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
ICBA
See: Independent Canadian Businessmen's Association
ICBC
See: Insurance Corp. of B.C.
IGA Food Stores
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 48
IT Corp.
Waste treatment proposal (Wallace) Q. 1338 (Brummet) A. 1338
Mentioned: (Brummet) 2906
IWA Barker
Contents (Phillips) 109
Iacocca, Lee A.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2874 (Rogers) 3156
Illing, Ray
Expense account claims (Nicolson) 398
Imasco Ltd.
Shoppers Drug Mart, ownership of (Wallace) 576
Imlah, Rosemary
Tribute to (Michael) 16
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lea) 1748 (Passarell) 651 (Rose) 515
Imports
Goods consumed in B.C. (Lea) 2831
Income
Distribution of (Blencoe) 676 (Lea) 1005, 1008, 1009 (Macdonald) 923, 924 (Rose) 117, 349 (Sanford) 136
Investment income, increase in (Skelly) 1350
Level of in Canada (Rose) 2162-3
Restraint on high incomes, proposal for (Macdonald) 2047
Income, Guaranteed
Establishment of guaranteed income (Nicolson) 2148, 2149, 3175
GAIN program (Johnston) 965 (Passarell) 944
Mincome program, establishment of (Stupich) 64
Income tax
Canada-B.C. tax collection agreement (Curtis) 166
Deductions, benefit of to rich (Skelly) 2064, 2065
Equitability of (Cocke) 569
Farmers, part-time, tax assessments (Rose) 3102 (Schroeder) 3102
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Increase in (Gabelmann) 2122, 2428 (Skelly) 2427-8
Level of and standard of living (Macdonald) 1520
Municipal income tax, proposal for (Blencoe) 1140-2
Provincial system, proposal for (Curtis) 817 (Stupich) 1065
Rate, flat rate, proposal for (Gardom) 3166
Renter's tax credit (Nicolson) 2577
Renter's tax credit, abolition of (Barrett) 2059 (Bennett) 1192, 1193 (Blencoe) 126 (Cocke) 1415, 2575 (Curtis) 165, 816, 2578 (D’Arcy) 2106 (Gabelmann) 2123 (Hanson) 885-6, 2112-3 (Lockstead) 244 (Michael) 1994 (Nicolson) 2578 (Stupich) 1926, 1927 (Wallace) 972
Renter's tax credit for elderly, history of (Barnes) 2140-1 (D’Arcy) 2104 (Gabelmann) 2123 (Hanson) 2112, 2113-4 (Macdonald) 2116, 2117 (Nicolson) 2146-7 (Sanford) 2132
Renter's tax credit, NDP policy on (Bennett) 1189
Renter's tax credit, recipients of (Brown) 2578 (Hanson) 886, 2113 (Rose) 2164
Revenue (McGeer) 3172
Salaries, capital gains, tax on (Skelly) 1809, 2065
Surtax on higher incomes, proposal for (Curtis) 2576 (Dailly) 2294 (Lea) 204, 206, 377, 2156, 2576 (Stupich) 176, 821
Tax credits, abolition of (Barnes) 2141, 2145, 2916 (Barrett) 2057 (Brown) 975, 2102 (Cocke) 2575 (Curtis) 816, 2184, 2575 (D’Arcy) 2104-6, 2175 (Gabelmann) 2122-3 (Hanson) 991, 2115 (Howard) 2125 (Lauk) 1433 (Macdonald) 2116 (Mitchell) 2151 (Rose) 2576 (Skelly) 2063, 2180 (Stupich) 817-9, 820, 1064, 1926, 1927 (Wallace) 1437
Tax credits, abolition of, savings effected (Curtis) 816, 2575-6, 2578 (Howard) 937, 2126 (Lauk) 1433 (Lea) 2575 (Nicolson) 2578 (Skelly) 2064 (Stupich) 820
Tax credits, benefits of (Blencoe) 2137, 2138 (Brown) 2101 (Cocke) 1415-6, 1417 (Dailly) 1419, 1421-3 (D’Arcy) 2107, 2165, 2166, 2175 (Hanson) 885-7, 888, 2112 (Lauk) 1435 (Lockstead) 1424, 1425 (Macdonald) 2183 (Nicolson) 2148 (Rose) 2161, 2162 (Sanford) 2130-2 (Skelly) 2063, 2180 (Stupich) 819-20, 2097, 2101 (Wallace) 2068
Tax credits, cost of (Macdonald) 2118 (Wallace) 1436, 2068
Tax credits, eligibility for (Mitchell) 2579
Tax credits, formula for (Wallace) 2067-8
Tax credits, funds for, source of (Lea) 2157 (Rose) 2160 (Stupich) 820-1
Tax credits, institution of (Barnes) 2144 (Cocke) 2575 (Mitchell) 2151, 2152-3 (Stupich) 819
Tax credits, NDP policy on (Lockstead) 1424
Tax credits, 1982 credits, claims for (Barnes) 2582 (Curtis) 2184-5, 2582 (Lockstead) 1423 (Mitchell) 2582
Tax credits, recipients of (Brown) 2103, 2578 (D’Arcy) 2107 (Lea) 2109, 2110, 2111 (Macdonald) 2116, 2117, 2181 (Stupich) 1934, 2096 (Wallace) 1437
Tax credits, Social Credit Party candidates' statements re (Mitchell) 2153
See also: Capital gains tax; Taxation
Income Tax Act
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1350 (Stupich) 1762
Income Tax Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Curtis) 816 (Rose) 3102 (Schroeder) 3102 (Stupich) 817
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1981
