Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 2nd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
February 13, 1984 to February 21, 1985

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DARE program

See: Detention and Recreation Extension program

DASH program

See: Development of Attitudes, Skills and Habits program

DHIS

See: Dairy herd inspection service

Dailly, Eileen Elizabeth (Burnaby North)

ALRT system, costly design of 3388

ALRT system, employment not permanent 3503

Aged, extended care 4352

Alberta health ministry, consultation in B.C. re health insurance plan privatization Q. 4812

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 4264

Audiologists, shortage of Q. 4632

Bankruptcies, number of 4733, 4734

Birth certificates, adopted children 4814

B.C. Government News, purpose of 4019

B.C. Lottery Fund grants 4019

Budget debate 3387-90, 3394-5, 3501-4

Burnaby North, effect of Residential Tenancy Act on constituents 4315

Burrard Inlet power plant, permits for 3855

Buses, sealed washrooms on Q. 4288

Butcher, M., dismissal of Q. 3288

Canada Health Act and income tax increase 4085

Canada Health Act, parliamentary support Q. 4569

Canada Health Act, Progressive Conservative Party leader's views on Q. 4570

Canada Health Act, purpose of and need for Q. 4569

Canada Health ministry, brochure on B.C. health surtax 4086

Canada Pension Plan, trade union fight for 4736

Change of Name Act, amendment 4808

Children, name changes 4808

Coal, northeast 4087

Collective bargaining 4870

Community health clinics 4340, 4351-2

Constitution Act amendments, all-party committee on 4332

Constitution Amendment Act (1984) 4331-2

Constitution Amendment Act, 1984, mandate of commission 4331

Construction industry, employment in not permanent 3503

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 3998-9

Council of Practical Nurses, consultation with 5085

Drinking age, raising of 3999

Economic development projects, cabinet's power to designate 4735

Economic problems, causes and remedies 4086, 4734-5

Economy, effect of Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) on 4733

Economy, importance of trade unionism to 4736

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1985) 5054-6

Education ministry, estimates 3775-6, 3808-9

Education, New Zealand 3395

Elderly, effects of bus shutdown on 4870, 4871, 4872

Election Amendment Act (1984) 4596-7

Electoral districts, boundary changes 4332

Electoral districts, cost of boundary changes 4331-2

Emergency Health Services Commission, future of 4807

Emergency Health Services Commission, members 5084

Emergency Health Services Commission responsibilities, continuance of 5084

Employment, need for permanent 3503

Environment ministry, estimates 3855

Examinations, private schools 3808

Examinations, rationale for reinstitution of 3775-6

Examinations, results of vary with student attitude to 3776

Extended- and long-term care, budget reduction for 4354

Extended care, Health Sciences Centre Hospital 4352

Extended-care hospitals, building of 4338

Extended-care patients, quality of life 4352

Fair, J., dismissal of Q. 3288

Forest Grove School, Burnaby, 3808

Health care, added taxes and user fees Q. 4570

Health care, alternative forms 4354

Health care, clinic funding reduced Q. 3611

Health care consultants, employment of 4355

Health care, cutbacks on preventive programs Q. 3611

Health care system, cost of 4338

Health care, tax surcharge Q. 3611

Health clinics, community 4351-2

Health ministry, consultation with physicians, 4338

Health ministry, estimates 4338, 4340, 4351-2, 4354, 4355

Health ministry, restriction of physicians' billing numbers 4338

Health ministry staff audiologists, Workers' Compensation Board work Q. 4632

Health Statutes Amendment Act (1984) 4762, 4807, 4808, 4814

Health Statutes Amendment Act (1985) 4922-3, 4923, 4923-4, 4924

Hospital boards, membership 4757

Hospitals, user fees 4086-8, Q. 4570

Hospitals, acute-care beds 4338, 4340

Hospitals Amalgamation Act 4756-7

Hospitals, community involvement in 4756-7

Hospitals, staff layoffs Q. 3288

Human Resources ministry, staff caseloads 3394

Income Tax (Health Care Maintenance) Amendment Act (1984) 4085-8

Income Tax (Health Care Maintenance) Amendment Act (1984) , future increases in surtax 4087

Income tax, increase in by health care surtax 4087, Q. 4570

Kwantlen College, cancellation of employment bridging program for women Q. 4003

Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) 4733-7

Labour Code, emphasis on free choice 4734-5

Labour laws, U.S. 4736

Labour minister, use of public money for television advertisements Q. 4772

Labour relations, B.C. history 4734

Labour relations, effect on B.C. economy 4734-5

Labour relations, foundation of 4734

Landlord and tenant arbitration service 4315-6

Legislation, cooperation by MLAs 4736

Liquor distribution branch, monitoring of advertising 3998-9

Lottery funds, use of 4019

Marriage Act, amendment 4592

Marriage licence, waiting period after issue of 4592

Medical care, principles of prepaid care 4087, Q. 4569

Medical care, support of federal parties for prepaid care 4088, Q. 4569

Medical care, extra billing Q. 4569, Q. 4570

Medical manpower committee, members of 4340

Medical Services Commission, appropriation 4352

Mental Health Amendment Act (1985) 4922-3, 4923, 4923-4, 4924

Mental patients, review panel hearings 4923-4, 4924

Mental patients, signing of committal certificates 4923

Metro Transit Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 4870-3

Metro Transit Operating Co., Cameron report 4871

Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, appointment of inquiry commission 4872

Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, delay in government action 4871

Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, effects 4870-1

Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, government involvement 4870

Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, government savings 4872

Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, minister's attitude 4872

Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, public support for union members 4871

