Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 23, 1983 to February 9, 1984

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BCAA

See: British Columbia Automobile Association

BCGEU

See: British Columbia Government Employees' Union

BCRIC

See: British Columbia Resources Investment Corp.

BCTV

See: British Columbia Television Broadcasting System Ltd.

Back, Rollie

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2840

Bailey, Chuck

Quoted (Gabelmann) 2123

Bailey, Michael

Career prior to government appointment (Barnes) 107

Salary, increase in (Barnes) 107, 2000, 2001 (Blencoe) 125 (Curtis) A. 21 (Hanson) Q. 134 (Lockstead) 1997 (Nicolson) 598 (Rose) 2084 (Stupich) Q. 21, 1583, 1924 (Wallace) 1967

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2138

Bain, Burroughs, Hanson

Mentioned: (Reid) 38

Bainbridge, C.

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2871

Baker, Walter

Mentioned: (Cocke) 382 (Rose) 349

Baldwin, George

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 3110, 3115

Baldwin, Ron

Quoted (Dailly) 1056 (Passarell) 1320, 2778

Balfour, B.C.

Ferry (Gabelmann) 3119

Ball, Bobby

Mentioned: (Passarell) 1852

Banfield, Charles E

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 733

Bank Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2238 (Gabelmann) 2234 (Reynolds) 156

Bank of Canada

Mentioned: (Howard) 8, 937, 1940

Bank of England

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3169

Bank of Montreal

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2972, 2973 (Howard) 3168 (Dailly) 1956 (Lea) 2950 (Macdonald) 543

Bank of Nova Scotia

Political donations (Skelly) 2064

Mentioned: (Curtis) 2949 (Hewitt) 2613 (Howard) 3168 (Johnston) 967 (Lea) 2950

Bankruptcies

Burnaby-Edmonds constituency, bankruptcies (Brown) 33

Increase in (Blencoe) Q. 2551-2, 2973, 3144 (Brown) 2018, 2103 (Cocke) 2352-3 (Curtis) A. 814 (D’Arcy) 421 (Hanson) 2422 (Hewitt) A. 2552 (Lauk) 2387 (Lea) 2834, 2950 (Rose) 2083 (Stupich) 175, Q. 814, 1924, 2729

Receivers, payment of outstanding taxes by (Curtis) 1062

Small business bankruptcies (Stupich) Q. 814 (Curtis) A. 814

Wages, non-payment of in bankruptcies (D’Arcy) 2238 (Hanson) 2209 (McClelland) 2598, 2598-9 (Nicolson) 2204

Bankruptcy Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2189 (Nicolson) 2204 (Wallace) 2598

Banks and banking

Banking industry, inquiry into (Barrett) 9 (Bennett) 9 (Howard) 8-9 (Lea) 145 (Reynolds) 156

Banks, assets (Howard) 2126, 2127

Banks, control of, NDP policy on (Waterland) 92

Banks, income tax (Howard) 937, 2126-7 (Rose) 2029, 2086

Banks, profits (Blencoe) 674 (Howard) 2126-7 (Lea) 2023, 2950-1 (Macdonald) 2048-9, 2182 (Rose) 2086 (Sanford) 1993 (Skelly) 1982, 2064 (Stupich) 1929

Interest rate on deposits (Stupich) Q. 81 (Hewitt) A. 81

Losses, socialization of (Lauk) 2857

Mortgages. See entries under Mortgages

Operation of (McGeer) 76-7

Taxation of (Curtis) 2956, A. 3190-1 (Lea) 2950-1, Q. 3190

Third World debt, role in (Howard) 3168

Bansgrove, Eric

Tribute to (Passarell) 650

Bapco Paints Co. Ltd.

Transfer of from Victoria (Blencoe) 1116

Mentioned: (Chabot) 917

Barber, Charles

Tribute to (Blencoe) 124

Mentioned: (Barnes) 103 (Hewitt) 247 (Phillips) 671

Bare Point power plant

See: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Barker, Douglas W.

Quoted (Wallace) 510, 511

Barkerville, B.C.

Commended (Brummet) 2898

Barnes, Emery Oakland (Vancouver Centre)

Address in reply 103-8

Adequate Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance, An Act to Provide for (Bill M206) 1R, 1421; 2171-4

Bailey, Michael, career 107

Bailey, Michael, salary 107, 2000, 2001

B.C., arrival in 341

B.C. Association for the Mentally Retarded, grant to, Q. 916

B.C. Buildings Corp., debt 106

B.C. Housing Management Corp., rent levels 2916

B.C. Place Stadium, drinking in corridors 106

B.C. Place Stadium, size of field 105, 1452

B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of by ministers 2000

Budget debate 927-33

Child-abuse program, abolition of 342

Child-abuse teams, Q. 288, 932, 2916

Children, custody of, Q. 507, Q. 508

Community grants, reduction in, Q. 508

Community involvement program, cancellation of employment contracts, Q. 702, Q. 996

Community involvement program payments, abolition of, Q. 471, 929, Q. 996, Q. 1161, 2141, 2142, 2915, 2917

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1999-2000, 2001-3, 2748

Compensation Stabilization Commission, rulings 2002

Compensation stabilization program, extension of 2002

Council of the 80s meetings, Q. 594

Council of the 80s, members, Q. 594

Daughter's car accident referred to 2172, 2173, 2174 (Hewitt) 2861 (Lauk) 2861

Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 549, 1881

Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 548, 549

Day care, information re, Q. 594

Day-care subsidy, information re, Q. 594

Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 104, 1456, 2143

Discrimination, burden of proof re 344

Economic recovery 2143

Education costs, increase in 1556

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1179-84, 1553-8

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, consultation on 1181

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1554, 1556

Education system 1180-1

Education system, centralization of 1555

Education system, Social Credit Party's attitude toward 1555

Elderly, facilities for, funding of 2141, 2915-6

Emigration from province, 1979 to present 604

Expenditures, restraint on, effect of 928-9, 930, 2001

Expenditures, restraint on, support for 2000, 2915

Families, preservation of 1555, 1556

Families, problems 344, 1454

Family counsellors, child apprehensions 507, 508

Family service work by volunteer organizations, Q. 508

Family support workers 342, 2916

Federal-provincial programs, ending of 105

Government advisers, role of 343

Government, centralization of 343

Government services, privatizing of 105

Greater Vancouver Regional District, planning authority 343

Handicapped children, review of services to, Q. 2612

Handicapped, provision for by families 1454

Heal, Douglas, salary, increase in 2001

Health, taxation of products dangerous to 603

Helpline for Children, analysis of calls to, Q. 594

Human Resources ministry, administration of 2914

Human Resources ministry, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 341

Human Resources ministry employees, dismissal of 342, 343-4, Q. 430, Q. 507, 2915

Human Resources ministry employees, use of term “bonkers” in reference to, Q. 1359, 1454

Human Resources ministry, estimates 2914-9

Human Resources ministry, fraud cases, information re, Q. 1358

Human Resources ministry, fraud investigators, Q. 509, Q. 1358

Human Resources ministry programs, abolition of 342, 1455, 2916-8

Human Resources ministry services, preservation of, Q. 508

Human Resources ministry services, provision of by charities, Q. 533

Human Resources ministry, volunteer coordinators, dismissal of, Q. 1255, Q. 1256, 2916

Human Rights Act, substitution of name of in statutes 2805

Human Rights Code, changes in 343, 1455

Human Rights Commission, abolition of 344, 1878-9

Human Rights Commission, replacement for 344

Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2139-46

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 2143

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2145

Income tax credits, abolition of 2141, 2145, 2916

Income tax credits, institution of 2144

Individual Opportunity Plan employees, dismissal of, Q. 288

Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, problem re payments 2173-4

Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, shortfall in 2173

Insurance Corp. of B.C., liability insurance, minimum coverage 2172

Legislation, implementation of prior to enactment 343

Legislation, 1983 session 549, 933, 1554-5

Legislation, 1983 session, consultation re 1453, 1555

Legislation, 1983 session, debate on 1554

Legislation, 1983 session, demonstrations against 548, 549, 603, 604, 927, 929, 932, 1453-4, 1557, 2915

Legislation, 1983 session, petition re 1557

Legislation, 1983 session, reaction to 2146

Legislation, 1983 session, retroactivity of 931

Legislature, possible elimination of 548

Legislature, procedure, rules re 1452

MLAs defeated in May 1983 election 103

MLAs, salaries 105

McCarthy, G.M., salary, reduction in by $1, M. 2919, negatived 2919

Mentally handicapped, deinstitutionalization of, Q. 533

Mentally handicapped, private agencies' services for, Q. 533, Q. 534

Mentally handicapped, volunteers to work with, Q. 916

Ministers, travel, appropriation for 1455, 2143-4

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2805, 2807

Motor vehicle accidents, responsibility of vehicle owner 2174

Municipal Affairs minister, powers of 1878, 1879

Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 548-50, 1878-82

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, opposition to 1879

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, vote on 549

Municipalities, autonomy of 548, 549

Parliament buildings, security measures 928, 929

Pharmacare payments to pharmacists, Q. 595

Pharmacare recipients, Q. 595

Poor, effect of oppression on 2145-6

Premier's office, staff, salaries 106-7

Privilege-G.M. McCarthy's suggestion re conduct of opposition MLAs 430

Prostitution, juvenile prostitutes 2918

Public Sector Restraint Act 340-4, 1452-7

Public Sector Restraint Act, basis for 340, 342

Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of 341, 342

Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 1454

Public Sector Restraint Act, public bodies subject to 341

Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to 342

Public Sector Restraint Act, rights threatened by 341

Public service, collective bargaining in 2001, 2002

Public service employees, compensation levels 2001, 2002, 2748

Public service employees, dismissal of 1769-70, 1999

Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 340, 343

Public service employees, number of, increase in 104

Public service employees, number of, reduction in 104, 341-2

Public service employees, productivity 2000

Public service, order-in-council appointments 106

Public service, references to in throne speech 104

Queen Alexandra Hospital patient, release of, Q. 2612

Regional districts, planning function 548

Renter's tax credit for elderly, history of 2140-1

Rents, increase in 2000

Restaurant meals, sales tax on 602

“Restraint”, use of word 1999

School boards, autonomy of 1181-2, 1184

School District 39, English-as-a-second-language students 1182

School districts, administration costs 1181

School districts, budgets, Education minister's powers over 1183

School districts, costs, variations in 1182

Schools, privatization of, possibility of 1455

Smoking, increase in 604

Smoking, peer group pressure 601

Social assistance recipients, job subsidization, Q. 595

Social assistance recipients, placement of in employment, Q. 595

Social Credit Party, operation of 104

Stress, reactions to 1554-5, 1555-6

Student aid, eligibility for 1182

Suicide, teenagers 2918

Teachers, salaries 1554

Teachers, senior teachers, retention of by school districts 1554

Terry Fox run 1426

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 601-5

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, purpose of 602

Tobacco tax, evasion of 602, 605

Tobacco tax increase, effect of 602

Tobacco tax increase, enforcement of 603

Tobacco tax, purpose of 602, 603

Tozer, Tony, salary 106

Tranquille hospital, closing of, Q. 916

Tranquille hospital inmates, provision for 933

Unemployment 107

Vancouver, ALRT system, choice of system 1878

Vancouver, ALRT system, Grandview-Woodlands area overpass 1880, 1881

Vancouver Charter, amendments to 550

Vancouver city council, mayor 103

Vancouver, freeway through Chinatown 1878

Vancouver, ward system 548, 549, 550

Victoria Volunteer Bureau, funding for, Q. 1256

Volunteer organizations, funding for, Q. 1256

Women, problems 933

Women, transition houses 2916

Barnet Highway

See: Highway 7A

Barrett, David (Vancouver East) Leader of the Opposition

Absence from House (Chabot) 430

Agricultural Land Commission Act 257, 466

Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from 833, 844

Banking industry ethics, select standing committee on 9

Begin, Gary, candidature for Social Credit Party 464, 1596-7

Bennett, W.R., appearance of on television 465-6

Bennett, W.R., Ottawa hotel room, cost of 2296, 2297

Bennett, W R. , telephone line during election, cost of 827

Bonds, B.C. bonds, credit rating of 1040

Bonnell, Lionel, compensation paid to 834

B.C. Harbours Board assets 743, 744, 745-6, 747, 748

B.C. Harbours Board farmland, sale of 744, 746, 747, 748

B.C. Railway, accountability of 747

B.C. Railway, debt 194

B.C. Railway, grant to, 1982 grant 192-3, 194, 195, 196, 747, B.C. Teachers' Federation, powers re teachers' files, Q. 1799

Bruce, Graham, candidature for Social Credit Party 464, 835

Budget debate 1038-43

Budget, 1983-84 budget, effects of 1042, 2298-9

Budget, 1983-84 budget, timing of 196

Child-abuse program, elimination of, Q. 960

Coal, northeast, borrowing for 843

Coal, northeast, price of, renegotiation of 1040

Collective agreements, expiry of 2221, 2225

Collective agreements, maternity provisions 2221

Committee on Crown Corporations, abolition of 742-3, 745, 822, 828, 1042

Community involvement program payments, abolition of, Q. 960, 1041, 1043, 2296

Craig Aspinall and Associates Ltd., contract to 874-5

Crown corporations, accountability of 743

Crown corporations, boards, ministers' directorships 844

Crown corporations, employees 844, 849

Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 260, 1815-7, 2344

Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 1813

Dawn Development Corp. shares, ownership of 1814-5

Debt, increase in 196, 1042, 1634, 2295, 2296 de Roo, Remi, remarks re legislation referred to 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 850, 875, 2062

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1575-80, 1595-1600, 1632-6

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, basis for 1633-4

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, committee of Legislature on 1599

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, fines under act 1576, 1576-7, 1596

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1575

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, White Paper on 1599

Education system, centralization of 1599

Education system, role of parents in 1578-9

Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2219-25

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, discussions re 2224

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, origins of 2225

Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year 2296

Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, legislative authority for 1599

Expenditures, overruns 196

Expenditures, restraint on, advertising campaign re, Q. 960, 1042

Expenditures, restraint on, basis for 1041-2

Expenditures, restraint on, savings effected, Q. 959, Q. 960, 1040-1, 1042, 1042-3

Family support program, elimination of, Q. 960

Fraser Institute, registration with tax exemption number 2223

Gasoline, tax on, increase in 2224

Gloucester Properties Ltd., Langley land, ELUC hearing on 746

Gloucester Properties Ltd., Langley land, removal of from ALR 1814

Government actions, criticism of 591-2, 593

Government advertising, expenditures on 1039

Government agents, applicants for Kelowna position, Q. 20

Government agents, appointment procedure, Q. 57

Government aircraft, logs, tabling of 742

Government aircraft, use of by J.A. Nielsen 1039-40

Government aircraft, use of by ministers 1039-40

Government, centralization of 1634-5

Harbour Board Repeal Act 742-8

Health care, user fees, increase in 873

Heroin treatment program 1599-1600, 1770-1

Highways, location of and land speculation 1813

Hospitals, user fees, increase in 592

Human Resources ministry, appropriation, overrun 195

Human Resources ministry employees, dismissal of 829-30

Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2057-62

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2061

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, second reading six months hence 2062

Income tax credits, abolition of 2057

Industrial Relations Management Association seminar 2220

Inflation rate in B.C. 2299

Jackson, Henry, tribute to on death of 1219

Labour Relations Board, abolition of 260

Latremouille, Fred, employment of, Q. 1301

Lawyers, fees 2220

Legislation, 1983 session, demonstration against 834

Legislation, 1983 session, reaction to (Brummet) 934

Legislature, debate on hoist motion 1442-3, 1443, 1444

Legislature, 1983 spring session 196

Lord Durham's report quoted, referred to 1815

McKim Advertising Ltd. documents, Q. 469

McKim Advertising Ltd., payments to, Q. 702, 843, 845-6

McKim Advertising Ltd., political contributions, Q. 701

McKim Advertising Ltd., Tourism ministry dealings, investigation into, Q. 470, Q. 702

Ministers, expense account expenditures 843, 1039, 2295, 2296, 2297, 2299

Mortgage interest rates 9

Motion re (Macdonald) 2839

Motion 29, vote on by MLAs with pecuniary interest in outcome 1281, 1282

Motor vehicle accidents due to mechanical failure 1209, 1290, 1291

Motor vehicle inspection branch, abolition of 257, 1041

Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of 1041, 1286, 1288, 1289, 1290

Motor vehicle inspections, vehicles not tested 1290

Motor vehicles, mechanical failures 1291

Municipal Affairs minister, powers of 1817

Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 1813-7, 2336, 2339, 2341-5, 2414, 2414-5, 2415

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, requests re 2415

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, support for 2342

Municipalities, school boards, accounting irregularities, Q. 470

Natural gas, price of, deregulation of 2296-7

Oake, George, dismissal of 259

Phillips, D.M., delay in raising matter of privilege 803-4

Political career, references to 1768

Press, irresponsible stories, tabling of evidence in House 509

Probation programs, termination of 1043

Professors, tenure 830, 841-2, 849

Public Sector Restraint Act 256-61, 463-7, 821-38, 839-51, 872-7, 1767-71

Public Sector Restraint Act, advertisement re 825, 834, 836, 841, 842-3, 845, 846, 849, 875

Public Sector Restraint Act, application of 839

Public Sector Restraint Act, effects of 256-7, 260, 822-4, 825, 831, 832, 834, 836, 837

Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 463, 821, 822, 825, 830, 831, 836, 843, 844, 847, 849, 850, 851, 872

Public Sector Restraint Act, patronage under act 464-5

Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to 258, 875, 876

Public Sector Restraint Act, regulations 821-2, 825, 827, 848, 850

Public service employees, appointment of, Q. 20

Public service employees, competence of 195-6, 829, 835

Public service employees, dismissal of 257, 258, 260, 834, 1038-9, 1040, 1768-9, 1770

Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 260, 464, 466

Public service employees, dismissed employees 828-9

Public service employees, number of 1038, 1039

Public service employees, public opinion of 1769-70

Public service, senior managers, compensation levels 839

Public service, senior officials, cabinet access to files of 824-5, 826-7, 831, 832-4, 835, 837, 840-1, 844-5, 847, 848, 849

Public utilities, rates, increase in 2295

Regional plans, planning, removal of regional districts' powers re 2339, 2342, 2343

Regional plans, reimbursement for cost of 2414

Renter's tax credit, abolition of 2059

Restaurant meals, sales tax on 2295, 2297-8

Rich, contribution of to restraint 2058, 2060-1

Ritchie, W. S., allegations re prosecution of 745, 836, 837, 841, 845, 846, 847, 876

Salary as Premier (Reynolds) 181

Sales tax, regressivity of 2059

School boards, powers 1576

School districts, administration of 1633, School programs, locally developed programs 1578-9

Seattle, jetfoil service to 1600

Select Standing Committee on transportation and Communications, consideration of private sector automobile inspection 1288-91

Social assistance recipients, number of 256, 1038

Social assistance recipients, young people 1039

Social Credit Party, election advertisement 874

Social Credit Party, election campaign, donations to 260, 1816

Social Credit Party, 1983 election platform 591, 592, 593, 743, 744, 873-4

Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2295-9

Social welfare programs, abolition of 2059-60

Social welfare programs, funds for 197, 2059-60

Sommers, Robert, conviction and imprisonment of 831-2, 837, 840, 845, 846, 847

Special funds, expenditure of 1042

Special warrants, use of 590

Speech to University of Victoria audience (Reid) 277

Succession duties, abolition of 2058, 2059, 2060, 2062

Succession duties, establishment of 2060

Succession duties, reinstitution of 2062

Supply Act (No. 1) (1983) 192-7

Tilbury Island industrial park 744

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 590-4

Tobacco tax increase, enforcement of 590

Tobacco tax revenue, use of 590-1

Toby's Restaurant, ad re sales tax 2297, 2298

Tourism ministry, accounting irregularities, Q. 469, Q. 470

Tozer, Tony, appointment of, Q. 19, 464

Tozer, Tony, qualifications of, Q. 20

Trade unions, inter-union rivalry 2221-2

Transportation and Highways ministry, patronage appointments in 465

Unemployment insurance recipients, number of 1040

Vancouver city council, D.L. Mowat's comments re 465

Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, expenditures on 1600

Vrlak Robinson Advertising Ltd. documents, Q. 469

Wage payment orders, appeals against 2222-3

Whistler Mountain ski resort, expenditure on 1600

Withdrawal from chamber for remainder of the sitting day (Speaker) 1445

Withdrawal from House for remainder of session (Deputy Speaker) 2511-3 (Howard) 2607-8 (Speaker) 2608, 2613-4

Withdrawal from House for remainder of session, readmission (Howard) 3007, 3206 (Speaker) 3027

Young people, unemployment 1039

Barron's Weekly

Quoted, referred to (Howard) 1943, 1944, 1947 (Reid) 1943

Baseball

Vancouver, baseball franchise (Lauk) 150

Basford, Ron

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 72 (Rose) 1304

Basile, A. W.

