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

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FIR

See: Forest Industrial Relations Ltd.

FIRA

See: Canada. Foreign Investment Review Agency

Factory Act

Mentioned: (McClelland) 4908

Faculty Association of Notre Dame University

Decertification (Nicolson) 4770, 4775-6

Education minister's remarks re, quoted (Nicolson) 4775

Members, loss of B.C. teaching jobs (Nicolson) 4775

Pressure on by P.L. McGeer and staff (Nicolson) 4775

Fair, Jim

Dismissal of (Dailly) Q. 3288 (Nielsen) A. 3288-9

Fair Employment Practices Act

Mentioned: (Brummet) 3877

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Co.

Agreement with University of Victoria (Cocke) 3923

Mentioned: (Wallace) 4618

Fairs and Exhibitions Association

Grant to (Schroeder) 3909

Fairweather, Gordon

Human Rights Act, criticism of (Cocke) 4515 (Sanford) 4388, 4502-3 (Stupich) 4359

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4405

Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.

Mining development, northwestern B.C. (Passarell) 3258

Family

Definition, proposed for Human Rights Act (Brown) 4536, 4537 (Cocke) 4564 (Gabelmann) 4534 (McClelland) 4536-7 (Wallace) 4536, 4539

Family support workers, numbers reduced (McCarthy) 3707

Income, total potential for single-parent family (McCarthy) 3689, 3716

Non-traditional families (Brown) 4463-4, 4521

Poor families (Blencoe) 3700

Services to, reduction of (Brown) 3579

Single parent family, poverty (Sanford) 3644

Social assistance, effects on (Mitchell) 3714

Support for (Barnes) 3680

Unemployment, effects on (Mitchell) 3714

Family and Child Service Act

Amendment re delinquents under 12 years old (Smith) 4261

Child, definition of (McCarthy) 3706

Family support workers, withdrawal of (Barnes) 3666, 3670

Problem families, workers dismissed (Barnes) 3459

Provisions for children in (Barnes) 3706 (McCarthy) 3706-7

Provisions of (McCarthy) 3678

Service cutbacks (Brown) 3578

Young offenders, return to parents (Smith) 4651

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 3667

Family Law Act

Mentioned: (Lauk) 4319

Family Relations Act

Legal counsel in cases under (Brown) 3579

Far Eastern Economic Review

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 3306

Farm income insurance program

Payments (Schroeder) 3902, 3908, 3910

Farmers

Gasoline tax payable by (Sanford) Q. 4479 (Schroeder) A. 4479

Farwest Bus Lines Ltd.

Mentioned; (Howard) 4228

Fascism

Philosophy (Howard) 4679

Federal-provincial fiscal relations

Education, federal funds for post-secondary education (Heinrich) A. 4932 (McGeer) A. 4967 (Nicolson) Q. 4967 (Rose) Q. 4932

Silvicultural agreement, completion of (Howard) Q. 4931, Q. 5107 (Skelly) Q. 4892, Q. 4911 (Waterland) A. 4892, A. 4911, A. 4931

Silvicultural agreement funds, use of (D’Arcy) Q. 4892 (Waterland) A. 4892

Mentioned: (Throne speech) 3214

Federated Anti-Poverty Groups of B.C.

Social assistance, statement on quoted (Blencoe) 3695-6

Mentioned: (Brown) 3468, 3469

Fernie, B.C.

Population decline in (Rose) 3771

Revenue-sharing agreement, Elk Valley (Segarty) 4829

Fernie District Hospital Board

Mentioned: (Segarty) 4126

Fernie School District

See: School District 1

Ferries

Funding, need for comparable to highways (Hanson) 3554

Highways ferries, Sunshine Coast scheduling (Lockstead) 4225

Workers, shut out by secondary picketing (Bennett) 4677

Ferrosilicon

Proposed plant (McClelland) A. 4422

Fertilizer industry

Prince Rupert, possibility of plant at (Davis) 3261

Field, B.C.

Railway communication improvement at (Fraser, A.) 3507

Film industry

See: Moving pictures

Finance

Financial institutions, varying functions (Hewitt) 3976

Finance, Ministry of

Estimates 3609, 3614-61

Speakers: Barrett 3615-25; Blencoe 3655-8; Curtis 3614-35, 3638-40, 3643-5, 3647-8, 3652-61; Davis 3659-60; Fraser R. 3646; Howard 3640-4; Kempf 3654; Nicolson 3653-4; Passarell 3629-30; Reynolds 3625-6; Rose 3626-9, 3655; Sanford 3644-6; Stupich 3630-5, 3638-40, 3646-8

B.C. agencies, use of for investment of funds 3992

Budget, expenditures reduced by lower interest rates (Curtis) 3632

Budget, manipulation of (Howard) 3641

Budget, overestimated (Stupich) 3631-3

Budget speech, televising of (Nicolson) 4033

Crown corporations, fiscal agent for (Curtis) 3654

Deputy minister, letter of Ian Mahood to (Barrett) 3621 (Curtis) 3615, 3619, 3621

Directives, use of (Curtis) 5092 (Stupich) 5092

Economics and policy division, consolidation with Treasury Board (Curtis) 3414

Electronic transfer of funds by (Curtis) 3614

Financial information, fee for provision of (Curtis) 5093 (Stupich) 5093

Litigation reports, purpose of (Curtis) 3621

Office, staffing of not specified in budget (Stupich) 3648

Personnel, breakdown of cost estimates for (Curtis) 3652 (Stupich) 3647

Renter's grant, abolition of by regulation (Mitchell) 4476

Revenue-sharing funds for municipalities, sources of (Ritchie) 3942

Revenues, obligation to collect (Curtis) 3615

Shoal Island case, collection of revenues (Barrett) 3615-25 (Curtis) 3615-25

Student loan program, ministry's role in (McGeer) 4625

Travel, minister's expenses (Curtis) 3652-3 (Stupich) 3648

Financial Information Act

(Bill 36) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 4891; 2R, 4917-8; C, 5092-4; 3R, 5094; RA, 5113

