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
FIR
See: Forest Industrial Relations Ltd.
FIRA
See: Canada. Foreign Investment Review Agency
Fabian Society
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1635
Factory Act
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1051
Fair Employment Practices Act
Mentioned: (Barrett) 824 (Brummet) 824
Fairclough, Ellen
Mentioned: (Howard) 2930
Fairweather, Gordon
Quoted (Dailly) 234
Tribute to (Rose) 349
Falkland Stampede
Mentioned: (Michael) 14
Family
Families, preservation of (Barnes) 1555, 1556
Family court and family service workers (Lauk) 388
Family support program, abolition of (Barnes) 342 (Barrett) Q. 960 (Blencoe) 1195, 1200, 1202 (Brown) 975, 977, 2643 (Dailly) 1751-2 (Gabelmann) 985 (McCarthy) 508 (Stupich) 1935
Family support service, contracting out of (Brown) 2556-7
Family support workers, dismissal of (Barnes) 342 (Brown) 2554, 2555, 2556-7, 2643 (Dailly) 1751-2
Family support workers, work of (Barnes) 2916
High-risk families, increase in number of (Blencoe) 1202
Importance of (Brown) 36
Ineffectiveness of and social problems (McCarthy) 130
Problems re in present-day conditions (Barnes) 344, 1454
Services for, personnel for (Brown) 3009
Services for, provision of (McCarthy) 508
Throne speech, references to families (Brown) 36
Violence in, increase in (Brown) 36-7, 978
Volunteer organizations, churches, work by (Barnes) Q. 508 (McCarthy) A. 508
Family and Child Service Act
Mentioned: (Barnes) 931
Family law
See: Domestic relations
Family Relations Act
Property rights and act (Macdonald) 90
Farm Income Insurance Act
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1091
Farm income insurance program
Commended (Rose) 3100-1 (Schroeder) 3094-5
Deficits (Schroeder) 3094
Establishment of (Sanford) 3095-6 (Stupich) 63
Fruit growers, payments to for 1982 crop (Sanford) Q. 1221 (Schroeder) A. 1221
Fruit growers, premiums for 1983 crop (Sanford) Q. 1221 (Schroeder) A. 1221
Fund, government contribution to (Sanford) Q. 1221 (Schroeder) A. 1221
Farm produce
Consumption of, increase in (Schroeder) 3095
Freight rate for (Phillips) 770-1
Farm Products Industry Improvement Act
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1091
Farmers
Management seminars (Schroeder) 3095
Farmers' Institute
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1355
Farmland
See: Agricultural land reserve; also entries under Land
Farms
Bankruptcies, number of (Schroeder) 3095
Management of (Schroeder) 3095
See also entries under Land
Farmworkers
See: Agricultural labourers
Farris, John L.
Mentioned: (Brown) 2998
Federal-provincial fiscal relations
Education, post-secondary, federal contribution to (Johnston) 968 (Lauk) 1176-7 (Nicolson) 3172 (Rose) 3203
Equalization payments (Gardom) 3166
Federal government, payment of taxes and fees by (Cocke) 1208-9 (Curtis) 1062, 1209 (Stupich) 1065
Federal tax policy, effect of (Curtis) 165-6
Forests, federal funds for (Gabelmann) 3050 (Lockstead) 3036 (Waterland) 3037, 3051
Gasoline tax exemption, federal, repeal of (Cocke) 1210
Health, federal cost-sharing (Cocke) 906, 3076 (Johnston) 968 (Nielsen) 28
Income tax collection agreement (Curtis) 166
Income tax revenue (McGeer) 3172
Job creation, federal-provincial programs (McCarthy) 129
Programs, federal-provincial, ending of (Barnes) 105
Provincial tax system, proposal for (Curtis) 817
Roberts Bank Expansion Agreement (Phillips) 703
Social programs, federal cost-sharing (Bennett) 1193
Transfer payments to B.C. (Curtis) 166 (Skelly) 2979
Federal-provincial relations
Legislation, 1983 session, effect of (Wallace) 971
Federated Anti-Poverty Groups of B.C.
Letter quoted (Gabelmann) 2122-3
Mentioned: (Dailly) 1423
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1154
Federation of Engineering and Scientific Associations
Telegram quoted (Barrett) 836
Fedy, Ross
Mentioned: (McClelland) 228
Fees, Administrative
Fee for service, government services (Mitchell) 1033
Fees, Treasury Board's powers re (Stupich) 1065-6, 1066
Increase in (Cocke) 2351 (Lauk) 151 (Lockstead) 1995 (Skelly) 192 (Stupich) 172, 176, 1065-6, 1924
Ferranti-Packard Transformers Ltd.
