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

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GAIN Act

See: Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act

GATT

See: General Agreement on Tariffs and Tirade

GERB

See: Government Employee Relations Bureau

G. R Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 209 (Mowat) 53

GVRD

See: Greater Vancouver Regional District

Gabelmann, Colin S. (North Island)

Alcohol and Drug Commission, abolition of 796, 985

Annacis bridge, savings on 3118

Apprenticeship training 3132

Arbitration process 3132

Automobiles, sales tax on 2428

Bridges, replacement of 3118

B.C. Ferry Corp., fares 2122

B.C. Government Employees' Union, contract 2659, 2660

B.C. Hydro, chairmanship of 1763

B.C. Place Stadium, sale of alcoholic beverages 798

B.C. Railway engineers, dismissal of 2662-3, 2663

B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., employees, layoff rights 1643-4

Budget debate 984-7

Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, impact of 985

Campbell River crossing, location of 3118

Cass-Beggs, David, appointment of 1763

Collective agreements, continuance of 2229

Collective agreements, employment standards in 2232, 2594

Collective agreements, expiry of 2229, 2230, 2233, 2667-8

Collective agreements in private sector 2441

Collective agreements, maternity provisions 2226-7, 2231, 2594-5, 2595

Collective agreements, precedence of over statutes 2226, 2227

Collective bargaining 2226, 2234

Collective bargaining, first agreements 2232

Collective bargaining in private sector 2441

Collective bargaining, interference in 2228

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2031-5, 2737-8, 2743, 2743-4

Compensation stabilization program and free market system 2031-2

Compensation stabilization program, announcement of 2031

Compensation stabilization program, arbitration under program 2033-4, 2737-8

Compensation stabilization program, first agreements 2744

Corporations, decentralization of 1621-2

County system, proposal for 891, 1620

Deficits, planning for 986

Deputy ministers, reporting by to Premier 1622

Economic recovery 985, 986

Economy, diversification of 987

Education costs, increase in 1546-7

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 890-4, 1543-8, 1619-23

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, basis for 1620, 1623

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, consultation on 891

Education minister, directives 890, 891, 892

Education ministry, decisions 1547-8

Education, special-education needs 890, 892

Education system, centralization of 890, 891, 1620-1

Education system, standards for 1547

Employees, dismissal of 373, 2599

Employment development account, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year, Q. 1798

Employment forecasting 3132-3

Employment standards, administrative procedures 2227-8

Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2225-36, 2593, 2593-4, 2594, 2595, 2596, 2597, 2599, 2601, 2601-2, 2602

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, examination of by committee of Legislature 2225-6

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, inequity in 2231

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, purpose of 2227-8

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, savings effected 2232

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, special apparel provisions 2228-9, 2233-4

