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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UIC

See: Canada — Unemployment Insurance Commission

Ubyssey

Mentioned: (Brown) 8876

Ucluelet, B.C.

Electric-power supply to, reliability of (McClelland) 7747 (Mussallem) 7748-9 (Skelly) 7745-6, 7749

Ucluelet Elementary School, Ucluelet, B.C.

Mentioned: (Skelly) 7745

Ucluelet Secondary School, Ucluelet, B.C.

Mentioned: (Skelly) 8480

Umberto's Restaurant, Vancouver, B.C.

Hyndman, P.S., dinner at restaurant (Howard) Q. 7822

Hyndman, P. S., dinner at restaurant, bar bill (Howard) Q. 7822

Hyndman, P.S., dinner at restaurant, cost of (Barber) 8853 (King) 8856

Hyndman, P.S., dinner at restaurant, guests (Howard) Q. 7822

Mentioned: (Barber) 8856 (Skelly) 7745

Underdeveloped areas, Aid to

Expenditures and applications for funds (Hewitt) 7918, 7919 (Wallace) 7918, 7919

Underhill, J.

Mentioned: (Waterland) 7476

Unemployment

Age of unemployed, employment difficulties for 35-plus age group (Wallace) 8288

Alberni constituency, unemployment (Skelly) 9485-6

Budget, effect of on job supply (Stupich) 6949

Burnaby-Edmonds constituency, unemployment (Brown) 6713

Cabinet Committee on Employment Development. See entries under Employment

Causes (Stupich) 6883-4

Compensation Stabilization Act, unemployment as result of (Sanford) 7465-6 (Stupich) 7376, 7377

Crofton family, housing and employment problems, case cited (Wallace) 8288-9

Dawson Creek, unemployment (Wallace) 7037

Debate on in House (Barrett) 9042

Effects of (Sanford) 6917 (Skelly) 6816

Effects of on family life (Gabelmann) 7093 (Lockstead) 7062-3 (Sanford) 8152

Effects of on health (Gabelmann) 7093 (Brown) 7005 (Sanford) 8152, 8153

Employee layoffs (Barrett) 6790-1 (Sanford) 6917

Employee layoffs in private sector (Wolfe) 7463

Employee layoffs, re-employment (Williams) 7091

Energy program, federal, unemployment as result of (Brummet) 9338

Forest industries, unemployment in (Barber) 8160 (Barrett) 6790 (Bennett) 6762 (Curtis) 6866 (Dailly) 6809 (Gabelmann) 6639 (Howard) 6998 (King) 6723, 6971-2, 7017-8, 8149 (Lorimer) 6820 (McClelland) A. 9260 (Mitchell) 6833-4 (Mussallem) 9418 (Nicolson) 6654-5, 6940 (Phillips) 6812 (Sanford) 6736, Q. 9259-60 (Skelly) 6816, 6819, 7072 (Wallace) 6773, 7037, 7140 (Waterland) 6750

Fort St. John, unemployment (Wallace) 7037

Government's failure to prevent unemployment (Barrett) 6996

Hazelton area, unemployment (Howard) 8218

House, adjournment of for debate on unemployment (Sanford) 6945, 7452, 7997, 8677 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 6945, 6961, 7466, 8101, 8694

Housing and Employment Development Financing Act. See name of act

Increase in (Barrett) 6798 (Bennett) 9035 (Brown) 6713 (Sanford) 7465-6

Increase in, prediction re (Lauk) 8628, 8630

Interior of province, unemployment (Leggatt) 7153

Job creation. See Employment

Kamloops, unemployment rate (Barrett) 8363, 8364 (Skelly) 7473

Kelowna, barbecue for unemployed (Barrett) 6996

Mackenzie constituency, unemployment (Lockstead) 6729-30

Mackenzie, unemployment, work-sharing program (Heinrich) 8364

Monetarist policy and increase in unemployment (Lea) 6637

Motion 33, debate on (Barrett) 9261, 9281 (Speaker) 9261

New Westminster industries, employee layoffs (Cocke) 6804

North Island constituency, unemployment (Gabelmann) 6639, 6837

Port Alberni, unemployment (Barrett) 8313, 8363, 8364 (Fraser) 8422 (Skelly) 7263, 8632, 9485-6