Mentioned: (Stupich) 819
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983
(Bill 4) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 169; 2R, 471-2, 816-21, 885-9, 1414-20, 1421-6, 1432-7, 2057-70, 2095-2149, 2151-67, 2175-85; C, 2575-83; 3R, 2583; RA, 2938
Speakers: Barnes 2139-46; Barrett 2057-62; Blencoe 2134-9; Brown 2100-4, 2578, 2579, 2580, 2582; Brummet 2154-5; Cocke 1415-8, 2575, 2577, 2583; Curtis 816-7, 2184-5, 2575, 2576, 2577, 2578, 2579, 2580, 2581, 2582; Dailly 1418-20, 1421-3; D'Arcy 2104-7, 2164-7, 2175-6; Fraser, R. 2119; Gabelmann 2121-4; Hanson 885-9, 2111-5; Howard 2124-8; Lauk 1432-6; Lea 2107-11, 2155-9, 2575, 2576, 2580, 2581; Lockstead 1423-6; Macdonald 2115-9, 2180-3; Michael 2063; Mitchell 2151-4, 2579, 2582; Nicolson 2146-9, 2577; Rose 2159-64, 2576; Sanford 2129-32; Skelly 2063-7, 2176-80; Stupich 817-21, 2095-2100; Wallace 1436-7, 2067-70
Amdts: 2R (Barrett) 2062, negatived 2120; (Howard) 2128, out of order 2128; (Blencoe) 2139, out of order 2139
Divisions: 2R, 2120, 2185; C, 2580, 2583; 3R, 2583
Athens, class system (Skelly) 2066
Automobile production industry in B.C. (Nicolson) 2148
Bank of Nova Scotia, political donations (Skelly) 2064
Bankruptcies, increase in number of (Brown) 2103
Banks, assets (Howard) 2126, 2127
Banks, income tax paid (Howard) 2126-7
Banks, profits (Howard) 2126-7 (Macdonald) 2182 (Skelly) 2064
Beautiful British Columbia, sale of (Cocke) 1418
Bill, debate on second reading (Howard) 472
Bill, second reading six months hence (Barrett) 2062
Bill, withdrawal of, proposal for (Dailly) 1423 (Lockstead) 1424
Bonds, B.C. bonds, credit rating of (D’Arcy) 2106, 2175 (Rose) 2163
B.C. Buildings Corp., borrowing by (Curtis) 2176 (D’Arcy) 2106, 2107, 2175
B.C. Buildings Corp., B.C. Place shares purchased (Stupich) 2095
B.C. Buildings Corp., rental payments to (Stupich) 2095
B.C. Ferry Corp., fares (Gabelmann) 2122
B.C. Hydro, borrowing by (D’Arcy) 2107, 2165
B.C. Hydro, debt, 1983-84 fiscal year (D’Arcy) 2106
B.C. Hydro, sinking fund (D’Arcy) 2165
B.C. Hydro, water licence fee, reduction in (Lockstead) 1425
B.C. Place building, construction of (Dailly) 1418, 1421
B.C. Place, job creation (Brummet) 2155
B.C. Place Stadium, borrowing for (D’Arcy) 2106 (Lea) 2157 (Mitchell) 2151
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of by ministers (D’Arcy) 2105 (Mitchell) 2151
B.C. Railway, Anzac line, borrowing for (D’Arcy) 2106
B.C. Systems Corp., building, cost of (Lea) 2158
B.C. Systems Corp., building, unoccupied space (Lea) 2158
B.C. Timber Ltd., losses (Lauk) 1435
Budget, debate on (Stupich) 817
Cabinet office, Vancouver, occupation of (Lauk) 1434
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Lauk) 1435
Canadian Pacific Railway, political donations (Skelly) 2064, 2178
Capital gains, taxation of (Macdonald) 2182
Closure of debate on amdt. to 2R, question put (Fraser, R.) 2119, approved 2120
Closure of debate, use of (Brown) 2101 (D’Arcy) 2176
Coal, northeast, job creation (Nicolson) 2148
Coal, northeast, price for (D’Arcy) 2106
Committee of Legislature on bill, proposal for (Lea) 2109, 2110, 2111 (Macdonald) 2117
Community involvement grants, abolition of (Barnes) 2141, 2142 (Hanson) 887-8
Consultants' fees, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year (Howard) 2126
Corporations, debt levels (Rose) 2163
Corporations, profits, investment of (Macdonald) 2181
Corporations, tax incentives (Skelly) 2179-80
Corporations, taxation of (Skelly) 2065
Cost of living, increase in (Wallace) 2069
Crown corporations, debt, increase in (Cocke) 1415
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, development of (Macdonald) 2182
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, mortgages on (Macdonald) 2182
Debt, increase in (Blencoe) 2138 (D’Arcy) 2106 (Stupich) 818
Debt, level of (Rose) 2163-4
Deficit, 1982-83 fiscal year (Curtis) 816 (Stupich) 818, 821
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year (Curtis) 816 (Stupich) 818, 821, 2097, 2099
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year, overestimation of (Barnes) 2143 (Howard) 2125
Deficits, 1981 to present (Stupich) 2096
Economy of B.C. (Barnes) 2143 (Brummet) 2155 (D’Arcy) 2167 (Michael) 2063 (Nicolson) 2147-8 (Skelly) 2067 (Stupich) 2096
