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
RFAP
See: Recreational facilities assistance program
ROSS
See: Run Out Skagit Spoilers
RRSF
See: Resource revenue stabilization fund
Racial discrimination
B.C. history, part of (Barrett) 4528
B.C., pre-1969 (Brown) 4519
Canada, incidence of (Rose) 4403
Children, racism unknown to (Passarell) 4518
Chinese immigrants, discrimination against (Stupich) 4394
Human rights branch on basis of (McClelland) 4390 (Sanford) 4390
Detroit, 1967 race riots (Passarell) 4459, 4460
Dhaliwal v. Plateau Mills case (Macdonald) 4490 (Nicolson) 4406
Employment, Human Rights Act amendment proposed (Gabelmann) 4578, 4580
Figures of speech, examples of race discrimination (Rose) 4496, 4497
French-Canadians, discrimination against (Passarell) 4517 (Rose) 4404 (Sanford) 4506
Government hiring policies, 1950s (Barrett) 4527
Human Rights Act, effect on (Barrett) 4527
Incidence of (Rose) 4403 (Sanford) 4506
Japanese-Canadians, discrimination against (Gabelmann) 4377 (Passarell) 4517 (Stupich) 4392
Legislation, lack of (Barrett) 4527
MLAs and racial discrimination (Barrett) 4526, 4527 (Gabelmann) 4377 (Hanson) 4492
Prevention of (Sanford) 4390
Professional schools, discrimination by (Barrett) 4526
School children, Indian (Passarell) 4518
Schools (Blencoe) 4458 (Macdonald) 4490 (Passarell) 4518 (Rose) 4499
Sikhs and East Indians, discrimination against (Nicolson) 4405, 4408
See also Discrimination in employment; Discrimination in housing
Rae, James D.
Tourism ministry operations, RCMP briefing on (Smith) 4209
Mentioned: (Lauk) 4837 (Richmond) 4215
Rae, Robert (Bob)
Asbestos industry, problems discussed (Passarell) 4818
Railroads
Debt payment, political motivation for (Rose) 3762-3
Electrification of, advantages to owners and train crews (Rogers) 3747
Grade crossings, federal grant (Fraser, A.) 4047
Railways, private (D’Arcy) 4829-30 (Gardom) 4829, 4830
Reconstruction of (Davis) 3260 (Fraser, A.) 3506-7
Statutory requirement re use of local labour and material (Fraser, R.) 3506-7
Transcontinental railroad, centenary of (Throne speech) 3215
Railroads — Equipment and supplies
Locomotives, manufacture of (Phillips) 4109
Railroads — Rates
Crowsnest Pass rate (Barrett) 3508 (Campbell) 3462 (Davis) 3381 (Fraser, A.) 3506 (Michael) 3523 (Phillips) 3568 (Rose) 3553 (Sanford) 4389 (Strachan) 3518
Crowsnest Pass rate, benefits of change in (Campbell) 3278 (Michael) 3294 (McClelland) A. 4422
Crowsnest Pass rate, change in (Throne speech) 3215
Crowsnest Pass rate, opposition to 1983 legislation on (Smith) 4880
Grain, transportation charges on (Davis) 32, 60
Railwest Manufacturing Co.
Rand, Ivan
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 4666
Range Act
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3927
Rankin, Harry
Mentioned: (Mowat) 3456 (Nicolson) 4696 (Reynolds) 3411 (Ritchie) 3950
Ratcliffe, R. Edward
Tribute to (Howard) 4387 (Pelton) 4387
Ratushny, Ed
Human rights legislation, quoted re (Sanford) 4389
Rayonier Canada Ltd.
Licences, tree-farm (Stupich) 3358
Reach Community Health Centre
Financing reduced (Cocke) 4132
Funding of (Dailly) Q. 3611 (Nielsen) A. 3611-2
Reader's Digest
Mentioned: (Wallace) 3309
Reagan, Ronald
Debt, U.S. national (Nicolson) 3284
Education, criticism of (Rose) 3769
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3452 (D’Arcy) 3385 (Gabelmann) 3254 (Hanson) 3555 (Howard) 3374, 5041 (Lauk) 3532 (Macdonald) 3465, 4485 (McGeer) 3284 (Mitchell) 3421 (Rose) 3763 (Stupich) 3353
Real Estate Act
Amendments to (Howard) 4759
Amendments to, regulatory powers of superintendent (Gardom) 4823
Tenants, clauses re eviction for redevelopment (Blencoe) 4363, 4364
Real Estate Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 41) (Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs)
I R, 4892; 2R, 4918-21; C, 5094-6; 3R, 5096; RA, 5113
Speakers: Cocke 5094, 5095, 5096; Gardom 5095; Hewitt 4918-9, 4920-1, 5094-5, 5096; Lauk 4919-20; Ree 4920; Rose 4920
Divisions: C, 5096
B.C. Real Estate Foundation, establishment of (Hewitt) 4918
B.C. Real Estate Foundation, funds available to (Hewitt) 4919 (Ree) 4920
Trust accounts, interest on (Cocke) 5094, 5095 (Gardom) 5095 (Hewitt) 4919, 4921, 5096 (Lauk) 4919 (Rose) 4920
Trust fund (Cocke) 5095 (Hewitt) 4918, 4921, 5095 (Lauk) 4919-20 (Ree) 4920
Real estate business
Agreements for sale, changes to (Lauk) 4921 (Smith) 4921
Real Estate Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Trust accounts, interest on (Cocke) 5094, 5095 (Gardom) 5095 (Hewitt) 4919, 4921, 5096 (Lauk) 4919 (Rose) 4920
Trust fund (Cocke) 5095 (Hewitt) 4918, 4919, 4921, 5095 (Lauk) 4919-20 (Ree) 4920
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 4919 (Rose) 4920
Real Estate Council of B.C.
Real estate agents, licensing by (Gardom) 4823 (Hewitt) 3399
Real estate industry, regulatory powers delegated to (Macdonald) 4823
Regulations and qualifications, public filing of (D’Arcy) 4823 (Gardom) 4823
Real Estate Institute of B.C.
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 4919
Real property
Development of near ALRT stations (McCarthy) 3725
Hong Kong speculators, effect on B.C. prices (Blencoe) 3896
Insurance Corp. of B.C., risks underwritten for non-resident owners (Howard) 3982
Real property tax
Assessment Amendment Act, 1984. See name of act
Assessment and taxation, study undertaken (Curtis) 4204
Assessment notices, availability of to lessees (Blencoe) 4203 (Curtis) 4201, 4202
Assessment roll, biennial (Curtis) 4201
Assessment system, changes in cycle (Blencoe) 4202-3 (Curtis) 4202
Assessment system, transitional phase (Curtis) 4201
Assessments, appeals re (Blencoe) 4203 (Curtis) 4201, 4202, 4204-5
Assessments, industrial (Blencoe) 4202 (Curtis) 4201, 4204-5 (Davis) 4203-4
Assessments, legal implications (Davis) 4204, 4212
Assessments, local discrepancies (Mitchell) 4211
Assessments, Ontario (Mitchell) 4211
Assessments, residential property (Curtis) 4211, 4212 (Mitchell) 4203, 4210-2
Assessors, directions to (Curtis) 4201
Budget, alterations in (Curtis) 3346-7
Cominco Ltd. (Blencoe) 4202 (Davis) 4203
Commercial and industrial property, tax rate (Heinrich) 5058 (Rose) 5059
Cooperative housing, homeowner grants re (Blencoe) 4587 (Ritchie) 4586
Court of Appeal ruling re incomplete improvements (Curtis) 4201, 4204
Education, funding for (Rose) 3763
Homeowner grant, changes in (Blencoe) 4586-7, 4627-8, 4633-4 (Ree) 4587 (Ritchie) 4586, 4587-8, 4627-8 (Segarty) 4587 (Wallace) 4627
Homeowner grant; reduction of payments (Blencoe) 4098 (Curtis) 4098
Improvements, incomplete (Blencoe) 4202 (Curtis) 4201, 4205
Improvements, types exempt from municipal taxation (Blencoe) 4202 (Curtis) 4201
Increase in, rate of (D’Arcy) 4096
Leaseholders, 99-year leases (Blencoe) 4586-7, 4627-8, 4633 (Ree) 4587 (Ritchie) 4586, 4588
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. (Blencoe) 4202 (Davis) 4203
Machinery and equipment, exemption for (Blencoe) 4202 (Curtis) 4201, 4202 (Davis) 4203-4, 4212
Minimum tax payable, exemptions (Curtis) 4097
Minimum tax payable, increase in (Blencoe) 4098 (Curtis) 4097-8
Municipal capital projects, percentage of funds from (Blencoe) 3940
Poor, tax burden on (Blencoe) 4098
Rate, setting of (Ritchie) 3971, 3972
Reassessments, extensions to neighbouring properties (Davis) 4204
Reform program (Ritchie) 3938
Revenue, proportion of total B.C. tax revenues (Heinrich) 3766
Tax rate variation by municipalities (Ritchie) 3942
Taxation, retroactive (Curtis) A. 3288 (Stupich) Q. 3288
Taxpayer, financial planning facilitated (Curtis) 4202
Mentioned: (Passarell) 3426
Recreational facilities assistance program
Funding discontinued (Kempf) 4013 (Michael) 4026
Moratorium on (Chabot) 4014 (Kempf) 4017
See also: B.C. Lottery Fund
Recycling of waste
See: Salvage (Waste) , etc.
