Province of British Columbia
32nd Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
December 4th, 1980 to July 7th, 1981
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
FISA
See: Federation of Independent School Associations in B.C.
FLQ
See: Federation de Liberation de Quebec
Fabrics, Sewing
See: Dressmaking materials
Factory Act
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 6073
Fair, Ann
Deaf child, transportation problems (Cocke) 5649 (Smith) 5650
Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C.
Sewage treatment plant, assistance for (King) 4242
Family
Services to families, children (Curtis) 4404 (McCarthy) 4464
Family and Child Service Act
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 5893
Family law
See: Domestic relations
Family life education
Family life and sex education programs in schools (Dailly) 5595-6 (Lauk) 5599 (Macdonald) 5596 (Smith) 55967
Family Relations Act
Assets, bank accounts, problems with (Brown) 6385 (Williams) 6385
Assets under act, civil service pensions (Brown) 6385 (Williams) 6387
Land titles, continuance of orders under act (Brown) 6464 (Leggatt) 6464 (Williams) 6464
Mentioned: (Brown) 6309, 6383 (McCarthy) 6309
Farm equipment
See: Agricultural equipment
Farm income
Cash receipts, increase in (Hewitt) 4450, 5116
Cash receipts, increase in and increased costs (Wallace) 5118
Costs, increase in (Hewitt) 5116
Net income, B.C., comparisons with other provinces (Hewitt) 5121 (Wallace) 5118, 5121
Net return to farmer, decrease in (Wallace) 5118
Farm Income Insurance Act
Mentioned: (Wallace) 5166
Farm income insurance program
Apple growers, payments to (Wallace) 5167
Apple growers' program, limits on (Hewitt) 5187 (Wallace) 5166-7, 5186
Appropriation, reduction in (Wallace) 5166
Beef cattle, payments (Wallace) 5167
Contracts, delays in negotiations for (Hewitt) 5169, 5230 (Wallace) 5167, 5169-70, 5230
Costs, calculation of (Wallace) 5166
Farm Income Assurance Fund, expenditures (Wallace) 5230
Greenhouse crops, program for (Wallace) 5167
Husband-wife partnerships, eligibility of under program (Hewitt) 5171 (Wallace) 5168, 5170
Payments under program (Wallace) 5119, 5230
Program (Hewitt) 5117
Reduction in (Wallace) 4438
Reserve fund for 1980 (Hewitt) 5169
Sheep, program for (Wallace) 5167
Farm labourers
See: Agricultural labourers
Farm machinery
See: Agricultural machinery
Farm produce
B.C.-grown, logo to identify (Hewitt) 5177
Marketing information, publishing of (Hewitt) 5229
Produce, destruction of by grower (Hewitt) 5178 (Levi) 5177
Vegetable gardens (Leggatt) 5164
Farm workers
See: Agricultural labourers
Farmer, Anne
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 6367
Farmer Construction Ltd.
Mentioned: (Levi) 5340
Farmers
Farmland, freezing of and aid to farmers (Hewitt) 5117
Problems of (Hewitt) 5117
Young people taking up farming (Levi) 5182
Farmers Institutes
Mentioned: (Wallace) 5122
Farmers' markets
See: Markets
Farmland
See entries under Land
Farms
Number of, increase in (Hewitt) 4450, 5116, 5121 (Levi) 5182 (Wallace) -118
Taxation of. See entries under Real property tax
See also entries under Land
Farris, John Lauchlan
Warning to re Wendy King wiretap, investigation into (Levi) 6420, 6421 (Williams) 6420, 6421
Mentioned: (Davis) 6363 (Leggatt) 4257
Farris, Vaughan, Wills and Murphy
Mentioned: (Hyndman) 6473 (Lauk) 6133
Farrow, Moira
Quoted (Passarell) 5564
Favreau, Guy
Mentioned: (Gardom) 4367
Fawcus, Kenneth
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 4507
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Established Programs Financing Act, 1977 (Canada)
Revision of (Curtis) 4412
Mentioned: (Curtis) 6411
Federal-provincial fiscal relations
Basis for (Curtis) 4413
Cash transfers to province (Curtis) 4412
Constitution, equalization formula in (Leggatt) 4373 (Smith) 4348
Corporate income tax transfer, amounts attributable to various programs (Stupich) Q. 6411 (Curtis) A. 6411
Corporate income tax transfer, value of (Stupich) Q. 6411 (Curtis) A. 6411
Education, federal funds for (McGeer) 4794
Energy taxes, federal, impact of (Curtis) 4402
Equalization program (Curtis) 4413
Established programs financing revenue, allocation of (Stupich) Q. 6410 (Curtis) A. 6411
Federal fiscal policies, impact of (Hyndman) 4669
Federal government, criticisms of and requests for federal funds (Barber) 4478-9 (Lorimer) 4580
Federal-provincial fiscal arrangements (Curtis) 4412-4
Federal taxation of provincial government (Bennett) 4375
Ferry subsidy (Fraser) 5718
Income tax points transfer, amounts attributable to various programs (Stupich) Q. 6411 (Curtis) A. 6411
Income tax points transfer, value of (Stupich) Q. 6411 (Curtis) A. 6411
Social services, block funding for (Levi) 5944
Social welfare programs, cost-sharing (Brown) 5900 (Curtis) 4402 (McCarthy) 5893 (Wallace) 5942-3
Tax-collection agreements, Alberta experience, information re (Curtis) 6080
Tax-collection agreements, corporation taxes, collection of (Curtis) 6080 (Stupich) 6080
Tax-collection agreements, personal income tax, collection of (Curtis) 6080 (Stupich) 6080
Tax-collection agreements, problems with (Wolfe) 4588
Tax-collection agreements, withdrawal from (Barber) 4478 (Curtis) 4413-4, 6080 (Howard) 4623-4 (Stupich) 6079 (Wolfe) 4588
Tax-collection agreements, withdrawal from, prior notice of (Curtis) 6080 (Stupich) 6080
Federal-provincial relations
Federal boards and commissions, B.C. representation on (Bennett) 4334
Federal government, cooperation wits (Richmond) 6581
Federal government, criticisms of (Hall) 4619 (Jordan) 4634 (Lockstead) 4444 (McClelland) 4443 (Smith) 4489
Federal government, criticisms of in budget speech (Barber) 4478 (Cocke) 4484 (Howard) 4623 (Hyndman) 4540 (Leggatt) 4510 (Lorimer) 4580 (McCarthy) 4463 (Stupich) 4420, 4563 (Wolfe) 4588
Federal government criticized (Curtis) 4412-4
Federal system of government (Bennett) 6551
Jurisdictional disputes, problem of (Bennett) 6551-2
National institutions, provincial appointments to (Bennett) 6557
Separatism, Premier's stand on (Leggatt) 4256
Federated Co-operatives Ltd.
Mentioned: (King) 4747 (Waterland) 4748
Federation de Liberation de Quebec
Mentioned: (Levi) 6373
Federation of B.C. Naturalists
Mentioned: (Hall) 5153 (Hanson) 6282 (Passarell) 6289
Federation of Independent School Associations in B.C.
Mentioned: (Dailly) 6313
Feichel, Herb
Neighbourhood pub licence (Macdonald) 5464
Ferguson, Grant
Quoted (Hanson) 5309
Ferguson, Margaret
Letter quoted (Stupich) 6195
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 6196
Ferguson, R.H. (Bob)
Mentioned: (Rogers) 6060 (Sanford) 4597
Ferne, Harry
Loffmark, Ralph, pension reduction, legal opinion on (Williams) A. 5783
Fernie, B.C.
Boundaries, expansion of (Segarty) 4994-5
Fernie and District Homemakers Service
Homemaker service, cuts in and funds for (Nicolson) Q. 6034
Ferries
Accidents on board ferries, settlement of claims (Fraser) 5706 (Lockstead) 5699
Albion ferry, replacement for T'Lagunna (Mussallem) 5812
Albion-Langley ferry, replacement of by bridge (Mussallem) 4228
Communities with road access, ferry service to (Davis) 5711
Comox-Powell River route, vessel for (Fraser) 5813
Crofton-Saltspring Island night ferry service (Fraser) 5795 (Wallace) 5755
Fares, increase in, proposed increase (Fraser) 5730 (Lockstead) 5729
Gabriola bland ferry, cost of and cost of bridge link (Stupich) 5803
Gabriola bland ferry, parking at Gabriola end (Fraser) 5804 (Stupich) 5803
Gabriola Island ferry subsidy, 1980-81, estimate of for 1981-82 (Stupich) Q. 6540 (Fraser) A. 6541
Highways ministry, ferry staff, tribute to (Fraser) 5692
Kootenay Lake ferry, rumoured fare for (Fraser) 5718
Princess of Vancouver, possible purchase of (Fraser) 5707 (Lockstead) 5699
Princess of Vancouver, possible use on Comox-Powell River run (Fraser) 5707
Rates, free ferry service (Davis) 5711
Rates, increase in (Fraser) 5714
Rates, policy on (Fraser) 5717-8 (Gabelmann) 5714
Rates, rationalization of, proposal for (Davis) 5711
Residents in remote communities, voucher systems for (Davis) 5711
Revenue, operating costs (Fraser) 5714
Texada Island-Powell River route (Fraser) 5812, 5813 (Lockstead) 5811
See also: British Columbia Ferry Corp.
