Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 23, 1983 to February 9, 1984
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
AFL-CIO
See: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
AID, Nanaimo, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 36
ALRT system
See: Vancouver, B.C.-Transit system
ARA
See: Automotive Retailers' Association
ARDA
See: Agricultural and Rural Development Act (Canada)
ARDSA
See: Agricultural and rural development subsidiary agreement
Abbotsford School District
See: School District 34
Abbott, Jim
Mentioned: (Waterland) 1302
Abercrombie, Robin
Mentioned: (Rogers) 3158, 3160
Aberhart, William
Mentioned: (Barrett) 464
Aboriginal rights
See entries under Indians
Academic Council of B.C.
See entries under Universities and colleges
Accidents
Injuries, compensation for (Hewitt) 2873 (Ree) 2872
Ackles, Bobby
Mentioned: (Barnes) 106
Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron
Quoted (Barrett) 1578
Acupuncture
Access to (Cocke) 3077
Acute care in hospital
See entries under Hospitals
Adams River, B.C.
Sockeye salmon run (Michael) 14
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne (Moved) Fraser, R. 11-4; seconded Michael 14-7, approved 157
Speakers: Barnes 103-8; Blencoe 124-8; Brown 33-7, Brummet 139-43; Campbell 99-101, 103; Cocke 95-9; Dailly 21-5; Davis 67-70; Fraser, A. 85-8; Fraser, R. 11-4; Johnston 59-60; Lauk 149-54; Lea 143-6; Lockstead 78, 81-5; McCarthy 128-32; McClelland 65-7; Macdonald 88-91; McGeer 75-7; Michael 14-7; Mowat 51-4, 58; Nicolson 70-4; Nielsen 25-9; Passarell 48-51; Pelton 31-3; Phillips 108-11; Reid 37-41; Reynolds 154-6; Richmond 112-4; Ritchie 45-8; Rose 114-9; Sanford 135-9; Segarty 121-4; Skelly 29-31; Smith 147-9; Stupich 60-5; Wallace 41-5; Waterland 91-5
Adequate Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance, An Act to Provide for
(Bill M206) (Barnes) 1R, 1421; 2R, 2171-4, 2895
Speakers: Barnes 2171-4; Hewitt 2174
Daughter's car accident referred to (Barnes) 2172, 2174
Insurance claims, lump-sum payments (Barnes) 2173-4
Liability insurance, minimum liability coverage (Barnes) 2172
Liability insurance, purchase of (Barnes) 2173 (Hewitt) 2174
Vehicle owner, responsibility of (Barnes) 2174
Adult Occupational Training Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Veitch) 1400
Advertising Standards Council of B.C.
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848
Aero-Control Air Ltd.
Air ambulance service (Cocke) 3093, 3094 (Fraser, A.) 3108 (Nielsen) 3093-4 (Passarell) 3105
Management personnel (Nielsen) 3094
Afton Mines Ltd.
Shutdown (Cocke) 264, 267 (Hewitt) 262
Mentioned: (Howard) 2957
Aged
Activity centres, funds for (Barnes) 2141, 2915-6 (Brown)Q. 961, 978 (Brummet) 934 (McCarthy) 2913
Activity centres, work of (Brown) 979
Cost of living for (Hanson) 2114
Old age pension supplement, recipients of (Rose) 2161, 2162
Property taxes (Blencoe) 1073-4
Senior citizens' centre, membership fee (McCarthy) 2913
Services for (Brummet) 934 (Johnston) 965 (McCarthy) 2913 (Pelton) 32 (Wallace) 972
Treatment of (Lea) 2110
Aged-Housing
Kaslo, housing project (Nicolson) 72
Location of government-assisted units (Brummet) 2897
New Denver-Silverton area, housing need (Nicolson) 72
Projects (Fraser, R.) 13 (Michael) 16 (Throne Speech) 6
Rent increases for (Michael) 1033
Units, cost of (Brummet) 2897
Units, number assisted (Brummet) 2897
Agricultural and Rural Development Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Sanford) 1971
Agricultural and rural development subsidiary agreement
Mentioned: (Sanford) 1971
Agricultural Credit Act
Agricultural labourers
Housing regulations, application of (Sanford) 3103, 3104 (Schroeder) 3103, 3104
Industrial relations officers for farm visits (Gabelmann) 3134-5 (McClelland) 3135
Keremeos, Quebec farmworkers (Brown) Q. 880 (Smith)A. 2895
Labour legislation coverage for (Brown) 35, 37
Wages, deductions for benefits (Gabelmann) 3134
Wages, guaranteed wage, proposal for (Gabelmann) 3134
Wages, withholding of (Gabelmann) 3134
Workers' Compensation Board coverage for (Gabelmann) 3134 (McClelland) 3136-7 (Sanford) 3097
Working conditions, safety of (Gabelmann) 3135 (Sanford) 3097
Agricultural Land Commission
Abolition of, possibility of (Hon. member) 1799 (Sanford) 498, 501 (Stupich) 63-4, 520 (Wallace) 44
Appointments to (Stupich) 520, 1229
Appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year (Dailly) 237 (Sanford) 3097