Ministers, travel expenditures 4838

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) (1984) 4592

Motor vehicle inspection by police officers 4073

Motor vehicle inspection, privatization 4073

Motor vehicles, safety of 4072, 4073

Naturopathic doctors, controversial practice by 5084

New Zealand, employment policy 3395

Northeast coal, employment in not permanent 3503

Nurses, role in community health clinics 4340

Ombudsman, estimates 4837-8

Parents, adoptive 4814

Pensions, division of in legal settlements 4264

Physicians, allocation of billing numbers 4340

Physicians, community health clinics 4340

Physicians, cooperation with Health ministry re costs 4338

Physicians, Health ministry restriction of number of 4338

Physiotherapists, shortage of in B.C. 4352

Physiotherapists, training of in B.C. 4352

Political parties 4872-3

Polling stations, number of voters assigned to 4596

Poor, effect of bus shutdown on 4870

Practical nurses, funding of educational projects 5085-6

Private schools, government aid in financing of 3808-9

Private schools, proposal for amended examinations 3808

Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 4019

Proportional representation 4332

Psychiatric nurses, use of term “registered” in reference to 5085

Referenda, use of 5054, 5055

Rentalsman's office, abolition of 4315

Residential Tenancy Act 4315-6

Residential Tenancy Act, effect on North Burnaby tenants 4315

Royal Commission on Electoral Representation, 1982 recommendations and implementation 4331

Royal Jubilee Hospital, dismissal of president Q. 3288

St. George's School, Vancouver, government financial aid for 3809

School boards, budget preparation 5054, 5055

School District 31, dismissal of child-care workers 3394

School district referenda, failure of 5055

School district referenda, poorer districts 5055

School district referenda, tax base for 5054, 5055

School district referenda, use of 5054

Students, effects of examination stress 3776

Students, post-secondary 3503

Sunday drinking 3998-9

Surname changes, legalization 4808

Taxes, additional 4086

Trade mission, results questioned 3502

Trade unions, collective bargaining rights 4872

Trade unions, endorsement of social services 4736

Trade unions, importance to U.S. standard of living 4736

Trade unions, lack of education on in B.C. schools 4736

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 4073

Unemployed 4733

Unemployed, effect of Metro Transit strike on 4870-1

Unemployment, Burnaby constituency statistics 3502

Universities, training of audiologists Q. 4632

University of B.C., training of physiotherapists 4352

University of Victoria Special Appropriation Act (1984) 3921

Vancouver Island bus service, sealed washrooms on buses Q. 4288

Victoria General Hospital, dismissal of executive director Q. 3288

Victoria hospitals, management of Q. 3289

Voters, proof of eligibility 4596

Voters' registration booths, publicizing of locations 4596

Voters, registration 4596

Weiler, P., remarks on Labour Code Amendment Act 4734-5

Women, cancellation of employment bridging program for Q. 4003

Women in engineering schools 3921

Women, name changes 4808

Workers' Compensation Board, closure of hearing section Q. 4632

Young people, job creation for unskilled 3503

Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C.

Quoted (Blencoe) 4291, 4292

Daily News, Nelson, B.C.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4775

Daily Sentinel, Kamloops, B.C.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 3464

Dairy herd inspection service

Mentioned: (Schroeder) 3909

Dangerous goods

National Defence ministry, transport by (Passarell) 4939

Rail transport regulations (Fraser, A.) 4939

Transport of Dangerous Goods Act. See name of act

Transport of, legislation elsewhere (Fraser, A.) 4938

Transport regulations, consultation re (Fraser, A.) 4938-9

Transport regulations, offences and fines (Fraser, A.) 4938

Transport regulations, placards and labels (Fraser, A.) 4938

Transport regulations, uniformity in (Fraser, A.) 4938

Water transport of (Fraser, A.) 5083 (Wallace) 5082-3

Daon Development Corp.

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3564, 3704 (Nicolson) 3306

D'Arcy, Christopher (Rossland-Trail)

Aircraft, government 4064

Airlines, abuse of regulatory powers 4844

Airports, landing difficulties at 3988

Airports, microwave landing systems 3988, 4064

Bankruptcies, increase in Q. 4608, 4739

Bankruptcies, small business 3987

Banks, abuse of regulatory powers 4824

Beer, price of 3987-8

B.C., credit rating 4101

B.C. Development Corp., management 5039

B.C. Ferry Corp., management 5039

B.C. Hydro, debt 4104

B.C. Hydro, energy exchange agreement with Alcan 3383

B.C. Hydro, export of surplus power 4101, 4104

B.C. Hydro, management 5039

B.C. Hydro, rate increase 4 101

B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line 4101

B.C. Railway, amendments to legislation re 4824, 4829-30

B.C. Railway, debt payment 3384-5, 4101

Brokers, use of local brokers for government investments 3992

Budget debate 3381-6

Budget, no economic improvement forecast 3382

Canadian Pacific Railway, subsidy for grade crossings 4063

Castlegar-Robson ferry, discontinuation of Q. 3225

Central Fraser Valley constituency, second MLA for 5047, 5050, 5051, 5052-3

Charitable societies, government funding Q. 4113

Commodity Contract Amendment Act (1985) 4994-5

Commodity trading, regulations for investor protection 3987, 3988

Company Act, amendment 4829-30

Constituencies, electoral bases 5053-4

Constitution Amendment Act (1985) 5047, 5048, 5050, 5051, 5052-3, 5053-4

Consumer and Corporate Affairs minister, absence of from House 4822

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 3987-8, 3991-2, 3994, 3997, 3998

