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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W.A.C. Bennett Dam

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 4104

WMCA v. Lorenzo

Mentioned: (Williams) 4957

Waffle Manifesto

Mentioned: (McGeer) 3493 (Reynolds) 3501 (Ritchie) 3948

Wages

Amount of, relationship to consumer-led recovery (Blencoe) 4741 (D’Arcy) 4737 (Wallace) 4730

Competition affected by (Fraser, R.) 3372-3

Discrimination, court action (Gabelmann) 4380

Equal pay concept, commission to study (Gabelmann) 4577 (McClelland) 4576, 4578

Equal pay concept, Human Rights Act amendment (Barnes) 4470-1 (Brown) 4464 (Gabelmann) 4576, 4577 (McClelland) 4576, 4577-8 (Wallace) 4576-7

Equal pay concept, Human Rights Code (Brown) 4464 (Skelly) 4401

Farmworkers, minimum wage denied (Mitchell ) 4525

Increases in (Gardom) 3603

Minimum wage legislation (Hanson) 4743 (Mitchell) 4183

Reduction in, essential for competitive exports (Campbell) 3277-8

Reduction in, government aim (Gabelmann) 4676, 4879

Reduction in, Premier's office document (Lockstead) 4686

Third World countries, B.C. competition with (Blencoe) 4741, 4742

Unemployment, effect on (Campbell) 4703 (Cocke) 4701

Wage freeze and rent increases (Blencoe) 4291

Wage rates, economic effects (Blencoe) 4741 (D’Arcy) 4737 (Parks) 3561 (Wallace) 4730

Wage rates, government restraint (Curtis) 3339 (Gardom) 4866

Women, discrimination in wages (Brown) 4464, 4720 (Rose) 3550

Women, equal pay for equal work (Brown) 3292 (Gabelmann) 4576, 4577 (McClelland) 4576, 4577

Wah-Shee, James

Racism, quoted (Wallace) 4474

Wakeford, Dr. John

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 3597

Walhachin valley

Mentioned: (Hanson) 4007

Walker, Michael

B.C. cabinet, influence on (Stupich) 3354

Rent Control: Myths and Realities (Blencoe) 4306

Quoted (Stupich) 3356

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3410, 3528, 4309 (Cocke) 4702 (Dailly) 4735 (Gabelmann) 3447 (Hanson) 4743, 4744 (Lauk) 3241 (Lockstead) 3556, 3557, 4686 (Macdonald) 3464 (Passarell) 3433 (Reynolds) 3410 (Rose) 3279 (Skelly) 4427 (Wallace) 3438

Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.

Quoted (Sanford) 3904

Wallace, Barbara B. (Cowichan-Malahat)

ALRT system, easement for 4589

Address in reply 3309-11, 3314-6

Aged, problems 4149

Agricultural pesticides, use of 3869

Agriculture and Food ministry, estimates 3912-4

Agriculture and Food ministry, interest reimbursement program 3913

Air, testing for pollutants 3870

Alcohol, publicity on effects of 4346

Alkali Lake Indian band, public hearing costs 4143, 4646, 4647, 4648

Aluminum Co. of Canada, purchase of electric power by 3751, 3752, 4143

Ambulance service 3440, 4346

American Indian Movement, rise of 4474

Apprenticeships, age discrimination 4419

Asian labour, 1906 government petitioned to supply 4475

Ashcroft area, proposed hazardous waste disposal site 3835, 3863-4, Q. 4324

Ashcroft, Environment minister's attendance at meeting re special waste management Q. 4288

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 4253

Audiologists, lack of 3310, 3440, 4346

Bamberton Provincial Park, proposed expansion 3890

Bank charges for credit withdrawal statement Q. 4288

Beekeeping, placing of hives on forest land 3913

Biotechnology, effect on forestry 4442

Bonner, Robert, electric power exports 3751, 3752

Bonneville Power Administration, price of electric power for export quoted 3751

B.C. Council of Human Rights, appointments to 4475

B.C. Council of Human Rights, complaints 4418-9

B.C. Council of Human Rights, independence of boards of inquiry 4419

B.C. Electric Co. pay scales, differentiation by sex 4576

B.C. Ferry Corp., reservation system 4226

B.C. Hydro, construction site safety 4793

B.C. Hydro, debt 4142-3

B.C. Hydro, electricity exports 3750-1, 3751, 4142-3

B.C. Hydro, equal pay concept 4576-7

B.C. Hydro, land transferred by 4588-9

B.C. Hydro, leasing of office space 3754

B.C. Hydro power, price for B.C. consumers and export 4143

B.C. Hydro, Queen Charlotte Islands project 3733

B.C. Hydro, results of overbuilding 4142, 4143

B.C. Hydro Site C Dam 4646, 4647, 4648

B.C. Hydro, staff and salary changes at 3753-4

B.C. Hydro, terms of reference governing 3751

B.C. Petroleum Corp., revenue 3926

B.C. Place, land transferred to 4588-9

B.C. Place, rezoning of land 4807

B.C. Railway, Anzac line tunnel 3751

B.C. Railway, debt payment 3438, 3926

B.C. Railway, electrification of 3751

B.C. Railway, financing 4760

Budget debate 3437-40, 3520-3

Builders Lien Amendment Act (1984) , amendment 4533

Bus service, Vancouver Island Q. 4711

Business and Professional Women's Clubs of B.C. and the Yukon, resolution on education 3788

California, power transmission line to 4143

Canada, nuclear-free zoning for 3437

Canadian National Railways, Duncan underpass 4075

Central Vancouver Island Health Unit 3310

Charles Hoey School, retention of 3789

Chemainus sawmill, rebuilding of by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. 3520