B.C. Hydro transformers, bid on (Gabelmann) 3133 (McClelland) 3136
Ferries
Highways ferries. See entries under Transportation and Highways, Ministry of
See also: British Columbia Ferry Corp.
Ferry Corporation Act
Quoted (Fraser, A.) 3114
Fields Stores Ltd.
Purchase and resale of (Mitchell) 1032
Files, J.T.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 398
Filmer, Alan
Mentioned: (Brown) 2988 (Smith) 2988
Finance, Ministry of
Estimates 2946-66, 2969-80, 2983
Speakers: Blencoe 2972, 2972-3, 2973, 2975-6, 2976, 2977; Cocke 2974-5; Curtis 2946, 2948-9, 2953-4, 2955-6, 2956, 2959, 2961, 2963, 2964, 2969, 2970, 2972, 2973, 2973-4, 2976, 2977, 2978, 2980, 2983; Davis 2974; Howard 2956-8, 2965-6, 2969, 2969-70, 2983; Lauk 2975; Lea 2949-53, 2964; Lockstead 2962-3, 2963-4, 2964; Mitchell 2959-61, 2961-2; Passarell 2958-9; Skelly 2977-8, 2978-80; Stupich 2946-8, 2954-5, 2956; Wallace 2970-2
Cheques found in garbage (Blencoe) 694 (Stupich) 627, 1010-1, 1065
Employees, productivity of (Stupich) 1982
Estimates, debate on (Curtis) 2955 (Stupich) 2954-5, 2956
Expenditures, increase in (Passarell) 946-7
Procedures (Stupich) 1012
Regional offices, elimination of (Curtis) 164
Financial Administration Act
Mentioned: (Curtis) 11, 160, 190, 200, 1062, 2271, 2983 (Heinrich) 1427, 1428, 1429 (Lauk) 1428 (McClelland) 3135 (Macdonald) 191, 201, 202 (Mowat) 903 (Reynolds) 199 (Stupich) 2273
Financial and Economic Review
Mentioned: (Curtis) 2948, 2970
Financial Information Act
Crown corporations, schedule of (Skelly) 1051, 1052
Financial Information Amendment Act, 1983
(Bill M203) (Skelly) 1R, 391; 2R, 1051-2; out of order 1052
Speakers: Curtis 1052; Skelly 1051-2
Automobile repair shops, backyard shops, competition with commercial operations (Skelly) 1051
Automobile repair shops, backyard shops, inspection of (Skelly) 1051
Automobile repair shops, regulations re, enforcement of (Skelly) 1051
Financial Information Act, schedule of corporations included (Skelly) 1051, 1052
Insurance Corporation Act, placing of under Financial Information Act (Skelly) 1051
Insurance Corp. of B.C., payments over $500, list of (Skelly) 1051
Financial Post
Quoted (Lea) 2982
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1471 (Skelly) 3034
Financial Times
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1701 (Skelly) 3025
Fines (Penalties)
Imposition of, provision for in legislation (Lockstead) 1790
Fire departments
Senior officials, cabinet access to files of (Barrett) 831, 840, 847 (Hanson) 1690
Volunteer fire departments (Smith) 2987
Fire marshal
Employees, performance of duties (D’Arcy) 303
Fire Services Act
Mentioned: (Brummet) 2815 (Skelly) 1051
Firemen
Workers' Compensation Board regulations, amending of (Hanson) 1685
Fires
Fire hazard, removal of (Brummet) 2815, 2816 (Wallace) 2815, 2815-6
First Blood
Mentioned: (Strachan) 957
First Citizens' Fund
Appropriation, reduction in (Passarell) 945
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 350
Fiscal policy
Monetarist policies and economy (D’Arcy) 423
Proposals for, examination of by select standing committee (Lauk) 2388
Fisheries
Fish production in B.C., decline in (Hanson) 1085
Fishing industry, problems (Lea) 1747
Fishing industry, protection of (Skelly) 557
Fishing industry, service industries for (Hanson) 989 (Waterland) 999
Fishing industry, wages, non-payment of (McClelland) 2598
Fishermen
Bankruptcies, protection of fishermen (D’Arcy) Q. 2730 (Brummet) A. 2730
Lobbying in Ottawa, assistance re (Wallace) Q. 3088 (Brummet) A. 3088
Sales tax exemption, leased goods (Cocke) 1210 (Curtis) 1062
Fishery products
Research on (Lea) 207
Fishing
Licence fee, increase in (Cocke) 2351
Licences, surcharge on, use of revenue (Brummet) 2907
Fitness, Physical
See: Physical fitness
Flags
Canadian flag, replacement of by B.C. flag (Passarell) 49, 51
Flat Earth Society
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1756 (Stupich) 2355
Flats area, Burnaby, B.C.
See entries under Burnaby, B.C.