Employment Standards Board, jurisdiction of 2225

Employment standards director, appeals against decisions of 2597

Employment standards director, powers of 2232, 2235, 2597

Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in 2125

Expenditures, restraint on 986-7

Expenditures, restraint on, support for 2122

Family support program, abolition of 985

Farmworkers, guaranteed wage, proposal for 3134

Farmworkers, wages, deductions 3134

Farmworkers, wages, withholding of 3134

Farmworkers, Workers' Compensation Board coverage for 3134

Farmworkers, workplace safety 3134-5

Ferranti-Packard Transformers Ltd. bid 3133

Forest industry, woodlot program 3051

Forest management, privatization of, Q. 3088

Forest roads, maintenance of 3051

Forest roads, public use of 3051

Forest Service staff 3050

Forests, federal funds for 3050

Forests, fertilization program 3050

Forests ministry, estimates 3050-1

Forests ministry, staff reduction, revenue impact, Q. 3087

Forests, partnership management proposal 3051

Foulkes, Richard, recommendations 796, 797

Government, centralization of 985, 1621

Government property, buildings, maintenance of 985-6

Government purchases, out-of-province bids 3133

Greenhills mine, collective agreement 2228

Handicapped, rent subsidy for 2122

Head Bay school children, transportation for 1544

Higgins commission, report 2444

Highway 19, bypass, Parksville-Campbell River section 3117-8

Highway 19, Courtenay-Campbell River section 3118

Highway 19, four-laning of 3118

Highway 28, Buttle Narrows bridge 3118

Highways ferries, Balfour ferry 3119

Highways ferries, bicycles, fare for 3119

Highways ferries, rates, increase in 3119

Human rights agencies, abolition of, Q. 769

Human rights branch, abolition of 1764

Human rights branch, employees, dismissal of 313

Human rights branch, work on current cases, Q. 188

Human Rights Code, changes in, Q. 769

Human Rights Commission, abolition of 313, 986

Human rights complaints, investigation into 3135

Human rights officers, ad re relocation of 3135

Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2121-4

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2123-4

Income tax credits, abolition of 2122-3

Income tax, increase in 2122, 2428

Independent schools, enrolment 1544

International Woodworkers of America, Newfoundland legislation re 375

Investor confidence and labour relations 3132

Job training 3132

Job training and unemployment 3132-3

Labour Code, changes to 3131-2

Labour legislation, 1983 session, effect of 987

Labour ministry, estimates 3131-5, 3137

Labour relations, Gold River pulp mill 2443

Legislation, 1983 session, basis for 984-5

Legislation, 1983 session, demonstration against 892

Legislation, 1983 session, powers of government under 985

Legislation, 1983 session, reaction to 2121

Legislature, powers of, loss of 893

Marble River bridge 3118-9

Ministries, reorganization of and redundancies 373

Motor vehicle inspection branch, abolition of 985

Poor, B.C. residents below poverty line 2122

Port Hardy residents, money-saving by and economy 374

Privilege-R.H. McClelland's accusation of lying 228 (Speaker) 229

Public Sector Restraint Act 372-6, 1643-7, 1763-7, 2657, 2658-9, 2659, 2659-60, 2662-3, 2663, 2667-8, 2669, 2669-70, 2672, 2676, 2721, 2732-4

Public Sector Restraint Act, amendments to 1645

Public Sector Restraint Act and B.C. Government Employees' Union master agreement 375

Public Sector Restraint Act, discussions re 375

Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of 373-4, 376

Public Sector Restraint Act, exemption from provisions of 2667

Public Sector Restraint Act, fines 1645

Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 372, 376

Public Sector Restraint Act, human rights under act 1643

Public Sector Restraint Act, opposition to 1644-5

Public Sector Restraint Act, precedence of over Public Service Act 2721

Public Sector Restraint Act, regulations 1644, 2662

Public Sector Restraint Act, rights threatened by 373

Public service career policy, change in 2445

Public service, collective bargaining, exclusions from 2443, 2444

Public Service Commission, independence of 2444

Public Service Commission, politicization of 2444

Public Service Commission, powers 2444

Public service, Crown corporation employees 2441

Public service employees, appointment of, cabinet appointments 2444

Public service employees, appointment of, order-in-council appointments 1763

Public service employees, confrontation with 2441, 2443

Public service employees, consultation with, proposal for 2443

Public service employees, dedication of 2443-4

Public service employees, dismissal of 2442

Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 373, 1764

Public service employees, dismissals 372, 373, 374, 985, 1764, 1766, 2657, 2659, 2660, 2662-3, 2733, 2734

Public service employees, dismissals, use of RCMP, Q. 188

Public service employees, J.R. Chabot's message to 374-5, 1646

Public service employees, job security 375, 1646-7, 1765, 2031

Public service employees, Labour Code coverage for 2441, 2657, 2663

Public service employees, number of, reduction in 374-5, 1646, 1764, 1765-6

Public service employees, productivity of 2442

Public service employees, public image of 2443

Public service employees, relocation of 372

Public service employees, replacement of by contract personnel 1766

Public service employees, strikes and wage settlements 2035

Public service employees, trade unions 375, 1647

Public service employment, cost of and cost of unemployed 374

Public Service Labour Relations Act, enactment of 2657

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2440-5

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, debate on 2441, 2445

Public service, politicization of 374

Public service, work schedules, scheduling 2442

Pupil-teacher ratio, increase in 890

Quadra Island ferry, fare increase 3119

Reforestation, funds for 3050

Reforestation, Nimpkish Valley 3050

Renter's tax credit, abolition of 2123

Renter's tax credit for elderly, history of 2123

Resource communities, tax levels and returns to 2429

Restaurant meals, sales tax on 2428-9

Sales tax, increase in, impact of 985

Sales tax, regressivity of 2428

Sayward forest 3050

School Act, amendments to 890

School boards, election of in North Island constituency 890

School boards, powers 890

School District 84, amalgamation of 893

School District 84, tax base, loss of 1545-6

School District 84, teachers' salaries 1545

School districts, administration staff 893

School districts, budgets, Education minister's powers over 891, 892

School districts, consolidation of smaller districts 893

School districts, costs, variations in 1544

School districts, legal costs, increase in 1546

School districts, rural and remote areas, problems 1545

School facilities, use of 894

School superintendents, role of 1547

School tax on commercial, industrial property 890

Schools, closing of, effect of Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, on 1546

Smokers, health care costs for 795

Smoking, education on dangers of 795, 797

Smoking in public places, regulation of 795

Smoking, increase in 796

Social assistance payments, increase in appropriation for 892

Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2428-9

Tahsis, road to Woss 3118, 3120

Tahsish-Kwois valleys, logging of 3051

Teachers, collective bargaining by 893

Teachers, morale 376

Teachers, salaries 894, 1545

Telephone calls, long-distance, sales tax on 2429

Tobacco companies, advertising, proposal for 797

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 795-8

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, second reading six months hence 798