Children, exclusion from marital status clause in Human Rights Act 4539

Chinese, civil rights 4475

Civil Rights Protection Act 4542

Collective agreements, forest industry unions 4186-7

Collective Bargaining Continuation Act (1975) , terms of 4186, 4187

Columbia River Treaty, costs Q. 4567

Conservation officers, reduction in number of 3871

Constituencies, two-member seats 4945

Constituency boundaries, new boundaries 4945

Constitution Amendment Act (1985) 4945

Construction industry, fair wages concept modified at Expo 86 site 4794

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 3994-5

Cowichan District Hospital, deficit in funding 3440

Cowichan District Hospital, extended care 4346

Cowichan District Hospital, psychiatric wing 4346

Cowichan District Hospital, staff shortage in 3315

Cowichan estuary, development in 3339, 3867-8

Cowichan estuary plan, implementation of Q. 4711

Cowichan estuary, rezoning application by Environment ministry Q. 4711

Cowichan-Malahat constituency, boundaries 4945

Cowichan School District, non-academic education discontinued 3788

Cowichan School District, school closure in 3789

Cowichan Valley, education budget reduction 3788

Cowichan Valley, ethnic groups 4417-8

Cowichan Valley, historic development of logging operations 4438-9

Cowichan Valley park developments, proposed 3889-90

Cowichan Valley, transit system 3728

Dangerous goods, water transport 5082-3

Day-care facilities, federal tax policy on 3714

Debt, provincial 4143

Debts, payment of 3926

Discrimination, age as basis of 4419, 4546-7, 4564

Discrimination, education against 4417

Discrimination, Human Rights Act proposed reasonable cause clause 4546, 4564-5

Discrimination in employment, Dhaliwal v. Plateau Mills case 4562

Discrimination, insurance companies 4546-7

Discrimination, language as basis of 4565

Discrimination, racial 4474

Discrimination, sexual orientation as basis of 4566

Discriminatory publication, legislation against 4542

Doman Industries Ltd., removal of Cowichan estuary land from agricultural land reserve Q. 4712

Drugs, cost of prescription 4345

Drugs, proprietary 4345

Duncan, residential tax levels 5071

Economic Council of Canada, report on income and life expectancy of Indians 4474

Economic development projects, safety 4793

Economic recovery 4728-9

Education budget, discrimination against small school districts 3789

Education, examinations 3787-8

Education, funding reduced in post-secondary 3438

Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act (1985) 4975-7, 5071-2, 5073

Education, lifestyle programs 4975

Education, mainstreaming of exceptional children 3789

Education ministry, estimates 3787-90

Election Act, public input 4599-4600

Election notices, publication 4599

Elections, ballots and scrutineers 4599

Electoral reform, Eckardt report 4945

Electric power from tidal energy, Queen Charlotte Islands 3753

Electric power, sale contracts subject to approval by National Energy Board 3750-1

Elk, poaching of in Gold River valley 3871

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 3750-4

Environment ministry, estimates 3830, 3831-6, 3843, 3863-4, 3865-8, 3869, 3870-2

Environment ministry, excessive administrative costs 3831, 3843

Environment ministry, increased cost of hunter training program 3871

Environment ministry, investigation into disposal of dangerous wastes 4617-8, 4619

Environment ministry, payment to Greater Vancouver Regional District 3870

Environment ministry, staff reductions 3316, 3843, 3866

Essential Services Continuation Act, provision of 4186, 4187

Expenditures, government policy on 4977

Expo 86 site, fair wages concept modified 4794

Expo 86, Vancouver Island promotion 4225-6

Family allowances, GAIN act in relation to 3714

Family, definition of proposed for Human Rights Act 4536, 4539

Federal-provincial agreement, financing of silviculture 4438-9

Federal-provincial agreement on reforestation, conclusion of Q. 3759

Fire-fighting equipment, sales tax on 4253

Fisheries, enhancement of 3831-3

Fishermen, quotas 3832

Fishing boats, federal buy-back plan for 3832

Floods, forestry research directed to causes of 4443

Food banks, need for 3437

Food relief, provision by Agriculture and Food ministry 3913, 3914

Forest Act, ombudsman quoted on 3314

Forest industry, advisory committee on 3531

Forest industry, book on summarized 3521-2

Forest industry, effect on fish 3832, 3834

Forest industry, exports 3521

Forest industry, results of decline in 3788

Forest land, multiple use 4442

Forest management, B.C. and Sweden 4440, 4442

Forest renewal, UBC students protest on lack of funds for Q. 3759

Forestry economics and policy, research grant from UBC 3522

Forestry, job creation 4439

Forestry research, decline in 4442

Forests, effect of clear-cutting on runoff 4443

Forests ministry, estimates 4438-40, 4442-3

Forests ministry, protection branch budget reduction 4439

Forests ministry, responsibilities of 3314

Forests, water consumption by 4442-3

Fraser estuary, report on management plan for 3866

Fraser Institute, influence of on government economic policy 4728-9

Fraser Mills, rebuilding of 3522

Free trade, effect of on agriculture industry Q. 5043

GAIN act, earned and unearned income 3714

Garbage, burning of for power generation 3753

Gas and oil installations, responsibility for inspection of 4253

Genstar-IT, proposals for hazardous waste treatment 3834-5, 3843, Q. 4324

Groundwater Regulation Act 4659

Guns, transportation of by road 5081

Habitat conservation fund, expenditures by 3870-1

Habitat conservation fund, funding for 5082

Handicaps, definition of proposed for Human Rights Act 4536

Hazardous waste management symposium recommendations, action on Q. 4324

Hazardous wastes, B.C. sources of 3835

Hazardous wastes, disposal of 3753, 3834-5, 3864, Q. 4324

Hazardous wastes, import of 3843

Hazardous wastes, storage of in California 3869

Health care, funds reduced for preventive health care 3439-40

Health care, reductions in 3315

Health ministry, estimates 4149, 4345-6

Health, promotion of among elderly 4149

Health Statutes Amendment Act (1985) 5084

High-technology industries, environmental contamination by 4617-8

High-technology industries, legislation against dangers of proposed 4618, 4619

High-technology industries, safeguards necessary for 3869

Highway 1, Duncan area 4074-5

Highways ferries, arrangements for schoolchildren 4074

Highways ferries, Kuper Island service 4074

Home Owner Grant Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) 4627

Human Resources ministry clients, credit rating statements for Q. 4288

Human Resources ministry, estimates 3714

Human Resources ministry, staff transfers in 3316

Human Rights Act 4417-20, 4473-6, 4535-6, 4539, 4542, 4545-7, 4556, 4564-5, 4566, 4576-7

Human Rights Act, children's rights not specified in 4539

Human Rights Act, cost of complaints under 4419

Human Rights Act, dual remedies for discrimination 4418-9

Human Rights Act, educational provision 4417-8, 4475, 4476

Human Rights Act, hoist of Bill 4473-6

Human Rights Act, inclusion of 1981 amendment to Human Rights Code 4539

Human Rights Act, insurance companies' discrimination against women 4546-7

Human Rights Act, intent to discriminate 4474, 4476

Human Rights Act, minister's discretionary powers under 4418

Human Rights Act (proposed, 1983) , abandonment of 4417

Human Rights Act, proposed tribunal on discrimination complaints 4419

Human Rights Act, protection of rights of pregnant women 4535

Human Rights Act, reasonable cause provision 4419-20, 4535, 4545-6, 4564-5

Human Rights Act, sexual harassment 4420, 4536

Human Rights Act, subpoenaing of evidence 4418

Human rights and freedom 4417

Human rights, non-unionized workers 4729

Human Rights Code, changes in 4417

Human Rights Code, provision of human rights investigators 4418

Human Rights Code, 1981 amendment to 4539

Human Rights Commission, appointments to 4474, 4476

Human Rights Commission, educational function of 4417, 4418, 4475

Human Rights Commission, investigative function of 4418

Human Rights Commission, members' knowledge of immigrant and Indian problems 4476

