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

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NATO

See: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NEED program

Funds for (Curtis) 162

Program (McClelland) 66

Mentioned: (Brummet) 2898 (McCarthy) 129

NKK

See: Nippon Kokan Kaisha

Nader, Ralph

Unsafe At Any Speed mentioned (Nicolson) 2868

Naicker, Bob

Mentioned: (Hanson) 2424

Nana Corp.

Mentioned: (Rogers) 3156

Nanaimo, B.C.

Commercial space, development of (Rose) 2083

Development, NDP involvement in (Brummet) 545 (Lockstead) 545

Port facilities (Segarty) 123

Protection Island, jurisdiction over (Ritchie) 2805 (Stupich) 2805

Shopping centres (Blencoe) 475 (Stupich) 520

Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society

Project, planning approval for (Stupich) 518

Nanaimo Correctional Centre, Nanaimo, B.C.

Mentioned: (Smith) 2987

Nanaimo Daily Free Press, Nanaimo, B.C.

Quoted (Stupich) 1584

Nanaimo Harbour Commission

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 687

Nanaimo Regional District

Interference in re Gabriola Island (Stupich) 1227

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.

Beds closed (Stupich) 463

Deposit required (Dailly) Q. 3125 (Nielsen) A. 3125, A. 3153-4

Elective surgery, waiting period for (Stupich) 60, 463

Waiting list for (Stupich) 463

Nanaimo School District

See: School District 68

Nanaimo Water District

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1719

Napoli's Family Restaurant

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2304, 2305

Narcotics Anonymous

Mentioned: (Howard) 2316

Nass road

Improvements to (Fraser, A.) 3107 (Passarell) 3106-7

School bus, use of (Passarell) 3203

Nation, Carry

Quoted (Nicolson) 599

National Association of Secondary-School Principals

Mentioned: (Heinrich) 3187

National Building Code

Handicapped, design standards for (Mowat) 53, 58

National Council of Welfare

Mentioned: (Brown) 2103 (Wallace) 2305

National Football League

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2360

National Training Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Veitch) 1400

National Union of Provincial Government Employees

Information paper quoted (Johnston) 968

Natural gas

See: Gas, Natural

Natural resources

Allocation of, policy on (Skelly) 3039

Development of, government policy on (Hanson) 1688-9

Development of, NDP policy on (Waterland) 998

Job creation, problems re (Brummet) 935

Ministry for, multiple-resource industry proposal (Skelly) 3031, 3033 (Waterland) 3031, 3032

Regional resource management committee (Curtis) 164 (Stupich) 177

Resource industries (Lea) 1748 (Stupich) 175

Resource industries, development of (Howard) 2957

Resource industries, investment in (Reynolds) 782-3

Resource industries, job loss (Bennett) 1778, 1779 (Stupich) 175

Resource industries, problems (Lea) 2950

Resource industries, royalty system for (Lauk) Q. 1397

Resource technology, export of (Lea) 207

Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, decline in (Campbell) 908, 1009

Neal, George

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2973

Neighbourhood pub licences

See: Liquor licences

Neighbourhood Watch program

Mentioned: (Smith) 3017

Neilson, Bill

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 155

Nelford, Jim

Mentioned: (Brown) 1, 156

Nelson, B.C.

Economy (Cocke) 2974-5

Economy, debate on (Nicolson) 2945 (Speaker) 2966

Employment (Nicolson) 913

Public service employees transferred, laid off (Nicolson) 2012

Nelson-Creston constituency

Restaurants (Nicolson) 914

Nelson District Teachers' Association

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 655, 2710

Nelson School District

See: School District 7

Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd.

Mentioned: (Rose) 3075

Netzer, Dick

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 1135

Neufeld, Dick

Mentioned: (Brummet) 2154

Neumann, Alfred E.

Mentioned: (Curtis) 1432

New Aiyansh, B.C.

