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
LIFT progam
See: Low Interest Funding Today program
Labatt Breweries of B.C. Ltd.
Victoria brewery, closing of (Hanson) 989
Labour, Ministry of
Estimates 3130-8
Speakers: Gabelmann 3131-5, 3137; McClelland 3130-1, 3135-7, 3137, 3138; Stupich 3137-8
Human rights officers, ad re relocation of (Gabelmann) 3135 (McClelland) 3135
Women's programs (McClelland) 3131
Labour and labouring classes
Employment standards, administrative procedures (McClelland) 1886
Labour Code of B.C.
Amendments to, advisory committee on (McClelland) 3135
Changes to (Gabelmann) 3131-2 (Rose) 952, 953 (Waterland) 992-3, 998, 1000
Collective agreements, negotiation of (Gabelmann) 2226
Commended (Cocke) 98
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, and Code (Wallace) 2742
Public service employees, application to (Dailly) 2642 (D’Arcy) 2505 (Gabelmann) 2441, 2657, 2663 (Hanson) 2497
Public service employees, exemption of (Blencoe) 313 (Stupich) 1760, 1761
Review of (Reid) 40
Quoted (Wallace) 2742
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2001 (Barrett) 835, 2222 (Brown) 302, 2645 (Cocke) 383 (Dailly) 2211, 2212 (D’Arcy) 1987, 2237, 2559, 2664 (Gabelmann) 373, 1765, 2228, 2232, 2233 (Hanson) 1640, 1655, 1669, 1670, 1673, 2494, 2497, 2499, 2501, 2626, 2665 (Hon. member) 2199 (Lockstead) 82, 363, 2196 (McClelland) 1886 (Macdonald) 1724, 1775, 1776, 1777, 2048, 2245 (Michael) 16 (Mitchell) 2665 (Passarell) 1713, 2565 (Reynolds) 1944 (Rose) 2651 (Sanford) 139, 1889, 1890, 2450 (Skelly) 1721, 1982 (Stupich) 1014, 1760 (Wallace) 2454, 2743
Labour Code of Canada
Job security, provision re (Macdonald) 441
Quoted (Nicolson) 1757
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1669, 1685, 1686
Labour Commission Act
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1897
Labour disputes
Courts, recourse to (Skelly) 2242
See also: Strikes and lockouts
Labour laws and legislation
Anti-labour legislation (Lockstead) 244
Briefs received, number of (McClelland) 2253
Employment standards, history of (Howard) 1892
Labour standards act, proposed repeal of (Michael) 16
Proposed legislation (Sanford) 139, 1887, 1890 (Waterland) 92
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 923 (Mitchell) 1741 (Ritchie) 1732
Labour productivity
Application of, restriction of to labour (Lauk) 222
Conservative policy on (Lauk) 153
Decrease in (Skelly) 30
Increase in (Michael) 15 (Parks) 1003 (Ritchie) 48
Labour Progressive Party
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 440
Labour relations
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, effect of (Lauk) 2004, 2071, 2077 (Sanford) 2742
Economy, effect of on labour relations (McClelland) 3131
Employees, employers, rights of (Reid) 40
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, effect of (Cocke) 2199 (Mitchell) 1900 (Sanford) 1887, 1888, 1889 (Wallace) 2246
Improvement in (Stupich) 1014 (Throne speech) 16 (Waterland) 992-3, 998, 1000
Investor confidence and labour relations (Gabelmann) 3132
Japan, workforce, benefits granted to (Rose) 950-1
Labour Code of B.C., changes to (Waterland) 992-3, 998, 1000
Labour-management relations in B.C. (Blencoe) 2250, 2456-7 (Dailly) 1956, 2211 (Lea) 1913, 2466 (McClelland) 66, 2253 (Wallace) 1967-8
Labour relations system, changes in (Stupich) 61-2
Lawyers, cost of in labour relations system (McClelland) 66
Legislation, 1983 session, effect of (Gabelmann) 987 (Lauk) 1434 (Wallace) 970
Legislation, proposal for (Cocke) 98 (Waterland) 92
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of (Barrett) 831 (Blencoe) 420 (D’Arcy) 2669 (Passarell) 2669 (Rose) 458 (Sanford) 282 (Stupich) 1762
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, effect of (Blencoe) 2456 (Sanford) 2458 (Wallace) 2454
Labour Relations Act
Changes in (Campbell) 101
Labour Relations Board
Abolition of (Barrett) 260 (Hanson) 1664 (Sanford) 498
Appointments to (McClelland) 3131
Board of 1947 referred to (Stupich) 2216, 2217
Nurses, appointment procedure, ruling on (Chabot) 2438
Public representation on (Mitchell) 16
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2252, 2459, 2695 (Chabot) 2438, 2695 (Cocke) 383 (D’Arcy) 2505, 2562, 2664 (Hanson) 1639, 1662, 1663, 1672, 1674, 1675, 1681, 1684, 1695, 2625 (McClelland) 11, 1360, 1886 (Nielsen) 2212 (Parks) 1360 (Reid) 40 (Rose) 1604 (Stupich) 61, 64, 2485 (Waterland) 993
Labour Research Bulletin
Mentioned: (Veitch) 1938
Labour Standards Board
Mentioned: (Skelly) 2240, 2241
Labour supply
Effect of new technology on (Mitchell) 899
Unemployed, training of (Lea) 2951
See also: Skilled labour
Ladbroke Group
Mentioned: (Skelly) 606
Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle, Ladysmith, B.C.
Laissez-faire
Democracy and laissez-faire capitalism (Lea) 1006
Free enterprise system (Pelton) 942-3
Free enterprise system, NDP policy on (Stupich) 179
Laity, Norah
Mentioned: (Barnes) 106
Lake Cowichan School District
See: School District 66
Laker, Cam
Mentioned: (Lauk) 777
Lakeside Regional Correctional Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Food services (Brown) 3000 (Smith) 3000
Inmates' letter quoted (Brown) 409
Nursing service (Brown) 3000, 3001 (Smith) 3000, 3000-1
Mentioned: (Brown) 35, 2999 (Macdonald) 91
Laloge, Marcel
Mentioned: (Kempf) 2341
Lalonde, Marc
Mentioned: (Curtis) 2955 (McClelland) 3137 (Stupich) 1933, 2947
LaMarsh, Judy
Quoted (Lea) 1334
Lamb, Charles
Quoted (Gabelmann) 798
Lamoureux, Lucien
Mentioned: (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 273
Lampert, Gerry
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3057
Land
Absentee ownership (Macdonald) 90
Agricultural Land Commission. See name of commission
Agricultural land, importance of (Cocke) 97
Agricultural land reserve. See entries under name
Farmland, absentee landlords (Skelly) 557-8
Farmland, assessment of (Cocke) 1248, 1249, 1250
Farmland, loss of (Dailly) 525 (Lockstead) 1323-4 (Sanford) 502 (Stupich) 1229
Farmland, loss of in Canada (Brown) 1272-3 (Passarell) 1850, 1851 (Sanford) 1223
Farmland, preservation of (Dailly) 237 (Sanford) 1099, 3096 (Skelly) 555, 557-8, 1810-1 (Stupich) 335-6, 1231
Farmland, price of (Stupich) 1090
Farmland, Quebec, preservation of (Stupich) 1231
Farmland, shortage of in B.C. (Lea) 705
Farmland, Social Credit Party policy on (Dailly) 1092-3, 1094, 1095, 1096 (Hanson) 1083-4 (Lea) 704-5, 706, 706-7, 707 (Stupich) 1091
Farmland, taxation of (Sanford) 1277-8
Farmland, undeveloped farmland (Sanford) 1101
Farmland, use of for industry (Hanson) 1084
Fraser Valley, geological history of (Hanson) 1084
Fraser Valley land, zoning of (Wallace) 44
Land use, cabinet's powers over (Stupich) 1844
Land use, conflicts re (Schroeder) 3098
Land use, hearings on changes in (Blencoe) 488 (Ritchie) 493, 496
Land use, impact of property tax on (Blencoe) 1112
Land use, legislation and procedures (Pelton) 32-3
Land use, municipalities' role in (Blencoe) 481-2 (Ritchie) 473
Land use, regulations re changes in (Blencoe) 474, 487, 488, 489 (Mitchell) 527 (Ritchie) 473
Transportation and Highways minister's powers re (Lea) 1825
Zoning of, upzoning, profits on (Skelly) 1810
See also: Agricultural land reserve
Land Act
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2415 (Sanford) 501
Land Use Act (proposed)
Municipal cooperation, provision for (Blencoe) 482
Regional planning, provision for (Lockstead) 547
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 474, 477, 478, 480, 483, 488 (Howard) 1239 (Kempf) 504 (Lauk) 1821 (Macdonald) 541 (Passarell) 1854 (Pelton) 938 (Ritchie) 473 (Stupich) 1840
Landlord and tenant
Disputes (Blencoe) 2883 (Hewitt) 2882, 2883
Disputes, recourse to courts in (Blencoe) 2881 (Hanson) 991 (Macdonald) 922 (Mitchell) 1033
Eviction notices (Blencoe) Q. 727 (Michael) 919
Eviction without cause (Blencoe) 1202, Q. 1255 (Hanson) 991
Landlords' rights (Hewitt) 2882-3
Tenant Listing Service. See entries under name of company
Tenants' problems, settlement of by MLAs (Dailly) 435
Tenants' rights, government policy on (Blencoe) 2882
See also: Rent control; Rentalsman
Lands division
Courtenay offices, closing of (Sanford) 451, 1992
Nanaimo office, closing of (Sanford) 451
Personnel, relocation costs (Sanford) 451
Lands, Parks and Housing, Ministry of
Estimates 2897-2906
Speakers: Blencoe 2904-5, 2905; Brummet 2897-8, 2902-3, 2904, 2905; Mitchell 2898-2902, 2903
Housing, appropriation for, reduction in (Dailly) 235
Minister's office, appropriation, increase in (Brummet) 2902 (Mitchell) 2901
Minister's salary, reduction in by $1, M. (Mitchell) 2902, negatived 2903
Regional offices, elimination of (Curtis) 164
Staff commended (Brummet) 2898
Lane, William
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 155
Lang, David
Tribute to (Nicolson) 73
Langara College, Vancouver, B.C.
