Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 4, 1985 to March 10, 1986
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
GAIN
See entries under Social assistance
GATT
See: General agreement on tariffs and trade
GH Group
Mentioned: (Richmond) 6763
GVRD
See: Greater Vancouver Regional District
Gabelmann, Colin S. (North Island)
AIDS, research on 5842-3
Accident insurance, New Zealand scheme 6689
Accident insurance, universal scheme for 6689
Address in reply 5221-4
Apprenticeship program 6681
Apprenticeships, subsidization of employers 6681
Arbitration procedure, fast-tracking of 6677
Armoured cars, staffing levels 6681, 6682, 6683
Austria, employment strategy 5340
Bankruptcies, banks' priority of claim to funds 6680
Bankruptcies, employees' pension funds 6681
Bankruptcies, employees' wage claims 6680, 6680-1, 6683
British Columbia Human Rights Code, 1985 (Bill M220) 1R, 6695
B.C. Institute of Technology, labour relations 7261
B.C. Institute of Technology staff, sick leave benefits 7261, 7261-2
B.C. Rail Ltd. collective agreement, legal status of 6133, 6134
B.C. Rail Ltd. collective agreement, possible future problems 6107
B.C. Rail Ltd. dispute, government intervention in 6107, 6131
B.C. Rail Ltd. dispute, industrial inquiry commission 6106, 6107, 6134-5
B.C. Rail Ltd. dispute, mediator 6107, 6134
B.C. Rail Ltd. dispute, settlement of under Labour Code provisions 6106, 6107, 6108, 6130, 6131
B.C. Rail Ltd. dispute, threat to public interest 6106
B.C. Rail Ltd. dispute, use of Essential Service Disputes Act 6106, 6107, 6130, 6131, 6132
B.C. Rail Ltd., labour relations 6107, 6108
British Columbia Railway Dispute Settlement Act 6105-8, 6129, 6130, 6131, 6132, 6133, 6133-4, 6134-5
British Columbia Railway Dispute Settlement Act, purpose of 6106, 6132
British Columbia Transit Amendment Act (No. 2) (1985) 6198-6201, 6262, 6263, 6263-4, 6264
British Columbia Transit Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1985, government's powers 6200
B.C. Transit, contracting out of services 6200
B.C. Transit employees, work scheduling 6199, 6200
B.C. Transit, management rights 6199, 6263, 6263-4
Budget, amdt. to 5341
Budget and unemployment 5338
Budget debate 5338-41
Campbell River and District General Hospital, capital construction 5842
Campbell River and District General Hospital facilities, upgrading of 5842
Campbell River and Ishikari in Japan 6605
Campbell River, handyDART system 5993
Campbell River Museum, federal funds for 6605, 6606
Campbell River Museum, funding for 6189, 6190, 6604-5, 6605, 6606
Campbell River Museum, job creation 6189
Campsites, northern Vancouver Island 5222-3
Canada Assistance Plan, use of 5961
Cape Scott Provincial Park, maintenance work 5224
Charter of Rights and legislation 5603
Class size, English teacher's students 5743
Class size, grade 1 classes 5743
Collective bargaining process 6132, 6133
Collective bargaining system, protection of 6105
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1985) 6206-7, 6303, 6303-4
Compensation stabilization program and role of interest arbitrators 6206-7, 6303
Construction workers, overtime ban proposal 6673
Coquihalla Highway, Alberta construction workers Q. 5611, 6368
Coquihalla Highway Construction Acceleration Act 7075, 7075-6, 7076, 7078
Coquihalla Highway, construction worker injury 5657
Coquihalla Highway contractors, payments to 7078
Coquihalla Highway, cost of construction 7078
Coquihalla Highway, engineering of project 6493
Coquihalla Highway, expenditures on 6271-2, 7075, 7076, 7078
Coquihalla Highway, expenditures on in future 7076
Coquihalla Highway, federal funds for 6494
Coquihalla Highway, numbering of 6494
Curriculum changes, compulsory courses 5744
Deficits 5339
Douvan Power Construction Ltd., out-of-province workers 6368-9, 6370, 6673-4, 6677
Douvan Power Construction Ltd., powerline contract 6676-7
Education and class structure 5743
Education, changes and advances in 5744
Education costs, increase in 5744
Education, expenditures on 5222
Education ministry, estimates 5742-3, 5743-4, 5745-6
Education system 5223
Electric power rates, Vancouver Island 5224
Employee cooperatives 5340
Employees' pension fund boards, employer representation on 6681
Employment, full employment 5223, 5339, 6672
Employment, full employment and increase in revenue 5339
Employment in B.C., obligations re local hiring 6677
Employment on government projects, B.C.-first policy for 6368-9, 6370
Employment policy, B.C.-first and Charter of Rights 6369, 6370
Expenditures, government spending policy 5339
Expenditures, megaprojects 5339
Expenditures, restraint program 5223, 5340
Expo 86 construction workers, federal regulations 6674
Forest industry, Vancouver Island North 6189
Forest renewal program, Vancouver Island 5341
Forestry, government policy on 5223
Forests, funding for silviculture 5340-1
GAIN payments, indexing of 5958
Gallaudet College for the Deaf, financial aid for B.C. students 6680
Good samaritans, compensation for injuries 6681
Government purchasing policy 6369
Government, role of 5222
Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act, proclamation of section 8 5958
Handicapped, pension for 5958
Health ministry, estimates 5842-3
High school graduation requirements 5744
Highway 1, Fraser Canyon section, maintenance of 6493
Highway 8, Merritt-Spences Bridge bridges 6494
Highway 19, Campbell River-Menzies Bay section 6493-4
Highway 19, Keogh Bridge 6494
Highway 19, Oyster River-Menzies Bay section bypass 6493
Highway 19, Parksville-Menzies Bay bypass 6493
Highway 19, Stories Beach area park proposal 6494, 6495
Hospitals, northern Vancouver Island 5842
