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
WESTAC
See: Western Transportation Advisory Council
WLC Developments Ltd.
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2810
Waddell, Ian
Mentioned: (Smith) 1031
Wage-price policy
Economy and wage controls (Gabelmann) 2033
Inflation, effect of wage controls on (Dailly) 22, 25 (Macdonald) 2047-8 (Sanford) 138 (Wallace) 1966
Wages
Economy of B.C. and wage demands (McGeer) 3173
Fair wage (Gabelmann) 3135, 3137 (McClelland) 3135, 3137
Level of in B.C. (Campbell) 2003 (Dailly) 2210-1
Minimum wage legislation (Stupich) 64
Non-payment of (Brown) 2598, 2599 (Gabelmann) 2597 (Hanson) 2207 (McClelland) 2598, 2599 (Mitchell) 1912 (Nicolson) 1898
Non-payment of, appeals to courts (Lauk) 2188-9 (Stupich) 2215, 2217, 2218, 2219
Non-payment of, bankruptcies (D’Arcy) 2238 (Hanson) 2209 (McClelland) 2598, 2598-9 (Nicolson) 2204
Non-payment of, B.C.-Alberta reciprocal agreement re (McClelland) 2599
Non-payment of, domestic workers (Brown) 2596 (McClelland) 2596
Non-payment of, fisheries industry (Brown) 2598 (McClelland) 2598
Non-payment of, jurisdictional problems (McClelland) 2598, 2598-9
Non-payment of, liability for (Gabelmann) 2599 (McClelland) 2599 (Skelly) 2242-3 (Wallace) 2248
Non-payment of, orders re (Brown) 2596, 2597 (McClelland) 2596, 2597
Non-payment of, time limit on collection of (Gabelmann) 2601-2, 2602 (Lauk) 2188 (Lockstead) 2191 (McClelland) 2602 (Mitchell) 1899-1900
Severance pay (Brown) 2599 (McClelland) 2599
Wage payment orders (Barrett) 2222-3 (D’Arcy) 2239 (Gabelmann) 2230-1 (Nicolson) 2204
Wage settlements (Curtis) 161 (D’Arcy) 2303 (Heinrich) 284 (Lea) 566
Waiters
Sales tax on meals, effect of (D’Arcy) 2619 (Wallace) 2304, 2305-6
Wages and poverty level (Wallace) 2305-6
Waitresses
See: Waiters
Waldorf school, Quadra Island, B.C.
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1544
Walesa, Lech
Mentioned: (Lauk) 2574 (Stupich) 1582
Walker, Michael
Influence of on government policy (Lauk) 385
Newspaper article, references to (Waterland) 396
Quoted (Lauk) 385-6, 387, 388, 98 (Nicolson) 400 (Waterland) 400
Mentioned: (Barrett) 195, 1768 (Blencoe) 727 (Brown) 1412 (Hanson) 1700, 2492, 2493 (Hewitt) 2855 (Lauk) 220, 1001, 1434 (Lea) 206, 1915 (Lockstead) 1995, 2517 (Macdonald) 2244 (Parks) 231 (Passarell) 1713, 2564 (Rose) 453, 454 (Sanford) 1548 (Skelly) 2065, 2979 (Stupich) 1934, 2281
Wall Street Journal
Mentioned: (Cocke) 522 (Hanson) 1663
Wallace, Barbara B. (Cowichan-Malahat)
Address in reply 41-5
Agricultural Land Commission, abolition of 44
Alcohol and Drug Commission, abolition of 2313
Alcohol and Drug Commission, programs, service, continuation of 2313
Alcohol and Drug Commission Repeal Act 2313-4
Alcohol consumption, increase in 2314
Alcohol consumption, level of in B.C. 2313
Alcoholism, alcohol-related illnesses 2313
Alcoholism, treatment of 2314
Allidochlor, test and safety of 2909
Aqua-Kleen, disposal of 2908
Aqua-Kleen, purchase of 2908
Atomic Energy Control Board, government pressure on, Q. 366
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2996, 2996-7, 2997, 2997-8
Automobiles, sales tax on 2306
Bailey, Michael, salary, increase in 1967
Begin, Gary, candidature for Social Credit Party 1651
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 6, reconstruction of dock, Q. 1059, Q. 1104, Q. 1105, Q. 1439
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 6, resumption of service on, Q. 1059
B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 6, water taxi as replacement for, Q. 1059, Q. 1104, Q. 1105
B.C. Forest Products Ltd., Youbou plant, closure of 43, 44
B.C. Government Employees' Union, brief to government 2525
B.C. Hydro, Bare Point plant, closing of, Q. 3152
B.C. Hydro, Bare Point plant, property, Q. 3152
B.C. Hydro, debt, interest on 3162-3
B.C. Hydro, employees, reduction in number of 2751
B.C. Hydro, office space 3162
B.C. Hydro power, export of 3161, 3162
B.C. Hydro power, export of, hearings on 3160, 3161
B.C. Hydro power projects, future projects 3163
B.C. Hydro, rates, increase in 2306
B.C. Hydro, Site C Dam, B.C. Utilities Commission hearings 2910
B.C. Hydro, Site C Dam, B.C. Utilities Commission report on 2563
B.C. Hydro, Site C Dam, hearings on 3161
B.C. Hydro, Site C Dam, hearings on, interveners' costs, Q. 854, Q. 1060
B.C. Hydro staff, executive salaries 3163
B.C. Hydro staff, reduction in 3162
B.C. Hydro staff, women employees 3163
B.C. Hydro, transmission costs 3163
B.C. Place, cost of 253
B.C. Place, excavation waste, Q. 253, 366
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of by ministers 1967
B.C. Railway, freight rate for grain 761
B.C. Utilities Commission hearings, interveners, Q. 854, 3160, 3160-1
Brummet, A.J., salary 2907
Brummet, AJ, travel expenses, appropriation for 2907
Budget debate 969-73
Budget, impact of on economy 970
Budget, timing of 192
Cabinet, centralization of decision-making in 1450
Canadian National Railways, grain shipment, losses on 760
Canadian Pacific Railway, grain shipment, losses on 760, 761
Canadian Pacific Railway, land grants to 760-1
