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
NABET
See: National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
NASA
See: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO
See: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC
See: National Broadcasting Co.
NIC Resources Inc.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 8804
NKK
See: Nippon Kokan Kaisha
Nagle, Patrick
Quoted (Hyndman) 6914
Nanaimo, B.C.
Airport, upgrading of (Fraser) 9028
Bypass, cost of (Fraser) 8495
Bypass study, cost of (Fraser) 8495
Civic workers laid off (Stupich) 8620
Downtown redevelopment, funds for (Stupich) 6706
Duke Point development (Phillips) 8773, 9377
Duke Point development, NDP policy on (Phillips) 6813
Northfield Road-Highway 19 intersection, reconstruction of (Fraser) 8495-6 (Stupich) 8495
Revenue-sharing grant, loss to in change in (Barber) 7500
Revenue-sharing program (Vander Zalm) 7340
Road development, funds for (Stupich) 6706
Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society
Allegations re (Stupich) 9187
Contributions to (Ritchie) 9186
Mentioned: (Fraser) 9439 (Hon. member) 8681 (Levi) 8681
Nanaimo constituency
Boundary changes (Wallace) 9226 (Williams) 9210
Boundary changes in 1938 redistribution (Stupich) 9189
Boundary changes in 1979 redistribution (Stupich) 9189
Nanaimo Free Press, Nanaimo, B.C.
Quoted (Stupich) 6882
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
Beds closed, staff laid off (Cocke) 7361 (Lockstead) 7414 (Stupich) 7378, 8620
Children's ward, live-in facility (Cocke) 9096
Rehabilitation facility, closing of (Wallace) 7663, 7664, 9011
Staff, number of and patient care (Stupich) 7378
Waiting-list for admission to (Cocke) 9096
Mentioned: (Cocke) 9097
Nanaimo School District
See: School District 68
The Nanaimo Times, Nanaimo, B.C.
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 8274
Napoleonic Code
Mentioned: (Gardom) 7163
Narod, Alvin
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 6655
Nass-Gitksan language
Mentioned: (Hanson) 9207
Nass River, B.C.
Greenville bridge, contract for (Fraser) 8441, 8446-7
Greenville bridge, site of (Fraser) 8446 (Passarell) 8444-5
Nass road between New Aiyansh and Terrace, upgrading of (Fraser) 8446 (Passarell) 8445
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mentioned: (McGeer) 6924
National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada
Mentioned: (Passarell) 8648
National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 6894
National Broadcasting Co.
Mentioned: (Waterland) 6671
National Building Code
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 8800
National Council of Welfare
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 7095
National Enquirer
Mentioned: (Bennett) 7980 (Skelly) 7719
National Farmers Union
Mentioned: (Wallace) 7765
National Harbours Board
See: Canada-National Harbours Board
National Hockey League
Mentioned: (Barnes) 7451
National Housing Act (Canada)
Mentally handicapped, eligibility of under section 44 (1) (a) (Gabelmann) 8669
Mentioned: (Chabot) 8154, 8167 (Davis) 8246 (Gabelmann) 6643 (Nicolson) 6654
National Lampoon
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 9600 (Smith) 7118
National Parks Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Passarell) 8648
National Review
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 8637
National Union of Students
Mentioned: (McGeer) 6926
Native Brotherhood of B.C.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 6842
Native Court Workers and Counselling Association of B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 9198
Natural gas
See: Gas, Natural
Natural resources
Conservation corps for B.C., proposal for (Skelly) 8566
Development of (Davis) 6679 (McClelland) 7732
Development of, job-intensive development (Cocke) 6648
Management of, proposal for (Lea) 8779
Nationalization of, NDP policy on (Ritchie) 9043
Offshore resources, development of (D’Arcy) 7734-5 (McClelland) 6733, 7732 (Throne speech) 6611
Offshore resources, development of, provision for environmental protection (Passarell) 6665
Ownership of, NDP policy on (Bennett) 7979, 7980 (Jordan) 6931 (McClelland) 7969
Provincial ownership of (Davis) 6678
Resource Revenue Stabilization Fund Act. See name of act
Resource Revenue Stabilization Fund, establishment of (Curtis) 6869
Revenue and federal equalization payments (Davis) 6678
Transport of in Canadian ships manned by Canadian crews (Lockstead) Q. 8468, 8497
Nechako School District
See: School District 56
Nechako Valley Regional Cattlemen's Association
Mentioned: (Hanson) 8596
Neece, David
Quoted (Davis) 8058
Neighbour, Thomas W.
Quoted (King) 6723
Neighbourhood pub licences
See:' Liquor licences
Neighbourhood pubs
See entries under Hotels, taverns, etc.
Neil Building, Creston, B.C.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 7305
Nelson, Chris
Letter quoted (King) 8708-9
Nelson, Evelyn
Residency in Empress Hotel, Vancouver (Lauk) 8507
Nelson, B.C.
