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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IBE

See: International Bureau of Expositions

IBEW

See: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

IBM

See: International Business Machines Co. Ltd.

ICBA

See: Independent Canadian Businessmen's Association of B.C.

ICBC

See: Insurance Corp. of B.C.

ICTU

See: Independent Canadian Transit Union

IQ tests

See: Mental tests

IT Corp.

Ashcroft, information centre on hazardous waste disposal (Brummet) 3848 (Waterland) 3848

Operations in U.S. (Wallace) 3834

Waste treatment proposal (Wallace) 3834-5

ITT Canada Ltd.

Assets, acquisition by B.C. companies (Waterland) 4430

IWA

See: International Woodworkers of America

Immigrants

Education of, federal funding not available for (Heinrich) 3828

Housing, discrimination by landlords (Brown) 4463, 4561

Human Rights Commission, knowledge of problems (Wallace) 4476

Illegal, in B.C. school system (Davis) 3827

Language, basis of discrimination against (Brown) 4561, 4562

Non-Caucasian immigrants, professional opportunities (Macdonald) 4413

Non-Caucasian immigrants, voting rights (Macdonald) 4413 (Rose) 4404 (Stupich) 4394

Scrutiny of, lack of B.C.-federal agreement on (Davis) 3828

Students (Davis) 3826-8 (Heinrich) 3828

Immigration

See: Emigration and immigration

Imperial Oil Ltd.

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3564 (Gabelmann) 4382

Income, Guaranteed

GAIN program, amendments forecast (Curtis) 3343 (Strachan) 3518

GAIN, rates compared with other provinces (Mowat) 3455-6

Income tax

Avoidance of by wealthy (Stupich) 4037

B.C., collection by (Curtis) 4206

B.C. revenue, reduction by federal tax shelters (Howard) 3642

Canada-B.C. tax collection agreement (Curtis) 4205 (Howard) 4205-6

Complexity of form and system (Curtis) 4206 (Howard) 4205-6

Deductions at source, expansion of types of payment (Curtis) 4205

Farmers and fishermen, amendment re instalment base (Curtis) 4205

Federal collection of and established programs financing contributions (Nicolson) 4603-4

Foreign tax credit calculation (Curtis) 4205

Forward averaging (Curtis) 4205 (Howard) 4206

Health care surtax (Blencoe) Q. 3612, 4090 (Brown) 4091-2 (Cocke) 4088-9, 4139 (Curtis) 3346, 4035-6, 4088, 4093, 4094, 4137-41 (Dailly) Q. 3611, 4085, 4087 (Howard) 4137 (Lockstead) 4091 (Mitchell) 4139-40, 4141 (Nielsen) A. 3611-2, 4039-40 (Pelton) 3583 (Rose) 4137-8, 4140-1 (Stupich) 3360-1, 4036-9

Health care surtax, relationship to health costs (Blencoe)Q. 3612 (Dailly) Q. 3611 (Howard) 4136-7 (Nicolson) 3403 (Nielsen) A. 3611-2 (Rose) 4137-8

Personal income tax, proportion of total received (Barnes) 3682

Rate of (Curtis) 4036 (Stupich) 4036-9

Revenue, decline in (Rose) 3279

Income Tax Act

Annuities, clarification of beneficiary designation (Brown) 4649 (Smith) 4649

Income tax, increase without reference to (Cocke) 4139 (Stupich) 4038

Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 3269

Income Tax Act (Canada)

Income Tax Amendment Act (1984) , changes in (Curtis) 4205

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1984

(Bill 14) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 3698; 2R, 4205-6; C, 4407; 3R, 4407; RA, 4421

Speakers: Curtis 3698, 4205, 4206; Howard 4205-6

Deductions at source, expansion of types of income (Curtis) 4205

Farmers and fishermen, amendment re instalment base (Curtis) 4205

Foreign tax credit, calculation (Curtis) 4205

Forward averaging, tax calculations (Curtis) 4205 (Howard) 4206

Property, authority to acquire for tax payments (Curtis) 4205

Tax, authority to collect (Curtis) 4205

Income Tax (Health Care Maintenance) Amendment Act, 1984

(Bill 2) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 3348; 2R, 4035-40, 4085-94; C, 4136-41; RA, 4150