Health centre (Nielsen) 3093 (Passarell) 3093

New Democratic Party

“Ageing socialists”, use of term (Bennett) 1191-2

Building and Construction Trades Council election campaign donation to (Mitchell) 919

Convention, November 1982, policies (Reynolds) 183

Campaign contributions to (Heinrich) 284 (Lea) 1914

Election campaign (Brummet) 140, 141 (Fraser, A.) 86 (McGeer) 1494-5 (Segarty) 121

Election defeats, record of (McGeer) 78, 416, 569, 949, 950, 1496, 1952, 3179

Federal Liberal Party, relationship to (Parks) 1295-6

Federal MPs, defeat of (Bennett) 1193

Federal party (Bennett) 1192 (Reynolds) 182

Government under NDP (Phillips) 1043-4

MLAs, decline in majorities (Fraser, A.) 86

Municipal elections, involvement in (Brummet) 635

Municipal officials, mailings to (Blencoe) 3147 (Chabot) 3146

Pacific National Exhibition booth, expenditure on (Reid) Q. 1138

Philosophy of party (Lauk) 152-3

Policies of (Smith) 1031 (Veitch) 1937

Regina convention (McGeer) 76, 78, 412, 416 (Smith) 149

Regina Manifesto mentioned (Fraser, A.) 86, 88 (Waterland) 92

Teachers, election promises to (Brummet) 635, 655

Trade unions, NDP's special interest in (McGeer) 413 (Rose) 454

Trade unions, pre-election deal with (D’Arcy) 1985 (Kempf) 1984-5, 1994

Waffle Manifesto mentioned (Fraser, A.) 88 (Hon. member) 88 (Mitchell) 1744 (Ritchie) 1732 (Waterland) 92

The New Republic

Mentioned: (Rose) 454

New Statesman

Quoted (Blencoe) 2136, 2137

New Westminster, B.C.

B.C. Development Corp. plans for (Cocke) 739

New Westminster constituency

Mining industry, election campaign expenditures (Cocke) 1511

Social Credit Party campaign expenditures (Cocke) 1382

New Westminster School District

See: School District 40

New York, N.Y.

Restraint program, 1976, effect of (Rose) 455

New York Daily News, New York, N.Y.

Quoted (Lea) 1746

New York Times, New York, N.Y.

Quoted (Heinrich) 3186

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1700 (Nicolson) 1471, 1757, 2011

New York University

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2048

New Zealand

Accidents, injuries compensation program (Hewitt) 2873

Higher Salaries Commission (Rose) 2030, 2086, 2477

Newfoundland

Forest industry trade union, legislation re (Gabelmann) 375

Nichols, Marjorie

Quoted (Rose) 456 (Stupich) 2097, 2954 (Wallace) 1649

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2014

Nicolson, Lorne (Nelson-Creston)

