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
EBAP
See: Employment-bridging assistance program
EPF
See: Established programs financing
ERDA
See: Economic and regional development agreement
Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Care Centre, Port Moody, B.C.
Board, amalgamation with Royal Columbian Hospital board (Cocke) 4132 (Dailly) 4756-7 (Nielsen) 4128, 4133, 4145, 4756, 4757 (Rose) 3408, 4145
Emergency centre, need for reviewed (Nielsen) 4145
Emergency centre, opening cancelled (Nielsen) 4145 (Rose) 3408, 4144-5
Opening of (Parks) 3245
Trauma unit mentioned: (Rose) 4147
Mentioned: (Dailly) 4355 (Nielsen) 4355 (Stupich) 3352
East Indians in B.C.
Discrimination against (Barrett) 4526, 4529 (Brown) 4519 (Gabelmann) 4558 (Hanson) 4492-3 (Macdonald) 4490 (Nicolson) 4405, 4406 (Stupich) 4394
Fraser Valley, contribution to prosperity of (Rose) 4495
Safety standards for on farms (Rose) 4498
Vancouver schools, East Indian students (Rose) 4499
Voting rights (Barrett) 4526 (Hanson) 4493 (Rose) 4404 (Stupich) 4394
See also: Asians in B.C.
East Kootenay Community College, Cranbrook, B.C.
Staff layoffs at (Rose) 3815
East Kootenay Regional District
Elk Valley revenue-sharing agreement, work on (Segarty) 4829
Eastside Seniors' Activity Centre
Funding for withdrawn (Barnes) 3716
Eaton, T., Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3564 (Rose) 3550
Eckardt, Lawrence S.
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, 1978. See name of commission
Tribute to (Chabot) 4371
Mentioned: (Chabot) 4334 (Hanson) 4326, 4327, 4370, 4940, 5012 (Nielsen) 4331
See also: Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, 1978
Eckardt report
See: Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, 1978
Eckart, Dennis E.
Mentioned: (Sanford) 3903
Ecological reserves
Expenditures on (Mitchell) Q. 4654 (Brummet) A. 4654
Economic and regional development agreement
Federal agricultural aid, negotiation of (Sanford) 3907, 3910 (Schroeder) 3909, 3910
Economic Council of Canada
Indians, 1965 report on annual income and life expectancy (Wallace) 4474
Interest rate forecasting (Nicolson) 4625
Taxis, study on (Davis) 3970
Economic Planning Board of South Korea
Mentioned: (Stupich) 3356
Economy of B.C.
See: British Columbia — Economic conditions
Eddie, John (Rae)
Mentioned: (Chabot) 4950
Eddontenajon, B.C.
School children, attendance at federal school questioned by parents (Passarell) 3781
Eddy Match Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Strachan) 3519
Ede, Isabelle (Belle)
Mentioned: (Hanson) 4940, 5101
Edgar, J.D.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 4997
Edgett, James
Mentioned: (McClelland) 4374 (Mowat) 3456
Edmondson, John
Royal Columbian Hospital board, member of (Cocke) 4133
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3450
Education
Budget, capital expenditures on education (Heinrich) 3808
Budget formula, increased enrolment allowed for (Heinrich) 3804
Budget, discrimination against small school districts in (Wallace) 3789
Budget, reduction in funds for education (Lauk) 3590
Budget, restraint (Throne speech) 3217
Centralized control of (Rose) 4620
Cost of (Heinrich) 3761, 3766, 3807
Cost of per student (Heinrich) 3766 (Stupich) 3362
Cost per student year (Heinrich) 3807 (Howard) 3807-8
Discrimination, education against (Gabelmann) 4380, 4384 (Mitchell) 4477, 4525 (Sanford) 4389 (Wallace) 4417
Education system, centralization of (Davis) 4981 (Heinrich) 4988
Education system, privatization of (MacWilliam) 4974
Education system, retention rate in (Macdonald) 3465
Electives, reduction in number of (Heinrich) 3784 (Rose) 3784
Elementary education, science programs (Rose) 4621
Engineering education, status in university programs (McGeer) 4610
Exceptional children, funds needed for (Wallace) 3789
Federal EPF grants for (Rose) 3655
Federal funds for, diversion of (Rose) 3815 (Skelly) 4323
Formula to calculate number of teachers per school district, inequities in (Rose) 3770
Funding, main source of (Heinrich) 3789
Funds for, limitation of by government (Heinrich) 3813
Funds saved by dispute with teachers, use of (Heinrich) A. 3474 (Parks) 3466 (Rose) Q. 3473-4
Future of (Heinrich) 3806 (Parks) 3245-6 (Ree) 3805 (Rose) 3405-6, 3813-4 (Skelly) 3236
Goals of (Heinrich) 3776-7, 3813 (Rose) 3765, 3775, 3779, 3813-4
Government policy on (Sanford) 4980 (Stupich) 3351
Government policy on, demonstration re (MacWilliam) 4975
Graduation requirements, discussion paper on (Heinrich)A. 4447 (Rose) Q. 4447
Humanities, need for education in (Macdonald) 3464-5
Importance of (Barnes) 4984 (Hanson) 4987 (Lea) 4972-3 (Mitchell) 4978
Indian students (Heinrich) 3780, 3807 (Howard) 3806-7
Indian students, improvement for (Passarell) 3780-1
Knowledge-intensive industries, training for (Lea) 4111
Learning-disabled, reduction in programs for (Hanson) 3555
Leisure-time activities, need to develop (Wallace) 3788
“Let's Talk About Schools” (Brummet) 4983 (Gabelmann) 5068-9 (Heinrich) 4989, 5069 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4970 (Sanford) 4980
Mainstreaming of exceptional children, funds needed for (Wallace) 3789
Marine education institution advocated (Blencoe) 3563
Nishga Indians, administration of school district (Smith) 4252
Parental involvement in (Johnston) 3487
Physical education, results of (Cocke) 4125
Post-secondary education, access to (Rose) 3549, 3816-7
Post-secondary education and future skill requirements (Mowat) 3229
Post-secondary education, B.C. student assistance plan (Nicolson) 4624
Post-secondary education, discontinuation of decentralization (Nicolson) 3307
Post-secondary education, EPF funds for (Curtis) 3626-9 (Rose) 3626-9
Post-secondary education, federal funding of (Rose) 3816-7
Post-secondary education, federal grants for offset by budget cuts (McGeer) 3797-8 (Nicolson) 3797 (Sanford) 3570
Post-secondary education funding, petition presented (Blencoe) 4135
Post-secondary education, future of (Nicolson) 4641
Post-secondary education, government subsidy of (Parks) 3560
Post-secondary education, participation of rural students (Rose) 4622 (McGeer) 4623
Post-secondary education, quality of (Nicolson) 3307
Post-secondary education, rate of participation (Rose) 4623 (Stupich) 3362-3
Post-secondary education, reduction in funding for (Wallace) 3438
Post-secondary education, student costs (Blencoe) 4613, 4614 (McGeer) 4614
Post-secondary education, student debt (Blencoe) 4614 (McGeer) 4614 (Nicolson) 4625
Professional schools, racial discrimination by (Barrett) 4526
Pupil-teacher ratio (Curtis) 3344 (Reynolds) 3500 (Wallace) 3789
Quality of, effect of budget cuts on (Wallace) 3789
Restraint program and education system (Heinrich) 3804 (Stupich) 3274-5 (Throne speech) 3217
Science and mathematics curricula (Pelton) 3256
Science, upgrading of high school science (Lockstead) 4621 (McGeer) 4619
Secondary education, effects of changes in (Heinrich) 3784 (Rose) 3784
Special-needs children, mainstreaming of (Heinrich) 5072
Standards, basis for high standard (Brummet) 4982
Students, financing for (R. Fraser) 3373
Teachers and education system (R. Fraser) 3269
Teachers, number needed when disadvantaged students mainstreamed (Cocke) 3453
Technical and vocational education in private schools, cost of (Rose) 3815
Technology, future use of (Ree) 3805
Value of overlooked by government (Cocke) 3801-2
United States, educational problems in (Rose) 3763, 3769
White Paper on mentioned: (Howard) 4679
See also: Examinations; Schools; Universities and colleges
Education — Curricula
Courses, selection of according to marking standards (Nicolson) 3781, 3787
Curriculum changes and graduation requirements proposed, reconsideration of (Heinrich) A. 4447 (Rose) Q. 4446
Curriculum changes, availability of information on (Heinrich) A. 4669 (Rose) Q. 4669