Prince George, unemployment (Barrett) 8363, 8364 (Heinrich) 8364 (Howard) 6998, 8832 (Leggatt) 7153 (Sanford) 7997, 8152 (Strachan) 7021-2, 7159

Prince George, unemployment level, effect of Compensation Stabilization Act on (Lea) 7622

Rate (Barrett) 9464 (Mussallem) 9417

Rate, decline in (Bennett) 6765

Rate, “hidden unemployed”, number of (Stupich) 6883

Rate, increase in (Brown) 8227 (Howard) 9423 (Leggatt) 7153-4 (Lockstead) 7062 (Stupich) 6883

Rate, increase in, comparisons with other provinces (Howard) 9423

Reason for (Leggatt) 9353-4

Salmo forest industries, unemployment in (Nicolson) 9519

Sunshine Coast area, unemployment (Lockstead) 7062

Tahsis, unemployment (Gabelmann) 6837

Terrace area, unemployment (Howard) 8218

Terrace, Kitimat, Hazelton areas, unemployment (Howard) 9205-6

Trail, unemployment (D’Arcy) 7121

Unemployed, statistics on, percentage unemployed (Hewitt) 6711

Unemployed workers' meeting at Legislature, address by J.H. Heinrich (Sanford) Q. 8655

Unemployment (Barrett) 6992, 6995, 7349, 7949, 9659 (Brown) 7004 (Curtis) 6866 (Davis) 7124 (Hall) 6903 (Heinrich) 8831-2 (Howard) 6997-8 (Kempf) 7424 (King) 8831 (Lauk) 6979 (Leggatt) 8769-70 (Levi) 7066, 7069, 7412, 9366, 9367 (Lockstead) 7062-3 (McCarthy) 7058-9, 8587 (Mitchell) 7010 (Nicolson) 6940, 6941 (Richmond) 7075 (Sanford) 6915, 6917, 8153, 8582-3, 8826 (Skelly) 7071, 7072

Unemployment insurance benefits, expiry of and need for social assistance (Brown) 8227

Unemployment insurance claimants, Burnaby, increase in (Brown) 8590

Unemployment insurance claimants, increase in (Brown) 9373 (Leggatt) 7443, 8589, 8769 (Sanford) 8582, 8611

Unemployment insurance payments, value of and economy (Leggatt) 8635

Vancouver, statistics on unemployment (Nicolson) 6654

Victoria, unemployment (Hanson) 7129

West Kootenays, unemployment (Leggatt) 7153

Women family heads, number of unemployed (Brown) 8226-7

Women, unemployment (Brown) 7004 (Sanford) 8153

Work-sharing, proposals for (Brummet) 8644

Young people, case cited (Sanford) 8153

Young people, unemployment rate (Cocke) 6648, 6649 (Sanford) 6736, 6850, 8152, 8583

See also: Employment; Work relief

Unemployment, Technological

Women, effect of microchip technology on (Segarty) 6624

Unemployment Insurance Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Curtis) 7998 (King) 8148

Unemployment Insurance Commission

See: Canada — Unemployment Insurance Commission

Unger, Eldon

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 8315

Uniform Law Conference of Canada

Mentioned: (Williams) 9111

Union Club, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Hall) 7384 (Howard) 8897

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs

Mentioned: (Levi) 8748

Union of B.C. Municipalities

Brief quoted (Barber) 7506

Compensation Stabilization Act, reaction to (King) 7486

Convention, reception at as Municipal Affairs minister during NDP administration (Lorimer) 8103 (Vander Zalm) 8097

