Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 4, 1985 to March 10, 1986

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Waelti, Hans

Memo quoted (Williams) 6127

Mentioned: (Williams) 6931, 6932

Wage (Public Construction) Act

Regulations for act (Gabelmann) 6674

Wages

Australia, accord on wage levels (Bennett) 6741-2 (Phillips) 6740-1 (Skelly) 6739

Fair wages, legislation on (Skelly) Q. 6336 (Smith) A. 6336

Minimum wage and welfare rates (Gabelmann) 5958

Minimum wage increase, proposal for (Gabelmann) 6673

Minimum wage, level of in B.C. (Gabelmann) 6672 (Segarty) 6675

Minimum wage, level of in B.C. and poverty line (Gabelmann) 6673

Minimum wage, review of (Segarty) 6675

Minimum wage, Saskatchewan (Gabelmann) 6673

Special enterprise zones, wage rates (Lea) 6773

Wage rates in B.C. (Davis) 6687, 6774

Wages — Women

Equal pay for work of equal value (Brown) 6690-1 (Gabelmann) 5341 (Segarty) 6692

Equality between the sexes in B.C. (Davis) 6687

Men's wages and women's wages, differential between (Brown) 6690

Wakabayashi, Henry

Mentioned (Waterland) 6222

Walker, Michael

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 6995 (Gardom) 5430

Walker, Tom

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6658

Wall Street Journal

Mentioned: (Gardom) 5427 (McCarthy) 5910 (Stupich) 5910

Wallace, Barbara B. (Cowichan-Malahat)

Acid rain, destruction of forests 6038

Acid rain, health problems 6038

Address in reply 5263-6

Agricultural processing industry, loans for 6376

Agriculture and Food ministry, estimates 6330, 6331, 6332, 6333

Agriculture and Food ministry, executive administration and planning appropriation 6333

Alcohol-related health care costs 6403

Aquaculture business 6373

Aquaculture incentive program 6376

Arms race, ending of 5714

Arthritis, admission to Victoria rehabilitation centre 5864

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 5538

Audiologist in Duncan, need for 5865

Audiologist service, central Vancouver Island waiting-list 5865

Audiologists, training of in B.C. 5867

Automobile lights, regulation re use of 6475-6

Automobile lights, use of and accident rate 6476

Bankruptcies, number of 5264

Bed-and-breakfast facilities 6720-1

B.C. Ferry Corporation foot passengers, bus service for 6720

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Gulf Islands sailings 6720

B.C. Ferry Corporation route 12, terminal at Garnet Creek 6476

B.C. Ferry Corporation route 12, terminal at Hatch Point 6476

B.C. Ferry Corporation, route 12 terminal site Q. 6042-3, Q. 6043, 6065

B.C. Ferry Corporation tourism brochure service, cost of 6719-20

B.C. Ferry Corporation tourism brochures, contract for 6719-20

B.C. Hydro debt, interest costs 6506

B.C. Hydro, PCB destruction 6283

B.C. Hydro PCB destruction, personnel associated with Q. 6257

B.C. Hydro, PCB disposal delay Q. 6221, Q. 6256

B.C. Hydro, PCB in Kennedy substation capacitors 6282, 6530-1

B.C. Hydro, PCB leak 6058, 6070, 6197, 6283, 6530-1

B.C. Hydro power sale to California, transmission line for 6506

B.C. Hydro power, surplus power 6506, 6507

B.C. Hydro rates, increase in 6506

B.C. Hydro, Site C dam 6506

B.C. Lottery Fund disbursements, minister's powers 6629

B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. toll charges, adjacent exchanges 6123-4

Brunette River, fish kill 6658

Brunette River fish restocking, funds for Q. 6659

Brunette River pollution, assignment of guilt for Q. 6696

Budget debate 5357-9

Canada, role of in international affairs 5714

Canfor Corp., tree-farm licence 5358

Cercomm Electronics Crown land lease, use of Q. 7193, Q. 7193-4

Chapman Road, paving of 6475

Chapman Road property, expropriation of 6475

Chemainus, downtown revitalization 6367

Chemainus, murals 6367

Chemicals, review body for Q. 6383

Children in Cowichan-Malahat constituency, education of 5950

Coal Amendment Act (1985) 6547

Coal Amendment Act, 1985, centralization of power under act 6547

Coal licences, public hearings on 6547

Conservation officer, Cowichan 6054

Conservation officer, Grand Forks 6053

Conservation officer, Otter Valley 6053

Conservation officers, number of 6053

Conservation officers, shortage of 6053-4, 6054

Conservation officers, sportsmen checked 6053

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 6403

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, telecommunications costs 5460

Cottle Hill, U.S. Navy transmitter installation Q. 5818

Cowichan Indian band, cultural centre 6331, 6720

Cowichan Lodge, waiting-list for admission to 5864

Cowichan Valley, tourism 6368

Cowichan Valley, unemployment 6368

Credit unions, special meetings 6882

Cruise missile, testing of 5714

Debt, increase in 5264

Depression years in Canada 5713

Documents tabled 6257

Duncan, convention facilities 6720

Economic renewal program, estimates 6768

Economy of B.C. 5263-4

Economy of B.C. and megaprojects 5265

Economy of B.C., management of 5265

Economy of B.C., regional councils on 5265-6

Education expenditures, increase in and inflation 5629

Education ministry, estimates 5628-9, 5629-31, 5632, 5632-3, 5633

Education ministry, “Let's Talk About Schools” 5632

Education system, importance of 5264

Electric power discount rate, criteria for eligibility 6506

Electric power discount rate, decisions on eligibility 6506, 6506-7

Electric power discount rate, effect of on number of jobs 6506

Electric power discount rate, restrictions on 6506

Employment-bridging assistance program, workplace injuries 6698

Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 6530-1, 6543, 6544, 6544-5

Environment minister's office, appropriation 6059

Environment ministry employees, consultation with 6058

Environment ministry, estimates 6022-4, 6025-6, 6026, 6037-8, 6039, 6053-4, 6058, 6059, 6070

Environment ministry estimates, examination of by standing committee 6022

Environmental protection, government policy on 6022

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, advertising of 6721

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway right-of-way, spraying of 6038, 6070