Curriculum changes, hearings on (Heinrich) A. 4447 (Rose) Q. 4447
Curriculum options, elimination of (Rose) Q. 4447
Curriculum revision, discussion paper on (Heinrich) A. 4447 (Rose) Q. 4447
Graduates, relationship of curriculum to needs of (Mowat) 3229 (Rose) 3775
Science and mathematics curricula (Mowat) 3229 (Pelton) 3256
White Paper on secondary school graduation requirements (Heinrich) 3784, 3813
Education — Finance
Burns plan, use of (Heinrich) 4988, 5077-8 (Sanford) 4980, 5077
Cost of education, increase in recent years (Heinrich) 3761
Cost of education, increase in related to cost of living (Rose) 3763
Costs, increase in (Heinrich) 4961
Costs per pupil, variation in (Heinrich) 4988, 5057
Courses, budget allocation for expensive courses (Rose) 3784
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Expenditures (Heinrich) 5057
Expenditures, control over (Heinrich) 4960, 4988, 5058
Expenditures, spinoff from (Mitchell) 4978
Federal funds, post-secondary education (Heinrich) A. 4932 (Rose) Q. 4932
Funding, basis for (Davis) 4981
Funding, comparisons to other provinces (Hanson) 4986 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4964-5
Funding for governed by political considerations (Rose) 3762-3
Funding from general revenues (Davis) 4981
Funding, reduction in (Heinrich) A. 4115, A. 4911 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) Q. 4114, Q. 4115, Q. 4911, 5059
Funding through property tax (Davis) 4981 (Lea) 4973 (Mitchell) 4979
Inflation rate, effect of (Rose) Q. 4115
Post-secondary education, funding of (McGeer) A. 3797-8 (Nicolson) Q. 3797
Post-secondary education funding, priority of (Blencoe) 4616 (McGeer) 4616
Post-secondary education funding, reduction of (Blencoe) 4613 (Nicolson) 4603 (Rose) 3814-5
Provincial contribution, decline in (Nicolson) 4603
Referenda and autonomy of school boards (Brummet) 4983 (Lea) 4973 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4971 (Stupich) 4985
Referenda and company towns, problems re (Heinrich) 4988 (Passarell) 4982
Referenda, content and wording of (Cocke) 5079 (Hanson) 4986 (Heinrich) 5077 (Rose) 5074
Referenda, cost of (Lea) 4973 (Rose) 4970, 5076
Referenda, failure of (Brown) 5070 (Dailly) 5055 (Rose) 4970, 5074 (Wallace) 4977
Referenda; liability for cost of (Heinrich) 4962 (Lea) 4973 (Rose) 4970, 5076
Referenda, money raised and provincial funds (Heinrich) 5073 (Wallace) 5072, 5073
Referenda, problems in poorer districts (Dailly) 5055 (Gabelmann) 5064 (Hanson) 4986 (Heinrich) 5058 (Lea) 4971 (Lockstead) 5062 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4970, 5074 (Wallace) 4977
Referenda, public notice re (Heinrich) 5076-7 (Passarell) 5076
Referenda, support for use of (Heinrich) 5077
Referenda, tax base for (Cocke) 5079 (Dailly) 5054, 5055 (Gabelmann) 5068 (Heinrich) 4962 (Rose) 4970, 5074-5
Referenda, tax increases as result of (Davis) 4981 (Heinrich) 4987 (Rose) 5074 (Stupich) 4985
Referenda, time restrictions on use of (Heinrich) 4962, 4987 (Lea) 4973 (Rose) 4965, 4969, 5075
Referenda, use of (Brown) 5070 (Cocke) 5056-7 (Dailly) 5054 (Gabelmann) 5064, 5068 (Heinrich) 4962 (Howard) 5078 (Lockstead) 5061 (McGeer) 5059 (Michael) 5063 (Mitchell) 4977 (Rose) 4965, 4969, 5073-4 (Stupich) 4985-6
Referenda, use of and long-term planning (Rose) 4970
Referenda, voters' eligibility (Rose) 4965-6, 4969-70, 5075 (Wallace) 4977
School fiscal year, change in (Heinrich) 4961
School tax increase and homeowner grant (Wallace) 5071
School tax levels and school district budgets (Davis) 4981
School tax, restriction of to residential property (Rose) 4969
Student loans, provincial and federal loans (Nicolson) 4604
Universities and colleges, reduction in budget for (McGeer) A. 3797 (Nicolson) Q. 3797
University of Victoria grant (Cocke) 3920
Zero-base budgeting, imposition of (Rose) 3763
Education, Ministry of
Estimates 3761-82, 3798-3819, 3823-9
Speakers: Brown 3792-4, 3798-3801; Cocke 3801-4; Dailly 3775-6, 3808-9; Davis 3826-8; Heinrich 3761-2, 3766-8, 3771-3, 3776-87, 3789-92, 3799-3801, 3804-10, 3812-4, 3817-9, 3823-6, 3828; Howard 3806-8; Kempf 3790-2; Lockstead 3817-8; Michael 3801; Nicolson 3781-2, 3785-7, 3818-9, 3824-6; Passarell 3780-1; Ree 3805-6; Reynolds 3810-2; Rose 3762-6, 3768-71, 3773-5, 3783-5, 3812-7, 3828; Wallace 3787-90
Agreement between school boards and teachers, specimen available (Heinrich) 3814
Appropriation, public criticism of (Heinrich) A. 4447
Budget, basis of (Heinrich) 3761
Budget, formula for school district funding (Rose) 3763
Budget, future reductions (Rose) 3763
Centralization, tendency towards (Rose) 4645
David Thompson University Centre, closing of (Heinrich) 3767-8 (Rose) 3764
Examinations, publications on (Heinrich) 3781 (Nicolson) 3781
Expenditures compared with other provinces (Rose) 3768
Funding, diversion of federal funds (Rose) 3815
Funding, predictability of (Cocke) 3802
Funds saved by teachers' strike, use of (Heinrich) A. 3474 (Parks) 3466 (Rose) Q. 3473-4, 3764
Graduation requirements, public hearings on (Heinrich) 3783 (Rose) 3783
Graduation requirements, White Paper mentioned (Rose) 3783
High school graduation requirements (Heinrich) A. 4669-70 (Rose) Q. 4669-70
“Let's Talk About Schools”, benefits of (Brummet) 4983 (Gabelmann) 5068-9 (Heinrich) 4988, 4989, 5069 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4970 (Sanford) 4980
Minister's responsibilities (Heinrich) 3813
Planning, government lack of (Rose) 3814
Policy and management, BCTF poll on (Rose) 3766
Post-secondary education, discrimination against rural students (Lockstead) 3817
Private schools, grant per student for foreign students (Davis) 3827 (Heinrich) 3828
Records, David Thompson University Centre and Notre Dame University (Nicolson) 4637 (Passarell) 4637 (Smith) 4637
School districts, imposition of budget framework on (Heinrich) 3767
School districts, tentative budgets calculated for (Heinrich) 3761
School system, derivation of funds for (Heinrich) 3807
Schools, policy on empty schools (Reynolds) 3811
Size of ministry, reduction in (Heinrich) 4989, 5069
Staff reductions (Hanson) 4010
Student loan program, administration of (McGeer) 4625
Student loans, availability of for foreign study (Rose) 3817
Textbooks, handling of complaints about derogatory textbooks (Brown) 4521
Western Institute for the Deaf, funding for (Heinrich) 3825-6 (Nicolson) 3825-6
White Paper for a new School Act mentioned (Heinrich) 3813
White Paper on curriculum mentioned (Gabelmann) 4675
White Paper on education proposed (Rose) 3775
White Paper on graduation requirements, focus of (Heinrich) 3783
White Paper on graduation requirements, grades 11 and 12 curricula (Heinrich) 3784, 3813
White Paper on graduation requirements, questionnaire no substitute for public hearings (Rose) 3783-4
Education (Interim) Finance Act
School District 86, grant in lieu of school tax (Nicolson) 3653
Sunset clause (Heinrich) 5069 (Rose) 5076
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1983
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 4961 (Rose) 4964, 4969
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 48) (Minister of Education) 1R, 4929; 2R, 4960-6, 4969-89; C, 5054-64, 5068-79; 3R, 5079; RA, 5114
Speakers: Barnes 4983-5; Brown 5069-70, 5071; Brummet 4982-3; Cocke 5056-7, 5058, 5078-9; Dailly 5054-6; Davis 4981; Gabelmann 5063-4, 5068-9; Hanson 4986-7; Heinrich 4960-3, 4987-9, 5057-8, 5058, 5062, 5069, 5070-1, 5072-3, 5073, 5076-7, 5077, 5077-8, 5079; Howard 5078; Lea 4971-4; Lockstead 5060-2, 5063; McGeer 5059-60; MacWilliam 4974-5; Michael 5063; Mitchell 4977-80; Passarell 5076; Rose 4963-6, 4969-71, 5058-9, 5073-6; Sanford 4980-1, 5077, 5078; Stupich 4985-6; Wallace 4975-7, 5071-2, 5073
Bill, vote on (Lea) 4973-4
B.C. Place, expenditures on (Lea) 4972
B.C. Railway debt, payment of (Lea) 4972