Red meat stabilization program
Western provinces' study of (Sanford) 3918 (Schroeder) 3918
Red Rag
See entries under University of B.C.
Ree, Angus (North Vancouver-Capilano)
B.C. Real Estate Foundation, funds available to 4920
Budget, reduction in 3540
Debt, federal 3539
Education, future of 3805
Education ministry, estimates 3805-6
Education, standardization of by use of technology 3805
Greater Vancouver Library Federation, funding for 3540
Hamilton Junior Secondary School, lease of proposed 3806
Home Owner Grant Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) 4587, 4634
Homeowner grants, changes in eligibility 4587, 4634
Knowledge Network commended 3805
Leases, residential 4587
Medical equipment, sales tax exemption 4344
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (1984) 4120, 4121, 4245
Patients, care and management of property of 4484, 4485
Patients Property Amendment Act (1984) 4385, 4484, 4485, 4657
Private school, proposed 3806
Property tax, changes in homeowner grant 4587
Property tax, homeowner grant to leaseholders 4587
Public trustee, cancellation of appointment 4484, 4485
Public trustee, privatization of 4485
Real Estate Amendment Act (1985) 4920
Real estate trust fund 4920
Restraint commended 3539
Sales tax, removal of from safety equipment 3540
School District 44, administration changes in 3804, 3806
School District 45, private school proposed for 3806
Select standing committees, appointment of members of 3671, 3673
Teachers, role of in technology-based education 3805
Technology, use in education 3805
Reed, F Leslie C.
Qualifications of (Waterland) A. 5105 (Williams) Q. 5105
Referenda
School districts. See entries under Education -- Finance
Use of (Cocke) 5079 (Dailly) 5055 (Gabelmann) 5064 (Howard) 5078 (Mitchell) 4979 (Passarell) 4982 (Rose) 4971 (Stupich) 4985
Reforestation
Cutbacks in (Gabelmann) 3252 (Lockstead) 3267 (Skelly)Q. 3248 (Waterland) A. 3248-9
Employment continuity from (Skelly) 3238
Federal funds for (Skelly) 3927
Federal-provincial agreement on intensive reforestation, failure to conclude (Smith) A. 3759 (Wallace) Q. 3759
Financing of (Skelly) 3236-7
Funds, federal (Skelly) Q. 4323 (Waterland) A. 4323
Funds, possible diversion of (Skelly) 4323
Funds, reduction in (Smith) A. 3759 (Wallace) Q. 3759
Funds, release of (Curtis) A. 3573 (Mitchell) Q. 3573
Grants, federal (Gabelmann) 3252 (Skelly) 3236-7, Q. 3248 (Waterland) A. 3248
Job creation by (Skelly) 3490 (Wallace) Q. 3759
Lack of, job loss forecast (Skelly) 3490
Pacific Forest Research Centre report on (Stupich) 3356-7
Resource revenue stabilization fund, use of to promote (Skelly) 3927-9
Silviculture, funds for (Strachan) 3517
Silviculture program, continuation of (Mitchell) 3715
Trees planted in relation to cut, Washington State and B.C. practices compared (Passarell) 3259
Trees planted, number of (Fraser, R.) 3269 (Gabelmann) 3252 (Mowat) 3229 (Reid) 3231 (Skelly) 3236 (Throne speech) 3216
Mentioned: (Kempf) 3404 (Michael) 3387
Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
Settlement plans (Kempf) 3947
Regional District of Central Kootenay
B.C. Hydro grants in lieu of taxation, revenue needed by local hospitals (Nicolson) 3653-4
Hospital funding, meeting proposed with ministers re (Curtis) 3654 (Nicolson) 3654
Slocan valley plan, development of (Blencoe) 3949
Regional District of North Okanagan
Airport, Vernon (Campbell) 4067
Extent of (Campbell) 4067
Regional districts
Land use bylaws, limitation of (Throne speech) 3218
Legislation on, changes foreseen (Ritchie) 3938
Power of reduced (Stupich) 3351
Role of, investigation (Ritchie) 3938
Regional planning
Bare-land strata regulations, amendment of (Blencoe) 3951, 3952 (Ritchie) 3951
Consultants, use of (Blencoe) 3948 (Ritchie) 3944
Local participation (Blencoe) 3949-50 (Ritchie) 3949
Registered Nurses' Association of B.C.
Concerns of association (Cocke) 5086 (Nielsen) 5086
Nurses, extended role supported by (Cocke) 4132
Mentioned: (Brown) 3471
Registered retirement savings plans
See entries under Savings and thrift
Regulations Act
Language changes to conform with, necessity for (Rose) 4645 (Smith) 4644-5
Reich, Robert
Interview with, quoted (Dailly) 3504
The Next American Frontier, quoted (Dailly) 3395
Reid, Patrick
Mentioned: (Bennett) 4243
Reid, Crowther and Partners Ltd.
Report on hazardous wastes (Brummet) 3836-7, 3848
Reid, Frank
Mentioned: (Rose) 3552
Reid, William E. (Surrey)
ALRT system, Surrey extension 3232
Address in reply 3230-32
Alberta Labour Relations Board, contract expiry ruling 3231
Annacis bridge, costs 3232
Automobiles, conversion to use of natural gas 3232
Coal, international markets for 3231
Coal, northeast 3231
Examinations, provincial 3232
Expo 86, 3232
Export sales, duty-free zones 3231
Forest industries, industrial relations in 3231
Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) 4675
Labour laws, proposed changes in 3231
Metro Transit Operating Co., percentage of costs met by fares 3730
Mobile homes, moving costs 4295
Natural gas, conversion to use of 3232
Ombudsman, estimates 4838
Power exports 3232
Prince Rupert, port at 3231
Trade missions 3231
Transit systems, safety 3281
Volunteer workers, replacement of by union employees Q. 4386
Workers' Compensation Board, policies 3231
Rent
Income of tenants, relation to (Blencoe) 4280, 4282, 4283, 4308-9 (Lauk) 4318
Increases in (Blencoe) Q. 3511, Q. 4245, 4271, 4272, 4273, 4279-86, 4291-2, 4300-10, 4360-2, 4363 (Hewitt) A. 3511, 4321-2, 4362-3
Increases, means of eviction (Blencoe) 4274, 4279-80, 4300, 4302, 4360-2, 4363 (Hewitt) 4269, 4321, 4362-3
Rent review (Blencoe) 4276-7, 4279-86, 4292, 4301, 4306, 4309, 4361
Vancouver, rooming houses (Blencoe) 4304
Rent control
Abolition of (Barnes) 3270 (Blencoe) Q. 3255, 3299, 3566, 4271, 4272, 4305-7, 4308 (Hewitt) A. 3255, 4305, 4306, 4307 (Lauk) 4316-8 (Mitchell) 4305, 4307 (Sanford) 3645, 4305, 4307
Mair, Rafe, quoted on (Blencoe) 4292, 4293
Rent Control: Myths and Realities, quoted (Blencoe) 4306-9
Rent increases, limiting of (Mitchell) 4310
Rental housing construction, effect on (Blencoe) 4308 (Hewitt) 4320 (Lauk) 4317-8
Residential Tenancy Act (Hewitt) 4305, 4306, 4307, 4313 (Mitchell) 4307, 4313
Saskatchewan program (Blencoe) 4280-1, 4285
Social Credit Party advertisement, quoted (Mitchell) 4313
Social Credit Party attitude to, change in (Blencoe) 4291-3
Uses of (Lauk) 4317-8
Rent Review Commission
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 4291
Rental Housing Council of B.C.