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, transfer of to commission, proposal for (Dailly) 1095 (Hanson) 1083, 1084-5, 1085, 1087 (Lea) 704, 707 (Sanford) 1097, 1098, 1101, 1385 (Skelly) 1346 (Stupich) 1090-1, 1092
Change in (Cocke) 266 (Curtis) 164
Colony Farm, transfer of to commission (Sanford) Q. 1440 (Schroeder) A. 1440 (Stupich) 1092
Farmland, protection of (Reid) 494
Ladner meeting re (Lea) 269
Land purchases (Stupich) 1089
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, reaction to (Lockstead) 547
Property management branch (Hanson) 1086-7 (Stupich) 1089
“A Proposed Legislative Framework for Intermunicipal
Planning in Metropolitan Economic Areas” referred to, quoted (Stupich) 1227, 1229, 1230, 1231
Purpose of (Sanford) 499 (Skelly) 555
Staff, reduction in (Sanford) 3097
Zoning powers (Sanford) 1225
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1084, 1655 (Hewitt) 263 (Howard) 279, 281 (Lauk) 858 (Lockstead) 1799 (Macdonald) 543, 1875, 1876 (Passarell) 1850 (Pelton) 33, 512 (Reynolds) 155 (Sanford) 136, 1223, 1278, 3148 (Skelly) 1345 (Stupich) 519, 1230
Agricultural Land Commission Act
Debate on (Barrett) 257, 466 (Lockstead) 364 (Stupich) 334, 335
Enactment of (Dailly) 1093 (Stupich) 1087-8, 1089
Expropriation powers, absence of (Stupich) 1090
Meetings re (Stupich) 1089-90
Need for (Barrett) 466
Opposition to (Stupich) 1089, 1090, 1091-2
Regulations, precedence of over other acts (Chabot) 2723
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1087 (Johnston) 517 (Kempf) 1094 (Nicolson) 1271 (Reynolds) 537 (Sanford) 1278 (Skelly) 556, 1810 (Stupich) 519, 520, 1089, 1092, 1227, 1229, 1839
Agricultural land reserve
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, exclusion from (Reid) 276
Delta land, use of for garbage disposal (Reid) 279
Establishment of (Macdonald) 541 (Stupich) 520, 1228-9
Exclusion from (Barrett) 833, 844 (Lockstead) 1799 (Pel ton) 512 (Rose) 515 (Sanford) 1278, 3096 (Stupich) 1228
Exclusion from, Dawn Development Corp. land (Sanford) 57 (Speaker) 74
Exclusion from, Genstar Development Co. land (Hanson) 991, 1086
Exclusions from, appeals to cabinet (Dailly) 1094 (Skelly) 556, 1345 (Stupich) 520, 1092
Exclusions from, applications for (Sanford) Q. 853 (Schroeder) A. 853 (Stupich) 1230
Exclusions from, profits on (Macdonald) 923
Exclusions from under NDP (Ritchie) 46
Fine-tuning of (Mitchell) 1231 (Rose) 3100 (Schroeder) 3098 (Stupich) 1230
Government policy on (Sanford) 3096 (Schroeder) 3098
Northeastern B.C., exclusion of (Sanford) Q. 3088, Q. 3089, 3096 (Rogers) A. 3088-9 (Schroeder) A. 3089
Regional districts' role re (Blencoe) 485, 489-90 (Stupich) 1228, 1229
Agricultural products
See: Farm produce
Agriculture
Agricultural projects, funds for employment development (Curtis) 2330
Farms, bankruptcies, number of (Schroeder) 3095
Forests, agriculture, Prince George area conflict (Stupich) 177
Government policy on (Stupich) 1088
Industry, competitiveness of (Schroeder) 240
Industry, improvements in (Throne speech) 5
Prince George area (Stupich) 177
Urbanization and agriculture (Nicolson) 731
Agriculture and Food, Ministry of
Estimates 3094-3104
Speakers: Passarell 3099; Rose 3099-3101, 3102, 3102-3; Sanford 3095-8, 3103, 3104; Schroeder 3094-5, 3098-9, 3099, 3101-2, 3102, 3103, 3103-4
Appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in (Schroeder) 3094
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, transfer of to ministry (Dailly) 1095 (Lea) 704, 707
Employees, attendance at protest rallies (Reynolds) Q. 1045, Q. 1046 (Schroeder) A. 1045, A. 1046
Horse branch, proposal for (Michael) 14
Minister's office, staff salaries (Sanford) Q. 2366
Staff, information re (Hanson) 1355
Agrology
Public service agrologists (Barrett) 833
Air Canada
Mentioned: (Davis) 70 (Rose) 788, 1310
Aircraft, Government
See: Government aircraft
Airlines
Access to B.C. airports (Davis) 69-70
Airplane ambulances
Appropriation, increase in (Passarell) 944, 946
Companies, choice of for contracts (Dailly) 3094 (Nicolson) 3094
Private sector, use of (Fraser, A.) 3108
Airport assistance program
See: Local airport assistance program
Airports
STOL airport, P .L. McGeer's proposal for (Lauk) 318
AirWest Airlines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lea) 565
Aiyansh Indian band
Mentioned: (Passarell) 3038
Alaska Highway
See: Highway 97
Alaska Highway News, Fort St. John, B.C.