Tobacco tax increase, effects of 796, 797

Tobacco tax increase, purpose of 797

Tobacco tax revenue 797

Tourist trade, impact of legislation, 1983 session, on 986

Tozer, Tony, appointment of 1763, 1764, 2444

Trade union movement, government's intentions re 1766

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 3117-9, 3120

Tree-farm licence areas, access to 3051

Tree-farm licence No. 2, independent loggers 3051

Unemployment, cost of 986

Unemployment, increase in 374, Q. 1798

Unemployment, young people 3132

Vancouver Island, west coast tourist trade 3120

Wage controls, use of 2033

Wage payment orders, employers' appeals against 2230-1

Wages, fair wage 3135, 3137

Wages, non-payment of 2597

Wages, non-payment of, liability for 2599

Wages, non-payment of, time limit on collection 2601-2, 2602

Whistler Mountain ski resort road, expenditures on 3118, 3119

Workers' Compensation Board, appeals allowed 3134

Workers' Compensation Board appeals, procedure re 3133-4

Workers' Compensation Board, assessment levels 3132

Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review 3133, 3134, 3137

Workers' Compensation Board cases, backlog 3134

Workers' Compensation Board, Labour minister's role re 3137

Workers' Compensation Board, unfunded liability 3132, 3134

Workplace accidents, number of 3133

Youth employment, promotion of, Q. 1798

Gabriola Island, B.C.

Ferry operations, information re (Stupich) Q. 3083 (Fraser, A.) A. 3083

Nanaimo Regional District and island (Stupich) 1227

Gaglardi, Philip A.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 845 (Cocke) 807 (D’Arcy) 1803, 1804 (Hanson) 1668, 1703 (Lea) 1268, 1269 (Nicolson) 732 (Rogers) 2982 (Rose) 118

Galtieri, Leopaldo Fortunato

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1562

Game protection

Conservation officer, Atlin area (Brummet) 2911 (Passarell) 2910

Conservation officers, powers re permits (Brummet) 2817 (Wallace) 2817

Conservation officers, shortage of (Wallace) 2907

Conservation officers, workload (Wallace) 2817

Gandhi, Jas

Mentioned: (Barnes) 106

Gandhi, Mohandas Karmachand

Tribute to (Rose) 347

Ganges, Saltspring Island, B.C.

Sewer system (Brown) 553 (Mitchell) 526-7 (Skelly) 556

Garbage

See: Refuse and refuse disposal

Gardom, Hon. Garde B. (Vancouver-Point Grey) Minister of Intergovernmental Relations

“Aboriginal issues: Overview paper” referred to 2934

America's Cup yacht race, success of Australia 11 1923

Auditor-general, committee of selection to recommend appointment of, A. 534, 597

Chiropractors, access to physicians' x-rays 2606

Constitution Act, amendments to 2922-3, 2924

Constitution Act, amendments to, Indian land claims 2921-4, 2933-5

Constitution Act, amendments to, notice re debate on 2935

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 2874-5

Davidson, K. Walter, election to position of Speaker of House 1

Debt, Third World debt 3167

Federal equalization payments 3166

Free trade with U.S., proposal for 3167, 3168

Fruit, imported, seasonal tariff on, A. 1221

Government aircraft, use of, A. 1104 (Passarell) Q. 1104, Q.1137

Indian Act, changes to 2934

Indian Act criticized 2923, 2934

Indians, aboriginal rights 2922

Indians, aboriginal rights, committee of Legislature on 2934

Indians, government's record re assistance to 2934-5

Indians, land claims 2922, 2934-5

Indians, living conditions 2933

Indians, March 1983 meeting with Premiers 2921-2

Indians, meetings on constitution 2922, 2923-4, 3170

Indians, subsistence needs, sustenance permit policy 2935

Industrial Development Amendment Act (1983) 1047

Insurance Corp. of B.C., general insurance, area covered 2874-5

Intergovernmental Relations ministry, annual report 3169-70

Intergovernmental Relations ministry, estimates 3166-8, 3169, 3169-70, 3170 , Intergovernmental Relations ministry, staff, reduction in 3166

Legislation, timetable for passage of, A. 2434

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2606

Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1983) 2866, 2870

Nishga Indian band meetings, government representation at 2935

Osoyoos Indian band, land claims 2934

Peace officers, definition of 2870

Property, right of under constitution 2934

Public buildings, insurance on 2875

Strachan, WB., appointment as Deputy Speaker 9

Stuart-Trembleur Indian band, tree-farm licence 2934

Tariffs 3166

Taxation, flat rate proposal 3166

Trade, protectionism 3167

Vancouver Charter, amendments to 550

Gargrave, Herbert

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2216, 2284, 2285, 2286

Garnett, G.A.

Letter quoted (Rose) 955

Garnett, G.M.

Liquor distribution outlet, application for (Wallace) 2871-2

Garr, Allen

Quoted (McClelland) 228 (Reynolds) 182 (Stupich) 2955

Mentioned: (Chabot) 370 (Dailly) 234 (Hewitt) 2014 (Macdonald) 88 (Nicolson) 1560

Garth Edge International Inc.

