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
SAVA
See: Sexual Abuse Victims Anonymous
S.J. Willis Junior Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.
Closing of (Blencoe) 1542
STOL aircraft
See: Short takeoff and landing aircraft
Saanich and the Islands constituency
Voter turnout, 1983 election (Hewitt) 248
Saanich School District
See: School District 63
Saddledome, Calgary, Alta.
Mentioned: (Mowat) 53
Safety in the workplace
See: Industrial safety
Safeway Stores Inc.
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2560 (Lea) 2158 (Macdonald) 1777 (Nicolson) 398, 653 (Skelly) 1145
Sager, Mark
Mentioned: (Lea) 271
Sager, Richard
Liquor distribution outlet, application for (Hewitt) 2872 (Wallace) 2871-2
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Victoria, B.C.
Soup-line (Blencoe) 2135, 2137, 2138
St. George's School, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Dailly) 1486, 1487 (Rose) 3188
St. Glide United Church, San Francisco, Calif.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 922
St. John's, Nfld.
Property tax system (Blencoe) 1131
St. Mary's Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 3074 (Rose) 3074
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Plans for (Nielsen) 3079
Mentioned: (Curtis) 2761 (Throne speech) 7
St. Pierre, Paul
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3054
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2138 (Brown) 36
Salazar, Antonio de Oliveira
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 303
Sales tax
Atlin area, out-of-province purchases (Curtis) 2959 (Passarell) 2959
Automobiles, sales tax on (Curtis) 166, 2279, 2615-6, 2617 (D’Arcy) 2302, 2617 (Gabelmann) 2428 (Hanson) 2363-4, 2368, 2370, 2422 (Lockstead) 2350 (Passarell) 2429 (Sanford) 2616 (Skelly) 2427 (Stupich) 1932, 2615, 2616 (Wallace) 2306
Beer, exemption for draft beer (D’Arcy) 2300 (Fraser, R.) 2299, 2300 (Phillips) 2813, 2814
Boat purchases, rebate on (Curtis) 2361 (Nicolson) 2360, 2361, 2362
Building materials, exemption for (Curtis) 2959 (Passarell) 2958
Changes in (Phillips) 2363 (Skelly) 2372, 2376 (Stupich) 2280-1, 2286, 2287, 2621
Collection of (Cocke) 2351
Decrease in, 1978, federal contribution to (Stupich) 2356-7
Evasion of, northern B.C. (Passarell) 945
Evasion of, out-of-province purchases (Curtis) 2959
Exemption for northern residents (Passarell) 945
Exemptions (Brown) 2814 (Curtis) 166, 2278, 2430 (Fraser, R.) 2299 (Phillips) 2814 (Smith) 2814, 2815 (Stupich) 2282, 2357, 2813, 2814, 2815 (Wallace) 2815
Fairness of (Fraser, R.) 218-9
Fishermen, exemption for leased goods (Cocke) 1210 (Curtis) 1062
Increase in (Cocke) 2351, 2353 (Curtis) 166, 2278-9, 2431 (Dailly) 2291, 2292 (D’Arcy) 2300, 2302 (Fraser, R.) 218 (Gabelmann) 2428 (Lauk) 223 (Lea) 377 (Lockstead) 242, 361, 1424 (Macdonald) 191 (Mitchell) 2151, 2152 (Nicolson) 600 (Passarell) 2379, 2429 (Pelton) 938 (Rose) 952 (Sanford) 2383 (Skelly) 2427-8 (Stupich) 176, 1925, 1929, 1931, 2283, 2286-7, 2617, 2618 (Wallace) 971
Increase in, delay in (Curtis) 2622 (Stupich) 2356, 2622
Increase in, impact of (Cocke) 2351, 2352, 2353 (Dailly) 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294 (D’Arcy) 2300, 2301, 2302 (Gabelmann) 985 (Hanson) 2369, 2423-4 (Lauk) 2386-7, 2388, 2389 (Lockstead) 2348, 2349-50 (Passarell) 2380 (Sanford) 2381, 2382 (Skelly) 2374, 2426 (Stupich) 2287, 2357, 2358 (Wallace) 2306, 2307
Increase in, revenue increase (Curtis) 2279
Introduction of in 1948 (Stupich) 2280-7
Labour, sales tax on (Skelly) 2374
Legislation on (Stupich) 2280-7
Patent medicines, exemption for (Curtis) 2430
Reduction in, prediction re (Lockstead) 2350
Regressivity of (Barrett) 2059 (Cocke) 2354 (Dailly) 2292 (Gabelmann) 2428 (Hanson) 2422-3, 2425 (Lockstead) 2347, 2348, 2349 (Rose) 349 (Skelly) 2427 (Stupich) 2285, 2357 (Wallace) 2306-7
Remittance requirements (Wallace) 2621
Restaurant meals, sales tax on (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
Restaurant meals, sales tax on, revenue (Curtis) 2279
Revenue (D’Arcy) 2301 (Hanson) 2422, 2423 (Skelly) 2426 (Stupich) 2280, 2281, 2357
Social Service Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Soft drinks, exemption for (Phillips) 2814
Telephone calls, long-distance, sales tax on (Curtis) 166, 2279, 2430-1, 2618 (D’Arcy) 2300 (Gabelmann) 2429 (Hanson) 2368 (Lockstead) 2351 (Nicolson) 914 (Passarell) 945 (Pelton) 938 (Stupich) 2282, 2618 (Wallace) 2306
Telephone calls, long-distance, sales tax on, impact of (D’Arcy) 2302 (Gabelmann) 2429 (Hanson) 2422 (Lockstead) 2351 (Passarell) 2377-8, 2430
Telephone calls, long-distance, sales tax on, revenue (Curtis) 2279-80
United States, tax on purchases in (Johnston) 965
Wood as fuel, exemption for (Phillips) 2813, 2814
Salmon
Adams River sockeye run (Michael) 14
Salmon Arm, B.C.
Skiing in area (Michael) 14
Salmon Arm Fall Fair, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Mentioned: (Michael) 14
Salmon Arm Motors Ltd.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 439
Salmonid enhancement program
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1764
Salt Spring Insurance Agencies (1972) Ltd.
Motor vehicle branch services (Passarell) Q. 1104 (Fraser, A.) A. 1104
Saltspring Island, B.C.
Ganges sewer system. See entries under Ganges, Saltspring Island, B.C.
Salvation Army
Mentioned: (Brown) 36 (Dailly) 327, 2294 (Hon. member) 2316 (Howard) 2316 (Nielsen) 2318 (Reynolds) 306 (Smith) 3018
Samuelson, Paul A.
Economics quoted, referred to (Brown) 799, 800, 801, 803
Sands, Bill
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2244
Sandwell Management Consultants Ltd.
Ocean Falls report (Lockstead) 720
Sanford, Karen E. (Comox)
Address in reply 135-9
Agricultural Land Commission, abolition of, possibility of 498
Agricultural Land Commission, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 3097
Agricultural Land Commission, purpose of 499
Agricultural Land Commission, staff, reduction in 3097
Agricultural Land Commission, zoning powers 1225
Agricultural land reserve, exclusion of northeastern B.C., Q. 3088, Q. 3089, 3096
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from, Q. 853, 1278, 3096
Agricultural land reserve, government policy on 3096
Agriculture and Food ministry, estimates 3095-8, 3103, 3104
Alcoholism, Courtenay treatment centre 137
Annacis bridge 139
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 3018-9
Automobiles, sales tax on 2616
Automobiles, used-car buyers, recourse to courts 451
Banks, profits 1993
Boards, commissions, abolition of under present government 499
Boards, commissions, W .E. Reid's stand on 498, 501
Bonds, B.C. bonds, credit rating of 1991
B.C. Development Corp., competence of as farmland managers 1098, 1099
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, development of 1098, 1101
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, leases 1097
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, rental charges for 1099
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, transfer of 1097-8, 1101, 1385
B.C. Hydro, rates 1991-2
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of by ministers, Q. 1919, 1990, 1992
Budget debate 1025-9
Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, impact of on economy 280, 1025-6, 1027
Buses, braking systems, Q. 2981
Buses, inspection of, Q. 2981, 3129
Buses, safety of, Q. 3044, 3129-30
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, entertainment of, Q.1919-20
Child-abuse teams, elimination of 1026
Collective agreements and Employment Standards Act 1888-9
College and Institute Amendment Act (1983) 1412-3
Colony Farm, administration of 1099
Colony Farm, assets, sale of, Q. 1440
Colony Farm, assets, use of funds realized, Q. 1978
Colony Farm, continuance of in ALR 3097, 3148
Colony Farm, future of, Q. 1440, Q. 1978, Q. 2052, 3097, 3148
Colony Farm, jurisdiction over, Q. 1440
Colony Farm, operation of 3096-7
Colony Farm, rental charges for 1099
Colony Farm, research station proposal 3097, 3149
Colony Farm, sale of, Q. 2730, 3097, 3148
Community involvement program payments, abolition of 1029
Community involvement program, value of 1026
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1990-4, 2740-1, 2742, 2747, 2753
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, consultation re 2741, 2742
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 2742
Compensation stabilization program, arbitrated settlements 2740
Compensation stabilization program, arbitrators, arbitration 2741, 2742
Conmac Stages Ltd. bus, safety standards, Q. 3043, Q. 3044
Corrections, community service order program 3018-9
Dawn Development Corp. and Sunmask Petroleum Corp. 502
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 499-501
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 498, 499, 1222
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, Greater Vancouver Regional District decision on 498, 500, 1222, 1223
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, mortgages on 500
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, profit on development of 500
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, removal of from ALR 57, Q. 79, 136, 501, 502, 1223
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, Walter Davidson's comments re 501
Dawn Development Corp., J. M. Parks' involvement in 502
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 1027
Deputy ministers, responsibility of to Premier's deputy 1276 de Roo, Remi, accusation of being “pinko” 1028
Disarmament, support for 139
Economic recovery 1028
Education costs, percentage of personal income 1549
Education finance formula, proposal for 658
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 657-62, 1548-51
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, sunset clause, repeal of 1550
Education ministry, estimates 3197-9
Education, provincial contribution to 1549, 3198
Education system, centralization of 658, 1548-9
Employees, private sector, layoff of 2451
Employers, private sector, rights of 2449, 2449-50
Employment-bridging assistance program, cancellation of 138
Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 1887-91
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, effects of 1887-90
Employment Standards Board, jurisdiction of, supreme court decision on 1890
Employment standards director, powers of 1890
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway hearings, intervention in, Q. 1339, Q. 2169
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, overestimation of 1026-7, 1029
Expenditures, reduction in, NDP proposals for 283, 666, 1029, 1191
Expenditures, restraint on 136-7
Expenditures, restraint on, advertising campaign re 1029, 1992
Expenditures, restraint on, basis for 1027
Expenditures, restraint on, savings effected 1029
Farm income insurance fund, government contribution to, Q. 1221
Farm income insurance program 3095-6
Farmland, preservation of 3096
Farmland, preservation of, H.W. Schroeder's jurisdiction over 1099
Farmland, taxation of 1277-8
Farmland, undeveloped farmland 1101
Farmworkers, housing regulations 3103, 3104
Farmworkers, safety regulations 3097
Farmworkers, Workers' Compensation Board coverage for 3097
Father's war service 281
Ferry service, Omineca constituency 1315
Fruit growers, farm income insurance 1982 payments, Q. 1221
Fruit growers, farm income insurance 1983 premiums, Q. 1221
Fruit, imported, seasonal tariff on, Q. 1221
Government agent, Courtenay, appointment of, Q. 56
Government, centralization of 280, 1276, 1277, 1970, 1971, 2742
Greater Vancouver Regional District, land resource 500, 502
Greater Vancouver Regional District planning committee, membership of J.M. Parks in 502-3
Greater Vancouver Regional District, planning function 500
Greater Vancouver Regional District, Vancouver's vote in 499
Gulf Islands, official settlement plans 2262-3
Gulf Islands, preservation of 2263
Harbour Board Repeal Act 1096-1101, 1385
Harbour Board Repeal Act, Delta municipality's opposition to 1385
Heal, Douglas, salary, increase in 137, 283
Heroin treatment program, failure of 1991
Highway 19, Parksville-Campbell River bypass 139
Highways ferries, free ferries 3129
Hospitals, privatization of 137
Human Resources ministry, appropriation, increase in 1026
Human Resources ministry employees, dismissal of 282
Income, distribution of 136
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2129-32
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2129
Income tax credits, benefits of 2130-2
Interest rate, high rate, W .R. Bennett's support for 1993
Job creation, role of private sector 138
Ku Klux Klan, references to 281
Labour legislation, proposal for 139
Labour Relations Board, abolition of, W .E. Reid's stand on 498
Land branch, Courtenay, Nanaimo offices, closing of 451, 1992
Land branch personnel, relocation of 451
Legal aid, funds for, cutback in 137
Legislation, 1983 session, demonstration against 1028
Legislation, 1983 session, impact of 1550-1
Legislature, cost of operation of 1990, 1991
Legislature, proposal for elimination of, savings effected 499
Maintenance payments, problem of 2131
Mentally handicapped, volunteer-training program 1026
Mill rate, problems re 1971
Mill rate, variable mill rate 1970
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2821
Motor trucks, safety of 1316-7
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1983) 2868-9
Motor vehicle inspection branch employees, dismissal of 1315
Motor vehicle inspection branch, inspection fee 1315, 1315-6
Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of 2868-9
Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of, cost to vehicle owners 1315, 1317
Motor vehicle inspection, second-hand vehicle, case cited 1316
Motor vehicle inspection, tax burden on non-testing area residents 1315
Motor vehicle inspection, teamsters' union members 1317
Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 2890
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 498-503, 1222-6, 2260, 2262-3, 2263, 2264-5, 2392
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, amendments to, source of 2262, 2263, 2264
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, amendments to, UBCM support for 2263, 2264
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, centralization of power under 1222
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation with D.R.J. Campbell re 2392
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, MLAs' vote on and possible conflict of interest 503
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, meetings re 1226
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, municipalities' costs, increase in 1224-5
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, timing of debate on 1226
Municipal counsellors, workload 1971
Municipal planning and liveability 1225
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, construction of 499
Order-in-council 3381, rescinding of 57, Q. 79, 136
Oyster industry, jurisdiction over 3097-8
Oyster leases, cost of 3098
Poor, cost-of-living problems for 2130
Post-partum depression, counselling services 1026
Probation officer, Courtenay area 3019
Propane tankers, safety of 1316-7
Propane truck overturned in Royston area, case cited 1316-7
Property assessment levels, ceiling on in past 1277
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , (1983) 1276-8, 1970-1
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, regulations 1276-7
Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 3147-8, 3148, 3148-9
Public Sector Restraint Act 280-3, 446-9, 451-2, 2622, 2625, 2628-9, 2629, 2679, 2684, 2685
Public Sector Restraint Act, debate on 446
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of 282, 283
Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 446, 451
Public Sector Restraint Act, “lay off”, meaning and use of words in act 2625, 2628-9, 2629
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to in press 280-1
Public Sector Restraint Act, school boards' opposition to 451-2
Public Sector Restraint Act, “terminate”, meaning and use of word in act 2625
Public service, collective bargaining 1991
Public Service Commission, powers 2451
Public service, contracted work, provision for 2451-2, 2529
Public service employees, compensation levels 1991
Public service employees, confrontation with 2449, 2450, 2527
Public service employees, consultation with 2528, 2529
Public service employees, contracts of employment, verbal contracts 2679
Public service employees, dismissal of 660-1, 2449, 2629
Public service employees, dismissal of under collective agreement 2684, 2685
Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 282, 446-7
Public service employees, dismissals, method used 280, 281, 282
Public service employees, dismissed employees, access to appeal 280
Public service employees, job security 2450-1
Public service employees, productivity of 2450, 2451
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2448-52, 2526-9
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 2450
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2527-9
Regional districts, abolition of 1224
Regional districts, directors, workload 1222, 1971
Regional districts, planning function 1225
Regional districts, settlement plans 2262, 2263
Regional planners, need for 1222-3
Rent control, abolition of 282
Rentalsman office, abolition of 137, 451, 498
Renter's tax credit for elderly, history of 2132
Restaurant meals, sales tax on, impact of 2384
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, underestimation of 1026-7, 1029
Right-to-work legislation, introduction of 1887, 1890
Sales tax, increase in, impact of 2381, 2382
Sales tax, increase in, W .R. Bennett's commitment re 2383
School boards, accountability of 658
School boards, powers 658, 1548-9
School boards, resignation of, proposal for 452
School District 69, teachers, layoff of 3198-9
School District 71, music program 1549
School program costs and materials 659-60
School tax burden on homeowners, reduction in 1277
School tax, increase in 662
Schroeder, H. W. , office staff salaries, Q. 2366
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector 1315-7
Sexual Abuse Victims Anonymous, funding for 137
Social assistance rates, allowances, level of 282
Social assistance recipients, number of, increase in 1026
Social Credit Party, public service employees' donation to 283
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2381-5, 2616
Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 2384
Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2381
Social welfare programs, abolition of 1992
Social welfare programs, cuts in 137
Stanley Park, establishment of 1223, 1225
Teachers, arbitration procedure 2741, 2742
Teachers, layoff of, cost-benefit analysis of 661
Teachers, layoff of, effects of 3199
Teachers, productivity 1992
Teachers, salaries, arbitration process 661-2
Teachers, stressful nature of teaching 1550-1
Tozer, Tony, appointment of as government agent 139, 1993, 2451
Trade unions, decertification of 139
Transition houses, value of services 1026
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 3129-30
Unemployment, effects of 138, 447-9, 451
Unemployment, impact of restraint program on 1028
Unemployment, young people 138
Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, discussion of proposed legislation 1276
Vancouver Island, transportation policy, Q. 2169, 2890
Wage controls, effect of on inflation rate 138
Whistler ski resort, assistance for 1991
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review 2821
Zoning changes, notification to property owners re 2260
Sarita Indian reservation
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3019
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 754
Saturday Night
Mentioned: (Howard) 2315 (Skelly) 2179
Saunders, Robert Wayne (Bob)
Dismissal of (Cocke) 3055 (Richmond) 3056
Save the Farmland Committee
Savings and thrift
Economic recovery and savings (D’Arcy) 2302 (Lea) 205 (Skelly) 1349
Investment of savings (Davis) 70 (Lea) 377, 563-4
Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C.