Quoted (Lockstead) 434 (Stupich) 1760
Alberni constituency
Unemployment (Skelly) 30
Alberni Inlet, B.C.
Floathouses (Skelly) 3035
Alberni School District
See: School District 7
Alberta Wheat Pool
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 754 (Wallace) 1651
Alcan
See: Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Alcibiades
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1721, 1811, 2066
Alcohol and Drug Commission
Abolition of (Brown) 410 (Gabelmann) 796, 985 (Lea) 563, 567 (Lockstead) 243-4, 2311, 2312 (Michael) 918 (Nielsen) 2307 (Wallace) 2313
Alcohol and Drug Commission Repeal Act. See name of act
Establishment of (Cocke) 2310
Health ministry jurisdiction over (Curtis) 165
Programs, service (Cocke) 2308, 2822 (McGeer) 568 (Nielsen) 2308, 2318, 2822 (Wallace) 2313
Staff, transfer of (Nielsen) 2307
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2850 (Gabelmann) 797 (Sanford) 568
Alcohol and Drug Commission Repeal Act
(Bill) 8) (Minister of Health) 1R, 168; 2R, 2307-9; C, 2822-4; 3R, 2824; RA, 2938
Speakers: Cocke 2308-10, 2822, 2823-4, 2824; Dailly 2317-8, 2822, 2823; Hewitt 2824; Howard 2314-7; Lockstead 2310-2; Nielsen 2307-8, 2318, 2822, 2822-3, 2823; Wallace 2313-4
Division: 2R, 2318
Advisory body (Nielsen) 2307-8
Alcohol abuse (Cocke) 2308-9 (Nielsen) 2823
Alcohol, advertising of (Howard) 2315 (Nielsen) 1230
Alcohol and Drug Commission, abolition of (Lockstead) 2311, 2312 (Nielsen) 2307 (Wallace) 2313
Alcohol and Drug Commission, establishment of (Cocke) 2310
Alcohol and Drug Commission, programs, service (Cocke) 2308, 2822 (Nielsen) 2308, 2318, 2822 (Wallace) 2313
Alcohol and Drug Commission staff, transfer of (Nielsen) 2307
Alcohol consumption, increase in (Wallace) 2314
Alcohol consumption, level of in B.C. (Dailly) 2317 (Nielsen) 2318 (Wallace) 2313_
Alcohol, dangers of (Dailly) 2317
Alcohol, drug abuse, cost of (Dailly) 2317
Alcohol, drug abuse, prevention of (Cocke) 2310 (Dailly) 2317, 2318, 2822 (Nielsen) 2822-3
Alcohol, drug abuse, school program re (Cocke) 2308
Alcohol, profits from sale of, use of (Dailly) 2317
Alcohol, promotion of, government involvement in (Howard) 2314-5
Alcohol, sale of at sports events (Dailly) 2823
Alcoholics Anonymous, success of (Howard) 2316 (Nielsen) 2318
Alcoholism, alcohol-related offences (Lockstead) 2311
Alcoholism and disability pensions (Wallace) 2313
Alcoholism, drug abuse, treatment facilities, services (Cocke) 2308, 2309
Alcoholism, treatment of (Howard) 2316 (Nielsen) 2318 (Wallace) 2314
Beer, wine advertisers, obligations re abuse (Hewitt) 2824
Beer, wine, advertising of in electronic media (Cocke) 2309, 2823-4 (Hewitt) 2824 (Nielsen) 2823
B.C. Place Stadium, sale of beer at (Dailly) 2317-8
Chemainus high school play referred to (Wallace) 2314
Counterattack program, tribute to (Cocke) 2309
Drinking drivers, accidents (Wallace) 2313
Drinking drivers, blood-testing of (Cocke) 2309
Drinking drivers, roadside breathalyser tests (Cocke) 2308
Drug abuse, promotion of by prominent people (Dailly) 2823 (Nielsen) 2823
Drug abuse, treatment of (Howard) 2316 (Nielsen) 2318
Foulkes report quoted (Cocke) 2308-9
Government advertising, appropriation for (Lockstead) 2311
Health ministry, press releases quoted (Howard) 2316
Heroin addict, cure of, case referred to (Nielsen) 2318
Heroin addiction, cure for (Howard) 2316-7
Heroin treatment program (Cocke) 2308
Hospitals, drug-related illnesses (Cocke) 2309
Indians, alcohol-related problems (Wallace) 2313
Ministers, travels, expenditures on (Lockstead) 2311
Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, tribute to (Cocke) 2310
Powell River, drug and alcohol counsellor (Lockstead) 2310, 2311
Select Standing Committee on Health, Education and Human Resources, consideration of bill by (Lockstead) 2311
Sunday drinking, questionnaire on (Howard) 2316
Alcoholics Anonymous
Success of (Howard) 2316 (Nielsen) 2318
Alcoholism
Advisory body for (Nielsen) 2307-8
Alcohol abuse (Cocke) 2308-9 (Dailly) 2822 (Nielsen) 2822-3
Cost of (Dailly) 2317 (Lea) 1334
Court convictions, alcohol-related offences (Lockstead) 2311
Illnesses, alcohol-related (Wallace) 2313
Liquor, profit on and service to alcoholics (Brown) 409-10
Powell River, alcohol counsellor (Lockstead) 243-4, 2310, 2311
Prevention of, educational aspect (Cocke) 2308, 2310 (Dailly) 2317, 2318, 2822 (Nielsen) 2822-3
Treatment centre, Courtenay (Sanford) 137 treatment of (Howard) 2316 (Nielsen) 2318 (Wallace) 2314
Alfred Dunhill of London
Mentioned: (Wallace) 575
Allen, Parker and Associates
Mentioned: (Reid) 38
Allende, Salvador
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1662
Allester, Gerry
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1595 (Wallace) 1532
Allidochlor
Use of, safety of (Brummet) 2909 (Wallace) 2909
Alma House, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 979
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Kemano II. See entries under name of project
Publicity material, mailing of (Howard) Q. 2943 (Rogers)A. 2982
Resource-processing project (Davis) 927
Stock ownership, Quebec pension plan (Campbell) 909
Mentioned: (Dailly) 25 (Howard) 2843 (Rogers) 3156 (Rose) 3164 (Wallace) 854, 3161
Aluminum industry and trade
Aluminum, market for (Rogers) 3156
Automobile components, manufacture of in B.C. (Phillips) 2843-4
Processing industry, northwestern B.C. (Howard) 2843
Production in B.C. (Davis) 69
United States, aluminum industry developments (Michael) 1032
Amax of Canada Ltd.
Mine tailings, land disposal (Passarell) Q. 532 (Brummet)A. 532
Mentioned: (Passarell) 1627
Ambulances
Ambulance service (Cocke) 3075
Surrey, paramedic service (Cocke) 3075
Ambulances, Air
See: Airplane ambulances
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1479, 1641, 1703
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Mentioned: (Passarell) 2566
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Document quoted (Sanford) 2452
American Institute of Architects
Quoted, mentioned (Lauk) 1817, 1818
American Medical Association
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3077 (Nicolson) 2149
America's Cup yacht race
Australia II, success of (Gardom) 1923 (Lauk) 1934
Amnesty International
Mentioned: (Skelly) 31
Amusements Tax Act
Mentioned: (Howard) 472
Anderson, Bill
Quoted (Gabelmann) 2123
Anderson, David A.
Quoted (Hanson) 2496
Anderson, E J. (Jim)
Mentioned: (Cocke) 97 (Howard) 529, 530 (Macdonald) 544, 1876 (Sanford) 502
Anderson, James
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1360
Anderson Lake Indian band
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 154
Anglican Church of Canada
Letter quoted (Wallace) 1448
Statement quoted (Wallace) 972-3
Mentioned: (Barrett) 591 (Bennett) 3044 (Blencoe) 3006 (Nicolson) 1755 (Sanford) 658, 1028, 1029 (Wallace) 1448, 1651
Anmore, B.C.
Establishment of (Rose) 117
Annacis Island, B.C.
Fraser River crossing. See entries under name of river
Anscomb, Herbert
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2280, 2284
Ansha Contracting Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Johnston) 59
Anthony Island, B.C.