Human Resources ministry, estimates 5956-7, 5958-9, 5959, 5959-60, 5960, 5961, 5962, 5973, 5974, 5974-5, 5975-6, 5976, 5993
Human Rights Council, education function 6680
Human Rights Council, function and powers 6680
Human Rights Council, public image 6679-80
Human rights, positive statement of 6695
Income tax credits for low-earners, proposal for 5340
Individual Opportunity Plan 5975
Individual Opportunity Plan, access to 5974, 5975
Individual Opportunity Plan, clients finding employment 5960, 5961, 5962, 5973, 5975
Individual Opportunity Plan clients, number of 5960, 5961, 5962, 5973, 5974
Individual Opportunity Plan, clients remaining employed 5960, 5961, 5962, 5973, 5975, 5976
Individual Opportunity Plan clients, success rate 5976
Individual Opportunity Plan, evaluation of 5975
Industry and Small Business Development ministry, estimates 6189-90, 6190
International Labour Organization code, violation of 6130
International Labour Organization, visit to B.C. 6674
Investments, choice of location for 5340
Labour disputes, government intervention in 6106, 6107, 6131
Labour disputes, role of Premier in settlement of 6107
Labour ministry, estimates 6671-4, 6676-7, 6678-80, 6680-2, 6683, 6688-9
Labour, mobility of and Charter of Rights 6674, 6676
Labour Relations Board, appointments to 6677, 6679
Labour Relations Board, function of 6677
Labour Relations Board, public interest representation on 6677, 6679
Language, use of gender words 6681-2
Ledcor Industries Ltd. employees, wage rates 6674
McAlpine, John, report and recommendations 6677, 6679, 6680
Mathematics, compulsory course in 5744
Medical care, community health clinics 6247
Medical care, rural health corps 6248
Medical Service Amendment Act (1985) 6247-9
Medical Services Plan appropriation, limit on 6248
Medicine, preventive 5222
Metro Transit Operating Company collective agreement, government intervention in 6199, 6200, 6200-1
Metro Transit Operating Company collective agreement, preservation of 6263
Metro Transit Operating Company, strike 6131, 6133
Mine inspections 6689
Names, hyphenated surnames 7050
Names, registrar's powers re choice of 7050
Names, surnames for children 7050, 7051
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline 5224
Occupational environment branch duties, transfer of 5656
Occupational environment branch employees, transfer of 5657-8, 6143
Pacific Vocational Institute and British Columbia Institute of Technology Amalgamation Act 7261, 7261-2
Pensions, provincial plan 5341
Penticton Art Gallery, funding for 6605
Physicians, Black report on, recommendations 6248
Physicians, distribution of throughout province 6247-8
Physicians in remote areas, possible long-term commitment 6248-9
Physicians, negotiations with 6247
Physicians, Ontario program for underserviced areas 6248
Physicians, practice in underserviced areas 6248
Physicians, Quebec model for manpower placement 6248
Poor, families below poverty line 5956
Poor, single persons below poverty line 5956
Port Alice, Marble bridge 6494
Port Hardy, Holberg road 6494, 6495
Port McNeill, parents' money-raising project 5742
Provincial Apprenticeship Board, task force report 6681
Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 6604-5, 6606
Public interest, protection of 6106-7
Public service, collective bargaining in 6206, 6303, 6674, 6677
Public service, compensation plans 6206
Public service wage settlements, catch-up increases 6304
Pupil-teacher ratio, ministry's objective re 5744
Queen of the North passengers, tourist facilities for 5224
Race prejudice, educational programs in school system 6677
Racism and intolerance, increase in 5339
Racism in print media 6679
Recreational facilities assistance fund, moratorium on grants 6605
Sayward, Sachts Bridge 6494
School Amendment Act (1985) 6271-3, 6286, 6286-7, 6287, 6287-8, 6288
School Amendment Act, 1985, purpose of 6271-2, 6287
School Amendment Act, 1985, representations re 6286
School Amendment Act, 1985, schedule under act 6287, 6288
School boards, powers re teacher layoffs 6273
School District 45 teachers, layoff of 6286, 6287
School District 72 administrators, number of 5745
School District 72, enrolment 5743
School District 72 teachers, reduction in 5743, 5744
School District 84, cost per pupil 5745
School District 85, cost per pupil 5745
School districts, teacher layoff agreements 6272, 6273, 6286-7
School principals, teaching and classroom time 5745
School textbooks, shortage of 5742
Science and technology course in schools 5744
Social assistance rate increase and economy 5222
Social assistance rate increase, cost-sharing of 5957
Social assistance rates and Charter of Rights 5957
Social assistance rates and minimum wage 5958
Social assistance rates, increase in 5222, 5956-8, 5958
Social assistance rates, level of 5956-7
Social assistance recipients, earnings exemption 5974
Social assistance recipients, increase in number of 5959-60
Social assistance recipients, information re past numbers of 5961
Social assistance recipients, number of 5961
Social assistance recipients, number of employables 5976
Social assistance recipients, number of going off welfare 5958-9, 5976
Social assistance recipients, number of on welfare for year 5962
Social assistance recipients, number of single adults 5974
Social assistance recipients, number of unemployables 5976
Social assistance regulations and Charter of Rights 5957
Social welfare, government policy on 5222, 5223
Student employment program 6672
Tahsis-Woss road 6494
Tax relief measures and job creation 5339, 5340
Teachers' ability, reporting on 6273
Teachers, assessment of 6273
Teachers, layoff of, possible political basis for 6273
