Province of British Columbia
32nd Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
December 4th, 1980 to July 7th, 1981

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NBC

See: National Broadcasting Corp.

NKK

See: Nippon Kokan Kaisha

Nader, Ralph

Mentioned: (Levi) 5413

Name Act

Mentioned: (Brown) 6221

Names, Personal

Registration of legitimate children, restriction to use of father's name (Brown) 6221 (Nicolson) 6222

Nanaimo, B.C.

Arterial highways (Fraser) 5804-5 (Stupich) 5804

Duke Point development (Phillips) 4557, 4606, 4611

Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society

Land in Nanaimo, value of (Vander Zalm) 4858

Nanaimo, hotel, office building, construction (Stupich) 4560

Mentioned: (Ritchie) 4575

Nanaimo constituency

Roads, percentage paved (Fraser) 5697

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

Children, care-by-parent unit for (Sanford) 6152

Emergency surgery, waiting list for (Stupich) Q. 5406

Long-term care patients in acute-care beds (Cocke) 6155

Nanaimo River, B.C.

Log-booming near mouth of (Lorimer) 6020

Nanaimo School District

See: School District 68

Narod, Alvin

Mentioned: (Chabot) 6242 (Lauk) 6586

Nass Valley, B.C.

Residents, monitoring of for heavy-metal accumulation (Nielsen) 6217 (Passarell) 6217

Nass Valley road

Problems (Fraser) 5734 (Passarell) 5731

National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5171

National Black Coalition

Mentioned: (Barnes) 4280

National Broadcasting Corp.

Mentioned: (Lea) 5378

National Building Code

Mentioned: (Mitchell) 5003, 5415

National Council of Welfare

Mentioned: (Brown) 5201 (Sanford) 5225

National Farmers Union

Mentioned: (Cocke) 5146 (Hewitt) 4308-9, 5155 (Sanford) 5154 (Wallace) 4308, 5186, 5230

National Hockey League

Mentioned: (Barber) 5555, 5557

National Research Council

Mentioned: (Levi) 6203 (Nielsen) 6204, 6205

Native Court Workers and Counselling Association of B.C.

Mentioned: (Williams) 6418

Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) , 1981. See name of act

Natural resources

Development of (King) 4603 (Lea) 5861 (McClelland) 4439-40 (Phillips) 4556

Development of and return to province (Phillips) 4605

Development of, investment in (McGeer) 6502

Development of, job-creation spinoff (Phillips) 5839

Development of, New Democratic Party position on (Segarty) 4598

Development of, source of funds for (King) 4603

Development of, use of B.C. products for (Stupich) 4427

Federal policy on (McGeer) 4269

Nationalization of (Strachan) 4254

Northeastern B.C., resources in (Waterland) 4567-8

Ownership of, NDP policy on (Brummet) 5568 (McGeer) 4429 (Segarty) 4598, 4599

Processing of in province (Howard) 5866

Provincial ownership, control over (Bennett) 4375 (Gabelmann) 4641 (Leggatt) 4256-7, 4373 (Macdonald) 4347 (McGeer) 4269, 4369, 4430 (Smith) 4347 (Throne speech) 4218

Resource revenue (Hall) 4618

Resource revenue and social programs (King) 4601

Resource revenue, decline in (Barrett) 4661, 6554 (Bennett) 6559 (Passarell) 6086

Resource revenue, dependence on (Stupich) 4420

Resource revenue, estimate of (Curtis) 6105 (Stupich) 6104

Resource revenue, ownership of (Gabelmann) 4641

Saskatchewan heritage fund (Leggatt) 5880

See also names of resources, e.g. Forests and forestry

Navy League

Mentioned: (Stupich) 4562

Neale, R.E.

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 4448

Nechako River, B.C.

Water flow over Skins Lake spillway (Howard) 5536, 5537 (Lorimer) 6020 (Rogers) 6021

Nechako School District

See: School District 56

Nelles, Bill

Quoted (McCarthy) 4458

Nelway, B.C.

Highway 3, Salmo-Nelway section, completion of (Nicolson) 5721

Nemes, Frank

Property, problem of access to (Fraser) 5698 (Lockstead) 5695-6

Nemeth, Alan

Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 4864

Neuffer, Karl

Mentioned: (Wallace) 5883

New Aiyansh School, New Aiyansh, B.C.

Mentioned: (Smith) 5624

New Cinch Uranium

Mentioned: (Levi) 5420

New Democratic Party

“An Abridged Version of the New Democratic Spending Cuts” (Dailly) 5382

Business, relations of party with (Bennett) 6565-6

Constitutional change, role of national NDP (Fraser) 4496 (Hyndman) 4540 (Macdonald) 4506 (Ritchie) 4575 (Williams) 4520-1

Elderly, housing project for (Stupich) 4560

Election campaign, 1979 election (Hewitt) 6165

Lottery tickets, licence to distribute (Cocke) 5324 (Dailly) 5323 (Leggatt) 5326 (Vander Zalm) 5322-3

Municipal election candidates, identification of with party (Barber) 4845

Nanaimo hotel, construction of (Fraser) 4496 (Phillips) 4557 (Ritchie) 4575 (Rogers) 4505 (Stupich) 4560

Nanaimo hotel, construction of, staffing of (Hyndman) 4537-8

Nanaimo hotel, room rates (Fraser) 5688

“New Democratic Spending Cuts”, preparation of, contents (Wallace) 5238-9

Record of election defeats (McGeer) 4755, 4816-7, 5028, 5239, 5276

Trade union movement, affiliation with (McGeer) 4982, 4983

Waffle Manifesto (Hyndman) 4538

Waffle Manifesto mentioned (Mair) 4359 (Mitchell) 4630 (Ritchie) 4975, 5133

New Vista Society, Burnaby, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 6147 (Cocke) 6199

New Westminster, B.C.