Speakers: Blencoe 4090; Brown 4091-2; Cocke 4088-90, 4139; Curtis 3348, 4035-6, 4092-4, 4137-41; Dailly 4085-8; Howard 4136-7; Lockstead 4090-1; Mitchell 4092, 4139-40, 4141; Nielsen 4039-40; Rose 4137-8, 4140, 4141; Stupich 4036-9

Divisions: 2R, 4094

Administration of (Stupich) 4038

Family size, basis of fees (Curtis) 4036, 4140-1 (Mitchell) 4092, 4139-40, 4141 (Rose) 4137, 4140-1

Federal health care contribution, tax to replace (Dailly) Q. 4570 (Nielsen) A. 4570

Necessity for (Curtis) 4137 (Dailly) 4085, 4086, Q. 4570 (Mitchell) 4141 (Nielsen) A. 4570

Powers conferred by (Cocke) 4139 (Stupich) 4038-9

Purpose of (Blencoe) 4090 (Cocke) 4088-9 (Curtis) 4035-6, 4092-3, 4094 (Dailly) 4087-8. Q. 4570 (Lockstead) 4091 (Nielsen) 4039, A. 4570 (Stupich) 4038

Surtax, alteration of by order-in-council (Blencoe) 4090 (Cocke) 4089, 4139

Surtax, basis of calculation (Curtis) 4140-1 (Mitchell) 4141 (Rose) 4137, 4140-1

Surtax, increases under (Blencoe) 4090 (Cocke) 4089, 4139 (Dailly) 4087

Surtax, Medical Services Plan premium calculation (Curtis) 4140

Independent Canadian Businessmen's Association of B.C.

Coercion by, no remedial action possible (Gabelmann) 4766

Independent Canadian Transit Union

Buses, cutbacks in service (Passarell) 3722-3

Collective agreements, negotiations with government (Skelly) 4849

Collective agreements, success of (Skelly) 4849

Government intentions re (Gabelmann) 4858

Labour dispute with Metro Transit Operating Co., advertisements re (Lauk) Q. 4811-4812 (McCarthy) A. 4811

Metro Transit Operating Co., labour dispute (Blencoe) 4881 (Dailly) 4871, 4872 (McClelland) 4883

Metro Transit Operating Co. shutdown, responsibility (Lauk) 4862, 4863

Independent schools

See: Private schools

India

Coal, market for B.C. in (Rogers) 3741

Finance minister, trade mission to (Curtis) 3652 (Stupich) 3648

Indian Act (Canada)

Alcohol, provisions challenged re use and possession of (Howard) 4397

Kaska-Dene band, compensation for land flooding (Smith) A. 4608

Revision of (Smith) 4251, 4252

Women, Indian (Smith) 4251, 4252

Mentioned: (Howard) 3806 (Lauk) 4814

Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Department of

Alkali Lake Indian band, funding re Site C Dam hearing intervention (Wallace) 4646

Indian Cut-off Lands Disputes Act

Indians, cutoff lands dispute partially settled by grants of Crown land (Smith) 3637

Indians

Aboriginal rights (Passarell) 3259

Aboriginal title (Passarell) 4248-9, 4250 (Smith) 4252

Canada, life expectancy in 1965 (Wallace) 4474

Canada, 1965 annual income (Wallace) 4474

Canadian Bill of Rights protection of (Howard) 4397

Cape Mudge village, legislation re self-government (Smith) 4251

Claims, federal responsibility for (Smith) 3637

Claims, settlement by federal government (Howard) 3638

Claims, under native title (Curtis) 3637

Constitution, native rights (Passarell) 4248-9

Court workers, funding of (Brown) 4264

Cultural inheritance (Howard) 3638

Culture, retention and knowledge of (Chabot) 4008 (Hanson) 4006

Cutoff land claims, settlement of (Smith) 4251

Cutoff lands, claims settled by transfer of Crown land (Smith) 3637

Cutoff lands, largest settlement in Canada (Smith) 3637

Discrimination against (Gabelmann) 4378, 4380-1 (Lockstead) 4409 (Stupich) 4391-2, 4394 (Wallace) 4474

