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
RMS Industrial Centres Inc.
Mentioned: (Reid) 38
Rae, Robert (Bob)
Mentioned: (Rose) 114
Railcars
See: Railroads-Cars
Railroads
Capacity, shortage of (Segarty) 783
Deregulation of (Davis) 760
Edmonton-Vancouver passenger service (Passarell) Q. 2981 (Fraser, A.) A. 2981
Efficiency of (Davis) 758-9, 760
Electrilizing of, proposal for (McGeer) 950
Expansion plans and Crow rate (Davis) 758 (Fraser, A.) 753, 790 (Lauk) 778 (Michael) 775, 776-7 (Rose) 788 (Segarty) 782
Expenditures planned for B.C. (Davis) 758, 760, 927 (Fraser, A.) 754 (Michael) 776, 777 (Phillips) 772 (Rose) 787 (Segarty) 782
Facilities upgrading, employment in (Michael) 15
Freight, future levels (Fraser, A.) 754
Overpass structures (Fraser, A.) 3104
Prairie branch lines (Rose) 788
Southeast B.C., rail capacity (Throne speech) 5
See also names of railroads, e.g. British Columbia Railway
Railroads-Cars
Hopper cars, purchase of (Davis) 758 (Fraser, A.) 753, 754 (Phillips) 762 (Rose) 788
Manufacture of (Ree) 1019
Railroads-Rates
Crowsnest Pass rate (Davis) 758 (Fraser, A.) 753, 974 (Fraser, R.) 12 (McClelland) 66 (Michael) 15-6 (Phillips) 110 (Rose) 786 (Segarty) 122, 123, 783-4 (Smith) 149 (Throne speech) 5 (Wallace) 761, 762
Crowsnest Pass rate, change in (Davis) 757-60 (Fraser, A.) 753-6 (Hanson) 772-4 (Lauk) 777-81 (Lea) 756-7 (Michael) 610, 774-7 (Phillips) 762-4 (Rogers) 789-90 (Rose) 786-9 (Segarty) 781-6 (Wallace) 760-2
Crowsnest Pass rate, change in, benefits of (Rogers) 790 (Segarty) 782
Crowsnest Pass rate, change in, effect of (Davis) 927 (Phillips) 770, 771 (Rose) 788
Crowsnest Pass rate, change in, support for (Phillips) 770 (Rose) 789
Crowsnest Pass rate, government policy on (Phillips) 763
Crowsnest Pass rate, history of (Lauk) 778 (Michael) 775
Crowsnest Pass rate, losses on (Michael) 775 (Wallace) 761
Crowsnest Pass rate, NDP policy on (Davis) 758, 760 (Michael) 775 (Phillips) 762-3 (Segarty) 782, 784 (Smith) 149
Crowsnest Pass rate, petition re (Rose) 786 (Segarty) 784
Crowsnest Pass rate, resolution re (Rose) 456
Crowsnest Pass rate, select standing committee on (Lauk) 781
Crowsnest Pass rate, setting of (Davis) 757-8
Grain, federal payment for loss on (Davis) 758, 759, 760 (Fraser, A.) 754 (Hanson) 774 (Lauk) 779-80 (Lea) 756, 757 (Michael) 776, 777 (Segarty) 783 (Wallace) 760, 761
Grain, freight rate (Davis) 758, 760 (Fraser, A.) 753 (Michael) 776
Setting of, basis for (Wallace) 762
Western Canada, rate on goods from (Lea) 756, 757
Railway Subsidy Act
Railwest Manufacturing Co.
Cost of product (Phillips) 197 (Reid) 277
Establishment of (Stupich) 63
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 184 (Ritchie) 45
Ramsay, Frank
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 3113
Rand, Ivan
Rand formula mentioned (Nicolson) 2265
Rankin, Harry
Mentioned: (Lea) 376 (Macdonald) 1726-7 (Reynolds) 538 (Stupich) 1841
Rankin, Philip
Mentioned: (Rose) 3194
Rape
Rape relief centres, funding for (Brown) 300
Raphael, L.A.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2349
Rawson, Mary
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 155
Ray, V.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 398
Reader's Digest
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3022
Reading
Textbooks, “Dick and Jane” (Strachan) 640
Reagan, Ronald
Education, policy on (Dailly) 630, 631
Income tax, cuts in (Rose) 454-5
Mentioned: (Barrett) 260, 2058 (Blencoe) 1543 (Dailly) 21, 22, 23, 437, 1419, 1487, 1835, 2294 (D’Arcy) 423, 1562 (Davis) 67, 925 (Gabelmann) 375, 891, 894, 1623 (Lea) 1333 (Macdonald) 89, 91, 922, 923, 925, 1286, 1522, 1775, 2181 (McGeer) 75 (Nicolson) 911 (Nielsen) 26 (Passarell) 49, 50 (Reynolds) 156, 182 (Rose) 117, 456, 1606, 2027, 2474 (Sanford) 139 (Skelly) 215, 2179 (Smith) 148 (Stupich) 171, 178, 180
Real Estate Act
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2877
Real estate business
Land-flipping profits, tax on (Macdonald) 2182
Prediction re (Rose) 2029
Prospectus for Happy Valley Road area subdivision (Hewitt) 2877 (Mitchell) 2877
Prospectuses for subdivisions (Hewitt) 2877 (Mitchell) 2877
Salesmen, employment opportunities for (Macdonald) 441-2
Real Estate Council of Canada
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 90
Real property tax
Assessment Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Assessment levels, ceiling on (Sanford) 1277
Assessment notices, lessees (Brown) 1244 (Curtis) 1068, 1069, 2278 (Dailly) 1251 (Nicolson) 1078 (Stupich) 1071-2
Assessment notices, timing of (Curtis) 1068
Assessment roll (Blencoe) 1074-5 (Cocke) 1251 (Curtis) 1068, 2278 (Parks) 233 (Pelton) 939 (Stupich) 1072
Assessment system (Blencoe) 1076 (Pelton) 32 (Throne speech) 4
Assessment system, Danish system (Rose) 1904
Assessments, actual value assessment (Nicolson) 1903 (Stupich) 1260, 1261
Assessments, appeals against (Curtis) 1069
Assessments, basis for (Brown) 1272 (Rose) 1906-7
Assessments, biennial assessments (Brown) 1243-4 (Cocke) 1249 (Curtis) 1069, 2278 (Nicolson) 1077
Assessments, changes in (Blencoe) 1074 (Nicolson) 1078 (Stupich) 1071
Assessments, non-residential property (Blencoe) 1075 (Nicolson) 1077
Assessments, problems re (Blencoe) 1114
Assessments, reassessments (Curtis) 1068, 1069, 2278 (Nicolson) 1079
Assessments, residential property (Brown) 1245-6 (Curtis) 2961 (Mitchell) 2276-7, 2960-1
Assessments, residential property, 1964 legislation (Mitchell) 2961, 2962
Assessments, school tax appeals (Heinrich) 2798 (Rose) 2798
Assessors, performance of duties (D’Arcy) 303
Basis for (Blencoe) 1113, 1130-6 (Rose) 1967
Basis for, ability to pay (Blencoe) 620-1, 667, 669, 672, 679, 680-1, 684, 686, 687, 1073-4, 1108, 1109, 1113, 1118, 1119, 1125-6, 1130 (Lea) 1150 (Rose) 1905-6, 1907
Basis for, equal value assessment (Rose) 1905
Basis for, market value (Blencoe) 667, 698, 1134 (Brown) 1159 (Ritchie) 613
Business cycles, effect of (Blencoe) 1113
Cabinet's powers re property tax (Blencoe) 1909, 1910, 2053-4 (Brown) 1156-7, 1910, 1911 (Cocke) 1788 (Mitchell) 1791, 1793 (Ritchie) 1910 (Skelly) 1143, 1146
City core areas (Blencoe) 1115-6
Classification of, flexibility in (Pelton) 939
Commercial, industrial property (Blencoe) 683
Commercial, industrial property, basis for (Blencoe) 1075
Commercial, industrial property, exemption for (Blencoe) 621-2, 672, 1075, 1116, 1120, 1125 (Brown) 1961 (Cocke) 1250, 1960 (Curtis) 167 (Phillips) 2813 (Reynolds) 182 (Ritchie) 613, 614, 1961
Commercial, industrial property, residential development of (Blencoe) 623, 675, 677
Courts of revision (Curtis) 1068 (Nicolson) 1078
Elderly, property taxes (Blencoe) 660, 667, 674, 675, 1109, 1073-4 (Nicolson) 1153
Elimination of, proposal for (Ritchie) 613
Exemptions, municipal applications (Brown) 1961
Farm exemption (Ritchie) 614 (Rose) 1906
Farmland, improvements, assessment of (Cocke) 1248, 1249, 1250 (Heinrich) 2799, 2800, 2802 (Rose) 2800, 2802
Increase in (Blencoe) 1118 (D’Arcy) 424, 1802 (Stupich) 616, 617
Machinery and equipment, exemption for (Campbell) 909 (Curtis) 167 (Davis) 926 (Reynolds) 182 (Ritchie) 614
Machinery and equipment, taxation of (Blencoe) 686
Market value of property, problem re (Blencoe) 618, 620, 667, 672, 674, 1074, 1076 (Brown) 1157, 1273 (Stupich) 615, 1071, 1073, 1261
Mill rate, establishment of (Nicolson) 1904 (Sanford) 1971
Mill rate limits (Ritchie) 614, 1260, 1909-10, 1975 (Stupich) 1263
Mill rate, variable rate (Blencoe) 692, 1107, 1975 (Cocke) 1962 (Curtis) 166 (Lea) 1148 (Lockstead) 1789 (Nielsen) 27 (Pelton) 939 (Ritchie) 48, 613, 614 (Rose) 1906 (Sanford) 1970 (Smith) 148 (Stupich) 1262, 1262-3
Mill rate, variations in (Howard) 1786-7 (Lea) 1150 (Ritchie) 1795, 1961 (Stupich) 1262
Minimum tax payable, exemptions (Curtis) 1062, 1357, 1391
Minimum tax payable, increase in (Brown) 1352-3, 1391 (Cocke) 1207-8, 1392 (Curtis) 166, 1391 (Skelly) 1348, 1350 (Stupich) 1065
Mobile homes, assessment of (Stupich) 1070
Mobile homes, tax on (Nicolson) 1153
Municipal Affairs minister's powers re (Brown) 1794 (Cocke) 1962 (Ritchie) 1962
Payments, overpayments, interest on (Ritchie) 613, 614
Poor, tax burden on (Skelly) 1143
Port Alberni, retail stores (Skelly) 1145
Prince Rupert, pulp mill (Lea) 1150-1
Property improvements, tax on (Blencoe) 1115, 1118, 1135 (Cocke) 1249 (Nicolson) 1079-80 (Skelly) 1350 (Stupich) 1071
Property, services to and tax (Blencoe) 673, 1077, 1108, 1113, 1142
Property tax, alternatives to (Blencoe) 1130-6 (Rose) 1904-7
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983. See name of act
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983. See name of act
Public reaction to (Stupich) 1070, 1071, 1261-2
Rate (Blencoe) 678 (Ritchie) 613
Rate, municipalities' autonomy re (Ritchie) 614
Rate, planning for by business, industry (Ritchie) 613
Rate, setting of (Ritchie) 614, 1961
Recreational vehicle, tax on (Nicolson) 1077
Reduction in (Brown) 1353
Regional districts, actual value basis for tax (Ritchie) 1260
Regressive nature of (Blencoe) 1114-5, 1135
Residential property, tax burden on (Blencoe) 690 (D’Arcy) 1856 (Lea) 1148, 1151 (Nicolson) 1077, 1270
Revenue source in B.C. (Ritchie) 613
Rural areas, services to (Nicolson) 1270
Rural land, assessment of (Mitchell) 2960-1
Rural land, prepayment of tax (Curtis) 1062
Rural land, tax increase on (Curtis) 166 (Nicolson) 1270 (Passarell) 617, 651 (Stupich) 617
Rural land, tax revenue (Brown) 1274 (Nicolson) 1269-70, 1271
School tax. See entries under Education — Finance
Select standing committee on, proposal for (Blencoe) 1077, 1973 (Brown) 1246 (Nicolson) 1079
Small business, property tax (Blencoe) 1118-9, 1120 (Skelly) 1144-6
Tax system (Blencoe) 127-8, 679, 1117, 1131, 1134, 1135, 1140 (Rose) 1904-5 (Skelly) 1142
Taxation statutes, regulations (Ritchie) 1260
Valuations, court of revision changes in (Nicolson) 1904
Real Share Value Party
Mentioned: (Curtis) 817
Recession
B.C. recession. See British Columbia — Economic conditions
International recession (Cocke) 97
Recreation and sports program
Employees, dismissal of (Nicolson) 1755
Founding of (Nicolson) 1755
Recreation centres
Construction of (Stupich) 64
Red Hot Video Ltd.