Address in reply 70-4

Agriculture and urbanization 731

Argenta Friends' school, property tax 1152-3

Automobile industry in B.C. 2148

Automobile sales, Creston 2012

Bailey, Michael, salary, increase in 398

Begin, Gary, candidature for Social Credit Party 397

Bills, amendments to 1154

Bonds, B.C. bonds, credit rating of 351

B.C. Ferry Corp., vessels, sale of 914

B.C. Government Employees' Union, master agreement 2478

B.C. Harbours Board assets, transfer of 730, 731

B.C. Harbours Board farmland 730-2

B.C. Harbours Board, revenue 730

B.C. Harbours Board, staff 732

B.C. Hydro board, membership of H.A. Curtis 74

B.C. Institute of Technology, board of governors 2325, 2326

B.C. Petroleum Corp., revenue and cost of operation 400

B.C. Railway, debt 913

B.C. Systems Corp., privatization of, Q. 1222

B.C. Transit buses, lease of 914

Brown, David, expenses, payment of 398

Budget debate 911-4

California, food supply source 731

Celgar pulp mill, Castlegar 71

Coal, northeast, borrowing for 653, 655

Coal, northeast, development project 655

Coal, northeast, job creation, cost of per job 732, 913, 2010, 2148

Coal, northeast, renegotiation of price, volume 913

Collective agreements, expiry of 1896, 1896-7, 2201, 2203

Collective bargaining, delay in 1895

Collective bargaining in private sector 2480

College and Institute Amendment Act (1983) 1376-7, 1430

College boards, appointments to 1376, 1377

Colleges, auditing of operations of 1430

Colleges, budgets, Q. 574

Colleges, history of in B.C. 1376-7

Colleges, TRAC program 2010

Cominco Ltd., water licence 73

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2009-13

Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, basis for 2010

Continental Can Co. of Canada, experience as employee of 2479, 2481

Corporations, municipal taxation of 1154

Creston, Black Bridge 71

Creston Valley Hospital, extended-care unit 72

Creston Valley Wildlife Act, allegation re 884

Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority, employees 2647

Cruise missile, Motion 3, debate on 333

Cruise missile, protest re, Q. 333

Curtis, H.A., resignation of, proposal for 351-2

David Thompson University Centre, closure of 3171

David Thompson University Centre, continuation of, Q. 2944

David Thompson University Centre, programs 74

Debt, increase in 398, 913, 914, 2009

Deficit, 1981-82 fiscal year 350

Deficit, 1982-83 fiscal year 350, 912

Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 350, 355, 599, 884, 912

Democracy, parliamentary system 600

Dynatek Electronics Corp., financing of, Q. 3126

Dynatek Electronics Corp. plant, opening of, Q. 3126

Economic recovery 911-2

Economies, planned economies 914

Economy of B.C. 397, 2147-8

Education costs, increase in 1560

Education costs, provincial contribution 1078, 1269

Education finance formula 654, 1559-60

Education (Interim) Finance Act, sunset clause 1558

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 652-5, 1558-61

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 653

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1558, 1560-1

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, reaction to 654, 1560

Education minister, directives 652, 654, 1558

Education minister, powers 652, 655

Education ministry, splitting of 881

Education, opportunities for in B.C. 3174

Education, special-education programs 652, 653

Education system, centralization of 1559, 1560

El Salvador, problems 911

Elderly, Kaslo, housing for 72

Elderly, New Denver-Silverton area, housing for 72

Electric power, estimate of demand for 74

Employees, layoffs in private sector 2011

Employment-bridging assistance program 73, Q. 80

Employment, future of 2148

Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 1896-9, 2200-4

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, application of 1899

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, examination of by commission 2202-3