Langford, B.C.
Shopping mall (Mitchell) 1232, 1234
Station Road property, assessment of (Curtis) 2961 (Mitchell) 2960-1
Langley School District
See: School District 35
Lanskail, Donald A.
Quoted (Fraser, R.) 217
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 539 (Nicolson) 2201 (Rose) 514
Lapinsky, Helen
Quoted (Stupich) 2287
Lasser, Charles
Mentioned: (Kempf) 2341
Latremouille, Fred
Government advertising, employment for (Barrett) Q. 1301
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1039 (D’Arcy) 965 (Hanson) 959 (Lea) 1539 (Reynolds) 305 (Rose) 456
Lau, Alan
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2117
Laudadio, Leonard
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2954
Lauk, Gary V. (Vancouver Centre)
Address in reply 149-54
America's Cup yacht race, success of Australia 11 1934
Bankruptcies, increase in 2387
Banks, losses 2857
Barnes, E.O., daughter's car accident referred to 2861
Baseball, major-league franchise for Vancouver 150
Bennett, W.R., attendance in chamber 572
Bonds, B.C. bonds, credit rating of 1000
B.C. Development Corp., board of directors 735, 736, 738
B.C. Development Corp., criticism of 734, 735, 736, 738
B.C. Government Employees' Union, confrontation with 2004, 2005
B.C. Harbours Board, abolition of 734, 737
B.C. Harbours Board assets, transfer of 734, 737
B.C. Harbours Board, establishment of 736
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, transfer of 734, 736, 737
B.C. Harbours Board staff, tribute to 734, 736, 737
B.C. Harbours Board, work of 735
B.C. Hydro, power export, Q. 769
B.C. Place, commercial development 152
B.C. Place, exemption from zoning laws 863
B.C. Place, expropriation powers 863
B.C. Place, housing 152, 317, Q. 2434, Q. 2435
B.C. Place, office space 1000
B.C. Place, planners 317, 1820
B.C. Place, planning for 1820
B.C. Place Stadium, support for 150
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, costs, Q. 792
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of, Q. 792, 2005, Q. 2967
B.C. Place, use of site 864, 866
B.C. Railway, Dease Lake extension 736
B.C. Railway, debt 737
B.C. Timber Ltd., losses 1435
Bureaucracy, control over 2004, 2005
Budget, 1983 budget, reaction to 1002
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1435
Canadian Pacific Railway, criticisms of 777-8
Canadian Pacific Railway, grain shipments, loss on 778, 779
Canadian Pacific Railway, land grants to 778
Capital, productivity of 153
Coal, northeast, benefits to Alberta 152
Coal, northeast, capital-intensive aspects 1512
Coal, northeast, subsidization of 1000
Collective agreements, employment standards 2187, 2188
Collective agreements, precedence of over statutes 2189
Collective bargaining, statement re 2255, 2255-6 (McClelland) 2254
College and Institute Amendment Act (1983) 1427, 1428-9, 1429-30
Colleges, auditing of operations of 1427, 1428, 1430
Cominco Ltd., assets 778
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2004-7, 2071-4, 2077, 2747, 2749
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, drafting of 2749
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 2004, 2071, 2077
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2073
Conmac Stages Ltd., Mount Washington accident 3069-70, 3071
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 2856-60
Consumer protection legislation 386
Correspondence school courses, restriction on 1575
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, change in 777-81
Curriculum, core curriculum 1178
Curriculum, use of for partisan political purposes 1176
Dachau war memorial, visit to 221
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 863
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 1820
Dawn Development Corp., transactions, disclosure of 1821
Debt, borrowing for operating costs 1000
Depression and economic recovery in the 1930s 1433
Dome Petroleum Ltd., Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce loans to 153
Economic system and socialism 154
Economists, reliability of 385
Economy of B.C. 153, 388, 389, 1000, 1001
Economy of B.C., 1979 predictions re 153-4 (Mitchell) 2019
Economy, public and private sectors, P .L. McGeer's remarks re 318-9
Education costs, increase in under Education (Interim)
Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1177
Education, Deputy Minister of, powers of 1574 136
Lauk, Gary V. (Vancouver Centre)
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1174-9, 1571-5
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1572
Education minister, powers of 1176, 1177, 1179, 1427
Education, post-secondary, federal contribution to 1176-7
Education, summer school for children, elimination of 1574, 1575
Education system, Canadian, history of 1174-5
Education system, centralization of 1176, 1177, 1178-9, 1573
Education system, decentralization of 1176
Education system, expenditures per pupil 1572
Education system, goals of 1573, 1574
Electoral districts, changes in 1000
Employment, NDP policy on 153
Employment Standards Act, amendments to 2186
Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2186-90
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, effects of 2187, 2190
Employment Standards Board, jurisdiction of 2188
Engineers, status of 219
Estate Administration Amendment Act (1983) 1048-9
Estate Administration Amendment Act, 1983, revenue to Crown 1048-9
Expenditures, reduction in, NDP proposals for 222-3, 1435, 2077
Expenditures, restraint on 1000-1, 2006
Expenditures, restraint on, advertising campaign re 2005
Exports, Pacific Rim markets 152
Family court and family service workers 388
Farming background, grandfather's farm 780
Fees, government, increase in 151
Finance ministry, estimates 2975
Fiscal policy, examination of 2388
Fording Coal Ltd., assets 778
Fording Coal Ltd., profits 777
Fraser Institute, criticism of megaprojects 1001
Fraser Institute criticized 220
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2573
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act, 1983, Jack Davis' opposition to 2573
Government advertising, expenditures on 2004-5
Government, electoral system and democracy 150-1
Government funds, use of, capital-intensive projects 152
Government funds, use of, incentives to private sector 152
Govier, George, natural gas report, Q. 366, 1397
Greater Vancouver Regional District, 1971 livability investigation 862-3
Greater Vancouver Regional District, transit planning 864
Harbour Board Repeal Act 733-8
Harbour Board Repeal Act, withdrawal of 738
Health Act regulations, publication of 859-60, 860, 861
Health care system, cost of 2073
Health care system, employees' wages 2072
Health care, user fees, increase in 221, 320
Health ministry, estimates 3069-70, 3070-1
High-technology industry 222
Housing and employment development bonds, investment in 1435
Houston, Texas, planning 1817-8
Human Resources ministry employees, use of term “bonkers” in reference to, Q. 1359
Human rights, importance of 221-2
Human rights, policy on and restraint 220
Human rights, protection of 319
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 1432-6
Income tax credits, abolition of 1433
Income tax credits; benefits of 1435
Inflation rate in B.C. 2387
Insurance Corp. of B.C. adjusters, role of 2858, 2859
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, actions re 2858-9
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, arbitration system for 2859-60
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, awards 2857-8, 2859
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, death benefits 2860
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, lawyers' contingency fees 2857
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, no-fault scheme for 2857-60
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, payment of 2857, 2859
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, settlements 2861
Insurance Corp. of B.C., Committee on Crown Corporations report 2857-60
Insurance Corp. of B.C., purchase of by insurance company consortium 2860
Interest rate, high rate 151
International Woodworkers of America, powers of 2188
Japan, economy 1001
Job creation 1572
Judges, tenure 220
Labour movement, confrontation with, allegation re 2071, 2073
Legislation, 1983 session, basis for 2071
Legislation, 1983 session, effect of 1434
Legislation, 1983 session, protest against 1434
Legislation, 1983 session, support for 1572
Legislation, retroactivity of 857
Legislative process, removal of proclamation step 858
Legislature, adjournment of House until 8:30 p.m., motion to adjourn 1466-70
Legislature, committee work 1469
Legislature, divisions, procedure for 589, 590
Legislature, evening sitting of House 1467-70
Legislature, MLAs' conduct 1470
Legislature, question period 394, 509
MLAs, services for, cutbacks in 151
Marketing board system 153
McGeer, PL., as Minister of Education 1573
Manitoba, job creation fund 2006
Megaprojects, criticism of 1001
Ministers, absence of from House 1207