Redman, Murrie
Letter quoted (Lockstead) 1505
Ree, Angus (North Vancouver-Capilano)
Accidents, compensation for injuries 2872
Architectural firms, increase in business 1025
Auditor-general, appointment to committee of selection for (Gardom) 597
B.C. Teachers' Federation members, expulsion of and right to teach, Q. 1798
Coal, northeast, development of 1019
Committee on Crown Corporations meeting, subject matters of, A. 1059
Committee on Crown Corporations, meetings of, A. 1059
Compensation stabilization plan 1024
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 2872
Employees, cost of to employer 1024
Estate Administration Amendment Act, 1983 (Bill M201) 1R, 55; 1048, 1050, 1257, 1258
Estates, intestate estates, number of 1048
Estates, lawyer's fees for settling estates 1050
Estates, surviving spouse's entitlement to share of 1048, 1257, 1258
Expenditures, restraint on, B.C. Chamber of Commerce support for 1025
Expenditures, restraint on, Social Credit Party election platform 1024
Expenditures, restraint on, support for 1025
Insurance Corp. of B.C., benefits paid and accident compensation 2872
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, lawyers' contingency fees 2872
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, no-fault scheme for 2872
Insurance Corp. of B.C., Committee on Crown Corporations report, recommendations 2872
Investor confidence in B.C. 1025
North Shore News, public opinion poll 1025
North Vancouver Teachers' Federation, meeting re Solidarity petition 1798
Public service employees, number of, reduction in 1024-5
Railcar manufacturing, cutback in 1019
Securities Commission, prospectus submitted to, case cited 1024
Steel mill for province, proposal for 1019
Wills, holograph wills, legalization of 1050
Wills, holograph wills, problem re, case cited 1050
Wills, probate of 1049
Referenda
Manitoba language issue (Rose) 1527
Reforestation
Funds for (Gabelmann) 3050
Importance of (Stupich) 178
Koksilah Nursery seedlings, information re (Skelly) Q. 625 (Waterland) A. 625
New Democratic Party policy on (Stupich) 179
Nimpkish Valley, replanting rate (Gabelmann) 3050 (Waterland) 3051
Program (Cocke) 96 (Lea) 206 (Lockstead) 361, 3036 (Skelly) 3022, 3023, 3054 (Waterland) 3025, 3036
Seedlings, destruction of (Skelly) Q. 625 (Waterland) A. 625
Refuse and refuse disposal
Delta agricultural land, use of (Reid) 279
Regal, Jack
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2865
Regan, Gerald
Mentioned: (Rose) 114
Regent College, University of B.C.
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1399
Regina Manifesto
See entries under New Democratic Party
Regina v Arthurs, 1967
Mentioned: (Hanson) 2629
Regina v Ewing and Kearney
Mentioned: (Brown) 2998
Regional districts
Abolition of (Blencoe) 479 (Kempf) 504, 1824, 2341, 2419 (Sanford) 1224
Accountability team, appointment of Daniel R.D. Campbell (Skelly) Q. 2365
Advisory planning commissions (Pelton) 512
Autonomy of (Lockstead) 1800
Budgets (Johnston) 517
Directors, workload (Sanford) 1222, 1971 (Stupich) 1839
Election to, change in (Blencoe) 1128
Establishment of (Dailly) 1835 (Lockstead) 546 (Macdonald) 539, 1874 (Rose) 514 (Stupich) 1842-3
Highways, location of, planning for (Brown) 2397-8 (Lea) 2398 (Mitchell) 2400, 2401 (Ritchie) 2401
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation re (Blencoe) 480-1, 490 (Mitchell) 526
Planning, economic planning (Blencoe) 2888
Planning for sewer, water services (Pelton) 512 (Ritchie) 2403 (Stupich) 2403
Planning function (Barnes) 548 (Blencoe) 476, 477, 484, 485, 488-9 (Brown) 550 (Dailly) 1835 (D’Arcy) 1806 (Howard) 1239 (Lockstead) 545 (Macdonald) 541, 1875-6 (Pelton) 512, 939 (Rose) 515, 1833 (Sanford) 1222-3, 1225 (Stupich) 518, 1226, 1228-9 (Wallace) 1238
Planning in rural areas (Cocke) 522 (Howard) 1239, 1241, 1242 (Pelton) 512 (Ritchie) 473, 2399, 2400
Planning, privatization of, proposal for (Wallace) 1235
Planning, problems in (Macdonald) 1877 (Skelly) 1872
Planning, regional planning elsewhere (Macdonald) 1876
Plans (Blencoe) 475, 478, 485, 490-1 (Brown) 552 (D’Arcy) 1805 (Wallace) 510
Plans, cancellation of (Barrett) 2414 (Blencoe) 475 (Brown) 550, 551, 552 (Passarell) 1853 (Rose) 1829 (Wallace) 511
Plans, imposition of on municipalities (Waterland) 1864
Plans, planning powers, removal of (Barrett) 2339, 2342, 2343 (Blencoe) 479-80, 481, 483-4 (Cocke) 521, 2396 (Dailly) 2391 (Hanson) 991 (Kempf) 504 (Lea) 2334-5, 2336, 2338-9 (Lockstead) 243, 1323 (Pelton) 938-9 (Ritchie) 473, 2335, 2343, 2391 (Rose) 1607, 2397 (Stupich) 177, 1228, 1229, 2404 (Wallace) 1235, 2391, 2392
Powers of (Johnston) 518 (Kempf) 504-5
Property tax, actual value basis for (Ritchie) 1260
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983. See name of act
Regional government, benefits of (Reid) 493
Regional government, problems with (Blencoe) 481
Role of (Cocke) 521 (D’Arcy) 1803 (Ritchie) 473 (Stupich) 518, 1226
Rural and urban areas, conflict between (Lea) 1824
Rural areas, powers over (Wallace) 511
Settlement plans (Kempf) 2419, 2420 (Mitchell) 526 (Nicolson) 2266 (Pelton) 512 (Ritchie) 2266, 2420 (Rose) 1829 (Skelly) 2420 (Wallace) 511
Settlement plans, municipalities' role in (Ritchie) 2262, 2263 (Sanford) 2262, 2263 (Wallace) 2262, 2263, 2264
Technical planning committees, abolition of (Mitchell) 526 (Pelton) 513 (Reid) 493 (Ritchie) 473, 1885
Technical planning committees, cost of (Dailly) 523 (Reid) 496
Technical planning committees, problems re (Macdonald) 540-1 (Pelton) 513, 939
Registered Nurses' Association of B.C.