Canadian Pacific Railway, profits 760, 761
Capital Regional District, planning 1237
Chiropractors, access to physicians' x-rays 2606
Chlorbromuron, testing and safety of 2909
Collective agreements, expiry of 2246
Collective agreements, maternity provisions 2247-8
Collective agreements, omissions from 2246
Community involvement program payments, abolition of 1450
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1965-8, 2742-3, 2745-6, 2751, 2752, 2753
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, and Arbitration Act 2746
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act, 1983, and Labour Code 2742
Compensation stabilization program, announcement of 1965
Compensation stabilization program, application of 1966, 2751
Compensation stabilization program, arbitrators, arbitration 2743
Compensation stabilization program, extension of 1965, 1966, 1967
Conservation officers, rights re permits 2817
Conservation officers, shortage of 2907
Conservation officers, workload 2817
Constitution, amendments to relating to Indians 2932
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 2870-1, 2871-2
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry staff, reduction in 972
Consumer spending, effect of tax increases on 970
Corporate Affairs, appropriation, 1983-84 fiscal year 972
Cost of living, increase in 2069
Cowichan Valley, wood-processing facility for 3046-7, 3047
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, benefit of to B.C. farmers 761
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, change in (Motion 2) 760-2
Crowsnest Pass freight rate, losses on 761
Dawn Development Corp., Delta land and Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 509, 510
Debt, interest cost on 972
Drinking drivers, alcohol-related accidents 2313
Drinking drivers, Chemainus high-school play on 2314
Drugs, use of addictive drugs 577
Duncan, city core and Cowichan Valley Regional District 510-1, 1235, 1235-6
Economic recovery and consumer spending 970
Education costs, increase in 644, 1534
Education costs, provincial contribution 644
Education, expenditures, restraint on 2971
Education (Interim) Finance Act, sunset clause 645
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1983) 641-6, 1532-6
Education minister, directives, powers re 1534
Education system, centralization of 645, 646
Elderly, institutional services for 972
Employment Standards Act, enactment of 2245-6
Employment Standards Amendment Act (1983) 2245-8, 2598
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, committee of Legislature on 2248
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, effect of on labour-management relations 2246
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, special apparel provisions 2247
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, withdrawal of 2248
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 3160, 3160-1, 3161, 3162, 3162-3, 3163
Environment ministry, dismissed employees, receipt of bonds, Q. 534
Environment ministry, estimates 2907-9, 2910
Environment ministry, grants 2907
Environment ministry, minister's office, appropriation 2910
Environment ministry staff, layoff of 2907-8
Environment ministry staff, morale 2907
Environmental Appeal Board, chairman's letter 2909
Environmental protection, commitment to 2910
Environmental protection, public hearings, interveners in 2910
Estate Administration Amendment Act (1983) 1049
Estates, intestate estates 1049
Estimates, 1983-84 fiscal year, debate on 2985
Expenditures, 1983-84 fiscal year, increase in 1449
Expenditures, reductions in, NDP proposal for 1967, 2070
Expenditures, restraint on 575, 969
Expenditures, restraint on, effects of 970, 2971-2
Family history 1651-2
Federal-provincial relations 971
Finance ministry, estimates 2970-2
Fire hazard, removal of by burning 2815, 2815-6
Fishermen lobbying in Ottawa, Q. 3088
Forest industry, Cowichan Valley 21, 43
Forests ministry, estimates 3046-7, 3047
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2573
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2573
Government advertising, expenditures on 971
Government, centralization of 1968
Greater Vancouver Regional District, capital investment 510, 1238
Greater Vancouver Regional District, municipal boundaries 510
Greater Vancouver Regional District, technical planning committee 510, 1238
Groundwater, regulations re 2908
Grouse Mountain, logging of, Q. 573, Q. 574, Q. 1339, Q. 1978
Habitat conservation fund, auxiliary employees, Q. 1337
Habitat conservation fund, expenditures, Q. 1337, Q. 3127
Habitat conservation fund, revenue received, Q. 3126
Habitat conservation fund, revenue, transfer of, Q. 1337
Heal, Douglas, salary, increase in 1967
Health care facilities, access to 2971
Hewitt, J.J., office, staff salaries 972
Highway 1, Duncan area 45
Highway 1, Mill Bay overpass, 44-5, 45
Highway 1, Whippletree Junction, left-turn lane 45
Housing and employment development bonds 2069
Human Rights Act, substitution of name in statutes 2801
Human rights branch, abolition of 971, 1440
Human Rights Commission, abolition of 971
Human rights protection, loss of 1449