Speakers: Curtis 4917-8, 4918, 5092, 5093; Gardom 5094; Howard 5093, 5094; Stupich 5092, 5093

Committee on Crown Corporations, abolition of (Howard) 5093 (Stupich) 5093

Committee on Crown Corporations, provision for under standing orders (Gardom) 5094

Committee on Crown Corporations, work of (Howard) 5093, 5094

Directives, use of (Curtis) 5092 (Stupich) 5092

Disclosure provisions (Curtis) 4918

Financial information, fee for provision of (Curtis) 5093 (Stupich) 5093

Payments, reporting requirements re (Curtis) 5092

Public bodies covered by act (Curtis) 4918 (Stupich) 4918

Financial Post

Quoted (Mitchell) 3524, 3525

Mentioned: (Ritchie) 3318

Finnbogason, Jack

Quoted, on goals of education (Heinrich) 3776-7

Fire departments

Fire-fighting equipment, sales tax on (Smith) 4253-4 (Wallace) 4253

Volunteer fire departments, lottery funds for (Chabot) 4026-7 (Michael) 4026 (Mitchell) 4026

Fire marshal

Gas and oil installations, responsibility for inspection (Smith) 4254 (Wallace) 4253

Fire Services Act

Amendments, proclamation of (Lauk) 5002 (Smith) 5001

Mentioned: (Lauk) 4926, 4928 (Smith) 4926

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. of Canada

Automobile insurance, terms of (Cocke) 3997

Fires

Smoking, fire danger (Wallace) 4658

First Ministers' Conference on Native Rights, Ottawa, 1984

Mentioned: (Throne speech) 3218

First Watercount Systems Inc.

Water Consumption by Forests, report quoted (Wallace) 4442-3

Fish and wildlife branch

Pesticides, use and storage of (Brummet) A. 4655-6

Regional director, Supreme Court testimony re acquisition of trapping rights (Brummet) A. 4812 (Passarell) Q. 4812

Fisher, Dr. Grant

Mentioned: (Heinrich) 3676 (Nicolson) 3676

Fisheries

Commercial, methods compared (Mitchell) 3419-20

Decline of (Michael) 4180

Enhancement of (Brummet) 3829-30, 3832 (Gabelmann) (Wallace) 3831-3, 3253

Improvement, potential for by improving habitats (Lea) 3542

Negotiations, international (Brummet) 3832

Problems caused by mismanagement (Lea) 3541-2

Salmon catch, commercial and sportsmen's share of (Mitchell) 3419

Salmon, protection of (Mitchell) 3419-20

Sport fishing, value of (Mitchell) 3419

Fishermen

Commercial and sports fishermen, quotas of fish for (Wallace) 3832

Employment of, potential in fish habitat improvement (Lea) 3542

Pensions, lack of (Lea) 3542

Seines, destruction of immature salmon (Mitchell) 3419

Unemployed, through economic change (Lea) 3541

Fishery products

Export of, potential (Hanson) 3555

Processing in B.C. (Blencoe) 3562 (Hanson) 3355

Processing in Victoria (Blencoe) 3298, 3530

Fishing boats

Buy-back plan for (Brummet) 3832 (Lea) 3542 (Wallace) 3832

Flathead Valley, B.C.

Forests, insect damage (Waterland) 4441

Fleming, Jack R.

Mentioned: (Heinrich) 3761

Fleming, James S.

Human rights in B.C., telex on (Stupich) 4393

Flesher, Walter

Mentioned: (McClelland) 4831

Floods

Forestry research into runoff (Wallace) 4443

Insurance against, new program by private companies for (Curtis) 3344

Floyd, Dick

Article in Province by (Barnes) 3460

Fong, Mary

Mentioned: (Dailly) 3776

Food

Nutritional value of, income assistance recipients (Sanford) Q. 3858, 3904-5 (Schroeder) A. 3858

Processing of in B.C. (Lauk) 3593

Surpluses (Cocke) 3917 (Sanford) 3904-5, 3907, 3918 (Schroeder) 3906, 3918 (Wallace) 3913

Food and Service Workers of Canada

Local union, certification cancelled (Macdonald) 4722

Food banks

See: Food relief

Food prices

Canada and Europe, relation to income (Hewitt) 4321

Food relief

Advertisements requesting contributions to (Gabelmann) 3251

Emergency food distribution by Agriculture ministry (Sanford) Q. 3796 (Schroeder) A. 3796 (Wallace) 3913, 3914

Food banks (Blencoe) 3696-8, 3700 (Cocke) 3917 (Sanford) 3903-5

Food banks, government assistance for (Sanford) Q. 3858 (Schroeder) A. 3858

Food banks, Human Resources ministry assistance to (McCarthy) A. 4912 (Williams) Q. 4912

Food banks, line-ups as indication of poverty (Sanford) 3644-5

Food banks, meetings with personnel (McCarthy) A. 4913 (Williams) Q. 4912

Food banks, need for (Wallace) 3437

Food banks, number attending (Barnes) 3709 (Blencoe) 3697

Food banks, operation of (McCarthy) 4912, 4913

Food banks, social assistance recipients at (Barnes) 3716 (McCarthy) 3715-6

Soup kitchens (Lauk) 4117 (Sanford) 3903-5

Soup kitchens, statistics (Barrett) 3326

U.S. surplus, distribution to needy (Sanford) 3903-4

Ford, Marguerite

Mentioned: (Mowat) 3456

Fording Coal Ltd.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 3385

Foreign Investment Review Agency

Mentioned: (Gardom) 3604

Foremost Foods Ltd.