Land Use Act, consultation re (Barber) 9053

Letter quoted (Stupich) 7927

Life membership in (Lorimer) 8103

Meeting with (Vander Zalm) 8097

Municipal Amendment Act, 1982, support for (Vander Zalm) 7697

Municipal Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1982, support for (Vander Zalm) 8167, 8172

Relationship to government during NDP administration (Vander Zalm) 8097

Resolution adopting restraint program (Heinrich) 9492

Vander Zalm, W.N., appointing of to life membership (Hewitt) 9553

Mentioned: (Barber) 7149, 7166, 7278, 7279, 7280, 7281, 7283, 7496, 7507, 7508, 7509, 8094, 8096, 9052, 9053, 9064, 9081, 9551 (Curtis) 7582, 7640 (Fraser) 7100 (Heinrich) 9487 (Hewitt) 9395, 9397 (Howard) 7150 (King) 7325 (Lauk) 7166 (Leggatt) 9523 (Levi) 7313, 7315, 7316, 9369 (McCarthy) 9637 (Mitchell) 7265 (Mussallem) 9419 (Nicolson) 7237 (Phillips) 9376, 9522 (Richmond) 9410 (Stupich) 8552 (Vander Zalm) 7277, 7337, 7511, 7698, 7718, 8110, 8167 (Wallace) 7321 (Wolfe) 8576, 8577

Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, Grand Forks, B.C.

Mentioned: (King) 8709

United Auto Workers

Ford Motor Co., readjusted contract with (Hyndman) 9533, 9535

United Church of Canada

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 9555 (Wallace) 7770

United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union

Meeting with Cabinet Committee on Economic Development (Lea) Q. 7527 (Rogers) A. 7527, A. 7528

Mentioned: (Lea) 7394 (Rogers) 7566

United Nations

Declaration of Human Rights mentioned (Gardom) 9300

Women, discrimination against, adjournment to debate convention on elimination of (Brown) 6672 (Speaker) 6708

World conference on the environment (Rogers) 8527 (Skelly) 8529

Mentioned: (Barnes) 7114 (Closing speech) 6607 (Gabelmann) 7366 (Gardom) 8161 (King) 7326 (Leggatt) 8749 (Macdonald) 8161 (Passarell) 6665 (Throne speech) 6613 (Williams) 9298

United Nations World Assembly on Aging

British Columbia programs (McCarthy) 8222

United Native Nations

Mentioned: (Rogers) 8540

United States

Bill of Rights mentioned (Davis) 9306

Declaration of Independence mentioned (Gardom) 9299

United States — Army Corps of Engineers

Osoyoos Lake, use of Aqua-Kleen 20 on American side (Skelly) Q. 8888 (Rogers) A. 8888, A. 8919

Mentioned: (Davis) 6832

United States — Central Intelligence Agency

Mentioned: (McClelland) 7970 (Macdonald) 8122

United States — Constitution

Bill of Rights mentioned (Davis) 6677

United States — Energy, Department of

Mentioned: (McGeer) 7636 (Skelly) 7749

United States — Federal Reserve Board

Mentioned: (Heinrich) 8793

United States — Federal Trade Commission

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 8872

United States — Forest Service

Tree seedlings, purchase of (Nicolson) Q. 6991 (Waterland) A. 6991

United States — International Trade Commission

Hearings on lumber-export prices (Levi) 8200, 8201 (Waterland) 8202

United States — Securities and Exchange Commission

Mentioned: (Barrett) 6798, 7799, 7800 (Curtis) 6671, 6749, 6750 (Howard) 6671 (Leggatt) 7807 (Nicolson) 9427 (Stupich) 6890

United States — Supreme Court

Mentioned: (Gardom) 9299 (Williams) 7703, 8356 (Wolfe) 6658

United Way

Maintenance orders, enforcement of, recommendations re (Brown) 7828, 7850 (Williams) 7828