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 131

Gas, Natural

Automobiles, conversion to use of (Reid) 39

Delta, pipeline (Reid) 496

Elmworth gas, access to (Michael) 16

Federal tax, reduction in (Lauk) Q. 367

Govier, George, report (Bennett) 1397 (Lauk) Q. 366, 1397 (Lockstead) 3158 (Rogers) A. 366, 2051, 3158, 3159

Grizzly Valley pipeline (Phillips) 108

Industry, political donations (Lauk) Q. 1397, Q. 1398 (Bennett) A. 1397

Liquefied natural gas, export of (Davis) 69, 927

Liquefied natural gas, Prince Rupert plant (Phillips) 2844

Markets for (Throne speech) 5

Pipeline to Prince Rupert (Davis) 927

Powell River, pipeline to (Lockstead) 546

Price, deregulation of (Barrett) 2296-7

Price, domestic price (Lockstead) 3157-8 (Rogers) 3158

Price, domestic price, increase in (Lauk) Q. 366 (Lockstead) 1425, Q. 2051 (Rogers) A. 2051 (Rose) 2029

Price, export price (Lockstead) 3159 (Rogers) 3160

Price to producers (Lockstead) Q. 2051, 3158 (Rogers) A. 2051

Prince Rupert gas, barging of to Vancouver Island (Davis) 3159-60 (Rogers) 3160

Privatization of industry (Lauk) 1397

Queen Charlotte Islands, offshore exploration (Lockstead) 3157 (Rogers) 3157

Royalty system for (Davis) 68

Taxation, federal tax (Lockstead) 3158 (Rogers) 3158

Taxation of gas in transit (Davis) 69

Vancouver Island pipeline (Davis) 3159 (Lockstead) 84, 1324, 3159 (Rogers) 3160

Vancouver Island pipeline, construction of (Lockstead) Q. 2434 (Rogers) A. 2434 (Sanford) 499

Vancouver Island pipeline, federal subsidy (Davis) 3159 (Lockstead) 3157 (Rogers) 3158

Vancouver Island pipeline, hearings on (Lockstead) 84, Q. 367 (Rogers) A. 367 (Throne speech) 5

Vancouver Island pipeline, subsidization of (Lockstead)Q. 2434 (Rogers) A. 2434

Vancouver Island pipeline, west coast exploration (Lockstead) 3157 (Rogers) 3157

Wells drilled (Rogers) 3154

Gas Appliance Centre

Mentioned: (Stupich) 627

Gas Safety Act

Mentioned: (McClelland) 3131

Gasoline

Price, increase in (D’Arcy) 2303

Gasoline-Taxation

Federal exemption (Cocke) 1210

Increase in (Barrett) 2224

Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Act

Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act

Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act, 1983

(Bill 14) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 169, amdts. to 1R, 2171; 2R, 2570-4; C, 2614-5; 3R, 2793; R, 2938

Speakers: Curtis 2570-1, 2573-4; Davis 2571-2, 2615; Lauk 2573; Lea 2572; Lockstead 2572; Stupich 2571; Wallace 2573

Amdts: Sec. 1 (Curtis) 2615, approved 2615; sec. 2 (Curtis) 2615, approved 2615; sec. 2 (Curtis) 2615, approved 2615

Divisions: C, 2615

Bill, opposition to (Davis) 2572, 2615 (Lauk) 2573 (Lea) 2572

Consultation re (Curtis) 2573

Marine bunker fuel, cost of (Davis) 2571

Marine bunker fuel in transit, tax on (Curtis) 2571 (Davis) 2571

Marine bunker fuel sales, volume of (Curtis) 2573-4

Marine bunker fuel tax, basis for (Curtis) 2570

Marine bunker fuel tax, increase in, effect of (Curtis) 2573 (Davis) 2571-2, 2615 (Lockstead) 2572

Marine bunker fuel tax, level of (Davis) 2571, 2572

Marine bunker fuel tax, reduction in (Davis) 2615

Retroactivity of (Wallace) 2573

Revenue, increase in (Davis) 2572

Shipping, government policy on (Davis) 2572

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1077

Gasoline Tax Act

Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act

Gautier, Roy

Mentioned: (McClelland) 2255

Gearmatic Co.

Closing of (Phillips) 2841 (Skelly) 2840-1, 2841

Federal subsidies (Phillips) 2841 (Skelly) 2840, 2841

Gelco Canada Inc.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1681

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Mentioned: (Gardom) 3166, 3167 (Sanford) 1971

General Electric Co.

Mentioned: (Dailly) 24

General Motors Corp.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 2333 (D’Arcy) 1217 (Gabelmann) 1621 (Hanson) 1477 (Nicolson) 2868

Genstar Development Co.