Coquitlam-Moody constituency, second MLA for 5047, 5048, 5050, 5052-3

Crown corporations debt 3385

Crown corporations, management decisions 5039

Debt counsellors, services 3987

Dome Petroleum Ltd., proposed development in Prince Rupert and Kitimat 3381-2

Economy, factors affecting 4737-40

Economy, importance to wage-earners 4738

Economy, improvement of Q. 4608

Economy, investment in local economy by wage-earners 4737

Electric power, export of 3382, 4101

Electric power, generating capacity in B.C. 4101

Employers, trade unions 4737-8

Employment, loss of jobs in private sector 4739

Expo 86, cost of 4738

Federal-provincial silvicultural agreement funds, use of Q. 4892

Finance ministry, B.C. agencies recommended for investment of funds of 3992

Forest industry, Nakusp area timber Q. 4893

GAIN recipients, number of 4737

Goldberg report on beer prices 3987-8

Government borrowing, statistics 4738

Government, revenue loss 4738

Highway 22, rebuilding of 4065

Highways .ferries, Castlegar ferry 4062-3

Highways ferries, reduction Q. 3225

Hotel Room Tax Amendment Act (1984) 4096

Hydro and Power Authority Amendment Act (1984) 4101

Industries, competitiveness 4101

Industries, natural resources 4738

Industry, guaranteed tax rate proposed 3382

Industry, obsolescence of in Western nations 3382

Insurance Corp. of B.C., investment of funds 3992

Insurance industry, public filing of regulations 4823

Insurance industry, regulations 4822, 4823

Insurance industry, self-regulation 4822

Jetfoil, government funding of 5039

Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) 4737-40

Labour laws, economic effects in U.S. 4737

Labour relations, effect on B.C. economy 4737, 4739

Liquor licences, small communities 3991

Liquor stores, operating hours 3994

Liquor tax, increase in 4096

Megaprojects, financing 4738, 4739

Megaprojects, government-trade union agreements re 4739

Ministers, presence of in House 4822

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) 4822, 4823, 4824, 4829-30

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, energy certificate for Q. 5066

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, federal funds for Q. 5066

Neighbourhood pubs, effect on hotel operations 3997

Neighbourhood pubs, size of 3998

North Bend-Boston Bar ferry, discontinuation of Q. 3225

Partnership Amendment Act (1984) 4085

Professional associations, Social Credit Party attitude to 4738

Property tax, increase in 4096

Provincial debt, burden of interest payments 4739

Provincial debt, increase in 4101

Provincial debt, 1984 increase 4738

Provincial debt, refinancing 4738

Public Service Act 5038-40

Public Service Act, hoist of 5038

Public service appointments, criteria for 5039

Public service employees, merit, criteria for 5039

Public service employees, productivity 5039

Real estate industry, regulations 4823

Regulatory powers, abuse of 4824

Restaurant meals, sales tax on 4096

Revelstoke Canyon Dam, financing 4101

Roadhouses, use of term 3991

Roads, repairs to in Rossland-Trail constituency 4063-4

Sales tax on meals 4096

Securities Act, modernization of 4085

Securities Act, White Paper on 3988

Securities industry, public filing of regulations 4823

Securities industry, regulations 4824

Seven Mile Dam, labour agreement 4739

Shoal Island case, alleged inaction by Minister of Forests 3383-4

Small communities, liquor licences 3991

Strikes and lockouts, loss of government revenue by 4739

Superintendent of brokers, office personnel 3988, 3991-2

Superintendent of brokers, privatization of office 3988

Taxation, increase of in 1984-85 fiscal year 4096

Tourism, effect of hotel room tax on 4096

Trade unions, agreements re megaprojects 4739

Trade unions, need for 4738

Rail, repainting of highway bridge 4063

Trail, subsidy for Canadian Pacific Railway grade crossings 4063

Trail, zinc processing 4063

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 4062-3

The Rollers neighbourhood pub, operations of 3998

United States, labour legislation 4737

Vancouver, borrowing for ALRT system 4065

Vancouver Stock Exchange, public image of 4994-5

Vancouver Stock Exchange, use of 4995

Wage rates, economic effects 4737

Welfare payments, cost of 4739

Workers' Compensation Board, investment of funds 3992

David Thompson University Centre, Nelson, B.C.

Background history of (Nicolson) 3826

Chapel, future of (Nicolson) 4629, 4639, 4641 (Smith) 4640

Closure of (Blencoe) 3924 (Heinrich) A. 3473, 3781 (Nicolson) Q. 3473, 3476-8, 4603, 4627, 4639, 4642 (Passarell) 3780 (Smith) 4638

Closure of, review by Education ministry (Heinrich) 3767-8

Closure, results of (Nicolson) 3308-9

Functioning of, 1980 arrangement for (Smith) 4640

Funding, proposal by city of Nelson (Heinrich) 3826 (Nicolson) 3826

Graduates, employment (Nicolson) 4638, 4639

History of (Nicolson) 3307-8

Liabilities, assumption and discharge of (Nicolson) 4641 (Smith) 4640

Library, future of (Nicolson) 4628-9, 4638, 4642 (Smith) 4639

Nelson city, offer to continue management of (Rose) 3764

New Democratic Party policy booklet, resolution based on (Nicolson) 4642

Notre Dame University library, meetings on future of (Smith) 4639

Origins (Nicolson) 4775

Property, ownership and disposal of (Fraser, R.) 4639 (Nicolson) 4628-9, 4639, 4640, 4641 (Smith) 4640

Purchase by Nelson City Council, proposed (Heinrich) A. 3676-7 (Nicolson) Q. 3676 (Passarell) 3780

Student union building, future of (Nicolson) 4628

Students, source of (Hewitt) 3481

Transcripts (Nicolson) 4637 (Passarell) 4637 (Smith) 4637

Universities minister, efforts to retain (Nicolson) 4627

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 3307, 3653, 3781, 3923, 4104 (Passarell) 4637 (Skelly) 3489, 3862

See also: Notre Dame University, Nelson, B.C.