Heritage site (Chabot) 3141, 3143 (Hanson) 3139, 3141
Anzac branch line
See entries under British Columbia Railway
Apostoliuk, Bill
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2866
Appin Consultants Ltd.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 2209
Apples
Price of to growers (Campbell) 101
Apprentices
Applicants for apprenticeships (Heinrich) 1371
Apprenticeship program (Gabelmann) 3132 (McClelland) 1798, 3131
Unemployed apprentices, assistance for (Curtis) 162
Apprenticeship Act
Mentioned: (Veitch) 1400
Apsey, T. Michael
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3025, 3040
Aqua-Kleen
Disposal of (Wallace) 2908
Purchase of (Wallace) 2908
Use of to control milfoil (Brummet) 2909
Arbitration, Industrial
Arbitration process (Blencoe) 2744-5 (Gabelmann) , 3132
Arbitrators, lawyers as arbitrators (Hanson) 2739
Compensation stabilization program, arbitrators, arbitration (Blencoe) 2744-5 (Curtis) 2741 (Gabelmann) 2033-4, 2738 (Hanson) 2738-9 (Sanford) 2741, 2742 (Wallace) 2743
See also: Collective bargaining; Strikes and lockouts
Arbitration Act
Possible contravention of (Wallace) 2746
Mentioned: (Curtis) 2746
Architects
Use of private sector services (Curtis) 164
Argenta Friends' School, Argenta, B.C.
Property tax (Nicolson) 1078, 1152-3
Argentina
Economic policies, P .L. McGeer's support for (Lea) 565, 567 (McGeer) 568
Arizona Highways
Mentioned: (Cocke) 905
Armstead, Rex
Mentioned: (Richmond) 2789
Armstrong, Henry G.
Quoted, referred to (Gabelmann) 1545, 1546, 1546-7 (Nicolson) 1559 (Rose) 1528, 1614, 2585, 3183 (Wallace) 1534
Arrow Lakes School District
See: School District 10
Arrowsmith Star, Parksville, B.C.
Quoted (Hanson) 1701
Arsens, Lydia
Death of (Throne speech) 2
Art Knapp's Garden Spot
Artisan Manufacturing Ltd.
Mentioned: (Johnston) 59
Asbestos
Demand for (Rogers) 3156
Ash, Arthur J.
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2283
Ashby, Denny
Death of (Cocke) 415 (Gardom) 415 (Howard) 415
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 813
Asia Pacific Foundation
Mentioned: (Stupich) 180
Aspen
Use of (Skelly) 3026
Aspinall, Craig
Employment of (Hanson) Q. 702
See also: Craig Aspinall and Associates Ltd.
Assessment Act
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 1114 (Brown) 1958 (Heinrich) 2800, 2802 (Howard) 1509 (Nicolson) 1903
Assessment Amendment Act, 1983
(Bill 22) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 169; 2R, 1068-80, 1243-53, 2276-8
Speakers: Blencoe 1073-7; Brown 1243-7; Cocke 1247-51; Curtis 1068-9, 2277-8; Dailly 1251-3; Mitchell 2276-7; Nicolson 1077-80; Stupich 1069-73
Argenta school, assessment of, case cited (Nicolson) 1078
Assessment notices, mailing date for (Curtis) 1068
Assessment of property, change in, need for (Blencoe) 1076
Assessment of single-family dwellings, grandfather clause referred to (Brown) 1245-6 (Mitchell) 2276-7
Assessment roll, assessments, date for (Cocke) 1251 (Curtis) 1068, 1069, 2278 (Stupich) 1072
Assessment roll, preparation of on annual basis (Blencoe) 1074-5
Assessments, appeals against (Curtis) 1069
Assessments, biennial assessments (Brown) 1243-4 (Cocke) 1249 (Curtis) 1068-9, 2278 (Nicolson) 1077
Assessments, changes in (Blencoe) 1074 (Nicolson) 1078 (Stupich) 1071
Assessments, reassessments (Curtis) 1068, 1069, 2278 (Nicolson) 1079
Bill, purposes of (Curtis) 2278
Bill, withdrawal of, proposal for (Brown) 1247
B.C. Assessment Authority, appropriation, reduction in (Blencoe) 1076 (Brown) 1246 (Dailly) 1253
B.C. Assessment Authority, costs of, reduction in (Curtis) 1069 (Stupich) 1073
B.C. Assessment Authority, efficiency of, tribute to (Brown) 1246
B.C. Assessment Authority staff, number of (Blencoe) 1074, 1076 (Brown) 1244-5, 1246 (Dailly) 1253 (Stupich) 1071, 1072
