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
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
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
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