Fleming, J.R. (Jack)
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 3181 (Reynolds) 155
Flesher, Walter
Mentioned: (McClelland) 3131
Fletcher, Bob
Apology to (Reid) 1891, 1892 (Segarty) 1891
Fletcher's Fine Foods
Mentioned: (Phillips) 770
Flitton, Bob
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1808
Flood control
Bella Coola, diking, rip-rap (Lockstead) 85
Diking and associated river projects, funds for (Curtis) 2330, 2333
Diking, benefits from construction of (Rogers) 2331
Diking, improvements in (Michael) 15
Flood protection program (Throne speech) 7
Kaslo, diking and flood protection (Nicolson) 72
Surrey dikes, maintenance of (Johnston) 59
Floods
Transportation and Highways ministry, relief work (Fraser, A.) 3115
Food prices
Future prices (Nicolson) 731
Food supply
California, source of future food supply (Cocke) 740-1 (Lea) 705 (Nicolson) 731
Food production in B.C. (Hanson) 1084, 1085 (Phillips) 110
Hydroponics, use of for food production (Lea) 706
Production technology (Schroeder) 3098
Foot, Michael
Mentioned: (McGeer) 75 (Nicolson) 26
“For the Record"
Mentioned: (Lea) 563
Ford, Marguerite
Quoted (Skelly) 1346, 1807, 1808
Mentioned: (Lauk) 149
Ford Motor Co.
Products (Nicolson) 2868
Fording Coal Ltd.
Assets (Lauk) 778
Coal, shipment of (Rose) 786
Employees, work-sharing by (Segarty) 123
Profits (Lauk) 777
Mentioned: (Lauk) 780 (Segarty) 785
Foreclosure of mortgages
See entries under Mortgages
Foreign trade
Barter and counter trade, provision for (Phillips) 2831
Canadian trade policy, development of (Phillips) 2829-30
“Canadian Trade Policy for the 1980s” mentioned (Phillips) 2829
See also: Export sales; Imports; Trade missions
Forest Act
Contractor clause, invoking of in interior (Skelly) Q. 1440 (Waterland) A. 1440
Planning aspects of (Skelly) 1810
Quoted (Skelly) 3021
Mentioned: (Brummet) 2815 (Gardom) 2935 (Howard) 1361 (Skelly) 880, 3029, 3031, 3039 (Waterland) 1138, 1152
Forest and range resource fund
Abolition of (Stupich) 178
Forest fires
Fire suppression, appropriation for (Howard) 3049, 3050 (Waterland) 3050
Western Community fire suppression crews (Mitchell) Q. 2169, 3053 (Waterland) A. 2169
Forest Industrial Relations Ltd.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2461 (Gabelmann) 2442
Forest industries
Capital investment (Stupich) 180
Cariboo constituency, forest industry (Fraser, A.) 86-7
Coast industry, processing facilities, investment in (Lea)Q. 666 (Waterland) A. 666
Coastal operations, utilization practices (Lea) Q. 665 (Waterland) A. 665
Collective agreements, negotiation of (Skelly) 2241
Companies, concentration of ownership (Skelly) 3025-6, 3029, 3054
Companies, corporation tax, refund of (Campbell) 908
Companies, debt load (Skelly) 3033-4
Companies, losses and future tax holidays (Skelly) 3034 (Waterland) 3037
Companies, timber licences, utilization of (Hanson) 990
Contractor clause advisory committee (Waterland) 3032
Contractor clause in interior (Skelly) Q. 2944 (Bennett) A. 2944
Contractor clause, invoking of (Skelly) Q. 1440 (Waterland) A. 1440
Contractors, use of (Skelly) 3032 (Waterland) 3032
Cowichan Valley, wood-processing facility (Wallace) 21, 3046-7, 3047 (Waterland) 3047
Cutting and reforestation plans (Skelly) Q. 227 (Waterland) A. 227
Employment-bridging assistance program. See entries under name of program
Employment in (Skelly) 3022, 3054
Employment in, future jobs (Lea) 208, 1748
Forests ministry, management of industry (Skelly) 3021-2
Forests ministry, partnership management proposal (Gabelmann) 3051 (Skelly) 3030-1 (Waterland) 3031-2