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, origins of 2203

Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, White Paper on 2201

Employment standards and high-technology industries 1897, 1898

Estimates, salary votes 2009

Expenditures, 1980 to present 652-3, 732

Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in 2009

Expenditures, reduction in, NDP proposals for 350, 399, 914, 2009

Family history 352, 2478

Food, price of in future 731

Forest companies, small, advantages of 72

Forest roads, construction of 73

Forests ministry, building occupancy charges 350, 351, 912, 2011, 2012-3

Forests ministry, reorganization of 350, 351, 912, 2011

Government accounting, change in 913-4

Government agents, appointment of 71, 397

Government buildings, contracted services for 912

Government, centralization of 397, 1271

Harbour Board Repeal Act 730-3

High-technology industry 2011

Hospitals, admissions to 1271

Hospitals, user fee, increase in 883

House, adjournment of until 8:30 p.m., motion to adjourn 1471-4

House, evening sitting of 1472-4

Housing starts, U.S., decline in 72

Human Rights Commission, abolition of 1755

Hunky Bill case referred to 1755

Illing, Roy, expense account claims 398

Income, guaranteed income 2148, 2149

Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2146-9, 2577

Income tax credits 2148

Industry, future developments 3177-8

Industry, Third World 3177-8

Institute of Technology Amendment Act (1983) 2325, 2326

Insurance Corp. of B.C., employees, cutback in 398

Job creation, small business sector 2010

Juan Carlos I of Spain, reference to 882, 912

Kaslo, diking and flood protection 72

Kinsella, Patrick, moving expenses, payment of 1756

Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., employees 913

Legislation, 1983 session, effect of 2012

Legislative process, proclamation step 881-2

Legislature, cost of operation of, references to 2545

Liquor, advertising of 598, 599

Lottery funds, campaign literature on quoted (Chabot) 2170

MLAs, retired members, use of services of 2201-2

McClelland, R.H., appointment of as Labour minister 1898

McGeer, PL., cancellation of University of Victoria address, Q. 2365

McGeer, P.L., student aid, statement re 2367

Megaprojects and taxpayers' ability to pay 2010

Mexico, job creation 399

Mexico, labour legislation 351, 355, 399

Middle class, disappearance of 2011, 3177

Mill rate, adjustments in 1904

Ministries, creation of by regulation 881, 884

Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1983) 2865-6, 2867, 2868

Motor vehicle inspection, frequency of 2868

Motor vehicle inspection, private sector testing 2865-6, 2867, 2868

Municipal Affairs minister, powers of 1152, 1154

Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 2265, 2266

Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, amendments to 2265

Municipal tax system 1155

Municipalities, triennial elections 1304-5

Nelson-Creston constituency high school, electrical system 653

Nelson, economy, debate on 2945

Nelson, employment in 913

Nelson, public service employee layoffs, transfers 2012

Optometry, education in 3171

Oral questions, lengthy responses to 3046

Pacific Great Eastern Railway Taxation Exemption Act 733

Parks, new parks 71

Population, emigration from province 350-1, 653

Population, people in B.C. 655

Privilege — PL. McGeer's statement re appropriation for student aid 2435, 2539 (McGeer) 2539 (Speaker) 2539

Professors, compensation levels in B.C. 3175, 3180

Professors, tenure, Q. 854, 1756-7

Profits, investment of in B.C. 2149

Property tax, mobile homes 1153

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) (1983) 1152-6, 1903-4, 1907, 1908

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, amendments to 1907, 1908

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, consultation re 1154, 1155

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, hoist of 1152, 1153, 1155

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, retroactivity of 1155

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, sunset clause 1152, 1153, 1154

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) (1983) 1269-72

Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, regulations 1270

Property tax, residential property 1270

Property tax, rural property 1269-71

Property tax, setting of 1270-1

Property tax, tax deferral system 1153

Property tax, vacant lots 1153

Property valuation, actual value 1903

Property valuation, court-of-revision changes 1904

Province strike referred to 1896

Public Sector Restraint Act 349-52, 355, 396-400, 1754-8, 2647, 2647-8, 2704, 2704-5, 2708, 2709, 2709-10, 2711-2, 2715, 2716, 2718, 2723-4

Public Sector Restraint Act, application of 2647

Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of 398

Public Sector Restraint Act, employees covered by 2647

Public Sector Restraint Act, fines 399

Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 400

Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to 399, 400

Public service, appointments to, patronage as basis for 2480-1

Public service, collective bargaining, exclusions from 2480, 2481

Public service, collective bargaining, 1982 bargaining 2478

Public service employees, contract employees 2715, 2716

Public service employees, dismissal of 351, 352, 1755-6

Public service employees, government's attitude to 2477-8

Public service employees, number of, reduction in 351, 912

Public service employees, productivity of 2478, 2479, 2480

Public service employees, sick leave 1897-8

Public service employees, tribute to 399

Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2478-81

Public service, work schedules, scheduling 2481

Public trustee, office of 1304-5

Pulpwood supply area, southeastern B.C. 71

Recreation and sports program employees, dismissal of 1755

Recreation and sports program, founding of 1755

Regional districts, settlement plans 2266

Regulations Act 881-4

Regulations, examination of 882

Regulations, retroactivity of 881, 883, 884

Regulations, use of 881, 884

Renter's tax credit 2577-8

Renter's tax credit for elderly 2146-7

Restaurant meals, sales tax on 730, 731, 914

Restaurants, Nelson-Creston constituency 914

Revelstoke Canyon Dam, construction of 74

Revenue 73, 912-3

Riondel school, construction of 1559

Roberts Bank port, expropriation of land for 730

Rural areas, services to 1270

Sales tax, increase in 600

Sales tax, rebate on boat purchases 2360, 2361, 2362

School boards, members 1559

School boards, powers 1558

School children from single-parent homes 1561

School District 10, problems 1558

School districts, budgets, Education minister's powers over 653, 654-5

School districts, consolidation of 653

School districts, employment of accountants by 1560

School districts, legal costs 1560

School principals, vice-principals, change in status of 2708, 2709, 2711-2

School principals, vice-principals, role of 2709

Schools, floor space, retention of 1560

Schools, instruction in computers 1558

Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, consideration of triennial municipal elections (Motion 28) 1304-5

Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program 2147

Silver Lodge Hotel, Ainsworth, property tax on 1153, 1270, 1903

Silvicultural treatment, employment in 913

Similkameen Spotlight editorial referred to 882, 912

Smokers, mortality rate 598

Smokers' smoke 599

Smoking 597-8

Social Credit Party, 1983 election campaign 599, 600, 1757

Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2359-63

Social welfare programs, abolition of 2011

Special funds, expenditure of 350

Student aid, applications for 1271

Student aid, appropriation for, Q. 2366, 2435

Student aid, eligibility for, Q. 1162, Q. 1163, 3171, 3180-1

Students, government financial support for 74

Students, post-secondary 74, 3171-2, 3180

Teachers, salaries 1560

Telephone, sales tax on long-distance calls 914

Telephone, solicitations, computer-activated 3181

Texas, legislative assembly 1472

Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 597-600

Tobacco tax increase 598-600

Tobacco tax, indexing of 598

Tourism ministry, auditor-general's report on 397

Tozer, Tony, appointment of as government agent 71, 1755, 2480

Travel agencies, effect of budget on 397

Unemployment, effect of microchip developments 73

Unemployment rate 2010

Uniform Law Conference of Canada recommendations 884

Universities, academic freedom 1756, 1757

Universities, federal aid to 3172

Universities, professional degrees granted 3175

Universities, Science and Communications ministry, estimates 3149, 3170-2, 3173-4, 3175, 3177-8, 3180-1, 3181

Universities, Science and Communications ministry, prediction re 3171

Universities, support for, Q. 2730, 3170-1, 3177

University budgets, preparation of, Q. 574

University of B.C., neurological project, position in, Q. 702

University of B.C., operating grant, 1984-85 fiscal year 3172

University of B.C., tuition increase 3172

University of Victoria, operating grants 3177

University students, number of in B.C. 3171, 3174

Valhalla Provincial Park 71

Vancouver, ward system 71

Wage payment orders, appeals against 2204

Wages, guaranteed annual wage 3175

Wages, non-payment of 1898, 2204

Wenman, Robert, defeat of as MLA for Delta 732

West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., power purchases 73

West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., water licence fee 73

Winter works project 911

Ymir Forest Products mill, funding for 72

Nielsen, Hon. James A. (Richmond) Minister of Health

Address in reply 25-9

Aero-Control Air Ltd., air ambulance 3093-4

Aero-Control Air Ltd., management personnel 3094

Airplane ambulance companies, use of 3094

Alcohol abuse 2823

Alcohol, advertising of 2308

Alcohol and Drug Commission, abolition of 2307

Alcohol and Drug Commission programs, continuance of 2308, 2318, 2822

Alcohol and Drug Commission Repeal Act (Bill 8) 1R, 167; 2307-8, 2318, 2822, 2822-3, 2823