B.C. School Trustees' Association, consultation with re act (Rose) 4971
Burns plan, use of by school districts (Heinrich) 4988, 5077-8 (Sanford) 4980, 5077
Class size and classrooms (Mitchell) 4978
Coal, northeast, cost of project (Stupich) 4985
Coquihalla Highway, expenditures on (Lea) 4972 (MacWilliam) 4974
Debt, borrowing for operating costs (Sanford) 4980
Debt, interest on (Mitchell) 4979
Duncan, residential tax levels (Wallace) 5071
Education, basis for high standard in (Brummet) 4982
Education costs, increase in (Heinrich) 4961
Education costs per pupil, variation in (Heinrich) 4988, 5057
Education expenditures, control over (Heinrich) 4960, 4988, 5058
Education, expenditures on (Heinrich) 5057
Education expenditures, spinoff from (Mitchell) 4978
Education funding, basis for (Davis) 4981
Education funding, comparisons to other provinces (Hanson) 4986 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4964-5
Education, funding of from general revenue (Davis) 4981
Education, funding of through property tax (Davis) 4981 (Lea) 4973 (Mitchell) 4979
Education funding, reduction in (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 5059
Education, government policy on (Sanford) 4980
Education, importance of (Barnes) 4984 (Hanson) 4987 (Lea) 4972-3 (Mitchell) 4978
Education, lifestyle programs (Wallace) 4975
Education ministry, reduction in size of (Heinrich) 4989, 5069
Education system, centralization of (Davis) 4981 (Heinrich) 4988
Education system, demonstration re government policy on (MacWilliam) 4975
Education system, privatization of (MacWilliam) 4974
Enrolment, decline in (Heinrich) 4960
Expenditures, government policy on (Brummet) 4983 (Lea) 4972 (Stupich) 4985 (Wallace) 4977
“Let's Talk About Schools”, references to (Brummet) 4983 (Gabelmann) 5068-9 (Heinrich) 4988, 4989, 5069 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4970 (Sanford) 4980
Private school attendance, increase in (Stupich) 4985 (Wallace) 4977
Pupil-teacher ratio, cost of reduction in (Heinrich) 4987
Pupil-teacher ratio, 1975 to present (McGeer) 5060
Real property tax, commercial and industrial rate (Heinrich) 5058 (Rose) 5059
Referenda and autonomy of school boards (Brummet) 4983 (Lea) 4973 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4971 (Stupich) 4985
Referenda and company towns, problems re (Heinrich) 4988 (Passarell) 4982
Referenda, content and wording of (Cocke) 5079 (Hanson) 4986 (Heinrich) 5077 (Rose) 5074
Referenda, cost of (Lea) 4973 (Rose) 4970, 5076
Referenda, failure of (Brown) 5070 (Dailly) 5055 (Rose) 4970, 5074 (Wallace) 4977
Referenda, funds raised and provincial grant (Heinrich) 5073 (Wallace) 5072, 5073
Referenda, liability for cost of (Heinrich) 4962 (Lea) 4973 (Rose) 4970, 5076
Referenda, problems re in poorer districts (Dailly) 5055 (Gabelmann) 5064 (Hanson) 4986, 4987 (Heinrich) 5058 (Lea) 4971 (Lockstead) 5062 (MacWilliam) 4974 (Rose) 4970, 5074 (Wallace) 4977
Referenda, public notice re (Heinrich) 5076-7 (Passarell) 5076
Referenda, support for use of (Heinrich) 5077
Referenda, tax base for (Cocke) 5079 (Dailly) 5054, 5055 (Gabelmann) 5068 (Heinrich) 4962 (Rose) 4970, 5074-5
Referenda, tax increases as result of (Davis) 4981 (Heinrich) 4987 (Rose) 5074 (Stupich) 4985
Referenda, time restrictions on use of (Heinrich) 4962, 4987 (Lea) 4973 (Rose) 4965, 4969, 5075
Referenda, use of (Cocke) 5079 (Dailly) 5054, 5055 (Gabelmann) 5064 (Howard) 5078 (Mitchell) 4979 (Passarell) 4982 (Rose) 4971 (Stupich) 4985
Referenda, use of and long-term planning (Rose) 4970
Referenda, use of for raising funds (Brown) 5070 (Cocke) 5056-7 (Dailly) 5054 (Gabelmann) 5064, 5068 (Heinrich) 4962 (Howard) 5078 (Lockstead) 5061 (McGeer) 5059 (Michael) 5063 (Mitchell) 4977 (Rose) 4965, 4969, 5073-4 (Stupich) 4985-6
Referenda, voters' eligibility (Rose) 4965-6, 4969-70, 5075 (Wallace) 4977
School Act, new act (Cocke) 5073 (Heinrich) 5069, 5073
School boards, autonomy of (Heinrich) 4961 (Sanford) 4980
School boards, budget preparation (Dailly) 5054, 5055
School crossing guards, funds for (Hanson) 4986
School district budgets, setting of (Heinrich) 4961-2
School District 10, administrator (Rose) 4964
School District 10, quality of education (Heinrich) 4988 (MacWilliam) 4975
School District 36, budget (Cocke) 5057 (Rose) 4964
School District 39, board members (Heinrich) 4960
School District 39, budget (Heinrich) 4987
School District 40, budget (Cocke) 5056
School District 40, school tax base (Cocke) 5079
School District 41, assistant superintendent's salary (McGeer) 5059
School District 41, budget (Brown) 5069-70 (Heinrich) 5070
School District 41, class size (Heinrich) 5070
School District 41, cost-cutting measures (Brown) 5070
School District 41, English-as-a-second-language students (Brown) 5071
School District 41, pupil-teacher ratio (Brown) 5071 (Heinrich) 5070, 5071
School District 41, referendum (Brown) 5070 (Heinrich) 5070
School District 46, budget (Lockstead) 5061
School District 46, deficit (Heinrich) 5062
School District 47, cost per student (Heinrich) 5057, 5062
School District 47, cutbacks (Lockstead) 5060-1
School District 47, enrolment (Heinrich) 5062
School District 47, pupil-teacher ratio (Heinrich) 5062 (Lockstead) 5063
School District 47, Texada Island school (Heinrich) 5062 (Lockstead) 5061
School District 49, cost per student (Heinrich) 5062
School District 54, funding and special problems (Lockstead) 5061
School District 64, referendum and tax increase (Wallace) 5072
School District 65, Burns plan (Wallace) 4976
School District 65, efficiency of (Heinrich) 4988 (Wallace) 4975-6, 5071
School District 65, pupil-teacher ratio (Heinrich) 4988, 5072 (Wallace) 5071
School District 65, reduction in funds (Wallace) 4975-7
School District 65, referendum and tax increase (Wallace) 5071-2
School District 65, schools closed (Wallace) 5072
School District 65, teachers laid off (Wallace) 4976, 5072
School District 66, pupil-teacher ratio (Heinrich) 5072
School District 71, Burns plan (Sanford) 4980-1
School District 85, cost per student (Heinrich) 5069
School District 87, problem re referenda (Passarell) 4982
School District 89, budget and enrolment (Michael) 5063
School District 89, class size (Michael) 5063
School District 89, cost per pupil (Michael) 5063
School District 92, referendum and tax increase (Heinrich) 4988 (Passarell) 4982 (Wallace) 5072
School districts, budget increases and enrolment (Heinrich) 4961
School districts, budget increases and inflation (Rose) 4963
School districts, budget increases and tax levels (Davis) 4981
School dropouts, increase in (Mitchell) 4978 (Rose) 4971
School fiscal year, change in (Heinrich) 4961
School superintendents, salary levels (McGeer) 5059, 5060
School tax increase and homeowner grant (Wallace) 5071
School tax, restriction of to residential property (Rose) 4969
Schoolchildren, mainstreaming of special-needs children (Heinrich) 5072
Schools, problems of rural schools (Gabelmann) 5064 (Heinrich) 5069 (Wallace) 5072
Students, English-as-a-second-language students (Barnes) 4984
Students, problems (Barnes) 4984
Sunset clause, retention of (Heinrich) 5069 (Rose) 5076
Teachers, collective bargaining by (Rose) 4964
Teachers, morale (Lockstead) 5062 (Rose) 5074
Teachers, salaries (Brummet) 4982-3 (Gabelmann) 5063-4 (Heinrich) 4960-1, 5058 (McGeer) 5059-60 (Rose) 5074
Teachers, tribute to (Brummet) 4982, 4983 (Rose) 4965
Terrace sewage treatment, referendum on (Howard) 5078
Education Statutes (Fiscal Year) Amendment Act, 1984
(Bill 27) (Minister of Education) 1R, 4607; 2R, 4761-2; C, 4803-6; 3R, 4806; RA, 4841
Speakers: Heinrich 4607, 4761, 4762, 4804-6; Howard 4806; Rose 4761-2, 4803-4, 4805, 4806; Sanford 4805, 4806