Mentioned: (Passarell) 3189

Bass, Fred

Mentioned: (Wallace) 1053

Bata Shoe Stores

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1622 (Rose) 1615

Bathing beaches

Coliform count, posting of (Cocke) 1298

Bauxite

Aluminum manufacture in B.C. (Phillips) 2843

Bawlf, Robert Samuel

Schooner, purchase of (Skelly) 1498

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1156 (Skelly) 555

Bazowski, Peter

Mentioned: (Cocke) 267

Beaches

See also: Bathing beaches

Beale's Letter

Quoted (Stupich) 1761

Bears

Moose, caribou, predation of (Brummet) 2911

Beaton, A.G.

Mentioned: (Dailly) 322, 324

Beauchesne, Arthur

Parliamentary Rules and Forms of the House of Commons quoted (Howard) 294 (Rose) 901, 2396, 2400 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 252, 729, 781, 906, 2139

Parliamentary Rules and Forms of the House of Commons mentioned (Barrett) 158, 744, 931, 942, 1443 (Hewitt) 1139 (Howard) 536, 2248, 2249 (Kempf) 1724 (Lauk) 589, 590, 2531 (Macdonald) 543 (Nicolson) 290 (Rose) 345, 1175, 1393, 1568, 1605, 2082, 2473 (Schroeder) 270 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 295, 957, 960, 997, 1103, 1139, 1663, 1976, 2209, 2248, 2366, 2613, 2982

Beaudoin, Rene

Mentioned: (Howard) 1445

Beaumont, Neil

Mentioned: (Barnes) 105

Beautiful British Columbia

Advertisements, policy on (Cocke) 904, 3063 (Richmond) 1398, 3062, 3064

Assets, disposition of (Cocke) 3061 (Richmond) 3062

B.C. Hydro services to (Cocke) Q. 2789, 3060 (Lea) 2964 (Richmond) A. 2789, 3062

B.C. Systems Corp. services to (Curtis) 2964 (Lea) 2964

Circulation (Cocke) 905

Commended (Cocke) 98 (Stupich) 1015

Employees (Richmond) 3062

Losses (Cocke) 3063 (Richmond) 3062

Price for (Cocke) 3060 (Richmond) 3062

Privatization of (Cocke) 98, 904-5, Q. 1398 (Curtis) 164 (Richmond) 114, A. 1398 (Stupich) 1015

Profit (Cocke) 3061

Sale of (Cocke) Q. 1398, Q. 1439, Q. 1567, Q. 2552, Q. 2790, 3055, 3060-1 (Richmond) A. 1398, A. 1567, A. 2552, A. 2790, 3058, 3061-2 (Smith) A. 2837

Sales agreement, disclosure of (Lea) 2964

Subscription renewal notices (Cocke) Q. 2552, Q. 2789, 3060 (Richmond) A. 2789, 3062

Success of (Cocke) 904-5

Mentioned: (Brown) 1425 (Cocke) 3057 (Howard) 2936 (Richmond) 3056

Beautiful B.C. Magazine Ltd.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3060

Beef

Beef industry, problems (Rose) 3101

Red meat stabilization program (Rose) 3101, 3102 (Schroeder) 3101-2

Beer

Advertisements, obligations re (Hewitt) 2824, 2849

Advertising of in electronic media (Cocke) 2309, 2823-4 (Hewitt) 2824, 2849 (Nielsen) 2823

Brew pub program (Hewitt) 2849

Prices, Goldberg report on (D’Arcy) 2850 (Hewitt) 2854

Sales tax exemption for draft beer (D’Arcy) 2300 (Fraser, R.) 2299, 2300 (Phillips) 2813, 2814

Sports events, sale of beer at (Dailly) 2823

Taxation of (D’Arcy) 2300

Begbie, Matthew

Mentioned: (Lauk) 917

Begg, Gary

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 155

Begin, Gary

Candidature for Social Credit Party (Barrett) 464, 1596-7 (Blencoe) 1735 (Brown) 412, 1214 (Nicolson) 397 (Skelly) 444 (Stupich) 1582 (Wallace) 1651

Quoted (Wallace) 1651

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1596, 1599, 1634 (Brown) 1599 (D’Arcy) 1570 (Hanson) 991 (Nicolson) 654 (Rose) 251, 1610 (Stupich) 1759

Begin, Monique

New York city speech (Nielsen) 27

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 28, 3068

Beinder, Frank

Monograph quoted, referred to (Rose) 1368, 1369, 1372, 1403

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1405

Bel Construction Ltd.

Mentioned: (Johnston) 59

Belcarra-by-the-Sea, B.C.

Establishment of (Rose) 117

Belkin, Morris

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 155

Bell-Irving, Henry P

See: Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Henry P Bell-Irving

Bell-Irving public sustained yield unit

Plans and programs for (Passarell) Q. 414 (Waterland) A. 414

Bella Bella, B.C.

Campbell Island airport, funds for (Lockstead) 85

Bella Bella Indian band

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 3170

Bella Bros. Auto Supply Ltd.

Mentioned: (Stupich) 627

Bella Coola, B.C.

Flood protection (Brummet) 2911 (Lockstead) 85, 2911

Bella Coola Development Co.

Mentioned: (Phillips) 712

Bellamy, Don

Quoted (Barrett) 2298 (Lockstead) 2348 (Macdonald) 191 (Reynolds) 198, 225

Mentioned: (Barrett) 2295 (Blencoe) 538, 2460 (Curtis) 2430 (Hanson) 2424 (Macdonald) 226 (Nicolson) 1757 (Passarell) 2380 (Reynolds) 538, 539 (Skelly) 2620

Bellan, Reuben

Mentioned: (Rose) 457

Belloc, Hilaire

The Servile State mentioned (Pelton) 1999

Bender, John

Telegram quoted (Barrett) 836

Benjamin, Les

Quoted (Reynolds) 156

Benn, Anthony Wedgwood

Mentioned: (McGeer) 75

Bennett, Richard B.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 265 (Gabelmann) 985 (Hon. member) 265 (Lauk) 1433 (Rose) 115, 348, 2029, 2161 (Sanford) 138

Bennett, William Andrew Cecil

Quoted (Hanson) 2112 (Lockstead) 364

Mentioned: (Barnes) 105, 2140 (Barrett) 849, 1043, 1219, 2058, 2060 (Blencoe) 1541, 1542, 1585, 1588, 1735 (Brown) 11569 2802 (Brummet) 143 (Cocke) 266, 804, 806, 904, 1248, 1307, 1512, 2532 (Dailly) 24, 238, 323, 327, 523, 1488, 1835 (D’Arcy) 963, 964, 1804, 2104, 2106, 2166, 2303, 2503, 2851 (Davis) 759 (Gabelmann) 1763, 2123 (Gardom) 3166 (Hanson) 1640, 1656, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 2112, 2113, 2115, 2486 (Howard) 1465, 2845 (Lauk) 220, 387, 734, 778, 1433, 1469, 1470, 1818, 1819, 2189 (Lea) 1008, 1009, 1335, 2108 (Lockstead) 242, 546 (Macdonald) 748, 1285, 1874, 1875, 1877, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2180, 2182, 2183 (Mitchell) 2019 (Nicolson) 71, 350, 355, 652, 884, 1078, 1376, 1473, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2480, 2577, 3180 (Passarell) 49 (Phillips) 764, 1346 (Rose) 514, 788, 1525, 2410, 2477 (Sanford) 2132 (Skelly) 359, 556, 1348, 1349, 1810, 1872, 2177 (Smith) 148 (Stupich) 179, 518, 1089, 1531, 1843, 1936, 2281, 2282, 2284, 2286, 2482, 2948 (Wallace) 1437, 1968

Bennett, Hon. William R. (Okanagan South) Premier

Attendance in chamber (Lauk) 572

Banking industry ethics, select standing committee on 9

B.C. Independent Logging Association, meeting with, A. 3151

B.C. Place, profits 81

Budget and economic conditions 1188

Budget debate 1187-95

Budget, job creation in 1189

Business, overtaxation of, effect of 1188

Church leaders, meeting with, A. 3006, A. 3044-5 (Blencoe) Q. 3006

Coal, market for, European market 1707

Coal, market for, report on, A. 1706

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2093-4

Compensation stabilization program 1192, 1193, 1780

Compensation stabilization program, savings effected 1189, 1780

Construction industry, job loss 1778, 1779

Corporations, taxation of 1193

Cruise missile, protest re testing of, A. 333

Debate in House, NDP's style of debate 1188

Debt, federal, interest costs on 1192

Debt, interest charges on 1189

Debt, problem re for future 1189

Deficit, federal, increase in 1192

Deficit financing, NDP support for 1188

Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 2093

Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year, cost of per person 1189-90

Deficits 3207

Deficits and deficit financing 1194

Deputy ministers' severance pay, policy re, A. 56

Economic recovery 1779, 3208

Educational system 1190

Election, May 5, 1983, cost of telephone line (Barrett) 827

Employees, private sector, dismissal of 1779

Expenditures, increase in 1189

Expenditures, restraint on 1188-95

Expenditures, restraint on, abolition of programs 1190-1

Expenditures, restraint on and taxation levels 1191

Expenditures, restraint on, consultation on 1194-5

Expenditures, restraint on, design of program, A. 1198

Expenditures, restraint on, election campaign statements re 1193

Expenditures, restraint on, savings effected 1189

Expenditures, statement re (Howard) 1939-40

Export markets, competitiveness in 2093

Export sales, importance of 1441, 1707

Export sales, increase in 1441

Farmland, attitude to use of (Hanson) 1083-4

Federal government, cost of 1192

Forest industry and U.S. housing starts 1194

Forest industry, effect of high interest rate on 1194

Forests ministry employees, layoff of 1190

Garden party, Kelowna, attendance at (Passarell) 649

Goldfarb Consultants Ltd., public opinion poll results, A. 626

Government agent, Courtenay, appointment of, A. 56

Government agent, Kelowna, competition for position, A. 56

Government agent, Penticton position, A. 392

Government agents, appointment of, A. 56, A. 57-8, A. 392

Government, cost of and taxpayers' ability to pay 1779

Government, cost of, percentage of gross national product 1781

Government policies, development of 2944

Government, size of, reduction in 1189, 1190, 1191, 1780

Government, size of, reduction in, tax increases to finance alternative to 1191

Govier, George, natural gas report 1397

Greenhills coal mine, opening of 1220

Heal, Douglas, duties, A. 133

Heal, Douglas, salary, increase in, A. 133

Health care system, cost of 1190

Helena, Montana, trip to (Howard) Q. 2552

Human Resources ministry programs, abolition of 1190

Human Resources ministry programs, funds for 2864

Industries, establishment of in B.C. 1191

Inflation 1194

Interest rate, high rate 1194, 3207

Interest rate, high rate, support for (Howard) 1940 (Mitchell) 339 (Sanford) 1993

Jackson, Henry, tribute to on death of 1219

Job creation 1194

Korea, Tourism ministry mission to 1707

Korean Air Lines jetliner tragedy 1220

Legislation, 1983 session, consultation re 3044-5

Legislation, 1983 session, demonstrations against 1194

Legislation, 1983 session, support for 1194

McKim Advertising Ltd. officials, work in election campaign, A. 428

Manitoba, job tax 1193

Manufacturing industry, job loss 1779

Ministers, travel outside Canada, appropriation for, A. 1441

Mission-Port Moody constituency, by-election campaign 1192

Mission-Port Moody constituency, by-election results 1192

Montreal hotel accommodation, cost of, A. 1198

Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1983) 2864

Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of 2864

Motor vehicle safety, responsibility for 2864

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, enactment of (Cocke)Q. 2553

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, meeting with Don Ross re (Blencoe) Q. 2434, Q. 2551 (Ritchie) A. 2434, A. 2551

New Democratic Party, “ageing socialists”, use of term for 1191-2

New Democratic Party, federal MPs, defeat of 1193

New Democratic Party, federal party, role of 1192

Nippon Kokan Kaisha officials, meeting with 1707

Office, auditing procedure, review of, A. 134

Office, expenditures (Cocke) 96 (Lauk) 2004

Office, expenditures, decline in 3205

Office, expenditures, 1981-82 fiscal year, reduction in (Howard) 1939

Office, staff, salaries (Barnes) 106-7 (Stupich) 167

Ottawa hotel accommodation, cost of (Barrett) 2296, 2297

Photographs, expenditures on (Blencoe) 1195, 1200

Pohang Iron and Steel Co., president's visit to B.C. 1220

Premier's office, estimates 3205, 3206-8

Public Sector Restraint Act 1778-81

Public Sector Restraint Act, amendments to 1194

Public service, collective bargaining in 2093

Public service employees, compensation levels 2093

Public service employees, competence of 1190

Public service employees, competence of, remarks re, A. 187 (Barrett) 195-6, 829, 835 (Hanson) Q. 187 (Macdonald) 2093

Public service employees, dismissal of 1780

Public service employees, dismissal of, commitment re (Gabelmann) 374-5, 1646 (Stupich) 1931

Public service employees, number of, reduction in 1189, 1190

Public service employees, order-in-council appointments, salary increases, A. 134

Public works, accelerated program, expenditures on 1189

Renter's tax credit, abolition of 1192, 1193

Renter's tax credit, restoration of, NDP policy on 1189

Resource industries, job loss 1778, 1779

Revenue, resource revenue, decline in 1193

Richmond Rotary Club, speech to quoted, referred to (Blencoe) 1540-1 (Passarell) 646, 647, 649, 1514-5, 1628

Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C., establishment of, A. 2291

Schools, pupil-teacher ratio, increase in 1780

Select standing committees, appointment of 8

Social Credit Party, contributions to, A. 253, A. 1397

Social Credit Party, 1975 election platform, statement re (Cocke) 1510-1 (D’Arcy) 1570-1 (Hanson) 1482-5 (Lockstead) 1502

Social programs, federal contribution to, reduction in 1193

Summer Games, opening of (Reynolds) 577

Taxation, taxpayers' ability to pay 2093

Teachers, layoff of 3207

Television appearance (Barrett) 465-6

Tozer, Tony, duties as government agent, A. 55-6

Tozer, Tony, salary, A. 57

Unemployment and economy 1188

Unemployment and unemployment insurance, speech re (Skelly) 2065-6

Unemployment, private sector 1190

Unemployment, rate in B.C. 1194

Vancouver, ALRT system 81

Victoria convention centre, A. 81

Vrlak Robinson Advertising Ltd. officials, work in election campaign, A. 428

Bennett and Emmott Ltd.

Mentioned: (Reid) 38

Berger, Thomas

Fragile Freedoms mentioned (Barnes) 344

Mentioned: (Hon. member) 379 (Lea) 379, 380 (Macdonald) 440 (Passarell) 1514

Bernhardt, Charles

Agricultural Land Commission Act, opposition to (Stupich) 1090, 1091-2

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1597

Better Business Bureau

Consumers, assistance to (Hewitt) 246, 249 (Parks) 233

Betts, John

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 1503, 1504 (Passarell) 1513

Bewley, A. Leslie

Quoted (Kempf) 984

Mentioned: (Barrett) 2224 (Lauk) 385, 1179 (McClelland) 1179 (Macdonald) 88

Bible

Quoted (Cocke) 381 (Macdonald) 2181 (Rose) 349

Mentioned: (Barrett) 2062 (Brown) 1848 (Skelly) 1871

Big Brothers of B.C.

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 306 (Smith) 3013

Big Sisters of B.C.