Motor buses, safety of 3069, 3071
Motor vehicle inspection branch, abolition of 3069, 3070
Municipal Affairs minister, powers of 1821
Municipal Affairs ministry, centralization of power in 1817
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 861-7, 1817-21, 1823
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 866-7
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, meeting re 862
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, opposition to 861
Municipal services, provision of 1819
Natural gas, federal tax reduction, Q. 367
Natural gas industry, privatization of 1397
Natural gas, price to domestic users, Q. 366
New Democratic Party, philosophy of 152-3
“Nincompoop”, use of word in House 712
Nuclear disarmament, debate on resolution re 222
Okanagan communities, strip-development areas 1818
Opposition, role of 2004
Pacific National Exhibition contracts, renegotiation of 388
Pensioner, former CPR employee, case cited 1436
Pezim, Murray, debate on 154
Physicians, payments to 2072
Planning, government's planning decisions 1818
Ports, negotiations with federal government re 736, 737
Premier's office, expenditures 2004
Privilege — bills, practice followed in calling for bills 1067 (Speaker) 1067
Privilege — right to speak before use of closure 2632
Professors, tenure 220
Propane tanks, rental charges for, Q. 1061
Property, right to, motion re 780
Public Sector Restraint Act 316-21, 384-9, 395, 2627, 2628, 2631, 2633, 2677, 2679, 2685, 2686, 2688, 2689
Public Sector Restraint Act and Charter of Rights and Freedoms 318, 319
Public Sector Restraint Act, application of 2633
Public Sector Restraint Act, debate on 384-5
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of 388-9
Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 385, 387, 388, 389
Public Sector Restraint Act, patronage opportunities under act 387-8
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to 321, 385-6, 387, 388, 395
Public Sector Restraint Act, terms used in act 2627, 2633, 2677
Public service, collective bargaining in 2005, 2531-2
Public service employees, attacks on in House 319
Public service employees, compensation levels 2004, 2749
Public service employees, contracts of employment 2679
Public service employees, dismissal of 319, 320, 321, 387, 2685, 2686, 2688, 2689
Public service employees, dismissed employees, appeals by 320
Public service employees, morale 2072
Public service employees, negotiation with 2006, 2071
Public service employees, public opinion of 319
Public service employees, strike action by 2005
Public service employees, tenure 220
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2531
Public services, commission on, proposal for 388-9, 395
Railroads, expansion plans 778
Railroads, grain shipments, federal payment for loss on 779-80
Regional planning 1817-8
Regulations Act 856-62
Regulations, publication of 857, 858, 859, 860-1
Regulations, retroactivity of 857, 858
Rent control, abolition of 320, Q. 728
Rent control, effects of 154, 220, 2856-7
Rent control, Fraser Institute literature on 2856
Rent control, government policy on 220-1
Rent increases 220
Resource industries, royalty system for, Q. 1397
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 2387-8
Revenue, increase in 2388
Roman Catholic Church, bishops' statement 154
STOL airport, P .L. McGeer's proposal for 318
Sales tax, increase in 223
Sales tax; increase in, impact of 2386-7, 2388, 2389
School boards, members, political partisanship 1177
School District 57, approval steps for school showers 1175
School districts, budgets 1178
School districts, costs, variations in 1177
School facilities, use of 1575
School programs, locally developed programs 1574, 1575
School tax burden 1176
School tax on property, level of 1573
Schools, one-room schools, history of 1174-5
Social Credit Party election campaign 862
Social Credit Party election campaign, donations to, Q. 1397, Q. 1398
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2386-9
Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2386
Social welfare programs, abolition of 2073
Social welfare programs, funds for 221
Socialism, democratic socialist governments 1002
Socialist countries, debt level 2975
Speaker, motion of censure against, debate on 1568
Spending, incentives for 2388
Spending, level of in B.C. 2388
Stanley Park, development of, proposals for 864
Student counselling, elementary program, elimination of 1574
Taxation, increase in 151
Teachers, dismissal of 387
Teachers, tenure 220
Trade unions, percentage of workforce in 2186
Transportation system in Canada 779
Unemployment, increase in 151, 1433-4, 1572, 2388
Uniform Law Conference of Canada, recommendations 858
United States, spending priorities 1002
Vancouver, ALRT system, cost of 1818-9
Vancouver, ALRT system, expropriation for, Q. 1023
Vancouver, ALRT system, extensions 1819
Vancouver, area south of False Creek, development of 866
Vancouver, credit rating of city, increase in 1001
Vancouver Island, tunnel link to mainland, proposal for 318
Vancouver, transit, choice of system 864-5, 1818-9
Wages, non-payment of 2188-9
Walker, Michael, influence of on government policy 385
Western Grain Transportation Act, hearings on, NDP submission to 779-80
Western Grain Transportation Act, Progressive Conservative Party stand on 778
Wills, probate of 1049
Workers' Compensation Board regulations, coverage 860
Workers' Compensation Board regulations, coverage for mining sites 859
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid
Mentioned: (Lauk) 733 (Lea) 268 (McGeer) 3173 (Nicolson) 3174
Laurentide Finance Corp. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 2979
The Law Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Law student program (Blencoe) 3018 (Smith) 3018
Law Foundation of B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 1920 (Curtis) 164 (Smith) 1920, 2991
Law reform
Proposals for (Smith) 2997
Law Reform Commission of B.C.
See: British Columbia Law Reform Commission
Law Society of B.C.
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2172 (Fraser, R.) 219 (Hewitt) 2848 (Lauk) 2857 (Wallace) 969
Lawson, Ed
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 2021
Lawyers
Attorney-General ministry, use of private sector legal advice (Curtis) 164
Estates, fees for settlement of (Cocke) 1050 (Lea) 1049-50 (Ree) 1050
Fees (Barrett) 2220
Labour relations system, cost of lawyers in (McClelland) 66
Legal aid, volunteer work (Fraser, R.) 219
Training of, numbers in training (McClelland) 3136
Lea, Graham R. (Prince Rupert)
Address in reply 143-6
Agricultural Land Commission, Ladner meeting re 269
Alcohol and Drug Commission, abolition of 563, 567
Alcoholism, cost of 1334
Argentina, economic policies, P .L. McGeer's support for 565, 567
Banking industry, investigation into 145
Bankruptcies, increase in 2950
Bankruptcies, number of in B.C. 2834
Banks, taxation of 2950-1, Q. 3190
Beautiful British Columbia, B.C. Hydro services to 2964
Beautiful British Columbia, B.C. Systems Corp. services to 2964
Beautiful British Columbia, sales agreement 2964
Bills, amendments to 1149
Bonds, B.C. bonds, credit rating of, Q. 966, Q. 997, 2831, 2834
B.C. Development Corp. staff, job security 1746
B.C. Government Employees' Union members, redeployment of 2650
B.C. Harbours Board, abolition of 706, 708
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, development of 704-5
B. C. Harbours Board farmland, transfer of 704, 706, 707, 708, 709
B.C. Place Stadium, borrowing for 2157
B.C. Place Stadium commended 143-4, 205
B.C. Place Stadium, construction of 205
B.C. Railway, borrowing by, use of funds, Q. 1104
B.C. Systems Corp., building 2158
B.C. Systems Corp. employees, redeployment of 2649
Budget debate 186, 204-8, 1004-9
Budget, 1983 budget, basis of 1008
Budget, 1983 budget, effect of 204, 206
Cabinet, centralization of power in 1265, 1266, 1267-9
California, future food supply source 705
Canadian National Railways, expenditures planned for B.C. 756
Canadian National Railways, grain shipment losses, federal payment for 756
Canadian Pacific Railway, land grants to 756-7
Canadian Pacific Railway, losses 757
Canadian Pacific Railway, profits 757
Chiropractors, access to physicians' x-rays 2606
Citizenship, teaching of in school system 379, 1536
Civil rights, transfer of to courts 144, 145
Coal, northeast, contracts, Q. 2291
Coal, northeast, debt 205
Coal, northeast, investment in 2833
Coal, northeast, master agreement with coal companies, Q. 2291, 2834
Coal, northeast, price of, Q. 535, Q. 1060, Q. 1706, Q. 1707, Q. 2981
Coal, northeast, tonnage, Q. 535, Q. 1706, Q. 1707, 2833-4, Q. 2981
Coal production, B.C. Hydro report on, Q. 1706
Collective bargaining, delay in 1913
Community involvement program payments, abolition of 2756
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2022-6, 2754-5, 2755-6, 2756, 2757, 2758
Copper, competitiveness in world markets 207
Copper industry 2952