Economy of Canada, 1930s (Lauk) 1433
Educational institutions, borrowing by (D’Arcy) 2106, 2175
Elderly, cost of living for (Hanson) 2114
Elderly, eligibility for pension supplement (Rose) 2161, 2162
Elderly, facilities for (Barnes) 2141
Elderly, treatment of (Lea) 2110
Election, 1983 campaign (Stupich) 819
Election, 1983, parties fielding candidates (Curtis) 816-7
Employment, future of (Nicolson) 2148
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in (Gabelmann) 2125
Expenditures, one-time capital expenditures (Brummet) 2155
Expenditures, reduction in, NDP proposals for (D’Arcy) 2105, 2107, 2166 (Lauk) 1435 (Wallace) 2070
Expenditures, restraint on (Brummet) 2154 (Gabelmann) 2122
Family budgets, low-income group (Hanson) 889
Fraser Institute, philosophy of (Macdonald) 2117
Government advertising, appropriation for (Blencoe) 2135 (Lockstead) 1424
Government advertising, institutional advertising (Lea) 2156
Government aircraft, use of by ministers (Lockstead) 1425
Gross provincial product, decline in (D’Arcy) 2105
Handicapped, rent subsidy for (Gabelmann) 2122
Heal, Douglas, moving expenses, payment of (Hanson) 2111, 2112, 2113
High Arrow Dam, razing of valley for (Lea) 2157
Highways, appropriation for, reduction in (Lea) 2108
Hoist of bill (Barrett) 2062 (Brown) 2100, 2102, 2103 (Fraser, R.) 2119 (Lea) 2108, 2110 (Macdonald) 2117, 2119 (Skelly) 2065, 2066, 2067 (Stupich) 2097, 2098 (Wallace) 2070
Home ownership in future (Rose) 2160
Homeowner's grant, increases in (Macdonald) 2117
Housing and employment development bonds, tax allowance for (Lauk) 1435 (Wallace) 2069
Income, guaranteed income, establishment of (Nicolson) 2148, 2149
Income in Canada, level of (Rose) 2162-3
Income tax, burden of employees (Skelly) '2065
Income tax deductions, benefit of to rich (Skelly) 2064, 2065
Income tax, level of (Gabelmann) 2122 (Stupich) 2097
Income tax, surtax on higher incomes (Curtis) 2576 (Lea) 2156, 2576 (Stupich) 821
Investment of profits in B.C. (Nicolson) 2149
Japan, economy (Howard) 2128
Kinsella, Patrick, moving expenses, payment of (Hanson) 2111, 2112, 2113
Krugerrands, investment in (Skelly) 2066
Labour-management relations in B.C. (Lauk) 1434
Land-flipping profits, taxation of (Macdonald) 2182
Legislation, 1983 session, reaction to (Barnes) 2146 (Gabelmann) 2121
Liquor store, Kelowna, construction of (Lea) 2158
Litton Industries, political donations (Skelly) 2178
Maintenance payments (Sanford) 2131
Ministers, expenditures on travel (Barnes) 2143-4 (Blencoe) 2135 (Lockstead) 1424-5
Minorities, criticism of actions of (Brummet) 2154-5
Movie production, taxation of investments in (Skelly) 2180
Natural gas, price of to consumer (Lockstead) 1425
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, influence of (Skelly) 2179
Pensioners, income and tax credits (Dailly) 1419 (Lockstead) 1425-6
Pioneers in B.C. (Lea) 2155-6, 2156-7
Political donations, corporation donations (Skelly) 2178
Political donations, source of (Skelly) 2178
Political donations, tax credit for (D’Arcy) 2166 (Skelly) 2063-4, 2178-9 (Wallace) 2070
Political parties, requirement re political statement (Curtis) 2580, 2581 (Lea) 2580, 2581
Political parties, requirements for receipt authority (Curtis) 816, 2580, 2581 (Lea) 2580, 2581 (Stupich) 817 (Wallace) 2069-70
Poor, burden of economic recession on (Stupich) 2099
Poor, cost of living for (Sanford) 2130
Poor, effect of oppression on (Barnes) 2145-6
Poor, effect of poverty on children (Macdonald) 2181
Poor, expenditures by and local economy (Skelly) 2066
Poor, number of in B.C. (Brown) 2103 (Gabelmann) 2122
Poor, tax burden on (Skelly) 2066
Poor, working poor, loss of benefits by (D’Arcy) 2164-5
Public service employees, number of, reduction in (Brummet) 2155
Public service wages, reduction in, savings effected (Stupich) 2099
Rent controls, abolition of (Lockstead) 1425
Renter's tax credit (Hanson) 886 (Nicolson) 2577 (Rose) 2164
Renter's tax credit, abolition of (Barrett) 2059 (Cocke) 1415, 2575 (Curtis) 816 (D’Arcy) 2106 (Gabelmann) 2123 (Hanson) 885-6, 2112-3
Renter's tax credit, abolition of, savings effected (Curtis) 2578 (Nicolson) 2578