Amdts: Sec. 15 (Heinrich) 4804, approved 4804; sec. 16 (Heinrich) 4804, approved 4806; sec. 17 (Heinrich) 4806, approved 4806; sec. 18 (Heinrich) 4806, approved 4806; sec. 19 (Heinrich) 4806, approved 4806
Amendments to (Heinrich) 4809-10
Third reading, time of (Heinrich) 4806 (Howard) 4806 (Sanford) 4806 (Speaker) 4806
Educational Research Institute of British Columbia
Examinations checked by (Heinrich) 3778
Einstein, Albert
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 3464
Election Act
Amendments, legislative committee to examine (Howard) 4597 (Wallace) 4600
Amendments, public input in drafting of (Wallace) 4599-4600
Nomination day, setting and timing of (Wallace) 4599
Section 80 voters, number of in 1983 (Chabot) 4600
Mentioned: (Gardom) 4949 (Hanson) 5071 (Lea) 4962 (Nielsen) 4953
Election Amendment Act, 1984
(Bill 20) (Provincial Secretary and Minister of Government Services) 1R, 4373; 2R, 4595-4601; C, 4898-4908; 3R, 4908; RA, 5113
Speakers: Brown 4903, 4905-6; Chabot 4373, 4595-6, 4600-1, 4898, 4899, 4900, 4901, 4902-3, 4903, 4905, 4906, 4907-8; Dailly 4596-7; Fraser, R. 4899; Hanson 4898, 4899, 4900, 4901, 4901-2, 4904-5, 4906, 4906-7, 4907, 4908; Howard 4597-8; Lauk 4899; Mitchell 4600, 4903-4, 4907; Passarell 4900; Rose 4899; Skelly 4898 Wallace 4598-4600
Amdts: Sec. 2 (Hanson) 4898, negatived 4898; sec. 18 (Hanson) 4900, negatived 4901; sec. 20 (Hanson) 4901, negatived 4904; sec. 30 (Hanson) 4904-5, out of order 4905; sec. 40 (Hanson) 4906, out of order 4906; sec. 40 (Hanson) 4907, out of order 4907
Ballots, amendment re marking of (Mitchell) 4600
Ballots, availability of after closing of nominations (Wallace) 4599
British subjects, cancellation of voting rights (Chabot) 4596, 4601 (Howard) 4597 (Wallace) 4598
Canadian citizenship as voting requirement (Chabot) 4596, 4601 (Howard) 4597, 4598 (Wallace) 4598-9
Definitions, clarification of (Chabot) 4596
Election documents, transmission of (Chabot) 4596
Election expenses, provisions for (Hanson) 4906, 4907
Election notices, mailing of (Wallace) 4599
Election notices, posting of (Chabot) 4900 (Passarell) 4900
Election notices, publication of (Chabot) 4596, 4601 (Passarell) 4600 (Wallace) 4599
Electoral process, difficulty of participation increased by changes (Wallace) 4600
Mental health facility residents, eligibility to vote (Chabot) 4596
Okanagan North by-election, polling-day registrations (Hanson) 4901
Poll size, increase in (Chabot) 4595, 4601 (Dailly) 4596
Schedule, removal of all but three forms from (Chabot) 4596
Scrutineers, number of (Chabot) 4900 (Hanson) 4900 (Wallace) 4599
Vancouver East by-election, polling-day registrations (Chabot) 4902-3 (Hanson) 4902
Voters, citizenship requirement for (Chabot) 4596 (Fraser, R.) 4899 (Howard) 4597, 4598 (Wallace) 4598-9
Voters, enumeration of (Chabot) 4907-8, 4908 (Hanson) 4907
Voters' lists, preparation of (Chabot) 4902
Voters, polling-day registrations (Brown) 4903 (Chabot) 4596, 4901, 4902-3, 4903 (Hanson) 4901 (Mitchell) 4904
Voters, registration of (Chabot) 4901 (Hanson) 4901, 4902
Voting age, lowering of (Chabot) 4899 (Hanson) 4898, 4899 (Lauk) 4899 (Rose) 4899 (Skelly) 4898 (Wallace) 4599
Voting, postal ballot (Brown) 4905-6 (Chabot) 4905, 4906 (Hanson) 4904-5, 4906
Voting, postal ballot, use in Manitoba (Chabot) 4905 (Hanson) 4904, 4905
Election Expenses Act (Canada)
Election expenses, disclosure of source by candidates (Howard) 4597, 4598
Mentioned: (Hanson) 4906
Elections
B.C. voters, voting habits (Barrett) 4747
Canvassing, effect of voter numbers on (Chabot) 4601 (Dailly) 4596
Chief electoral officer, administration by (Howard) 4597
Election day procedures, party monitoring of fairness (Wallace) 4599
Election expenses, provisions for (Hanson) 4906, 4907
Election notices, posting of (Chabot) 4900 (Passarell) 4900
Electors, freedom of vote (Chabot) 4371
Expenses, federal legislation re disclosure (Howard) 4597
Forms, removal from schedule to Election Act (Chabot) 4596
Law relating to, administration of (Howard) 4597 1983 election, votes per party candidates elected (Hanson) 4368 1988 election, forecast of result (Barrett) 4746-7 1983 election results (Hanson) 4942
Okanagan North by-election, polling-day registrations (Hanson) 4901
Polling day registration votes, number of (Chabot) 4600
Polling stations, designation in advance of election (Chabot) 4596
Polling stations, number of voters assigned to increased (Chabot) 4595, 4600 (Dailly) 4596
Polling stations, scrutineers (Chabot) 4900 (Hanson) 4900
Registration costs, reduction of (Chabot) 4595
Vancouver East by-election, polling-day registrations (Chabot) 4902-3 (Hanson) 4902
Voters, citizenship requirement (Fraser, R.) 4899
Voters, polling-day registrations (Brown) 4903 (Chabot) 4595, 4901, 4902-3, 4903 (Hanson) 4901 (Mitchell) 4904 (Wallace) 4598-9
Voters, registration period reduced (Dailly) 4596
Voters, voting habits (Barrett) 4747
Voting age (Chabot) 4899, 4959 (Davis) 4958 (Gardom) 4949 (Hanson) 4898, 4899 (Lauk) 4899, 4948 (MacWilliam) 4953 (Rose) 4899 (Skelly) 4898
Voting age, reduction of provincial age (Chabot) 4601 (Wallace) 4599
Voting, postal ballot (Chabot) 4905, 4906 (Hanson) 4904-5, 4906
Voting rights, Asiatic immigrants (Hanson) 4493 (Rose) 4404 (Stupich) 4394
See also: Voters, Registration of
Electoral districts
Boundary changes (Chabot) 4325-6, 4335 (Dailly) 4332 (Fraser, R.) 4332 (Hanson) 4327-9, 4368 (Nielsen) 4330
Boundaries, basis for (Hanson) 4941
Boundaries, history of (Lauk) 4947-8
Boundaries, location of (Cocke) 4950, 4951, 5049-50 (Hanson) 4941, 4942 (Macdonald) 4944 (Stupich) 4955-6 (Wallace) 4945
Boundaries, new boundaries (Wallace) 4945
Constituencies, two-member seats (Chabot) 5050 (Cocke) 4950, 5049-50 (Davis) 4958 (Lauk) 4948-9 (Lea) 4943-4 (Mitchell) 4946 (Wallace) 4945
Constitution Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Electoral bases, establishment of (Chabot) 4940 (D’Arcy) 5053-4 (Davis) 4958
Electoral reform, proposal for commission on (Chabot) 4959 (MacWilliam) 4953 (Mitchell) 4946, 4947 (Stupich) 4956
Federal electoral districts as basis for (Davis) 4958 (Stupich) 4956
Fraser Valley constituencies, number of voters (Macdonald) 4944 (Williams) 4956
Population, representation by (Chabot) 4325-6 (Dailly) 4332 (Hanson) 4327 (Nielsen) 4329, 4330
Rural areas, representation for (Chabot) 4958
Rural constituencies, electoral base for (Chabot) 4940
United States, court cases on representation (Chabot) 4958 (Williams) 4957
Vancouver constituencies, number of voters (Chabot) 4940 (Macdonald) 4944-5 (Williams) 4956
Vancouver Island constituencies, number of voters (Chabot) 4940 (Williams) 4956
See also names of constituencies, e.g. Atlin constituency
Electric power
Cost of (Lauk) 3739
Demand for (Davis) 4105
Demand for, decline in (Curtis) 4099 (Nicolson) 3400-1
Demand for, growth forecast (Rogers) 3752
Excess power, use of (Howard) 4118-9
Export of (D’Arcy) 4101 (Davis) 4105 (Nicolson) 4103 (Rogers) 3733, 4106 (Skelly) 4103 (Wallace) 4142-3
Export of, competitive and economic price for (Wallace) 3751
Export of, implied export of employment (Lauk) 3739
Export of, long-term export approved (Throne speech) 3216
Export of, sale of surplus power to U.S. (Lauk) 3243, 3739-40 (Rose) 3280
Export of to Los Angeles, transmission line for (Wallace) 3751, 3752
Generating capacity, B.C. surplus (D’Arcy) 4101
Generation of by burning garbage (Passarell) 3747
Generation of by small streams (Rogers) 3748
Generation of in Kootenays from waste coal (Davis) 3261
Generation of in miniprojects, potential employment in (Passarell) 3547
Niagara Falls production, Canada and U.S. costs compared (Davis) 4105
Proposed Canadian power grid (Rogers) 3747
Proposed North American power grid, effect on Canadian sovereignty (Lauk) 3739
Sale of (D’Arcy) 3382 (Wallace) 3751
Surplus of, incidence in western North America (Rogers) 3740-1
Electric Power Development Co.
