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
ICBC
See: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
ICTU
See: Independent Canadian Transit Union
IEC
See: International Electronics Corp.
1RDP
See: Industrial and regional development program
IWA
See: International Woodworkers of America
Iacocca, Lee
Mentioned: (Rogers) 6509 (Williams) 6649, 6846
Ikea Ltd.
Mentioned: (Waterland) 6977
Illegitimacy
Children, marital status of parents (Brown) 7137 (Smith) 6651
Statutes, references to illegitimate status (Smith) 5652
Illness
See: Sick
Imai, Takashi
Quoted, mentioned (Williams) 6831, 6832, 6833
Immaculate Conception School, Delta, B.C.
Mentioned: (Johnston) 5127
Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society
Mentioned: (Barnes) 6619
Immigrant Resources Project
Mentioned: (Barnes) 6619
Immigrant Services Society of B.C.
Mentioned: (Barnes) 6619
Immigrants
Assistance to (Barnes) 6618-9, 6620, 6621
Costs of (Davis) 5823
Immigrants and unemployment (Davis) 6688
Immigration
Immigration, B.C. policy on (Davis) 5823
Immigration to B.C. See British Columbia — Population
Ministry for immigration, proposal for (Davis) 5823
Policy on manpower and immigration (Cocke) 5823 (Davis) 5822-3, 5824
Provincial involvement in (Cocke) 5823
Immigration Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Smith) 5485
Immunization
See: Inoculation
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Profits (Lockstead) 6535
Mentioned: (Cocke) 6553 (D’Arcy) 6528 (Mowat) 5202
Income
Economic recovery, increase in disposable income (Skelly) 5385
Personal disposable income, increase in (Skelly) 5136
Personal income, increase in (Curtis) 5279
Income, Guaranteed
Pilot project on, Manitoba and elsewhere (McCarthy) 5914 (Stupich) 5911
See also: Social assistance
Income tax
Federal increases, impact of on B.C. revenue (Curtis) A. 6362, A. 6363 (Stupich) Q. 6362
Health surtax (Davis) 6428
Health surtax, low-income group (Curtis) 6205 (Stupich) 6205
Health surtax revenue (Dailly) 5802, 5807 (Nielsen) 5802 (Stupich) 6792
Health surtax, time-limit on (Davis) 5808, 5809 (Nielsen) 5810
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Income Tax (Small Business Employment Tax Credit) Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Increase in by regulation (Stupich) 6207
Provincial tax on low-income earners, level of (Curtis) 5288 (Stupich) 5301
Revenue, projected decline in (Stupich) 6442
Tax credit for low-income group (Gabelmann) 5340 (Skelly) 5136, 5385 (Stupich) 6205
Tax level, low-income group (Curtis) 6205 (Stupich) 6205
Young people living at home, tax relief proposal (McCarthy) 5955-6 (Passarell) 5955
Mentioned: (Davis) 6186
Income Tax Act
Mentioned: (Curtis) 5288
Income Tax Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Curtis) 6205 (Davis) 6186 (Lauk) 5921
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 18) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 5290; 2R, 6205; C, 6297; 3R, 6297; RA, 6297
Speakers: Curtis 6205; Stupich 6205
Health care surtax, low-income group (Curtis) 6205 (Stupich) 6205
Income tax credit for low-income group, reinstatement of (Stupich) 6205
Provincial tax level for low-income group (Curtis) 6205 (Stupich) 6205
Income Tax (Health Care Maintenance) Amendment Act, 1984
Mentioned: (Dailly) 5392
Income Tax (Small Business Employment Tax Credit) Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 5) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 5290; 2R, 6211-9; C, 6296; 3R, 6297; RA, 6297
Speakers: Curtis 6211-2, 6218-9, 6296; Fraser, R. 6214-5; Hewitt 6215-6; Howard 6218; Lea 6213-4; MacWilliam 6214; Michael 6216-7; Phillips 6217-8; Ree 6214; Stupich 6212-3, 6296; Veitch 6215; Williams 6296
Abacus Cities Ltd., receivership, case cited (Lea) 6213
Administration of act (Curtis) 6212
Benefits, delay in commencement of (Stupich) 6212
Bill, discussion paper as background to (Curtis) 6296
Bill, studies as basis for (Williams) 6296
Bob-sled firm, establishment of in Spallumcheen (Michael) 6216
Capital gains tax, changes in (Lea) 6213
Corporate tax, levying of on new small business (Lea) 6213
Economic and regional development agreement, assistance to small business (Phillips) 6218
Eligibility, definition of businesses (Curtis) 6211 (Lea) 6214
Eligibility, incorporation of businesses (Stupich) 6212
Eligibility, maximum payroll total (Curtis) 6211 (Fraser, R.) 6215
Eligibility, members of associated groups of companies (Curtis) 6211
Eligibility, universality of (Stupich) 6212
Employees, basis for hiring (Lea) 6213 (Stupich) 6212
Employment costs, non-wage costs (Curtis) 6211, 6219 (Hewitt) 6216 (Lea) 6213 (Phillips) 6217 (Ree) 6214 (Stupich) 6212
Finance ministry, taxation hearings (Michael) 6216
Job creation in B.C. (Michael) 6216
Manitoba, decline in number of jobs (Michael) 6216
Manitoba, job tax (Fraser, R.) 6214 (Phillips) 6217 (Veitch) 6215
Marina operator, lease rates (Michael) 6217
Revenue Canada, discussions with re bill (Curtis) 6296 (Stupich) 6296
Revenue, impact of tax credit on (Curtis) 6219
Small business and banks (Lea) 6213
Small business, assistance to (Curtis) 6219
Small business, importance of to economy (Fraser, R.) 6215 (Veitch) 6215
Small business, job creation (MacWilliam) 6214
Small business, unincorporated businesses (Curtis) 6219 (Stupich) 6212
Tax credit, formula for calculation of (Curtis) 6211
Tax credit, maximum credit (Curtis) 6211
Tax credit, NDP proposal for (MacWilliam) 6214
Tax credit, use of to acquire inventory (Ree) 6214
Unemployment, effects of act on (Hewitt) 6216 (Michael) 6216 (Stupich) 6213
Venture capital, problem re for small business (Curtis) 6219 (Lea) 6213, 6214
Independent Canadian Transit Union
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 6203, 6204, 6262
Independent Petroleum Association of Canada
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 6536
Independent schools
See: Private schools
Indian Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Skelly) 5504
Indian Friendship Centre, Kelowna, B.C.