Agricultural land reserve, exclusion from (Hanson) 991, 1086

Waste treatment proposal (Wallace) Q. 1338 (Brummet)A. 1338

Mentioned: (Brummet) 2906 (Lockstead) 1323 (Reid) 38 (Wallace) 2910

George III, King of Great Britain

Quoted (Blencoe) 419

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 764 (Passarell) 2925

George, Henry

Economic theories (Stupich) 2355-6

Single-tax proposal (Rose) 1904-5

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 1134, 1135

George, Percy

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2281

George Cross News Letter

Quoted (Howard) 529-30

Tabling of (Howard) 531 (Reynolds) 531

George Jay Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Dedication of teachers cited (Blencoe) 1542

George Massey Tunnel

See entries under Highway 99

Georgia Strait, B.C.

Tunnel. See entries under Vancouver Island, B.C.

Geothermal resources

Geothermal energy, work on (Rogers) 3165 (Rose) 3165

Geysers

Use of for vegetable production (Passarell) 3099 (Schroeder) 3099

Giannakos, Jim

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2305

Gibbons, Art

Tribute to (Gabelmann) 3132

Gibson, Gordon Fulerton

Mentioned: (Gardom) 597 (Lauk) 150 (McGeer) 1479 (Nicolson) 1474, 2202 (Stupich) 1842

Gillatt, Joan

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1595 (Wallace) 1532

Gillespie, Irwin

“The Redistribution of More in Canada” mentioned (Cocke) 2352 (Dailly) 2292 (Hanson) 2422 (Stupich) 176

Gillespie, N.K.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 398

Gillis, J.J.

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2284, 2286

Gilmore, Jim

Mentioned: (Brown) 3122

Gilmore Avenue Elementary School, Burnaby, B.C.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 655

Gilson, Clay

Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 753 (Rose) 786, 789

Giovando, Lorenzo

Death of (Throne speech) 2

Girl Guides of Canada

Mentioned: (Michael) 3143

Gladstone Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1623

Glenayre Electronics Ltd.

Mentioned: (McGeer) 77

Glendale Lodge, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1655, 2486, 2502, 2626 (McCarthy) 210, 2913

Glendale Lodge Society

Mentioned: (Howard) 2679

Glenmore Elementary School, West Vancouver, B.C.

Rental proposal (Reynolds) 3153

Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ont.

Quoted (Brown) 411, 412 (Lockstead) 362 (Rose) 348 (Sanford) 658 (Skelly) 445 (Stupich) 1532, 1581, 1582, 2097

Mentioned: (Bennett) 1193, 3044 (Cocke) 1360 (Dailly) 1956 (Lauk) 321 (Skelly) 2064 (Smith) 2993

Globe Theatre, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Dailly) 322

Gloucester Properties Ltd.

Langley land, quality of (Stupich) 520

Langley land, removal of from ALR (Barrett) 746, 1814

Mentioned: (Barrett) 260 (Cocke) 2393, 2396 (Stupich) 1843, 1844

Goldberg, Harry M.

Letter quoted (Clerk-Assistant) 1-2, 225

Goldberg, Michael

Beer prices, report on (D’Arcy) 2850 (Hewitt) 2854

Mentioned: (Lauk) 317, 318

Golden, B.C.

Canadian Pacific Railway, yard expansion (Fraser, A.) 754 (Michael) 776

Goldfarb, Martin

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2479

Goldfarb Consultants Ltd.

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, basis for (Nicolson) 2010

Health care fees, opinion poll on (Dailly) Q. 3005, Q. 3006 (Nielsen) A. 3005, A. 3006

Insurance Corp. of B.C., opinion poll on (Cocke) Q. 3089

Public opinion poll results, tabling of (Howard) Q. 626 (Bennett) A. 626

Mentioned: (Barnes) 604 (Blencoe) 687, 1122, 1200 (Hanson) 3141 (Macdonald) 1775 (Parks) 673 (Wallace) 972 (Waterland) 2077

Goldsmith, Oliver

Quoted (Brown) 2540 (Rose) 349

Goldstream mine

Opening of (Michael) 14

Golf, William

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2305

Goodbrand Construction Ltd.

Mentioned: (Johnston) 59

Goode, Tom

Court case (Macdonald) 541 (Reynolds) 544

Goold, Alexander C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 1843 (Howard) 1241

Gorrostiaga, Xavier

Mentioned: (Skelly) 30

Gosnell, James

Mentioned: (Howard) 2930 (Passarell) 2927 (Smith) 2995

Government

Accommodation costs, reduction in (Curtis) 163

Advisers, government, role of (Barnes) 343

American system of (Lea) 2023-4

Boards, commissions, abolition of (Nielsen) 26 (Sanford) 499 (Schroeder) 240-1 (Throne speech) 4