Building program (Vander Zalm) 4667-8

Downtown redevelopment (Jordan) 5071 (Phillips) 4606 (Vander Zalm) 4325

Downtown redevelopment, role of First Capital City Development Co. (Cocke) 4857

New York Stock Exchange

Mentioned: (Barber) 4730

New Zealand Labour Party

Mentioned: (Howard) 5576

Newberry, J.E

Mentioned: (Skelly) 5613

Newcastle Island, B.C.

Bridge to, proposal for (Chabot) 6299 (Leggatt) 6299

Park, services, improvement of (Chabot) 6299 (Stupich) 6299

Newfoundland Court of Appeal

Mentioned: (Bennett) 4985

Newman, John E

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5233

Newmont Mines Ltd.

Investment by (Waterland) 5547-8

News broadcasts on television

See: Television broadcasting of news

Newspapers

Municipal bylaws, advertising of, small community newspapers (King) 4899 (Vander Zalm) 4899

Nicaragua

Economy of (Skelly) 4590

Future of, Canada's role in (Skelly) 4590

Government policy (Skelly) 4590-1

Government, present status of (Skelly) 4590

Health crusade (Skelly) 4591

Literacy crusade (Skelly) 4591

Trade with Canada (Skelly) 4591

Visit to (Skelly) 4589-92

Nichols, Marjorie

Quoted (Mair) 4358

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 4255 (Mair) 4359 (Segarty) 4255

Nichols, Norm

Quoted (Ritchie) 4576

Nicola Stock Breeders Association

Mentioned: (McClelland) 6013

Nicolson, Lorne (Nelson-Creston)

Achievement centres program, appropriation, underexpenditure of 5958

Address in reply 4380-4

Agriculture and Food ministry, building occupancy charges, increase in 5237

Agriculture and Food ministry, computer and consulting appropriation, underspending of 5240

Agriculture and Food ministry, estimates 5237, 5240

Alice Siding, amalgamation of 5004

Amalgamations, role of referenda in 5004

Art purchased, 1972 to 1975 5380

Attorney-General ministry, computer and consulting charges, increase in 6424

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 6408-9, 6424

Beautiful British Columbia, use of B.C. Systems Corp. for 5106

Beaver Lodge budget, scrutiny of 4382

Black bridge, Creston, new bridge 5722

Boat business, Kaslo, effect of sales tax increase on 5757-8

B.C. Housing Management Commission, housing stock, possible sale of 4381

B.C. Hydro, board of directors 5779

B.C. Hydro bonds, return on to foreign holders 5657

B.C. Hydro, energy requirements, forecast of 5779, 5780

B.C. Hydro, export of power to U.S. 5779-80

B.C. Hydro, forest land, alienation of for power facilities 5778-9

B.C. Medical Association, accusation of having been “double-crossed” 4919-20

B.C. Place, land exchange 4383

B.C. Railway stock, increase in 6505

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. share purchase 4579

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, price of 4383

B.C. Systems Corp., changeover to IBM Co. Ltd. computer 5661

B.C. Systems Corp., creation of 5787-8

Budget debate 4576-80

Budget, preparation of and opinion survey 4577

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., Castlegar pulpmill 4710-1

Canadian Pacific Railway, derailment, Harrop area 6046-7

Captan, Benalate, use of on forest seedlings, Q. 5810, Q. 5811

Coal, exports, revenue loss on 4578

Coal, northeastern, profits, share in 6505

Coal royalty, increase in 4578-9

Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings of 5788

Community Recreational Facilities Licensing Fund, grant application policy change 5317

Computer equipment, price of, reduction in 4785-6, 4828, 5105

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 5456-7

Convention centre, Vancouver, financing of 4577

Court, Nelson, appointment of judge to 6409

Courts, county courts, judgeships, number of vacancies 6409

Creston, water improvement districts 5005

Creston watershed, logging of 6048

Dangerous goods, spills of, reporting procedures 6046

David Thompson University Centre, responsibility for 4816

Debt, provincial, creation of 5787-8

Debtors, recovery of money from by government, provision for 6548, 6549

Disabled, homeowner grant for, restrictions on 5676

Education ministry, computer and consulting services appropriation, reduction in 5661

Education ministry, computer and consulting services, 1980 appropriation, underspending of 5661