Bingo revenue (MacWilliam) 6592, 6595
Indian Friendship Centre, Mission, B.C.
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6601
Indians
Aboriginal rights (Hewitt) 5151
Aboriginal title (Skelly) 5138
Aboriginal title, committee of Legislature on (Passarell) 5502
Aboriginal title, court decisions on (Skelly) 5504
Aboriginal title, history of (Passarell) 5500 (Smith) 5504
Aboriginal title issue, NDP policy on (Davis) 5523 (Smith) 5504
Aboriginal title issue, settlement of (Lockstead) 5506 (Passarell) 5500-2 (Skelly) 5503, 5503-4
Aboriginal title issue, settlement of and economy (Skelly) 5503
Aboriginal title, recognition of by Social Credit Party (Skelly) 5502
Alaska, settlement of aboriginal claims (Passarell) 5501 (Skelly) 5503
Alcohol-related problems (Barnes) 6404
Children in public schools, federal grants for (Curtis) 6429 (Passarell) 6428
Children taken into care, Atlin constituency (McCarthy) 5956, 5960-1 (Passarell) 5955
Children taken into care, placement of in non-native homes (McCarthy) 5956, 5961 (Passarell) 5955
Cutoff lands, agreements concluded (Smith) 5505
Cutoff lands, NDP administration's policy on (Skelly) 5505
Cutoff lands, settlement of (Smith) 5505
Discrimination against, case cited (Passarell) 5501
Economic self-sufficiency (Skelly) 5138
Education program at University of B.C. (McGeer) 6090 (Passarell) 6089-90
Equality for Indians (Hewitt) 5151
Federal policy on treatment of (Skelly) 5505-6
First-home grants to (Smith) 5505
Gasoline sales, sales tax on reservations (Curtis) 6429 (Passarell) 6428
Health and social problems (Skelly) 5503, 5519-20
Homeowner grants to (Skelly) 5506
Hunting, sustenance permits and treaties (Pelton) 6029
Industrial development incentive program, eligibility for (Passarell) 6388
Land claims (Hewitt) 5418 (Skelly) 5138
Legal aid for (Lauk) 5507, 5508
Names, choice of for children (Hanson) 7214 (Howard) 7051
Names, origins of (Howard) 6719
Osoyoos reserve land, irrigation project (Schroeder) 6331
Post-secondary education, participation rate (Nicolson) 5667
Prisons, inmates, number of Indians (Brown) 5480 (Lauk) 5481
Reserves, sales tax exemption for sales on (Barnes) 5419 (Davis) 5523 (Hewitt) 5418, 5419
Self-government for (Hewitt) 5418-9 (Lockstead) 5506-7 (Smith) 5505
Self-government for, federal legislation on (Lockstead) 5506, 5507 (Smith) 5507
Social welfare programs, source of funds for (Hewitt) 5418
Stories and legends, proposal for publication on (Howard) 6719
Treatment of, provision of equal opportunity (Hewitt) 5419
Treatment of, racism in (Skelly) 5503, 5516, 5519-20
Treatment of, R.E. Skelly's statements re (Lauk) 5520 (Skelly) 5516, 5519-20 (Smith) 5516, 5520
See also names of bands, e.g. Nishga Indian band
Indians — Languages
Studies of, importance of (Hanson) 6613
Individual Opportunity Plan
Access to (Gabelmann) 5974, 5975
Clients (McCarthy) 5973
Clients, number of (Gabelmann) 5960, 5961, 5962, 5973, 5974 (McCarthy) 5896, 5910, 5960, 5974 (Williams) 5977
Clients, number of finding employment (Brown) 5993, 6007 (Gabelmann) 5960, 5961, 5962, 5973, 5975 (Williams) 5977
Clients, number of remaining in employment (Brown) 6007 (Gabelmann) 5960, 5961, 5962, 5973, 5975, 5976
Clients, success rate (Gabelmann) 5976 (McCarthy) 5973, 5976, 5977, 5993 (Williams) 5977
Employers, compensation for training employees (Brown) 5975, 6007
Evaluation of (Gabelmann) 5975 (Williams) 5977
Plan (Brown) 5975 (Gabelmann) 5975 (McCarthy) 5914, 5971, 5973
Success of (McCarthy) 5896, 5910, 5960, 5962, 5973-4
Mentioned: (Brown) 5999
Indora Industries Ltd.