Vancouver rental accommodation, statement re quoted (Blencoe) 4293
Rentalsman
Arbitration service, replacement (Hewitt) 4269
Decisions, review of (Blencoe) 4366
Frivolous disputes, non-involvement (Hewitt) 4321
Future of (Blencoe) 3299-3300
Mediation function (Blencoe) 4301, 4302
Office of, abolition of (Blencoe) 3989-91, 3966, 4271, 4272, 4273, 4296, 4299, 4301, 4302, 4309, 4363 (Brown) 4521 (Dailly) 4315 (Hewitt) 3990, 3997 (Sanford) 4305
Office of, case statistics (Blencoe) 4276-7, 4299
Office of, efficiency (Blencoe) 4275, 4296, 4299, 4309, 4363
Office of, employees commended (Blencoe) 4270-1
Office of, field officers (Lauk) 4319
Office of, history (Blencoe) 4273-6
Office of, landlords' support for (Blencoe) 4299
Office of, replacement by residential tenancy branch (Hewitt) 4269, 4321
Office of, retention (Blencoe) 4274, 4277, 4280, 4292, 4296, 4297, 4356, 4367
Residential Tenancy Act, alleged drafting by (Blencoe) 4277, 4293
Vancouver apartment occupancy rate, 1983 listing of (Blencoe) 4293
Representative government and representation
Proportional representation, B.C. (Chabot) 4334, 4368, 4370 (Dailly) 4332 (Nielsen) 4329, 4330
See also: Constitution Amendment Act, 1984
Research
Expenditures on (Stupich) 3371
Research and development, industry suitable for Victoria (Blencoe) 3531
Research and development, need for (Wallace) 3522
Research, Industrial
Research personnel, training of (Lea) 4111-2
Research Centre, Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Mowat) 3228
Residential Tenancies Act (Saskatchewan)
See: Saskatchewan. Residential Tenancies Act
Residential Tenancy Act
(Bill 19) (Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs) 1R, 4207; 2R, 4269-86, 4290-4311, 4313-22; C, 4355-67; 3R, 4387, 4406; RA, 4421
Speakers: Blencoe 4270-86, 4290-4310, 4355-62, 4363, 4364-7; Dailly 4315-6; Gardom 4387; Hewitt 4207, 4269-70, 4320-2, 4355-60, 4362-7; Lauk 4316-20; Mitchell 4315-6
Amdt: sec. 23 (Hewitt) 4372, approved 4363
Divisions: 2R, 4322; sec. 7, 4359
Appeals, right of judicial review (Hewitt) 4321
Committee of the House to consider (Blencoe) 4290, 4302 (Hewitt) 4320 (Mitchell) 4310
Courts and lawyers, required by provisions of (Lauk) 4319
Elderly, effects on (Blencoe) 4272, 4278 (Mitchell) 4314, 4315
Human Rights Act, section 5, 4571
Leasehold agreements (Blencoe) 4356-7 (Hewitt) 4356-7
Mobile-home parks, regulations (Blencoe) 4295 (Mitchell) 4314-5
Offence section (Blencoe) 4359 (Hewitt) 4359
Problems with, examples (Blencoe) 4296-8
Proposed 1983 act (Blencoe) 3225, 3989, 3996, 4293, 4457 (Hewitt) 3796, 4305, 4306, 4307 (Mitchell) 4307
Public input (Blencoe) 4271, 4272, 4310
Rent control not part of (Blencoe) 4305 (Hewitt) 4305, 4306, 4307, 4313 (Mitchell) 4305, 4307 (Sanford) 4305, 4307 (Speaker) 4305, 4307-8
Rent review, abolition of (Blencoe) 4272
Rental buildings, strata title conversion (Blencoe) 4294, 4363-4 (Hewitt) 4363-4
Rents related to costs (Mitchell) 4314
Repair costs, payment (Blencoe) 4360 (Hewitt) 4360
Revision (Blencoe) 4277 (Hewitt) 4269
Rooming houses, coverage (Blencoe) 4303, 4357-8 (Hewitt) 4357-8
Security deposits (Blencoe) 4274, 4298-9, 4264 (Hewitt) 4360
Tenancy agreements, termination (Blencoe) 4300, 4359, 4363, 4364-5 (Hewitt) 4359, 4364-5
Tenants and senior citizens, reaction to (Blencoe) 4293
Tenants, disadvantaged (Blencoe) 4292, 4293, 4305 (Dailly) 4316
Vancouver Community Legal Assistance Society brief re (Blencoe) 4359, 4361 (Hewitt) 4359
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3225, 3989, 4293, 4457 (Closing speech) 5114 (Sanford) 4706
Residential tenancy branch
Appointments to (Blencoe) 5035
Appropriation for (Hewitt) 4321
Resource revenue stabilization fund
B.C. Railway debt, use of fund to retire (Curtis) 3647
Revenue of, allocation to debt payment (Curtis) 3341-2
Revenues (Curtis) 3924 (Davis) 3929-30 (Nicolson) 3930 (Skelly) 3927, 3928-8 (Stupich) 3925
Use of (Curtis) 3924-5, 3932 (Davis) 3929-30 (Nicolson) 3930-1 (Skelly) 3926-9 (Stupich) 3925 (Wallace) 3926
Resource Revenue Stabilization Fund Act
(Bill 6) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 3348; 2R, 3924-33; C, 4035; 3R, 4035; RA, 4150
Speakers: Cocke 3928; Curtis 3348, 3924-5, 3927, 3928, 3931, 3932, 4035; Davis 3929-30; Nicolson 3930-2; Skelly 3926-9; Stupich 3925-6; Wallace 3926
Divisions: 2R, 3932
B.C. Railway debt, transfer from to retire (Strachan) 3518
Debt payment, use of funds for (Fraser, R.) 3373
Title (Curtis) 3932 (Davis) 3929 (Nicolson) 3931 (Wallace) 3926
Mentioned: (Curtis) A. 4152
Restaurants, lunchrooms, etc.
Sales tax on meals (D’Arcy) 4096 (Howard) 4096
Retail stores
See: Stores, Retail
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
Small employers' employees organized by (Gabelmann) 4799
Revelstoke, B.C.
Dillingham Corporation, office opened in (Campbell) 3278
Railway, double-tracking of (Fraser, A.) 3507
Revelstoke Canyon Dam
Completion date (Curtis) 4142
Construction of (Nicolson) 3307
Cost-effectiveness of (Stupich) 3352
Energy, generation of for export (Nicolson) 4103 (Rogers) 4106
Energy surplus generated by (Skelly) 4103
Expenditures, capital (Curtis) 4142 (Rogers) 4106
Financing (Curtis) 4099, 4142 (D’Arcy) 4 101
Power supply and power needs (Nicolson) 3400-1
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 5039
Revenue
Forest industry revenue, decline in (Barrett) 3514-5
Pulp and paper industry dispute (Bennett) 4158 (Campbell) 4170 (Michael) 4180, 4181 (Stupich) 4169
Revenue sharing fund
Municipal use of (Curtis) 3344
Stabilization of payments from (Curtis) 3344
UBCM proposal (Lockstead) 3971 (Ritchie) 3971
Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1979
Mentioned: (Curtis) 4918
Reynolds, John D. (West Vancouver-Howe Sound)
ALRT system, job creation 3499
Address in reply 3300-5
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 4266-7
Automobile seatbelts, children's 4070
B.C. Economic Policy Institute, statistics on education 3500
B.C. Railway, debt payment 3409-10
B.C. Railway, inquiry 3410
B.C. School Trustees' Association, delegation to Ontario 3501
B.C. Teachers' Federation, membership of school administrators in 3810
B.C. Teachers' Federation, priorities of 3811
Budget debate 3409-14, 3417-8, 3498-3501
Budget, reduction in 3409, 3625
Buses, schedules for 3499
Capilano College Faculty Association brochure 3811-2
Cities, ward system 3973
Commodity Contract Amendment Act (1985) 4995
Companies, formation of new companies 4995
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 3988-9
Doctors, income 3409
Education ministry, estimates 3810-2
Education ministry, policy on empty schools 3811
Education, pupil-teacher ratio 3500
Employment, programs for students 3414
Examination papers, printing of 3810
Examinations, provincial 3812
Finance ministry, estimates 3625-6