Mentioned: (Schroeder) 4593

Forest Act

Ombudsman quoted on (Wallace) 3314

Revenue provisions (Stupich) 3357

Shoal Island case, legality of Forests ministry actions (Skelly) 3311, 3313 (Waterland) A. 4323-4

Stumpage credits, rebates under act (Stupich) 3358

Unscaled timber (Barrett) Q. 3331, Q. 3332 (Skelly) 3480

Mentioned: (Barrett) 3323, Q. 3392 (Sanford) 3570 (Skelly) 3313, 3927, 3928, 4429 (Wallace) 3314 (Waterland) 4430

Forest fires

Contingency funds in Ministry of Finance budget (Curtis) 3632, 3647

Forest Grove School, Burnaby, B.C.

Enrolment increase, accommodation for (Dailly) 3808 (Heinrich) 3808

Forest Industrial Relations Ltd.

Employer participation in, procedures for termination of (Gabelmann) 4783 (McClelland) 4783

Labour, changes in bargaining procedures (Gabelmann) 4667, 4783

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4865

Forest industries

Canadian companies, cost of imported research (Skelly) 4455

Central coast area, incentives (Waterland) 4449

Central coast area, studies re change in character (Lockstead) 4448

Collective agreements, fringe benefits reviewed (Wallace) 4186-7

Companies, export to U.S. of research funds (Skelly) 4455

Companies, losses in 1984 pulp and paper dispute (Stupich) 4169

Companies, timber utilization (Lockstead) 4447-8 (Waterland) 4450

Companies, upgrading of mills and plant (Mitchell) 4451

Employment (Lockstead) 3267, 4448 (Mitchell) 4451, 4452 (Skelly) 4427, 4429, 4455 (Waterland) 4425, 4434, 4441, 4449

Fish, effect on (Brummet) 3833 (Wallace) 3832, 3834

Forest products, diversification and market improvement (Skelly) 4455

Forests ministry, failure to encourage small business program participation (Skelly) 4455

Forests ministry, management of industry (Kempf) 4432 (Skelly) 4426, 4428-9, 4455 (Waterland) 4456

Forests ministry, research and development assistance (Skelly) 4455

Furniture industry, establishment in B.C. (Phillips) 4110

Future of industry (Throne speech) 3216

Income from (Skelly) 3237

Industrial relations (Reid) 3231

Labour negotiations, multiple-employer concept (Gabelmann) 4783 (McClelland) 4783

Labour problems (Campbell) 3577

Log supplies, priority for (Mitchell) 4452

Lumber market (Waterland) 4893

Lumber sales, decline in (Strachan) 3518

Mills, closing of (Skelly) 4429

Nakusp area timber, allocation of (D’Arcy) Q. 4893

Nelson area timber, allocation of (Nicolson) Q. 4893 (Waterland) A. 4893

Products, market changes (Davis) 3380 (Kempf) 4431

Revenue, decline in (Barrett) 3514

Revenue, future revenue (Waterland) 4424

Revenues from (Skelly) 3927-9

Sawmill industry, saleable products improvement needed (Waterland) 4428, 4435

Sawmills, closure of and log supply (Howard) Q. 5106, Q. 5107 (Waterland) A. 5106

Sawmills, competitive timber bidding (Waterland) 4435

Small business program (Kempf) 4432 (Skelly) 4433 (Waterland) 4425, 4428, 4434-5, 4436, 4449-50

Small business program, local benefits (Lockstead) 4448 (Skelly) 4433

Small business program, undercut timber (Waterland) 4450

Small operators, timber for (Lockstead) 4447-8 (Skelly) 4433 (Waterland) 4434, 4450

Strike in 1975, use of legislation to terminate (McClelland) 4844

Strikes and lockouts, effect of government policies on settlement of (Skelly) 4429-30 (Waterland) 4430

Stumpage. See entries under Forests, Ministry of

Timber, competitive bidding (Skelly) 4433 (Waterland) 4434, 4435, 4436

Timber licences, consolidation (Waterland) 4425, 4434

Timber, utilization (Kempf) 4431-2 (Waterland) 4435-6

Tree-farm licence No. 23, reallocation of timber (Waterland) A. 5042 (Williams) Q. 5042

Tree-farm licence No. 23, reduction in size of (Waterland) 5042

Tree-farm licence No. 23, violations of (Waterland) 4894

Tree-farm licences, percentage of allowable cut (Waterland) 4425

Tree-farm licences, retention of (Skelly) 4179

Truck loggers, mentioned (Strachan) 3516

Unemployment (Waterland) 4434

Unemployment in, reduction of (McClelland) 3758

United States, B.C. lumber exports to (Howard) Q. 5042 (Waterland) A. 5042

United States, restriction on lumber imports (Howard) Q. 5041, Q. 5042 (Waterland) A. 5041, A. 5042

Wood chips, licensing of trucks to export (Fraser, A.) 4057 (Segarty) 4056-7

Woodlot program (Kempf) 4432 (Waterland) 4425, 4434

Woodlot program, Atlin (Passarell) 4436-7 (Waterland) 4438

See also: Forests and forestry; Forests, Ministry of; Reforestation

Forest roads

Fire roads, government attitude to maintenance (Mitchell) 4452

Forest Service

Annual report quoted (Stupich) 3357

Cariboo area reserve (Skelly) 4427

Forest management, sustained-yield (Mitchell) 4451 (Skelly) 4426, 4429

Forest nurseries (Passarell) 4437 (Waterland) 4437-8

Forest nurseries, potential for employment in (Passarell) 3547

Forest protection, budget reduced (Wallace) 4439

Forest resources, depletion (Skelly) 4426 (Waterland) 4424

Forestry, intensive (Skelly) 4427 (Waterland) 4425, 4428

Forestry research funding, reduction (Wallace) 4442 (Waterland) 4443

Forests, effect of clear-cutting on runoff (Wallace) 4443

Forests, growth rate in B.C. and Sweden compared (Wallace) 4440, 4442

Forests, water consumption (Wallace) 4442-3

Insect damage (Waterland) 4441-2

Intensive silviculture, political reasons for deferring (Skelly) 4455

Job creation (Michael) 3295 (Mitchell) 4452 (Waterland) 4441, 4449 (Stupich) 3544