Lien against mining company (Wallace) 6403
Industrial and regional development program
Funds under agreement (McClelland) 6148, 6149
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 6188
Industrial arbitration
See: Arbitration, Industrial
Industrial Development Incentive Act
(Bill 23) (Minister of Industry and Small Business Development) 1R, 5291; discharged 6361
Mentioned: (Pelton) 5320
Industrial Development Incentive Act
(Bill 46) (Minister of Industry and Small Business Development) 1R, 6361; 2R, 6374-8; C, 6385-9; 3R, 6389; RA, 6405
Speakers: Brown 6377; Cocke 6377; Lockstead 6387; McClelland 6374-5, 6377-8, 6386, 6387, 6388; Passarell 6388; Stupich 6375-6; Wallace 6376-7; Williams 6386, 6386-7, 6388
Agricultural processing industry, inclusion of (McClelland) 6377 (Wallace) 6376
Aquaculture incentive program (Lockstead) 6387 (McClelland) 6375 (Stupich) 6375 (Wallace) 6376 (Williams) 6387
Federal-provincial financing of program (Cocke) 6377
Forest industry plants, funds for modernization of (Williams) 6388
Incentive programs in past, jobs created (McClelland) 6375
Indian reserves, eligibility of developments on (Passarell) 6388
Interest rate, proposal for subsidization of (Stupich) 6375
Jobs created (McClelland) 6386
Loans approved and loans granted, information re (Wallace) 6375-6
Loans, maximum amount of (McClelland) 6387
Loans to competing businesses, problems re (McClelland) 6378 (Stupich) 6375-6
Management committee for program (McClelland) 6375
Minister's powers under act (Williams) 6386
Mushroom industry (McClelland) 6378 (Wallace) 6376
Oyster farmers, assistance for (Lockstead) 6387 (McClelland) 6387
Politics as basis for loans, possibility of (McClelland) 6386 (Stupich) 6375-6
Regional participation (McClelland) 6386 (Passarell) 6388 (Williams) 6386
Restrictions under Financial Administration Act (McClelland) 6386
Silverstar Meats Ltd., funding for (Wallace) 6376 (McClelland) 6378
Small business incentives under ERDA agreement (McClelland) 6375, 6377
Small manufacturers incentive program (McClelland) 6374-5 (Stupich) 6375 (Williams) 6386
Stewart, port development (McClelland) 6388
TIDSA grants in Cowichan-Malahat constituency (Wallace) 6376
Tourist industry, assistance to areas outside lower mainland (Williams) 6387
Tourist industry, capital development in (McClelland) 6375
Tourist industry loans (McClelland) 6377 (Wallace) 6376
Women, loans for small business establishment (Brown) 6377 (McClelland) 6377
Mentioned: (McClelland) 6770
Industrial Electricity Rate Discount Act
(Bill 28) (Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) 1R, 5295; 2R 6502-8; C, 6848-51; 3R, 6851; RA, 7022
Speakers: D'Arcy 6503-4, 6848, 6849, 6850; Davis 6507, 6849; Lauk 6504-5; Rogers 6502-3, 6507-8, 6848, 6848-9, 6849, 6849-50, 6850; Stupich 6848; Wallace 6506-7; Williams 6505-6
Amdts: Sec. 1 (Rogers) 6848, 6856-7, approved 6848; sec. 2 (Rogers) 6849, 6857, approved 6849; sec. 2 (D’Arcy) 6849, negatived 6850; sec. 3 (Rogers) 6850, 6857, approved 6850
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., surplus power (Rogers) 6849
Aluminum smelter, eligibility of for discount (Rogers) 6508
Bonneville Power Administration, negotiations with (Rogers) 6508 (Williams) 6505
B.C. Hydro customers, number of (Rogers) 6507
B.C. Hydro debt, interest costs (Wallace) 6506
B.C. Hydro power, domestic sales (D’Arcy) 6504 (Rogers) 6507
B.C. Hydro power, exports (D’Arcy) 6504 (Rogers) 6508
B.C. Hydro power, forecasts of future demand (Rogers) 6508
B.C. Hydro rates, increase in (D’Arcy) 6504 (Williams) 6506
B.C. Hydro revenue, increase in (D’Arcy) 6504
B.C. Utilities Commission, proposed powers under act (D’Arcy) 6849, 6850 (Rogers) 6849-50
Discount rate, conversions from use of petroleum and petroleum products (Rogers) 6503
Discount rate, criteria for eligibility (Rogers) 6502, 6503 (Wallace) 6506
Discount rate, decisions on eligibility (D’Arcy) 6503, 6849, 6850 (Rogers) 6849-50 (Wallace) 6506, 6506-7
Discount rate, extension of to all users (D’Arcy) 6504
Discount rate, plant modernization (Rogers) 6503
Discount rate, restriction of to large-scale users (D’Arcy) 6503-4, 6848 (Rogers) 6848 (Wallace) 6506
Discount rate, time-limit on (Davis) 6850 (Rogers) 6503, 6508
Electric power price, basis for (Williams) 6505
Electric power, production costs (Williams) 6505
Electric power, sale of to Los Angeles (Williams) 6505
Electric power, surplus power (Davis) 6849 (Rogers) 6502, 6507, 6849 (Wallace) 6506, 6507 (Williams) 6505
Employment, impact of power discount rate on (Wallace) 6506
Expo 86, discount rate for (Lauk) 6504-5
Industry, concessions to (Williams) 6505
Industry, new industries (Davis) 6850 (Rogers) 6508, 6848
Industry, power-intensive industry (Davis) 6851
Industry, secondary industry (D’Arcy) 6503
Liquefied natural gas project, discount rate for (Rogers) 6508
Municipal partnership areas, restrictions to (Wallace) 6506
Natural resources, use of and job creation (D’Arcy) 6504
North Vancouver chlorate industries, power rate for (Davis) 6507 (Rogers) 6508
Ocelot Industries Ltd., discount rate for (Rogers) 6508
Peace River, Site C dam (Wallace) 6506
Powers under act, discretionary powers (D’Arcy) 6849, 6850 (Rogers) 6849-50
Pulp mill, discount rate to (Rogers) 6508
Quebec, special power rate (Davis) 6507
Revelstoke Dam, cost of (Williams) 6505
Water licence fee increase and discount rate (Stupich) 6848
West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., discount rate (Rogers) 6503
Industrial parks
Occupancy of (Williams) 6771, 6824, 6836
Special Enterprise Zone and Tax Relief Act. See name of act
Industrial relations
See: Labour relations
Industrial research
See: Research, Industrial
Industrial safety
CADCAM mentioned (Fraser, R.) 7119
Deaths, workplace deaths (Gabelmann) 6688, 6689 (Skelly) 5133
Injuries, reduction in number of (Segarty) 7247
Injuries, reporting of (Mitchell) 7233
Joint safety committees commended (Segarty) 6689
Joint safety committees, list of (Gabelmann) 6689 (Segarty) 6690
Joint safety committees, work of (Segarty) 6689-90
Standards, improvement in (Segarty) 7234, 7246