Coal, imported from Australia by (Segarty) 3435
Elevating Devices Safety Act
(Bill 15) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 4629; 2R, 4908-9; C, 4913; 3R, 4913; RA, 5113
Speakers: Cocke 4909; Gabelmann 4913; McClelland 4908-9, 4909, 4913
Elevating devices, advisory committee on (McClelland) 4909
Elevators, appeals re closure of (Cocke) 4909 (Gabelmann) 4913 (McClelland) 4913
Expo 86, elevating devices (McClelland) 4908
Regulations, private sector role in (McClelland) 4908
Elevator Construction Industry Labour Disputes Act
Mentioned: (Smith) 4880
Elevators
Closure of, appeals re (Cocke) 4909 (Gabelmann) 4913 (McClelland) 4913
Expo 86 site (McClelland) 4908
Safety of, advisory committee on (McClelland) 4909
Safety regulations, private sector role in (McClelland) 4908
Elizabeth Fry Society
Community experience of, requirement for correctional program contractors (Brown) 4247
Elk
Poaching of in Gold River valley (Wallace) 3871
Elk Valley, B.C.
Forests, insect damage to (Waterland) 4441-2
Health care facilities, cooperation among (Nielsen) 4127-8 (Segarty) 4126
Revenue-sharing agreement among municipalities commended (Segarty) 4829
Elkford, B.C.
Revenue-sharing agreement in Elk Valley, participation in (Segarty) 4829
Elkford and District Diagnostic and Treatment Centre
Mentioned: (Segarty) 4126
Elko, B.C.
Schoolchildren, travel to school (Rose) 3771
Ellis, Ross
Transportation and Highways ministry, equipment-hiring policy (Sanford) 4071
Ellwood, Tom
Appointment as director of Indian education (Heinrich) 3817
Emergency Health Services Commission
Ambulances, centralized dispatch centres for (Nielsen) 3713
Annual report to Legislature, inclusion in Health ministry report (Dailly) 4807 (Nielsen) 4807
Members (Cocke) 5084 (Dailly) 5084 (Nielsen) 4924, 5084
Responsibilities, continuance of (Dailly) 5084 (Nielsen) 5084
Emerson, David L.
Designated Deputy Minister of Finance (Curtis) 3614
Labour policy in B.C., document on (Lockstead) 4686
Mentioned: (Wallace) 4729
Emigration and immigration
Asian immigration, supply of cheap labour (Wallace) 4475
Immigration enhancement, advantages of (Davis) 3263
Immigration from Hong Kong, value of (Parks) 3559
Employers
Certification vote, influence on timing of (Gabelmann) 4790
Collective agreements imposed by (Gabelmann) 4857, 4886
Consultation with Labour minister re Labour Code Amendment Act, 1984 (Stupich) 4716
Employees, intimidation and coercion of during certification drive (Cocke) 4785 (Fraser, R.) 4785-6 (Gabelmann) 4765-70 (McClelland) 4766-9 (Nicolson) 4770, 4775, 4776 (Wallace) 4769
Employees, right to discuss unionization with (Campbell) 4703
Employer-employee bargaining (Gabelmann) 4782
Trade unions, advantages recognized (Gabelmann) 4665 (Hanson) 4743
Trade unions, attitude to certification of (Cocke) 4787 (Gabelmann) 4665-6, 4766-70 (McClelland) 4767-70
Trade unions, decertification after two-year closure (Campbell) 4702
Trade unions, rights in organization of (Campbell) 4702-3
Employers' Council of B.C.
Interest rate forecasting (Nicolson) 4625
Jobs in primary industry, multiplier effect of (Lockstead) 4449
Mentioned: (Cocke) 4699 (Curtis) 3658 (Dailly) 4735 (Gabelmann) 4662 (Sanford) 4706 (Stupich) 4715
Employment
Advertisements, discriminatory advertisements (Blencoe) 4458 (Gabelmann) 4375, 4573, 4574, 4575 (Hanson) 4493-4 (McClelland) 4374, 4573, 4574, 4575 (Rose) 4497, 4574 (Sanford) 4575
Advertisements, Law Society of B.C. recommendations re (Gabelmann) 4513
Application forms, discriminatory application forms (Blencoe) 4458 (Gabelmann) 4573-4, 4575 (Hanson) 4493-4
Capital investment, stimulation by (Howard) 4679
Construction industry employment (Dailly) 3503
Decline in B.C. (Curtis) 3338
Discrimination, bases of (Gabelmann) 4578
Discrimination in based on marital status (Macdonald) 4491
Discrimination in hiring (Brown) 4463 (Gabelmann) 4578 (Hanson) 4493 (McClelland) 4374 (Macdonald) 4490-1 (Nicolson) 4406 (Rose) 4497 (Sanford) 4390-1 (Skelly) 4401 (Wallace) 4419
Electricity generation in miniprojects, potential employment in (Passarell) 3547
Employment-bridging assistance programs, discussions with federal government re (Gabelmann) Q. 3796 (McClelland) A. 3796
Employment development account (Stupich) 3544, 3545
Equal opportunity, Human Rights Act amendment proposed (Gabelmann) 4578-80
Forest industries, employment in (Mitchell) 4451, 4452 (Skelly) 4427, 4429, 4455 (Waterland) 4425
Forest nurseries, potential employment in (Passarell) 3547
Forestry, permanent jobs in (Lockstead) 4448-9 (Wallace) 4439-40
Generation of by proposed gas-processing plant (Michael) 3523
Government employment, contracting out (Nicolson) 4603
Government employees, hiring freezes imposed in 1980 and 1981 (Curtis) 3633
Handicapped, protection of against employment discrimination (Nicolson) 4501
High technology, jobs in (Rose) 3406
Increase in by processing raw materials (Passarell) 3547
Investment, encouragement of to create permanent jobs (Bennett) A. 3822-3 (Lauk) Q. 3822
Job action program, funding shared with federal government (McCarthy) 3715
Job creation (Fraser, R.) 3268 (Gabelmann) Q. 3758 (Lauk) 3242 (Lockstead) 3264 (McClelland) A. 3758-9 (Rose) 3280, 3405
Job creation, budget provision for (Stupich) 3647
Job creation, high technology (Fraser, R.) 3646
Job creation, primary production (McGeer) 4610
Job creation, role of government (McGeer) 3284 (Mitchell) 3714 (Wallace) 3522
Job creation, silviculture (Michael) 3295 (Stupich) 3357 (Wallace) 4439
Jobs, sexual suitability for (Rose) 4497
Labour ministry, employment programs (Gabelmann) 4831-2 (McClelland) 4832
Mariculture, potential employment in (Passarell) 3547
Part-time employment, conditions in (Rose) 3550
Part-time employment, economic and social effects (Mitchell) 4879, 4880
Part-time employment on contract (Rose) 3279
Permanent employment, need for (Dailly) 3503
Placer mining, potential for employment in (Passarell) 3547-8
Private employment, loss of jobs in (D’Arcy) 4739
Quintette Coal Ltd., hiring practices (Gabelmann) Q. 3613 (McClelland) A. 3613, A. 3901
Retirement, mandatory retirement (Gabelmann) 4578-9, 4580 (McClelland) 4579
Retirement, voluntary retirement (McClelland) 4579
Sawmill in Chemainus, reconstruction of (Wallace) 3520
Sex as basis of discrimination in (Gabelmann) 4578 (McClelland) 4500 (Rose) 4497