Ferris, Boyd
Mentioned: (Hanson) 4500
Ferry Corporation Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) , 1981. See name of act
Fertilizer industry
Fertilizer plant consortium (Lockstead) 5530-1 (McClelland) 5534
Fertilizer plant, location for (Lockstead) 5530-1 (McClelland) 5534
Fertilizer plant, natural gas for, price of (McClelland) 5534
Natural gas, petrochemical fertilizer industry (D’Arcy) 4638
Powell River fertilizer plant, natural gas for (Lockstead) Q. 4397 (McClelland) A. 4397
Powell River fertilizer plant, prospectus for (Lockstead) 5530
Feuz, Paul
Mentioned: (Hanson) 6268
Fiberglas Canada Inc.
Mentioned: (Mussallem) 4228, 4229
Fiddick, M. Anne
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 6215
Fierheller, George
Thanked (McCarthy) 6213
Film industry
See: Moving pictures
Films
See: Moving pictures
Finance, Ministry of
Speakers: Barber 6111-3, 6114, 6114-5, 6115; Bennett 6094-5; Brown 6085-6, 6087; Chabot 6116; Cocke 6084-5, 6085, 6117; Curtis 6079, 6080, 6083-4, 6085, 6086-7, 6087, 6088, 6089, 6090-1, 6092, 6092-3, 6100, 6101, 6102, 6102-3, 6103, 6104, 6105, 6107, 6108, 6109, 6110, 6113-4, 6114, 6115, 6115-6, 6117; Hall 6081-3; Kempf 6117; King 6106-7, 6107, 6107-8, 6118; Lauk 6109, 6110; Leggatt 6093-4, 6100; Levi 6087-8, 6088-9, 6089-90, 6091-2, 6092, 6108; Lorimer 6100-1, 6101; Passarell 6086; Ritchie 6101-2, 6102; Stupich 6079, 6080, 6081, 6084, 6099-6100, 6102, 6103, 6103-4, 6104-5, 6105, 6106, 6108, 6108-9, 6109, 6110, 6110-1, 6116, 6116-7, 6118
Building occupancy charges, appropriation, reduction in (King) 6118 (Stupich) 6118
Debtors, recovery of money from by government, provision for (Curtis) 6548, 6548-9, 6549 (Nicolson) 6548, 6549
Documents, burned or damaged vouchers (Curtis) 4829 (King) 4829
Documents, fire damage to (Curtis) 5119-20 (Hall) 5120
Economics and policy division, travel, office and furniture expenses, appropriation, reduction in (Stupich) 6106
Finance ministers, western provinces, meeting of (Curtis) 5407-8
Minister's office, appropriation, reduction in (Stupich) 6105
Minister's office staff, increase in (Curtis) 6105 (Stupich) 6105
Questions on order paper, answers to (Stupich) 6084
Records, security of (Hall) 5120
Restructuring of (Curtis) 6083
Revenue division, travel, office expenses, appropriation, reduction in (Stupich) 6109
Signing authorities, improvement in (Curtis) 6083
Social service tax mailing list, use of by outside agency (Curtis) 6108 (Levi) 6108
Staff member seconded to Health ministry (Cocke) 6085 (Curtis) 6086
Staff, seconding of to other ministries (Cocke) 6085 (Curtis) 6086
Treasury and administration division, travel, office expenses, appropriation, reduction in (Curtis) 6110 (Stupich) 6110
Treasury Board, functioning of (Curtis) 6087
Treasury Board staff, appropriation, reduction in (Stupich) 6106
Finance, Ministry of, Act
Repeal of (Curtis) 6495
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 1981
(Bill 13) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 4416; amdts. 1R, 4607, 5135
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 1981
(Bill 13) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 5643; 2R, 5661-3; C, 5672-89, 5739-42, 5785-90; 3R, 5922; RA, 5938
Speakers: Barrett 5685, 5686-7; Brown 5662, 5675, 5676, 5677, 5678, 5680, 5680-1, 5681, 5682, 5790; Brummet 5778-9; Cocke 5662, 5673, 5677-8, 5680, 5777-8, 5786; Curtis 5661, 5662-3, 5672, 5672-3, 5673, 5674, 5675, 5675-6, 5676, 5677, 5678-9, 5679, 5679-80, 5681, 5682, 5682-3, 5683, 5684, 5685, 5687, 5739, 5740, 5742, 5773, 5786, 5787, 5789, 5790; Dailly 5679; Davis 5674, 5771-3; Fraser 5688; Hall 5788; Hanson 5662, 5680; Howard 5739, 5740, 5740-2, 5785-6; Jordan 5685-6; Kempf 5780-1; King 5679, 5681, 5684-5; Lauk 5678; Leggatt 5683, 5684; Levi 5786-7, 5787; Lockstead 5771, 5789; McGeer 5775-7; Nicolson 5662, 5674, 5676, 5688-9, 5779-80, 5787-8, 5789-90, 5790; Skelly 5682, 5687-8, 5773, 5773-5; Stupich 5661-2, 5672, 5673, 5674, 5681, 5682, 5683, 5688
Amdts: sec. 11 (Curtis) 5674, 5690, approved 5674; sec. 16 (Curtis) 5674, 5690, approved 5674; sec. 23 (Brown) 5676, negatived 5677; sec. 23 (Brown) 5677, negatived 5681; sec. 24 (Brown) 5681, negatived 5681; sec. 25 (Brown) 5682, negatived 5682; sec. 47 (Curtis) 5786, 5806-7, approved 5786; sec. 55 (Curtis) 5788, 5807, approved 5788
Divisions: 2R, 5663; C, 5673-4, 5677, 5681, 5786
Accountability for expenditures and scrutiny of by Legislature (Hall) 5788
Agricultural land development fund, payments to fund (Curtis) 5672 (Stupich) 5672
Alcohol and Drug Commission programs, funding for (Curtis) 5673
B.C. Hydro, accountability of (Davis) 5772 (Howard) 5742 (Skelly) 5773-4
B.C. Hydro, accountability to Committee on Crown Corporations (Howard) 5741
B.C. Hydro, board of directors (Davis) 5772 (Nicolson) 5779
B.C. Hydro, borrowing during 1980-81 fiscal year (Curtis) 5740 (Howard) 5740
B.C. Hydro, borrowing during 1981-82 fiscal year (Curtis) 5739 (Howard) 5739
B.C. Hydro, borrowing limit, increase in during NDP administration (Curtis) 5742
B.C. Hydro, borrowing limit, increase in, referring bill to select standing committee (Skelly) 5773
B.C. Hydro, borrowing limit, request for increase in (Davis) 5771-2
B.C. Hydro, borrowing, long-term bonds since December, 1980 (Curtis) 5739
B.C. Hydro, borrowing powers, increase in, separate bill for (Hanson) 5662
B.C. Hydro, borrowing, projected borrowing during 1980s (Skelly) 5774
B.C. Hydro, borrowing, refinancing of at higher interest rate (Howard) 5741
B.C. Hydro, borrowing requirements, 1981-82 fiscal year (Howard) 5740
B.C. Hydro, borrowing requirements, source of funds (Curtis) 5740
B.C. Hydro, borrowing, unused capacity below limit on (Curtis) 5739
B.C. Hydro, capital expenditure program during 1981-82 fiscal year (Cocke) 5777 (Curtis) 5742, 5773 (Howard) 5786 (Skelly) 5773, 5774
B.C. Hydro, coal waste, Kootenays, use of for power production (Davis) 5773
B.C. Hydro, cost of energy, increase in and reduced consumption (Skelly) 5775
B.C. Hydro, debt (Cocke) 5778
B.C. Hydro, debt, increase in (Lockstead) 5771
B.C. Hydro, debt, interest on, percentage of user's hydro bill for (Howard) 5741, 5742
B.C. Hydro, debt, retirement of (Curtis) 5742 (Howard) 5741
B.C. Hydro, efficiency in energy use, proposal for (Skelly) 5774-5
B.C. Hydro, energy conservation appropriation, underspending of (Skelly) 5775
B.C. Hydro, energy production in province, control over (Davis) 5772
B.C. Hydro, energy-purchasing from private industry (Davis) 5773
B.C. Hydro, energy requirements, forecast of (Nicolson) 5779, 5780
B.C. Hydro, export of power to U.S. (Nicolson) 5779-80
B.C. Hydro, forest land, alienation of for power facilities (Nicolson) 5778-9 (Skelly) 5774
B.C. Hydro, Hat Creek power project (Skelly) 5775
B.C. Hydro, natural gas function, separation of (Davis) 5772
B.C. Hydro, natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, cost of (Lockstead) 5771
B.C. Hydro, power-producing facilities, overbuilding of (Skelly) 5775
B.C. Hydro, power production by private developers (Davis) 5773
B.C. Hydro, power projects, effect on environment (Skelly) 5774
B.C. Hydro, power projects, justification studies (Lockstead) 5771
B.C. Hydro, railway function, merging of with B.C. Railway (Davis) 5772-3
