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
NATO
See: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NSERC
See: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Naisbitt, John
Megatrends mentioned (Parks) 5184
Nakasone, Yasuhiro
Mentioned: (Bennett) 6746 (Williams) 5530, 5829
Nakusp, B.C.
Airport (Fraser, A.) 6496 (Nicolson) 6496
Schools (Heinrich) 5702-3
Name Act
Mentioned: (Brown) 5604
Names, Personal
Given names, choice of (Lauk) 7137
Given names, registrar's powers re choice of (Brown) 7049-50 (Cocke) 7052 (Dailly) 7052 (D’Arcy) 7216, 7217 (Gabelmann) 7050 (Hanson) 7214 (Howard) 7051 (Lauk) 7215, 7216 (Nielsen) 7053, 7215, 7216-7
Indian children, choice of name for (Hanson) 7214 (Howard) 7051
Married women's names (Hanson) 7216 (Nielsen) 7049, 7216
Surnames, choice of for children (Brown) 7050 (Cocke) 7214 (Dailly) 7052 (Gabelmann) 7050, 7051 (Nielsen) 7049, 7054, 7214
Surnames, hyphenated names (Brown) 7050 (Cocke) 7052 (Dailly) 7214 (Gabelmann) 7050 (Hanson) 7216 (Nielsen) 7053, 7214
Nanaimo, B.C.
B.C. Development Corporation work with city council (Stupich) 5931, 5932
Duke Point development (Phillips) 5235, 5237, 6834 (Stupich) 5931 (Williams) 6836
Duke Point, loss of potential business (Michael) 5366
Government offices, transfer of elsewhere (Stupich) 5931
Traffic problems (Fraser, A.) 6495
Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society
Bingo operation (Chabot) 5838, 5902
Nanaimo District Savings Credit Union
Mentioned: (Veitch) 5230
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
Beds, closing of (Skelly) 6729-30 (Stupich) 6791-2
Cutbacks (Skelly) 6729-30 (Stupich) 6791-2
Elective surgery, waiting-list for (Skelly) 6729-30, 6736 (Stupich) 6791
Rehabilitation ward, closing of (Stupich) 6792 (Wallace) 5864
Surgery, hip replacement cases cited (Skelly) 6729-30, 6736 (Stupich) 6791
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6794
Nanaimo School District
See: School District 68 (Nanaimo)
Nanaimo Times, Nanaimo, B.C.
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 7091
Nass Valley, B.C.
Nishga Indian band claim to (Passarell) 5500 (Smith) 5504
Nishga Indian band, forestry proposal for (Passarell) 5502
National Advisory Council on Ageing
Mentioned: (Brown) 5603
National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 5589
National Cancer Institute
Mentioned: (McGeer) 6092, 6093
National Council of Welfare
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 5994
National Defence College
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7010
National Farmers' Union
Mentioned: (Schroeder) 6311
National Geographic
Mentioned: (Veitch) 5228
National Research Council
Mentioned: (McGeer) 6071
National Training Act (Canada)
Extension of (Throne speech) 5120
Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of B.C.
Mentioned: (Smith) 5474
Natural gas
See: Gas. Natural
Natural Gas Price Act
(Bill 52) (Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) 1R, 6471: 2R, 6548-55; C, 6670; 3R, 6670; RA, 7022
Speakers: D'Arcy 6549-50; Davis 6551-2; Hanson 6553-4; Lockstead 6551; Macdonald 6552-3; Rogers 6548-9, 6554-5; Williams 6550-1
Divisions: 2R, 6555
B.C. Petroleum Corporation, establishment of (Cocke) 6553 (Hanson) 6553
B.C. Petroleum Corporation, revenue (Lockstead) 6551 (Macdonald) 6552 (Rogers) 6554 (Williams) 6550
B.C. Petroleum Corporation, role of (Rogers) 6549, 6554
Drilling, increase in (D’Arcy) 6550 (Rogers) 6548
Fertilizer industry, Annacis Island plant (Cocke) 6553 (Davis) 6552
Forest industry, effect of price increase on (Lockstead) 6551 (Rogers) 6555
Marketing, private sector role in (Rogers) 6549
Ocelot Industries Ltd. ammonia operation, jobs (Rogers) 6554 (Williams) 6550-1
Ocelot Industries Ltd., loans to (Williams) 6550
Ocelot Industries Ltd., natural gas price to (Williams) 6551
Petro-Canada, natural gas holdings in B.C. (Rogers) 6554
Petrochemical industry, development of (Davis) 6551'-2 (Macdonald) 6552
Price deregulation, provision for (Rogers) 6549
Price, domestic price (D’Arcy) 6549 (Lockstead) 6551 (Rogers) 6548 (Williams) 6550
Price, export price (D’Arcy) 6549 (Davis) 6552
Price increase, effect of on economy (D’Arcy) 6550
Price increase, effect of on interior communities (Lockstead) 6551
Price, negotiation of (Davis) 6551-2
Price of and price of petroleum (Rogers) 6555
Price, setting of (Rogers) 6548, 6554
Price, subsidization of domestic price (Williams) 6550
Producers, direct sales to buyers (Rogers) 6549
Producers, returns to (Lockstead) 6551 (Rogers) 6554
Revenue to province (D’Arcy) 6549-50 (Rogers) 6555 (Williams) 6551
Royalty, increase in (Rogers) 6555
Royalty system (Rogers) 6549
Natural Products Marketing Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Rose) 5855
Natural resources
Development of, project approval process (Williams) Q. 6018
Exports, raw materials (Howard) 6191, 6837
Government policy on (Stupich) 6418
Markets for, reduction in (Curtis) 5278
Prices for in export markets (Curtis) 5278, 5279 (Davis) 5313 (Michael) 5365
Provincial jurisdiction over (Williams) 6438
Resource industries, problems (Skelly) 6740 (Throne speech) 5117
Use of and job creation (D’Arcy) 6504
See also names of resources, e.g. Coal
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Mentioned: (McGeer) 6071
Naturopaths
Services of, inclusion of under Medical Services Plan (Reynolds) 5805
Use of title “Doctor” (Nielsen) 5806 (Reynolds) 5805
Nautilus Health and Fitness Centre, Prince George, B.C.