Police force, consequence of Anti-Inflation Board for (Nicolson) 7438
Police force, efficiency of, case cited (Nicolson) 8943
Policing in combination with RCMP, proposal for (Williams) 8944
Revenue-sharing grant, loss to in change in (Barber) 7501
Nelson-Creston constituency
North Peace River constituency, comparisons with (Nicolson) 9163
Size of, population, problems re representation for (Nicolson) 9162, 9163-4
Nelson District Teachers Association
Mentioned: (Lauk) 7192
Nelson Family Day Care Society
Family day-care facilities, survey of (Brown) 8568
Nelson School District
See: School District 7
Nemetz, Nathaniel
Mentioned: (Williams) 7672
Neoprene
Development of (Mussallem) 9418-9
Nesbitt, James Knight
Death of (Closing speech) 6607
Neto Industries Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 8206
New Cinch Uranium Ltd.
Mentioned: (Levi) 9649
New Democratic Party
“The Birdwatcher's Guide to Parliament” quoted (Hewitt) 6708
Criticism of (Gardom) 7065-6
Election defeats, record of (McGeer) 6694, 6754, 6926, 7408, 8841-2, 9502
Election funds, disclosure of (Gabelmann) 8686
Election of in 1972 (McGeer) 9341, 9502
Financing of (Cocke) 8681 (Dailly) 8890
Labour movement, relationship to (Bennett) 7484-5, 7816, 7818 (McGeer) 7814-5 (Phillips) 9374
Leadership of (Gardom) 7066 (Hyndman) 6913
Liberal Party, relationship to at federal level (Bennett) 7980, 8420 (Curtis) 7491 (Fraser) 7434, 7435 (Phillips) 8625, 8626 (Ree) 7479 (Ritchie) 7456-7 (Skelly) 7473-4
Lottery-ticket sales, use of funds from (Vander Zalm) 8172
Nanaimo hotel complex (Jordan) 6931-2 (Ritchie) 7130
Policies (McGeer) 6808 (Nielsen) 6982-3
Policies, adoption of by federal government (McGeer) 8630
Protests, role of NDP in protests (Vander Zalm) 6779
School system, advancement of cause of socialism through (Ritchie) 9517-8
Supporters from elsewhere electioneering in B.C. (Barber) 8685 (Ree) 8684
Trade unions, alliance with (Brummet) 7322
Trade unions, checkoff provisions (Barber) 8685 (Brummet) 8687 (Cocke) 8680 (Davis) 8680 (Gabelmann) 8687 (Levi) 8682 (Ree) 8684
Trade unions, relationship to (Brummet) 7142 (Phillips) 9374
Victoria constituency office, source of funds for (Brummet) 8687
Waffle Manifesto mentioned (Bennett) 8417 (Brummet) 7282 (Gardom) 8412, 8921 (McGeer) 7815 (Phillips) 9601, 9518 (Ritchie) 6683, 7219, 7457, 9185
The Waffle Manifesto quoted (Ritchie) 7014, 9516, 9518
New Denver, B.C.
Revenue-sharing grant, loss to in change in (Barber) 7501
New English Weekly
Quoted (Lea) 6634
New Haven Correctional Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Mentioned: (Lorimer) 8380 (Williams) 8381
New Westminster, B.C.
Benefits to under present government (Mussallem) 8708
Downtown redevelopment (Phillips) 6813, 7001, 8626 (Vander Zalm) 7105
Downtown redevelopment, job creation (Ritchie) 7016
Fraser River bridges, impact of (Cocke) 8476
Industries, employee layoffs (Cocke) 6804
McInnes overpass, contract for (Phillips) 9549-50
McInnes overpass, steel contract for (Leggatt) Q. 9508 (Phillips) A. 9549-50
Revenue-sharing grant, loss to in change in (Barber) 7500 (Cocke) 7320 (Vander Zalm) 7340
Street system, provincial funds for (Fraser) 8477
New Westminster School District
See: School District 40
New York, N.Y.
Bombardier Ltd. equipment, sale of to city (Davis) 8782
New York Islanders
Mentioned: (Barnes) 7451
New York Times
Mentioned: (McClelland) 7972, 7989
New Zealand
Visit to (Rogers) 8527
Newfoundland
Treasury bills issued (Curtis) 9386
Newman, Paul
Mentioned: (Lauk) 7187
News, Fort Nelson, B.C.
Quoted (Kempf) 8987
News, Nelson, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brummet) 8061
News-Advertiser, Kitimat, B.C.