B.C. Hydro, rates, increase in (Davis) 5772
B.C. Hydro, rates, increase in and income-debt ratio (Davis) 5772
B.C. Hydro, Site C dam (Skelly) 5773, 5775
B.C. Hydro, Site C dam, position of opposition on (Brummet) 5779
B.C. Hydro, Site C dam, position on (Brummet) 5778-9
B.C. Hydro, Site E dam, opposition to (Brummet) 5779
B.C. Hydro, Site E dam, reserve on land, lifting of (Brummet) 5779
B.C. Hydro, size of corporation (Davis) 5771
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line, Shaffer report (Lockstead) 5771
B.C. Systems Corp., borrowing ceiling, utilization of (Curtis) 5787
B.C. Systems Corp., borrowing limit, increase in (Levi) 5787
B.C. Systems Corp. building, construction of in Saanich (Hall) 5788 (Curtis) 5787 (Levi) 5787
B.C. Systems Corp. building, kind of and cost of (Levi) 5786-7, 5787
B.C. Systems Corp., debt, creation of (Nicolson) 5787-8
Cigarettes, tax increase, burden of on low-income group (Lockstead) 5789
Cigarettes, tax increase, indexing of (Curtis) 5789 (Lockstead) 5789
Cigarettes, taxation of, other provinces (Curtis) 5789
Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings of (Cocke) 5777, 5778 (Howard) 5742, 5786 (Kempf) 5780, 5781 (Nicolson) 5788
Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings of during House recess (Howard) 5786 (Kempf) 5780, 5781
Debt, provincial, creation of (Nicolson) 5787-8
Disabled, homeowner grant for (Brown) 5662, 5790 (Curtis) 5662
Disabled, homeowner grant for, cost of (Stupich) 5681
Disabled, homeowner grant for, number of recipients (Curtis) 5681
Disabled, homeowner grant for, restrictions on (Brown) 5675, 5676, 5677 (Curtis) 5675, 5677, 5682 (Nicolson) 5676 (Skelly) 5682
Drug, Alcohol and Cigarette Education, Prevention and Rehabilitation Fund, payment of into Health ministry budget (Cocke) 5673
Educational Institutions Capital Financing Authority, excess assets, payment of into general revenue (Curtis) 5672 (Stupich) 5672
Electric power, export of (McGeer) 5776
Energy, price increase and reduced consumption (Skelly) 5775
Energy use, efficiency in (Skelly) 5774-5
Gasoline tax, formula for (Curtis) 5674 (Davis) 5674 (Nicolson) 5674 (Stupich) 5674
Gasoline tax, indexing of (Curtis) 5674 (Stupich) 5674
Handicapped and disabled, terms defined and differentiated (Brown) 5680 (Cocke) 5677 (Lauk) 5678
“Handicapped", replacement of by “disabled” (Brown) 5677, 5678, 5680, 5680-1, 5790 (Cocke) 5677, 5680 (Curtis) 5677, 5678-9, 5679, 5681 (Dailly) 5679 (Hanson) 5680 (King) 5679, 5681 (Lauk) 5678
Heroin treatment program, cost of (Stupich) 5673
Hospital debts, termination of (Curtis) 5683 (Stupich) 5683
Hotel room tax, exemption from (Curtis) 5685 (King) 5684
Hotel room tax, increase in (Barrett) 5686-7 (Curtis) 5683 (Jordan) 5685 (Leggatt) 5684 (Nicolson) 5688-9 (Skelly) 5687
Hotel room tax, increase in and Kootenay area tourist industry (Nicolson) 5662, 5688-9
Hotel room tax, increase in and loss to local community (Skelly) 5687
Hotel room tax, increase in and tour operators (Jordan) 5686 (Nicolson) 5688
Hotel room tax, increase in exemption, revenue loss anticipated (Curtis) 5683
Hotel room tax, increase in, revenue anticipated (Barrett) 5687 (Curtis) 5683 (Leggatt) 5683
Hotel room tax, two-tier system (Jordan) 5685-6
Hotel room tax, weekly rate, extrapolating to daily rate (Barrett) 5685 (Curtis) 5687 (King) 5685
New Democratic Party, Nanaimo hotel, room rates (Fraser) 5688
Property tax, minimum tax payment, increase in (Curtis) 5683 (Stupich) 5683
Quebec Hydro, building program (Brummet) 5778
Quebec Hydro, energy conservation program (Brummet) 5778 (Skelly) 5774
Quebec Hydro, export of power by (Brummet) 5778
School tax, assessment of machinery for purposes of (Cocke) 5786 (Curtis) 5786
Taxation, increases in, indexing of (Cocke) 5662 (Lockstead) 5789 (Stupich) 5662
Tourists, quality tourists and hotel room tax increase (Leggatt) 5683
University Endowment Lands, improvements, payment for (Curtis) 5790 (Nicolson) 5790
Financial Administration Act
(Bill 27) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 6315; 2R, 6495-6; C, 6545-50; 3R, 6550; RA, 6605
Speakers: Curtis 6495, 6496, 6545, 6546, 6547, 6548, 6548-9, 6549; Hall 6496; Howard 6546, 6546-7; Lorimer 6547; Nicolson 6548, 6549; Stupich 6545, 6546, 6547, 6547-8
Amdts: sec. 21 (Curtis) 6545, 6569, approved 6545; sec. 29 (Curtis) 6545, 6569, approved 6545; sec. 63 (Curtis) 6549, 6569; sec. 117 (Curtis) 6550, 6569, approved 6550
Amendments to other statutes required (Curtis) 6495
Auditor-general, recommendations re legislation (Curtis) 6495
Borrowing authority under act (Curtis) 6545 (Stupich) 6545, 6546
Borrowing authority under act, temporary borrowing (Curtis) 6546, 6547, 6548 (Howard) 6546, 6546-7 (Lorimer) 6547 (Stupich) 6546, 6547
Borrowing transactions, inclusion of in public accounts (Curtis) 6547, 6548 (Stupich) 6547, 6547-8
Debtors, recovery of money from, provision for under act (Curtis) 6548, 6548-9, 6549 (Nicolson) 6548, 6549
Debtors, recovery of money from, recourse to third party (Curtis) 6549 (Nicolson) 6549
Debtors, recovery of money from, time allowed for (Curtis) 6548-9 (Nicolson) 6548
Discussion paper, preparation and release of (Curtis) 6083, 6495
Hospital-financing systems and act (Howard) 4327
Preparation of bill, method commended (Hall) 6496
Standing committee, consideration of bill by (Hall) 6496
Statutes repealed with passage of act (Curtis) 6495
Task force, work of, report (Curtis) 4399, 4416, 6495
Mentioned: (Curtis) 6083 (Hall) 4318
Financial Control Act
Heal, Douglas, expenditure of funds and section 23 of act (Leggatt) Q. 5179 (Levi) Q. 5179 (Curtis) A. 5289
Repeal of (Curtis) 6495
Quoted (Lauk) 5270
Mentioned: (Curtis) 4398, 4399, 6495 (Lauk) 5268
Financial Post
Quoted (Gardom) 4366
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 6094 (Nicolson) 4383
Financial security
Financial security of individuals (Leggatt) 4258
Personal financial security, lack of (Gabelmann) 4270
Financial Times
Quoted (McClelland) 5486 (Wallace) 5141
Fines, C.M.
Mentioned: (Ritchie) 4249
Fire alarms
Smoke detectors, sales tax exemption for (Curtis) 4415
Fire departments
Volunteer fire departments, equipment for (Wallace) 6422 (Williams) 6422
Training programs, development of (Williams) 6422
Fire Services Act
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 6073 (Williams) 6330
Firearm Act
Ku Klux Klan members bearing firearms, violation of act (Leggatt) Q. 6273 (Heinrich) A. 6273
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 6366
Firemen
Dispute, settlement of under NDP (King) 4939 (Stupich) 4968 (Vander Zalm) 4959 (Williams) 4936
Fires
Electrical fires, reporting of and investigation into (Heinrich) 5925
Highrise apartments, hotel towers, evacuation of (Wallace) 6421
Safety facilities, responsibility for inspection of (Williams) 6422
Safety standards in new construction (Wallace) 6422
Safety systems, new techniques (Wallace) 6422 (Williams) 6422
Firewood
See: Wood as fuel
First Boston Inc.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 5658
First Canadian Land Corp. Ltd.
Letter to leaseholders, possible charges of intimidation (Lauk) Q. 5097, 6410 (Williams) A. 5098, 6410
The First Capital City Development Co.