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, steam train proposal 6721

Estimates, discussion of in standing committee 6332

Expropriation, White Paper on 6475

Farm income, off-farm income 6332

Field crops, wildlife damage 6331

Finance Statutes Amendment Act (1985) 7066, 7068

Firefighting equipment, sales tax on volunteer department purchases 5538, 6171

Fishing in Telkwa area, live bait 6054

Fluorescent light ballasts, disposal of Q. 6725

Food banks, Cowichan-Malahat constituency 5963

Forest Act, amendments to 7135-6

Forest Amendment Act (1985) 6864-5, 6896, 6897, 6898, 6904, 6905

Forest companies' holdings, restructuring of 7135-6

Forest industry, employment in 7136

Forest industry, future of 6865

Forest industry, revenue to province 6865

Forest industry, small operators' timber cruise costs 6904

Forest industry, stumpage rate 6864

Forest industry, timber-bidding practices 5359

Forest industry, timber for small operators 5358

Forest land base, loss of 6864

Forest licences, provision for reversions to Crown 6$64

Forest renewal, five-year plan for 5172

Forest renewal program, Vancouver Island 5172, 5173, 5357

Foresters, practice of professional forestry 6654

Forestry development agreement, funds for Vancouver Island Q. 6765, 6768

Forests, annual allowable cut, revenue return on 6897

Forests, annual allowable cut, small operators' share 6897

Freil Lake Falls water export, duration of 6640

Freil Lake Falls water export, environmental studies 6640

Freil Lake Falls water export, public hearings Q. 6486

Furnaces, inspection of oil-burner installations 5538

Government documents, confidentiality of 7068

Greenhouses, solar greenhouses 6330

Grizzly bears, habitat protection 6054

Groundwater Regulation Act (Bill M205) 1R, 5593; 7095-6

Groundwater, regulation of 7095

Gulf Islands elected officials, number of 5580

Gulf Islands, natural resources 5552

Gulf Islands, protection of 5580

Habitat conservation fund, balance in fund Q. 5329

Habitat conservation fund, expenditures Q, 5329

Habitat conservation fund, revenue Q. 5329

Habitat conservation fund, source of funds 6053

Health ministry, estimates 5864-6, 5867-8, 5868, 5892

Hearing impairment cases, Workers' Compensation Board, transfer of 5865

Herbicides, dangers of 6039, Q. 6382

Heyd, Allan, hearing problems 5865, 5868

Highway 1, improvements in Duncan-Mill Bay area 6475

Home nursing program 5864

Homemaker service 5864

Hudson's Hope cafe, water used 6530-1

Human Resources ministry, estimates 5949-50, 5962-4, 5967-8, 5968-9

Human Resources ministry staff, reduction in 5963

Human Resources ministry staff, workload increase 5963

Industrial Development Incentive Act 6376-7

Industrial development incentive program, information re loans 6375-6

Industrial Electricity Rate Discount Act 6506-7

Industry in B.C., out-of-province control over 5264

Industry, subsidization of 5265

Insurance Corporation of B.C. penalty for changed driving category 5892

Investment fund, proposal for 5266

Islands Trust Amendment Act (1985) 5551-3, 5555-6, 5578-80

Islands Trust Amendment Act, 1985, consultation re 5551, 5579-80

Islands Trust consultants, hiring of 5552

Islands Trust, manager 5556

Islands Trust powers, loss of 5552

Islands Trust staff, authority over 5552, 5556, 5579

Islands Trust staff, Municipal Affairs minister's powers re 5556

Labour ministry, estimates 6698-6700

Liquor sales, revenue 5357

Liquor store, Mill Bay 6403

Log exports, extension of Q. 7243

Log exports, increase in 5359

Log exports, policy on Q. 5798

Log exports, volume of Q. 5798

Logging industry, Lake Cowichan 5357

Lottery Act, amendment to section 12 6629

Lottery Corporation Act 6629

Lyell Island, logging of 7224

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Chemainus mill 5358, 5359, 7135-6

Malaspina College, Duncan campus 5628-9

Math assessment tests, invasion of privacy 6517

Meadow Lake timber sale licences, chipping requirement Q. 6815

Medical care, community health clinics 6239

Medical Service Amendment Act (1985) 6238-9

Medical Services Plan, eligibility of new arrivals in B.C. 5867

Medical Services Plan premium increase, case cited 5865

Medical Services Plan premiums, elderly moving to B.C. 5865

Milfoil control, use of 2, 4-D 6039

Military spending 5714

Milk bottles, sales tax exemption on returnables 6171

Mill Bay community water system 7095

Mining companies, contractors' debts to subcontractors 6403

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No, 2) (1985) 6654

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (1985) 6882, 6907, 6908

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 4) (1985) 7135-6

The Motion Picture Act, An Act to Amend (Bill M221) 1R, 6723

Mushroom industry 6376

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital rehabilitation ward, closing of 5864

Nuclear arms, B.C. a nuclear-free zone 6543

Nuclear power, costs of 6543

Nuclear power, Energy minister's stand on 6543

Nuclear power reactors, export of 6543

Nuclear submarines, expenditures on base for Q. 5818

Nuclear submarines in Nanoose, agreement on Q. 5818

Occupational therapists, shortage of 6116

Olsen, J.N., automobile 6544, 6544-5

Olsen, J.N., salary and contract payments to 6544

Order-in-council 801, rescinding of 6476

Oysters, ministerial responsibility for 6330

Pacific Express lottery key ring, Hong Kong origin Q. 5569

Pacific Express lottery materials, B.C. suppliers Q. 5569

Paper, recycling of 6023

Parson Watershed Alliance, McMurdo Benches proposal 5867

Pemberton flood, compensation guidelines 6058

Pemberton flood, farmers' losses 6058, 6332

Pemberton flood victims' claims Q. 5594, Q. 5836, 6058

Pesticides, purchase and use of Q. 5834

Physicians, medical students from rural areas 6238

Physicians, practice in underserviced areas 6239

Physicians, women in medical school 6238-9

Physiotherapists, hiring of out-of-province personnel 6116

Physiotherapists, shortage of 5867, 6116

Pollution appeals, fees charged to appellants 6038

Polychlorinated biphenyl, destruction of 6530

Polychlorinated biphenyl, disposal 6025

Polychlorinated biphenyl, hazardous nature of 6282

Polychlorinated biphenyl, mobile plant 6038

Polychlorinated biphenyl, Ontario spills 6023

Polychlorinated biphenyl, properties and uses 6281, 6282

Polychlorinated biphenyl, removal of 6038

Privilege — A.V. Fraser's statement re Mill Bay ferry terminal 6065 (Speaker) 6087-8