Mentioned: (Brown) 7826, 7827, 8254 (Williams) 7849

Universities and colleges

Colleges and institutes, appropriation, increase in (Smith) 8042

Colleges and institutes, appropriation, reduction in (Lauk) 8080

Colleges and institutes established under present government (McCarthy) 9538

Colleges and institutes, mission statement re post-secondary education (Smith) 8042, 8048, 8063

Colleges, boards, government control over (Barber) 7268

Colleges, centralization of control over (Wallace) 9540

Colleges, employment development account program (Lauk) 8072 (Smith) 8067 (Stupich) 8065

Colleges, evening courses, provision of (Brummet) 8062-3

Colleges, fees, increase in (Sanford) 8060 (Smith) 8063 (Strachan) 7028

Colleges, funding for, basis of (Brummet) 8062

Colleges, funding for, increase in (Stupich) 8065

Colleges, funding for, reduction in (D’Arcy) 7121 (Levi) 7251 (Lockstead) 7065, 7414 (Passarell) 6927, 8066 (Stupich) 7377, 8065 (Wallace) 8055-6

Colleges, North Peace area, expansion of (Brummet) 6673

Colleges, outreach programs (Smith) 8042

Colleges, part-time attendance, proposals for (Brummet) 8062-3

Colleges, programs, cutback in (Lauk) 8072 (Lockstead) 9554

Colleges, programs, importance of in times of recession (Stupich) 8064

Colleges, restraint program and retention of full-time courses (Brummet) 8063 (Smith) 8063

Colleges, role of (Smith) 8043

Colleges, satellite centres, establishment of (Smith) 8042

Colleges, technical-training courses, closure of (Lauk) Q. 9297

Colleges, women's access programs (Brown) 8873 (McGeer) 8875 (Sanford) 8059-60 (Smith) 8063

Colleges, women's studies, cutbacks in (Lauk) 8073

Colleges, workshops, provision of (Brummet) 8063

Financial support for (McGeer) 8864

Foreign students in B.C. universities, number of (Davis) 8059

Foreign students in Canada, cost of to taxpayer (Davis) 8058

High-technology industry, training of personnel for (Levi) 8050 (Smith) 8051

Operating costs, increase in (Curtis) 6870

Operating grants, limit on (Curtis) 6870

Post-secondary education, access to (Smith) 8042

Post-secondary education, growth of (McGeer) 8864

Post-secondary education, issues of (Smith) 8041

Post-secondary education, priorities (Smith) 8042

Students from non-metropolitan areas in post-secondary education, number of (McGeer) 8866, 8867 (Nicolson) 8865, 8867

Students, number of going on to post-secondary education (Gabelmann) 8043 (Lauk) 8071 (Levi) 7250, 7251, 8049-50 (Smith) 8051

Tuition fees, level of and operating costs (Curtis) 6870

Universities, access to (Dailly) 8873, 8874 (McGeer) 8874

Universities appropriation (Lea) 7029

Universities appropriation, increase in, 1975 to present (McGeer) 8866

Universities, faculty, dismissal procedure under University Act (McGeer) 9107

Universities, faculty salaries (McGeer) 6926

Universities, funding of under present government (Lea) 7246

Universities, funds for (McGeer) 6926 (Sanford) 6916

Universities, per capita expenditures, comparisons with other provinces (Nicolson) 8865

Universities, tuition fees (McGeer) 6926

Universities, tuition fees, increase in (Brown) 8873 (Levi) 7069 (Sanford) 6851, 6916, 8060 (Smith) 6851

Universities, tuition fees, level of compared with fees elsewhere (Davis) 8058

Universities, tuition fees, Ontario, Quebec, increase in (Davis) 8058, 8059

Universities, tuition fees, setting of at cost for foreign students (Davis) 9597-8