Bureaucracy (Lauk) 2004, 2005 (Nielsen) 28 (Pelton) 1998-9 (Waterland) 94

Cabinet, centralization of power in (Blencoe) 474 (Brown) 1271, 1353 (Dailly) 1375 (Howard) 1408 (Lea) 1265, 1266, 1267-9 (Mitchell) 1972 (Nicolson) 1271 (Sanford) 1276, 1277, 1970, 1971 (Stupich) 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1842

Centralization of (Barnes) 343 (Barrett) 1634-5 (Blencoe) 619, 1120-3, 1124, 1125, 1128-9, 1909 (Cocke) 1411, 1949, 2764 (Curtis) 2094 (Dailly) 1252 (D’Arcy) 1216, 1570, 1629, 1631 (Gabelmann) 985, 1621 (Howard) 1786 (Lea) 208, 663 (Nicolson) 397 (Rose) 453, 952, 1393, 1603, 1605, 1606, 1615 (Sanford) 280, 2742 (Stupich) 177, 178 (Wallace) 1968

Constitution for province (Rose) 1603

Cost of (Bennett) 1779, 1781 (Curtis) 167 (Nielsen) 27 (Skelly) 215, 216

Cost of, and gross national product (Bennett) 1781

Cost of, reduction in (Fraser, R.) 1957 (Passarell) 370-1 (Waterland) 992, 998

Decentralization of (Lea) 208, 663

Documentation, reproduction of signatures on (Curtis) 2272

Electoral system and democracy (Lauk) 150-1

Federal government, cost of (Bennett) 1192

Federal government, remoteness of (Lea) 1266

Financial accountability of (Curtis) 160

Financial management record (Blencoe) 1121, 1122, 1130

Growth of (D’Arcy) 1986 (Fraser, R.) 1958 (Veitch) 1937

Human affairs, intervention in (Pelton) 943, 1457 (Richmond) 112

Ministries, establishment of (Nicolson) 881, 884

Ministries, reorganization of (Gabelmann) 373

New Democratic Party government (Phillips) 1043-4

Policy, determination of based on polls (Blencoe) 417

Policy, development of (Bennett) 2944

Political morality (Howard) 3205-6

Powers of and powers of Legislature (Cocke) 1788, 1789 (Howard) 1786

Private sector and government (Ritchie) 46

Privatization of functions, services (Barnes) 105 (Cocke) 3061 (Curtis) 164 (Fraser, R.) 216-7 (Mitchell) 1033 (Parks) 232 (Rose) 115, 2477 (Skelly) 1983 (Smith) 1030 (Throne speech) 3, 4 (Waterland) 998-9

Provincial Secretary ministry, transfer to (Chabot) 3138

Public, alienation of from government (Lea) 1266-7, 2024

Public sector, benefits of (Skelly) 29

Regionalization of, ending of (Curtis) 164

Role of (Lea) 1008, 1915 (Parks) 231-2 (Schroeder) 240 (Stupich) 180

Size of (Curtis) 167 (Fraser, A.) 88 (Fraser, R.) 216 (Hewitt) 262 (Strachan) 956

Size of, reduction in (Bennett) 1189, 1190, 1191, 1780 (Campbell) 910, 911, 1447 (Curtis) 163 (D’Arcy) 424-5, 1987 (Kempf) 979-80, 981, 983 (Lea) 662-3 (Lockstead) 81 (McClelland) 66 (Parks) 1003, 1004 (Passarell) 50 (Ritchie) 48 (Skelly) 30 (Smith) 297 (Strachan) 955 (Waterland) 94, 95, 992, 997, 1000

Victoria, transfer away from (Blencoe) 1119

Government accounting

Changes in (Nicolson) 913-4

Fees for collection, management functions (Curtis) 1062

Government advertising

Advertisements (Passarell) 943-4

Advertising in pre-election period (Hanson) 3140, 3141, 3142 (Howard) 3206 (Mitchell) 1034 (Stupich) 1063, 1929, 1931-2

Appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year (Blencoe) 2135 (Brown) 978 (Chabot) 3141 (Dailly) 22-3 (Gabelmann) 964-5 (Lockstead) 1424, 2311, 2347 (Mitchell) 586

B.C. Spirit campaign (Hanson) 199, 200

Expenditures on (Barrett) 1039 (Blencoe) 1201 (Chabot)A. 429 (Cocke) A. 429 (Curtis) 201 (Dailly) 22-3 (Hanson) 201, Q. 2613 (Howard) 296 (Lauk) 2004-5 (Nicolson) 914 (Wallace) 971

Institutional advertising, use of (Lea) 2156

McKim Advertising Ltd. See name of company

Government agents

Appointment of (Barrett) Q. 57 (Bennett) A. 56, A. 57-8, A. 392 (Blencoe) 125 (D’Arcy) 421 (Hanson) A. 56, Q. 392 (Nicolson) 71, 397