Life memberships add sale of club (Barnes) Q. 5839
Needles, B.C.
Holiday travel planner itinerary, inclusion in (MacWilliam) Q. 6195 (Richmond) A. 6223
Mentioned: (Richmond) 6718
Nelson, B.C.
Airport (Fraser, A.) 6496 (Nicolson) 6496
Forestry development agreement. funds for area (Nicolson) 6950 (Waterland) 6950
Program for (Williams) 6276-7
Theatre facility (Heinrich) 5668 (Nicolson) 5668
Nemetz, Nathan
Mentioned: (Davis) 5523
Neon Products Ltd.
Expo 86 contract (Richmond) 6450
Nesbitt Thomson Bongard Inc.
Mentioned: (Stupich) 7238
Neumann family
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 5928
New Aiyansh, B.C.
Diagnostic and treatment centre (Passarell) 5841 (Nielsen) 5842
New Caledonia College
See: College of New Caledonia
New Cinch Uranium Ltd.
Stock dealings, investigation into (Macdonald) Q. 6859 (Smith) A. 6859
New Democratic Party
Economic policy (Lea) 7239
Education policy (Lea) 6733
Election defeats (McGeer) 5207, 6072, 6121, 6777, 6778
Government's actions, criticisms of (Lauk) 5326-7
New Democratic Party (McGeer) 6777-9
Policies (Lea) 6733
Regina Manifesto mentioned (Rose) 6779
Resource industry, committee on (Lockstead) 6522
See also: Legislature -- Opposition
New Denver, B.C.
Sidewalk, construction of (Nicolson) 6496
New Summits University College Society, Vancouver, B.C.,
Mentioned: (Davis) 5768
New Westminster, B.C.
ALRT system. See entries under Vancouver, B.C. -Transit system
B, C. Development Corporation assistance to (Cocke) 5931
Downtown core (Cocke) 5930-1
Government building, lack of (Cocke) 5931
Government functions in city (Johnston) 5931
Insurance Corporation of B.C. head office, site for (Cocke) 5930-1
Quay, development of site (Fraser, R.) 5194
Redevelopment, takeover of (Cocke) 5562
Roads, arterial designation for major roads (Fraser, A.) 6498
Shopping district (Cocke) 5930
New Westminster School District
See: School District 40 (New Westminster)
New York Downtown Research and Development Center
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 6367
New York Stock Exchange
Mentioned: (Phillips) 7164
New York Times, New York, N.Y.
Expo 86 articles (MacWilliam) 6422
Mentioned: (Davis) 6835 (Gardom) 5427
New Zealand
Accidents, injuries compensation program (Gabelmann) 6689 (Segarty) 6690 (Skelly) 7232-3
Higher Salaries Commission (Rose) 6444
Newberry, J.F.
Mentioned: (Rose) 5854
Newman Creek, B.C.
B.C. Railway bridge (Curtis) 5466
Newmont Mines Ltd.
Visit to (Lockstead) 6522
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 6345 (Rogers) 6523
Newson, L.M.
Mentioned: (Smith) 5540
Newspapers
Advertisers' influence, alleged statement by W.S. Ritchie re (Chabot) A. 5927 (Hanson) Q. 5926-7
B.C. news, coverage of (Fraser, A.) 5390
Circulation, increase in (Parks) 5184
Growth of (Parks) 5183-4
Reporting, policies on (Gardom) 5427
Newsprint
Newsprint industry, product (Williams) 5830
Newsprint machinery, problem re (Williams) 5715, Q. 6102, 6163
Plant construction in B.C., meetings re (Bennett) A. 5980 (Williams) Q. 5980
Washington state, newsprint plant (Williams) 5972, 5981
Newtec Industries Inc.
Success of (Parks) 5601 (Reynolds) 5435
Newton, B.C.