B.C. Assessment Authority, staff, workload (Dailly) 1253 (Stupich) 1071
B.C. Forest Products Ltd., property taxes (Blencoe) 1075-6, 1076
Centralization of power under act (Dailly) 1252
Commercial, industrial properties, assessments, increase in (Blencoe) 1075 (Nicolson) 1077
Commercial, industrial properties, basis for tax (Blencoe) 1075
Commercial, industrial properties, exemption for (Blencoe) 1075 (Cocke) 1250
Commission of Inquiry on Property Assessment and Taxation, work of (Stupich) 1073
Courts of revision (Curtis) 1068 (Nicolson) 1078
Education costs, costs per pupil (Dailly) 1252 (Nicolson) 1078
Education costs, provincial contribution (Nicolson) 1078
Elderly, property taxes (Blencoe) 1073-4
Farmland, assessment of (Cocke) 1248, 1249, 1250
House, order of business (Blencoe) 1073 (Cocke) 1251 (Stupich) 1072
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., property taxes (Nicolson) 1077, 1079
Legislature, committee system, use of (Brown) 1245 (Cocke) 1247, 1249
Lessees, copy of assessment notice for (Brown) 1244 (Curtis) 1068, 1069, 2278 (Dailly) 1251 (Nicolson) 1078 (Stupich) 1071-2
Meetings held throughout province (Brown) 1247 (Cocke) 1247-8 (Curtis) 1068, 1069, 2278 (Dailly) 1251 (Stupich) 1069-70, 1071
Mobile home, assessment of (Stupich) 1070
Municipal government, powers of, loss of (Brown) 1246-7
Pipeline companies, provision of information by (Cocke) 1248, 1249, 1250
Property improvements, tax on (Cocke) 1249 (Nicolson) 1079-80 (Stupich) 1071
Property tax, basis for, ability to pay (Blencoe) 1073-4
Property tax on residences, increase in (Nicolson) 1077
Property taxes, funding of property-related services (Blencoe) 1077
Property taxes, public's dislike of (Stupich) 1070, 1071
Property values, changes in (Blencoe) 1074, 1076 (Stupich) 1071, 1073
Recreational vehicle, taxation of (Nicolson) 1077
School District 7, school tax revenue, use of (Nicolson) 1079
School tax burden, local taxpayers (Dailly) 1252-3 (Nicolson) 1078
School tax, non-residential property (Dailly) 1252
Select standing committee on property taxation, proposal for (Blencoe) 1077 (Brown) 1246 (Nicolson) 1079
Union of B.C. Municipalities, consultation with (Brown) 1244 (Curtis) 2277-8
Victoria, harbour area, lease fees (Blencoe) 1075
Victoria, industry, allegations re city council's treatment of (Blencoe) 1075
Victoria, Lime Bay shake mill leases (Blencoe) 1075
White Paper, Green Paper, proposal for use of (Brown) 1244
Mentioned: (Parks) 233
Assessment Appeal Board of B.C.
Mentioned: (Curtis) 11 (Heinrich) 2798
Assessment Authority Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Mentioned: (Brown) 1273 (Stupich) 1263
Assessment Authority of B.C.
Board, appointment to (Blencoe) 2603, 2604-5 (Brown) 2603, 2605 (Smith) 2603, 2604, 2605
Board, chairmanship of (Brown) 2604, 2605
Board, members (Blencoe) 2603 (Smith) 2603
Mentioned: (Brummet) 2906
Assessment of property for taxation purposes
See entries under Real property tax
Association of Vancouver Island Municipalities
Mentioned: (Sanford) 2890
Astor Hotel, Burnaby, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 1160
Atlantic Monthly
Quoted (Lea) 1005 (Rose) 2026, 2028
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2011
Atlee, Clement
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 1742
Atlin, B.C.
Airport (Fraser, A.) A. 3085, 3108 (Passarell) 1852, 2777, Q. 3084, 3108
Road to Yukon, improvements to (Fraser, A.) 3107 (Passarell) 3106
Atlin Advisory Planning Commission
Mentioned: (Passarell) 3108
Atlin Board of Trade
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 3108 (Passarell) 3105, 3108
Atlin constituency
Area outside regional district (Passarell) 1850, 2420
Atlin General Store, Atlin, B.C.
