W

Waffle Manifesto

See entries under New Democratic Party

Wage controls

See entries under Wage-price policy

Wage-price policy

Prices, increase in (King) 89

Takeovers and wage controls (Leggatt) 59-60

Wages

Homeplan Realty Ltd., mortgage liens and unpaid wages (King) 937 (Williams) 938

Unpaid wages, collection of by Labour ministry (King) 938 (Williams) 938

Walker, William

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 305

Wall and Redekop Realty Ltd.

Mentioned: (Chabot) 460

Wallace, Barbara B. (Cowichan-Malahat)

Agricultural research, funds for 447

Agriculture ministry, appropriation, decrease in 447, 448

Agriculture ministry, estimates 447-8

Alberni students, disciplinary measures against 613

Alcoholism, treatment facilities for, Duncan 878

Assessment change, impact of on school districts 265

Assessment change, reimbursement for loss to school districts 283

Asthma supplies, sales tax on 157

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 541, 541-2

Auditor-general, appropriation for, increase in 1082-3

Auditor-general, estimates 1082-3

Auditor-general, recommendations of, government action on 1083

Auditor-general, report, criticisms and recommendations 52-3

Beer store, Duncan, proposal for 549

Block Bros., shares 425

B.C. Federation of Agriculture, meeting with, cancellation of, Q. 505

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1979) 307-9

B.C. Hydro, debt per customer 307

B.C. Hydro rate structure 308

B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line, environmental protection, Q. 700

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act (1979) 424-5, 426

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limiting ownership to B.C. residents 424-5, 426

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, purchase of by brokerage firms 425, 426

Budget debate 52-5

Cargill Nutrena Feeds Ltd. hog farm, effluent disposal 675, 676

Cattle, weighing-in program for, Q. 505

Chiropractors, service to patients 850

Columbia River Treaty projects, cost of 307

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 548-9, 549

Cowichan River estuary, consultant re needs of industry, Q. 44

Cowichan River estuary, fishing industry 668

Cowichan River estuary, land use plan for 667

Cowichan River estuary, task force reports on 667, 678

Cowichan Valley, campsite, need for 971

Doman Industries Ltd., expansion plans 666-7

Education, Science and Technology ministry, estimates 613-4

Electric power, alternate sources 308-9

Electric power conservation, voltage drop proposal 309

Electric power generation, wood wastes 309

Electric power, sale of by industry 308, 309

Electrical utilities, financing of 307-8

Environment ministry, estimates 657-8, 666-8, 674-5, 676, 689-90

Environmentalists 448

Farm Income Assurance Fund, payments by, Q. 149

Farm Income Assurance Fund, payments into, Q. 149

Farmland, absentee foreign owners, restriction on tax relief 271, 272

Farmland, assessment of 347, 347-8

Farmland, assessment of, reduction in 52

Farmland, preservation of 690

Farmland, removal from land reserve and repayment of tax benefits 266, 282-3

Farmland, school tax on 264-5

Farms, classification of for tax purposes 266

Finance ministry, estimates 347, 347-8, 348

Fire departments, volunteer, funds for 541

Fire escapes, highrise buildings, Evacusystem 541-2

Food retailers, profits 447

Forest industry, appropriation for 166

Forest industry profits and job creation 53-4

Forest industry, small operators, job creation 750

Forest industry, small operators, log shortage 54-5

Forest industry, small operators, timber supply for 750-1

Forest stumpage rates, variations in 749, 750

Forests ministry, estimates 749-50

Garbage burning, Crofton mill 675

Garbage train, Vancouver Island, proposal for 674, 676

Gifted children, pilot program for 613-4

Gifted children, programs for, funding of 613-4

Grape growers, meetings with, Q. 505

Groundwater Licensing Act, 1979 (Bill M207) 1R, 833

Groundwater, loss of 690

Groundwater use, legislation to control 690

Health ministry, estimates 849-51, 878

Horse breeders, incentive grant payments to, Q. 71, 113

Horse racing costs, increase in 112

Horse racing industry, study of 112-3

Human Resources ministry, estimates 911-3, 920-1

Insurance Corp. of B.C. claimant, alleged harassment of 920-1

Insurance Corp. of B.C. claimant, payment to in form of bank draft 920

Insurance Corp. of B.C. claimants, coverage for transportation costs 920

Insurance Corp. of B.C., premiums less than $200, financing of 920

Labour ministry, estimates 938-40

Lake Cowichan Activity Centre, funding of, Q. 342, 850-1, 912-3

Lake Cowichan Activity Centre, programs 850

Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 971

Learning disabilities, funds for teaching children with 614

Legislature, recall of, cost of 1164

Legislature, recall of, delay in 1163

Legislature, recall of, notice to members re 1163

Liquor store, Duncan, operation of 549

Liquor stores, auxiliary employees 548

Long-term care, appropriation for 261, 262

Long-term care, rates 261

Lottery fund, interest on 53

Medical Services Plan terms, agreement on 849

Methane production from hog manure 675

Milfoil control, alternative controls 657

Milk Industry Amendment Act (1979) 581-2

Milk Industry Amendment Act, 1979, timing of Bill 581

Milk processing plants, milk supply to 581

Milk surplus quota for B.C. 581-2

Ministers, doubling of portfolios 1164

Nitinat Indian reserve, wind power production 308

Nuclear power in province 308

Oak Bay Manor 850

Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act, responsibility for error in 1164

