortages 527

Crown land, disposal of and wildlife habitat 707

Doukhobor problems, examination of 514

Doukhobors, lawlessness, arson 513-5

Elderly, W card for medical benefits for 911

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, retroactivity 198

Electric power projects, environmental impact 312

Electric power requirements, forecasts of 311-2

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 476-7

Environment ministry, estimates 662-3

Environment ministry regions, inter-ministry uniformity of 663

Expenditures, limit on 82

Extended-care beds, need for 83

Ferries, Highways ministry, Miard report on, Q. 670

Finance ministry, estimates 348

Fish and wildlife branch regional director, Kootenay region 663

Forest industry, small operators, Creston area, timber supply for 739-41, 753-5

Forest industry, small operators, timber supply for 84, 739-41

Forest ranger station, Salmo, relocation of 84

Forests ministry, estimates 739-41, 753-5, 755

Forests ministry, reorganization of 83-4

Garbage disposal, Nelson, sites for 662

Government advertising, expenditure on 82

Government, competence of present administration 1161

Health ministry, estimates 832

Hospital budgets, ceiling on increase in 83, 832

Income Tax Amendment Act (1979) 197-8

Insurance Corp. of B.C. directors, limiting number of 1111-2

Kokanee spawning streams 663

Land Amendment Act (1979) 707

Lands, Parks and Housing, Ministry of, Act 773, 774

Legislature, recall of, delay in 1161

Legislature, recall of, notice to members re 1161

Lemon Creek problem, investigation of 662

Mentally ill patients, Willowhaven Private Hospital 82-3

Metro Transit Operating Company Act 786

Mining, custom milling and smelting, study of 476-7

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1979) 1111-2, 1112

Mobile homes, assessment of 348

New Denver, mine under residences in 662

Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act, responsibility for error in 1161

Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 1040, 1041

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act 1161-2

Resort Municipality of Whistler Act, amending of, private bill for 1010

Revelstoke Darn, Downie Creek slide 311

Revenue Surplus of 1977-78 Appropriation Act (1979) 161-2

Salmo library, operating grant 1040, 1041

Salmo River problem, investigation into 662

Salmonid Enhancement Program, federal funds for 663

Salmonid Enhancement Program, provincial funds for 663

Seaboard Life Insurance Co., previous bills dealing with 1161

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, member 442

Social assistance rates, calculation of 911

Social assistance recipients, 55-to-64 age category, rates for 911

Timber sales, Creston area 740, 753-5

Timber salvage sales, Creston area 739

Trinity Western College Act, An Act to Amend 1142-3 2, 4-D, milfoil control in Kootenay Lake 662

Unemployment insurance cheques, problems for recipients of 911

Water improvement districts, assistance for 161-2

Water improvement districts, funding for 85

Whistler Resort Association bill, L.A. Williams' vote on 1087-8

Whistler resort, TIDS agreement funds committed to 1010

Nielsen, Hon. James A., Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (Richmond)

Beer bottle returns, problem of 549

Beer store, Duncan, proposal for 549

Companies office, computerization of 543

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, computer applications in 543

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, corporate affairs division 544

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 543-4, 546, 547, 548, 549

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, reorganization of 543

Consumer education, brochures, newspaper articles 543

Consumer groups, grants to 544

Corporation legislation, simplification and codification of 544

Credit union legislation 546

Credit Unions Act, revision of 546

Debt collection legislation, review of 543-4

General Motors Corp. product, engine switches, compensation payments for 544

General Motors Corp. product, transmission problem with 546

Income tax discounter, prosecution of 544

Income tax rebate services 544

Liquor agencies, commission on sales 547

Liquor distribution branch, inventory management system 543

Liquor licence problems, Vancouver meeting on 548

Liquor licences, D license regulations, change in, A. 1031

Liquor licences, practices and procedures, regulations re 544

Liquor sales, 5-cent surcharge, continuance of, A. 763

Liquor stores, auxiliary employees 549

Liquor stores, specialty products in 549

Motor dealers, registration of 543

Neighbourhood pubs, definition of “as the crow flies” 547

Neighbourhood pubs, licensing of 546, 547, 548

Paulson Investments Ltd., neighbourhood pub licence, A. 1030

Rental units decontrolled 544

Retail food trade, alleged kickbacks in, royal commission hearings on 546

Schroeder, J. Henry, and Co. report, A. 1094

Schroeder, J. Henry, and Co. report, release of 544, 546

Select Standing Committee on Health, Education and Human Resources, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders and Private Bills, member 442

Soft drinks, 1.5 litre bottles, sale of 374, 546

Travel agent, Vancouver, failure of 543

Travel agents, trust fund for 543

Warranty legislation, federal-provincial discussions on uniformity of 546

Nimpkish Indian band

Herbicide use by B.C. Hydro (Gabelmann) 78

Letter quoted (Gabelmann) 656-7

Nimpkish Valley B.C.