Education ministry, estimates 5657-8, 5661

Electric wiring inspections, adequacy of 5925

Electrical Energy Inspection Amendment Act (1981) 5924

Electrical inspectors, work of 5924

Elk-feeding, East Kootenay, funds for, Q. 4280-1, Q. 4354

Elk, feeding of by East Kootenay Wildlife Association, Q. 4353

Endicott home for handicapped, budget, scrutiny of 4382, 4383

Environment ministry, estimates 6046-8

Expenditures, estimates of, overestimation of 4753, 4769, 4786, 4828

Expenditures, increase in 4578

Fernie and District Homemakers Service, funds for and cuts in service, Q. 6034

Finance Statutes Amendment Act (1981) 5662, 5674, 5676, 5688-9, 5779-80, 5787-8, 5789-90, 5790

Financial Administration Act 6548, 6549

Fishermen, record-keeping by 6517

Fletcher Creek water improvement district, aid to 5003

Flooding, danger of, Nelson-Creston constituency rivers 6047

Flooding in province 6047

Forest industries, research on oriented-strand board 4708

Forest industries, small operators, assistance to 4383

Forest land base, utilization of 4707

Forest management, funding for 4711

Forests ministry, building occupancy appropriation, reduction in 4775

Forests ministry, building occupancy charges, increase in 4775

Forests ministry, computer and consulting charges, increase in 4781, 4785-6

Forests ministry, computer system, decentralization of 4781

Forests ministry, computer system, programs and equipment 4781

Forests ministry, estimates 4707-9, 4710-1, 4753, 4769-70, 4781-2, 4785-6

Forests ministry, expenditures, Finance minister's request for savings on 4753

Forests ministry, expenditures, reduction in by 2.3 percent 4753, 4769

Forests ministry, fire suppression program, advertising and publications appropriation 4769

Forests ministry, fire suppression program, office expenses 4769, 4770

Forests ministry, fire suppression program, office furniture and equipment 4769, 4770

Forests ministry, fire suppression program, travel expenses 4769, 4770

Forests ministry, reorganization of 4708-9

Forests ministry staff, early retirement by 4708

Forests ministry staff, promotion of 4708

Forests, provincial forests, establishment of 4711-2

Gang Ranch, elk-restocking progam 6047-8

Gasoline tax, formula for 5674

Glade ferry 5721

Goat River, Crown land, alienation of 6048

Goat River, rip-rapping of bank 6047

Government advertising, expenditures on 4578

Guiding licences, granting of to out-of-province Canadian citizens 6533

Highway 3, Salmo-Nelway section, completion of 5721

Highway 3, spraying of right-of way 5723, 5723-4, 5724

Highway 3A, Nelson-Balfour section, paved shoulders 5722, 5723

Highway 6, Cape Horn bluffs, road reconstruction 5722

Highway 31, Coffee Creek bluffs road, improvement of 5722

Homemaker service, bureaucracy in delivery of, Q. 6072

Homemaker service, Cranbrook, cutback in, Q. 6072

Homemaker service, cutback in, Q. 6034

Hotel room tax, increase in 5688-9

Hotel room tax, increase in and Kootenay area tourist industry 5662, 5688-9

Hotel room tax, increase in and tour operators 5688

House prices, Vancouver, increase in 4381-2

Housing Corp. of B.C., re-establishment of, Q. 5321

Housing, Penticton, Nicholson Street development 5456

Housing starts, increase in 4381

Housing starts, 1970 to present 4381

Housing, Vancouver area, single-family lots, creation of 4380-1

Housing, Vancouver, lot prices, increase in 4381

Housing, young people, problem of home ownership 4381

Human Resources ministry, computer and consulting charges, 1980-81 appropriation, underexpenditure of 5996

Human Resources ministry, estimates 5959-60, 5996

Income Tax Amendment Act (1981) 5669, 5669-70, 5670-1, 5671

Income tax, surtax, effect of inflation on 5669, 5669-70, 5670-1

Income tax, surtax, limiting of to 1981 fiscal year 5671

Industry, high-technology industry for province 4578, 4801

Insurance Corp. of B.C. rates, increase in 4382

Insurance Corp. of B.C. rates, increase in for elderly 4381

Kaslo, pleasure boats, retail sales outlet 5688

Knapweed, control of 5722, 5723

Kutney, J.P., B.C. Science Council grant, investigation into, Q. 4761

Land bank, sale of, revenue realized 6480

Land titles system, computerization of 6424

Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 6292, 6292-3

Legislature, night sittings 4714

Levett, Gordon, function of 4865

Levett, Gordon, payments to 4865

Levett, Gordon, qualifications of 4866

Levett Intercity Coach Sales Ltd. painting contract 4866

Logs, rotten-core, use of in oriented-strand board 4579-80

Lotteries advisory committee, establishment of 5317, 5318

Lottery Act, section 3, enactment of 5317

Lottery funds, distribution of 5317

Lottery grants, applications for, policy change 5317

Lumber-grading, use of microwaves 4801

Medical Services Plan Act (1981) 4919-20

Medical Services Plan agreement, changes in by order-incouncil 4920

Mentally handicapped, achievement centres, placement of productive workers 5960

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) , (1981) 6505, Mobile-home parks, sale of to owners 5457

Mobile-home parks, strata-title proposal for 5457

Mobile homes, moratorium on sale of, proposal for 5457

Mobile homes, Pitt Meadows cooperative, sale of to tenants 5456, 5457

Moose, Peace River area 6048

Motor Vehicle (All terrain) Amendment Act (1981) 6120

Motorcycles, use of on private land 6120

Municipal Affairs ministry, computer and consulting charges, increase in 5046

Municipal Affairs ministry, computer service program 5046

Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 4864-5, 4865, 4866, 4867, 5003-4, 5005, 5040, 5046