Forests ministry services to private sector (Skelly) 3022
Industry in B.C. (Heinrich) 292 (Rose) 454 (Skelly) 3021, 3023 (Stupich) 178 (Throne speech) 5
Industry in B.C., control of (Skelly) 3026
Industry in B.C., forecast re (Skelly) 1024
Industry in B.C., losses (Waterland) 3025
Industry in B.C., problems (Lea) 2952
Interest rate, effect of high rate (Bennett) 1194 (Lea) 207
Investment in (Skelly) 3026 (Waterland) 3037
Job creation (Mitchell) 3053
Lumber products, research on (Lea) 207
Machinery, goods and services for, production of in B.C. (Lea) 2832 (Phillips) 2835
North Peace River constituency, forest industries (Brummet) 139-40
Problems (Lea) 1747 (Skelly) 3023
Property taxes, problems re (Skelly) 1144
Revenue and section 88 credits (Skelly) 3023-4 (Waterland) 3024
Revenue, decline in (Campbell) 908, 1009 (McGeer) 415
Revenue, future revenue (Skelly) 3034
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year (Skelly) 3023 (Waterland) 3024
Section 88 credits, abuse of (Howard) 3048 (Waterland) 3048
Section 88 credits, audits of (Waterland) 3048-9
Skeena West area timber, allocation of (Howard) 3047-8 (Waterland) 3049
Small business program (Lockstead) 246, 3036 (Waterland) 3032, 3036, 3049
Small companies, advantages of (Nicolson) 72
Small operators (Howard) 3048 (Skelly) 3030
Small operators, timber for (Lockstead) 246, 3036 (Skelly) Q. 227 (Waterland) A. 227, 3036-7
Southeastern B.C., pulpwood industry (Throne speech) 5
Stikine-Iskut area timber auction (Skelly) Q. 2551 (Waterland) A. 2551
Stumpage appraisal system (Waterland) 3024-5
Stumpage rate, increase in (D’Arcy) 964
Taxation of (D’Arcy) 962-3
Terrace sawmill industry, layoffs in (Howard) 2843
Timber, allocation of (Lockstead) 3036 (Waterland) 3036-7
Timber sale licence A17865, information re (Passarell) 3038
Tree-farm licence areas, public access to (Gabelmann) 3051
Tree-farm licence, Nimpkish Valley (Gabelmann) 3050
Tree-farm licence no. 1 (Passarell) 3038 (Waterland) 3038
Tree-farm licence No. 2, independent loggers (Gabelmann) 3051 (Waterland) 3052
Tree-farm licences (Skelly) 3034 (Waterland) 3040-1
Tree-farm licences and land use (Skelly) Q. 2944, 3034-5, 3038 (Waterland) A. 2944
Tree-farm licences, applicants for (Skelly) Q. 2944
Tree-farm licences, debate on (Skelly) 2945-6 (Speaker) 2966
Tree-farm licences, information re (Skelly) Q. 227 (Waterland) A. 227
Tree-farm licences, number of (Waterland) 3027
Unemployment (Lea) 1005, 2952 (Macdonald) 1774 (Stupich) 174
United States, duty on imports (Fraser, R.) 13 (Throne speech) 5
United States housing starts and industry (Bennett) 1194 (Lea) 1747 (Nicolson) 72
Utilization practices, test plots (Lea) Q. 728, Q. 729 (Waterland) 665, A. 729
Utilization standards (Lea) Q. 729 (Waterland) 1302
Utilization standards, auditing of (Waterland) 729
Utilization standards, relaxation of (Waterland) 665
Vancouver Island, capital investment (Stupich) 180
Woodlot program (Gabelmann) 3051 (Lockstead) 3036 (Waterland) 3052
See also: Lumber trade
Forest roads
Construction of (Howard) 3049 (Nicolson) 73
Maintenance of (Gabelmann) 3051
Public use of (Gabelmann) 3051 (Waterland) 3052
Public use of, tolls for (Gabelmann) 3051 (Waterland) 3052
Skeena West area road (Howard) 3049-50
Forest Service
Staff, tribute to (Gabelmann) 3050
Stikine-Iskut area timber auction (Skelly) Q. 2551 (Waterland) A. 2551
Forestalk
Privatization of (Cocke) 905
Forests, Ministry of
Estimates 3020-7, 3029-41, 3046-54