B.C. Hydro, spraying permits, application for (Gabelmann) 656-7

Nimsick, Leo

Mentioned: (Gardom) 483

Nishga Indian band

Mentioned: (McGeer) 597

Nishga school district

See: School District 92

Nishga tribe

Land claims of (Howard) 951 (Passarell) 44, 948 (Williams) 948

Nitinat Indian reserve

Wind power production (Wallace) 308 (Waterland) 310

Nixon, Garry Brian

The 1,200 Days: A Shattered Dream quoted (Leggatt) 118

Nixon, Richard Milhous

Mentioned: (King) 1166 (Lauk) 717

Nobbs, F.W.

Mentioned: (King) 1050

Noble, John

Tribute to (McCarthy) 880

Mentioned: (Brown) 887 (McCarthy) 916

Non-Medical Use of Drugs Commission

Mentioned: (Cocke) 838

Nootka Sound Services Ltd.

Mentioned: (Fraser) 1047

Norcan Energy Resources

Mentioned: (Skelly) 481

North Island College, Campbell River, B.C.

Principal, board, tribute to (McGeer) 608

Program (McGeer) 608 (Sanford) 607

North Island constituency

Creation of, area included (Gabelmann) 76

North Okanagan constituency

Fauquier-Burton-Edgewood-Arrow Park area, government agent for (Jordan) 336

North Peace River constituency

Development and building boom (Brummet) 11

Importance of to province (Brummet) 11

North Star Planing Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Segarty) 768

Northeastern University

Mentioned: (McClelland) 875

Northern B.C.

See: British Columbia, Northern

Northern Construction Co.

Mentioned: (Lorimer) 314

Northland Navigation Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Fraser) 1047 (Lockstead) 1045

Northward Bound Society

Camp Weewanie, evaluation of, funding of (Gardom) 520 (Howard) 519-20, 520

Mentioned: (Howard) 521

Northwest Real Estate Board

Mentioned: (Chabot) 460

Northward Pulp and Timber Ltd.

Mentioned: (Waterland) 311

Notley, Grant

Quoted (Hyndman) 408

Mentioned: (Brummet) 87

Notre Dame University

Mentioned: (Hyndman) 1139 (McGeer) 1140, 1143

Nuclear power

Bonner, Robert, advocacy of nuclear power and government policy (Barrett) Q. 824 (Bennett) A. 834

Bonner, Robert, statement re nuclear power (Barrett) Q. 279, Q. 280 (Hewitt) A. 279, A. 280 (McGeer) A. 279

Energy source (Davis) 15-6 (Rogers) 20 (Throne speech) 3

Nuclear power in province (Brummet) 295 (Davis) 289, 290 (Hewitt) 303, 466, 478 (Leggatt) 693 (Mussallem) 475 (Skelly) 286, 463, 468 (Wallace) 308

Nuclear power in province, government policy on (Barrett) Q. 279, Q. 280 (Hewitt) A. 279, A. 280 (Leggatt) 58

Sedro Woolley nuclear plant (Hewitt) 478 (Leggatt) 58-9, 480 (Mussallem) 475, 476

Nurses and nursing

Midwifery course, funds for (Leggatt) 260, 261 (McClelland) 260

Nurse-practitioners, payment to (McClelland) 793

Nurses, shortage of (Cocke) 259, 260 (Leggatt) 260-1

Practical nurses, employment problems of (McClelland) 871 (Stupich) 866

Nursing homes

Rates (McClelland) 865 (Wallace) 849-50

Smoke detectors, use of lottery funds for (Dailly) 540

Nutrition

Diet counselling, basic nutrition (McCarthy) 914

Social assistance rates, food costs and adequate nutrition (Wallace) 912

Nu-West Development Corp. Ltd.

Former homeowner, eligibility of for home purchase assistance grant (Gabelmann) 965