Natural gas, use as substitute for gasoline 4800

Northern Training Centre, Smithers, budget, scrutiny of 4382

Olma brothers, B.C. Hydro land purchase 4383

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd. annual report, appearance, content 4864-5, 4867

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd. buses, repainting of 4866, 4867

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., operating losses 4864

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., personnel, use of 4865

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd. supervisory staff, number of 4865

Parks, youth crew program, cancellation of 6292

Physicians, balance billing by 4920

Plywood, manufacture of in Kootenays area 4580

Police, task force on 5004

Policing costs to municipalities 5004

Princess Marguerite, holding tanks, installation of 4383

Provincial Debt Repayment Act 6480

Provincial emergency program 6047

Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 5317-8, 5321, 5380

Public service, employment in, residence requirement 5318

Public service, senior staff, retirements 4383

Pulp industry, Kootenay area, expansion in 4579, 4708

Redfish Creek property, acquisition of 6047

Reforestation, Arrow Lakes forest District 4707

Reforestation, Nelson forest District 4707

Reforestation, seedling production 4708

Reforestation, seedlings planted 4708

Research, high-technology, impact of on workforce 4801

Revenue, underestimation of 4753

Riverbank protection, program for 6047

Roads, rights-of-way, spraying of 5722, 5723-4, 5724

Sales tax, 1979 reduction in, permanency of 5765

Sales tax, problem of in Alberta border areas 5757

Salmo, alignment of Highway 5722

Salmo, flood problem 5722, 6047

Slocan Valley bus sytem 4864

Social assistance recipient, orthopedic shoes for, case cited 5959

Social assistance recipients, lump-sum maintenance payments 5959, 5960

Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1981) 5757-8, 5765-6

Sulphur dioxide spill, Tadanac spur 6046

Taghum bridge, alignment on south end 5721

Taghum, park, establishment of 6292-3

Teachers, pension fund, investment of 5657, 5658

Teachers' pensions, indexing of, limit on 5657, 5658

Television reception facilities, Nelson-Creston area 4800

Timber, utilization of 4707

Timber, utilization of, Kootenays 4708

Tordon 22K, use of 5722-3, 5724

Tourism ministry, computer and consulting appropriation, underspending of 5105

Tourism ministry, computer needs, use of microcomputer 5105

Tourism ministry, computer program 5105

Tourism ministry, estimates 5087, 5092, 5104-5, 5106

Tourism ministry, marketing services appropriation, underspending of 5087

Transit services, appropriation, expenditure of 5040

Transit, Vancouver light rapid transit system 4577

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 5721-3, 5723-4, 5724

Universities, Science and Communications ministry, computer and consulting charges 4828

Universities, Science and Communications ministry, estimates 4800-2, 4803, 4816, 4828

University Endowment Lands, improvements, payment for 5790

Valhalla Park Act (Bill M213) 1R, 6390

Valhalla wilderness area park, establishment of 6292

Verigin, J.J., trial of 6408-9

Vivisection, condition of animals, allegations re 4801, 4803

Vivisection, recommendation of select standing committee on, proposal for 4802

Vivisection, standards, implementation of 4801-2

Vivisection, standards, inspecting agencies 4801

Washington, Highway 31, improvements to 5721-2

Water improvement districts, aid to 5003-4, 5005

Water improvement districts, appropriation for 5005

Water supply, chlorination of 5005

Withdrawal from chamber ordered 5016

Nicomekl River, B.C.

Crossing, financial assistance for (Vander Zalm) 4325

Nielsen, Hon. James A., Minister of Health (Richmond)

Acupuncture clinics 6216

Acupuncture treatments, Medical Services Plan coverage for 6197, 6216

Acupuncturists, qualifications of 6216

Adolescents, disturbed, facilities for 6123

Adolescents, disturbed, placing of in Riverview Hospital 6148

Adolescents, psychiatric treatment for 6148

Alcohol abuse, treatment facilities, Williams Lake 6201

Alcohol and Drug Commission, work of, emphasis on alcohol problems 6201

Alcoholism, problem of 6201

Alcoholism, problem of, neglect of in past 6201

Behaviour modification, use of for prevention and treatment of illness 6153

Brannan Lake Residential Treatment Centre, use of for intermediate care 6223

B, C. Association for the Mentally Retarded, brief to cabinet 6196

B.C. Medical Association, accusation of having been “double-crossed” 4925

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. and Kaiser Resources Ltd., report on 4235