Trailer rigs, overnight parking (Johnston) 6500
Ng, Albert
Mentioned: (Cocke) 5931
Niagara Escarpment Commission
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 6662
Nichols, Marjorie
Mentioned: (McGeer) 5381
Nicol, Richard Allen
Appointment of as Sergeant-at-Arms (Gardom) 6423 (Howard) 6423
Nicolson, Lorne (Nelson-Creston)
Address in reply 5208-10
Apprentices, simulated work program 5667
Batteries, invention of lithium-molybdenum batteries 5317, 6073
Biomedical research institute 5764
Boats, sales tax exemption for out-of-province buyers 6430
B.C. Hydro, international consulting 6124
B.C. Institute of Technology, borrowing powers 7116
B.C. Institute of Technology, labour relations 7116
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. capital improvement, cost benefit of 6120
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., centralization of 6120
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., earnings 6119
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., jobs lost 6119, 6120
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., jurisdiction over 6120
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. operations, centralization of 5209
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. rate hearings, intervention in 6119, 6120
Bruton, Leonard, resignation of Q. 5345, 6074
Budget debate 5316-9
Chilliwack Foundation, An Act to Incorporate 6929
Coal, northeast, job creation and cost per job 6076
Colleges' adjustment fund, use of 5318
Colleges, university transfer programs 6073
Consumer purchases, B.C. goods 5209
Coquihalla Highway, Alberta traffic diversion 6453
Coquihalla Highway Construction Acceleration Act 6453
Coquihalla Highway, Jumbo Pass link 6453
David Thompson University Centre, closing of 5208
David Thompson University Centre, reopening of 5318
David Thompson University Centre theatre, use of 5668
Debt 6429
Developments, prospectuses for 7108
Discovery parks, tenants 6784
Economy of B.C. 5208
Economy of B.C., regional economic strategy 5209
Education, core curriculum 6074
Education, expenditures on 5318, 5667
Education ministry, estimates 5666-7, 5668
Electric meters, manufacture of in B.C. 6124
Engineers, employment opportunities 5209, 6073-4, 6124
Environment ministry, estimates 6067
Expenditures, government spending policy 5208
Expenditures, increase in 5667
Expenditures, increase in, 1984-85 fiscal year 6429
Expenditures, restraint program 5208
Expropriation of land, Crown's rights re 7115
Finance ministry, estimates 6429-30, 6430
Fine arts, economic value of 6073
Forest Amendment Act (1985) 6868
Forest industry, cost of service to and revenue 6868
Forest industry, employment in 6868
Forestry development agreement, funds for Nelson area 6950
Forests ministry, estimates 6950
Gaffield, Chad, resignation of Q. 5724-5
Ghost towns 5208
Government, centralization of 5210, 5587-8, 5588
Government policies, consultation re 5319
Gulf Islands administrative commission, proposal for 5587
Herbicide spraying, Kaslo and Kootenay Lake area 6067
High-technology industry, labour aspects 6124-5
Highway maintenance, funds for 6453
Imports, replacement of 6784
Indians, post-secondary education 5667
Islands Trust Amendment Act (1985) 5587-9
Islands Trust Amendment Act, 1985, effect of 5588
Islands Trust Amendment Act, 1985, proposal for com mittee of Legislature on 5588
Islands Trust staff appointments, responsibility for 5588
Islands Trust staff, authority over 5587, 5588
Islands Trust staff, size of 5587
Japan, industrial development 5209-10
Knowledge Network 6078
Knowledge Network, computer science programs 6077
Kootenays, road access to 6453
Lardeau, Bailey bridge alignment 6496
Logs, export of raw logs 6868
McDonald's Hamburgers, bun imports 6784
McGeer, P.L., identification of quotation Q. 5725
Malaspina College, commercial diving course 5666
Megaprojects, expenditures on 6076
Minister's estimates, presence of officials on floor of House 5845-6
Nakusp, airport 6496
Nelson, airport 6496
New Denver sidewalk, construction of 6496
Open Learning Institute 6078
Optometry course, proposal for 6118
Pacific Vocational Institute and British Columbia Institute of Technology Amalgamation Act 7115-6
Pedersen, George, resignation of 5305, 5318
Pollution appeals, fees charged to appellants 6067
Real Estate Amendment Act (No. 2) (1985) 7108
Revelstoke Dam, surplus power 6124
Round-up, safety of 6067
Rural electrification subsidies, discontinuance of Q. 5613
Salmo main street, resurfacing of 6496
Scholarship program 6094
Scholarships, merit as basis for 6094
School enrolment, statistics on 6074
Select standing committees, meeting of 5847
Selkirk College, cost per capita 5666-7
Selkirk College, fire-truck restoration program 5667
Selkirk College, history of 5667
Selkirk College, job loss 5668
Selkirk College, recreational facility in Castlegar 5668
Selkirk College, Rosemont campus 5667
Skiing, development of gaiters for 5209
Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1985) 6141-2
Special Enterprise Zone and Tax Relief Act 6783-4
Special enterprise zone industry and existing industries 6783