Panco Poultry Ltd., sale of 448

Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act (1979) 111-3

Parimutuel tax rate 112

Parimutuel tax reduction 112

Parimutuel tax reduction, revenue loss 112

Peace River, Site C dam, land purchases 309

Personal care homes, rates 849-50

Pesticides, carcinogenic dangers of 657, 666

Pesticides, use of, alternatives to 657

Pests, biological control program 447

Physicians' incomes, inadequacy of, case cited 849

Public Schools Amendment Act (1979) 264-6, 271, 272, 282-3, 284

Queen's Printer, statement of account 53

Racing, Sunday racing 112

Rangeland outside land reserve, school tax on 265

Rayonier Canada Ltd., Lake Cowichan plant, closing of 750

Rayonier Canada Ltd., sawlogs, use of for pulping 750

Record of Production Committee, meeting with, Q. 505

Reforestation, appropriation for 166

Renter's grant, increase in 52

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act 1163-4

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act, retroactivity of 1163, 1164

Revenue Surplus of 1977-78 Appropriation Act (1979) 166

School budgets, scrutiny of by municipal councils 614

School District 65, farmland, reduction in assessment of 614

School District 66, assessment, reduction in 614

School mill rate, increase in 614

School tax assessment change, broiler farms 265

School tax assessment change, dairy farms 265

School tax assessment change, tree-fruit farms 265

School tax burden, homes, businesses, increase in 265-6

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, food costs inquiry, reports 447

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Environment and Resources, member 442

Shawnigan Lake water, quality of 689-90

Social assistance, Christmas bonus 912

Social assistance rates and poverty line 912

Social assistance rates, food costs and adequate nutrition 912

Social assistance recipients, poverty and family breakdown 912

Social assistance, special needs category, change in 912

Social Services Tax Amendment Act (1979) 157

Solar energy, research on 308

Special Purpose Appropriation Act (1979) 261, 262

Special warrants, use of 52-3, 53

Speech therapist, Cowichan Valley 850

Timber utilization, wasteful practices in 750-1

Tordon, use of 447 2, 4-D, milfoil control in Kalamalka Lake 657 2, 4-D, use of in province 657, 666 2, 4, 5-T, use of in province, 447, 657, 666

Underdeveloped countries, aid to, funds for 447-8

Underdeveloped countries, aid to, report on, Q. 1096

Unemployment 53-4

Venture capital corporation 54

Water Act, proclamation of groundwater sections 690

Women, age 45 to 55, assistance to in re-entering job market 912

Wood pulp, use of sawlogs for 750

Workers' Compensation Board, administration of 939-40

Workers' Compensation Board, appeals, benefits during 939-40

Workers' Compensation Board, disability awards officers 939

Workers' Compensation Board, retraining of injured worker 939

Youth Employment Program, charitable organizations, supervisory costs 938

Wallace, G. Scott

Mentioned: (Barber) 572 (Barrett) 361 (Cocke) 798 (Smith) 80 (Wallace) 483

Wallace, Lawrence J.

Tribute to (Hall) 1034

Walsh, John

Mentioned: (Lea) 617

War veterans

See: Veterans

Warehouses

Warehousing in B.C. (Lea) 557 (Phillips) 558

Warnock Hersey International Ltd.

Mentioned: (Howard) 1087 (Levi) 1023, 1024

Warranties

Car warranties, problems with (Levi) 545-6

Warranty legislation, federal-provincial discussions on uniformity of (Nielsen) 546

Wasa, B.C.