Statement quoted (Brown) 301
Mentioned: (Brown) 3008 (Dailly) 3068
Regulations, Administrative
See: Delegated legislation
Regulations Act
(Bill 31) (Attorney-General) 1R, 601; 2R, 856-61, 881-4, 1054-7, 1296-9, 1340-5; C, 1361-5; 3R, 1365-6; RA, 1917
Speakers: Brown 1340-4, 1361, 1361-2, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1365; Cocke 1296-9; Dailly 1054-7; Howard 1364; Lauk 856-62; Nicolson 881-4; Smith 856, 1344-5, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1365
Amdts: Sec. 6 (Brown) 1362, negatived 1363; sec. 6 (Brown) 1363, negatived 1363
Divisions: 2R, 861, 884, 1345; C, 1363; 3R, 1366
Bill, timing of introduction of (Smith) 856
Bills, examination of, provision for (Smith) 856
Bureaucracy, increase in (Nicolson) 881
Cabinet's powers, increase in (Brown) 1341, 1342 (Cocke) 1296, 1298
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year (Nicolson) 884
Freedom-of-information act (Dailly) 1055, 1056
Government information, public access to (Cocke) 1298 (Dailly) 1055-7
Health Act regulations (Brown) 1340 (Cocke) 1297, 1298 (Dailly) 1055 (Lauk) 859-60, 860, 861
House of Commons, regulations (Smith) 856
Islands Trust, regulations re (Brown) 1341
Legislation awaiting proclamation (Brown) 1342, 1343
Legislature, powers of (Nicolson) 884
Lieutenant-Governor, appeals to (Brown) 1341, 1342, 1344 (Smith) 1344
Lieutenant-Governor, role of (Brown) 1341, 1342, 1343-4, 1365 (Howard) 1364 (Smith) 1365
Maps, publication of (Brown) 1340, 1341
Ministries, creation of (Nicolson) 881, 884
Proclamation step, removal of (Brown) 1341, 1342, 1343, 1364, 1365 (Lauk) 858 (Nicolson) 881-2 (Smith) 856, 1344, 1364
Regulations, examination of (Nicolson) 882
Regulations, publication of (Brown) 1340, 1361-2, 1363 (Cocke) 1297 (Dailly) 1054-7 (Lauk) 857, 858, 859, 860-1 (Smith) 856, 1344, 1361, 1362, 1363
Regulations, retroactivity of (Lauk) 857, 858 (Nicolson) 881, 883, 884
Regulations, standardized test for (Smith) 856
Regulations, use of (Nicolson) 881, 884
Taxation legislation, retroactivity of (Lauk) 857
Workers' Compensation Board regulations (Lauk) 859, 860
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1453 (Brown) 1275, 1353 (Curtis) 2985 (Nicolson) 1079 (Smith) 2801
Regulations, red tape
See entries under Government
Rehabilitation of criminals
Diversion centres, funding for (Brown) Q. 534 (Smith) A. 534
Diversion program, evaluation of (Smith) 3015, 3016
Diversion program, savings effected (Blencoe) 3016
Diversion program, social benefits (Blencoe) 3016
Reich, Robert
The Next American Frontier quoted, referred to (D’Arcy) 2561 (Passarell) 49, 50
Reid, F.L.C.
Forest Management in Canada quoted (Skelly) 3040
Reid, Patrick
Mentioned: (Richmond) 113
Reid, William E. (Surrey)
Address in reply 37-41
Agricultural Land Commission, protection of farmland by 494
Annacis bridge, access to 3121
Annacis bridge, change in, Q. 626
Annacis bridge, completion of 38
Annacis bridge, NDP policy on 277
Annacis bridge, savings on 3121
Automobiles, Japanese imports, Canadian content 40
Barrett, David, speech to University of Victoria audience 277
Boards, commissions, stand on (Sanford) 498, 501
Boundary Bay airport, opening of 497
B.C. Petroleum Corp. revenue, NDP proposal for 278
Canadian Pacific Air Lines maintenance centre, location of 495
Capital Regional District, technical planning committee, cost of 493
Coal, northeast, benefits of 39
Coal, northeast, development of 40
Collective bargaining, use of final-offer concept 40
Coquitlam, shopping centre, construction of 493-4
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 276, 497
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, Greater Vancouver Regional District decision on 496
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, history of 494
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, provision of parkland 496
Delta, farmers' problems 496, 496-7
Delta, garbage disposal area, choice of 279, 495, 495-6, 497
Delta, hydro lines through municipality 496
Delta, natural gas pipeline through municipality, prediction re 496
Delta, railroad, coal-dust problem 497
Delta, suit against B.C. Hydro 496-7
Dynatek Corp. 40
Economic recovery 278
Economy of B.C. 41
Economy of B.C., diversification of 40
Education, provincial grants, increase in 279
Employees, employers, inequality in rights of 40
Employees, tenure in private sector 278
Employment crisis centres, federal funds for, use of 1325
Expenditures, restraint on 38-9
Frigates, construction contracts for 39
Greater Vancouver Regional District, technical planning committee, cost of 493
Greater Vancouver Regional District, Vancouver's vote in 497
Handicapped, provision of transit for 275
Harcourt, Michael, criticisms of 493, 497
High-technology industry, development of 40
Highway 1, Rogers Pass section, reopening of, Q. 393
Highway 99, Massey Tunnel traffic 495, 3121
Highway 99A, pedestrian overpass 3121-2
Investment in B.C. 39
Japan, exports to 40
Job creation, role of government in 40
Kane, Julius, tenure and dismissal of 457
Labour Code of B.C., review of 40
Labour Relations Board, abolition of, stand on (Sanford) 498
Low Interest Funding Today program 40
Lumber trade, importance of to B.C. economy 275
McCain Foods Ltd., federal subsidization of 495
Molson Hop Farms, purchase of under NDP government 494
Motor vehicle inspection, provision of by B.C. Automobile Association 276
Motor vehicle inspection, use of private sector for 276
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 493-7
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation with UBCM re 493
Municipal plans, development of 494
Natural gas, automobile conversion to use of 39
Ombudsman, appropriation, alternative use of 275-6
Ombudsman, appropriation, increase in 3208
Ombudsman, cases, number of 3208
Ombudsman, estimates 3208
Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., sale of 277
Pacific National Exhibition booth, NDP expenditure on, Q. 1138
Peace Arch District Hospital, expansion of 39
Public Sector Restraint Act 275-9
Public service employees, dismissed employees, compensation for 278
Public service employees, number of, reduction in 278
Public service, wage settlements 39
Purse-snatching incident, involvement in (Campbell) 507 (Mitchell) 587, 588
Railwest Manufacturing Co., cost of product 277
Regional districts, technical planning committees, abolition of 493
Regional districts, technical planning committees, cost of 496
Regional government, benefits of 493
Rentalsman office, abolition of 41
Revenue, 1982-83 fiscal year, decline in 275
Richards, Norman, letter to BCGEU members re relocation, Q. 1198
School boards, autonomy of 278-9
Smokers, health care costs for 1325, 1326
“Smoking”, clarification of word 1054
Smoking habit, effects of 1325
Social welfare programs, appropriation for, 1983-84 fiscal year 277
Surrey constituency, election results 275
Surrey, description of 37
Surrey, economy 37
Surrey, employment opportunities 37
Surrey, industrial parks 37
Surrey, port facilities 37
Teachers, number of, increase in 279
Teachers, salaries, level of 1550
Tilbury Island industrial park 494, 495, 496, 497, 705, 740
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 1325-6
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of Bill 1325
Tobacco tax increase, effect of on cigarette consumption 1325
Toyota Motor Co. Ltd., car parts plant in Delta 495
Transit planning, jurisdiction over 493
Transit, train purchase under NDP government 277
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 3121-2
Transportation corridors, power transmission lines, location of 496, 497
Vancouver, ALRT system 37-8
Vancouver, ALRT system, contracts let 38
Vancouver, ALRT system, cost of 38
Vancouver, ALRT system, economic benefits 38
Vancouver, ALRT system, extension of to Surrey 38, 3121
Vancouver, ALRT system, NDP policy on 277
Vancouver, Odessa trip, expenditure on, Q. 365
Vancouver, office space in downtown area 493, 494
Reitsma, Paul
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1871
Rent
Increases in (Barnes) 2000 (Blencoe) Q. 1255, Q. 2790, 2894-5 (Cocke) 1415, 1416 (D’Arcy) 2106 (Hewitt) A. 1255, A. 2790, A. 2838-9 (Lauk) 220 (Mitchell) 1033 (Rose) 1604, 2164
Rent review function, continuance of (Michael) 919
Rent review function, value of (D’Arcy) 422
Renter's tax credit. See entries under Income tax
Rent control
Abolition of (Blencoe) Q. 727, 1202, Q. 1255, Q. 1706 (Brummet) A. 1706 (D’Arcy) 2856 (Fraser, R.) 219 (Hanson) Q. 727 (Hewitt) A. 727, A. 728, A. 1255, 2848, 2881 (Lauk) Q. 728 (Lea) 377 (Lockstead) 1425 (Sanford) 282 (Stupich) 2956 (Wallace) 1450
Criticism of (Campbell) 908-9
Effects of (Hewitt) 248, 2854-5 (Lauk) 154, 220, 2856
Fraser Institute literature on (Lauk) 2856
Government policy on (Lauk) 220-1
Landlords, subsidization of (Lauk) 2856-7
Property rights and rent control (Macdonald) 90
Rental accommodation, investment in (Campbell) 909
Rent Review Commission
Expenditure on (Parks) 233 (Skelly) 214
Mentioned: (Hanson) 888
Rental Housing Council of B.C.
Meeting with (Hewitt) 1255
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2053, 2170
Rentalsman
Disputes resolution (Blencoe) 2878 (D’Arcy) 2856 (Hewitt) 2882 (Macdonald) 922
Jurisdiction, transfer to courts (Macdonald) Q. 188
Office of, abolition of (Blencoe) Q. 134, Q. 253, 671, 1202, Q. 1978 (Brown) 300, Q. 393 (Campbell) 908 (Cocke) 266 (Curtis) 164 (D’Arcy) 421-2, 1715 (Hewitt) 248, 2881 (Lea) 377, 378 (Lockstead) 243 (Mitchell) 1033 (Reid) 41 (Reynolds) 186 (Rose) 580 (Sanford) 137, 451, 498 (Skelly) 214 (Smith) A. 393 (Stupich) 177 (Wallace) 44, 971
Office of, cost of (Hewitt) 2849 (Skelly) 214
Office of, employees, service commended (Hewitt) 263, 2849
Office of, funding of (D’Arcy) 2851, 2856
Office of, future of (Blencoe) 2881 (Hewitt) 2881
Office of, use of (Dailly) 435 (D’Arcy) 421-2 (Lea) 378
Patterson, James, attendance at Vancouver meeting, Q. 134
Public opinion poll re (Blencoe) 2882 (Hanson) Q. 727 (Hewitt) 2882 (Wallace) 972
Value of (Blencoe) 126 (Reynolds) 305
See also: Landlord and tenant
Renters Resource Grant Act
Mentioned: (Hanson) 2113
Research, Industrial
Funds for (Lea) 206-8, 1008, 2832, 2951-2
Research personnel, training of (Lea) 2952
Residential Tenancy Act
(Bill 5) (Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs) 1R, 168
Mentioned: (Barnes) 344 (Blencoe) 1255 (Parks) 233 (Skelly) 214, 443
Resort Municipality of Whistler Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Restaurant and Food Services Association of B.C.
Mentioned: (Curtis) 2430 (Hanson) 2424 (Passarell) 2380
Restaurants, lunchrooms, etc.