Cancer, therapies in treatment of, review process for 6197

Cassiar, first-aid station 6151

Central Vancouver Island Health Unit, staff positions, filling of 6196

Chase, diagnostic and treatment centre 6222

Children, adolescents, disturbed, treatment for 6123, 6148-9

Children, adolescents in child-care resource, psychiatric treatment for 6520

Children, disturbed, Human Resources ministry responsibility for 6149

Children, hospitalized, care-by-parent facilities 6154

Children, problem children, residential facilities for 6123-4

Children, problem children, tribute to parents of 6123

Children, responsibility for, transfer of to Health ministry 6151

Children, severely disabled, review of services to, recommendations 6194

Children's-Grace hospital complex, opening of 6123

Chiropractic patients close to Yukon border, coverage for 6217

Chiropractic services, exclusion from federal-provincial cost-sharing 6219

Chiropractic treatment, coverage or 6216, 6219

Chiropractors, fee schedule, increase in 6219

Company Amendment Act, 1981 (Bill 3) 1R, 4279

Constitution, amending of 4344-5

Constitution, amending of, formula for 4342-3, 4343, 4344, 4345

Constitution, amending of, Victoria charter 4344

Constitution, patriation and amending of (Motion 1) 4342-6

Constitution, patriation and amending of, September 1980 conference, confidential federal paper on 4343

Constitution, patriation and amending of, September 1980 conference on, failure of 4344

Constitution, patriation of 4344

Credit Union Amendment Act, 1981 (Bill 4) 1R, 4377

Dease Lake, health facility 6151-2

Dental Care Plan of B.C., establishment of 6124

Dental service, preventive 6124

Detoxification centre, Vancouver, construction standards, A. 6584, A. 6584-5

Detoxification centre, Vancouver, faulty construction and use for overnight treatment, A. 6511

Detoxification centre, Vancouver, purpose of, A. 6584

Disabled children, Health ministry responsibility for 6194

Disabled, facilities for, increase in 6123

Disabled, prosthetic and orthotic devices, coverage for 6209

Disabled, prosthetic and orthotic devices, provincial responsibility for federal service 6215

Drunken driving, penalties for, increase in severity of 6207-8

Drunkenness in public, Williams Lake, number of charges for 6201

Emergency Health Services Commission, annual report 6312

Emotional stress, increase in due to negative attitudes and motivation 6159-60

Emotional stress, relation of to physical ailments 6159-60

Extended-care patients denied care, avenue of appeal for, A. 6033

Extended-care patients, rights of 6224

Extendicare Ltd., management of facilities in province 6135

Extendicare Ltd., operations of 6135

Eyeglasses, children's, financial hardship to families in supplying 6209

Gillain Manor, alcoholism treatment program, support for 6194

Gillain Manor, use as intermediate-care facility 6194

Government aircraft, use of (Barber) 6163-4 (Barrett) 4527 (Hewitt) 6167

Health care, complaints re, investigation of 6122

Health care, delivery of, assessment of priorities in 6128-9

Health-care system, role of private organizations in 6135, 6136

Health ministry, administration of 6121

Health ministry, costs, forecasts of 6121

Health ministry, estimates 6121-4, 6128-9, 6135-6, 6140, 6143-4, 6144-5, 6145, 6146, 6148-9, 6150-1, 6151-2, 6153-4, 6159-61, 6167-8, 6171, 6172, 6194, 6196, 6201-2, 6204-5, 6207-8, 6209-10, 6215, 6216, 6216-7, 6217, 6219, 6220, 6220-1, 6221-2, 6222, 6223, 6224, 6225-6, 6227

Health ministry, expenditures, accountability for 6121

Health ministry, management of, study of 6121

Health ministry, medical advisory committee, function and purpose of 6122

Health ministry, nutrition and health education program 6151

Health ministry, reorganization of 6121

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, emergency facilities, use of 6140

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, staff, facilities, tribute to 6140

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, use of 6140

Homemaker service, alleged cutback in, A. 6033

Homemaker service, appropriation for, increase in 6033, 6034

Homemaker service, bureaucracy in delivery of, A. 6072

Homemaker service, Campbell River, cutbacks in and assessment of recipients, A. 6099

Homemaker service, Cranbrook, cutback in, A. 6072

Homemaker service, cutbacks in, prior consultation with ministry 6161

Homemaker service, Dawson Creek, cutback in, A. 6072

Homemaker service, decrease in number of hours and reallocation of hours saved 6143, 6144, 6145

Homemaker service, hours provided, number of hours 6120

Homemaker service, modifications on a case basis 6071, 6071-2

Homemaker service, Prince Rupert, cutback in and adequacy of care, A. 6097-8, 6098

