Province of British Columbia
32nd Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
November 23, 1981 to October 7, 1982
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
ABCS
See: Artists in B.C. Schools program
AHOP
See: Assisted home-ownership program
ALDA
See: Agricultural Land Development Act
ARA
See: Automotive Retailers Association
ARDSA
See: Agricultural and rural development subsidiary agreement
ASEP
See: Assistance to small enterprise program
ALICE
See: Association of University and College Employees
Abbotsford School District
See: School District 34
Abduction
Child abduction, number of cases (Williams) 7825
Child abduction within Canada, problem of (Brown) 7826
Hague convention on civil aspects of child abduction (Williams) 7825
Abercrombie, Robin
Qualifications of for Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline review (Smith) 9491
Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline, review of proposals for (D’Arcy) 9491 (Smith) 9491
Aberhart, William
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 8679
Abraham and Hawtrey's Parliamentary Dictionary
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 8029
Absenteeism (Labour)
Absenteeism and competitiveness of industry (McGeer) 8830
MLAs' obligations re setting example (McGeer) 8831
Problem of (King) 8831
Accidents, Road
See: Traffic accidents
Acclimatization Society
Mentioned: (Rogers) 8527
Acid rain
See: Air-Pollution
Action Canada
Mentioned: (Barrett) 9440
Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron
Quoted (Brown) 9196
Adams, David
Mentioned: (Howard) 7974
Adams, Kathi
Mentioned: (Smith) 8048
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne (Moved) Ritchie 6621-4; seconded Segarty 6624-7; approved 6769. Amdt: (Lea) 6639; negatived 6696
Speakers: Barnes 6757-62; Bennett 6762-9; Brown 6713-7; Brummet 6667-8, 6672-4; Cocke 6647-50; Dailly 6679-82; Davis 6676-9; Gabelmann 6639-43; Hall 6674-6; Hanson 6689-91; Hewitt 6707-8, 6711-3; Hyndman 6687-9; Kempf 6701-3; King 6722-6; Lauk 6751-4; Lea 6632-9; Levi 6659-62; Lockstead 6729-32; Lorimer 6741-4; McCarthy 6718-22; McClelland 6732-5; Macdonald 6697-6701; McGeer 6691-6, 6754-7; Mitchell 6684-7; Mussallem 6726-9; Nicolson 6654-7; Passarell 6664-7; Phillips 6643-7; Richmond 6662-4; Ritchie 6682-4; Sanford 6735-8; Smith 6738-41; Strachan 6650-4; Stupich 6703-7; Waterland 6744-5, 6750-1; Wolfe 6657-9
Administration Act
Mentioned: (Williams) 8407
Administrative remedies
Commercial Appeals Commission Act. See name of act
Courts, appeals to in past (Hyndman) 9273
Courts, hearing of appeals by (Williams) 9278
The Advocate
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 9120
Aerial photography
See: Photography, Aerial
Aerial tramways
Number of, inspection of (Fraser) 8440
Afton Mines Ltd.
Kamloops, inclusion within boundaries of (Barber) 8139-40
Mentioned: (Richmond) 9410 (Strachan) 7159
Agassiz-Harrison School District
See: School District 76
Aged
Bus passes (McCarthy) 8223
Bus passes, appropriation for (Brown) 7102
Bus passes, free passes, proposal for (Brown) 7102
Bus passes, increase in cost of (Brown) 6713, 6782, 7006 (McCarthy) 6718
Conference on aging, task force for (Throne speech) 6612
Costs, increase in for elderly (Brown) 7101
Counsellors for elderly, development of program (McCarthy) 8223
Day centres for, appropriation, decrease in (Brown) 7102
Emigration of elderly from province (Brown) 6717, 6782
Information service for (McCarthy) 6718, 8223 (Segarty) 6625 (Throne speech) 6612
Programs for elderly (McCarthy) 8222-3
Revelstoke senior citizens' group, grant request (King) 9232
Services to (Brummet) 6667 (McCarthy) 6718-9
Aged-Housing
Appropriation for, increase in (Chabot) 8671
Burnaby-Edmonds constituency, waiting-list for housing (Brown) 6713
Construction of, decline in number of units (Gabelmann) 8668, 8669
Construction program (McCarthy) 6718
Crown land, release of for housing (Barber) 6856
Expenditures on by former government (Nicolson) 6655
Funds for (Gabelmann) 6641, 6840 (Jordan) 6824
Langford housing development (Mitchell) 7010