Teachers, layoff of under School Amendment Act, 1985 6287
Teachers, morale 6272
Teachers, qualifications 6273
Teachers' responsibilities, increase in 5744
Teachers' seniority, determination of 6288
Transit, handyDART system 5993
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 6493-4, 6495
Unemployment, Campbell River area 6189
Unemployment insurance recipients 5338-9
Unemployment, young people 5338
Universities and colleges, funding for 5340
Utah Mines Ltd. and economy of northern Vancouver Island 6189, 6190
Vancouver Island north, pulp and paper mill for 6190
Vancouver Island north, regional economic plan for 6190
Vital Statistics Amendment Act (1985) 7050-1
Wage (Public Construction) Act, regulation;, 6674
Wages, minimum wage in Saskatchewan 6673
Wages, minimum wage increase 6673
Wages, minimum wage level and poverty line 6673
Wages, minimum wage level in B.C. 6672
Women, equal pay for 5341
Women, training programs 5341
Women's economic rights branch, re-establishment of 5341
Wood-pulp industry, strike 6131
Work day overtime ban, employers' opposition to 6676
Work day overtime ban, proposal for 6673
Work week, proposal for shortening of 6676
Workers Compensation Amendment Act (1985) 6804-5, 6816, 6817, 6818
Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2) (1985) 7245-6, 7246-7, 7247, 7248, 7249, 7250, 7251
Workers' Compensation Board assessments, experience rating in 7247
Workers' Compensation Board assessments, increase in 7246
Workers' Compensation Board, assessments on small business 7246
Workers' Compensation Board benefits, basis for 7246
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review 6688
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review backlog 6671
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review cases, rehearing of 6818
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review findings, review of 6805, 6817
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review members, number of 6816
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review members, oath to be sworn 6816
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review, one member boards 6688, 6804
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review, oral hearings 6804, 6805, 6816
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review, regulations re 6804
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review, temporary boards 6805
Workers' Compensation Board boards of review, worker's advocate 6805
Workers' Compensation Board, coverage for farmworkers 6689
Workers' Compensation Board fines, level of 7245-6
Workers' Compensation Board, funding for added duties 5656, 5657
Workers' Compensation Board inspections, reduction in 5657
Workers' Compensation Board inspectors, loss of 5657
Workers' Compensation Board, operation of 7245-6
Workers' Compensation Board, public inquiry into 7245
Workers' Compensation Board, regulations 7247, 7248, 7249
Workers' Compensation Board regulations, agricultural workers 7247, 7248, 7249, 7250-1
Workers' Compensation Board, regulations re pesticides 7248, 7249, 7250-1
Workers' Compensation Board, royal commission on 7247
Workplace Act 5656-8, 6142, 6143, 6144
Workplace Act, explanatory note 5657
Workplace, deaths in 6688, 6689
Workplace safety 5222, 5341, 5656, 5657, 668-9
Workplace safety, home workers 6142, 6143, 6144
Workplace safety, joint safety committees 6689
Young people, employment program 6672
Young people, federal funds for employment programs 6672
Young people, unemployment 6672
Youth summer employment program, B.C. funds for Q. 5190
Youth summer employment program, private sector guarantees Q. 5190
Gaffield, Chad
Resignation of (McGeer) A. 5725 (Nicolson) Q. 5724-5
Gage, Walter
Mentioned: (McGeer) 6078 (Nicolson) 6078
Gaglardi, Philip A.
Mentioned: (Brown) 5766
Galbraith, John Kenneth
Quoted (Lea) 5375
Gallagher, Bob
Mentioned: (Strachan) 5130
Gallagher, Paul
Tribute to (Heinrich) 5718
Gallaudet College for the Deaf, Washington, D.C.
Financial aid for B.C. students (Gabelmann) 6680 (Segarty) 6680
Students from B.C. (Cocke) 6776 (McGeer) 6776 (Parks) 6776
Gambier Island, B.C.
Preservation of (Lockstead) 5561
Gambling
Casino gambling and crime (MacWilliam) 6603
Casino gambling, legalization of (Chabot) 6604 (MacWilliam) 6603
Legalization of (Barnes) 6630 (Chabot) 6604 (Lockstead) 6717 (MacWilliam) 6601-2, 6603, 6604 (Mitchell) 6598-9 (Richmond) 6718
Legalization of, survey of public opinion on (Chabot) 6604 (MacWilliam) 6603
Manitoba, casino gambling (Chabot) 6604 (MacWilliam) 6604
United States gambling centres (Lockstead) 6718
See also: Lotteries
Game protection
Cassiar area conservation officer (Passarell) 6068
Conservation officers, need for work in pairs by (Pelton) 6028
Conservation officers, number of (Pelton) 6054 (Wallace) 6053
Conservation officers' services, reorganization of (Pelton) 6021
Conservation officers, shortage of (Kempf) 6027 (Pelton) 6028, 6068 (Wallace) 6053-4, 6054
Conservation officers, sportsmen checked (Pelton) 6021 (Wallace) 6053
Conservation offices, amalgamation of (Pelton) 6028
Cowichan, conservation officer (Wallace) 6054
Crown counsel, environmental (Pelton) 6028
Fish poaching, prevention of (Kempf) 6027
Fort St. James, conservation officers (Kempf) 6027
Game law infractions, reporting of (Pelton) 6028
Grand Forks, conservation officer (Wallace) 6053
Otter Valley, conservation officer (Wallace) 6053
Wildlife, protection and management of (Pelton) 6021
Games
Nuclear war games, sale of (Brown) 6399 (Hewitt) 6400
Gandhi, M.K. (Mahatma)
Quoted (Passarell) 5240
Ganges, Saltspring Island, B.C.