Pupil-teacher ratio, ministry's objective re 5632

Radar-detection devices, sale of 6475

Railway rights-of-way, spraying of 6038

Reforestation, replanting rate 5357

Rehabilitation programs, preventive aspects 5864

Rivers, sludge removal 6023

Savings, level of in B.C. 5268

School Act, funding under new act 5632-3

School Act, new act 5632

School District 65 administration, efficiency in 5630

School District 65 board, meeting with Education minister 5629

School District 65 board, reappointment of Q. 6101

School District 65, board resignations Q. 5875

School District 65, budget 5629

School District 65 budget, compliance budget 5949

School District 65, classrooms in community centre 5629

School District 65 programs, cancellation of 5630

School District 65, pupil-teacher ratio 5629-30, 5632

School District 65, school tax on residential property 5633

School District 65 teachers, layoff of 5630

School District 66, board chairman's resignation Q. 5876

School District 66 board, meeting with Education minister 5629

School programs, problems re cancellation of 5630-1

Scottie Gold Mines Ltd., special warrant for loan to 5461

Sewage, Saskatchewan treatment system 6037

Sewage sludge, conversion of 6037

Shawnigan Lake water, quality of 5867

Silicon Valley, hazardous waste leak 6047

Silverstar Meats Ltd., funding for 6376

Small Business Venture Capital Act 6373

Smokers, health care costs 7082-3

Smokers' smoke, dangers of 5865, 7082

Smoking, diseases associated with 5865

Smoking, educational program re 5865

Smoking, effect of on children 5865

Smoking in Public Places, An Act to Regulate (Bill M202) 1R, 5225

Social assistance rates, increase in 5963-4

Social assistance rates, level of 5963-4

Social assistance rates, shelter allowance 5968

Social assistance recipient. penalization of 5968

Social assistance recipients, Cowichan-Malahat constituency 5949, 5962

Social assistance recipients, earnings exemption 5963

Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1985) 6171

Soil degradation 5597

Student's financial problems; case cited 5629

Students, participation rate in post-secondary education 5628-9

Supply Act (No. 1) (1985) 5460

Surgery, elective surgery waiting period 5794, 5865

Tax returns awaiting disposal, confidentiality of 7066

Thetis Island, community plan 5555

Timber sale bidding, competitive aspects of 6865

Timber scalers, conflict-of-interest problem 6864

Timber scaling, check scaling 6908

Timber scaling, licensees' responsibility for 6864

Tourism ministry, estimates 6719-21

Tourists, forestry tour for 6721

Tourists, winter visitors 6721

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 6475-6, 6476

Travel industry development subsidiary agreement grants 6376

Tree-farm licence applications 6864, 6898

Tree-farm licence applications, forest land involved 6898

Tree-farm licence land, use of 6864

Tree-farm licence No. 47 5358

Tree-farm licence, provision for forest licence rollover to 6896, 6897

Tree-farm licences, applications for 5358

Tree-farm licences, increase in extent of 5357-8

Tree-farm licences, issuing of 6864

Tree-farm licences, requirements re 5358, 5359 2, 4-D and birth defects 6039 2, 4-D, use of 6038 2, 4, 5-T, use of with 2, 4-D 6039

Unemployment, cost of 5359

Unemployment, Cowichan-Malahat constituency 5357, 5359

Unemployment, loss to economy 5264

Unemployment rate 5264, 5357, 5713

Unemployment, social costs 5359

Unemployment, young people 5713

Universities, Science and Communications ministry, estimates 6116, 6117, 6123-4

University of B.C. medical school 6117

University of B.C. school of rehabilitation medicine 6116

Uranium mining, moratorium on 6543, 6544

Vancouver waste disposal, Burns Bog site 6023, 6025, 6026

Vancouver waste disposal, Langley site 6025, 6026

Vancouver, waste disposal problem 6025, 6026

Vancouver waste disposal, site for 6023, 6024

Vancouver waste disposal, Texada Island site 6024

Venture capital, eligibility for and job creation 6373

Venture capital, use of for debt consolidation 6373

Vernon, sewage disposal problems 6025

Victoria, convention centre 6720

Videotapes, jurisdiction over 6723

Voluntary services, Cowichan-Malahat constituency 5963

Waste control programs elsewhere 6048

Waste disposal, consultation re 6047

Waste disposal, conversion projects elsewhere 6037

Waste, disposal of hazardous waste 6047, 6048-9

Waste disposal, provision for Q. 6659, Q. 6696

Waste disposal, review of government policy Q. 6658

Waste disposal, use of private agencies for 6047

Waste, economic return on 6023-4

Waste, electric power generation 6023, 6037

Waste generators, payment of disposal costs by 6048-9

Waste, hazardous wastes 6023, 6025

Waste in Surrey pit 6047

Waste production, prevention of 6048

Waste treatment, Genstar Development Co. proposal 6047

Water, quality of 5867-8

Water quality protection, Health ministry role in 5867-8

Water, regulation of surface water 7095-6

Water resources in Canada, B.C. 7095

Water, use of 7095

Watershed management 5867

Well drilling 7096

Wilderness preservation, advisory committee's mandate 7224

Wildlife, protected species 6054

Wildlife-related activities, value of 6054

Wildlife, world population and B.C. holdings 6054

Women, problems of older women 5967-8, 5968-9

Women, task force on older women 5967

Workers' Compensation Board, accident claims case cited 6699

Workers' Compensation Board, cases cited 6699-6700

Workplace Act 6143

Youbou, water source 5867

Youth summer employment program, B.C. funds for 5266

Wallace, G. Scott

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 6887

Walsh, Jim

Mentioned: (Richmond) 5403

Walters, John

Forest industry, statement re (Waterland) A. 5797 (Williams) Q. 5797

Mentioned: (Waterland) 6951 (Williams) 5199, 5200, 6149, 6950

Walters, Walt

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 6119

Wardair International Ltd.

Mentioned: (Davis) 6854

Warren, Earl

Mentioned: (Lank) 5534 (Smith) 5536

Warrien, Peter

Mentioned: (Brown) 7138

Warsaw Pact

Mentioned: (Wallace) 5714

Warwick, Kenneth: Norman

See: Fox, Norman

Washington, D.C.

Premier's trip to, June 1985 (McGeer) 6999 (Mitchell) 6940-1 (Nielsen) 6989 (Phillips) 6809, 6837, 6840, 6982, 6984 (Waterland) 6933 (Williams) 6828, 6836, 6840, 6932

Washington Public Power Supply System

Negotiations with (Rogers) 6509

Mentioned: (Rogers) 6507, 6544

Waste, Recycling of

See: Waste (Salvage) , etc.