Omineca constituency, construction of housing (Kempf) 8604
Programs for (McCarthy) 6718
Projects (Brummet) 9269
Units in design, planning and approved stage, number of (Chabot) 8671
Waiting-list for, increase in (Brown) 8669
See also: Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters
Agnew, John
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 8659
Agricultural and Rural Development (BC) Act
Agreement with federal government (Hewitt) 7794 (Wallace) 7794
Limit on provincial expenditures, removal of (Hewitt) 7794 (Wallace) 7793-4
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7699
Agricultural credit
Agricultural Credit Fund (Wallace) 7038, 8003
Agricultural credit program, loans guaranteed (Hewitt) 7763
Asparagus production incentive program (Hewitt) 7763
Grapevine assistance program (Hewitt) 7763
Interest reimbursement program (Wallace) 7766
Interest reimbursement program, interest rate (Hewitt) 7768 (Wallace) 7766-7
Interest reimbursement program, payments, decline in with rise in interest rate (Wallace) 7766, 7916
Interest reimbursement program, payments to farmers in 1981 (Hewitt) 7762-3
Interest reimbursement program, rebate to 9 percent, cost of (Hewitt) 7917 (Wallace) 7916
Interest reimbursement program, rebate to 9 percent, proposal for (Hewitt) 7917 (Wallace) 7916
Rain-damage crop program, 1981, assistance to south coastal area farmers (Hewitt) 7763
Agricultural Credit Act
Agricultural Land Development Act, inclusion of (Hewitt) 7699, 7794
Expansion of number of items covered under act (Hewitt) 7794 (Wallace) 7794
Funds paid out improperly, recovery of (Hewitt) 7795 (Wallace) 7795
Loan defaults, liens against property for (Hewitt) 7795 (Wallace) 7795
Loans, changes in (Hewitt) 7794
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7699
Agricultural Credit Fund
Mentioned: (Wallace) 7038, 8003
Agricultural education
Farmers, information to, methods used (Hewitt) 7763
Agricultural equipment
See: Farm equipment
Agricultural labourers
Farm labour, contracting for, problems re (Wallace) 8824
Farm labour contractors, possible elimination of (Sanford) 8797
Farm labour contractors, Workers' Compensation Board coverage for (Heinrich) 8800
Housing (Heinrich) 8800
Housing, guidelines for provision of (Sanford) 6918
Housing, inadequacy of (Sanford) 8797, 8800
Labour standards for (Barber) 6856 (Barnes) 6759-60 (Sanford) 6918
Living conditions, regulations re (Sanford) 8797 (Wallace) 9010
Minimum wage for (Sanford) 6918, 8797
Seasonal farmworkers, housing for, grant program (Hewitt) 7914 (Wallace) 7913
Transport of, charges laid (Heinrich) 8800 (Sanford) 8800
Transport of, inspection by Workers' Compensation Board (Heinrich) 8815, 8825
Transport of, inspection of vans (Sanford) 8800
Transport of, licensing of farm-labour contractors (Heinrich) 8654, 8799 (Sanford) 8800
Transport of, regulations for (Sanford) Q. 8654
Transport of, safe transport (Heinrich) 8799-8800 (Sanford) 8797 (Wallace) 8824
Workers' Compensation Board coverage for (Heinrich) A. 7293, A. 8654, 8800 (Sanford) 6918, Q. 7293, Q. 8654
Workplace, safety standards (Wallace) 8823-4
Agricultural land
See entries under Land
Agricultural Land Commission
Agricultural land reserve. See entries under Land
Appointments to under present government (Stupich) 7773
Independence, responsibilities of (Barber) 7269
Industrial land, commission's terms of reference re (Barrett) Q. 7191 (McClelland) A. 7191
Mandate of (Hewitt) 7776
Peace River, Site C dam, agricultural land and commission (Wallace) Q. 8917
Peace River, Site C dam hearings, intervention in (Wallace) Q. 8918 (Hewitt) A. 8918
Support for, government support (Macdonald) 7858
Work of commended (Hewitt) 7764, 7773 (Stupich) 7774
Mentioned: (Barber) 7269, 8095, 9070 (Hanson) 6828 (Hewitt) 7229, 7765 (Macdonald) 7858 (Mitchell) 8487 (Wallace) 7039
Agricultural Land Commission Act
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7253, 8918 (Macdonald) 7859, 7861 (Skelly) 8376
Agricultural Land Development Act
Commitments under act, source of funds for (Curtis) 8008 (Wallace) 8008
Contracts issued (Hewitt) 7763
Funds, interest on (Curtis) 8008 (Stupich) 8008