Sewer system, decision on (Ritchie) 6665, 6666, 6667
Sewer system, funding for (Blencoe) 6664-5 (MacWilliam) 5180, 5712
Sewer system, harbour pollution (Cocke) 5646
Sewer system, operating costs (Blencoe) 6665
Sewer system, referendum on (Blencoe) 6665 (Ritchie) 6666
Sewer system, treatment method (Blencoe) 6665 (Ritchie) 6665
Gangs
Chinatown gangs (Smith) 5492
Chinatown gangs, international connections (Lauk) 5487, 5492
Streetworker program (Barnes) 5420 (Brown) 5414, 5415, 5480
Surrey gangs (Brown) 5414, 5480, 5999 (Smith) 5481
Garage sales
See: Sales
Garbage
See: Refuse and refuse disposal
Gardening
Allotment gardens, problem with (Schroeder) 6330
Gardner, Booth
Mentioned: (Rose) 5310
Gardom, Hon. Garde B. (Vancouver-Point Grey) Minister of Intergovernmental Relations
Acid rain problem 5427
Adoption, rights of father in 7199
Arms race, ending of 5822
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 5476-7
Bennett, W.R., absence of from House A. 7105
B.C. Teachers' Federation, court action re collective bargaining 5690
B.C. Teachers' Federation, membership 5690, 5756
Budget debate 5427-30
Charter of Rights Amendment Act (1985) 7199, 7200
Consular officials, drivers' test requirements 6802
Democracy, school course in concepts of 5771-2
Drunken driving, penalties for 7036
Education ministry, estimates 5689-90, 5756-7, 5771-2
Employment, government projects 7105
Free trade with Europe 5428
Free trade with Japan 5428
Free trade with U.S. 5428
House, adjournment of for ten minutes 6955
Industry, incentives to 5427
Intergovernmental Relations ministry, estimates 7017-9
Job creation, legislation re A. 7105
Law course in secondary schools, proposal for 5771-2
Legislature, press coverage 5427
Liquor, choice of 5429
Liquor, sale of 5429
Luscher v. Deputy Minister of National Revenue, proposals re 5477
Marketing boards, abolition of 5429-30
Marketing boards, compulsory aspects of 5430
Milk bottles, sales tax exemption on returnables 6171
Minister's estimates, presence of officials on floor of House 5845
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (1985) 6802
Motor Vehicle Act, section 69.2 amendments 7035
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 1) (1985) 7035-6
Newspapers, policies on reporting 5427
Nicol, R.A., appointment of as Sergeant-at-Arms 6423
Offshore area, jurisdiction over 7018
Ombudsman, appointment of 6176
Ombudsman, estimates 7012, 7015
Ombudsman, qualifications 6176
Ombudsman, selection committee members 6176
Ontario, Great Lakes international boundary line 7018
Peace march 5825
Physicians, earnings 5428
Pornography, Luscher case 5476-7
Press Council, meetings of 5427
Press, coverage of proceedings of Legislature 5427
School Act, White Paper on new act 5756, 5771
School District 37 vice-principals, teaching by 5756
School District 39, administrative personnel 5756
School District 39 vice-principals, teaching by 5756
School boards, need for 5757
School boards, teachers as members 5757
School districts, administration costs 5756
Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders, Private Bills and Members' Services, May 8 meeting 5850
Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders, Private Bills and Members' Services, meeting of 5839, 5850
Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders, Private Bills and Members' Services, meeting on Bill PR404 5850
Senate, functions 5429
Senate, powers 5429
Senate, reform of 5428-9, 7017
Senate seats, redistribution of 5429
Senators, selection of 5429
Shrum, Gordon, tribute to 6806
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1985) 6171
Special Committee of Selection to appoint an ombudsman selection committee 6174, 6176
Tariff barriers 5428
Teachers, salaries 5428, 5689-90, 5756
Teachers' salaries, recognition of merit 5690, 5756
Territorial sea, ownership of 7018
USA Today commended 5427
University faculty, salaries 5428
Garnett, Dave
Mentioned: (Barnes) 6698
Garnett Creek, B.C.
Mill Bay ferry terminal site (Fraser, A.) 6063 (Wallace) 6042-3, 6065
Gartside, G.J.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 5399
Gas, Natural
Alberta, natural gas industry (Davis) 6541
B.C. Hydro, natural gas division staff reduction (D’Arcy) Q. 5926
California, export of gas to (D’Arcy) 6525
California, use of gas (Rogers) 6527
Drilling, increase in (Bennett) 6743 (D’Arcy) 6530, 6550 (Michael) 6744 (Rogers) 6529, 6548
Exploration equipment, sales tax exemption for (Curtis) 5287, 6140
Exploration in B.C. (Michael) 6538 (Rogers) 6510, 6529
Extension assistance program, funds for (Curtis) 5286
Federal royalty tax, abolition of (D’Arcy) 6528 (Rogers) 5526, 6510
Ferries, ' use of natural gas (Cocke) 6516
Grizzly Valley pipeline (Phillips) 7165
Heating, number of homes heated (Michael) 6539
Industry, incentives to (Rogers) 5526
Industry, restructuring of (Rogers) 6471
Lease fees (Brummet) 6338, 6458-9
Liquefied natural gas, export of (Davis) 5161 (Phillips) 5325
Liquefied natural gas, market for (Rogers) 6526
Liquefied natural gas, price of (D’Arcy) 6525
Liquefied natural gas project (D’Arcy) 6525, 6527 (Davis) 5315 (Michael) 6181, 6538-9, 6744 (Rogers) 6509-10, 6529
Liquefied natural gas project, electric power discount rate for (Rogers) 6508
Liquefied natural gas project, fabrication for (McClelland) A. 6888 (Williams) Q. 6888