Kootenay River bridge (Segarty) 56

Washington, Alwyn D.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 515

Washington Public Power

Mentioned: (Skelly) 694

Waste products

Utilization of (Hewitt) 1107

Water

Great Lakes water quality agreement (Davis) 664

West coast water quality agreement, proposal for (Davis) 664 (Mair) 665

Water, Underground

Loss of (Gabelmann) 682 (Wallace) 690

Use of, legislation to control (Wallace) 690

Wells, increase in number of and groundwater supply (Gabelmann) 682

Water Act

Proclamation of sections on groundwater (Gabelmann) 682 (Mair) 692 (Wallace) 690

Water heaters

B.C. Hydro, peak-load period, water heater shutoffs (Skelly) 469

Solar energy, hot-water heating (Hewitt) 465 (Skelly) 469

Water investigations branch 2, 4-D, use of, conflict in (Skelly) 653-4

Water milfoil

See: Milfoil

Water supply

Agricultural production, water costs (Jordan) 450

Expenditures on (Stupich) 325

Water improvement districts, assistance for (Nicolson) 85, 161-2

Water Utilities Act

Mentioned: (Mair) 649

Waterfield, Frank

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 926

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

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1979) 309-11

Burning permits, liability of issuing agent 771

Campsites, Forest Service 722

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., annual allowable cut, reduction in 737

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., TFL No. I, removal of timber from 372

Electric power, alternate sources 309-10

Electric power requirements, forecasts of 311

Electric power requirements, industry's needs 311

Executive council, estimates 401-2

Forest Act, support for 730

Forest Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 22) 1R, 581; 758, 772

Forest contractors, independence of 731

Forest fires, 1978 season 721

Forest industry, coastal plants, modernization of 767

Forest industry, coastal section, control of 730

Forest industry, earnings and government revenue 721

Forest industry, healthy state of 721

Forest industry, small business program, budget for 748

Forest industry, small business program, timber allocation for, A. 343, A. 372, A. 601, 731, 753, 767

Forest industry, small operators, credit for road-building 738

Forest industry, small operators, Creston area, timber supply for 741

Forest industry, small operators, decrease in number of 738

Forest industry, small operators, job creation by 748

Forest industry, small operators, selling of operations by 738

Forest industry, small operators, timber supply for 730, 731, 732, 741

Forest industry, small operators, trespass charges against 738, 764

Forest inventory, computerization of 721

Forest licence, definition of 747

Forest management, five-year plan for 722, 737

Forest management program 722

Forest management program, DREE agreement on 722

Forest ranger stations 722

Forest stumpage rate, Sunshine Coast area 771

Forest stumpage rates, variations in 748

Forests, annual allowable cut, alleged manipulation of records 747-8

Forests, annual allowable cut, determination of 732

Forests, annual allowable cut, overcutting 737

Forests, annual allowable cut, undercutting 731, 737

Forests ministry, estimates 721-2, 730-2, 737-8, 741, 747-8, 753, 755, 757, 758, 764-5, 767, 771, 771-2, 772

Forests ministry, metric conversion in 721

Forests, resource analysis program 722

Hometown Lumber, transfer of to Alberta, A. 1094

International Woodworkers of America, tree-farm licence 24 737

Log exports 721

Log-salvage regulations 771

Logging of B.C. Hydro right-of-way 741

Logging trucks and school bus, Greenville-New Aiyansh road 771

New Democratic Party, Premier's use of term “national socialist” 401-2

Nitinat Indian reserve, wind power production 310

Ocean Falls Corp., purchase of and timber supply 771

Payment to (D’Arcy) Q. 250 (Hewitt) A. 250

Peace River, Site C dam, land purchases 309

Princess Louisa Inlet, logging in area of 771-2

Rayonier Canada Ltd., sawlogs, use of for pulping 765

Reforestation seedlings, loss of 721

Reforestation, site preparation work 721

Revelstoke Dam, Downie slide 310

Revelstoke Dam, pre-engineering 310

Royal Commission on Forest Resources, establishment of 771

Select Standing Committee on Environment and Resources, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, member 442

Sooke Forest Products Ltd., timber supply for 741

Thomson, T.W., & Associates Ltd. report, release of, A. 670, 731, 767

Timber allocation and inventories, Thomson report on, A. 670

Timber harvesting and sustained yield 730

Timber resources, Rivers Inlet-Kimsquit-Chilcot Plateau area 771

Timber royalties, private land 772

Timber-sale licences, renewal of 732

Timber sales, Creston area 755

Timber sales, location of 748

Timber salvage sales, Creston area 753

Timber supply area analysis, completion of 721

Tree-farm licences, management and working plan for 757

Tree-farm licences, renewal date of 757

Tree-farm licences, renewal of 737, 757, 758

Tree-farm licences, tenure of 731

Wind power 310

Wood pulp, use of sawlogs for 731, 747, 764-5

Wood utilization, rights-of-way 732

Waterton National Park

Mentioned: (Chabot) 974 (Hanson) 974

Watson, D.N.

Payments to, 1976 to 1978 (Barber) 1113 (McCarthy) 1028

Watson, Gary

Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 1086

Watt, James

Mentioned: (Rogers) 20

Weather

Centigrade measurement of temperature (Smith) 615

Webb, Walter

Salary (Chabot) 1072

Webber, Roy

Business, political party associations (Lea) Q. 5

Webber Realty Ltd.