Human Rights Commission, 1983 recommendations of 4476

Human Rights Commission, third-party claims 4418

Human rights, history of 4473-5

Human rights precedents, establishment of 4535

Human rights violations, causes of 4475

Hunter training, correspondence course in 3871

Hydro and Power Authority Amendment Act (1984) 4142-3

Hydro and Power Authority (Land Transfer) Act (1984) 4588-9, 4807

Hydro electric developments, effect of on fish 3832

Hydroelectric projects, role of small private companies in 3753

IT Corp., hazardous waste treatment proposal 3834-5

IT Corp., U.S. operations of 3834

Independent school attendance, increase in 4977

Indians, discrimination against 4474

Indians, effect of Human Rights Act on 4475

Indians, inclusion of by NDP in self-government consultations 4253

Indians, income and life expectancy of 4474

Indians of Cowichan Valley, unemployment among 3788

Insurance companies, discrimination practised by 4546-7

Inuit, 1965 infant mortality rate 4474

Islands 86, tourism promotion by 4225-6

Japanese, effect of Human Rights Act on 4475

Japanese, employment discrimination against 4475

Judges, age limits for supernumerary judges 4820

Katz, April, quoted re Human Rights Act 4420

Kemano II, availability of Blue Paper on Q. 3538

Ketchika enhancement project, report by biologists on 3871-2

Labour Code, administration of by Labour Relations Board 4794

Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) 4727-30, 4763-5, 4769, 4792-3, 4794-5, 4798, 4800

Labour laws in U.S., economic effects of 4727-8

Labour-management relations in B.C., history of 4727-8

Labour minister, Human Rights Act amendments 4550

Labour Relations Board, government interference in 4794-5

Labour relations in Vancouver Island coal-mines, history of 4728

Ladysmith harbour, oyster culture in 3832-4

Lake Cowichan, education available in 3789

Lake Cowichan, Human Resources staff withdrawn from 3316

Lake Cowichan, reassessment of forest land in 4442

Lake Cowichan, unemployment in 3789

Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 3889-90

Life insurance, higher premiums for smokers 4658

Liquor distribution agencies, prices at 3994

Liquor revenues, amount and use of 4346

Log exports 4440

Logging contractors, financial problems of at Shoal Island 3334

Log-scaling, government neglect of public interest in 3314-5, 3316

Lung cancer, regulation of smoking to control 4345-6

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., possible maintenance of Skutz Falls recreation area by 3890

Mill Bay, liquor outlet proposed for 3994

Minorities, effect of Human Rights Act on 4475

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) (1984) 4646-7, 4648

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1984) 4760, 4820, 4825

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1985) 5081-2, 5082

Modular housing as potential B.C. industry 3439

Mortgages, discrimination against women 4536

Nuclear-free zone in Canada, legislators urged to sign petition for 3437

Ocean waters, jurisdiction over 3866-7

Oil furnace installation inspections, responsibility for 4253

Ombudsman's special report No. 7, 3314, 3315, 3316

Oysters, ministry responsible for culture of 3832-3

Penelakut Indian band and Kuper Island ferry service 4074

Pesticides, information re Q. 4655

Pesticides, restrictions on use of 3869

Polling stations, length of time open 4599

Polling stations, number of scrutineers at 4599

Pollutants in sawdust, dumping of 3865-6

Pollution control permits, information re Q. 4654, Q. 4656

Poor, discrimination against in court case costs 4419

Profits, return of to producing area 4730

Property tax, homeowner grant changes 4627

Public hearings, costs awarded to interveners at 4646

Public hearings, interveners' costs 4648

Public hearings on hazardous waste disposal recommended 3835

Pulp and Paper Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 4186-7

Pulp and paper industry dispute, Labour minister's statement re contact with unions 4186

Pupil-teacher ratio, increase in 3789

Quality of education, effect of budget cuts on 3789

Queen bees, B.C. production of 3914

Railways, electrification of 3751

Recycling of waste material, discontinuation of 3316, 3439

Reforestation, federal-provincial funding agreement on Q. 3759

Reforestation, forestry professionals' concern over 4439

Reforestation, reduction in funds for Q. 3759

Reforestation sites, backlog reduction 4438-9

Registered retirement savings plans, inclusion of in estates 4819

Research and development, relationship of to unemployment 3522

Resource Revenue Stabilization Fund Act 3926

Restaurants, no-smoking areas in 4658

Retirement, problems of mandatory retirement 4149

Revelstoke Canyon Dam, interest costs on and power export prices 4142, 4143

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, ambulance dispatch by 3440