Alcohol and Drug Commission staff, transfer of 2307

Alcohol, consumption of in B.C. 2318

Alcohol, drug advisory body 2307-8

Alcoholics Anonymous, success of 2318

Alcoholism, prevention of 2822-3

Alcoholism, treatment of 2318

Automobile inspection, benefits of 3067

Beer, wine, advertising of in electronic media 2823

Begin, Monique, New York City speech 27

B.C. Petroleum Corp. revenues, borrowing against 28

Canada Health Act, problems re 3065-6

Chiropractors, access to physicians' x-rays 2793-4

Chiropractors, change in scope of practice 2793

Colony Farm, transfer of to private sector, A. 392

Conmac Stages Ltd., Mount Washington accident 3067, 3070

Crown corporations, elimination of 27

Debt, federal, interest on 3072

Drug abuse, prevention of 2822-3

Drug abuse, promotion of by prominent people 2823

Drug abuse, treatment of 2318

Eagle Ridge Hospital, emergency facility 3074

Eagle Ridge Hospital, facilities 3078

Eagle Ridge Hospital, opening of 3074

Economists criticized 26

Government agencies, boards, commissions, reduction in number of 26

Government aircraft, use of (Barrett) 1039-40 (Passarell)Q. 1104, Q. 1137

Government bureaucracy 28

Government, cost of 27

Health care, access to 3068, 3071

Health care system, funding of 3065

Health care, user fees 3071-2, 3072-3, 3090

Health care, user fees, opinion poll on, A. 3005, A. 3006

Health care, user fees, revenue 3072

Health care, user fees, statement re (Barrett) 873 (Brown) 412 (Cocke) 905-6, 907 (Lauk) 320 (Michael) 918 (Mitchell) 1034

Health ministry employees, dismissal of, A. 288

Health ministry employees, number of, A. 288

Health ministry, estimates 3065-6, 3067-8, 3068, 3070, 3071-3, 3074, 3078, 3079, 3081-2, 3090, 3091, 3091-2, 3092, 3092-3, 3093-4, 3094

Health workers, letter to (Cocke) 267

Heroin addict, cure of, case referred to 2318

Hospital, Quesnel, prepayment of user fee, A. 134

Hospitals, acute-care beds, unoccupied beds 3078, 3079

Hospitals, acute-care, cost of per patient-day 28

Hospitals, budgets 3078

Hospitals, budgets, deficits 3078

Hospitals, costs, disclosure of to patients, A. 2051

Hospitals, design of, problems re 3079

Hospitals, funding of, problems re 3065

Hospitals, funding of, surpluses 3078

Hospitals, Health ministry planning for 3079

Hospitals, private, role of in health care system, A. 2365

Hospitals, privatization of management of, A. 367

Hospitals, rates, per diem charge 28

Hospitals, user charge to physicians 3081

Hospitals, user fees 3072

Hospitals, user fees, effect of prepayment demand, A. 135

Hospitals, user fees, opinion poll on, A. 3006

Hospitals, user fees, revenue 3072

Hospitals, Victoria, consolidated board, A. 366, A. 367

Hospitals, Victoria, management of, A. 366-7

Human Rights Act, substitution of name in statutes 2801

Hutchinson, A.M., retirement of 813

Inflation, effects of 26

Inflation rate 29

Intermediate care, private facilities for 2365

Job creation 26, 28

Korean Air Lines jetliner crash 1197

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Port Alberni mill emissions 3081

Medical Services Act (Bill 24) 1R, 168

Medical Services Plan, computer system for 3082

Medical Services Plan coverage 3072

Medical Services Plan funding, income tax 3082

Medical Services Plan, premium assistance program 3071

Medical Services Plan premiums 28

Medical Services Plan, premiums, lapsed premiums 3071

Medical Services Plan premiums, opinion poll on, A. 3006

Medical Services Plan premiums, revenue 3072

Medicare, principles of 3068

Medicare system, federal legislation re 27-8

Medicine, preventive 3072, 3082

Medicine, preventive, and lifestyle 3070

Mill rate, variable rate 27

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2793, 2793-4, 2801

Motor vehicle inspection branch, abolition of 3070

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, deposit requirement, A. 3125, A. 3153-4