Speakers: Gabelmann 3050-1; Howard 3047-8, 3049, 3049-50, 3050; Lockstead 3036, 3037; Mitchell 3052-3, 3053; Passarell 3037-8; Skelly 3020-4, 3025-6, 3029-31, 3032-5, 3038-40, 3054; Wallace 3046-7, 3047; Waterland 3020, 3021, 3024-5, 3026-7, 3031-2, 3036-7, 3037, 3038, 3040-1, 3047, 3048-9, 3049, 3050, 3051-2, 3053, 3054
Annual report (Skelly) 3022
Annual report, 1981-82 fiscal year (Skelly) 3040
Appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year (Skelly) 3023
Building occupancy charges (Nicolson) 350, 351, 912, 2011, 2012-3
Cost-effectiveness of, proposals for (Skelly) 3030
Decentralization of ministry, policy on (Stupich) 177
Estimates, debate on (Skelly) 3023
Forests, management of (Skelly) 3021-2
Functions of (Skelly) 3021
Ministry, multiple-resource proposal for (Skelly) 3031, 3033 (Waterland) 3031, 3032
Partnership management proposal (Gabelmann) 3051 (Skelly) 3030 (Waterland) 3031-2, 3052
Private sector interests, service to (Skelly) 3022
Public involvement program (Skelly) 3039-40 (Waterland) 3041
Regional offices, elimination of (Curtis) 164
Reorganization of (Nicolson) 350, 351, 912, 2011
Size of, reduction in (Skelly) 3022
Staff, reduction in (Bennett) 1190 (Lockstead) 361 (Skelly) 3031 (Stupich) 178, 336 (Waterland) 3031
Staff, reduction in, impact of on revenue (Gabelmann) Q. 3087 (Waterland) A. 3087
Forests, Ministry of, Act
Quoted (Skelly) 3021
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1137 (Waterland) 1137
Forests and forestry
Annual allowable cut, establishment of (Skelly) 3040
Annual allowable cut, future cuts (Lea) 1747, 2832
Annual growth increments, calculation of (Skelly) 3040
Annual harvest, decline in (Stupich) 178
Attachie tree-farm licence (Strachan) 956
Burning, silvicultural procedure (Waterland) 1302
Central coast area, timber survey (Lockstead) 715, 718, 718-9
Chilco Plateau timber, alienation of (Lockstead) 715, 726
Council of Forest Industries of B.C., proposals (Skelly) Q. 2944
Cyprus, forests, state of (Lea) 2833
Federal funds for (Gabelmann) 3050 (Lockstead) 3036 (Waterland) 3037, 3051
Fertilization programs (Gabelmann) 3050
Forest and range resource program (Skelly) 3022
Forest management, 1980 plan (Skelly) Q. 625 (Waterland) A. 625
Forest reserves, mid-coast region, disposition of (Brown) 810, 811 (Cocke) 804 (Lockstead) 715, 726
Forest resources, protection of (Stupich) 63
Forests ministry, public involvement program (Skelly) 3039-40 (Waterland) 3041
Inventory system (Waterland) 3040
Land, unproductive, alternate use of (Skelly) 3035, 3038 (Waterland) 3037
Management of (Gabelmann) Q. 3087 (Mitchell) 3053 (Skelly) 3021-2, 3054 (Waterland) 3025
Management of, expenditures on and revenue (Skelly) 3024 (Waterland) 3024
Management of, partnership proposal for (Gabelmann) 3051 (Skelly) 3030-1 (Waterland) 3031-2
Ministry, multiple-resource ministry, proposal for (Skelly) 3031, 3033 (Waterland) 3031, 3032
Municipalities, tree-farms (Blencoe) 2890
Prince George area, conflicts with agriculture (Stupich) 177
Programs, appropriation for (Skelly) 3023
Silviculture (Lockstead) 3036 (Stupich) 178 (Waterland) 3037
Silviculture, employment in (Nicolson) 913
Silviculture, expenditures on, reduction in (Lockstead) 83, 245, 361 (Stupich) 178
Timber supply, future supply (Lea) 206
Waste material, use of (Skelly) 3035 (Waterland) 3037
Wood, quality of, problem re (Lea) 2832
Forsey, Eugene
Mentioned: (Brown) 1343
Fort Nelson Forest Industries Ltd.
Mentioned: (Brummet) 139
Fort Steele, B.C.
Commended (Brummet) 2898
Fotheringham, Allan
Quoted (Hanson) 1700 (Passarell) 651 (Reynolds) 155-6
Foulkes, Richard G.