Establishment of (Blencoe) Q. 2291 (Bennett) A. 2291
Report on, disclosure of (Stupich) 2273
Sayward, B.C.
Forest program (Gabelmann) 3050
Saywell, John Tupper
The Office of Lieutenant-Governor referred to (Brown) 1342 (Smith) 1365
Mentioned: (Hon. member) 1343 (Smith) 1344, 1365
Scharffetter, Andy
Quoted (Rose) 453
Schmidt, Helmut
Mentioned: (Lea) 2468
School Act
Amendments to (Gabelmann) 890
New act (Cocke) 637, 639 (Howard) 1167 (Wallace) 643
Quoted (Nicolson) 2711
Sections nullified (Howard) 1168, 1508-9
White Paper on (Cocke) 2590 (Heinrich) 2590, 2591, 3182 (Mitchell) 2590 (Rose) 3182
Mentioned: (Chabot) 2673, 2675, 2736 (Cocke) 637 (Gabelmann) 890 (Hanson) 1639 (Heinrich) 285, 291, 1799, 2674, 2736 (Howard) 1306 (Lockstead) 869, 870 (Macdonald) 1593, 1594, 2674, 2675 (Mitchell) 2674 (Nicolson) 2712 (Rose) 1603, 1823, 3194 (Sanford) 2741 (Smith) 298
School attendance
Enrolment, decline in (Heinrich) 627, 3182 (Parks) 895 (Strachan) 641
Enrolment, increase in (Heinrich) 3182
Enrolment, 1984, 1985, increase in (Strachan) 641
School boards
Accountability of (Michael) 657 (Sanford) 65
Accounting irregularities (Barrett) Q. 470
Adaptability of (D’Arcy) 1216
Autonomy of (Heinrich) 3185
Autonomy of, Social Credit Party's 1975 election platform on (Barnes) 1181-2, 1184 (Brown) 1210-2 (Heinrich) 629 (Reid) 278-9
Candidates for (Cocke) 1511 (Macdonald) 1593, 1594-5 (Stupich) 1581
Consultation with (Heinrich) 3181 (Rose) 3182
B.C. School Trustees' Association, membership fees (Rose) Q. 429, 431 (Heinrich) A. 429
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, fines under act (Barrett) 1576, 1576-7, 1596 (Cocke) 637-8 (Hanson) 1480 (Howard) 1167 (Michael) 657 (Passarell) 650, 1515 (Rose) 1602, 1603, 1606 (Stupich) 1582
Election of, North Island constituency (Gabelmann) 890
Elections, political partisanship in (Brummet) 635 (Cocke) 638
Elections, triennial elections (Cocke) 1305 (Howard) 1306
Elimination of (Dailly) 633 (Sanford) 452 (Wallace) 644
Meetings, public access to (Skelly) 1625
Members (Lauk) 1177 (Nicolson) 1559 (Skelly) 1499
Members, 1930s, school visits (Rose) 1526
Powers (Barrett) 1576 (Brown) 1274, 1492 (Brummet) 636 (Dailly) 631 (Gabelmann) 890 (Hanson) 991 (Heinrich) A. 252 (Howard) 1167 (Lockstead) 867, 868, 870-1, 1502, 1505 (Macdonald) 1593, 1595 (Michael) 657 (Nicolson) 1558 (Parks) 896 (Passarell) 646, 649 (Rose) Q. 252, 1602, 1603, 1607, 1610, 2588-9 (Sanford) 658, 1548-9 (Skelly) 1498 (Strachan) 641 (Stupich) 1529, 1531-2, 1584 (Wallace) 644, 645-6, 1532-3, 1534-5
Public Sector Restraint Act, application of to boards (Skelly) 357
Public Sector Restraint Act, opposition to (Sanford) 451-2
Teachers' election to (Rose) 2323
School buses
Inspection of (Fraser, A.) 2771, 2865, 3045, 3067 (Passarell) 3066
Mechanical condition, responsibility for (Fraser, A.) 3044
School children
Crosswalk attendants, funds for (Rose) 3183
Number of from single-parent homes (Nicolson) 1561
School District 7
Budget, 1982-83 fiscal year 1171-2
School tax revenue, use of (Nicolson) 1079
Tax on non-residential property, loss of (Skelly) 1632
Trustees, tribute to (Skelly) 1627
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1405 (Nicolson) 653, 654, 655, 1560
School District 9
Problems (D’Arcy) 1218
Tax on non-residential property, loss of (D’Arcy) 1632
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1405 (Nicolson) 653, 654, 1560
School District 10
Problems (Nicolson) 1558
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1405 (Nicolson) 653, 654, 655, 1560
School District 11
Tax on non-residential property, loss of (D’Arcy) 1632
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1560
School District 12
Budget and enrolment (Rose) 429, 1613, 3197
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1405
School District 21
Budget and enrolment (Heinrich) 3199 (Rose) 1613, 3197
School District 23
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 630
School District 26
Budget and enrolment (Heinrich) 3199 (Rose) 429, 1612-3, 3197
School District 32
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 630
School District 34
Budget and enrolment (Rose) 1613, 3197
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 630
School District 35
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 630
School District 36
School closures (Heinrich) 3187
School District 37
Budget and enrolment (Rose) 1613
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 630
School District 39
Budget (Rose) 3194
English-as-a-second-language program (Barnes) 1182 (Heinrich) 3195 (Rose) 3194, 3196
Property, disposition of (Heinrich) 3153
Special needs (Dailly) 632
Superintendent's salary (Macdonald) 1725
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 629
School District 40
Funds for, source of (Cocke) 637, 1510
School District 41
Adult use of school system (Brown) 1212
Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year, reduction in (Brown) 1212 (Dailly) 631, 633 (Rose) 1613
Budget preparation (Brown) 1213
English-as-a-second-language students (Brown) 1212
Problem children, budgeting for (Brown) 1213
Revenue, school-building rentals (Brown) 1214
School programs (Brown) 1212, 1213, 1214
School tax and local control (Dailly) 1376 (Heinrich) 1377
Special education, funds for (Heinrich) 2586-7
Staff, reduction in (Brown) 1213-4
Mentioned: (Brown) 1158, 1493 (Reynolds) 181
School District 43
Efficiency of (Parks) 896
French immersion program (Parks) 233
Sunny Park School (Rose) 2587
Telegram quoted (Rose) 1611
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 630
School District 44
School rental proposal (Reynolds) Q. 3153 (Heinrich) A. 3153
Supervisory personnel, salary levels (Davis) 403 (Rose) 454
School District 45
Glenmore Elementary School, rental of (Reynolds) 3153
School District 46
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 867, 1505
School District 47
Letters quoted (Lockstead) 869-70, 871, 1504-5
Source of funds, local taxation (Lockstead) 868
Telegram quoted (Lockstead) 869, 1504
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 867, 870
School District 49
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 867
School District 55
Letter quoted (Rose) 3196
School District 57
Administration costs, personnel, increase in (Strachan) 640
School showers, approval steps for (Lauk) 1175
Residential property tax, increase in (D’Arcy) 1632
Winter busing program (Strachan) 640
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 1367
School District 61
Budget, 1982-83 fiscal year, preparation of (Mitchell) 898
Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year (Blencoe) 3204
Deficit financing, proposal for (Mitchell) 899-900, 1517
Enrolment, decline in (Heinrich) 3204
Pupil-teacher ratio (Heinrich) 3204
Schools closed (Blencoe) 1542
Special programs (Blencoe) 3205 (Heinrich) 3205
Teachers, layoff of (Blencoe) 3205
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1480 (Mitchell) 901, 1518, 1519
School District 62
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 901, 1517, 1520, 2586
School District 63
Budget and enrolment (Rose) 1613
School District 64
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1480
School District 65
Board chairman's telegram (Wallace) 642-3
Highway 1, schoolchild's accident (Heinrich) 2893
Salaries (Wallace) 644
Schoolchildren, safety busing of (Wallace) 645
Transportation allowance (Wallace) Q. 2893, Q. 2894 (Heinrich) A. 2893, A. 2894
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1480 (Heinrich) 630 (Wallace) 644
School District 66
Mentioned: (Wallace) 644
School District 68
Budget, Education minister's control over (Stupich) 1583
Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year (Stupich) 1584
Indian children, integration of (Stupich) 1530
Teachers, salaries (Michael) 656, 657
School District 69
Budgetary problems (Heinrich) 3200, 3201
Teachers, layoff of (Heinrich) 3201 (Rose) 3197 (Sanford) 3198-9
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 3200
School District 70
Mentioned: (Rose) 1369
School District 71
Music program (Sanford) 1549
Resolution quoted, referred to (Sanford) 452, 658, 1548, 1550
School District 72
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1545
School District 75
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 630
School District 81
Mentioned: (Passarell) 649
School District 84
Amalgamation of (Gabelmann) 893
Parent's letter (Gabelmann) 1543-4
Tax base, loss of (Gabelmann) 1545-6
Teachers, salaries (Gabelmann) 1545
School District 86
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1405 (Nicolson) 653, 654, 1560
School District 87
Dease Lake school (Passarell) 1627
Establishment of (Passarell) 649, 1514
Kitsault school, moving of (Passarell) 1627
Quality of education (Passarell) 650
Mentioned: (Passarell) 650, 651, 1515
School District 88
Incorporation of School District 92 (Passarell) 650
Stewart schools (Passarell) 1513
Mentioned: (Passarell) 1514, 1515
School District 89
Mentioned: (Hon. member) 1592 (Macdonald) 1592 (Michael) 657
School District 92
Capital expense (Passarell) 1514
Continuation of (Heinrich) 3204 (Passarell) 1514, 3204
Establishment of (Passarell) 1513
Incorporation of into School District 88 (Passarell) 650
Maintenance problems (Passarell) 650
Native language programs (Heinrich) 3204 (Passarell) 3203
Powers (Passarell) 649
Programs (Passarell) 1513
Schools, communities served (Passarell) 1513
Mentioned: (Passarell) 650, 651, 1515, 1516
School districts
Accountants, employment of (Nicolson) 1560
Administration (Barrett) 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636
Administration costs (Barnes) 1181 (Campbell) 909-10 (Parks) 896 (Strachan) 640
Administration staff (Brown) 1214 (Brummet) 636 (Dailly) 632 (Gabelmann) 893 (Heinrich) 630 (Michael) 657 (Strachan) 640
Amalgamation of (Curtis) 163 (Gabelmann) 893 (Nicolson) 653 (Passarell) 650, 651, 1514, 1515 (Rose) 1610 (Stupich) 177
Assets, disposition of (Heinrich) 3153
Budget information packets, availability of (Rose) 251
Budgets, allocation of funds (Heinrich) 2584 (Rose) 2584
Budgets, Education minister's powers over (Barnes) 1183 (Brown) 1210 (Dailly) 631 (D’Arcy) 1216 (Gabelmann) 891, 892 (Howard) 1168, 1170 (Lockstead) 868 (Mitchell) 901, 1517 (Nicolson) 653, 654-5 (Rose) 2585 (Skelly) 1173-4 (Stupich) 1531, 1581, 1584 (Wallace) 644
Budgets, increase in (Parks) 895
Budgets, limits on (Brummet) 634-5 (Campbell) 1011 (Michael) 656
Budgets, 1982-83 fiscal year, changes in (Skelly) 1171-2
Budgets, 1984-85 fiscal year (Heinrich) 3181
Budgets, penalization.for efficiency (D’Arcy) 1217 (Lauk) 1178
Budgets, reduction in (Rose) 1163-4
Budgets, reduction in, three-year reduction (Heinrich) 3186 (Rose) 3182, 3187
Budgets, size of (Rose) 118
Budgets, three-year budgets (Rose) 3197
Costs, variations in from district to district (Barnes) 1182 (D’Arcy) 1629 (Gabelmann) 1544 (Heinrich) 3182, 3200 (Howard) 1507 (Lauk) 1177 (Rose) 1612
Funding, basis for (Brummet) 635-6 (Dailly) 633 (D’Arcy) 1630 (Lockstead) 871-2 (Rose) 1612-3
Instructional time lost, proposals for (Heinrich) 3195 (Rose) 3193-4, 3196
Legal costs, increase in (Gabelmann) 1546 (Nicolson) 1560 (Rose) 2585
Northern districts, expenses (Howard) 1508 (Passarell) 650, 1514, 1515
Rural and remote areas, problems in (Gabelmann) 1545
Schools, rental of excess space, policy on (Reynolds) 3153
Schools, rental revenue, use of (Rose) Q. 3153 (Heinrich)A. 3153
Special aid for, provision re (Howard) 1509
Supervisory personnel (Dailly) 632
School enrolment
See: School attendance
School principals
Cabinet access to files of (Barrett) 832
Principals, vice-principals, change in status of (Chabot) 2708, 2709, 2710, 2711 (Cocke) 2714 (Dailly) 2711 (Nicolson) 2708, 2709, 2711-2 (Passarell) 369, 371 (Rose) 2706-7, 2707-8, 2710
Role of (Brown) 2712, 1713 (Nicolson) 2709 (Rose) 2707, 2708
School superintendents
Dismissal of (Macdonald) 1523
Role of (Gabelmann) 1547
Salaries (Brummet) 636 (Dailly) 633 (Macdonald) 924 (McGeer) 949 (Rose) 1607
School tax
See: Education — Finance
School trustees
See: School boards
School year
Shortening of (Wallace) 644-5
Schools
Burning of school, case cited (D’Arcy) 1218
Closing of (Gabelmann) 1546
Community use of (Rose) 1610
Energy efficiency in (Rose) 1610
Facilities, use of (Gabelmann) 894 (Lauk) 1575
Floor space and budgets (Nicolson) 1560 (Rose) 1528
Music rooms (Rose) 1527
One-room schools, history of (Lauk) 1174-5
Privatization of (Barnes) 1455
Rental of excess space, policy on (Reynolds) 3153
See also: School attendance
Schools, Independent
See: Private schools
Schreyer, Edward Richard
Mentioned: (Rose) 114
Schroeder, Hon. Harvey W. (Chilliwack) Minister of Agriculture and Food
Agricultural industry, competitiveness of 240
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from, A. 853
Agricultural land reserve, fine-tuning of 3098
Agricultural land reserve, government policy on, A. 3089, 3098
Agricultural products, consumption of 3095
Agriculture and Food ministry, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 3094
Agriculture and Food ministry employees, attendance at protest rallies, A. 1045, A. 1046
Agriculture and Food ministry, estimates 3094-5, 3098-9, 3099, 3101-2, 3102, 3103, 3103-4
Auditor-general, appointment to committee of selection for (Gardom) 597
Budget debate 238-42
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, entertainment of 1919, A. 1920
Colony Farm, assets, sale of, A. 1440, A. 1978
Colony Farm, assets, sale of, funds realized, A. 1978
Colony Farm, continuance of in ALR 3098
Colony Farm, dairy herd, sale of 3099
Colony Farm, future of 241, A. 1439, A. 1440, A. 2052, 3098
Colony Farm, jurisdiction over, transfer of, A. 1440
Colony Farm, operation of 3099
Colony Farm, research station proposal 3101
Colony Farm, therapeutic value of 3 101
Colony Farm, zoning of 3098
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, return of to ALR, A. 135
Debt, interest cost on 238
Deficit, 1982-83 fiscal year 240
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 240
Economic problems of B.C. 239-40
Education costs, increase in 241
Farm income insurance fund, government contribution to, A. 1221
Farm income insurance program 3094-5
Farm income insurance program, deficits 3094
Farm management seminars 3095
Farmland preservation, jurisdiction over (Sanford) 1099
Farms, bankruptcies, number of 3095
Farms, management of 3095
Farmworkers, housing regulations 3103, 3104
Food production, technology 3098
Fruit crop, 1982 crop, sale of, A. 1222
Fruit growers, 1982 income insurance payments, A. 1221
Fruit growers, 1983 income insurance payments, A. 1221
Government boards, commissions, reduction in number of 240-1
Government, role of 240
Health care system, cost of, increase in 241
Income tax assessments, part-time farmers 3102
Insurance Corp. of B.C., premiums, level of 240
Investment, increase in 240
Knapweed control program 3095
Land use, conflicts re 3098
Marketing boards 3095
“Nincompoop”, use of word in House 712
Office, staff salaries, increase in (Sanford) Q. 2366
Order-in-council 3381, rescinding of, A. 135
Oyster industry, jurisdiction over 3098
Oyster leases, cost of 3099
Public service employees, dismissal of 241
Public service salaries, level of 241
Red meat stabilization program 3101-2
Ski facilities, privatization of 241
Surgery referred to 238
Tax burden 238
Tilbury Island industrial park 1345
Vegetable production, hot springs for 3099
Weed control program 3095
Schuck, Andrew
Quoted (Strachan) 956
Science
Mentioned: (McGeer) 702 (Nicolson) 702
Science-Study and teaching
Equipment for in schools (Dailly) 1488
Science Council of Canada
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2910
Scott, Edward (Ted)
Letter quoted (Bennett) 3044-5
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1476
Scott, William
Dismissal of, case referred to (Hanson) 1669-72, 1673, 1674, 1675-6, 1680, 1681-2, 1683
Scott Paper Ltd.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3025
Scottie mine
Mentioned: (Waterland) 3038
Sea World, San Diego, Calif.