New Aiyansh health centre 3093

No Smoking Areas in Public Places, An Act to Provide for 1399, 2171

Physical fitness, jogging injuries 3082

Physical fitness program 3081-2

Physicians, billing numbers for 3092-3

Physicians, billing privileges 3091-2, 3092

Physicians, fee schedule 3066

Physicians, hospital privileges 3092

Physicians, number of 3065, 3066

Planned Parenthood Association, grant to, A. 916, 3091

Post-partum counselling 3091

Public health nurses, travel funds 3093

Public health, staffing problems 3082

Public Sector Restraint Act 2705

Public service, senior managers' contracts 2705

Rent control, letter re (Lauk) 320

St. Paul's Hospital, plans for 3079

Social services, expenditures on 28

Throne speech, content commended 28

Vancouver Women's Health Collective, funding for, A. 815, 3091

Victoria General Hospital, costs per patient-day 2051

Victoria General Hospital, design of 3079

Water, purity of 3082

Niemoller, Martin

Quoted (Barrett) 261 (Lauk) 221

Mentioned: (Wallace) 1649

Nippon Kokan Kaisha

Meeting with officials (Bennett) 1707

Mentioned: (Bennett) 1706 (Stupich) 1014, 1015

Nishga Indian band

Land claims (Passarell) 2925-6 (Smith) 2893

Land claims, meetings, negotiations re (Gardom) 2935 (Passarell) Q. 2893, Q. 3211 (Smith) 2893, A. 3211

New Aiyansh health centre (Nielsen) 3093 (Passarell) 3093

Tree-farm licence no. 1 (Passarell) 946, 3038 (Waterland) 3038

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

Nishga School District

See: School District 92

Nixon, Richard M.

Quoted (Lauk) 863

Mentioned: (Passarell) 943 (Rose) 1607

No Smoking Areas in Public Places, An Act to Provide for

(Bill M205) (Wallace) 1R, 1127; 2R, 1259, 1399, 2171, 2895

Speakers: Nielsen 1399; Wallace 1259

No-smoking areas in public places, provision of (Wallace) 1259

Smoker's smoke, health hazard (Wallace) 1259

Noble, John

Commended (McCarthy) 131, 2914

Noranda Mines Ltd.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1569 (Mitchell) 1033 (Rose) 2163, 2164 (Strachan) 956

Norris, Len

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1569

Norris, M.C. (Mac)

Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 755

Norris, T.G.

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2286

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 579 (Rose) 579, 2163

North Central Plywoods

History of operation (Skelly) 3033

Sale of (Skelly) 3033 (Waterland) 3026-7, 3089-90

North Cowichan, B.C.

Council resolution quoted (Barrett) 835

Duncan, city core and regional district (Wallace) 510-1, 1235, 1235-6

North Fraser Harbour Commission

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 687

North Island College

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 3172 (Rose) 1369

North Island Loggers' Association

Mentioned: (Waterland) 3032

North Peace River constituency

Forest industries (Brummet) 139-4

Recession, effect of (Brummet) 139

North Shore Health Department

Mentioned: (Brown) 977

North Shore News, North Vancouver, B.C.

Public opinion poll referred to (Ree) 1025

North Shore Union Board of Health

Mentioned: (Hanson) 1639, 1655

North Thompson School District

See: School District 26

North Vancouver, B.C.

Grouse Mountain, logging of. See entries under name of mountain

Lonsdale Quay (D’Arcy) 1858

North Vancouver School District

See: School District 44

North Vancouver Teachers' Federation

Meeting re Solidarity petition (Ree) 1798

Northbrook Restaurant, Nanaimo, B.C.

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2304

Northeast coal

See entries under Coal

Northern Alberta Railway

Mentioned: (Phillips) 764

Northern Lights College

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 3172

Northern Union Insurance Co.

Bankruptcy, problems re (Hewitt) 2877 (Mitchell) 2877

Northwest Community College

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 3172

Northwest Loggers' Association

Mentioned: (Waterland) 3032, 3049

NorthwesTel Inc.

Mentioned: (Passarell) 945, 2377, 2429

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 2226 (Heinrich) 292 (Skelly) 3027, 3033 (Waterland) 3027

Notre Dame de Fatima parish, Maillardville, B.C.

Mentioned: (Parks) 230

Notre Dame de Lourds parish, Maillardville, B.C.

Mentioned: (Parks) 230

Nova House, Richmond, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 36

Nuclear weapons and disarmament

Debate on resolution re (Lauk) 222

Disarmament, support of (Sanford) 139 (Stupich) 2280

Smoking and nuclear bombs (Cocke) 570

Nurses and nursing

Appointment procedure, ruling on (Chabot) 2438

Hours of work, arbitration board's award on (Chabot) 2439

See also: Psychiatric nursing

Nursing homes

Employment standards in (Dailly) 2211

Private facilities, role of (Nielsen) 2365