Imasco Ltd., tobacco products 576
Income Tax Amendment Act (1983) 1436-7, 2067-70
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2070
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1983, retroactivity of 2069
Income tax credits, abolition of 1437
Income tax credits, benefits of 2068
Income tax credits, cost of 1436, 2068
Income tax credits, formula for 2067-8
Income tax credits, recipients of 1437
Indians, aboriginal rights 2932
Indians, alcohol-related problems 2313
Indians, constitution, meetings on 2932
International Labour Organization, recommendations 2455-6
Job creation, funds for 972
Judges, lay judges, terms of appointment 969-70
Kemano II, hearings on, interveners in 3160
Labour legislation, 1983 session 970
Labour-management climate in B.C. 1967-8
Land, Fraser Valley 44
Legal aid services for women 2996
Legal Services Society, funding for 2996
Legislation, 1983 session, demonstration against 576
Liquor store, Mill Bay 2871-2
Liquor stores, location of 2871-2
Liquor, tax increase 575
MLAs, speeches, interruptions of 44
McBride landfill area fire 2815
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Chemainus area cutting rights 43
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Chemainus mill, closing of 43, 44
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Chemainus mill, replacement for 3046-7, 3047
Ministers' offices, appropriations for 1967
Ministers' offices, overruns 192
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1983) 2606, 2800-1, 2801, 2806, 2815, 2815-6, 2816, 2817, 2817-8, 2818, 2818-9, 2819, 2820
Mortgage agreements, waivers re legislation 2871
Motion 2, debate on 762
Motor vehicle accidents due to mechanical failure 1312
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1983) 2870
Motor vehicle inspection branch, inspection fee 1311
Motor vehicle inspection, privatization of 1312
Motor vehicle inspections, Ontario, cost of 1310, 1312
Motor vehicle inspections, peace officers 2870
Motor vehicles, maintenance of 970, 1311-2
Motor vehicles, mechanical failures 1311, 1312
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 509-11, 1234-8, 2259-60, 2261-2, 2262, 2263-4, 2264, 2391, 2391-2
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, consultation with GVRD re 510, 511
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 1234, 1235, 1236
Municipal Amendment Act, 1983, municipalities' costs 1235, 1237
No Smoking Areas in Public Places, An Act to Provide for (Bill M205) 1R, 1127; 1259
Olsen, IN., salary, increase in 2751, 2752, 2753
PCB, shipment of through B.C. waters, Q. 3189
PCB, shipment, safety precautions, Q. 3189
Pacific Rim National Park, timber rights exchange 2817
Peace officers, definition of 2870
Peace, two minutes of silence for 1330
Peck, Ed, salary 1965
Pentachlorophenol-contaminated wood, burning of 2709
Pesticide purchases, question on order paper, Q. 2553
Political donations, tax credit for 2070
Political parties, registration of receipt authority 2069-70
Pollution control permits, information re, Q. 532
Pollution control permits, violations, Q. 532, 2908
Poor, low-income group, living expenses for 1967
Pornography laws, enforcement of 2996
Provincial Court Amendment Act, 1974, enactment of 969-70
Public Sector Restraint Act 1447-50, 1648-53, 2624, 2624-5, 2630-1, 2677, 2680, 2681, 2686, 2686-7, 2687, 2691, 2696
Public Sector Restraint Act, amendments to 1448
Public Sector Restraint Act, “layoff”, use of term 2624
Public Sector Restraint Act, letters re 1448-9, 1653
Public Sector Restraint Act, reaction to elsewhere 1648, 1651
Public Sector Restraint Act, “terminate”, use of term 2624
Public service collective agreement 2453
Public service, collective bargaining 1966, 2453, 2455
Public Service Commission, powers 2452-3
Public service, compensation levels 1966
Public service, compensation plans 2743, 2745, 2746
Public service employees, confrontation with 2452
Public service employees, contract with and use of legislation 2526
Public service employees, dismissal of 1450, 2686
Public service employees, dismissals 1652, 2680, 2681, 2687, Public service employees, layoff of 2453-4, 2454
Public service employees, morale 971, 1967
Public service employees, number of, increase in 42
Public service employees, number of, reduction in 971-2
Public service employees, productivity 1966, 1967, 2752, 2753
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act (1983) 2452-6, 2523-6
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, effect of 2454
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, hoist of 2523-5
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1983, second reading eight months hence 2526
Public service, work schedules, scheduling 2454
Public trustee, delays in functioning of 2997
Quebec, education costs per pupil 644
Railroads, freight rates, basis for 762
Railroads, grain shipments, losses on 760, 761
Regional districts, planning function 1238
Regional districts, powers of over rural areas 511
Regional districts, settlement plans 511, 2262, 2263, 2264
Regional planning, HUDAC support for 1235