Hayesville subdivision, sale of Crown land (Lea) Q. 5

Webster, Arnold Alexander

Death of (Barrett) 1093

Tribute to (Barrett) 1093 (Bennett) 1093

Webster, Daisy

Quoted (Hyndman) 72

Webster, Jack

Mentioned: (Barrett) 137, 357 (Levi) 132

Weed control

Environmentalists and weed control (Hewitt) 446

Weldwood of Canada Ltd.

Profits and employees (Wallace) 53-4

Welham, Roy

Mentioned: (Levi) 331

Welychka, Wally

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 926

Wenman, Robert

Mentioned: (Gardom) 1124 (Skelly) 649

Wenner-Gren, Axel

Mentioned: (Barber) 1008 (Lauk) 1014 (Mussallem) 1014

West Fraser Mills Ltd.

Establishment of (McClelland) 30

Mentioned: (Waterland) 311

West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1109 (Davis) 290 (Hewitt) 1108

Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd.

Natural gas line, looping of (D’Arcy) 464, 466-7 (Hewitt) 466, 467

Share purchase (Barrett) 135, 136, 137 (Stupich) 26, 28, 325

Mentioned: (Barber) 127, 128 (Barrett) 246, 382, 930 (Bennett) 360, 381, 383, 387 (Hewitt) 929 (Levi) 132 (Macdonald) 669 (Speaker) 697 (Williams) 242

Western Broadcasting Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Barnes) 1040

Western Economic Opportunities Conference

Mentioned: (Barrett) 297 (Phillips) 558

Western Industries Ltd.

Mentioned: (Skelly) 463

Western Institute for the Deaf

Lottery grant to (Curtis) 988

Western Premiers' Conference

Prince George conference (Bennett) 354-5

Telegram quoted (Bennett) 7

Westinghouse (Canada) Ltd.

Mentioned: (Wallace) 307

Westwater Research Centre

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 691

Weyerhauser Canada Ltd.

Pulp mill, Kamloops, waste disposal in Thompson River (Mair) 676

Mentioned: (Barber) 438 (Howard) 140 (King) 421 (Levi) 421 (Waterland) 311

Weyerhauser Corp.

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 770

Wheat Board

See: Canada-Wheat Board

Whistler Chamber of Commerce

Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 1128

Whistler Land Development Co.

Mentioned: (Williams) 1021

Whistler Mountain, B.C.

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act, 1979. See name of act

Whistler Resort Association

Appeals against (Barrett) 1018-9 (Lorimer) 1010

Board of directors (Barber) 1128 (Gabelmann) 1025

Bylaws, preparation of (Barrett) 1018 (Gabelmann) 1025 (King) 1012 (Levi) 1024 (Lorimer) 1009, 1127 (Vander Zalm) 1086, 1128

Companies Act, application of provisions to association (Vander Zalm) 1086 (Williams) 1020

Companies Act, exemption from (Barber) 1006 (Barrett) 1018 (Cocke) 1026 (Lorimer) 1009

Foreign ownership and control of (Barber) 1005 (Howard) 1015 (Lorimer) 1009

Investment in, protection of (Barrett) 1016-7 (Cocke) 1026 (Howard) 1014 (Mussallem) 1013-4

Land, assessment and taxation of (Barber) 1007, 1007-8 (Barrett) 1018 (Lorimer) 1009

Land dealings and registration of (Lauk) 1010

Land, owners of, assessments on (King) 1011 (Vander Zalm) 1086 (Williams) 1022

Membership in, classes of (Lorimer) 1127 (Vander Zalm) 1086

Municipal Act, exemption from (Barber) 1006, 1007

Municipal jurisdiction, amalgamation with (Howard) 1014 (Mussallem) 1013

Profits of (Barber) 1008

Resort land elsewhere, possible jurisdiction over (Barber) 1007

Resort land, definition of (Barber) 1007 (Lorimer) 1009

Resort land, development of (Gabelmann) 1025 (Levi) 1023 (Vander Zalm) 1004 (Williams) 1021

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act, 1979. See name of act

Resort, TIDS agreement funds committed to (D’Arcy) 1016 (Nicolson) 1010

Societies Act, provisions of and association (Barber) 1006 (Cocke) 1026 (Mussallem) 1014 (Vander Zalm) 1086

Taxing authority of (Barber) 1006

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 1170

Whiteswan Provincial Park

Mentioned: (Chabot) 960

Whitmore, Robert

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 880

Widow's share

Second wife's rights, court case re (Brown) 495, 496

Wiggins, Jack

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 753

Wildlife, Conservation of

Game management, conflict with exploitation of resource (Skelly) 646

Wildlife management hearings (Mair) 648

The Wildlife Resources or the Northeast Coal Study Area, 1976-77

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 693

Wildlife Review

Mentioned: (Skelly) 653

Wilkinson Road Jail

See: Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Williams, Dave

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 926

Williams, Hon. L. Allan, Minister of Labour (West Vancouver-Howe Sound)