County system, proposal for 663, 1824, 1825, 2468
Crowsnest Pass grain freight rate, change in (Motion 2) 756-7
Cruise missile, testing of 756
Cyprus, forests, present state of 2833
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 2335, 2341
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, representations re 2417
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 378
Democracy and laissez-faire capitalism 1006
Deputy ministers, reporting by to Premier 1268, 1538
Discrimination in rental accommodation, case cited 270-1
Economic recovery 186, 204, 205, 205-6, 376-7, 380, 564, 566, 567, 1006-7, 1009, 1749, 2949-50
Economic recovery, reports on, Q. 2552
Economic theory of present government 563
Economy and U.S. housing market 1007
Economy of B.C. 145-6, 565, 567, 2831-2
Economy of B.C., diversification of, Q. 997, 1005, 1006, 1749, 2831
Economy of B.C., effect of budget on 204, 206, 564
Education, expenditure on 2951
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 662-3, 1536-40
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1539
Education, liberal education 144
Education system, centralization of 1537
Elderly, treatment of 2110
Employment creation projects, NDP proposal for 2331, 2332
Employment Development Act 2331-2
Employment development programs 2331
Employment Standards Act, amendments to 1914
Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 1912-6
Environmental protection areas, removal of timber from, Q.574
Estate Administration Amendment Act (1983) 1049-50
Estates, lawyer's fees 1049-50
Estimates, debate on, timing of 2831
Expenditures, NDP priorities in 145
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, estimate of, overestimation of 378, 2831
Expenditures, restraint on 145-6, 204, 2951
Expenditures, restraint on, advertising campaign re 1334
Expenditures, restraint on, effect of 205, 376-7, 564, 566, 567, 1006
Expenditures, restraint on, support for 2755, 2950
Export corporation, proposal for 207, 2952-3
Exports, B.C. products 2831
Exports, research on development of 2832
Family history 1915, 2155, 2156
Farmland, shortage of in B.C. 705
Farmland, Social Credit Party policy on 704-5, 706, 706-7, 707
Finance ministry, estimates 2949-53, 2964
Fishery products, research on 207
Fishing industry, problems 1747, 2952
Food production, hydroponics 706
Forest companies, coastal operations, utilization practices, Q. 665
Forest companies, coastal processing facilities, Q. 666
Forest industry and U.S. housing starts 1747
Forest industry, effect of U.S. interest rate on 207
Forest industry, problems 1747, 2952
Forest industry, production of machinery, goods, services for 2832
Forest industry, unemployed, re-employment of 208, 1748
Forest industry, unemployment 2952
Forest industry, unemployment, technological 1005
Forest land, Queen Charlotte Islands, utilization, Q. 729
Forests, annual allowable cut, future cuts 1747, 2832
Forests, quality of wood 2832
Fraser Institute, opposition of to zoning 1825
Fraser Institute, policies 1147, 1915-6
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2572
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act, 1983, opposition to 2572
George Massey 'Tunnel 144
Government advertising, institutional advertising 2156
Government, alienation of public from 1266-7, 2024
Government, American system of 2023-4
Government, centralization of 208, 663
Government, decentralization of 208, 663
Government, federal, remoteness of 1266
Government, role of 1008, 1915
Government, size of, reduction in 662-3
Gregg River mine coal, price of 1060
Harbour Board Repeal Act 704-9
Harbour Board Repeal Act, opposition to 704, 705, 707
Health and Human Resources Medical Clinic, Queen Charlotte Islands 1269
Health care, user fees 144
Heroin treatment program 379
High Arrow Dam, razing of valley for 2157
High technology, application of 1006, 1008
Highways, appropriation for, 1983-84 fiscal year 2108
Highways ministry, administration of in 1973, change in 2467-8
Hoover, Herbert, actions during U.S. presidency 1746, 1748
Human Rights Commission, abolition of 378
Human rights protection, loss of 271
Imports, goods consumed in B.C. 2831
Income, distribution of 1005, 1008, 1009
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2107-11, 2155-9, 2575, 2581
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2108, 2110
Income tax credits, abolition of 2575
Income tax credits, funds for 2157
Income tax credits, recipients of 2109, 2110, 2111
Income tax, surtax on higher incomes, proposal for 204, 206, 377, 2156, 2576
Industrial democracy 2468
Industrial research, funds for 1008, 2832, 2951-2
Industrial research, personnel 2952
Industrial Revolution 1006
Industries, competitiveness of 2832
Industries, production of machinery, goods, services for in B.C. 2832
Industries, resource-based, investment of profits 2832
Industries, resource-based, problems 2950
Industries, resource-based, unemployment in 2952
Industry and Small Business Development ministry, estimates 2831-4
Industry, secondary, development of 2832-3
Interest rate, high rate, government support for 205, 756
Interest rate, level of and inflation 205
Investment in B.C. 204, 377, 1913, 1914
Judges' decisions, basis for 379-80
Knowledge Network, advertisement in pre-election period 1539
Korean Air Lines jetliner crash 1220
Labour-management agreements, need for and use of 2466
Land development, zoning powers of Transportation and Highways minister 1825
Legal aid, funds for, cutback in 144
Legislation, education of public re 2025
Legislation, 1983 session 708
Legislation, 1983 session, basis for 1008
Legislation, 1983 session, demonstration against 567
Legislation, 1983 session, implementation of prior to enactment 1151
Legislation, 1983 session, opposition to 1827
Legislature, administrative functions, restriction on 1824-5
Legislature, cost of operation of 2545
Lester, Peter, career in municipal government 1151
Liquor store, Kelowna, construction of 2158
Lumber industry, machinery, goods, services for, production of in B.C. 2832
Lumber products, research on 207, 2833
MLAs, shared aims for B.C. 144
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., highgrading, Q. 666
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Queen Charlotte Islands, waste assessment, Q. 665, Q. 2553, Q. 2790
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Queen Charlotte Islands, waste material left, Q. 665, Q. 1302, Q. 1303
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., resource management and profits, Q. 666
Marshall Plan 207
Microchip industry, competitiveness of 1912-3
Middle class, disappearance of 1913
Mill rate, variations in 1150
Mineral products, research on 207
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2606, 2821
Mission-Port Moody constituency, by-election results 1265-6
Motor vehicle accidents, increase in, projections re 2825-6
Motor Vehicle- Amendment Act (1983) 2825-6
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1983, committee stage 2826
Motor vehicle inspection, extension of 2825
Motor vehicle inspection, private sector testing in rural areas 2825
Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of, administration costs 1311
Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of, effect of 1310-1, 2825
Motor vehicle inspection stations, closing of, report on, Q. 2837, Q. 2838
Motor vehicle with outdated inspection sticker (Johnston) 1308
Mulroney, Brian, restraint program, support for 708
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 1824-8, 2334-5, 2336-9, 2440-1, 2398-9, 2407-8, 2408-9, 2409, 2417
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 2407-8, 2408-9
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, meeting re 2337, 2338
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, opposition to 1826
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, support for 2338
Municipal tax system, committee of Legislature on, proposal for 1147
Municipalities, autonomy of 1266, 2337
Municipalities, debt limit 1959
Municipalities, industrial, commercial development 1151
Municipalities, underground services, cost-sharing for 1148
New Democratic Party election campaign, trade union donations to 1914
“Nincompoop”, use of word in House 712
Pacific National Exhibition contract, breaking of 2466-7
Park Chung Hee, visit to B.C. 1220
Phillips, D.M., salary, reduction in by $1, M. 2834, negatived 2835
Phillips, D.M., trip to Europe, expenses for, Q. 2790
Pioneers in B.C. 2155-6, 2156-7
Political parties, registration of receipt authority 2580, 2581
Political parties, requirement re political statement 2580, 2581
Populist political party, definition of 2108
Private property, conservatives' beliefs re 1914
Property tax, basis for 1150
Property tax, burden of on residential property 1148, 1151
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) (1983) 1147-52, 1959
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, hoist of 1148, 1149, 1150, 1152