Mentioned: (Dailly) 879
Seaboard Lumber Sales Co. Ltd.
Export award (Phillips) 2828
SeaBus ferry system
Mentioned: (Brown) 36, 977 (McCarthy) 814 (Reid) 38 (Rose) 118
The Seagram Co. Ltd.
B.C. operation (Phillips) 1186
Mentioned: (Cocke) 904
Sealey, Norma
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1867
Sears (Simpson-Sears Ltd.)
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 131 (Skelly) 1145
Seatbelts, Automobile
See: Automobile seatbelts
Seattle, Wash.
Health maintenance organization (Cocke) 3077
Jetfoil service to (Barrett) 1600
Seattle City Light Co.
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1219
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wash.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1703
Seattle Sounders
Mentioned: (Barnes) 106
Seaward Construction Ltd.
Mentioned: (Johnston) 59
Sechelt Indian band
Self-government (Lockstead) 2933
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 3170
Securities Act
New act (D’Arcy) 2851, 2852, 2853 (Hewitt) 2854, 2855
White Paper on (D’Arcy) 2851
Securities Commission
Prospectus submitted to, case cited (Ree) 1024
Segarty, Terence Patrick (Kootenay)
Address in reply 121-4
Auditor-general, appointment to committee of selection for (Gardom) 597
B.C. Coal Ltd., work-sharing 123, 124
B.C. Government Employees' Union, collective agreement 124
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island power transmission line 123
Canadian National Railways, expenditures planned for B.C. 782
Canadian Pacific Railway, expenditures planned for B.C. 782
Coal, development of, NDP policy on 121
Coal, northeast, job creation 122
Coal, southeast 785-6
Coal, southeast, job creation 122
Coal, southeast, transportation system 782, 786
Crowsnest Pass freight rate 122, 123
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, change in (Motion 2) 781-6
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, NDP policy on 782, 784
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, opposition to 783-4
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, petition re 784
Cuff case, appeal, Q. 80
Economy of B.C. 122
Government regulations, elimination of 121
Grain, freight rate 783
Heroin trafficker, prosecution of, Q. 79
High-technology industry 123
Highway 3, upgrading of 123
Job creation, government projects 123
New Democratic Party, election campaign 121
Parks, development of 123
Physicians, payback by 124
Pioneers of B.C. 123
Prince Rupert, port development 122, 123
Railroads, expenditures planned for B.C. 782
Railroads, grain shipments, loss on 703
Railroads, shortage of carrying capacity 783
Roberts Bank, port expansion 122, 123
Social welfare programs 121
Technology and unemployment 785
Travel industry development subsidiary agreement, job creation 122-3
Unemployed, retraining of 123
Unemployment 122
Vancouver, ALRT system 123
Western Grain Transportation Act 783
Wood pulp, demand for 785
Wood pulp, exports 785
Wood pulp, production in southeastern B.C. 785
Work-sharing 123-4
Segger, Martin
Mentioned: (Hanson) 80
Select standing committees
See: Legislature-Select standing committees
Selkirk College
Establishment of (D’Arcy) 1405
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1406 (Heinrich) 2945 (Nicolson) 1376, 2944, 3172 (Rose) 1410
Senior citizens
See: Aged
Sentinel, Kamloops, B.C.
Quoted (Hanson) 1702
Separate maintenance
Maintenance orders, enforcement of (Brown) 3020 (Curtis) 165 (Fraser, R.) 13, 219 (McCarthy) 130, 2913 (Throne speech) 7
Maintenance payments (Sanford) 2131
Servants
Domestics, labour legislation coverage for (Brown) 35, 37
Wages, non-payment of (Brown) 2596 (McClelland) 2596
Service stations, Automobile
See: Automobiles-Service stations
Sethen, Sherry
Tribute to (Passarell) 650
Settlements (Law)
Traffic accidents, settlements (Mowat) 58
Sewage
Sewer systems (Blencoe) Q. 392, Q. 393 (Ritchie) A. 392-3, A. 393
Sewage disposal
Land disposal program (Michael) 14
Sexual Abuse Victims Anonymous
Funding for, ending of (Sanford) 137
Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Mowat) 52-3
Shaw, George Bernard
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 923 (Nicolson) 683
Shaw, Gillian
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
Water quality (Wallace) 2908
Shearer, Renate
Mentioned: (Bennett) 3044
Shelford, Cyril
Mentioned: (Lea) 380, 381 (Nicolson) 2202
Shell Canada Resources Ltd.
Mentioned: (Phillips) 1061
Shelley, Melvin J.
Mentioned: (Brown) 1909
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program
Eligibility for (Brown) 2102
Progam (Nicolson) 2147
Mentioned: (Brown) 408 (D’Arcy) 2166 (McCarthy) 1161 (Michael) 919 (Rose) 2161
Sherrell, Robbie
Insurance Corp. of B.C., proposals for (Howard) Q. 1256, Q. 1257 (Hewitt) A. 1257
Shephard, Roy
Mentioned: (Wallace) 1259
Shields, John
Dismissal of (Dailly) 1752 (Hanson) Q. 627 (McCarthy)A. 627
Shipbuilding industry
Frigate, contracts for (Reid) 39
Scotland, shipbuilding industry (Phillips) 1186
Shipping
Cruise ship facility, Vancouver (Davis) 2571-2
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Government policy on (Davis) 2572
Marine bunker fuel, cost of (Davis) 2571
Marine bunker fuel, sales volume (Curtis) 2573-4
Marine bunker fuel, tax (Curtis) 167, 2570 (Davis) 926, 2571, 2572, 2615, 2841-2
Marine bunker fuel, tax increase, effect of (Curtis) 2573 (Davis) 2571-2, 2615, 2841-2 (Lockstead) 2572 (Phillips) 2842
Marine bunker fuel, tax on fuel in transit (Curtis) 2571 (Davis) 2571
See also: Ocean liners
Shoppers Drug Mart
Imasco Ltd., ownership of (Wallace) 576
Short takeoff and landing aircraft
Airport, proposal for (Lauk) 318
Shulman, Morton
Mentioned: (Rose) 3197
Shuswap Lake, B.C.
Milfoil control (Michael) 14
Shuswap-Revelstoke constituency
Description of (Michael) 14
Special functions in (Michael) 14
Shuswap School District
See: School District 89
Sickle, Thelma
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2305
Sidney Freight Ltd.
Mentioned: (Campbell) 1010
Silver Lodge Hotel, Ainsworth, B.C.
Property tax (Nicolson) 1153, 1270, 1903
Silver Threads Service
Funding, reduction in (Blencoe) 451 (Speaker) 471
Mentioned: (Brown) 979 (Mowat) 128
Similkameen Spotlight, Keremeos, B.C.
Editorial (Brown) Q. 880 (Nicolson) 912 (Smith) A. 880
Quoted (Brown) 880
Simon Fraser University
Accounts receivable (Curtis) 792
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2890 (Brown) 2992 (Davis) 3178 (Fraser, R.) 218 (Hanson) 1704 (Nicolson) 3172 (Rose) 456, 457 (Skelly) 2447 (Wallace) 1965
Simons and Co.
Ocean Falls study (Lockstead) 714-5, 716, 721, 724, 726
Simons, H.A., (International) Ltd.
Mentioned: (Reid) 38
Sinclair, James
Death of (Gardom) 3151 (Howard) 3151 (Reynolds) 3151
Singh, Horace
Mentioned: (Sanford) 3199
Sisters of St. Ann
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3016 (Smith) 3016
Skalbania, Nelson
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 923, 1521
Skelly, James
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1811
Skelly, Ray
Mentioned: (Phillips) 2841
Skelly, Robert E. (Alberni)
Address in reply 29-31
Agricultural Land Commission, purpose of 555
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from 556, 1345
Alberni constituency unemployment, effect of on economy 30
Alberni Inlet, floathouses 3035
Aspen, use of 3026
Athens, class system in ancient Athens 2066
Attorney-General ministry, diversion program 444
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 3019
Automobile repair shops, backyard 1051
Automobile repair shops, regulations re 1051
Automobiles, energy efficiency, benefits of 2375, 2616
Automobiles, energy efficiency, standards for 2616
Automobiles, sales tax on, uniformity in levying of 2427
Bank of Nova Scotia, political donations 2064
Bawlf, R.S., purchase of schooner referred to 1498
Begin, Gary, candidature for Social Credit Party 444
Borrowing by government 3032
B.C. Ferry Corp., vessels, lease fees 2978-9
British Columbia Forest Products Ltd., debt 3034
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, development of 1345
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, transfer of 1345-6
B.C. Harbours Board operations, transfer of 1345
B.C. Hydro, rate hearings, intervention in, Q. 1339
B.C. Hydro, Site C Dam, B.C. Utilities Commission report on, Q. 1059, Q. 1060, Q. 2552
B.C. Independent Logging Association, meeting with Forests minister, Q. 1440
B.C. Place, job creation 356
B.C. Place, planning for 1807-8
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of by ministers, Q. 1919, 1980-1, 1983
B.C. Railway locomotives, lease fees for 2979
B.C. Systems Corp., sale of 2977
British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk 1719
Bruce, Graham, candidature for Social Credit Party 444
Budget debate 213-5
Budget, 1983 budget, timing of 192
Campbell, Daniel R.D., appointment of to regional districts inquiry, Q. 2365
Canadian Pacific Railway, political donations 2064, 2178
Canfor Corp., tree-farm licence 3033
Canfor Corp., tree-farm licence hearings, Q. 2944, 3025-6, 3033, 3034, 3039, 3040
Carrothers report on the public service 359
Central Vancouver Island Health Unit, staff levels 3080
Cigarettes, health insurance premium on, proposal for 607-9, 610
Collective agreements 359
Collective agreements, expiry of 2241, 2667
Collective agreements, management rights 2445, 2447
Collective agreements, precedence of over statutes 2241
Community involvement program payments, abolition of 445
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1979-84
Compensation stabilization program, extension of for indefinite period 1981
Corporations, profits, increase in 1982
Corporations, regulation of, reduction in 30
Corporations, tax incentives to 2179-80
Corporations, taxation of 1143-4, 2065
Council of Forest Industries of B.C., role of 3030
Crown Forest Industries, debt 3033, 3034
Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd., property taxes 1144
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 359, 555
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and purpose of Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 556-7
Dawn Development Corp., Delta Land, development of 556, 558
Debt, increase in 2978
Debt, interest on 2978
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 214, 356
Delta, membership in GVRD 556-7
Economic recovery 1349
Economic recovery, effect of Public Sector Restraint Act on 356
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1170-4, 1496-1501, 1623-7
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, committee of Legislature to consult re 1501
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1498
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, title 1170-1
Education minister, directives, powers re 1626
Education minister, powers of under Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, 1170
Education system, centralization of 1170, 1498
Education system, consultative approach for 1624
Education system, Social Credit Party's attitude towards 1499, 1500
El Salvador, civilians killed 443
Election, 1983 election, results 192
Eli Lilly and Co., use of Oraflex referred to 1319
Employees, termination of, fast-food chain case cited 2242
Employees, termination without cause, legislation re elsewhere 2242
Employees, wage concessions by 1982
Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2240-3
Energy, expenditures on, East Kootenay study on 2427
Environmental protection legislation, enforcement of 214
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in 356, 1499
Expenditures, restraint on 1499, 1500, 1980-1
Expenditures, restraint on, NDP support for 1984
Expenditures, restraint on, public support for 1981
Farmland, development of and absentee landlords 557-8
Farmland, protection of 555, 557-8, 1810-1
Federal transfer payments to B.C. 2979
Fees, government, increase in 192
Finance ministry employees, productivity of 1982
Financial Information Act, schedule of corporations included 1051, 1052
Financial Information Amendment Act, 1983 (Bill M203) 1R, 391; 1051-2
Finance ministry, estimates 2977-8, 2978-80
Fishing industry, protection of 557
Forest Act, planning aspects of 1810
Forest and range resource program 3022
Forest companies, concentration of ownership 3025-6, 3029, 3054
Forest companies, cutting and reforestation plans, Q. 227
Forest companies, debt load 3033-4
Forest companies, losses and future taxes 3034
Forest companies, property taxes, problems re 1144
Forest industry, collective agreements in 2241
Forest industry, contractor clause, Q. 1440, Q. 2944
Forest industry, contractors, use of 3032
Forest industry, control of 3026
Forest industry, employment in 3022, 3054
Forest industry, forecast re, adjournment of House to debate 1024 (Speaker) 1061
Forest industry, Forests ministry management of 3021-2
Forest industry, importance of 3021, 3023
Forest industry, investment in 3026
Forest industry, problems 3023
Forest industry, small operators 3030
Forest industry, small operators, timber for, Q. 227
Forest land, alternate use of 3035, 3038
Forest programs, appropriation for 3023
Forests, annual allowable cut 3040
Forests, annual growth increments 3040
Forests, management of 3021-2, 3024, 3054
Forests, management of, 1980 plan, Q. 625
Forests ministry, annual report 3022
Forests ministry, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 3023
Forests ministry, cost-effectiveness of 3030
Forests ministry, estimates 3020-4, 3025-6, 3029-31, 3032-5, 3038-40, 3054
Forests ministry, estimates, debate on 3023
Forests ministry, functions of 3021
Forests ministry, size of, reduction in 3022
Forests ministry, staff, reduction in 3031
Forests, multiple-resource ministry proposal 3031, 3033
Forests, partnership management proposal, Q. 2944, 3030-1
Forests, private sector interests 3022
Forests, public involvement program 3039-40
Forests, revenue and section 88 credits 3023-4
Forests, revenue, future revenue 3034
Forests, revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year 3023
Forests, waste material, use of 3035
Forests, waterfront land 3035, 3038
Fraser Institute, donations to, tax exemption for 2979
Fraser Institute, funding of 2979
Ganges sewer system 556
Gearmatic Co., closing of 2840-1, 2841
Gearmatic Co., federal subsidies 2840, 2841
Gearmatic Co., suppliers to, effect of closure on 2840, 2841
Government, cost of, increase in 215, 216
Government Employee Relations Bureau commended 2446
Government functions, privatization of 1983
Government programs, elimination of 444
Government, size of, reduction in 30
Greater Vancouver Regional District, industrial development 556
Harbour Board Repeal Act 1345-6
Health ministry 3079-81
Heroin treatment program 1498
High-technology industries 30
Hospital boards, directive to re use of funds 1173
Hospital, Port Alberni, funds for salaries, equipment, use of 1983
Hospitals, user charge to physicians 3081
Hospitals, user fees 608, 3081
Human rights agencies, cost of 214
Human rights branch employees, dismissal of 213-4
Human Rights Code, elimination of 214
Human Rights Commission, abolition of 213-4, 1981
Income, investment income, increase in 1350
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2063-7, 2176-80
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2065, 2066, 2067
Income tax credits, abolition of 2063, 2064, 2180
Income tax credits, benefits of 2063
Income tax credits, effect of on economy 2180
Income tax deductions, benefit of to rich 2064, 2065
Income tax, increase in, proposal for 2427-8
Income tax on salaries, capital gains 1809, 2065
Industry and Small Business Development ministry, estimates 2840-1, 2841
Insurance Corporation Act, placing of under Financial Information Act 1051
Insurance Corp. of B.C., payments over $500, list of 1051
Krugerrands, investment in 1809-10, 2066
Labour-management disputes, recourse to courts in 2242
Labour productivity, decrease in 30
Labour relations, employee involvement in management 2447-8
Land, upzoning of, profits on 1810
Legislation, 1983 session, and Social Credit Party election campaign 610
Legislation, 1983 session, demonstration against 554, 556
Legislation, 1983 session, opposition to 609, 1497
Litton Industries, donations to political parties 2178
Lloyd, Howard, plywood business 3033
Log exports, Q. 1398, Q. 3006, Q. 3007
Log surpluses, Q. 880, Q. 3006, Q. 3007
Lord Durham's report quoted, referred to 1811, 1870
Lumber industry, forecast re future of 1024
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., debt 3033, 3034
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Port Alberni mill emissions 3081
Meares Island, logging of, petition re 225
Medical Services Plan, funding of 609, 3080-1
Medicine, preventive 3080
Melos, siege of island referred to 1721
Ministers, expense account expenditures 2426
Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act (1983) 1348-50
Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act, 1983, section 12, withdrawal of 1349, 1350
Motor vehicle accidents, Alberni constituency 1318-9
Motor vehicle accidents due to mechanical failure 1318