Waste disposal

Capital costs, funding of (Lea) 6030 (Pelton) 6031

Conference on (Pelton) 6659

Consultation re (Pelton) 6048 (Wallace) 6047

Conversion projects elsewhere (Wallace) 6037

Coquitlam sanitary landfill (Rose) 6033

Cost of (Pelton) 6048

Costs, proposal re (Davis) 6031-2

Economic return on (Wallace) 6023-4

Electric power, generation of (Wallace) 6023, 6037

Environmental bonds, proposal for (Davis) 6031 (Lea) 6030 (Pelton) 6031

Hazardous waste (Pelton) 6021, 6025, 6048 (Wallace) 6023, 6047, 6048-9

Hazardous waste site in B.C. (Rose) 6032

Incineration of waste (Lea) 6029

Local responsibility for (Davis) 6032 (Pelton) 6025, 6026, 6031

Policy, review of (Pelton) A. 6658-9 (Wallace) Q. 6658

Private enterprise agencies, use of (Wallace) 6037, 6047

Problem (Cocke) 6036 (Lea) 6030

Production of waste, prevention of (Wallace) 6048

Provincial responsibility re (Lea) 6029

Provision for (Pelton) A. 6696 (Wallace) Q. 6659, Q. 6696

Surrey pit, chemical waste (Wallace) 6047

Toxic wastes (Pelton) 6048

User fees (Lea) 6030 (Pelton) 6031

Waste generators, payment of disposal costs by (Davis) 6031 (Lea) 6030 (Pelton) 6032, 6048 (Wallace) 6048-9

Waste management

Hazardous wastes (Wallace) 6023, 6025

Plans for (Pelton) 6022, 6032

Spills, prevention of (Pelton) 6021

Spills, reporting of (Pelton) 6021

Waste control programs elsewhere (Wallace) 6048

Waste Management Act

Mentioned: (Pelton) 6021, 6032

Waste management branch

Pollution control permits, monitoring of (Lea) 6060

Waste paper

Government waste paper, storage charges on (Stupich) 7066

Waste (Salvage) , etc.

Recovery and re-use of waste (Pelton) 6048

Water

Canada, fresh water supply (Davis) 6639

Cominco Ltd. water licence fee. See entries under name of company

Export of, conditions to be met (Davis) 6639, 6640, 6641

Export of, interruptible arrangement for (Davis) 6640

Export of, policy on (Pelton) A. 6487 (Skelly) Q. 6487

Export of, source of water (Davis) 6640

Freil Lake Falls water export. See entries under name of place

Groundwater Regulation Act. See name of act

Health ministry, role of in water quality protection (Wallace) 5867-8

Quality, monitoring of (Pelton) 5413, 6021

Quality of (Nielsen) 5868 (Wallace) 5867-8

Quality of, planning process re (Pelton) 6024

Surface water, regulation of (Wallace) 7095-6

Testing of (Nielsen) 5868

Use of (Wallace) 7095

Water licence fee (Brummet) 5335 (Curtis) 5283 (Nicolson) 5316

Water licence fee and cost of electricity (Davis) 6543 (Stupich) 6324, 6409

Water licence fee, changes in (Davis) 5315

Water licence fee, freezing of (Curtis) 6435

Water licence fee, increase in (Stupich) 5740

Water licence fee, increase in and mining industry (Lockstead) 6523-4

Water licence fee, Kootenay River power projects (D’Arcy) 6436

Water licence fee, Pend-d'Oreille River project (D’Arcy) 6436

Water licence fee, reduction in (D’Arcy) 5446, 6435 (Lauk) 5328

Water management programs (Pelton) 6021

Water resources in Canada, B.C. (Wallace) 7095

Water, Underground

Groundwater Regulation Act. See name of act

Groundwater, regulation of (Wallace) 7095

Water Act

Mentioned: (Wallace) 5593, 7095

Water closets

Toilet flushing, proposal re water quantity reduction (Ritchie) 6659

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

Beaumont Timber Co. Ltd., employment maintenance 5226

Beaumont Timber Co. Ltd., timber allocation A. 5225, A. 5226

Bennett, W.R., trip to Washington, D, C. 6933

B.C. Rail Ltd. dispute, effect of on export sales 6111-2

B.C. Rail Ltd. dispute, threat to public interest 6111-2

B.C. Rail Ltd. shutdown, impact of on economy 6111-2

British Columbia Railway Dispute Settlement Act 6111-2

Canadian Forest Products Ltd., tree-farm licence application for 6871-2

China, trip to 6944

Cobb, Jim, G.B. Boulton's letter re quoted, referred to 6909

Cobb, Jim, ombudsman report on timber scaling problem A. 6725, 6874

Cobb, Jim, timber scaling problem 6874, 6909

Doman Industries Ltd. timber licence, non-performance re A. 5611

Downie Street Sawmills Ltd., timber supply 6934

Drew Sawmills Ltd, timber allocation, transfer of A. 5225, A. 5226

Drew Sawmills Ltd, timber supply, use of 6935

Dunkley Lumber Ltd., tree-farm licence application 6892, 6897, 6898, 6900

Economic and regional development agreement, level of funds A. 5306

Forest Amendment Act, 1985 (Bill 3) 1R, 5189; 6445-6, 6871-5, 6891-2, 6893-4, 6896-7, 6897-8, 6898, 6899, 6899-6900, 6900-1, 6902, 6903, 6903-4, 6904, 6906

Forest industry, competition for timber harvest 6893

Forest industry, F: Leslie C. Reed's statements re A. 5797, A. 5798

Forest industry, government action re A. 5798

Forest industry in B.C., future of 6920

Forest industry in B.C., increase in value added 6976-7

Forest industry in interior, efficiency of 6896

Forest industry, John Walters' statement re A. 5797

Forest industry, logging practices elsewhere 6948

Forest industry, logging practices in B.C. 6948

Forest industry, NDP caucus hearings on 6873

Forest industry on the coast, modernization of 6920

Forest industry, overseas market development program 6921

Forest industry, prices 6919

Forest industry, sales to China 6921

Forest industry, section 88 credits, limitation on 6938

Forest industry, section 88 credits, reduction in 6938

Forest industry, section 88 projects, tendering on 6952

Forest industry, section 88 work, payment for 5409

Forest industry, section 88 work, supervision of 5409

Forest industry, Shuswap-Okanagan timber supply 6934

Forest industry, small business program appropriation 6944

Forest industry, small business program bidding system 6944

Forest industry, small business program revenue to province 6944

Forest industry, small business program timber supply 6934, 6943

Forest industry, small operators' logging roads costs 6903

Forest industry, small operators' timber cruise costs 6903-4

Forest industry, Sten Nilsson report on 6919, 6963, 6964

Forest industry, UBC forest research report on A. 5797

Forest industry, utilization standard 6943

Forest land base, protection of 6972

Forest land base, use of 6874-5

Forest land, fertilization of 6975

Forest land, management of private land 6976

Forest land, NSR land backlog 6920

Forest land, NSR land, increase in 6920

Forest land, NSR land, reduction in 6949

Forest licences, obligation of licensee 6892

Forest renewal program, Vancouver Island 5172-3, 6930, 6931

Forest seeding, expenditures on A. 6102

Forestry development agreement A. 5124, A. 5170-1, 5173, A. 5724

Forestry development agreement, funds A. 5306

Forestry development agreement, funds for Nelson area 6950

Forestry development agreement, management committee 6948

Forestry development agreement, provision re NSR land 6949

Forestry development agreement, terms of A. 5125

Forestry development agreement, veto powers re 6948

Forests, annual allowable cut, revenue return on 6897

Forests, annual allowable cut, small operators' share 6897

Forests, bark beetle problem 6974

Forests, brush problem 6920

Forests, brushing and weeding 6974

Forests, decadent forests problem 6920, 6974

Forests expenditures, regional allocation of funds 6951

Forests, insect infestation 6920

Forests, job creation in silvicultural program 6972

Forests ministry, estimates 6919-21, 6930, 6930-1, 6931, 6932, 6933, 6934, 6934-5, 6935, 6936, 6937-8, 6938, 6939, 6943-4, 6948, 6949, 6950, 6950-1, 6951, 6952, 6963, 6964, 6971-2, 6973, 6974, 6975, 6976, 6976-7