Universities, women's programs (Brown) 8873 (McGeer) 8875

University professors, tenure, position on (McGeer) 9221

University students, earning power and value of a degree (McGeer) 8874

University transfer program (Smith) 8042

Universities, Science and Communications, Ministry of

Estimates 8864-9, 8871-7

Speakers: Brown 8864, 8872-3, 8875-6; Brummet 8867, 8868; Dailly 8873-4; Leggatt 8871-2; McGeer 8864-5, 8866, 8867, 8867-8, 8874-5, 8876; Mitchell 8868-9, 8876, 8877; Nicolson 8865-7

B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. hearings, intervention in, application for funding (McGeer) 8876 (Mitchell) 8876

B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. hearings, intervention in commended (Mitchell) 8868

Government telecommunications, appropriation for, reduction in (Mitchell) 8877

Minister's office, appropriation, reduction in (Nicolson) 8866

Minister's office, expenditures on entertainment (McGeer) 8866

Travel, appropriation for (Mitchell) 8877 (Nicolson) 8867

University Act

Amendments to (McGeer) 9107

Faculty, dismissal of, procedure under act (McGeer) 9107

Mentioned: (Hanson) 7666

University Endowment Lands Ratepayers Association

Members (Barber) 8137

University of B.C.

Employees, housing for (Gabelmann) 6839-40

Engineering faculty, student publications, entertainments (Brown) 8872-3 (McGeer) 8875

Faculty, dismissal of, powers of arbitration panel re (Nicolson) Q. 8739 (McGeer) A. 9107

Highway to, expenditure on (Dailly) 8873-4 (McGeer) 8874

Kane, Julius, retention of position as professor (Nicolson) Q. 8739 (McGeer) A. 8739, A. 9107

Staff layoffs (Sanford) 7465

Mentioned: (Barrett) 6791 (Brown) 8873, 8971 (Cocke) 7044, 7394 (Curtis) 7583 (Davis) 8058 (Fraser) 9191 (Hanson) 6826 (Howard) 9584 (Jordan) 8728 (King) 6725 (Lauk) 7203, 9144 (Leggatt) 8357 (Levi) 7945 (McGeer) 7276 (Nicolson) 6655, 6942 (Phillips) 9374, 9376, 9377 (Rogers) 8919 (Sanford) 6851, 6916 (Smith) 9177 (Williams) 8407

University of B.C. Endowment Lands

Cooperative housing, land for (Gabelmann) 6641, 6839-40

Plans for (Barber) 9080

Village, inclusion of shopping area in (Barber) 8139

Village-status issue, neutrality of Municipal Affairs ministry staff (Barber) 8138

Village status, proposal for (Barber) 8137-8, 8138, 8139 (Vander Zalm) 8138

Village status, referendum on (Barber) 8138 (Vander Zalm) 8138

Village status, referendum on, resident students' votes (Barber) 8138 (Vander Zalm) 8138

Village status, representation on Greater Vancouver Regional District (Barber) 8138 (Vander Zalm) 8138

University of B.C. Medical School

Health Sciences Centre Hospital (Cocke) 7815, 9612 (Nielsen) 8990

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, funds for (Barrett) 7536

University of B.C. School of Rehabilitation Medicine

Students, granting of bursaries to (Cocke) 9646-7, Q. 9650

University of Calgary

Mentioned: (Levi) 7675

University of Oregon

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 6963

University of Toronto

Mentioned: (Barrett) 7347

University of Victoria

Computer-science program (Nicolson) 6942

Mentioned: (Barber) 7596, 8139 (Brown) 8873 (Curtis) 7640 (Davis) 8057, 8059 (Hanson) 7461 (Heinrich) 7446 (Jordan) 8728 (McCarthy) 6963 (McClelland) 7981 (McGeer) 6756, 7276 (Phillips) 6814 (Smith) 8056, 8067 (Williams) 8407

Uphill, Tom

Mentioned: (Levi) 9183

Upper Canada Village, Ont.