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 306

Billish, Martha

Mentioned: (Gardom) 2583

Bills, Legislative

1. A Parliamentary Right, An Act to Perpetuate

2. Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983

* 3. Public Sector Restraint Act

* 4. Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983

5. Residential Tenancy Act

* 6. Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983

* 7. Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983

* 8. Alcohol and Drug Commission Repeal Act

* 9. Municipal Amendment Act, 1983

* 10. Supply Act (No. 1) , 1983

* 11. Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983

* 12. Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983

* 13. Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983

* 14. Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act, 1983

* 15. Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 1983

* 16. Employment Development Act

* 17. Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act, 1983

* 18. Pension (Public Service) Amendment Act, 1983

* 19. Institute of Technology Amendment Act, 1983

* 20. College and Institute Amendment Act, 1983

21. Crown Corporation Reporting Repeal Act

22. Assessment Amendment Act, 1983

* 23. Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1983

24. Medical Services Act

* 25. Harbour Board Repeal Act

* 26. Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983

27. Human Rights Act

* 28. Provincial Treasury Financing Amendment Act, 1983

* 29. British Columbia Cellulose Company Repeal Act

* 30. Ocean Falls Corporation Repeal Act

* 31. Regulations Act

32. Builders Lien Amendment Act, 1983

34. Partnership Amendment Act, 1983

* 35. Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983

* 37. Supply Act (No. 2) , 1983

* 38. Supply Act (No. 3) , 1983

* 39. Supply Act (No. 4) , 1983

* M201 Estate Administration Amendment Act, 1983

M202 Industrial Development Amendment Act, 1983

M203 Financial Information Amendment Act, 1983

M204 Smoking in Public Places, An Act to Regulate

M205 No Smoking Areas in Public Places, An Act to Provide for

M206 Adequate Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance, An Act to Provide for

* PR401 Okanagan Bible College, An Act Respecting

* Denotes receiving royal assent.

Billy bonds

See: Bonds

Birch, Don

Quoted (Rose) 3191

Birmingham University

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2181

Birth rate in B.C.

See: British Columbia — Population

Black, Bill

Mentioned: (Skelly) 2243

Black, Wesley

Mentioned: (Skelly) 359

Black Ball Ferries Ltd.

Mentioned: (Brown) 810 (Cocke) 2974

Black's Law Dictionary

Quoted, mentioned (Chabot) 2636 (Rose) 2639

Blakeney, Allan

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3057 (Macdonald) 90

Blanshard Court, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 888

Blencoe, Robin (Victoria)

Address in reply 124-8

Agricultural land reserve 485, 489-90

Arbitration process 2744-5

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 3015, 3015-6, 3016-7, 3017, 3018

Attorney-General ministry services, privatization of 3018

Automobile assembly plant in B.C., proposal for 1201

Bailey, Michael, salary increase 125

Bankruptcies, increase in, Q. 2551-2, 2973, 3144

Banks, profits 674

Bapco Paints Co. Ltd., transfer of from Victoria 1116

Begin, Gary, candidature for Social Credit Party 1735

Bennett, WR., expenditures on photographs 1195, 1200

Bonds, B.C. bonds, credit rating of 315, 1121, 1200-1

B.C. Assessment Authority board, appointments to 2603, 2604-5

B.C. Assessment Authority board, members 2603

B.C. Development Corp., debt 1201

B.C. Ferry Corp., debt 1201

B.C. Forest Products Ltd., property taxes 1075-6, 1076, 1120

B.C. Hydro, debt 1201

B.C. Place, debt 1201

B.C. Place Stadium, VIP lounge, use of by ministers, Q. 1919

B.C. Railway, debt 1201

B.C. Railway, 1982 grant to 315

B.C. Steamship Co. (1975) Ltd., debt 1201

B.C. Systems Corp. data, confidentiality of 2977

B.C. Systems Corp., debt 1201, 2976

B.C. Systems Corp., employees 2976

B.C. Systems Corp., sale of 2976, 2977

Budget debate 1195, 1200-3

Budget, four-year budget proposal 128, 1201

Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, debate on 621, 673, 691, 694

Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, effect of 1201

Budget, timing of 1195, 2985

Building laws, access for handicapped 2896

Building standards branch, appropriation 2896

Business, regulation of 676

Business, taxation of 684

Capital Region Economic Development Commission, funding for 127

Capital Region Economic Development Commission, support for 476

Capital Regional District, beauty of 475

Child-care workers, dismissal of 314

Children, causes of death 126

Children, services for 126, 1195, 1200, 1202

Church leaders, meeting with W .R. Bennett, Q. 3006

Coal, northeast, cost of development 314

Coal, northeast, debt for 128

Commission of Inquiry on Property Assessment and Taxation, recommendations 128, 686-7, 1108

Community involvement program payments, funds for 1200

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2035-40, 2744-5

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, second reading six months hence 2040

Compensation stabilization program, arbitration under program 2744-5

Conmac Stages Ltd., bus inspections 3067, 3071

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 2877-8, 2881, 2881-2, 2882, 2883, 2883-4

Cooperative housing 2904-5, Q. 2170

Corporations, investment in machinery and equipment 1201

Corrections branch, attendance program 3017

Crime prevention programs 3017

Crown corporations, rate increases, restraint on 1202

Dawn Development Corp., Delta housing project 485

Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 125, 474, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 486

Debt 2972, 2975

Debt, increase in 128, 314, 675, 691, 694, 1121, 1122, 1200, 1586, 2138, 3145

Debt, interest costs on 621

Democracy and constitutionalism 668 de Roo, Remi, accusation of being “pinko” 125

Diversion program, savings effected 3016

Diversion program, social benefits 3016

Easingwood, Joe, candidature for Social Credit Party 671, 699

Economic growth, forecasts of 2973

Economic recovery 2035-6, Q. 2551, 2887-90, 2972-3

Economy, private market economy 676

Education costs, transfer of 684

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1540-3, 1584-9, 1591

Education ministry, estimates 3204, 3204-5

Education, school tax burden, increase in 684-5

Education system, centralization of 685, 1541, 1585

Education system, morale in 1587

Election, 1983 election results 124-5

Employment-bridging assistance program 127

Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2249-52

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, discussions re 2249-50

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, referring of to Labour Relations Board 2252

Employment Standards Board, abolition of 2251

Employment standards director, powers of 2250-2

Expenditures, restraint on 670, 693-4, 1202, 1586

Families, high-risk families 1202

Family programs, cancellation of 1195, 1200, 1202

Finance ministry cheques found in garbage 694

Finance ministry, estimates 2972, 2972-3, 2973, 2975-6, 2976, 2977

George Jay Elementary School, dedication of teachers cited 1542

Government advertising 1201, 2135

Government agents, appointment of 125

Government, centralization of 474, 619, 1120-3, 1124, 1125, 1128-9, 1909

Government policy, determination of 417

Government, record of as financial managers 1121, 1122, 1130

Government, transfer of away from Victoria, proposal for 1119

Greater Vancouver Regional District, land resource 489

Greater Vancouver Regional District, meeting with Premier's office, Q. 2551

Greater Vancouver Regional District, municipal boundaries 490

Greater Vancouver Regional District, planning function 479, 489

Greater Vancouver Regional District, transportation 490

Gulf Islands, uniqueness of 2803

Health care system, user fees 126, 1195

Health ministry, estimates 3071

Homeowner grant for elderly 620, 621

Home purchase assistance grants, Q. 2170, 2904-5

Hospitals, privatization of management of, Q. 367

Hospitals, Victoria, consolidation of, Q. 366, Q. 367

Hospitals, Victoria, Diversicare report on, Q. 366

Hospitals, Victoria, management of, Q. 366

House, adjournment of for one month, proposal for 1733-4

Housing, government's role in 2904, 2905

Housing, social housing 2905

Human rights branch, abolition of 314

Human rights protection, loss of 309-10

Income, distribution of 676

Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2134-9

Income tax credits, benefits of 2137-8

Interest Act, changes in re mortgages, Q. 2838

Investor confidence in B.C. 2972

Islands Trust, appropriation, reduction in 2896

Islands Must, planning powers, change in 2803-4

Italy, dismissal of public servants in 1925, 418

Labour-management relations 2250

Land Use Act, provision for municipal cooperation in 482

Landlord-tenant dispute, hypothetical case cited 2883

Landlord-tenant disputes, settlement of 2881

Landlords, development corporations, government policies re 671

Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 2904-5, 2905

Law Centre, Victoria, student program 3018

Legislation, debate on, role of NDP in 1587

Legislation, 1983 session 689, 692, 693, 699

Legislation, 1983 session, challenge of in courts 2039

Legislation, 1983 session, demonstration against 419, 674

Legislation, 1983 session, effect of on economy 3144

Legislation, 1983 session, Goldfarb Consultants Ltd. poll re 673-4, 686, 699

Legislation, 1983 session, impact of 1541, 1587

Legislation, 1983 session, reaction to 669, 670-1, 1201

Lower mainland, role of in economy 490

Mill rate, variable mill rate 1975

Mining industry 1201-2

Ministers, travel, expenditures on 2135

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2603, 2604, 2604-5, 2802, 2803, 2804, 2806, 2807, 2808, 2808-9, 2809, 2810

Mortgage foreclosures, increase in number of, Q. 2290, 2838, 3190

Mortgage interest rates, high rate, Q. 2290

Mortgages, renegotiation of, Q. 3190

Motor buses, safety of 3071

Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 2884-6, 2887-90, 2892, 2896, 2897

Municipal Affairs ministry, policy and research branch appropriation 2892, 2896

Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 474-91, 2265, 2266

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, amendments to 2265, 2266

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation re 480-1, 482, 484, 485, 488, 490

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 484

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, meeting re, Q. 2434, Q. 2551

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, resolution re, Q. 1565

Municipal bylaws, enforcement of 1111

Municipal councillors 693

Municipal elections, candidates 1293

Municipal elections, triennial elections 1293-4

Municipal elections, voter turnout 1293

Municipal financial services, appropriation, reduction in 2892

Municipal government, accessibility of 1542, 2886

Municipal government, accountability of 618, 673, 1107, 1127, 1129, 1542, 1974, 2886

Municipal government, efficiency of 673, 1107

Municipal government, employees 2036

Municipal government, importance of 617

Municipal income tax, proposal for 1140-2

Municipal officials, mailings to 3147

Municipal operations, deterioration in 1113

Municipal planning 476, 479

Municipal problems, intermunicipal cooperation on 486-7

Municipal services, funding of 672

Municipal services, maintenance of and job creation 2886

Municipal tax system 668, 672-3, 680, 685-6, 689, 698

Municipal tax system, committee of Legislature on, proposal for 681-2, 1109, 1112, 1130, 1132, 1135, 1140, 1142

Municipal tax system, task force on, proposal for 1133, 1135, 1142

Municipalities, autonomy of 128, 693-4, 1973-4, 2884-5

Municipalities, budgets, limit on 619

Municipalities, budgets, preparation of 1127-8

Municipalities, centralization of power over 2884-5

Municipalities, co-generation plants, proposal for 2889-90

Municipalities, cooperation with 2885-6

Municipalities, deficits 620, 675, 1107

Municipalities, economic development commissions 2887

Municipalities, provincial financial support for 675

Municipalities, provincial government's relationship with, Q. 1566, 1585-6, 1973-4

Municipalities, revenue 618, 619, 620, 667, 693, 1112

Municipalities, revenue-sharing grants, Q. 1566, Q. 2612, Municipalities, role of in land use 481-2

Municipalities, sewer system programs, Q. 393

Municipalities, taxes 691

Municipalities, tree-farms 2890

Municipalities, underground services, Q. 392, Q. 393, 619, 694-5, 1108, 1109-10, 1118, 1134, 1141, 2885-7

Nanaimo area, shopping centres 475

Oakland Fisheries Ltd., reopening of 127

Patterson, James, attendance at meeting re rentalsman, Q. 134

Pharmacare program, need for 126

Police, arrangements for at local level 696

Police cars, uniformity in painting of 1111

Police costs 696-7, 1110-2

Police, municipal police forces 696

Princess Marguerite, goods, services for, Q. 3083-4

Privilege-J. R. Chabot's remarks re Bapco Paints Co. Ltd. 941 (Speaker) 941

Property, assessment of 1114

Property, improvements to and tax increases 1115, 1118, 1135

Property, market value of 620, 667

Property, services to and property tax 673, 1108, 1113, 1142

Property tax, basing of on ability to pay 620-1, 667, 669, 672, 679, 680-1, 684, 686, 687, 1108, 1109, 1113, 1118, 1119, 1125-6, 1130

Property tax, basing of on market value 667, 698, 1134

Property tax, burden of on residential property 690

Property tax, cabinet's powers re 1909, 1910, 2053-4

Property tax, commercial, industrial property 683

Property tax, exemption for commercial, industrial property 621-2, 623, 672, 1075, 1116, 1120, 1125

Property tax, impact of on land use 1112

Property tax levels 678, 1113

Property tax on machinery, equipment 686

Property tax on small business 127, 1118-9, 1120

Property tax, problem for elderly, fixed-income group 620, 667, 674, 675, 1109

Property tax, problems in city core areas 1115-6

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) (1983) 617-23, 667-87, 689-99, 1105-26, 1127-36, 1140-2, 1909, 1910, 1911

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, consultation re 669, 670, 679, 680, 685, 1125

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, regulations attached to act 669, 670, 671, 677-8, 682, 692, 693

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, retroactivity of 669

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, savings to taxpayers 1107

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, second reading six months hence 1142

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, withdrawal of, proposal for 671

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) (1983) 1973-5, 2053-4, 2055, 2056

Property tax, regressivity of 1114-5, 1135

Property tax, residential development of non-residential property 623, 675, 677

Property tax system 127-8, 679, 1117, 1130-6, 1135, 1140

Property tax system, British rate system as basis for 1132-3

Property tax system, gross rental tax as basis for 1131-2

Property tax system, land value increment as basis for 1133-4

Property tax system, net income as basis for 1130-1

Property tax system, St. John's, Newfoundland 1131

Property tax system, site value concept as basis for 1134-6

Property tax system, user charges as basis for 1133

Property tax, variable tax rate system 692, 1107

Property values, speculation in 618

Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 3144-5, 3146, 3147

Public Sector Restraint Act 309-11, 313-5, 416-20, 1733-6, 2681, 2682, 2694, 2695, 2695-6

Public Sector Restraint Act, committee of Legislature on, proposal for 1736

Public Sector Restraint Act, effects of 314, 418, 420

Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 416

Public Sector Restraint Act, opposition to 1734-5

Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to 417, 1737

Public service employees, compensation levels 2040

Public service employees, consultation with 2036

Public service employees, dismissal of 313, 418, 419-20, Q. 880, Q. 881, 2681-2

Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 310, 314, 315, 417, 419, 420, 1734

Public service employees, dismissals, effects 127, 2038

Public service employees, dismissals, review panel 2694, 2695, 2696

Public service employees, dismissals, Victoria area, Q. 3088

Public service employees, dismissed employees, access to appeal 310, 315

Public service employees, exemption of from Labour Code provisions 313

Public service employees, morale 2038

Public service employees, number of, reduction in 127, 417

Public service employees, order-in-council appointments 125-6

Public service employees, prejudice against 2036, 2037, 2039-40

Public service employees, relocation of 315

Public service employees, resignations 2037-8

Regional districts, abolition of 479

Regional districts, election to 1128

Regional districts, planning function 476, 477, 484, 485, 488-9

Regional government, problems with 481

Regional planning 2888

Regional plans, cancellation of 475

Regional plans, importance of 475, 478, 485, 490-1

Regional plans, planning, regional districts' powers re 479-80, 481, 483-4

Rent control, abolition of, Q. 727, 1202, Q. 1255, Q. 1706

Rent increases, investigation into, Q. 1255, Q. 2790, Q. 2791, 2894-5

Rental accommodation, low- and middle-income families, Q. 2053, Q. 2170

Rental accommodation, tenants' rights 2882

Rentalsman, future of 2881

Rentalsman, need for 126

Rentalsman office, abolition of, Q. 134, Q. 253, 671, 1202, Q. 1978

Rentalsman office, continued operation of 2878, 2882

Renter's tax credit, cancellation of 126

“Restraint and Recovery: the Next Steps”, content 3144-5, 3146

Roman Catholic Church, bishops' statement 125

S.J. Willis Junior Secondary School, closing of 1542

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria, soup-line 2135, 2137, 2138

Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C., establishment of, Q. 2291

School District 61, budget 3204

School District 61, schools closed 1542

School District 61, special programs 3205

School District 61, teachers, layoff of 3205

Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, consideration of triennial municipal elections (Motion 28) 1292-4

Silver Threads, funding for, adjournment of House to debate 451

Social Credit Party, contributors to, tabling list of, Q. 253

Social Credit Party, election campaign 699, 727

Social Credit Party, election campaign contributions, source of 1202

Social Credit Party, principles endorsed by party 313, 418

Sooke, regional plan and development of area 477

Suicide calls, suicides, increase in 1202

Supply Act (No. 3) (1983) 2985

Taxation, increase in 1201

Taxation system 677, 678, 679, 682

Teachers, dedication of 1542

Teachers, morale 1542, 1543

Teachers, treatment of by W.N. Vander Zalm 310-1

Tenant Listing Service, establishment of, Q. 1977

Tenant Listing Service, investigation into, Q. 1978

Tenants, eviction of, Q. 727, 1202, Q. 1255

Tozer, Tony, appointment of as government agent 125

Unemployed, number of 417

Unemployment, effects of 126

Unemployment rate 2973, 3144

Unemployment rate, Victoria 126, Q. 3088

Union of B.C. Municipalities, resolution quoted, referred to 1973, 1974

Vancouver Charter, D.L. Mowat's remarks re 699

Vancouver city council, D.L. Mowat's criticism of 128

Vancouver, credit rating of city 699, 1294, 1974

Vancouver, regional planning function 476

Victoria, budget and meetings with union representatives 691

Victoria city council, resignation from 1543

Victoria, city's policy on industry, J.R. Chabot's remarks re, Q. 917

Victoria constituencies, Social Credit Party election campaign 2036

Victoria constituency, NDP majority, increase in 124, 125

Victoria convention centre, Premier's commitment re, Q. 81

Victoria Diversion Centre, funding of 3015

Victoria, downtown area properties 1118-9

Victoria, Inner Harbour property 622

Victoria, power co-generation plant 2889-90

Victoria property sale, effect of on tax rate 1118, 1120, 1126, 1134

Victoria, property tax, 1983-84 fiscal year 691

Victoria, regional planning function 476

Victoria, Tillicum Mall 475-6, 484

Waste, utilization of 2889

Western Community, regional planning 478-9

Whistler Village Land Co. Ltd., administration of 2806

Whistler Village Land Co. Ltd. properties, tax exemption for 2806, 2808, 2809, 2810

