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