“Health Security for British Columbians” quoted, referred to (Cocke) 3077, 3077-8
Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2220 (Phillips) 111
Fowler, H. W.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English quoted, mentioned (Blencoe) 2744 (Brown) 2638 (Rose) 2591
Fowler, Norman
Poem re quoted (Blencoe) 2136, 2137
Fox, Terry
Mentioned: (Mowat) 52 (Throne speech) 6
France, Anatole
Quoted (Stupich) 2096
France
Paris world's fair, cancellation of (McCarthy) 132
Socialism (Macdonald) 89 (McGeer) 75
Francis, Joe
Mentioned: (Cocke) 738
Franco, Francisco
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 303 (Gabelmann) 1621
Franson, Bob
Quoted (Reid) 494
Fraser, Hon. Alexander Vaughan (Cariboo) Minister of Transportation and Highways
Address in reply 85-8
Aero-Control Air Ltd., ambulance service 3108
Airport assistance program grants 3104
Ambulances, air, use of private sector 3108
Annacis bridge, A. 626-7
Annacis bridge, completion of 87
Annacis bridge, savings on 3117, 3129
Annacis bridge, work on access to 3104, 3122
Atlin airport 3108
Atlin road to Yukon, improvements to 3107
Auditor-general, appointment of 974
Automobile accident prevention program 3104
Automobile seatbelt legislation, enforcement of 3123
Automobile seatbelts, children's, use of 3123, 3129
Automobiles, lights-on period 3108
Boston Bar bridge, construction of 3116
Bridges, construction of 87, 3104, 3120
Bridges, replacement of 3120
B.C. Ferry Corp., administration of 3114
B.C. Ferry Corp., board of directors 3121
B.C. Ferry Corp., commercial traffic 3104-5
B.C. Ferry Corp., fares, commuter rates 3114
B.C. Ferry Corp., fares, increase in 3114
B.C. Ferry Corp., Kitimat service 3121
B.C. Ferry Corp., Kitimat terminal 3121
B.C. Ferry Corp., losses 3115
B.C. Ferry Corp., Queen Charlotte Islands route 3115
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 1 and Route 2, commercial traffic 975
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 2, proposal for 3117
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 3 traffic 975
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 3, vessel for 3115
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 6, dock reconstruction, A. 1059, A. 1439
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 6, water-taxi service, A. 1104, A. 1105
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 8, problems 3114
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 10, day run for 3115
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 14 975
B.C. Ferry Corp., subsidy to 3114, 3117
B.C. Railway, grain shipping 755
B.C. Railway, lumber shipments 755
Budget debate 973-5
Budget, job creation in 974
Burnaby, traffic problems 3123
Buses, braking systems, A. 2981
Buses, inspection of 2771
Buses, safety of, inquiry into, A. 3044
Campers, passengers in back of 3129
Canadian National Railways, expenditures planned for B.C. 754, 790
Canadian National Railways, grain shipment 755
Canadian National Railways, lumber shipment 755
Canadian National Railways, main line, double-tracking of 754
Canadian Pacific Railway, Connaught Tunnel 754
Canadian Pacific Railway, expenditures planned for B.C. 754
Cariboo constituency, description of 86
Cariboo constituency, election as MLA for 86
Cariboo constituency, forest industry 86-7
Cassiar road, paving of 3107
Coal, Dominion coal block, development of 755
Coal, northeast, job creation 87, 974
Coal, northeast, road construction 87, 3104
Coal, southeast, transportation system 754
Coal, transport of, use of rail line for grain 754
Conmac Stages Ltd. bus, inspection of, A. 3045
Conmac Stages Ltd., Mount Washington accident 2981
Coquihalla Highway, construction of 87
Coquitlam River bridge 3129
Crown corporations, criticism of 87-8
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, change in (Motion 2) 753-6, 790-1
Dease Lake airport 3104
Debt, interest cost on 974
Debt, retirement of 974
Deficit, 1982-83 fiscal year 974
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 973, 974
Election results 85
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway passenger service, hearings, A. 1339, A. 2169
Expenditures, accountability for 974
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, estimate of 974
Expenditures, restraint on 86
Floods, relief work of Transportation and Highways ministry 3115
Gilson, Clay, report on western transportation 753
Government aircraft logs, tabling of in House, A. 1103
Government, size of 88
Grain freight rate 753-4
Grain-shipping, prairie branch line rehabilitation 754
Greenville bridge, construction of 3107
Greenville-Kincolith road 3107
Highway 1, Chilliwack-Hope section, closure of 289
Highway 1, Rogers Pass section, reopening of, A. 289, A. 393
Highway 16, Carnaby crossing 3121
Highway 19, bypass, Courtenay to Campbell River 3119-20
Highway 19, extension to Port Hardy 3119
Highway 19, four-laning of 3119
Highway 19, overpasses for school children 3107
Highway 23, Revelstoke-Mica section 3104