Motor vehicle inspection branch, inspection fee 1318
Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of 1317-8, 1319
Motor vehicle inspection, Saskatchewan 1319
Motor vehicle testing stations, mobile 1319
Movie production, investment in, tax break for 2180
Municipal Affairs minister, powers of under Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 1870, 1872
Municipal Affairs ministry committee, work of 555
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 554-8, 1807-11, 1869-73, 2420
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, debate on 554
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, GVRD opposition to 558
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1808
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, UBCM opposition to 1871-2, 1873
Municipal planning, need for 1810-1
Municipal plans, updating of, W.S. Ritchie's remarks re 1807-8, 1871
Municipalities, consultation with 1146
North Central Plywoods, history of 3033
North Central Plywoods, sale of 3033
Ohiaht Indian band, cutoff lands 3019, 3020
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, influence of on current thought 2179
Parliament buildings, cleaning staff, treatment of 358-9
Parliament buildings, renovation of 358
Peck, Ed, salary 1984
Physical fitness.program 3080
Pocklington, Peter, financial affairs 555
Political donations, shareholders' control over 2178
Political donations, source of 2178
Political donations, tax credit for 2063-4, 2178-9
Pollution control permits, cost of 3024
Poor, expenditures by and local economy 2066
Poor, tax burden on 2066
Port Alberni, hospital employees, number of 357
Port Alberni, retail stores, taxation of 1145
Port Alberni, tourism 3034
Private sector, meaning of term 29
Property rights and individual rights 215
Property rights, government policy on 214
Property tax, burden of on poor 1143
Property tax, cabinet's powers re 1143, 1146
Property tax, increase in minimum tax payable 1348, 1349, 1350
Property tax on small business 1144-6
Property tax, property improvement, exemption for business 1350
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) (1983) 1142-7
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, meetings prior to preparation of 1146
Property tax system, changes in 1142
Psychiatric social worker, need for 3080
Public Sector Restraint Act 355-60, 442-6, 1719-23, 2666-7, 2722, 2723
Public Sector Restraint Act, amendments to 1721, 1722
Public Sector Restraint Act, consultation re 444
Public Sector Restraint Act, debate on 355-6, 360
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of 356, 1722
Public Sector Restraint Act, fines under act 357, 444
Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 443, 444-5, 446
Public Sector Restraint Act, precedence of over Public Service Act 2722, 2723
Public Sector Restraint Act, public bodies subject to 357, 1719
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to in press 443
Public Sector Restraint Act, title, choice of criticized 356
Public Sector Restraint Act, withdrawal of 1721
Public service, collective bargaining in 1982, 2445-6
Public service, compensation levels 1980
Public service employees and private sector employees 356-7
Public service employees, consultation with 2447
Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 359, 1722
Public service employees, government's attitude to 358-9, 1983, 2446-7
Public service employees, layoff of 1983
Public service employees, morale 2447
Public service employees, public opinion of 358
Public service employees, relocation of 359
Public service employment as a career objective 358
Public service employment, percent of gross domestic product 2446
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2445-8
Public service, politicization of 1720
Public service, wages, percentage of government expenditures 1350, 1499, 1980, 2977-8, 2978
Public service wages, reduction in expenditures on 2978
Public service, work schedules, scheduling 2447
Reforestation, Koksilah Nursery seedlings, Q. 625
Reforestation program 3022, 3023, 3054
Reforestation seedlings, destruction of, investigation into, Q. 625
Regional districts, settlement plans, approval of 2420
Regional plans, planning 1872
Regional plans, reason for 1873
Reitsma, Paul, purchase of fish and trip to Ottawa 1871
Rent Review Commission, cost of 214
Rentalsman office, abolition of 214
Rentalsman office, cost of 214
Resources, allocation of, policy on 3039
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 2373-4, 2426-7, 2620
Roman Catholic bishops' statement 31
Royal Hudson, Tourism minister's U.S. trip on train 357
Sales tax, changes in 2372, 2376
Sales tax, increase in, impact of 2374, 2426
Sales tax on labour, possibility of in future 2374
Sales tax, regressivity of 2427
Sales tax, revenue, loss of to economy 2426
School boards, meetings, public access to 1625
School boards, members, socio-economic background of 1499
School boards, powers 1498
School District 7, budgeting requirements, 1982-83 fiscal year 1171-2
School District 7, tax on non-residential property, loss of 1632
School District 7, trustees, tribute to 1627
School districts, budgets, Education ministers' powers over 1173-4
School districts, budgets, 1982-83 budgets 1171-2
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector, 1317-20
Skelly family history 1811
Small business, tax burden on, reduction in 1350
Smokers, health care costs for 607-9, 610
Smokers' smoke, hazard of 607
Smoking habit, effects of 607, 608, 609
Smoking, Orange County, California, no-smoking referendum 607
Social Credit Party, 1983 election campaign 443, 605, Q. 2944
Social Credit Party, principles endorsed by 445
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2371-6, 2426-8, 2616, 2620
Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2373
Sombrio Beach, logging of, Q. 1137, Q. 1138
Special warrants, inclusion of under Supply Act (No. 1) 1983, 198
Student aid, reduction in 1500
Students, testing of, province-wide test 1172, 1500-1
Supply Act (No. 1) (1983) 192
Tax system in B.C., analysis of 2063, 2065
Taxation, burden of, transfer of 1349
Taxation, impact of 2179
Team B.C., lending of bank executives to 2064
Throne speech, content criticized 29-30
Tilbury Island industrial park 1345
Timber auction, Stikine-Iskut area, Q. 2551
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 605-10
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, Treasury Board documents on 606, 608
Tobacco tax increase, effect of 607-8
Tobacco tax revenue 605-6
Tree-farm licences, Q. 227, 3034
Tree-farm licences and land use, Q. 2944, 3034-5, 3038
Tree-farm licences, applicants for, Q. 2944
Tree-farm licences, debate on 2945-6
Unemployment and unemployment insurance, W.R. Bennett's speech re 2065-6
Unemployment insurance and other payrolls in province 356
United Steelworkers of America brief re closing of Gearmatic Co. quoted, referred to 2840-1
Universities, intimidation of and Public Sector Restraint Act 1722
Urban Transit Authority buses, lease fees for 2979
Wages, non-payment of, liability for 2242-3
Wages, non-payment of, projectionist's case referred to 2240-1
Waterland, T.M., trip to China, Q. 2790
Skidegate Indian band
Mentioned: (Chabot) 3143
Skilled labour
Job training and unemployment (Gabelmann) 3132-3
Training of (Stupich) 1935
Training of unemployed (Lea) 2951
Skillings, Waldo
Mentioned: (Lea) 671
Skinner, B.P.
Mentioned: (Rose) 1402
Skis and skiing
Facilities, privatization of (Schroeder) 241
Salmon Arm area (Michael) 14
Tourism ministry advertisements (Cocke) 3059-60 (Richmond) 3063
Small business
Assistance to (Parks) 1004
Bankruptcies, increase in (Curtis) A. 814 (Lea) 2023 (Lockstead) 82 (Stupich) Q. 814
Bankruptcies, legislation on (Stupich) Q. 814 (Curtis) A. 814
Budget, effect of (Lea) 206 (Passarell) 945
Government programs for (Lockstead) 246
Incorporations, number of (Curtis) 814
Property tax (Blencoe) 127, 1118-9, 1120 (Skelly) 1144-6
Public Sector Restraint Act, impact of (Brown) 411
Sales tax, increase in, impact of (Hanson) 2423 (Passarell) 2380
Small business (Fraser, R.) 218
Taxation of (Davis) 926 (Skelly) 1350 (Veitch) 1938
Trade unions and small business (Lea) 1748-9
See also: Low Interest Funding Today program
Small manufacturers' assistance program
Program (Parks) 1004 (Phillips) 2835
Smallwood, Joseph
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 375
Smith, Adam
Mentioned: (Howard) 1892 (Lea) 144 (Sanford) 1028
Smith, Hon. Brian R.D. (Oak Bay-Gordon Head) Attorney-General
Address in reply 147-9
Assessment Authority board, appointments to 2603, 2604, 2605
Assessment Authority board, members, term of appointment 2603
Attorney-General ministry, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 2986
Attorney-General ministry, Crown counsel services, A. 333
Attorney-General ministry employees, attendance at protest rallies, A. 3212
Attorney-General ministry employees, contracts 3014, 3015
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2986-8, 2989-90, 2990-1, 2992, 2993, 2993-4, 2994, 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3000-1, 3001, 3001-2, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3009-10, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3013-4, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3017-8, 3018, 3019, 3019-20, 3020
Attorney-General ministry, private sector legal advice, A. 333, 2986
Attorney-General ministry services, demands on 2986
Attorney-General ministry services, privatization of 3017-8, 3018
Attorney-General ministry, work of 149
Beautiful British Columbia, B.C. Hydro services to, A. 2837
Beautiful British Columbia, sale of, tabling of agreement re, A. 2837
B.C. Institute of Technology, board of governors, appointments to 2323-4
B.C. Law Reform Commission recommendations 2997
B.C. Petroleum Corp. revenue, NDP proposal for 147, 1031
B.C. Place, benefits of 148
B.C. Place Stadium, construction of 148
Budget debate 1029-32
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, possible contravention of, A. 2289, A. 2290
Children, custody of, problems 3012
Chiropractors, access to physicians' x-rays 2606
Coal, northeast 148
Compensation stabilization program 298, 1030-1
Correctional institutes, early-release program 3001
Correctional institutes, population, increase in 3002
Corrections branch services, privatization of 2994
Counterattack program, funding for 3010
Counterattack program, information re, A. 3211
Court system 2987
Crime prevention award ceremony 3017
Criminal Code of Canada, amendments to 2987
Criminal Code of Canada, obscenity sections 2993
Crown prosecutors 2986
Crowsnest Pass freight rate 149
Cuff case, appeal, A. 80
Cypress Bowl ski facilities, privatization of 1030
Diversion centres, funding for, A. 534
Diversion program, evaluation of 3015, 3016
Documents, lifespan of 2795, 2798
Drinking drivers, blood-testing, mandatory testing 2987
Drinking drivers, blood-testing, proclamation of legislation re, A. 19
Drunken driving, deterrents 3010
Drunken driving offences 3010
Economic recovery, NDP plan for 1031
Election campaign 148
Employment action centres, federal funds for, use of, A. 1302, A. 1337
Estate Administration Amendment Act (1983) 1050
Estates, surviving spouse's entitlement to share of 1050
Expenditures, restraint on 1030
Expenditures, restraint on, NDP policy on 148
Expo ’86, benefits of 148
Film classification, appropriation for, 1983-84 fiscal year 2993, 2994
Film classification, video material 2992
Fire departments, volunteer 2987
Government services, privatization of 1030
Government, size of, reduction in 297
Heroin traffickers, prosecution of, A. 79-80
Hughes, Ted, career 2988
Human Rights Act, substitution of name in statutes 2801
Human Rights Commission, abolition of, A. 2290
Indians, cutoff lands 3019
Indians, land claims, meetings held 2893
Indians, negotiations with 2995
Indians, rights, meetings re 2995
Institute of Technology Amendment Act (1983) 2323-4
Jesco Financial Services Ltd., contract with, A. 134, A. 333
Job creation, job maintenance programs 147
John Howard Society, job-finding service, A. 534
Justice system, erosion of, A. 1338
Justice system, use of volunteer agencies 2987
Juveniles, facilities for 3013
Kanary, Bruce, policy on mining industry 148
Lakeside Regional Correctional Centre, food services 3000
Lakeside Regional Correctional Centre, nursing service 3000, 3000-1
Law Centre, Victoria, student program 3018
Law reform, proposals for 2997
Legal aid, criteria for provision of 2989, 2990
Legal aid, federal responsibility for 2991
Legal aid, restriction on availability of 2989, 2991
Legal aid services for women 2996
Legal aid, task force on 1920, 2367, 2989, 2989-90
Legal Services Society, funding for, A. 1920, A. 2366, 2990-1, 2991
Legal Services Society, offices, closing of, A. 1921
Legal Services Society, statutory obligations, A. 2367
Legislation, examination of by designated person 856
Legislation, “prescribes”, “prescribed”, use of words in documents 856
Legislative process, removal of proclamation step 856, 1344, 1364
Lieutenant-Governor, appeals to 1344
Lieutenant-Governor, role of 1365
Liquor, tax increase on 1030
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, closing of 2994
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, cow barns, use of 3003, 3004
Lynda Williams Community Correctional Centre, closing of 3000
MLAs, new MLAs 147
McKim Advertising Ltd., accounts for pre-election period, A. 573
Mill rate, variable mill rate 148
Mining industry, NDP election promises 147-8
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983
(Bill 35) 1R, 2013;2603, 2604, 2605, 2606, 2794, 2795, 2798, 2801, 2814, 2815
Mission-Port Moody constituency by-election, issues in 1031
Native courtworkers, funding for, A. 2612, A. 2613
New Democratic Party, policies 1031
New Democratic Party, Regina convention 149
Nishga Indian band, land claims 2893, A. 3211
Ohiaht Indian band, cutoff lands 3020
Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., sale of 1030
A Parliamentary Right, An Act to Perpetuate (Bill 1) 1R, 8
Parolee supervision, personnel for 3010
Police, auxiliary policing 2987
Police forces, tribute to 2987
Pornographic film-making in Victoria, investigation into, A. 768, A. 2895
Pornography, community standards for 2992
Pornography laws, enforcement of 2996
Prince Rupert, port development 148
Prisoners, disciplinary courts 3001
Prisoners, female, facilities for 3000
Prisoners, serving of sentences 2986
Prisons, visitation rights 2999
Prisons, women's, federal facilities 3001
Probation, job-finding service for people on, A. 534
Probation, personnel for 3010
Probation, privatization of 2994
Prostitutes, child, probation officer program 2998
Prostitution 2993
Psychological experiments on B.C. residents, A. 3190
Public Sector Restraint Act 297-8
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to 298
Public Sector Restraint Act, regulations under act 298
Public service employees, basis for continued employment 298
Public service employees, compensation levels 1031
Public service employees, dismissal of, problem re 297-8
Public service employees, dismissed employees, job-finding by 298
Public service employees, tenure, ending of 298
Public trustee, delays in functioning of 2997
Quebec farmworkers, assault on in Keremeos area, A. 2895
Regulations Act (Bill 31) 1R, 601; 856, 1344-5, 1361, 1362, Regulations Act, timing of introduction of 856
Regulations, House of Commons, practice followed 856
Regulations, publication of 856, 1344, 1361, 1362, 1363
Regulations, standardized test for 856
Rentalsman office, abolition of, effects of, A. 393
Riverview Hospital laundry, damage to, A. 768, A. 2895
Roosevelt, F.D., policies of 1031
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, contract 2986
Sales tax, exemptions from, cabinet's powers re 2814, 2815
Similkameen Spotlight editorial, A. 880
Social Credit Party, 1983 election win, reason for 147
Social services, policy on 149
Social welfare programs, preservation of 1030
Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution, cost of 2999
Status of Women, Vancouver, funding for, A. 2944
Sunmask Petroleum Corp. shares, investigation into, A. 1398
Teachers, dismissal of 298
Telegraph Creek airport, snow-clearing 2996
Tobacco, tax increase on 1030
Tourism ministry, accounting irregularities, criminal charges re, A. 469, A. 470
Tourism ministry, accounting irregularities, investigation into, A. 469, A. 470, A. 626, A. 767, A. 815, A. 879, A. 916, A. 1361
Twin Maples Correctional Centre, women's section 3000
Uniform Law Conference of Canada recommendations 856, 1344
Victoria Diversion Centre, funding of 3015
Videotapes, regulatory system for 2992, 2993
Young Offenders Act, impact of 2991, 3010
Young Offenders Act, implementation of 2991, 3010
Young Offenders Act, support for 3010
Smith, David
Quoted (Gabelmann) 2123
Smith, Dean Edward
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1067
Smith, Mallory
Mentioned: (Curtis) 1222
Smith, Melvin H.