Star Wars weapons system, P. L, McGeer's statement re Q. 5490
Star Wars weapons system, research in B.C. Q. 5489, Q. 5490
Student aid program 6075
Student loan remission program Q. 6765, Q. 6766
Students, employment programs 5318
Students, participation rate in post-secondary education 5317, 5318, 5667, 5668
Taghum bridge, re-use of 6495-6
Telecommunications technology 6120-1
Telephone, government service 6121
Television, pay-television industry 6141-2
Television, sales tax on pay-television 6141-2
Television, task force report on pay-television 6124
Texas universities, cutback in 6073
Timber scaling, licensees' responsibility for 6868
Tranquille, closing of 5208
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 6495-6
Tree-farm licence No. 23, harvesting of 6868
Tree-farm licences, provisions for reversions to Crown 6868
Unemployment rate 5208, 5209, 5316
Universities, access to 5317, 5318, 5318-9
Universities, adjustments program 6074
Universities, entrance requirements and enrolment 6075
Universities, federal funds for 6075
Universities, five-year academic plans Q. 5226, Q. 5227
Universities, funds, source of 6075
Universities, participation rate 6073, 6074-5, 6077-8, 6118
Universities, problems 5317
Universities, provincial contribution to 6073, 6075
Universities, Science and Communications ministry, estimates 6073-6, 6077-8, 6094, 6098-9, 6118-9, 6120-1, 6124, 6124-5
Universities, source of funds for 5318
University budgets, information re 5318
University degrees, number of in B.C. 6118
University faculty, P.L. McGeer's views on Q. 5305
University fees, foreign students 6118-9
University fees, level of 5318, 6075
University of B.C., architectural program 6074
University of B.C., commerce faculty 5318, 6074
University of B.C., enrolment 6075
University of B.C. professors, tribute to 6078
University of Victoria, army huts 6099
University of Victoria engineering faculty, accreditation of Q. 5405
University of Victoria engineering faculty, funding for Q. 5345, Q. 5405, 6098-9
University professors, bonus payments to 6074
University professors, retirement of 6074
University students, debt load at graduation 5317
University students, foreign students' contribution to economy 6118
University students, number of in B.C. Q. 5255, Q. 5305
University students, Pacific Rim students 6118-9
Warehousing in B.C. 5210
Water licence fees 5316
Nielsen, Erik
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 6465
Nielsen, Hon. James A. (Richmond) Minister of Health
AIDS, incidence of 5843 A. Maxwell Evans Clinic, opening of 5794
Abortions, hospitals accredited for 5844
Abortions performed 5844
Acupuncture, committee on 7094, 7095
Acupuncture, practice of 7095
Acupuncture, use of elsewhere 7094
Adoption Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 4, Amendment to 7099-7100
Adoption information, exchange of at international level 7049
Adoption information registers, problems re 7099
Alcoholics, study on background of 5866
Aliens, births to at Grace Hospital 5858-9, 5859
Aliens, case of Fijian dialysis patient cited 5857
Aliens, medical treatment claims against guarantors 5873
Aliens, medical treatment costs 5857-8
Aliens, medical treatment in Canadian facilities 5857
Ambulance companies, competition with government service 6655
Ambulance companies, restrictions on 6655
Ambulance dispatcher, computerized information for 5794
Ambulances, purchase of 5889
Ambulances, standards for 6655
Arthritis, admission to Victoria rehabilitation centre 5866
Atlin, Red Cross outpost 5842
Audiologists, training of in B.C. 5866, 5868
Audiologists, Workers' Compensation Board 5866
Audiology services 5810
Audiology services, central Vancouver Island waiting-list 5868
Back injuries, time-lapse prior to use of surgery 5882
Back injury 5882 (Macdonald) 5882
Back surgery, need for specialists in 5882
Back surgery, waiting-list for 5515
Bazowski, Peter, appointment of as acting ombudsman 7010
Bazowski, Peter, career 7010
Bazowski, Peter, references to 7010
Bennett. W.R., trip to Washington, D.C. 6989
Birth registrations, still births 7049
Births, deaths on board ships, aircraft, registration of 7049
British Columbia a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, An Act to Declare 7084
Burnaby General Hospital, CAT scanner 5813
Burnaby General Hospital, extended-care unit 5813
Burnaby General Hospital, unoccupied beds 5813
CAT scanner mobile unit in Okanagan, proposal for 5815
Campbell River and District General Hospital, capital construction 5843
Campbell River and District General Hospital facilities, upgrading of 5843, 5844
Canada Health Act, abolition of A. 5649
Canada Health Act and hospital user fees 5807, 5808
Canada Health Act, penalty for non-compliance with A 5649
Cancer clinic in Penticton, proposal for 5815
Capital Expenditures Miscellaneous Amendments Act (1985) 7074
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation program in B.C. 5871
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation program, Seattle area 5871
Central Kootenay Health Unit, accommodation for 5863
Central Kootenay Health Unit, clerical staff 5863