Job creation in silviculture (Lockstead) 4448-9 (Passarell) 4436 (Wallace) 4438-9 (Waterland) 4441

Log scaling practices. See entries under Forests, Ministry of

Log scaling, privatization of (Wallace) 3315

Mathematical models, assumptions and predictions (Waterland) 4424

Megaproject status needed (Skelly) 4429

Pacific Forest Research Centre report quoted (Stupich) 3356-7

Private land, improvement of forestry practices on (Waterland) 4425

Public involvement (Skelly) 4455 (Waterland) 4425

Reforestation (Kempf) 4431-2, 4453 (Lockstead) 4448 (Mitchell) 4451-2 (Skelly) 4426 (Wallace) 4438-9 (Waterland) 4424, 4449

Reforestation, forestry professionals' concern about (Skelly) 4426 (Wallace) 4439

Reforestation sites, reduction in backlog of (Wallace) 4438-9 (Waterland) 4425, 4438, 4456

Research in Canada, decline (Skelly) 4455 (Wallace) 4442 (Waterland) 4443

Scandinavia and B.C. practices compared (Wallace) 4440, 4442 (Waterland) 4441, 4443

Section 88 credits, use of in silviculture programs (Skelly) 4434

Seedlings, availability of greenhouse space (Michael) 4450

Seedlings planted, number of (Michael) 4450 (Waterland) 4449

Silviculture, increase in budget for (Waterland) 4425

Silviculture, federal-provincial funding of (Passarell) 4437 (Skelly) 4179, 4455 (Wallace) 4438-9 (Waterland) 4424, Silviculture, government priority (Lockstead) 4448 (Mitchell) 4452

Silviculture, local representations re (Howard) Q. 4894 (Waterland) A. 4894

Silviculture, reduction in funding of (Mitchell) 4452 (Waterland) 4449

Stumpage fees, document re collection (Skelly) Q. 3333 (Waterland) A. 3333

Stumpage rate, effect on timber production (Lockstead) 4448

Coastal and marine services, elimination of truck and transport fleet (Hanson) 4009

Decentralization, results (Stupich) 3358

EBAP standards, establishment and maintenance (Michael) 4450

Forest Service land, rent increase in special-use permits (Lockstead) 4448

Herbicides, application for use of (Lockstead) 3860

Income, effect of Forest Act on (Stupich) 3357

Provincial forests, additions (Kempf) 4432

Forests and forestry

Agricultural land, use of (Kempf) 3911-2 (Schroeder) 3912

Annual allowable cut, commitment (Skelly) 4427 (Waterland) 4427-8

Annual allowable cut, effect of industrial disputes on (Skelly) 4429

Annual allowable cut, lack of intensive management (Wallace) 4440

Annual allowable cut, possible changes of tenure (Skelly) 4431 (Waterland) 4430, 4435

Annual allowable cut, regular reassessment (Waterland) 4427

Biotechnology, effect of new knowledge on forests (Wallace) 4442

Employment, government's view of make-work programs (Mitchell) 4452

Federal aid (Gabelmann) Q. 4245 (Skelly) 3490, 4179 (Waterland) A. 4245

Federal government, failure to give priority to forests (Michael) 4450

Federal-provincial silvicultural agreement, amount of (Howard) Q. 4931 (Waterland) A. 4931

Federal-provincial silvicultural agreement, completion of (Howard) Q. 4931, Q. 5107 (Skelly) Q. 4892, Q. 4911 (Waterland) A. 4892, A. 4911, A. 4931

Federal-provincial silvicultural agreement funds, use of (D’Arcy) Q. 4892 (Waterland) A. 4892

Five-year forestry program, reduced expenditures on (Mitchell) 4452

Forest and range resource program (Waterland) 4425

Forest growth and flooding (Wallace) 4442-3

Forest land base, demands on (Waterland) 4428

Forest land base, increase (Waterland) 4424

Forest land, multiple use (Wallace) 4442

Forest land, private ownership and management (Waterland) 4425, 4435

Forest management (Kempf) 4432 (Mitchell) 4452 (Skelly) 3238, 4426, 4428-9, 4455 (Waterland) 4424-5, 4428, 4456

Forest management, expenditures on (Waterland) A. 5106 (Williams) Q. 5105-6

Forest management, federal government jurisdiction (Skelly) Q. 4323 (Waterland) A. 4323

Forest management, government's role in (Lockstead) 3267

Forest management, international improvement (Kempf) 4431

Forest management practices (Waterland) A. 5105 (Williams) Q. 5105

Forest management, public concern (Skelly) 4426-7 (Waterland) 4428

Sustained-yield forestry, need for (Mitchell) 3878, 4451

Sweden, reforestation laws (Wallace) 4440, 4442 (Waterland) 4441, 4443

Taxation tree-farms, nature and purpose of (Waterland) 4443

Tree-farm licence holders, responsibility (Waterland) 4425

Tree-farm licences, free competition for (Barrett) Q. 4350 (Bennett) A. 4350

Tree-farms, taxation (Wallace) 4442 (Waterland) 4443

Tree seedlings, import of (Passarell) 4437

University of British Columbia, grant for studies on (Wallace) 3522

University of British Columbia, protest by forestry students (Smith) A. 3759 (Wallace) Q. 3759