Whistler Village Land Co. Ltd., provincial grants, services to 1201, 2806, 2809, 2810

Youth, suicide rate 1202

Zoning changes, public hearings on 488

Zoning changes, regulations re 474, 487, 488, 489

Zoning procedure, delays in 478

Blind

Crane Library, talking books (Reynolds) Q. 3045 (McGeer) A. 3045

Extended-care units for, construction of (Mowat) 52

Block, Walter

Mentioned: (Brown) 2017 (Hon. member) 2447 (Lauk) 1434 (Lea) 1147, 1915 (Nicolson) 2202

Block Bros. Realty Ltd.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 441

Blood-testing for alcohol

See entries under Drunken driving

Board of Industrial Relations

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2217, 2218

Boardroom Reports

Quoted (Stupich) 1761

Boats and boating

Sales tax on boats, rebate of (Curtis) 2361 (Nicolson) 2360, 2361, 2362

Bocking, Michael

Vancouver Sun article quoted, referred to (Barrett) 2223-4, 2225 (Cocke) 2198 (Gabelmann) 2233 (Lockstead) 2191, 2192 (Nicolson) 2201

Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 2208 (Hanson) 2208

Bodkin, Jill

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3089 (Macdonald) 2169

Bodyshops, Automobile

See: Automobiles-Maintenance and repair

Bond, Sir Francis

Mentioned: (Smith) 1365

Bonds

Credit rating of B.C. bonds (Campbell) 99

Credit rating of B.C. bonds, downgrading of (Barrett) 1040 (Blencoe) 315, 699, 1121, 1200-1 (Chabot) 254, 255 (Curtis) A. 226, A. 227, A. 996, 997, 2949 (D’Arcy) 304, 421, 422, 423, 961-2, 1806, 2106, 2175 (Hanson) 991 (Lauk) 1000 (Lea) Q. 996, Q. 997, 2831, 2834 (Nicolson) 351 (Phillips) 2834 (Rose) 951, 2163 (Sanford) 1931, 1935 (Stupich) Q. 226, Q. 227, 1014, 1931, 1935, 2948

Housing and employment development bonds (Curtis) 2949

Housing and employment development bonds, investment in (Hanson) 2113 (Lauk) 1435 (McClelland) 65 (Nicolson) 655 (Wallace) 2069

Parity bonds (Curtis) 2949

Parity bonds, redemption of (Stupich) 64, 2947-8

Sale of in Euromarket, October 1983 (Phillips) 2834

Bonnell, Lionel

Compensation paid to (Barrett) 834

Bonner, Robert

Mentioned: (Barrett) 469, 832 (Cocke) 1511 (D’Arcy) 2175 (Gabelmann) 1763 (Nicolson) 74 (Rogers) 3161 (Stupich) 1088 (Wallace) 2751

Bonneville Power Administration

Mentioned: (Rogers) 3161

Bormann, Martin

Mentioned: (Lauk) 385

Borrowing by government

See entries under Debts, Public

Boston Bar, B.C.

Bridge, construction of (Fraser, A.) 3116

Bosworth Field, Battle of

Mentioned: (Lauk) 385

Boundary Bay, B.C.

Airport, opening of (Reid) 497

Bourassa, Robert

Mentioned: (Stupich) 1231

Bourinot, Sir John George

Parliamentary Procedure and Practice mentioned (Nicolson) 2545

Bourne, Robin

Mentioned: (Lea) 2838

Bowen Island, B.C.

Ferry. See entries under British Columbia Ferry Corp.

Bowers, Fritz

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2708

Boy Scouts of Canada

Mentioned: (Michael) 3143

Boyce, Grant

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 181

Boyce, Helen

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 128

Boyd, Denny

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1636

Brady, Ray

Mentioned: (Howard) 1240

Brahe, Tycho

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1756

Brannan Lake correctional centre

See: Nanaimo Correctional Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.

Brascan Ltd.

Mentioned: (Skelly) 3025

Bravery

See: Courage

Brazil

Government companies, problems (Davis) 69

Bremer, John

Dismissal of (Reynolds) 307

Brenner, Harvey

Mentioned: (Brown) 35 (Sanford) 447, 449

Brewin, John

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 155

Bridges

Construction of (Fraser, A.) 87, 3104, 3120

Replacement of (Fraser, A.) 3120 (Gabelmann) 3118

See also names of bridges, e.g. Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, B.C.

Brinco Mining Ltd.

Mentioned: (Passarell) 2669

Britannia Elementary-Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 1575

British Columbia

Foreign financiers, control of province by (D’Arcy) 963, 965

Interior, northern B.C., development of (McGeer) 949

MLAs, shared aims for B.C. (Lea) 144

British Columbia — Economic conditions

Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, impact of on economy (Blencoe) 1201 (D’Arcy) 962 (Gabelmann) 985 (Lea) 204, 206, 376-7, 564, 566, 567, 1006 (Lockstead) 242 (Sanford) 280, 1025-6, 1027 (Stupich) 171, 461 (Wallace) 970

Capital-intensive projects, funds for (Lauk) 152

Compensation stabilization program and economic recovery (Brown) 2765-6 (Curtis) 2763 (Dailly) 2762, 2763 (Rose) 2083 (Stupich) 2762

Economic growth, forecasts of (Blencoe) 2973 (Curtis) 2949, 2973 (Stupich) 2946-7

Economic recovery (Barnes) 2001 (Bennett) 1779, 3208 (Blencoe) 2035-6, Q. 2551, 2887-90, 2972-3 (Brummet) 935, 2155 (Campbell) 99 (Cocke) 2041, 2042 (Curtis) 160, 161, 167, 2729, 2948-9, 2974 (Dailly) 2047 (D’Arcy) 965, 2302 (Davis) 927 (Gabelmann) 986 (Hanson) 2368-9, 2369-70 (Hewitt) 263, 2015, A. 2551, A. 2552, A. 2613 (Lea) 186, 205, 1007, 1009, Q. 2552, 2949-50 (Lockstead) 82 (McCarthy) 209, 213 (Parks) 234, 1002, 1003 (Phillips) 1186 (Reid) 278 (Richmond) 112 (Rose) 117, 952 (Schroeder) 238-9, 241 (Skelly) 1349 (Smith) 1031 (Stupich) 175, 179, 180, 461, 1936 (Throne speech) 3, 4

Economic recovery and consumer confidence (D’Arcy) 1988-9 (Lea) 204, 205, 205-6, 380, 1006 (Nicolson) 911-2 (Passarell) 945 (Rose) 348, 2082-3 (Sanford) 1028 (Stupich) 176 (Wallace) 970

Economic theory, government's identification of (Lea) 563

Economy, balance between public and private sectors (Lauk) 318-9 (McGeer) 415

Economy, cooperative approach to (Lauk) 1001

Economy, government's role in (Howard) 2957-8

Economy, meetings re (Curtis) 2953-4

Economy of province (Campbell) 100 (Cocke) 1948-9, 1950-1, 2043 (Curtis) 160, 161 (Dailly) 2047 (D’Arcy) 423, 1856 (Johnston) 60 (Kempf) 1984 (Lea) 145-6, 2831-2 (Lockstead) 1997 (McCarthy) 128-9 (Nicolson) 2147 (Reid) 41 (Rose) 115 (Schroeder) 239-40 (Segarty) 122 (Skelly) 214-5 (Stupich) 172, 175, 178, 180 (Throne speech) 3, 4 (Wallace) 2971-2

Economy of province and U.S. housing market (Lea) 1002 (Nicolson) 72

Economy of province, diversification of (Curtis) A. 997 (Gabelmann) 987 (Lauk) 1000 (Lea) Q. 997, 1005, 1006, 1749, 2831 (Reid) 40 (Rose) 951, 955 (Stupich) 1012, 1013, 1016 (Waterland) 992, 997, 998

Economy of province, effects of on labour relations (McClelland) 3131

Economy of province, forecast re (D’Arcy) 1631, 2167 (Lauk) 153-4, 2019 (Michael) 2063 (Mitchell) 1034, 2019 (Nicolson) 2147-8 (Reynolds) 185-6 (Skelly) 2067 (Stupich) 175, 2096

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, effect of on economy (Nicolson) 653

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, effect of on economy (Barnes) 2143

Insurance Corp. of B.C., effect of on economy (Cocke) 2873

Labour-management climate, effect of on economy (Blencoe) 2456-7

Lower mainland, role of in economy (Blencoe) 490

Lumber trade, importance of to economy (Reid) 275

Monetarist policies and economy (D’Arcy) 423

Parks, effect of on economy (Mitchell) 2899

Planned economy (Lauk) 153, 1001 (Macdonald) 189, 91

Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of on economy (Hanson) 1702, 1707 (Lea) 1749 (Skelly) 356 (Stupich) 1762

Public sector, role of in economy (Parks) 232

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, effect of on economy (D’Arcy) 2504, 2560, 2562

Regional planning and economic planning (Blencoe) 2888

Restraint on expenditures, effect of on economy (Barnes) 2001 (D’Arcy) 962 (Lea) 205, 1006 (Rose) 580 (Stupich) 1936 (Wallace) 970

Sales tax, increase in, effect of on economy (Cocke) 2352 (Dailly) 2293 (D’Arcy) 2301, 2302 (Lauk) 2388 (Lockstead) 2349-50 (Skelly) 2426 (Stupich) 2357 (Wallace) 2307

Taxation, effect of on economy (Lea) 565, 567

Tobacco tax increase, effect of on economy (Cocke) 570 (Mitchell) 585-6, 588

Wage demands and economy (McGeer) 3173

Boyd, Denny

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1636

Brady, Ray

Mentioned: (Howard) 1240

Brahe, Tycho

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1756

Brannan Lake correctional centre

See: Nanaimo Correctional Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.

Brascan Ltd.

Mentioned: (Skelly) 3025

Bravery

See: Courage

Brazil

Government companies, problems (Davis) 69

Bremer, John

Dismissal of (Reynolds) 307

Brenner, Harvey

Mentioned: (Brown) 35 (Sanford) 447, 449 , Brewin, John

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 155

Bridges

Construction of (Fraser, A.) 87, 3104, 3120

Replacement of (Fraser, A.) 3120 (Gabelmann) 3118

See also names of bridges, e.g. Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, B.C.

Brinco Mining Ltd.

Mentioned: (Passarell) 2669

Britannia Elementary-Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 1575

British Columbia

Foreign financiers, control of province by (D’Arcy) 963, 965

Interior, northern B.C., development of (McGeer) 949

MLAs, shared aims for B.C. (Lea) 144

British Columbia — Economic conditions

Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, impact of on economy (Blencoe) 1201 (D’Arcy) 962 (Gabelmann) 985 (Lea) 204, 206, 376-7, 564, 566, 567, 1006 (Lockstead) 242 (Sanford) 280, 1025-6, 1027 (Stupich) 171, 461 (Wallace) 970

Capital-intensive projects, funds for (Lauk) 152

Compensation stabilization program and economic recovery (Brown) 2765-6 (Curtis) 2763 (Dailly) 2762, 2763 (Rose) 2083 (Stupich) 2762

Economic growth, forecasts of (Blencoe) 2973 (Curtis) 2949, 2973 (Stupich) 2946-7

Economic recovery (Barnes) 2001 (Bennett) 1779, 3208 (Blencoe) 2035-6, Q. 2551, 2887-90, 2972-3 (Brummet) 935, 2155 (Campbell) 99 (Cocke) 2041, 2042 (Curtis) 160, 161, 167, 2729, 2948-9, 2974 (Dailly) 2047 (D’Arcy) 965, 2302 (Davis) 927 (Gabelmann) 986 (Hanson) 2368-9, 2369-70 (Hewitt) 263, 2015, A. 2551, A. 2552, A. 2613 (Lea) 186, 205, 1007, 1009, Q. 2552, 2949-50 (Lockstead) 82 (McCarthy) 209, 213 (Parks) 234, 1002, 1003 (Phillips) 1186 (Reid) 278 (Richmond) 112 (Rose) 117, 952 (Schroeder) 238-9, 241 (Skelly) 1349 (Smith) 1031 (Stupich) 175, 179, 180, 461, 1936 (Throne speech) 3, 4

Economic recovery and consumer confidence (D’Arcy) 1988-9 (Lea) 204, 205, 205-6, 380, 1006 (Nicolson) 911-2 (Passarell) 945 (Rose) 348, 2082-3 (Sanford) 1028 (Stupich) 176 (Wallace) 970

Economic theory, government's identification of (Lea) 563

Economy, balance between public and private sectors (Lauk) 318-9 (McGeer) 415

Economy, cooperative approach to (Lauk) 1001

Economy, government's role in (Howard) 2957-8

Economy, meetings re (Curtis) 2953-4

Economy of province (Campbell) 100 (Cocke) 1948-9, 1950-1, 2043 (Curtis) 160, 161 (Dailly) 2047 (D’Arcy) 423, 1856 (Johnston) 60 (Kempf) 1984 (Lea) 145-6, 2831-2 (Lockstead) 1997 (McCarthy) 128-9 (Nicolson) 2147 (Reid) 41 (Rose) 115 (Schroeder) 239-40 (Segarty) 122 (Skelly) 214-5 (Stupich) 172, 175, 178, 180 (Throne speech) 3, 4 (Wallace) 2971-2

Economy of province and U.S. housing market (Lea) 1002 (Nicolson) 72

Economy of province, diversification of (Curtis) A. 997 (Gabelmann) 987 (Lauk) 1000 (Lea) Q. 997, 1005, 1006, 1749, 2831 (Reid) 40 (Rose) 951, 955 (Stupich) 1012, 1013, 1016 (Waterland) 992, 997, 998

Economy of province, effects of on labour relations (McClelland) 3131

Economy of province, forecast re (D’Arcy) 1631, 2167 (Lauk) 153-4, 2019 (Michael) 2063 (Mitchell) 1034, 2019 (Nicolson) 2147-8 (Reynolds) 185-6 (Skelly) 2067 (Stupich) 175, 2096

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, effect of on economy (Nicolson) 653

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, effect of on economy (Barnes) 2143

Insurance Corp. of B.C., effect of on economy (Cocke) 2873

Labour-management climate, effect of on economy (Blencoe) 2456-7

Lower mainland, role of in economy (Blencoe) 490

Lumber trade, importance of to economy (Reid) 275

Monetarist policies and economy (D’Arcy) 423

Parks, effect of on economy (Mitchell) 2899

Planned economy (Lauk) 153, 1001 (Macdonald) 189, 91

Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of on economy (Hanson) 1702, 1707 (Lea) 1749 (Skelly) 356 (Stupich) 1762

Public sector, role of in economy (Parks) 232

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, effect of on economy (D’Arcy) 2504, 2560, 2562

Regional planning and economic planning (Blencoe) 2888

Restraint on expenditures, effect of on economy (Barnes) 2001 (D’Arcy) 962 (Lea) 205, 1006 (Rose) 580 (Stupich) 1936 (Wallace) 970

Sales tax, increase in, effect of on economy (Cocke) 2352 (Dailly) 2293 (D’Arcy) 2301, 2302 (Lauk) 2388 (Lockstead) 2349-50 (Skelly) 2426 (Stupich) 2357 (Wallace) 2307

Taxation, effect of on economy (Lea) 565, 567

Tobacco tax increase, effect of on economy (Cocke) 570 (Mitchell) 585-6, 588

Wage demands and economy (McGeer) 3173

British Columbia — Industries

Automobile assembly plant, proposal for (Blencoe) 1201

Competitiveness of in world markets (Phillips) 2830-1

Competitiveness of, labour rates (Lea) 2832

Costs for industries, reduction in (Phillips) 1186

Diversification of (Gabelmann) 987 (Hanson) 988 (Rose) 951

Government assistance to (Howard) 2958

Head offices, establishment of in B.C. (Bennett) 1191

High technology, application of to industry (Lea) 1006, 1008

High-technology industry (Campbell) 100 (Curtis) 165 (Lauk) 222 (McGeer) 77 (Parks) 1004 (Phillips) 2835, 2844 (Reid) 40 (Segarty) 123 (Skelly) 30 (Stupich) 180 (Throne speech) 4

Industrial assistance program (Curtis) 165

Industrial development (Bennett) 1191 (Curtis) 1205 (Howard) 2957 (McGeer) 949-50 (Mitchell) 2959 (Stupich) 1931

Investment in B.C. (Phillips) 2829

Machinery, goods, services for industry, production of in B.C. (Lea) 2832

Market for products, domestic market (Phillips) 2844

Northwestern B.C., development of industry in (Howard) 2842

Resource industries, development of (Howard) 2957

Resource industries, investment of profits elsewhere (Lea) 2832

Resource industries, problems (Lea) 1748, 2950

Secondary industry, development of (Cocke) 2333 (Lea) 2832-3

Taxation of (Bennett) 1193 (D’Arcy) 962, 1217

British Columbia — Population

Birth rate, decline in (Strachan) 641

Emigration from province (Barnes) 604 (Nicolson) 350-1, 653 (Rose) 454

People in B.C., kind of people (Nicolson) 655

British Columbia, Northern

Agricultural land reserve, exclusion from (Sanford) Q. 3088, Q. 3089, 3096 (Rogers) A. 3088-9 (Schroeder)A. 3089

Northern tax benefit program (Curtis) 2959 (Passarell) 2959

Regional district, northwest comer of province (Passarell) 1850, 2420

Wealth of province, source of (Kempf) 503

British Columbia Action Committee to Change the Crow

Members of, work of (Michael) 775

British Columbia and Yukon Territories Building and Construction Trades Council

New Democratic Party election campaign, donation to (Michael) 919

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 3135 (McClelland) 2255

British Columbia Assessment Authority

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Appropriation, reduction in (Blencoe) 1076 (Brown) 1246 (Dailly) 1253

Assessment Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act

Assessors, effect of Public Sector Restraint Act on (D’Arcy) 303

Costs of, reduction in (Curtis) 1069 (Stupich) 1073

Offices, closing of (Brown) 11, 59 (Curtis) 2963 (Lockstead) 246, 2962

Staff, number of (Blencoe) 1074, 1076 (Brown) 1244-5, 1246 (Dailly) 1253 (Stupich) 1071, 1072

Staff, reduction in (Brown) 1159 (Curtis) 2963

Staff workload (Dailly) 1253 (Stupich) 1071

Tribute to (Brown) 1246

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 618, 678 (Brown) 1157, 1247 (Curtis) 2277, 2961 (Dailly) 1252 (D’Arcy) 2505 (Hanson) 1639 (Nicolson) 1904 (Rose) 346, 1741, 1905 (Skelly) 1719 (Stupich) 1261

British Columbia Association for the Mentally Retarded

Grant, cancellation of (Barnes) Q. 916 (Brown) 976 (McCarthy) A. 916

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 210, 533

British Columbia Association of Broadcasters

Mentioned: (Richmond) 112, 1221, 2607

British Columbia Association of Colleges

Letter quoted (Rose) 1404

Mentioned: (Heinrich) 1368

British Columbia Association of Social Workers

Mentioned: (Wallace) 1652, 1653

British Columbia Automobile Association

Automobile inspection service (Reid) 276 (Reynolds) 1287

Mentioned: (Cocke) 96 (Dailly) 236 (Hewitt) 2848 (Passarell) 1320 (Phillips) 109 (Rose) 1310

British Columbia Bar Association

Mentioned: (Brown) 299 (Hewitt) 2860

British Columbia Buildings Corp.