Liquefied natural gas project, Japanese investment in (Rogers) 6526
Liquefied natural gas project, job creation (Rogers) 6527
Liquefied natural gas project, producers' decision on (Rogers) 6526-7, 6529
Marketing, private sector role in (Rogers) 6549
Natural Gas Price Act. See name of act
Natural gas projects, elimination of federal tax on (Rogers) 5526
Petro-Canada, role of in LNG project (Rogers) 6529-30
Price deregulation, provision for (Rogers) 6549
Price, domestic price (D’Arcy) 6524-5, 6525, 6549 (Lockstead) 6551 (Rogers) 6526, 6548 (Williams) 6550
Price, export price (D’Arcy) 6549 (Davis) 6552
Price increase and economy (D’Arcy) 6550
Price increase, effect of in interior (Lockstead) 6551
Price increase, effect of on forest industry (Lockstead) 6551 (Rogers) 6555
Price increase, 1982 to present (D’Arcy) 6524
Price, negotiation of (Davis) 6551-2
Price of and price of petroleum (Rogers) 6555
Price of, decline in (Curtis) 5279
Price, setting of (Rogers) 6548, 6554
Price, subsidization of domestic price (Rogers) 6526 (Williams) 6550
Producers, sales by (Rogers) 6549
Revenue to province (D’Arcy) 6549-50 (Rogers) 6555 (Williams) 6551
Royalty, increase in (Rogers) 6555
Royalty system (D’Arcy) 5446 (Rogers) 6471, 6549
Rural gasification program, Sorrento-Blind Bay extension (Rogers) 6523
Sale of to U.S. (Rogers) 6529
Shuswap area extension (Curtis) 5286 (Michael) 5367, 7129
Taxation of (D’Arcy) 6528
Use, increase in demand (Rogers) 7197
Vancouver Island exploration work (Lockstead) 6520 (Rogers) 6522
Vancouver Island pipeline (Cocke) 5159 (Dailly) 5162 (Davis) 5161 (Gabelmann) 5224
Vancouver Island pipeline, benefits of (Michael) 5367-8
Vancouver Island pipeline, construction of (Lockstead) 6510-1 (Rogers) 6522, 6555
Vancouver Island pipeline, federal funds for (Bennett) A. 5124, 5270-1 (Lockstead) 5244 (McClelland) 6149 (Michael) 6181 (Rogers) A. 5190 (Skelly) Q. 5123, 5137, Q. 5190 (Stupich) 5143 (Throne speech) 5118
Vancouver Island pipeline gas, use of (Rogers) 6521
Vancouver Island pipeline, hearings on (Bennett) 5270
Vancouver Island pipeline, job creation (Michael) 5368 (Stupich) 5144
Vancouver Island pipeline, NDP policy on (Reynolds) 5142
Vancouver Island pipeline, proposal to borrow for (Stupich) 6418-9
Vancouver Island pipeline, provincial contribution to (Stupich) 5144
Vancouver Island pipeline, route (Lockstead) 5243-4, 6510 (Rogers) 6509 (Skelly) 5137 (Throne speech) 5118
Vancouver Island pipeline, subsidy requirements (Rogers) 5526
Vancouver Island pipeline, support for (Bennett) 5270
Gasoline
Cost of and tourist trade (MacWilliam) 6703 (Richmond) 6704
Farm operations, fuel consumption (D’Arcy) 5447
Farm production costs, gasoline (Stupich) 6324
Price, increase in (Lockstead) 6536
Sales, decline in (MacWilliam) 6431
Service stations, provision of full service (Sanford) 6613-4
Gasoline — Taxation
Federal tax (Davis) 5915 (Lockstead) Q. 5568 (Rogers) A. 5568
Gasoline purchasers, assessments against for tax evasion (Curtis) 6156
Gasoline Tax Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Increase in (Lockstead) 5243
Level of elsewhere in Canada (MacWilliam) 6432
Level of in United States (D’Arcy) 6435
Penalties and fines for infractions, increase in (Curtis) 6156, 6157
Reduction in off-road fuel tax (Brummet) 5335 (Curtis) 5282 (Kempf) 5308 (Michael) 5367
Reduction in, proposal for (Curtis) 6432 (MacWilliam) 6431
Sales tax, gasoline sold on reserves (Curtis) 6429 (Passarell) 6428
Statutes, consolidation of (Curtis) 6885
Tax rate, basis for (Curtis) 6155, 6156 (Howard) 6156
Use of and tax level (Davis) 6055
Vancouver transit, financing of (Davis) 5915
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Act
Consolidation of (Curtis) 7036, 7041
Mentioned: (Curtis) 5287, 6885
Gasoline (Coloured) Tax Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 9) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 5290; 2R, 6157-8; C, 6158-9; 3R, 6173; RA, 6183
Speakers: Cocke 6158; Curtis 6157-8, 6158; Howard 6158
Amdts: Sec. 1 (Curtis) 6158, 6165, approved 6158
Audit period, reduction in (Curtis) 5287, 6157
Marine bunker fuel tax rate, reduction in (Curtis) 6157-8
Penalties and fines, increase in (Curtis) 6157
Tax indexing formula, problems in computing tax (Cocke) 6158 (Curtis) 6158 (Howard) 6158
Tax rate, reduction in (Curtis) 6157-8
Gasoline Tax Act
Consolidation of (Curtis) 7036, 7041
Mentioned: (Curtis) 5287, 6885
Gasoline Tax Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 8) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 5290; 2R, 6155-7; C, 6157; 3R, 6157; RA, 6183
Speakers: Cocke 6157; Curtis 6155-6, 6156, 6157; Davis 6156; Howard 6156, 6157
Assessments against purchasers, authority for (Curtis) 6156
Audit period, reduction in (Curtis) 6155, 6156, 6157 (Howard) 6157
Aviation fuel tax change, impact of on revenues (Davis) 6156
Aviation fuel tax, imported fuel (Curtis) 6155, 6156
Aviation fuel tax, rates elsewhere (Curtis) 6155
Aviation fuel tax, reduction in (Curtis) 6155
Penalties and fines, increase in (Curtis) 6156, 6157
Tax evasion, liability for penalties (Cocke) 6157 (Curtis) 6157
Tax rate, basing of on price of gasoline (Curtis) 6155, 6156 (Howard) 6156
Gateby Intermediate Care Residence, Vernon, B.C.