Tribute to (Gardom) 3166
Smith, P.F.
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1758
Smith, Perileen
Letter quoted, referred to (Barrett) 258 (Stupich) 335
Smithrite Disposal Ltd.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3057
Smoking
Alcohol and Drug Commission (McGeer) 568
B.C. Medical Association committee (Wallace) 1053
California, Orange County referendum (Skelly) 607
Cigarettes, cost of (Dailly) 584 (Rose) 582
Cigarettes, sale of, proposals for (Skelly) 607-9, 610 (Wallace) 576
Education on dangers of (Cocke) 569 (Dailly) 584-5 (Gabelmann) 795, 797 (Lea) 563, 1334, 1334-5, 1335 (Lockstead) 562, 1332-3 (Wallace) 577, 1388
Effects of (Lockstead) 1332 (McGeer) 568 (Nicolson) 597 (Reid) 1325 (Skelly) 607, 608, 609
Health care costs for smokers (Brown) 798 (Cocke) 569 (Gabelmann) 795 (Lockstead) 561-2 (Reid) 1325, 1326 (Rose) 580-1 (Skelly) 607-9, 610 (Wallace) 1053
Health ministry building, smoking ban (McClelland) 1053
Increase in (Barnes) 604 (Brown) 802-3 (Gabelmann) 796 (Howard) 1329-30 (Wallace) 576
Minnesota legislation on (Wallace) 1053
No Smoking Areas in Public Places, An Act to Provide for. See name of act
Public places, smoking in (Gabelmann) 795 (Wallace) 575, 1259
Smokers (Barnes) 601 (Cocke) 570 (Dailly) 585 (Howard) 1331 (Nicolson) 597-8 (Reynolds) 579 (Rose) 579, 582
Smokers' smoke, hazard of (Dailly) 585 (Nicolson) 599 (Rose) 581 (Skelly) 607 (Wallace) 577, 1053, 1259
“Smoking”, clarification of word (Reid) 1054
Smoking habit (Lea) 1334 (Lockstead) 561 (McGeer) 568 (Mitchell) 588 (Rose) 581-2, 583
Smoking in Public Places, An Act to Regulate. See name of act
Third World, smoking in (Rose) 582-3
Tobacco companies, advertisements (Gabelmann) 797 (Lockstead) 1332
Smoking in Public Places, An Act to Regulate
(Bill M204) (Wallace) 1R, 469; 2R, 1052-4; out of order 1054
Speakers: McClelland 1053; Wallace 1052-3 Act, support for (Lockstead) 1053-4
B.C. Medical Association committee (Wallace) 1053
Health costs and smoking (Wallace) 1053
Health ministry building, smoking ban (McClelland) 1053
Minnesota legislation (Wallace) 1053
Smokers' smoke, danger of (Wallace) 1053
“Smoking”, clarification of word (Reid) 1054
Smythe, Christopher
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 2961
Snavely, Carl M.
Mentioned: (Rose) 786
Snofest, Revelstoke, B.C.
Mentioned: (Michael) 14
Social assistance
Appropriation for, 1983-84 fiscal year (Brown) 2018 (Gabelmann) 892
Employment training program (McCarthy) 2912
Fraud inspectors. See entries under Human Resources, Ministry of Need for (Lea) 2022-3
Rates, level of (Brown) 408 (Curtis) 165 (Hanson) 889 (Sanford) 282 (Stupich) 179, 1927
Recipients, consumer spending by (Brown) 301
Recipients, job subsidization (Barnes) Q. 595 (McCarthy)A. 596
Recipients, number of (Barrett) 256, 1038 (Brown) 408 (Dailly) 324 (McCarthy) 128, 210 (Sanford) 1026 (Stupich) 1934
Recipients, number of going off welfare (McCarthy) 129, 2912
Recipients, placement of in employment (Barnes) Q. 595 (McCarthy) A. 595, A. 596
Recipients, young people (Barrett) 1039
Social Credit Party
Constitution quoted (Blencoe) 313
Contributors to (Blencoe) Q. 253, 1202 (Bennett) A. 253, A. 1397 (Lauk) Q. 1397, Q. 1398 (Lea) 1913-4
Election advertisements (Barrett) 874 (Lea) 146 (Mitchell) 337
Election campaign, 1979 election (Stupich) 329
Election campaign, 1983, donations to (Skelly) Q. 2944
Election campaign, 1983 election (Barrett) 591, 592, 593, 743, 744, 873-4 (Blencoe) 699, 2036 (Cocke) 569 (Lea) 706 (Lockstead) 562, 1995, 2771 (Michael) 610, 1994 (Mitchell) 586, 1743, 1744 (Nicolson) 599, 600, 1757 (Passarell) 1710 (Skelly) 443, 605 (Stupich) 327-8, 334, 560, 819
Election manifesto, need for (Rose) 953
Election, 1983, results (Fraser, A.) 85, 86, 88 (Smith) 147
Election platform, 1975 election (Cocke) 1510-1 (D’Arcy) 1570-1 (Hanson) 1482-5 (Lockstead) 1502
Farmland, policy on (Dailly) 1092-3, 1094, 1095, 1096 (Lea) 704-5, 706, 706-7, 707
Groupthink, allegation re (Lea) 707
McKim Advertising Ltd. funds for (Cocke) Q. 666
Mulroney, Brian, relationship with (Macdonald) Q. 1103
Operation of (Barnes) 104
Pacific National Exhibition booth (Macdonald) Q. 1103
Principles endorsed by party (Blencoe) 313, 418 (Skelly) 445
Progressive Conservative Party, relationship to (Lockstead) 361 (Rose) 349
Public service employees' donation to (Barrett) 260 (Sanford) 283
Special interest groups (Rose) 455
Social insurance
See: Insurance, Social
Social Planning and Review Council of B.C.
Family budgets (Hanson) 889
Social problems
Family, ineffectiveness of (McCarthy) 130
Funds for (Barrett) 197
Increase in (Dailly) 437
Use of volunteer organizations for (Dailly) 327, 2045 (Reynolds) 306
See also: Public welfare
Social psychology
Social Credit Party, groupthink, allegations re (Lea) 707
Social Security and Municipal Aid Tax Act
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2282, 2285
Social Service Tax Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 1983
(Bill 15) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 169; 2R, 2278-87, 2291-2307, 2347-64, 2368-90, 2422-31; C, 2615-22; 3R, 2793; RA, 2938
Speakers: Barrett 2295-9; Cocke 2351-4; Curtis 2278-80, 2359, 2430-1, 2615-6, 2616, 2617, 2617-8, 2618-9, 2619, 2621, 2622; Dailly 2291-5; D'Arcy 2299-2304, 2616-7, 2619-20; Fraser, R. 2299; Gabelmann 2428-9; Hanson 2363-4, 2368-71, 2422-3; Howard 2389-90; Kempf 2355; Lauk 2386-9; Lockstead 2347-51; Nicolson 2359-63; Passarell 2376-81, 2429-30; Phillips 2363; Reynolds 2385; Sanford 2381-5, 2616; Skelly 2371-6, 2426-8, 2616, 2620; Stupich 2280-7, 2355-9, 2615, 2616, 2617, 2618, 2619, 2621, 2622; Wallace 2304-7, 2621
Amdts: 2R (Cocke) 2354, negatived 2386; 2R (Hanson) 2425, out of order 2425; sec. 1 (Curtis) 2615, 2632, approved 2615; sec. 4 (D’Arcy) 2620, out of order 2620
Divisions: 2R, 2385-6, 2386, 2431; C, 2618, 2621, 2622; 3R, 2793
Automobiles, energy efficiency (Curtis) 2617 (Skelly) 2375, 2616 (Stupich) 2616
Automobiles, sales tax holiday, effect of (Curtis) 2622
Automobiles, sales tax on and Canadian industry (D’Arcy) 2617 (Hanson) 2363-4, 2370, 2422
Automobiles, sales tax on, preferential rate (Curtis) 2615-6, 2617 (D’Arcy) 2617 (Stupich) 2615
Automobiles, sales tax on, revenue (Curtis) 2279, 2615
Automobiles, sales tax on, uniformity in (Curtis) 2279, 2615-6, 2616 (D’Arcy) 2302 (Gabelmann) 2428 (Hanson) 2368, 2370, 2422 (Lockstead) 2350 (Passarell) 2429 (Skelly) 2427 (Stupich) 2615, 2616 (Wallace) 2306
Bankruptcies, increase in (Cocke) 2352-3 (Hanson) 2422 (Lauk) 2387
Bill, second reading eight months hence (Hanson) 2425
Bill, second reading six months hence (Cocke) 2354
B.C. Buildings Corp., borrowing by (D’Arcy) 2301
B.C. Hydro, rates, increase in (Wallace) 2306
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities (Stupich) 2287
B.C. Railway, 1982 grant to (Barrett) 2296
Budget, consultation re (Stupich) 2621
Budget, effect of (Barrett) 2298-9
Closure of debate on amdt. to 211 (Reynolds) , question put 2385, approved 2385-6
Closure of debate, use of (Howard) 2390 (McGeer) 2390
Community involvement program payments, abolition of (Barrett) 2296 (Lockstead) 2347, 2350
Coquitlam-Moody constituency election results (D’Arcy) 2300
Cost of living, increase in (Cocke) 2353
Debt, increase in (Barrett) 2295, 2296 (Stupich) 2283
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year (Stupich) 2619
Economy and U.S. election (Hanson) 2368-9, 2369-70
Energy expenditures, study of (Skelly) 2427
Expenditures, increase in, 1983-84 fiscal year (Barrett) 2296
Expenditures, reduction in, NDP proposals for (D’Arcy) 2301 (Stupich) 2282
Expenditures, restraint on, support for (D’Arcy) 2302
Fishing licences, increase in (Cocke) 2351
Gasoline, price of, increase in (D’Arcy) 2303
Government advertising, appropriation for, 1983-84 fiscal year (Lockstead) 2347
Government information services, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year (Dailly) 2294
Gross provincial product, decline in (D’Arcy) 2303
Hoist of bill (Cocke) 2354 (Curtis) 2359 (Passarell) 2380 (Phillips) 2363 (Sanford) 2381 (Skelly) 2373 (Stupich) 2356
Income tax, increase in (Gabelmann) 2428 (Skelly) 2427-8
Income tax, surtax, proposal for (Dailly) 2294
Inflation rate in B.C. (Barrett) 2299 (D’Arcy) 2303 (Hanson) 2424 (Lauk) 2387
Mineral industries, Trail-Kimberley area, wage settlements (D’Arcy) 2303
Ministers, expense account expenditures (Barrett) 2295, 2296, 2297, 2299 (Fraser, R.) 2299 (Skelly) 2426
Ministers, travel, expenditures on (D’Arcy) 2302 (Lockstead) 2350
Mortgages, foreclosures, increase in (Dailly) 2292-3
Natural gas, price of, deregulation of (Barrett) 2296-7
Public utilities, rates, increase in (Barrett) 2295 (Dailly) 2293
Regressive taxes, level of in B.C. (Cocke) 2352 (Dailly) 2292 (D’Arcy) 2300-1 (Hanson) 2422 (Wallace) 2306
Regulations attached to act (Curtis) 2621
Resource communities, returns to (Gabelmann) 2429
Restaurant meals, sales tax on (Barrett) 2295, 2297-8 (Cocke) 2352, 2353, 2353-4 (Curtis) 2279, 2430, 2618, 2619 (D’Arcy) 2303-4, 2619-20 (Gabelmann) 2428-9 (Hanson) 2368, 2371, 2422, 2424-5 (Lauk) 2387-8 (Lockstead) 2348-9 (Passarell) 2379-80, 2429 (Sanford) 2384 (Skelly) 2373-4, 2426-7, 2620 (Stupich) 2281, 2283, 2618, 2619 (Wallace) 2304-7
Restaurants, bankruptcies (D’Arcy) 2304
Restaurants in north (D’Arcy) 2379 (Kempf) 2379 (Passarell) 2379
Restaurants, waiters, wage levels (Wallace) 2305-6
Retroactivity of act (Lauk) 2386 (Stupich) 2622
Revenue, increase in (Lauk) 2388
Sales tax, changes in (Phillips) 2363 (Skelly) 2372, 2376 (Stupich) 2280-1, 2286, 2287, 2621
Sales tax, collection of (Cocke) 2351
Sales tax, decrease in, 1978 federal contribution to (Stupich) 2356-7
Sales tax, exemption for draft beer (D’Arcy) 2300 (Fraser, R.) 2299, 2300
Sales tax, exemption for patent medicines (Curtis) 2430
Sales tax, exemptions (Curtis) 2278, 2430 (Fraser, R.) 2299 (Stupich) 2282, 2357
Sales tax, increase in (Cocke) 2351, 2353 (Curtis) 2279, 2622 (Dailly) 2291, 2292 (D’Arcy) 2300, 2302 (Hanson) 2423 (Passarell) 2379, 2429 (Sanford) 2383 (Stupich) 2283, 2286-7, 2356, 2617, 2618, 2622
Sales tax, increase in, impact of (Cocke) 2351, 2352, 2353 (Dailly) 2291, 2292, 2293, 2294 (D’Arcy) 2300, 2301, 2302 (Hanson) 2369, 2423-4 (Lauk) 2386-7, 2388, 2389 (Passarell) 2380 (Sanford) 2381, 2382 (Skelly) 2374, 2426 (Stupich) 2287, 2357, 2358 (Wallace) 2306, 2307
Sales tax, increase in, revenue anticipated (Curtis) 2279
Sales tax legislation (Stupich) 2280-7
Sales tax, level of (Curtis) 2278-9, 2431
Sales tax on labour (Skelly) 2374
Sales tax, rebate on, boat purchasers (Curtis) 2361 (Nicolson) 2360, 2361, 2362
Sales tax, reduction in, prediction re (Lockstead) 2350
Sales tax, regressivity of (Cocke) 2354 (Dailly) 2292 (Gabelmann) 2428 (Hanson) 2422-3, 2425 (Lockstead) 2347, 2348, 2349 (Skelly) 2427 (Stupich) 2285, 2357 (Wallace) 2306-7
Sales tax remittances, requirement re (Wallace) 2621
Sales tax, revenue (D’Arcy) 2301 (Hanson) 2422, 2423 (Skelly) 2426 (Stupich) 2280, 2357
Select standing committee, proposal for (Hanson) 2368, 2369, 2370, 2371 (Lauk) 2388
Spending, effect on (D’Arcy) 2301
Spending, decline in (Lauk) 2388
Spending, incentives for, proposal for (Lauk) 2388
Tax collection, cost of (Kempf) 2355
Tax credit system, proposal for (Stupich) 2357
Tax-gatherers, number of (Kempf) 2355
Taxation, single tax method (Kempf) 2355
Telephone calls, sales tax on long-distance calls (Curtis) 2279, 2430-1, 2618 (D’Arcy) 2300, 2302 (Gabelmann) 2429 (Hanson) 2368, 2422 (Lockstead) 2351 (Passarell) 2377-8, 2430 (Stupich) 2282, 2618 (Wallace) 2306
Telephone calls, sales tax on long-distance calls, revenue (Curtis) 2279-80
Tourism, Comox constituency (Sanford) 2384
Tourism in B.C., decline in (Cocke) 2352
Unemployment rate in B.C. (Cocke) 2352 (Hanson) 2369 (Lauk) 2388 (Wallace) 2307
User fees, increase in (Cocke) 2351
Wage settlements in B.C., level of (D’Arcy) 2303
Social welfare
See: Public welfare
Socialism
“Ageing socialists”, use of term (Bennett) 1191-2
Definition of (Davis) 925 (Macdonald) 923
Democratic socialist governments elsewhere (Davis) 925 (Lauk) 1002 (Macdonald) 923, 1522-3
Economic system and socialism (Lauk) 154
France, socialism (Macdonald) 89 (McGeer) 75
Great Britain, socialism (McGeer) 75 (Waterland) 95
History of (Pelton) 942
Socialism (Lea) 2022, 2024 (Macdonald) 89 (Pelton) 942-3
Socialist countries, debt levels (Davis) 2974 (Lauk) 2975
Society Act
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2332
Society of Friends
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1152
Soft drinks
See: Carbonated beverages
Soil Conservation Act
Mentioned: (Pelton) 939
Soles, Andy
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1561
Sombrio Beach, B.C.
Logging of, moratorium on (Skelly) Q. 1137, Q. 1138 (Waterland) A. 1137-8
Logging of, revenue (Skelly) 1138
Preservation of (Brummet) 2902 (Mitchell) 2899-2900
Use of (Waterland) 1138
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3039, 3040 (Waterland) 3041
Sommers, Robert
Mentioned: (Barrett) 831-2, 837, 840, 845, 846, 847
Somoza Debayle, Anastasio
Mentioned: (Skelly) 30
Sooke, B.C.