Royal Commission on Forest Resources, recommendations of 3832

Sales tax, removal of from firefighting equipment 4253

School District 64, referendum and tax increase 5072

School District 65, Burns plan 4976

School District 65, efficiency of 4975-6, 5071

School District 65, petition refunding 5065

School District 65, pupil-teacher ratio 5071

School District 65, reduction in funds 4975-7

School District 65, referendum and tax increase 5071-2

School District 65, schools closed 5072

School District 65, teachers laid off 4976, 5072

School District 92, referendum and tax increase 5072

School district referenda, failure of 4977

School district referenda, funds and provincial grant 5072, 5073

School district referenda, poorer districts 4977

School district referenda, voters' eligibility 4977

School tax increase and homeowner grant 5071

School transportation, effect of payment for on large families 3316

Schools, rural schools 5072

Secondary picketing, 1984 pulp and paper industry dispute 4186

Secondary picketing, rules for 4800

Sexual orientation as basis of discrimination 4556

Shawnigan Lake, need for water quality studies at 3866

Shawnigan Lake, water supply at 3439

Shoal Island case 3314, 3316, 3334

Silicon Valley, pollution problems of high-technology industry in 4617-8

Silviculture, B.C. and Sweden compared 4440, 4442

Silviculture, federal-provincial funding for 4438-9

Single parents, Human Rights Act provisions re 4539

Skagit Environmental Enhancement Act 4589-90, 4635-6

Skutz Falls recreation area, maintenance of 3890

Small business, payments to in Shoal Island case 3316

Small school districts, effect of budget reductions on 3789

Smokers' smoke 5084

Smoking, effect of on insurance premiums 4546

Smoking in Public Places, An Act to Regulate 4041, 4657-9

Smoking, regulation of 4345

Social assistance, adequacy of for a family 3522

Social assistance recipients, employment of in reforestation 4439

Social assistance, reduction in for young people 3437-8

Social studies, teaching of 3788

Soil analysis laboratory in Kelowna, closing of 3439, 3870

Statutory holidays, variation among forest industry collective agreements 4187

Strait of Georgia and inside waters, jurisdiction 3866-7

Subdivisions, consolidation of ancient subdivisions 3889

Supply Act (No. 1) (1984) 4136

Surveys and mapping branch, staff reduced at 3870

Taxation legislation, retroactivity of 4187

Technical innovations, impact of on workforce 3521

Technical training, need for to maintain employment 3522

Tourism ministry, estimates 4225-6

Tourist trade, package tours 4225-6

Trade unions, coercion 4769

Trade unions, history of in coal-mining industry 4728

Trade unions, history of on Vancouver Island 4728

Transit services estimates 3728

Transport of Dangerous Goods Act 5082-3

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 4074-5

Transportation and Highways ministry, staff reduction in 3316

Tree-farm licensees, use of logs by 4440

Tree farms, taxation of 4442

Tree-planting backlog, elimination of 4439

Unemployment benefits, cost of in relationship to reforestation employment costs 4439

Unemployment, government attack on unions encouraged by 4729

Unemployment, increase in 3438

Unemployment, lack of mention of in budget 4617

Unemployment rate in Lake Cowichan 3789

Unemployment statistics 3309

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, quotations from 4473-4, 4475

United States economy, effect of cheap labour on 4727-8

United States, sale of electric power to 4143

United Way, aid to food banks 3437

University of B.C., grant for study of forest policies 3522

University of B.C. students, protest of over lack of reforestation funding Q. 3759

Universities, Science and Communications ministry, estimates 4617-8, 4619

Veterans' pensions, GAIN act in relation to 3714

Victoria General Hospital, health care at 3316

Victoria, risk of chemical spills in 3869

Victoria, use of waste material by for energy production studied 3753

Voter eligibility, deputy returning officer's discretion re 4599

Voter registration, Canadian citizenship requirement for 4598-9

Voters' list, preparation time for 4599

Voters, registration of newly eligible by age 4598-9

Voting age, jurisdictions compared 4599

Wage rates, economic effects of 4730

Waste management, Environment minister's attendance at Ashcroft meeting Q. 4288

Wastes, recycling of 3834-5, 3865

Water quality, maintenance of 3439

Water quality studies, need for at Shawnigan Lake 3866

Water, use and sale of 4589-90

Wealth, distribution of 3522

Wineries in B.C., effect of free trade on Q. 5043

Wolf control program 3871

Women, discrimination against 4420, 4535, 4546, 4576-7

Women, effect of Human Rights Act on 4475, 4545-6

Women, equal pay for 4576-7

Women, sexual harassment complaints by 4536

Women, widowhood 4149

Wood, hazardous fumes from burning of treated wood 3870

Wallace, Dr. G. Scott

Former member, commended (Barrett) 3319

Mentioned: (McGeer) 3285

Wallace, Lawrence J. (Lawrie)

Tribute to (Hanson) 5014

Walmsley, Chris

Mentioned: (Sanford) 4389, 4505

Walters, Donald

Abduction of, communication with Justice minister re (Lack) Q. 5005

Walters, John

Forest management (Skelly) 3929

Forestry, approach to (Waterland) 4428

Forests, destruction of (Skelly) 4426

Forests, expenditure to maintain (Stupich) 3357

Qualifications of (Waterland) A. 5105 (Williams) Q. 5105

Reforestation, job creation by (Wallace) Q. 3759

Wan, David

Mentioned: (Dailly) 3776

War Measures Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 4859

Ward, Larry

B.C. Transit, gasoline tax saving by (Passarell) 3724

B.C. Transit surplus in 1983-84 year, letter quoted (Passarell) 3722

Ware, B.C.

B.C. Hydro, compensation for Indian lands flooded (Passarell) Q. 4608 (Smith) A. 4608

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

Famine and disease, Kaska-Dene Indian band (Passarell)Q. 4608

Warehouse School, Victoria, B.C.

Disturbed children, transfer (McCarthy) 3859

Warren, Bob

Comox meeting, RCMP and Indian representatives (Smith) 4671

Warren, Derril

Mentioned: (Chabot) 4334 (Hanson) 4940 (Nielsen) 4331

See also: Royal Commission on Electoral Representation, 1982

Warren, Earl

Quoted (Williams) 4957

Warren commission

See: Royal Commission on Electoral Representation, 1982

Washington (State)

Education for Excellence Act, 1984, mentioned: (Heinrich) 3779

Finished lumber, reduction of B.C. market (Skelly) 4454

Logs, export (Skelly) 4454

Parks, operation of (Brummet) 3892 (Cocke) 3891

Tree-planting practices (Passarell) 3259

Tree seedlings, production of (Passarell) 3547

Waste management

Garbage, consumption of for power generation (Passarell) 3747 (Rogers) 3748, 3753 (Wallace) 3753

Hazardous waste management symposium, action on recommendations (Brummet) A. 4324 (Wallace) Q. 4324

Hazardous wastes, B.C. sources of (Wallace) 3835

Hazardous wastes, disposal of (Brummet) 3829, 3864-5, A. 4324 (Mowat) 3229 (Wallace) 3834-5, 3864, Q. 4324

Hazardous wastes, import of (Brummet) 3843 (Wallace) 3843

Hazardous wastes, spillage of (Wallace) 3835

Hazardous wastes, storage of (Brummet) 3849-50 (Nicolson) 3849-50 (Wallace) 3869

Hazardous wastes, transportation of (Wallace) 3835

Mine tailings, Kitsault Arm (Brummet) 3852 (Passarell) 3851, 3853

Organic wastes, composting of (Cocke) 3841-2 (Mitchell) 3860

Recycling (Brummet) 3829, 3842, 3843, 3866 (Cocke) 3841-2 (Wallace) 3834-5, 3865

Recycling, funds for discontinued (Wallace) 3439

Reid-Crowther report, provisions in (Brummet) 3848

Sawdust with potential pollutants, dumping of (Brummet) 3866 (Wallace) 3865-6

Solid wastes, European management methods (Passarell) 3850-2

Special-waste management program, Environment minister's attendance at Ashcroft meeting (Brummet) A. 4288 (Wallace) Q. 4288

Waste Management Act

B.C. Hydro Burrard Inlet power plant, application for permits for (Brummet) 3855 (Dailly) 3855