Renter's tax credit for elderly, history of (Barnes) 2140-1 (D’Arcy) 2104 (Gabelmann) 2123 (Hanson) 2112, 2113-4 (Macdonald) 2116, 2117 (Nicolson) 2146-7 (Sanford) 2132
Renter's tax credit, recipients of (Brown) 2578 (Hanson) 2113 (Nicolson) 2578
Rents, level of (Cocke) 1415, 1416 (D’Arcy) 2106 (Rose) 2160, 2164
Restraint program, contribution of rich to (Barrett) 2058, 2060-1 (Stupich) 2096
Retroactivity of act (Barnes) 2145 (Barrett) 2061 (Cocke) 1415, 2583 (D’Arcy) 2104, 2107, 2164, 2165 (Gabelmann) 2123-4 (Howard) 2125 (Macdonald) 2118, 2183 (Sanford) 2129 (Wallace) 2069
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria, soup-line (Blencoe) 2135, 2137, 2138
Sales tax, increase in (Lockstead) 1424 (Mitchell) 2151, 2152
Sales tax, regressive nature of (Barrett) 2059
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program (Brown) 2102 (Nicolson) 2147
Social assistance rates and tax credits (Hanson) 889
Social security, introduction of in U.S. (Rose) 2161
Social welfare programs, abolition of (Barrett) 2059-60
Social welfare programs, funds for (Barrett) 2059-60
Standard of living in Canada during World War II (Stupich) 2098-9
Succession duties (Barrett) 2060, 2062 (Michael) 2063
Succession duties, abolition of (Barrett) 2058, 2059, 2060, 2062 (Macdonald) 2181 (Michael) 2063
Tax credits, abolition of (Barnes) 2141, 2145 (Barrett) 2057 (Brown) 2102 (Cocke) 2575 (Curtis) 816, 2184, 2575 (D’Arcy) 2104-6, 2175 (Gabelmann) 2122-3 (Hanson) 2115 (Howard) 2125 (Macdonald) 2116 (Mitchell) 2151 (Rose) 2576 (Skelly) 2063, 2180 (Stupich) 817-9, 820 (Wallace) 1437
Tax credits, abolition of, savings effected (Brown) 2102 (Curtis) 816, 2575-6 (Howard) 2126 (Lauk) 1433 (Lea) 2575 (Skelly) 2064 (Stupich) 820
Tax credits and consumer spending (Nicolson) 2148
Tax credits, benefits of (Blencoe) 2137, 2138 (Brown) 2101 (Cocke) 1415-6, 1417 (Dailly) 1419, 1421-3 (D’Arcy) 2107 (Hanson) 885-7, 888, 2112 (Lockstead) 1424 (Macdonald) 2183 (Rose) 2161, 2162 (Sanford) 2130-2 (Skelly) 2063, 2180 (Stupich) 819-20, 2097, 2101 (Wallace) 2068
Tax credits, cost of (Macdonald) 2118 (Wallace) 1436, 2068
Tax credits, eligibility for (Mitchell) 2579
Tax credits, expenditure of (D’Arcy) 2105, 2165, 2166 (Lockstead) 1425 (Macdonald) 2116, 2183
Tax credits, formula for (Wallace) 2067-8
Tax credits, funds for, source of (Lea) 2157 (Rose) 2160 (Stupich) 820-1
Tax credits, institution of (Barnes) 2144 (Cocke) 2575 (Mitchell) 2151, 2152-3 (Stupich) 819
Tax credits, NDP policy on (Lockstead) 1424
Tax credits, 1982 credits, claims for (Brown) 2582 (Curtis) 2184-5, 2582 (Lockstead) 1423 (Mitchell) 2582
Tax credits, recipients of (Brown) 2103, 2578 (D’Arcy) 2107 (Macdonald) 2181 (Stupich) 2096 (Wallace) 1437
Tax legislation, progressive taxation (Stupich) 819
Tax system in B.C., analysis of (Skelly) 2063, 2065
Tax system in B.C., proposal for (Curtis) 817
Taxation, impact of (Skelly) 2179
Taxes, increase in (Lockstead) 1424
Team B.C., lending of bank executives to (Skelly) 2064
Unemployment, increase in (Brown) 2103 (Cocke) 1417 (Lauk) 1433-4
Unemployment insurance (Skelly) 2065-6
United States, poverty in 2163
Victoria constituency, renters (Hanson) 2114-5
Water licence fee, reduction in (Lockstead) 1425
Young people, unemployment rate (Lockstead) 1424
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1064
Independent Canadian Businessmen's Association
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 2226, 2229
Independent Canadian Transit Union
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2224 (Lockstead) 2192, 2193 (Nicolson) 2201, 2203
Independent schools
See: Private schools
Indian Act (Canada)
Changes to (Gardom) 2934
Criticized (Gardom) 2923, 2934 (Passarell) 2926
Enfranchisement provisions (Howard) 2930
Mentioned: (Davis) 2927 (Howard) 2930 (Smith) 2995
Indians
“Aboriginal issues: Overview paper. A negotiating strategy for the section 37 conference” quoted, referred to (Gardom) 2934 (Howard) 2929
Aboriginal rights (Gardom) 2922 (Howard) 2929, 2931 (Macdonald) 90 (Passarell) 49, 2926 (Wallace) 2932
Aboriginal rights, application of (Gardom) 2922 (Davis) 2927
Aboriginal rights, legislative committee on, proposal for (Gardom) 2934 (Passarell) 2926
Aboriginal title (Passarell) 2995
Alcohol-related problems (Wallace) 2313