Workplace Act. See name of act
Workplace safety (Cocke) Q. 5530 (Gabelmann) 5222, 5341, 5656, 5657, 6688-9 (Mowat) 5203 (Segarty) A. 5530, 6689 (Skelly) 5133
Workshops in health and safety (Segarty) 7249
Industry
Consumer products, production of and size of market (Phillips) 6853 (Williams) 6853
Free trade and location of industry (Williams) 6853
Location, factors in choice of (Blencoe) 5440, 6098, 6302, 6635
Municipalities, competition for industry (Blencoe) 5439
Pollution standard requirements (Davis) 6055
Production equipment, sales tax exemption for (Curtis) 5282, 6139
Social democratic countries, industrial policies (Macdonald) 5268
See also: British Columbia — Industries
Industry and Small Business Development, Ministry of
Estimates 6147-50, 6159-64, 6176-92, 6275-80
Speakers: Barnes 6179, 6179-80, 6180-1; D'Arcy 6187-8; Davis 6185-6; Gabelmann 6189-90, 6190; Howard 6190-1, 6192, 6275; McClelland 6147-8, 6150, 6162-3, 6177-8, 6179, 6180, 6181, 6185, 6188-9, 6190, 6191-2, 6275, 6276, 6279, 6279-80, 6280; MacWilliam 6277-9, 6279, 6280; Michael 6181-3; Mitchell 6176-7, 6178; Passarell 6178-9; Skelly 6183-5, 6185; Williams 6148-50, 6159-62, 6163-4, 6185, 6186-7, 6275-6, 6276-7
Advertising, appropriation for (McClelland) 6185 (Williams) 6163
Annual report, 1984-85 fiscal year, tabled (McClelland) 6150
B.C. Economic Bulletin, content (Williams) 6186-7
Business development branch, work of (McClelland) 6147
Business incentive branch, programs (McClelland) 6147
Community economic development branch, work of (McClelland) 6148
Industry branch, work of (McClelland) 6147
Staff, shortage of (Williams) 6276
Trade and industry division, work of (McClelland) 6147
Industry branch
Work of (McClelland) 6147
Infant development program
Appropriation (Brown) 6002 (McCarthy) 6003
Program (McCarthy) 5898
Infants
Birth weight, pilot projection on (Nielsen) 5793, 5853, 5866, 5874
Infant development program. See name of program
Mortality rates, improvement in (Nielsen) 5844
Inflation (Finance)
Inflation rate (Curtis) 5279
Information, Government
See: Government information
Injuries, Personal
See: Personal injuries
Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 6549 (Rogers) 6523, 6548, 7197
Inoculation
Immunization program (Nielsen) 5853-4
See also: Medicine, Preventive
Inonoaklin River, B.C.
Fishway at mouth of (D’Arcy) 6067 (Pelton) 6067
Inquiry Act
Mentioned: (Lea) 7243 (Smith) 5465
An Institute of Native Languages for British Columbia, An Act to Establish (Bill M216) (Hanson) 1R, 6613
Insurance — Premiums
General insurance premiums, tax increase on (Curtis) 6173
Insurance Premium Tax Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Tax rate on (Curtis) 5288
Insurance, Agricultural — Crops
Crop insurance program (Brummet) 5334
Insurance, Life
Premiums, possible tax on (Curtis) 6174 (Cocke) 6173
Insurance, Pharmaceutical services
Pharmacare program. See name of program
Insurance, Social
Numbers, use of (Cocke) 6402 (Hewitt) 6402
Insurance Act
Mentioned: (Cocke) 6846
Insurance agents
Business licence fee (Curtis) 5286
Superintendent of insurance decisions, appeals (Cocke) 6846 (Smith 6846
Superintendent of insurance, powers re licences (Cocke) 6846 (Smith) 6846
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Annual report, 1983-84, tabled (Nielsen) 5345
Claims, handling of (Cocke) 5892
Commended (Hewitt) 5150
Driver, penalty for failure to revise driving category (Wallace) 5892
General insurance operation, amount received for (Cocke) 5890
General insurance operation and private companies (Cocke) 5890, 5891
General insurance operation, sale of (Cocke) 5159, 5890, 5891
Head office, location of in New Westminster (Cock) 5930-1
Legal counsel, letters re political contributions (Lank) 6653, 6654 (Smith) 6654
Motor vehicle safety inspections, report on (Dailly) 5981
Premiums, instalment payment of (Brown) 5892
Rate reduction for driver-training graduates (Cocke) 5891-2 (Nielsen) 5892
Workers' Compensation Board, accident claims case cited (Wallace) 6699
Mentioned: (Brown) 6397, 7013 (Cocke) 5888, 6497, 7040 (Dailly) 5887, 6489 (Davis) 5912 (Fraser, A.) 6476, 7045 (Lauk) 7186, 7201 (Lockstead) 6551 (Smith) 5474 (Wallace) 5264, 5968, 6475, 6699, 7082
Insurance Council
Licensing, responsibility for (Hewitt) 6389
Insurance Premium Tax Act
Amendments to (Curtis) 5288, 7036
Insurance Premium Tax Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 14) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 5290; 2R, 6173-4; C, 6174; 3R, 6174; RA, 6183
Speakers: Cocke 6173; Curtis 6173, 6174; Stupich 6173-4
General insurance premiums, tax increase on (Curtis) 6173 (Stupich) 6173-4
Insurance premium tax rates elsewhere (Curtis) 6173 (Stupich) 6173-4
Life insurance premiums, possible tax on (Curtis) 6174 (Cocke) 6173
Pleasure boats, tax on insurance premiums (Curtis) 6173, 6174
Revenue, increase in and deficit budgets (Stupich) 6173
Revenue increase, 1986-87 fiscal year (Curtis) 6173
Tobacco tax, increase in (Stupich) 6174
Inter-Action
Mentioned: (Schroeder) 6319
Inter City Air
Mentioned: (Kempf) 5168
Interchange on Canadian Studies 1985
B.C. representation at meeting (Cocke) 6364 (Fraser, R.) 6365 (Reynolds) 6364-5 (Rose) 6363-4, 6365
Objectives (Rose) 6364
Intercom
Mentioned: (Wallace) 6257, 6530
Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria
Mentioned: (Barnes) 6619
Interest and usury
Interest rate and Third World debt (McGeer) 6082 (Rose) 6082
Interest rates, high rate (Curtis) 5278
Interferon
Product licence application for (McGeer) 5764
Intergovernmental Relations, Ministry of
Estimates 7017-9
Speakers: Gardom 7017-9; Howard 7019
Intergovernmental Relations, Ministry of, Act Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill M219) (Howard) 1R, 6657
Mentioned: (Howard) 6930
Interior Lumber Manufacturers' Association
Mentioned: (Howard) 7089
Interlocutory appeals
Interlocutory appeals (Lauk) 6651-2 (Smith) 6652
Intermediate care
See: Nursing homes
International Association for the Transformation of Man
Mentioned: (Schroeder) 6319
International Aviation Terminals Ltd.