Discrimination against, hotels (McClelland) 4500 (Rose) 4498

Discrimination against, pre-1969 (Brown) 4519

Discrimination against social and religious practices (Passarell) 4460

Discriminatory remark by cabinet minister (Hanson) 4492-3 (Lockstead) 4409

Education of (Heinrich) 3780, 3807 (Howard) 3806-7 (Passarell) 3780-1

Emergency aid, federal responsibility (Passarell) Q. 4571 (Smith) A. 4570-1

Equality rights (Smith) 4251

Federal funds, direct forwarding to (Brown) 4254

Government hiring policy, 1950s (Barrett) 4527

History, importance of (Hanson) 4005-6

Human Rights Act, effect on (Wallace) 4475

Human Rights Commission, knowledge of problems of (Wallace) 4476

Imprisoned, number of (Gabelmann) 4379

Imprisonment of (Lauk) 4255

Insurance coverage (Howard) 3982

Jails, minister's statement (Passarell) 4517

Justice system, fairness of (Lauk) 4255

Land claims (Passarell) 3259 (Smith) 4252

Land claims and aboriginal rights (Howard) 3638

Languages, retention of (Chabot) 4008 (Hanson) 4006

Legal representation and legal aid (Lauk) 4255

Legislature, NDP Indian member (Stupich) 4391-2

Native schools, need for in northern B.C. (Passarell) 3781

Native title, extinguished by pre-Confederation proclamations (Howard) 3638

Police treatment of, meeting on (Smith) 4671

Potlatch, denial of (Passarell) 4461, 4517

RCMP, consultative meetings with (Smith) 4671

Rights, court cases won before B.C. human rights legislation (Lockstead) 4409

Rights, demanding of (Lauk) 4508

Self-government (Passarell) 4249-51 (Smith) 4251-2

Self-government, Cape Mudge village model (Smith) 4251

Self-government, different forms of (Bennett) A. 3760

Self-government, improvement of living conditions by (Passarell) Q. 4571 (Smith) A. 4570-1

Self-government, principle of (Passarell) Q. 3760 (Bennett) A. 3760 1763 proclamation, application to B.C. (Smith) 4252

Status Indians, education (Heinrich) 3807-8, 3824 (Howard) 3806-8

Sweathouses, access to for religious purposes (Passarell) 4461, 4517

Unemployment (Lockstead) 3264 (Rose) 3550

Vancouver Island representatives, meeting with RCMP (Smith) A. 4481

Voting rights (Hanson) 4493 (Howard) 4031, 4396 (Macdonald) 4413 (Passarell) 4461 (Rose) 4404 (Stupich) 4391

Women, loss of status by marriage (Smith) 4251

Indians — Languages

Tahltan language program in northern schools (Heinrich) 3780 (Passarell) 3780

Individual Opportunity Plan

Success of (McCarthy) 3662

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 3963

Industrial Development Amendment Act, 1984

(Bill M201) (Howard) 1R, 3857; 2R, 4118-20, 4482, 4657

Speakers: Howard 3857, 4118-9, 4657; Phillips 4120, 4657

Division: 2R, 4120

Alcan expansion, support for (Howard) 4118 (Phillips) 4120

Aluminum products development council, composition and function of (Howard) 4118-9