Quoted (Howard) 7257
Newsweek
Mentioned: (McClelland) 7972
Ney, Phillip
Mentioned: (Brown) 8969
Nichols, Marjorie
Quoted (King) 8690 (Ritchie) 7456
Mentioned: (Fraser) 7099 (Lauk) 9398 (Leggatt) 9398
Nicolson, Frances (Mrs. Lorne)
Mentioned: (Fraser) 8428
Nicolson, Lorne (Nelson-Creston)
Address in reply 6654-7
Anti-Inflation Board, consequences of for Nelson police force 7438
Arms race 6655
Assessments, increase in 7236
Atlin constituency, problems re travel 9164
Automobile drivers, points, driving with excessive number of 8029
Automobile drivers, points, driving with six or more points 8029
Automobile drivers, points, information-retrieval system 8029
Automobile drivers, points, penalty for accumulation of 8029-30
BATmobiles, proposals for 8030
Bennett, W.R., office assistant, duties of 7438
Bill, second reading of on the day bill introduced 9318
Bonds, parity bonds, reduction in by NDP government 7435
Borrowing for operating expenses, Social Credit Party policy on 9427
B.C. Buildings Corp., borrowing by 9424, 9427
B.C. Ferry Corp., vessels, refit of 7439
B.C. Ferry Corp., vessels, sale of 9428
B.C. Government News, subscriptions to, proposal for 7438
B.C. Hydro debt, decrease in under former government 7435
B.C. Hydro, rate increases and lumber manufacturing 6941
B.C. Institute of Technology, second institute for interior 6942
B.C. Police Commission, head of, appointment to position 8943
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., board of directors, appointment of Jack Poole to 9425
B.C. Systems Corp., borrowing by 9428
B.C. Systems Corp., building, cost of 9424
B.C. Timber Ltd., Nelson operation, discussions re, Q. 8589, Q. 8590
B.C. Timber Ltd., Nelson operation, withdrawal of bid to purchase 8589
Brown, David, expenses as government employee 7438
Budget, balancing of and change in accounting methods 6941
Budget debate 6939-43
Burke Mountain, proposed housing project 6655
Canadian National Railways bridge, New Westminster, prevention of closing of, Q. 7924, Q. 7925
Children's Hospital, learning-disabilities patient, treatment for, Q. 8762
Children's Hospital, learning disabilities unit, funding for, Q. 8762
Coal Amendment Act (1982) 9272
Coal, northeast, development of and southeast coal 6655
Cominco Ltd., high-technology industry 8865
Cominco Ltd., shutdown of operations 6941
Compensation Stabilization Act 7435-9
Compensation Stabilization Act, powers under act 7436
Compensation stabilization program, commissioner, authority of 7436
Compensation stabilization program, commissioner, staff 7438
Computer, microcomputer technology, Creston engineering office 6940-1
Computer-science instructors, level of competence, improvement in 6942
Computer technology, apprenticeship training in 6942
Conservation offices, travel appropriation, increase in 8562
Constituencies, boundary redistribution, proposal for 9164
Constitution Amendment Act (1982) 9162-5
Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd., Creston tree-seedling nursery proposal 6940
Creston, non-residential taxes, unpaid taxes 7305-6
Crown corporations, debt, increase in 9427-8
Darkwoods Forestry Ltd., foreign ownership of land, extent of 8945
David Thompson University Centre, problems 8866
David Thompson University Centre, success of 8865
Debt, federal and provincial debt per capita 9427
Debt, increase in under present government 7439, 9424, 9427
Denison Mines Ltd., Japanese control over 9165
Deregulation ministry, establishment of 7439
Economy of B.C. 6654
Economy of B.C., prediction re 9425
Education costs, provincial contribution to 9518-9
Education costs, provincial contribution to, comparisons with other provinces 9518
Education (Interim) Finance Act 7236-8, 7305-6, 7308
Education (Interim) Finance Act, third reading six months hence 7308
Education ministry, estimates 8080, 8081
Education, post-secondary, students from non-metropolitan areas 8865, 8867
Elderly, housing for, expenditures on by former government 6655
Electoral commission members, selection of 9162
Electoral districts, Vancouver Island, additional constituency for 9164
Environment ministry, estimates 8548, 8561-2
Exhibits, producing and displaying of in chamber 8033-4
Expo 86, board of directors, limit on number of 7738
Extended care, lady in need of, case cited 9029
Federal expenditures on provincial ministers' meetings in Ottawa 7436
Federal Republic of Germany, economy 9425
Ferries, federal subsidy agreement, renegotiation of 7438
Financial Administration Amendment Act (No. 2) , (1982) 9424-6, 9427-8
Fishing licences, resident and non-resident fees 8431
Flathead Valley, reforestation of 6940
Flooding, intersector committee, proposal for 8561, 8562
Food-packaging technology, development of at University of B.C. 6655
Forest industries, transfer of to American ownership 6654
Forest industries, unemployment 6654-5, 6940
Forest projects, reforestation, employment in 6939-40
Forests ministry, building occupancy charges, increase in 6940, 8221, 9164
Forests ministry, estimates 8221
Game preserves, private, possibility of under Wildlife Act 8431
Gang Ranch, proposal for private game-farm 8431