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6592
Gautier, Roy
Quoted (Parks) 5372
Geddes, Fred
Mentioned: (Segarty) 6063, 6114, 6132
General agreement on tariffs and trade
Mentioned: (Bennett) 5465 (Davis) 6649 (Gardom) 5428 (Schroeder) 6319
General Dynamics Corp.
Mentioned: (Rose) 6558
General Electric Co.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 5716
General Motors Corp.
Expo 86 official car manufacturer (Richmond) 6450
Mentioned: (Cocke) 5716 (Mowat) 5355 (Richmond) 6700 (Rose) 6558
Genoe, Harry
Mentioned: (Sanford) 6068
Genstar Development Co.
Harwood Island, use as waste disposal site (Pelton) 6036 (Lockstead) 6036
Waste treatment (Pelton) 6048 (Wallace) 6047
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 7112 (Hanson) 6693 (Lockstead) 6035
George Derby Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Facilities and services, loss of (Dailly) 5859
Georgia strait, B.C. See: Strait of Georgia, B.C.
Georgilas, John
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 7226
Geothermal resources
Electric power generation, corrosion problem (Cocke) 6545 (Rogers) 6545
Meager Creek geothermal power (Cocke) 6545 (Rogers) 6545
Power generation, work on (Cocke) 6545 (Rogers) 6545
Gerontology
See: Aged
Gerrebe Display Ltd.
Mentioned: (Richmond) 6762
Ghost towns
See entries under Cities and towns
Gibbons, Arthur
Mentioned: (Cocke) 6686
Gibson, James Gordon
Mentioned: (Williams) 7016
Gibson Pass Resort Inc.
Directors, list of tabled (Brummet) 6384
Giles, Jack
Mentioned: (Smith) 6652
Gillingham, Bob
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 5725
Gilmour, Clark
Mentioned: (Segarty) 6063, 6105, 6132
Girl Guides of Canada
Mentioned: (Curtis) 3934
Girls' Club of Canada
Mentioned: (Chabot) 6585, 6594
Given names
See: Names, Personal
Glacier National Park
Mentioned: (Rose) 5586
Glenayre Electronics Ltd.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 6800, 6819
Glendale Lodge, Victoria, B.C.
Hospital status, application for (Brown) 5851, 6007, 6009 (McCarthy) 6009 (Nielsen) 5852
Tranquille patients, transfer of (McCarthy) 5995-6 (MacWilliam) 5995
Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ont.
Expo 86 articles (MacWilliam) 6422
Quoted (Johnston) 5442 (MacWilliam) 5181 (Sanford) 6308
Mentioned: (Chabot) 6572 (Fraser, A.) 5390 (Gardom) 7017
Go for the Gold
Mentioned: (Richmond) 6700
Gold
Price of (Michael) 5262
Price, trigger price (Passarell) 6540
Toodoggone area gold-mining (Rogers) 6540
Goldberg, Michael
Beer prices, report on (Macdonald) 5683, 5684, Q. 5684
Golden, B.C.
Program for attracting industry (Ritchie) 5784
Goldfarb, Martin
Quoted (Hanson) 6563
Mentioned: (Hanson) 6576
Goldfarb Consultants Ltd.
Education polling, cost of and results (Hanson) 6563, Q. 6576, 6581 (Heinrich) A. 6576
Tourism polling, cost of and results (Hanson) 6563, Q. 6576 (Richmond) A. 6563
Voucher referred to (Hanson) 6564
Mentioned: (Bennett) 5253 (Hanson) 5190, 6563, 6573
Goldie, Hugh J.
Mentioned: (Wallace) 6282
Goldwater, Barry
Mentioned: (Hon. member) 6782 (Nicolson) 6121
Good Hope Lake, B.C.
School, closing of (Passarell) 5740-1
Good Samaritan Act
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 6681
Good samaritans
See: Assistance in emergencies
Goodings, Stewart
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 6890 (Lauk) 6391, 6444 (MacWilliam) 6889
Gore, Carol M.