David Thompson University Centre Action Committee

Notre Dame University, resolution of problems (Nicolson) 4640

Davies, Libby

Mentioned: (Mowat) 3456

D'Avignon, Guy

Federal public service, commission on (Chabot) 5008 (Davis) 5030

Davis, Jack (North Vancouver-Seymour)

ALRT system, extension and costs 3263, 3380

ALRT system, financing of 3388, 3660

ALRT system, tourism potential 4229

Address in reply 3260-3

Assessment Amendment Act (1984) 4203-4, 4212, 4213

Atlin constituency, electoral base 4957

B.C. Court of Appeal, decision re taxation of incomplete improvements 4203-4

B.C. Court of Appeal, decision re taxation of machinery and equipment 4203, 4212

B.C. Hydro, debt 3378

B.C. Hydro, employment 4105

B.C. Hydro, overbuilding 4105

B.C. Hydro, size of 4106

B.C. Hydro, surplus power exports 4105

B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line 4106

B.C. Place, financing of development 3380

B.C. Railway Anzac line, operation 3930

B.C. Railway, debt payment 3379-80, 3929, 3959-60

B.C. Railway, dividend payments 3930

B.C. Railway, rates 3380

Budget debate 3378-81

Budget, gross provincial product 3381

Budget, recommended structure 3379

Budget, U.S. states 3378

Bunker fuel tax 3262, 3660

Canadian National Railways, construction expenditures 3260-1

Canadian National Railways, debt payment 3379

Canadian Pacific Railway, construction expenditures 3260-1

Capital tax 3261

Coal waste, potential source of electric power 3261

Cominco zinc smelter, assessment for property tax 4203, 4212

Constituencies, basing of on federal electoral districts 4958

Constituencies, electoral basis 4958

Constituencies, two-member seats 4958

Constitution Amendment Act (1985) 4957-8

Constitution Amendment Act (1985) , constitutionality of 4957

Construction industry, projected investment in 3260

Credit rating of B.C., international 3378

Crow rate 3260

Debt, federal 3378

Debt, financing of 3380

Debt, U.S. 3378

Debts, payment of public debt 3929

Education funding, basis for 4981

Education, funding of from general revenue 4981

Education, funding of through property tax 4981

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1985) 4981

Education ministry, estimates 3826-8

Education system, centralization of 4981

Election candidates, source of expense payments 4598

Electoral reform, Norris commission 4958

Electric power, demand for 4105

Electric power, export of 4105

Electric power, generation of in Kootenays 3261

Electric power, Niagara Falls production costs 4105

Energy conservation by price increase 4105-6

English-as-a-second-language students, number of in school system 3826

English-as-a-second- language students, percentage of in Vancouver 3826

Expenditures, public 3262

Expo 86, taxi availability 3970

Export sales to Third World 3260

Federal public service, D'Avignon commission 5030

Fertilizer industry, plant at Prince Rupert 3261

Finance ministry, estimates 3659-60

Foreign students, transfer to public education system 3827

Grain, transportation charges on 3260

Health care, costs 3262

Health care maintenance surtax, permanency of 3659

Health care system, federal contribution to 3659

Health care user fees, possible end of 3659

High-technology industry 3920

Hydro and Power Authority Amendment Act (1984) 4105-6

Immigrant students, Statistics Canada reporting of 3827

Immigrants, lack of B.C.-federal agreement on 3828

Immigration, advantages of 3263

Industry, attraction to Vancouver Island 3920

Industry, taxation of 3660

International Monetary Fund 3262

Kemano II, expenditures on 3261

Keynesian theory of economics 3379

Legislative Assembly (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (1985) 5001

Legislature, parliamentary secretaries 4917, 5001

Liquefied natural gas, barge transportation of 3261, 4106

Liquefied natural gas, export of 3260, 4106

Machinery and equipment, assessment for property tax 4203-4, 4212

Machinery and equipment, tax relief 4204

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. paper machine, assessment for property tax 4203, 4212

Mining industry, taxation of 3660

Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 3974

Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline 4106

New Democratic Party, criticisms of B.C. Hydro 4105

Northeast coal, Tumbler Ridge financing 3379-80

Orders-in-council from 1972-84, number of Q. 4567

Ports, federal policy 3261

Prince Rupert, natural gas exports 4106

Private schools, accreditation of students 3827

Private schools, Education ministry grants for foreign students 3827

Private schools, fees per student in higher grades 3827

Private schools, overseas advertising by 3826-7

Public Service Act 5030-1, 5098, 5 101

Public service applicants and affirmative action 5031

Public service appointments, appeals re 5030

Public service appointments, merit as basis for 5030, 5030-1

Public service appointments, political patronage as basis for 5030

Public service appointments, Provincial Secretary's powers re 5030

Public Service Commission, function of 5030

Public service commissions elsewhere 5031

Public service employees, merit, criteria for 5030, 5031

Public service, management rights 5098

Public service, Provincial Secretary's directives re 5098

Railroad reconstruction 3260

Real property tax assessments, court decision reversal 4204, 4212

Real property tax assessments, industrial 4203-4

Real property tax, machinery and equipment 4203-4, 4212

Resource Revenue Stabilization Fund Act 3929-30

Richmond constituency, electoral base 4957

School district referenda, tax increases as result of 4981

School districts, budget increases and tax levels 4981

Scott Paper Ltd. paper machines, assessment for property tax 4203, 4212

Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders and Private Bills, report 4917

Senate, changes in 3262-3

Students, foreign 3262, 3826-8

Supreme Court of Canada decision, real property taxation on machinery and equipment 4203-4, 4212

Taxation, B.C. highest in Canada 3381

Taxation, increase in 3659

Taxation legislation, retroactivity of 4203-4, 4212

Taxation of industry 3660

Taxation, retroactive 3261-2

Taxes, reduction in proposed 3261

Taxis, Vancouver system 3970

Tourism ministry, estimates 4229

Tumbler Ridge line, financing of 3660

Unitary tax, discouragement to industry 3660

Universities and colleges, foreign students in 3827

Vancouver Island, attraction of industry to 3920

Vancouver Island gas pipeline 3261

Voters, voting age 4958

Women in public service, affirmative action 5031

Zinc smelter, exemption from municipal taxation 4203

Davis, Calif.