Homemaker service, prohibited activities, A. 6034

Homemaker service recipients, assistance to from other soures 6072

Homemaker service recipients, distress of due to information re cutbacks 6161

Homemaker service recipients, increase in number of 6033

Homemaker service recipients, new recipients 6098

Homemaker service recipients, number of 6122

Homemaker service recipients, reassessment of 6034, 6097-8, 6161

Homemaker service, Revelstoke, abolition of 6171

Homemaker service, Smithers, funds for, A. 6072

Homemaker service, Vancouver, cutbacks in, A. 6071

Homemaker service, Victoria, need for 6144

Hospital beds, shortage of 6129, 6160

Hospital beds, wards, closing of over weekends 6146

Hospital boards, concept of, role of 6143

Hospital boards, make-up of 6143

Hospital costs, five-year plan for 6122

Hospital resources, efficient use of 6160

Hospitals, acute-care beds, renovations to or replacement of 6122, 6123

Hospitals, acute-care, costs per patient-day 6123

Hospitals, acute-care, use of facilities 6123

Hospitals, appropriation for, increase in 6129

Hospitals, construction of, appropriation for 6123

Hospitals, long-term care patients in acute-care beds 6161

Hospitals, nursing staff, retention of 6146

Hospitals, role study of 6129

Hospitals, Vancouver, admittance of Richmond patient, case cited 5605-6

Hospitals, Vancouver, emergency-ward situation, A. 5572, A. 5605-6

Hospitals, Victoria, bed shortage, action on, A. 5405, A. 5407

Hospitals, Victoria, bed shortage, meetings re 5405, 5407, 6144

Hospitals, Victoria, funding problems 6144

Hospitals, Victoria, planning for care of elderly 6144

Hospitals, Victoria, study on bed utilization, recommendations 6144

Hospitals, Victoria, waiting lists for admission 6143-4

Hospitals, waiting lists, action on, A. 5406

Illness, out-of-province treatment 6197

Infant development program, success of 6151

Infant development program, tribute to employees 6151

Interferon, development program in province 6197

Intermediate-care beds, new beds 6122-3

Intermediate-care beds under construction, Victoria 5407

Intermediate-care facilities, construction of 6144, 6161

Intermediate-care facilities, need for 6129

Intermediate-care facilities, operation of, regulations re 6136

Intermediate-care facilities, privately owned, application of licensing standards to 6135

Intermediate-care facilities, privately owned, care standards in 6135-6

Intermediate-care facilities, privately owned, enforcement of regulations in 6135-6

Intermediate-care facilities, privately owned, prior notice re closing of 6136

Intermediate-care facilities, privately owned, role of 6135, 6136

Interministerial Children's Committee, review of services to severely disabled children, A. 5429, 6194

Kaiser Resources Ltd., insider trading, possible court action re, A. 4279-80

Langley Lodge, inspection of, action on recommendations 6224

Langley Memorial Hospital, long-term care patients in acute-care beds 6161

Leukemia, Salmon Arm area, incidence of and radiation levels 6222

Life Centred Learning Hospice, Calgary, use of facilities 6148

Long-term care beds under construction 6144

Long-term care beds under construction, Victoria 5407

Long-term care facilities, number of patients 6122

Long-term care facilities, upgrading fire safety in 6202

Long-term care hospital, Burnaby, TV reception, improvement in 6146

Long-term care hospitals, fire safety standards 6202

Long-term care program 6202

Long-term care staff, training of 6224

Mandeville, Alex, meetings with 4925 (Hall) 4918

The Maples, administration of, problems 6148

The Maples, new beds 6123, 6148

The Maples, psychiatrists, problem re administration of facility 6148

Measles vaccine, immunization program 6124, 6217

Medical advisory committee, nurses' representation on 6122

Medical care, new techniques, treatments, cost of 6123

Medical records, access to 6222

Medical records, Ontario royal commission on privacy of 6221-2

Medical records, privacy of 6221-2

Medical Services Commission, negotiations with physicians 4911, 4926, 4930

Medical Services Plan Act, 1981 (Bill 16) 1R, 4861; 4909-12, 4925-6, 4929-30, 4972-4

Medical Services Plan Act, 1981, timing of 4926

Medical Services Plan Act, 1981, violations of, provision for action on 4911

Medical Services Plan agreement, arbitration provision 4911, 4926, 4929-30, 4972-4

Medical Services Plan agreement, balance-billing clause 4910-1, 4925

Medical Services Plan agreement, extension of 4911

Medical Services Plan agreement, physicians' right to opt out 4911

Medical Services Plan, fee schedule 4910, 4911, 4926, 4930

Medical Services Plan, fee schedule, negotiating teams 4909-10

Mental institutions, director's powers re treatment for patients 6519

Mielke, Richard, home-care service for 6219

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) , (1981) 6312

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) , (1981) 6519, 6520

Mount Paul Private Hospital, purchase of 6135

Mumps vaccine, availability of 6124, 6217

Nass Valley residents, monitoring of for heavy-metal accumulation 6217

Nuclear medicine, mobile unit 6123

Nurses, refresher courses for 6219

Nurses, training of 6219

Nurses, turnover of 6219

Nurses, working hours, flexibility in 6219

Nursing class, B.C. Institute of Technology, cut in number of students 6219

Oak Bay Lodge, completion of 6143

Oak Bay Lodge, renovations, speeding up of, A. 5405, 5407

Optometry school, need for 6220

Pacifica Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centre, new quarters, rental payments 6194

Peace Arch District Hospital, long-term care patients in acute-care beds 6161

Pentland, J.A., Ltd., training of employees 6209

Physicians, April 4 meeting of 4973, 4974

Physicians, balance billing by 4909, 4912, 4925

Physicians, balance billing by, federal position on 4909

Physicians, balance billing by, prohibition of 4911, 4925

Physicians, northern B.C., problem of 6152

Polychlorinated biphenyl in hospital electrical equipment, A. 4738, A. 4757-8, A. 4760, A. 4991

Polychlorinated biphenyl in hospital transformers, replacement of, A. 4760

Polychlorinated biphenyl in Vancouver General Hospital transformers, replacement of, A. 4759