Chiropractors, use of title “Doctor” 5806
College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., lay appointments to 6847
Community Care Facility Act, review of 5852
Day care for adults 5885
Denhoff, Eric, presence of on floor of House 5845, 5846
Dental hygienists program, funding for A. 6302
Dental hygienists program, transfer of A. 6300
Dentists, limitation of liability 7 100
Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Care Centre location, decision on 5803
Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Care Centre, opening of 5794
Education expenditures, comparisons to elsewhere 5679
Education ministry, estimates 5678-80
Elderly, abuse of 5845
Elderly, activity levels 5871, 5872
Elderly, care of 5800
Elderly, home care of 5795, 5800-1, 5866
Elderly, pilot project on health and independence of 5793, 5874
Elderly, social activities 5871, 5872
Emergency health services, cost increases 5889
Epidemiology, research on 5871-2
Ethiopia, funds raised for famine relief 5869
Ethiopia, provincial funds for A. 5254, 5869
Extended-care beds, increase in number of 5794
Extended-care costs, private facilities 5859
Extended-care facilities, mortgages 5860
Extended care, payment for 5860
Extended care, private facilities 5859, 5860
Extended-care rates, hardship cases 5885
Fisher, M., dispensing practice 5883
Food sales, regulations re bulk food A. 5227
Fraser-Burrard Hospital Society, bureaucracy 5888
Fraser-Burrard Hospital Society, cost-effectiveness of 5889
Fraser River, sewage dumping and Vancouver area health hazard A. 6423, A. 6533-4, A. 6534
Glendale Lodge, hospital status 5852
Grace Hospital scheduling, problems re 5859
Grace Hospital, use of 5859
Greater Vancouver Regional Hospital District, funding for 5810
Groundwater Regulation Act 7096
Health care, alternative services 5806
Health care costs, federal share of and demographic factor 5810
Health care costs, percentage of GNP elsewhere 5872-3
Health care costs, West Germany 5872
Health care delivery systems elsewhere 5841
Health care, expenditure on preventive medicine 5853-4, 5874
Health care, federal funds for 5802, 5810, 5890
Health care, planning for 5800
Health care practitioners 5175, 5811-2
Health care, preventive programs and services 5793, 5809-10, 5874
Health care, profit by private agencies 5861
Health care system user fee, non-payment of A. 5650
Health care system, user fees A. 5649, 5802
Health centres, Finland 5841
Health disciplines review board, proposal for 5176
Health district boundaries 5841
Health education, use of school system for 5888
Health ministry, appropriation 5792, 5793
Health ministry, estimates 5792-5, 5800-1, 5802, 5803, 5804, 5805, 5806, 5807, 5809-10, 5811-2, 5812-3, 5813-4, 5815, 5841, 5842, 5843, 5844-5, 5845, 5852-3, 5853-4, 5855, 5856, 5856-7, 5857-8, 5858-9, 5859, 5859-60, 5860-1, 5863-4, 5864, 5866-7, 5868, 5869, 5871-2, 5872-3, 5874, 5878, 5879, 5879-80, 5880-1, 5882, 5883, 5885, 5886, 5886-7, 5888, 5889, 5890, 5891, 5892
Health ministry estimates, presence of officials on floor of House 5845
Health planning council, proposal for 5801
Health promotion branch, pilot projects 5793
Health Sciences Centre Hospital, location of 5803
Health units in West Kootenay, consolidation of 5863
Hearing impaired, access to treatment program 6980
Herbal teas, sale of 5806
Heyd, Allan, hearing problems 5868
Homemaker service 5800-1
Hospital beds available, computerized information re 5794
Hospital beds, unoccupied new beds 5889
Hospital budgets, information re A. 5650
Hospital care, complaints re 5801
Hospital employees' back injuries, pilot project on 5793, 5874
Hospital locations, decisions on 5803
Hospital patients, harassment of for payment 5886-7
Hospital surgical wards, closing of during holiday periods 5880, 5882
Hospital user fee 5807, 5886, A. 7242
Hospital user fee and federal funds A. 7242
Hospital user fee, Manitoba 5807, 5808
Hospital user fee, payment of by patient 5808
Hospital user fee, revenue 5808
Hospitals, acute--care beds closing for summer A. 6886-7, 6888
Hospitals acute-care beds, number of 5794
Hospitals acute-care beds, unoccupied beds 5801, 6888
Hospitals, analysis of performance 5794
Hospitals, appropriation 5794
Hospitals, computerized information re beds in Victoria 5794
Hospitals, construction of 5801, 5812-3, 5843
Hospitals funding, adequacy of A. 6103
Hospitals funding, inquiry into A. 6103
Hospitals in Victoria, administration costs 5889
Hospitals, northern Vancouver Island 5843
Hospitals, per diem rate A, 5650
Hospitals, review of 5801
Illness and lifestyle 5866, 5888
Immunization program 5853-4
Infants' birth weight, pilot project on 5793, 5853, 5866, 5874
Infants, mortality rate 5844
Insurance Corporation of B.C., rate reduction for driver training graduates 5892
Intermediate-care facilities, B.C. Place site 5794-5
Intermediate-care facilities, construction of 5800
Intermediate-care facility, Oliver 5794
Kelowna General Hospital funding, increase in 5813-4
Licences and permits, Richmond office staff 7157
Limitation Act Amendment Act (1985) 7 100
Long-term care facilities 6284
Long-term care, role of volunteers 6284