Bankruptcies, number of (D’Arcy) 2304
Sales tax on meals (Barnes) 602 (Barrett) 2295, 2297-8 (Cocke) 907, 2279, 2353, 2353-4 (Curtis) 166, 2279, 2430, 2618, 2619 (D’Arcy) 2303-4, 2619-20 (Fraser, R.) 218-9 (Gabelmann) 2428-9 (Hanson) 2368, 2371, 2422, 2424-5 (Lauk) 2387-8 (Lea) 206 (Lockstead) 2348-9 (Macdonald) 191 (Nicolson) 730, 731, 914 (Parks) 233 (Passarell) 946, 2379-80, 2429 (Pelton) 938 (Reynolds) 182, 198 (Rose) 952 (Sanford) 2384 (Skelly) 2373-4, 2426-7, 2620 (Stupich) 176, 1929, 2281, 2283, 2618, 2619 (Wallace) 2304-7
Sales tax on meals, administration of (Curtis) 2279, 2430 (D’Arcy) 2303 (Hanson) 2422, 2424 (Skelly) 2373, 2426 (Wallace) 2305, 2306
Sales tax on meals, effects of (Barrett) 2295 (D’Arcy) 2619, 2620 (Hanson) 2425 (Lauk) 2388 (Sanford) 2384 (Skelly) 2426-7, 2620 (Stupich) 2618, 2619 (Wallace) 2304, 2305-6
Sales tax on meals elsewhere (Curtis) 2279, 2618, 2619 (Stupich) 2281
Sales tax on meals, 1933 tax (Stupich) 2283
Sales tax on meals, revenue anticipated (Curtis) 2279
Restaurants in north, comments re (D’Arcy) 2379 (Kempf) 2379 (Passarell) 2379
Waiters, wage levels (Wallace) 2305-6
Restraint on spending
See entries under Expenditures, Public
Retail Council of Canada
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2848 (Lockstead) 2349
Retail Merchants' Association of Canada
Mentioned: (Dailly) 2293 (Hanson) 2424 (Hewitt) 2848 (Lockstead) 2350 (Stupich) 2281
Retarded
See: Mentally handicapped
Revelstoke Canyon Dam
Construction of (Nicolson) 74
New Democratic Party policy on (Waterland) 999
Power, sale of (D’Arcy) 963
Mentioned: (Michael) 14 (Nicolson) 3171 (Rogers) 3163 (Segarty) 123 (Waterland) 93
Revenue
Cash and temporary investments, total of (Stupich) Q. 532 (Curtis) A. 532
Corporations, taxation revenue, decline in (Campbell) 908 (Curtis) 166 (McGeer) 415
Crown corporations, accounts receivable (Stupich) Q. 791 (Curtis) A. 791-2
Decline in (Nicolson) 73 (Throne speech) 3 (Waterland) 998
Estimate of, 1983-84 fiscal year (Campbell) 908 (Curtis) 162 (Davis) 926 (Fraser, A.) 974 (Rose) 951
Estimate of, 1983-84 fiscal year, underestimation of (Cocke) 903-4 (Lea) 2831 (Lockstead) 378, 1997 (Sanford) 1026-7, 1029 (Stupich) 1064 (Wallace) 971
Forests revenue and section 88 credits (Skelly) 3023-4 (Waterland) 3024
Forests revenue, decline in (Campbell) 908, 1009 (McGeer) 415
Forests revenue, future revenue (Skelly) 3034
Forests revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, estimate of (Skelly) 3023 (Waterland) 3024
Government agencies, accounts receivable (Stupich) Q. 791 (Curtis) A. 791-2
Health care, user fees, revenue (Nielsen) 3072
Increase in, study re (Lauk) 2388
Medical Services Plan, revenue (Nielsen) 3072
Primary production, revenue from (McGeer) 3172-3
Property tax, revenue source (D’Arcy) 1632 (Ritchie) 613
Resource revenue, decline in (Bennett) 1193 (Campbell) 908, 1009 (Curtis) 165-6 (Johnston) 968
Revenue, 1982-83 fiscal year (Campbell) 1446 (Curtis) 161, 1204 (Hewitt) 262 (Reid) 275 (Stupich) 171-2, 172
Sales tax revenue (Stupich) 2280
Source of (Lea) 145
Tobacco tax revenue (Curtis) 559 (Gabelmann) 796, 797 (Howard) 1328-9 (Mitchell) 585-6 (Rose) 583 (Skelly) 605-6 (Stupich) 1326-7 (Wallace) 575, 1388
“Review of Taxation on Capital Gains in Canada"
Quoted, referred to (Rose) 580
Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1979
Mentioned: (Deputy Speaker) 1081
Reynolds, John Douglas (West Vancouver-Howe Sound)
Address in reply 154-6
Agriculture and Food ministry employees, attendance at protest rallies, Q. 1045
Attorney-General ministry employees, attendance at protest rallies, Q. 3212
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2994, 3011
Banking industry, inquiry into 156
Barrett, David, salary as Premier 181
Bellamy, Don, remarks re restaurant meal tax 198
Blind, talking books for, Q. 3045
Bremer, John, dismissal of 307
B.C. Harbours Board assets, transfer of 710
B.C. Harbours Board farmland 710, 711
B.C. Place, effect of on housing 184
B.C. Place, job creation 183
B.C. Place Stadium, baseball 184
B.C. Summer Games, opening of 577
Budget debate 181-6
Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, approval for 182
Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, timing of 183
Closure of debate, use of 1945, 1947-8
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1943-5, 1947-8, 2746
Corrections branch, changes in 308
Corrections branch services, privatization of 2994
Corrections system, proposals for 3011
Crown corporations, NDP policy on 156
Crown corporations, operation of 156
Cypress Bowl ski facility, privatization of 184
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 182, 537, 538
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 536
Dawn Development Corp., J. M. Parks' involvement in 537
Deficit, NDP policy on 182
Delta, garbage disposal area 538
Deputy ministers, associate deputy ministers appointed under NDP 155
Education ministry, appropriation, increase in 181, 183
Education system 183-4
Employment action centres, federal funds for, Q. 1302, Q. 1337, Q. 1920
Expenditures, restraint on 155, 156, 181, 1945
Goode, Tom, court case 544
Greater Vancouver Regional District, planning function 183
Hall, Ernest, references to use of closure 1947
Harbour Board Repeal Act 709-11
Harbour Board Repeal Act, opposition to 710
Health ministry, appropriation, increase in 181
Highway 99, funds for 184
Housing starts, Vancouver 184
Human Resources ministry, appropriation, increase in 181
Human Rights Commission, replacement for 305, 307
Job creation, Prince Rupert 710
Justice Institute of B.C., courses taught 308
Knight, Stanley, dismissal of 308
Legislation, 1983 session, support for 578
Legislature, cost of operation of 2385
Liquor, advertising of 579
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, closing of 2994
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, officials, discipline of 2994
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, operation of 2994
Lumber industry, workers' support for restraint 1944
Manitoba, job tax 185
Manitoba, sales tax increase 185
Mission-Port Moody constituency, by-election results 1943
Motor vehicle inspection by B. C. Automobile Association 1287
Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of 1286-8
Motor vehicle inspection service 305
Motor vehicle inspection, vehicles not tested 1287
Motor vehicle inspections, Ontario 1287
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 536-9
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation re 537
New Democratic Party, federal party 182
New Democratic Party, leadership candidate 184
New Democratic Party, policies 183
Ombudsman, elimination of office of 186
Operation Solidarity brochure 710
Pezim, Murray, debate on 156
Privilege-A.B. Macdonald's remarks re Don Bellamy 225
Probation, privatization of 2994
Property tax, exemption for commercial, industrial properties 182
Property tax, exemption for machinery and equipment 182
Public Sector Restaint Act 305-9, 2641, 2651, 2656, 2695, 2714
Public Sector Restraint Act, advertising campaign re 305
Public Sector Restraint Act, debate on 309
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of 306
Public service, compensation plan 1943, 1947
Public service employees, compensation levels 182, 1947
Public service employees, productivity 1947
Public service employees, tenure 182
Quebec public service, wage negotiations 186
Question put, M. 2385, approved 2385-6; M. 2417, approved 2417; M. 2641, approved 2641; M. 2656, approved 2656; M. 2695, approved 2695; M. 2714, approved 2714; M. 2746, approved 2747
Real domestic product, forecast re 185-6
Regulations, bureaucracy, elimination of 538
Rentalsman, office of, abolition of 186, 305
Resource sector, investment in 182-3
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 182, 198
Riverview Hospital, laundry damage, Q. 768
Roberts Bank port, expropriation of farmland for 710
School District 44, school rental proposal, Q. 3153
School District 45, school rental 3153
Schools, rental of excess space 3153
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector 1286-8
Smokers, NATO forces 579
Social problems, use of volunteer organizations for 306
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2385
Social welfare programs, appropriation for, increase in 307
Solidarity, paycheque deductions for, Q. 2613
Spetifore, George, donations to Social Credit Party 537
Supply Act (No. 1) (1983) 198
Teachers, number of 183
Terry Fox Run 1426
Thatcher, Margaret, election of 182
Tilbury Island industrial park 537
Tobacco Advertising Restraint Act, repeal of 579
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 577-80
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, debate on 578
Tobacco tax increase 578-80
Tourist offices in U.S., dismissal of employees 308
Tourist offices in U.S., London, cost of and revenue 185, 308
Tozer, Tony, appointment of as government agent 155
Tozer, Tony, salary 155
Transportation and Highways ministry employees, attendance at protest rallies, Q. 3084
United States Post Office, operation of 156
University of B.C. faculty club, subsidization of, Q. 3045
University of B.C. tennis bubble, construction of, Q. 3045
Vancouver, ALRT system, choice of system 184-5
Vancouver, ALRT system, completed section 185
Vancouver, ALRT system, extension of 185
Vancouver, ALRT system, manufacture of in B.C. 184
West Indian cricket team 306, 710, 711
Whistler Mountain ski resort 184
Withdrawal from the chamber ordered 768
Reynolds, Robert
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1091
Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 578 (Reynolds) 578
Rheaume, Gilles
Mentioned: (Lauk) 1002
Rhinoceros Party
Mentioned: (Lea) 2581
Rhodes, Alan
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 3113 (Lockstead) 3109
Rhodes, Frank
Mentioned: (Brown) 2988, 3003, 3007 (Smith) 2988, 3002
Rhodes, James
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1951 (Macdonald) 541 (Reynolds) 155
Rice, Victor
Salary (Dailly) 25
Mentioned: (Passarell) 651
Richards, Norman
B.C. Government Employees' Union members, letter to (Chabot) A. 1198, 1199 (Phillips) 1186 (Reid) Q. 1198
Mentioned: (Chabot) 2642 (Gabelmann) 374, 1646 (Howard) 1939 (Wallace) 2525
Richmond, Hon. Claude H. (Kamloops) Minister of Tourism
Address in reply 112-4
Beautiful British Columbia, advertisements in 1398, 3062, 3064
Beautiful British Columbia, assets, disposition of 3062
Beautiful British Columbia, B.C. Hydro service to, A. 2789, 3062
Beautiful British Columbia, employees 3062
Beautiful British Columbia, losses 3062
Beautiful British Columbia, price for 3062
Beautiful British Columbia, renewal notices 3062
Beautiful British Columbia, sale of 114, A. 1398, 3058, 3061-2
Beautiful British Columbia, sale of, anticipated price, A. 1567
Beautiful British Columbia, sale of, conditions of sale, A. 1398
Beautiful British Columbia, sale of, tabling of agreement, correspondence re, A. 2552, A. 2790