Courtenay position, appointment to (Sanford) Q. 56 (Bennett) A. 56

Electoral process, duties re (Hanson) 55, 1667

Kelowna position, competition for (Barrett) Q. 20, Q. 58 (Bennett) A. 56 (Curtis) A. 20 (Hanson) Q. 56 (Waterland) 94

Penticton position, appointment to (Hanson) Q. 392 (Bennett) A. 392

Position of, review of (Curtis) 19

Government aircraft

Logs, tabling of (Barrett) 742 (Fraser, A.) A. 1103 (Passarell) Q. 1103

Use of by ministers (Barrett) 1039-40 (Gardom) A. 1104 (Lockstead) 1425 (McCarthy) A. 1137 (Passarell) Q. 1104, Q. 1137

Government automobiles

See: Automobiles, Government

Government buildings

See: Public buildings

Government business enterprises

Criticisms of (Davis) 69

Privatization of (Passarell) 50, 51

Government consultants

Appropriation for, 1983-84 fiscal year (Howard) 2126

Government Employee Relations Bureau

Appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in (Hanson) 2492, 3140

BCGEU master agreement (Dailly) 2469-70 (Hanson) 2488-90 (Nicolson) 2478

Commended (Skelly) 2446

Functions of (Hanson) 2494, 3143

Staff, number of (Hanson) 2492

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2457 (Brown) 2554 (Dailly) 2642 (Gabelmann) 375, 2441, 2443 (Hanson) 55, 86, 1655, 1664, 1670, 1681, 1682, 2500, 3143 (Nicolson) 2481

Government fees

See: Fees, Administrative

Government information

Freedom-of-information act, proposal for (Dailly) 1055, 1056

Function, consolidation of (Curtis) 163

Public access to (Cocke) 1298 (Dailly) 1055-7

Television programs, expenditures on (Curtis) 200 (Hanson) 2613 (Howard) 296

Government information services

Appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year (Dailly) 22, 2294

Elimination of, proposal for (Blencoe) 2458

Staff (Chabot) 3141 (Dailly) 22

Government investments

See: Investment of public funds

Government offices

See entries under Public buildings

Government property

Leasing of (Curtis) 2980

Maintenance of (Gabelmann) 985-6

Government publications

Function, consolidation of (Curtis) 163

Privatization of (Parks) 233

“Recovery '83,” referred to, quoted (Hanson) 3139, 3141

“Restraint and Recovery: the Next Steps”, content (Blencoe) 3144-5, 3146 (Cocke) 3145

“Restraint and Recovery: the Next Steps”, cost of (Chabot) 3147

Government purchasing

Bidding, out-of-province bids, problems re (Gabelmann) 3133 (McClelland) 3136

Government regulation

Regulation of business (Curtis) 160

Regulations, red tape (Brummet) 544 (Hewitt) 247 (Kempf) 503 (Ree) 1024 (Rose) 116 (Segarty) 121 (Waterland) 992, 997

Government spending policy

Restraint program. See entries under Expenditures, Public

Govier, George

Natural gas report (Bennett) 1397 (Lauk) Q. 366, 1397 (Lockstead) 3158 (Rogers) A. 366, 2051, 3158, 3159

Gowe, Ed

Quoted (Wallace) 2306

Grace Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Mowat) 52

Gracey, Charles

Mentioned: (Rose) 3101

Grain-transportation

B.C. Railway, grain shipping (Davis) 759 (Fraser, A.) 755 (Phillips) 763, 771 (Wallace) 761

Crowsnest Pass freight rate. See entries under Railroads Rates

Demurrage rate, payment for (Rogers) 790

Federal payment for loss on (Davis) 758, 759, 760 (Fraser, A.) 754 (Hanson) 774 (Lauk) 779-80 (Lea) 756, 757 (Michael) 776, 777 (Segarty) 783 (Wallace) 760, 761

Freight rate (Davis) 758, 760 (Fraser, A.) 753, 754 (Michael) 776 (Segarty) 783

Hopper cars, purchase of (Davis) 758 (Fraser, A.) 753, 754 (Phillips) 762 (Rose) 788

Peace River area, grain shipping (Phillips) 763-4, 764

Prairie branch line rehabilitation (Fraser, A.) 754

Rail system for (Phillips) 762

Western Grain Transportation Act. See name of act

Grand Forks School District

See: School District 12

Granduc Mines Ltd.