Unscaled logs, supplementary stumpage billing for (Skelly) Q. 4287 (Smith) A. 4287

Vancouver Island north, neglect (Gabelmann) 3252

Waste material, use of (Kempf) 4431

See also: Forest industries; Forests, Ministry of; Reforestation

Forests, Ministry of

Estimates 4424-43, 4447-56

Speakers: Kempf 4431-2, 4453; Lockstead 4447-50; Michael 4450-1; Mitchell 4451-3; Passarell 4436-7; Skelly 4426-7, 4428-30, 4431, 4433-41, 4454-5; Wallace 4438-40, 4442-3; Waterland 4424-5, 4427-8, 4430-1, 4434-6, 4437-8, 4440-2, 4443, 4449-50, 4455-6

Annual report, 1982-83 fiscal year (Skelly) 3489-90, 3927, 4427 (Waterland) 3249, 4425

Appropriation, 1984-85 fiscal year (Skelly) 4455 (Wallace) 4439, 4440

Budget, overestimated (Stupich) 3631

Building occupancy charges, increase in (Nicolson) 3307

Competence of (Barrett) 3513

Estimates, publicity needed for (Mitchell) 3418

Federal-provincial agreement, silvicultural financing (Passarell) 4437 (Skelly) 4455 (Wallace) 4438-9 (Waterland) 4424, 4425, 4428, 4438, 4441, 4456

Firefighting equipment, Atlin (Passarell) 4437

Five-year forest and range resource plan, tabled (Waterland) 3453

Five-year program, reductions in expenditures (Mitchell) 4452

Forest companies, relationship with (Sanford) 3484

Forest protection branch, budget reduction (Wallace) 4439

Forestry, commitment to sustained-yield (Mitchell) 4452 (Waterland) 4450

Forestry programs, privatization (Skelly) 4427

Forests, management of (Kempf) 4432 (Mitchell) 4452 (Skelly) 4426, 4428-9, 4455 (Waterland) 4424-5, 4428, 4456

Hazardous wastes, storage of (Brummet) 3849 (Nicolson) 3849

Indian claims unrecognized by (Skelly) 4455

Internal audit of, 1983 (Curtis) 3616-7

Log exports, study of effects of (Mitchell) 4451

Log scaling practices, Shoal Island (Barrett) Q. 3331, Q. 3332, Q. 3368, 3514 (Curtis) A. 3331, A. 3332 (Howard) Q. 4079 (Skelly) Q. 3332, Q. 4287 (Smith) A. 3368 (Waterland) A. 4079

Log scaling problems, billing (Skelly) Q. 4287 (Waterland) A. 4324

Log scaling problems, RCMP report (Smith) 3613-4

Ministers, past performance (Mitchell) 4451, 4452

Minister's salary, motion to reduce (Skelly) 4455, negatived 4456

Ombudsman, access to document (Skelly) Q. 3333 (Waterland) A. 3333

Prince George forest region, rate of cut (Skelly) 3926-7

Privatization of functions (Rose) 3281 (Throne speech) 3217

Public involvement program (Skelly) 4455

Research expenditures, reduction (Skelly) 4455

Responsibilities of (Barrett) 3323 (Wallace) 3314

Scaling, superintendent of mentioned (Barrett) 3513

Shoal Island case, actions in (Skelly) 3313

Shoal Island case, authority not exercised in (Wallace) 3314, 3316

Shoal Island case, collection of revenues (Curtis) 3615

Shoal Island case, no action in (D’Arcy) 3383-4 (Mitchell) 3418

Shoal Island stumpage fees, billing (Skelly) Q. 4287 (Waterland) A. 4323-4

Silviculture program, continuation of (Mitchell) 3715

Staff reductions (Hanson) 4004, 4010

Stumpage credits, amount (Waterland) 4425

Stumpage credits, value of (Skelly) 4433-4 (Waterland) 4433, 4434

Stumpage fees, collection of (Barrett) 3616-25 (Curtis) 3616-25 (Sanford) 3570

Stumpage fees, complexity of collection procedure (Curtis) 3617

Stumpage fees, decline in revenue from (Strachan) 3517

Stumpage fees mentioned (Sanford) 3905

Stumpage fees, not assessed (Barrett) 3513-6 (Skelly) 3311

Stumpage fees, repayment of (Mitchell) 4524

Stumpage rate, audit of (Stupich) 3359

Stumpage rate, graduated (Stupich) 3357

Stumpage rates, differential (Kempf) 4432

Stumpage rates, related to log export prices (Mitchell) 4451

Stumpage revenue, decrease in (Skelly) 3928

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 3683 (Skelly) 4429

Fort Nelson, B.C.

Conservation officer, territory of (Brummet) 3852

Timber, no allocation required (Waterland) 4434

Fort Nelson bridge

Mentioned: (Mowat) 3229

Fort Nelson Indian band

Land claims settlement, provisions of (Smith) 3637

Fort Nelson River, B.C.

Bridges, 1984 completion of (Fraser, A.) 4042

Fort St. James, B.C.

B.C. Buildings Corp. building, rental rate (Kempf) 4022

Crown land, commercial lease rates (Kempf) 3884

Lottery fund application mentioned (Howard) 4016

Main street, paving of (Fraser, A.) 4061 (Kempf) 4060

Picketing, secondary (Kempf) 4689

Fort St. John, B.C.

Insurance risks, private companies' refusal to underwrite (Howard) 3982

Natural gas processing plant proposed near (Michael) 3523

Unemployment at (Gabelmann) 3448

Fort Steele, B.C.