Beautiful British Columbia, subscription renewal notices, A. 2789
B.C. Ferry Corp. employees, collective agreement 3056
B.C. Place Stadium 112
Debt, federal 114
Economic recovery 112
Expenditures, restraint on, government program 113
Expo ’86, benefits of 113
Expo ’86, importance of 113
Expo ’86, opening date for 113
Expo ’86, participation in 113
Expo ’86, revenue 113
Coal, northeast, job creation 112
Government interference in people's affairs 112
Highway 1, Cache Creek stop sign 3063
Highway 1, Rogers Pass closure 2607
International Conference Services Ltd., identification of in auditor-general's report, A. 428
Korea, mission to (Bennett) 1707
Korea, tourist revenue to B.C., A. 2434
Ludwig, Richard, resignation of 3058
McKim Advertising Ltd., advertisements 3058, 3063
McKim Advertising Ltd., payments to, A. 815, A. 1221
McKim Advertising Ltd., status of as government advertising agency, A. 391, A. 573, A. 626, A. 1220
McKim Advertising Ltd., Tourism ministry dealings, investigation into, A. 573
McKim Advertising Ltd., Tourism ministry employment 3058
Parks, new parks established 112
Pavich, Jim, appointment of 3058
Pavich, Jim, career 3058
Petro-Canada gas stations, cost of conversions 114
Prince Rupert, port development 112
Public service, order-in-council appointments 3063
Queen Charlotte Islands, tourism report, availability of, A. 366
Saunders, Robert W., dismissal of 3056
Taxation, increase in, opposition to 113-4
Tourism ministry, advertising, appropriation 3056, 3059
Tourism ministry, advertising, ski ads 3063
Tourism ministry, auditor-general's investigation into 3059
Tourism ministry, estimates 2607, 3054, 3055-6, 3058-9, 3061-3, 3064
Tourism ministry, information programs, A. 815
Tourism ministry, investigation into 3058-9
Tourism ministry, policy initiatives, requests re, A. 1220-1
Tourism ministry, programs planned 1221
Tourism ministry, staff, reduction in 3056
Tourism ministry, Vacation Road program 112-3, 2607
Tourism ministry, Vacation Road publication 112
Tourism, role of Pattison group in promotion of, A. 1398
Tourist trade, employment in 112, 2607
Tourist trade, increase in 113
Tourist trade, marketing program 2607
Tourist trade, overseas visitors 2607
Tourist trade, promotion, expenditures on 3059
Tourist trade, resident awareness program 112
Tourist trade, resident travellers 2607
Tourist trade, revenue 2607, 3056
Tourist trade, success of 2607
Tourist trade, United States visitors 2607
Tourist trade, visitors to B.C. 2607
Vancouver, ALRT system 112
Vrlak Robinson Advertising Ltd. and auditor-general's report, A. 391, A. 428
Vrlak, Valerie, Tourism ministry employment, A. 391
Richmond Alcohol and Drug Abuse Team
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 2318
Richmond Association for Children's Services
Funds for (Brown) 35
Right of property
Absentee ownership and property rights (Macdonald) 90
Constitution, right of property, provision for (Davis) 2927, 2928 (Gardom) 2934 (Macdonald) 89-90
Family Relations Act and property rights (Macdonald) 90
Nursing homes and property rights (Macdonald) 90
Physicians and property rights (Macdonald) 90
Private property, conservatives' beliefs re (Lea) 1914
Property rights (Rose) 1905 (Skelly) 214-5 (Waterland) 93
Rent control and property rights (Macdonald) 90
Zoning laws and property rights (Macdonald) 90
Right to work
See: Open and closed shop
Riis, Nelson
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1193 (Smith) 1031
Riondel, B.C.
School, construction of (Nicolson) 1559
Riondel mine
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1559
Ritchie, Hon. William S. (Central Fraser Valley) Minister of Municipal Affairs
Address in reply 45-8
Agricultural land, policy on (Stupich) 519
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from under NDP 46
B.C. Place Stadium, construction of 47
B.C. Place Stadium, NDP policy on 45
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, information re use of, A. 1919
Building standards branch, appropriation, reduction in 2896
Coal, northeast 47
Coal, northeast, NDP policy on 45
Coquitlam-Moody constituency, election results 1732
Downtown revitalization program, success of 2884
Expenditures, restraint on, government program 46-7
Expenditures, restraint on, municipalities' support for 2884
Expenditures, restraint on, NDP policy 45
Government and private sector 46
Government, size of, reduction in 48
Greater Vancouver Regional District, meeting with Premier's office (Blencoe) Q. 2551
Greater Vancouver Regional District, official community plans 1885
Gulf Islands, preservation of 2263
Gulf Islands, settlement planning, provision for 2803, 2804
Interview, W.R. Bennett's remarks re (Macdonald) 440
Islands Trust, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 2896
Islands Trust, meeting with 2804
Labour productivity, increase in 48
Labour unions, certification and decertification of 46
Matsqui farm, use of for residential development 1885
Mill rate limits, changes in 1260, 1975
Mill rate limits, powers re 614, 1909-10
Mill rate, variable mill rate 1795, 1908, 1961, 1962
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2803, 2803-4, 2804, 2805, 2806, 2806-7, 2808, 2809, 2811
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1983) 2775
Motor vehicle inspection, extension of 2775
Motor vehicle inspection, private sector testing, mechanics for 2775
Municipal Affairs ministry, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 2884
Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 2884, 2886-7, 2890-1, 2891, 2892, 2896, 2897
Municipal Affairs ministry, policy and research branch appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 2892, 2896
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983 (Bill 9) 1R, 169; 473-4, 1885, 2257, 2260, 2262, 2263, 2264, 2265, 2266, 2391, 2399, 2400-1, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2408, 2409, 2410, 2419, 2420, 2420-1, 2421
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, amendments to, source of 2263, 2265
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, discussion re prior to introduction, A. 227
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, meeting re, A. 2434, A. 2551
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, UBCM meeting re 2337
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, UBCM resolution re, A. 1565-6
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, UBCM support for 2257, 2259
Municipal elections, candidates, calibre of 1292
Municipal elections, triennial elections, savings effected 1292
Municipal elections, triennial elections, UBCM resolution on 1292
Municipal elections, voter turnout 1292
Municipal expenditures, reduction in 2886
Municipal planning procedures, autonomy in 2402
Municipal tax system, change in 614
Municipalities, administrative staff, training program for 2884
Municipalities, autonomy of 1975, 2336, 2343, 2886
Municipalities, cooperation with 2886
Municipalities, debt limit, setting of 1959, 1960
Municipalities, 1983-84 budgets, decreases in 614
Municipalities, official community plans, development of 2410
Municipalities, restraint program 48
Municipalities, revenue-sharing grants, 1983-84 fiscal year, A. 1566, A. 2612, 2886, 2897
Municipalities, role of in land use 473
Municipalities, underground services, financing formula for, A. 392-3, 2886, 2887
Opposition MLAs, directions to from Arthur Kube re conduct in House 1295
Planning system, deregulation of 473
Port Moody, underground services, financing of 2887
Property tax 1260
Property tax, actual value basis, transition to 1260
Property tax, cabinet's powers re 1910
Property tax, elimination of, proposal for 613
Property tax, farm exemption, increase in 614
Property tax, future tax levels, 613
Property tax, industrial, commercial property exemption 613, 614, 1961
Property tax, machinery and equipment exemption, increase in 614
Property tax, Municipal Affairs minister's powers re 1962
Property tax overpayments, interest on 613, 614
Property tax rate based on dollars per thousand dollars 613
Property tax rate based on market value 613
Property tax rate, municipalities' autonomy re 614
Property tax rate, setting of 614, 1961
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983 (Bill 7) 1R, 169; 613-5, 1794-5, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1909-10, 1910, 1911, 1958-9, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, amendments to 1908
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, approval for 1795
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, consultation re 613
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, provision for nonmunicipal tax systems 1260
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, regulations 1911, 1960, 1961
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983 (Bill 12) 1R, 169; 1259-60, 1975, 2054-5, 2055, 2056, 2057
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, consultation re 1259
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, regulations 1260, 2055
Property tax, revenue source in B.C. 613
Property tax, uniformity in 1259
Property tax, variable tax rate system 613, 614
Prosecution of, allegations re (Barrett) 745, 836, 837, 841, 845, 846, 847, 876
Protection Island, jurisdiction over, transfer of 2805
Public Sector Restraint Act 1728-9, 1731-3
Regional districts, planning for sewer, water services 2403
Regional districts, role of 473
Regional districts, settlement plans 2262, 2263, 2266, 2420
Regional districts, technical planning committees, abolition of 473, 1885
Regional planning and location of highways 2401
Regional planning powers, abolition of 473, 2335, 2343
Regional planning, regional districts' choice re 2391, 2392
Regional planning, rural areas 473, 2399, 2400
Save the Farmland Committee, criticisms of 46
Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, consideration of triennial elections for municipal office (Motion 28) 1292
Sewer system programs, necessity for, A. 393
Tilbury Island farmland, use of for industrial park 1885, 2409
Travel expenses, appropriation for 2891 (Howard) 2891, 2891-2
‘Nimbler Ridge, establishment of 47
Union of B.C. Municipalities, J.H. Heinrich's speech to 1795
Vancouver, ALRT system, components for export 47
Vancouver, ALRT system, extension of to Surrey 47
Vancouver, ALRT system, opening of 45, 47
Vancouver, Odessa trip, expenditure on, A. 365
Vancouver, transit bus purchase proposal under NDP 45
Victoria, industrial property, tax rate for 614
Wartime experiences described, referred to 1728-9, 1731-2
Whistler ski resort commended 2808
Whistler ski resort, convention centre, completion of 2808
Whistler Village Land Co. Ltd. properties, tax exemption for 2806, 2808, 2811
Zoning changes, land use changes, regulations re 473, 493, 496, 1885
Rittaler, Don
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 477
Rivers
Diking, benefits of (Rogers) 2331
Diking, funds for (Curtis) 2330, 2333
Riverview Heights housing development
See entries under Coquitlam, B.C.