Hamilton Junior Secondary School building, lease of proposed 3810-1
Hemlo gold strike, financing of 4995
Highway 97, neighbourhood pubs near 3991
Highway 99, North Vancouver-Whistler section 4069, 4070
Hotel Room Tax Amendment Act (1984) 4096
Human Resources ministry, estimates 3685-6
Human Rights Commission 3304
Immigrants from other provinces 3500
International Corona Resources Ltd., director of (Blencoe) 3974 (Reynolds) 3974
International Corona Resources Ltd., relationship to Tod Inlet Estates (Blencoe) 3974
Islands Trust regional district, proposed 3973
Land use regulations 3972
Liquor stores, operating hours 3989
Liquor stores, privatization of 3989
Medical techniques, innovative 3305
Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 3972-4
Municipalities, amalgamation 3972, 3974
Nanaimo, elimination of ward system 3973
Neighbourhood pubs, location of 3991
Oakland Fisheries Ltd. 3301
Ombudsman, apology to Minister of Forests commended 3417
Ombudsman, calling before Public Accounts committee 4837
Ombudsman, court cases 4837
Ombudsman, dismissal advocated 3413
Ombudsman, estimates 4836, 4837, 4838
Ombudsman, travel expenditures 4836
Ombudsman, use of cartoons in reports 4837
Ombudsman, verbal attack on by (Macdonald) 3367
Ombudsman's office 3301-2
Pemberton airport, upgrading 4070
Press release, Robin Blencoe quoted 3412
Private school, proposed in West Vancouver 3810
Public service walkout, salaries saved Q. 3636, Q. 3735
Pulp and Paper Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 4199
School District 44, board members' refusal to meet with parents 3810
School District 45, empty schools available for other uses 3811
School District 45, private school proposed for 3810-1
Senior citizens' counselling program 3685
Shoal Island case, RCMP investigation of 3413
Short takeoff and landing aircraft, Pemberton 4070
Status of Women, funding for 4266-7
Taxation legislation, retroactivity of 4199
Tod Inlet development 3301
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 4069-70
Vancouver Island, land development 3972
Vancouver Stock Exchange, public image of 4995
Vancouver Stock Exchange, wager re investment in 4995
Vancouver taxi system 3973
Vancouver, ward system 3973
Victoria, new business 3972, 3973
Whistler, Highway 99 access from North Vancouver 4069, 4070
Whistler Mountain ski resort 3988-9
Reynolds, Dr. Peter
Mentioned: (Wallace) 3310
Rhodes, Alan
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 4042
Rhodes, Frank
Mentioned: (Smith) 4233
Richardson, Arthur
Tribute to (Hanson) 5014
Richmond, Bill
Wolves, poisoning of (Kempf) 3840
Richmond, Hon. Claude Harry (Kamloops) Minister of Tourism
ALRT system, tourism potential 4230
ALRT system, transportation for Expo 86, 4230
Beautiful British Columbia, costs 4222
Beautiful British Columbia, sale of 4222, 4229, A. 4447, A. 4607
Beautiful British Columbia, tourism promotion by 4229
B.C. Ferry Corp.. capacity available for Expo 86, 4226
B.C. Ferry Corp., gift and craft booths at terminals 4227
B.C. Ferry Corp., reservation system 4226
B.C. Ferry Corp., routes 3 and 7 4225
B.C. Institute of Technology, tourism program A. 4932
B.C. Summer Games, publicity 4227
B.C. tourist information, cost of U.S. distribution 4222, 4223
Budget debate 3471
Campsites, northern Vancouver Island 4224
Constitution Amendment Act (1985) 4951-2
Expo 67, timespan and success of 4216
Expo 85, B.C. representation at 4896
Expo 86, benefits of 4896-7, 4937-8
Expo 86 board of directors, members 4934, 5086
Expo 86 board of directors, remuneration 5091
Expo 86 buildings, retention of 5091
Expo 86, capital cost A. 4208
Expo 86 contract, tenders for 4217, 4218
Expo 86 contracts, prior discussion of with contractors A. 4080
Expo 86 Corporation Amendment Act, 1985 (Bill 44) 1R, 4917; 4934, 4937-8, 5086, 5087, 5088-9, 5089, 5091, 5092
Expo 86 Corp., board personnel 4216
Expo 86, corporate exhibitions 4218
Expo 86 cost estimates, release of A. 4208, 4216
Expo 86, film and film facilities on site 4937
Expo 86, financial status report on 5091
Expo 86, impact of on surrounding area 4938
Expo 86, importance to B.C. economy 4215
Expo 86, job creation 4896
Expo 86, liquor regulations exemption 4934, 5087
Expo 86, lottery funds for 5091
Expo 86, Lotto 6-49 funds for 4216, 4217, 5091
Expo 86, north gate A. 5067, 5088
Expo 86, participation in 4896
Expo 86, preview centre 4896, 4937
Expo 86, projects planned by B.C. regions during 4226
Expo 86, Ramses II exhibit 4896
Expo 86, relationship of to B.C. Place 5086
Expo 86, safety standards 4934, 4937, 5087, 5092
Expo 86 site, decommissioning of 5091
Expo 86, transportation by ALRT system 4230
Expo 86, use of hydrofoils 4226
Federal tourism minister, meeting with 4215
Film industry in B.C. 4896
Hotel occupancy 4214
Hotel Room Tax Amendment Act (1984) 4095-6
Islands 86 tourist promotion 4226
Kamloops constituency, problems re representation 4951-2
McKim Advertising Ltd., financial dealings with Tourism ministry 4218-21
Milfoil harvest program, funds for A. 5107
Montreal Olympic Games, financial aspects 4217
Northern British Columbia, tourism potential 4229
Pattison, Jim, Expo 86 viability report A. 4208
Scuba diving 4225
Smith, David, meeting with 4215
Sunshine Coast Regional District, tourism promotion 4225
Tourism, effect of hotel room tax on 4095-6
Tourism ministry, accounting irregularities 4219-20
Tourism ministry advertising, handling by Provincial Secretary's ministry 4218
Tourism ministry, advertising management systems improved 4219
Tourism ministry, auditor-general's report of overspent funds 4219-20, 4222
Tourism ministry, estimates 4214-5, 4216-7, 4218, 4219-20, 4221-30
Tourism ministry, recovery of advertising moneys overspent 4219-20, 4222
Tourism ministry, representative in Berlin 4214
Tourism ministry, restraint on expenditures 4216
Tourism ministry, RCMP investigation and report on 4221
Tourist trade 4214
Tourist trade, B.C. Ferry Corp. schedules 4225
Tourist trade, employment in 4895
Tourist trade, package tours 4226
Tourist trade, promotion of 4895
Tourist trade, visitors to B.C. 4895
U.S. visitors to B.C., statistics 4214
Richmond, Greg
Rent increases, regulations re (Blencoe) 4306
Rent increases, West End Tenants' Association brief quoted (Blencoe) 4301-2
Residential Tenancy Act, clauses approved by (Blencoe) 4301
Quoted (Blencoe) 4295
Richmond, B.C.
Public health nurses in schools, funding of (Nielsen) 4341
Richmond constituency
Electoral base (Davis) 4957
Population and representation (Chabot) 4325 (Lauk) 4333 (Nielsen) 4330
Representation in Legislature, 1982 recommendations (Nielsen) 4330
Richmond School District
See: School District 38
Ridley Island port
See: Prince Rupert, B.C.
Riis, Nelson
Mentioned: (Hanson) 4942 (Richmond) 4951
Rio Algom Ltd.