Georama Flowers, reforestation seedlings nursery 8221
Guides, non-resident, licensing of 8430-1
Hadikin Bros. Lumbering Ltd., sale of 6656
Health Facilities Association of B.C., debt 9428
Health ministry, estimates 9029
Heroin treatment program, expenditures on 7439
High-technology industries, problems re 8865
Homeowner Interest Assistance Act 9252-4
Homeowner interest assistance program, eventual effect of on mortgages 9253-4
Homeowner interest assistance program, funds for, “offbudget money” 9253
Homeowner interest assistance program, repayment 9253
Hospitals, intensive-care bed occupied by extended-care patient, case cited 9029
Housing policy, government 6655
Housing starts, decline in 9428
Housing starts, U.S., forecasts re and forest industry 6939
Hunters, resident and non-resident licence fees 8431
Hunting, fishing licences, increase in fees, renewals prior to 8561
Hunting-licence fee, increase in 8431
Hunting, tags, increase in cost of 8431
Hyndman, P.S., expense account claims 7437-8
Independent schools, aid to under NDP government, instructions to Education ministry staff re 8080-1
Indian Cut-off Lands Disputes Act 8750-1
Interest rate, decline in, prediction re 9253
Interest rate, increase in, prediction re 9425
Kalesnikoff Lumbering Co. Ltd. sawmill, operation of 6656
Kane, Julius, retention of position as professor at University of B.C., Q. 8739
Kaslo, industrial taxes, delay in payment of 7237, 7305, 7306
Kaslo River floodplain, housing project for elderly 8561
Kinsella, Patrick, office furniture, B.C. Buildings Corp. storage charges for, Q. 7757
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., employee layoffs 6940
Lakes, breakwaters, construction of 8609
Land Title Amendment Act 8945, 8977
Land Title Amendment Act, 1982, amendments to, placing of on order paper 8977
Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 8608, 8609
Lardeau, Meadow Creek area, flooding problem 8561
Legislature, fall session, 1982, purpose of 9162-3
Liberal Party, influence of on Social Credit Party 7438-9
Logs, sawlogs, export of 6656
Lotteries, creation of new lottery 6942
Louisiana-Pacific Corp., closing of operations 6940
Louisiana-Pacific Corp., Salmo sawmill, closing of 6654
Lower Kootenay Indian band, land claims 8750-1
Lumber-import quota in U.S., proposal for conference re 6656
McCarthy, R.B, Creston properties, municipal taxes on, Q. 7291, 7305
McGeer, P.L., leave of absence from UBC and possible conflict of interest, Q. 9220
McGeer, P.L., office appropriation, reduction in 8866
Marina lease, Kokanee Creek Provincial Park, increase in 8608
Marinas, foreshore leases, increase in, advance payment of 8608
Marinas, foreshore leases, increase in, moratorium on, Q. 8207
Marinas, foreshore leases, increase in, number of increases, Q. 8207
Marinas, foreshore leases, rent-in-advance requirement, number of leases agreed to, Q. 8207
Mike's Marina lease, increase in, advance payment of 8608
Mill rate, increase in under present government 7236
Mining, open-pit mining, Canadian expertise in 9165
Ministers, expenditures by 9164
Ministers, expense accounts 7437-8
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) , (1982) 9316
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1982) 8028-30
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1982, hearings on by committee of House, proposal for 8028
Nelson-Creston constituency, comparisons with North Peace River constituency 9163
Nelson-Creston constituency, size of, population, problems re representation for 9162, 9163-4
North Peace River constituency, additional MLA for 9165
Phillips, D.M., expense account 7437
Police Amendment Act (1982) 8943
Police force, Nelson, efficiency of, case cited 8943
Police forces, municipal, cost of and RCMP policing agreement 8943
Policing costs, task force on 8943
Population, emigration from province 9428
Port Moody, North Slope, proposed housing project 6655
Prince Charles Secondary School auditorium, lottery funds for 6942-3
Privilege-Non-residential tax base, takeover of by province and provisions of Municipal Act 7184 (Speaker) 7252
Property tax, non-residential, responsibility for unpaid taxes 7305-6
Property taxes, assessment, appeal of by W.N. Vander Zalm, Q. 8271
Property taxes, rural, increase in 6942
Property taxes, withholding of, Kaslo case cited 7237
Prospectors' assistance grant, reduction in, Q. 6862, Q. 6863
Provincial emergency program, Cowichan area expenditures 8562
Public-service employees, dedication of, cases cited 7437
Public service, wage increases, absence of numerical limits from Compensation Stabilization Act 7436
Queen of the North, refit of 7439
Reforestation program 6655
Reforestation, purchase of U.S. Forest Service seedlings, Q. 6991
Reforestation, rate of 6939, 6940
Reforestation seedlings, production of by private entrepreneurs 8221
Reforestation seedlings, production of in Nelson area 6940
Reforestation seedlings, shortage of and import of from U.S. 6940
Riverview, housing development 6655
Royal Commission of Inquiry into Uranium Mining, termination of 7439
Royal Commission on Electoral Representation, 1982, formula used 9162, 9164