Role of in redevelopment of New Westminster (Cocke) 4857
First Citizens Fund
Appropriation, increase in (Passarell) 5312, 5313 (Wolfe) 5314
Grants, policy change for (Wolfe) 5314
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5234 (Howard) 5235
First United Church, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 4492
Fish hatcheries
Chinook salmon hatchery, damage to fish (Rogers) 5997
Loon Creek Hatchery, reopening of (Rogers) 5997
Puntledge Hatchery, Comox, opening of (Rogers) 5997
Site 1 Hatchery (Rogers) 5997, 6003
Fisher, Grant
Mentioned: (Smith) 5588
Fisheries
B.C. Development Corp., fishing industry studies (Leggatt) 5829
Fish and wildlife conservation fund (Curtis) 4409
Fish-farming industry (Lockstead) 6017 (Lorimer) 6020 (Rogers) 6021
Fish-farming, problems (Rogers) 6018, 6019
Fish habitat, protection of (Lorimer) 4743
Fishermen, record-keeping by (Lea) 6517 (Lorimer) 6517 (Nicolson) 6517 (Rogers) 6517
Food source, promotion of and protection of environment (Gabelmann) 6036-7
Forest industries and fish habitat (Lorimer) 4743
Losses due to floods (Lockstead) 4520
Protection of by federal ministry (Lorimer) 6020
See also: Shellfish fisheries; also names of fish, e.g. Chinook salmon
Fisheries Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Skelly) 4253, 6002
Fisherman
Quoted (Passarell) 5506, 5513, 5517
Fishermen
Disposal of catch, restriction on (Lorimer) 6517 (Rogers) 6517
Processing of fish, restriction on (Mitchell) 6517
Fishery products
Port Alberni fish-processing facility, LILA loan for (Skelly) 5885
Fishing
Film on freshwater fishing, production of (Jordan) 5064
Licences, impost fee for habitat enhancement (Curtis) 4409 (Rogers) 5997, 6030 (Skelly) 6029
Promotion of as tourist attraction (Jordan) 5064
Sports fishing, new regulations and tourist trade (Jordan) 5052
Sports fishing, new regulations, press release on (Hall) 5051
Fitzpatrick, Lynn
Letter quoted (Sanford) 5966
Fleming, Frances
Mentioned: (Cocke) 5542
Fleming, J.R. (Jack)
Mentioned: (Lauk) 5611, 5651 (Smith) 4503, 5588
Fleming, Stuart
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 4836
Fletcher, Bill
Quoted (Skelly) 5550
Fletcher Creek, B.C.
Water improvement district, aid to (Nicolson) 5003
Flood damage prevention
Floodproofing regulations, relaxing of for farmhouse construction (Ritchie) 4389-90
Floods
Compensation by provincial government, total amount paid (Skelly) Q. 6172 (Rogers) A. 6172
Emergency flood-relief measures, funds for (Gabelmann) 4642
Flood control, ministerial responsibility for (Fraser) 5813
Flood damage, Dec. 1980 flood (Gabelmann) 4544-5
Flood damage, Dec. 1980 flood, financial settlements, dissatisfaction with (Lockstead) 6016 (Rogers) 6018
Flood damage, Dec. 1980 flood, payments for (Rogers) 4505
Flood damage, landscaping, compensation for (Rogers) 6015 (Wallace) 6015
Flood relief, funds allocated for, additional funds and statutory authority for (Skelly) Q. 6172
Flood relief, funds allocated for, expenditure of (Skelly) Q. 6172 (Rogers) A. 6172
Flood-relief payments, names and addresses of recipients (Skelly) Q. 6172 (Rogers) A. 6173
Flooding in province (Nicolson) 6047 (Rogers) 5997
Floodplains, identification of and notification to real estate boards (Rogers) 5997, 6015, 6039
Nelson-Creston constituency rivers, danger of flooding (Nicolson) 6047
Riverbank protection, funds for (Rogers) 5997
Riverbank protection, program for (Nicolson) 6047 (Rogers) 5997-8
Flying Princess Transportation Corp.
Jetfoil service, continuance of and future losses (Lockstead) Q. 4650 (Phillips) A. 4650
Loan and operating advance to, repayment of (Barber) Q. 6585 (Phillips) A. 6585
Losses, 1980 season (Barber) Q. 6585 (Howard) 6603-4 (Lockstead) Q. 4649, Q. 4650 (Phillips) A. 4650, A. 6585
Foley, Kirk
Mentioned: (Lauk) 4889, 4890, 4892
Food, R.A. (Bob)
Mentioned: (Phillips) 5823
Food
Nutritional value, advertising of (Wallace) 5229
Food for the Hungry
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5221
Food industry and trade
Advertising practices (Wallace) 5412
Canning industry in province (Cocke) 5184
Energy consumption and cost of food (Levi) 5182
Food strategy, planning of (Levi) 5176-7
Processing industry, assistance to (Hewitt) 5184-5
Processing industry, involvement in (Hewitt) 5116
Retail trade, corporate concentration in (Hyndman) 5412 (Wallace) 5229, 5412
Television advertisements during children's viewing hours, regulation of (Hyndman) 5412 (Wallace) 5412
Tourist industry and food production (Ritchie) 5134
Food prices
Energy consumption and cost of food (Levi) 5182
Food imports, value of dollar and price of local products (Hewitt) 5177 (Levi) 5176, 5181-2
Increase in (Brown) 4492, 4493
Increase in, 1981-82, prediction re (Levi) 5182
Northern B.C., food costs and freight rates (Hyndman) 5424 (Passarell) 5424
Poverty level and food costs (Levi) 5177
Food supply
Imports, value of dollar and price of local products (Hewitt) 5177 (Levi) 5176, 5181-2
Self-sufficiency in food production (Hewitt) 5116, 5177, 5184 (Levi) 5176, 5183
Forbidden Plateau, B.C.
Ski facility, funds for (Sanford) 5074
Ski facility, TIDSA funds for (Jordan) 5075 (Sanford) 5074
Ford, Henry
Mentioned: (Phillips) 4276, 4559
Ford Motor Co.
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 6094 (Levi) 5413
Fording Coal Ltd.
Coal sale to Taiwan (Phillips) 5558
Elkford coal mine (Segarty) 5828
Mentioned: (Fraser) 5520 (King) 4534 (Leggatt) 5834, 5835 (McClelland) 5490 (Nicolson) 4578, 4579 (Phillips) 4612 (Segarty) 4994
Foreign investments
See entries under Investments
Forest Act
Forest companies, limit on size of, provision for in act (King) Q. 4879 (Bennett) A. 4879
Mentioned: (Barber) 5015 (Gabelmann) 5716 (Hanson) 6282 (Howard) 4725, 4744 (King) 4676, 4682, 4684, 4738, 4945 (Lockstead) 4718 (Macdonald) 4703, 4721 (Skelly) 4688 (Waterland) 4703, 4704, 4725, 4743
Forest and Range Resource Fund
Appropriation for (Curtis) 4408-9 (Waterland) 4459
Expenditures (King) 4676, 4696 (Waterland) 4673, 4696
Funds, future additions to (Waterland) 4677
Use of (King) 4677-8
Use of to supplement Forests ministry appropriation (King) 4676
Mentioned: (Stupich) 6103 (Waterland) 4572
Forestcover
Quoted (King) 4707
Forest Industrial Relations Ltd.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 4984
Forest industries
Annual allowable cut, increase in (Lea) 4750-1
Bella Bella, timber rights in area (Lockstead) 4699
Companies, large companies, operation of (Howard) 4744
Companies, limit on size of (King) 4683, 4684-5, 4695, 4695-6 (Waterland) 4684, 4695
Companies, limit on size of, policy on (King) Q. 4879, Q. 4944, Q. 4945 (Bennett) A. 4879, A. 4944 (Waterland) A. 4945
Companies, limit on size of, policy on, tabling of in House (King) Q. 4945
Companies, limit on size of, provision for in Forest Act (King) Q. 4879 (Bennett) A. 4879
Companies, list of those not welcome in province (King) 4695
Companies, problem of regional domination (Howard) 4725, 4726 (Waterland) 4684, 4725
Companies, size of (Howard) 4744
Environment, impact of development on (Lorimer) 6020
Expansion of (Phillips) 4606, 4611
Forest industry in province (Phillips) 5840
Growth of (Mussallem) 4783
Harvesting, decline in, forecast of (Waterland) 4675
Helicopter logging in coast area (Lockstead) 4698-9 (Waterland) 4701
Helicopter logging, stumpage rate (Waterland) 4701
Investment in during NDP administration (Waterland) 4322
Labour dispute, possibility of (King) 4675-6 (Waterland) 4675
Log, lumber inventories (Waterland) 4675
Logs, rotten-core, use of in oriented-strand board (Nicolson) 4579-80
Logs, use of sawlogs for chips (King) Q. 6353 (Waterland) A. 6353
Modernization of (Waterland) 4459
Nationalization of, policy of NDP government (Barber) 4730 (King) 4731 (Waterland) 4729
Public sustained yield unit land, Queen Charlotte Islands, revenue 1975 to 1979 (Lea) Q. 6535 (Waterland) A. 6536
Research on oriented-strand board (Nicolson) 4708 (Waterland) 4709-10
Revenue (King) 4535-6, 4682 (Stupich) 4563 (Waterland) 4673, 4682
Revenue, estimate of (Barrett) 4661 (Curtis) 6105 (D’Arcy) 4638, 4639 (Stupich) 6104