Pregnancy, teen-age, health care 6150, 6151

Preventive medicine, importance of 6161

Prosthetic and orthotic devices, training in production of 6209

Public health inspectors, duties, review of 6196, 6216

Public health nurse for Cassiar 6217

Public health nurses 6124

Public health personnel, increase in number of staff positions 6216

Public health staff, need for 6128

Public health staff, paperwork, reduction in 6128, 6196

Public service, staff-training films, production of, A. 5180

Rubella vaccine, immunization program 6124, 6217

Skeenaview Lodge land, use of 6220

Skeenaview Lodge, phasing out of 6220

Stroke Association of B.C., grant to 6225, 6227

Stroke clubs, funding for 6225-6

Surgery, elective, waiting period, waiting lists for 6160

Surgery, hospital facilities for, efficient use of 6160

Surrey Memorial Hospital, abortion issue 6143

Tibbles, Gordon, behaviour problems due to possible brain damage 6219

Travel expenses, increase in, A. 6072 (Howard) Q. 6072

Urea formaldehyde, use in wallboard in portable classrooms 6205

Urea formaldehyde, use of as home insulation, testing for hazardous conditions 6204-5

Valleyview Hospital residents, care for in local facilities 6201

Valleyview Hospital residents, reduction in number of 6201

Vancouver General Hospital, psychiatric unit for disturbed 6148

Victoria General Hospital, long-term care patients in acute-care beds 6161

Vital Statistics Act, amending of 6222

Water, radiation levels, discontinuance of testing for 6222

Water, radiation levels, use of prospectors' device for testing 6223

Windermere Central Park Lodge employees, payment of, A. 5507

Youth, alcohol and drug abuse problem 6151

Nielson, W.A.W.

Mentioned: (Hyndman) 5414

Niemoller, Martin

Mentioned: (Stupich) 4971

Nimsick, Leo T.

Mentioned: (Fraser) 5549 (Kempf) 5543 (McClelland) 5552, 5553 (Waterland) 5549

1967 Barclay Street Ltd.

Apartment tenants, eviction notices to (Lauk) Q. 6133 (Hyndman) A. 6473

Apartment tenants, protection of, action on (Lauk) Q. 6134 (Hyndman) A. 6134, A. 6473

Nippon Kokan Kaisha

Mentioned: (Lauk) 5877

Nishga Indian band

Amax of Canada Ltd. meeting re disposal of material, attendance at (Passarell) Q. 5034 (McClelland) A. 5034

Land claims, commitments re (Passarell) 6593

Protection of under Human Rights Code (Passarell) 6433

Nishga School District

See: School District 92

Nishga Tribal Council

Amax Inc., stockholders' meeting, attendance at (Passarell) 5505

Nixon, Garry Brian

The 1200 Days: A Shattered Dream mentioned (Fraser) 5522, 5549, 5551 (Gabelmann) 5525

Nixon, Richard M.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 5763

Nixon, Robert

Mentioned: (Waterland) 4682

Noble, John

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 5891

Non-Partisan Association

Mentioned: (Barnes) 5402, 5440, 5442, 5458

Nootka Court, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5238

Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Skelly) 5550

Noranda Mines Ltd.

B.C. Forest Products Ltd. share holdings, sale of (Barber) Q. 5099 (Waterland) A. 5099

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. shares, purchase of (Barber) 4726, 4727 (Hon. member) 4726 (Howard) 4725, 4726, 4729 (King) 4731, 4731-2, 4747 (Waterland) 4725, 4727, 4729, 4731

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. shares, purchase of, government policy on (Barber) Q. 5099 (Waterland) A. 5099

Mentioned: (Barrett) 6554 (Fraser) 5520 (Howard) 4744 (King) 4695 (Waterland) 4695

Norberg, Reg

Green Valley Estates Ltd. land, removal of from ALR (Wallace) Q. 5846

Norris, M.C.

Quoted (Hyndman) 4294

Mentioned: (Howard) 4564, 4565; 4625 (Macdonald) 5869

Norris, Thomas Grantham

Commission on redistribution, appointments to (King) 6350

Commission on redistribution, investigation into, possible need for (Kempf) 6348

Tribute to (King) 6350

North Cowichan Regional District

Zoning, problems with (Rogers) 6016 (Wallace) 6014

North Island College, Campbell River, B.C.

Enrolment figures, accuracy of (Sanford) 5616

Staff, negotiation of salaries, working conditions (Sanford) 5616

Students, failure of to complete courses (Sanford) 5616

North Island Gazette, Port Hardy, B.C.

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 6036

North Island Princess (Vessel)

Mentioned: (Fraser) 5813

North Thompson River, B.C.

Second crossing, need for (Richmond) 6582

North Thompson School District

See: School District 26

North Vancouver, B.C.

Lonsdale Quay (Phillips) 4611

Premier Street landfill (Skelly) 6009, 6067

Seymour River, Bailey bridge (Gabelmann) 5714

Seymour River bridge, access to residential land (Davis) 5709

Seymour River bridge, construction of (Davis) 5709 (Fraser) 5712

North Vancouver School District

See: School District 44

North West College, Terrace, B.C.

Mentioned: (Howard) 6293

Northeast coal

See entries under Coal

Northeast Coal Development Fund

Mentioned: (Stupich) 6103

Northern Interior Health Unit

Mentioned: (Strachan) 4473

Northern Interior Lumber Sector

Mentioned: (Hanson) 6282

Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek, B.C.