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) (1983) 1265-9
Property tax, variable tax rate system 1148
Public Sector Restraint Act 268-72, 376-81, 1745-9, 2636, 2637, 2637-8, 2640, 2646, 2648-9, 2649, 2650, 2715, 2716
Public Sector Restraint Act, basis for 2649, 2650
Public Sector Restraint Act, constitutionality of 271, 379
Public Sector Restraint Act, debate on 376, 378
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of 1748, 1749
Public Sector Restraint Act, fines 270
Public Sector Restraint Act, government MLAs' vote on 269
Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 376, 378, 380
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to, 269, 380
Public Sector Restraint Act, terms used in act 2636, 2637, 2637-8
Public service, collective bargaining in 2024
Public service, collective bargaining in, exclusions from 2466-7
Public service, compensation levels 2023, 2756-7
Public service, contract employees, compensation claims 2715
Public service, contracted work, provision for 2464
Public service employees, appointment of, basis for 2465
Public service employees, appointment of, order-in-council appointments 2465
Public service employees, consultation with, proposal for 2466
Public service employees, contract with and use of legislation 2466-7, 2468
Public service employees, dismissal of 1746, 2469
Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 377
Public service employees, dismissals, seniority in 2649, 2650
Public service employees, dismissed employees, appeals by 270
Public service employees, dismissed employees, counselling for 2649
Public service employees, dismissed employees, unemployment insurance 2636, 2637, 2649
Public service employees, productivity 2467, 2754-5, 2757, 2758
Public service employees, public image of 2469
Public service employees, strike action 2025
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2465-9
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, basis for 2469
Public service, pension funds, use of by government 2466
Public works projects and recession 204
Pulp and paper research, funds for 206, 2832
Pulp mill, Prince Rupert, property tax 1150-1
Queen Charlotte City, water and sewer system 1151
Queen Charlotte Islands, tourism report, Q. 365
Railroads, freight rates on goods from western Canada 756, 757
Railroads, grain shipment losses, federal payments for 756, 757
Recession, NDP policy on 145
Reforestation program, cutback in 206
Regional districts, rural and urban areas 1824
Regional planning and location of highways 2398
Regional planning, regional districts' powers re, removal of 2334-5, 2336, 2338-9
Rent control, abolition of 377
Rentalsman office, abolition of 377, 378
Rentalsman office, use of by landlords 378
Research, expenditures on 206-8
Resource industries' problems 1748
Resource technology, export of 207
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 206
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, estimate of, underestimation of 378, 2831
Revenue, source of 145
Roads, maintenance work 663
Sales tax, increase in 377
School tax, burden on homeowners 1148
School years, experiences in school 1536-7
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector 1310-1
Small business and trade unions 1748-9
Small business, effect of budget on 206
Small business, failures, increase in 2023
Smoking, education on dangers of 563, 1334, 1334-5, 1335
Smoking habit 1334
Social assistance, need for 2022-3
Social Credit Party, election campaign 146, 706, 1913-4
Social Credit Party, groupthink, allegation re 707
Social welfare programs 379, 2022
Tilbury Island industrial park 705
Timber supply, future supply 206
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 562-7, 1333-5
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1333-4, 1335
Tobacco interests, lobbying by 1333
Tobacco tax increase, effect of 563, 565, 566, 1334, 1335
Tobacco tax increase, regressive nature of 565, 566, 1333
Tobacco tax, indexing of 563, 566
Trade union movement, negotiated settlements 566
Trade union movement, Social Credit Party policy on 1916
Transportation, western Canada authority for 757
Unemployed, training of 2951
Unemployment, future rate 2951
Unemployment rate in B.C. 2834, 2949-50
United States, conditions 1929-32 1746
Universities, teaching of vocational skills in 1538
Vancouver, ALRT system, choice of system 144
Victoria, revenue loss 1748
Workers' Compensation Board, chairmanship, wager re 2821
Working conditions, eight-hour day 1915
Working conditions, health safety standards 1915
Leach, Joy
Quoted (Blencoe) 1588 (Stupich) 1584
Leacock, Stephen
Mentioned: (Lea) 1913 (Rose) 1603
Lead
Alaska mine (Rogers) 3156
Demand for (Rogers) 3156
League for Social Reconstruction
Mentioned: (Rose) 1368
Leary, Timothy
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2823, 2824 (Nielsen) 2823
Leasing
Government assets. See entries under Government property
LeBlond, T.D.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 228
Lee, Patrick
Quoted (Rose) 453
Legaire, Henry
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1476
Legal aid
Appropriation for, 1983-84 fiscal year (Curtis) 164 (Lockstead) 1997 (Michael) 919
Eligibility for (Brown) 410, 2990 (Lockstead) 2190 (Smith) 2989, 2990
Federal responsibility for (Smith) 2991
Funds for, reduction (Brown) 35 (Fraser, R.) 219 (Lea) 144 (Lockstead) 302 (Sanford) 137 (Stupich) 179
Importance of (Brown) 35
Law Foundation of B.C., funds for legal aid (Brown) Q. 1920 (Smith) A. 1920
Lawyers, volunteer work by (Fraser, R.) 219
Need for, increase in (Brown) 2989
Program, review of (Curtis) 164
Restrictions on (Brown) 410, 2989 (Smith) 2989, 2991
Task force on legal services (Brown) 1920, 2988-9, 2990, 2991 (Smith) 1920, 2367, 2989, 2989-90
Women, legal aid services for (Smith) 2996 (Wallace) 2996
Legal Services Commission
Mentioned: (Brown) 2988
Legal Services Society
Accounts receivable (Curtis) 792
Funding for (Brown) 2988-9, 2990, 2991, 2998 (Smith) 2990-1, 2991 (Wallace) 2996
Funds, emergency funding (Brown) Q. 1920 (Smith) A. 1920
Law suit and restoration of funding (Brown) Q. 2366 (Smith) A. 2366
Offices, closing of (Brown) Q. 1920-1 (Smith) A. 1921
Statutory obligations, meeting of (Brown) Q. 2367 (Smith) A. 2367
Mentioned: (Brown) 410, 2991 (Smith) 2990
Legal Services Society Act
Mentioned: (Brown) 2989 (Smith) 2989
Leggatt, Stuart
Tribute to (Rose) 119
Mentioned: (Barnes) 103 (Lea) 379, 380 (Reynolds) 455 (Segarty) 79
Legge, Russel
Mentioned: (Sanford) 659
Legislation
Appropriation (Cocke) 3208
Bills, amendments to, opposition amendments (Lea) 1149 (Nicolson) 1154
Bills, examination of by designated person (Smith) 856
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, possible contravention of (Brown) Q. 2289 (Smith) A. 2289
Consultation re proposed legislation (Rose) 953
Debate on (Blencoe) 1587 (Stupich) 615
Education of public re (Lea) 2025
Implementation of prior to enactment (Cocke) 1788
Legislation, 1983 session (Barnes) 549, 1554-5, 2459-60 (Blencoe) 689, 692, 693, 699 (Cocke) 2040 (Dailly) 1956 (Davis) 400 (Fraser, A.) 973 (Lea) 708 (Lockstead) 2190, 2196 (Mitchell) 1034 (Stupich) 400-1
Legislation, 1983 session, and Social Credit Party election campaign (Fraser, A.) 973 (Mitchell) 587 (Rose) 953-4, 2084 (Skelly) 610 (Strachan) 955
Legislation, 1983 session, basis for (Barnes) 933 (Gabelmann) 984-5 (Lauk) 2071 (Lea) 1008
Legislation, 1983 session, challenge of in courts (Blencoe) 2039
Legislation, 1983 session, consultation re (Barnes) 1453, 1555 (Bennett) 3044-5
Legislation, 1983 session, debate on (Barnes) 1554 (Cocke) 1209 (Curtis) 3044-5 (Stupich) 1327
Legislation, 1983 session, demonstrations against (Barnes) 548, 549, 927, 929, 932, 1453-4, 1557, 2915 (Barrett) 834 (Bennett) 1194 (Blencoe) 419, 674 (Gabelmann) 892 (Hanson) 1641, 1654 (Lauk) 1434 (Lockstead) 432, 545 (McGeer) 416, 1494-5 (Sanford) 1028 (Skelly) 554, 556 (Stupich) 1927
Legislation, 1983 session, effects of (Blencoe) 1541, 1587, 3144 (Hanson) 1478, 3138, 3143 (Howard) 293 (Nicolson) 2012 (Lauk) 1434 (Sanford) 1550-1
Legislation, 1983 session, Goldfarb Consultants Ltd. poll re (Blencoe) 673-4, 686, 699
Legislation, 1983 session, government MLAs' support for (Lauk) 1572 (Reynolds) 578
Legislation, 1983 session, hearings on, proposal for (Hanson) 1478
Legislation, 1983 session, implementation of (Barnes) 343 (Brown) 299 (Passarell) 369 (Rose) 345
Legislation, 1983 session, meeting with church leaders re (Blencoe) Q. 3006 (Bennett) A. 3006, A. 3044-5
Legislation, 1983 session, petition re (Barnes) 1557
Legislation, 1983 session, powers of government under (Gabelmann) 985
Legislation, 1983 session, public support for (Bennett) 1194 (Kempf) 1553 (Mitchell) 611
Legislation, 1983 session, reaction to (Barnes) 2146 (Blencoe) 669, 670-1, 1201 (Brummet) 934 (Cocke) 522, 570 (Gabelmann) 2121 (Skelly) 609, 1497 (Stupich) 1931-2
Legislation, 1983 session, timetable for passage of (Gardom) A. 2434 (Heinrich) A. 2433 (Howard) Q. 2433, Q. 2434, 2436 (McGeer) A. 2433