Inclusion under Agricultural Credit Act (Hewitt) 7699, 7794
Program (Hewitt) 7763
Program, funding for (Hewitt) 7917 (Wallace) 7038, 7916
Repayments, crediting of to fund (Curtis) 8008 (Stupich) 8008
Repeal of (Hewitt) 7699
Mentioned: (Wallace) 9032
Agricultural Land Development Fund
Mentioned: (Stupich) 8008 (Wallace) 8003
Agricultural land reserve
See entries under Land
Agricultural machinery
Bobcat skidders, sales tax exemption for (Hewitt) 6900 (Mitchell) 7266
Front-end loaders, sales tax exemption for (Curtis) 8001, 8146 (Mitchell) 8000 (Wallace) 8145, 8146
Insurance on farm vehicles (Hewitt) 7768
Natural gas, use as alternative fuel (Curtis) 7639, 7786 (Lea) 7633 (Wallace) 7634, 7785-6
Propane, use of (Lea) 7633
Propane, use of, tax on (Curtis) 7639
Sales tax exemptions, list of items exempted (Curtis) 8000, 8001
Sales tax exemptions, list of items exempted, additions to (Curtis) 7998 (Stupich) 7999
Sales tax exemptions, need for (Stupich) 7999
Agricultural produce
See: Farm produce
Agriculture
Farmers, fund for assistance to, proposal for (Ritchie) 7132
Government support for agricultural industry (Wallace) 6774
Grant programs (Vander Zalm) 7905-6
Industry, importance of (Hewitt) 7764 (Vander Zalm) 7906 (Wallace) 7765
Industry, improvements in (Hewitt) 6897
Industry, problems during past year (Hewitt) 7762 (Wallace) 7765
Industry, provision of expertise to (Vander Zalm) 7906
Industry, viability of, commitment re (Wallace) 7765, 7766, 7771
Job creation in agriculture and viability of industry (Wallace) 7916
Jobs in agriculture, multiplier effect (Wallace) 7039
Peace River area, use of compensation funds for Site C dam (Hewitt) 7914
Special funds, dissolving of (Wallace) 8003
Special funds, establishment of and commitment re (Wallace) 8003
Subsidy programs (Hewitt) 7768
Agriculture and Food, Ministry of
Estimates 7762-81, 7856-63, 7879-88, 7891-9, 7904-22
Speakers: Barrett 7776-9, 7779, 7780, 7780-1; Brummet 7912-3; Dailly 7886-7, 7891, 7892; Hall 7879-82, 7883-5, 7911-2; Hewitt 7762-5, 7768-9, 7771-3, 7775-6, 7779, 7780, 7857-8, 7861-2, 7882-3, 7885-6, 7891-2, 7892, 7894, 7895, 7896-8, 7909-11, 7912, 7913, 7913-4, 7914, 7914-5, 7915, 7917, 7917-8, 7918, 7918-9, 7920; Kempf 7862-3, 7892-4, 7894; King 7917, 7918; Leggatt 7907-9; Lockstead 7899, 7904; Macdonald 7858-61; McGeer 7887-8; Mussallem 7899; Passarell 7906-7; Sanford 7898-9; Stupich 7773-5; Vander Zalm 7905-6; Wallace 7765-8, 7769-71, 7856-7, 7894-5, 7895-6, 7769-71, 7856-7, 7894-5, 7895-6, 7913, 7914, 7915, 7915-6, 7918, 7919-20, 7920-1, 7921
Annual report, availability of prior to debate on estimates (Wallace) 7918
Appropriation (Ritchie) 7017 (Wallace) 7765
Appropriation, reduction in (Stupich) 6882
Building occupancy charges, appropriation, increase in (Wallace) 7921
DATE program (Hewitt) 7918, 7920 (Wallace) 7918
Data-processing, appropriation, increase in (Wallace) 7921
Employees, directions to re public statements (Wallace) Q. 7292
Fees, increase in (Hewitt) 7920 (Wallace) 7919
Field staff, shortage of (Wallace) 7767
Food services (Hewitt) 7763, 7910
Minister's office, appropriation, reduction in (Wallace) 7920-1
Minister's office, overrun (Wallace) 6959
Ministry operations, appropriation, reduction in (Wallace) 7921
Peace River fair, Agriculture and Food ministry representation at (Wallace) 7767
Professional and special services, appropriation, increase in (Wallace) 7921
Specialists, competence of commended (Hewitt) 7764-5
Staff, supervisory staff, number of (Wallace) 7767
Travel, appropriation, increase in (Wallace) 7921
Agriculture and Food Statutes Amendment Act, 1982
(Bill 31) (Minister of Agriculture and Food) 1R, 7313; 2R, 7699; C, 7793-6; 3R, 7796; RA, 8037
Speakers: Hewitt 7699, 7794, 7794-5, 7795; Wallace 7793-4, 7794, 7795, 7796
Divisions: C, 7795
Agricultural and Rural Development (BC) Act, agreement with federal government (Hewitt) 7794 (Wallace) 7794
Agricultural and Rural Development (BC) Act, removal of limit on expenditures (Hewitt) 7794 (Wallace) 7793-4
Agricultural Credit Act, expansion of number of items covered under act (Hewitt) 7794 (Wallace) 7794