Mentioned: (Barber) 9080

Upper Island Health Unit

Mentioned: (Sanford) 8207

Urban Transit Authority

Criticisms of (Vander Zalm) 8097

Debt (Cocke) 7145

General manager, salary increase (Bennett) 9037

Urban Transit Authority Amendment Act, 1982. See name of act

Vehicles purchased, number of and increase in number of vehicles (Lorimer) 6743

Mentioned: (Barber) 8094, 8130 (Bennett) 6767 (Brown) 7102 (Davis) 8126 (Leggatt) 7807 (Lorimer) 8103 (Macdonald) 8111 (Vander Zalm) 7337, 8093 (Williams) 8400

See also: British Columbia Transit

Urban Transit Authority Amendment Act, 1982

(Bill 51) (Minister of Municipal Affairs) 1R, 8227; 2R, 8656-60; C, 8726; 3R, 8726; RA, 8975

Speakers: Gardom 8658; King 8658-9; Lorimer 8657-8, 8726; Macdonald 8658; Vander Zalm 8656-7, 8659-60

ALRT system, completion of, contracts for (Vander Zalm) 8659

ALRT system, completion of, date for (Vander Zalm) 8656

ALRT system, completion of, prediction re (Lorimer) 8658

ALRT system, expropriation powers, use of (Vander Zalm) 8656

ALRT system, Terminal Avenue section, completion of demonstration unit (Vander Zalm) 8656

ALRT system, tunnels for, discrimination in treatment of various areas (Macdonald) 8658 (Vander Zalm) 8659

B.C. Hydro, expropriated land, profits on sale of (King) 8659

B.C. Transit Authority, cooperation with cities, regional districts, criticisms of (Lorimer) 8657 (Vander Zalm) 8659

B.C. Transit Authority, members (Vander Zalm) 8659

B.C. Transit Authority, name change to (Vander Zalm) 8656

Buses, repainting of (Lorimer) 8657 (Vander Zalm) 8660

Commuter train, Port Coquitlam to Vancouver, operation of (Vander Zalm) 8659

Expropriation, compensation for, replacement value (King) 8659 (Lorimer) 8726 (Macdonald) 8658

Expropriation powers to assist in construction of ALRT (Vander Zalm) 8656

Expropriation proceedings, requirement to prove need (King) 8659

Expropriation provisions (Gardom) 8658

Expropriation provisions, advance notice of expropriation (Vander Zalm) 8657

Expropriation provisions, advance-payment provision (Macdonald) 8658 (Vander Zalm) 8657

Expropriation provisions, appraisal information to be included with payment (Vander Zalm) 8657

Expropriation provisions, cabinet approval for expropriation process (Vander Zalm) 8657

Expropriation statute, need for (Lorimer) 8657-8, 8726

Expropriation statute, preparation of during NDP administration (Macdonald) 8658

Expropriation statute, proposal for (Macdonald) 8658

Handicapped, custom transit service for (Vander Zalm) 8659

Vancouver, bus schedules, cutbacks in (Lorimer) 8658

Urban Transit Development Corp.

Mentioned: (Barber) 8132, 8133 (Lorimer) 8103 (Vander Zalm) 8132

Urban Transit Fund

Elimination of (Lorimer) 8004-5

Urban Transit Authority, payment to (Curtis) 8005 (Davis) 8006

Urea formaldehyde

Classrooms, portable, closed due to formaldehyde gas levels (Sanford) 8060

Classrooms, portable, testing of for formaldehyde gas, problem with standards (Smith) 8064

Classrooms, testing of for formaldehyde gas (Barrett) Q. 8232 (Nielsen) A. 8078-9, A. 8232-3 (Sanford) Q. 8078, Q. 8232

Formaldehyde gas, safety level for, reduction in (Sanford) Q. 8207, Q. 8232 (Nielsen) A. 8232

Homeowner action group, grants to (Hyndman) 8851

Limitation Amendment Act, 1982. See name of act

Use as insulation, assistance to homeowners (Hyndman) 8850-1 (Williams) 7869

Use as insulation, lawsuits re, limitation period for (Williams) 7868

Use as insulation, number of homeowners involved (Williams) 7868

Utah Mines Ltd.