Aluminum products, manufacture of (Howard) 4118-9

Aluminum smelting in northwestern B.C., history of (Howard) 4118, 4119

Electricity, surplus of in Kitimat-Terrace area (Howard) 4118, 4119

Employment and other benefits of secondary manufacturing (Howard) 4118-9

Export of raw material (Howard) 4119 (Phillips) 4120

Industrial development subsidiary agreement, use of (Howard) 4119

Northwestern B.C. economy, studies of (Howard) 4119

Regional economic development, community involvement in (Howard) 4118-9

Subsidization of manufacturing distant from product market (Howard) 4119

Toyota plant in Delta, example cited (Howard) 4119

Voluntary participation in promotion of industry (Howard) 4119 (Phillips) 4120

Industrial inquiry commission

Labour disputes, resolution by (Gabelmann) 4162, 4194 (McClelland) 4193

Metro Transit Operating Co., drivers' right to consultation (Gabelmann) 4861

Industrial relations

Labour legislation, ongoing review of (Throne speech) 3217

Labour relations in B.C., consultation necessary (Stupich) 3277

Prosperity, effect on (Mowat) 3227

See also: Labour relations

Industrial safety

Industries, legislation to protect workers' health and safety (Rose) 4819

High-technology industry, environmental contamination (Wallace) 4617

High-technology industry, future of (Phillips) 4110, 4115-6

High-technology industry, training for (Lauk) 4117-8 (Lea) 4111, 4112 (Phillips) 4117

Legislative building maintenance workers (Cocke) 3449-50

Industry

Industrial stability, necessity for (Pelton) 4192

Technological obsolescence, western nations (D’Arcy) 3382

Industry — B.C.

Taxation of, highest in Canada (Davis) 3660

Industry and Small Business Development, Ministry of

Estimates 4107-12, 4115-8

Speakers: Lauk 4117-8; Lea 4111-2; Phillips 4107-11, 4115-8

Budget, 1983-84 fiscal year (Stupich) 3634, 3647

Mailing label used by, duplicated in mailing by Social Credit Party (Curtis) 3737

Municipal Affairs ministry, cooperation with on economic recovery (Blencoe) 3940

Northwestern B.C., 1982 study on (Howard) 4119

Raw logs, advertising for export (Howard) Q. 4191 (Waterland) A. 4191

Mentioned: (Howard) 4679-80

Infants

Infant development program, continuation of (McCarthy) 3662

Survival rates, improvement in by ambulance program expansion (Nielsen) 4353

Infants — Law

See: Children — Law

Inflation

B.C., inflation rate reduced (Throne speech) 3213

Causes of (Mitchell) 3420-1 (Schroeder) 3595

Continuation of (Cocke) 3804

Control of (Gardom) 3603

Debt, federal (Ree) 3539

Decline in (Mowat) 3226

Rate of (Stupich) 3273

Rate of, reduction in Canada (Campbell) 3277

Reduction in rate of, proposals (Curtis) 3339-40

Standard of living, effect on (Campbell) 3462

Injuries (Law)

See: Personal injuries

Insurance Act

Amendment to, delegation of superintendent's duties permitted by (Macdonald) 4822

Amendment to, insurance council created by (D’Arcy) 4822 (Gardom) 4822 (Macdonald) 4823

Mentioned: (Brown) 4760 (Howard) 4759 (Ritchie) 4828

Insurance Bureau of Canada

General insurance, assumption of responsibility for highrisk insurance (Hewitt) A. 4773

Insurance companies

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

Insurance Corp. of B.C.

Automobile injury claim, transfer to Workers' Compensation Board (Cocke) 4833

Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp., equity in property insured by (Howard) 3983

Claims, reduction of court costs (Hewitt) 3979 (Macdonald) 3978-9

Committee on Crown Corporations report on (Hewitt) 3984 (Howard) 3981, 3985, 3986 (Kempf) 3984

Condominiums insured by (Howard) 3982

Conference on traffic safety and youth leadership sponsored by (Brown) Q. 3677

Fire insurance business (Hewitt) 3983-4 (Howard) 3981-3

Fire insurance coverage by, forest fire risk area (Howard) 3982

Float houses insured (Howard) 3983

Funds, investment of (D’Arcy) 3992

General insurance division, continuation of services in high-risk cases (Cocke) Q. 4773 (Hewitt) A. 4773

General insurance division, high risks accepted (Howard) 3981, 3982

General insurance division, privatization of (Curtis) 3614 (Hewitt) 3983-4 (Howard) 3983

General insurance, high-risk insurance (Howard) 3983

General insurance operations (Cocke) 3993-4 (Hewitt) 3983-4 (Howard) 3981-3 (Kempf) 3984

General insurance option, removal from B.C. citizens (Cocke) Q. 4773 (Hewitt) A. 4773