Agricultural Credit Act, liens against property for default on loans (Hewitt) 7795 (Wallace) 7795
Agricultural Credit Act loans, changes in (Hewitt) 7794
Agricultural Credit Act, recovery of funds paid out improperly (Hewitt) 7795 (Wallace) 7795
Agricultural Land Development Act program, inclusion under Agricultural Credit Act (Hewitt) 7699, 7794
Agricultural Land Development Act, repeal of (Hewitt) 7699
Agriculture and rural development subsidiary agreement
Expenditures (Hewitt) 7763
Extension of (Hewitt) 7768, 7771, 7917 (Wallace) 7767-8, 7769, 7916
Otter Creek, flooding problems, funds for (Hewitt) 7918 (King) 7918
Program, federal funds (Wallace) 7767, 7916
Projects assisted (Hewitt) 7763
Agri-facts
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7768
Aho, Alan
Tribute to (King) 8559
Ahrens, Robert
Mentioned: (Chabot) 8522 (King) 8523
Aid to developing countries
See: Underdeveloped areas, Aid to
Aikman, Harvey
Land in Millstream Road extension area, problem re (Mitchell) 8486-7, 8496
Air-Pollution
Acid rain, publications on (Rogers) 8550 (Wallace) 8549
Acid rain studies (Rogers) 8550 (Wallace) 8549
Air B.C. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 6791 (King) 6725
Air butane
Cost of on Vancouver Island (Hanson) 7127, 7743-4, 7751, 8755
Air Canada
Aircraft, Government
See: Government aircraft
Airlines
Air service, Victoria-Vancouver, NDP proposal for (Jordan) 7875
Routes, consultation re (Fraser) 8464
Routes, decisions on, impact of on B.C. (Davis) 8462-3
Airplane ambulances
Air ambulance flights, patients carried, number of (Fraser) 9028
Air ambulance program commended (Fraser) 9028 (Passarell) 8444
Air ambulance program, cost of (Fraser) 9028
Air ambulance program, success of (Passarell) 9013
Medical services, standard of and air ambulance flights (Fraser) 8447
Airplanes
Fuel depots on coast, lack of (Lockstead) 6732
Airport assistance program
See: Local airport assistance program
Airports
STOL airport, Victoria (Fraser) 8448 (Passarell) 8444
STOL airport, Victoria, study of (Fraser) 8497 (Lockstead) 8496
Shuswap-Revelstoke constituency, airport services, problem of (King) 8464-5
AirSpace
Mentioned: (Wallace) 9101
Alaska
Dease Lake railway connection, funding for (Passarell) 7417
Alaska Highway
See: Highway 97
Alberni constituency
Nitinat Indian reserve, transfer of to constituency (Wallace) 9226
Alberni District Teachers Association
Mentioned: (Skelly) 7264
Alberni School District
See: School District 70
Alberta
Deficit, operating deficit (Curtis) 7491
Heritage fund (Curtis) 9386 (Kempf) 9356 (Leggatt) 9355, 9399 (Schroeder) 9364 (Stupich) 9388
Small business assistance program (Schroeder) 9364
Treasury bills issued (Curtis) 9385, 9386, 9605
Treasury bills process, use of (Curtis) 9605
Alberta Children's Provincial General Hospital, Calgary, Alta.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 8933
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 7082
AlCan pipeline project
Native rights, funds for, use of (Brummet) 8546
Postponement of (Brummet) 7400
Alcohol and Drug Commission
Abolition of (Barber) 7268
Appropriation, decrease in (Cocke) 9096
Mentioned: (Barber) 7269, 7511, 8086 (Levi) 9007 (Nielsen) 9008
Alcoholism
Comox constituency, problem in (Ritchie) 6683
Courtenay treatment centres, closing of (Sanford) 6916
Drug and alcohol program in colleges, abolition of (Lockstead) 7065
Local organizations for treatment of, takeover of (Cocke) 7148
Treatment programs, ministerial responsibility for (McCarthy) 8284
Treatment, resources for (Gabelmann) 7094
Alert Bay, B.C.
Hospital, effect of restraint program on (Gabelmann) 7094
Alexander, Daniel Robert
Retirement of (Barrett) 7049 (Curtis) 7049 (Wolfe) 7049
Alice Arm, B.C.
Surface water management in area, study of (Passarell) 6927
Allen, Carol
Quoted (Chabot) 8599
Allende, Salvador
Mentioned: (Howard) 7255
Alliance to Save Health Care in B.C.
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 8948
Allied Van Lines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 8486
Allmand, Warren
Mentioned: (Williams) 8746
Alma Homes Ltd.