Regional plan (Blencoe) 477
Sooke School District
See: School District 62
Sorenson, Jean
British Columbia Lumberman, article quoted, referred to (Brown) 809 (Lockstead) 719, 723, 724, 725, 726
South Africa
References to (Brown) 411
South Okanagan Restaurant Association
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2306
South Peace River constituency
Constituency, possible gerrymandering of (Lockstead) 725
Southeast coal
See entries under Coal
Southern, Lee
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 574
Sparwood, B.C.
Council's letter quoted (Segarty) 784
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, opposition to (Segarty) 783-4
Speaker
Barrett, David, suspension of from House for remainder of session, statement re 2521, 2614
Barrett, David, suspension of from House, readmission to chamber 3027
Davidson, Walter K., election to position of (Gardom) 1
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land, comments on (Blencoe) 483 (Lauk) 149 (Sanford) 136
Motion of censure against Mr. Speaker (Howard) 1568 (Lauk) 1568, 1649 (Speaker) 1568
Publicity received (Sanford) 136
Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Chair, propriety of chief government Whip acting as Deputy Speaker (Howard) 1484
Police, presence of in precincts of House 1565, 1567
Ruling sustained 157, 254, 261, 268, 355, 572, 744, 781, 1048, 1052, 1054, 1117, 1152, 1156, 1179, 1215, 1280, 1445, 1475, 1645, 1650, 1654, 1660, 1763, 1767, 1811, 1849, 1869, 1877, 1882, 1895, 2129, 2134, 2139, 2243, 2249, 2253, 2425, 2513, 2520, 2521, 2522, 2523, 2526, 2558, 2562, 2839
Strachan, William Bruce, appointment to position of Deputy Speaker (Gardom) 9
Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Rulings and statements
Adjournment
Hour of may be past but is considered to be as if it
were that hour 1480
Adjournment to discuss urgent public matter
Matter must be a single specific matter
2966
Matter must not be of an ongoing nature 1383
Matter must not be offered when facts
are in dispute 2966, 3083
Motion must not anticipate a matter previously appointed
for consideration by House 471
Opportunity for debate not lacking 42, 74, 352,
2966, 3083
Seeking the floor on matter not within the ambit of standing order
35 abuse of rules of House 1061
Statement should be brief and not used to enter
into debate on matter 57, 451, 1024
Annual reports
Tabling
of, recording of minister's remarks by Hansard 352
Bill
Second reading, amendment
to hoist, a second similar hoist motion cannot be accepted 2243, 2526
Second reading,
amendment to hoist, debate on 2359-60
Second reading, amendment to, limit on debate
on 1442
Second reading, amendment to, practice followed re debate on pending ruling
re 1709
Second reading, amendment to, reasoned amendment does not require previous
notice 1724
Second reading, amendment to, reasoned amendment must refer directly
to the Bill 2128, 2139
Second reading, amendment to reasoned amendment out of
order 1869, 1877, 1882
Second reading, amendment to refer subject matter of bill
to committee of Legislature not in order 2248, 2368, 2543, 2544
Second reading,
amendment to refer subject matter of bill to Labour Relations Board not in order
2253
Second reading, closing of debate on 321, 548
Second reading, keeping to amendment
to 432, 452, 460, 799, 847, 1149, 1154, 1234, 1321, 1329, 1332, 1452, 1453, 1456,
1459, 1488, 1500, 1619, 1622, 1627, 1628, 1640, 1642, 1710, 1717, 1720, 1729,
1732, 1739, 1742, 1744, 1809, 1881, 1882, 2041, 2047, 2049, 2067, 2069, 2073,
2077, 2083, 2084, 2089, 2100, 2115, 2116, 2197, 2200, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208,
2209, 2212, 2356, 2357, 2363, 2372, 2375, 2382, 2504, 2524, 2525, 2527, 2530,
2534
Second reading, keeping to principle of Bill 197, 260, 269, 276, 279, 281,
371, 384, 475, 477, 530, 531, 543, 554, 561, 587, 588, 590, 593, 601, 604, 678,
708, 721, 732, 734, 798, 818, 865, 882, 898, 899, 1093, 1095, 1098, 1100, 1106,
1122, 1123, 1124, 1128, 1140, 1169, 1173, 1175, 1180, 1183, 1209, 1215, 1247,
1592, 1611, 1682, 1792, 1793, 1896, 1900, 1942, 1972, 1993, 2136, 2143, 2153,
2176, 2177, 2220, 2222, 2277, 2298, 2315, 2459
Second reading, motion that the
House resolve itself into committee to examine subject and call for witnesses
out of order 355
Second reading, references to specific sections out of order
694
Budget
Amendment to, designated
speaker has no time limit 1017
Anticipation of debate on and debate on taxation
legislation 505, 564
Debate on, latitude allowed in 928
Televising of response to not a matter of privilege
170
Chair
Chastising of out
of order 891
Conduct of member when the Chair rises 226
Disciplinary powers of the Chair 2613-4
Drawing the Speaker into debate can only
be done by substantive motion 483
Drawing the Speaker into debate, either directly
or indirectly, not in order 501, 530, 542, 1815
Imputation of improper motive
to 2435
Members may not engage in debate with Chair 1280
Reference-to Speaker out of order
107, 559, 2340
Reflecting on decision of 1281, 2514, 2515, 2517
Reflection on Speaker out of
order 1460
Ruling of not open to debate or criticism 941
Ruling of not subject to appeal
1839
Committee
Matters which
take place in committee not of concern to the House 664
Report of special committee,
leave required to be taken as read 663
Debate
Tedious or repetitious
debate 847, 930, 1122, 1129
Divisions
Division bells
system 463
Members, access to chamber after bell has rung 316
Members, conduct of during
course of a division 355
Members, presence of not Chair's responsibility 1647
Members present in chamber,
obligation to vote 589
Recording of in Journals 583
Voting procedure 590
Documents
Tabling of 292,
531, 839
Exhibits
Producing and
displaying of in chamber 629, 2315
Interruptions, interjections 560, 606, 747,
843, 930, 932, 1124, 3007
Irrelevance, repetition 1680
Language
Parliamentary
language, use of 259, 396, 592, 743, 934, 1446, 3027
Temperate language, use of
193, 404, 592, 743, 918, 932, 1083, 1291, 1501, 1669, 1720, 1879, 2250, 2252
"absolute lie” 2202
"bully” 871
"clearly misled” 3066
"coverup” 2807
"cowardly”, repetitive use of words 928, 929
"deliberately mislead” 332
"deliberately misled” 2256
"dense pack” 1291
"a donkey like you” 475
"falsification” 941
"fascist” 295, 1490
"fraud” 567
"gutless hypocrites” 768
"gutless wonder” 778
"gutsy hypocrites” 937
"has-been Leader of the Opposition” 1291
"hypocrite” 1228
"jackboot” 1490
"lame duck” 277, 1044, 1291
"lie” 193, 699, 2436
"lied” 698, 1501
"the member is a pygmy” 2440
"mislead” 295
"misleading the House” 314
"payoff” 1286
"pompous twit” 790
"prevaricating” 1596
"Sieg Heil Nazi tactics” 1445-6
"silly little man” 1715
"sleaze-bag” 1892
"slippery, slimy” 824
"twits” 259
"Will you shut up” 1710
"woodenhead” 1459
"you creep” 2205
"You lied” 194, 1497
"you twit” 1586
"You're just cowards” 317
"You're lying again” 229
Legislation
Members may
not anticipate legislation 362, 434, 743
Member/Members
Accusation
of attempting to mislead 294
Accusation of dishonourable motive 936
Accusation of lying against a political
party 906-7
Accusation of not telling the truth 635
Attendance in the House 394, 571, 572,
1164, 1677
Attributing improper motive to another member 1665
Casting aspersions on another
member 887
Corrections to statements 487, 498, 538, 730, 1994, 2077, 2300
Electronic devices,
use of in House 1656
Imputation of dishonesty 106
Imputation of dishonourable motive 502, 537, 556,
824, 842, 846, 897
Imputation of improper motive 295, 667
Imputation of offensive motive 935
Imputation that member or members might be
lying 85
Inference re responsibility of government in highway accidents out of
order 1282
Interjections by, member should be in own seat 538, 718, 763, 1378
Introduction
of visitors by members 554, 853, 1127
Maintenance of order in the House 316
May be cautioned by Chair 743
May not address remarks to galleries 2545
May not do indirectly what may not be
done directly 193, 194, 345
Offences taken against a party, Chair's ruling on
911
Personal allusions 110, 259, 269, 270, 277, 407, 554
Personal references 709,
711, 735, 869, 898, 981, 1029, 1099, 1175, 1228, 1497, 1579, 2528, 2568
Personal
reflections 294, 577, 1100, 1216, 1227, 1501, 2297, Quoting unparliamentary references
to another member 1697, 1698, 2298
Reading newspapers in House 725, 1647, 1702,
1889, 2500, 2502
Reading speeches out of order 1654, 1656, 1663
References
to a member's ability to be seated in the House 86, 1170, 1888
Reference to a member's attendance
in House 1651
References to Lieutenant-Governor 1364
References to other members 172, 1493
References to other members by name when
quoting 325, 1743, 1807
Referring to other members by name 276, 307, 1482, 1864
Reflection on another
member 871, 936, 1597
Should address remarks through Chair 268, 316, 320, 345,
380, 452, 546, 566, 587, 588, 628, 702, 763, 862, 896, 897, 932, 1117, 1183,
1192, 1284, 1297, 1442, 1523, 1586, 1916, 2037, 2038, 2080, 2113, 2163, Should
take his seat while points of order are being raised 2176
"Uncovered”, meaning
of 1947
Use of electrical or recording devices in the chamber 1865
Use of notes by 284
Withdrawal from the House, order for not debatable 2513
Withdrawal from the House,
punishment for failure to obey instruction re 2613-4
Ministers
Not obligated
to table material quoted from in introducing second reading of a Bill 2440
Motions
Chair will not
accept motion to amend or to adjourn after member's red light has gone on 872
House
can accept only one motion at a time 2520
Introduction of, proper time for 2839
Keeping to subject of 764, 774, 777, 1279,
1287, 1463, 1464, 1466, 1475, 1476, 1478
Language of, unparliamentary language
941, 957
Mover of a motion may leave the chamber before the vote is taken 434
No second
motion to the same effect shall be made until after some intermediate proceedings
1806
Power of Chair to decline
to put a motion granted by House to Chair 1839-40, 1859, 2614
References to bill
on order paper out of order during debate on motions 1283, 1284
Speaker may decline
to put a question if he is of opinion it is an abuse of the rules of the House
2509
That the House resolve into Committee of Supply not debatable 157
To adjourn House
when moved three hours after a previous similar motion not acceptable 2132
To
adjourn not debatable 2507
To adjourn only acceptable from government side 726
Oral questions
Addressing
of to members of opposition not in order 1137, 1139
Allocation of time, basis
for 394
Answers to exceeding the scope of the questions 917, 2366
Anticipating future
debate 960, 997
Argumentative, retaliatory or taxing questions 188, 881
Basing of on newspaper
articles out of order 2553
Members right to pose questions 508
Ministers not obligated to answer 1301
On matters of future policy 728
On matters pertaining to legislation 2290
On matters within the administrative
competence of government, limiting to 996
Oral question period, rules pertaining
to 509
Points of order, deferring of until end of question period 508
Preambles to 57,
960
Press reports, questions seeking confirmation or denial of out of order 1797
Question
period, use of for argumentation or debate 21, 880, 1103
Questions addressed to
Chair not in order 21
Questions must be a question, not an expression of opinion,
representation or argumentation 729, 815, 1022
Questions requiring lengthy answers
133
Questions should be addressed
to ministers through the Chair 1137
Reading of telegrams, letters, extracts from
newspapers an abuse of rules 2366, 2982
Rules, interpretation of and out-of-order
questions 290
Should be on matters of urgency 1198
Order of business
Chair
cannot be a party to any undertakings made outside chamber 839, 885
Chair cannot
intervene in determination of order of business 1047
Discussion of matters to
do with order of business out of order 1067, 1105, 1251, 1279, 1972, 2277
Point of order
Debate
on out of order 1280
Difference of opinion does not constitute a point of order
396
Fraudulent point of order 487, 911, 1086
Members should take their seat during
stating of a point of order 2372
Timing of members' speeches, clock continues
running during points of order 326
Use of, excessive use of points of order may
become an abuse of the rules 2387
Use of to correct a statement 539
Use of to enter into debate 1720
Use of to speak twice to a question 539
Privilege
Debate on matter
of not in order 1823
Dispute as to allegations of fact not a matter of 253, 1975-6
Matter must be raised
at the earliest opportunity 253
Matter of, delay in raising of not excessive 803
Matter of suited to debate not
a matter of privilege 229
Notice of a matter of privilege does not exclude the
necessity for raising at earliest opportunity 2593
Policy disclosure in information
kits, availability of kits not a matter of privilege 273
Questions of privilege
are in order when introduced at earliest opportunity 2298
Statement of matter
of privilege, rules re 2436
Use of fraudulent matter of privilege to gain the
floor 656
Question
Decision of Chair
on 1883
Decision on with amendment or debate 2385
Quorum
Number of members
present on either side of House not relevant 1652
Presence of at least ten members
in the House 435, 1671
Ringing of bells to summon members 1005
Sitting of House, continuation of previous
day's sitting 1686
Standing order 35, matter must involve administrative responsibility
of government 3027
Vote
Reflecting on a vote
770, 864, 1460, 1489
Rescinding of, requirements re 2522
Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution
Attorney-General ministry presentation to (Brown) 2993
Cost of (Smith) 2999
Mentioned: (Brown) 2999
Special education
See entries under Education
Special funds
Expenditure of (Barrett) 1042 (Nicolson) 350 (Stupich) 172
Quarterly financial report, omission from (Stupich) Q. 1022 (Curtis) A. 1022
Special Log Export Policy Committee
Mentioned: (Skelly) 880
Special warrants
See entries under Expenditures, Public
Spector, Norman
Letter to quoted (Clerk-Assistant) 1-2, 225
Letters quoted (Clerk-Assistant) 1, 225 (Stupich) 1758-9
Mentioned: (Bennett) 56 (Brown) 1275 (Cocke) 1380 (Gabelmann) 374 (Gardom) 3166 (Hanson) 56, 134 (Hon. member) 1850 (Lea) 1268 (Nicolson) 397, 2478 (Passarell) 1850 (Sanford) 1276
Spectrum Group Ltd.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 392
2-8
Address in Reply. See Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
Content (Fraser, R.) 11 (Nielsen) 28 (Skelly) 29-30 (Stupich) 60
Speed limits
Radar-detection devices, use of (Mitchell) 1314
Spetifore, George
Delta property. See entries under Dawn Development (Canada) Corp.
Social Credit Party, membership in, donations to (Reynolds) 537
Mentioned: (Barnes) 548, 549, 1878, 1879, 1881 (Barrett) 260, 1813, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1850, 2339, 2414, 2415 (Blencoe) 474, 477, 479, 481, 483, 485, 486, 488, 490, 491, 578, 623 (Brown) 550, 551, 1847, 2101 (Chairman) 2399 (Cocke) 97, 523, 740, 1295, 2354, 2393, 2396 (Dailly) 237, 1838 (D’Arcy) 1855 (Hanson) 1085, 1867 (Hewitt) 262 (Hon. member) 1850 (Howard) 227, 331, 529, 530, 1398 (Johnston) 516, 517, 518 (Lauk) 863, 865, 1820, 1821, 1823 (Lea) 706, 707, 2335, 2339, 2340, 2399 (Lockstead) 547, 1323, 1324, 1799 (Macdonald) 541, 544, 1875, 1876 (Mitchell) 525, 526, 527, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1791 (Nicolson) 731 (Passarell) 1850, 1853, 1854 (Reid) 276, 488 (Reynolds) 536, 578 (Rose) 515, 1831 (Sanford) 79, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 1098, 1222, 1223, 1278 (Skelly) 359 (Stupich) 519, 1227, 1228, 1230, 1231, 1840, 1843, 1844 (Wallace) 1236
Spinal cord
Shaughnessy Hospital unit (Mowat) 52-3
Spirit of B.C. (ALRT system)
Mentioned: (Campbell) 100 (Hon. member) 118 (McCarthy) 131 (McClelland) 65 (Mowat) 53 (Reid) 38, 40 (Rose) 118
See also Vancouver, B.C.-Transit system
Sports
Premier's sports award program (Throne speech) 7
Sports events, disqualification from (Hanson) 988
Stackhouse, Stephen
Mentioned: (McClelland) 3130-1
Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.
See: B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.
Stair, Len
Mentioned: (McClelland) 2255
Stalin, Joseph
Mentioned: (Cocke) 637, 1949 (Gabelmann) 1621
Standard and Poor Corp.
B.C. bonds, rating of. See entries under Bonds
Mentioned: (Curtis) 997, 2949 (D’Arcy) 961, 962 (Hon. member) 952 (Lea) 996, 997, 2831 (Rose) 951, 954
Standard of living
See: Cost and standard of living
Standard Oil Co.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1416
Stanley, A.D. Peter
Superintendent of brokers, report on (D’Arcy) 2851
Stanley, John
Quoted, referred to (Nicolson) 1756, 1757
Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.