Goldfarb opinion poll re (Cocke) 3992-3

Government policy on (Barrett) 3321

Headquarters, site of (Cocke) 3452

India, immigrants from appointed as agents (Howard) 3982

Inspection stations, closing of (Cocke) 3979 (Hewitt) 3980 (Sanford) 3484

Insurance, availability through motor vehicle branch (Cocke) Q. 3676 (Fraser, A.) A. 3676

Insurance costs, discontinuation of vehicle testing stations (Stupich) 3276-7

Licences, staggered renewal of (Hewitt) 3978

Litigation against, payment of costs (Brown) 4821

Motor vehicle accidents, records (Nielsen) 4129

Premiums, financing of (Cocke) 3977-8 (Hewitt) 3978

Premiums, scale of (Cocke) 3980 (Hewitt) 3980

Privatization of (Cocke) 3993-5 (Hewitt) 3984 (Howard) 3983

Queen Charlotte Islands, insurance coverage offered (Howard) 3982

Rates (Skelly) 3237

Retention of (Skelly) 3492

Rural areas, insurance undertaken (Hewitt) 3984 (Howard) 3982-3

Sale of (Lauk) 3243 (Howard) 3376

Senior citizens, low-cost home insurance (Howard) 3982

Sewer-backup insurance (Howard) 3982

Traffic safety education program (Nielsen) 4146

Unsafe vehicles, insurance costs (Fraser, A.) 4047 (Passarell) 4043

Wood heating, educational program on (Howard) 3982

Mentioned: (Barrett) 3320 (Brown) 4128 (Chabot) 4998 (Cocke) 4546 (Hewitt) 3397 (Wallace) 4474

Insurance Council of B.C.

Licensing of agents by (Gardom) 4823 (Hewitt) 3399

Regulations and qualifications, public filing of (D’Arcy) 4823 (Gardom) 4823

Insurance, Fire

Private companies, share in B.C. (Hewitt) 3984

Insurance, Hospitalization

Trade unions, fight for (Dailly) 4736

Insurance, Life

Private company premiums, investment of in B.C. (Cocke) 3993

Smokers, higher premiums for (Wallace) 4658

Insurance, Pharmaceutical services

Deductible, increase in (Stupich) 3362

Pharmacare, continuation of (McCarthy) 3698

Pharmacare, deductible amount increased (Barnes) 3720 (Curtis) 3343

Pharmacare program, introduction of (Barrett) 4527

Pharmacare, proposed limiting of fees payable to pharmacies (Curtis) 3343

Pharmacare, regulations to halt pharmacists' fee increases (McCarthy) 3662

Interest Act (Canada)

Provisions denied by Royal Trustco mortgage contracts (Mitchell) 3421

Interest and usury

Interest rate, authorities' opinions (Nielsen) 4625

Interest rate, Bank of Canada (Howard) 3495, 3881

Interest rate, fluctuations affecting budget balancing (Curtis) 3632, 3647

Interest rate, increase in (Stupich) 3273-4

Interferon

Mentioned: (Phillips) 4117

Intergovernmental Relations, Ministry of

Estimates 4838-9

Speakers: Gardom 4838; Howard 4838; Veitch 4838

Interior News, Smithers, B.C.

Quoted (Kempf) 3838

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Mentioned: (Wallace) 4577

International Bureau of Expositions

Mentioned: (Bennett) A. 4243

International Business Machines Corp.

Silicon Valley, chemical contamination in (Wallace) 4617

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3564 (Dailly) 3504

International Corona Resources Ltd.

Tod Inlet Estates, relationship to (Blencoe) 3974 (Reynolds) 3974

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)

Human Rights Act, possible violation of (Gabelmann) Q. 4712

Human rights ruling (Gabelmann) 4585

International Energy Exposition, 1982, Knoxville, Tenn.

Rental accommodation, tenants' problems (Blencoe) 4294

International Labour Organization

Labour Code Amendment Act, non-adherence to philosophy of (Hanson) 4744

Mentioned: (Brown) 3293 (Michael) 4861

International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union

Labour Code amendments, reaction to (Barnes) 4750

International Monetary Fund

Expenditures, public (Davis) 3262

Mentioned: (Gardom) 3603

International Pulp Symposium, 1982, Brussels

Pulp industry, competition from non-Norcan countries (Segarty) 4175

International Stage Lines Inc.