Energy conservation (Skelly) 4102

Dawn Development Corp.

Delta land, development of (Blencoe) 3950 (Reynolds) 3972

Dawson, Isabel

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 3685

Day nurseries

Day-care facilities, federal policy on (McCarthy) 3714 (Wallace) 3714

Day-care program, continuation of (McCarthy) 3662

Human Resources ministry, late payments (Blencoe) Q. 4571 (Chabot) A. 4571

Special needs, mentioned: (McCarthy) 3719

Deaf — Education

Need for, increase due to rubella epidemic (Heinrich) 3826 (Nicolson) 3825

Post-secondary education, access to (Heinrich) 3826 (Nicolson) 3825

Dease Lake, B.C.

Airstrip, use as water tanker base (Waterland) 4438

Education, Tahltan language program (Passarell) 3780

Forests ministry documents, inspection facilities at (Pas sarell) 4437 (Waterland) 4437

Medical facilities commended (Passarell) 4353

School, need for replacement of (Passarell) 3780

School, 1984-85 capital expenditures (Heinrich) 3780, 3808

Debt

Debt counsellors' services (D’Arcy) 3987

Debts, Public

Borrowing for operating costs (Sanford) 4980

Debt (Brummet) 3441 (Pelton) 4192

Debt, B.C. and federal (Gabelmann) 3445 (Nicolson) 3399

Debt, Crown corporations (D’Arcy) 3385

Debt, deferred taxation (Curtis) 3608

Debt, federal (Curtis) 3608 (Ree) 3539

Debt, financing of (Davis) 3380

Debt, forecast 1984-85 (Curtis) 3342

Debt, history of increase of (Barrett) 3325 (Stupich) 3542-3

Debt, increase in (D’Arcy) 4101 (Mitchell) 4182

Debt, interest on (Curtis) 3647 (Mitchell) 4979 (Stupich) 3274, 3352, 3647

Debt, 1977 (Curtis) 3644 (Howard) 3641

Debt, 1982-83 increase (Stupich) 4714

Debt, 1984 increase (D’Arcy) 4738

Debt, per capita (Barrett) 3325 (Howard) 3375 (Skelly) 3488

Debt, refinancing (D’Arcy) 4738

Debt, repayment of (Brummet) 3441-2

Debt, retirement of (Curtis) 3338, 3340-1

Federal and U.S. debts (Curtis) 3339

Federal debt (Davis) 3378

Federal debt, interest rate on (Michael) 3295

Federal debt, per capita (Barrett) 3325

Federal debt, proposal for retirement of (McGeer) 3285

Government expenditures, reduction (Michael) 3295

Ontario, per capita (Barrett) 3325

Payment by resource revenue stabilization fund (Curtis) 3924, 3932 (Davis) 3929 (Skelly) 3928 (Stupich) 3925 (Wallace) 3926

Third World debts (Gardom) 3603

United States (Davis) 3378

United States, comparison with B.C. and Canada (McGeer) 3284

United States, interest rate on (Michael) 3295

Decima Research Ltd.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 4943

DeCosmos, Amor

Race discrimination by (Barrett) 4526

Deer Trail Development Ltd.

Sooke development, no local consultation (Mitchell) 3957 (Ritchie) 3957

De Kruif, Paul

Science appreciation in books of (Rose) 4621

Delta, B.C.

Council press release quoted (Reynolds) 3412

Land, agricultural (Cocke) 3975

Special enterprise zone, meetings re (Williams) Q. 5067-8

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3950

Delta constituency

Population and representation (Chabot) 4325 (Lauk) 4333

Delta School District

See: School District 37

Democracy

Character of (Lea) 3584-5

Democracy and human rights (Lea) 4489 (Mitchell) 4476 (Skelly) 4401

Democratic process (Hanson) 4370

Parliamentary system (Howard) 4030-1

Preservation of (Pelton) 4192

Democrat

Mentioned: (Passarell) 5076

Denison Mines Ltd.

Miners, Nova Scotian (Lauk) 3741

Denman Island, B.C.

Ferry, bicyclists (Lockstead) 4591

Denning, Lord Alfred

Quoted (Gardom) 3602

Dental Care Plan of B.C.

Budget, 1984-85 (Cocke) 4123

de Roo, Remi

Discrimination against, Victoria (Barrett) 4526

Meeting with government, request ignored (Barrett) 3328

Desolation Sound Tribal Council

Vocational training, funding of (Lockstead) 3817

Detention and Recreation Extension program

Continuation of (Brown) 4247 (Smith) 4247

Detroit, Mich.

Race riots, 1967 (Passarell) 4459, 4460

Development of Attitudes, Skills and Habits program

Continuation (Brown) 4247 (Smith) 4247

Devine, Grant

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 4280, 4281, 4282, 4283, 4284, 4285, 4290 (Lauk) 4319

Dewdney, B.C.