“Prescribes”, “prescribed”, use of word in documents (Smith) 856
Proclamation step, removal of (Brown) 1341, 1342, 1343, 1364, 1365 (Lauk) 858 (Nicolson) 881-2 (Smith) 856, 1344, 1364
Taxation legislation, retroactivity of (Lauk) 857
See also: Bills, Legislative; Delegated legislation
Legislature
Adjournment of, proposal for (Blencoe) 1733-4
Adjournment of, Social Credit Party convention (Cocke) 2786 (Curtis) 2786-7
Administrative functions, restriction on (Lea) 1824-5
Changes in, 1963 to present (McGeer) 948
Cost of operation of (Brummet) 933 (Campbell) 907, 910, 1009, 1010, 1447 (Cocke) 2353 (Hanson) 1475 (Kempf) 983 (Lea) 2545 (Lockstead) 1322-3, 1995 (Michael) 1451 (Mitchell) 1458 (Mowat) 1990, 2546 (Nicolson) 2545 (Parks) 1322 (Ree) 2545 (Reynolds) 2385 (Sanford) 1990, 1991 (Stupich) 2547
Debate in House, terms and language used (Rose) 1605-6 (Veitch) 1035
Elimination of (Barnes) 548 (Sanford) 499
Members' services committee, proposal for (Cocke) 3208-9
Peace, two minutes of silence for, proposal for (Brown) 1330 (Howard) 1331 (Lockstead) 1331 (Wallace) 1330
Police, presence of in precincts of House (Macdonald) 1565 (Rose) 1567, 1567-8 (Speaker) 1565, 1567
Powers of (Cocke) 1788, 1789 (Gabelmann) 893 (Howard) 1786
Question period, establishment of (Lockstead) 721
Session, 1983, delay in opening of (Barrett) 196
Session, 1983, length of to date (Hanson) 1475
Sessions, scheduling of (Macdonald) 88 (Stupich) 520
Televising of proceedings, proposal for (Dailly) 2044
See also: Parliament buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Legislature — Cabinet committees
See names of committees, e.g. Cabinet Committee on Social Services
Legislature — Committee of Selection
Auditor-general, special committee to recommend appointment of (Gardom) 597 (Howard) 597
Legislature — Committee on Crown Corporations
Abolition of (Barrett) 742-3, 745, 822, 828, 1042 (Cocke) 267 (Dailly) 24, 236 (Kempf) 981, 2784
Functioning of (Howard) 1081
Insurance Corp. of B.C., report on (Hewitt) 2860 (Kempf) 2875 (Lauk) 1857-60 (Ree) 2872
Meetings of (Howard) Q. 1059 (Ree) A. 1059
Recommendations (Lockstead) 243
“Traffic Safety in British Columbia” quoted (Kempf) 2784
Work of (Cocke) 267
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1578, 2298 (Kempf) 980
Legislature — Members
Absence of from House, deduction of pay for (McGeer) 1207
Automobiles with outdated inspection stickers (Johnston) 1308 (Rose) 1308
British Columbia, shared aims for (Lea) 144
Conduct of (Lauk) 1470
Dining room, subsidization of (Johnston) 965
Job security (Stupich) 336
MPs, now MLAs, references to (Phillips) 108 (Rose) 114
New MLAs (Smith) 147
Retired MLAs, use of services of (Nicolson) 2201-2
Salaries (Barnes) 105 (Pelton) 1458
Services for, cutbacks in (Lauk) 151
Speeches, maiden speeches (Wallace) 44
Speeches, Social Credit Party MLAs (Stupich) 460-1
Legislature — Ministers
See: Ministers
Legislature — Opposition
Importance of (Rose) 115
Kube, Arthur, directions to MLAs re conduct in House (Parks) 1295-6, 1321 (Ritchie) 1295
MLAs defeated in 1983 election (Barnes) 103
MLAs' majorities, 1983 election (Fraser, A.) 86
Municipal officials, mailings to (Blencoe) 3147 (Chabot) 3146
Presence of opposition MLAs in House (Cocke) 570 (McGeer) 567 (Waterland) 91-2
Presentation of ZZZ buttons to (Howard) 2195 (McCarthy) 2195 (Rose) 2195
Role of (Cocke) 2533 (Hewitt) 2014 (Lauk) 2004 (Rose) 115, 1601
Smoking habit, support for (McGeer) 568
See also: New Democratic Party
Legislature — Procedure
Bill, debate on hoist motion (Barrett) 1442-3, 1443, 1444 (Brummet) 1444 (Davis) 1444 (Hewitt) 1443 (Howard) 1444
Budget address, televising of response to (Howard) 159, 170 (Speaker) 170
Business of House, conference re (Howard) 885
Closure of debate, use of (Brown) 2101 (Cocke) 1511-2 (D’Arcy) 2176 (Howard) 2390 (McGeer) 2390
Divisions, procedure to be followed (Lauk) 589, 590 (Speaker) 589, 590
Estimates, debate on, time limit on (Cocke) 1948
MLAs, withdrawal of from House (Howard) 2608
Ministers, presence of in chamber (Cocke) 1209
Oral question period, conduct of (Curtis) 430 (Howard) 290, 430 (Lauk) 394, 509
Oral questions, lengthy responses to (Nicolson) 3046
Order of business (Blencoe) 1073 (Cocke) 1251 (Howard) 1047, 1067 (Stupich) 1072
Rules re (Barnes) 1452 (D’Arcy) 422
Sittings, evening sittings (Hanson) 1475, 1478 (Howard) 1463-6 (Lauk) 1467-70 (Nicolson) 1472-4 (Passarell) 1710, Sittings, scheduling of (Stupich) 1582-3
Sittings, September 19 sitting (Stupich) 1583
See also: Chairman and Deputy Chairman, Rulings and statements; Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Rulings and statements
Legislature--Select Standing Committee on Agriculture
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1091, 1092
Legislature-Select Standing Committee on Health, Education and Human Resources
Alcohol and Drug Commission Repeal Act, consideration of (Lockstead) 2311
Legislature-Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing
Hearings, location of (Cocke) 1305
Meetings of (Howard) 529
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, hearings on, proposal for (Howard) 536, 1239, 1241 (Lockstead) 546-7 (Mitchell) 527
Municipal legislation, examination of (Howard) 528-9 (Mitchell) 1234
Municipal office, election to, consideration of triennial elections (Motion 26) (Ritchie) 1292, approved 1306
Structure of (Cocke) 1305
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1155
Legislature-Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economic Affairs
Expenditures, examination of current expenditures, proposal for (Howard) 1081
Finance ministry documents, access to (Curtis) 2969, 2970 (Howard) 2965-6, 2969, 2970
Function of (Howard) 2965-6
McKim Advertising Ltd. accounts, availability of (Cocke)Q. 573 (Smith) A. 573
Report (Blencoe) 3175
Resolution proposed by member, problem re (Cocke) 1305
Mentioned: (Brown) 2797 (Hanson) 3139
Legislature-Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders and Private Bills
Report no. 1 (Pelton) 1185; report No. 2 (Pelton) 1185; report No. 3 (Pelton) 1383
Legislature-Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications
Automobile inspection by private sector (Motion 29)
MLAs' vote on (Barrett) 1281, 1282
Automobile inspection by private sector, consideration of (Motion 29) (Fraser, A.) 1279, approved 1321
Automobile inspection by private sector, consideration of, restrictions on (Cocke) 1307 (Mitchell) 1314 (Wallace) 1312
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, examination of (Lauk) 781
Guidelines quoted (Fraser, A.) 2771
Mentioned: (Sanford) 3129, 3130
Legislature-Select standing committees
Appointment of (Bennett) 8
Banking industry ethics, proposal for committee on (Barrett) 9 (Bennett) 9 (Howard) 8-9
Sittings of House and committee sittings (Lauk) 1469
Use of (Brown) 1245 (Cocke) 1247, 1249 (Howard) 1081 (Kempf) 1292, 1307 (Lockstead) 1281
Legislature — Select Committee of Privileges
Mentioned: (Rose) 251
Le Moyne, Jean
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2583
Leroux, John A.
Quoted (Brown) 410
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2309
Lester, Peter
Career in municipal government (Lea) 1151
Mentioned: (Curtis) 1069 (Lea) 1824
L'Estrange, Hazel
Mentioned: (Rose) 2323
Levesque, Rene
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 881 (Reynolds) 186
Levey, Gerald
Mentioned: (McClelland) 3131
Levi, Norman
Mentioned: (Barrett) 195, 875 (Chabot) 875, 2646 (Lea) 2646 (Parks) 230
Levin, Martin
Lewarne, William A.
Mentioned: (Howard) 2869
Lewis, David
Louder Voices, the Corporate Welfare Bums mentioned (Skelly) 2065
Lewis, J.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 398
Liability for traffic accidents
Alberta drivers, liability for injuries (Mowat) 58
Minimum liability for injuries, increase in (Mowat) 58
Liard Highway
Opening of (Throne speech) 6
Mentioned: (Sanford) 139
Liberal Party
Election defeats, record of (Macdonald) 89
Libertas Party of B.C.
Mentioned: (Curtis) 817
Librarians
School librarians, services of (Strachan) 641 (Wallace) 641
Library Act
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1639 (Rose) 346
Licences
Cost of, increase in (Stupich) 172
Lieutenant-Governor
Appeals to (Brown) 1341, 1342, 1344 (Smith) 1344
Intervention in legislative process (Brown) 1342
Role of (Brown) 1341, 1342, 1343-4, 1365 (Howard) 1354 (Smith) 1365
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Henry P. Bell-Irving
Speech from the Throne 2-6
Mentioned: (Brown) 1343
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Robert G. Rogers
Closing speech 3210
Life
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3022
Life
Analogy drawn to Great Barrier Reef (Veitch) 1036
Life Insurance Information Centre
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848
Lincoln, Abraham
Quoted (Lauk) 317
Line Creek mine
Mentioned: (Phillips) 1061 (Segarty) 784, 785
Lions Bay, B.C.