Forests ministry regional offices, decision-making powers 6940

Forests ministry, role of 6920

Forests ministry staff, cutback in 6940

Forests ministry staff, dismissal of A. 5612

Forests programs, economic analysis 6951

Forests programs, funding for 6931

Forests, provincial forests 6875

Forests, Stewart-Meziadin area, decadent timber 6974

Forests, woodlot program 6971-2, 6976

Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., cutting rights 6875

Log exports 6255, A. 6256, 6976

Log exports, block bidding process A, 6255

Log exports, committee on licences 6256

Log exports, criteria for 6255, 6921, 6944

Log exports, increase in 6921, 6944

Log exports, inquiry into A. 6255

Log exports, policy on A. 5798

Log exports, price received 6976

Log exports, procedure involved 5763

Log exports, standing timber A. 6256

Log exports to China 6944

Log exports, types of logs 6944

Log exports, volume of A. 5798

Log inventory, Japan A. 5799

Lumber prices, increase in 6920

Meadow Lake timber sale licences, chipping requirement A. 6815

Merrithew, Gerald, telegram to quoted (Michael) 5367

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (1985) 6907, 6908, 6909, 6909-10, 6913

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 4) (1985) 7204

Nishga Indian band, tree-farm licence application 6937

Ocean Falls area timber, allocation of A. 5763

Ombudsman, estimates 7017

Reforestation, number of seedlings for 1986 6973

Reforestation, number of seedlings planted 6222, 6972

Reforestation, number of seedlings to be planted 6920

Reforestation, preparatory steps required for 6222

Reforestation, seed-processing centre 6975

Reforestation, seedling production for Okanagan area 6972

Reforestation, seedling survival rate 6973

Robbins, Ralph, resignation of 7017

Shoal Island, claims re check scaling 6875

Shoal Island, Grant report on 6874

Shoal Island, ombudsman report on 6874

Shoal Island, scaling 6909

Shuswap-Okanagan Forestry Association, audio-visual presentation 6972

Sooke Forest Products Ltd., financing for 6948

Sooke Forest Products Ltd., indebtedness 6948

Stumpage appraisal, new system A. 6127, 6931, 6932, 6933

Stumpage appraisal, new system and Crown revenues A. 6127

Stumpage appraisal system and exports to U.S. A. 6127, 6933

Stumpage appraisal system, simplification of 6127

Stumpage appraisal system, testing of 6932

Stumpage rate 6906

Tanizul Timber Ltd., tree-farm licence 6871, 6897

Timber allocation, statement re (Howard) 5255 (Speaker) 5274

Timber, central coast area small operators 5763

Timber sale bidding, provisions for 6872, 6906

Timber sales, allegations re bid-rigging 6874

Timber sealers, check sealers 6907

Timber sealers, licensed sealers 6873

Timber scalers, professionalism 6873

Timber scaling, check scaling 6908, 6913

Timber scaling, check scaling tolerance margin 6908

Timber scaling fees 6910

Timber scaling, licensees' responsibility for 6866

Timber scaling, privatization of 6873, 6920

Tree-farm licence applications 6898

Tree-farm licence applications, criteria for consideration of 6900

Tree-farm licence applications, hearings on 6900-1

Tree-farm licence No. 1, examination of by Herb Hammond 6937, 6939, 6940

Tree-farm licence No. 1, partial reversion to Crown 6896, 6937

Tree-farm licence No. I, silvicultural obligations 6896, 6937, 6951

Tree-farm licence No. 1, timber felled and left 6937

Tree-farm licence, provision for forest licence rollover to 6871, 6892, 6897

Tree-farm licences, issuing of 6871

Tree-farm licences, management of 6892

Tree-farm licences, supervisory personnel for 6935

Tree seedlings sent to Japan A. 6221

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., court cases 6899

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd„ tree-farm licence application 6898, 6899, 6900-1

Wood chips, price for 6964

Wood-pulp mill, investment in by Chinese A. 5685

Young, William, resignation of 7017

Waterman, Robert H.

In Search of Excellence mentioned (Fraser, R.) 5361

Watersheds

Watershed management (Wallace) 5867

Watson, Paul

Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 5388

Watterson, Mary

Mentioned: (Cocke) 7094

Waymark, Graeme

Mentioned: (Barnes) 6698 (Heinrich) 7104

Wayne's Travel Service Ltd.

Owner, extradition of to Guatemala (Lea) 7130

Wealth

Redistribution of (Lea) 5431

Weaver, James

Mentioned: (Pelton) 5319

Webster, Arnold

Mentioned: (Williams) 5198

Webster, Jack

Mentioned: (Hanson) 6569, 6570 (Richmond) 5401

Weiler, Paul

Mentioned: (Smith) 5533

Weinstein, Pauline

Mentioned: (Barnes) 6698 (Heinrich) 7104

Welding

Welding instruction (Rose) 5249

Weldwood of Canada Ltd.

Timberland division, closing of (Cocke) 5158

Mentioned: (Williams) 6649

Welfare payments

See: Social assistance

Wellcome Foundation

Biomedical research institute (McGeer) 5764

Mentioned: (McGeer) 6092, 6095

Weiler, David

Quoted (Cocke) 7231

Wells, H.G.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 5208

Wells

Well drilling (Wallace) 7096

Wells Gray Provincial Park

Master plan, public hearings on (Brummet) A. 6697, A. 6698 (Mitchell) Q. 6697, Q. 6697-8

West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.

Deficit (Nielsen) A. 5650 (Skelly) 5385, Q. 5650

Staff, layoff of (Skelly) 5385, 6786

West Coast Road

See: Highway 14

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

Court cases (Waterland) 6899 (Williams) 6899

Sawmill (Michael) 5162

Tree-farm licence application (Howard) 6899, 6900 (Waterland) 6898, 6899, 6900-1 (Williams) 6898-9

Mentioned: (Howard) 6938, 7003

West Germany

Health care costs (Nielsen) 5872

West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd.

Discount rate (Rogers) 6503

Power supply during cold weather (Rogers) 7196

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 6434 (Rogers) 5295

West Vancouver School District

See: School District 45 (West Vancouver)

Westar Mining Ltd.