Mentioned: (Brummet) 3856 (Skelly) 3862

Waste Management Act

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 5083

Waste management branch

Pollution control permits and amendments (Brummet) A. 4654-5, A. 4656 (Wallace) Q. 4654, Q. 4656

Water

Environment ministry, water quality section terminated (Wallace) 3316

Export by sea (Brummet) 3882 (Lockstead) 3881

Subdivisions, payment for water supply lines to (Ritchie) 4827, 4828 (Rose) 4828

Use and sale of (Wallace) 4589-90

Water Act

Sec. 4, proclamation (Wallace) 4659

Mentioned: (Rogers) 4106

Water management branch

Pesticides, purchase and storage of (Brummet) 4655-6

Water rights branch

Groundwater licensing, absence of (Wallace) 4659

Waterland, Hon. Thomas Manville, (Yale-Lillooet) Minister of Forests

Annual allowable cut 4427-8

Ashcroft area, proposed hazardous waste disposal site 3847-8

Atlin constituency, forest firefighting equipment allocation 4438

Atlin, woodlot program 4438

B.C. Cellulose, central coast timber licence 4449

B.C. Hydro, Hatzic flooding 4443

Cache Creek area, possible hazardous waste disposal site 3847-8

Cedar, use of low-grade 4449

Chemainus sawmill, specialty products manufacture 4435

China, lumber sales to 4456

Collective bargaining system, failure 4870

Doman Industries, mid-coast operations 4430

Drew Sawmills Ltd. timber allocation, transfer of A. 5042-3

EBAP, benefits to B.C. forestry 4425, 4428, 4441, 4449

Environment ministry, estimates 3847-8

Federal-provincial silvicultural agreement, amount of A. 4931

Federal-provincial silvicultural agreement, completion of A. 4892, A. 4911, A. 4931

Federal-provincial silvicultural agreement funds, use of A. 4892

Firefighting equipment, Forests ministry allocation in Atlin 4438

Forest and range resource program 4425

Forest companies, use of timber allocation 4450

Forest industry, employment 4425, 4434, 4441, 4449

Forest industry, future revenue 4424

Forest industry, incentives on central coast 4449

Forest industry, section 88 credits 4425, 4433, 4434

Forest industry, small business program 4425, 4428, 4434-5, 4436, 4449-50

Forest industry, woodlot program 4425, 4434, 4438

Forest land base, demands on 4428

Forest land base, increase 4424

Forest land, private ownership and management 4425, 4435

Forest management, expenditures on A. 5106

Forest management, federal aid A. 4245

Forest management practices A. 5105

Forest nurseries 4437-8

Forestry, intensive 4425, 4428

Forestry, mathematical models for 4424

Forestry research, decline 4443

Forestry, commitment to sustained yield 4450

Forests, insect damage 4441-2

Forests, federal government jurisdiction rejected A. 4323

Forests ministry annual report, forest management statistics 3249

Forests ministry documents, availability 4437

Forests ministry, estimates 4424-5, 4427-8, 4430-1, 4434-6, 4437-8, 4440-2, 4443, 4449-50, 4455-6

Forests ministry, management of forest industry 4424-5, 4428, 4456

Greater Victoria Water District, forestry program success 4456

Greenville road, maintenance 4438

Harmony Seafoods, oyster farm rent increase 4449

Industry and Small Business Development ministry, raw log exports A. 4191

ITT Rayonier assets, acquisition by B.C. companies 4430

Kispiox Crown land plan 4435

Labour relations, early mining history 4869

Log exports A. 4191, 4440-1, 4456, 5106

Logan Lake boundary extension 3969

Lumber, B.C. exports to U.S., A. 5042

Lumber market 4893

Lumber prices, decline 4424

Lumber, U.S. restriction on imports A. 5041, A. 5042

Mainland Sawmills Ltd., closure of 5106, 5107

Manitoba, federal government jurisdiction over forests A. 4323

Metro Transit bus drivers, commendation 4869-70

Metro Transit Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 4868-70

Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 3969

Nass road, improvements to 4438

Nelson area timber A. 4893

New Aiyansh, road maintenance 4438

Nishga Indian band, land claims 4438

Nishga Indian band, tree-farm licence No. 1, 4438

Okanagan Valley, pulpwood utilization 4428

Okanagan Valley sustained yield forest unit, changes 4436

Old-growth timber remaining 4424

Ombudsman, access to document in Shoal Island case A. 3333

Ombudsman, letter of apology by 3415

Ombudsman, special report No. 7A. 4079

Pacific Forest Products, share ownership of Sooke Forest Products 4456

Pornographic videotapes 3937

Reed, F Leslie C., qualifications A. 5105

Reforestation 4424, 4429, 4441, 4449

Reforestation, federal funds for A. 4323

Reforestation sites, reduction of backlog 4425, 4438, 4456

Report on forest industry, quoted (Skelly) 3489-90

Sawmilling, improvement needed in saleable products 4428, 4435

Sawmills, closure of and log supply A. 5106

Sawmills, competitive timber bidding by small mills 4435

Shoal Island case, actions in (Skelly) 3489

Shoal Island case, contact with complainant in A. 3332, A. 3333

Shoal Island case, letter to Ian Mahood (Barrett) Q. 3392 (Smith) A. 3392

Shoal Island case, ombudsman's retraction of statement re actions in (Speaker) 3414-5

Shoal Island case, removal of ombudsman from A. 3332, A. 3333

Shoal Island, log-scaling practices A. 4079

Silviculture, budget 4425, 4449

Silviculture, federal-provincial funding A. 3248, 4424, 4425, 4428, 4438

Silviculture, job creation 4441

Silviculture, local representations re A. 4894

Silviculture, Sweden and B.C. 4441, 4443

Small business program, allocation of undercut timber to 4450

Sooke Forest Products Ltd. closure, prevention of A. 4933

Sooke Forest Products Ltd., debt 4933

Sooke Forest Products, log supply 4456

Stewart, forest operations 4437

Stikine valley forest management, consultation 4438

Stumpage fees, collection of A. 3333

Tanizul Indian band, tree-farm licence awarded to 4425

Taxation tree farm, definition of 4443

Terrace, forest nursery proposal 4438

Timber, competitive bidding for 4434, 4435, 4436

Timber licences, consolidation 4425, 4434

Timber utilization 4435-6

Tree-farm licence No. 23, reallocation of timber A. 5042

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

Tree-farm licence No. 23, violations of 4894

Unemployment Insurance Commission funds, job creation in forestry 4449

Vanderhoof Crown land plan 4435

Victoria Plywood, reasons for closure 4456

Walters, John, qualifications A. 5105

Weldwood of Canada Ltd., closure of Timberland division A. 5106

Westar Timber Ltd. timber licence, Nelson area A. 4893

Woodfibre, intensive utilization 4428

Wood-pulp, price decline 4424

Watkins, Melville

Mentioned: (McGeer) 3493

Watson, Paul

Princess Marguerite, picketing of (Mowat) 3456

Mentioned: (Kempf) 3838 (Reynolds) 3413-4

Watson, William W.