Alcott, Clarence, appointment of 937

Apprentices, women 947

Bourne, Jack, appointment of 937

Bourne, Jack, chairmanship of fishing industry inquiry, A. 69

Braid, Kate, study on women in non-traditional jobs 947

B.C. Federation of Labour, safety legislation report 947

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1979) 318

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act (1979) 242-3

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, voting rights 242-3

Caldwell, Margaret, dismissal of, board of inquiry decision on, A. 671

Caldwell, Margaret, dismissal of, board of inquiry decision on, appeal re 934, 937-8

Caldwell, Margaret, dismissal of, board of inquiry decision, legal advice on, A. 860

Caldwell, Margaret, dismissal of, board of inquiry into, A. 600

Chemicals, ACGIH standards for 944

Domestics, coverage of by employment standards code 947

Domestics, wages, hours, holidays, holiday pay 947

Farm labour contracting, Fraser Valley, study of, A. 343

Farm labour contractors, licensing, bonding of, proposal for 934

Farmworkers, exploitation of 934

Farmworkers, labour standards legislation for 934-5

Fishing industry inquiry, appointments to, A. 69, 70

Homeplan Realty Ltd., mortgage liens and unpaid wages 938

Human Rights Commission members, dismissal of, A. 42

Human Rights Commission, members' statements, A. 42

Indian leaders 949, 951-2

Indians, land claims 948

Indians, problems 952

Indians, programs, appropriation for 949

Indians, provincial services to 949

Indians, unemployment on. reserves 949

Jorgensen case, human rights board of inquiry into 937

Labour ministry, estimates 922, 932, 934-5, 937-8, 938, 943-5, 947, 948-9, 951-2

Labour standards legislation, preparation of 934

Nishga tribe, land claims 948

Pacific North Coast Native Cooperative, relationship of board to Central Native Fisherman's Cooperative, A. 187, A. 790

Public Service Commission, Equal Opportunities Program 947

Refugee settlement agencies, assistance to 1097

Refugee settlement program director, responsibilities of 1098

Refugee settlement program, government commitment to 1097

Refugee Settlement Program of British Columbia Act (Bill 32) 1R, 791; 1096-7, 1098

Refugee settlement work, coordination of 1098

Refugees, number of settling in B.C. 1097

Refugees, responsibilities of various levels of government for 1096

Refugees, sponsorship of, federal government commitment re 1097

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act (1979) 1019-22

Ruff, Kathleen, statements by, A. 121

Select Standing Committee on Environment and Resources, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Labour and Justice, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economic Affairs, member 442

Smith, C. Lynn, appointment of 937

Wages, unpaid, collection of by Labour ministry 938

Whistler Resort Association and Companies Act 1020

Whistler Resort Association bylaws, approval of 1022

Whistler Resort Association land, assessments on owners of 1022

Whistler Resort Association, resort land, development of 1021

Whistler Resort Association, weighted voting in 1020

Women, unemployed, number of 947

Workers' Compensation Board, adjudicators' notations, ethnic slur in 944

Workers' Compensation Board, administration of 937, 943-4

Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review, cases dealt with, number of, A. 1121

Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review, numbers of decisions in favour of claimants, A. 1121-2

Workers' Compensation Board, claims, percentage of disallowed 943

Workers' Compensation Board, Compensation Advisory Service 937

Workers' Compensation Board, decisions of, right of appeal against 945

Workers' Compensation Board files, claimants' access to 945

Workers' Compensation Board, fishing industry, safety inspection of 944

Workers' Compensation Board, funds for future claims 932

Workers' Compensation Board, independence of 932

Workers' Compensation Board, jurisdictional problem, fishing industry 944

Workers' Compensation Board, medical review boards, decisions of 932

Workers' Compensation Board, physicians' reports to 944

Workers' Compensation Board, retraining, rehabilitation function of 937

Youth Employment Program, charitable organizations, supervisory costs 944

Williams, Robert Arthur

Tribute to (Barber) 170

Mentioned: (Barber) 575 (Chabot) 707 (Gardom) 483 (Hewitt) 479 (King) 733, 736 (Lockstead) 471 (Vander Zalm) 1085

Williamson, Al

Mentioned: (Levi) 109

Willie, Jack

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 926

Williston, Ray

Mentioned: (Gardom) 483 (Howard) 680 (King) 733 (Lockstead) 49, 472, 769

Willowhaven Private Hospital, Nelson, B.C.

Mental-health patients (Nicolson) 82-3

Wills, Wife's rights in

See: Widow's share

Wilson, R.J.