Employees, layoff of (Lockstead) 6521 (Segarty) A. 7107 (Stupich) 7227 (Williams) Q. 7106

Employment levels (Rogers) 6537

Markets (Rogers) 6537

Production (D’Arcy) 6524 (Rogers) 6537

Mentioned: (Michael) 6182 (Phillips) 5326 (Skelly) 7061

Westar Timber Ltd.

Castlegar pulp mill, compliance with pollution control standards (D’Arcy) Q. 6696

Prince Rupert mill, sale of to Chinese (Howard) Q. 5685

Sales (Michael) 5262

Sawmills, purchase of (Howard) 6938, 7003

Tree-farm licence No. I (Howard) 7135 (Passarell) 6178-9 (McClelland) 6179 (Williams) 7006

Tree-farm licence No. l, annual allowable cut (Williams) 6936

Tree-farm licence No. 1, examination of by Herb Hammond (Howard) 7005 (Waterland) 6937, 6939, 6940 (Williams) 6936-7, 6940, 6951

Tree-farm licence No. 1, management of (Howard) 7004-5 (Williams) 7203

Tree-farm licence No. 1, ombudsman report on (Howard) 7003, 7004 (Reynolds) 7008 (Williams) 7007

Tree-farm licence No. 1, partial reversion to Crown (Howard) 6863, 6898, 6938 (Waterland) 6896, 6937 (Williams) 6867, 6895

Tree-farm licence No. I , regeneration lag (Williams) 6936

Tree-farm licence No. I rent, basis for (Williams) 7007

Tree-farm licence No. 1, restocking of Nass River bottomlands (Williams) 6937, 6939, 6997-8, 7203

Tree-farm licence No. 1, royal commission of inquiry into (Howard) 7005 (Williams) 7007

Tree-farm licence No. 1, silvicultural obligations (Howard) 6938 (Waterland) 6896, 6937, 6951 (Williams) 6951, 7007, 7203

Tree-farm licence No. I , soil degradation (Williams) 6936

Tree-farm licence No. 1, stumpage paid (Howard) 7004

Tree-farm licence No. 1, timber felled and left (Howard) 6738 (Waterland) 6937 (Williams) 6936

Tree-farm licence No. 23, harvesting of (Nicolson) 6868

Tree-farm licence No. 23, renewal of (D’Arcy) Q. 6696

Mentioned: (Howard) 7003, 7135 (MacWilliam) 6278 (Nicolson) 5208 (Reynolds) 7009 (Waterland) 6897, 6934, 6940 (Williams) 6935, 6940

Westbank Indian Council

Mentioned: (Chabot) 6594

Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd.

Fertilizer plant (Rogers) 6043, 6510

Mentioned: (Davis) 6541, 6552 (Nicolson) 6119 (Rogers) 6471, 6526, 6549, 7197 (Skelly) 6184, 6185 (Stupich) 6410

Western Accord

See entries under Energy policy

Western Business Outlook Conference

Mentioned: (Hanson) 5444

Western Canada Lottery Foundation

Head office, location of (Chabot) 6628

Mentioned: (Chabot) 6421, 6591, 6608 (Wallace) 6629

Western Community, B.C.

Incorporation of (Mitchell) 5575 (Ritchie) 5575

Western Express

Ticket sales (Chabot) 6591 (Stupich) 6590

Western Forest Products Ltd,

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 6190 (Williams) 6164

Western Institute for the Deaf, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 5854

Western Management Consultants

Payments to (Hanson) 6570

Western Mines Ltd.

Dumping of tailings in Buttle Lake (Pelton) 6069 (Sanford) 6069

Mentioned: (Stupich) 6648

Western Premiers' Conference

Mentioned: (Williams) 6852

Westmin mine

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 6189 (Wallace) 6403

Westmoreland, William Childs

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 6291

Westroc Industries Ltd.

Closing of (Macdonald) 5148, 5267

Westwood, D.M.

Mentioned: (Stupich) 6792, 6793

Westworld

Government advertising in 1983 pre-election period (Cocke) 6571

Wetlands

See: Marshes

Weyerhauser Canada Ltd.

Mentioned: (Williams) 6649

Weyerhauser Co.

Employees, layoff of (Stupich) 7227-8

Mentioned: (Stupich) 5145

Wharton Economic Outlook

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5150 (Phillips) 5235

Wheat

Farm cash receipts (Schroeder) 6309

Whistler Mountain ski resort

Benefits (Brummet) 5241

Convention centre (Brummet) 5241 (Reynolds) 5435

Jobs created (Reynolds) 5435

Skiing area (Reynolds) 5435

Success of (Reynolds) 5435

Mentioned: (Williams) 6836

Whittaker, H.J.

Memo quoted (Williams) 5354

Mentioned: (Williams) 5353

Whittaker, Norman

Death of (Nielsen) 6637

Whyte, Jim

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 6445 (Lauk) 6444

Wickson, Malcolm C.J.

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 7122

Widows

Discrimination against and Charter of Rights (Brown) 5604

Wife-beating

Charges, laying of in wife assault cases (Dailly) 5538

Regional workshops on wife assault (Smith) 5539

Report on, circulation of (Brown) 6693

Report on commended (Brown) 6693

Spouse abuse (McCarthy) 5919

Transition houses (McCarthy) 5918, 5919

Wife assault cases, policy on (Smith) 5475, 5535, 5539

Wife assault cases, reduction in number of (Throne speech) 5119

Wilderness areas

Wilderness preservation, advisory committee members (Pelton) 7223

Wilderness preservation, advisory committee's mandate (Pelton) 7223-4 (Wallace) 7224

Wildlife

Protected species (Pelton) 6054 (Wallace) 6054

Protection and management of (Pelton) 6021

Value of wildlife-related activities (Wallace) 6054

World population of and B.C. holdings (Wallace) 6054

See also: Game protection

Wildlife Act

Mentioned: (Pelton) 6029 (Sanford) 6918 (Smith) 6919

Wilkinson, Bruce

Mentioned: (Williams) 6853

Wilkinson, William

Mentioned: (Brummet) 6342

Wilkinson Road jail

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

Williams, Art

Mentioned: (Rogers) 7197

Williams, Bryan

Mentioned: (Pelton) 7223

Williams, L. Allan

Mentioned: (Barnes) 5422 (Hewitt) 5150-1

Williams, Raymond

Quoted (Rose) 5311

Williams, Robert (Vancouver East)

Address in reply 5198-5201

Agricultural machinery, free trade with U.S. 6853

Agriculture ministry, estimates 6317

Annacis Island development 6830

Aquaculture incentive program 6387

Asia Pacific group conference 6852

Assessment and Taxation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (1985) 5936-7, 6137