Royal Commission on Electoral Representation, 1982, terms of reference for 9162
Salmo, flooding problem 8561
School Act, financing formula 7236
School District 7, non-residential tax base, loss of 7237
School District 7, teacher aides, reduction in 9519
School District 9, non-residential tax base, loss of 7237
School District 10, school tax 7237
School District 45, school tax, reduction in 7237
School District 86, school tax 7237
School Services (Interim) Act 9518-9
School tax, collection of by municipalities, regulations re 7237
Skilled labour, training of 6942
Skilled labour, unemployed, use of 6939
Small business, property taxes, compensation to municipalities for decrease in, Q. 8271
Small business, tax burden, Q. 8271
Special-education programs, cutbacks in 9519
Special funds, expenditure of 9427
Technology, institute of, need for in interior 6942
Transpo 86 Corporation Amendment Act (1982) 7738
Travel as minister, class used and fare paid 7436-7
Travel, expenses paid 7437
Treasury bills, amount of, limit on 9424, 9428
Treasury-bills process, establishment of 9428
Unemployment, Salmo forest industries 9519
Unemployment, Vancouver, statistics on 6654
Universities, per capita expenditures, comparisons with other provinces 8865
Universities, Science and Communications ministry, , estimates 8865-6, 8867
Universities, Science and Communications ministry, travel appropriation 8867
University of B.C. faculty, dismissal of, powers of arbitration panel re, Q. 8739
University of Victoria, computer science program 6942
Valhalla wilderness area, proposal for 8561-2
Vancouver-Point Grey constituency, size -of, population 9162
Victoria Princess, refit of 7439
Water licence, increase in, impact studies 8561
Water licence, increase in to Cominco Ltd. 8561, 8562
Water licence, increase in to power companies 6940
Wildlife Act 8430-1
Wildlife Act, White Paper on 8430
Wildlife advisory committee, need for 8430
Wildlife advisory committee, recommendations re 8430
Williams, Dick, commended 8866
Willowhaven Private Hospital, possible closure of 9029
Wood-pulp capacity, Castlegar, increase in 6656, 6941-2
Nielsen, Hon. James A., (Richmond) Minister of Health
Atlin constituency, MLA for 9161
B.C. Medical Association, payback by, proposal for 9474
Budget debate 6982-5
Burnaby General Hospital, administration of commended 8983
Burnaby General Hospital, enterostomal therapist 8983
Cardiac patient, death of and funds for surgery, A. 8737
Cardiac patient, medical history of 8737
Cardiac surgery, hospital programs, expansion of 8696
Cardiac surgery, number of operations, waiting list, effect of restraint program on 8737-8
Cariboo constituency, additional MLA for 9159, 9161
Central Vancouver Island Health Unit, staff vacancies 9012
Children, services to, programs for 6983
Children's Hospital, adolescent unit, funds for, A. 8696
Children's Hospital, budgetary requirements, A. 9612
Children's Hospital, funding for, A. 8761, A. 9611
Children's Hospital, learning disabilities unit, funding for, A. 8807
Children's Hospital, out-patient hearing program, operation of 8807
Children's Hospital, Perthes' disease patient, postponed treatment for, A. 8806
Children's Hospital, review of by consultants 8950
Chiropodists, payment to, A. 8388
Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts, 1975, cost of 9160
Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts, 1975, report, presentation of 9159-60
Community-care facilities, inspection of 8570
Community-care facilities, inspections of, medical health officer's flexibility re 8570
Computer Consulting Canada Ltd., computer services to hospitals and possible conflict of interest, A. 7468
Constitution Amendment Act (1982) 9158-62
Dawson Creek Hospital, acute-care beds, occupancy of 8990
Day-care facilities, inspection of 8983
Delta constituency, additional MLA for 9159, 9160, 9161
Dental Care Plan of B.C., commitment re, A. 9220
Dental Care Plan of B.C., establishment of 8926
Dental Care Plan of B.C. payments, A. 8388
Dentists, increase in payments to, A. 9220
Down's syndrome, prenatal testing for, lowering age of women eligible, A. 7394, 8982-3
Down's syndrome, prenatal testing for, provision for 8982-3
Education system and restraint program 9475
Electoral commission, establishment of 9161
English, written English, competence in 6984
Enterostomal therapists 8983
Enterostomal therapy, availability of 9012
Erhard Seminars Training, use of by Integrated Services 9009
Eric Martin Pavilion, family and children's unit, A. 8762, A. 8807
Eric Martin Pavilion, family and children's unit, change in operation of 8982, 9089
Eric Martin Pavilion, family and children's unit, operation of, cutback in 9089
Expenditures, restraint program 6983
Expenses, Inn of the North lunch, invoice for, change in (Howard) Q. 8205 (Macdonald) 8336 (Nielsen) A. 8233-4
Expenses, Inn of the North lunch, purpose of 8234
Extended-care beds, increase in number of 9089
Formaldehyde gas, safety level for, reduction in, A. 8232
Formaldehyde gas, testing of school facilities for, A. 8078-9, A. 8232-3
Handicapped children, integration into school system 6984