Riverview Hospital, Essondale, B.C.
Laundry damage, investigation into (Reynolds) Q. 768 (Smith) A. 768, A. 2895
Mentioned: (Dailly) 322, 324 (Hanson) 1641, 2490, 2495
Roads
“Build Highways” signs, cost of (Howard) 296
Construction of (Fraser, A.) 87 (Throne speech) 6
Expenditures on (Fraser, A.) 3108 (Passarell) 3105
Grading contracts (Fraser, A.) 3104
Highway construction, funds for (Curtis) 2330 (Passarell) 945
Land speculation and location of highways (Barrett) 1813
Maintenance work, decisions on (Lea) 663
Paving projects (Fraser, A.) 3104
Rossland-Trail constituency, road repairs (D’Arcy) 962
Snow removal, expenditures on (Passarell) 3105
United States, funds for maintenance (D’Arcy) 1989
See also highways by number, e.g. Highway 1; also names of roads, e.g. Coquihalla Highway
Roberts, Herb
Mentioned: (Lea) 2157
Roberts, J. Michael
Mentioned: (Wallace) 1450
Roberts, Jim
Speech quoted (Wallace) 1649
Mentioned: (Bennett) 3044
Roberts, John
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1920
Roberts Bank, B.C.
Coal freighters in port area (Wallace) Q. 3089
Port expansion (McClelland) 65 (Phillips) 703, 1346 (Segarty) 122, 123
Port, expropriation of farmland for (Nicolson) 730 (Reynolds) 710
Railway access to (Cocke) 738 (Phillips) 703
Railway to, location of (Rose) 514
Roberts Creek, B.C.
Flooding (Lockstead) 3113
Robertson, J .A.
Mentioned: (Hon. member) 606 (Skelly) 606, 607
Robertson, Margaret
Mentioned: (Barrett) 835
Robinson, Bernard
Mentioned: (Brown) 2988, 3001, 3007, 3009 (Smith) 2988
Robinson, Joan
Mentioned: (Lea) 563
Robinson, Rod
Mentioned: (Smith) 2995
Robinson, Svend
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1193
Roblin, Duff
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 185
Robson Bight, B.C.
Protection of area (Brummet) 2902, 2904 (Mitchell) 2900-1, 2902, 2903
Rockheights Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 1518
Rodrigo, Beverly
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1759
Roger, Allan
Rogers, Hon. C. Stephen (Vancouver South) Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
Agricultural land reserve, exclusion of northeastern B.C., A. 3088-9
Aluminum, market for 3156
Asbestos, demand for 3156
B.C. Hydro, Bare Point plant, closing of, A. 3152
B.C. Hydro, Bare Point plant property, A. 3152
B.C. Hydro, office space 3162
B.C. Hydro, power export, A. 769, 3161-2, 3162
B.C. Hydro power projects, future projects 3163
B.C. Hydro power, sale of, revenue 3154
B.C. Hydro power, sale of to Los Angeles 3154, 3161
B.C. Hydro, rate hearings, value of interveners in, A. 1339
B.C. Hydro Site C dam 3162
B.C. Hydro, Site C dam, B.C. Utilities Commission report on, A. 1059, A. 1060, A. 2552
B.C. Hydro, Site C dam, interveners' costs in hearings re, A. 854, A. 1060
B.C. Hydro staff, executive salaries 3163
B.C. Hydro staff, reduction in 3162
B.C. Hydro staff, salaries 3163
B.C. Hydro staff, women employees 3163-4
B.C. Hydro, Stikine River work 3165-6
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line, A. 2966, 3160
B.C. Petroleum Corp., employees 3158
B.C. Petroleum Corp., policy on 3159
B.C. Place, housing, restriction on residents, A. 2435
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, cost of, A. 792
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of, A. 792, A. 2967
B.C. Utilities Commission hearings and restraint program, A. 367
B.C. Utilities Commission hearings, interveners in, A. 854, 3160
Canada 1, entry in America's Cup yacht race 1185
Copper, demand for 3156
Copper, price of 3156
Cougar skin, landing in Penticton for (Cocke) Q. 2729 (Rogers) A. 2729, A. 2729-30
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, change in (Motion 2) 789-90
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, change in, benefits of 790
Diking, benefits from construction of 2331
Employment Development Act 2331
Energy conservation centres 3165
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 3154, 3155, 3155-6, 3157, 3158-9, 3160, 3161, 3161-2, 3162, 3163, 3163-4, 3165, 3165-6
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, revenue return 3154
Geothermal energy, work on 3165
Government aircraft, use of (Passarell) Q. 1104
Govier, George, report on natural gas, Q. 366, 3158
Grain, demurrage rate, payment for 790
Jade, export of 3156
Kemano II hearings, interveners in, A. 2943
Kemano II project, assistance to, A. 2944
Lead, Alaska mine 3156
Lead, demand for 3156
Mining claims staked 3154
Mining exploration 3154
Mining industry 3154
Molybdenum, market for 3156
Natural gas, barging of to Vancouver Island 3160
Natural gas, domestic price, A. 2051, 3158
Natural gas, exploration for 3157
Natural gas, export price 3160
Natural gas, federal tax on 3158
Natural gas, offshore exploration 3157
Natural gas, price to producers, increase in netback, A. 2051
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline 3160
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, construction costs, A. 2434
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, federal subsidy 3158
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, hearings on, A. 367, 3158
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, operating subsidies, A. 2434
Petroleum industry 3154
Petroleum wells drilled 3154
Propane tanks, rental charges for, increase in, A. 1061
Windows, metal sash 3165
Zinc, Alaska mine 3156
Zinc, price of 3156
Rogers, Robert Gordon
Mentioned: (Phillips) 2828
See also: Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Robert Gordon
Rogers
Roget, Peter M.
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases quoted (Brown) 2638
Rohatyn, Felix
Quoted (Rose) 455
Rolston, Tilly Jean
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1865 (Stupich) 2282, 2284
Roman Catholic Church
Bishops, accusation of being “pinko” (Blencoe) 125 (Rose) 116
“Ethical Reflections on the Economic Crisis” quoted, referred to (Blencoe) 125, 127 (Brown) 2103 (Lauk) 154 (Mitchell) 338 (Rose) 116, 117 (Skelly) 31 (Wallace) 969
Mentioned: (Barrett) 591, 593 (Blencoe) 1735, 3006 (Dailly) 22 (Nicolson) 1755 (Skelly) 443 (Stupich) 1934 (Wallace) 1651
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2183 (Segarty) 121 (Smith) 147
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Policies of (Smith) 1031
Mentioned: (McClelland) 67 (Macdonald) 89, 1522 (Rose) 2161 (Skelly) 1500
Roper, Thomas
Quoted (Davis) 402
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2220, 2222 (Cocke) 2199 (Gabelmann) 2233 (Lockstead) 2195 (Nicolson) 2201
Rose, Mark Willson (Coquitlam-Moody)
Address in reply 114-9
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from 515
Agricultural land reserve, fine-tuning of 3 100
Agriculture and Food ministry, estimates 3099-3101, 3102, 3102-3
Airline travel, use of first-class ticket 1304
Anmore, establishment of 117
Automobile seatbelts for children 3127
Bailey, Mike, salary, increase in 2084
Bankruptcies, increase in 2083
Banks, profits 2086
Banks, profits, income tax on 2029, 2086
Beef industry, problems 3101
Beinder, Frank, monograph quoted, referred to 1368, 1369, 1372, 1403
Belcarra-by-the-Sea, establishment of 117
Bonds, rating of B.C. bonds, downgrading of 951, 2163
B.C. Hydro, rates, increase in 2029
B.C. Institute of Technology, administration of 2323
B.C. Institute of Technology, board of governors 2319, 2320-1, 2323, 2324
B.C. Institute of Technology, courses, 2326, 2327, 2328
B.C. Institute of Technology, directives to 2327, 2328
B.C. Place, construction of, expenditures on 2085
B.C. School Trustees' Association, membership fees, Q. 429, 431, 1404
Budget debate 950-5
Budget, debate on 951
Burnaby shopping centre, Coquitlam border area 514
Camosun College, fees 3202
Campers, passengers in backs of 3127
Canada Lands, drilling, expenditures on 456
Canada Film Development Corp., appointment to board of 1409
Canadian National Railways, establishment of 788
Canadian National Railways, expenditures planned for B.C. 788, 789
Canadian Pacific Railway, grain shipment, federal payment for loss on 787, 788, 789
Canadian Pacific Railway shares, value of 787
Cascade Creek, bridge repairs, Q. 2945
Cascade Creek flood, disaster relief, Q. 2945
Cherokee Indian tribe, literacy level 1615
Coal, Japanese dealings re northeast and southeast coal 348
Coal, use of Burlington Northern Inc. rail line 786
College and Institute Amendment Act (1983) 1368-73, 1393, 1394-5, 1401-5, 1409-10, 1427-8, 1431-2, 1432
College and Institute Amendment Act, 1983, amendments to 1431
College and Institute Amendment Act, 1983, consultation re 1394-5
College and Institute Amendment Act, 1983, definitions, repeal of 1393
College boards, accountability of 1410
College boards, appointments to 1369-70, 1371, 1394, 1402, 1403-5, 1409, 1410, 1610, 1739
College boards, members' liability for fines 1372
College boards, members, number of 1369, 1404
College councils, elimination of 1369, 1370, 1372, 1393, 1394
Colleges, access to, limiting of 1401-2, 1402-3
Colleges, administration of 1410
Colleges, admission waiting lists 1371
Colleges, auditing of operations of 1431
Colleges, autonomy of 2086
Colleges, courses, academic courses 1371, 1401
Colleges, courses, consultation re 1403
Colleges, courses, duplication of 2329
Colleges, courses, Education minister's powers re 1370, 1401
Colleges, courses, planning for 1373
Colleges, employee morale 1394
Colleges, employees' job security, seniority rights 1373
Colleges, role of 1370
Colleges, satellite campuses 1401-2
Colony Farm, continuance of in ALR, Q. 392, 3 100
Colony Farm, future of, Q. 1439
Colony Farm land, use of 3 100
Colony Farm, operation of 3099-3100
Colony Farm, privatization of, Q. 392, Q. 1439
Colony Farm, therapeutic value of 3 100
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2026-31, 2082-6, 2759-60, 2760
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2084
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, impact of on economy 2083
Compensation Stabilization Commission, powers of 2086
Compensation Stabilization Commission, rulings, appeals against 2086
Compensation stabilization program, extension of for indefinite period 2086
Consolidated Computer Inc., failure of company 116
Consumer confidence 954, 1605, 1609
Consumer confidence, hypothetical case of teacher cited 954
Coquitlam, commuter rail system, funds for 118
Coquitlam, landfill problem 118
Coquitlam, traffic 3128
Coquitlam-Moody constituency, description of 117
Coquitlam-Moody constituency, traffic problems 117
Coquitlam shopping centre, construction of 514
Coquitlam, transit, need for 117
Corporations, debt, level of 2163
Corporations, decentralization of 1615-6