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 5510-1, 5511, 5512, 5513, 5516, 5517, 5517-8, 5518, 5520, 5521, 5532

Bank assets, location of 5921, 6830

Banks, taxation of capital 5921

Bazowski, Peter, appointment of as acting ombudsman 6999

Bennett, W.R., trip to Washington, D.C. 6828, 6836, 6840, 6932

Bonneville Power Administration, negotiations with 6505

Borrowing 7039

Borrowing, American dollars and added costs 6440

Borrowing, decisions on 6438-9

Borrowing for non-revenue-producing projects 6153

Borrowing, use of borrowed funds 6997

Brain drain Q. 5170

Britannia Beach, special enterprise zone for 6819, 6822, 6823

B.C. Economic Bulletin, content 6186-7

B.C. Forest Products Ltd., payments to Shoal Island contractors 5352, 5353, 5511

B.C. Hydro board of directors' meetings, frequency 6845-6

B.C. Hydro, borrowing by 6438-9

B.C. Hydro engineers, loss of 6440

B.C. Hydropower, sale of to Los Angeles 6505

B.C. Hydro power, surplus power 6505

B.C. Hydro, rate concession to unemployed Q. 5762

B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line 6440

B.C. Petroleum Corporation, revenue 6550

B.C. Place, borrowing for 6441

B.C. Place, cost of 6441

B.C. Place, Expo 86 rent payment to 6441

B.C. Place site, taxation of after Expo 86 6137

B.C. Place Stadium, expenditure on 5199

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., coal sales 5818

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, value of 5199

B.C. Steamship Co. (1975) Ltd., resignation of senior personnel 5512, 5513, 5516, 4418

B.C. Transit, agreements with municipalities 6201

British Columbia Transit Amendment Act (1985) 5939-40, 6013-4, 6153

British Columbia Transit Amendment Act (No. 2) (1985) 6201-2

British Columbia Transit Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1985, government's powers 6203