Mentioned: (Kempf) 5168
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 6468, 6480 (Gabelmann) 6681, 6682, 6683
International Business Machines Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Richmond) 6700
International Conference on Matrimonial and Child Support, Edmonton, Alta.
Mentioned: (Brown) 7032
International Electronics Corp.
Establishment of (Reynolds) 5434
Investigation of (Blencoe) 6644
Job creation, new jobs (Reynolds) 5435
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 7112 (Nicolson) 6784
International finance
International financial centre in Vancouver (Curtis) 5283 (Davis) 5313
International Labour Organization
Code, violation of (Gabelmann) 6130
Visit to B.C. (Gabelmann) 6674 (Segarty) 6676
Mentioned: (Brown) 6690 (Gabelmann) 6200 (Mowat) 7193
International Monetary Fund
Debt level in Canada and fund (McGeer) 6081 (Rose) 6082
Mentioned: (Michael) 5261
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp.
Mentioned: (Wallace) 6047, 6048
International Tourismus Bourse
Tourist trade show (Richmond) 5213
International Trade and Investment, Ministry of
Estimates 6806-9, 6827-40, 6851-5
Speakers: Cocke 6827; Davis 6835; Howard 6837-8, 6839; Mitchell 6855; Phillips 6806-8, 6808-9, 6827, 6829, 6831-2, 6833, 6834-5, 6835-6, 6836-7, 6838, 6839, 6840, 6851, 6851-2, 6852, 6853-4, 6854-5; Williams 6808, 6827-9, 6829, 6830-1, 6832-3, 6833-4, 6836, 6838, 6839-40, 6840, 6851, 6852, 6852-3, 6854
Appropriation, 1985-86 fiscal year (MacWilliam) 5370 (Williams) 5830
Consultants, appropriation for (Williams) 5830
Establishment of (Dailly) 5164 (Ree) 5246
Exports, research and staff work (Phillips) 6829 (Williams) 6828
Mandate of ministry (Curtis) 5284 (Phillips) 5829 (Williams) 5893
Need for minister, ministry (Hewitt) 5150
Phillips, D.M., work of (Richmond) 5401
Private sector, relationship to (Phillips) 5829
Research, appropriation for (Williams) 5831
Research materials, location of (Williams) 5831, 5893
Staff, appropriation for (Williams) 5830
Travel, appropriation for (Phillips) 5833, 6851, 6851-2 (Williams) 5830, 6851
International Trade and Investment, Ministry of, Act
(Bill 20) (Minister of International Trade and Investment) 1R, 5290-1; 2R, 5829-33; C, 5893-5; 3R, 5895; RA, 6183
Speakers: Phillips 5829, 5833, 5894, 5895; Williams 5829-33, 5893, 5894-5
Coal, northeast coal project (Williams) 5829, 5833
Coal, southeast coal price and volume (Williams) 5894
Debt, interest costs (Williams) 5894
Export trade, importance of to B.C. (Phillips) 5829
Export trade, product development for (Williams) 5831, 5893
Forest industries, products for export trade (Williams) 5830, 5832, 5893
Investment opportunities in B.C. (Phillips) 5829, 5833, 5894, 5895
Japan, contracts (Williams) 5894-5
Japan, dealings with (Williams) 5894-5
Japan, Industry and Small Business Development ministry's responsibilities (Williams) 5831-2
Lumber exports, problems re (Williams) 5830
Market research (Phillips) 5894
Marketing, need for targeted marketing (Williams) 5830
Ministries, number of (Williams) 5829
Ministry, appropriation (Williams) 5830
Ministry, appropriation for consultants (Williams) 5830
Ministry, appropriation for research (Williams) 5831
Ministry, appropriation for staff (Williams) 5830
Ministry, appropriation for travel (Phillips) 5833 (Williams) 5830
Ministry, mandate of (Phillips) 5829 (Williams) 5893
Ministry, relationship to private sector (Phillips) 5829
Newsprint industry, product (Williams) 5830
Pacific Rim countries, dealings with (Williams) 5829-30, 5894
Research material for ministry, location of (Williams) 5831, 5893
Wood-pulp industry technology in B.C. (Williams) 5830, 5832, 5893
International Triathlon
Mentioned: (Chabot) 6594
International Women's Day
Mentioned: (Brown) 5173 (Sanford) 5174 (Wallace) 5172
International Women's Week
International Woodworkers of America
B.C. Government Employees' Union, dispute with (Williams) 6903
Local 180 mentioned (Reynolds) 6370 (Wallace) 6368
Mentioned: (Cocke) 6684 (Davis) 5913 (Gabelmann) 6681 (Howard) 7081, 7134 (Kempf) 6788 (Lockstead) 5364 (Segarty) 7249 (Strachan) 5130 (Waterland) 6255, 6256, 6873, 6902, 6920, 6921
International Youth Year
Advisory committee (Barnes) 5153
Federal funds for B.C. (Barnes) 5154
Manitoba, participation of (Barnes) 5152-3
Mentioned: (Barnes) 5152, 5421, 6584 (Blencoe) 6994 (Hanson) 6581, 7200 (Nicolson) 5668 (Rose) 5617, 5619 (Skelly) 5138 (Throne speech) 5120
Interpretation Act
Mentioned: (Rogers) 6846 (Smith) 6654, 6882
Investment Canada
Mentioned: (Bennett) 6725 (Phillips) 6337
Investment Dealers' Association of Canada
Licensing, responsibility for (Hewitt) 6389
Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 5192
Investments
Canada equity plan, proposal for (Curtis) 5283
Capital investments, decline in (Stupich) 5297
Capital investments, importance of (Curtis) 5448