Corporations, employees, reduction in number of 1614-5
Corporations, restraint programs, study of 1614-5
Crowsnest Pass freight rate and railway expansion plans 788
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, change in (Motion 2) 786-9
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, change in, effect on B.C. Railway 788
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, petition re 786
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, resolution re, debate on 456
Dangerous goods, transport of 3074, 3075
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 515
Debt, government debt 2163-4
Debt, interest cost on 952
Deficit, 1982-83 fiscal year and B.C. credit rating 951
Deputy ministers, report by to Premier 1605
Developments, approval process for 1831
Developments, problems re 1831
Documents, electronic storage, use of 2795-6
Eagle Ridge Hospital, emergency facility 3074, 3075
Eagle Ridge Hospital, opening of 3074
Economic recovery and consumer confidence 348, 2082-3
Economy, diversification of 951, 955
Economy, effect of Public Sector Restraint Act on 457-8
Economy, effect of restraint program on 580
Economy, role of government in 115
Education costs, increase in under Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1528, 1609-10, 2585
Education, Deputy Minister of, powers 1372
Education, English-as-a-second-language program 3194, 3196
Education finance formula, Q. 429, 1612-3
Education, funding, three-year cutback in 3182, 3187
Education, government policy on 3184-5
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1524-8, 1600-16, 2584-5, 2587, 2588, 2588-9, 2589, 2590, 2591
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, fines under act 1602, 1603, 1606
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, sunset clause 2590
Education minister, centralization of power in hands of 1370, 1401
Education minister, directives 1601, 1616, 2588, 2589, 2591
Education ministry, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 3197, 3201
Education ministry, estimates 3182-5, 3187-8, 3191-4, 3195-7, 3201-3
Education ministry, special warrants, 1983-84 fiscal year 3197
Education ministry, White Papers 3184
Education, parents' role in 3185
Education, post-secondary, federal funds for 3203
Education, productivity 116
Education, provincial contribution to 119, 3194
Education, public education in Canada 1370
Education, special-education needs 1526
Education, special-education programs, appropriation 1608
Education system, centralization of 1524, 1527, 1603, 1605, 2585
Education system, changes in, mandate for, Q. 251
Education system, changes in, savings effected, Q. 252
Education system, demands on 1526
Education system, deregulation of 3182
Education system, problems 1524
Education system, salaries, hierarchy in 2710
Elderly, number eligible for pension supplement 2161, 2162
Electric power transmission lines, location of 515
Electric power, waste of 951
Emigration from province 454
Employees, job security, lack of 950-1
Employment, jobs available, kinds of jobs 2028
Energy, alternative energy, job creation in 3164
Energy conservation centres 3164, 3165
Energy, conservation of 3164
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 3164-5, 3165
Examinations, provincial, consultation re 3192, 3196
Examinations, provincial, criticisms of 3184, 3185, 3187-8, 3191-2
Examinations, provincial, purpose of 3191-2
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in 952, 2085
Family history 2474
Farm income insurance program 3100-1
Fording Coal Ltd. coal, shipment of 786
Forest industry, state of 454
Fraser Valley College, furniture purchase, authorization for, Q. 575, 1371
Fulton, Davie, political career 1525
Geothermal energy, work on 3165
Government, centralization of 453, 952, 1393, 1603, 1605, 1606, 1615
Government, change in direction of and public reaction 1740
Government, constitution for province 1603
Government policies 115
Government red tape, elimination of 116
Government, rule of majority 1829-30
Government services, privatization of 115, 2477
Greater Vancouver Regional District, establishment of 514
Health ministry, estimates 3074, 3074-5
High-technology in education, emphasis on 1403
High-technology industry, prediction re future of 2028
High-technology industry, problems 2028
High-technology, social implications of 1369
Highway 1, Cache Creek stop sign 3059
Home ownership in future 2160
Housing, construction of on hillsides 515
Human Rights Commission, abolition of 1739
Human Rights Commission, replacement for 347
Human rights, removal of under present government 1606-7
Income in Canada, comparisons to income elsewhere 2162-3
Income in Canada, distribution of 117, 349
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2159-64, 2576
Income tax assessments, part-time farmers 3102
Income tax credits, abolition of 2576
Income tax credits, benefits of 2161-2
Income tax credits, funds for, source of 2160
Independent schools, aid to 3194
Independent schools education 3196
Industrial democracy 117
Industry in province, diversification of 951
Institute of Technology Amendment Act (1983) 2319-21, 2323, 2324, 2326-8, 2329
Institute of Technology Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2327
Investment, climate for in B.C. 952, 1604-5
Japan, labour-management relations 2477-8
Japan, workforce, benefits granted to 950-1
Kane, Julius, tenure and dismissal of 457
Kelowna school board, experiences as employee referred to 2086
Labour Code of B.C., changes to, proposal for 952, 953
Legislation, 1983 session, and Social Credit Party election campaign 953-4, 2084
Legislation, 1983 session, consultation re 953
Legislation, 1983 session, implementation of prior to enactment 345
Legislation, 1983 session, reaction to elsewhere 1607
Legislature, cost of operation of 2545
Legislature, police in House precincts 1567, 1567-8
Legislature, use of terms “fascist”, “Nazi” in House 1605-6
Literacy, level of 3183
Lumber market, improvement in 348
MLAs, federal MPs entering provincial politics 114
Marketing boards 3100-1
Marsh, Leonard, work of 1368
Medical Services Plan, lapsed premiums 3074
Middle class, disappearance of 2028
Mill rate, variable mill rate 1906
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2606, 2795-6, 2798, 2799, 2800, 2802, 2816
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 1983, debate on 1309
Motor vehicle inspection, MLAs with outdated stickers 1308
Motor vehicle inspection, Ontario 1310
Motor vehicle inspection, private sector testing 1309-10
Motor vehicle inspection stations, closure of 1309
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 513-6, 1828-33, 2396, 2397, 2410, 2411
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, centralization of power in Municipal Affairs ministry 513-4
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation with UBCM re 516
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, municipalities' requests for deletion of section 807, 2397
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, opposition of UBCM to 1830, 2397
Municipal elections, biennial elections 1303-4
Municipal elections, triennial elections 1303-4
Municipal planning procedures, autonomy in 2411
Municipal plans, updating of, W .S. Ritchie's remarks re 1831
Municipal tax system, committee of Legislature on, proposal for 1959-60
Municipalities, autonomy of 1829
Municipalities, inter-municipal cooperation 514, 1833
Municipalities, official community plans, development of 2410, 2411
Nanaimo, commercial space, development of 2083
Natural gas, price to consumers, increase in 2029
New York, 1976 restraint program 455
New Zealand, Higher Salaries Commission 2030, 2086, 2477
Oliver high school, music program 1527
Pacific National Exhibition, attendance, 1983 season 1605
Pacific Vocational Institute, carpentry instructors, reinstatement of, Q. 2612
Planning, government's attitude to 1832
Planning, need for 1831
Planning, urban planning, development of 1832-3
Port Coquitlam, Kingsway Bailey bridge 3128
Port Coquitlam, traffic problems 118
Port Moody, commuter rail station, planning for 118
Port Moody, Golden Spike Days 118
Port Moody-Port Coquitlam area, dangerous cargos in transit 3074, 3075
Privilege-J. H. Heinrich's statement re expulsion of B.C. Teachers' Federation members 1823 (Speaker) 1975-6
Privilege-school districts, budget information packets, availability of to MLAs 251 (Speaker) 273
Professors, tenure 347, 456-7, 1604
Progressive Conservative Party, federal, and Social Credit Party 349
Property, assessment of 1904, 1906-7
Property, private property concept, support for 1905
Property tax, basing of on ability to pay 1905-6, 1907
Property tax, basis for 1907
Property tax, farm exemption 1906
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , (1983) 1904-7, 1959-60
Property tax system, alternatives for 1904-7
Property tax system, equal value assessment as basis for 1905
Property tax system, Henry George's single-tax proposal 1904-5
Property tax systems elsewhere 1904
Protest, means of protest in the present day 1604
Public Sector Restraint Act 345-9, 453-8, 1737-41, 2634-5, 2639, 2639-40, 2648, 2650-1, 2651-2, 2703, 2705, 2706, 2706-7, 2707, 2707-8, 2710, 2719
Public Sector Restraint Act, amendments to 1741
Public Sector Restraint Act and Charter of Rights and Freedoms 346-7
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of on consumer spending 348, 457-8
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of on labour relations in B.C. 458
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of on performance of duties 346-7
Public Sector Restraint Act, fines under act 1741
Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 456
Public Sector Restraint Act, “lay off”, meaning and use of words in act 2635, 2652
Public Sector Restraint Act, private sector, possible application to 346
Public Sector Restraint Act, public bodies subject to 346, 1741
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to in press 453-4
Public Sector Restraint Act, regulations under act 457
Public Sector Restraint Act, “terminate”, meaning and use of word in act 2635, 2652
Public Sector Restraint Act, timing of 345
Public service, collective bargaining in 2086, 2477
Public service, contracted work 2476
Public service employees, basis for continued employment 346
Public service employees, compensation levels 2029, 2085, 2759
Public service employees, dismissal of 1737, 2476
Public service employees, dismissal of for political reasons, possibility of 1739, 1740-1
Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 346, 347, 454, 1740, 1741