Regional planning powers 1235, 2391, 2392
Regional planning, privatization of 1235
Rent control, abolition of 1450
Rentalsman, office of, abolition of 44, 971
Rentalsman, office of, public opinion poll re 972
Renter's tax credit, termination of 972
Restaurant meals, sales tax on 2304-7
Restaurants, serving-staff wages 2305-6
Revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year, underestimation of 971
Roberts Bank coal freighters, Q. 3089
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd., dividends paid 575, 576
Royal Trust Co., mortgage agreement 2870-1
Sales tax, exemptions from, cabinet's powers re 2815
Sales tax, increase in 971, 2306, 2307
Sales tax, regressivity of 2306-7
Sales tax remittances, requirement re 2621
School Act, new act 643
School boards, elimination of 644
School boards, powers 644, 645-6, 1532-3, 1534-5
School District 65, programs 645
School District 65, busing of children on Highway 1645
School District 65, salaries 644
School District 65, special programs 1533
School District 65, transportation allowance, Q. 2893, Q. 2894
School districts, budgets, Education minister's powers over 644
School librarians, services of 641
School tax, increase in 644
School tax on commercial, industrial property 1535
School year, shortening of 644-5
Select Standing Committee on Transportation and Communications, consideration of automobile inspection by private sector 1311-2
Shawnigan Lake, water quality 2908
Smokers' smoke, hazard of 577, 1053, 1259
Smoking and health costs 1053
Smoking, B.C. Medical Association, committee on 1053
Smoking, education on dangers of 577, 1388
Smoking in Public Places, An Act to Regulate (Bill M204) 1R, 469; 1052-3
Smoking in public places, regulation of 575
Smoking, increase in 576
Smoking, Minnesota legislation on 1053
Smoking, no-smoking areas 1259
Smoking, regulation of 576, 1053
Social assistance, appropriation 972
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1983) 2304-7, 2621
Social welfare programs, cost of 1448
Special warrants 192
Status of Women, Vancouver, funding for 2971
Stuart Channel, black slick, Q. 3089
Supply Act (No. 1) (1983) 192
Supply Act (No. 3) (1983) 2985
Surrey regional town centre 1238
Taxation, increase in 970
Taxation, regressive taxes, level of 2306
Taxation, taxpayers' ability to pay 1968
Teachers, productivity 1966, 2753
Teachers, stressful nature of teaching 1535
Telephone calls, long-distance, sales tax on 2306
Tobacco products, advertising of 575, 577
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1983) 575-7, 1335-6, 1388, 1389
Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1983, withdrawal of 577
Tobacco tax increase, effects 575, 576, 577, 1336
Tobacco tax increase, regressivity of 577, 1336
Trade unions, certification and decertification process 44
Unemployment rate in B.C. 1336, 2307
Utilities Commission Act, changes to, Q. 1060
Wages, non-payment of, liability for 2248
Waste disposal, Q. 366, Q. 2052, 2910
Waste Management Act, variance orders issued, Q. 750
Waste management permits 2908-9
Waste, transportation of, Q. 1338, 2910
Waste treatment, Genstar-IT Corp. proposal for, Q. 1338
Water supply for subdivisions 2816, 2908
Western Forest Products Ltd., Honeymoon Bay mill, closing of 43, 44
Wills, holograph wills 1049, 2996-7
Woodward Stores Ltd., Surrey shopping centre 510
Young offenders program, funding for 2971
Zoning changes, notification to property owners re 2259, 2260
Zoos, exotic animals, regulations re 2817, 2820
Zoos, safety in operation of 2817-8, 2820
Wallace, George Scott
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1636 (Hanson) 2496 (Nicolson) 1472, 1474, Wallace, Lawrence J. (Lawrie)
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1667, 2493 (Nicolson) 1755
War Measures Act (Canada)
Ward, Douglas
Quoted (Rose) 3193
Wardair Canada (1975) Ltd.
Mentioned: (Davis) 70
Warren, Derril
Mentioned: (Lea) 269 (Stupich) 1090
Washington State Public Power System
Mentioned: (Rogers) 3163
Waste, Recycling of
See: Waste (Salvage) , etc.
Waste disposal
Delta, garbage disposal area (Reid) 495, 495-6, 497 (Reynolds) 538
Waste management
Ashcroft waste dump (Rose) 2474
Genstar-IT treatment proposal, fee for (Wallace) Q. 1338 (Brummet) A. 1338
Hazardous wastes, disposal of (Wallace) Q. 366, Q. 2052 (Brummet) A. 366, A. 2052
Lower mainland, waste management plan (Brummet) 2906
Permits (Wallace) 2908-9
Proposal for (Brummet) 2906
Site, disposal site (Brummet) 2906, 2907 (Wallace) 2910
Special wastes, handling of (Throne speech) 7
Transportation of (Brummet) A. 1338, 2906 (Wallace) Q. 1338, 2910
Waste Management Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Variance orders under act, information re (Wallace) Q. 750 (Brummet) A. 751
Mentioned: (Chabot) 2723
Waste management branch
Pollution control permits and amendments, information re (Wallace) Q. 532, 2908-9 (Brummet) A. 532
Pollution control permits, cost of (Skelly) 3024
Pollution control permits, revenue generated (Wallace) Q. 532 (Brummet) A. 532
Pollution control permits, violations (Wallace) Q. 532, 2908-9 (Brummet) A. 532
Waste (Salvage) , etc.