Preservation of mentioned (Hanson) 4007

Foster home care

Child assaulted in foster home (Brown) 3715 (McCarthy) 3715, 3721

Foster parents, appreciation of (Barnes) 3699 (Blencoe) 3699-3700

Foster parents, meeting with (McCarthy) 3699

Relations, fostering by (McCarthy) 3703 411

Seniors' Centre, Vancouver, B.C. Funding reduced (Barnes) 3680

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 3683 (Mowat) 3716

France

Economic conditions compared with B.C. 's (Bennett) A. 3857-8 (Macdonald) Q. 3857

Francois Lake, B.C.

Ferry service, reduction of (Kempf) 4062

Franks, Gordon

Ward River, proposal to dredge (Passarell) 3851

Fraser, Hon. Alexander Vaughan (Cariboo) Minister of Transportation and Highways

ALRT system, job creation by 3506

Air ambulances, budget increase for 4061

Air ambulances, licensing of A. 4055

Air ambulances, Ministry of Transport regulations re A. 4002

Air services branch, budget for 4061

Air services branch, privatization of 4061

Aircraft, use of government aircraft 4046

Airport assistance program grants 4061

Airports, improvement of 4042

Airports, microwave landing systems 4068

Annacis bridge, cost of 4042

Auditor-general, financial control by 3505

Automobile drivers' licence examinations, Houston 4062

Automobile inspection, cost of and, privatization 4047

Automobile licence plates, use of non-resident plates 4057

Automobile seatbelts, airbags as substitute for 4046

Automobile seatbelts, children's seatbelts 4046, 4048-9, 4066

Baldy Mountain ski area, road construction 4068

Bear Glacier, danger to Stewart road 4048

Bella Bella, docking facilities 4051

Bella Coola, ferry ramp construction 4051

Boston Bar bridge, construction of 4042

B.C. Ferry Corp., conversion of news-stands to gift shops A. 4055

B.C. Ferry Corp., employee layoffs A. 4854

B.C. Ferry Corp. fares, commuter rates 4052

B.C. Ferry Corp. fares, increase in 4051

B.C. Ferry Corp., federal subsidy 4052

B.C. Ferry Corp., highway-equivalent subsidy A. 4854

B.C. Ferry Corp., northwest coast service 4051

B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 7, 4051

B.C. Ferry Corp., Route 10, 4051

B.C. Ferry Corp., subsidy to 4051-2

B.C. Ferry Corp., vessel reconditioning in Victoria A. 3857

B.C. Place, job creation by 3506

B.C. Railway, federal contribution to 4047

B.C. Winter Games, construction of road to ski hill 4068

Budget debate 3504-7

Budget, increase in federal budget 3505

Budget, reduction in 3505

Buses, inquiry into safety of 4072

Buses, inspection of A. 3224, 4042

Buses, purchase of by NDP 3505

Canadian National Railways, Duncan underpass widening 4075

Canadian National Railways, federal funding of 4047

Canadian National Railways, upgrading of line from Prince George to Prince Rupert 4042, 4047

Canadian National Railways, upgrading program expenditures 3506

Canadian Pacific Railway, construction workers' out-of-province licence plates 4057