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Borrowing by (Curtis) 2176 (D’Arcy) 2106, 2107, 2175, 2302

B.C. Place shares, purchase of (Stupich) 2095

Building occupancy charges (Mitchell) 2021-2

Colony Farm, administration of (Sanford) 1099

Colony Farm, sale of (Sanford) Q. 2730

Costs of, increase in (Cocke) 2462, 2465

Criticisms of (Cocke) 97

Debt (Barnes) 106 (Stupich) 2273

Forests ministry, building occupancy charges (Nicolson) 912, 2011, 2012-3

Motor vehicle inspection branch buildings (Fraser, A.) 2827 (Kempf) 2784 (Passarell) 2777

Operations, return of to Public Works ministry (Cocke) 1382

Parliament buildings, restoration crew, transfer of (Chabot) 3144 (Hanson) 3142

Payments to, increase in (Howard) Q. 1021, Q. 1022 (Curtis) A. 1021 (Stupich) 2095

Space and cost reduction program (Curtis) 163

Mentioned: (Cocke) 87, 2974 (D’Arcy) 303, 2561 (Fraser, A.) 2860 (Hanson) 1639, 1681, 2497 (Howard) 405, 1939 (Lauk) 1571 (Nicolson) 351 (Passarell) 2995 (Rose) 346, 1741, 3100 (Sanford) 1097, 1440, 3097, 3147 (Skelly) 1719

British Columbia Buildings Corporation Act

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2273

B.C. Business Magazine

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 655, 913

British Columbia Cellulose Co.

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

British Columbia Cellulose Company Repeal Act. See name of act

Employees, board members, information re (Lockstead) 1390 (Phillips) 1390

Privatization of (Lockstead) 1389

Mentioned: (Campbell) 101

British Columbia Cellulose Company Repeal Act

(Bill 29) (Minister of Industry and Small Business Development) 1R, 287; 2R, 1389; C, 1390; 3R, 1390; RA, 1917

Speakers: Lockstead 1389, 1390; Phillips 1389, 1390

Division: 2R, 1389

B.C. Cellulose Co., employees, board members, information re (Lockstead) 1390 (Phillips) 1390

B.C. Cellulose Co., privatization of (Lockstead) 1389

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., impact of (Lockstead) 1389

Los Angeles Times suit, settlement of (Lockstead) 1390 (Phillips) 1390

Mentioned: (Phillips) 712

British Columbia Central Credit Union

Economics department quoted (Wallace) 971

Mentioned: (Cocke) 807 (Dailly) 1376 (Hanson) 1681 (Lockstead) 2349 (Nicolson) 653, 913, 914 (Skelly) 356 (Sanford) 1026, 1028, 1029 (Stupich) 174 (Wallace) 1336

British Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Policy book quoted (Ree) 1025

Quoted (Wallace) 2908

Restraint program, support for (Ree) 1025

Mentioned: (Curtis) 2953

British Columbia Chiropractors' Association

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 2794

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association

Mentioned: (Skelly) 214

B.C. Coal Ltd.

Transportation needs and capacity of CPR (Michael) 777

Work-sharing (Segarty) 123, 124

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 125

British Columbia Cricket Association

West Indian cricket team (Brown) 301-2 (Reynolds) 306

British Columbia Crime Prevention Association

Mentioned: (Smith) 3017

British Columbia Development Corp.

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Board of directors (Lauk) 735, 736, 738

B.C. Harbours Board farmland, transfer of (Barrett) 744, 746 (Cocke) 739, 741, 742 (Dailly) 1092, 1096, 1097 (Hanson) 1083, 1084-5 (Lauk) 734, 736, 737 (Lea) 704, 706, 707, 708, 709 (Nicolson) 730, 731 (Reynolds) 710, 711 (Sanford) 1097-8 (Skelly) 1345-6 (Stupich) 1087, 1088, 1092

B.C. Harbours Board operations, transfer of (Phillips) 1346 (Skelly) 1345

B.C. Harbours Board properties, management of (Phillips) 703, 703-4

Competence of (Sanford) 1098, 1099

Criticism of (Lauk) 734, 735, 736, 738

Debt (Blencoe) 1201

New Westminster, plans for (Cocke) 739

Staff, job security (Lea) 1746

Mentioned: (Campbell) 101 (Curtis) 2274 (Hanson) 1639 (Lea) 2156 (Macdonald) 750 (Nicolson) 72 (Parks) 1004 (Phillips) 11, 747 (Reid) 37 (Reynolds) 155 (Rose) 346, 1741 (Sanford) 3148 (Skelly) 1719 (Stupich) 2273

British Columbia Electric Co.

Takeover of (D’Arcy) 424

Transit fares (McCarthy) 131

Mentioned: (Cocke) 2974 (Dailly) 24 (Rose) 115

British Columbia Energy Commission

Mentioned: (Howard) 2248, 2253 (Macdonald) 1775 (Reynolds) 155 (Speaker) 2249 (Wallace) 366

British Columbia Fabricare Association

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848

British Columbia Federation of Agriculture

B.C. Harbours Board farmland, proposal for (Hanson) 1083, 1085

Colony Farm assets, use of funds from sale of (Sanford) Q. 1978 (Schroeder) A. 1978

Mentioned: (Curtis) 2954 (Hanson) 1086 (Mitchell) 1793 (Sanford) 3103 (Schroeder) 1221 (Stupich) 1090, 1091

British Columbia Federation of Labour

Legislation, 1983 session, advertisements re (Stupich) 1931-2

Mentioned: (Chabot) 1781, 2642 (Curtis) 2953 (Gabelmann) 1643 (Hewitt) 263 (McClelland) 2255, 3137 (Nicolson) 2201, 2202 (Parks) 230, 1295 (Sanford) 139, 1027, 2529 (Segarty) 123 (Stupich) 2281

See also: Employment action centres

British Columbia Federation of Peace Officers

Public Sector Restraint Act, advertisement re (Barrett) 825, 834, 836, 841, 842-3, 845, 846, 849, 875

British Columbia Ferry and Marine Workers' Union

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1645 (Stupich) 1760

British Columbia Ferry Corp.

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Administration of, role of cabinet in (Fraser, A.) 3114

Board of directors, Kitimat representation on (Fraser, A.) 3121 (Howard) 3120

B.C. Steamship Co. (1975) Ltd. debt to corporation (Howard) 1391

Debt (Blencoe) 1201 (D’Arcy) 963

Employees, collective agreement (Richmond) 3056

Employees, compensation levels (Stupich) 1928

Employees, right to strike (Lockstead) 363 (Michael) 16

Employees, strike action by (Waterland) 2008, 2009

Establishment of ferry system (Passarell) 49

Fares (Gabelmann) 2122

Fares, commuter rates (Fraser, A.) 3114 (Lockstead) 2963, Fares, increase in (Fraser, A.) 3114 (Gabelmann) 3119 (Lockstead) 3064, 3109-10, 3113 (Sanford) 3129

Fares, setting of (Curtis) 2963, 2964 (Lockstead) 2962-3, 2963-4

Financing of (Davis) 70

Kitimat, ferry service to (Fraser, A.) 3121 (Howard) 3120-1

Kitimat terminal, cost of (Fraser, A.) 3121 (Howard) 3121

Losses (Fraser, A.) 3115

Management staff, tribute to (Lockstead) 83

Operation, break-even basis for (Davis) 68

Privatization of (Lockstead) 83

Queen Charlotte Islands, ferry service (Fraser, A.) 975, 3115

Rates, commercial rate (Hanson) 990

Rates, increase in, forecast re (Hanson) 990

Route 1 and Route 2, commercial traffic, increase in (Fraser, A.) 975

Route 2, alternative to, proposals for (Davis) 3116 (Fraser, A.) 3117

Route 3, fare increase (Lockstead) 2962-3, 3064, 3109-10

Route 3, traffic, decline in (Fraser, A.) 975

Route 3, vessel for (Fraser, A.) 3115

Route 6, reconstruction of dock (Wallace) Q. 1059, Q. 1104, Q. 1105, Q. 1439 (Fraser, A.) A. 1059, A. 1105, A. 1105, A. 1439

Route 6, resumption of service on (Wallace) Q. 1059

Route 8, fare increase (Lockstead) 2962-3, 3109-10, 3113

Route 8, problems (Fraser, A.) 3114

Route 10, day run for (Fraser, A.) 3115

Sailings, reduction in (Lockstead) 3115

Subsidy (Curtis) 2963, 2964 (Davis) 3116 (Fraser, A.) 3114, 3117 (Hanson) 990 (Lockstead) 3110

Traffic, commercial traffic (Fraser, A.) 3104-5

Vessels, lease fees for (Skelly) 2978-9

Vessels, sale of (Nicolson) 914 (Stupich) 64, 1928, 2273, 2948

Mentioned: (Brown) 810 (Cocke) 2974 (Curtis) 2274 (D’Arcy) 303, 304, 1717, 1987 (Davis) 2974 (Fraser, A.) 2867, 3119 (Hanson) 639, 2491, 2497 (Kempf) 1306 (Lauk) 2189 (Lockstead) 82, 83, 719, 1387 (Rose) 346, 1741 (Skelly) 1051 (Stupich) 2273

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

Debt (Skelly) 3034

Plywood operation, closing of (Hanson) 990

Port Renfrew tree-farm licence (Mitchell) 3053 (Waterland) 3053

Property taxes (Blencoe) 1075-6, 1076, 1120

Youbou plant, closing of (Wallace) 21, 43, 44

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 622 (Hanson) 889 (Mitchell) 3053 (Skelly) 3025, 3026 (Stupich) 180 (Wallace) 3047

British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association

Mentioned: (Stupich) 1090

British Columbia Funeral Service Association

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848

British Columbia Games

Participation in (Fraser, R.) 12

Success of (Throne speech) 7

See also: British Columbia Summer Games; British Columbia Winter Games

The British Columbia Gazette

Mentioned: (Brown) 1344 (Brummet) 751 (Cocke) 1297, 1298 (Dailly) 1054, 1055 (Lauk) 858 (Passarell) 2379

British Columbia Government Employees' Union

Agreement, 1973 agreement with (Curtis) 1205

Brief to government (Wallace) 2525

Consultation with (Chabot) 2569

Contract, expiry of (Chabot) 2659 (Gabelmann) 2659, 2660

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, effect of (Sanford) 1889

History of (Dailly) 322-4

A History of the B.C. Government Employees Union: A Union Amongst Government Employees quoted (Dailly) 323

Master agreement (Blencoe) 315 (Brown) 2638 (Chabot) 2685 (Dailly) 2469-70 (Hanson) 2488-9, 2623 (Nicolson) 2478 (Sanford) 2629 (Segarty) 124

Meeting with (Chabot) 1782, 2569, 2642, 2654

Members, redeployment of, policy on (Chabot) 2650 (Lea) 2650

Officials, dismissal of (Dailly) 1752

Public Sector Restraint Act and union (Chabot) 1782, 2642, 2654 (Gabelmann) 375

Richards, Norman, letter to members (Chabot) A. 1198, 1199 (Phillips) 1186 (Reid) Q. 1198

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2458 (Brown) 2554 (Chabot) 2438, 2647 (Cocke) 383, 2042, 2461 (Dailly) 2642 (Gabelmann) 372, 374, 1646, 1765, 1766, 2443 (Hanson) 627, 2209 (Heinrich) 284 (Howard) 296 (Lauk) 2004, 2005, 2071, 2073 (Lea) 1748, 2469 (Lockstead) 2517, 2518, 2520 (McClelland) 2254, 2595 (Macdonald) 439, 1776 (Nicolson) 2011, 2012 (Passarell) 2564, 2565, 2566 (Reid) 39 (Reynolds) 308 (Rose) 1604, 2086, 2473 (Skelly) 2445 (Stupich) 328, 460, 1013, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933 (Veitch) 1936 (Wallace) 1966, 2452

British Columbia Government Managers' Association

Letter quoted (Gabelmann) 1644

British Columbia Harbours Board

Abolition of (Dailly) 1095 (Lauk) 734, 737 (Lea) 706, 708 (Macdonald) 749 (Parks) 233

Assets, accountability to Legislature for (Barrett) 743, 744, 745-6, 747

Assets, transfer of (Barrett) 746, 747, 748 (Nicolson) 730, 731

Borrowing authority (Stupich) 1088

Establishment of (Dailly) 1094 (Lauk) 736 (Macdonald) 748 (Phillips) 703

Farmland, acquisition of (Dailly) 1094-5 (Stupich) 1090

Farmland, development of, possibility of (Hanson) 1083 (Lea) 704 (Nicolson) 732 (Sanford) 1098, 1101 (Skelly) 1345

Farmland, future of (Cocke) 740 (Lea) 705 (Phillips) 1346

Farmland, leases (Phillips) 1346 (Sanford) 1097, 1099 (Stupich) 1090

Farmland, sale of (Barrett) 744, 746, 747, 748 (Macdonald) 750

Farmland, transfer of (Barrett) 744, 746 (Cocke) 739, 741, 742 (Dailly) 1092, 1095, 1096, 1097 (Hanson) 1083, 1084-5, 1087 (Lauk) 734, 736, 737 (Lea) 704, 706, 707, 708, 709 (Nicolson) 730, 731 (Reynolds) 710, 711 (Sanford) 1097-8, 1101, 1385 (Skelly) 1345-6 (Stupich) 1087, 1088, 1090-1, 1092

Farmland, turf farm (Reynolds) 711

Farmland, use of (Hanson) 1083, 1085 (Reynolds) 711

Liabilities, transfer of (Phillips) 704

Operations, transfer of (Phillips) 1346 (Skelly) 1345

Phillips, D.M., resignation from, proposal for (Cocke) 739

Properties, management of (Phillips) 703, 703-4

Railway facilities (Phillips) 703 (Stupich) 1088, 1092

Railway facilities, management of (Phillips) 704

Revenue (Cocke) 739 (Nicolson) 730

Site possibilities for (Cocke) 742

Staff (Hanson) 1083 (Macdonald) 749-50 (Nicolson) 732

Work of commended (Lauk) 735

Mentioned: (Cocke) 807

British Columbia Health Association

Letter quoted (Gabelmann) 1644 (Wallace) 1653

Public Sector Restraint Act, opposition to (Gabelmann) 1644-5 (Passarell) 1712 (Stupich) 1760

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 3006

British Columbia Health Care Research Foundation

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

British Columbia Heart Foundation

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 156

British Columbia Heritage Trust

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Work of (Chabot) 3141-2

British Columbia home program

Success of (Throne speech) 6

British Columbia Hospitals Association

Mentioned: (Dailly) 2791

British Columbia Hotels Association

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2349

British Columbia House, London, England

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3169 (Howard) 3169

British Columbia House, Ottawa, Ont.