Duty-free zones (Pelton) 3254

Dewdney constituency

Population and representation (Nielsen) 4330

Traffic safety committee in (Pelton) 3255

Dhaliwal, Buphinder Singh

Racial discrimination case (Nicolson) 4406 (Macdonald) 4490

Dhillon, Harbans

Mentioned: (Sanford) 4389

Diefenbaker, John George

Canadian Bill of Rights, introduction (Howard) 4397

Mentioned: (Howard) 3375 (McGeer) 3493 (Rose) 3765, 4404

Dillingham Corp. Canada Ltd.

Revelstoke office opened (Campbell) 3278

Mentioned: (Campbell) 3462

Disabled

See: Handicapped

Disasters

Compensation for, calculation methods and cost-sharing of (Brummet) 3873

Emergency relief, amount of (Brummet) 3872, 3873 (Lockstead) 3872-3 (Wallace) 3872

Discovery Foundation

Finn Bay research facility, access to research and development (Lockstead) 4620

Funding, administration and work of (McGeer) 4602

Discovery Parks Inc.

Discovery Parks program (Phillips) 4117

Office of, private company operated from (Lockstead) 4619

Discrimination

Age as basis of (Blencoe) 4571-2 (Brown) 4463, 4521 (Gabelmann) 4544, 4578-9, 4580 (Hanson) 4493 (Macdonald) 4490-1 (McClelland) 4579 (Nicolson) 4406, 4500 (Sanford) 4390-1 (Skelly) 4401 (Wallace) 4419, 4546-7, 4564

Age discrimination in social assistance payments (Barnes) 3664 (McCarthy) 3666-7

Attitudes, need for change (Nicolson) 4408

Cases, handling of (Lockstead) 4409

Causes of (Macdonald) 4490-1

Chinese immigrants, B.C. (Lauk) 4415 (Macdonald) 4413 (Stupich) 4394

Civilized state, absence of disrimination (Lea) 4489

Complaints, punishment (Gabelmann) 4584 (McClelland) 4584

Complaints, third-party filing (Blencoe) 4458 (Gabelmann) 4582-3 (Hanson) 4494 (McClelland) 4582, 4583 (Wallace) 4418

Court cases, reduction in number under Human Rights Commission (Lockstead) 4409

Economic discrimination (Wallace) 4474

Economic recession, increase during (Lauk) 4510

Education on (Gabelmann) 4380, 4384 (Mitchell) 4477, 4525 (Sanford) 4389 (Wallace) 4417

Employment opportunities, minority groups (Rose) 5038

Family composition as basis of (Brown) 4463, 4521 (Gabelmann) 4578, 4580

Figures of speech, discriminatory (Rose) 4496-7

Government employees, exclusion from provision of 1969 human rights legislation (Brown) 4462

Government, responsibility to legislate against (Blencoe) 4457-8

Handicapped, discrimination against (Gabelmann) 4378, 4511, 4578-80 (Hanson) 4493 (McClelland) 4374 (Passarell) 4460 (Sanford) 4391

Hearings, minister's discretion on (Wallace) 4419

Height and weight as basis of (Gabelmann) 4579 (Macdonald) 4491 (McClelland) 4536, 4579

History of (Nicolson) 4501

Human Rights Act, official statement on (Lauk) 4414

Immigrants, nationality of (Passarell) 4459, 4460

Immigrants, Human Rights Act protection for (Gabelmann) 4544, 4578

Income source as basis of (Brown) 4535, 4536, 4537, 4538-9, 4562 (Cocke) 4564 (Gabelmann) 4537, 4578, 4580 (McClelland) 4536, 4537

Insurance companies (Brown) 4545 (Cocke) 4546, 4547, 4563 (Gabelmann) 4378, 4555-6, 4557 (McClelland) 4546, 4547, 4558 (Passarell) 4517 (Wallace) 4546-7

Intent, requirement of proof for prosecution (Blencoe) 4458 (Macdonald) 4414 (Mitchell) 4524 (Sanford) 4391

Japanese-Canadians, treatment under War Measures Act (Gabelmann) 4377, 4378, 4379 (Howard) 4396 (Macdonald) 4413 (Nicolson) 4405 (Passarell) 4461 (Rose) 4403, 4404, 4495 (Sanford) 4506 (Stupich) 4392, 4394

Language as basis of (Brown) 4464, 4561, 4562 (Cocke) 4564 (Gabelmann) 4377, 4511, 4544, 4578, 4580 (Macdonald) 4490 (Nicolson) 4406 (Sanford) 4390 (Wallace) 4565

Legislation to control (Lauk) 4509

Members' attitudes (Blencoe) 4455, 4457

Minorities, protection against discrimination (Skelly) 4401, 4402

Northern Ireland, history (Mitchell) 4523, 4525

Political beliefs as basis of, Human Rights Act (Blencoe) 4571-2 (Brown) 4462, 4463, 4464, 4561-2 (Gabelmann) 4578

Prohibition of by legislation (McClelland) 4373-4

Prosecution for, lack of human rights staff (Mitchell) 4476-7

Protection from, Human Rights Act (Cocke) 4563-4 (Hanson) 4494-5

Publication, legislation against (Brown) 4540-3 (Gabelmann) 4541 (McClelland) 4540-1 (Skelly) 4542-3 (Wallace) 4542

Reasonable cause clause, protection by (Barnes) 4470-1, 4472 (Blencoe) 4457, 4458, 4459 (Brown) 4462, 4463, 4464, 4520-1, 4535, 4536, 4538 (Cocke) 4466, 4563-4 (Gabelmann) 4384, 4511, 4512, 4535, 4537, 4544-5, 4556-7 (Hanson) 4491 (Lockstead) 4410, 4411 (Macdonald) 4490 (McClelland) 4536, 4545, 4548 (Wallace) 4545-6, 4564-5