Denison Mines Ltd. contract (Leggatt) Q. 8953 (Heinrich) A. 8953-4
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 9032
Alouette River unit
Contribution to local community (Williams) 8360
Inmates' work for city of Maple Ridge (Williams) 8360
Mentioned: (Williams) 8360, 8396
Alsands project
Cancellation of (Brummet) 7400 (Richmond) 7440
Cost of (McGeer) 7637
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Kemano II. See entries under name of project
Kitimat operation, location and low-cost power (D’Arcy) 7120
Manitoba project, cancellation of (Bennett) 8419-20 (Mitchell) 9340 (Phillips) 8626
Water licence, powers under (Howard) 9283-4
Mentioned: (Davis) 7125 (Kempf) 6702 (Nicolson) 7236
Amalgamated Construction Association of B.C.
Mentioned: (Hyndman) 6914
Amalgamated Transit Union
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 8794
Amax of Canada Ltd.
Mine tailings, disposal of, inquiries into (Passarell) 6927, 7836 (McClelland) 7836
Problems in Alice Arm area, solving of (Passarell) 7836
Mentioned: (Passarell) 6665 (Phillips) 6815 (Skelly) 8369, 8372
Ambulances, Air
See: Airplane ambulances
American Gas Association
Mentioned: (McGeer) 7636
Amnesty International
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 9477 (Jordan) 9481
Amstel Brewery Holdings Ltd.
Mentioned: (Levi) 7647
Anderson, F.J. (Jim)
Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., takeover of, role in (Macdonald) 7082-5, 8808-9
Land on Highway 17, ownership of (Macdonald) 7083
Social Credit Party, relationship to (Macdonald) 7082
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 6964, 6965, 7025, 7084, 7712, 7837, 7858, 7861, 8761, 8811, 9467, 9614
Anderson, James
Mentioned: (Gardom) 9114
Ando, Mark
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 8314
Andras, Robert
Mentioned: (King) 7489 (Nicolson) 7438
Angling
See: Fishing
Angus, H.F.
Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts, 1966. See name of commission
Animals, Treatment of
Public involvement in and influence on decisions re traps, control program (Brummet) 8545-6
Annacis Island, B.C.
Fraser River bridge. See entries under Fraser River, B.C.
Anthes Equipment Ltd.
Bentall accident, widows' suit and Workers' Compensation Board pensions (Sanford) Q. 7394, Q. 7395 (Heinrich) A. 7394-5, A. 7395
Anthony Island Provincial Park, B.C.
Declaration of as world heritage site (Throne speech) 6613
Anti-Inflation Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Hall) 7382
Apex ski resort
Development of (Jordan) 6826
Appeals, Administrative
See: Administrative remedies
Appellate courts
Court of Appeal Act. See name of act
Court of Appeal appeals, hearing of by Supreme Court of Canada, proposal for (Leggatt) 7679, 7681 (Williams) 7681
Apple juice
Argentina shipment and compliance with sanctions (Barrett) Q. 7113 (Hewitt) A. 7113 (Hyndman) A. 7113
Apprentices
Apprenticeship opportunities, criticisms of (Segarty) 6625
Apprenticeship program funds, transfer of (Sanford) 8581
Apprenticeship training (Bennett) 6768 (Mitchell) 7010 (Segarty) 6625
Government, apprentices, number of (Sanford) 8826
Number of, increase in (Segarty) 6625, 6906
Port Alberni apprentices laid off (Skelly) 7263
Small business sector, apprenticeship training (Bennett) 6768 (Segarty) 6625-6
Subsidization of, proposal for (Segarty) 6625
Unemployed apprentices, number of (Heinrich) 8794
Women in apprenticeship training (Heinrich) 8794 (Sanford) 8801
Aqua-Kleen 20
Osoyoos Lake, use of on American side (Skelly) Q. 8888 (Rogers) A. 8888, A. 8919
Ardew Wood Products Ltd.
Japan, sales to (Waterland) 8203
Timber licence (King) 8209, 8210
Argentina
Economic problems (McGeer) 6754-5, 6756, 7406 (Rogers) 7052
Sanctions against, compliance with and apple juice shipment (Barrett) Q. 7113 (Hewitt) A. 7113 (Hyndman) A. 7113
Argue, Hazen
Appointment to Senate (Howard) 9139
Mentioned: (Hon. member) 9139
Armed Forces
Elections, spouses' right to vote, provision for (Levi) 8863 (Sanford) 8862-3, 8863-4, 8877 (Wolfe) 8877
Armstrong, W.M.
Coal Task Force report (Macdonald) 6700, 6701
Armstrong, B.C.
Revenue-sharing grant, change in (Barber) 7498 (King) 7324
Armstrong Elementary School, Burnaby, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 7234
Army and Navy Department Store, Vancouver, B.C.
Employees, class action by (Heinrich) 8815 (Sanford) 8801
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 8801
Arnott, N.M.