Abolition of, proposal for (Howard) 3169

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3169 (Gardom) 3166

British Columbia Housing Management Commission

Rent levels, increase in (Barnes) 2916

Mentioned: (Brummet) 2170 (Hanson) 1639 (Reynolds) 155 (Rose) 1741

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Bare Point power plant, closing of (Wallace) Q. 3152 (Rogers) A. 3152

Bare Point power plant property (Wallace) Q. 3152 (Rogers) A. 3152

Beautiful British Columbia, services to (Cocke) Q. 2789, Q. 2837 (Lea) 2964 (Richmond) A. 2789 (Smith) A. 2837

Board, membership of H.A. Curtis (Nicolson) 74

Bond issue, 1983, success of (Curtis) 997

Bonds, rating of. See entries under Bonds

Borrowing by (Curtis) 2272 (D’Arcy) 2107, 2165

Borrowing, 1983-84 fiscal year (Curtis) 2949

Chairmanship of (Gabelmann) 1763 (Mitchell) 2960

Coal production, report on (Lea) Q. 1706 (Bennett) A. 1706

Creation of (Dailly) 24

Debt (Blencoe) 1201 (D’Arcy) 961, 963, 2106 (Mitchell) 2021, 2022, 2960 (Stupich) 2272

Debt, interest on (Wallace) 3162-3

Debt, repayment of (D’Arcy) 423, 961

Delta lawsuit re service pipes (Reid) 496-7

Electric power, privately produced, purchase of (Passarell) 51

Employees and collective bargaining (D’Arcy) 1987

Employees, emergency staff (Stupich) 1928

Employees, layoff of (Chabot) 1782, 2684 (D’Arcy) 1717 (Hanson) 1641, 1658 (Stupich) 1928 (Wallace) 2751

Employees, wages (D’Arcy) 1987 (Stupich) 1928

Employees, women employees (Brown) 2088-9, 2090

Establishment of (Passarell) 49

Ferranti-Packard Transformers Ltd., bid on transformers (Gabelmann) 3133 (McClelland) 3136

Gabriola Island, power outages (Stupich) 1928

Management staff, holidays, provision for (Curtis) 1205

Natural gas operations (Davis) 68

Office space (Rogers) 3162 (Wallace) 3162

Peace River, Site C Dam (Rogers) 3162

Peace River, Site C Dam, hearings (Wallace) 3161

Peace River, Site C Dam, hearings, interveners' costs (Wallace) Q. 854, Q. 1060 (Rogers) A. 854, A. 1060

Peace River, Site C Dam, hearings, report (Rogers) A. 1059, A. 1060, A. 2552 (Skelly) Q. 1059, Q. 1060, Q. 2552 (Wallace) 2563

Power, demand for, estimate of (Nicolson) 74

Power development, two-river policy (D’Arcy) 963 (Mitchell) 1032

Power developments, financing of (Davis) 70

Power developments, future projects (Rogers) 3163 (Wallace) 3163

Power, export of (Lauk) Q. 769 (Mitchell) 1032, 1034 (Rogers) A. 769, 3161-2, 3162 (Wallace) 3161, 3162

Power, export of, hearings on (Wallace) 3160, 3161

Power, sale of, revenue (Rogers) 3154

Power, sale of to Los Angeles (Rogers) 3154, 3161

Power transmission costs (Wallace) 3163

Privatization of (Lockstead) 83

Rates, hearings on, interveners in (Skelly) Q. 1339 (Rogers) A. 1339

Rates, increase in (Rose) Q. 1109, 2029 (Sanford) 1991-2 (Wallace) 2306

Sinking fund (D’Arcy) 2165

Staff, executive salaries (Rogers) 3163 (Wallace) 3163

Staff, reduction in (Rogers) 3162 (Wallace) 3162

Staff, salaries (Rogers) 3163

Staff, women employees (Rogers) 3163-4 (Wallace) 3163

Stikine River, cables (Passarell) 3165 (Rogers) 3165-6

Subdivision developments, power installation re (Mitchell) 2877

Transformers, stockpiling of (McClelland) 3136

Vancouver Island transmission line (D’Arcy) 963 (Segarty) 123

Vancouver Island transmission line, cost of (Lockstead) Q. 2966, 3159 (Rogers) A. 2966, 3160

Vancouver Island transmission line, operational date for (Lockstead) Q. 2966 (Rogers) A. 2966

Water licence fee, reduction in (Lockstead) 1425

West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd. power purchases (Nicolson) 73

Mentioned: (Barrett) 2060 (Cocke) 96, 805, 1208, 1381, 1511, 2974 (Curtis) 996, 2752 (D’Arcy) 303, 304, 421, 423, 424, 1717, 1718, 1989, 2236, 2505, 2560 (Davis) 2974 (Gabelmann) 1766, 2034, 2229 (Gardom) 2935 (Hanson) 991, 1639, 1664, 1673, 1681, 2490, 2629 (Howard) 2936 (Kempf) 2089 (Lauk) 149, 863, 864, 2189 (Lockstead) 363, 1387 (Macdonald) 540 (Michael) 775 (Mitchell) 1461, 2078 (Nicolson) 3172 (Passarell) 50 (Reid) 37 (Reynolds) 155 (Rogers) 11, 3165 (Rose) 1741, 3075, 3164 (Skelly) 357, 1023, 2978 (Stupich) 63, 179, 1762 (Wallace) 2068, 2453, 2752, 2753

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Act, 1964

Mentioned: (Howard) 2249

British Columbia Independent Logging Association

Contractor clause, invoking of (Skelly) Q. 1440 (Waterland) A. 1440

Letter quoted (Skelly) 3030

Meetings with (Bennett) A. 3151 (Howard) Q. 3151 (Skelly) Q. 1440 (Waterland) A. 1440

Mentioned: (Skelly) 2944, 3006, 3029

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, B.C.

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Administration of, centralization of (Cocke) 2274, 2275, 2322 (Dailly) 2269 (Heinrich) 2323 (Rose) 2323

Administration of, recommendations re (Dailly) 2268

Autonomy of (Heinrich) 2267

Board of governors, appointments to (Brown) 2324, 2325 (Cocke) 2275, 2322, 2324 (Dailly) 2269 (Heinrich) 2267, 2276, 2321, 2322, 2323 (Mitchell) 2322 (Rose) 2319, 2320-1, 2323 (Smith) 2323

Board of governors, honoraria (Heinrich) 2268, 2322, 2325

Board of governors, number of members (Brown) 2324, 2325 (Cocke) 2274, 2275, 2324 (Heinrich) 2268, 2276, 2323, 2325 (Nicolson) 2325, 2326 (Rose) 2319

Board of governors, purpose of (Heinrich) 2321, 2325 (Rose) 2320

Board of governors, term of appointment to (Brown) 2324 (Heinrich) 2321 (Rose) 2320, 2321, 2324 (Smith) 2323-4

Colleges, differences from (Mitchell) 2322

Committees, number of (Heinrich) 2325

Courses (Brown) 2328, 2329 (Heinrich) 2267, 2328 (Rose) 2326, 2327, 2328, 2329

Directives to (Heinrich) 2267 (Rose) 2327, 2328

Expansion of (Heinrich) 2267

Institute of Technology Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act

Media centre equipment, transfer of (Chabot) 3141 (Hanson) 3139, 3141, 3143

Programs, changes in (Heinrich) 2267

Psychiatric nursing program, relocation of (Heinrich) 2267, 2329

Role of (Heinrich) 2267

Mentioned: (Dailly) 1375 (D’Arcy) 1405 (Hanson) 1639 (McClelland) 3131 (Rose) 1741

British Columbia Interior Logging Association

Mentioned: (Skelly) 3032, 3033, 3039 (Waterland) 3032

British Columbia Law Reform Commission

Recommendations (Smith) 2997

British Columbia Law Society

Mentioned: (Smith) 2990

B.C. Lions

Mentioned: (Barnes) 105, 106, 2917 (Blencoe) 1919 (Cocke) 1951 (Hon. member) 1951 (Parks) 232 (Passarell) 2780 (Reynolds) 183 (Sanford) 1919, 1990 (Schroeder) 1919 (Skelly) 1919

British Columbia Lottery Fund

Grants (Michael) 3143

Mentioned: (Hanson) 3140, 3142

British Columbia Lumberman

Quoted, referred to (Brown) 809 (Lockstead) 719, 723, 724, 725, 726

British Columbia Medical Association

Smoking cessation committee (Wallace) 1053

Mentioned: (Brown) 3008, 3090, 3122, 3123 (Curtis) 65 (McGeer) 416 (Nielsen) 2794, 3006, 3065, 3091

British Columbia Milk Board

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1355 (Schroeder) 3099

British Columbia Motels, Resorts and Trailer Parks Association

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2349

British Columbia Motor Transport Association

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848

British Columbia Nurses' Union

Arbitration award quoted (Gabelmann) 2035

News release quoted (Stupich) 1759-60

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 2229 (Wallace) 2525

British Columbia Optometric Association

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848

B.C. Packers Ltd.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 989

British Columbia Petroleum Corp.

Abolition of, proposal for (Davis) 68

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Employees (Rogers) 3158

Government policy on (Lockstead) 3158 (Rogers) 3159

Privatization of (Lockstead) 83

Revenue (Nicolson) 400 (Stupich) 63

Revenue, NDP proposal for (Brummet) 140 (Nielsen) 28 (Reid) 278 (Smith) 147, 1031

Mentioned: (Campbell) 101 (Cocke) 1416 (Hanson) 1639 (Rogers) 3158 (Rose) 1741

British Columbia Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Benefits of (Smith) 148

B.C. Buildings Corp., share purchases by (Stupich) 2095

Building, construction of by government (Dailly) 1418, 1421, 1751

Commercial development (Lauk) 152, 1000

Completion of (Fraser, R.) 13

Construction of (McCarthy) 132

Cost of (Wallace) 253

Debt (Blencoe) 1201 (D’Arcy) 964 (Mitchell) 1972 (Stupich) 2273

Excavation waste (Wallace) Q. 253, Q. 366, Q. 1338 (Brummet) A. 1338

Expenditures on (Rose) 2085

Expropriation powers (Lauk) 863

Housing development (Lauk) 152, 317, Q. 2434, Q. 2435 (Reynolds) 184 (Rogers) A. 2435

Job creation (Brummet) 141, 2155 (Campbell) 100 (Parks) 232 (Reynolds) 183 (Skelly) 356

Opening of (Throne speech) 2

Planners, planning (Lauk) 317, 1820 (Skelly) 1807-8

Profits (Bennett) 81

Site, use of (Lauk) 864, 866

Zoning laws, exemption from (Lauk) 863

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 81 (Brummet) 142 (Fraser, A.) 87, 974 (Gabelmann) 986 (Hanson) 3142 (Johnston) 60 (Lauk) 865 (McCarthy) 131 (McClelland) 65 (Michael) 610, 775 (Mitchell) 2153 (Mowat) 53 (Phillips) 110 (Reid) 40, 493, 1294 (Reynolds) 184, 538 (Ritchie) 47 (Sanford) 137 (Segarty) 123 (Skelly) 1346, 2979, 3022 (Veitch) 1037 (Waterland) 999

British Columbia Place Act

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2273

British Columbia Place Ltd.

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.

Alcoholic beverages, sale of (Barnes) 106 (Dailly) 2317-8 (Gabelmann) 798

Baseball (Reynolds) 184

Benefits of (Parks) 232

Borrowing for (D’Arcy) 2106 (Lea) 2157 (Mitchell) 2151

Construction of (Campbell) 100 (Lea) 143-4, 205 (McCarthy) 132, 208 (McClelland) 65 (Mowat) 53 (Reynolds) 183, 184 (Richmond) 112 (Ritchie) 47 (Smith) 148

Job creation (Parks) 232

Operating costs (Gabelmann) 798

Size of field (Barnes) 105, 1452

VIP facilities, cost of (Lauk) Q. 792 (Rogers) A. 792

VIP facilities, operating costs (Lauk) Q. 792 (Rogers) A. 792

VIP facilities, use of (Barnes) 2000 (Brown) 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (Cocke) 1951 (Dailly) 1955 (D’Arcy) 2105 (Lauk) Q. 792, 2005, Q. 2967 (Mitchell) 2151 (Rogers)A. 792, A. 2967 (Sanford) 1990, 1992 (Skelly) 1980-1, 1983 (Stupich) 1923, 1926, 1927, 1931, 2287 (Wallace) 1967 (Waterland) 2007

VIP facilities, use of, September 1983 football game (Blencoe) Q. 1919 (Ritchie) A. 1919 (Sanford) Q. 1919 (Skelly) Q. 1919 (Waterland) A. 1919

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 131 (Phillips) 110 (Rose) 115 (Stupich) 64

British Columbia Police Commission

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 1111

British Columbia Press Council

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848 (Lockstead) 1801

British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brummet) 140

British Columbia Public Interest Research Group

Report quoted (Hanson) 1707

British Columbia Railway

Accountability of (Barrett) 747 (Phillips) 747

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Administration of (Curtis) 199 (Phillips) 2834

Anzac line (Michael) 16

Anzac line, borrowing for (Curtis) A. 854, A. 855 (D’Arcy) 1988, 2106 (Howard) Q. 854, Q. 855

Anzac line debt, subsidy for (Howard) Q. 3152

Anzac line locomotives, lease fees on (Skelly) 2979

Anzac line locomotives, sale of (Stupich) 2948

Anzac line tunnel (Lea) 729 (Phillips) 729, 1044

Borrowing by (Lea) Q. 1104 (Nicolson) 913

B.C. Harbours Board farmland. See entries under name of board

B.C. Harbours Board railway (Phillips) 703, 704 (Stupich) 1088, 1092

Crowsnest Pass freight rate change, effect of (Phillips) 770, 771 (Rose) 788

Dease Lake extension, federal funds for (Lauk) 736

Debt (Barrett) 194 (Blencoe) 1201 (D’Arcy) 963 (Davis) 68 (Howard) Q. 3152 (Lauk) 737 (Nicolson) 913 (Stupich) 1928

Downsizing of (D’Arcy) 1986

Employees, wages (Stupich) 1928

Engineers, dismissal of (Chabot) 2663 (Gabelmann) 2662-3, 2663

Extensions, construction of (D’Arcy) 963

Federal government, negotiations with (Phillips) 771 50

KV technology, introduction of (Phillips) 2834

Grain shipping (Davis) 759 (Fraser, A.) 755 (Phillips) 763, 771 (Wallace) 761

Grant to, 1982 grant (Barrett) 192-3, 194, 195, 196, 747, 1042 (Blencoe) 315 (Cocke) 739 (Howard) 1390 (Lockstead) 245 (Phillips) 197, 198

Independence of (Davis) 68

Loss on operations (Phillips) 197

Lumber shipments (Fraser, A.) 755

Northeast coal, infrastructure for (Parks) 1003

Peace River area, construction of railway to (Phillips) 764

Profit (Phillips) 197, 2834

Taxes, payment of (D’Arcy) 963

Mentioned: (Chabot) 2663 (Cocke) 805 (Curtis) 2274 (D’Arcy) 303, 304, 421, 423, 424, 1717, 1718, 1989 (Fraser, A.) 974, 2981 (Gabelmann) 373, 1766, 2031 (Hanson) 1086, 1639 (Lea) 708, 788 (Rose) 1741 (Skelly) 1051 (Stupich) 179, 1762, 1931 (Throne speech) 6

British Columbia Real Estate Association

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848

British Columbia Resources Investment Corp.

Establishment of (Howard) 1347 (Phillips) 712

Impact of (Lockstead) 1389

Political interference in (Howard) 1347

Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of (Lauk) 2633

Mentioned: (Chabot) 2634 (Cocke) 806 (D’Arcy) 963 (Hanson) 1695 (Kempf) 2069 (Lauk) 1435, 1436 (Mitchell) 587, 1033 (Nicolson) 71, 913 (Passarell) 50, 946 (Reid) 502 (Stupich) 63, 64 (Wallace) 2069

British Columbia Restaurant Association

Mentioned: (Barrett) 2295 (Curtis) 2279, 2619 (Hanson) 2359 (Hewitt) 2848 (Lockstead) 2348 (Nicolson) 2359 (Reynolds) 225, 198 (Stupich) 2280 (Wallace) 2306

British Columbia Savings and Trust Corp.

See: Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C.

British Columbia School Trustees' Association

Brief quoted, referred to (Heinrich) 2585 (Passarell) 651

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, meetings, consultation re (Heinrich) 628, 629, 2584 (Lockstead) 867

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, proposal for (Stupich) 1583

Funds, alternative use of (Heinrich) 429

Membership fees (Rose) Q. 429, 431, 1404 (Heinrich) A. 429

“Organization and priorities report” referred to (Skelly) 1499

Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of (Chabot) 2647 (Nicolson) 2647

Publications quoted (Dailly) 632 (D’Arcy) 1630 (Passarell) 1515, 1516 (Sanford) 660, 661 (Stupich) 1583

“A Taxation Report to Business” quoted, referred to (Dailly) 1252, 1252-3 (Lockstead) 1502, 1503 (Rose) 1372 (Wallace) 1535

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1596 (Blencoe) 685 (Brown) 412 (Cocke) 637, 639 (Dailly) 630 (D’Arcy) 1217, 1629 (Gabelmann) 893, 1544, 1546, 3199, 3200 (Heinrich) 431, 628, 629, 1367, 2584, 2587, 2588, 2589, 3199, 3200 (Howard) 1170, 1306, 1409, 1507, 1508, 1943 (Lockstead) 432, 869, 1504 (Michael) 657 (Nicolson) 396, 1154 (Parks) 896 (Passarell) 1516 (Rose) 251, 1199, 1528, 1608, 1613 (Skelly) 1719 (Strachan) 640 (Stupich) 1580, 1582, 1584 (Wallace) 1968

British Columbia Science Council

Mentioned: (Reid) 40

British Columbia Southern Railway Co.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 772, 773

British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame

Mentioned: (Mowat) 58

British Columbia Steamship Co. (1975) Ltd.

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Debt (Blencoe) 1201 (Howard) 1391

Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 3104 (Hanson) 1639 (Rose) 346, 1741

British Columbia Summer Games, 1983, Maple Ridge, B.C.

West Indian cricket team, participation of (Brown) 301-2 (Reynolds) 306

Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 12 (Lauk) 572 (McClelland) 572 (Pelton) 32 (Reynolds) 577 (Throne speech) 7

British Columbia Systems Corp.

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Beautiful British Columbia, services to (Curtis) 2964 (Lea) 2964

Building, cost of (Lea) 2158

Building, unoccupied space (Lea) 2158

Debt (Blencoe) 1201, 2976 (Curtis) 2976 (D’Arcy) 964

Disposition of corporation (Blencoe) 2976, 2977 (Curtis) 2976, 2977

Employees (Blencoe) 2976 (Curtis) 2976 (Lea) 2649

Privatization of (Cocke) 1382 (Lea) 1311

Privatization of, confidentiality of data (Blencoe) 2977 (Curtis) 2977 (Nicolson) Q. 1222 (Curtis) A. 1222

Privatization of, sales advisory committee for (Curtis) 1222

Sale of (Blencoe) 2976 (Curtis) 2976, 2977 (Skelly) 2977

Sale of, price for (Nicolson) Q. 1222 (Curtis) A. 1222

Mentioned: (Cocke) 2974 (D’Arcy) 2176 (Davis) 2974 (Hanson) 991, 1639, 1664, 1673, 1681, 2497 (Howard) 1939 (Nicolson) 351, 653 (Rose) 346, 1741, 1833

B.C. Teacher

Quoted (Rose) 3191

British Columbia Teachers' Federation

Declaration of the rights of children (Barnes) 1557-8

Members, expulsion of (Heinrich) A. 1798-9 (Ree) Q. 1798 (Rose) 1823

News release quoted (Skelly) 356

Principals, vice-principals, change in status of (Chabot) 2708 (Rose) 2706-7, 2708

Publication quoted (Hanson) 1482

Teachers' files, access to (Barrett) Q. 1799

Mentioned: (Brummet) 140, 635, 636 (Chabot) 2708 (Cocke) 637 (D’Arcy) 1570 (Heinrich) 251, 628, 1199, 3187, 3195 (Lockstead) 432, 869, 1502 (Macdonald) 1594 (McGeer) 416 (Michael) 657 (Nicolson) 2265 (Passarell) 1516 (Rose) 346, 2708, 3192, 3193, 3196 (Sanford) 3199 (Strachan) 640, 641 (Waterland) 95

British Columbia Telephone Co. Ltd.

Employees, layoff rights of (Gabelmann) 1643-4

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1805, 1987 (Gabelmann) 2034 (Lea) 2156 (Lockstead) 2351 (McGeer) 3181 (Nicolson) 1899 (Passarell) 945, 2378, 2430

British Columbia Television Broadcasting System Ltd.