Revenue, estimate of and U.S. housing starts (Curtis) 6105
Revenue, estimate of, discrepancy in (King) 4675, 4676 (Waterland) 4675
Revenue, future prospects for (Davis) 4482
Revenue, reduction in (Barrett) 6554 (Curtis) 4402, 4669-70, 6085
Revenue, reduction in, forecast of (King) 4676 (Waterland) 4673, 4675
Salvage regulations (Lockstead) 4701, 4702-3 (Waterland) 4702, 4703
Salvage, scaling of (Mitchell) 4743
Salvage, small operators, regulations for (Mitchell) 4743
Salvage, White Paper on (Lockstead) 4702 (Waterland) 4702, 4703
Small business program (Waterland) 4683
Small business program, coast area, operation of (Lockstead) 4698 (Waterland) 4701
Small companies, efficiency of (Barber) 4728, 4729
Small operators, assistance to (Nicolson) 4383
Small operators, stumpage rates (Waterland) 4675
Small operators, timber supply for (Kempf) 4385 (King) 4683, 4697 (Waterland) 4697
Small operators, timber supply, reduction in (King) 4683
Stumpage, alleged loss to province on (Waterland) 4682
Stumpage fees, unpaid, interest on (Hanson) 4314, 4321 (Waterland) 4321
Stumpage, offsets for forest management work (Waterland) 4673
Stumpage, offsets for forest management work, auditing of (Waterland) 4679, 4680, 4681-2
Stumpage, offsets for forest management work, monitoring of (King) 4678, 4680-1, 4681
Stumpage rates, setting of (Waterland) 4675
Stumpage revenue (Waterland) 4682
Technological change, plywood and sawmill industries, inquiry into (Heinrich) 6485
Timber, competition for, proposed policy on (King) 4697-8
Timber-harvesting, 1981, forecast of (Waterland) 4673
Timber-sale licences, mid-coast area, awarding of (Lockstead) 4699, 4702 (Waterland) 4701
Timber sales revenue, decline in (Curtis) 4402
Timber, utilization of (Nicolson) 4707
Tree-farm licence 2, Moresby Blocks, revenue 1975 to 1979 (Lea) Q. 6535 (Waterland) A. 6536
Tree-farm licence 24, revenue 1975 to 1979 (Lea) Q. 6535 (Waterland) A. 6536
Tree-farm licence 39, revenue 1975 to 1979 (Lea) Q. 6535 (Waterland) A. 6535
Tree-farm licences, harvesting under contract, requirement for (King) 4697 (Waterland) 4697
Tree-farm licences, monopoly control over (King) 4682-3
Value of products, export value, labour income (Waterland) 4682
Worker participation in management, study on (Barber) 5374
Forest Industry Task Force on Forest Land for the Future
“Forest Land for the Future” quoted (Hanson) 6282
Forest roads
Transportation and Highways ministry responsibility for (Gabelmann) 5716
Forest Service
Accident record (Hanson) 5036
Forests, Ministry of
Estimates 4673-88, 4693-4712, 4717-32, 4738-57, 4761-75, 4777-86
Speakers: Barber 4726-7, 4727, 4728-9, 4730, 4771, 4772-3; Barrett 4719-20, 4720, 4722, 4723-4, 4770-1; Cocke 4753, 4773-4, 4780, 4781; Curtis 4766; Howard 4725, 4726, 4729, 4744-5, 4745, 4749, 4753-4, 4756-7, 4784-5; King 4674-5, 4675-6, 4677-9, 4680-1, 4682-3, 4684-5, 4685-6, 4693, 4693-4, 4694, 4695, 4695-6, 4696-7, 4697, 4697-8, 4704-5, 4705-7, 4718-9, 4731, 4732-3, 4738, 4738-9, 4739-40, 4740-1, 4741, 4741-2, 4747, 4747-8, 4748, 4749, 4749-50, 4750, 4751-2, 4752, 4752-3, 4754-5, 4763-4, 4764-5, 4766, 4774, 4777, 4779; Lauk 4774-5; Lea 4747, 4750-1, 4756, 4766-9, 4782-3; Leggatt 4746, 4746-7; Levi 4778; Lockstead 4698-4701, 4702-3, 4703, 4704, 4717, 4718, 4724, 4725; Lorimer 4743, 4777-8; Macdonald 4703-4, 4704, 4717, 4721, 4742; McGeer 4755; Mitchell 4742-3, 4743, 4785; Mussallem 4773, 4783; Nicolson 4707-9, 4710-1, 4753, 4769-70, 4781-2, 4785-6; Ritchie 4766; Sanford 4748; Skelly 4686-7, 4688; Wallace 4711-2, 4712; Waterland 4673-4, 4675, 4676-7, 4679-80, 4681-2, 4683-4, 4685, 4687-8, 4688, 4693, 4694, 4695, 4696, 4697, 4701-2, 4703, 4704, 4705, 4709-10, 4712, 4717, 4718, 4720, 4721, 4721-2, 4722-3, 4724, 4724-5, 4725, 4725-6, 4727, 4727-8, 4729, 4731, 4738, 4739, 4740, 4741, 4743, 4743-4, 4745, 4746, 4747, 4748, 4748-9, 4750, 4751, 4752, 4764, 4777, 4778, 4780, 4781
Accounting systems, review of by auditor-general (Waterland) 4681-2
Administrative efficiencies, savings in (Waterland) 4673
Advertising appropriation, increase in (Hall) 4620
Appropriation (Curtis) 4409 (King) 4536, 4604, 4676
B.C. Systems Corp., subsidization of (Howard) 4784 (Lea) 4782
Building occupancy charges appropriation, reduction in (King) 4774, 4777 (Lauk) 4774-5 (Nicolson) 4775
Building occupancy charges, increase in (King) 4536-4604, 4676, 4677, 4679, 4696, 4696-7, 4697, 4741, 4774, 4777 (Lauk) 4774-5 (Lorimer) 4777-8 (Nicolson) 4775 (Waterland) 4679, 4696, 4697, 4777, 4778
Building occupancy charges, new capital projects (Levi) 4778 (Waterland) 4777, 4778
Building occupancy charges, rental costs per square foot (Levi) 4778 (Waterland) 4778
Computer and consulting charges appropriation, reduction in (King) 4779
Computer and consulting charges, increase in (Cocke) 4780, 4781 (Howard) 4784 (King) 4536, 4604, 4676, 4677, 4779 (Lea) 4782-3 (Levi) 4616 (Mussallem) 4783 (Nicolson) 4781, 4785-6 (Waterland) 4677
Computer system, decentralization of (Nicolson) 4781
Computer system, programs and equipment (Nicolson) 4781
Computer system relating to forest management (Waterland) 4780
Consulting charges (Lea) 4782
Deputy minister, staff, attendance at Social Credit Party functions (King) 4693, 4694 (Waterland) 4693
District forest and range resource management vote, decrease in (King) 4676
Expenditures, reduction in (Stupich) 4423
Expenditures, reductions in by 2.3 percent (Howard) 4753-4 (King) 4754, 4763-4, 4764 (Lea) 4767, 4768-9 (Nicolson) 4753, 4769
Expenditures, savings on, Finance minister's request for (King) 4763-4 (Lea) 4767 (Nicolson) 4753 (Waterland) 4752
Field offices, closing of (King) 4696
Fire suppression program, advertising and publications, increase in (King) 4752 (Nicolson) 4769
Fire suppression program appropriation, reduction in (Barber) 4772 (Cocke) 4774 (King) 4752
Fire suppression program, classification 90 (Mussallem) 4773
Fire suppression program, classification 90, increase in appropriation (Barrett) 4770-1
Fire suppression program, office expenses, increase in (Nicolson) 4769, 4770
Fire suppression program, office furniture and equipment, increase in (King) 4752, 4763 (Nicolson) 4769, 4770
Fire suppression program, rentals, increase in (Cocke) 4774
Fire suppression program, travel expenses, increase in (King) 4752 (Nicolson) 4769, 4770
Forest districts, regional offices, facilities for (Waterland) 4697
Forest Service offices in small communities, closing of (King) 4774
Green Timbers Nursery mentioned (Hall) 5800
Lund Forest Service property, use of (Lockstead) 4701 (Waterland) 4702
Minister's office, appropriation, increase in (King) 4696, 4741 (Waterland) 4696
Minister's office appropriation, reduction in (King) 4741-2
Minister's office, furniture and equipment costs, increase in (King) 4741 (Waterland) 4741
Minister's office, travel expenses, increase in (King) 4741 (Waterland) 4741
Provincial forest and range resource management appropriation, advertising and publications (King) 4749
Provincial forest and range resource management appropriation, reduction in (King) 4749
Provincial forest and range resource management appropriation, travel expenses (King) 4749
Recruitment savings (Ritchie) 4766
Regional forest and range resource management appropriation, reduction in (King) 4752
Reorganization of (Curtis) 4409 (King) 4679 (Nicolson) 4708-9 (Waterland) 4677, 4777
Staff, early retirement by (Nicolson) 4708 (Waterland) 4709
Staff morale (King) 4679
Staff, promotion of (Nicolson) 4708 (Waterland) 4709
Votes, accuracy of (Lea) 4768-9
Workers' Compensation Board fine for abridging safety standards (King) 5328
Forests, Ministry of, Act
Quoted (Waterland) 4687
Mentioned: (Waterland) 4673
Forests and forestry
Annual allowable cut, increase in and silvicultural treatment (King) 4749-50, 4750 (Waterland) 4750
Annual allowable cut, increase in, consequences of (Lea) 4750-1
B.C. Hydro, alienation of forest land for power facilities (Nicolson) 5778-9 (Skelly) 5774
Crown land, forest land, use of (Hanson) 6282-3
Forest inventory system (Waterland) 4677
Forest land base, reduction in (King) 4460, 4679 (Phillips) 5825 (Stupich) 4426