Mentioned: (Wallace) 9101
Arrow Lakes School District
See: School District 10
Art
Art purchases under former government (Kempf) 7425
Art Knapp's Garden Spot
Mentioned: (Barber) 9068
Arthur D. Little Inc.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 7972 (McGeer) 9342
Artificial satellites
Gallium arsenide devices, manufacture of in B.C. (D’Arcy) 7121 (McGeer) 6924
Mineral deposits, prospecting for by satellites (McGeer) 6924
Satellite channels, leasing of to U.S. organizations (McGeer) 6925
Telecommunications, new developments (McGeer) 6924
Artists in B.C. Schools program
Funding for (Barnes) 6849, 6850
Ashcroft, B.C.
Highland Valley mine, tax benefits from (Barber) 8140
Askey, Alan
Olson case, inquiry, holding of (Williams) 8334
Mentioned: (Levi) 8337 (Williams) 8382
Asparagus
Production incentive program (Hewitt) 7763
Aspen Planers Ltd.
Timber licence (King) 8209, 8210
Aspeslet, Bernice
Mentioned: (Howard) 8436
Aspeslet, David
Mentioned: (Howard) 8435-6
Assessment Act
Mentioned: (Curtis) 7530
Assessment Amendment Act, 1982
(Bill 6) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 6692; 2R, 7811-2; C, 7847; 3R, 7847; RA, 8037
Speakers: Curtis 7811-2, 7812; Stupich 7812
Residential assessment ratio, changes in, debate in Legislature on (Curtis) 7812 (Stupich) 7812
Residential assessment ratio, phasing in of increased property values (Curtis) 7811, 7812
Residential assessment ratio, reduction in, problems resulting (Curtis) 7811
Residential assessment ratio, setting of, Finance minister's powers re (Curtis) 7811
Residential assessment ratio, variation in, temporary nature of (Curtis) 7812
Assessment Authority of B.C.
Assessment of land for taxation purposes
See entries under Real property tax
Assets, Government
See: Government property
Assistance to small enterprise program
Eligibility for, cases cited (Wallace) 9524-5
“Manufacturing”, interpretation of (Wallace) 9524
Mentioned: (Phillips) 8773
Assisted home-ownership program
Mentioned: (Hall) 9252
Assisted rental program
See entries under Rent
Associated Disabled Persons of B.C.
Brief quoted (Brown) 8823
Associated Driving Schools of B.C.
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1982, representations re (Fraser) 8032 (Lockstead) 8022, 8023
Association of British Columbia Professional Foresters
Letter quoted (King) 8523
Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 9548
Association of University and College Employees
Mentioned: (Curtis) 7583
Atco Lumber Ltd.
Hadikin Bros. Lumbering Ltd., purchase of (King) 6775, 7933
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 6656
Atco Structures Ltd.
Northeast coal, contract for trailers for (Hewitt) 6900
Mentioned: (Phillips) 9033
Athletic fields
Playing field in rural area (Brummet) 7261
Playing fields in north (Passarell) 8066 (Smith) 8067
Site development, funds for (Smith) 8067
Atiyeh, Victor
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 6656
Atkinson — Commonwealth consortium
Coal, northeast, development of, contracts (Barrett) 9464 (Leggatt) 7845
Atlin, B.C.
Airstrip (Passarell) 8445
Airstrip, funds for (Fraser) 8446
Airstrip, upgrading of (Fraser) 9028
Atlin constituency
Boundary, name, proposal for changes in (Davis) 9223
MLA for constituency (Davis) 9221, 9222 (Nielsen) 9161
Problem re travel (Nicolson) 9164
Attachie Construction Ltd.