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 3118 (Michael) 17

B.C. Timber Ltd.

Castlegar pulp mill, expansion of (Nicolson) 71

Employees, layoff of and lumber purchases (Howard) Q. 2553

Kitwanga mill, employees laid off (Howard) 2842

Log sales (Howard) Q. 2553, 2842-3 (Waterland) A. 2553

Losses (Lauk) 1435

Lumber purchases (Howard) 1361, 2842 (Speaker) 1383

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 2443 (McCarthy) 649 (Passarell) 1513, 3038, 3107

British Columbia Transit Authority

Accounts receivable (Curtis) 791

Board of directors, tribute to (McCarthy) 1706

Borrowing by (Stupich) 2273

Buses, bus stops, repainting of (Brown) 976-7, 978, 979, 1353 (McCarthy) A. 814, A. 1397, A. 1705, A. 2052 (Macdonald) Q. 814, Q. 1397, Q. 1705

Buses, lease fees for (Skelly) 2979

Buses, lease of (Nicolson) 914

Buses, upholstery, replacement of (Macdonald) Q. 2052 (McCarthy) A. 2052

Expropriation for ALRT, compensation for (Lauk) Q. 1023 (McCarthy) A. 1023

Expropriation for ALRT, procedure used (McCarthy) 1023

Fares, increase in (Macdonald) Q. 1397, Q. 1705 (McCarthy) A. 1705

Handicapped, custom transit system for (McCarthy) 814

Penticton buses, repainting of (Macdonald) Q. 1397 (McCarthy) A. 2052

Prince George buses, repainting of (Macdonald) Q. 1397 (McCarthy) A. 2052

Subsidy, reduction in (Macdonald) Q. 1706 (McCarthy)A. 1706

Transit planning, jurisdiction over (Reid) 493

Mentioned: (Curtis) 2274 (Davis) 68 (Hanson) 1639, 1641 (McCarthy) 2913 (Rose) 346, 1370, 1741

British Columbia Transit Act

Mentioned: (Brown) 1273 (Nicolson) 1269 (Stupich) 1263, 2273

British Columbia Truck Loggers' Association

Mentioned: (Skelly) 3054 (Strachan) 1282 (Waterland) 3032

British Columbia Utilities Commission

B.C. Hydro, rate hearings, interveners in (Skelly) Q. 1339 (Rogers) A. 1339

Hearings, interveners' costs (Rogers) A. 854, 3160 (Wallace) Q. 854, 3160, 3160-1

Kemano II hearings, interveners in (Howard) Q. 2943 (Rogers) A. 2943 (Wallace) 3160

Peace River, Site C Dam, hearings, interveners' costs (Wallace) Q. 1060 (Rogers) A. 1060

Peace River, Site C Dam, hearings, report of (Skelly) Q. 1059, Q. 1060, Q. 2552 (Rogers) A. 1059, A. 1060, A. 2552 (Wallace) 2563

Regulatory processes (Curtis) 164 (Stupich) 177

Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline, hearings on (Davis) 3160 (Lockstead) Q. 367, 3157 (Rogers) A. 367, 3158

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1639, 1655 (Lockstead) 84 (Nicolson) 2865, 2866 (Rose) 346, 1741

British Columbia Winter Games, 1983, Revelstoke, B.C.

Success of (Michael) 16-7

Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 12 (Throne speech) 7

British North America Act

Mentioned: (Barnes) 928 (Brown) 1342 (Davis) 2927 (Gabelmann) 2225 (Gardom) 2923 (Lauk) 222 (McGeer) 3172 (Nicolson) 3177

Broadbent, John Edward (Ed)

Mentioned: (Bennett) 1193 (Macdonald) 90 (Phillips) 110, 362, 772 (Reynolds) 1943 (Veitch) 1938

Brock, Dieter

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 376 (Nicolson) 1756

Brock Fahrni Pavilion, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Mowat) 52

Bronfman family

Mentioned: (Skelly) 3025

Brooks, Neil

Quoted (Skelly) 2064, 2179

Mentioned: (Skelly) 2180

Brothers, Donald

Mentioned: (Dailly) 1373 (D’Arcy) 1405

Brousson, David

Mentioned: (Gardom) 1245

Brouwer, Jake

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3089 (Macdonald) 2169

Brown, David

Advertising campaign re restraint, employment in (Hanson) Q. 1162, Q. 1198

Expenses, payment of (Nicolson) 398

Mentioned: (Cocke) 98, 905 (Hanson) 200, 201, 995 (Reynolds) 155

Brown, Hans G.

Mentioned: (Howard) 1240

Brown, May

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1816 (Lauk) 149

Brown, Peter

Mentioned: (Lauk) 154

Brown, Priscilla

Mentioned: (McClelland) 1920

Brown, Rosemary (Burnaby-Edmonds)

Address in reply 33-7

Alcohol and Drug Commission 410

Annacis crossing, opposition to 3122

Attorney-General ministry, ad hoc counsel, Q. 333

Attorney-General ministry, contract employees 1351

Attorney-General ministry, Crown counsel services, Q. 333

Attorney-General ministry, diversion centres, Q. 534

Attorney-General ministry employees, number of 408, 411, 1351

Attorney-General ministry employees, salaries 1351

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2988-9, 2990, 2991-2, 2993, 2994, 2998, 2998-9, 2999, 2999-3000, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3007-9, 3010-1, 3020

Attorney-General ministry, private sector legal advice, Q. 332-3, 1351, 1352

Automobile seatbelts, children's, educational program re 3123

Automobile seatbelts, children's, use of 36, 3090, 3122-3

Bankruptcies, Burnaby-Edmonds constituency 33

Bankruptcies, increase in 2018, 2103

Begin, Gary, candidature for Social Credit Party 412, 1214

B.C. Assessment Authority board, appointments to 2603, 2605

B.C. Assessment Authority board, chairmanship of 2604, 2605

B.C. Assessment Authority, offices closed 1159

B.C. Assessment Authority staff, reduction in 1159

B.C. Association for the Mentally Retarded, grant to, abolition of 976

B.C. Hydro, women employees 2088-9, 2090

B.C. Institute of Technology, board of governors 2325

B.C. Institute of Technology, course offerings 2328

B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of by ministers 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

B.C. Transit, bus stops, repainting of 976-7, 978, 979, 1353

B.C. Transit, buses, repainting of 1353

Budget debate 975-9

Burnaby, budget preparation 1158, 1159-60

Burnaby, Flats area 1274-5

Burnaby General Hospital, anaesthetist on staff 34

Burnaby, growth of 551

Burnaby, planning 551, 552, 1847, 2398

Burnaby, small business 1160

Burnaby, traffic problems 34, 551, 552, 2398, 3123

Campership program, funds for 34

Charter of Rights and Freedoms, possible contravention of, Q. 2289, Q. 2290

Child abuse, increase in 977

Child-abuse service, abolition of 300, 301, 976, 2635, 2643

Child-care workers, dismissal of 976, 2635

Children, automobile accident injuries 3090, 3122

Children, legal services to 3020

Children, resource centres for, funding of 979

Children, services to, cuts in 300

Children, sexual abuse of 978-9

Closure of debate, use of 2101

Collective agreements, maternity leave benefits 2595

College and Institute Amendment Act (1983) 1411, 1411-2, 1412, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1430-1

College boards, appointments to 1411, 1429

College boards, members' liability for fine 1431

College courses, duplication of 2328, 2329

Colleges, auditing of operations of 1412, 1428, 1429, 1431

Community involvement program administrators, dismissal of 2635

Community involvement program, funds for 978, 979

Community involvement program payments, abolition of, Q. 961, 1353, 2018

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2015-9, 2087-90, 2091, 2760-1, 2761, 2764, 2765-6, 2766, 2767, 2768

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, debate on 2015

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2087, 2089

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, impact of 2765-6

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2768

Compensation Stabilization Commission rulings, appeals against 2767

Compensation stabilization program, extension of 2087

Condominium office 2876

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 2876

Correctional institutes, early-release programs 3001, 3008

Correctional institutes, equipment purchases 3008

Correctional institutes, medical standards 3008

Correctional institutes, staff training 3003, 3009

Corrections branch, appropriation 3002, 3003, 3007-8

Corrections, community service order program 3020

Counterattack program, funding for 3007

Counterattack program, information re, Q. 3211

Criminal injury compensation, cutback in 299

Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 550, 553

Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 2015, 2016

Deputy ministers, responsibility of to Premier's deputy 1275

Documents, definition of 2794, 2795, 2796, 2797

Documents, disposal of 2794, 2795, 2797-8

Documents, lifespan of 2794, 2796, 2797

Documents, records schedule 2794

Domestics, labour legislation coverage for 35, 37

Drinking drivers, blood-testing of, Q. 19, 37

Drunken drivers, jailing of 410

Drunken-driving offences 3007-8

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1210-5, 1489-94

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1493

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, White Paper on 1214

Education minister, powers of 1210

Education system, centralization of 1210

Education system, government's intentions re 1493

Elderly, activity centres, Q. 961, 978, 979

Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2596, 2597, 2598, 2599, 2599-2600, 2600, 2600-1

Estate Administration Amendment Act (1983) 1257-8, 1258

Estates, surviving spouse's entitlement to 1257-8

Expenditures, restraint on, advertising campaign re, Q. 961, 978

Expenditures, restraint on, public information tours re 978

Expenditures, restraint on, support for 2087

Family, importance of 36

Family, 'references to in throne speech 36

Family, services to 3009

Family support program, abolition of 975, 977, 2643

Family support service, contracting out of 2556-7

Family support workers, dismissal of 2554, 2555, 2556-7

Family, violence in 300, 978

Farmland, loss of in Canada 1272-3

Farmworkers, labour legislation coverage for 35, 37

Film classification, appropriation for 2993, 2994

Film classification, video material 2992, 2993

Forest reserves, mid-coast region, disposition of 810, 811

Ganges sewer system 553

Government advertising, appropriation for 978

Government, centralization of 1272, 1341, 1342, 1353

Greater Vancouver Regional District, establishment of 550

Greater Vancouver Regional District, planning 552

Greater Vancouver Regional District, regional plan 553

Greater Vancouver Regional District, survey of public concerns 552-3

Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act, section 8, proclamation of 37, 1342, 1343

Gulf Islands, uniqueness of 2802-3

Handicapped, protection of under Human Rights Code 35, 37

Haney forest camps, closing of 3003

Health Act regulations, publication of 1340

Health care, user fees 412

Health ministry, estimates 3090-1, 3091, 3092, 3093

Human Resources ministry, appropriation, increase in 408

Human Resources ministry employees, dismissal of 408, 411, 1352, 2635, 2643

Human Resources ministry programs, abolition of 300, 301, 2635, 2643, 2645

Human Resources ministry programs, appropriation for, decrease in 408

Human Rights Act, substitution of name of 2815

Human rights branch, abolition of 301-2

Human Rights Commission, abolition of 301-2, 412, Q. 2290

Income assistance coordinators, abolition of program 2643

Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2100-4, 2578, 2579, 2580, 2582 31

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2100, 2102, 2103

Income tax credits, abolition of 975, 2102

Income tax credits, benefits of 2101

Income tax credits, 1982 credits, claims for 2582

Income tax credits, recipients of 2103, 2578

Indians, courtworker program, Q. 2612, Q. 2613, 3020

Infant development program, funds for 35

Institute of Technology Amendment Act (1983) 2324-5, 2325, 2328, 2329

Islands Trust Act, sections awaiting proclamation 1343

Islands Trust, planning powers 2803, 2804

Islands Trust, regulations relating to, publication of 1341

Jesco Financial Services Ltd., recommendations 332-3, 333

John Howard Society, job-finding service, funding for, Q. 534

Justice Development Commission, abolition of 299

Justice Development Commission, mandate of 299

Justice Development Commission report, B.R.D. Smith's comment re 299, 302

Justice Institute of B.C., funding of 3020

Justice system, erosion of, Q. 1338

Juveniles, attendance centre programs 3009

Juveniles, community services, funding for 3009

Juveniles, services for 411

Keremeos, Quebec farmworkers, Q. 880

Lakeside Regional Correctional Centre, food services 3000

Lakeside Regional Correctional Centre, nursing service 3000, 3001

Law Foundation of B.C., funding for, Q. 1920

Legal aid, criteria for provision of 2990

Legal aid, eligibility for 410

Legal aid, funds for, reduction in 35

Legal aid, importance of 35

Legal aid, increased need for 2989

Legal aid, restrictions on 410, 2989

Legal Services Society, funding for, Q. 1920, Q. 2366, 2988-9, 2990, 2991, 2998

Legal Services Society offices, closing of, Q. 1920-1

Legal Services Society, statutory obligations, Q. 2367

Legal services, task force on 1920, 2988-9, 2990, 2991

Legislation awaiting proclamation 1342, 1343

Legislation, implementation of prior to enactment 299

Legislative process, removal of proclamation step 1341, 1342, 1343, 1364, 1365

Lieutenant-Governor, appeals to 1341, 1342, 1344

Lieutenant-Governor, intervention in legislative process 1342

Lieutenant-Governor, role of 1341, 1342, 1343-4, 1365

Liquor, profit on, use of 409-10

Lynda Williams Community Correctional Centre, closing of 3000, 3002

Lynda Williams Community Correctional Centre, funding for 34-5

Maintenance orders, enforcement of 3020

Male survival rate 1257-8

The Maples, school program 34

Marguerite Dixon Transition House, funds for 34, 36

Maternity leave provisions 2599-2600, 2600, 2601

Mental retardation coordinators, regional, elimination of 976

Mentally handicapped, deinstitutionalization of 976

Mining, lumber camps, inspection of 1340, 1341

Ministers, expenditures by 2015-6

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2603, 2603-4, 2605, 2794, 2795, 2796, 2796-7, 2797-8, 2798, 2801, 2802-3, 2804, 2805, 2814, 2815, 2817, 2818, 2821-2

Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act (1983) 1350-4, 1391, 1391-2, 1392

Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 550-3, 1845-9, 2397-8, 2405, 2411-3

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation re 1847

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, opposition to 1847

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, reason for 1847

Municipal government, accessibility of 1785, 1846

Municipal government, accountability of 1273-4

Municipal government, powers 1275, 1910

Municipal governments, possible abolition of 1274

Municipal tax system, committee of Legislature on, proposal for 1159

Municipalities, debt limit 1958, 1959, 1960

Municipalities, planners, W. S. Ritchie's proposal re 1272, 1847, 1848

Ocean Falls, assets, facilities 808-9, 811, 812

Ocean Falls community 808, 810, 811

Ocean Falls Corp. employees, losses suffered 811

Ocean Falls Corp., profit 810

Ocean Falls Corporation Repeal Act 808-12

Ocean Falls Corp., timber supply for 809-10, 811

Ocean Fails mills, purchase of 809

Ocean Falls mills, threatened closure of 809

Parolee supervision, personnel for 3009

Peace, two minutes of silence for 1330

Physicians, billing numbers 3092

Planned Parenthood Association, funding for 3091

Planning, need for 550, 1845

Poor, cost of poverty 2017-8

Poor, number of B.C. residents below poverty line 2103

Poor, number of women 975

Poor, taxation burden on 1353

Pornographic film-making in Victoria, investigation into, Q. 768

Pornography, community standards for 2991-2

Post-partum counselling, funding for 3091

Post-partum counselling, termination of 977

Post-partum depression, effects of 977-8

Prisoners, disciplinary courts 3001

Prisoners, female, facilities for 3000

Prisons, visitation rights 2999

Prisons, women's, federal facilities 3001

Probation, job-finding service for people on, Q. 534

Probation, personnel for, reduction in 3009

Property tax, cabinet's powers re 1156-7, 1910, 1911

Property tax, classes of 1272

Property tax, committee of Legislature on, proposal for 1973

Property tax, exemption for commercial, industrial property 1961

Property tax exemptions, municipal applications for 1961

Property tax, increase in minimum tax payable 1352-3, 1391, 1392

Property tax, market value as basis for 1157, 1159, 1273

Property tax, Municipal Affairs minister's powers re 1794

Property tax, reduction in 1353

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) (1983) 1156-60, 1785-6, 1793-4, 1908-9, 1910, 1911, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, amendments to 1909

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, hoist of 1159

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, regulations 1911, 1962

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, title 1159

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, withdrawal of 1785

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) (1983) 1272-5

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, regulations 1275

Property tax, rural property 1269-70

Prostitutes, child, probation-officer program 2998

Provincial court, appropriation for, decrease in 408

Public Sector Restraint Act 298-302, 408-.12, 2634, 2635-6, 2638, 2640, 2643, 2643-4, 2644, 2645, 2651, 2652, 2652-3, 2653, 2654-5, 2655-6, 2698, 2699-2700, 2700, 2701-2, 2702, 2704, 2705, 2712, 2713, 2716, 2717, 2717-8

Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 411

Public Sector Restraint Act, impact of 300, 411

Public Sector Restraint Act, regulations 2652

Public Sector Restraint Act, terms used in act 2634, 2635, 2636, 2638, 2640

Public Sector Restraint Act, withdrawal of 302

Public service, collective bargaining in 2765

Public service, contracted work, provision for 2556-7

Public service employees, compensation levels 2018, 2764, 2765-6

Public service employees, consultation with 2535-6

Public service employees, contract employees 1392, 2716

Public service employees, dismissal of 300, 1351-2, 1392, 2016-7, 2556, 2652, 2654-5, 2655-6

Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 299

Public service employees, dismissed employees, judicial review 2699-2700, 2701-2

Public service employees, dismissed employees, re-employment 2652, 2653

Public service employees, dismissed employees, unemployment insurance 2634

Public service employees, information re in estimates book 1392

Public service employees, number of, increase in 2015

Public service employees, office assistant category 2090

Public service employees, productivity 2760-1

Public service employees, tax burden on 301

Public service employees, tenure 299, 411, 2018

Public service employees, women employees 2016-7, 2019, 2088-9, 2556

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2535-8, 2539-40, 2554-8

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2535-8, 2540

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, referring of to standing committee 2536-7, 2540, 2558

Public service, recruitment, merit principle in 2556

Public service, senior managers 2705, 2717, 2718-9

Pupil-teacher ratio, increase in 1214

Rape relief centres, funding for 300

Regional districts, planning function 550

Regional planning and location of highways 2397-8

Regional plans, cancellation of 550, 551, 552

Regional plans, preparation of 552

Regulations Act 1340-4, 1361, 1361-2, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1365