Mentioned: (Passarell) 2380, 2958
Attorney-General, Ministry of
Speakers: Blencoe 3015, 3015-6, 3016-7, 3017, 3018; Brown 2988-9, 2990, 2991-2, 2993, 2994, 2998, 2998-9, 2999, 2999-3000, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3007-9, 3010-1, 3020; Dailly 3003, 3003-4; Howard 3020; Mitchell 3011-2, 3012-3, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016-7, 3017; Passarell 2994, 2995, 2995-6; Reynolds 2994, 3011; Sanford 3018-9; Skelly 3019; Smith 2986-8, 2989-90, 2990-1, 2992, 2993, 2993-4, 2994, 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3000-1, 3001, 3001-2, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3009-10, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3013-4, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3017-8, 3018, 3019, 3019-20, 3020; Wallace 2996, 2996-7, 2997, 2997-8
Appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year (Smith) 2986
Crown counsel services, privatization of (Brown) Q. 333 (Smith) A. 333
Crown counsel system (Macdonald) 442 (Smith) 2986
Diversion centres, funding for (Brown) Q. 534 (Smith) A. 534
Diversion program (Skelly) 444
Employees, attendance at protest rallies (Reynolds) Q. 3212 (Smith) A. 3212
Employees, contract employees (Brown) 1351
Employees, number of (Brown) 408, 411, 1351
Employees, salaries (Brown) 1351
Legal services, task force on (Brown) 2988-9, 2990, 2991 (Smith) 2989, 2989-90
Memorandum re corrections quoted, referred to (Brown) 3001, 3002, 3003, 3007-9 (Smith) 3002, 3009-10
Private sector legal services, use of (Brown) Q. 332-3, Q. 333, 1351, 1352 (Curtis) 164 (Smith) A. 333, 2986
Services, demands on (Smith) 2986
Services, privatization of (Blencoe) 3018 (Smith) 3017-8, 3018
Staff, benefits to terminated employees (Mitchell) 3013-4
Staff, contract employees, benefits to (Mitchell) 3014, 3015 (Smith) 3014, 3015
Women's Program Committee for Female Inmates (Brown) 3000
Work of (Smith) 149
Audain, Michael J.
“Mobile Homes: Problems and Prospects; Report of an Inquiry on Mobile Homes in British Columbia” mentioned (Nicolson) 1155
Audain, Tanya
Letter quoted (Parks) 896, 897
Auditor-general
Appointment of (Fraser, A.) 974
Appropriation, reduction in (Lockstead) 243
Colleges, auditing of operations of (Brown) 1429, 1431 (Heinrich) 1429 (Lauk) 1428, 1430 (Rose) 1431
Duties (Veitch) 1080
Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor-General, appointment of (Gardom) A. 534, 597 (Howard) Q. 534, 597
Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor-General, report (Veitch) 1080-1
Staff, number of, performance of duties (Howard) 1081
Auditor General Act
Mentioned: (Deputy Speaker) 1081 (Lauk) 1428 (Veitch) 1080
Austin, Jack
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 1337
Auto Marine Electric
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 1286
Automobile accidents
See: Traffic accidents
Automobile driver's licences
Renewal of, payment for points (Fraser, A.) 3107 (Passarell) 3106
Automobile industry and trade
Aluminum components for, manufacture of in B.C. (Phillips) 2843-4
Assembly plant in B.C., proposal for (Blencoe) 1201
Automobile manufacturers, losses (Veitch) 1938
Automobile production industry in B.C. (Nicolson) 2148
Automobile sales, Creston (Nicolson) 2012
Automobile sales, effect of 1983-84 budget on (Stupich) 1932
Canadian industry, trade problems of (Phillips) 2830
Federal Task Force on the Canadian Motor Vehicle and Automotive Parts Industry, recommendation of (Phillips) 2830
Japanese imports, Canadian content, proposal for (Reid) 40
Automobile industry and trade-Used cars
See: Used-car trade
Automobile repair
See: Automobiles-Maintenance and repair
Automobile seatbelts
Children, injuries and seatbelt use (Brown) 3090, 3122
Children, seatbelts for (Brown) 36, 3090, 3122-3 (Fraser, A.) 3123, 3129 (Rose) 3127
Children, seatbelts for, educational program re (Brown) 3123
Legislation, enforcement of (Fraser, A.) 3123
Automobiles
Energy efficiency, standards for (Curtis) 2617 (Skelly) 2616
Energy-efficient vehicles, benefits of (Skelly) 2375, 2616 (Stupich) 2616
Lights, compulsory lights-on period (Fraser, A.) 3108 (Passarell) 3106
Natural gas, conversion to use of (Reid) 39
Safety of, checks on (Davis) 2781
Safety standards, jurisdiction over, transfer of (Mitchell) 2785 (Passarell) 2779
Sales tax on and Canadian automobile industry (D’Arcy) 2617 (Hanson) 2363-4, 2370, 2422
Sales tax on, change in, effect of (Curtis) 2279, 2615 (Stupich) 2615
Sales tax on, preferential rate (Curtis) 2615-6 (D’Arcy) 2617