Pacific Coach Lines (1984) Ltd., principal in (McCarthy)A. 3650

Pacific Coach Lines Ltd., partner in purchase of (McCarthy) A. 3474 (Passarell) Q. 3474

Watson Lake, B.C.

Liard river, hearings on dredging of (Passarell) 3851

Watts, George

Mentioned: (Smith) 4252

Wealth

Creation of, effect on economic recovery (Lea) 3585

Distribution of (Wallace) 3522

Generation of (Howard) 3496

Primary production, creation of wealth by (McGeer) 3284

Sources of, B.C. (Howard) 3377

Weaver, James

Mentioned: (Howard) 5041 (Waterland) 5041

Webster, Jack

Quoted (Mitchell) 3418, 3420

Mentioned: (McGeer) 4166

Weiler, Paul

Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) , remarks on (Dailly) 4734-5 (Gabelmann) 4784-5 (McClelland) 4756 (Sanford) 4706 (Smith) 4683-4

Labour Code of B.C., approval of (Sanford) 4706

Reconcilable Differences, recommended (Gabelmann) 4665

Quoted (Stupich) 4713

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 4666 (Lockstead) 4685

Weinstein, Pauline

Mentioned: (Chabot) 5046, 5047 (Heinrich) 5058

Weir, Ian

Quoted (Macdonald) 3464

Welcome Wagon Ltd.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 4222, 4223

Weldwood of Canada Ltd.

Timberland division, closure of (Cocke) Q. 5106 (Waterland) A. 5106

West Coast Environmental Law Association

Mentioned: (Wallace) 3831

West End Tenants' Association, Vancouver, B.C.

Rent increases, action on (Blencoe) 4301-2

Rents, brief on (Blencoe) 4295, 4301

West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd.

B.C. Hydro, price of power sold to (Wallace) 4143

West Vancouver, B. C.

British Properties, restrictive covenants (Barrett) 4526, 4528

Private school, proposal for (Heinrich) 3812 (Ree) 3806 (Reynolds) 3810-I

West Vancouver School District

See: School District 45

West Virginia

Unemployment rate (Skelly) 4101, 4102

Westar Group

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 3385 (Lockstead) 4687

Westar Timber Ltd.

Timber licence, Nelson area (Nicolson) Q. 4892-3 (Waterland) A. 4893 (Williams) Q. 4893

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

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

Westbank Indian band

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

Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd.

Gas liquids project (Rogers) 3733

Natural gas processing plant, proposed (Michael) 3523

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3564

Western Canada Lottery Foundation

Lottery ticket sales commission sent to (Chabot) 4018 (Kempf) 4018

Mentioned: (Chabot) 4894

Western Community

Court services for (Mitchell) 4257-8, 4259 (Smith) 4258

Crime rate, increase in (Mitchell) 4257

Drainage problems (Fraser, A.) 4083 (Mitchell) 4081-2

Incorporation (Mitchell) 3957-8 (Ritchie) 3958

Sewage disposal (Brummet) 3860 (Mitchell) 3859-60

Western Forest Products Ltd.

Pulp mills, investment in (Waterland) 4430

Tax shelter, involvement in (Howard) 3642

Mentioned: (Barrett) 3513

Western Guard Party

Mentioned: (Wallace) 4474

Western Institute for the Deaf

Funding for, reduction in (Nicolson) 3819, 3825

Operations and financial requirements of (Heinrich) 3825-6 (Nicolson) 3825-6

Mentioned: (Rose) 3779

Western Mines Ltd.

See: Westmin Resources Ltd.

Western Premiers' Conference, 1984

Mentioned: (Throne speech) 3213

Western Regional Newspapers Ltd.

Mentioned: (Mitchell) 4725

Westland Industrial Park Ltd.

Subdivision road (Fraser, A.) 4083 (Mitchell) 4082

Westmin Resources Ltd.

Mentioned: (Reid) 3445

Westwood Motor Sport Park

Housing development proposed (Brummet) A. 3538 (Rose) Q. 3538

Whatmore, James

TRAC program, report on (Rose) 3816

Whistler, B.C.

Liquor store hours (Hewitt) 3989-90 (Reynolds) 3989

Whistler Mountain ski resort

Construction at, economic development project status not required (Gabelmann) 4791, 4794 (Wallace) 4794

Development of (Brummet) 3874

Facilities at (Reynolds) 3988-9

Mentioned: (Davis) 3827 (Gabelmann) 4763 (Reynolds) 4070

White Rock, B.C.

UBCM, land development decision (Blencoe) 3967-9 (Ritchie) 3968

Whitecourt, Alberta

Mentioned: (Skelly) 4430

Whitlock, R.G. (Bob)

Testing stations, closure of (Sanford) 3485

Whonnock Industries Ltd.

ITT Rayonier Inc. assets, joint acquisition of (Waterland) 4430

Wife's Protection Act

See: Land (Wife Protection) Act

Wilde, Shirley

Mentioned: (Ritchie) 3938

Wildlife, Conservation of

Game farms, arguments against (Brummet) 3840, 3841 (Kempf) 3840 (Mitchell) 3855

Game farms, White Paper proposed (Passarell) 3853

Kispiox, proposed game farm at (Brummet) 3840, 3852, 3853-4 (Kempf) 3838-9, 3840, 3841, 3854-5 (Passarell) 3850-1, 3853

Wildlife Society of Canada

Kechika enhancement project report, analysis of (Wallace) 3871-2

Wilkinson Road jail, Victoria, B.C.