Waste treatment (Brummet) 2906
Waste, utilization of (Blencoe) 2889
Water
Purity of (Nielsen) 3082
Water licence fee, increase in (Curtis) 167 (D’Arcy) 423 (Davis) 926 (McCarthy) 208
Water licence fee, reduction in (Lockstead) 1425
Water, Underground
Regulations re groundwater (Brummet) 2909 (Wallace) 2908
Water Act
Mentioned: (Howard) 1239 (Wallace) 2908
Water supply
Subdivisions, water supply (Brummet) 2817 (Rose) 2816 (Wallace) 2816, 2908
Water supplier, status of (Brummet) 2816
Water systems, cost-sharing formula (Blencoe) Q. 392, Q. 393 (Ritchie) A. 392-3
Water Utility Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Mentioned: (Brummet) 2816 (Wallace) 2816
Waterland, Hon. Thomas M. (Yale-Lillooet) Minister of Forests
Address in reply 91-5
Banks, control of, NDP policy on 92
Bell-Irving public sustained yield unit, A. 414
B.C. Ferry Corp., strike referred to 2008, 2009
British Columbia Forest Products Ltd., tree-farm licence 3053
B.C. Independent Logging Association, meeting with, A. 1440
B.C. Place Stadium, VIP facilities, use of by ministers, A. 1919, 2007
B.C. Timber Ltd., sawlogs, sale of for export, A. 2553
Bureaucracy 94
Cabinet meeting at Schooner Cove 2008
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, entertainment of 1919
Canadian Manufacturers' Association, meeting with 2007
Canfor Corp., tree-farm licence hearings, A. 2944, 3041
China, trip to (Skelly) Q. 2790 (Waterland) A. 2790, A. 2791
Coal, northeast, job creation 93, 999
Coal, northeast, NDP policy on 92-3, 999
Coal, northeast, service industries for 999-1000
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 2007-9, 2077
Compensation stabilization program, announcement of 2007
Corporations, effect of economic conditions on 999
Council of Forest Industries of B.C., consultation with 3032
Cowichan Valley, wood-processing facility for 3047
Economy, diversification of 992, 997, 998
Election, 1983, results 95
Electric power, development of, NDP policy on 93
Environmental protection areas, A. 574
Expenditures, restraint on 92, 993
Expenditures, restraint on, public support for 2077
Expenditures, restraint on, Social Credit Party election platform 992
Expenditures, restraint on, use of poll results by NDP 2077
Expo ’86, job creation 999
Fishing industry, service industries for 999
Forest companies, coastal processing facilities, A. 666
Forest companies, cutting and reforestation plans, A. 227
Forest companies, losses and future taxes 3037
Forest companies, utilization practices, A. 665, A. 729
Forest companies, utilization standards 665, 729
Forest fires, Western Community, fire suppression crews, A. 2169
Forest industry, investment in, return on 3037
Forest industry, losses 3025
Forest industry, section 88 credits 3024, 3048-9
Forest industry, small business program 3032, 3036, 3049
Forest industry, small operators, timber for, A. 227, 3036-7
Forest industry, timber allocation 3036-7
Forest industry, woodlot program 3052
Forest land, alternate use of 3037
Forest management, 1980 plan, A. 625
Forest roads, public use of 3052
Forests, contractor clause advisory committee 3032
Forests, contractors, invoking of contractor clause in interior, A. 1440
Forests, contractors, use of 3032
Forests, cutting rights, Chemainus area 94
Forests, federal funds for 3037, 3051
Forests, fire suppression, appropriation for 3050
Forests, inventory system 3040
Forests, management of 3024, 3025
Forests ministry, estimates 3020, 3021, 3024-5, 3026-7, 3031-2, 3036-7, 3037, 3038, 3040-1, 3047, 3048-9, 3049, 3050, 3051-2, 3053, 3054
Forests ministry, staff, reduction 3031
Forests ministry, staff reduction, revenue impact, A. 3087
Forests, multiple-resource ministry proposal 3031, 3032
Forests, partnership management proposal 3031-2, 3052
Forests, public involvement program 3041
Forests, revenue and section 88 credits 3024
Forests, revenue, 1983-84 fiscal year 3024
Forests, silviculture program 3037
Forests, waste material, use of 3037
Forests, wastes, burning of 1302
Forests, waterfront land 3037
Government agent, Kelowna position, applicants for 94
Government, cost of, reduction in 992, 998
Government regulations, red tape, reduction in 992, 997
Government services, privatization of 998-9
Government, size of, reduction in 94, 95, 992, 997, 1000
Indians, land claims 93-4
Inflation 94
International Labour Organization, Operation Solidarity appeal to 2008
Investments, capital, and taxation 992
Job creation, NDP policy on 92
Labour Code of B.C., changes to 992-3, 998, 1000
Labour legislation 92
Land ownership, right to 93
Lloyd, Howard, plywood business 3026-7, 3089-90
Log exports 880, 1399, A. 3007
Log surpluses, A. 880, A. 3007
Logs, usable waste, determination of 1302
MLAs, presence of opposition MLAs in House 91-2
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Chemainus mill 94
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Chemainus mill, replacement for 3047
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., highgrading, form of restitution for, A. 666
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Queen Charlotte Islands, test plots, A. 665, A. 2553, A. 2790
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Queen Charlotte Islands, waste material, A. 665, A. 1302, A. 1303