Mentioned: (Chairman) 339

Winch, Harold

Mentioned: (Hyndman) 144

Wind power

Electric power generation (Waterland) 310

Nitinat Indian reserve, wind power production (Wallace) 308 (Waterland) 310

Whisper Higgins and Co.

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 333

Winter Cove, B.C.

Marine park, land acquisition for (Chabot) 961, 966

Wismer House, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 335

Witnesses

Witness management survey (Gardom) 510

Wives' and Children's Maintenance Act

Mentioned: (Brown) 887

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

Assessments, equalization of 323

Audio-visual equipment, repair and loan service 322

B.C. Development Corp., share purchase, appropriation for 24, 258, 259

B.C. Hydro, accountability 315

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 11) 1R, 39-40; 285-6, 314-5, 316, 317, 318, 319

B.C. Hydro borrowing, approval of by cabinet 286

B.C. Hydro borrowing, authorization for increase in 285

B.C. Hydro borrowing, pension plan funds 318, 319

B.C. Hydro borrowing, source of funds 315, 318

B.C. Hydro debt, interest costs 315, 318

B.C. Hydro, debt per customer 315

B.C. Hydro debt, repayment of 315

B.C. Hydro distribution systems, borrowing for 285

B.C. Hydro expenditures, increase in 315

B.C. Hydro, jurisdiction of auditor-general over 316, 317

B.C. Hydro power-project studies, borrowing for 285

B.C. Hydro rail freight service, borrowing for 285

B.C. Hydro, service buildings and equipment, borrowing for 285

B.C. Hydro, transformation plants and substations, borrowing for 285

B.C. Hydro transit system, borrowing for 285

B.C. Hydro transmission facilities, borrowing for 285

B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission system 315

B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission system, borrowing for 285

B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, appropriation for 24

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act (1979) 229, 231, 236, 237

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., annual meetings 236

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. free shares, applications for 24

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, distribution of 24

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. free shares, distribution of by B.C. Systems Corp. 322-3, 333, 335, 345, 346

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. free shares, promotion and distribution costs 237, 238, 349

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shareholder register 237

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, sale of 24, 69

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, voting rights 229

B.C. Systems Corp., annual report 329, 332, 335

B.C. Systems Corp. board, appointments to 333, 335

B.C. Systems Corp., chief financial officer 333

B.C. Systems Corp., deputy ministers' report on 332-3

B.C. Systems Corp. employees, number of 335

B.C. Systems Corp. employees, number of and management personnel 344

Budget address 23-5

Budget debate 91-2

Building construction, use and occupancy standards 350

Business machines, maintenance service 322

Capital, definition of 111

Colleges, operating costs 24

Consumer taxation branch audits 322

Convention centres, benefit of to manufacturing industries 169

Convention centres, benefit of to tourist trade 169

Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 5) 1R, 39; 111

Corporation capital tax exemption, increase in 24, 111

Cost of living, increase in 92

Credit unions, report on, A. 1094

Debt, increase in under former government 168, 327, 343, 345

Debt, interest rate on 348

Debt per capita 323

Debt under former government, repayment of 167

Denticare program 24

Denticare program, cost of 327

Deregulation board 352

Deregulation ministry, achievements of 349-50

Deregulation ministry, estimates 349-50, 352, 353

Deregulation ministry, purpose of 349

Diabetic supplies, sales tax exemption 24, 98

Dietary supplements, sales tax exemption 98

Dividends, B.C.-based companies, tax credit for 24, 106, 110, 190, 191

Dividends, B.C.-based companies, tax credit for, revenue loss 191

Dividends, tax credit for, Quebec scheme 188

Economic policy planning and research branch 322

Economic policy planning and research branch, publications 323

Education ministry, appropriation 24

Election campaign contributions, access to information on 221

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for 106, 110

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, regulations re 194-5, 221

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, retroactivity 205

Expenditures, increase in 327

Expenditures, waste under former government 327-8

Farmland, assessment of 347, 348

Farmland, assessment of, reduction in 24

Ferries, sale of 168

Finance ministry, auditor-general's recommendations 322

Finance ministry, computer and consulting services 335

Finance ministry estimates 321-3, 327-8, 329, 332-3, 335, 337, 338, 343-4, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348

Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 31) 1R, 761; 1111

Floorcraft Floor Covering Ltd., outstanding wages and sales tax claim, A. 957, A. 1030

Forest industries, stumpage payments, functions of John Elliott, A. 1003, A. 1094, A. 1124-5

Forest industries, stumpage payments, late payment of, penalties for, A. 859, A. 860

Forest industries, stumpage payments procedure 1003

Forest industries, stumpage payments unpaid and B.C. Systems Corp., A. 1003, A. 1094, A. 1124-5