Attachie tree-farm licence (Strachan) 956
Constitution Act, amendments to (Fraser, R.) 12 (Gardom) 2922-3 (Throne speech) 7
Constitution, native rights (Passarell) 48
Constitution, special treatment of Indians (Davis) 2927-8
Cutoff lands, negotiations on (Smith) 3019
Equality for (Hewitt) 2931
Government's record in dealings with (Howard) 2929-30 (Lockstead) 2933 (Passarell) 2925
Government's record re assistance to (Gardom) 2934-5
Indian Act (Gardom) 2923, 2934 (Howard) 2930 (Passarell) 2926
Indian Affairs and Northern Development department paper (Davis) 2928 (Howard) 2928
Land claims (Davis) 2927-8 (Gardom) 2922, 2934-5 (Howard) 2929, 2931 (Passarell) 2893 (Smith) 2893 (Waterland) 93-4
Living conditions, improvements in (Gardom) 2933 (Lockstead) 2932
Meeting, March 1983, with Prime Minister, Premiers (Gardom) 2921-2
Meetings, future meetings, provision for (Gardom) 2922, 2923-4 (Lockstead) 2933 (Wallace) 2932
Meetings with (Gardom) 3170
Native courtworker program (Brown) 3020
Native courtworkers, funding for (Brown) Q. 2612, Q. 2613 (Smith) A. 2612, A. 2613
Negotiations with (Passarell) 2994 (Smith) 2995
Rights of, meetings re (Smith) 2995
Self-government, federal report on (Lockstead) 3170
Sustenance permit policy, revision of (Gardom) 2935
Vote, right to (Howard) 2930
See also names of bands, e.g. Nishga Indian band
Individual Opportunity Plan
Appropriation, increase in (McCarthy) 2912
Employees, dismissal of (Barnes) Q. 288
Clients (McCarthy) 2912
Success of (McCarthy) 129, 2912
Industrial arbitration
See: Arbitration, Industrial
Industrial Bank of Japan
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2948
Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2909
Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act
Mentioned: (Howard) 2567 (Stupich) 2216, 2217
Industrial democracy
See: Employees' representation in management
Industrial Development Amendment Act, 1983
(Bill M202) (Howard) I R, 133; 2R, 1047; out of order 1048
Speakers: Gardom 1047; Howard 1048
Industrial parks
Farmland, use of (Hanson) 1084
Industrial relations
See: Labour relations
Industrial Relations Management Association
Seminar, government representation at (Barrett) 2220
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2199 (Gabelmann) 2233 (Lockstead) 2195
Industrial research
See: Research, Industrial
Industrial Revolution
Problems as result of (Lea) 1006
Industrial safety
Accidents, number of (Gabelmann) 3133
Occupational health and safety standards (Hanson) 2207 (Lea) 1915
Penalties for unsafe workplace (McClelland) 3136
Industrial Workers of the World
Mentioned: (Howard) 1893
Industry
Future developments (Nicolson) 3177-8
Government services to (D’Arcy) 2504
High-technology industry and employment standards (Nicolson) 1897, 1898
High-technology industry, future of (Rose) 2028
High-technology industry, problems (Nicolson) 2011 (Rose) 1369, 2028
Microchip industry, wage levels, competitiveness (Lea) 1912-3
Third World, industry in (Nicolson) 3177-8
See also: British Columbia — Industries
Industry and Small Business Development, Ministry of
Speakers: D'Arcy 2845, 2846, 2847; Davis 2841-2; Howard 2842-3, 2844-5, 2847; Lea 2831-4; Lockstead 2840; Phillips 2828-31, 2834-5, 2840, 2841, 2842, 2843-4, 2845, 2846, 2847; Skelly 2840-1, 2841
Minister's salary, reduction in by $1; M. (Lea) 2834, negatived 2835
Infant development program
Funds for, reduction in (Brown) 35
Mentioned: (Brown) 36
Infants
Infant development program. See name of program
Infectious diseases
See: Communicable diseases
Inflation (Finance)
Control of (Macdonald) 1777
Effects of (Nielsen) 26
Interest rates, effect of on rate (Lea) 205
Level of, forecast re (Stupich) 1931, 1933
Problem of (Bennett) 1194 (Davis) 67-8 (Veitch) 1937
Rate, decline in (Brummet) 1969 (Davis) 925 (Nielsen) 29 (Veitch) 1938
Rate in B.C. (Barrett) 2299 (Dailly) 22 (D’Arcy) 2303 (Fraser, R.) 13 (Hanson) 2424 (Lauk) 2387 (Michael) 15 (Stupich) 2097 (Throne speech) 3 (Waterland) 94
Tax increases, effect of on rate (Wallace) 970
Unemployment, effect of on rate (Sanford) 138
Wage controls, effect of on rate (Dailly) 22, 25 (Macdonald) 2047-8 (Sanford) 138 (Wallace) 1966
Inheritance and succession