Canadian Pacific Railway, upgrading program expenditures 3506

Cascade Charter Services Ltd., conditions attached to licence A. 4003

Castlegar, ferry service 4062

Castlegar-Robson ferry, discontinuation of A. 3225

Chetwynd-Tumbler Ridge highway, completion of 4042

Children, seatbelts for 4046, 4048-9, 4066

Children's seatbelts, enforced use of A. 3667

Coast Ferries Ltd., Ocean Falls and central B.C. coast services 4051, 4052

Coast Ferries Ltd., subsidy to 4052

Cominco Ltd., pipeline underpass at Trail 4069

Conmac Stages Ltd., Mount Washington accident 4072

Coquihalla Highway, construction of 4891

Coquihalla Highway, cost of 4891

Coquihalla Highway, job creation 4891

Coquihalla Highway, toll charges 4891

Dangerous goods, rail transport regulations 4939

Dangerous goods transport, legislation elsewhere 4938

Dangerous goods transport, offences, fines 4938

Dangerous goods transport, placards and labels 4938

Dangerous goods transport, regulations 4938-9

Dangerous goods, water transport 5083

Drunken driving, elimination of 4042

Duncan, Highway 1 traffic lights 4075

Electoral districts, boundary changes 4332

Far north, access to facilitated by new bridge 4042

Fort Nelson River bridges, completion of 4042

Fort St. James, paving of main street 4061

Francois Lake East road, improvement of 4061

Fraser Valley bus service, licensing of carrier A. 4003

Gold River-to-Tahsis road 4083

Greenville and New Aiyansh forest access roads, maintenance of 4045-6

Greenville bridge, construction of 4042

Haines road 4048

Halston bridge 4042

Highway 1, Duncan improvements 4075

Highway 1, Mill Bay bypass 4075

Highway 1, completion of through Vancouver 4069

Highway 3, Salmo improvements 4075-6

Highway 16, Francois Lake East junction improvement 4061

Highway 16, Hagman Hill 4061

Highway 22, rebuilding of from 'Nail to Castlegar 4068, 4069

Highway 23, Revelstoke-Mica section 4042

Highway 37 4046, 4047, 4048

Highway 97, federal government building of 4046

Highway 97, Garbitt tunnel 4042

Highway 97, upgrading from Vernon to airport 4068

Highway 99, improvements to 4042, 4070

Highway program, construction projects 4042

Highway projects, local equipment use 4073

Highways branch, 1982-83 financial loss 4062

Highways ferries, bicycle fares 4083

Highways ferries, Castlegar ferry 4062

Highways ferries, Glade schedules 4076

Highways ferries, Harrop schedules 4076

Highways ferries, Kuper Island service 4075

Highways ferries, Powell River-Texada island schedules 4051

Highways ferries, reduction in A. 3225

Highways ferries, schoolchildren's needs 4075

Highways, guardrail installation 4046

Highways, sand-filled barrels installation 4046

Highways, signposting in metric and imperial measures 4061

Houston, driver examinations in 4062

Indians in jail, quoted re (Hanson) 4492

Insurance Corp. of B.C., insurance payments re unsafe vehicles 4047

Insurance Corp. of B.C., insurance sales at motor vehicle branch offices A. 3676

Larwell Park bus terminal, services at 4055

Licence plates, use of non-resident plates 4057

Mary Hill bypass 4042

Minibus service, Vernon and Nelson 4068

Motor Carrier Commission decisions, appeals to cabinet re A. 4631

Motor vehicle inspection branch buildings, ownership of 4047

Motor vehicle inspection by police officers 4073

Motor vehicle inspection fees 4047

Motor vehicles, number licensed 4042

Motor vehicles, safety of 4072, 4073

Motor vehicles, unsafe vehicles 4047

Motorcyclist learner's permit regulations, change in A. 5006

Mount Washington accident, investigation of 2981, 4072, A. 4631

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

Okanagan Valley traffic counts 4068 100

Mile House, Highways staff reduced 4046

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., agency contracts Q. 4002

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd. employees, provision for A. 4002

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., purchasers of specified A. 4055

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., routes A. 4055

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., sale of A. 4002-3

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd. terminals, disposal of A. 4002, A. 4055

Peace River, Clayhurst bridge 4072

Port Renfrew yard, closing of 4083

Prince Rupert, port construction at 3507

Princess Marguerite, sailing date delay A. 4968

Quadra Island ferry, bicycle fares 4083

Railways, grade crossings 4047

Railways, statutory requirement re use of local labour and material 3506-7

Ridley Island access road 4047

Roads, expenditures on 4042

Roads, sealcoating of 4083

St. Mungo Cannery site, cost of excavation A. 3247

St. Mungo Cannery site, protection of A. 3224

Sales tax, removal from automobile child restraints 4066

School buses, installation of seatbelts 4072

Sealcoating program 4046

Signposting, metric and imperial measures 4061

Sparwood, airport construction at 4057

Stewart, road access to 4046, 4048

Tahsis, road to Woss 4083

Tahsis, upgrading of road to Gold River 4083

Testing stations in lower mainland, closing of A. 3224

Rail, CPR underpass 4069

Trail highway bridge, repainting of 4069

Trail, pipeline underpass 4069

Transport of Dangerous Goods Act (Bill 45) 1R, 4913; 4938-9, 4939, 5083

Transportation and Highways ministry, annual report 4062 transportation and Highways ministry, employment development account funds 4042 transportation and Highways ministry, equipment-hiring policy 4073

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 4042, 4045-7, 4048-9, 4051-2, 4057, 4061-2, 4069, 4070, 4073, Transportation and Highways ministry, Highways revenue compared with expenditure 4061

Transportation and Highways ministry, hiring practices 4073

Transportation and Highways ministry, instructions re Pacific Coach Lines' agency contracts A. 4002

Trucks, inspection of 4042

Trucks, licensing of overlength trucks 4057

Tumbler Ridge, employment at 3507

Tumbler Ridge, highway to Chetwynd completed 4042

Western Community drainage problems 4083

Whiffin Spit, repair of 4083

Yukon, rail service to 4046

Fraser, Alistair

Mentioned: (Howard) 4031, 4916

Fraser, John A.

Mentioned: (Rose) 4636

Fraser, Russell G. (Vancouver South)

Address in reply 3267-70

B.C. Ferry Corp., picketing of 4693

Budget debate 3372-4

Budget, taxpayers' understanding of 3646

Children, sexual abuse of 4557

Constitution Amendment Act (1984) 4332-3

Contractors, lack of competition between large and small companies 4792

Debt, payment of B.C. debt 3373

Discrimination in employment, denial of 4391

Discrimination, racial discrimination 4391

Education, student financing 3373

Education, teacher role in 3269

Election Amendment Act (1984) 4899

Employers, changed attitude to women 4873

Employers, intimidation and coercion of employees 4785, 4786

Examinations, provincial examinations 3269-70

Health care, user fees 3373

High technology, job creation by 3646

Human Rights Act 4391, 4557

Industries, discovery park concept 3374

International Woodworkers of America, secondary picketing restrictions 4693

Job creation 3268

Job creation by high technology 3646

King, William S., remarks on legislation to end strikes 4873

Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) 4693, 4782, 4784, 4785-6, 4792, 4800

Labour relations, management rights 4873

Law Society of B.C., proposed 1983

Human Rights Act, request to set aside 4411

Liquor outlets, privatization of 3372

MURB program, advantages of 3646

Members, increase in number of 4332

Metro Transit Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 4873

Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, traffic congestion resulting from 4873

