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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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

Mentioned: (Brown) 8291, 8569

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 6940, 6941

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