Province of British Columbia
32nd Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
November 23, 1981 to October 7, 1982

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IBT

See: Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories

IDSA

See: Industrial development subsidiary agreement

“I Love Lucy"

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 8871

ITT

See: International Telephone and Telegraph Corp.

IWA

See: International Woodworkers of America

Iacocca, Lee A.

Mentioned: (Mussallem) 9419

Ickes-Braun Glasshouses of Canada Ltd.

Payment to (Hewitt) 7919 (Wallace) 7918, 7919

Illecillewaet River, B.C.

Flooding problem (King) 8558 (Rogers) 8560

Illing, Roy

Mentioned: (Howard) 7973, 7995, (King) 7993 (McClelland) 7730, 7972

Imperial Fish Plant (B.C. Packers)

Mentioned: (Lea) 7925 (Rogers) 7925

Imperial Oil Ltd.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 8809

Imperial Tours

Mentioned: (Ritchie) 9045

Income

Comox constituency, personal disposable income (Ritchie) 6683

Income per capita in B.C. (Phillips) 7470

Incomes policy, need for (Leggatt) 8635-6

See also: Purchasing power

Income, Guaranteed

GAIN, indexing of (Barber) 8285

GAIN payments, government's failure to increase (Brown) 6782, 7005

GAIN program for elderly (McCarthy) 8222

GAIN rates, increase in (McCarthy) 7058

GAIN rates, increases in and cost-of-living increases (McCarthy) 8286

Old-age pensions, de-indexing of (Brown) Q. 8553 (Curtis) 8553

Old-age pensions, provincial supplement, appropriation for (Brown) 7101-2

Old-age pensions, provincial supplement, comparisons with other provinces (Brown) 7102

Old-age pensions, provincial supplement, decrease in (Brown) 7101-2

Old-age pensions, provincial supplement, number of recipients (Brown) 7101-2

Income tax Federal payments to province, revenue loss on (Curtis) 6867

Federal tax, evasion of by financial interests, B.C. s role in (Leggatt) 9601

Federal tax, increase in and rebate to B.C. taxpayers (Stupich) Q. 8553 (Curtis) A. 8553

Health-care services, payment for, proposal for (Cocke) 7145

Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1982. See name of act

Northern workers, tax allowances (Passarell) 6666

Personal income tax credit, eligible taxpayers, number of (Curtis) 6872

Provincial system, development of, proposal for (Curtis) 6873

Revenue, B.C. share of, increase in (Curtis) 6867

Revenue, decline in (Curtis) 8894

Revenue, estimate of (Stupich) 8893

Revenue, increase in, prediction re (Leggatt) 9600

Income Tax Act

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 6846 (Stupich) 8245

Income Tax Act (Canada)

Changes in requiring changes in provincial act (Curtis) 7522, 7529

Minimum penalty under act, absence of (Lauk) 7648

Mentioned: (Curtis) 7522, 7529 (Leggatt) 8246 (Stupich) 8245, 8901 (Williams) 8955

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1982

(Bill 20) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 7171; 2R, 7522-3, 7529; C, 7557; 3R, 7557; RA, 8037

Speakers: Cocke 7523, 7529; Curtis 7522, 7529; Stupich 7522-3

Federal Income Tax Act, changes in requiring changes in provincial act (Curtis) 7522, 7529

Health care, tax points transfer and grants, value of (Cocke) 7529

Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1982 (Bill. 74) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 8974; 2R, 8997-8; C, 9049-50; 3R, 9050; RA, 9113

Speakers: (Curtis) 8997-8

Federal proposal for indexed term deposits (Curtis) 8998

Housing and employment development bonds, interest on, provincial tax credit for (Curtis) 8997, 8998

Housing and employment development bonds, interest rate on (Curtis) 8998

Housing and employment development bonds, tax credit, calculation of (Curtis) 8998

Independent Order of Foresters

Mentioned: (Barrett) 6799

Independent schools

See: Private schools

Indian Act (Canada)

White Paper on (Howard) 8789 (Williams) 8792

Mentioned: (Brown) 6989 (Gardom) 6990 (Howard) 8171, 8789 (Levi) 8790, 8791 (Williams) 8747, 8789, 8790

Indian Affairs Settlement Act

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 8750

Indian Cut-off Lands Disputes Act

(Bill 58) (Attorney-General) 1R, 8536; 2R, 8745-53; C, 8789-92; 3R, 8792; RA, 8975

Speakers: Howard 8789, 8789-90, 8790-1, 8791, 8792; Leggatt 8749-50; Levi 8747-9, 8790, 8791; Nicolson 8750-1; Passarell 8749; Williams 8745-7, 8751-3, 8789, 8790, 8791, 8792