Mentioned: (Fraser) 7098
Attorney-General, Ministry of
Estimates 8331-45, 8347-61, 8379-85, 8394-8409
Speakers: Brown 8341-4, 8348, 8350; Dailly 8394-5; Davis 8397-9; Hall 8405-6, 8407; Lea 8384, 8385; Leggatt 8350, 8351-3, 8353-4, 8354-5, 8355-6, 8356-8; Levi 8337-8, 8340-1; Lockstead 8401-2; Lorimer 8380-1, 8383, 8401; Macdonald 8332-3, 8334-5, 8336-7, 8379, 8407-8, 8408; Mitchell 8402-4; Ree 8383, 8384; Stupich 8358-9, 8360, 8360-1; Williams 8331-2, 8333-4, 8336, 8338-40, 8344-5, 8347-8, 8348-50, 8350-1, 8353, 8354, 8355, 8356, 8359-60, 8360, 8379, 8379-80, 8381-3, 8383-4, 8384, 8384-5, 8385, 8394, 8395-7, 8399-8401, 8401, 8404-5, 8406-7, 8407
Administration and support services, appropriation, reduction in (Macdonald) 8408
Advertising and publications appropriation, increase in (Wallace) 7432
Appropriation, increase in (Curtis) 7168 (Williams) 8331
Appropriation, reduction in (King) 8421
Articled students, program for (Williams) 8407
Building occupancy charges, increase in (Williams) 8331
Constitutional challenge, retention of private-sector lawyer for (Williams) 8407
Lawyers from private sector, reduction in use of (Williams) 8407
Legal services to government, appropriation, reduction in (Macdonald) 8408
Minister's office, appropriation, reduction in (Macdonald) 8408
Minister's office, overrun (Wallace) 6959
Police services, appropriation, increase in (Williams) 8331
Professional and special services appropriation, increase in (Wallace) 7432
Public service law firm, establishment of (Williams) 8407
Secretiveness in administration of ministry (Macdonald) 8332, 8333, 8334, 8335
Staff, auxiliary personnel, conversion of to full-time status (Williams) 8331
Staff, increase in (Williams) 8331
Staff, increase in to meet needs of new court facilities, trial-coordination program (Williams) 8331
Travel, office expenses, office furniture, appropriation, increase in (Macdonald) 8408
Attorney-General Statutes Amendment Act, 1982
(Bill 62) (Attorney-General) 1R, 8638; 2R, 8677; C, 8763-4; 3R, 8889; RA, 8975
Speakers: Brown 8764; Williams 8764
Amdts: sec. 10 (Williams) 8763, 8787, approved 8763; sec. 31 (Williams) 8764, 8787, approved 8764; sec. 47 (Williams) 8764, 8787, approved 8764
Audiology
User fee for audiologists' services (Cocke) Q. 9650
Auditor-general
Estimates 9085
Annual report, tabling of (Hall) Q. 6922, Q. 6923 (Curtis) A. 6923
Appointment of (Hewitt) 9180 (Mussallem) 6727
Choice of, method used (Howard) 9139
Establishment of position (Bennett) 9389 (Curtis) 9605 (Hewitt) 9395
Expenditures, scrutiny of by auditor-general (Curtis) 9605, 9616 (Hall) 9616
Human Resources ministry, computer system, criticisms of (Brown) 6784
Hyndman, P.S., interview with re photocopier donation (Macdonald) Q. 7971
Hyndman, P.S., report on expense account expenditures, statement re (Barrett) 8994 (Curtis) 8993
Report quoted (Curtis) 7169-80
Mentioned: (Hyndman) 7865 (Wallace) 9225
Austin, Jack
Mentioned: (Hyndman) 7738 (King) 6973 (McClelland) 6735
Australia
Coal, export of (Bennett) 6765
Automatic Electric (Canada) Ltd.
Mentioned: (Phillips) 9330
Automobile accidents
See: Traffic accidents
Automobile drivers
Driver-education course in schools, proposal for (Dailly) 8047
Driving age, accident record of 16- to 18-year-olds (Brummet) 7913 (Hewitt) 7913
Driving age, increase in, proposal for (Brummet) 7912, 8471 (Fraser) 8472
Driving age, proposals for change in (Leggatt) 8031 (Lockstead) 8023
Driving and drinking age (Hall) 7912
Driving and drinking age, survey of opinion on (Hall) 7912 (Hewitt) 7912
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1982. See name of act
Point system, effectiveness of 7974
Point system, review of (Mitchell) 8027
Points, driving with six or more points (Nicolson) 8029
Points, information-retrieval system for (Nicolson) 8029
Points, penalty for accumulation of (Fraser) 8031 (Lorimer) 8011 (Nicolson) 8029-30
Provincial driving record (Brummet) 8471
Scandinavian countries, driving regulations (Cocke) 8026, 9109
Sweden, driving regulations (Lockstead) 8023 (Mitchell) 8027
Traffic rules, violators of, measures for control of (Fraser) 7974
Young drivers, accident rate (Dailly) 8299
Young drivers, number of good drivers (Fraser) 8300
Young drivers, parents' obligations (Lea) 8300 (Levi) 8014
Young drivers, parents' right.to cancel licences of (Lea) 8300
Young drivers, percentage of with good driving record (Brummet) 8471 (Fraser) 8472
Automobile drivers, Drunken
See: Drunken driving
Automobile drivers' licences
Applicants, consent for blood test as prerequisite for licence (Leggatt) 9111, 9132 (Williams) 9135