Handicapped children, parent-relief facilities in Richmond 8982
Handicapped children, review of services to, recommendations 8983
Handicapped, programs for, funds for 6984
Hawkins, Robert, appointment to Vancouver General Hospital board, A. 7429, A. 7468
Health care, cost of 7761, 8926
Health care, cost of and future of program 6984, 8932
Health care, costs, problem with evaluation of 7796-7
Health care, Dawson Creek, use of red ribbon as symbol of protest re, A. 8164
Health care, federal funds for, provision for demographics of B.C. population 8926
Health care, funds for, source of 7762
Health care, Health ministry's expenditures per citizen 8926
Health care, level of compared to other provinces 8926
Health care, level of in B.C. 6983, 6985
Health care, preventive, shortage of personnel for 8981
Health care, right to, A. 8078
Health-care system, criticisms of, role of emotionalism in 8928
Health-care system, satisfaction with 8932
Health Cost Stabilization Act (Bill 12) 1R, 6875; 7761, 7796-7
Health-cost stabilization funds, source of 7761
Health-cost stabilization funds, use of 7761
Health ministers' conference, attendance at 8956 (Cocke) 8958 (Howard) 7821
Health ministry, appropriation, percentage of provincial budget 8926
Health ministry, estimates 8926-9, 8931-2, 8934, 8949-51, 8958-62, 8980-3, 8989-90, 9008-9, 9012, 9088-9, 9095
Health ministry, Integrated Services, review of 9009
Health occupations legislation 9008-9
Health occupations legislation, Quebec 9009
Heroin, legalization of for the terminally ill 9008
Home ownership and private property, NDP stand on 8128
Homemaker service 6983
Homemaker service, alleged cuts in, restoration of, A. 6748
Homemaker service, appropriation, increase in 9087
Homemaker service, petition re 6748
Hospital beds, acute-care, bonus for closing of, A. 7331
Hospital beds, acute-care, conversion of to extended-care use, policy on, A. 7332
Hospital beds, acute-care, number unoccupied 8990
Hospital beds, changes in number of, requirement re 8950, 8962
Hospital beds, closure of 7292
Hospital beds, occupation of by patients with self-inflicted ailments 9012
Hospital beds, unoccupied beds 8990
Hospital emergency wards, decisions on use of, A. 7395
Hospital emergency wards, non-emergency use of 7395
Hospital societies, elections to, age of voters 9086
Hospitals, acute-care facilities, use of 9089
Hospitals, admission to, cardiac case, citing of by opposition 8961
Hospitals, admission to, case cited by D.G. Cocke and family's anxiety 8960
Hospitals, admission to, cases cited, confidentiality of information re 8928
Hospitals, admission to, citing of cases for political purposes 8948, 8960-1
Hospitals, admission to, Health ministry's assistance in problem cases 8948
Hospitals, budgets, adequacy of 8932
Hospitals, budgets, adjustments to during course of year, policy on, A. 7332-3
Hospitals, budgets, expenditures of, regulations re 8961
Hospitals, budgets, provision of in April 8926
Hospitals, grants to, changes in 8961-2
Hospitals, grants to, regulations re 8950, 8961
Hospitals, joint funding project, disbanding of committee 8934
Hospitals, joint funding project, expenditures on 8950
Hospitals, joint funding project, status of 8934, 8950-1
Hospitals, media campaign, re use of, cost of, A. 7395
Hospitals, operational auditors, appointment of 8927
Hospitals, problems, opinions as to source of 8927
Hospitals programs staff, redundancy and elimination of 8950
Hospitals, public trusteeship, A. 8077
Hospitals, restraint program, effect of on salaries 6984
Hospitals, revenues, obligations re increase in 8961
Hospitals, review of by audit teams 9612
Hospitals, wage settlements, provision for in budgets 8927
Hospitals, waiting lists, reduction in 9088
Illness, prevention of and emphasis on curative aspects 8981
Juan de Fuca Hospital Society, extended-care beds, closing of, A. 7050-1
Kamloops constituency, additional MLA for 9159, 9160, 9161
Kelowna General Hospital, acute-care beds, occupancy rates 8990
Kitimat General Hospital, maintenance problems and limitation on funds, A. 8388
Legislature, attendance in House, obligations re 8959
Legislature, pairing arrangements 8959
Long-term care program 6983, 8926
Mackenzie Hospital, closure of, A. 7523-4
Mackenzie Hospital, closure of, D.G. Cocke's statement re 8959
Mackenzie Hospital, cutbacks in services, proposal for 7524
McClelland, R.H., statement re hospitals, A. 8388
The Maples, eleven-year-old patient, continued treatment for, A. 8807
The Maples, new beds 8983
Medical treatment, decisions re, government's role in 8927
Medical treatment, priorities in, decisions on 8927-8
Medicine, preventive, priority for 8928, 8981
Medicine, preventive, problems re 8981
Methadone program, Health ministry policy on 9008
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1982) 8569-70, 8572
Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 8127-9
New Democratic Party, policies, programs 6982-3
Nurses, student, meal privileges and Employment Standards Act 9095
Nursing home rates, increase in, A. 6863
Office, appropriation, reduction in (Cocke) 9097
Opposition, negative attitude of 6982