Quoted (Cocke) 7250
Gorst, James
Mentioned: (Smith) 5519
Gosnell, James
Mentioned: (Smith) 5504
Government
Centralization of power (Blencoe) 5591, 5638, 5641, 5778, 6289, 6296 (Cocke) 5562 (D’Arcy) 5584 (Lea) 5558 (MacWilliam) 5652-3, 5653 (Mitchell) 5573-4 (Nicolson) 5210, 5587-8, 5588 (Rose) 5587 (Sanford) 5550, 5582
Cost of, control over (Curtis) 5279 (Hewitt) 5149
Cost of, increase in (Howard) 5197
Cost of, reduction in (Bennett) 6726 (Michael) 6744
Decentralization, policy on (Ritchie) 5655
Decision-making powers, proposal for committee of Legislature on (Lea) 5221
Executive, growth in size of (Davis) 5160
Government bodies, expansion of, definition of (Stupich) 7073
Ministries, number of (Williams) 5829
Policies (Blencoe) 6993-4
Policies and federal Liberal Party policies (Howard) 5195-6
Policies and toughness, references to (Dailly) 5163
Policies, consultation re (Nicolson) 5319
Policy decisions, importance of people in (Barnes) 5152
Policy, development of (Phillips) 6992
Policy stability, need for (MacWilliam) 6759 (Skelly) 6737, 6739
Records and processes, computerization of (Curtis) 5286
Red tape, bureaucracy, reduction in (Hewitt) 5150, 5417 (Throne speech) 5119
Role of (Gabelmann) 5222
Size of (Davis) 5159-60
Tripartism in B.C. (Lea) 6734
Government advertising
Appropriation for (Hanson) 6562, 6563, 6572, 6581, 6627
Appropriation, level of (Chabot) A. 6129 (Hanson) Q. 6129
Appropriation, 1985-86 fiscal year (Stupich) 5300
B.C. lotteries, ALRT series, information re (Hanson) 6569
B.C. lotteries, Expo 86 series, information re (Hanson) 6569
B.C. lotteries, health care series, information re (Hanson) 6569
Coquihalla Highway opening, filming of (Chabot) 6580 (Hanson) 6580, 6581
Expenditures on (Chabot) 6566, 6626-7
Expenditures on, 1978 to present (Hanson) 6568
Films, expenditures on (Williams) 6579
Funds for (Barnes) 5607
Funds for, use of in 1983 pre-election period (Chabot) 6626 (Cocke) 6567-8, 6570-1
Guidelines for (Hanson) 6572
McKim Advertising Ltd., payments to in pre-election period (Chabot) 6577 (Cocke) 6567-8, 6571 (Williams) 6567, 6577, 6579
Manitoba budget for (Chabot) 6572, 6578
Northeast coal, film on (Williams) 6579
Partners in Enterprise program (Chabot) 6578 (Williams) 6577-8, 6578-9
Programs (Chabot) 6565-6, 6626-7
“Province Reports” series, information re (Hanson) 6568
Staff, reduction in (Chabot) 6571
TRAC series, information re (Hanson) 6569
Use of (Hanson) 6562
Government agents
Directive to quoted, referred to (Chabot) 6565 (Hanson) 6563
Role of (Hanson) 6563
Government buildings
See: Public buildings
Government business enterprises
Disposal of (Stupich) 6410
Purchases during NDP administration (Hewitt) 5416
Government information
Communication with public, improvement in (Parks) 5184-5
Communications, funds for (Williams) 6186
Expenditures on (Chabot) 6565-6, 6626-7
Government information plan (Chabot) 6566, 6570 (Hanson) 6564, 6568
Right of access to (Dailly) 6751
Government information service
Budget (Chabot) 6627
Expenditures, preapprovals for (Chabot) 6566-7, 6626 (Hanson) 6564
Funds, use of (Chabot) 6565-6, 6626-7
Information service (Skelly) 5135
Role of (Hanson) 6563
Salaries (Chabot) 6627
Staff, reduction in (Chabot) 6571
Tourism advertising, funds for (Richmond) 6703, 6708
Government lending
Authority for loans to private companies (Curtis) 5468, 5469, 5470 (Lauk) 5468, 5469, 5470
Government property
Assets, increase in value of during NDP administration (Stupich) 6409
Government purchasing
Payments by government, delays in (Blencoe) 6424 (Curtis) 6424, 6425
Payments, interest on late payments (Curtis) 6424, 6425
Pricing preference, change in (Bennett) 5465
Purchases, B.C. goods and services (Davis) 5161
Purchases, out-of-province buying (Cocke) 5204
Purchasing policy (Bennett) A. 5464, A. 5465 (Curtis) 5284 (Davis) 5316, 6774 (Gabelmann) 6369 (Stupich) Q. 5464, Q. 5465
Government records
Confidentiality of (Curtis) A. 7029 (Skelly) Q. 7029
Confidentiality of, responsibility for (MacWilliam) 7068 (Wallace) 7068
Disposal of (Skelly) Q. 7028
Disposal of and confidentiality (Curtis) A. 7196
Disposal of, statement re (Chabot) 7025-6 (Curtis) 7023-4 (Macdonald) 7027-8 (Skelly) 7025-6 (Smith) 7027 (Stupich) 7024-5
Waste paper, storage charges on (Stupich) 7066
Government spending policy
Megaprojects, expenditures on (Dailly) 5164 (Davis) 6417 (Gabelmann) 5339 (MacWilliam) 6277 (Mitchell) 5261 (Nicolson) 6076 (Stupich) 6145, 6418 (Williams) 5198-9
Restraint program. See entries under Expenditures, Public
Govier, George
Task force on natural gas (D’Arcy) 6524, 6525 (Rogers) 6471, 6548
Grace Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Aliens, births to (Davis) 5858, 5859 (Nielsen) 5858-9, 5859
Scheduling, problems re (Nielsen) 5859
Use of (Nielsen) 5859
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 5801, 5803
Graduation, High school
See entries under High schools
Grain
Drying, sales tax on fuel for (Curtis) 5287, 6139
Grain handling
Prince Rupert grain terminal, preservation of (Bennett) A. 6221 (Sanford) Q.6221
Grant, Don
Shoal Island scaling, report on (Waterland) 6874, 6909, 6910 (Williams) 6867, 6909
Mentioned: (Williams) 5352, 5354
Grapes
Import of by wineries, restrictions on (Hewitt) A. 6488 (Sanford) Q. 6488
Red grapes, sale of surplus by growers (Hewitt) A. 6487 (Sanford) Q. 6487
Wine made in B.C., grape content (Sanford) Q. 6766
Wine preferences, change in and growers' problems (MacWilliam) 6327
Graveley Street Group Home, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 6007
Gray, Bob
Mentioned: (Cocke) 7221 (Segarty) 6671
Gray, Jim
Mentioned: (Rogers) 6529
Grazing leases
See: Stock-ranges
Great Britain
B.C.-owned assets in U.K., protection of (Smith) 7033-4
European Common Market, membership in (Phillips) 6854 (Williams) 6854
Great Britain. House of Lords
Mentioned: (Gardom) 5429
Great West Graphics Inc.