Competition for investment (McClelland) 6770
Foreign investment (Phillips) 6781, 6807, 6829 (Williams) 6828, 6828-9
Increase in (Veitch) 5229-30
Investment fund, proposal for (Wallace) 5266
Investment in B.C. (Bennett) 5980, 5981, 6727, 6737, 6739 (Curtis) 7204 (Johnston) 5127, 5128 (Lauk) 7255-6 (MacWilliam) 6759 (Pelton) 5155 (Phillips) 5829, 5833, 5894, 5895, 6781 (Skelly) 6728, 6737, 6739, 6785 (Stupich) 6442
Investment in B.C. and job loss (Lea) 6411-2
Investment in B.C. and markets for products (Bennett) 6749
Investment in B.C., promotion of (Hewitt) 7165, 7166 (Phillips) 7164-5, 7165-6
Investments, choice of location for (Gabelmann) 5340
Investments elsewhere in Canada (Stupich) 6442
Investor confidence in B.C. (Bennett) 5269
Job creation and investments (Mitchell) 5261
Savings, investment of (Curtis) 5283 (MacWilliam) 6277-8
Securities Act. See name of act
Small Business Venture Capital Act. See name of act
Irrigation
Farm production costs, irrigation water (Stupich) 6324
Ishikari, Japan
Campbell River, links with (Gabelmann) 6605
Island Highway
See: Highway 19
Island Jetfoil Corp.
Auditor for company (Blencoe) 5524 (Smith) 5524
Benefits of (MacWilliam) 5711 (Reynolds) 5434
Docking facilities, lease for (Smith) 5171 (Williams) 5171
Flag to sail under, choice of (Blencoe) 5525 (Smith) 5525
Funds, source of (Blencoe) 5524 (Reynolds) 5710 (Williams) 5521
Leases (Lauk) 5517, 5521, 5522, 5532 (Smith) 5512, 5513, 5517, 5518, 5521, 5522, 5532 (Williams) 5512, 5513, 5517
Leases, negotiator for (Williams) 5518
Ogden Point docking facilities (Williams) 5517
Passengers (Smith) 5517
Princess Marguerite revenue, impact on (Smith) 5517, 5518, 5532 (Williams) 5512, 5513, 5517, 5518, 5520, 5532
Rent revenue to province (Reynolds) 5710
SeaBus terminal, use of (Lauk) 5533 (Williams) 5521
Seattle terminal, location of (Smith) 5520-1 (Williams) 5520, 5521
Seattle terminal, safety of (Smith) 5520-1 (Williams) 5520
Seattle-Victoria service, starting date for (Smith) 5532 (Williams) 5532
Service, establishment of (Reynolds) 6643
Success of (Reynolds) 5710
Support for service (Smith) 5532-3
Victoria terminal, location of (Smith) 5532
Island Pacific Brewing Co. Ltd.
Draft beer, sale of in restaurants (Blencoe) Q. 5762 (Hewitt) A. 5762
Island Research and Development Corp.
Funds, source of (Blencoe) 5524 (Reynolds) 5710
Job creation (Reynolds) 5710
Island Savings Credit Union
Mentioned: (Wallace) 6882
Islands 86
Project (Reynolds) 6643
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 5711 (Mitchell) 6491 (Richmond) 6700, 6758 (Sanford) 6472, 6473 (Wallace) 6720
Islands Ttrust
Abolition of (Cocke) 5562, 5563 (D’Arcy) 5584 (Lockstead) 5561 (Mitchell) 5574 (Sanford) 5550, 5551
Administrative structure (Blencoe) 6663
Campbell, D.R.J., survey of trust area (Blencoe) 5545, 5547, 5548, 6293, 6294 (Ritchie) 6293-4, 6294
Consultants, authority for hiring of (Ritchie) 5655 (Wallace) 5552
Consultants, proposal for (Davis) 5644
Continuance of (Ritchie) 5540-1, 5654-5, 6290, 6292, 6663
Goals of (Blencoe) 5547-8
History of (Brown) 5565-6
Islands Trust Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Manager, duties (Wallace) 5556
Manager, employment of (Blencoe) 5549, 5639 (Macdonald) 5645 (Mitchell) 5573 (Reynolds) 5571, 5572 (Ritchie) 5655 (Sanford) 5583 (Wallace) 5556
Meetings of (Blencoe) 5590-1 (Reynolds) 5572
Operation of (D’Arcy) 5584 (Ritchie) 7064
Planning function, takeover of (Blencoe) 5545, 6296 (Lockstead) 5654 (Sanford) 5549
Powers, loss of under Islands Trust Amendment Act, 1985 (Blencoe) 5638 (Brown) 5565, 5570 (Lea) 5559 (Skelly) 5560, 5561 (Wallace) 5552
Role of (Blencoe) 5545 (Brown) 5565 (Davis) 5643, 5644 (Lockstead) 5561 (Ritchie) 5541 (Skelly) 5560
Staff appointments, responsibility for (Brown) 5565 (Lea) 5558 (Mitchell) 5574 (Nicolson) 5588 (Ritchie) 5540, 5655 (Sanford) 5581 (Stupich) 5577
Staff, authority over (Blencoe) 5546, 5548, 5549, 6290, 6291, 6293, 6295 (Brown) 5565, 5570 (Davis) 5643-4 (Lea) 5557 (Lockstead) 5653 (MacWilliam) 5652 (Mitchell) 5574 (Nicolson) 5587, 5588 (Sanford) 5550-1, 5551, 5581, 5582 (Skelly) 5560 (Stupich) 5577 (Wallace) 5552, 5556, 5579
Staff, BCGEU membership (Ritchie) 5540, 5655, 6290
Staff, legislation re (Ritchie) 6291
Staff, Municipal Affairs minister's powers re (Blencoe) 5546 (Stupich) 5577 (Wallace) 5556
Staff, salaries (Blencoe) 5641, 6294 (Davis) 5644 (Ritchie) 5540
Staff, size of (Nicolson) 5587
Staff, takeover of by provincial government (Blencoe) 5441
Support for (Ritchie) 5654
Tait, H.N., statement on election as trustee (Sanford) 5549, 5582-3
Trustees, election of (Stupich) 5576
Trustees, payments to (Cocke) 5646
Trustees, role of (Blencoe) 6292 (Ritchie) 6292
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 5778, 6632, 7055 (Davis) 7159
See also: Gulf Islands, B.C.