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3565
Ritchie, Hon. William S. (Central Fraser Valley) Minister of Municipal Affairs
Address in reply 3317-9
Agricultural land reserve, purpose of 3946
Bare-land strata regulations 3951
Burnaby, fire protection and police costs 3958-9
Canadian war allowance recipients, homeowner grant for 4586, 4588
Capital Regional District, efficiency of 3318
Capital Regional District, investigation of 3938
Chemainus revitalization project 3938
Collective bargaining, distribution of wealth by 4864
Collective bargaining, New Democratic Party attitude to 4863
Compensation Stabilization Act, increased productivity because of 3318
Cooperative housing, homeowner grants for 4586, 4587-8, 4633
Cost-effectiveness in government 3317-9
Deer Trail Development Ltd., local consultation on Sooke proposal lacking 3957
The Downtown Advocate, cost of 3966-7
Downtown revitalization programs 3938
Equity Silver Mines Ltd., inclusion of in Houston tax base 3948
Expo 86, non-union contractors at A. 4080
Expo 86, taxi availability at 3971
Ganges hospital, school, sewage disposal 5007
Ganges sewer system, cost of A. 4968
Ganges sewer system, referendum on A. 5007
Ganges sewer system, subsidization of A. 4968, 4969
Gardens, allotment gardens 3969-70
Goldfarb Consultants Ltd., survey quoted 3317
Government, efficiency in 3317-9
Greater Vancouver Regional District, investigation of 3938
Home Owner Grant Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) 4586, 4587, 4627, 4628, 4630, 4633, 4634
Home Owner Grant Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) , amendment 4630
Homeowner grants, eligibility changes in 4586, 4587-8, 4627-8, 4633
Houston boundary extension 3948
Islands Trust, change in planning powers of 3943-5, 3950-1
Islands Trust Fund proposal 3950
Labour productivity 3317-8
Land development charges, effect of developer's bankruptcy 4828-9
Land development charges, payment of 4827-9
Land development charges, purpose of 4827
Land use planning, Capital Regional District planning 3318
Land-use planning, responsibility of local governments 3318
Logan Lake, boundary extension 3969
Metro Transit Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 4863-4
Metro Transit Operating Co. bus service, resumption of 4863
Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, effect of on bus drivers 4864
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) 4825, 4826, 4827, 4828-9
Motor vehicle branch, decrease in costs of 3318
Mount Waddington Regional District, investigation of 3938
Municipal Act, land use section 3938, 3974
Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 3937-8, 3941-4, 3946-8, 3950-5, 3957-9, 3964-72, 3974
Municipal Affairs ministry, municipal planning budget 3952
Municipalities, autonomy of 3941-2, 3965, 3971
Municipalities, borrowing limits of 4825-6
Municipalities, evolution of 3958
Municipalities, land development applications rejected by 4828-9
Municipalities, planning powers of 3318, 3941-2, 3943-4
Municipalities, restraint on expenditures of 3937-8
Municipalities, settlement plans of 3948
Municipalities, special enterprise zones A. 5067
Municipalities, taxation 3938, 3971
Nanaimo, ward system 3965
New Democratic Party, election campaign mailings 3967, 3968
New Democratic Party, members quoted re land ownership 3947-8
Non-union contractors, bids from on provincially funded projects A. 4080
Overwaitea labour dispute, involvement in (Nicolson) 4776
Pizza Hut labour dispute, involvement in (Gabelmann) Q. 4711, 4779 (Macdonald) 4722-3 (Nicolson) 4776
Property tax and homeowner grant changes 4586, 4587-8, 4627-8, 4633
Property tax and homeowner grant for leaseholders 4586, 4588, 4627-8, 4633
Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, decrease in costs of 3318
Public service collective bargaining rights, public hearings on 4864
Regional district legislation, changes foreseen in 3938
Regional districts, evaluation of 3318
Regional districts, Municipal Affairs ministry investigations of 3938
Regional planning, use of consultants for 3944
Revenue-sharing funds, amount established by formula 3942
Revenue-sharing funds, reduction in 3937-8, 3942
Revenue-sharing stabilization fund proposed 3971
Sheriff services 3955, A. 4054-5
Sooke community plan, local endorsement of 3957
Sooke, job creation in 3957
Stirling property, removal of from agricultural land reserve 3946
Strikes and lockouts, collective bargaining in 4864
Strikes, alternative to 4864
Terrace, downtown revitalization program for 3938
Tilbury Island development 3946
Trade unions, influence of for stability 4863
Union of B.C. Municipalities convention, statement to (Lockstead) 3971
Vancouver, government of by charter 3966
Vancouver taxi system 3971
Vernon sewage system, provincial funds for A. 4968-9
Victoria fire regulations 3953-4
Water supply lines to subdivisions, payment for 4827, 4828
Western Community, incorporation of 3958
Riverview Hospital, Essondale, B.C.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 5014, 5 100
Roads
Chetwynd-Tumbler Ridge highway, completion of (Fraser, A.) 4042
Expenditures on (Fraser, A.) 4042
Highway projects, use of local equipment on (Sanford) 4071
Highways, construction projects for 1984 (Fraser, A.) 4042
Maintenance of, increase in budget for (Passarell) 4042-3
Municipal highways grant (Lockstead) 3971
Overpass to preserve agricultural land (Brown) 3915
Rossland-Trail constituency, road repairs in (D’Arcy) 4063-4
Safety of, guardrail installation for (Fraser. A.) 4046
Safety of, night-glow paint for (Passarell) 4044
Safety of, sand-filled barrels for (Fraser, A.) 4046 (Passarell) 4044
Signposts, metric and imperial (Fraser. A.) 4061 (Kempf) 4061
See also highways by number; e.g. Highway 1; also names of roads, e.g. Coquihalla Highway
Roberts, James
Human rights legislation in B.C., statement on (Barnes) 4471 (Sanford) 4388
Mentioned: (Stupich) 4393
Roberts Bank, B.C.
Coal terminal, shipments not picked up at 3740
Port development at (Phillips) 3568
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 3254 (Parks) 3244
Roberts Creek, B.C.
Flooding problems, compensation for (Lockstead) 3873
Robinson, Bernard
Mentioned: (Smith) 4233
Robinson, Paul
Visit welcomed (Nielsen) 3296-7
Robinson, Rod
Mentioned: (Passarell) 4250
Robots
See: Automation
Robson Bight, B.C.
Ecological reserve, creation of (Brummet) 4654
Rogers, Hon. C. Stephen (Vancouver South) Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
Alcan, purchase of electric power in Quebec 3752
Asbestos mines in Cassiar, lack of subsidy for 3741
Atlin constituency, prospect of gold-mine in 3748
Bonneville Power Administration, limit on export of power by 3741
B.C. Hydro, direction of by ministers 3752
B.C. Hydro, economic forecasting by 3746
B.C. Hydro employees, dismissal of trained employees 4107
B.C. Hydro, Hat Creek generating station 4106
B.C. Hydro land purchase, borrowings for secured 4589
B.C. Hydro, land transfer by 4588, 4589
B.C. Hydro, leasing of office space in Vancouver by 3754
B.C. Hydro, low incentive rate for new industrial customers 3752
B.C. Hydro, 1984-85 capital expenditures 4106
B.C. Hydro, scrutiny of operations 3746
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line 3746, 4107
B.C. Place, land transferred to 4588, 4589
B.C. Place Stadium, major league baseball tournament at 4081
B.C. Railway, electrification of Anzac line 3746-7, 3750
B.C. Utilities Commission energy forecast 3750
B.C. Utilities Commission, examination of utility rates 3750
B.C. Utilities Commission, hearings on Vancouver Island gas pipeline 3750
B.C. Utilities Commission, scrutiny of B.C. Hydro by 3746
Budget debate 3605-6
Cabinet Committee on Economic Development, study of northwestern B.C. by 3748
California, market for electricity in 3741, 3751-2
Coal, anthracite mine development 3733
Coal, export of 3741
Coal, federal subsidy for Cape Breton Island 3605
Coal, Mt. Klappan project 3748
Coal on Vancouver Island, interest in 3733
Columbia River Treaty, costs of A. 4567
Copper, competition from subsidized producers 3733
Copper, stockpiling of 3744
Electric power, alternative methods of generation 3748, 3753
Electric power, export of 3733, 3740-1, 3751-2, 4106
Electric power, increasing demand for 3752
Electric power, proposed east-west grid 3747
Electric power, surplus of in North America 3740-1
Energy conservation 3750, 4106-7
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry annual report, issuance of 3744
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 3733-5, 3740-2, 3744-54
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, reduction in resource management programs 3750
Ethane, export of 3733
Expo 86 land, rezoning of 4589
Expo 86, land transfer to 4588, 4589
Expo 86, Vancouver city council discouragement of 3605
Gas liquids project in Taylor, B.C. 3733
Gas, self-sufficiency in B.C. 3733
Gold-fields, development of 3733
Granduc Mines Ltd., staking reserve removed 3748
Helmet area, oil located in 3733
Helmet area, road upgrading for development of 3733
Housing in B.C. Place area, financing of A. 4003
Hydro and Power Authority Amendment Act (1984) 4106-8
Hydro and Power Authority (Land Transfer) Act (1984) 4467, 4588, 4589
Jade, sales conditions for 3744
Japan, coal sales to 3741-2
Kemano II, future of 3746
Ladysmith, reopening of coal mines at 3733
Metals, stockpiling of 3744
Metals, world conditions for sale of 3744
Mineral Act, amendments to 4594
Mines, subsidization of in eastern Canada 3741
Mining communities, impermanence of 3744
Mining industry, guidelines for 3744-5
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) (1984) 4594
Nanaimo, reopening of coal mines at 3733
National energy program, subsidy for Vancouver Island gas pipeline 3750
Natural gas, marketing of 3733
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island 3733, 3750, 4107
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, employment On A. 5066
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, federal funds for A. 5066
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, government policy on A. 5066-7
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, hearings on extension A. 5066
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, route A. 5066
Natural gas, plant construction costs 4106
Offshore resources in Strait of Georgia, Supreme Court of Canada hearings on 3750
Petro-Canada gas liquids project 3733
Placer mining, administration of act 3734-5
Placer mining, filing of records 4594
Railways, electrification of 3747, 3750, 3752
Revelstoke Canyon Dam, power generation by for export 4106
Skagit Environmental Enhancement Act 4590
Skagit Valley preservation fund, purposes of 4590
Skagit Valley, recreational development of 4590
Stikine River, B.C. Hydro project 3748
Taylor, gas liquids scrubbing plant at 3733
Uranium mining, moratorium on 3748
Vancouver city council, discouragement of Expo 86 by 3605
Rogers, Ray
Conservation work of in Comox Valley (Sanford) 3861
Rogers, Robert Gordon
See: Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Robert G. Rogers
Rogers Pass, B.C.
Tunnel construction, expenditures on (Fraser, A.) 3507
Roman Catholic Church
Church schools, purpose of and religious discrimination (Brown) 4522
Romanow, Roy J.