Forests ministry, royalties, stumpage fees, collection of 333

Fraternal organizations, assessments 337

G.M. Shrum Generating Station, borrowing for 285

Government agents for Granisle, Fraser Lake 343-4

Government agents, new offices 322

Government agents, work of 322

Government assets, surplus, sale of 322

Government Employee Relations Bureau 322

Government forms, review of 349-50, 352

Government regulations and rights of individuals 349

Handicapped, tax credit for building adaptations 24

Hat Creek generating plant, borrowing for 285

Health ministry, appropriation 24

Health services, appropriation for 92

Homeowner grant, increase in 24, 167

Horse breeders' incentive fund 111

Hospitals, operating costs, appropriation for 24

Hospitals, operating costs, grant for 105

Human Resources ministry, appropriation for 24

Income Tax Act, federal, amendments based on 110

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 4) 1R, 39; 105-6, 110, 188, 190, 191, 194-5, 195, 197, 205, 214, 221

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1979, revenue loss 106

Income tax amendments, federal request for 106

Income tax in excess of federal tax, relief from 106

Income tax, low incomes, reduction in 24

Income tax, reduction in 24, 105-6

Industrial research, appropriation for 24

Job creation, provision for in budget 91-2

Job creation, surplus revenue projects 114

Kootenay River diversion, borrowing for 319

Legislature, recall of, alternatives to 1155, 1173

Municipalities, appropriation for 24

Natural gas distribution systems, borrowing for 285

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island 317

Natural resources, revenue 92

Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act (Bill 20) 1R, 528-9; 1102

Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act, availability of to members prior to passage 1155

Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act, responsibility for error in 1173

Ostomy supplies, sales tax exemption 24, 98

Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 6) 1R, 39; 111, 113-4

Parimutuel betting tax rate 113

Parimutuel betting tax, reduction in 24, 113

Parimutuel betting tax reduction, revenue loss 111, 114

Payment to (D’Arcy) Q. 250 (Hewitt) A. 250

Peace River, Site C dam, borrowing for 285

Peace River, site 1 project, borrowing for 285

Political parties, definition of 195, 197

Political party contributions, income-tax credit for 24

Price Waterhouse and Co. report on taxation, A. 764, A. 1029-30

Renter's tax credit, increase in 24, 106

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act (Bill 36) 1R, 1155; 1155-6, 1173-4

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act, urgency in passage of 1155, 1156, 1174

Resignation of (Macdonald) 1172-3

Revelstoke Dam, borrowing for 285

Revenue, estimate of under former government 168

Revenue Surplus of 1977-78 Appropriation Act, 1979 (Bill 7) 1R, 39; 114, 167-8

Sales tax, increase to 7 percent 105

Sales tax reduction 24

Sales tax reduction, effect on economy 98

Sales tax reduction, permanency of 105

Sales tax reduction, revenue loss 98

Sales tax refunds, authorization of 98

Sales tax refunds, time limit on application for 98

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

Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, member 442

Seven Mile Dam, borrowing for 285

Small business assistance program, appropriation for 258

Small business, low-interest loan program 24

Social programs, appropriation 24

Social services tax, administration costs 322

Social Services Tax Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 3) 1R, 39; 98, 105, 157-8

Social Services Tax Amendment Act, retroactivity of 105

Special Purpose Appropriation Act, 1979 (Bill 10) 1R, 39; 258, 259

Special purpose funds, allocation of 168

Sports facilities, northern B.C. 256

Stadium, appropriation for 24

Stadium construction, purchasing for 182, 257

Stadium, site of 182, 256

Statutes, obsolete, repeal of 349

Suppliers, payments to 350, 352

Supply Act, No. 2, 1979 (Bill 2) 1R, 456

Supply Act, No. 3, 1979 (Bill 24) 1R, 1084

Surplus, accumulation of 167-8

Treasury Board, work of 322

Vancouver and Victoria Trade and Convention Centres Fund Act (Bill 8) 1R, 39; 169, 177

Vancouver convention centre, appropriation for 24

Venture capital corporation 24, 327

Victoria convention centre, appropriation for 24

Vitamins, sales tax exemption 24, 98

Wolves

Control of, use of lithium chloride for (Dailly) Q. 254 (Mair) A. 254

Poisoning of (Dailly) Q. 254, 676, 677 (Howard) Q. 255 (Mair) A. 254, A. 255, 678

Poisoning of, U.S. policy on (Dailly) Q. 254-5 (Mair) A. 254

Predation by (Mair) 678

Women

Economic development of province, women's role in (Brown) 564

Northern Vancouver Island, social services for women (Gabelmann) 78

Women — Employment

Age-group 45 to 55, assistance to in re-entering job market (Wallace) 912

General Motors of Canada battery plants, employment of women in (Brown) 945, 946

Public service, employment opportunities in (Phillips) 563

Safety reasons, barring of from employment for (Brown) 945, 946

Women's Bureau

Study on (Brown) 946, 948

Women's Correctional Institute, Oakalla, B.C.