Sexual harassment in the workplace (Brown) 4464 (Hanson) 4492
Student employment, program for (Curtis) 3344
Student venture capital program (Strachan) 3520
Vancouver Island, employment programs for (Hanson) 3554
Young people, program for (Hewitt) 3480 (Sanford) 3483, 3486
Youth employment program, description of (Strachan) 3520
Employment agencies
Discrimination in referrals (McClelland) 4374
Employment-bridging assistance program
Cancellation of (Gabelmann) Q. 3796 (McClelland) A. 3796 (Mitchell) 3715
Forestry in B.C., benefits to (Mitchell) 4452 (Waterland) 4425, 4428, 4441
Intensive forestry, employment funding for (Michael) 4450 (Waterland) 4428, 4449
Private sector, application to (Michael) 3295
Rules and potential privatization of (Michael) 4450
Employment development account
Funds in (Fraser, A.) 4042
Human Resources ministry, assistance to mining communities (Rogers) 3744
Mining communities in decline, assistance provided from fund (Rogers) 3744
Employment Development Act
Funds, use of (Curtis) 3606
Mentioned: (Stupich) 3647
Employment Standards Act
Mentioned: (Pelton) 4482 (Sanford) 4506
Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 3325 (Blencoe) 3657
Energy
Capital investment in, alternative uses for (Skelly) 4103
Conservation of by increased prices (Davis) 4105-6
Energy conservation branch, closing of (Lockstead) 3749 (Skelly) 4102
Energy conservation, consumer income increased by (Skelly) 3237-8
Energy conservation initiatives (Fraser, R.) 3269
Energy conservation, private sector involvement in (Rogers) 3750
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of
Speakers: Kempf 3734; Lauk 3739-40; Lockstead 3742-4, 3749-50; Nicolson 3745-7; Passarell 3747-9; Rogers 3733-5, 3740-2, 3744-54; Wallace 3750-4
Annual energy forecast (Rogers) 3750
Annual report (Lockstead) 3742 (Rogers) 3744
Appropriation in 1983-84 fiscal year, overestimation of (Stupich) 3631
B.C. Utilities Commission hearings, participants' costs (Wallace) 4646
Conservation and renewable energy demonstration agreement, grants to industry (Lockstead) 3749
Electric power, export of (Lauk) 3739-40, 3749 (Rogers) 3740-1, 3752
Energy conservation branch, closing of (Lockstead) 3749 (Skelly) 4102
Energy conservation, reduction in funds for (Lockstead) 3749
Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd., mine development in northwestern B.C. (Passarell) 3258
Mining industry (Lockstead) 3743-4
Mining industry, application procedures to be consolidated (Rogers) 3745
Mining industry, transfer of safety regulation to Workers' Compensation Board (Gabelmann) 4832-3 (McClelland) 4833
Natural gas, liquid extraction proposed at Taylor (Michael) 3523
Offshore administration branch, abolition of (Lockstead) 3750
Resource management programs (Rogers) 3750
Energy policy
Energy conservation branch, abolition of (Lockstead) 3749
United States and Canadian jurisdictions (Skelly) 4102-3
Energy resources
Conservation of (Rogers) 4106-7 (Skelly) 4102-3
Energy-efficient devices, job creation by (Skelly) 4103
Export of (Skelly) 3247-8
Engineers
Education of, status in universities (McGeer) 4610
Engineering school students, characteristics of (Cocke) 3923
Graduates, unemployment among new graduates (Nicolson) 4604-5, 4611
English language — Study and teaching
English as a second language, California ruling on education in (Rose) 3774
English-as-a-second-language course in Burnaby School
District, effect of budget cuts on (Brown) 3793
English as a second language, number of students in school system (Davis) 3826 (Heinrich) 3828
English-as-a-second-language program, funds for (Heinrich) A. 5067 (Rose) Q. 5067, 5073
English-as-a-second-language students, number in Burnaby and funds for (Brown) 3793 (Heinrich) 3824, 3828
School District 39, English-as-a-second-language students (Barnes) 4984
Enrolment, School
See: School attendance
Environment, Ministry of
Estimates 3829-43, 3845-56, 3859-73
Speakers: Blencoe 3845-6, 4847-8; Brummet 3829-33, 3836-7, 3839-43, 3846-56, 3860-1, 3864-6, 3868-70, 3872-3; Cocke 3841-3; Dailly 3855; Kempf 3837-41, 3854-5; Lockstead 3861-2, 3872-3; Mitchell 3855-6, 3859-60; Nicolson 3949-50; Passarell 3850-1; Sanford 3861; Skelly 3861-3; Wallace 3830-6, 3843, 3863-72; Waterland 3847-8
Appropriation for 1983-84 overestimated (Stupich) 3631
Appropriation, increase in professional costs (Wallace) 3843
Appropriation, percentage of for administration (Wallace) 3831
Auditor-general's report on, non-compliance by permit users noted (Skelly) 3862
Decision-making by (Brummet) 3829
Documents, charge for copies of (Brummet) 3831 (Wallace) 3831
Hazardous wastes, safe disposal of (Wallace) 4617-8
Hunter-training program, increased cost of (Wallace) 3871
Recycling, termination of section responsible for (Wallace) 3316
Reduction of staff (Wallace) 3316
Salmonid enhancement program (Brummet) 3829
Soils laboratory, closure of (Wallace) 3439
Sportsmen, licensing of (Brummet) 3830
Staff reductions (Hanson) 4004, 4010
Task force on hazardous waste disposal mentioned (Wallace) 3835
Waste management program (Brummet) 3829, 3836-7
Waste, recycling of (Brummet) 3829, 3837
Water management branch, effects of staff reductions (Wallace) 3866
Water quality, maintenance of (Wallace) 3439
Water quality section, termination of (Wallace) 3316
Wolf control program (Brummet) 3830, 3839 (Kempf) 3837, 3840
Mentioned: (Rogers) 3734
Environment and Land Use Act
Moratorium on Meares Island logging (Brummet) A. 3676 (Skelly) Q. 3675
Environment and Land Use Committee
Meares Island logging, decision on (Brummet) A. 3676 (Skelly) Q. 3675
Mining industry, application procedures to be consolidated (Rogers) 3745
Slocan valley plan, study of (Blencoe) 3949
Mentioned: (Schroeder) 3915 (Wallace) 3867
Environment 2000
Mentioned: (Mowat) 3456
Environmental Appeal Board
Appeals to, fee for (Brummet) 3861 (Lockstead) 3861
Epson Canada Ltd.
Computer printer industry, closing of B.C. branch (Nicolson) 4626
Epstein, Marilyn
Appointment of (Heinrich) 3817 (Lockstead) 3817
Equity Silver Mines Ltd.
Location in relation to Houston municipality (Kempf) 3947
Taxes, contribution to Houston district municipality (Kempf) 3947, 3948 (Ritchie) 3948
Erickson Gold Mining Corp.
Mentioned: (Passarell) 3747
Eriksen, Bruce G.
Mentioned: (Mowat) 3456
Erola, Judy
Mentioned: (Stupich) 4393
Esquimalt, B.C.