Mentioned: (Brown) 4540
Rooming-houses
See: Hotels, taverns, etc.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Mentioned: (Barrett) 3327 (Howard) 4680 (McGeer) 3284, 3285 (Passarell) 3426, 3548 (Rose) 3282
Rose, Mark W. (Coquitlam-Moody)
Address in reply 3278-82
Advertisements, discriminatory employment advertisements 4497, 4574
Agricultural labourers, immigrant labour 4498
Agricultural labourers, safety standards for 4498
Agricultural labourers, UIC eligibility of 4404, 4498, 4499
Agricultural labourers, Workers' Compensation Board provisions for 4498
Air pollution, Port Moody 4143-4
Apprenticeship program cuts, letter on quoted 3815
Apprenticeships as educational alternative 3282
Asbestos, disease and death caused by 4819
Asian immigrants, voting rights of 4404
Automobile drivers' licences, organ donations recorded on 4148
Automobiles, manufacture of parts in Canada 3552
Bankruptcies, Ken Bell quoted on 3548
Bankruptcies, number of 3279, 3548
Blacks in U.S., rights of 4496
B.C. Council of Human Rights, appointments to 4404, 4582
B.C. Council of Human Rights, complaint re sex discrimination in employment 4497
B.C. Council of Human Rights, impartiality and objectivity of 4581-2
B.C. Electoral Commission, mandate and guidelines 5051, 5053
B.C. Hydro, surplus power exports 4144
B.C. Institute of Technology, cutbacks at 3814
B.C. Institute of Technology, enrolment in and funding of 3815
B.C. Institute of Technology programs, closing of Q. 4932
B.C. Institute of Technology, staff layoffs 3815
B.C. Rail, debt of 3410
B.C. Rail, political motivation for payment of debt of 3762-3
B.C. School Trustees' Association, autonomy lost 3768
B.C. Teachers' Federation, joint committee with Education ministry re examinations proposed 3764, 3775
B.C. Teachers' Federation, participation on board of examiners 3775
B.C. Teachers' Federation, results of public opinion poll on education 3765-6
British education system, basis of for changes in B.C. questioned 3785
Brookmere Elementary School, closing of Q. 3675, 3765, 3770, 3813
Budget, employment incentive funds cut in Victoria 3549
Budget, percentage allotted to social service portfolios 3773, 3779
Budget, politically motivated use of funds available 3762-3
Budget, reduction in funding for universities and colleges 3814-6
Budget, school district funding formula 3763
Burrard thermal plant, operating cost of 4144
Burrard thermal plant, use of 4143-4
Burrard Yarrows Ltd., employment at Victoria branch 3549
Buses, fare increases on 3725-6
Buses, cost savings of 3726
Business tax, proportion used for education 3773
Canada Assistance Plan and CPP, payments in relation to WCB claims 3692
Canada Assistance Plan, payments to provincial welfare funds 3692
Canadian Institute for Economic Policy, proposals for reduction of unemployment 3552-3
Canadian Pacific Railway, commuter services 3726
Cascade Charter Services Ltd., conditions attached to licence Q. 4003
Central Fraser Valley constituency, second MLA for 5048, 5051, 5053
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, enforcement of 4498
Chinese students in Vancouver schools 4499
College boards, accountability of 4581
Colleges, apprenticeship training courses cancelled by 3815
Colleges, deletion of university transfer programs by 4622
Colleges, increase in full-time students attending 3814
Colleges, programs reduced 3814-5
Computer education programs, funding of 3784
Constituencies, designation of as rural or urban 5049, 5051
Constitution Amendment Act (1985) 5048-9, 5051, 5051-2, 5053
Constitution Amendment Act, 1985, referral to legislative committee 5053
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 3997-8
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, attitude to human rights 4404
Coquitlam-Moody constituency, second MLA for 5048, 5051, 5051-2, 5053
Coquitlam-Port Moody constituency, racial diversity of 4403
Coquitlam private school. Education minister's speech at Q. 4608
Coquitlam School District, closing of school and budget surplus 3813
Coquitlam School District, cost per student in 3770
Coquitlam schools, circulation of brochures in 3812-3
Corporate profits, increase in 3550
Corporations, after-tax profits of 3279
Corrections branch services, contracting out of 3278-9
Cost of living, B.C. highest in Canada 3763
Court Order Enforcement Act, amendment re asbestosis claims 4819
Court reporting, contracting out of 3278
David Thompson University Centre, support by city of Nelson refused 3764
Discrimination, French-Canadians discriminated against in B.C. 4404, 4499
Discrimination illustrated by figures of speech 4496-7
Discrimination in employment, bases of 4403, 4497, 4574-5
Discrimination, personal experience of 4402-3
Discrimination, racial discrimination in Canada 4403
Discrimination, racial discrimination in schools 4499
Discrimination, sex as basis of 4497
Eagle Ridge and Royal Columbian Hospitals, joint administration and board for 3408, 4145
Eagle Ridge Hospital, emergency centre opening cancelled 4144-5
East Indian students in Vancouver schools 4499
East Indians in B.C., farm safety standards for 4498
East Indians in B.C., voting rights of 4404
East Indians in Fraser Valley, contribution to prosperity of area 4495
East Kootenay Community College, staff layoffs at 3815
Economic recovery in B.C., effect of government restraint program on 3548
Education budget reductions, acceleration of in future years 3763
Education, California funding of 3763
Education, centralized control of 4620
Education, cost of in relation to cost of living 3763
Education curriculum changes, availability of information on Q. 4669
Education curriculum changes, hearings on Q. 4447
Education curriculum options, elimination of Q. 4447
Education curriculum, relation of to needs of graduates 3775
Education, EPF grants for 3655
Education, elementary science programs 4621
Education expenditures, B.C. and other provinces compared 3768
Education, federal funds diverted from 3406, 3815
Education, federal funds for Q. 4932
Education funding, comparisons to other provinces 4964-5
Education funding, effect of inflation on Q. 4115
Education, funding for expensive courses 3784
Education funding, reduction in Q. 4114, Q. 4115, Q. 4911. 5059
Education, future of 3405-6, 3813-4
Education, goals of 3765, 3775, 3779, 3813-4
Education (Interim) Finance Act, sunset clause 5076
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1985) 4963-6, 4969-71, 5058-9, 5073-6
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1985, consultation re 4971
Education, lack of government plan for 3814
Education minister, effect of change of minister on education system 3764
Education minister, instructions given by for course terminations 3815
Education minister, meetings attended by in Fraser Valley Q. 4669-70
Education minister, speeches given by at school fundraising events Q. 4608
Education ministry, centralization tendencies 4645
Education ministry, estimates 3762-6, 3768-71, 3773-5, 3783-5, 3812-7, 3828
Education ministry, formula for school district funding 3763
Education ministry, “Let's Talk About Schools” 4970
Education ministry, loans to students for foreign study 3817
Education ministry proposals, Prince George hearing on Q. 4446
Education ministry, White Paper on secondary school graduation requirements 3783-4
Education, new graduation requirements Q. 4669-70
Education policy and management, B.C. Teachers' Federation poll on 3766
Education, political considerations in funding of 3762-3
Education, post-secondary education funding 3626-9, 3814-5
Education, post-secondary education participation rate 4623
Education, reconsideration of graduation and curriculum proposals Q. 4446
Education, rural students' problems in post-secondary 4622
Education, secondary education changes 3784
Education Statutes (Fiscal Year) Amendment Act (1984) 4761-2, 4803-4, 4805, 4806
Education, technical and vocational education at private schools 3815
Education, U.S. problems 3763, 3769
Education, use of funds saved by dispute with teachers Q. 3473-4
Education, zero-base budgeting for 3763
Election Amendment Act (1984) 4899
Elective courses, reduction in number of 3784
Electric power, export of 3280
Elko schoolchildren, travel to school by 3771
Employment, discriminatory advertisements for 4497, 4574
Employment opportunities, minority groups 5038
Employment, part-time employment 3279, 3550
Employment, women in part-time employment 3550
Energy requirements, forecasting of 3280
English-as-a-second-language students, California ruling on education of 3774
English language, teaching of in Netherlands 3774
Established programs financing, amount of funds received 3627, 3815-6, 4137-8
Established programs financing, diversion of federal health care transfers 4622
Established programs financing, moneys received in relation to budget allocations 3655
Established programs financing, use of federal funds received by B.C. 3406-7, 3626-9, 3814, 3815-6, 4138, 4622
Examinations as test of teacher competence 3774