Metro Transit Operating Co., labour-management problems 4873

Notre Dame University property, ownership and disposal of 4639

Pornography and children 4557

Resource revenue stabilization fund, use of for debt payment 3373

Secondary picketing, general rule for 4693, 4800

Sexual orientation 4557

Small business, assistance to 3268

Strikes and lockouts, equality of antagonists 4800

Trade missions 3268

Trade unions and small businesses, certification and decertification 4785-6

Trade unions, certification and decertification voting procedure 4693, 4486

Trade unions, raiding by 4782

Volunteers in health care, unionization of Q. 4386

Voters, citizenship requirement 4899

Wage rates, effect on market competitiveness 3372-3

Women, changes in employer attitudes to 4873

Women, discrimination against 4391

Fraser Institute

B.C. government, relationship to (Mitchell) 4525

Corporate profits, effect on economy (Wallace) 4729

Economic policies, government comprehension of (Gabelmann) 4664

Economic theory propounded by (Blencoe) 4307

Government, influence on (Wallace) 4728-9

Members of board named (Blencoe) 3564-5

Rent control, arguments against (Hewitt) 4320

Rent control, evidence in publication on (Lauk) 4316, 4317

Rent Control: Myths and Realities quoted (Blencoe) 4306-9

Restraint, ideology of exemplified by (Stupich) 3353-4

Trade Unions and Society, criticism of (Wallace) 4728

Mentioned: (Barnes) 4751 (Barrett) 3321 (Blencoe) 3563, 3565, 3701, 4272, 4292 (Cocke) 3449, 3451, 3891, 4563, 4699 (Dailly) 4735 (Gabelmann) 4663, 4673, 4675 (Hanson) 4744, 4868 (Lauk) 4318 (Lockstead) 4686 (Mitchell) 3525, 3527, 4183, 4315, 4726, 4727 (Passarell) 3433 (Reynolds) 3500 (Rose) 3279 (Sanford) 3482, 3485, 4307 (Stupich) 3360, 3370 (Wallace) 3438

Fraser Lake, B.C.

Airport, financial assistance for (Kempf) 4059

Award to community for sewage disposal (Brummet) 3854 (Kempf) 3852

Francois Lake East road, improvement of (Fraser, A.) 4061 (Kempf) 4060

Fraser Mills

Rebuilding of (Wallace) 3522

Fraser River, B.C.

Annacis bridge (Kempf) 3404

Annacis bridge, cost of (Fraser, A.) 4042 (Reid) 3232

Annacis bridge, diversion of traffic to (Brown) 3291

Annacis bridge, opposition to (Phillips) 4118

Annacis Island bridge, progress of construction (Fraser, A.) 4042

Annacis Island bridge, St. Mungo heritage site (Chabot)A. 3224 (Fraser, A.) A. 3224, A. 3247 (Hanson) Q. 3224

Boston Bar to North Bend, bridge under construction (Fraser, A.) 4042

Fraser estuary, report on (Brummet) 3868 (Wallace) 3866

Salmon catch, effect of Alcan dam on (Wallace) 4143

Mentioned: (McClelland) 3758

Fraser River Canners' Association

Mentioned: (Wallace) 4475

Fraser Valley, B.C.

Agriculture, fostering of by minorities (Rose) 4404

Bus passenger service to (Fraser, A.) A. 4003 (Rose) Q. 4003

Corrections branch program, contractor for (Brown) 4246 (Smith) 4246

Education minister, meetings attended by (Heinrich) A. 4669-70 (Rose) Q. 4669-70

Farmworkers, number of immigrant workers (Rose) 4495, 4498

Farmworkers, rights of (Rose) 4404

Flooding problems mentioned (Lockstead) 3873

Fraser Valley, B.C. — Transit system

Importance of (Lauk) 3729-30

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., effect of sale on commuters (Lauk) 3534, 3729-30 (Passarell) 3722

Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association

Mentioned: (Schroeder) 4593

Free ports and zones

Asiatic nations, competition from (Stupich) 3355

Benefits of (Lauk) 3241

Delineation of (Pelton) 3254

Duty-free zones, details of (Lea) Q. 4289 (McGeer) A. 4289

Industry, stimulus to (Mowat) 3229-30 (Parks) 3244

Proposal for (Throne speech) 3214

Mentioned: (Curtis) 3630 (Gabelmann) 3252 (Passarell) 3629

Free trade and protection

Agriculture industry, effect of free trade on (Bennett) A. 5043 (Wallace) Q. 5043

Automobile industry, NDP policy on (Bennett) 5043

Wineries in B.C., effect of free trade on (Bennett) A. 5043 (Wallace) Q.'5043

Freil Lake Falls, B.C.

Park reserve proposed (Lockstead) 3881

Water, export of (Lockstead) 3881

French, Stan

Quoted (Dailly) 3395

French-Canadians

Racial discrimination against in B.C. (Barrett) 4529 (Passarell) 4517 (Rose) 4404 (Sanford) 4506

French language

Grading students of (Nicolson) 3781

Friedman, Milton

International monetarism (Cocke) 3451

Monetarist theory (Lauk) 4316-7

Nobel Prize (Lauk) 4316-7

Rent Control: Myths and Realities, Friedman chapter discussed (Blencoe) 4307-8

Rent control, philosophy re (Hewitt) 4320

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3449, 3451, 4702 (Dailly) 3395 (Gabelmann) 4673 (Hewitt) 3397 (Lauk) 3240, 3532, 3533, 3591, 4318 (Lockstead) 4686 (Mitchell) 3526 (Rose) 3773

Friedmann, Karl

Dismissal advocated (Reynolds) 3313, 3413

Quoted on independence of human rights officials (Gabelmann) 4382-3

Shoal Island case, report on (Barrett) Q. 3368, 3614 (Smith) A. 3368

Special report No. 7, addendum read (Speaker) 3414-5

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 3302

See also: Ombudsman; Shoal Island case

Frost, Phil

Comox District Free Press editorial quoted (Sanford) 3482

Fruit

Farm income insurance program, changes in (Sanford) 3910 (Schroeder) 3902, 3908, 3910

Marketing of (Schroeder) 3902

Subsidies for (Campbell) 3578

Fryer, John

Mentioned: (Chabot) 5100

Furniture

Manufacturing of in B.C. (Phillips) 4110

Futures

See: Commodity exchanges