Long-term care system commended 6284
MLAs, private members' statements 5179
Mackenzie and District Hospital, upgrading of 5814
The Maples secure unit, completion of 5888
Medical laboratories, costs of tests 6915
Medical laboratories, number of 6915
Medical laboratories, physicians' orders for tests 6915
Medical Practitioners Act Amendment Act, 1985 (No. I ) 7094-5
Medical Service Amendment Act, 1985 (Bill 41) 1R. 6146;6224-6. 6258-62
Medical Service Amendment Act, 1985 (Bill 50) 1R, 5694
Medical Services Commission, agreement with physicians 5793
Medical Services Commission, issuing of practitioner numbers 6225
Medical Services Plan. appropriation 5793, 5882
Medical Services Plan appropriation, limit on 6261
Medical Services Plan appropriation, overspending of 5793, 5882
Medical Services Plan. budgeting for ageing population 5793
Medical Services Plan, eligibility of new arrivals in B.C. 5866-7
Medical Services Plan premiums, elderly moving to B.C. 5867
Medical Services Plan premiums, revenue 5802
Medical Services Plan use, budgeting for increase in 5793
Medical technologists, clinical placements for students 5855, 5856, 5856-7
Medical technologists' course, reduction in length of 5856
Medical technologists. number of graduates 5855, 5856
Medicare, commitment to (Dailly) 6228-9
Medicare, increase in cost of 6224
Mentally handicapped group homes, eligibility for 5852
Methadone clinic, use of 5883
Midwifery 5844
Ministerial statements. notice to opposition re 5171
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1985) 6655, 6847
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (1985) 6915
Municipal Act Review Committee Act 7097
Municipal Amendment Act (1985) 7152-3, 7157
Municipalities, self-government 7152, 7153
Names, hyphenated surnames 7053, 7214
Names, married women's names 7049
Names, registrar's powers re choice of 7053, 7215, 7216-7
Names, surnames for children 7049, 7054, 7214
Naturopaths, use of title “Doctor” 5806
New Aiyansh, diagnostic and treatment centre 5842
North Shore Union Board of Health, review of 5810
Nurses in Burnaby, funding for 5852
Nutrition, children's diets 5866
Nutrition, cultural biases and food guides 5852-3
Obstetrics, home deliveries elsewhere 5844
Obstetrics, LDR concept in 5844
Ombudsman, appointment of acting ombudsman 7010
Ombudsman, estimates 7009-10
Ombudsman, reports, release of to press 7009
Ombudsman selection committee, membership in 6223
Optometrists, use of title “Doctor” 5806
Organ transplants, provision for 5763
Pain clinics 7094
Physical education, school children 5874
Physician, Dease Lake 6259
Physicians, Alberta model for manpower placement 6260
Physicians' billing numbers, court decision on 5803
Physicians' billing numbers, proposals for 6226
Physicians' billing numbers, restriction on 5793
Physicians, Black report on, recommendations 6225
Physicians, B.C. Medical Association, negotiations with 5803
Physicians' caseloads, review of 5883
Physicians, committee on manpower 6226, 6258, 6261
Physicians, consultation with re manpower problems 6258
Physicians' dispensing, Vancouver investigation 5883
Physicians, distribution of throughout province 6258
Physicians, fee schedule 5882
Physicians' fees. level of and Canadian average 6261
Physicians, Health ministers' conference recommendations 6259
Physicians, hospital privileges 6226, 6260
Physicians, immigration of to Canada 6261
Physicians, incentives to practise in underserviced areas 6259, 6260
Physicians, Joint Committee on Medical Manpower, recommendations 6225
Physicians, Manitoba regulation of manpower 6259
Physicians, Medical Services Commission payments to 5883, 6225, 6259
Physicians, medical students' commitment to practise in underserviced areas 6260-1
Physicians, medical students, reduction in number of 6258, 6261
Physicians, 1983 medical manpower committee 6225, 6258
Physicians, number of 5803, 6224
Physicians, number of in excess to need 6225, 6226, 6259
Physicians. number of, legislation re limit on 5793, 5803
Physicians, number of per capita 6225
Physicians, pension plan for 6260
Physicians. Quebec model for manpower placement 6260
Physicians' right to practise, court decision on 6260 180
Nielsen, Hon. James A. (Richmond) Minister of Health
Physicians, shortage of in rural and remote areas 6224
Physiotherapy, University of B.C. course A. 5651, 5814
Planning, advisory planning committee members 7153
Podiatrists, use of title “Doctor” 5806
Political scientists, training of in universities 5866, 5868
Premier's office, estimates 6989-90
Premier's office estimates, W.R. Bennett's absence from House for 6989-90
Prince George Regional Hospital beds, reopening of 5813
Prince George Regional Hospital beds, unoccupied beds 5813
Prince George Regional Hospital, deficit 5813
Prince George Regional Hospital, elective surgery, waiting-list 5813
Prince George Regional Hospital, grants to 5813
Prince George Regional Hospital, operating costs 5813
Prince George Regional Hospital, physiotherapists 5814
Public service, physical fitness programs 5874
Queen Alexandra Hospital, funding for adolescent unit 5887
Reach Community Health Centre, funding for 5844