Examinations, B.C. Teachers' Federation position on 3775
Examinations, effect of on less competent pupils 3783
Examinations, emphasis on results of 3828-9
Examinations, New Democratic Party position on 3828
Examinations, non-English-speaking students 3774, 3779
Examinations, results of compared with teacher assessments 3773, 3779
Examinations, structuring of by teachers questioned 3764
Farmland, protection of 3281
Farmworkers, rights of 4404
Farmworkers, Workers' Compensation Act coverage of 4498
Federal funds, diversion of 3406-7, 3626-9, 3816, 4622
Federal government, patronage practised by 4404
Federal petroleum incentive grants 3551
Fernie, decline in population of 3771
Fernie School District, funding of 3771
Finance ministry, estimates 3626-9, 3655
Forests ministry, privatization of 3281
Fraser Valley agriculture, fostering of by minorities 4404
Fraser Valley bus service, licensing of carrier Q. 4003
Fraser Valley, number of immigrant farmworkers 4495, 4498
French-Canadians, discrimination against in B.C. 4404
Glenayre Learning Centre, closing of Q. 3675, 3770
Government, responsibility of for human rights 4404
Graduation requirements and curriculum changes, discussion paper on Q. 4447
Graduation requirements, public hearings on 3783
Handicapped adults, coordinator for services to Q. 4153
Handicapped children, funding of program for in School District 43, Q. 3675
Handicapped students, funding of educational support services for Q. 4812-3
Health and Welfare Canada, threatened cut in funding to B.C. 3281
Health care, federal contribution to 3407, 3626-9, 3655, 4137-8
Health care, possible diversion of federal contribution to 3406-7, 3626-9, 4138
Health care surtax, calculation of 4137, 4140-1
Health care surtax, relationship of to health care costs 4137-8
Health care system, fee-for-service model of 4146
Health ministry, estimates 4144-5, 4146-7, 4148
Heinrich, J.H., promotion of Q. 4912
High technology, employment in 3406
Homosexuality as basis of discrimination 4495
Hospital equipment, overuse and duplication of 4147
Human organs, donation of 4148
Human Resources ministry, assignment of WCB payments to 3691-2
Human Resources ministry, estimates 3691-3
Human Rights Act 4402-4, 4495-4500, 4574-5, 4581-2
Human Rights Act, comparison of with Human Rights Act (proposed, 1983) 4402
Human Rights Act, discrimination on basis of sexual orientation 4499
Human Rights Act, education provision 4496, 4498
Human Rights Act, government haste in debating 4402, 4404
Human Rights Act, hoist of Bill 4495, 4496
Human Rights Act, lack of protection for immigrants in 4498
Human Rights Act, protection for handicapped in 4498
Human Rights Act, public input recommended 4402, 4404
Human Rights Act, reasonable cause provision 4498
Human Rights Act, replacement of Human Rights Commission 4497, 4498
Human Rights Act, staff to enforce 4498
Human rights branch, abolition of 4498
Human Rights Code, filing of complaints under 4497
Human Rights Code, repeal of by Human Rights Act 4495
Human Rights Commission, abolition of 4497, 4498
Human Rights Commission, complaints referred to 4497
Human rights in B.C. 4402-4
Human Tissue Gift Act, amendment of provisions of 4148
Hydro and Power Authority Amendment Act (1984) 4143-4
Immigrants, voting rights of non-Caucasians 4404
Income Tax (Health Care Maintenance) Amendment Act (1984) 4137-8, 4140, 4141
Income tax, health care surtax on 4137-8, 4140-1
Income tax revenue 3279
Indians, discrimination against in hotels 4498
Indians, voting rights of 4404
Industries, legislation re hazardous industries 4819
Investments outside Canada 3279
Islands Trust Fund, proposal for 3954
Japanese in B.C., voting rights of 4495
Japanese-Canadians, compensation for losses of Q. 4190
Japanese-Canadians, treatment of under War MeasuresAct 4403, 4404, 4495
Jews, discrimination against 4403
Jobs, sexual suitability for 4497
Judges, independence of 4581
Knowledge Network, budget problems of 4624
Knowledge Network, industrial education contract discontinued 4624
Land development charges, payment problems 4828
Land use regulation 3281
Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 3885
Legislative Assembly (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (1985) 4999-5000
Legislature, approval of B.C. Council of Human Rights members by 4582
Legislature, per capita expenditure on 5000
Legislature, reform of 3281
Legislatures, per capita expenditures on elsewhere 5000
Lynn, J.H., letter re federal health care contributions quoted 1984-85 4138
MLAs, expense allowance 4999
MLAs, pensions 4999-5000
MLAs' salaries, independent commission on 4999
MLAs' salaries, public reaction to increase in 4999
MLAs, severance allowances elsewhere 5000
MLAs, travel allowance 4999
Medicine, advances in 4146
Ministers, travel by 3280
Minorities, discrimination against 4495-9
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. I) (1984) 4644, 4645, 4649
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) 4819, 4828
Motor vehicle testing, discontinuation of 3280-1
Mount Lehman school, closing of 3770
Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 3954-6
Municipalities, rejection of land development applications by 4828
Neighbourhood pubs, size of 3997-8
Non-residential land taxation, use of for education 3773
Okanagan, opposition to French-Canadians in 4404
Pacific Vocational Institute, reduction of educational opportunities at 3815
Physicians' billings, assured payment of 4147
Physicians, entrepreneurial compensation for 4146
Physicians' services overused 4146
Post-secondary education, federal funding of 3816-7
Post-secondary education, limited access to 3549, 3816-7
Post-secondary education, options in 3283
Property tax, commercial and industrial rate 5059
Public opinion polls, government use of 3765
Public Service Act 5038
Public Service Act, hoist of 5038
Public service applicants and affirmative action 5038
Public service appointments, merit as basis for 5038
Public service appointments, political patronage as basis for 5038
Public service, contracting out of part-time employment in 3279
Real Estate Amendment Act (1985) 4920
Real estate trust accounts, interest on 4920
Real property taxes, use of for funding education 3763
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, cost of performing sheriff services 3955
Royal Columbian and Eagle Ridge hospitals, joint administration and board for 3408, 4145
Royal Columbian Hospital, trauma centre access 4145
Rural schools, closing of 3771
School boards, autonomy of Q. 4911
School boards, budgetary powers taken over by Education ministry 3768
School boards, lack of protection from Education minister's decisions 4803
School boards, teachers on 3813
School closings in Coquitlam and Port Moody Q. 3675
School curriculum, relationship of to needs of students 3775
School District 1, amount budgeted per student 3770
School District 10, administrator 4964
School District 23, publication of teachers' salaries 4805
School District 23, teachers' salary negotiations 4805
School District 34, problems arising from budget in 3770-1, 3814
School District 34, teachers' salaries in 3771
School District 36, budget 4964
School District 36, budget allocation in relation to enrolment Q. 3651
School District 36, meeting of board with Education minister Q. 3650
School District 36, population increase and teacher layoffs 3770
School District 39, English-as-a-second -language program funding Q. 5067, 5073
School District 42, disposal of outdoor education facility 4817
School District 43, amount budgeted per student 3770
School District 43, budget surplus in 3813, 4115, Q. 4608
School District 43, closing of Brookmere Elementary School Q. 3675, 3765, 3770, 3813
School District 43, hot lunch program discontinued in 3770
School District 43, increase in grant to Q. 3675
School District 57, transportation funding for Q. 4481
School District 69, teachers and auxiliaries laid off 3279, 3551
School District 87, problems in 3763, 3765, 3768, 3771
School district referenda and autonomy of boards 4971
School district referenda, content and wording of 5074
School district referenda, cost of 4970, 5076
School district referenda, failure of 4970, 5074
School district referenda, liability for cost of 4970, 5076
School district referenda, poorer districts 4970, 5074
School district referenda, tax base for 4970, 5074-5
School district referenda, tax increases as result of 5074
School district referenda, time restrictions on use of 4965, 4969, 5075
School district referenda, use of 4965, 4969, 5073-4
School district referenda, use of and long-term planning 4970
School district referenda, voters' eligibility 4965-6, 4969-70, 5075
School districts, agreements with teachers regulated by Compensation Stabilization Act 3814
School districts, budget surpluses of Q. 4115
School districts on lower mainland, amount budgeted per student 3770
School districts, three-year budget reduction Q. 4114, Q. 4115
School dropouts, increase in 4971
School tax, restriction of to residential property 4969