Development of, proposals for (Lauk) 864
Establishment of (Sanford) 1223, 1225
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 863 (Fraser, R.) 12 (Lauk) 185 (Reynolds) 185
“Star Wars"
Quoted, referred to (Lauk) 1572, 1573
Startup, Mark
Quoted (Lockstead) 2349 (Dailly) 2293 (Hanson) 2424
Stassen, Harold
Mentioned: (Smith) 147
Status of Women, Vancouver, B.C.
Funding for (Brown) Q. 2944, 3020 (Smith) A. 2944 (Wallace) 2971
Mentioned: (Brown) 979
Statutory Instruments Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Smith) 856
Steel industry and trade
Japan, steel industry (Phillips) 111
Ontario steel industry, B.C. coking coal for (Phillips) 2843
Steel mill in B.C. (Phillips) 2843 (Ree) 1019 (Strachan) 956 (Stupich) 1014-5
Steele, Polly
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3015
Steen, Dave
Mentioned: (Brown) 1156
Steenburg, B.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3040
Steeves, Dorothy G.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1865
Stephen, Sue
Mentioned: (Gardom) 3166
Stevens, Harry
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 923
Stevens, Sinclair
Mentioned: (Lea) 2022 (Rose) 349
Stewart, Ian
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1621 (Hanson) 1662, 1664, 2493
Stewart, B.C.
Port for logs (Passarell) 3038 (Waterland) 3038
Stewart, RB., Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Johnston) 59
Stikine River, B.C.
B.C. Hydro cables (Passarell) 3165 (Rogers) 3165-6
Stinson, William (Bill)
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 754
Stirling Ward Photographic Design
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 1195
Stock-ranges
Grazing-lease land, access to (Brummet) 2903, 2904 (Mitchell) 2901, 2903
Permit system for grazing leases (Brummet) 2904
Stockman, David
Quoted (Stupich) 171
Stocks
Price of, increase in (Dailly) 235
Stone, Peter
Mentioned: (Passarell) 2927
Strachan, Robert M.
Tribute to (Nicolson) 2009
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 3118 (Nicolson) 1473 (Waterland) 2008, 2009
Strachan, William Bruce (Prince George South)
Birth rate, decline in 641
Budget debate 955-7
Coal, northeast, contracts 956
Deputy Speaker of House, appointment to position of (Gardom) 9
Deputy Speaker of House, congratulated on appointment to position of (Blencoe) 124 (Brown) 33 (Campbell) 99 (Cocke) 95 (Davis) 67 (Fraser, A.) 85 (Johnston) 59 (Lauk) 149 (Lockstead) 81 (McCarthy) 128 (McClelland) 65 (Macdonald) 88 (Michael) 14 (Mowat) 51 (Nielsen) 25 (Passarell) 48 (Phillips) 108 (Richmond) 112 (Ritchie) 45 (Sanford) 135 (Segarty) 121 (Smith) 147 (Stupich) 60 (Wallace) 41 (Waterland) 91
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 640-1
Education, special-education programs 640
Government, size of 956
Government, size of, reduction in 955
Hospital administrators, salaries 956
Indians, tree-farm licence 956
Korea, travel restrictions, lifting of, Q. 2434
Legislation, 1983 session, and Social Credit Party election campaign 955
Logging trucks, accidents 1282
Morrison, Erma P., reappointment of as auditor-general 1081
Motor vehicle inspection, trucks 1282
Movie-making, B.C. as location for 957
Public service employees, job-finding by 955
Public service employees, number of 956
Pupil-teacher ratio 641
Reading textbooks, “Dick and Jane” 640
Right to work 955-6
School boards, powers 641
School District 57, administration costs, personnel 640
School District 57, winter busing program 640
School districts, administration costs 640
School districts, administration staff 640
School librarians, services of 641
Schools, enrolment 641
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector 1282
Steel mill, Prince George 956
Teachers, employment in non-teaching functions 641
See also: Chairman and Deputy Chairman; Chairman and Deputy Chairman, Rulings and statements; Speaker and Deputy Speaker; Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Rulings and statements
Strait of Georgia, B.C.
Garbage dumping (Hanson) 989
Straith, William
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1865
Stratford, Ken
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 3114
Stress (Physiology)
Stressful situations (Barnes) 1554-5, 1555-6
Strikes and lockouts
Strike vote, legislation on (Stupich) 2215-6, 2217
Time lost, reduction in (McClelland) 3131
Work stoppage, decrease in (Stupich) 61
Stroh, C.
Mentioned: (Howard) 2316
Stuart Channel, B.C.
Coal slick in channel (Wallace) Q. 3089 (Brummet) A. 3127
Stuart-Trembleur Indian band
Tree-farm licence (Gardom) 2934 (Waterland) 227
Student aid
Applications for (Nicolson) 1271
Appropriation for (Curtis) 165 (Dailly) 236 (McGeer) A. 2366, 2539 (Nicolson) Q. 2336, 2435 (Rose) 1370 (Skelly) 1500 (Stupich) 1924
Eligibility for (Barnes) 1182 (Heinrich) A. 228, A. 815, A. 1162, A. 1163, 3204 (Nicolson) Q. 1162, Q. 1163, 3171, 3180-1 (Rose) Q. 228, Q. 815, 1371, 3202
Problems re (Heinrich) 3204 (Rose) 3202
Student counsellors
Elementary counselling program (Lauk) 1574
Students
Employment opportunities (McGeer) 3181 (Rose) 3182, 3184
Foreign students, scholarships for (Davis) 3178 (McGeer) 3179
Options for, reduction in (Rose) 3184
Stupich, David D. (Nanaimo)
Absence of from House (McClelland) 1206, 1207
Address in reply 60-5
Agricultural Land Commission, abolition of 63-4, 520
Agricultural Land Commission, appointments to 520, 1229
Agricultural Land Commission Act, debate on quoted, referred to 334, 335
Agricultural Land Commission Act, demonstrations against 1089, 1090
Agricultural Land Commission Act, enactment of 1087-8, 1089
Agricultural Land Commission Act, expropriation powers, absence of 1090
Agricultural Land Commission Act, meetings re 1089-90
Agricultural Land Commission, land purchases 1089
Agricultural Land Commission, property management branch 1089
Agricultural land reserve, establishment of 520, 1228-9
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from 520, 1092, 1228, 1230
Agricultural land reserve, fine-tuning of 1230
Agricultural land reserve, regional districts' role re 1228, 1229
Agriculture industry, Social Credit Party government policy on 1088
Assessment Amendment Act (1983) 1069-73
Assessment Amendment Act, 1983, meetings re 1069-70, 1071
Assessment notices, copy of to lessees 1071-2
Assessment roll, change in date for 1072
Assessments, changes in 1071
Automobile sales, effect of 1983-84 budget on 1932
Automobiles, energy-efficient vehicles, benefits of 2616
Automobiles, sales tax on 1932, 2615, 2616
Bailey, Michael, salary increase, Q. 21, 1583, 1924
Bankruptcies, increase in 175, Q. 814, 1924
Bankruptcies, rate of in B.C. 2729
Banks, interest rate on deposits, Q. 81
Banks, profits 1929
Beautiful British Columbia commended 1015
Beautiful British Columbia, sale of 1015
Begin, Gary, candidature for Social Credit Party 1582
Bennett, WR., staff, salary increases 167
Bernhardt, Charles, opposition to Agricultural Land Commission Act 1090, 1091-2
Bonds, B.C. bonds, credit rating of, Q. 226, Q. 227, 1014, 1931, 1935, 2948
Bonds, parity bonds, redemption of 64, 2947-8
Borrowing, extent of 2272
Borrowing in offshore market, cost of, Q. 227
Borrowing, 1983-84 fiscal year 173-4, 2948
B.C. Assessment Authority, costs of 1073
B.C. Assessment Authority, staff 1071, 1072
B.C. Assessment Authority, staff workload 1071
B.C. Buildings Corp., debt 2273
B.C. Buildings Corp., rental payments to, increase in 2095
B.C. Federation of Labour, advertisements re legislative program 1931-2
B.C. Ferry Corp., employees, compensation levels 1928
B.C. Ferry Corp. vessels, sale of 64, 1928, 2273, 2948
B.C. Harbours Board, borrowing authority 1088
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, acquisition of 1090
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, leases 1090
B.C. Harbours Board farmland, transfer of 1087, 1088, 1090-1, 1092
B.C. Harbours Board railway facilities, transfer of 1088, 1092
B.C. Hydro, debt 2272
B.C. Hydro, employees, compensation levels 1928
B.C. Hydro, employees, layoff of 1928
B.C. Hydro, power outages 1928
B.C. Hydro, power outages, Gabriola Island 1928
B.C. Petroleum Corp., revenue 63
B.C. Place Corporation, borrowing by 2273
B.C. Place, share purchases in by B.C. Buildings Corp. 2095
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of by ministers 1923, 1926, 1927, 1931, 2287
B.C. Railway, debt, interest payments on 1928
B.C. Railway, employees, compensation levels 1928
B.C. Railway locomotives, sale of 2948
B.C. Transit, borrowing by 2273
B.C. Utilities Commission, regulatory processes 177
Budget address, televising of response to (Howard) 159, 170 (Speaker) 170
Budget, consultation re 2621
Budget, credibility of 172
Budget debate 167-8, 171-81, 1011-8
Budget, debate on 560-1, 616, 617, 817, 1063
Budget, 1982 budget 172
Budget, 1983 budget, alleged leak 2955, 2956
Budget, 1983 budget, effect of on economy 171, 461
Budget, 1983 budget, preparation of 171
Budget, 1983 budget, public service, information re, Q. 1139
Budget, 1983 budget, revision of, Q. 226, 616, Q. 2611, Q. 2729
Budget, 1983 budget, timing of 173, 191
Business failures, rate of 175
Business, problems of, NDP committee on 1015-6
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., purchase of by NDP government 63
Cash and temporary investments, government, total of, Q. 532
Coal, export of 1013
Coal, market for 180
Coal, northeast, cost of 1013
Coal, northeast, price of 180
Coal, southeast, price cuts, volume reduction 180
College boards, appointments to 177
College council members, dismissal of 462
Colleges, appropriation for, reduction in 1017
Colleges, courses offered 1530
Colleges, federal funds for construction of 1531
Colony Farm, administration of 1092
Colony Farm, closing of 1926
Colony Farm, program commended 1926
Commission of Inquiry on Property Assessment and Taxation 1073
Community involvement program payments, abolition of 1926, 1930
Company incorporations, decline in number of 175
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1923-36, 2761-2, 2762, 2763, 2764, 2765, 2767, 2767-8
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2768
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, sunset clause 2762, 2767
Compensation Stabilization Commission, cost of and savings effected 1926
Compensation Stabilization Commission, rulings, appeals against 2767-8
Compensation stabilization program, administration costs 1926
Compensation stabilization program and economic recovery 2762
Compensation stabilization program, announcement of 1923
Compensation stabilization program, extension of 1923, 1924, 1929, 1935-6, 2762, 2765, 2767
Compensation stabilization program, failure of 1923, 1924, 1926, 1929
Conference Board of Canada, predictions for B.C. 174
Correctional institutes, funds for, reduction in 177
Cost of living in B.C., increase in 1924
Criminal injuries compensation program 179
Crown corporations, agencies, accounts and notes receivable, Q. 791
Crown corporations, borrowing by 173, 2273
Crown corporations, debt 2273
Crown corporations, number of, increase in 1088
Cucumber grower, Pitt Meadows, land use by 519
Curtis, H.A., resignation of, proposal for 172, 173
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land 519, 1228
Debt, administration of 2273
Debt, alleged debt under NDP government 63, 2947
Debt, contingent liabilities, total of 2272
Debt, increase in 64, 173, 818, 2273, 2283, 2947
Debt, interest costs 173
Debt, reduction in, plan for 2273
Deficit, April-May, 1983, and forecast deficit 177
Deficit, 1981-82 fiscal year 2947
Deficit, 1982-83 fiscal year 173, 818, 821, 1064, 1924, 2947
Deficit, 1983-84 fiscal year 167, 176, 177, 461, 818, 821, 1930, 2097, 2099, 2819, 2954
Deficits, 1981 to present 2096
Economic development strategy 180
Economic growth, forecasts of 2946-7
Economic recovery 175, 176, 179, 461, 1762
Economic recovery, role of government in 180
Economy of B.C. 172, 175, 178, 2096
Economy of B.C., diversification of 1012, 1013, 1016
Education, availability of 1530
Education, costs, increase in under Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1583-4
Education, funds for, reduction in 179
Education (Interim) Finance Act, sunset clause, repeal of 1528, 1581
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 1528-32, 1580-4
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, amendment to, proposal for 1583
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, and Social Credit Party election platform 1530
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, consultation on 1584
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, fines under act 1582
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, proclamation of 1528
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983, school boards' reaction to 1580
Education minister, powers of 1529, 1581
Education, special-education programs 1529
Education, special-needs children 637, 1510
Education system, centralization of 1529, 1581
Employees, private sector, layoff of 2483-4, 2485
Employment, decrease in 175, 179, 2729
Employment Development Act 2330-1
Employment development programs 2330
Employment, reduction in, forecast re 174
Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2214-9
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, delay in 2215
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, discussions re 2217
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, savings effected 2219
Employment Standards Board, abolition of 2215
Employment Standards Board, establishment of 2217, 2218
Employment Standards Board, functions, powers 2217-8
Estimates, debate on 2548, 2984
Expenditure of unbudgeted funds 1063, 1066
Expenditures, cabinet's control over 1931
Expenditures, cash reserves 63
Expenditures, reduction in, NDP proposals for 2282
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year 1013, 1064, 1931
Expenditures, restraint on 171, 176, 179, 1923, 1924-5, 1930
Expenditures, restraint on and tax increases 561
Expenditures, restraint on, effect of 1936
Family support worker program, abolition of 1935
Farm income insurance program, establishment of 63
Farmland, D.M. Phillips' attitude to 1091
Farmland, development rights and price of 1090
Farmland, loss of 1229
Farmland, preservation of 335-6, 1231
Farmland, WS. Ritchie's policy re 519
Father's involvement in trade union activity 329, 334
Federal government, payment of taxes and fees by 1065
Fees, government, increase in 172, 176, 1065-6, 1924
Fees, government, Treasury Board's powers re 1065-6, 1066
Finance ministry cheques found in garbage 627, 1010-1, 1065
Finance ministry, estimates 2946-8, 2954-5, 2956
Finance ministry, estimates, debate on 2954-5, 2956
Finance ministry, procedures 1012
Forest and range resource fund, abolition of 178
Forest industries and economy of B.C. 178
Forest industries, capital investment 180
Forest industries, unemployment 174
Forest resources, protection of 63
Forests, agriculture, conflict in Prince George area 177
Forests, annual harvest, decline in 178
Forests ministry, decentralization of, policy on 177
Forests ministry employees, dismissal of 178, 336
Forests, silviculture, work on 178
Free enterprise system, NDP support for 179
Fruit crop, 1982 crop, sale of, Q. 1222
Gabriola Island ferry operations, Q. 3083
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2571
George, Henry, economic theories 2355-6
Gloucester Properties Ltd., Langley land 520
Government advertising, pre-election period 1063, 1929, 1931-2
Government buildings, mortgaging of 64
Government, centralization of 177, 178, 1261, 1262, 1263, Government, decentralization of under NDP 177, 178
Government services, cuts in, legislative authority for 1064
Greater Vancouver Regional District, planning 519
Harbour Board Repeal Act 1087-92
Heal, Douglas, salary increase 1583, 1924, 1926
Health care, cost of 61
Health care services, employment in 462
Health care, user fees, increase in 171, 176, 328, 334, 1012, 1760, 1925, 1931
High-technology industry 180
Hospital boards, amalgamation of 177
Hospitals, beds, closing of 463
Hospitals, construction of 60-1, 463
Hospitals, staff shortages 60-1
Hospitals, user fees, increase in 176-7, 328, 334, 1760
House, order of business 1072
Human Resources ministry, expenditures, 1982-83 fiscal year 168, 173, 462
Human Resources ministry, services, abolition of 1934
Human rights branch, changes in 177
Human Rights Commission 177, 1930
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 817-21, 2095-2100
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2097, 2098
Income tax credits, abolition of 817-20, 1064, 1926, 1927
Income tax credits, benefits of 819-20, 1934, 2097, 2101
Income tax credits, funds for 820-1
Income tax credits, institution of 819
Income tax credits, recipients of 2096
Income tax, provincial system, proposal for 1065
Income tax, surtax on higher incomes 176, 821
Industry, location of in B.C., decisions re 1931
Inflation rate in B.C. 1931, 1933, 2097
Insurance Corp. of B.C., establishment of 64
International Woodworkers of America master agreement quoted, referred to 459-60, 2483-4, 2485
Investments, capital, forecast of 62
Investments, government, information re, Q. 532
Kemano II project, hearings on 177
Labour ministry, estimates 3137-8