Amdts: sec. 5 (Howard) 8791, negatived 8792

Agreements with Indian bands, powers re under act (Williams) 8747

“Council of the band”, definition of (Howard) 8789 (Williams) 8789

Cutoff lands, commission and negotiations during NDP administration (Levi) 8748

Federal payment, source of funds (Williams) 8791

Funds, capital funds and revenue funds (Williams) 8790

Funds, control over, Indian control (Levi) 8791 (Passarell) 8749 (Williams) 8752, 8790

Funds, federal interest payments on Indian funds (Leggatt) 8750

Indian bands, economic assistance to (Leggatt) 8750

Indians, aboriginal rights (Leggatt) 8750 (Passarell) 8749 (Williams) 8751

Indians, cutoff lands, negotiations re (Williams) 8746-7

Indians, cutoff lands, offer of settlement re (Williams) 8746

Indians, dealings with provincial government (Williams) 8792

Lower Kootenay Indian band, land claims (Nicolson) 8750-1 (Williams) 8752-3

Negotiations, future negotiations (Williams) 8752

Nishga Indian band, negotiations with (Williams) 8751

Nishga tribal council, commitment to re land claims (Passarell) 8449

Order-in-council 1036, provision re takeover of Indian land (Howard) 8789 (Williams) 8790

Penticton Indian band, agreement with re cutoff lands (Levi) 8748, 8749 (Williams) 8747, 8752

Provincial payment, interest on (Williams) 8752

Provincial payment, payment of directly to band, proposal for (Howard) 8790, 8791, 8792 (Williams) 8791, 8792

Provincial payment, source of funds (Levi) 8790 (Williams) 8790

Reserves, acreage additions and withdrawals (Williams) 8752

Reserves of 22 Indian bands in B.C., history of (Williams) 8745-7

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia, criticisms of (Leggatt) 8750 (Levi) 8747 (Williams) 8751-2

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia, establishment and work of (Williams) 8746

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia, report and recommendations (Williams) 8746

Squamish Indian band, leasehold interests, transfer of to band (Williams) 8752

Indian Homemakers Association

Mentioned: (Brown) 8715

Indian-Metis Association

Mentioned: (Brown) 9198

Indians

Aboriginal rights (Leggatt) 8750 (Passarell) 8749 (Williams) 8751

Assistance to under former government (Lorimer) 6741

Bands, agreements with for municipal services (Howard) 8171 (Vander Zalm) 8167, 8172

Bands, economic assistance to (Leggatt) 8750

Bands, self-government for, NDP policy on (Lockstead) 6844

Constitution, aboriginal rights provision (Barnes) 6758-9 (Bennett) A. 6630-1 (Lockstead) 6730 (Passarell) Q. 6630, 6665 (Smith) 6740

Constitution, conference under section 37 (Gardom) 8923

Cutoff lands, agreements with Indian bands re (Williams) 8747

Cutoff lands, commission and negotiations during NDP administration (Levi) 8748

Cutoff lands, federal payment for, source of funds (Williams) 8791

Cutoff lands, future negotiations (Williams) 8752

Cutoff lands, negotiations re (Williams) 8746-7

Cutoff lands, offer of settlement re (Williams) 8746

Cutoff lands, provincial payment for (Williams) 8752

Cutoff lands, provincial payment for, source of funds (Levi) 8790 (Williams) 8790

Cutoff lands, provincial payments directly to bands (Howard) 8790, 8791, 8792 (Williams) 8791, 8792

Cutoff lands, transfer of and subsurface rights (Williams) 8330-1

Economic development, provision for (Passarell) 6842

Funds, capital funds and revenue funds (Williams) 8790

Funds, control over, Indian control (Levi) 8791 (Passarell) 8749 (Williams) 8752, 8790

Funds, federal interest payments on (Leggatt) 8750

Land claims (Passarell) 6928

Municipal Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1982. See name of act

Native courtworkers program, cutbacks in (Macdonald) Q. 9509 (Williams) A. 9509

Population, languages in B.C. (Hanson) 9207

Provincial government, dealings with (Williams) 8792

Provincial services to, NDP policy on (Lockstead) 6844

Reserve land, leasing of to non-Indians and right to levy taxes (Howard) 8171

Reserves, acreage additions and withdrawals (Williams) 8752

Reserves in B.C., history of (Williams) 8745-7

School programs, funding for, increase in (Smith) 8067

Timber sale, Liard Valley, opportunity to participate in (Passarell) Q. 8228 (Waterland) A. 8228

Transfer payments, use of funds (Passarell) 7239

Students, federal transfer payments for (Passarell) 8066 (Smith) 8067-8

Women, protection of under new constitution (Brown) Q. 6989 (Gardom) A. 6989-90

See also names of Indian bands, e.g. Kaska-Dene Indian band

Indians-Languages

Deprivation of in past (Hanson) 9207

Institute of native Indian languages, expenditure involved in establishment of (Hanson) 9208 (Williams) 9208