Improvements (Gardom) 499

Women's economic rights branch

Establishment of (Phillips) 569

Existence of (Brown) 563, 578 (Cocke) 569

Function of (Brown) 563, 565, 566, 567 (Phillips) 566

Transfer of to economic analysis and research branch (Phillips) 564

Women's Institutes

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 451

Wood alcohol

Kitimat plant, discussions with municipal council on (Howard) Q. 628 (Phillips) A. 628

Ocelot Industries Ltd. plant, discussions on (Howard) Q. 627 (Phillips) A. 627-8

Wood waste, production from (Leggatt) 567-8 (Phillips) 568

Wood Lake, B.C.

Milfoil control, use of 2, 4-D for (Mair) 654

Wood-pulp industry

B.C. Hydro, peak-load period, wood room closures (Hewitt) 470, 473 (Skelly) 469, 473-4

Sawlogs, use of for chips (King) 734, 744, 764, 765 (Mitchell) 738 (Wallace) 750 (Waterland) 731, 747, 764-5

Wood waste

Energy source (D’Arcy) 464 (Hewitt) 462, 465, 466, 470 (Leggatt) 296 (Mussallem) 475 (Skelly) 454, 462-3, 469 (Strachan) 13 (Wallace) 309

Energy source, recovery of base metals (D’Arcy) 464

Energy source, studies on (Hewitt) 462 (Skelly) 454, 469

Methanol, production of (Leggatt) 567-8 (Phillips) 568

Pellets' as energy source (Hewitt) 462 (Phillips) 568 (Skelly) 463

Woodex Systems Ltd.

Wood-waste pellets, energy source (Hewitt) 462 (Skelly) 463

Woodlands School, New Westminster, B.C.

Camping, daytime trips (McCarthy) 895

Camping program, Golden Ears Provincial Park (Brown) 894, 909 (Cocke) 899, 901 (McCarthy) 895

Patient, changed circumstances of, case cited (Cocke) 899-900

Renovation program (McCarthy) 881

Staff, cutback in (Cocke) 900

Woodsworth, J.S.

Mentioned: (Hyndman) 144

Woodward, Bob

Mentioned: (King) 292

Woodward, C.H.

Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 975

Woolco Department Stores

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 59

Workers' Compensation Act

Mentioned: (Hanson) 941 (King) 936

Workers' Compensation Board

Adjudicators for, notations of containing ethnic slur (Howard) 943 (Williams) 944

Administration of (Brown) 945 (Howard) 922, 942 (King) 935, 936 (Wallace) 939-40 (Williams) 937, 943-4

Appeals, continuation of benefits pending outcome of (Wallace) 939-40

Assessment rates, factors involved in setting of (Howard) 924

Assessment rates, setting of and lack of change in (Howard) 923-4

Boards of review, backlog of cases (Howard) 924

Boards of review, cases dealt with, number of (Sanford) Q. 1121 (Williams) A. 1121

Boards of review, cases dealt with, number of decisions in favour of claimants (Sanford) Q. 1121 (Williams) 1121-2

Boards of review decisions, reversals of (Howard) 922

Boards of review, establishment of (Howard) 922

Claims, percentage of disallowed (Williams) 943

Claims, settlement of (Gabelmann) 79

Compensation Advisory Service (Williams) 937

Decisions of board, rights of appeal against (Williams) 945

Disability awards and problem of pre-existing conditions (Gabelmann) 950

Disability awards officers, job qualifications for (Wallace) 939

Files, claimants' access to (Williams) 945

Fishing industry, jurisdictional problem in (Howard) 942 (Williams) 944

Fishing industry, safety inspection of (Howard) 942 (Williams) 944

Funds for future claims, deficit in (Howard) 923, 941 (Williams) 932

Independence of (Williams) 932

Industry, alleged bias in favour of (Howard) 922-3, 924

Injured worker, retraining of, case cited (Wallace) 939

MLAs, complaints to re board, increase in (Howard) 922, 924

Medical review boards, decisions of (Howard) 922 (Williams) 932

Physicians' reports to board, allegations re (Williams) 944

Report quoted (Howard) 941

Retraining, rehabilitation functions of board (King) 935-6 (Williams) 937

Retraining, rehabilitation of injured workers, cases cited (King) 935-6

Royal commission on, proposal for (Howard) 943

Royal commissions on (Howard) 943

Skindivers in fishing industry, responsibility for (Howard) Q. 763

Skindivers, inspection of working conditions of (Howard) Q. 701

Mentioned: (Curtis) 600 (Hanson) 531 (Levi) 957, 1030 (Macdonald) 671

Worthington, Frederick

Memorandum quoted (Barber) 827-8

Wynndel Box and Lumber Co.

Mentioned: (Segarty) 768

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