Lampson Street School, designation as heritage building (Mitchell) 4027
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Land grant as source of logs (Mitchell) 4452
Esquimalt-Port Renfrew constituency
Population (Nielsen) 4330
Essential Services Continuation Act
Provisions of (Lockstead) 4174 (Mitchell) 4181-2 (Skelly) 4179 (Wallace) 4186, 4187
Voting on (Gabelmann) 4161, 4162
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 4173 (Smith) 4880
Essential Service Disputes Act
Mentioned: (Howard) 4759 (Wallace) 4760
Esso Resources Canada Ltd.
Granduc mine operation (Passarell) 3747
Established programs financing
Budget allotments to health and education (Rose) 3655
Federal transfers, amount of (Rose) 4622 (Nicolson) 4604
Federal transfers, diversion of (Rose) 4622
Funds increased, need for health care tax and user fees questioned (Rose) 4622
Funds received, amount of (Rose) 3627, 3815-6, 4137-8
Funds received, division of between health and education (Curtis) 3626 (Rose) 3627
Funds received, use of (Rose) 3406-7, 3626-9, 3814, 3815-6, 4138
Health care, allocation for (Curtis) 3345-6, 3626, 4035-6, 4093 (Rose) 3655, 4137-8
Health care, possible diversion of federal contribution (Rose) 3406-7, 3626-9, 4138
Need for health care tax and user fees questioned (Rose) 4622
Post-secondary education, federal funds for use of (McGeer) 4605 (Nicolson) 4603-4
Procedures for, simplification of (Curtis) 3629
Estate Administration Act
Mentioned: (Ree) 4120
Estimates of expenditure
See entries under Expenditures, Public
Ethanes
B.C. self-sufficiency in (Rogers) 3733
Export of (Rogers) 3733
Ethiopia
Provincial contribution to relief program (Nielsen) A. 5068 (Sanford) Q. 5068
Europe
Agricultural land management (Brown) 3915 (Schroeder) 3915
Labour legislation, aspects of (Skelly) 4754-5
Trade union movement, basis of labour-management consultation (Skelly) 4752-3
European Economic Community
Export market in (Throne speech) 3214
Evans, Dan
Cooperative medical centre in Puget Sound area, support for (Cocke) 4131
Evans, Jane
Mentioned: (McClelland) 4374 (Mowat) 3456
Evans, Robert G.
Mentioned: (Dailly) 4087
Evans, Stan
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 3787
Evening Telegram, St. John's, Nfld.
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 3936
Evers, Muni
Royal Columbian Hospital board, dismissal from (Cocke) 4132
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3450 (Rose) 4403
Evidence Act
Mentioned: (Brown) 4760
Examinations
Approach to by Education ministry (Heinrich) 3783
Biology and physics examinations, compilation of (Nicolson) 3787
Biology examination (Heinrich) 3779 (Nicolson) 3782, 3787
B.C. Teacher, articles on examinations (Heinrich) 3778
B.C. Teachers' Federation, participation on board for (Heinrich) 3768 (Rose) 3775
Content of, concern of parochial schools about (Heinrich) 3791-2 (Kempf) 3790-1, 3792
Cramming for, lack of sound education (Wallace) 3787
Cultural indicators necessary for rural children (Passarell) 3780
Dropout of less competent pupils (Rose) 3763
Marking of (Heinrich) 3810 (Nicolson) 3781-2, 3786
Need for adjustment of results (Heinrich) 3789
New Democratic Party position on (Rose) 3828
Post-graduate institutions, request that grade levels be standardized (Heinrich) 3777
Preparation of (Heinrich) 3778, 3786
Printing of in U.S., allegation in letter to the editor (Heinrich) 3810 (Reynolds) 3810
Private schools, alternative examinations proposed for (Dailly) 3808 (Heinrich) 3791-2, 3809 (Kempf) 3790-1, 3792
Provincial examinations (Fraser, R.) 3269-70 (Mowat) 3229 (Nicolson) 3403 (Parks) 3245-6 (Reid) 3232 (Skelly) 3236 (Throne speech) 3217
Provision for non-English-speaking students (Rose) 3774
Reintroduction of (Dailly) 3775-6 (Wallace) 3788
Results of, comparison with teacher assessments (Dailly) 3776 (Nicolson) 3781 (Rose) 3773, 3779, 3828-9
Structuring of by BCTF, allegation by Education minister (Rose) 3764, 3775
Student behaviour, change in since reintroduction (Dailly) 3776
Students in senior grades, impact on (Brown) 3792-3
Teacher competence, test of (Reynolds) 3812 (Rose) 3774
Use of as IQ tests (Heinrich) 3786 (Nicolson) 3785
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 3762 (Rose) 3282
Expenditures, Public
Accounting procedures for (Stupich) 3362
B.C. government expenditure, compared with other jurisdictions (Davis) 3262
Cash flow deficit (McGeer) 4623
Changes in (Mowat) 3226
Deficit budgeting (Nicolson) 4603
Estimates, referring of to committee (Macdonald) 4917
Government policy on expenditures (Brummet) 4983 (Lea) 4972 (Stupich) 4985 (Wallace) 4977
Government services, cost of (McGeer) 4615
Level of (Howard) 3494
Payments, reporting requirements re (Curtis) 5092
Restraint, future restraint (Throne speech) 3213
Expo-oasis Sunshine Coast
Activities of (Richmond) 4225
Expo 67
Mentioned: (Bennett) 4243
Expo 85
B.C. representation at (Richmond) 4896
Expo 86
ALRT system, transportation for (Richmond) 4230
Benefits of (MacWilliam) 4897 (Richmond) 4896-7
Board of directors, members (Richmond) 4934, 5086 (Williams) 5086
Board of directors, remuneration (MacWilliam) 5089 (Richmond) 5091
Borrowing for (Skelly) 4429 (Waterland) 4430
B.C. Pavilion (Richmond) 5091 (Williams) 4935
B.C. Place, relationship to (Richmond) 5086 (Williams) 5086
B.C. regions, projects planned for (Richmond) 4226
Budget for (Bennett) A. 4350 (Lauk) Q. 4350
Building trades unions, fair wages concept modified for (Cocke) 4792 (Gabelmann) 4794 (Wallace) 4794
Buildings, retention of after closure (Richmond) 5091 (Williams) 4935
Bus services for (McCarthy) 3724
Cancellation of (Bennett) A. 4349, A. 4385 (Cocke) 4701 (Lauk) Q. 4349, 4690, 4691 (Macdonald) Q. 4385
China, participation by (Curtis) 3345
Commended as an incentive to trade (Rogers) 3605
Construction of, completion on time (Gabelmann) 4663, 4674 (McClelland) 4661
Construction problems (Cocke) 4215-6
Construction trades, agreement at site (Lauk) Q. 4350 (Bennett) A. 4350
Contracts, competitive bidding (Skelly) 4433
Contracts, discussion of (Gabelmann) Q. 4080 (Richmond) A. 4080
Cost of (Bennett) A. 4209, A. 4243-4 (Cocke) Q. 4208, Q. 4209, 4215, Q. 4243-4 (D’Arcy) 4738 (Richmond) 4208 (Skelly) 4429
Economic activity, stimulation of (Campbell) 4703-4 (Lauk) 4691
Economic development project, designation as (Brown) 4793 (Cocke) 4700 (Gabelmann) 4794, 4673, 4791 (McClelland) 4793, 4794
Economic development project legislation, intention of (Cocke) 4791 (McClelland) 4793
Employment at, number of jobs (Campbell) 4703
Employment opportunities, fair distribution of (Bennett) 4678 (Michael) 4697
Exhibitors, corporate exhibitors (Cocke) 4217 (Richmond) 4218
Expo 86 Corporation Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Facilitation of by land transfer (Rogers) 4588, 4589
Film, film facilities on site (Richmond) 4937 (Williams) 4935
Financial statement (Cocke) 4229
Financial status report, time limit on (Richmond) 5091
Housing adjacent to site (Blencoe) 3897, Q. 4003 (Brummet) 3897 (Rogers) A. 4003
Hydrofoils, transportation by (Richmond) 4226
Impact of on surrounding area (Barnes) 4937 (Richmond) 4938 (Williams) 4935