Mentioned: (Richmond) 6762
Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau
Mentioned: (Mowat) 5356
Greater Vancouver Regional District
“The Liveable Region” report (Cocke) 5930
Waste disposal, Burns Bog site (Pelton) 6026 (Wallace) 6023, 6025, 6026
Waste disposal, cost of (Pelton) 6026
Waste disposal, incinerator for and energy recovery (Pelton) 6037
Waste disposal, incinerator in Burnaby (Davis) 6031 (Lea) 6029-30 (Pelton) 6025, 6037 (Wallace) 6023
Waste disposal, Langley site (Davis) 6055 (Lea) 6029, 6030 (Pelton) 6024-5, 6056 (Wallace) 6025, 6026
Waste disposal problem (Davis) 6055 (Pelton) 6024-5 (Wallace) 6025, 6026
Waste disposal, site for (Davis) 6032 (Wallace) 6023, 6024
Waste disposal, Texada Island site (Lockstead) 6035 (Wallace) 6024
Greater Vancouver Regional Hospital District
Funding for (Nielsen) 5810
Mentioned: (Dailly) 5887
Greater Vancouver Water District
Ore and Hixon Creeks, diversion of (Pelton) 6034 (Rose) 6033-4, 6034
Greater Victoria Visitors and Convention Bureau
Mentioned: (Hanson) 7112 (Reynolds) 6643
Green, W.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 5397
Greenhouses
Atlin warm springs, use of (Passarell) 6321-2 (Schroeder) 6323
Greenhouse industry, development of (Sanford) 6308 (Schroeder) 6305-6, 6330
Sites for (Schroeder) 6330
Solar greenhouses (Wallace) 6330
Greenspan, Edward
Mentioned: (Lauk) 7183 (Smith) 5124, 5411
Greer, Bill
Mentioned: (Cocke) 7221 (Gabelmann) 7247
Gregg, Allan
Mentioned: (Hanson) 6562, 6563
Grenby, Mike
Mentioned: (Lauk) 5328
Grizzly Valley, B.C.
Natural gas pipeline (Phillips) 7165
Grocery trade
Bulk-food sales, regulations re (Dailly) Q. 5227 (Nielsen) A. 5227
Gross provincial product
Estimate of (Davis) 6416, 6417
Estimates of, 1979 to present (Davis) Q. 5592
Estimates of, 1980 to 1984 (Curtis) A. 5816 (Davis) Q. 5816
Expenditures as percentage of (Davis) 5314, 6416
Forecast for 1985-86 fiscal year (Williams) 6150
Growth in (Curtis) 5448
Growth„ 1985 forecast for (Curtis) 5280
Information re (Davis) 5314
Taxation, percentage of GPP (Davis) 5314
Groundwater
See: Water, Underground
Groundwater Regulation Act
(Bill M205) (Wallace) 1R, 5593; 2R, 7095-6; out of order 7096
Speakers: Nielsen 7096; Wallace 7095-6
Groundwater, regulation of (Wallace) 7095
Mill Bay, community water system (Wallace) 7095
Surface water, regulation of (Wallace) 7095-6
Water resources in Canada, B.C. (Wallace) 7095
Water, use of (Wallace) 7095
Well drilling (Wallace) 7096
Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act
Section 8, proclamation of (Brown) 6007, 6010 (Gabelmann) 5958
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 5956
Guest, Ivan
Mentioned: (Strachan) 5129
Guinness Book of World Records
Mentioned: (Passarell) 6513
Guinness family
Annacis Island development (Williams) 6830
Gulf Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Bennett) 6745 (Michael) 6744 (Passarell) 7087
Gulf Canada Resources Inc.
Mentioned: (Michael) 5367
Gulf Islands, B.C.
Administrative commission, proposal for (Davis) 5585 (Nicolson) 5587 (Rose) 5586
Bylaws, approval of (Lockstead) 5653-4 (MacWilliam) 5652
Centralization of power over (Lea) 5557
Development of (Blencoe) 5547, 5590, 5640 (D’Arcy) 5584 (Lockstead) 5561, 5653 (Skelly) 5560
Economic development (Blencoe) 5547, 5640
Elected officials, number of (Blencoe) 5590 (Cocke) 5646 (Davis) 5585 (Mitchell) 5574 (Reynolds) 5573 (Wallace) 5580
Ferry system, subsidization of (Kempf) 6469
Heritage buildings, study of (Ritchie) 5654
Islands Trust Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Jurisdiction over prior to Islands Trust (Stupich) 5576
Natural resources and beauty of (Blencoe) 5548 (Reynolds) 5571 (Wallace) 5552
Population, increase in (Blencoe) 5547
Population, limit on (Cocke) 5646
Protection of (Blencoe) 5590 (Brown) 5564 (Cocke) 5645, 5646 (Davis) 5584-5, 5643 (Mitchell) 5574 (Rose) 5587 (Sanford) 5581 (Wallace) 5580
Residential lots, development of (Blencoe) 5547
Residents (D’Arcy) 5583
Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing tour (Brown) 5564 (Cocke) 5645 (Davis) 5643 (Lockstead) 5561 (Mitchell) 5573 (Sanford) 5550, 5551, 5581 (Stupich) 5576
Strata developments, regulations re (Blencoe) 5549
Uniqueness of (Blencoe) 5541 (Brown) 5564, 5566 (Skelly) 5559
Visits to, consultation (Ritchie) 6663
Water development plans (Brown) 5570
See also: Islands Trust; also names of islands, e.g. Bowen Island, B.C.
Gulf Islands School District
See: School District 64 (Gulf Islands)
Gulf Oil Corp.
Profits (Lockstead) 6535
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 6528 (Hanson) 6563 (Rogers) 6509, 6540
Gulf Oil of Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 5181
Gusen, Peter
Mentioned: (Hanson) 5444
Gwynne, Maury
Dismissal of (Macdonald) 5266
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 5593