Disaster relief (Brummet) 2906
Lions Club
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 306
Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Reid) 3121 (Reynolds) 185
Liquor
Advertisement for referred to, quoted (Howard) 2315
Advertising of (Nicolson) 598, 599 (Nielsen) 2308 (Reynolds) 579
Consumption of, increase in (Wallace) 2314
Consumption of, level of in B.C. (Dailly) 2317 (Nielsen) 2318 (Wallace) 2313
Dangers of (Dailly) 2317
Price increase (Cocke) 1208
Profits on sale of, use of (Dailly) 2317
Promotion of, government involvement in (Howard) 2314-5
Sports events, sale of alcohol at (Dailly) 2823
Sunday drinking, questionnaire on (Howard) 2316
Tax, increase in (Smith) 1030 (Wallace) 575
See also: Alcoholism
Liquor administration branch
Inspectors, performance of duties (D’Arcy) 303
Liquor Control Board
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 156
Liquor distribution branch
Kelowna liquor store, construction of (Lea) 2158
Liquor distribution, privatization of (Lockstead) 83
Liquor stores, expansion of, expenditures on (D’Arcy) 1715, Q. 1979, 1988, 2850, 2855-6 (Hewitt) 1715, A. 1979, 2854
Liquor stores, increase in number of (Johnston) 60
Liquor stores, location of, regulations re (Hewitt) 2872 (Wallace) 2871-2
Mill Bay retail outlet, approval of (Hewitt) 2872 (Wallace) 2871-2
Revenue (Hewitt) 2849
Liquor laws
Sunday drinking, questionnaire on (Howard) 2316
Liquor licences
Neighbourhood pubs, applications for (Kempf) 2875
Neighbourhood pubs, location of (Kempf) 2875
Roadhouses, use of term (D’Arcy) 2876 (Hewitt) 2876 (Kempf) 2876
Specialty wine shops for urban areas (Hewitt) 2876 (Kempf) 2875-6
Literacy
Level of (Rose) 3183
Litton Industries
Donations to political parties (Skelly) 2178
Lloyd, Howard
Plywood business, case cited (Skelly) 3033 (Waterland) 3026-7, 3089-90
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3029 (Waterland) 3032, 3041
Lloyd, Woodrow Stanley
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3076
Lloyd George, David
Mentioned: (Rose) 2161
Local airport assistance program
Commended (Passarell) 3105-6
Grants (Fraser, A.) 3104
Local elections
See: Municipal elections
Lockstead, Donald R (Mackenzie)
Agricultural Land Commission 547
Agricultural Land Commission Act, debate on 364
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from 1799
Alcohol and Drug Commission, abolition of 243-4, 2311, 2312
Alcohol and Drug Commission Repeal Act 2310-2
Alcohol and Drug Commission Repeal Act, consideration of by select standing committee 2311
Alcohol and drug counsellor, Powell River 243-4, 2310, 2311
Alcoholism, alcohol-related offences 2311
Assessment offices, closing of 246
Auditor-general, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 243
Automobiles, sales tax on 2350
Bailey, Mike, salary, increase in 1997
Bakewell, Ernest, candidature for CCF 716
Bella Bella, Campbell Island airport 85
Bella Coola, flood protection 85, 2911
B.C. Assessment Authority offices, closing of 2962
B.C. Cellulose Co., employees, board members 1390
B.C. Cellulose Co., privatization of 1389
British Columbia Cellulose Company Repeal Act 1389, 1390
B.C. Ferry Corp., employees, right to strike 363
B.C. Ferry Corp. fares, commuter rates 2963, 3109-10, 3110, 3115
B.C. Ferry Corp. fares, increase in 2962-3, 3064, 3109-10, 3113
B.C. Ferry Corp. fares, setting of 2962-3, 2963-4
B.C. Ferry Corp., management staff 83
B.C. Ferry Corp., privatization of 83
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 3, fare increase 3064, 3109-10
B.C. Ferry Corp. sailings, reduction in 3115
B.C. Ferry Corp., subsidy to 3110, 3111
B.C. Hydro, privatization of 83
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line, Q. 2966, 3159
B.C. Hydro, water licence for 1425
B.C. Petroleum Corp., government policy on 3158
B.C. Petroleum Corp., privatization of 83
B.C. Railway, 1982 grant to 245
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., impact of 1389
B.C. Utilities Commission hearings, Q. 367
Budget debate 242-6
Budget, 1983 budget, debate on 713
Budget, 1983 budget, effect of 242
Budget, 1983 budget, timing of 242
Chilco Plateau timber, alienation of 715, 726
Cigarettes, tax increase 242
Closure of debate, use of closure 1995, 2350
Coal, northeast, expenditures on 1997-8
Coal, northeast, sale of 1998
Collective agreements, expiry of 2191
Collective agreements, omissions from 2191, 2195
Collective bargaining process 1996-7, 2191, 2192
Committee on Crown Corporations 243
Community involvement program payments, abolition of 2347, 2350
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1995-8, 2747, 2747-8
Constitution, amendments to relating to Indians 2932-3
Copper, price of 3155
Crown corporations, accountability of 243
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 547
Debt, increase in 82, 717, 724, 1997
Debt, interest cost on 242
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 724
Economic recovery and restraint 432
Economic recovery, policy on 82
Education costs, provincial contribution to 869, 1503
Education, Deputy Minister of, powers 868, 1504
Education, funds for 83-4, 868
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 867-72, 1501-6
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, and Social Credit Party election platform 868
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, meetings re 867
Education minister, directives 867, 868
Education minister, powers of 871
Education system, centralization of 870, 1503
Employees, private sector, government action re 1998
Employers, requirements re deductions 2191
Employment-bridging assistance program 245
Employment, number employed 245
Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2190-3, 2195-6
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, discussions re 2192
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2196
Employment standards director, decisions of 2190
Energy, federal legislation 3156
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, annual report 3154-5
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 3154-5, 3155, 3156-7, 3157-8, 3159
Environment ministry, estimates 2911
Estimates, 1983-84 fiscal year, debate on 2962
Estimates, reliability of 242
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, overestimation of 1997
Expenditures, reduction in, NDP proposals for 243
Expenditures, restraint on 243
Expenditures, restraint on, support for 1997
Expenditures, restraint on, Social Credit Party campaign program 720, 721, 722-3
Farmland, loss of 1323-4
Fees, increase in 242, 1424, 1995
Finance ministry, estimates 2962-3, 2963-4, 2964
Fines, imposition of 1790
Forest industry, small business program 246, 3036
Forest industry, small operators 3036
Forest industry, small operators, timber for 246
Forest industry, timber allocation 3036
Forest industry, woodlot program 3036
Forest reserves, mid-coast region 715, 726
Forests, federal funds for 3036
Forests ministry, employees laid off 361
Forests ministry, estimates 3036, 3037
Forests, silviculture program 83, 245, 361, 3036
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2572
Government advertising, appropriation for 1424, 2311, 2347
Government aircraft, use of by ministers 1425
Government, size of, reduction in 81
Handicapped, education of 84
Hansard, establishment of 721
Health care user fees, increase in 242, 361, 433-4, 1995
Highway 101, reconstruction of 85, 3113
Highways ferries, free ferries 3110, 3111, 3115
Home purchase assistance grants, cancellation of 244
Hospitals, per diem rate, increase in 83
Hospitals, privatization of 83
Hospitals, user fees, increase in 361, 433-4
Human Resources ministry staff, shortage of 83
Human Rights Commission, abolition of 243
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 1423-6
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, withdrawal of 1424
Income tax credits 1425-6
Income tax credits, benefits of 1424, 1425
Income tax credits, NDP policy 1424
Income tax credits, 1982 credits 1423
Indians, constitution, meetings on 2933
Indians, government's record re 2933
Indians, living conditions 2932
Indians, self-government for 3170
Industry and Small Business Development ministry, estimates 2840
Insurance Corp. of B.C., privatization of 83
Intergovernmental Relations ministry, estimates 3170
International Labour Organization agreement 432-3
Job creation, central coast area 715
Labour laws, anti-labour laws 244
Legal aid, appropriation for 362, 1997
Legal aid, eligibility for 2190
Legislation, discriminatory 2190, 2196
Legislation, 1983 session, and Social Credit Party election, platform 1501
Legislation, 1983 session, demonstration against 432, 545
Legislature, cost of operation of 1322-3, 1995
Legislature, question period, establishment of 721
Liquor distribution, privatization of 83
Los Angeles Times, contract with 714, 721, 722, 1386, 1390
Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board 546
Marine bunker fuel, tax increase, effect of 2572
Mining claims staked 3156
Mining exploration 245, 3155, 3156
Mining industry 3155
Mining industry, employment in 3155
Mining industry, revenue 3155
Ministers, expenditures on travel 1424-5, 2311, 2350
Monetarism 81-2
Motor Carrier Commission, disbanding of 83
Motor vehicle accidents, mechanical failure 1280, 1281, 2772
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1983) 2771-5
Motor vehicle inspection branch, fee 1280, 1281, 2772, 2773, 2775
Motor vehicle inspection, Ontario 1280, 2774-5
Motor vehicle inspection, private sector testing 1281, 2771-5
Motor vehicle inspection, rural areas 2774
Municipal Affairs ministry, powers of 547
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 545-8, 1322-4, 1799-1802
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation re 545, 546, 547, 1323, 1800, 1801
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, effects of 1323-4 re
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, hearings on 546-7
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1323, 1324
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, opposition to 547, 1800
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, reaction to 547
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, withdrawal of 546
Municipal government, accessibility of 1791
Municipal government, powers of 1790
Municipal plans, updating of, WS. Ritchie's remarks 1801
Municipalities, autonomy of 1800
Natural gas, exploration for 3157
Natural gas, export price 3159
