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
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
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