Estate Administration Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Estates, intestate estates, number of (Ree) 1048 (Wallace) 1049
Estates, surviving spouse's share (Brown) 1257-8 (Cocke) 1050, 1257, 1258 (Ree) 1048, 1257, 1258 (Smith) 1050
Inheritance and transfer tax
Inheritances, gifts, taxation of (Rose) 580
Succession duties, abolition of (Barrett) 2058, 2059, 2060, 2062 (Macdonald) 923, 2181 (Michael) 2063
Succession duties and federal capital gains tax (Michael) 2063
Succession duties, establishment of (Barrett) 2060
Succession duties, reinstitution of (Barrett) 2062
Injuries, Personal
See: Personal injuries
Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1805, 1987 (Howard) 529
Inquiry Act
Quoted (Stupich) 2218
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2217
Institute for Research on Public Policy
Public Evaluation of Government Spending mentioned (Skelly) 1722
Institute of Chartered Accountants
Mentioned: (Deputy Speaker) 1081 (Veitch) 1080
Institute of Technology Amendment Act, 1983
(Bill 19) (Minister of Education) 1R, 170; 2R, 2267-9, 2274-6; C, 2319-30; 3R, 2330; RA, 2938
Speakers: Brown 2324-5, 2325, 2328, 2329; Cocke 2274-5, 2322, 2324; Dailly 2268-9; Heinrich 2267-8, 2275-6, 2321-2, 2322-3, 2325, 2325-6, 2328, 2329, 2329-30; Mitchell 2322; Nicolson 2325, 2326; Rose 2319-21, 2323, 2324, 2326-8, 2329; Smith 2323-4
Amdts: Sec. 2 (4) (Rose) 2320, negatived 2322; sec. 2 (5) (Rose) 2321, out of order 2321; sec. 2 (6) (Rose) 2321, negatived 2322; sec. 3 (Rose) 2327, out of order 2327
Divisions: 2R, 2276; C, 2326 Act, precedence of (Heinrich) 2267
Administration of institution, centralization of (Cocke) 2274, 2275, 2322 (Dailly) 2269 (Heinrich) 2323 (Rose) 2323
Administration of institution, task force recommendation re (Dailly) 2268
Autonomy of institution (Heinrich) 2267
Board of governors, appointments to (Brown) 2325 (Cocke) 2322, 2324 (Dailly) 2269 (Heinrich) 2267, 2321, 2322, 2325 (Mitchell) 2322 (Rose) 2320-1, 2323 (Smith) 2323
Board of governors, honoraria (Heinrich) 2268, 2322, 2325
Board of governors, number of members (Brown) 2324, 2325 (Cocke) 2274, 2275, 2324 (Heinrich) 2268, 2276, 2323, 2325 (Nicolson) 2325, 2326 (Rose) 2319
Board of governors, purpose of (Heinrich) 2321 (Rose) 2320
Board of governors, representation on (Brown) 2324 (Cocke) 2275, 2324 (Heinrich) 2267, 2276, 2323 (Rose) 2319
Board of governors, term of appointment to (Brown) 2324 (Heinrich) 2321 (Rose) 2320, 2321, 2324 (Smith) 2323-4
Committees, number of (Heinrich) 2325
Courses, cancellation of (Heinrich) 2328 (Rose) 2327, 2328
Courses, duplication of (Brown) 2328, 2329 (Heinrich) 2267, 2328 (Rose) 2329
Courses, minister's powers re (Brown) 2328 (Rose) 2326
Directives issued, disclosure of (Rose) 2327, 2328
Directives, policy, powers re (Heinrich) 2267
Expansion of institution (Heinrich) 2267
Programs, changes in (Heinrich) 2267
Psychiatric nursing program, relocation of (Heinrich) 2267, 2329
Retroactivity of act (Cocke) 2275 (Rose) 2327
Role of institution (Heinrich) 2267
Insurance, Automobile
Adequate Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance, An Act to Provide for. See name of act
Claims, lump-sum payments (Barnes) 2173-4
Claims, shortfall in (Barnes) 2173
Owners, responsibility of (Barnes) 2174
Public liability insurance (Fraser, R.) 218
See also: Insurance Corp. of B.C.
Insurance, Hospitalization
Campaign for hospital insurance (Mitchell) 339
Insurance, Life
Premium income, investment of in B.C. (Cocke) 99
Insurance, Pharmaceutical services
Pharmacare recipients, information re (Barnes) Q. 595 (McCarthy) A. 595
Pharmacare payments to pharmacists (Barnes) Q. 595 (McCarthy) A. 595
Pharmacare program (Blencoe) 126 (Johnston) 965 (McCarthy) 1161 (Passarell) 944 (Stupich) 64
Insurance, Social
Social security, introduction of in U.S. (Rose) 2161
Insurance Act
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 2877
Insurance Bureau of Canada
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848
Insurance companies
Defaulting companies, compensation fund for (Hewitt) 2877 (Mitchell) 2877
Defaulting companies, warning system for (Hewitt) 2877
Insurance Corporation Act
Financial Information Act, placing of act under (Skelly) 1051
Insurance Corp. of B.C.