Public service employees, dismissals, effect of on consumer spending 2083
Public service employees, dismissals, recognition of seniority in 2651
Public service employees, dismissed employees, access to appeal 347
Public service employees, dismissed employees, severance pay 2648
Public service employees, dismissed employees, unemployment insurance for 2639, 2639-40, 2640, 2648
Public service employees, number of, increase in 2474-5
Public service employees, number of, reduction in 454
Public service employees, productivity 115, 2759-60
Public service employees, public opinion of 345, 347
Public service employees, strike action by 2564-5
Public service employees, taxes paid by 2030
Public service employees, trade unions 345-6
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2473-8
Public service, patronage in appointments to 2475-6
Public service, senior managers, compensation levels 2717, 2719
Public service, senior managers, fixed-term contracts 2705
Railroads, expenditures planned for B.C., number of jobs 787
Railroads, hopper cars, purchase of 788
Railroads, prairie branch lines 788
Real estate business, slump in, prediction re 2029
Red meat stabilization program 3101, 3102
Referenda, cruise missiles and Manitoba language issue 1527
Regional districts, Fraser Valley, lower mainland, establishment of 514
Regional districts, planning function 515, 1833
Regional districts, planning powers 1607, 2397
Regional districts, settlement plans 1829
Regional plans, cancellation of 1829
Regulations, bureaucracy, elimination of 515
Rental accommodation, low-priced, vacancies 455
Rental costs, daughter's experience cited as example 2160
Rentalsman office, abolition of 580
Renter's tax credit, need for 2164
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 952
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, estimate of 951
Riverview Hospital patients, employment opportunities for, Q. 392
Roberts Bank, location of railway to 514
Roman Catholic bishops, accusation of being “pinko” 116
Roman Catholic bishops' statement 116, 117
Sales tax, increase in 952
Sales tax, regressive nature of 349
School Act, White Paper on 3182
School boards, consultation with 3182
School boards, expenditures, reduction in 1372
School boards, 1930s, pre-election school visits described 1526
School boards, powers, Q. 252, 1602, 1603, 1607, 1610, 2588-9
School boards, teachers' election to 2323
School crosswalk attendants 3183
School District 12, budget and enrolment 429, 1613, 3197
School District 21, budget and enrolment 1613, 3197
School District 26, budget and enrolment 429, 1612-3, 3197
School District 34, budget and enrolment 1613, 3197
School District 39, budget, 1983-84 fiscal year 3194
School District 39, English-as-a-second-language program 3194, 3196
School District 41, budget, 1983-84 fiscal year 1613
School District 44, supervisory personnel, salary levels 454
School District 63, budget and enrolment 1613
School District 69, teachers, layoff of 3197
School districts, B.C. Hydro rates increase, Q. 1199
School districts, budget information packets, availability of to MLAs 251
School districts, budgets, allocation of funds 2584-5
School districts, budgets, Education minister's powers over 2585
School districts, budgets, reductions for Social Credit, NDP districts 1613-4
School districts, budgets, three-year budgets 3197
School districts, consolidation of smaller districts 1610
School districts, costs, variations in from district to District 1287, 1612
School districts, funding, basis for 118, 1612-3
School districts, funds due to November 1983 school closing 3193-4, 3196
School districts, legal costs, increase in 2585
School districts, salaries, setting of 454
School principals, vice-principals, change in status of 2706-7, 2707-8, 2710
School principals, vice-principals, removal of from teachers' bargaining unit 2706-7, 2708, 2710
School principals, vice-principals, role of 2707, 2708
School superintendents, salaries 1607
School tax, appeals against assessments 2798
School tax, assessment of farm improvements, increase in exemption 2800, 2802
School tax, commercial, industrial property 1611-2
School tax, delinquent taxes, problems re 2799
School tax, increase in 1610
Schools, community use of 1610
Schools, energy efficiency in operation of 1610
Schools, floor space and budget size 1528
Schools, rental revenue, use of, Q. 3153
Schools, teachers and ills of society 119
Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, consideration of triennial elections for municipal office (Motion 28) 1303-4
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector 1308-10
Smokers, bravery and smoking 579
Smokers, Canadian Armed Forces members 579, 582
Smokers, health care costs for 580-1
Smokers, public image of, change in 582
Smokers' smoke, hazard of 581
Smokers, socio-economic class, information on 582
Smoking, ban on, proposal for 583
Smoking, cost of cigarettes, increase in 582
Smoking habit 581-2
Smoking, peer group pressure 582
Smoking, tobacco industry and the Third World 582-3
Social Credit Party, election manifesto, need for 953
Social Credit Party, special interest groups 455
Social responsibility in current recession 117
Social security, introduction of in U.S. 2161
Standard of living, maintenance of 2027
Student aid, cutback in 1370
Student aid, eligibility for, Q. 228, Q. 815, 1371, 3202
Student aid, problems re 3202
Student aid program, limit on, Q. 228
Students, access to post-secondary education 3183, 3201-2
Students, English-as-a-second-language students 1525
Students, information acquisition by 1525-6
Students, level of accomplishment, changes in 1524-5
Students, options for 3184
Students, testing of, province-wide test 1525
Sunny Park School, Port Coquitlam, closing of 2587
Taxation, corporate share, decline in 580
Taxation, level of in Canada 580
Taxation, taxpayers' ability to pay 2085
Teacher, unemployed, case cited 1609
Teachers, collective bargaining by 1601-2
Teachers, employment opportunities for 1608-9
Teachers, hearing problems and inadequacy of school music rooms 1527
Teachers, layoff of 3182, 3183-4, 3197
Teachers, productivity of, Q. 1199, 1372, 1603, 2759
Teachers, productivity of vice-principals 2028
Teachers, salaries 1528, 1601-2, 1610, 2028-9, 2585
Teachers, training of 3183
Tobacco Advertising Restraint Act, repeal of by NDP 579
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 580-3
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, opposition to 579-80
Tobacco tax, evasion of, possible methods 581
Tobacco tax increase 580, 581, 582
Tobacco tax revenue 583
Tour operators, unlicensed businesses 3128-9
Tourism ministry, estimates 3059
Toyota Motor Co. Ltd., assembly plant in B.C. 348
Trade unions, NDP's special interest in, allegation re 454
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 3127-9
Transportation corridors, location of 515
Unemployment, young people 1371, 1604
United States, income tax cuts, 1982 fiscal year 454-5
United States, wealth of and number of poor 2163
Universities, access to, basis for 1371-2
Universities Council, elimination of 1393
Universities, funding of, comparison to elsewhere 1370
University students, employment of 3182, 3184
Vancouver, ALRT system 3075
Vancouver, ALRT system, extension of to Coquitlam 118
Vancouver, ALRT system, extension of to Port Moody 3127-8
Vancouver, ALRT system, privatization of 115
Vancouver Stock Exchange, level of 2027
Vancouver, ward system 1304
Waste dump, Ashcroft 2474
Water suppy for subdivisions, problems re 2816
Western Grain Transportation Act, hearings on 787
Western Grain Transportation Act, Progressive Conservative Party stand on 786
Western Grain Transportation Act, S.J. Parker's stand on 786
Windows, metal sash 3165
Zoning, rezoning in advance of use 1907
Ross, Don
Meeting with W.R. Bennett (Blencoe) Q. 2434, Q. 2551
Quoted (Reid) 493
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 1973 (Brown) 1848 (Howard) 1241, 1242 (Lauk) 862 (Sanford) 1225
Ross-Jones, D.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 398
Rotary Club
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 306 (Rose) 955
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Dividends paid (Wallace) 575, 576
Rotterdam
Port, administration of (Macdonald) 748, 749 (Phillips) 703
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Quoted (Rose) 347
Royal Bank of Canada
Econoscope quoted, mentioned (Curtis) 2949 (Michael) 2063 (Stupich) 2096
Trendicator mentioned (Stupich) 2729
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1337, 1566, 2167, 2505, 2560 (Gabelmann) 1622 (Hewitt) 2552, 2613 (Howard) 3168 (Lea) 2552, 2950 (Rose) 1615 (Skelly) 2067 (Stupich) 175
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Cabinet access to files of (Barrett) 845
Contract (Smith) 2986
Headquarters, relocation of (Hanson) 989-90
Presence in precincts of House (Macdonald) 1565 (Rose) 1567, 1567-8 (Speaker) 1565, 1567
Public service employees' keys, retrieval of (Gabelmann)Q. 188 (McClelland) A. 228-9
Telegraph Creek, problem re access to (Passarell) 2995, 2996 (Smith) 2996
Mentioned: (Barnes) 928, 929 (Barrett) 846 (Campbell) 1009 (Cocke) 3058 (D’Arcy) 1218 (Fraser, A.) 2981 (Gardom) 415 (Lauk) 3069 (Lea) 1915 (Lockstead) 362, 363 (McGeer) 3181 (Mitchell) 900, 2901, 3013 (Nielsen) 813, 3070 (Parks) 1002 (Richmond) 3058 (Sanford) 1317 (Segarty) 79 (Smith) 879, 2895, 2987 (Stupich) 519 (Wallace) 2314
Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 3074 (Rose) 3074
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2931 (Passarell) 2925 (Skelly) 3019 (Smith) 3019
Royal Hudson (Locomotive)
Tourism minister's U.S. trip (Skelly) 357
Mentioned: (Cocke) 391 (Phillips) 762 (Richmond) 3056
Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3040
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Board, consolidation of (Blencoe) Q. 366, Q. 367 (Nielsen) A. 366, A. 367
Diversicare report on (Blencoe) Q. 366
Management of (Blencoe) Q. 366 (Nielsen) A. 366-7
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1641
Royal Trust Co.
Mortgage agreements quoted (Wallace) 2870-1
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 544 (Skelly) 2979
Royko, Mike
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1763
Rozek, David
Mentioned: (Kempf) 2274
Rozek, Jane
Mentioned: (Kempf) 2274
Rukeyser, Louis
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2012
Rural gasification program
Job creation (Brummet) 140 (McCarthy) 129
Russell, P.J.
Quoted (McCarthy) 210
Russell, Robert
Quoted (Macdonald) 2048
Rutherlien, Ted
Work of (Nicolson) 399
Ryan, Larry
Quoted (Chabot) 917
Ryerson, Egerton
Mentioned: (Rose) 1602