Mentioned: (Passarell) 3723

International Women's Day

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3700

International Women's Year

Mentioned: (Brown) 3687

International Woodworkers of America

Collective agreement (Bennett) 4158 (Gabelmann) 4194 (Michael) 4181 (Mitchell) 4182, 4183 (Segarty) 4175

Collective agreement, comparison with pulp and paper industry agreement (Wallace) 4186

Collective agreement, fringe benefits specified (Wallace) 4186-7

Collective bargaining, 1975 (Michael) 4180

Office workers, example of secondary picketing (McClelland) 4802 (Michael) 4802

Operations staffed by members of, picketing (Campbell) 3461 (Johnston) 3487-8

Picketing, secondary (Fraser, R.) 4693 (Parks) 3559

Sawmills, picketing of by PPWC (McGeer) 4166 (Pelton) 4192 (Veitch) 4186 (Wallace) 4186

Secondary picketing, jobs closed off by (Bennett) 4677 (Campbell) 4702 (Michael) 4696-7 (Smith) 4683

Victoria local union, cost of certification (Macdonald) 4723

Mentioned: (Campbell) 3577 (Chabot) 5112 (McCarthy) 3705 (Michael) 3296 (Phillips) 4108, 4120 (Rose) 3550 (Schroeder) 3595 (Segarty) 3435 (Strachan) 3516, 3519

International Year of Disabled Persons

Mentioned: (Hanson) 4904 (Skelly) 4400 (Wallace) 3748

International Youth Year

Mentioned: (Hanson) 4898, 4899 (Lauk) 4899 (Skelly) 4898

Interpretation Act

Quoted (Heinrich) 5076

Intra Canada Telecommunication

Telephone directory advertising fraud, Ontario conviction re (Hewitt) A. 4480 (Nicolson) Q. 4480

Inuit

Canada, 1965 infant mortality (Wallace) 4474

Invermere, B.C.

Restaurant holding lounge at (D’Arcy) 3997

Investment Dealers' Association of Canada

Brokers and agents, licensing by (Gardom) 4823

Recovery, economic (Parks) 3244

Regulations and qualifications, public filing of (D’Arcy) 4823 (Gardom) 4823

Investments

Canadian shares, tax incentive for investment (Lauk) 4991, 4994

Capital tax, effect of (Davis) 3261

Companies, promotion of new companies (Reynolds) 4995

Corporate profits invested outside B.C. (Rose) 3279

Savings in B.C.; investment of (Hewitt) 4996 (Lauk) 4991, 4992

Iron Ore Co. of Canada

Mentioned: (Howard) 4681

Iskut, B.C.

Copper, development of production (McGeer) 4611

Klappan school opened at, preferred by parents to federal school (Passarell) 3781

Road building by Gulf Oil near (Brummet) 3852 (Passarell) 3851, 3853

School built by federal government, takeover by School District 87 (Passarell) 3780

Iskut School District

See: School District 87

Island Coach Lines Ltd.

Bus service, suspension of at Cowichan Bay and Shawnigan Lake (Wallace) Q. 4711 (Richmond) A. 4711

Island Gay Community Centre Society

Human Rights Commission submission quoted (Skelly) 4559

Islands 86

Tourists, attraction to Vancouver Island (Richmond) 4226 (Wallace) 4225-6

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 4897 (Richmond) 4937

Islands Trust

Islands Trust fund, proposed (Blencoe) 3950-1 (Ritchie) 3950 (Rose) 3954

Musgrave Landing subdivision, opposition to (Blencoe) 3943-4

Planning powers, change in (Blencoe) 3943-6, 3950-2 (Ritchie) 3943-5, 3950-1

Regional district, proposed (Reynolds) 3973

Retention (Cocke) 3975

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3964 (Reynolds) 3972

Italians in Canada

Prejudice against (Nicolson) 4405 (Passarell) 4460

Vancouver, settlement in (Macdonald) 4413