Accounts receivable (Curtis) 792
Adequate Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance, An Act to Provide for. See name of act
Adjusters, role of (Lauk) 2858, 2859
Autobody shop, sale of to private sector (Dailly) 24
Automobile accident compensation committee, report (Hewitt) 2873
Claims, arbitration system for, proposal for (Lauk) 2859-60
Claims, awards for income loss (Hewitt) 2860 (Lauk) 2857-8, 2859
Claims, awards for injuries, property damage (Lauk) 2858
Claims, benefits paid (Ree) 2872
Claims, death benefits, determination of (Lauk) 2860
Claims, exceptions and restrictions on (Lauk) 2858-9
Claims, figure-skater's case cited (Lauk) 2859
Claims, lawyers' contingency fees (Cocke) 2873 (Hewitt) 2860 (Lauk) 2857 (Ree) 2872
Claims, medical examination of claimants (Lauk) 2859
Claims, no-fault scheme for (Cocke) 2873 (Hewitt) 2873-4 (Lauk) 2857-60 (Ree) 2872
Claims, payments, form of (Barnes) 2173-4 (Hewitt) 2860 (Lauk) 2859
Claims, shortfall in, funding of (Barnes) 2173
Claims, settlements, level of (Lauk) 2861
Claims, under $10, 000, proposal re (Lauk) 2857, 2859
Committee on Crown Corporations, report (Hewitt) 2860 (Kempf) 2875 (Lauk) 2857-60 (Ree) 2872
Committee reviewing operations of (Cocke) Q. 1257, Q. 3089 (Hewitt) A. 3089 (Macdonald) Q. 1220, Q. 1977, Q. 2169 (Hewitt) A. 1220, A. 1251, 1439, A. 2169
Economy, benefits of corporation to (Cocke) 2873
Employees, number of, reduction in (Nicolson) 398
Employees, productivity of (D’Arcy) 1986
Establishment of (Stupich) 64
Financial Information Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
General insurance, coverage for area outside lower mainland (Cocke) 2874 (Gardom) 2874-5 (Hewitt) 2876
General insurance field, withdrawal from (Cocke) 2873 (Hewitt) 2874
General insurance operation (Cocke) 98, 2874 (Hewitt) 2874
General insurance operation, privatization of (Hewitt) 2874, 2876
Goldfarb opinion poll re (Cocke) Q. 3089
Inspection stations, closing of, report on (Fraser, A.) A. 2837 (Hewitt) A. 2838 (Lea) Q. 2837, Q. 2838
Liability insurance, minimum coverage (Barnes) 2172 (Hewitt) 2174
Motor vehicle accidents, increase in, projections re (Fraser, A.) 2827 (Lea) 2825-6
Motor vehicle accidents, owner's responsibility (Barnes) 2174
Motor vehicle inspection branch, abolition of, report on (Cocke) Q. 3190 (Fraser, A.) 3190
Payments over $500, list of (Skelly) 1051
Premiums, level of (Schroeder) 240
Privatization of (Cocke) 99, Q. 3089 (Davis) 68 (Fraser, R.) 218 (Hewitt) A. 1257, A. 3089 (Howard) Q. 1256, Q. 1257 (Johnston) 60 (Lauk) 2860 (Lockstead) 83 (Macdonald) Q. 1439, Q. 1977
Rates (Macdonald) Q. 1439, Q. 1977 (Mitchell) 2780
Taxi companies, Victoria, compliance with regulations (Passarell) 2776
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2172, 2173 (Brown) 3122 (Campbell) 101 (Cocke) 384, 738, 1208 (Dailly) 2782 (D’Arcy) 421, 1718, 1989 (Fraser, A.) 3107 (Gabelmann) 985 (Hanson) 1639 (Hewitt) 2847, 2849, 2854, 2855 (Macdonald) 2118 (Mowat) 58 (Nielsen) 2308, 3091 (Passarell) 3105 (Phillips) 740 (Reynolds) 155, 186 (Rose) 3129 (Sanford) 136 (Skelly) 1719 (Smith) 3010 (Strachan) 1282 (Stupich) 327
Insurance Premium Tax Act
Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Interest Act (Canada)
Changes in re mortgages (Blencoe) Q. 2838 (Hewitt) A. 2838
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2871
Interest and usury
Banks, rate on deposits and prime rate (Stupich) Q. 81 (Hewitt) A. 81
Interest rate, high rate, effects of (Bennett) 1194 (Howard) 1940
Interest rate, high rate, government support for (Howard) 936, 937, 1940 (Lauk) 151 (Lea) 205, 756 (Mitchell) 339 (Sanford) 1993
Interest rate, increase in (Curtis) 161
Interest rates (Bennett) 1194, 3207 (Davis) 68
Mortgage interest rates. See entries under Mortgages
Intergovernmental Relations, Ministry of
Estimates 3166-70
Speakers: Cocke 3169, 3170; Gardom 3166-8, 3169, 3169-70, 3170; Howard 3168-9; Lockstead 3170
“Aboriginal issues: Overview paper. A negotiating strategy for the section 37 conference” quoted, referred to (Gardom) 2934 (Howard) 2929
Abolition of, proposal for (Dailly) 235
Annual report (Cocke) 3169, 3170 (Gardom) 3169-70
Function of (Howard) 3169
Opposition critic for (Macdonald) 88
Staff, reduction in (Gardom) 3166
Value of ministry (Howard) 3168
Interior Lumber Manufacturers' Association
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3030
Interior Provincial Exhibition, Armstrong, B.C.