An Institute of Native Indian Languages for British Columbia, An Act to Establish. See name of act

Language programs in schools (Passarell) 8066

Languages in B.C. (Hanson) 9207

Languages now extinct (Hanson) 9207

Preservation of (Hanson) 9207 (Williams) 9208

Speakers, number of fluent speakers (Hanson) 9207

See also names of languages, e.g. Nishga language

Individual Opportunity Plan

See entries under Social assistance

Industrial accidents

Bentall accident (Sanford) 6737

Bentall accident, widows' suit and Workers' Compensation Board pensions (Sanford) Q. 7394, Q. 7395 (Heinrich) A. 7394-5, A. 7395

Criminal charges, proposal for laying of (Sanford) 8796

Pensions, accident victims, decrease in (Mitchell) 7009, 7448, 7453

Suits against employers and workers' compensation benefits (Sanford) 8796

Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories

Mentioned: (Rogers) 8554 (Wallace) 8549

Industrial democracy

See: Employees' representation in management

Industrial Development Act

(Bill M209) (Howard) 1R, 9467; 2R, 9638-9; out of order 9639

Speakers: Howard 9638-9

Industrial development subsidiary agreement

Mentioned: (Levi) 8200

Industrial parks

Community industrial parks projects (Phillips) 8773

Establishment of (Bennett) 6764

Industrial relations

Compensation Stabilization Act, effect of (Leggatt) 7442, 7444, 7445, 7582 (Sanford) 7465

Improvement in, proposals for (Ritchie) 7133

Labour education centre (King) 9024

Labour relations climate, effect of GERB strike-contingency manual on (King) 8816-7, 8818-9

Labour relations climate, effect of W.S. King's speech on (Mussallem) 8817-8

Labour relations in B.C. (Heinrich) 6974 (Ritchie) 6623

Role of courts in (Heinrich) 9026-7 (King) 9022-3

Industrial research

See: Research, Industrial

Industrial safety

Construction Industry Advisory Council report, recommendations (Heinrich) 8799

Forest industries' safety training course (Heinrich) 8798, 8801

Health and safety regulations (Sanford) 6851

Health standards in the workplace (Wallace) 8824

Inspections, increase in (Sanford) 8796

Occupational health and safety, proposals for (Heinrich) 8799

Occupations and death rate, statistics on (Sanford) 8796

Penalties for non-compliance with safety regulations (Sanford) 8796

Safety procedures, training in (Sanford) 6738

Safety training course, Malaspina College (Heinrich) 8798, 8801 (Sanford) 8800

Workers' Compensation Board penalties (Sanford) 6737-8

Industry

Absenteeism and competitiveness of industry (McGeer) 8830

Cost-benefit analysis of, comparisons with other use of funds (Davis) 8783

Cost-benefit analysis of, usefulness of (Davis) 8783

Tariff protection for (Lea) 8779

See also: British Columbia — Industries

Industry and Small Business Development, Ministry of

Estimates 8757-9, 8767-86

Speakers: Davis 8781-4; Lea 8777-80; Leggatt 8769-72, 8774-5, 8785, 8786; Lockstead 8784, 8785; Phillips 8757-9, 8767-9, 8772-4, 8775-7, 8780-1, 8784-5, 8785

Appropriation, reduction in (Stupich) 6886

Minister's office, appropriation, increase in (Stupich) 6886

Minister's office, appropriation, reduction in (Leggatt) 8785

Minister's office, travel appropriation, increase in (Dailly) 6936

The New Frontier, changes in from 1977 report (Howard) Q. 9219 (McClelland) A. 9219

The New Frontier, cost of release of in Terrace (Howard) Q. 9219

The New Frontier, distribution of in northern constituencies (Howard) Q. 9175 (Phillips) A. 9175

The New Frontier, production and distribution of, cost of (Howard) Q. 9175

The New Frontier, resemblance of to 1977 report (Howard) Q. 9219 (McClelland) A. 9219

Small business appropriation, underspending of (Leggatt) 9354, 9523

Infant development program

See entries under Infants

Infants

Infant development program, Port Hardy area, establishment of (Gabelmann) 8265

Infant development program, Port Hardy area, press release re program (Gabelmann) 8265 (McCarthy) 8267

Infant development program, success of (McCarthy) 8252

Infant development program, transfer of to Health ministry (Brown) 8251 (Gabelmann) 8265, 8275 (McCarthy) 8275

Inflation (Finance)

Cause of (McGeer) 6695 (Ree) 7080

Control of by controlling excess profits (Leggatt) 7443

Debt, creation of inflation by (Mussallem) 6728, 7363-4

Defence expenditures as cause of (Dailly) 7421 (Richmond) 7441

“Foiling Inflation” workshop for consumers (Hyndman) 8850

Increase in as result of borrowing (Lauk) 9408

Inflation (Schroeder) 9264

Inflation rate (Davis) 7124

Inflation rate, forecast re (Curtis) 6866 (Segarty) 6907

Reduction in rate of, proposals for (Hall) 7384

Wage controls, effect of on inflation rate (Barrett) 7349 (Hall) 7384 (Hanson) 7461 (King) 7487, 7488 (Leggatt) 7582 (Macdonald) 7409 (Sanford) 7464 (Stupich) 7378

Wage increases as alleged cause of (Dailly) 7421 (King) 7487

Wage settlements, effect of (Curtis) 6866

Inheritance and transfer tax

Succession duties, abolition of (Macdonald) 6698 (Phillips) 9375-6

Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd.