Mining industry, labour agreements in 2008
Mining industry profits, use of 93
Mission-Port Moody by-election results 2008
Misty Mountain Cedar Ltd., recovery of waste material by 1302
Municipal Amendment Act (1983) 1864
Natural resources, development of, NDP policy on 998
North Central Plywoods, sale of 3026-7, 3089-90
Office expenses, reduction in (Howard) 405
Pacific Rim National Park, timber trade-off 3053
Price-Skeena Forest Products Ltd., timber application 3049
Prince Rupert, port development 93, 999
Profits, need for 92
Public Sector Restraint Act 2644
Public Sector Restraint Act, Michael Walker's reaction to 400
Public service, collective bargaining in 2008, 2009
Public service employees, negotiation with 2009
Public service employees, number of, reduction in 999
Pulp and paper research 3037
Reforestation, Koksilah Nursery seedlings, A. 625
Reforestation, Nimpkish Valley 3051
Reforestation program 3025, 3036
Reforestation seedlings, destruction of, A. 625
Reforestation seedlings, non-use of 625
Regional plans, imposition of on municipalities 1864
Revelstoke Canyon Dam, NDP policy on 999
Revenue, decline in 998
Skeena constituency, visits to 297 (Howard) 296-7
Skeena West area timber 3049
Socialism, Great Britain 95
Sombrio Beach, logging of, moratorium on, A. 1137-8
Sombrio Beach, multi-use of 1138
Sombrio Beach, protection of, A. 1138
Sombrio Beach timber, trade-off proposal for, A. 1138
Stewart, port for logs 3038
Stuart-Trembleur Indian band, tree-farm licence 227
Stumpage appraisal system 3024-5
Tahsish-Kwois Valleys, logging of 3052
Taxation, taxpayers' ability to pay 2008
Timber auction, Stikine-Iskut area, A. 2551
Tourist trade, expansion of 999
Toyota Motor Co. Ltd., wheel-manufacturing plant 999
Tozer, Tony, appointment of as government agent 94
Tree-farm licence no. 1, 3038
Tree-farm licence No. 2, independent loggers 3052
Tree-farm licences 3040-1
Tree-farm licences and land use, A. 2944
Tree-farm licences, applications for, A. 227
Tree-farm licences, awarding of, A. 227
Tree-farm licences, number of 3
Yale-Lillooet constituency, description of 94-5
Watson, Dominic
Quoted (Wallace) 2307
Waymark, Graeme
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 1367 (Rose) 3194
Wealth
Production of (McGeer) 3179
Restraint program, contribution of rich to (Barrett) 2058, 2060-1 (Stupich) 2096
Weeds
Control program (Schroeder) 3095
Weiler, Paul
“Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector” quoted, referred to (Gabelmann) 2034-5
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2048
Weir, G.M.
“Survey of the School System” mentioned (Rose) 3185
Weldwood of Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 715
Welfare assistance
See: Social assistance
Wells Gray Provincial Park
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 2901
Wenham, Dwight
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2525
Wenman, Robert
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 730, 732
Wenner-Gren, Axel
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2560 (Rose) 954
West Coast Environmental Law Association
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2909
West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.
Funds for, use of (Skelly) 1983
West Coast National Park Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
West Coast Trail
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 2900
West Fraser Mills
Mentioned: (Howard) 3048
West Germany
Social welfare programs (Fraser, R.) 1957
West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd.
Power purchases (Nicolson) 73
Water licence fee, increase in (Nicolson) 73
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1805, 1987
West Vancouver School District
See: School District 45
Westar Mining Ltd.
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1220 (Skelly) 2447
Western Agricultural Conference
Mentioned: (Rose) 789
Western Canada Concept Party
Mentioned: (Curtis) 817
Western Commentary
Quoted (Barrett) 1042
Western Community, B.C.
Fire suppression crews (Mitchell) Q. 2169, 3053 (Waterland) A. 2169
Highways, location of (Mitchell) 2319-2400, 2401
Old Island Highway, spot-zoning (Mitchell) 525
Population shift to (Mitchell) 1232
Problems (Mitchell) 525-6, 1233
Regional planning (Blencoe) 478-9 (Mitchell) 527, 2319-2400, 2401
Sewage disposal, planning for (Mitchell) 526
Western Forest Products Ltd.
Honeymoon Bay mill, closure of (Wallace) 43, 44
Sombrio Beach timber, trade-off for (Mitchell) Q. 1138 (Waterland) A. 1138
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 3051 (Wallace) 3047
Western Foundation for Advanced Industrial Technology
Funding for (Phillips) 2835
Western Grain Transportation Act (Canada)
B.C. Railway, benefits to (Davis) 759 (Fraser, A.) 755 (Phillips) 763
Enactment of (Michael) 775-6
Hearings on (Fraser, A.) 755, 791 (Lauk) 779-80 (Rose) 787
Introduction of (Fraser, A.) 753
Parker, S.J., stand on act (Rose) 786 (Segarty) 783
Progressive Conservative Party, stand on act (Lauk) 778 (Rose) 786
Mentioned: (Davis) 759 (Michael) 775, 776 (Phillips) 762 (Rose) 789 (Segarty) 782
Western National Party
Mentioned: (Curtis) 817
Western Packaging Systems Ltd.