Peace River North constituency, additional MLA for 9159, 9161
Physicians, number of in B.C. 6983
Physicians, obligations re public information on health matters 8928
Planned Parenthood Association, grant 9097
Powell River General Hospital, unoccupied beds 9087
Prenatal care 8983
Province, letter to on subject of Motion 21 (Howard) 7111 (Speaker) 7226
Public health inspection fees, establishment of, A. 6990
Public health inspections, source of funds for cost of 8572
Public health nurse, Sunshine Coast school system 9087
Public health services, user fee for, A. 9650
Queen Alexandra Hospital, child and adolescent unit, planning for 8807
Real estate flipping, land speculation, profits, proposal for tax on 8127-8
Richmond constituency, additional MLA for 9158-9, 9159, 9160, 9161
Richmond constituency, additional MLA for, NDP association recommendation re 9161
Richmond General Hospital, beds, closing of 8962
Richmond General Hospital, beds, closing of, court injunction re 8950
Royal Columbian Hospital, allegations re operating rooms, equipment 8018-20
Royal Columbian Hospital, construction of, D.G. Cocke's statement re 8959, 8960
Royal Columbian Hospital, doctors' support for report on conditions in, A. 8078
Royal Columbian Hospital, emergency patients, diversion of to other hospitals 8959, 8961
Royal Columbian Hospital, loan to 8949-50
Royal Columbian Hospital, operation audit of 8950, 8962
Royal Columbian Hospital, problems 8950
Royal Jubilee Hospital, operational auditors team, review by 8950, 8982
School boards, legislative authority to achieve necessary savings 9474
School day, lengthening of 9474
School District 38, restraint program, legislative authority for 9474
School Services (Interim) Act 9473-5
School year, shortening of by five days 9474
Shuswap Lake General Hospital, acute-care beds occupied, number of 8990
Shuswap Lake General Hospital, beds closed 8989-90
Shuswap Lake General Hospital, board and administration of commended 9095
Shuswap Lake General Hospital, review of 9095
Smoking, Cold Turkey Day 8959
South Okanagan constituency, additional MLA for 9159, 9160, 9161
Strait of Juan de Fuca, pollution of by pleasure craft 9012
Sunny Hill Hospital, budget, increase in 8981
Sunny Hill Hospital, music therapy, importance of 8982
Sunny Hill Hospital, parent-relief program 8982
Sunny Hill Hospital, programs, budgetary restraints 8981
Sunny Hill Hospital, programs, review of 8982
Surgery, elective, waiting list for, A. 7332
Surgery, elective, waiting list for, reduction in 9089
Surrey constituency, additional MLA for 9159, 9160
Taxation, no increase in 6983
Teachers, non-instructional days, loss of pay for 9473-4
Vancouver Canucks, newspaper ads re success of, expenditure on, A. 7467-8
Vancouver General Hospital, board 8077
Vancouver General Hospital board, administration by 8960
Vancouver General Hospital, cardiac care facility, opening ceremony 8959
Vancouver General Hospital, cardiac surgery unit, reduction in number of operations 8695, 8737-8
Vancouver General Hospital, trusteeship 8077
Victoria constituency, two MLAs for 9158
Video Display Terminal Operators, An Act for the Protection of 9640
Video-display terminals, safety of, review of 9640
Washington state budget, preparation of 6983
Williams, R.A., real estate dealings 8128
Zoning, enhancing of land values through rezoning 8128-9
Night school
See: Evening and continuation schools
Nightingale, Eileen (Mrs. John)
Mentioned: (Ree) 8847
Nimpkish Valley, B.C.
Canadian Forest Products Co. Ltd. camp, closing of (Gabelmann) 8109-10 (Vander Zalm) 8110
Community in area, proposal for (Gabelmann) 8109 (Vander Zalm) 8110
Residents, land ownership by (Vander Zalm) 8110
Nimsick, Leo T.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 7970
Nippon Kokan Kaisha
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 7671, 8389 (Phillips) 8530 (Stupich) 6893
Nishga Indian band
Negotiations with (Williams) 8751
Nishga language
Mentioned: (Hanson) 9208
Nishga School District
See: School District 92
Nishga tribal council
Land claims, commitment to council re (Passarell) 8449
Nissho Iwai
Coal port contract (Phillips) 7868
Mentioned: (McClelland) 8804
Nitinaht language
Mentioned: (Hanson) 9207
Nixon, Bob
Brief quoted (Levi) 8201
Mentioned: (Levi) 8202 (Waterland) 8203
Nixon, Richard
Mentioned: (Barrett) 6922, 7590 (Lea) 6636
Noble, John
Tribute to (McCarthy) 8248, 8253
Mentioned: (Brown) 6955 (King) 8276 (McCarthy) 8225
Nock, Max
Letter quoted (Kempf) 8674
Non-Partisan Association
Mentioned: (Barber) 8094
Noranda Mines Ltd.
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. shares, purchase of (Levi) 8202 (Skelly) 8633 (Wallace) 8193 (Waterland) 8203
Mentioned: (Barrett) 9464 (Howard) 6997 (Skelly) 9215
Nordstrom, Jane
Mentioned: (Brown) 6670
Norris, Len
Mentioned: (Barrett) 9040
Norris, M.C. (Mac)
Mentioned: (Howard) 9433 (Macdonald) 6699 (Phillips) 8757
Norris, Thomas Grantham
Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts, 1975. See name of commission
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mentioned: (Gardom) 7161 (Richmond) 7441
North Coast Air Services Ltd.