Order-in-council 769, timing of (Macdonald) Q. 8761 (Bennett) A. 8761

Rate increase application, government intervention in (Macdonald) Q. 9467, Q. 9507 (Smith) A. 9507

Rate increase application, Premier's awareness of (Macdonald) Q. 9467 (Bennett) A. 9467

Shares, price of (Macdonald) 7085

Shares, purchase of by R.J. Bennett (Macdonald) 7082

Shares, purchase of by TMA Western Resources (Barrett) Q. 6965 (Bennett) A. 6965 (McClelland) A. 6964, A. 7025 (Macdonald) Q. 6964, Q. 6965, Q. 7025 (Williams) A. 6965

TMA Western Resources Ltd. takeover bid and interests of consumers (D’Arcy) 8754, 8813 (McClelland) 8811, 8813

TMA Western Resources Ltd. takeover of (McClelland) 7837, 8810 (Macdonald) 7837, 8808-9, 8810-1

TMA Western Resources Ltd. takeover of and retroactivity of Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 1982 (D’Arcy) 8814 (Macdonald) 8809, 8814

TMA Western Resources Ltd. takeover of, B.C. Utilities Commission hearing on (D’Arcy) 8813 (McClelland) 7751, 8756, 8810, 8814 (Macdonald) 8809, 8811, 8812 (Williams) 8811, 8812

Trans Mountain Pipe Line Co. Ltd. takeover of, adjournment of House to debate (Macdonald) 9614

Mentioned: (Hanson) 7752 (Heinrich) 9018 (McClelland) 7752 (Macdonald) 7859 (Nicolson) 8221

Inn of the North, Prince George, B.C.

Mentioned: (Howard) 8205 (Nielsen) 8234

Inquiries, Governmental

See: Governmental investigations

Inquiry Act

Mentioned: (Jordan) 9234 (Lea) 8384, 8537 (Passarell) 7415 (Rogers) 8537 (Wolfe) 8392

Inskip ranch

Mentioned: (Hanson) 6991

Institute for Research on Public Policy

Quoted (Barrett) 7348 (King) 7487

Mentioned: (Segarty) 6624

Institute of Chartered Accountants

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 6898 (Mussallem) 6969

An Institute of Native Indian Languages for British Columbia, An Act to Establish (Bill M207) (Hanson) 1R, 7971; 2R, 9206-8; out of order 9208

Speakers: Hanson 9206-8; Williams 9208

B.C., Indian population, languages (Hanson) 9207

Expenditure involved in establishment of institute (Hanson) 9208 (Williams) 9208

Indian languages, deprivation of in past (Hanson) 9207

Indian languages now extinct (Hanson) 9207

Indian languages, numbers of fluent speakers (Hanson) 9207

Indian languages, preservation of (Hanson) 9207 (Williams) 9208

Nishga school district, bilingual program (Hanson) 9208

Institute of Public Administration of Canada

Mentioned: (Barber) 9089

Insulation (Heat)

Insulation of houses, businesses to conserve energy (McClelland) 7962

Limitation Amendment Act, 1982. See name of act

See also: Urea formaldehyde

Insurance, Agricultural-Crop

Crop insurance program, appropriation for (Hewitt) 7914 (Wallace) 7914

Vegetable crop insurance program (Hewitt) 7763

Insurance, Fire

Companies, investment income, use of (Macdonald) 8766

Companies, overhead and profit (Macdonald) 8765

Companies, profits, taxation of (Hewitt) 8766

Fire Services Amendment Act, 1982. See name of act

Premiums, determination of by order-in-council (Williams) 8764, 8766

Premiums, determination of, problems re (Williams) 8764, 8766

Premiums, tax rate on, setting of (Macdonald) 8765 (Williams) 8764

Insurance, Pharmaceutical services

Pharmacare (McCarthy) 8223

Pharmacare, deductible portion for elderly (Curtis) 7169

Pharmacare, deductible portion, increase in (Brown) Q. 6748, 6782, 7102

Pharmacare, number of persons in receipt of payments, 1977 to present (Brown) Q. 8317 (McCarthy) A. 8317

Pharmacare, total cost of drugs, 1977 to present (Brown) Q. 8317 (McCarthy) A. 8317

Pharmacare, total payments to patients, 1977 to date (Brown) Q. 8317 (McCarthy) A. 8317

Pharmacare, total payments to pharmacists, 1977 to date (Brown) Q. 8317 (McCarthy) A. 8317

Insurance Act

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 9137, 9280 (Howard) 9140, 9141 (Rogers) 9278

Insurance Amendment Act

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 9280 (Rogers) 9278

Insurance Bureau of Canada

Quoted (Macdonald) 8765

Insurance Corp. of B.C.

