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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OECD

See: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OPEC

See: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OTEU

See: Office and Technical Employees' Union

Oak Bay High School, Oak Bay, B.C.

Mentioned: (Smith) 3760

Oakalla prison

See: Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

Oakland Fisheries Ltd.

Victoria plant (Blencoe) 3298, 3530, 3562 (Hanson) 3553 (Reynolds) 3973

Oberle, Frank

The Green Ghetto quoted, federal government and forests (Michael) 4450

Ocean Falls, B.C.

Ferry service (Fraser, A.) 4051 (Lockstead) 4050

Forest industry, changes in (Lockstead) 4448

Forest land, review of (Lockstead) 4448

Minimum-security prison, proposed (Brown) 4248

Sale, cancellation of proposed sale (Stupich) 3358

Timber supply, declining (Stupich) 3356, 3358

Water, export from by sea (Lockstead) 3881

Wood-pulp operation, closure (Lockstead) 4448

Ocean Ranger (Drilling Rig)

Sinking of (Rogers) 3750

Ocelot Industries Ltd.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 3383

Offence Act

Fines, amount (McClelland) 4584

Punishment under, alternatives for young offenders (Smith) 4650

Mentioned: (Smith) 4926

See also: Juvenile delinquents

Office and Technical Employees' Union

Strikes and secondary picketing (McClelland) 4802 (Michael) 4802

Mentioned: (Wallace) 4577

Offshore resources

Strait of Georgia seabed, ownership of (Closing speech) 5114

See also entries under Natural resources

Ogg, George

Mentioned: (Howard) 3297 (Nielsen) 3296

Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

Staff layoffs (Rose) 3815

Vocational courses, elimination of (Rose) 3815

Okanagan Indian band

Cutoff land claims, Crown land transferred to band in settlement of (Smith) 3637

Okanagan Mainline Municipal Labour Relations Association

Employees, proposed lockout of (Skelly) 4754

Okanagan North constituency

By-election, polling-day registrations (Hanson) 4901

Okanagan School District

See: School District 23

Okanagan South constituency

Population and representation (Nielsen) 4330

Road-widening program (Hanson) 4006

Okanagan Valley

Attacks on fruit-pickers (Barrett) 4529 (Passarell) 4517 (Rose) 4404 (Sanford) 4506

Pulpwood utilization (Waterland) 4428

Sustained yield forest unit, changes (Waterland) 4436

Tourist trade, encouragement (Campbell) 4704

Traffic counts (Fraser, A.) 4068

Okanagan Water Basin Board

Milfoil control, funds for (MacWilliam) Q. 5107

Oliver, C.M., and Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 4995

Olson, Clifford

Mentioned: (Brown) 4239

Olympic Games, 1967, Montreal, Que.

Financial aspects (Richmond) 4217

Olympic Games, 1984, Los Angeles

Participants, grants to (Blencoe) 4020 (Chabot) 4020

U.S.S.R., withdrawal from participation (Howard) 4595 (Nielsen) 4595

Visitors to, encouragement to visit B.C. (Throne speech) 3216

Ombudsman

Estimates 4836-8

Speakers: Dailly 4837-8; Lauk 4836-7; Reid 4838; Reynolds 4836, 4837, 4838

Access to documents, Ministry of Forests (Skelly) Q. 3333 (Waterland) A. 3333

Age discrimination, report on (Barnes) 3709 (McCarthy) 3709

Apologies by (Nielsen) 3423 (Reynolds) 3417 (Skelly) 3489 (Speaker) 3414-5 (Waterland) 3415

Appointment (Fraser, A.) 3505

Appointment and independence of commended (Barrett) 4529 (Gabelmann) 4376, 4377, 4383 (Nicolson) 4408, 4409 (Sanford) 4390

Budget, estimated (Howard) 3374-5

Cases under consideration by, policy on forwarding of legal opinions (Smith) A. 3368

Commended (Mowat) 3456

Court cases, investigation (Reynolds) 4837

Dismissal of advocated (Reynolds) 3413 (Sanford) 3484

Government criticism of ( (Barrett) 3514-5 (Dailly) 3484

Human Rights Act, inquiries under (Gabelmann) 4513, 4585 (McClelland) 4585

Human rights investigations, quoted re (Gabelmann) 4382-3

Independence of, responsible to Legislature (Barnes) 4469 (Gabelmann) 4513, 4581, 4581, 4582

Legislature, alleged attempt to mislead (Parks) 3431

Legislature, hearing for ombudsman in (Macdonald) 3463-4

Office, financing reduced (Lockstead) 3557

Office, possible changes (Blencoe) 3300 (Reynolds) 3301-2

Reports, use of cartoons in (Reynolds) 4837

Shoal Island log-scaling practices, report on (Barrett) 3323, Q. 3331 (Curtis) A. 3331 (Skelly) 3313, 4287 (Wallace) 3314, 3316 (Waterland) 4324