Reach Community Health Centre, role of 5844
Regional district boundaries, use of for regionalization of government services 5841
Richmond General Hospital beds, unoccupied new beds 5889
Royal Jubilee Hospital, beds closed A. 6887
Royal Jubilee Hospital, standard of patient care A. 6888
St. Paul's Hospital, accreditation 5794
St. Paul's Hospital, construction project 5888
Salewski, Gail, transfer of to extended care 5852
School children, pilot project on obesity 5793, 5874
School District 38, budget 5678, 5680
School District 38, curriculum coordinators 5678-9
School District 38 nurses, funding for 5852
School District 38, quality of education 5678
School District 38 services, cuts in 5680
School District 38 staff, salaries 5679
School District 38 superintendents and assistant superintendents, salaries 5678
School District 38 teachers, salaries 5679
School District 41 nurses, funding for 5852
School districts, number of 5679
Septic tank sludge, disposal of 5885
Septic tanks, inspection of 5885
Shaughnessy Hospital, patients' baths 5806
Shaughnessy Hospital, staffing level 5806
Shaughnessy Hospital, waiting-list for surgery 5882
Smokers, rights of 7082
Smoking and high school students, pilot project on 5793, 5874
Smoking, educational program re 5866
Smoking in Public Places, An Act to Regulate 7083, 7092-3
Smoking, regulation of 5866, 7083, 7092-3
Smoking, school areas for smokers 5866
Speech pathologists, training of in B.C. 5866
Speech therapy, access to program 6980
Surgery, elective surgery, problems re 5491
Surgery, elective surgery, waiting-list for A. 5490, A. 5491, 5866
Surgery on spine, Lumby case A.5491, 5515
Surgery, open-heart surgery 5794
Surgery, use of day surgery 5794
Surrey Memorial Hospital beds, unoccupied beds 5813
Surrey Memorial Hospital, redevelopment of 5813
Teachers' salaries, comparisons to salaries elsewhere 5679
Trail Regional Hospital, computerized tomography scanner 5863-4, 5864
Tuberculosis, alleged carrier of 5853
Tuberculosis cases diagnosed, Vancouver clinic 5853
Tuberculosis control, funding for 5853
Union boards of health 5809-10, 5841
University of B.C. medical school, expansion of 6258
University programs, elimination of A. 5148
Vancouver General Hospital, accreditation 5794
Vancouver General Hospital adolescent psychiatric unit A. 5650, 5888
Vancouver General Hospital beds, closure of 5794
Vancouver General Hospital patients, soliciting donations from A. 7242
Vancouver Women's Health Collective, funding for A. 5148, 5844, 5852
Van Peteghem, P.K., surgery waiting-list 5882
Vernon Jubilee Hospital administrator, salary 5880
Vernon Jubilee Hospital beds, new beds 5880
Vernon Jubilee Hospital beds, summer closing 5880
Vernon Jubilee Hospital, deficit 5879, 5880
Vernon Jubilee Hospital, elective surgery waiting-list 5880
Victoria General Hospital location, decision on 5803
Victoria, sewage-dumping in coastal waters 5878
Victoria, sewage treatment system 5878, 5879
Vital Statistics Act, section 26, repeal of 7049
Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 1985 (Bill 44) 1R, 6381; 7049, 7053-4, 7214, 7215, 7216, 7216-7
Vital statistics practices and Charter of Rights 7049
Vital statistics, transfer of to Attorney-General ministry 7054
Water, quality of 5868
Water, testing of 5868
West Coast General Hospital deficit, 1984-85 fiscal year A. 5650
Winfield community hall, dishwasher 5880-1
Women, assistance to in career development 7099
Women's Career and Employment Opportunity Act 7098-9
Nilsson, Sten
Forest industry, report on (Waterland) A. 5797 (Williams) Q. 5797
Forest industry, report on mentioned (Mitchell) 6966 (Waterland) 6919, 6963, 6964 (Williams) 6963, 6964, 6965
Forest industry, report on quoted (Williams) 6163, 6164
Mentioned: (Williams) 5830, 5831, 5832, 5936, 5937, 5981, 6102, 6159, 6160, 6161, 6162, 6163, 6838
Nimsick, Leo
Mentioned: (Chabot) 6623 (Rogers) 6522
Nippon Steel Corp.
Mentioned: (Williams) 6831, 6832, 6833, 6834, 6836
Nisgha School District
See: School District 92 (Nisgha)
Nishga Indian band
History of (Passarell) 5500
Nass Valley, claim to (Passarell) 5500 (Smith) 5504
Nass Valley forestry, proposal for (Passarell) 5502
New Aiyansh reserve, gasoline sales tax (Curtis) 6429 (Passarell) 6428
Tree-farm licence, application for (Waterland) 6937
Tree-farm licence No. l, use of (McClelland) 6179 (Passarell) 6178-9
Mentioned: (Passarell) 5238
Nishga Tribal Council
Mentioned: (Howard) 7003 (Williams) 6935, 6997
Nixon, Richard M.
Mentioned: (Hon. member) 6268 (Macdonald) 5825 (Rose) 6268
Noble, John
Federal task force, participation in (McCarthy) 5898
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 5906, 5974
Nodwell, Roy
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 6078
Non-Partisan Association
Mentioned: (Williams) 6771
Noranda Mines Ltd.
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., takeover of (Mitchell) 7255
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 723 () (Howard) 6891, 6922, 6925, 7134 (Wallace) 5264, 5265 (Williams) 6894
Norgaard family
Mentioned: (Waterland) 6977
NorKam Senior Secondary School, Kamloops, B.C.