Forest land base, utilization of (Nicolson) 4707
Forest land, multi-use of (Waterland) 4710
Forest land, use of for housing (Gabelmann) 6238
Forest management (Howard) 4744-5
Forest management, employment in, increase in (Waterland) 4572
Forest management, five-year plan for (Waterland) 4673, 4712
Forest management, funding for (Nicolson) 4711 (Waterland) 4673, 4696, 4712
Forest management program (Throne speech) 4221 (Waterland) 4572
Forest management program appropriation, reduction in (King) 4679, 4696
Forest management work, stumpage offsets for (King) 4678, 4680-1, 4681 (Waterland) 4679, 4680, 4681-2
Forest resource, investment in (Waterland) 4572
Fort Nelson area, age-class distribution, problems with (Waterland) 4751
Harvesting and forest management expenditures, policy on (King) 4749
Kitimat valley, provincial forest status for (Howard) 4745 (Waterland) 4745
Kitimat valley, reforestation of (Howard) 4744-5 (Waterland) 4745
Kootenays, pine beetle infestation (King) 4750 (Waterland) 4750
Kootenays, timber supply (Waterland) 4750
Kootenays, timber utilization (Nicolson) 4708
Nelson area, silvicultural work (Waterland) 4710
Northeastern B.C., forest resource (Waterland) 4568
Okanagan, silvicultural treatment and increase in cut (Waterland) 4750
Okanagan timber supply and company plans for future (King) 4750
Overstocked stands, thinning of (Waterland) 4709
Provincial forests, establishment of (Nicolson) 4711-2 (Wallace) 4712 (Waterland) 4712
Research, funds for (McGeer) 4815
Resource, renewal of, cost-benefit analysis of investment in (King) 4681, 4683 (Waterland) 4683
Resource, renewal of, return on investment of public funds in (King) 4681, 4683 (Waterland) 4682, 4683
Silvicultural work, expenditures on (Waterland) 4673
Silvicultural work, increase in (Waterland) 4673
Silviculture, appropriation for (King) 4536
Silviculture program (Bennett) 4532 (Waterland) 4459
Sustained yield, meaning of (Waterland) 4751
Timber supply analysis, revision of (Waterland) 4750, 4751
Timber supply, mid-coast area, report on (Lockstead) 4699
See also: Reforestation
Forintek Canada Corp.
Founding of (McGeer) 4815
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4580 (Waterland) 4710
Fort Fraser, B.C.
Lottery funds for adventure playground (Dailly) 5333 (Kempf) 5333, 5335, 5361, 5362 (Leggatt) 5362 (Levi) 5361-2 (Wolfe) 5362
Fort Nelson, B.C.
Fort Nelson-Fort Simpson road, completion of (Brummet) 4231
Fort Nelson School District
See: School District 81
Fort St. James Falcons
Mentioned: (Kempf) 5598
Fort St. James Secondary School, Fort St. James, B.C.
New gymnasium, need for (Kempf) 5598 (Lauk) 5598-9
Fort St. John, B.C.
Petroleum industry museum, funds to restore derrick (Brummet) 5585 (McClelland) 5586
Ski hill (Wolfe) 5335
Fort St. John General Hospital, Fort St. John, B.C.
Long-term care patients in acute-care beds (Cocke) 6155
Fortes, Joe
Mentioned: (Barnes) 4646
The 44, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barnes) 5438
Foster home care
Foster homes, coverage of under Social Services Tax Amendment Act (Brown) 5790-1 (Curtis) 5791
Special-needs contracts (McCarthy) 5976
Special-needs contracts, problems of foster parents as employers (Brown) 5973, 5975
Special-needs contracts, problems with taxes (Brown) 5964, 5973 (McCarthy) 5967, 5974-5 4-H Clubs
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5239
Fowkes, Richard G.
Mentioned: (Mussallem) 6140
Fox, Terry
Death of (Barrett) 6471 (Bennett) 6471, 6550
Marathon of Hope mentioned (Bennett) 6550
Mountain named in honour of (Bennett) 6550 (Richmond) 6582
Tribute to (Barrett) 6471 (Bennett) 6471 (Brummet) 4230 (Leggatt) 4254-5 (McCarthy) 4377 (Throne speech) 4217
Mentioned: (Barber) 6198 (Barnes) 4284, 6476 (Williams) 6474
See also: Terry Fox Medical Research Foundation
Framst, Eli
Qualifications of (Hewitt) 5168
Francis Fay Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barnes) 5474
Frangi, Karl
Neighbourhood pub licence (Hyndman) 5470 (Macdonald) 5463, 5464, 5470, 5471
Fraser, Hon. Alexander V., Minister of Transportation and Highways (Cariboo)
Air ambulance jet, proposal for stationing of in Prince George 5733
Air ambulance service 5733
Air services branch, work of, staff 5693
Alberni constituency, roads, percentage paved 5697
Albion, bridge to replace ferry 5814
Albion ferry, provision for parking 5814
Alert Bay ferry service, early run 5719
Apology for use of unsuitable phrase in House 5727 (Barnes) 5727-9
Atlin constituency, gold finds 5519
Automobile drivers, reward and punishment system 5796
Automobile licence plates, manufacture of in B.C. 5795
Automobile licence plates, manufacturing of, tendering on 5795
Automobile licences, licensing office, north Surrey 5801
Automobile seatbelts, children's, design of 5802
Automobile seatbelts, use of by children 5802-3
Automobile testing station, north Surrey 5800-1
Automobiles, increase in number of and highway construction 5692
Barkerville gold rush 5519
Bella Bella airport, location of 5749
Bella Bella, airport on Denny Island 5749
Bicycle ways, funding of 5819
Bicycles, shoulder-paving for 5819
Bilston Creek, drainage problems 5813
Black bridge, Creston, new bridge 5723
B.C. Ferry Corp., coin-operated games, details re, A. 6541
B.C. Ferry Corp., directors 5707
B.C. Ferry Corp. directors, appointment of labour representative 5721
B.C. Ferry Corp. employees, tribute to 5692
B.C. Ferry Corp., fare structure, basis for 5721
B.C. Ferry Corp. fares, increase in, date of decision on 5729
B.C. Ferry Corp. fares, proposed increase in 5729
B.C. Ferry Corp., food service, plastic and paper garbage, disposal of 5753
B.C. Ferry Corp., food service, use of plastic and paper 5753
B.C. Ferry Corp., Iona Island-Gabriola Island route, proposal for 5713, 5804
B.C. Ferry Corp., lineups during peak periods 5707
B.C. Ferry Corp., policy decisions, politicians' statements re 5700
B.C. Ferry Corp. plan, ten-year plan 5713
B.C. Ferry Corp. rates, trucks, trailers 5714
B.C. Ferry Corp., route 1, increased capacity 5706-7
B.C. Ferry Corp., route 2, increased capacity 5706-7
B.C. Ferry Corp., route 2, late-night sailing 5804
B.C. Ferry Corp., route 2, morning sailing from Departure Bay, time of 5804
B.C. Ferry Corp., route 2, proposed alternative to 5707
B.C. Ferry Corp., route 10, 12-month service on 5693, 5730
B.C. Ferry Corp., subsidization of 4498, 5693, 5729
B.C. Ferry Corp. terminals, commercial vehicles parked in area of 5801
B.C. Ferry Corp. vessels, sale of two older vessels 5706
B.C. Ferry Corp. vessels, second truck ferry 5714, 5748
B.C. Railway, construction of 4497
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson extension, upgrading of, cost of 5694
Budget debate 4494-9
Burnaby, highways, number of 5802
CNR right-of-way, lower Vancouver Island, acquisition of 5819
CPR, freight service to Swartz Bay 5753
CPR, tugboat service to Vancouver Island, prediction re 5714
CPR, Vancouver terminal facilities, use of 5707
Campbell River, Erickson Road, reconstruction of 5718
Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd., Nechako Basin exploration 5520
Canadian thistle, control of 5724, 5797
Cariboo constituency roads, percentage paved 5696
Central coast region transportation, proposal for 5707
Christian, Wayne, meeting with 5708-9
Cloverdale works yard, beautification of 5801
Coal, northeastern, development of, cost of 4497
Coal, northeastern, road access and Alberta suppliers, A. 5033
Coal, northeastern, road construction for 4496, 5734
Commercial vehicles, mechanical inspection of 5693, 5801
Comox constituency roads, percentage paved 5697
Constitution, amending of, role of national NDP 4496
Coquihalla Highway, construction of 5691
Coquihalla Highway, route of 5691
Coquitlam North arterial Highway 5721
Courtenay bridge, opening of 5798
Cowichan-Malahat constituency, Highways expenditures 5795
Craigflower Creek, flooding of Marler Drive houses 5812
Crofton, road to mill 5796
Cumberland-Port Alberni road, plans for 5797
Dangerous goods, transport of 5795
Drivers' licences, suspended, penalty for suspended drivers 6521
Drivers' licences, suspension of, impounding of vehicles 5693, 5796