Abolition of, proposal for (Hanson) 6828 (Wallace) 6774

Accidents, change in insurance policies, proposal for (Gardom) 7163

Adjusters, problems with role of (Leggatt) 7908

Adjusters, visits to north, increase in (Hewitt) 7910 (Passarell) 7906

Administrative costs (Gardom) 8766 (Hewitt) 8766 (Macdonald) 8765

Annual report, misspellings in excerpts of children's comments (Hall) 7882, 7883 (Hewitt) 7883

Claim, compensation for injuries to common-law wife, case cited (Hewitt) 7911 (Sanford) 7898-9

Claim in hit-and-run accident, case cited (Hall) 7885

Claims centres, improvements to (Hewitt) 7911 (Mussallem) 7899

Claims for injuries, investigators' methods in cases of minors (Hall) 7885 (Hewitt) 7886 (Lockstead) 7904

Claims, Highway 18, glass-, paint-damage claims (Hewitt) 7898 (Wallace) 7896

Claims, hit-and-run accidents (Hewitt) 7886

Claims, increase in funds for unpaid claims (Hewitt) 7886

Claims, limit on coverage in accidents involving out-of-province drivers (Leggatt) 7907

Claims, logging-road accidents (Passarell) 7906-7

Claims, no-fault system, problems with compensation schedules (Hewitt) 7909 (Leggatt) 7908

Claims, no-fault system, proposal for (Hall) 7880 (Hewitt) 7909 (Leggatt) 7908-9

Claims, no-fault system, use of structured compensation system (Hewitt) 7909

Claims, number of before the courts (Leggatt) 7908

Claims, number of in dispute (Hewitt) 7897

Claims, out-of-court settlement, case cited (Lockstead) 7904

Claims, prejudgment interest, offer of to claimants (Hewitt) 7909 (Leggatt) 7908

Claims, reduction in (Fraser) 9452

Claims, rejection of in cases of policy violation by at-fault driver (Hewitt) 7910 (Leggatt) 7907

Claims, settlement of, complaints re, number of (Hall) 7883

Claims, settlement of, dissatisfaction with (Hall) 7879 (Hewitt) 7882

Claims, settlement of, legal fees (Hewitt) 7909 (Leggatt) 7908-9

Claims, settlement of, problems with, case cited (Hall) 7884

Claims, unsettled claims remaining from strike period (Hall) 7884 (Hewitt) 7886, 7912

Corporation, phasing-out of (Hall) 7879

Corporation, size of, criticized (Mussallem) 7899

Corporation, support for (Dailly) 7886 (Hall) 7832

Debt during NDP administration (Dailly) 7886 (Hewitt) 7897-8 (McGeer) 7887

Decima Research, payment to for reports on public opinion (Hall) 7883, 7912

Driver safety programs (Hewitt) 7883, 7897 (Leggatt) 7907, 7908

Driver safety programs, cost of (Hall) 7882, 7911 (Hewitt) 7883

Driver-training schools, lack of support for (Hall) 7884

Elderly drivers, grant for (Hewitt) 7762, 7763, 7765

Elderly drivers, grant for, location of in annual report (Hewitt) 7895, 7896 (Wallace) 7895

Fire insurance business, share of (Macdonald) 8765

Fire insurance coverage, rates (Gardom) 8766

Fire insurance, eligibility for based on moral judgments (Dailly) 7887, 7892

Fire insurance, eligibility for based on risk (Hewitt) 7892

Fire insurance, eligibility of person charged with marijuana offence (Dailly) 7887, 7892

Fire insurance, eligibility of persons involved in prostitution (Dailly) 7887 (Hewitt) 7892

Funds for (Howard) 9433

General insurance field, participation in (Hewitt) 8766

General insurance field, proposal for withdrawal from (Davis) 9597

Government policy on (Barber) 8086, 8087 (Cocke) 8091 (Dailly) 8089

Hospital surcharge, levying of (Sanford) Q. 9613

Image of corporation (Hall) 7879-80 (Hewitt) 7882, 7896-7

Image of corporation, allegation re attempt to discredit (Wallace) 7895, 7896

Image of corporation, letters in commendation quoted (Hewitt) 7897

Insurance coverage, $1 million minimum, proposal for (Hewitt) 7910 (Leggatt) 7907