See: Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Williams, L. Allan

Trade union certification procedure, opinion on (Gabelmann) 4787

Mentioned: (Brown) 3578 (Gabelmann) 4673 (Nicolson) 4695

Williams, Robert A. (Vancouver East)

Atlin constituency, electoral base 4956

B.C. Steamship Co. (1975) Ltd., staff resignations Q. 4968

Central Fraser Valley constituency, second MLA for 4956, 5052

Constituencies, Fraser Valley, number of voters 4956

Constituencies, Vancouver, number of voters 4956

Constituencies, Vancouver Island, number of voters 4956

Constituency boundaries, location of 4945

Constitution Amendment Act (1985) 4956-7, 5052

Columbia River constituency, electoral base 4957

Coquitlam-Moody constituency, second MLA for 5052

Delta special enterprise zone, meetings re Q. 5067-8

Deputy ministers, resignations 5043

Election of, message re (Clerk-Assistant) 4889

Electoral representation, U.S. court cases 4957

Expo 86 board of directors, members 5086

Expo 86, B.C. Pavilion 4935

Expo 86 buildings, retention of 4935

Expo 86 Corporation Amendment Act (1985) 4935-6, 5086, 5087, 5091

Expo 86, film and film facilities 4935

Expo 86, impact of on surrounding area 4935

Expo 86, losses 4935

Expo 86, preview centre 4935

Expo 86, relationship of to B.C. Place 5086

Expo 86, safety standards 4935, 5087

Expo 86 site, decommissioning of 5091

Food banks, Human Resources ministry assistance to Q. 4912

Food banks, meetings with personnel Q. 4912

Forest management, expenditures on Q. 5105-6

Forest management practices Q. 5105

Kamloops constituency, problems re representation 4956

Municipalities, special enterprise zones Q. 5067

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, employment on Q. 5066

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, government policy on Q. 5066

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, hearings on extension Q. 5066

Presentation to House (Skelly) 4889

Princess Marguerite, sailing date delay Q. 4968

Princess Marguerite, sailing date information in pamphlets Q. 4968

Public Service Act 5043-4

Public Service Act, hoist of 5043

Public service, order-in-council appointments 5043-4

Public service, politicization of 5044

Reed, E Leslie C., qualifications Q. 5105

Tree-farm licence No. 23, reallocation of timber Q. 5042

Walters, John, qualifications Q. 5105

Westar Timber Ltd. timber licence, Nelson area Q. 4893

Mentioned: (Bennett) 3335, 3336 (Curtis) 3593 (Fraser, A.) 3505 (Gardom) 3604 (Reynolds) 3501

Williams Lake, B.C.

Teacher salary cuts to save jobs, failure of (Rose) 3765

Willingdon Youth Detention Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

Overcrowding at (Brown) 4652, 4816

Willis, J.T.B.

Mentioned: (Richmond) 4214

Williston, Raymond G.

Ocean Falls, review of forest land and wood volume (Lockstead) 4448

Shoal Island case, accuracy of statements re (Barrett) Q. 3429-30

Shoal Island case, comments on (Barrett) 3515 (Macdonald) Q. 3429

Shoal Island case, statement to House by requested (Barrett) 3614

Mentioned: (Barrett) 3429, 3430, 3513 (Cocke) 3450 (Hanson) 4494 (Lockstead) 3881 (Macdonald) 3429, 3464, 3601 (Mitchell) 3418 (Speaker) 3414 (Waterland) 3429

Wills

Location of (Blencoe) 4343

Wilson, Anthony

Air ambulances, opinion on licensing of (Fraser, A.) 4055

Wilson, Betty

Post-secondary education, letter quoted re non-status people (Lockstead) 3817

Wilson, D.K.

Meeting with RCMP and Indian representatives, attendance at (Smith) 4671

Wilson, Harold

Mentioned: (Barrett) 4746

Wilson, Mindy

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 3703

Wilson, Robert

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 5066

Winch, Harold E.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 4413

Wind power

Electric power generation by (Rogers) 3753

Windermere Central Park Lodge, Vancouver, B.C.

Picketing, restriction to immediate site and owner's office (Brown) 4801-2 (McClelland) 4802

Windsor Factory Supply Co., Windsor, Ont.

Employee ownership at (Blencoe) 3563

Windy-Craggy copper-cobalt project

Mentioned: (Rogers) 3749

Wine and winemaking

Free trade, effect of on B.C. wineries (Bennett) A. 5043 (Wallace) Q. 5043

Winegard commission on education

Report (Nicolson) 3308

Wolfe, Evan M.

Expo 86, funding of by Lotto 6-49 arranged by (Bennett)A. 4244 (Cocke) 4215, Q. 4244

Mentioned: (Chabot) 4595 (Hanson) 4904 (Mitchell) 4027

Wolves

Control of wolf populations (Brummet) 3830, 3839 (Kempf) 3837, 3840 (Wallace) 3871

Poisoning of (Brummet) 3839 (Kempf) 3837, 3840

Women

Asian women, mail-order brides (Brown) Q. 3711

Battered women and children, transition houses for (McCarthy) 3588

Bus passengers, females in the majority (Passarell) 3722

Charter of Rights protection for (Brown) 4265

Cruelty to (Brown) 3686-91

Discrimination against (Brown) 3290-1, 3292, 3293, 4462, 4464, 4521, 4522, 4535, 4538, 4720-1

Education, level of (Brown) 4720

Elderly, poverty due to discrimination (Brown) 4464

Employers' attitudes, change in (Fraser, R.) 4873

Employment bridging program, Kwantlen College (Dailly) Q. 4003 (McClelland) A. 4003

Employment, discrimination in (Brown) 4464, 4521, 4535, 4536, 4538, 4720-1 (Fraser, R.) 4391 (Gabelmann) 4377, 4513, 4534, 4535, 4572, 4576, 4577, 4578, 4580 (McClelland) 4535, 4536, 4576, 4577 (Rose) 4574-5 (Sanford) 4391 (Skelly) 4401, 4538 (Wallace) 4535, 4576-7

Engineering schools, percentage of in (Cocke) 3923 (Dailly) 3921

Equal pay concept, incorporation in Human Rights Act (Gabelmann) 4513, 4576, 4577 (McClelland) 4576, 4577-8 (Wallace) 4576-7

Exploitation of (Brown) 3292, 4720, 4721

Golf course use, discrimination re (Brown) 4463

Human rights (Gabelmann) 4558

Human Rights Act, effect on (Wallace) 4475, 4545-6

Human rights legislation demanded by (Brown) 4519

Indian women, loss of status by marriage (Smith) 4251

Insurance companies, discrimination against (Brown) 4464 (Cocke) 4546, 4547 (Gabelmann) 4378, 4545 (McClelland) 4546, 4547 (Wallace) 4546

Labour Code Amendment Act (1984) , effects on (Brown) 4718-21, 4800, 4801-2

Law Society of B.C., recommendation re equal pay concept (Gabelmann) 4513

Legislature, percentage of MLAs (Brown) 4462

Married women, surname changes (Brown) 4808 (Dailly) 4808 (Nielsen) 4808

Mortgages, discrimination against in granting of (Brown) 4462 (Wallace) 4536

Part-time employment of (Rose) 3550

Pregnant women, discrimination against (Brown) 4463, 4464, 4521, 4535, 4536, 4538 (Gabelmann) 4377, 4511, 4534, 4535 (Mitchell) 4477 (Rose) 4499 (Sanford) 4391