Islands Trust Act
Trust fund section, proclamation of (Sanford) 5583
Islands Trust Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 30) (Minister of Municipal Affairs) 1R, 5406; 2R, 5540-53, 5555-66, 5570-91, 5637-48, 5652-6; C, 6289-96; 3R, 6296; RA, 6297
Speakers: Blencoe 5541-9, 5589-91, 5637-43, 6289-90, 6290-1, 6291, 6291-2, 6292, 6293, 6294, 6295-6; Brown 5564-6, 5570; Cocke 5562-4, 5645-8; Dailly 5577-8; D'Arcy 5583-4; Davis 5584-5, 5643-4; Lea 5557-9; Lockstead 5561-2, 5653-4; Macdonald 5644-5; MacWilliam 5648, 5652-3; Mitchell 5573-5; Nicolson 5587-9; Reynolds 5570-3; Ritchie 5540-1, 5575, 5654-6, 6290, 6291, 6292, 6293, 6293-4, 6294; Rose 5585-7; Sanford 5549-51, 5580-3; Skelly 5559-61; Stupich 5576-7; Wallace 5551-3, 5555-6, 5578-80; Williams 6294-5
Amdts: 2R (Skelly) 5561, negatived 5644; sec. 1 (Blencoe) 6295, out of order 6295
Agricultural land reserve, consultation re (Reynolds) 5571
Agricultural land reserve, continuance of (Sanford) 5550
Agricultural land reserve, establishment of (Reynolds) 5570 (Skelly) 5559
Agricultural land reserve, J.D. Reynolds' stand on (Sanford) 5582
Bill, back-benchers' vote on (Lea) 5559
Bill, consultation re (Blencoe) 5542, 5591, 6289, 6295 (Brown) 5566, 5570 (Cocke) 5562, 5646-7 (Lea) 5557 (Mitchell) 5573, 5575 (Sanford) 5550, 5581-2, 5582 (Skelly) 5559, 5560 (Stupich) 5576-7 (Wallace) 5551, 5579-80
Bill, debate on (Blencoe) 5637 (Ritchie) 5637
Bill, effect of on B.C.'s image (Nicolson) 5588
Bill, H.A. Curtis' stand on (Blencoe) 6290 (Sanford) 5581
Bill, hoisting of (Dailly) 5578
Bill, precedent set (Skelly) 5560
Bill, proposal for committee of Legislature on (Cocke) 5647 (Mitchell) 5574 (Nicolson) 5588
Bill, purpose of (Dailly) 5578 (Macdonald) 5645
Bill, referendum on (Blencoe) 5591 (Cocke) 5563
Bill, source of request for (Blencoe) 5640, 6291 (Lea) 5557 (Macdonald) 5645
Bowen Island, description of (Reynolds) 5572-3
Bowen Island, marina (Reynolds) 5573
Campbell, D.R.J., survey of Islands Trust area (Blencoe) 5545, 5547, 5548, 6293, 6294 (Ritchie) 6293-4, 6294
Centralization of power (Blencoe) 5591, 5638, 5641, 6289, 6296 (Cocke) 5562 (D’Arcy) 5584 (Lea) 5558 (MacWilliam) 5652-3, 5653 (Mitchell) 5573-4 (Nicolson) 5587-8, 5588 (Rose) 5587 (Sanford) 5550, 5582
Community plans, approval of (Mitchell) 5573-4, 5574
Consultants, authority for hiring of (Ritchie) 5655 (Wallace) 5552
Consultants, proposal for (Davis) 5644
Decentralization, policy on (Ritchie) 5655
Denman Island, life on island (Dailly) 5577-8
Denman Island zoning bylaw, approval of (Lockstead) 5654 (MacWilliam) 5652
Gambier Island, preservation of under trust (Lockstead) 5561
Glacier National Park mentioned (Rose) 5586
Gulf Islands administrative commission, proposal for (Davis) 5585 (Nicolson) 5587 (Rose) 5586
Gulf Islands bylaws, approval of by minister (Lockstead) 5653-4 (MacWilliam) 5652
Gulf Islands, centralization of power over (Lea) 5557
Gulf Islands, development of (Blencoe) 5547, 5590, 5640 (D’Arcy) 5584 (Lockstead) 5561, 5653 (Skelly) 5560
Gulf Islands, economic development of (Blencoe) 5547, 5640
Gulf Islands, elected officials, number of (Blencoe) 5590 (Cocke) 5646 (Davis) 5585 (Mitchell) 5574 (Reynolds) 5573 (Wallace) 5580
Gulf Islands heritage buildings, study of (Ritchie) 5654.