Removal of alcohol from Prince Rupert terminal by RCMP (Howard) Q. 7785, Q. 7823 (Williams) A. 7823, A. 7843
North Cowichan, B.C.
Revenue-sharing grant, loss to in change in (Barber) 7497 (Vander Zalm) 7339 (Wallace) 7321
Welfare costs, increase in (Wallace) 7321
North Cowichan Regional District
Municipal workers, labour agreement and restraint program (Wallace) 7427
Regional district forests (Wallace) 8196
North Island College, Campbell River, B.C.
Outreach program (Smith) 8042
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 9538
North Island constituency
Unemployment (Gabelmann) 6639, 6837
North Island Gazette, Port Hardy, B.C.
Quoted (Ritchie) 9348
North Island Senior Secondary School, Port McNeil, B.C.
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 7296
North Okanagan constituency
Benefits to under present government (Jordan) 6933
Problems re representation for (Jordan) 9233-4
North Peace River constituency
See: Peace River North constituency
North Saanich, B.C.
Revenue-sharing grant, loss to in change in (Barber) 7498
North Star Contracting Ltd.
Northeast coal contract (Leggatt) 7845
North Thompson highway
See: Highway 5
North Thompson School District
See: School District 26
North Vancouver, B.C.
Lonsdale Quay (Phillips) 6813, 7001, 8777, 9377 (Ree) 7079, 7080
Lonsdale Quay, job creation (Ritchie) 7016
Marine park, purchase of property for during NDP administration (Lorimer) 8115 (Vander Zalm) 8114
North Vancouver-Capilano constituency
Area, population (Ree) 9167
North Vancouver School District
See: School District 44
North Vancouver-Seymour constituency
Election campaign, 1975, disclosure of election funds (Gabelmann) 8686 (Wolfe) 8694
North West College, Terrace, B.C.
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 9538
Northeast coal
See entries under Coal
Northeast Coal Development News
Mentioned: (Leggatt) 7845
Northern Airborne Technology Ltd.
Development of company (Strachan) 6651
Northern Interior Lumber Sector
Mentioned: (Hanson) 8595
Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek, B.C.
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 9538
Northern Times, Terrace, B.C.
Mentioned: (Passarell) 6665
Northland Navigation Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Fraser) 7890 (Lockstead) 8454
Northwest Baptist Theological College, Vancouver, B.C.
Northwest Baptist Theological College Amendment Act, 1982. See name of act
Northwest Baptist Theological College Amendment Act, 1982
(Bill 65) (Attorney-General) 1R, 8847; 2R, 8955; C, 8956; 3R, 8956; RA, 8975
Speakers: Howard 8955; Williams 8955
Northwest Loggers Association
Mentioned: (Howard) 8218
Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
Secondary picketing, case cited (Heinrich) 9018-9
Nova, An Alberta Corp.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 8804 (Macdonald) 7082 (Smith) 9491
Nova Scotia
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, inquiry into sale of (Barber) Q. 9175 (Curtis) A. 9175
Provincial debt (Curtis) 7491
Novakowski, Ken
Telegram quoted (Lauk) 7192, 7199
Nuclear power
Development of, opposition to (Skelly) 7966 (Vander Zalm) 7964
New Democratic Party position on (Hyndman) 6913-4 (Stupich) 6704
Power service (McClelland) 7961
Vancouver Island nuclear reactor, planning for during NDP administration (McClelland) 7961
Washington state, non-completed nuclear stations (Barrett) 7801
Nuclear reactors
Canadian reactors, sale of (Davis) 8782
Nuclear warfare
Municipalities, responsibility of for emergency measures (Leggatt) 8120
Nuclear weapons and disarmament
Municipal referenda on (Barber) 9082 (Leggatt) 8119-20 (Vander Zalm) 8120
Nuclear disarmament, support for (Gardom) 8161 (Macdonald) 8161
No. 108195 Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 7082
Nunweiler, Alf
Mentioned: (Strachan) 7024
Nurses and nursing
Alberta hospitals, advertisements for nurses in B.C. (Cocke) 8933, 8956, 8958
B.C. Institute of Technology, nursing-class students, cut in number of (Cocke) 7044 (Wallace) 7133
Hospital patients, acute-care, post-release home nursing for (Hall) 6675-6
Lytton, nurses, shortage of (Cocke) 7363
New graduates, jobs for (Sanford) 7630
Nurses laid off (Cocke) 8956
Nurses, shortage of (Cocke) 7044
Nurses, supply of (Cocke) 8933-4, 8958
Student nurses, meal privileges and Employment Standards Act (King) 9095 (Nielsen) 9095
Student nurses, meal privileges, Vancouver hospitals (King) 9094-5
Training of, cutback in (Wallace) 7133
Nursing homes
Rates, increase in (Cocke) Q. 6863 (Nielsen) A. 6863
Nuu-chah-nulth tribal council
Mentioned: (Skelly) 8525
Nystrom, Lorne
Mentioned: (McClelland) 9307