Pregnant women, Human Rights Act specification rights of (Brown) 4535, 4536, 4538 (Gabelmann) 4534, 4535, 4544 (McClelland) 4535, 4536 (Skelly) 4538 (Wallace) 4535

Sexual harassment complaints, number of (Brown) 4536 (McClelland) 4536 (Wallace) 4536

Sexual harassment in the workplace, protection from (Brown) 4463, 4464, 4521 (Gabelmann) 4512 (Wallace) 4420

Single parents, provision in Human Rights Act (Brown) 4534, 4537, 4538 (Gabelmann) 4534, 4537 (McClelland) 4537, 4539 (Wallace) 4539

Strikes and lockouts, effect on (Segarty) 4178

Strikes, unequal position in (Brown) 4800

Unemployment (Brown) 3462, 3469-71, 4721 (Gabelmann) 3446

Unionization, need for (Brown) 4720

Vancouver Transition House, funding for (Brown) 3686-91

Voting rights (Howard) 4031, 4396 (Smith) 4243

Violence against (Brown) 4560-1

Wage discrimination (Brown) 4464, 4720 (Gabelmann) 4577 (McClelland) 4576, 4577 (Passarell) 3722 (Wallace) 4576-7

Wage rates (Brown) 4720 (Rose) 3550

Widows, pensions benefits (Wallace) 4149

Women — Employment

Federal public service employees (Brown) 5023

Public service employees, affirmative action (Brown) 5023, 5024, 5025, 5026, 5044-5 (Davis) 5031

Reduction in, service industries (Brown) 4721 (Rose) 3550

Wage gap between women and men (Brown) 5024, 5025

Women's Health Collective

Mentioned: (Brown) 3689

Women's Institute

Mentioned: (Cocke) 4133

Women's institutes

Funding of (Schroeder) 3909-10

Wonder Resources Ltd.

Oyster culture, leases applied for (Lockstead) 4619

Wong, Anna

Dismissal of (Macdonald) 3597, 3601

Wood, John

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5096

Wood, Gundy Ltd.

Mentioned: (Rose) 3552

Wood

First-growth wood, wasted in pulp mills (Lea) 3585

Poplar waste wood, exported for chopstick manufacture (Strachan) 3519

Volume cut, 1982-83 (Skelly) 3236

Waste woods, utilization of (Phillips) 4110

Wood chips, burning of during pulp industry lockout (Michael) 4180

Wood chips, export (Segarty) 4177

Wood-alcohol

Methanol fertilizer industry, job creation (McClelland) A. 4422

Wood-pulp

B.C. production cost (Segarty) 4177

Export markets (Bennett) 4158 (Campbell) 4170 (McGeer) 4166 (Segarty) 4175, 4177-8 (Skelly) 4178

Markets for, effect of labour dispute on (Bennett) 4158, 4159 (Segarty) 4177-8

Third World production of, statistics (Segarty) 4175, 4177

Wood-pulp industry

Collective agreements, fringe benefits (Wallace) 4186-7

Collective agreements, viability (Mitchell) 4183

Collective bargaining, back-to-work legislation (Bennett) 4877 (Gabelmann) 4860, 4885-6 (Hanson) 4868 (McClelland) 4883

Lockout and strike, 1984. See Pulp and Paper Collective Bargaining Assistance Act

Prices, decline in (Waterland) 4424

Pulp mills, fibre available for (Segarty) 4177

Woodfibre, utilization (Waterland) 4428

Wood-using industries

Secondary picketing in (Campbell) 3278

Woodfibre, B.C.

Pulp and paper industry dispute 1984, employees' vote to end (McClelland) 4193 (Reynolds) 4199

Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.

Residents, number of (McCarthy) 4855

Mentioned: (Hanson) 5014, 5100 (McCarthy) 3708 (Mowat) 3455

Woodsworth, James S.

Mentioned: (McGeer) 3493

Woodward Stores Ltd.

Mentioned: (Rose) 3550 (Williams) 5086

Word processors

Productivity increased by use of (Ritchie) 3318

Workers Compensation Act

Amendment to (Skelly) 3491-2

Farmworkers, coverage for (Mitchell) 4525 (Rose) 4498

Workers' compensation, relevance to Human Rights Act (McClelland) 4498

Mentioned: (Rose) 3693 (Smith) 4926

Workers' Compensation Board

Adjusters, attitude to claims (Cocke) 4833

Appeals (Rose) 3692 (Throne speech) 3217

Changes at, effect on injured workers (Gabelmann) 4832 (McClelland) 4832

Claims, adjudication of (Cocke) 4833 (McClelland) 4834

Deficit, effect on claims settlements (Cocke) 4833

Employers, funding by (Cocke) 4833

Eyesight, compensation for injury to (Cocke) 4834

Financial policies (Reid) 3231

Funds, investment of (D’Arcy) 3992

Funding of, transfer to public purse (Gabelmann) 4832 (McClelland) 4832

Health ministry, WCB work by staff audiologists (Dailly)Q. 4632 (Nielsen) A. 4632

Hearing section, closure of (Dailly) Q. 4632

Hearings, employer-employee representation (Mitchell) 4314

Injured workers, priority for services to (McClelland) 4832

Insurance Corp. of B.C. accident claim, result of transfer to (Cocke) 4833

Labour ministry handling of (Cocke) 4833

Liability, unfunded (McClelland) 4832

Ombudsman, review of cases (Cocke) 4834 (McClelland) 4834

Members (Gabelmann) 4581

Payment, assignment of to Human Resources ministry (McCarthy) 3691-2 (Rose) 3691

Pensions, increased homeowner grant for recipients of (Mitchell) 4587 (Ritchie) 4588

Provisions of, comparison with New Zealand compensation (Skelly) 3237

Provisions of, contract companies (Sanford) 3576

Workers' compensation, availability for asbestosis victims (Gardom) 4819 (Rose) 4819

Workers' compensation, out-of-province claims (Rose) 4819

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 4513 (Lauk) 3243 (Lea) 5015 (Lockstead) 3743 (Richmond) 4937 (Wallace) 3843, 4474, 4475

Working Canadians: Readings in the Sociology of Work and Industry

Mentioned: (Brown) 5026

World Council of Churches

Assembly, Canadian clergy reaction to B.C. human rights legislation (Stupich) 4393

Woss, B.C.

Tahsis, road to proposed (Fraser, A.) 4083 (Gabelmann) 4077

Wright, C.A.W.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 4041

Wrobel, J.

Mentioned: (Segarty) 4056