Difficulties mentioned (Richmond) 5402-3
Norpine Manufacturing Ltd.
Mentioned: (Michael) 7129
Norris, Thomas Grantham
Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts, 1975. See name of commission
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 7084 (Wallace) 5714
North Central Municipal Association
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 7096
North Island College
Core campus, establishment of (Heinrich) 5719-20
Dropout rate (Heinrich) 5719
Funding formula, remoteness factor (Sanford) 5719
Horticulture courses (Sanford) 6309
Operating costs (Heinrich) 5719
University transfer course (Heinrich) 5720
North Okanagan, B.C.
Tourist trade (MacWilliam) 6712
North Okanagan Commerce Inc.
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6280, 6712
North Okanagan Community Life Society
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 5997
North Okanagan Cross-Country Ski Club
Brief quoted (MacWilliam) 6348
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6348
North Okanagan Neurological Association
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6592
North Okanagan Recycling Society
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6593
North Okanagan Union Board of Health
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6979
North Pacific Fisheries Convention
Mentioned: (Hanson) 6335
North Peace River constituency
Economic downturn, effects of (Brummet) 5240
North Pender Island, B.C.
Zoning bylaw amendment, approval of (Lockstead) 5654 (MacWilliam) 5652
North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped
Group homes (Davis) 5947-8, 6010 (McCarthy) 5948, 6011
North Shore Union Board of Health
Funding for (Davis) 5808, 5809
Review of (Nielsen) 5810
Mentioned: (Brown) 5851
North Thompson School District
See: School District 26 (North Thompson)
North Vancouver, B.C.
Edgemont village, rehabilitation of (Fraser, R.) 5193
Lonsdale, development of (Ree) 5247
Lonsdale Quay (Fraser, R.) 5194
Overpasses, need for (Ree) 5247
Sewage dumping, prevention of (Lauk) Q. 6639 (Pelton) A. 6639
North Vancouver-Capilano constituency
Description of (Ree) 5246
Residents, tribute to (Ree) 5247
North Vancouver School District
See: School District 44 (North Vancouver)
Northeast coal
See entries under Coal
Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association
Mentioned: (Strachan) 5130
Northern Lights College
Funding, reduction in (Rose) 5620
Northern Lights for Africa Society
Mentioned: (Curtis) 5333
Northern News Agencies
Newsletter quoted (Parks) 5183
Northland Bank
Mentioned: (Curtis) 7106
Northland Navigation Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 6464
Northland Prince (Vessel)
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 6464
Northrup, Ev
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 5974
Northwest Digital Research Ltd.
Mentioned: (Parks) 5600
Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Mentioned: (Rogers) 7197
Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 5759
Notaries
Notaries Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Notaries' trust accounts, use of interest on (Smith) 6381
Notaries Amendment Act, 1985
(Bill 47) (Attorney-General) 1R, 6381; 2R, 6650; C, 7209; 3R, 7209; RA, 7263
Notary Foundation
Establishment and purpose of (Smith) 6381
Notaries Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act
Notre Dame University
Alumni reunion (Passarell) 6089
Government funds for (McGeer) 6090
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 5667 (Passarell) 6090, 6091 (Rose) 6558 (Veitch) 6557
Nuclear power
Costs of (Wallace) 6543
Nuclear power plants elsewhere (Rogers) 6544
Ontario nuclear power plant (Rogers) 6544
Policy on, minister's stand on (Rogers) 6543 (Wallace) 6543
Reactors, export of (Wallace) 6543
Trojan plant mentioned (Rogers) 6544
Nuclear submarines
Base for, alternative use of funds (Wallace) Q. 5818
Canada-U.S. agreement on, renewal of (Wallace) Q. 5818
Cottle Hill transmitter for (Rogers) A. 5839 (Wallace) Q. 5818
Nuclear war
Young people's fear of (Barnes) 5420
Nuclear waste
Disposal of (Cocke) 6036
Nuclear weapons
Arms race (Dailly) 5824 (Macdonald) 5825
Nuclear weapons and disarmament
Arms race, ending of (Gardom) 5822 (Macdonald) 7083-4 (Sanford) 5714 (Stupich) 5822 (Wallace) 5714
B.C. a nuclear-free zone (Rogers) 6544 (Macdonald) 7083-4 (Wallace) 6543
British Columbia a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, An Act to Declare. See name of act
School programs on (Dailly) 5660
Unilateral Canadian disarmament (Stupich) 5821
Nurses and nursing
Health care delivery in north, role of nurses in (Passarell) 6232-3
See also: Home nursing
Nursing homes
B.C. Place site, intermediate-care facility (Nielsen) 5794-5
Construction of (Nielsen) 5800
Oliver, intermediate-care facilities (Nielsen) 5794
Standard of care (Dailly) 5860
Nutrition
Children's diets (Nielsen) 5866
Cultural food biases, provision for in food guides (Brown) 5852 (Nielsen) 5852-3
Eating habits, basis for (Rose) 5854
Teaching of in schools (Dailly) 5887
Nutter, J.M.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 7231
Nuyens, John
Cassiar base for Atlin area (McCarthy) 5956 (Passarell) 5955
Nystrom Lee Kobayashi and Associates
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 6799