Shoal Island log-scaling practices, report tabled (Speaker) 3289

Social assistance rates, equal rights to (Barnes) 3685 (Gabelmann) 3448

Travel expense, out-of-province journeys (Reynolds) 4836

Waterland, Thomas, apology to (Waterland) 3415

Workers' Compensation Board cases, handling of (Cocke) 4834

Workers' Compensation Board, review of (Cocke) 4834 (McClelland) 4834

Mentioned: (Barnes) 3664 (Cocke) 5020 (Gabelmann) 5017 (Hewitt) 3479 (Macdonald) 3598, 3599 (Schroeder) 3596 (Smith) 3331 (Stupich) 3357

See also entries under Shoal Island case

Ombudsman Act

Ombudsman, alleged violation of act (Reynolds) 4837

Mentioned: (McClelland) 4585 (Skelly) 4433

Omineca constituency

Picketing, attitude to (Kempf) 4689

Omineca Princess (Vessel)

Francois Lake ferry service, reduction in (Kempf) 4062

100 Mile House Free Press

Quoted (Passarell) 4044

Ontario

Advertising sales scheme, fraudulent (Nicolson) Q. 4480

Asbestos, death and disease caused by (Passarell) (Rose) 4819

Human rights legislation (Brown) 4520, 4522 (Gabelmann) 4384

Income, guaranteed (Mowat) 3455

Indians in prison, access to sweathouse (Passarell) 4461

Labour legislation, definition of “strike” (Brown) 4764 (McClelland) 4764 (Smith) 4682

Lawyers, number of (McGeer) 4610

Legal services, public (Brown) 3582

Legislature, public inquiry into infant deaths (Macdonald) 3367

Mobile-home parks, eviction notice (Mitchell) 4315

Name changes, modification of legislation (Brown) 4809

Pornography, review board on (Smith) A. 4480

Real property tax, residential property (Mitchell) 4211

Student venture capital program, expansion rate (McClelland) A. 4632

Transit strike, legislation to prevent (Parks) 4852

Ontario. Attorney-General

Mentioned: (Brown) 3935 (Smith) 3935

Ontario. Human Rights Commission

See: Human Rights Commission (Ontario)

Ontario. Provincial Police

Anti-pornography squad, action on B.C.-originated pornographic videotapes (Brown) Q. 3935

Open Learning Institute

Establishment and operations (McGeer) 4615, 4623

Hunter training course by correspondence (Wallace) 3871

Operation Solidarity

Kelowna accord, appointments to labour relations advisory committee (Gabelmann) 4662

Kelowna accord, decision on Human Rights Commission (Stupich) 4487

Kelowna accord, Human Rights Act amendment forecast by (Gabelmann) 4510 (Nicolson) 4407

Mentioned: (Michael) 4861

See also: Solidarity coalition

Opportunities for Youth program

Mentioned: (Rose) 3280

Optometry

Medical Services Plan recognition of (Nielsen) 4354

Order-in-council 1135

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4103

Order-in-council 1444-83

Quoted (Cocke) 4132

Order-in-council 3339

Cowichan estuary, provisions for conditional development in contravened (Wallace) 3867

Orders-in-council

Fiscal years 1972-73 to 1983-84, number of (Davis) Q. 4567 (Chabot) A. 4567

Wording of (Nielsen) 4133

Orders of the Day of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Mentioned: (Chairman) 4627 (Nicolson) 3933 (Ree) 4634 (Speaker) 4627

Oregon

Log exports, prices (Mitchell) 4451

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Mentioned: (Fraser R.) 3646

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4611

Organization to Fight Racism

See: British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism

Orwell, George

Animal Farm, mentioned (McGeer) 4606 (Rose) 3408, 3409 1984, mentioned (Hewitt) 3480 (Stupich) 4167

Mentioned: (Barrett) 3516, 4155, 4156 (Lauk) 3239 (Nielsen) 3423

Ostapachuck, Emily

Mentioned: (Brown) 3292

Ostry, Sylvia

Mentioned: (Brown) 5023 (Chabot) 5023

Oxford University

Mentioned: (Cocke) 3451

Oysters

Agriculture and Food ministry's responsibility for (Schroeder) 3914

Culture of, Baynes Sound (Sanford) 3893

Culture of, Ladysmith harbour (Brummet) 3833 (Wallace) 3832-3

Culture of, Lund (Lockstead) 4619-20

Oyster beds, leasing of (Brummet) 3893 (Sanford) 3893

Raft culture, cost of (Sanford) 3893

Research, Discovery Foundation Finn Bay facility (Lockstead) 4620