Loan to, 1976 loan (Hewitt) 8839 (Stupich) 6890-1 8837 (Wallace) 7140

Loss under former government (Phillips) 8626

Management, annual survey of, problems re (Hewitt) 7891

Management of (Brummet) 6836

Management of under present government (Hanson) 6828

Medical benefits, cutoff of by corporation (Hall) 7885

Ombudsman, investigation of corporation (Hall) 7880 (Hewitt) 7882

Operation of (Gardom) 7162

Operation of, efficiency of, increase in (Curtis) 9379 (Hewitt) 9580

Operation of, policy on non-deficit operation of (Stupich) 9445

Premium, interest charges, unauthorized bank withdrawals for (Wallace) 7896

Premium, prepaying of, problem with (Dailly) 7887 (Hewitt) 7892

Premium, recreational vehicle insurance, overpayment of, case cited (Wallace) 7896

Premium, unsatisfactory treatment of customer re premium, case cited (Wallace) 7895-6

Premiums, driver accident premiums (Hall) 7880

Premiums, licence suspension for defaulted payments (Fraser) 8303 (Lockstead) 8023, 8302-3 (Lorimer) 8011 (Mitchell) 8026 (Wallace) 8303

Premiums, payout of in claims (Hewitt) 9447 (Stupich) 9445-6

Premiums, refunds, procedure for (Brummet) 7912-3 (Hewitt) 7913

President, salary increase (Bennett) 9037

Public opinion survey (Lockstead) 7065 (McGeer) 7888

Public opinion survey, content of (Hall) Q. 7049 (Hewitt) A. 7050, 7883

Public opinion survey, cost of (Hall) Q. 7050, 7881 (Hewitt) A. 7050, 7883

Public opinion survey, political questions (Dailly) 7887 (Hall) 7881, 7883

Public opinion survey, questions involving moral judgments (Dailly) 7887

Public opinion survey, tabling results of (Hall) Q. 7050 (Hewitt) A. 7050

Public opinion survey, terms of reference (Dailly) 7887, 7892 (Hewitt) 7892

Rate Increase Restraint Act. See name of act

Rates, comparisons to rates elsewhere in Canada (Hewitt) 7897

Rates, driver penalty premiums (Hewitt) 7882, 7913

Rates, FAIR program (Hall) 7880 (Hewitt) 7882

Rates, good-driver discount, application of (Hall) 7885 (Hewitt) 7886

Rates, increase in (Lockstead) 6729, 6842 (Passarell) 6927 (Sanford) 6736, 6852, 6915 (Wallace) 7138, 7139

Rates, increase in and accident rate (Hewitt) 7896

Rates, increase in, phasing-in of (Hall) 7911

Rates, increase in, 6 percent limit (Hewitt) 9395

Rates, increase in, variation in for some motorists (Curtis) 9379 (Stupich) 9381

Rates, Kitsault drivers, special rate for (Hewitt) 7910 (Passarell) 7906

Rates, motorcycle rates, discount for elderly (Hall) 7885 (Hewitt) 7886

Rates, rebates for driving-course participants (Dailly) 8299 (Fraser) 8300 (Hewitt) 7909-10 (Leggatt) 7907

Reserves, investment of in B.C. (Hewitt) 7909 (Leggatt) 7909

Reserves, investment of, revenue from (Hewitt) 7909

Self-supporting status of (Hewitt) 7832

Service, maintenance of (Hewitt) 9447 (Stupich) 9446

Small business, criticisms of actions re (Hall) 6675

Staff, management and board commended (Hewitt) 7897

Staff, senior staff dismissed, number of, amount of settlements (Hall) 7884, 7912 (Hewitt) 7885-6, 7912

Staff, tribute to (Mussallem) 7899

Strike (Hall) 7880

Strike, backlog of work resulting from (Hewitt) 7882

Strike, negotiator employed by corporation (Hall) 7881

Subsidization of from general revenue, policy on (Hewitt) 9447

Surrey bodily injury centre, problems with (Hall) 7881

Traffic accidents, information re, use of (Hewitt) 7910 (Leggatt) 7907-8

Traffic Victims Indemnity Fund, administration of (Hall) 7832

Traffic Victims Indemnity Fund, takeover of function of (Hewitt) 7832

Mentioned: (Bennett) 9389' (Brown) 8484 (Brummet) 8090 (Cocke) 8476, 8639 (Curtis) 7640, 8639, 9461 (Dailly) 6809, 8299 (D’Arcy) 9455 (Fraser) 8639, 9135 (Gardom) 8837 (Hall) 6901, 9456 (Heinrich) 7447, 8793, 9018, 9027 (Hewitt) 6708, 8301, 9110, 9131, 9448 (Howard) 6996 (King) 7019, 9452, 9577 (Lauk) 7402 (Levi) 8011, 8012 (Lockstead) 7899 (Lorimer) 6743 (Macdonald) 9405 (McGeer) 6693, 7406 (Nicolson) 7738, 8028 (Richmond) 8475 (Ritchie) 7131, 9517 (Sanford) 6916, 7317, 7464, 8153 (Smith) 8067 (Stupich) 9380, 9447 (Vander Zalm) 7905, 7906 (Wallace) 7664, 8305, 9227 (Williams) 8359, 8766

