Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 23, 1983 to February 9, 1984
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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.
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
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.
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
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
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, 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
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, 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 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, 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 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, 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, 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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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