Natural gas, federal tax on 3158
Natural gas, Govier report on 3158
Natural gas, offshore exploration 3157
Natural gas pipeline to Powell River 546
Natural gas, price to consumers 1425, Q. 2051, 3157-8
Natural gas, price to producers, Q. 2051, 3158
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline 3159
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, debate on 1324
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, federal funds for 84, 3157
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, guarantees re, Q. 2434
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, hearings on 84, Q. 367, 3157
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, subsidies, Q. 2434
Ocean Falls, assets, facilities 713, 716, 720, 723, 725, 1386, 2840
Ocean Falls Corp., benefits of 714
Ocean Falls Corp., closing of 82, 713, 716, 723, 725
Ocean Falls Corp. employees, future of 1386
Ocean Falls Corp., energy source for 715
Ocean Falls Corp., expenditures on 718
Ocean Falls Corp., losses 361
Ocean Falls Corp., management of 720
Ocean Falls Corp. mills, history of 713-4
Ocean Falls Corp. mills, purchase of 713, 724
Ocean Falls Corp. mills, use of 715
Ocean Falls Corp., profit 714, 720
Ocean Falls Corporation Repeal Act 713-26, 1386, 1387, 1388
Ocean Falls Corporation Repeal Act, proclamation of 1387
Ocean Falls Corp., sale of product 714
Ocean Falls Corp., timber supply for 715, 715-6, 717, 724, 725, 726
Ocean Falls, electric power-generating facilities 1387
Ocean Falls, ferry service to 719
Ocean Falls, flitch-and-chip mill 717, 724
Ocean Falls, future of 82
Ocean Falls, H.A. Simons Ltd. study 714-5, 716, 724, 726
Ocean Falls, history of community 718
Ocean Falls hospital 713
Ocean Falls, jurisdiction over 1387
Ocean Falls, physician's services for 716
Ocean Falls residents, utilities for 1386
Ocean Falls, sawmill operation 2840
Ocean Falls school 713
Ocean Falls, transportation to 82-3, 719, 1387
Ocean, jurisdiction over resources 3157
Ombudsman, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 243
Peace, two minutes of silence for 1331
Phillips, D.M., trip to Yugoslavia 2347
Powell River Co. employees, dismissal of 360-1
Progressive Conservative Party, federal party 361
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) (1983) 1789-91
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, consultation re 1791
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, regulations 1790
Property tax, variable tax rate system 1789
Public Sector Restraint Act 360-4, 431-4, 2690-1, 2692, 2693, 2694
Public Sector Restraint Act, constitutionality of 433
Public Sector Restraint Act, debate on 360, 431
Public Sector Restraint Act, deputy ministers' powers under act 363
Public Sector Restraint Act, effects of 363, 432
Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 431
Public Sector Restraint Act, intent of 362
Public Sector Restraint Act, public bodies subject to 363, 432
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to 433
Public Sector Restraint Act, regulations 363, 1659
Public Sector Restraint Act, rights threatened by 364
Public Sector Restraint Act, title 432
Public service, collective agreement, exclusions from 2519
Public service, collective bargaining in 1995-7
Public service employees, compensation levels 2747-8
Public service employees, confrontation with 2517
Public service employees, consultation with 2517
Public service employees, dismissal of 362, 363, 364, 431-2, 433, 2519, 2520
Public service employees, dismissals, effects of 244, 362
Public service employees, dismissals, review panel 2692, 2693, 2694
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2516-20
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, debate on 2518
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2519
Public service, work schedules, scheduling 2519
Queen of the North, service to Ocean Falls 82-3
Regional districts, autonomy of 1800
Regional districts, establishment of 546
Regional districts, planning function 243, 545, 1323
Regional planning 547
Rent control, abolition of 1425
Rentalsman office, abolition of 243
Renter's tax credit, abolition of 244
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 2348-9
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, underestimation of 1997
Roberts Creek, flooding 3113
Sales tax, increase in 242, 361, 1424
Sales tax, increase in, impact of 2348-50
Sales tax, reduction in, prediction re 2350
Sales tax, regressivity of 2347, 2348, 2349
School boards, powers 867, 868, 870-1, 1502, 1505
School district budgets, Education minister's powers over 868
School District 47, source of funds 868
School districts, funding, basis for 871-2
School tax, increase in 1503
School tax on commercial, industrial property 1503
Sechelt Indian band, self-government for 2933
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector 1279-81
Select standing committees, use of 1281, 1791
Small business, bankruptcies 82
Small business, government programs for 246
Smokers, health care costs for 561-2
Smoking, education re 562, 1332-3
Smoking habit 561, 1332 (Mitchell) 588 (Rose) 581
Smoking in Public Places, An Act to Regulate 1053-4
Social Credit Party, 1975 election platform 1502
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2347-51
South Peace River constituency, change in 725
Taxes, increase in 242, 1424, 1995
Taxes, increase in and Social Credit Party election campaign 562, 2347
Teachers, salaries 1503-4
Telephone calls, long-distance, sales tax on 2351
Texada Island, garbage dump 1323
Timber survey, central coast area 715, 718-9
Tobacco companies' advertisements, proposal for 1332
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 561-2, 1331-3
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, debate on and budget 561
Tobacco tax increase 81, 561, 562, 1332, 1333
Tourism ministry, estimates 3064
Transportation and Highways ministry, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 3109
Transportation and Highways ministry, employment development account funds 3108
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 3108-11, 3113, 3115
Transportation and Highways ministry, NDP critic for (Fraser) 85-6
Unemployment insurance payments, level of 245
Unemployment rate, young people 1424
Unemployment, Sunshine Coast area 3113, 3115
Wages, non-payment of 2191
Water licence fee, reduction in 1425
Williston, R.G., severance pay for 1388
Log exports
See entries under Lumber trade
Log houses
Construction of, tax benefit for (Curtis) 2959 (Passarell) 2959
Log salvage
See entries under Forest industries
Logging roads
See: Forest roads
Logging Tax Act
Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Logging trucks
See: Motor-trucks
Logie, John
Mentioned: (Dailly) 324
Long, Gus
Quoted (Dailly) 1423
Long, Huey
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1554
Long-term care
See: Extended care
Longevity
Male survival rate (Brown) 1257-8
Smokers, mortality rate (Dailly) 585 (Howard) 1330 (Nicolson) 598
Lonsdale Quay, North Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Segarty) 123
Lorimer, James
City for Sale mentioned (McClelland) 515 (Rose) 515-6
Lorimer, James Gibson
Quoted (Hewitt) 247
Mentioned: (Barnes) 103 (Hewitt)
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.
Settlement with (Lockstead) 714, 721, 722, 1386, 1390 (Phillips) 1390
Lotteries
Funds, report on (Stupich) Q. 2170 (Chabot) A. 2170
Funds, use of (Stupich) Q. 2171
Quarterly financial report, first quarter 1983-84, information (Stupich) Q. 1022, Q. 1023, 2170
Lougheed, Peter
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2181
Lougheed Highway
See: Highway 7
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
Lovett, Debby
Mentioned: (Gardom) 3166
Lovett, William
Inflation and Politics quoted (Veitch) 1937
Low Interest Funding Today program
Jobs created under program (Phillips) 2835 (Throne speech) 5
Program (Parks) 1004 (Reid) 40
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 129 (Nicolson) 72, 655
Low-interest loans assistance program
Program (Parks) 1004
Lower Mainland Planning Review Panel
Letter referred to, quoted (Howard) 1240, 1241 (Sanford) 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226 (Wallace) 1237
Mentioned: (Brown) 1848 (Dailly) 1835
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Closing of (Reynolds) 2994 (Smith) 2994
Cow barns, use of (Dailly) 3003, 3004 (Smith) 3003, 3004
Officials, discipline of (Reynolds) 2994
Operation of (Reynolds) 2994
Women's unit. See Lakeside Regional Correctional Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 3140 (Reynolds) 308
Lower Similkameen Indian band
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2931
Lucas, Edward
Quoted (Gabelmann) 798
Luce, Henry Booth
Mentioned: (McGeer) 3181
Luce, Sally R.
Canadian Industrial Relations and Personnel Development quoted, referred to (Rose) 1614
Ludwig, Richard
Resignation of (Richmond) 3058
Lufthansa German Airlines
Air service to B.C. (Throne speech) 6
Lulu Island, B.C.
Farmland, loss of (Stupich) 1089
Lumber camps
Inspection of (Brown) 1340, 1341 (Cocke) 1297, 1298
Logging operations, living conditions (Howard) 1893
Lumber trade
B.C. Railway, lumber shipments (Fraser, A.) 755
China, sale of lumber to (Howard) 2956-7
Competitiveness of B.C. industry (Phillips) 2830
Export trade (Howard) 2957
Export trade, product development for (Lea) 2833 (Phillips) 2835, 2844
Future of industry (Skelly) 1024
Importance of to B.C. economy (Reid) 275
Log exports (Skelly) Q. 3006, Q. 3007 (Waterland) A. 3007
Log exports, increase in (Skelly) Q. 1398 (Waterland) A. 1398
Log exports, procedure for (Waterland) 880, 1399
Log surpluses (Skelly) Q. 3006, Q. 3007 (Waterland) A. 3007
Log surpluses, companies involved in (Skelly) Q. 880 (Waterland) A. 880
Machinery, goods, services for, production of in B.C. (Lea) 2832 (Phillips) 2835
Stewart, port for logs (Passarell) 3038 (Waterland) 3038
Terrace sawmill industry, layoffs in (Howard) 2843
United States duty on imports (Fraser, R.) 13 (Throne speech) 13
See also: Forest industries
Lumley, Ed
Mentioned: (Phillips) 2830
Lupini, Dan
Quoted (Rose) 119
Lutheran Church-Canada
Mentioned: (Barrett) 591, 593, 875 (Blencoe) 3006 (Sanford) 658
Lyke, James
Quoted (Dailly) 22
Lynch, Charles
Mentioned: (Smith) 298
Lynda Williams Community Correctional Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Closing of (Brown) 3000, 3002 (Smith) 3000
Funding for (Brown) 34-5