Regulations, publication of 1340, 1361, 1361-2, 1363

Remand centre, Vancouver, restriction on 409

Rentalsman office, abolition of 300, Q. 393

Renter's tax credit, recipients of 2578

Residence, place of, choice of B.C. for 1274-5

Richmond Association for Children's Services, funds for 35

Sales tax exemptions, cabinet's powers re 2814

Saywell, John Tupper, The Office of Lieutenant-Governor referred to 1342

School boards, autonomy of 1210-2

School boards, funds for during election campaign 34

School boards, powers 1210-2, 1274

School District 41, adult use of school system 1212

School District 41, budget, 1983-84 fiscal year 1212

School District 41, decisions re needs of District 1212

School District 41, English-as-a-second-language students 1212

School District 41, penalization of 1213

School District 41, problem children in school system 1213

School District 41, revenue from school building rental 1214

School District 41, school program, enrichment of 1213

School District 41, staff, reduction in 1213-4

School District 41, swimming lessons program 1214

School districts, administration staff, increase in 1214

School districts, budgets, Education minister's powers over 1210

School principals, vice-principals, role of 2712, 2713

School tax burden on homeowners 1353

Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters, eligibility for 2102

Similkameen Spotlight editorial, Q. 880

Smokers, health care costs for 798

Smoking, increase in 802-3

Social assistance, appropriation for, 1983-84 fiscal year 2018

Social assistance rates, allowances, level of 408

Social assistance recipients, number of, increase in 408

Social assistance recipients, spending by 301

Social services, cutbacks in 36

South Africa, references to 411

Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution, presentation to 2993

Status of Women, Vancouver, funding for, Q. 2944, 3020

Tax collection, fees and commissions for 1353

Taxation, increase in 412

Taxation, progressive taxes 801

Teachers, salaries 1214

Television, pay TV, film classification 2994

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 798-803

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of Bill 800, 802, 803

Tobacco tax increase, effects of 798, 799, 802-3

Tobacco tax increase, regressive nature of 799-801, 802, 803

Transition house, Nelson, funding for 302

Transition houses, funding for 36, 300

Transition houses, importance of 976

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 3122-3

Treasury Board, powers, increase in 1353-4

Twin Maples Correctional Centre, women's section 3000

Unemployment, Burnaby-Edmonds constituency 33

Unemployment, effects of 35-6

Unemployment, increase in 2018, 2103

Uniform Law Conference of Canada recommendations 1340, 1344, 1361, 1362

Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, discussion of legislation 1275

Universities, foreign students 3180

Universities, Science and Communications ministry, estimates 3180

Vancouver, ALRT system 3123

Vancouver Transition House, funding for, termination of 976

Vancouver Transition House, work of 978

Vancouver Women's Health Collective, funding for 976, 3091

Videotapes, pornographic material 2992

Violence, increase in 36-7

Wages, non-payment of 2596, 2597, 2598, 2599

Wages, severance pay, liability for 2599

West Indian cricket team 301-2

Wife-beating, policy paper on 2999

Women, effect of government cutbacks on, Q. 2791

Women, services to 976

Women, wages, level of 2017

Young Offenders Act, implementation of 3003, 3008, 3009

Youth containment centres, admissions to 3008

Zoning, cabinet's powers re 1272, 1273

Zoos, inspection of and enforcement of regulations 2818, 2819

Brown, Ted

Mentioned: (Stupich) 175

Bruce, Graham

Candidature for Social Credit Party (Barrett) 464, 835 (Skelly) 444

Bruch, Herbert

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1472

Brummet, Hon. Anthony J. (North Peace River) Minister of Lands, Parks and Housing and Minister of Environment

Address in reply 139-43

Alaska Highway News article quoted (Lockstead) 434

Allidochlor, testing and safety of 2909

Amax of Canada Ltd., mine tailings, A. 532

Aqua-Kleen, use of 2909

Barkerville commended 2898

Bella Coola, flood protection 2911

B.C. Petroleum Corp., revenue, NDP proposal for 140

B.C. Place, excavation waste, A. 253, A. 1338

B.C. Place, job creation 141, 2155

Budget and consumer confidence, allegations re 935

Budget debate 933-5

Camp facilities, provincial, privatization of, A. 728, A. 768, A. 769

Cascade Creek, bridge repairs, A. 2945

Cascade Creek flood, disaster relief, A. 2945

Cassiar Packing Co., payment to fishermen, A. 1337, A. 1566, A. 2730, A. 2731

Chlorbromuron, testing and safety of 2907

Coal, development of 142

Coal, southeast, increase in production 142

Colleges, TRAC program 142

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1968-70, 1979

Compensation stabilization program, introduction of elsewhere 1969

Compensation stabilization program, job preservation 1969

Compensation stabilization program, success of 1969, 1979

Conservation officer, Atlin area 2911

Conservation officers, rights re permits 2817

Crown land applications, processing of 2897

Crown land, grants to municipalities for parks 2898

Crown land, price of 2897

Crown land, residential use 2897

Cypress Bowl facilities, privatization of 1567

Disaster relief, Lions Bay, Williams Lake disasters 2906

Ecological reserves, information re, A. 414

Ecological reserves, purpose of 2904

Economic recovery 2155

Education finance formula 2586

Education in U.S., funds for and quality of 636

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 634-6, 2586

Education system, centralization of, allegation re 634

Educational institutions, tenure in 635

Elderly, housing, assistance for 2897

Elderly, housing, construction system used 2897

Elderly, housing, location of 2897

Elderly, services for, maintenance of 934

Employment-bridging assistance program 142

Energy policy, federal, and prices 141

Environment ministry, deputy minister, senior staff, tribute to 2906

Environment ministry employees, terminated employees, bonds, A. 1163

Environment ministry, estimates 2906-7, 2909-10, 2911

Environment ministry letters, language used in 2909

Environment ministry staff, work of commended 2906

Environmental protection areas, removal of timber from, A. 574

Expenditures, one-time capital expenditures, benefits of 2155

Expenditures, restraint on 141, 143, 2154

Exports, trading partners, relations with 142

Fire hazard, removal of by burning 2815, 2816

Fishermen lobbying in Ottawa, A. 3088

Fishermen, protection of in bankruptcies, A. 2730

Fishing licences, surcharge on, use of revenue 2907

Fort Steele commended 2898

Grazing-lease land, access to 2903, 2904

Grazing leases, permit system for 2904

Groundwater, regulations re 2909

Grouse Mountain, logging of, A. 573, A. 574, A. 1339, A. 1978

Grouse Mountain, logging of, contingency fund for flooding relief, A. 1978

Habitat conservation fund 2907

Habitat conservation fund, auxiliary employees, A. 1337

Habitat conservation fund, expenditures, A. 3127, A. 3190

Habitat conservation fund, revenue, A. 1337, A. 3126, A. 3190

Handicapped, housing for 142, 2898

Health care, user fees, letter re increase in (Stupich) 1760

Home-purchase assistance grants, abolition of, A. 2170

Home-purchase assistance grants, effect of 2905

Home-purchase assistance grants, reinstatement of, A. 2170

Homeowner interest assistance program, cost of 142, 2897

Homeowner interest assistance program, number assisted 142, 2897

Homeowner interest assistance program, success of 142

Human Resources ministry employees, number of 933

Hunting licences, surcharge on, use of revenue 2907

Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2154-5

Inflation rate, decline in 1969

Job creation 140-1, 935

Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 2897-8, 2902-3, 2904, 2905

Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, staff commended 2898

Legislation, 1983 session, reaction to 934

Legislature, debate on hoist motion 1444

Legislature, operation of, cost per day 933

Manning Park ambulance service, A. 2170

Manning Park operations, privatization of 1567

Minorities, actions of 2154-5

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2809, 2815, 2816, 2817, 2818, 2819, 2820

Moose, caribou, predation of by black bear 2911

Moose, predation of 2911

Mount Terry Fox Park 2898

Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 544-5

Municipal planning procedures, autonomy in 544-5

Nanaimo development, NDP involvement in 545

New Democratic Party, election campaign 140, 141, 635, 656

New Democratic Party, involvement in local elections 635

North Peace River constituency, effect of recession on 139

North Peace River constituency, forest industries 139-40

Office, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 2902 (Mitchell) 2901

PCB, shipment of through B.C. waters, A. 3189

PCB, shipment, safety precautions, A. 3189

Pacific Rim National Park, timber rights exchange 2817

Park attendants, cost of 2902

Parks and outdoor recreation division staff, future rehiring, A. 728

Parks and outdoor recreation division staff, letter to, A. 728

Parks branch signs, manufacture of, A. 1567

Parks, capital maintenance 2897, 2902

Parks, expenditures on and revenue from 2902

Parks, new parks 2898

Parks, preservation and enhancement of 2902-3

Parks, privatization of, A. 1567

Parks projects, grants for 2898

Parliament buildings, security measures 934

Peace River, damming of 143

People's negative attitude 142-3

Petro-Canada, service station purchases 141

Petroleum industry, nationalizing of 141

Planning, duplicate planning, elimination of 544

Planning, effect of 544

Pollution control permits, information re, A. 532

Principalship, experience as school administrator 635

Profit, need for and job creation 141

Public Sector Restraint Act 2703

Public service, collective bargaining in 1968

Public service employees, confrontation with, allegation re 2530

Public service employees, cooperation with, proposal for 2531

Public service employees, morale 1969

Public service employees, number of, reduction in 933, 2155

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2530-1

Public service, management rights, restoration of 2530

Public service wages, savings effected on 935

Rent control, abolition of, A. 1706

Rental accommodation, low- and middle-income families, A. 2053, A. 2170

Riverview housing development 2897

Robson Bight area, protection of 2902, 2904

Rural gasification program, job creation 140

Salary 2910 (Wallace) 2907

Salary, reduction in by $1, M. (Mitchell) 2902, negatived 2903

School board elections, political partisanship in 635

School boards, powers 636

School districts, administration staff 636

School districts, budgets, limits on 634-5

School districts, funding for 635-6

School superintendents, salaries 636

Sea World, San Diego, killer whales for, A. 879

Sombrio Beach area, preservation of 2902

Stuart Channel, coal slick, A. 3127

Teachers, dedication of 636

Traplines, jurisdiction over 2906

Travel, appropriation for 2902 (Mitchell) 2901 (Wallace) 2907

Valhalla Park 2898, 2902

Victoria constituency, alleged support for NDP 140

Victoria convention centre 140

Victoria tourism attractions, funds for 140

Waste depot in interior, A. 2052

Waste disposal, A. 366, 2906, 2907

Waste Management Act, variance orders issued, information re, A. 750, A. 751

Waste management, lower mainland 2906

Waste, transport of, A. 1338, 2906

Waste treatment, Genstar-IT Corp. proposal, A. 1338

Water service, supplier of, status of 2816

Water supply, subdivisions 2817

Westwood Plateau housing project 2897

Whales, killer whales, capture of, A. 879

Young people, mental attitude of 142

Zoos, exotic animals, regulations re 2818, 2819, 2820

Zoos, inspection of 2819, 2820

Bryant, Fred

Mentioned: (Brown) 1848 (Howard) 1241

Budget

Four-year budget, proposal for (Blencoe) 128, 1201 1982-83 fiscal year, budget (Stupich) 172

Budget debate

159-68, 171-86, 204-11, 213-23, 229-49, 254, 903-14, 917-39, 942-57, 961-81, 983-93, 997-1019, 1024-45, 1163, 1185-95, 1200-6

Amdt: (Howard) 937, out of order 941; (Gabelmann) 987, negatived 1018

Speakers: Barnes 927-33; Barrett 1038-43; Bennett 1187-95; Blencoe 1195, 1200-3; Brown 975-9; Brummet 933-5; Campbell 907-I1, 1009-11; Cocke 903-7; Curtis 1203-6; Dailly 234-8; D'Arcy 961-5; Davis 925-7; Fraser, A. 973-5; Fraser, R. 215-9; Gabelmann 984-7; Hanson 987-92; Hewitt 254, 946-9; Howard 935-7; Johnston 965-9; Kempf 979-81, 983-4; Lauk 219-23, 1000-2; Lea 186, 204-8, 1004-9; Lockstead 242-6; McCarthy 208-11, 213; Macdonald 922-5; McGeer 948-50; Michael 914, 917-22; Mitchell 1032-5; Mowat 903; Nicolson 911-4; Parks 229-34, 1002-4; Passarell 943-8; Pelton 938-9, 942-3; Phillips 1043-5, 1163, 1185-7; Ree 1018-9, 1024-5; Reynolds 181-6; Rose 950-5; Sanford 1025-9; Schroeder 238-42; Skelly 213-5; Smith 1029-32; Strachan 955-7; Stupich 167-8, 171-81, 1011-8; Veitch 1035-8; Wallace 969-73; Waterland 992-3, 997-1000

Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year

Accuracy of (Howard) 2936 (Stupich) 172

Basis for (Lea) 1008

Budget address (Curtis) 159-67; approved 1206

Budget leak, allegation re (Curtis) 2955, 2956 (Stupich) 2955, 2956

Consultation re, proposal for (Stupich) 2621

Cost of living, effect on (Barrett) 2298-9

Debate on (Blencoe) 621, 673, 691, 694 (Kempf) 979 (Lockstead) 713 (Mitchell) 589, 1165 (Rose) 951 (Stupich) 560-1, 616, 617, 817, 1063

Economic conditions and budget (Bennett) 1188

Economy, effect on (Blencoe) 1201 (D’Arcy) 962 (Gabelmann) 985 (Lea) 204, 206, 376-7, 564, 566, 567, 1006 (Lockstead) 242 (Sanford) 280, 1025-6, 1027 (Stupich) 171, 461 (Wallace) 970

Estimates, reliability of (Dailly) 237-8 (Lockstead) 242

Impact of (Barrett) 1042

Information to public re contents of (Kempf) 979

Job creation in (Bennett) 1189 (D’Arcy) 965 (Fraser, A.) 974

Media coverage of (Fraser, R.) 215

Motion criticizing budget (Howard) 937-8

New budget, proposal for (Stupich) 616

Preparation of (Stupich) 171

Public service, information re in budget (Stupich) Q. 1139 (Curtis) A. 1139

Reaction to (Kempf) 979-80 (Lauk) 1002 (Passarell) 945 (Pelton) 938

Response to budget address, televising of (Howard) 159, 170 (Speaker) 170

Revision of (Stupich) Q. 226, Q. 2611, Q. 2729 (Curtis)A. 226, A. 2611, A. 2729

Small business in the north, effect on (Passarell) 945

Support for (Curtis) 1203-4, 1205, 1206 (Reynolds) 182

Timing of (Barrett) 196 (Blencoe) 1195, 1195, 2985 (Cocke) 203 (Lockstead) 242 (Macdonald) 191-2 (Mitchell) 1034 (Passarell) 945 (Reynolds) 183 (Skelly) 192 (Stupich) 173, 191 (Wallace) 192

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, debate on and budget (Lockstead) 561 (Mitchell) 586 (Stupich) 560, 561

Travel agencies, effect on (Nicolson) 397

Building and Construction Trades Council

See: British Columbia and Yukon Territories Building and Construction Trades Council

Building laws

Handicapped, access for (Blencoe) 2896

Building materials

Sales tax on (Curtis) 2959 (Passarell) 2958

Building standards branch

Appropriation, reduction in (Blencoe) 2896 (Ritchie) 2896

Bulkley-Nechako Regional District

Budget (Johnston) 517 (Kempf) 504

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, effect of (Howard) 528

Bullied, George

Mentioned: (Mitchell) 3012

Bullmoose mine

Mentioned: (Lea) 1706 (Phillips) 1044, 1060

Bulloch, John R

Mentioned: (Lea) 708

Bunker fuel

See entries under Shipping

Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy (Pelton) 1998-9

Control over (Lauk) 2004, 2005

Increase in (Curtis) 160 (Pelton) 1998-9

Burke, Edmund

Quoted (Gabelmann) 986

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1523 (Rose) 348, 1524

Burlington Electric Authority

Mentioned: (Skelly) 3035

Burlington Northern Inc.

Rail line, use of for coal shipments (Rose) 786

Burnaby, B.C.

Budget preparation, tribute to (Brown) 1158, 1159-60

City council, accessibility of (Brown) 1846

Flats area (Brown) 1274-5, 1961

Growth of (Brown) 551

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, effect of (Dailly) 524, 1836

Planning (Brown) 551, 552, 1847, 2398

Property tax exemption, application for (Brown) 1961

Sewerage financing, change in (Dailly) 523

Small business, importance of (Brown) 1160

Traffic problems (Brown) 34, 551, 552, 2398, 3123 (Dailly) 524 (Fraser, A.) 3123

Burnaby, B.C.-Transit system

See entries under Vancouver, B.C.Transit system

Burnaby-Edmonds constituency

Traffic problems (Brown) 34

Unemployment, bankruptcies (Brown) 33

Burnaby General Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.

Anaesthetist on staff (Brown) 34

Mentioned: (Brown) 1158

Burnaby Kawasaki Retail Ltd.

Mentioned: (Brown) 1273

Burnaby School District

See: School District 41

Burnett, Ron

Mentioned: (Howard) 1240

Burnette, Michael

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1086

Burns, Michael

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3089 (Macdonald) 2169

Burns, Pat

Mentioned: (Lea) 269

Burns Lake Native Development Corp.

Mentioned: (Gardom) 2935

Burton, Robert

Quoted (Gabelmann) 798

Buses

See: Motor buses

Business

Failures, rate of (Stupich) 175

Government regulation of (Blencoe) 676 (Curtis) 160

Overtaxation of, effect of (Bennett) 1188

Private sector business and government in B.C. (Passarell) 50

Private sector, role of (Fraser, R.) 1957

Problems of, NDP committee on (Stupich) 1015-6

Recession, effect of (Curtis) 161

Taxation, level of (Blencoe) 684 (McGeer) 76

See also: Small business

Business and Professional Women's Clubs of B.C. and the Yukon

Pornography, resolutions re (Wallace) 2996

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 306

Business failures

See: Bankruptcies

Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Rose) 3128

Butler, Barry

Mentioned: (Cocke) 1511

Byron Creek mine

Mentioned: (Segarty) 784, 785