Export award (Phillips) 2828
Western Transportation Advisory Council
Shipping, forecasts re (Fraser, A.) 754
Sustaining members (Fraser, A.) 754
Westwood, Earle
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1227
Westworld
Government advertisements (Cocke) 96
Weyerhauser Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 806 (Waterland) 3032
Whales
Killer whales, capture of (Dailly) Q. 879 (Brummet) A. 879
Wharf, Brian
Quoted (Stupich) 1935
Whelan, Eugene
Mentioned: (Rose) 3101
Whistler Mountain ski resort
Assistance to (Barrett) 1600 (Blencoe) 1201 (Dailly) 1955 (Reynolds) 184 (Sanford) 1991
Commended (Ritchie) 2808
Convention centre (Ritchie) 2808
Investment in, private sector investment (Phillips) 2846
Investment in, public investment (Phillips) 2846
Road to, expenditures on (Gabelmann) 3118, 3119
TIDSA funds for (D’Arcy) 2846
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1522 (Michael) 775
Whistler Village Land Co. Ltd.
Administration of (Blencoe) 2806
Properties, tax exemption for (Blencoe) 2806, 2808, 2809, 2810 (Ritchie) 2806, 2808, 2811
Provincial grants, services (Blencoe) 2806, 2809, 2810
Whitecaps
See: Vancouver Whitecaps
Whitlock, Robert
Mentioned: (Dailly) 1283 (Lockstead) 1279, 2772, 2773, 2775 (Passarell) 1320, 2776 (Wallace) 1311
Whitten, Bruce
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2865
Widow's share
Estate Administration Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Estate, surviving spouse's share (Brown) 1257-8 (Cocke) 1050, 1257, 1258 (Ree) 1048, 1257, 1258 (Smith) 1050
Wife-beating
Increase in (Brown) 36-7
Policy paper on (Brown) 2999
Transition houses (Brown) 976
Wilde, Oscar
Quoted, referred to (Gardom) 598 (Nicolson) 598, 600
Wildlife, Conservation of
Habitat conservation fund. See name of fund
Studies on (Brummet) 2907
Wildlife Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Mentioned: (Brown) 2819 (Brummet) 2817, 2820 (Wallace) 2818, 2820
Williams, Brian
Mentioned: (McClelland) 3131
Williams, Harold
Mentioned: (Lea) 2157
Williams, Joy
Mentioned: (Barnes) 106
Williams, L. Allan
Tribute to (Reynolds) 154
Mentioned: (Cocke) 265 (Gardom) 2922 (Hanson) 990 (Hewitt) 246, 2931 (Howard) 2926, 2930 (Lea) 269 (Nicolson) 1898 (Passarell) 2926 (Wallace) 1049
Williams, Marion L.
Letter quoted (Lockstead) 869-70, 871
Telegram quoted (Lockstead) 869
Williams, Owen
Mentioned: (Chabot) 917
Williams, Robert Arthur (Bob)
Quoted (Reynolds) 155
Mentioned: (Hon. member) 3177 (Kempf) 1984, 2355 (Lockstead) 713, 723 (Nicolson) 2355, 3177 (Phillips) 197, 712, 722 (Reynolds) 308
Williams Lake, B.C.
Disaster relief (Brummet) 2906
Williams Lake Crisis and Counselling Centre, Williams
Lake, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 36
Williams Lake School District
See: School District 27
Willingdon Youth Detention Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 3008
Williston, Raymond G.
Appointment of (Phillips) 1388
Letter quoted, referred to (Lockstead) 717, 718, 720, 724
Severance pay (Lockstead) 1388
Mentioned: (Brown) 808, 809 (Howard) 1347 (Lockstead) 713, 1386, 1387 (Phillips) 712, 1388, 1390, 2840 (Skelly) 3033, 3039
Willo-Way Low Cost Ltd.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 398
Wills
Estate Administration Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Holograph wills (Ree) 1050 (Wallace) 1049
Lawyers' fees, settling estates (Cocke) 1050 (Lea) 1049-50 (Ree) 1050
Probate of (Cocke) 1050 (Lauk) 1049 (Ree) 1049
Wills Act
Mentioned: (Ree) 1050 (Smith) 2997
Wilson, James
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 90
Wilson, James W. (Jim)
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 155
Wilson, Mark
Quoted (Segarty) 784-5
Mentioned: (Rose) 786
Wilson, Woodrow
Mentioned: (Segarty) 121
Winch, Harold E.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1865 (Stupich) 2282, 2283, 2284, 2285, 2286
Windows
Metal sash windows (Rogers) 3165 (Rose) 3165
Wine and wine-making
Advertising of in electronic media (Cocke) 2309, 2823-4 (Hewitt) 2824, 2849 (Nielsen) 2823
B.C. wine industry (Hewitt) 2849
Consumption, increase in (D’Arcy) 2850
Estate wine industry (Hewitt) 2849
Specialty wine shops, proposal for (Hewitt) 2876 (Kempf) 2875-6
Winkelman, Ed
Mentioned: (Ritchie) 1795
Wismer, Gordon
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2284, 2285
Wm. Scott and Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1670
Woddis, Roger
Wolfe, Evan M.
