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