Highway 28, Buttle Narrows bridge 3120
Highway 37, Bailey bridges 3107, 3120
Highway 37, paving 3108
Highway 37, rebuilding of 3108
Highway 99, improvements to 87
Highway 99, Massey Tunnel traffic 3122
Highway 401, Cassiar Street link 3117
Highway program, contracting by private sector 974
Highway program, jobs created 974
Highways ferries, bicycles, fare for 3120
Highways ferries, elimination of 3116
Highways ferries, free ferries 3114
Highways ferries, operating costs 3120
Highways ferries, rates, increase in 3114
Highways ferries, replacement of 3116
Highways ferries, revenue 3120
Legislation, 1983 session 973
Legislation, 1983 session, and Social Credit Party election campaign 973
MLAs, NDP, decline in majorities 86
MLAs, Social Credit Party 88
Mary Hill bypass 3129
Mission-Port Moody constituency by-election 973
Motor Carrier Commission, appointments to, A. 3189
Motor Carrier Commission, problems with 3108
Motor vehicle accidents, increase in, projections re 2827
Motor vehicle accidents, mechanical failure 2827, 2865
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1983 (Bill 23) 1R, 168; amdts. to 1R, 2436; 2771, 2827, 2863, 2865, 2866-7, 2867, Motor vehicle inspection branch buildings, disposal of 2827
Motor vehicle inspection branch, fee 2827, 2863, 2865, 2866
Motor vehicle inspection branch, services, privatization of, A. 1104
Motor vehicle inspection, frequency of 2867
Motor vehicle inspection, mandatory inspection 2867
Motor vehicle inspection, private sector testing 1104, 1279, 2863, 2865, 2866, 2867, 2868
Motor vehicle inspection stations, A. 2837, A. 3045, A. 3190
Motor vehicles, commercial vehicles, inspection of 2771, 2865
Motor vehicles, safety of, responsibility for 2771, 2865
Nass Road, improvements to 3107
New Democratic Party, election campaign 86
Operation Solidarity, Cariboo constituency protest 975
Port Coquitlam, Kingsway Bailey bridge 3129
Press, columnists, criticisms of 87
Prince Rupert, coal terminal, construction of 755
Prince Rupert, grain terminal, construction of 755
Railroad passenger service, Edmonton-Vancouver, A. 2981
Railroads, expenditures planned for B.C. 754
Railroads, freight levels 754
Railroads, grain shipments, federal payments for loss on 754
Railroads, hopper cars, purchase of 753, 754
Railroads, overpass structures 3104
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, estimate of 974
Roads, construction of 87
Roads, construction of, job creation 3104, 3114
Roads, expenditures on 3108
Roads, grading contracts 3104
Roads, paving projects 3104
School buses, inspection of 2771, 2865, 3045, 3067
School buses, mechanical condition 3044
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector 1279
Social Credit Party, percentage of popular vote 86
Social welfare programs, expenditures on 973
Tahsis, road to Woss 3120
Taxis, inspection of 2771
Taxis, licensing of, Vancouver area 3117
Telegraph Creek airport, snow removal 3107
Tour operators, unlicensed businesses 3108, 3129
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 3104-5, 3107-8, 3113-5, 3115-6, 3117, 3119-20, 3121, 3122, 3123, 3129
Transportation and Highways ministry, employment development account funds 3104, 3114
Vancouver, ALRT system 3123
Vancouver Island transportation policy, A. 2169
Western Grain Transportation Act, hearings on 755, 791
Western Grain Transportation Act, introduction of 753
Western Grain Transportation Act, provisions 790
Western Transportation Advisory Council, forecasts 754
Western Transportation Advisory Council, members 754
Fraser, Bruce
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3039, 3040 (Waterland) 3041
Fraser, Russell (Vancouver South)
Address in reply 11-4
B.C. Games, participation in 12
B.C. Place, completion of 13
Budget debate 215-9
Budget, media coverage of 215
Business, role of private sector in 1957
Cabinet, recommended for cabinet position (Lauk) 387
Coal projects, employment in 12
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1957-8
Compensation stabilization program 13
Constitution, amendment to re Indian rights 12
Consumers, spending by 217
Crowsnest Pass freight rate 12
Elderly, housing projects 13
Electoral districts, redistribution 13-4
Engineering profession, unemployment in 13
Engineering services, export of 217
Expenditures, restraint on, programs elsewhere 1957
Expenditures, restraint on, support for 1958
Expo ’86, preparation for 13
Forebears mentioned 12
Government, cost of, reduction in 1957
Government, growth of 1958
Government programs, services, privatization of 216-7
Handicapped, housing projects for 13
Home purchase assistance grants, cancellation of 219
Hospital employees, salary levels 217
Hospitals, user fees, increase in 217-8
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2119
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2119
Inflation rate in B.C. 13
Insurance Corp. of B.C., privatization of 218
Insurance, public liability insurance 218
Job creation 14
Legal aid, funds for, reduction in 219