Gulf Islands, jurisdiction over prior to Islands Trust (Stupich) 5576
Gulf Islands, natural resources and beauty of (Blencoe) 5548 (Reynolds) 5571 (Wallace) 5552
Gulf Islands population, increase in (Blencoe) 5547
Gulf Islands population, limit on (Cocke) 5646
Gulf Islands, protection of (Blencoe) 5590 (Brown) 5564 (Cocke) 5645, 5646 (Davis) 5584-5, 5643 (Mitchell) 5574 (Rose) 5587 (Sanford) 5581 (Wallace) 5580
Gulf Islands residential lots, development of (Blencoe) 5547
Gulf Islands, residents (D’Arcy) 5583
Gulf Islands, tourism (Reynolds) 5573
Gulf Islands, uniqueness of (Blencoe) 5541 (Brown) 5564, 5566 (Skelly) 5559
Gulf Islands, water development plans (Brown) 5570
Hume, Jim, column on bill (Blencoe) 5637
Islands Trust, abolition of (Cocke) 5562, 5563 (D’Arcy) 5584 (Lockstead) 5561 (Mitchell) 5574 (Sanford) 5550, 5551
Islands Trust, continuance of (Ritchie) 5540-1, 5654-5, 6290, 6292
Islands Trust, goals of (Blencoe) 5547-8
Islands Trust, history of (Brown) 5565-6
Islands Trust manager, duties (Wallace) 5556
Islands Trust manager, employment of (Blencoe) 5549, 5639 (Macdonald) 5645 (Mitchell) 5573 (Reynolds) 5571, 5572 (Ritchie) 5655 (Sanford) 5583 (Wallace) 5556
Islands Trust, meetings of (Blencoe) 5590-1 (Reynolds) 5572
Islands Trust, operation of (D’Arcy) 5584
Islands Trust planning function, takeover of (Blencoe) 5545, 6296 (Lockstead) 5654 (Sanford) 5549
Islands Trust powers, loss of under act (Blencoe) 5638 (Brown) 5565, 5570 (Lea) 5559 (Skelly) 5560, 5561 (Wallace) 5552
Islands Trust, role of (Blencoe) 5545 (Brown) 5565 (Davis) 5643, 5644 (Lockstead) 5561 (Ritchie) 5541 (Skelly) 5560
Islands Trust staff appointments, responsibility for (Brown) 5565 (Lea) 5558 (Mitchell) 5574 (Nicolson) 5588 (Ritchie) 5540, 5655 (Sanford) 5581 (Stupich) 5577
Islands Trust staff, authority over (Blencoe) 5546, 5548, 5549, 6290, 6291, 6293, 6295 (Brown) 5565, 5570 (Davis) 5643-4 (Lea) 5557 (Lockstead) 5653 (MacWilliam) 5652 (Mitchell) 5574 (Nicolson) 5587, 5588 (Sanford) 5550-1, 5551, 5581, 5582 (Skelly) 5560 (Stupich) 5577 (Wallace) 5552, 5556, 5579
Islands Trust staff, legislation re (Ritchie) 6291
Islands Trust staff, membership in B.C. Government Employees' Union (Ritchie) 5540, 5655, 6290
Islands Trust staff, minister's powers re (Blencoe) 5546 (Stupich) 5577 (Wallace) 5556
Islands Trust staff, salaries (Blencoe) 5641, 6294 (Davis) 5644 (Ritchie) 5540
Islands Trust staff, size of (Nicolson) 5587
Islands Trust, support for (Ritchie) 5654
Land development and developers (Mitchell) 5574
Lasqueti Island community plan, approval of (Lockstead) 5654 (MacWilliam) 5652
Lasqueti Island, water problem (Brown) 5570
Letters, phone calls re bill (Blencoe) 5638-40 (Cocke) 5647 (Ritchie) 5654-5
Local government, erosion of powers (Blencoe) 5545, 5548
Local government, interference in affairs of (Blencoe) 5541
Mayne Island zoning bylaw amendment, approval of (Lockstead) 5654 (MacWilliam) 5652
Meares Island, references to (Mitchell) 5555 (Reynolds) 5555 (Wallace) 5555, 5579
Metchosin, community plan (Mitchell) 5574
Municipal Affairs minister, powers of under act (Rose) 5586
Municipal Affairs ministry, staff (Reynolds) 5572
Municipal Affairs ministry, staff reduction (Ritchie) 5655
Municipal councils, takeover of by government (Cocke) 5563 (Lockstead) 5562
Municipalities, cooperation and partnership with (Blencoe) 5638
New Westminster, takeover of redevelopment (Cocke) 5562
North Pender Island zoning bylaw amendment, approval of (Lockstead) 5654 (MacWilliam) 5652
“The Policy of the Islands Trust” quoted (Blencoe) 5547, 5548
Regional districts, planning function (Stupich) 5576
Savary Island, beauty of (Brown) 5565
Savary Island, development of (Brown) 5565 (Lockstead) 5561
School districts, order-in-council re budgets (Rose) 5585, 5587
Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, Gulf Islands tour (Brown) 5564 (Cocke) 5645 (Davis) 5643 (Lockstead) 5561 (Mitchell) 5573 (Sanford) 5550, 5551, 5581 (Stupich) 5576
Sooke, community plan (Mitchell) 5574
Strata developments, regulations re (Blencoe) 5549
Thetis Island, community plan (Wallace) 5555
Trust fund section of act, proclamation of (Sanford) 5583
Trustees, election of (Stupich) 5576
Trustees, payments to (Cocke) 5646
Trustees, role of (Blencoe) 6292 (Ritchie) 6292
Trustee's statement on election, reference to (Sanford) 5549, 5582-3
Western Community, incorporation of (Mitchell) 5575 (Ritchie) 5575
Islands Trust Fund
Proclamation of (Blencoe) 6662, 6663 (Ritchie) 6662, 6663
Izaak Walton League
Mentioned: (Smith) 7146