Schoolchildren, effect of examinations on 3763
Schoolchildren, excessive travel to school by 3763
Schools, closing of Q. 3675, 3765, 3770, 3773
Schools, dropout rate in 3763, 3769
Schools, effect of social problems on 3812
Schools, fiscal year change to coincide with school year 4761-2
Schools, pupil-teacher ratio in 3770
Schools, racial discrimination in 4499
Science curriculum, emphasis on 4621
Seattle City Light Co., payment to 4636
Secondary education, changes in 3784
Sexual orientation as basis of discrimination 4495, 4499
Sheriff service by police, cost of 3954-5
Sikhs, racial discrimination against 4403, 4404
Skagit Environmental Enhancement Act 4636
Social assistance available to seasonally unemployed 3692
Social assistance, deductions from 3692
Social assistance, increased budget for 3773
Social Credit Party, education policy of 3765
Social Credit Party, legislation enacted by 4495
Social Credit Party, policy changes of 3405
Social problems, effect of on schools 3812
Student grading by teachers 3779
Success, factors in 5038
Taxation, relation of to income 3407-8
Teachers, ability of related to examination results 3774
Teachers, agreements with school districts regulated by Compensation Stabilization Act 3814
Teachers as recipients of unemployment benefits 3768-9
Teachers, collective bargaining by 4964
Teachers, compulsory arbitration alternative for 4803
Teachers, effects of retention of older teachers 3769
Teachers, hiring of non-white teachers by Vancouver School District 4499-4500
Teachers in U.S., low salary scales for 3763, 3769
Teachers, morale 5074
Teachers, number of per school District 3770
Teachers, relationship of number qualified to available employment 3763-4, 3768
Teachers, salaries 5074
Teachers' salaries, negotiation of 4803, 4804, 4805
Teachers, salary variation by school District 3768
Teachers' strike, use of funds saved by 3764
Teachers, tribute to 4965
Technological innovations, implications of 3552
Trade missions 3280
Trade unions, changing role of 3552
Transit services, estimates 3725-6
Tribute to (Howard) 4915 (Pelton) 4914
Unemployment 3279
Unemployment among business and professional people 3549
Unemployment among young people, 3405, 3549
Unemployment benefits, Canadian rate of 3549
Unemployment, government-created unemployment 3405
Unemployment, increased budget for social assistance 3773
Unemployment insurance, discrimination against farmworkers 4404, 4498, 4499
Unemployment statistics in B.C. 3549
United States cabinet ministers, congressional approval of required 4581-2
United States education system, problems in 3763, 3768
Universities and colleges, loss of autonomy by 3815
Universities and colleges, reduced funding for 3814-6
Universities' mood of uncertainty, effect on faculty of 4621-2
Universities, Science and Communications ministry, estimates 4620-3
Universities, science teaching at 4621
University of B.C., education faculty changes 4621, 4624
University of B.C., loss of commerce faculty members 4622
University of B.C. program cutbacks at 3406-7
University of B.C., suspension of special-education program 4621
University of Victoria, potential loss of computer science members 4622
University program cuts, effect of 4621
Vancouver Community College Faculty Association, president's letter to Education minister summarized 3815
Vancouver, number of unemployed in 3549
Vancouver School Board, concern of re curriculum changes Q. 4669
Vancouver School Board, multiculturalism encouraged by 4499-4500
Vancouver School District, discrimination against black student 4499
Vancouver School District, English-as-a-second-language students in 4499
Vocational education, reduced funding for 3815
Voting age, lowering of 4899
Wages, assignment of to Human Resources ministry pending WCB appeal 3691-2
Water supply lines to subdivisions, payment for 4828
Westwood Motor Sport Park, development on Q. 3538
White Paper on education proposed 3775
Women, discrimination against in employment 4574-5
Women, discrimination against pregnant women 4499
Women, employment of 3550
Workers' compensation, out-of-province claims 4819
Young offenders, privatization of rehabilitation programs for 4817
Rose Manor, Victoria, B.C.
Long-term care, increase in fees for (Blencoe) 4344 (Nielsen) 4344
Rosemont campus, David Thompson University Centre
Building, proposal to rebuild at Castlegar (Nicolson) 3477-8
Kootenay School of Art removed from (Nicolson) 3308
Rosenbluth, Gideon
Mentioned: (Stupich) 3350
Ross Lake, B.C.
Stump removal (Wallace) 4590
Rossland Mining School, Rossland, B.C.
Closing of, results for B.C. employment (Lauk) 3740
Mentioned: (Passarell) 3427
Rotary Club
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3694 (Michael) 4026
Rothstein, Jerry
Mentioned: (Wallace) 3728
Rotstein, Abraham
Mentioned: (Rose) 3552
Royal Bank of Canada
Expo 86, contract to exhibit at (Richmond) 4218
ICBC premium financing by (Cocke) 3977
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3564
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ambulance dispatch service by (Wallace) 3440
Ambulances in Cowichan Valley, dispatch system discontinued (Nielsen) 4351
Constables, cost of sheriff services by (Rose) 3955
Crime prevention (Smith) 4237
Deputy commissioner, meeting of with Harvey Jack family (Brown) Q. 4481 (Smith) A. 4481, A. 4671
Indians on Vancouver Island, meeting with (Smith) 4671
Motor vehicle safety, enforcement of (Dailly) 4073 (Fraser, A.) 4073
Prisoners, use of leg-irons during air transfer of (Passarell) 4248
Report on Harvey Jack case, availability of (Brown) Q. 4480 (Smith) A. 4480-1
Security agents, checking of before licensing (Brown) 4247
Shoal Island case, investigation and report re (Curtis) 3622 (Reynolds) 3413 (Smith) 3365-7, 3613-4
Summonses, serving of (Macdonald) Q. 4152 (Smith) A. 4152
Tourism ministry, auditor-general's report on investigation of (Cocke) 4210, 4218 (Macdonald) 4219, 4220 (Richmond) 4218, 4219, 4220 (Smith) 4209-10
Tourism ministry misuse of funds, report on (Barrett) 3323, Q. 3368, 3614 (Cocke) Q. 3368, Q. 3936 (Macdonald) Q. 3539, Q. 4153 (Skelly) 3334 (Smith) A. 3368, A. 3539, A. 3936, A. 4153
Training of (Mitchell) 4256
Vehicles, unsafe vehicles (Passarell) 4043
Victoria employment of (Hanson) 3553
Mentioned: (Brown) 3688 (Lauk) 4507 (McCarthy) 3707 (Nielsen) 3713 (Reynolds) 3625 (Sanford) 3484 (Smith)A. 3430, 4232 (Wallace) 3871
Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.
Cooperation with St. Mary's Hospital (Parks) 3245
Joint administration and board with Eagle Ridge Hospital (Cocke) 4132-3 (Dailly) 4756-7 (Nielsen) 4128, 4756, 4757 (Rose) 4145
Management, change in (Cocke) 3450
Trauma unit, access to (Rose) 4145
Trauma unit, original request for (Rose) 4147
Mentioned: (Rose) 3408 (Nielsen) 4355
Royal Commission on Education, 1960
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 3782
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, 1978
Electoral district boundaries, retention of (Hanson) 4327-8, 4368-70
Probity of (Hanson) 4328
Report (Cocke) 4950, 5049 (Hanson) 4326-8, 4368-70, 4940, 4941 (Macdonald) 4944, 4945 (Stupich) 4955-6 (Wallace) 4945
Mentioned: (Chabot) 4959
Royal Commission on Electoral Representation, 1982
Federal constituency boundary changes, implementation of (Chabot) 4325-6
Report recommendations, implementation of (Dailly) 4331 (Hanson) 4326-8, 4368-70 (Nielsen) 4330
Report (Cocke) 4951 (Hanson) 4372, 4940, 4941
Richmond, recommendations re representation of (Nielsen) 4330
Warren formula, inconsistency of (Hanson) 4327, 4329
Mentioned: (Chabot) 4959
Royal Commission on Forest Resources
Recommendations of not acceptable to B.C. fishing industry (Wallace) 3832
Mentioned: (Skelly) 3489
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Howard) 3638 (Passarell) 4250
Royal Commission on the British Columbia Railway
B.C. Railway, debt of (Hewitt) 3398
Recommendations of (Curtis) 3341
Mentioned: (Curtis) 3608
Royal Commission on the Status of Women
See: Canada. Royal Commission on the Status of Women
Royal Insurance Co. of Canada
Mobile homes, insurance of (Howard) 3982
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Board, amalgamation of with Victoria General Hospital board (Dailly) 4756-7 (Nielsen) 4756, 4757
Butcher, Michael, dismissal of (Dailly) Q. 3288 (Nielsen)A. 3288
Royal Trustco Ltd.
Mortgage contract provisions and federal Interest Act (Mitchell) 3421
Royer, Charles
Mentioned: (Rogers) 4590
Rubella
Epidemic in mid-sixties, deafness resulting from (Heinrich) 3826 (Nicolson) 3825-6
Rudland, Lorri
Mentioned: (Barnes) 4472
Run Out Skagit Spoilers
Environmental award (Brummet) 3854, 4590
Rural schools
Closing of for budgetary reasons (Rose) 3771
Rushworth Hotels Ltd.
Neighbourhood pub in Burns Lake, application for (Hewitt) 3985 (Kempf) 3985
Russell, Sylvia
Food bank in Vancouver, quoted on meaning of (Wallace) 3437
Rust, Tom
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 4579
Ryan, Michael M.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 4823