Legal aid, volunteer work by lawyers 219
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports 13
Maintenance orders, enforcement of 13, 219
Manitoba, job creation fund 1957
Ministers, expense account expenditures 2299
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 2401-2
Municipal planning procedures, autonomy in 2402
Parks, urban, need for 12
Pioneers of Canada 216
Professors, tenure 218
Pupil-teacher ratio, increase in 218
Question put 2119, approved 2120
Rent control, abolition of 219
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 218-9
Riverview Heights park 12
Sales tax, exemption for draft beer 2299, 2300
Sales tax, exemptions 2299
Sales tax, fairness of 218-9
Sales tax, increase in 218
Small business 218
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2299
Social welfare, expenditures on 12
Sports and good health, education re 217
Taxation, taxpayers' ability to pay 1957
Teachers, employment, basing of on seniority 218
Teachers, productivity 1957
Throne speech, contents commended 11
University of Victoria engineering school 13
Vancouver South constituency, description of 13
West Germany, social welfare programs 1957
Fraser committee on pornography
See: Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution
Fraser Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Criticized (Lauk) 220
Donations to, income tax deductions for (Skelly) 2979
Funding of (Skelly) 2979
Government policy, influence on (D’Arcy) 1562
Megaprojects, criticism of (Lauk) 1001
Philosophy of (Lea) 1915-6 (Macdonald) 2117
Pocklinton, Peter, board membership (Macdonald) 2223
Policies (Lea) 1147
Rent control, literature on (Lauk) 2856
Tax exemption number, registration with (Barrett) 2223
Zoning, opposition to (Lea) 1825
Mentioned: (Barrett) 195, 259, 1635, 1767 (Brown) 1412, 2017, 2018 (Cocke) 1295, 2042, 2043, 2332, 2353, 2974, 2975, 3061 (Dailly) 1956 (Hewitt) 2855 (Lauk) 154, 385, 1002, 1434 (Lea) 206, 1006 (Lockstead) 81, 1995 (Macdonald) 2182, 2183, 2244, 2660 (Nicolson) 2202, 2203, 2362 (Parks) 231 (Passarell) 1713, 2564 (Rose) 453 (Sanford) 1548, 2528, 3198 (Skelly) 357, 1982, 2065, 2179, 2180 (Smith) 148 (Stupich) 179, 180, 1934
Fraser River, B.C.
Annacis bridge (Nicolson) 655 (Sanford) 139 (Skelly) 609
Annacis bridge, ALRT crossing (Davis) 3117
Annacis bridge, access to (Fraser, A.) 3104, 3122 (Reid) 3121
Annacis bridge, completion of (Fraser, A.) 87 (Reid) 38
Annacis bridge, NDP policy on (Reid) 277
Annacis bridge, opposition to (Brown) 3122
Annacis bridge, savings on (Davis) 3116-7 (Fraser, A.) 3117, 3129 (Gabelmann) 3118 (Reid) 3121
Annacis bridge, size of (Reid) Q. 626 (Fraser, A.) A. 626-7
B.C. Place, excavation waste, analysis of (Wallace) Q. 253
B.C. Place, excavation waste, dumping of (Wallace) Q. 253 (Brummet) A. 253
Capilano suspension bridge, use of for crossing (Cocke)Q. 627
Fraser River Harbour Commission
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 687
Fraser Valley, B.C.
Geological history of (Hanson) 1084
Fraser Valley, B.C.-Transit system
Commuter rail service (Pelton) 32 (Rose) 118
Fraser Valley College
Furniture purchase, authorization for (Rose) Q. 575, 1371
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 3172
Free enterprise
See: Laissez-faire
Free trade and protection
Employment and free trade (Phillips) 110
Protectionism, trend towards (Gardom) 3167
United States, free trade with, proposal for (Cocke) 3169 (Gardom) 3167, 3168
See also: Tariff
Freedom of Information Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Dailly) 1056
Friedman, Kenneth Michael
Public Policy and the Smoking Controversy mentioned (Stupich) 1326
Friedman, Milton
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1577, 1768, 2296 (Cocke) 97, 2332, 2333, 3169 (Dailly) 21 (Lauk) 153 (Nicolson) 911 (Nielsen) 26 (Skelly) 1768
Friedmann, Karl
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 243
See also: Ombudsman
Friends of Clayoquot Sound
Meares Island, logging of (Skelly) 225
Friesen, Bill
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 711
Friesen, John
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 711
Frigates
Construction of, contracts for (Reid) 39
Frith, Gordon
Quoted (Nielsen) 3153-4
Fruit
Crop, 1982 crop, sale of (Stupich) Q. 1222 (Schroeder) A. 1222
Farm income insurance payments, 1982 crop (Sanford) Q. 1221 (Schroeder) A. 1221
Farm income insurance premiums, 1983 crop (Sanford) Q. 1221 (Schroeder) A. 1221
Fruit-growing industry (Campbell) 101
Growers, return to (Campbell) 101
Imported fruit, seasonal tariff on (Sanford) Q. 1221 (Gardom) A. 1221
Fryer, John
Criticism of (Veitch) 1936
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 374, 1646 (Hanson) 2489 (Howard) 1939 (Phillips) 2461 (Rose) 1604, 1605 (Veitch) 1937, 1938
Fuel oil
See: Petroleum as fuel
Fulton, Davie
Political career (Rose) 1525
Fulton, J. (Jim)
Mentioned: (Passarell) 2995
Funfest, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Mentioned: (Michael) 14