Sales tax on, preferential rate, restriction on (Curtis) 2617
Sales tax on, uniformity in levying of (Curtis) 166, 2279, 2615-6, 2616 (D’Arcy) 2302 (Gabelmann) 2428 (Hanson) 2368, 2370, 2422 (Lockstead) 2350 (Passarell) 2429 (Sanford) 2616 (Skelly) 2427 (Stupich) 1932, 2615, 2616 (Wallace) 2306
Automobiles — inspection
B.C. Automobile Association, inspections by (Reynolds) 1287
Government vehicles, testing of by private sector (Dailly) 1285
History of in B.C. (Cocke) 1307-8 (Mitchell) 2785
Inspection decals, wording to be used on (Passarell) 2780
Inspection, extension of to whole of province (Cocke) 2826-7 (Dailly) 2782 (Lea) 2825 (Ritchie) 2775
Inspection facilities, provision of (Davis) 2780-1
Inspection, frequency of (Davis) 2781 (Fraser, A.) 2867 (Nicolson) 2868
Inspection service, cost-benefit analysis of (D’Arcy) 422 (Skelly) 1317-8, 1318
Inspections, benefits of (Dailly) 3067, 3068 (Mitchell) 1313 (Nielsen) 3067
Inspections, municipalities' obligations re (Passarell) 2779
Inspections, notification to owners re (Passarell) 2779
Inspections, number of vehicles untested (Barrett) 1290 (Reynolds) 1287
Inspections, peace officers (Howard) 2869-70 (Wallace) 2870
Inspections, police duties re (Mitchell) 1313 (Passarell) 2779
Inspections, teamsters' union members (Sanford) 1317
MLAs with outdated stickers on cars (Johnston) 1308 (Rose) 1308
Mandatory inspection (Dailly) 2867 (Fraser, A.) 2867 (Kempf) 2784, 2785 (Reynolds) 305
Mobile testing bays, proposal for (Skelly) 1319
Motor-home brakes, case cited (Cocke) 1307
Need for (Mitchell) 1314
Ontario, inspections (Cocke) 1307 (Lockstead) 1280, 2774-5 (Passarell) 1320, 2777 (Reynolds) 1287 (Rose) 1310 (Wallace) 1310, 1312
Private sector testing, benefits of (Bennett) 2864 (Kempf) 1306 (Reynolds) 1287, 1288
Private sector testing, choice of station to do repairs (Passarell) 2778
Private sector testing, effects of (Lea) 1310-1, 2025
Private sector testing, enforcement of (Dailly) 1283 (Davis) 1270, 1281 (Lea) 1311
Private sector testing, fee for (Barrett) 1289 (Dailly) 1283, 2782-3, 2867 (Davis) 2781 (Fraser, A.) 2863, 2866, 2867 (Howard) 2863 (Lockstead) 1281, 2774-5 (Macdonald) 1285 (Mitchell) 1313 (Nicolson) 2865-6, 2867 (Passarell) 1320, 2776-7 (Sanford) 1315, 1317 (Skelly) 1318 (Wallace) 1312
Private sector testing in rural areas (Cocke) 2826-7 (Lea) 2825 (Lockstead) 2774 (Nicolson) 2868
Private sector testing, mechanics for (Passarell) 2776, 2777 (Ritchie) 2775
Private sector testing, possible abuses (Mitchell) 2786 (Passarell) 2777, 2778
Private sector testing program, administration of (Davis) 2780, 2781 (Fraser, A.) 2866 (Lockstead) 2773, 2774 (Nicolson) 2865-6 (Rose) 1309-10
Private sector testing stations, choice of (Lockstead) 2773, 2774
Privatization of (Barrett) 1286 (Bennett) 2864 (Dailly) 2783-4, 2864, 2865 (Davis) 2780-1 (Fraser, A.) 1279, 2865, 2868 (Howard) 2864 (Kempf) 1306, 2784-5 (Lockstead) 1281, 2772, 2773 (Macdonald) 1285 (Mitchell) 338 (Reid) 276 (Sanford) 2868-9 (Skelly) 1317-8, 1318, 1319
Privatization of and Social Credit Party election platform (Lockstead) 2771 (Reynolds) 1286
Saskatchewan, inspection service (Skelly) 1319
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector (Motion 29) (Fraser, A.) 1279, approved 1321
Service station offering safety check, case cited (Kempf) 1306-7
Tax burden for inspection service (Kempf) 1292, 1306 (Sanford) 1315
See also: Motor vehicle inspection branch
Automobiles-Maintenance and repair
Financial Information Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Mechanical failures, increase in (Barrett) 1291 (Wallace) 1311, 1312
Mechanical failures, modern automobiles (Mitchell) 1312-3
Poor, shortage of funds for maintenance (Wallace) 970
Repair shops, backyard, competition with commercial operations (Skelly) 1051
Repair shops, backyard, inspection of (Skelly) 1051
Repair shops, regulations re, enforcement of (Skelly) 1051
Repair shops, unnecessary work by (Wallace) 1311-2
Automobiles, Government
Inspection of by private sector (Dailly) 1285
Reduction in number of (Curtis) 163
Automotive Protection Association
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848
Automotive Retailer
Quoted (Passarell) 2778
Automotive Retailers' Association
“Point of View” quoted (Passarell) 1320
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848 (Passarell) 2770
Axford, Don
Mentioned: (Gardom) 3166
Axworthy, Lloyd
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 2981 (Hanson) 80 (Nicolson) 2148 (Skelly) 1871