Religion as basis of, Human Rights Act (Brown) 4464 (Gabelmann) 4578

Sex as basis of (Brown) 4464, 4536, 4537, 4538, 4540-3 (Gabelmann) 4534, 4535, 4537, 4541 (Macdonald) 4491 (McClelland) 4535, 4536, 4537 (Rose) 4497 (Sanford) 4507 (Skelly) 4537 (Wallace) 4535-6

Sexual harassment, Human Rights Act protection from (Gabelmann) 4544

Sexual harassment, incidence of (Hanson) 4492

Sexual orientation as basis of (Blencoe) 4571 (Brown) 4464, 4538, 4560-1, 4562 (Gabelmann) 4378, 4379, 4556-8, 4565-6, 4578 (Macdonald) 4491 (Parks) 4558, 4562 (Rose) 4495, 4499 (Skelly) 4401, 4559-60 (Wallace) 4566

Sexual orientation, Quebec legislation (Skelly) 4560

Trade unions (Mitchell) 4477

Unintentional discrimination (Brown) 4548 (Gabelmann) 4379, 4544

Wages discrimination, Canadian human rights legislation (Brown) 4464 (Gabelmann) 4576 (Skelly) 4401

Wages discrimination, court action (Gabelmann) 4380

Women, discrimination against (Brown) 4462, 4464, 4521, 4535, 4536, 4538 (Fraser, R.) 4391 (Gabelmann) 4377, 4378, 4534, 4535, 4577 (Howard) 4396 (McClelland) 4535, 4536, 4576, 4577 (Sanford) 4391 (Skelly) 4401, 4538 (Wallace) 4420, 4535, 4576-7

Women, pregnant (Brown) 4521, 4535, 4536, 4538 (Gabelmann) 4377, 4534, 4535 (McClelland) 4535, 4536 (Sanford) 4391 (Skelly) 4538 (Wallace) 4535

See also: Indians; Minorities; Race discrimination; Women

Discrimination in employment

Advertisements, discriminatory (Blencoe) 4458 (Gabelmann) 4375, 4573, 4574, 4575 (Hanson) 4493-4 (McClelland) 4374, 4573, 4574, 4575 (Rose) 4497, 4574 (Sanford) 4575

Alma Mater Society (UBC) , letter re quoted (Stupich) 4394

Application forms, discriminatory (Blencoe) 4458 (Gabelmann) 4573-4, 4575 (Hanson) 4493-4 (McClelland) 4574, 4575 (Sanford) 4575

Bases of (Gabelmann) 4377, 4380, 4573 (McClelland) 4500 (Rose) 4403, 4497 (Sanford) 4390, 4391

Denial of (Fraser, R.) 4391

Dhaliwal v. Plateau Mills case, treatment under Human Rights Act (Nicolson) 4406 (Wallace) 4562

Income source as basis of (Gabelmann) 4578, 4580

Professional association membership as basis of (Gabelmann) 4580

Race as basis of (Gabelmann) 4573-4, 4578, 4580 (McClelland) 4574

Sex as basis of (Gabelmann) 4377, 4534, 4578, 4580 (McClelland) 4575 (Rose) 4574-5

Sexual orientation as basis of (Gabelmann) 4580

Trade union membership as basis of (Gabelmann) 4580

Discrimination in housing

Age as basis of (Blencoe) 4571-2

Apartments, discrimination against racial minorities and disadvantaged (Stupich) 4394

Family composition as basis of (Blencoe) 4572-3 (Brown) 4463

Human Rights Act, specificity of (Cocke) 4563 (Nicolson) 4405-6

Immigrants, rooming houses (Brown) 4462

Political beliefs as basis of (Blencoe) 4571-2

Race as basis of (Brown) 4461-2 (Stupich) 4394

Sexual orientation as basis of (Blencoe) 4571 (Brown) 4462, 4561 (Gabelmann) 4377

Women as tenants (Brown) 4462

Diving

Scuba diving (Richmond) 4225

Divisions

Address in reply, amdt. to negatived 3290

Address in reply approved 3329

Adjournment of debate approved 4120, 4658

Budget, amdt. to negatived 3558

Budget approved 3609

Chairman's ruling sustained 4586, 4835

Constitution Amendment Act (1985) , 2R approved 4960; C approved 5054

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1985) , 2R approved 4989; 3R approved 5079

Forests minister's salary reduction, M. negatived 4456

Home Owner Grant Amendment Act (1984) , 2R approved 4097

Hotel Room Tax Amendment Act (1984) , 2R approved 4079

Human Resources minister's salary reduction, M. negatived 3721

Human Rights Act, amdt. to 2R negatived 4514; 2R approved 4531; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 4539; amdt. to sec. 2 negatived 4544

Hydro and Power Authority Amendment Act (1984) , 2R approved 4107

Income Tax (Health Care Maintenance) Amendment Act (1984) , 2R approved 4094

Industrial Development Amendment Act (1984) , 2R adjournment approved 4120

Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) , 2R approved 4756; 3R approved 4803

Legislative Assembly (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (1985) , 2R approved 5001

Metro Transit Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, 2R approved 4883; sec. 5 approved 4885; sec. 8 approved 4886

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) (1984) , sec. 35 approved 4643; sec. 67 approved 4649

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) , sec. 19 approved 4821; sec. 20 approved 4821; sec. 81 approved 4829

Motion that the committee rise and report the bill complete 4802

Motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again negatived 4640

Motion to refer to Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economics Affairs, amdt. to negatived 3337

Premier's office, vote 4 approved 4836

Public Service Act, amdt. to 2R negatived 5045; 3R approved 5113

Pulp and Paper Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, 2R approved 4193; sec. 2 approved 4194; sec. 9 approved 4195; sec. 10 approved 4197; sec. 14 approved 4200

Real Estate Amendment Act, 1985, sec. 3 approved 5096

Residential Tenancy Act, 2R approved 4322; sec. 7 approved 4359

Resource Revenue Stabilization Fund Act, 2R approved 3932

Dobell, A. Rodney

Quoted: (Stupich)

Doctors

See: Physicians

Document Disposal Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 4817

Doman Industries Ltd.