Insurance for Crops Act

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7699

Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7832

Interest Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 8660 (Williams) 8660

Interest and usury

Bank of Canada, interest rate (Throne speech) 6609

Banks, interest rates, high rates (Curtis) 7652

Farmers, impact of interest rates on (Hewitt) 7762, 7917 (Wallace) 7916

Federal loans, out-of-country loans, interest rate on (Davis) 8641

Homeowner Interest Assistance Act. See name of act

Interest policy, Canadian policy, need for (Leggatt) 8775 (Phillips) 8781

Interest rate and shortage of capital (Curtis) 8312

Interest rate, decline in (Gabelmann) 9245 (Hewitt) 9397 (Macdonald) 9265 (Smith) 6739

Interest rate, decline in and need for homeowner interest assistance program (McCarthy) 9262

Interest rate, decline in, predictions re (McGeer) 9252 (Nicolson) 9253

Interest rate, ending of controls on (Cocke) 6649

Interest rate, federal policy on (Barber) 8156, 8165 (Curtis) 6865-6

Interest rate, forecasts re level of (Curtis) 8893

Interest rate, high rate (Cocke) 9359 (Kempf) 9358 (Phillips) 9325 (Schroeder) 9264-5

Interest rate, high rate, cause of (Ree) 7080

Interest rate, high rate, continuance of (Stupich) 9248

Interest rate, high rate, effect of (Chabot) 8593 (Curtis) 6864, 6865, 6866, 8148 (Gabelmann) 7093 (Hewitt) 7388 (Howard) 8897 (Leggatt) 7155 (Levi) 6660-1 (McGeer) 7406 (Ritchie) 7455

Interest rate, high rate, effect of on Canada (McGeer) 6695

Interest rate, high rate, effect of on employment (Lea) 9335

Interest rate, high rate, effect of on forest industry (Curtis) 6866 (Levi) 6662 (Throne speech) 6610 (Waterland) 6671

Interest rate, high rate, effect of on purchasing power (Schroeder) 9364

Interest rate, high rate, government action on (Gabelmann) Q. 7607

Interest rate, high rate, Social Credit Party support for (Cocke) 9358, 9363 (King) 9392 (Lauk) 9408 (Lea) 9334-5 (Leggatt) 9352, 9353, 9399

Interest rate, high rate, W .R. Bennett's support for (Howard) 8587, 8897, 9047, 9421, 9422, 9423, 9435 (Lauk) 8627, 9308 (Sanford) 8582 (Wallace) 9226

Interest rate, increase in, prediction re (Nicolson) 9425

Interest rate, level of (Barber) 6853 (Barrett) 6792 (Lea) 6911 (Leggatt) 8635 (Ritchie) 6622 (Sanford) 6736 (Stupich) 6882 (Throne speech) 6609, 6610 (Waterland) 6745

Interest rate, level of and government borrowing (Davis) 8640

Interest rate, lowering of, beneficial effect of on B.C. economy (Barber) 8159

Interest rate, lowering of, proposal for (Lea) 6635-6

Interest rate, lowering of, proposed rate to improve economy (Barber) 8156, 8157, 8165

Japan, interest rate (Curtis) 6865 (Leggatt) 8637, 8775

Saskatchewan program for mitigation of high rate (Barber) 6855 (Barrett) 6803 (Lea) 6788

Intergovernmental Relations, Ministry of

Estimates 8919-25

Speakers: Gardom 8919-23, 8924, 8925; Hall 8923-4, 8925; Rogers 8924-5; Williams 8924

Intergovernmental relations, appropriation for, increase in (Gardom) 8925

Intergovernmental relations, appropriation for, reduction in (Hall) 8925

Minister's office, appropriation, reduction in (Hall) 8924

Purpose of ministry (Hall) 8924

Staff (Gardom) 8919

Work of ministry (Rogers) 8925 (Williams) 8924

Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association

Press release quoted (King) 8204

Mentioned: (Hanson) 8595

Interior News, Smithers, B.C.

Quoted (Howard) 7658 (Kempf) 7893, 7894, 8434, 8435

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Mentioned: (Curtis) 7640

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America

Mentioned: (Curtis) 7640 (Mitchell) 7449 (Phillips) 8468 (Sanford) 7465

International Joint Commission

Skagit Valley, flooding of. See entries under Skagit Valley, B.C.