Additional facilities for (Brummet) 4627-8

Mentioned: (Lauk) 5654 (McClelland) 6013

Northern Training Centre, Smithers, B.C.

Budget, scrutiny of (Nicolson) 4382

Northland Agency

Mentioned: (Lauk) 5654

Northland Navigation Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 4446, 5699

Northwest Territories

Mining ore, shipping via Liard Highway, proposal for (Brummet) 5886

NorthwesTel

Mentioned: (Passarell) 6284

Northwood Properties Ltd.

Mentioned: (Waterland) 4727

Northwood Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Howard) 4729 (King) 4731

Notaries

Board of examiners for, appointment of (Cocke) 6462-3 (Williams) 6463

Notarial districts, establishment of (Williams) 6458

Notaries Act. See name of act

Number of, fixing of (Brown) 6462 (Cocke) 6462 (Hall) 6459 (Williams) 6458, 6462

Number of, increase in based on establishing need for (Williams) 6458, 6461

Number of, increase in by order-in-council (Wallace) 6461

Real estate transactions, involvement in (Cocke) 6460

Special fund, proposal for increase in (Ree) 6459

Notaries Act

(Bill 28) (Attorney-General) 1R, 6353; 2R, 6458-61, 6461-3; 3R, 6463; RA, 6605

Speakers: Brown 6460, 6461, 6462; Cocke 6459-60, 6462, 6463; Hall 6459; Howard 6458-9; Leggatt 6462; Ree 6459; Wallace 6460, 6461; Williams 6458, 6460-1, 6461, 6461-2, 6462, 6463

Background of bill (Ree) 6459 (Williams) 6458

Board of examiners, appointment of (Cocke) 6462-3 (Williams) 6463

New areas, areas of rapid growth, provision for notaries in (Brown) 6460, 6461 (Cocke) 6459, 6460 (Howard) 6458-9 (Wallace) 6460 (Williams) 6461, 6461-2

Notarial districts, establishment of (Williams) 6458

Notaries, number of, fixing of (Brown) 6462 (Cocke) 6462 (Hall) 6459 (Williams) 6458, 6462

Notaries, number of, increase in based on establishing need for (Williams) 6458, 6461

Notaries, number of, increase in by order-in-council (Wallace) 6461

Notaries, number of, increase in by regulation under act (Cocke) 6459 (Hall) 6459

Real estate transactions, involvement in (Cocke) 6460

Society of Notaries Public, lay representation on board, lack of provision for (Leggatt) 6462

Special fund, increase in, proposal for (Ree) 6459

Notley, Grant

Mentioned: (Hyndman) 4538, 4540 (Ritchie) 4575

Notre Dame University

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4816

Nuclear power

New Democratic Party policy on (Howard) 5577-8 (McClelland) 5575-6 (Vander Zalm) 5577

Skagit nuclear plant mentioned (Skelly) 6525

Nurses and nursing

B.C. Institute of Technology, nursing-class students, cut in number of (Cocke) 6156 (Lorimer) 6218, 6219 (Nielsen) 6219

Education of nurses (Brown) 5636

Home care, funds for early-release program (Cocke) 6199

Home-care service for terminally ill (Cocke) 6199

Hospitals, closing of beds during summer, lack of nurses (Cocke) 6156

Medical advisory committee, nurses' representation on (Nielsen) 6122

Practical nurses course (Mitchell) 4629

Refresher courses for nurses (Nielsen) 6219

Training of nurses (Nielsen) 6219

Training of nurses on part-time basis in downtown centre (Lorimer) 6218-9

Turnover of nurses (Nielsen) 6219

Working hours, flexibility in (Nielsen) 6219

Nursing homes

Intermediate-care beds, new beds (Nielsen) 6122-3

Intermediate-care facilities, construction of (Nielsen) 6144, 6161

Intermediate-care facilties, need for (Cocke) 6136 (Nielsen) 6129

Intermediate-care facility, Cranbrook (Segarty) 4599

Operation of, case cited (Mitchell) 4628

Operation of, strengthening of regulations (Nielsen) 6136

Privately owned facilities, care standards in (Nielsen) 6135-6

Privately owned facilities, closing of, prior notice re (Nielsen) 6136

Privately owned facilities, enforcement of regulations in (Dailly) 6130 (Nielsen) 6135-6

Privately owned facilities, licensing standards, application of (Nielsen) 6135

Privately owned facilities, patients' feeling of insecurity (Dailly) 6130-1

Privately owned facilities, profit-making philosophy, effect of (Dailly) 6130, 6131

Privately owned facilities, purchase of by government (Dailly) 6130

Privately owned facilities, role of (Nielsen) 6135, 6136

Privately owned facilities, sale of (Cocke) 6136

Victoria, intermediate-care beds under construction (Nielsen) 5407

Nusatsum River, B.C.

House built on river fan, flood danger (Rogers) 6018

Nutrition

Health ministry, nutrition and health education program (Nielsen) 6151

Nystrom, Lorne

Letter quoted (Bennett) 6553

Quoted (Gardom) 4655 (Hyndman) 4362 (Smith) 4348

Mentioned: (Gardom) 4656 (Leggatt) 4373 (Ritchie) 4575