Labour Relations Board of 1947 referred to 2216, 2217
Land use, cabinet's powers over 1844
Legal aid, funds for 179
Legislation, debate on 615, 1327
Legislation, 1983 session, and Social Credit Party election platform 1581, 1582
Legislation, 1983 session, demonstrations against 560, 1927
Legislation, 1983 session, future legislation 400-1
Legislature, cost of operation of 2547
Legislature, sessions, timing of 520
Legislature, sitting of House, September 19 sitting 1583
Legislature, sittings of House, scheduling of 1582-3
Lottery funds, report on, Q. 2170
Lottery funds, use of, Q. 2171
Lulu Island, loss of farmland 1089
MLAs, job security 336
Manitoba, economic growth 180
Manitoba, unemployment rate 61, 180
Mill rate limits, changes to 1263
Mill rate, variable mill rate 1262, 1262-3
Mincome program, establishment of 64
Mine exploration, decline in 174
Mining industry, forecast re 62
Mining industry, unemployment 174
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2805, 2813, 2814, 2815, 2821
Miscellaneous Statutes (Finance Measures) Amendment Act (1983) 1063-6
Mobile homes, assessment of 1070
Mortgages, renegotiation of, Q. 80
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 518-21, 1226-31, 1839-44, 2403, 2404
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, GVRD opposition to 519
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1226, 1227, 1230, 1231
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, meetings re 1227, 1231
Municipal councillors, public's demands on 1839
Municipal employees, compensation levels, cabinet's control over 2764
Municipal planning 1843-4
Municipalities, cost-sharing for underground services 617
Municipalities, debt limit, setting of 1960
Municipalities, inspection of, powers of 1264
Nanaimo area, shopping centres 520
Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society project 518
Nanaimo Regional District and Gabriola Island 1227
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, beds closed 463
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, elective surgery 60, 463
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, waiting-list for 463
Nuclear weapons, unilateral disarmament, stand on 2280
Pacific Rim countries, trade with 180
Parliament buildings, renovation of 64
Pattullo, Thomas Duff, political career 2284-5
Pharmacare program 64
Political parties, registration of receipt authority 817
Poor, burden of economic recession on 2099
Poor, low-income group, problems re living expenses 1923-4
Postwar Rehabilitation Council 1014, 1015, 1017-8
Privilege-Finance ministry cheques, other documents found in garbage 627 (Speaker) 656
Property, assessment of, actual value 1260, 1261
Property, market value of, problem re 615, 1261
Property tax, increase in minimum tax payable 1065
Property tax levels, increases in, Nanaimo constituency 616, 617
Property tax on improvements 1071
Property tax, public reaction to 1070, 1071
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) (1983) 615-7, 1960
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, implementation of 1263
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 1) , 1983, retroactivity 615
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) (1983) 1260-5
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, consultation re 1261
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, hearings on 1262
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, implementation of 1263
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, regulations 1261, 1263, 1264
Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1983, withdrawal of 1265
Property tax, rural, increase in 617
Property tax, unpopularity of 1261-2
Property values, changes in 1071, 1073
Protection Island, jurisdiction over, transfer of 2805
Provincial Treasury Financing Amendment Act (1983) 2272-3
Public Sector Restraint Act 327-30, 334-6, 458-63, 1758-62
Public Sector Restraint Act, debate on 327, 458-9
Public Sector Restraint Act, effects of 1762
Public Sector Restraint Act, explanatory note, content of 329
Public Sector Restraint Act, fines under act 1762
Public Sector Restraint Act, hoist of 458, 459, 461
Public Sector Restraint Act, intent of 334
Public Sector Restraint Act, opposition to 1759, 1760
Public Sector Restraint Act, public bodies subject to 328
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to elsewhere 459
Public Sector Restraint Act, regulations under act 1759, 1761-2
Public service, Carrothers report 2482, 2483
Public service, collective agreements, status of 1064-5
Public service, collective bargaining in 2482-6, 2763
Public service, compensation levels 1923-4, 1927, 1928-9, 1931, 1935-6, 2099, 2482-3, 2484, 2763, 27649 2765
Public service, compensation plans 1926
Public service employees 62
Public service employees, dismissal of 1013, 1925, 1931, 1932-3
Public service employees, dismissal of for political reasons 335
Public service employees, dismissal of without cause, provision for 329, 334, 461, 462
Public service employees, dismissed employees, appeals 461
Public service employees, exemption of from Labour Code provisions 1760, 1761
Public service employees, job security 1760-1, 1927
Public service employees, layoff of 1927, 2483-4
Public service employees, number of, limit on 1064
Public service employees, number of, reduction in 328, 334, 462, 463, 1063, 1065, 1762
Public service employees, trade unions 335
Public Service Labour Relations Act, history of 2482
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2481-6, 2547-9
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, debate on 2547
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2547-9
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, referring of to standing committee 2548
Public service, productivity 62, 179, 1927
Public service, senior managers, compensation levels 329
Public service, work schedules, scheduling 2485
Quarterly financial report, 1983-84 fiscal year, omissions, Q. 1022, Q. 1023, 2170
Quarterly financial report, 1983-84 fiscal year, third report 2955, 2956
Railwest Manufacturing Co., establishment of 63
Recreation centres, construction of 64
Reforestation, importance of 178
Reforestation, NDP policy on 179
Regional district directors, public's demands on 1839
Regional districts, establishment of 1842-3
Regional districts, planning function 518, 1226, 1228-9, 2403
Regional districts, planning powers, removal of 177, 1228-9, 2404
Regional districts, role of 518, 1226
Regional resource management committees, elimination of 177
Rent control, abolition of 2956
Rentalsman's office, abolition of 177
Renter's tax credit, abolition of 1926, 1927
Resource sector, decline in 175
Restaurant meals, Ontario, sales tax on 2281
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 176, 1929, 2281, 2283, 2618, 2619
Revenue, 1982-83 fiscal year, estimate of 171-2, 172
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in 461-2
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, underestimation of 1064
Rich, contribution of to restraint program 2096
Sales tax, decrease in, 1978, federal contribution to 2356-7
Sales tax, enactment of original act 2280-7
Sales tax, exemptions 2282, 2357, 2813, 2814, 2815
Sales tax, increase in 176, 1925, 1929, 1931, 2281, 2283, 2286-7, 2356, 2358, 2617, 2618, 2621, 2622
Sales tax, increase in, impact of 2356, 2357, 2358, 2622
Sales tax, regressivity of 2285, 2357
Sales tax, revenue 2280, 2281, 2357
Sales tax, tax credit system for 2357
Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C., report on 2273
School boards, candidates for 1581
School boards, powers 1529, 1531-2, 1584
School District 68, budget, Education minister's control over 1583
School District 68, integration of Indian children 1530
School District 68, 1984 budget, shortfall in funds 1584
School districts, amalgamation of 177
School districts, budgets, Education minister's powers over 1531, 1581, 1584
Skilled labour, training of 1935
Small business, bankruptcies, Q. 814
Social assistance, expenditures on 173
Social assistance rates, level of 179, 1927
Social assistance recipients, number of 1934
Social Credit Party, 1979 election campaign 329
Social Credit Party, 1983 election campaign 327-8
Social Credit Party, 1983 election campaign and tax in creases 560, 1012, 1925, 2283
Social Credit Party, 1983 election, corporations' support for 328
Social Credit Party, 1983 election promises 327, 334, 819
Social Credit Party MLAs, speech-writing for, allegation re 460
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2280-7, 2355-9, 2615, 2616, 2617, 2618, 2619, 2621, 2622
Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2356
Social Service Tax Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2622
Social welfare programs, abolition of 1926, 1935
Special funds, expenditure of 172
Special warrants, inclusion of under Supply Act (No. 1) (1983) 191
Special warrants, use of 191
Standard of living in Canada during World War 112098-9
Steel mill for province, establishment of 1014-5
Strike vote, legislation on supervision of 2215-6, 2217
Strikes, decrease in number of 61
Student aid, cuts in 1924
Supply Act (No. 1) (1983) 190-1
Supply Act (No. 3) (1983) 2983-4
Tax collection, amendments to acts relating to 1065
Tax legislation, progressive taxation 819
Taxation, increase in 171, 172, 175, 334, 1925, 1927
Teachers, dismissal of 1582
Teachers, salaries 1583
Telephone calls, long-distance, sales tax on 2282, 2618
Throne speech, content criticized 60
Tilbury Island industrial park 518, 519, 520, 1227-8, 1840, 1844
Tobacco, commission paid to vendors, limit on 561
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 560-1, 1326-7
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, debate on and budget 560, 561
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1327
Tobacco tax increase 1326
Tobacco tax revenue 1326-7
Tourist industry, impact of budget on 180
Tozer, Tony, appointment of as government agent 1924, 2484-5
Trade unions, support for NDP in 1983 election 328
Tranquille hospital, closing of 1925-6
Tranquille hospital, program commended 1935
Tranquille hospital staff, tribute to 1926
Treasury bills, borrowing through use of 64
Treasury bills, information re, Q. 792
Unemployed, categories of 174-5
Unemployed professionals, managers 175
Unemployment 61, 180, 181, 1924, 1931
Unemployment insurance payments, level of and other payrolls 174
Unemployment, job-losers 175
Union of B.C. Municipalities meetings, attendance of Municipal Affairs ministry personnel 1839
Universities and colleges, employment in 462
Universities, Science and Communications ministry, appropriation, increase in 462
Vancouver, office space, construction of 518, 519
Wages, minimum-wage legislation 64
Wages, non-payment of, appeals re 2215, 2217, 2218, 2219
Workers' Compensation Board, appointment to 2821
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review 2821
Workers' Compensation Board, claim overpayment 3138
Workers' Compensation Board, investment portfolio 2820
Workers' Compensation Board, members, number of 2821
Workers' Compensation Board, vice-chairman's position 2821
Zoning changes, notification to property owners re 1840, 2257
Sturrock, Howard
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 479 (Reynolds) 155
Stusiak, Victor V.
Subdivision of land
Prospectuses for subdivision (Hewitt) 2877 (Mitchell) 2877
Subdivision development, electric power installation (Mitchell) 2877
Suicide
Increase in (Blencoe) 1202
Teenagers, suicide rate (Barnes) 2918
Sultran Ltd.
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 754 (Rose) 789
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1379
Sun Tze
The Art of War mentioned (Howard) 2568
Sunmask Petroleum Corp.
Dawn Development Corp. and company (Howard) 529-30 (Sanford) 502
Shares, issuing of, investigation into (Curtis) A. 1398 (Howard) Q. 1398 (Smith) A. 1398
Shares, price of (Howard) Q. 189 (Hewitt) A. 816
Shares, purchase of by MLAs (Howard) Q. 331
Shares, Swiss banking institutions' holdings (Howard) Q. 1398 (Smith) A. 1398
Shares, trading in (Howard) Q. 331, 529, 530, Q. 853, Q. 854 (Hewitt) A. 331, A. 816, A. 853, A. 854
Mentioned: (Howard) 1884, 1942 (Lauk) 858 (Speaker) 839
Sunny Park School for Retarded Children, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Closing of (Rose) 2587
Superannuation Commission
Dismissed employees, superannuation contributions (Hanson) Q. 332 (Chabot) A. 332
Supercrete Inc.
Mentioned: (Reid) 38
Superintendent of brokers
Computerization of records (Hewitt) 2847
High-tech industry, personnel to deal with (D’Arcy) 2852, 2853
High-tech industry, policies and rules for (Hewitt) 2855
Operation of (Hewitt) 2847, 2855
Performance of duties by (Howard) 295-6 (Reynolds) 306
Prospectuses, analysis of (D’Arcy) 2052
Prospectuses, approval of (D’Arcy) 2852
Stanley report on (D’Arcy) 2851
Superintendent of motor vehicles
Safety standards, jurisdiction over (Mitchell) 2785 (Passarell) 2779
Supply Act (No. 1) , 1983
(Bill 10) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 190; 2R, 190-9; C, 199-203; 3R, 203; RA, 331
Speakers: Barrett 192-7; Cocke 203; Curtis 198-9, 199, 200, 201-2, 202; Dailly 202, 202-3; Hanson 199, 199-200, 200, 201; McCarthy 202; Macdonald 191-2, 201, 202; Phillips 197-8; Reynolds 198; Skelly 192; Stupich 190-1; Wallace 192
B.C. Railway, administration of (Curtis) 199
B.C. Railway, debt (Barrett) 194
B.C. Railway, losses (Phillips) 197
B.C. Railway, 1982 grant to (Barrett) 192-3, 194, 195, 196 (Phillips) 197, 198
B.C. Railway, profit (Phillips) 197
“B.C. Spirit”, advertising campaign (Hanson) 199, 200
Budget, timing of (Barrett) 196 (Cocke) 203 (Macdonald) 191-2 (Skelly) 192 (Stupich) 191 (Wallace) 192
Budget, timing of and election results (Macdonald) 191
Debt, increase in (Barrett) 196
Deficit, 1982-83 fiscal year (Phillips) 198
Election results (Skelly) 192
Employment development programs, funding for (Curtis) 190
Estimates book, information in (Hanson) 200
Expenditures, overruns (Barrett) 196
Fees, increase in (Skelly) 192
Government advertising, expenditures on (Curtis) 201 (Hanson) 201
Human Resources ministry, appropriation, overrun (Barrett) 195 (Curtis) 202 (Dailly) 202 (McCarthy) 202
Legislature, 1983 session, delay in (Barrett) 196
Ministers' offices, overruns (Wallace) 192
Railwest Manufacturing Co. (Phillips) 197
Restaurant meals, sales tax on (Macdonald) 191 (Reynolds) 198
Sales tax, increase in (Macdonald) 191
Social assistance recipients, increase in (McCarthy) 202
Social problems, funds for (Barrett) 197
Social welfare programs, expenditures on (Phillips) 197, 198
Special warrants, inclusion of under act (Curtis) 190, 198 (Skelly) 198 (Stupich) 191 (Wallace) 192
Special warrants, use of (Cocke) 203 (Macdonald) 201, 202 (Stupich) 191
Special warrants, use of funds (Curtis) 200-1
Taxes, increase in (Skelly) 192
Tourism ministry, advertising (Curtis) 199, 200 (Hanson) 199, 200
Mentioned: (Stupich) 616, 1261
Supply Act (No. 2) , 1983
(Bill 37) (Minister of Industry and Small Business Development for the Minister of Finance) 1R, 2936; 2R, 2936-8; C, 2938; 3R, 2939; RA 2939
Speakers: Howard 2936-7; Phillips 2936, 2937
Divisions: 2R, 2937
Budget, accuracy of (Howard) 2936
Estimates, debate on (Howard) 2936-7 (Phillips) 2937
Government policies, debate on (Howard) 2936-7
Supply Act (No. 3) , 1983
(Bill 38) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 2983; 2R, 2983-5; C, 2985-6; 3R, 2986; RA, 3027
Speakers: Blencoe 2985; Curtis 2983, 2985; Dailly 2984-5; Stupich 2983-4; Wallace 2985
Estimates, debate on (Dailly) 2984 (Stupich) 2984 (Wallace) 2985
Financial management, criticisms of (Blencoe) 2987
Legislation, 1983 session, debate on (Curtis) 2985
Special warrants (Curtis) 2983
Supply Act (No. 4) , 1983
(Bill 39) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 3209; 2R, 3209; C, 3209-10; 3R, 3210; RA, 3210
Supreme Court of B.C.
Mentioned: (Howard) 1328 (Reynolds) 307 (Smith) 3012 (Stupich) 2218
Supreme Court of Canada
Judgment quoted (Hanson) 1672
Mentioned: (Cocke) 382 (Lockstead) 433
Surgery
Day-patient charges, increase in (Curtis) 166
Elective surgery, Nanaimo Regional Hospital (Stupich) 60, 463
Surrey, B.C.
Description of (Reid) 37
Development, planning for (Johnston) 517
Dikes, maintenance of (Johnston) 59
Economy (Reid) 37
Employment opportunities (Reid) 37
Industrial parks (Reid) 37
Official community plan quoted (Wallace) 1237-8
Port facilities (Reid) 37
Regional town centre (Wallace) 1238
Surrey constituency
Description of (Johnston) 59
Election results (Reid) 275
Surrey Iron Works Ltd.
Mentioned: (Johnston) 59
Surrey Place, Surrey, B.C.
Mentioned: (Reid) 37
Sutherland Place, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 979
Swain, H.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 398
Swan Valley Foods Ltd.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 805 (Ritchie) 45
Swan Wooster Engineering Co. Ltd.
Export award (Phillips) 2828
Sweden
Economy (Cocke) 2974
Welfare state (Heinrich) 292
Sweeney, Patrick
Mentioned: (Brown) 35
Swift, Jamie
Cut and Run mentioned (Skelly) 3026, 3033
Swimmer, Gene
Wage Controls in Canada mentioned (Wallace) 1966
System Act
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2273