Coal Harbour, tax benefit from mine (Gabelmann) 8110 (Vander Zalm) 8110

Local taxes, sharing of by Coal Harbour (Gabelmann) 8110

Utilities, Public

See: Public utilities

Utilities Commission

See: British Columbia Utilities Commission

Utilities Commission Act

Amendment to re co-generation of power (McClelland) 7747, 7749 (Skelly) 7749

Amendment to, restriction on proclamation of (Williams) 9593-4

Amendment to. See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) , 1982

Amendments to, proposal for (McClelland) 7731

Section 61, amendment to (Macdonald) 7837

Mentioned: (Howard) 9593 (McClelland) 7025, 7837, 9058, 9059 (Macdonald) 6965 (Skelly) 7744 (Smith) 9283, 9285 (Williams) 9592, 9593

Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 1982

(Bill 66) (Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) 1R, 8694; 2R, 8753-6; C, 8807-14; 3R, 8975; RA, 8975

Speakers: D'Arcy 8754, 8807-8, 8808, 8813, 8814; Hanson 8755; Lockstead 8754-5, 8807; McClelland 8753-4, 8755-6, 8807, 8808, 8809-10, 8811, 8813, 8813-4, 8814; Macdonald 8808-9, 8810-1, 8811, 8812; Williams 8811-2, 8812

Amdts: sec. 27 (McClelland) 8814, 8827, approved 8814

Air butane, rate for, Vancouver Island (Hanson) 8755

B.C. Hydro, preliminary work for power projects (D’Arcy) 8808 (McClelland) 8808

B.C. Hydro, rates, hearings on (McClelland) 8755

B.C. Utilities Commission, establishment of (McClelland) 8753

Electric power, private production of, sale of surplus power (Lockstead) 8754 (McClelland) 8753, 8756

Energy matters, appointment of a single commissioner for hearings on (Lockstead) 8754 (McClelland) 8754

Energy project and removal certificates, government's adherence to commitments re (D’Arcy) 8807-8 (McClelland) 8808

Energy project and removal certificates, limit on powers to vary (McClelland) 8808

Energy project and removal certificates, minister's powers to call for applications for (McClelland) 8754

Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., TMA Western Resources Ltd. takeover (McClelland) 8810 (Macdonald) 8808-9, 8810-1

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

Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., takeover of, B.C. Utilities Commission decision on (D’Arcy) 8813 (McClelland) 8756, 8814

Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., takeover of, B.C. Utilities Commission hearing on (McClelland) 8810 (Macdonald) 8809, 8811

Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd., takeover of, B.C. Utilities Commission hearing on, intervention of Attorney-General ministry in (Macdonald) 8811, 8812 (Williams) 8811, 8812

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, hearings on, appointment of commissioner for (Lockstead) 8754-5, 8807 (McClelland) 8756, 8807

Natural gas rates, variation in (McClelland) 8755

Petroleum industry, trade regulation, ministerial responsibility for (D’Arcy) 8754 (McClelland) 8753, 8756

Petroleum-pricing and regulation sections, proclamation of, delay in (McClelland) 8756

Petroleum products, emergency regulation and allocation of, ministerial responsibility for (McClelland) 8753

Power, private production, encouragement of new developments, technologies (McClelland) 8753

Power, private production, government expertise and financial assistance for (McClelland) 8753

Power, private production, price-setting and mediation mechanism for (McClelland) 8753

Retroactivity of and Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. takeover (D’Arcy) 8814 (Macdonald) 8809, 8814

Utilities capital, approval for raising of (McClelland) 8753

Utilities projects, investigations for, hearings on, proposal for (D’Arcy) 8808

Utilities, share ownership in excess of 20 percent, approval of (McClelland) 8753

Utilities, shares, transfer of, regulation of (McClelland) 8811 (Williams) 8812

Utilities, takeovers and mergers, scrutiny of and recommendations on (McClelland) 8753

Mentioned: (Smith) 9283