Importance to B.C. economy (Richmond) 4215
Job creation (Curtis) 3345, 3606 (Fraser, A.) 3506 (Fraser, R.) 3268 (McCarthy) 3900 (McClelland) 4422 (Michael) 3523 (Parks) 3560 (Pelton) 3254-5 (Richmond) 4896 (Rose) 3405 (Throne speech) 3215
Labour contracts, alleged government interference with (Bennett) 4678
Labour legislation to ensure building of (Gabelmann) 4674 (Macdonald) 4721
Land rezoning for (Rogers) 4589
Liquor regulations, exemption from (Lauk) 4934 (Richmond) 4934, 5087
Liquor, Sunday sales (Passarell) 5087
Losses (Williams) 4935
Losses, projections re (MacWilliam) 4897
Lottery funds, allocation to Expo (Chabot) 4027 (Kempf) 4021 (Michael) 4026
Lottery funds, use of (MacWilliam) 5089, 5091 (Richmond) 5091
Lotto 6-49 funds to finance (Bennett) A. 4209, A. 4244 (Cocke) Q. 4209, 4215, Q. 4244 (Richmond) 4216, 4217
Managers, government interference with functions of (Gabelmann) 4662
Non-unionized contractors, bidding by (Gabelmann) Q. 4080 (Ritchie) A. 4080
North gate and Chinatown community (Barnes) 5087-8
North gate, cancellation of (Barnes) Q. 5067 (Richmond)A. 5067
North gate, construction of (Barnes) Q. 5067, 5087, 5088 (Richmond) A. 5067, 5088
North gate, proposal for (Richmond) 5088
Participation in, countries (Richmond) 4896
Participation in, provinces (Richmond) 4896
Powell River Expo committee, activities of (Richmond) 4225
Preview centre (Richmond) 4896, 4937 (Williams) 4935
Project, closing of (Bennett) A. 4243-4 (Cocke) Q. 4243-4
Project, continuation of (Michael) 4181
Projects and contracts, individual bidding on (Bennett) 4678
Ramses II exhibit (Richmond) 4896
Safety standards (Lauk) 4926, 4927, 4928, 4934, 4935 (MacWilliam) 4936, 5087, 5091-2 (Richmond) 4934, 4937, 5087, 5092 (Williams) 4935, 5087
Site area, division of for labour contracts (Bennett) 4678
Site, decommissioning of (Richmond) 5091 (Williams) 5091
Space technology included (Reid) 3232
Success of endangered by labour relations problems (Lauk) 4692
Tasmania pavilion, example of economic development project status (Gabelmann) 4674, 4798 (McClelland) 4797-8
Taxis, availability of (Davis) 3970 (Ritchie) 3971
Television programs on, cost of (Howard) 4016
Tickets (Richmond) 4896
Tickets, cost of (Barnes) 4936, 4937 (Richmond) 4938
Time-span and success of (Richmond) 4216
Tourism, generation of (Campbell) 3462-3
Tourism, Islands 86 promotion of Vancouver Island (Wallace) 4225-6
Union labour, use of (Michael) 4181
Vancouver Island, tourist promotion (Gabelmann) 4223-4 (Wallace) 4225-6
Vancouver rental housing, problems during Expo 86 (Blencoe) 4294, 4303-4 (Mitchell) 4315
Viability of (Cocke) 4215-6
Visitors, projections re (Barnes) 4937 (MacWilliam) 4897, 4936
Washington state, participation by (Bennett) 3221
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 4304, 4304 (Brown) 4265, Q. 4423 (Brummet) 3441, 4983 (Closing speech) 5114 (Cocke) 4215 (Dailly) 5055 (D’Arcy) 4739 (Fraser, R.) 4386 (Gabelmann) 3445, 4579, 4763, 4859 (Hanson) 4386, 4986 (Kempf) 4013 (Lauk) 4415, 4416, 4925 (Lockstead) 3265, 4410 (McCarthy) 3589 (McClelland) 3788 (Macdonald) 4721, 4723 (MacWilliam) 4974, 5107 (Michael) 3294 (Mitchell) 4979 (Mowat) 3456 (Parks) 3562 (Passarell) 3432, 3433, 3723 (Pelton) 3584 (Phillips) 3568 (Reynolds) 3411, 3414, 4070 (Richmond) 4214, 4895 (Rose) 4965 (Smith) 4638, 4682 (Strachan) 3519
Expo 86 Corp.
Board of directors, composition of (Richmond) 4216
Contractors, hiring of for Expo 86 projects (Gabelmann) 4673
Cost estimates, release of (Bennett) A. 4209, A. 4243 (Cocke) Q. 4208, Q. 4209 (Richmond) A. 4208, 4216
President, salary and emoluments (Cocke) 4217
Mentioned: (McClelland) 4794
Expo 86 Corporation Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 44) (Minister of Tourism) I R, 4917; 2R, 4934-8; C, 5086-9, 5091-2; 3R, 5092; RA, 5113
Speakers: Barnes 4936-7, 5087-8, 5089; Lauk 4934-5; MacWilliam 4936, 5087, 5089, 5091, 5091-2; Passarell 5087; Richmond 4934, 4937-8, 5086, 5087, 5088-9, 5089, 5091, 5092; Williams 4935-6, 5086, 5087, 5091
Benefits (Richmond) 4937-8
Board of directors, members (Richmond) 5086 (Williams) 5086
Board of directors, remuneration (MacWilliam) 5089 (Richmond) 5091
B.C. Pavilion (Richmond) 5091 (Williams) 4935
B.C. Place, relationship of Expo 86 to (Richmond) 5086 (Williams) 5086
Buildings, retention of after closure (Richmond) 5091 (Williams) 4935
Chinatown community, tribute to (Barnes) 5087, 5088
Films, film facilities on site (Richmond) 4937 (Williams) 4935
Financial status report, time limit on (Richmond) 5091
Impact of on surrounding area (Barnes) 4937 (Richmond) 4938 (Williams) 4935
Liquor regulations, exemption from (Lauk) 4934 (Richmond) 4934, 5087
Liquor, Sunday sales (Passarell) 5087
Losses (Williams) 4935
Losses, source of funding for (MacWilliam) 4936
Lottery funds, use of (MacWilliam) 5089, 5091 (Richmond) 5091
Lotto 6-49 funds, use of (Richmond) 5091
North gate and Chinatown community (Barnes) 5087-8
North gate, construction of (Barnes) 5087, 5088 (Richmond) 5088
North gate, proposal for (Richmond) 5088
Preview centre (Richmond) 4937 (Williams) 4935
Safety standards (Lauk) 4934, 4935 (MacWilliam) 4936, 5037 (Richmond) 4934, 4937, 5087 (Williams) 4935, 5087
Site, decommissioning of (Richmond) 5091 (Williams) 5091
Tickets, cost of (Barnes) 4936, 4937 (Richmond) 4938
Visitors, projections re (Barnes) 4937 (MacWilliam) 4936
Expo Ernie
Mentioned: (Passarell) 3433
Export sales
B.C. products, competitiveness of (McClelland) 4660
B.C. reliance on (Parks) 3561
Budget encouragement of (Phillips) 3569
Dependence on (Curtis) 3338 (Strachan) 3519
Diversification of, Pacific Rim (Throne speech) 3214
Encouragement of by duty-free zones (Reid) 3231
Export trade, importance of to Canada (Gardom) 4867
Forest industries, report on (Wallace) 3521
Government promotion of (Stupich) 4716
Growth in essential for B.C. economic recovery (Gardom) 3603
Increase in not reflected in economy (Stupich) 3274, 3275
India, contracts signed with companies in (Curtis) 3652
Log exports, advertising of (Howard) Q. 4191 (Waterland)A. 4191
Need to produce for domestic consumption as well as export (Lea) 3585
Prices, competitive prices essential (Campbell) 3277-8
Promotion of by government activities (Phillips) 4108
Pulp and paper products, European markets for (Pelton) 4192
Pulp and paper products, reliability of delivery (Bennett) 4158 (Campbell) 4170 (McGeer) 4166 (Michael) 4180 (Pelton) 4192 (Segarty) 4175, 4177 (Veitch) 4186
Raw materials, effect of export on economy (Stupich) 4716
Reduction in (Hewitt) 3471
Third World countries, decline of credit (Davis) 3260
Wealth generated by (Stupich) 4716
Wood products, competition in (Stupich) 4717
Mentioned: (Brummet) 3441
Expropriation Act
(Bill 30) (Minister of Intergovernmental Relations) 1R, 4839
Extended care
Health Sciences Centre Hospital, quality of care at (Dailly) 4352 (Nielsen) 4353
Long-term and extended care, reduction in budget for (Dailly) 4354
Patients, quality of life for (Dailly) 4352
Extendicare Ltd.
Health Sciences Centre Hospital, study of and recommendations for (Nielsen) 4353
Extension, B.C.
Miners' union, formation of (Wallace) 4187