Mentioned: (Michael) 14
Intermediate care
See: Nursing homes
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America
Automobile inspection by members, proposal for (Sanford) 1317
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 284 (McClelland) 2595 (Michael) 775, 2021
International Bureau of Expositions
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 208
International Conference Services Ltd.
Auditor-general's report, identification of agency in (Cocke) Q. 428 (Richmond) A. 428
Funds, allegation re (Cocke) Q. 429
International Labour Organization
Agreement quoted (Lockstead) 432, 433
Censure motion by (Hanson) 1661
Conventions re workers' rights (Hanson) Q. 252
International agreement, infringement of (Lockstead) 432-3
Joint Committee on the Public Service, recommendations (Hanson) 1666
Operation Solidarity appeal to (Waterland) 2008
Recommendations (Wallace) 2455-6
Regulations re dismissal of employees (Hanson) 1663, 1664, 1666, 1672 (McClelland) 1663
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 373, 2441 (Hanson) 1675 (Nicolson) 351 (Rose) 3193
International Monetary Fund
Mentioned: (Chabot) 1783 (Gardom) 3167 (Lauk) 386
International Submarine Engineering Ltd.
Export award (Phillips) 2828
International Trade Week
Mentioned: (Phillips) 2828
International Typographical Union
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2525
International Woodworkers of America
Collective agreements and layoff (Stupich) 459-60
Master agreement, quoted, referred to (Stupich) 2483-4, 2485
Newfoundland, legislation re union (Gabelmann) 375
Powers of (Lauk) 2188
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2143 (Barrett) 2221 (Brummet) 2333 (Cocke) 2042, 2461 (Curtis) 2094, 2954 (Gabelmann) 2442, 2659 (Gardom) 459 (Hanson) 1656, 1694 (Heinrich) 284 (Johnston) 2078 (Lea) 2025 (Macdonald) 88, 439, 441, 1774, 1777, 2661 (Mitchell) 339, 2020, 2078 (Nicolson) 2202 (Phillips) 109, 789, 2333, 2461 (Ree) 2025 (Rose) 789 (Skelly) 2241, 2445 (Stupich) 1760, 2484 (Veitch) 1037, 1936, 1938 (Waterland) 3032
International Year of Disabled Persons
Programs (Mowat) 52
Report (Gabelmann) 2121-2 (Mowat) 52
Mentioned: (Brummet) 2898 (Skelly) 445
Interpretation Act
Mentioned: (Chabot) 2723 (Curtis) 2754, 2755 (Howard) 2755 (Lauk) 1430 (Macdonald) 1592 (Smith) 2815
Intestacy
See: Inheritance and succession
Investment of public funds
Temporary investments, information re (Stupich) Q. 532 (Curtis) A. 532
Vancouver Stock Exchange, investment of trusteed funds (D’Arcy) 2853, 2856 (Hewitt) 2855
Investments
Capital investments, 1983, forecast re (Blencoe) 1201
Forecasts of, comparisons with Manitoba (Stupich) 62
Foreign investment in B.C., control of (Cocke) 2332
Investment in B.C. (Campbell) 100 (Curtis) 1205 (Dailly) 2210-1 (D’Arcy) 1716 (Lea) 1913 (Phillips) 111, 2829 (Ree) 1025 (Reid) 39 (Rose) 952, 1604-5 (Schroeder) 240
Investment in private sector, incentives for (Lea) 377
Investment, need for (Lea) 204
Investor confidence in B.C. (Blencoe) 2972 (Curtis) 2972
Investor confidence in B.C. and labour relations (Gabelmann) 3132
Job-producing companies, investment in (Mitchell) 1033
Profits, investment of in B.C. (Nicolson) 2149
Taxation in B.C. and capital investments (Waterland) 992
Ipsco
Mentioned: (Rose) 3075
Iron Mountain Golf and Country Club, Dewdney, B.C.
Completion of (Pelton) 32
Isaiah
Quoted, mentioned (Macdonald) 2181, 2183 (Rose) 349
Iskut Indian band
Mentioned: (Passarell) 2927
Island Highway
See: Highway 19
Islands Trust
Appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year (Blencoe) 2896 (Ritchie) 2896
Meeting with (Ritchie) 2804
Planning powers, change in (Blencoe) 2803, 2804 (Brown) 2803, 2804
Protection Island, jurisdiction over (Ritchie) 2805 (Stupich) 2805
Regulations relating to, publication of (Brown) 1341
Mentioned: (Brown) 2821 (Cocke) 522 (Lockstead) 547 (Ritchie) 2263 (Sanford) 1223, 1227, 2262 (Stupich) 64
Islands Trust Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Sections awaiting proclamation (Brown) 1343
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2804
Italy
Democratic socialism (Macdonald) 923
Public servants, dismissal of in 1925 (Blencoe) 418 (D’Arcy) 423
Ivany, J. W. George
Quoted (Rose) 457
Mentioned: (Rose) 456