Driver-education course as prerequisite for licence (Dailly) 8299, 8300
Drivers tested (Fraser) 8440
Increase in cost of (Brummet) 7144 (Wallace) 7139
Issuing of, use of to collect money owing to ICBC (Fraser) 8303
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1982. See name of act
Restricted licences, identification marking for (Fraser) 8302 (Mitchell) 8302
Restrictions on and need to drive at work (Fraser) 8302 (Mitchell) 8305 (Wallace) 8301 (Waterland) 8302
Retesting for, manner used by testing personnel (Mitchell) 8304
Suspended licences, driving with (Fraser) 7974-5 (Levi) 8013 (Mitchell) 8028
Suspension of for defaulted ICBC payments (Fraser) 8303 (Lockstead) 8023, 8302-3 (Lorimer) 8011 (Mitchell) 8026 (Wallace) 8303
Suspensions and need to drive on industrial roads (Fraser) 8032 (Lockstead) 8023
Suspensions, cases cited (Mitchell) 8026-7
Suspensions, conditions for restoration of licence (Lockstead) 8298
Suspensions, problem re awareness of (Lauk) 8025 (Lockstead) 8022-3, 8302 (Macdonald) 8033 (Williams) 8033
Testing of drivers restricted to rural areas (Fraser) 8302 (Mitchell) 8302
Testing of new drivers, proposal for (Lockstead) 8023
Testing standards for, raising of (Dailly) 8300 (Fraser) 8300
Young drivers, probationary licences (Fraser) 7974, 8031 (Leggatt) 8031 (Levi) 8014
Young drivers, restriction on use of licences (Fraser) 7974, 8300 (Hewitt) 8301
Automobile industry and trade
Japanese automobile imports, movement of through B.C. (Phillips) 8774
Japanese automobile imports, non-tariff barrier (Leggatt) 8775 (Phillips) 8776
Japanese automobile imports, non-tariff barrier, effect of on B.C. (Phillips) 8776
Japanese automobiles, manufacturing assembly plant in B.C. (Leggatt) 8772 (Phillips) 8776
North American car industry (Lea) 8777
Automobile Insurance Act
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7832
Automobile Insurance Act fund
Unpaid claims reserve, charges against, 1974 to present (Stupich) Q. 8229
Automobile Insurance Non-discrimination Act
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7882
Automobile licence plates
Alberta plates, use of in B.C. (Fraser) 8461, 8473
Alberta trucks, operation of in B.C. (Brummet) 8470 (Fraser) 8461 (Segarty) 8457
Increase in cost of (Wallace) 7139
Number issued (Fraser) 8440
Special plates for poor drivers, proposal for (Fraser) 8483 (Skelly) 8482
Automobile parking
Hospitals, Vancouver-Little Mountain constituency, number of and parking problems (McCarthy) 9587-8
Identification cards for cars, issuing of by political party's constituency office (Macdonald) Q. 9588 (Williams) A. 9588
Identification cards for cars, legality of (Dailly) Q. 9588 (McCarthy) A. 9588
Identification cards for visitors' cars, issuing of (Howard) Q. 9587 (McCarthy) A. 9587
Automobile seatbelts
Buckle-up program (Hewitt) 7883
Children, car seats, seatbelts, design of (Brown) 8304, 8484-5 (Fraser) 8304
Children, car seats, seatbelts, use of (Brown) 8303-4 (Fraser) 8304
Children, regulations re riding in rear of car (Brown) 8485
Children, restraints for, federal regulations re (Fraser) 8489
Children, restraints for, regulations re (Fraser) 8489
Children, seatbelts for (Brown) 8484-5
Use of (Dailly) 8299 (Fraser) 8304
Automobiles
Conversion of to alternative fuel use, cost of (McGeer) 7637 (Wallace) 7634
Conversion of to alternative fuel use, federal grant for (Curtis) 7633
Conversion of to alternative fuel use, progress to date (Curtis) 7639 (Stupich) 7638, 7639
Conversion of to alternative fuel use, provincial grant for (Curtis) 7633 (D’Arcy) 7634
Conversion of to alternative fuel use, training of mechanics (Curtis) 7639
Conversion of to dual fuel use (McGeer) 7636
Japanese automobiles, banning of (Phillips) 8468
Japanese automobiles, restriction on import of, effect of on B.C. (Brummet) 9338
Natural gas, conversion to use of, training program for mechanics (McClelland) 7731
Production of vehicles using natural gas in Canada (Leggatt) 7634 (McGeer) 7636
Automobiles — inspection
Inspection stations outside lower mainland (Fraser) 8475 (Richmond) 8475 (Skelly) 8482
Inspections, provision of service by private sector (Fraser) 8475, 8483, 8494
Parksville-Qualicum Beach area, vehicle inspections (Sanford) 8493 (Skelly) 8482
Testing, subsidization by taxpayers (Curtis) 8905
Vehicles inspected (Fraser) 8440
Automobiles, Government
Hyndman, P.S., automobile, cost of (Barber) 8853-4
Automotive Retailers Association
Mentioned: (Hall) 7881
Autopact
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 7634
Axworthy, Lloyd
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 8237 (Sanford) 6917
Aylard, George
Mentioned: (Wallace) 7766