Mentioned: (Waterland) 3038

Graphic Arts International Union

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2525

Gray, Herb

Mentioned: (Cocke) 2041 (Rose) 3102

Gray Line of Victoria

Mentioned: (Rose) 3128

Grazing leases

See entries under Stock-ranges

Great Britain

Socialism (McGeer) 75 (Waterland) 95

Great Britain. House of Commons

Mentioned: (Dailly) 327 (Howard) 2248, 2367, 2608 (Macdonald) 439 (Nicolson) 2091, 2092 (Schroeder) 1773 (Skelly) 1870

Great Britain. House of Lords

Mentioned: (Stupich) 334

Greater Campbell River Water District

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1639 (Rose) 1741

Greater Nanaimo Water District

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1639

Greater Vancouver Information and Referral Service

Mentioned: (Brown) 36

Greater Vancouver Mental Health Services

Mentioned: (Hanson) 3142

Greater Vancouver Regional District

Board, resolution quoted (Skelly) 558

Budget (Johnston) 517, 518

Capital investment (Dailly) 1836 (Wallace) 510, 1238

Delta, membership (Skelly) 556-7

Establishment of (Brown) 550 (Johnston) 516 (Rose) 514

Greenbelts, provision of (Johnston) 517

Industrial development (Macdonald) 540 (Skelly) 556

Labour relations function (Parks) 233

Land resource (Sanford) 500, 502 (Wallace) 44

Liveability, 1971 investigation (Lauk) 862-3

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation re (Howard) 535-6 (Johnston) 516, 517 (Lockstead) 545, 546, 547 (Wallace) 510, 511

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, opposition to (Dailly) 524 (D’Arcy) 1804 (Howard) 1242 (Lauk) 861 (Skelly) 558 (Stupich) 519

Municipal boundaries (Blencoe) 490 (Wallace) 510

Official community plans (Ritchie) 1885

Planning (Brown) 552 (Stupich) 519

Planning committee, cost of (Dailly) 1836 (Johnston) 517 (Reid) 493 (Wallace) 510, 1238

Planning committee, membership of J.M. Parks in (Sanford) 502-3

Planning function (Barnes) 343 (Blencoe) 479, 489 (Dailly) 523 (Johnston) 60 (Reynolds) 183 (Sanford) 500

Premier's office, meeting with (Blencoe) Q. 2551

Public concerns, results of survey of (Brown) 552-3

Regional plan, funding of (Brown) 553

Transit costs, increase in (Dailly) 1836

Transit planning (Lauk) 864

Transportation (Blencoe) 490

Vancouver's vote in (Reid) 497 (Sanford) 499

Greater Vancouver Regional Hospital District

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1639

Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1639

Greater Vancouver Water District

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1639 (Skelly) 1719

Greece

Class system in ancient Athens (Skelly) 2066

Green Party Political Association of B.C.

Mentioned: (Curtis) 817 (Stupich) 327

Greene, Evelyn

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3055

Greenhalgh, Leonard

Paper quoted (Barrett) 1768-9, 1769

Greenhaus Restaurant, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2349

Greenhills mine

Collective agreement (Gabelmann) 2228

Opening of (Bennett) 1220

Mentioned: (Phillips) 1061 (Segarty) 784, 785

Greenpeace Foundation

Mentioned: (Mitchell) 525

Greenville, B.C.

Bridge, construction of (Fraser, A.) 3107 (Passarell) 3106

Bridge, cost of (Fraser, A.) A. 3082 (Passarell) Q. 3082, 3106

Kincolith, road to (Fraser, A.) 3107 (Passarell) 3106

Greenville Indian band

Mentioned: (Passarell) 3038

Gregg, Allan

Mentioned: (Rose) 348, 453, 2086

Gregg River mine

Mentioned: (Lea) 1060 (Phillips) 1060, 1061

Grenville Loyal Sedentary Volunteers

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1811

Grey Cup

Mentioned: (Barnes) 2917 (Reynolds) 183

Grey Panthers

Mentioned: (Hanson) 2368

Greyhound Bus Lines

Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 3106 (Smith) 1030

Griffith, K.A.

Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 2981

Griffiths v. Dudley (Earl)

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2871

Gross provincial product

Debt and GPP (Curtis) 2976

Decline in (Curtis) 161, 2948 (D’Arcy) 1631, 1989, 2105, 2303

Expenditures, level of and GPP (Howard) 1939-40

Growth, 1983 forecast for (Curtis) 161

Grosvenor-Laing (Holdings) Ltd.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 731 (Rose) 515

Groundwater

See: Water, Underground

Grouse Mountain, B.C.

Logging of (Wallace) Q. 573, Q. 574, Q. 1339, Q. 1978 (Brummet) A. 573, A. 574, A. 1339, A. 1978

Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act

Section 8, proclamation of (Brown) 37, 1342, 1343

Guardian, London, England

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 1201 (Nicolson) 147, 1757

Gulf Islands, B.C.

Official settlement plans (Ritchie) 2803, 2804 (Sanford) 2262-3

Preservation of (Ritchie) 2263 (Sanford) 2263

Uniqueness of (Blencoe) 2803 (Brown) 2802-3

See also: Islands Trust; also names of islands, e.g. Saltspring Island, B.C.

Gulf Oil Canada Ltd.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 303 (Nicolson) 2865 (Rose) 456

Guthrie, Sam

Mentioned: (Wallace) 1652

Gwyn, Richard

Quoted (Heinrich) 291, 292

Mentioned: (Brown) 300 (Hon. member) 300 (Smith) 298