Mentioned: (Rogers) 7230, 8528, 8925 (Skelly) 8530

International Labour Organization

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 7366

International Monetary Fund

Mentioned: (Lea) 7723, 8777

International Narcotic Control Agency

Mentioned: (Levi) 9010

International Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Mentioned: (Wallace) 7037, 8193 (Waterland) 8196

International Woodworkers of America

Representations re Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1982 (Lockstead) 8022, 8023

Unemployed workers, training of for northeast coal (Stupich) 6706

Mentioned: (Bennett) 7817 (Brown) 6784 (Brummet) 7142 (Hanson) 8595, 8597 (Heinrich) 7447, 9018, 9019, 9492 (King) 6670, 6724, 7935 (Lea) 6786 (Levi) 8682 (Lorimer) 6820 (Nicolson) 6654, 6939 (Phillips) 6811, 7471 (Sanford) 7465 (Segarty) 6625 (Skelly) 7072 (Strachan) 7023, 7381 (Wallace) 8549 (Waterland) 6671, 6744, 6750, 7476, 7477, 7935, 7936, 8200

International Year of Disabled Persons

Provincial contribution in grants (McCarthy) 8222

Provincial program (Closing speech) 6607 (Smith) 9177

Report on (Brown) 9177 (Smith) 9177

Mentioned: (Barnes) 6759 (Brown) 6717, 6785, 8251, 8822 (Chabot) 8594 (Gabelmann) 8670 (Lockstead) 7062 (McCarthy) 8222 (Rogers) 8438 (Vander Zalm) 8093 (Wolfe) 6658

Interpretation Act

Mentioned: (Brown) 7390 (Hon. member) 7390 (Wolfe) 8678

Invermere, B.C.

Revenue-sharing grant, loss to in change in (Barber) 7497

Investigations, Governmental

See: Governmental investigations

Investment Contract Act

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 9137, 9280 (Hyndman) 9275, 9276

Investment of public funds

Construction projects, investment of public funds in (Lea) 6788

Funds, government, Crown agencies, trusteed accounts, investment of (Curtis) 8892

Temporary investments, information re and rate of interest on (Stupich) Q. 8532 (Curtis) A. 8532

Investments

Capital investment in private sector (Waterland) 7035

Capital investment, increase in (Brummet) 6667

Foreign investment and development of industry in B.C. (Phillips) 8781

Foreign investment in Canada, encouragement of (Bennett) 9034

Industries, proposed investment by (Phillips) 6645

Investment capital, need for in B.C. (Phillips) 9332

Investor confidence in B.C. (Heinrich) 8831-2 (Leggatt) 8635, 8636, 8769

Irwin, William S.

Mentioned: (Levi) 8656

Isaac, Rick

Thanked (Fraser) 8300

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 8298, 8306

Isenor, Maurice

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 6939

Iskut River, B.C.

Damming of (McGeer) 6691, 6693, 6755 (Passarell) 6666

Stikine-Iskut power project. See entries under Stikine River, B.C.

Island Highway

See: Highway 19

Island Shake and Shingle Ltd.

Mentioned: (Brown) 6785

Islands Trust

Abolition of (Barber) 9053, 9054, 9072, 9076-7, 9082

Abolition of, purpose of (Barber) 9061, 9066

Abolition of, referendum on (Barber) 9074

Abolition of, savings resulting from (Barber) 9052, 9071 (Vander Zalm) 9051

Area, takeover of by regional districts (Barber) 9078

Bowen Island, Gee subdivision application, alleged intervention in (Barber) 9061

Denman Island, Rainsford subdivision, approval of (Barber) Q. 9061

Establishment of (Vander Zalm) 9051

Function of, transfer of to regional districts (Vander Zalm) 9051

Land Use Act. See name of act

Land Use Act, planning responsibilities under proposed act (Barber) 8101-2

Land use, Cortes Island, request for change in (Vander Zalm) 8137

Planning responsibilities (Barber) 8101-2

Powers of, increase in, proposal for (Lorimer) 8105

Regional plan, preparation of (Barber) 8102

Retention of, views of affected regional districts (Barber) 9077

Saltspring Island, Cudmore subdivision application, intervention in (Barber) Q. 9059, Q. 9060

Saltspring Island, Cudmore subdivision, planning permission for (Barber) Q. 9059, Q. 9060

Subdivision approvals, intervention in (Barber) 9064

Mentioned: (Barber) 7167, 8094, 8096 (Gabelmann) 9485 (Hanson) 9558 (Levi) 9184, 9185, 9504 (Mitchell) 9564 (Vander Zalm) 7338

See also: Gulf Islands, B.C.

Islands Trust Act

Hoist of bill by H.A. Curtis (Barber) 9073, 9075, 9077

Islands Trust Fund section, proclamation of (Barber) 8131-2 (Vander Zalm) 8132

Mentioned: (Barber) 9082 (Skelly) 7838, 7840

Italy

Government of (Cocke) 9358

Ivison, Larry

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 8613