Quoted (Brown) 1273
Tribute to (Mowat) 51
Mentioned: (Gardom) 597 (Hewitt) 246 (Howard) 404, 1507, 1942 (McCarthy) 128 (Nicolson) 350, 355, 652, 912, 1154, 1155
Wolves
Number of (Cocke) 3065 (Passarell) 2910-1
Women
Government cutbacks, effect of (Brown) Q. 2791
Poor, number of women (Brown) 975
Problems (Barnes) 933
Services to women (Brown) 976
Smoking, increase in (Brown) 802-3 (Gabelmann) 796 (Howard) 1329-30
Tobacco tax increase, impact of (Brown) 802-3
Transition houses (Barnes) 2916 (Brown) 36, 300, 302 (Sanford) 1026
Women-Employment
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1983, effect of (Cocke) 2197
Labour ministry, women's programs (McClelland) 3131
Wages, level of (Brown) 2017
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 71
Women's Emergency Centre, Salmon Arm, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 36
Women's Office Newsletter
Mentioned: (Brown) 2999
Wong, Dorcas
Mentioned: (Wallace) 1437
Wood, Diane
Dismissal of (Dailly) 1752 (Hanson) Q. 627 (McCarthy)A. 627
Wood, Maurice
Mentioned: (Sanford) 448
Wood
Sales tax, exemption (Phillips) 2813, 2814
Wood-pulp industry
Castlegar mill expansion (Nicolson) 71
Demand for pulp, forecast re (Segarty) 785
Norscan group (Segarty) 785
Research (Lea) 206, 2832 (Waterland) 3037
Southeastern B.C. industry (Nicolson) 71 (Segarty) 785 (Throne speech) 5
Woodall, Dave
Quoted (Gabelmann) 2123
Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 1641, 2486, 2489, 2490, 2502 (McCarthy) 210, 2913
Woodsworth, J.S.
Mentioned: (Rose) 952
Woodward Stores Ltd.
Oakridge project (Mowat) 53
Port Alberni retail store (Skelly) 1145
Surrey shopping centre (Dailly) 1835 (Wallace) 510
Tribute to (Skelly) 1145
Work relief
Capital projects, funds for (Curtis) 182
Parks, work projects (Mitchell) 2900
Work-sharing
B.C. Coal Ltd., work-sharing (Segarty) 123
Fording Coal Ltd., work-sharing (Segarty) 123
Work-sharing, cases cited (Segarty) 123-4
Workers Compensation Act
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1983. See name of act
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 3131 (Skelly) 1051
Workers' Compensation Board
Accounts receivable (Curtis) 792
Appeals, number of allowed (Gabelmann) 3134
Appeals, procedure re (Gabelmann) 3133-4
Appointment to (McClelland) 2821 (Stupich) 2821
Assessment levels (Gabelmann) 3132
Assessments, basis for (McClelland) 3136
Assessments, increase in (McClelland) 3136
Boards of review (Gabelmann) 3133, 3134, 3137 (McClelland) 3136, 3137 (Sanford) 2821 (Stupich) 2821
Cases, backlog (Gabelmann) 3134
Chairmanship (Lea) 2821 (McClelland) 2821
Claim overpayment, 1949, letter re (Stupich) 3138
Farmworkers, coverage for (Gabelmann) 3134 (McClelland) 3136-7 (Sanford) 3097
Firefighters, regulations re (Hanson) 1685
Funds, investment of (D’Arcy) 2855 (Hewitt) 2855 (McClelland) 3135-6
Inspectors, performance of duties by (D’Arcy) 303
Investment portfolio, accounting system for (McClelland) 2820 (Stupich) 2820
Labour minister, interference by in board (Gabelmann) 3137 (McClelland) 3137
Members (McClelland) 2821 (Stupich) 2821
Mining sites, coverage for (Lauk) 859
Profit (McClelland) 3135
Regulations (Lauk) 860
Unfunded liability (Gabelmann) 3132, 3134 (McClelland) 3135, 3136
Vice-chairmanship (McClelland) 2821 (Stupich) 2821
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 2226 (Hanson) 1655, 2495 (Lauk) 2857 (McClelland) 11, 3131 (Macdonald) 924 (Mowat) 58 (Skelly) 1051 (Wallace) 972
Working-day
See: Hours of labour
Workplace, Safety in the
See: Industrial safety
World Council of Churches
Statement (Sanford) 658
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1555 (Barrett) 835, 873 (Bennett) 3044 (Hanson) 1476 (Rose) 580 (Sanford) 1027 (Stupich) 615
World Health Organization
Mentioned: (Wallace) 1259
World's Fair, Seattle, Wash.
Mentioned: (Rose) 1402
Woss, B.C.
Tahsis road (Fraser, A.) 3120 (Gabelmann) 3118, 3120
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Quoted (Lauk) 1818
Wright, J.C.
Letter quoted (Rose) 1369
Wright, Robert (Bob)
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 622