Drivers' licences, suspension of, notification to licensee 6521
Drivers' licences under suspension, court's discretion re 6521
Duffey Lake road 5713
Econo-Car Rent-a-Car rental service at ferry terminals 5804
Elk Valley airport, assistance for 5750
Elkford, highway to, replacement of wooden bridges 5750
Enderby bridge, construction of 5708-9, 5712
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 5519-22
Energy program, federal 5521
Esquimalt-Port Renfrew constituency, transportation corridors 5813
Ferries, accidents on board, settlement of claims 5706
Ferries, revenue, operating costs 5714
Ferry, Comox-Powell River route, vessel for 5813
Ferry fares, increase in 5714, 5730
Ferry fares, policy on 5717-8
Ferry passes, use of by MLAs 5734
Ferry staff, Highways ministry, tribute to 5692
Ferry subsidy, federal 5718
Ferry, Texada Island-Powell River route 5812, 5813
Finance Statutes Amendment Act (1981) 5688
Flood control, ministerial responsibility for 5813
Fraser River crossing, Annacis Island area 4498
Fraser River crossing, Annacis Island area, environmental impact assessments, A. 4354
Fraser River crossing, Annacis Island area, funds for 5693
Fraser River crossing, Annacis Island area, location of, A. 4354
Freight transportation business in northern B.C. 5820
Gabriola Island ferry, parking at Gabriola end 5804
Gabriola Island, ferry subsidy, 1980-81, estimate for 1981-82, A. 6541
Gabriola Island ferry terminal, details re plan for, A. 6541
Gasoline, federal tax 4498
Gasoline taxation, increase in 4498
Gordon Bay Park, access road to 5796
Government aircraft, flight log, May 1979 to April 1980, tabling of in House, A. 4353
Grandview Bench road, upgrading of 5709
Green Valley Estates Ltd., land removal from ALR, representations re, A. 5846
Greenville, road connection with Highway 37 5734
Health care, cost of 4495
Health-care system 4498
Highway construction, special purpose funds for 5693, A. 6539
Highway 1, Diamond Bridge 5805
Highway 1, Duncan, overpass for school children 5803
Highway 1, four-laning south of Duncan 5803
Highway 1, Ladysmith, overpass to Transfer Beach 5804
Highway 1, Victoria area, widening of 5811
Highway IA, Kingsway, plans for 5802
Highway 3A, Nelson-Balfour section, paved shoulders 5723
Highway 4, Kennedy Lake area, paving of 5797
Highway 6, Cape Horn bluffs, road reconstruction 5723
Highway 7, Burnaby section, plans for 5802
Highway 14, four-laning of 5812
Highway 16, Carnaby crossing, relocation of 5814-5
Highway 16, Kitwanga-New Hazelton section, repair of 5815
Highway 16, paving of 5815
Highway 18, glass, paint damage claims 5796, 5803
Highway 18, seal-coat, failure of 5796
Highway 18, upgrading of, total cost, A. 6535
Highway 18, vehicle damage, cost of reimbursing owners for, A. 6535
Highway 19, alternative highway, route of 5718, 5798
Highway 19, alternative route, natural gas pipeline construction 5718
Highway 19, alternative route, right-of-way, acquisition of 5718
Highway 19, Courtenay-Campbell River section, paving work on 5718
Highway 19, Nanoose section, four-laning of 5798
Highway 19, Oyster River bridge abutments and flooding 5719
Highway 19, Port Hardy road commended 5718
Highway 20, Williams Lake to Bella Coola, upgrading of 5696
Highway 23, reconstruction of 5708
Highway 23, relocation of, cost of 5693
Highway 37, Arrow Transportation Systems 5733-4
Highway 37, dust control, asphalt oil 5733
Highway 37, dust control, calcium chloride 5733
Highway 37, L.G. Scott and Sons paving job 5734
Highway 37, Miller construction job 5734
Highway 37, paving of 5734
Highway 37, rest-stops, condition of 5734
Highway 95A, reconstruction of, bridge completion 5750
Highway 97, Alaska Highway, federal section, signing facilities 5754
Highway 97, Alaska Highway, upgrading and paving of 5754
Highway 99, beautification of, daffodils 5752
Highway 101, construction delay 5700
Highway 101, rest-stops, provision of 5749
Highway 401, link with Second Narrows Bridge 5712
Highway 401, link with Second Narrows Bridge, acquisition of property for 5712
Highway 401, link with Second Narrows Bridge, cost of 5712
Highway 401, plans for 5802
Highways maintenance, appropriation for 5693, 5798
Highways projects, employment of Indians on 5734
Highways, proposed five-year plan for 5796
Highways, rights-of-way, expenditures on 5718
Highways, rights-of-way, pipelines, telephone and Hydro lines on 5718
Highways works yard, Canada Way and Willingdon, relocation of 5796
Hodgson, Stuart, chairmanship of B.C. Ferry Corp. 5707, 5721
Housing shortage 4496
Interior, proposed third route to 5713
Kamloops constituency roads, percentage paved 5697
Kamloops, government aircraft flights to during by-election period, A. 5546
Kelly Road, extension of 5813
Kispiox Valley road, paving of 5815
Knapweed, control of 5723, 5724, 5797
Kootenay Lake ferry, rumoured fare for 5718
Langford road, east-west route, cost of, A. 6539
Langford road, east-west route, location of, Greg Singer's role in, A. 6539
Langford road, east-west route, public hearings on, A. 6539
Langford road, east-west route, selection of alignments, A. 6538
Liard Highway, construction and completion of 5691, 5754
Liard Highway, impact of on B.C. Railway 5691
Liquor Control and Licensing Act, serving of drinks to intoxicated drinkers, provisions re 5721
Liquor, serving of to intoxicated patrons 5721
Mackenzie constituency, ferry system, transportation subsidies 5697
Mackenzie constituency roads, percentage paved 5696
Marble Creek, Bailey bridge 5719
Mary Hill bypass, progress on 5720-1
Massey Tunnel, three-laning of 5692, 5801
Metal market 4496
Mineral revenue 4496
Mining roads, rights-of-way, approval of 5812, 5813
Mineral Royalties Act, enactment of 5520
Mines and mining, Cariboo constituency 5519
Mines, new mines opened, planned 5520
Mining industry during NDP administration 5520
Mining industry, employment in, new jobs to be created 5520
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) , (1981) 6520, 6521
Mission bridge, completion of 5814
Motor Carrier Act, review of 5748, 5820
Motor Carrier Commission, complaints re 5693
Motor Carrier Commission, decisions, appeal to cabinet re 5820
Motor Carrier Commission, licences, granting of 5820
Motor Carrier Commission staff, increase in 5748-9, 5820
Motor Vehicle Act, amendments to, proposal for 5693
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1981 (Bill 34) 1R, 6583
Motor vehicles, damage reports, increase in minimum damage to be reported 6520
Nanaimo, arterial highways 5804-5
Nanaimo constituency roads, percentage paved 5697
Nass River bridge 5734
Nass Valley road, problems 5734
Natural gas, Grizzly Valley 5521
Natural gas price, increase in and exports 4495
Nemes, Frank, access to property 5698
New Democratic Party, Nanaimo hotel construction 4496
New Democratic Party, Nanaimo hotel, room rates 5688
North Peace River constituency, paving contract 5754
North Peace River constituency roads, percentage paved 5697, 5754
Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., government ownership of 5713
Pattullo Bridge, cable in guard rail, proposal for 5801
Pattullo Bridge, north end, safety of 5752
Pattullo Bridge, south end, work on 5752
Pemberton, road to interior, proposal for 5713
Penny, access to 5697-8
Petroleum and gas exploration, Cariboo constituency 5520
Pitt River Road, archaeological dig 5721
Port McNeill, Campbell Way, work on 5719
Prince Rupert constituency roads, percentage paved 5697
Princess Marguerite, docking arrangements during blockade 5694
Princess of Vancouver, modification for use, cost of 5707
Princess of Vancouver, possible purchase of 5707
Princess of Vancouver, possible use on Comox-Powell River run 5707
Quadra Island ferry, berthing of on Quadra side 5719
Queen Charlotte Islands, ferry service to 4496, 5693
Queen Charlotte Islands, ferry service to, vessel for 5721
Queen of Alberni, commercial rate, increase in 5714, 5753
Queen of Alberni, use of on alternative route to route 2 5707, 5752
Queen of Esquimalt, planning for 5724-5
Queen of Nanaimo, use of on route 1, 5752
Queen of Oak Bay, financing of 6237