Cowichan estuary agricultural land, removal from agricultural land reserve (Schroeder) A. 4712 (Wallace) Q. 4712

Cowichan estuary development, environmental assessment study (Brummet) 3868 Wallace) 3867

Dike, construction of in Cowichan estuary (Brummet) A. 4711 (Wallace) Q. 4711

ITT Rayonier Inc. assets, joint acquisition of (Waterland) 4430

Log storage, Cowichan estuary (Wallace) 3867-8

Mill construction contract (Skelly) 4430 (Waterland) 4430

Property of, Environment ministry application to rezone (Brummet) A. 4711 (Wallace) Q. 4711

Pulp mill interests (Waterland) 4430

Pulp mill, building of on Vancouver Island (Skelly) 4179

Dome Petroleum Ltd.

Beaufort Sea drilling, subsidization of by taxpayers (Howard) 3642

Petrochemical project, Prince Rupert-Kitimat (D’Arcy) 3381-2

Mentioned: (Lauk) 3533 (Rogers) 3733

Domestic workers

See: Servants

Dominion Construction Co. Ltd.

Expo 86 contract awarded to (Cocke) 4217 (Richmond) 4217, 4218

Dominion Motors Ltd.

Strike, resolution of (Gabelmann) 4799

Dominion Securities Ames Ltd.

Mentioned: (Howard) 4681

Domtar Ltd.

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3564

Donner, Arthur

Mentioned: (Rose) 3552

Donnerstein, Edward

Mentioned: (Brown) 4238

Douglas, Major Clifford H.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 3532

Douglas, Thomas Clement (Tommy)

Mentioned: (Howard) 3495

Douglas College

Relocation of (Cocke) 3452

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3920

Doukhobors

Treatment of in B.C. (Nicolson) 4405

Doust, Leonard T.

Tourism ministry, Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation (Richmond) 4221 (Smith) 4209-10

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 4220

Dowding, Gordon

Standing order 35, ruling on (Segarty) 3760 (Speaker) 3795

Quoted (Speaker) 3755

Mentioned: (Bennett) 3335, 3336 (Chabot) 4952

Downie Street Sawmills Ltd.

Case, study of during drafting of Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) (Gabelmann) 4791 (McClelland) 4791

The Downtown Advocate

Cost of (Blencoe) 3966-7 (Ritchie) 3966-7

Downtown Eastside Residents' Association

Residential Tenancy Act, statement on quoted (Blencoe) 4303-4

Doyle, W.E.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4641

Drapeau, Jean

Mentioned: (Cocke) 4215, 4217 (D’Arcy) 4738 (Macdonald) 4215 (Richmond) 4217, 4896

Drew Sawmills Ltd.

Timber allocation, transfer of (MacWilliam) Q. 5042 (Waterland) A. 5042-3

Drinkwater School, Duncan, B.C.

Mentioned: (Wallace) 4976

Drug abuse

Prescription drugs, overuse by elderly (Wallace) 4149

Prevention of (Cocke) 4126

Drummond, McCall Inc.

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3565

Drunken driving

Breathalyzer, roadside tests (Nicolson) 4259-60 (Smith) 4260

Elimination of, priority for (Fraser, A.) 4042 (Passarell) 4044

Prevention of (Mitchell) 4257 (Smith) 4232, 4260

Dube, Dr. Joseph M.

Labour ministry proposal on human rights, protest letter quoted (Stupich) 4394-5

Mentioned: (Stupich) 4396

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Enhancement projects (Throne speech) 3217

Duke Point, B.C.

Port development. See entries under Nanaimo, B.C.

Dumont, William E.

Tree-planting, job creation (Wallace) 4439

Dun and Bradstreet Canada Ltd.

Mailing list by, use of (Curtis) 3737 (Hanson) 3755

Duncan, Joan

Rent control, quoted re (Blencoe) 4280-1

Duncan, B.C.

Highway 1, traffic lights (Fraser, A.) 4075 (Wallace) 4074-5

Park, proposed (Wallace) 3890

Residential tax levels (Wallace) 5071

Duncan Dam

Grants in lieu of taxation, B.C. Hydro exemption (Nicolson) 3653

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4104

Dunsky Advertising Ltd.

Mentioned: (Bennett) 4386

Du Pont de Nemours, E.I., and Co.

Mentioned: (Dailly) 3504

Durante, Dick

Quoted (Blencoe) 4458 (Rose) 4499

Durrant, Patrick

Forest industry problems, quoted (Skelly) 4427

Duty-free ports

See: Free ports and zones

Dynatek Electronics Corp.

Failure of (Stupich) 4717

Financing (McGeer) A. 4153, A. 4710 (Nicolson) Q. 4152-3, Q. 4710 (Stupich) 3355

Investment funding for (McGeer) A. 4153 (Nicolson) Q. 4152-3

Investment, private (McGeer) A. 4711

Microchips, manufacture of (McGeer) A. 4710-1 (Nicolson) Q. 4710

Wastes, disposal of (Wallace) 4618

Mentioned: (Barrett) 3324, 4156 (Blencoe) 3531, 3972 (Brown) 3469 (Nicolson) 4611 (Reynolds) 3972 (Stupich) 3372 (Wallace) 4617