Queen of Oak Bay, use of on route 1 5706, 5748, 5752
Queen of Prince Rupert, MLAs' entitlement to staterooms 5734
Queen of Prince Rupert, MLAs' families, entitlement to passes 5734
Queen of Prince Rupert, use of for Premiers' trip, A. 6545
Queen of Prince Rupert, use of for Premiers' trip, cost of, A. 6544
Queen of Prince Rupert, use of for Premiers' trip, number of days involved, A. 6544
Queen of Prince Rupert, use of on Queen Charlotte Islands route 5721
Queen of Saanich, planning for enlargement of 5724
Queen of Saanich, proposed enlargement of 5748
Queen of Surrey, use of on route 2 5706, 5748
Queen of the North, use of on Queen Charlotte Islands route 5721
Queen of Vancouver, enlargement of 5706, 5748
Queen of Victoria, enlargement of 5706, 5748
Radio advertisements during Easter vacation, cost of (Lockstead) Q. 6539
Railway level crossings, uncontrolled crossings 5801
Revenue, natural resources, estimate of 4495
Roads, beautification of, funds for 5750, 5752
Roads, dust control, use of calcium chloride 5798
Roads, dust control, use of oil 5798
Roads, paved shoulders, policy on 5723
Roads, revenue-sharing funds for, consultation on 5700-1
Roads, revenue to federal treasury and return to B.C. 5719
Roads, rights-of-way, cost of 5718
Roads, rights-of-way, spraying of 5723, 5724, 5797
Roads, rural, increased traffic and problems with 5709
Round-up, use of for weed control 5797
Salmo, flood problem 5723
Salmon River Valley road, improving of 5709
Saltspring Island ferry from Crofton, night service 5795
Sechelt Queen, sailings of 5813
Seymour Narrows, bridge crossing, proposal for 5804
Seymour River bridge, construction of 5712
Shipbuilding industry, tribute to 5724
Skimikin Road, upgrading of 5709
Squamish, road to, proposal for 5713, 5749
Squamish, road to Woodfibre, start on 5749
Stikine River bridge, moving of if dam built 5734
Taghum bridge 5723
Tahsis, Gold River road, route of 5718
Tahsis, Gold River road, upgrading of 5718
Taxation, increase in 4495
Television, Highways camps' facilities, use of 5733
Television reception facilities, Good Hope Lake 5733
Tofino airport, emergency services 5796
Tourist trade, Vancouver Island, growth in 5718
Traffic accidents, fatalities, cause of 5693
Traffic accidents, fatalities, increase in 5692-3, 6521
Traffic accidents, increase in and speed limits 5796
Traffic accidents, prevention of, impounding of vehicles 5693
Transport companies, licensing of and responsibilities 5820
Transport policy analysis branch 5693
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 5691-4, 5696-8, 5700-1, 5706-7, 5708-9, 5712-4, 5717-9, 5720-1, 5723, 5724, 5724-5, 5729-30, 5733-4, 5748-9, 5750, 5752-3, 5754, 5795-7, 5798, 5800-1, 5802-3, 5803, 5804-5, 5811-2, 5813, 5813-4, 5814-5, 5819-20
Transportation and Highways ministry, information officers 5701
Transportation system, importance of 5692
Trucks, safety of 5801
Tsouhalem Road, cost of repairs to subsequent to flooding, A. 6536
Tumbler Ridge, access roads, upgrading of 5734
Tumbler Ridge-Chetwynd highway, construction of, details re, A. 6537
Tumbler Ridge-Dawson Creek road, upgrading of, details re, A. 6537
Ucluelet, Spring Cove road, paving of 5797
Vancouver Island, tunnel link to mainland, policy on 5713
Western Community, incorporation of 5811
Western Community, subdivision approvals 5812
Whistler, road to 5713
Wood chips, transport of by rail 5796-7
Wood chips, trucking of to Vancouver Island 5796-7
Yale-Lillooet constituency roads, expenditures on 5695
Fraser, John
Mentioned: (Skelly) 6005
Fraser family
Mentioned: (Hall) 5800
Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Reaction: The National Energy Program quoted (McCarthy) 4463
Mentioned: (Brown) 4492 (Gabelmann) 5444 (Hyndman) 5436, 5458 (Lauk) 5447, 5448 (Leggatt) 5453, 5454 (Levi) 4515, 5396, 5398, 5435, 5436
Fraser Printers (1972) Ltd.
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 4873
Fraser River, B.C.
Cleanup of (Gabelmann) 4544 (Rogers) 4505, 6004, 6008 (Skelly) 6005 (Throne speech) 4219
Crossing, Annacis Island area (Barber) 4851 (Brown) 4490, 4493 (Lockstead) 4446 (Macdonald) 4508 (Rogers) 4505 (Vander Zalm) 4325
Crossing, Annacis Island area, construction of (Fraser) 4498 (Throne speech) 4220
Crossing, Annacis Island area, environmental impact assessments (Lockstead) Q. 4354 (Fraser) A. 4354
Crossing, Annacis Island area, funds for (Fraser) 5693
Crossing, Annacis Island area, impact of on Burnaby (Brown) 4855, 5801
Crossing, Annacis Island area, impact of on New Westminster (Cocke) 4485, 4857
Crossing, Annacis Island area, location of (Lockstead) Q. 4354 (Fraser) A. 4354
Crossing, Annacis Island area, support for (Vander Zalm) 4858
Fin-booms in river (Leggatt) 4746 (Waterland) 4746
Fish production, reduction in (Lorimer) 6020 (Rogers) 6021
Flood protection, federal funds for and extension of program (Rogers) 5998 (Skelly) 6028
Langley bridge, proposal for construction of (Mussallem) 4228
Logs, barging of (Leggatt) 4746-7
Logs on banks, salvaging of (Leggatt) 4746 (Waterland) 4746
Pollution of (Lorimer) 6020
Pollution of, charges laid (Rogers) 5996
Pollution of, increases in trace metals (Rogers) 6021
Water, safety of for drinking (Mussallem) 6207
Fraser River Coalition
Mentioned: (Skelly) 6005
Fraser River Crossing Fund
Mentioned: (Stupich) 6103
Fraser River estuary
Sewage-dumping in, payment for (Skelly) 6002
Study of, major groups involved in (Skelly) 6005
Fraser River Task Force
Charges laid against illegal operators (Rogers) 5996
Establishment of (Skelly) 6002
Mentioned: (Rogers) 6021
Fraser Valley Alcoholism Society
Pacifica Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centre. See entries under name of centre
Fraser Valley College, Chilliwack, B.C.
Veterinary medicine program for college (Ritchie) 4389
Mentioned: (Hanson) 4499, 5303, 5305
Fraser Valley Frosted Foods Ltd.
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5184
Fraser Valley Loader Sales Ltd.
Mentioned: (Ritchie) 6101
Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5184
Fraser Valley Mushroom Growers Co-op
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5184
Fraud
Vancouver Stock Exchange, surveillance of, cost of (Levi) 5417
Free enterprise
See: Laissez-faire
Free Press, Winnipeg, Man.
Quoted (Gardom) 4366
Free speech
See: Liberty of speech
Freedom of Information Act (Alaska)
Mentioned: (Passarell) 5565
Freeman & Co.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 6013
Freeze, Rusty
Mentioned: (Ritchie) 4975, 5132
Freight and freightage
Coastal service (Lockstead) 4446
French Beach Park, B.C.
Campsites, construction of (Mitchell) 6291
French language — Study and teaching
French-language immersion programs (Smith) 5591
French-language programs, funds for (Smith) 5612, 5627
School District 61, French immersion program (Barber) 5632 (Smith) 5632
French Peak mine
Mentioned: (McClelland) 5489
Friedman, Milton
Mentioned: (Bennett) 6095 (Cocke) 4551 (Leggatt) 4258, 4509, 5454, 6094 (Ritchie) 4577
Friedmann, Karl
Letter quoted (McCarthy) 5932
Mentioned: (Barber) 6055, 6409 (Macdonald) 6332, 6333 (Wallace) 5142 (Wolfe) 6234
See also: Ombudsman
Friends of the Roundhouse
Mentioned: (Hanson) 5308
Friends of the Stikine
Quoted (Passarell) 5566
Mentioned: (Passarell) 5565
Friesen, Len
Mentioned: (Bennett) 6559
Frobisher Exploration Ltd.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 5550
Frontier Holidays Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 5645
Fruit culture
Orchardists, incidence of cancer (Hanson) 6440-1
Fuel
Churches, taxation of fuel oil (Curtis) 6107 (King) 6106
Fuel oil for commercial use, sales tax on (Curtis) 5665
Steam-driven ships, fuel taxation (Curtis) 4410 (Mitchell) 4630
Tax, increase in (Barrett) 4659
Taxation of (Stupich) 6081
Fuel Oil Tax Act
Mentioned: (Curtis) 4410
Fulton, Jim
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 5526 (Passarell) 5514
Funeral service
Indigent burials, delays in (Hall) 5936 (McCarthy) 5939
Funk and Wagnalls Comprehensive Standard International Dictionary
Mentioned: (Wallace) 4542
Furnival, George M.
Mentioned: (Rogers) 5998, 6039