B.C. Transit Authority borrowing, use of funds 6013-4

B.C. Transit, contracting out of services 6201

B.C. Transit, management rights 6201

Brown, David, payments to 6579

Budget debate 5351-4

Cape Breton, special economic zone 6746

Capital Commission Amendment Act (1985) 7112-3

Capital Expenditures Miscellaneous Amendments Act (1985) 7039

Coal Amendment Act (1985) 6547-8

Coal, Klappan project geological studies Q. 6065

Coal licence transfers 6547

Coal licences, flipping of 6547

Coal, northeast coal project 5829, 5833, 6187, 6275-6, 6827, 6830-1, 6834

Coal, northeast, contracts with Japan 6833

Coal, northeast, development of and regional economies 6275-6

Coal, northeast, effect of on B, C. coal industry Q. 5818, 7106, 7243

Coal, northeast, expenditure on 5199, 6439

Coal, northeast, federal benefits from 6275-6

Coal, northeast, freight rates 6832-3

Coal, northeast, job creation and cost per job 5199, 6186

Coal, northeast, losses Q. 5382

Coal, northeast, planning process Q. 6017

Coal, northeast, price 6831, 6832

Coal, northeast, price of and payments for powerline Q. 5405

Coal, northeast, price of and southeast coal price Q. 5818

Coal, northeast, price of, decline in Q. 5530

Coal, northeast, price of, decline in and revenue loss Q. 5382

Coal, northeast, price of, decline in and royalties Q. 5405

Coal, northeast, revenue 6440

Coal, northeast, royalty on Q. 5530

Coal, northeast, sale of and Japanese supply 6831

Coal, northeast, shipments to Japan 6831

Coal, northeast, site of Q. 5382-3

Coal, northeast, site of, relocation of Q. 5819, Q. 6017

Coal, northeast, waste management guidelines 6059, 6060, 6069

Coal sales, sharing of market Q. 7107, 7243

Coal, southeast, effect of northeast coal project on 7106, 7243

Coal, southeast, employees laid off Q. 7107, 7243

Coal, southeast, price of and volume 5894

Coalfields, control over 6547-8

Cobb, Jim, G. B. Boulton's letter re case quoted, referred to 6909

Cobb, Jim, ombudsman report on case Q. 6725, 6866, 6908

Cobb, Jim, timber scaling problem 6866, 6909, 6953-4

Commissioner of critical industries, staff 6844

Communications, government funds for 6186

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 6393-4, 6394-5

Consumer products, production of and size of market 6853

Coquihalla Highway, cost of 6441

Coquihalla Highway, maintenance costs 6441

Coquihalla Highway traffic, number of vehicles 6441

Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act (1985) 5921

Credit Union Reserve Board, adequacy of 6393-4, 6395

Credit Union Reserve Board, work of 6395

Critical Industries Act 6649-50, 6844

Critical Industries Act. purpose of 6649

Critical industries program and problem of high-grading 6649

Critical industries program assistance, effects of 6649

Critical industries program, assistance to northeast coal 6649

Debt 6746

Debt, interest costs 5894

Debt per capita 6438, 6441

Denison Mines Ltd., involvement in Quintette Coal Ltd. Q. 5819

Deputy ministers 6983

Deputy ministers, appointment of 6999

Deputy ministers, salaries 6828, 6965

Doman Industries Ltd., cutting rights 6976

Doman Industries Ltd. timber licence, non-performance re Q. 5611

Dominion Glass Co. Ltd., closing of Q. 7194

Dominion Glass Co. Ltd., provincial concessions to Q. 7194

Duke Point, development of 6836

Dunkley Lumber Ltd., tree-farm licence application 6898-9

Economic and regional development agreement Q. 5568

Economic and regional development agreement, funds Q. 5306, 6148, 6161

Economic and regional development agreement funds, 1984-85 fiscal year Q. 5724

Economic and regional development agreement, joint management committee 6768

Economic and regional development agreement, subagreements 6148

Economic development of B.C. 6834

Economic growth, forecast re 6150

Economic planning 6275

Economic recovery 6441-2

Economic renewal program, estimates 6768

“The Economy in a Changing World” 6437-8, 6442

Economy of B.C., federal-provincial program for 6442

Economy of B.C., importance of towns in 5198-9

Economy of B.C., information re 6187

Economy of B.C., regional studies 6276

Economy of B.C., special economic zones 5199

Edmonton, transit system 5992

Education ministry, estimates 5757

Electric power price, basis for 6505

Electric power, production costs 6505

Electric power supply in B.C. 6160

Embassies and consulates, representation in Q. 5707, 6808

Environment and Land Use Committee, economic planning 6275

Environment ministry, capital projects 6070

Environment ministry employees, consultation with 6059

Environment ministry, estimates 6059, 6060, 6070

Esquimalt-Port Renfrew constituency, MLA for 6582

Expenditures, megaprojects 5198-9

Expenditures, payment for capital projects 6441

Expenditures, restraint program 5199

Expo Centre, dome leaks Q. 5709

Expo 85, B.C. participation 5348

Expo 86 benefits, local business 6747

Expo 86, expenditures on 5199

Expo 86 food sales and Chinatown restaurants 6761-2

Expo 86 gates, location of 6761-2

Expo 86 gates, North Gate 6761-2

Expo 86 Preview Centre, cost of 6747

Expo 86, property tax exemption 6137

Expo 86 revenue, food revenues 6761

Expo 86 souvenirs, markups on Q. 6724

Expo 86 souvenirs, review of by Premier Q. 6724

Expo 86 souvenirs, Specialty Mfg. Ltd. contract Q. 6724, 6762

Expo 86 souvenirs, suppliers for 6762

Export trade, product development for 5831, 5893

Exports, need for targeted marketing 5830

Exports, research and staff work 6828

Exports, trade promotion abroad 6852

Farmland, foreign ownership 6317

Federal funds for B.C. 6148, 6746

Federal-provincial relations, decentralization 6438

Fertilizer plant site, standards re Q. 6928

Fibreco Export Inc., chip-exporting facility 6838, 6839

Finance ministry, estimates 6437-9, 6440-1, 6441-2

Forest Amendment Act (1985) 6865-7, 6894-6, 6898, 6899, Forest companies, debt load 6160-1

Forest industry, Canadian subsidiaries of American companies 6649

Forest industry, capital, need for 6164

Forest industry, competition for timber harvest 6896

Forest industry, critical industries program and exports to U.S. 6649-50

Forest industry, F. Leslie C. Reed's statement re Q. 5797, Q. 5798

Forest industry, government action re Q. 5798

Forest industry in B.C. 6159-62, 6163-4, 6747

Forest industry in eastern Canada 6964-5

Forest industry in interior, efficiency of 6895

Forest industry, John Walters' statement re Q. 5797

Forest industry, long-term program for 6649

Forest industry, ministerial responsibility for 6160

Forest industry, modernization costs 6161

Forest industry, modernization of Q. 5981, 6163, 6388, 6830, 6945, 6964

Forest industry, modernization of coast industry 6945

Forest industry, modernization of machinery 5936-7

Forest industry, problems in coast industry 5936

Forest industry, production 6161

Forest industry, production for export 5830, 5832, 5893, 6161

Forest industry, production machinery 6747

Forest industry, productivity Q. 6102, 6164, 6965

Forest industry products, problems re 6160

Forest industry products, value added to 6160, 6161

Forest industry, research and development 6161

Forest industry, revenue to province 6894

Forest industry, revenue to province and cost of service to 6141, 6438, 6865, 6894

Forest industry, Scandinavian countries 6162

Forest industry, section 88 projects, tendering on 6951, 6952

Forest industry, stumpage appraisal manuals 6932

Forest industry, stumpage appraisal system Q. 6127, 6931, 6932, 6933, 6934

Forest industry, stumpage appraisal system and exports to U.S. Q. 6127, Q. 6336, 6932-3

Forest industry, subsidization of and exports to U.S. 6954-5

Forest industry, UBC forest research report on Q. 5797

Forest land, management of private land 6975

Forest land, NSR land 5199-5200, Q. 6102, 6768, 6867

Forest land, NSR land backlog 6937

Forest land, NSR land, increase in 6950

Forest licences, provision for reversion to Crown 6867

Forest management practices, Denmark 5200

Forest management practices, Finland 5200

Forest programs, economic analysis 6950

Forest ranger stations, abolition of 6939

Forest renewal, funds for 6149, 6150

Forest seeding, expenditures on Q. 6102

Forest Service, cost of 6865, 6894

Forest thinning, expenditures on Q. 6102

Forestry development agreement Q. 5568, Q. 5708, Q. 5724

Forestry development agreement, monitoring of 6768

Forests, expenditures on Q. 6102

Forests expenditures, regional allocation of funds 6951

Forests, federal funds for, 1984-85 fiscal year 6149-50

Forests, job creation in silvicultural program 5200

Forests ministry, centralization of offices and staff 6936, 6940

Forests ministry, deputy ministers 6865, 6866

Forests ministry, economic analysis of programs 6950

Forests ministry, estimates 6931, 6932, 6932-3, 6933-4, 6935, 6936, 6937, 6939, 6945-6, 6950, 6951, 6952-3, 6953-5, 6962, 6963-4, 6964-6, 6975-6

Forests ministry, rebuilding of 6965

Forests ministry staff, adequacy of 6965

Forests ministry staff, cutback in 6939

Forests, silviculture expenditures, rate of return on 6950

Forests, slash-burning 6964

Forests, tenure system and settlement patterns in B.C. 6939-40

Fraser Valley commuter rail system, cost of 5992

Fraser Valley commuter rail system, use of CPR line 5408, 5940

Free trade and government policy 6854

Free trade and location of industry 6853

Free trade, benefits of to Alberta 6852-3

Free trade with U.S. 6853

Friedmann, Karl, termination of appointment as ombudsman 6954

Gorge waterway, beautification of 7113

Government advertising, expenditures on films 6579

Government advertising, film on northeast coal 6579

Government advertising, Partners in Enterprise program 6577-8, 6578-9

Great Britain, European Common Market membership 6854

Gross provincial product, forecast for 1985-86 6150

Hart, Peter J., resignation of 5512, 5513, 5516

Highways, toll system for 6797-8

Highways, tolls and residents of interior and north 6798

Hoare, Gordon, resignation of 5512, 5513, 5516

Hodgson, Tom, resignation of 5512, 5513, 5516, 5521

Hospitals, acute-care beds closing for summer Q. 6814

Human Resources ministry, annual report 5977

Human Resources ministry estimates 5948, 5971, 5971-2, 5972-3, 5977, 5982, 5982-3, 5985, 5987, 5991-2, 5992-3, 6000-1, 6002, 6003, 6013

Income Tax (Small Business Employment Tax Credit) Amendment Act (1985) 6296

Individual Opportunity Plan, clients finding employment 5977

Individual Opportunity Plan clients, number of 5977

Individual Opportunity Plan clients, success rate 5977

Individual Opportunity Plan, evaluation of 5977

Industrial Development Incentive Act 6386, 6386-7, 6388

Industrial development incentive program, minister's powers 6386

Industrial Electricity Rate Discount Act 6505-6

Industrial parks, occupancy 6771, 6824, 6836

Industrial strategy 6649

Industry and Small Business Development ministry, advertising appropriation 6163

Industry and Small Business Development ministry, estimates 6148-50, 6159-62, 6163-4, 6185, 6186-7, 6275-6, 6276-7

Industry and Small Business Development ministry staff, shortage of 6276

Industry, concessions to 6505

Industry, development of 6834

Industry, special economic zones 6746, 6747

International Trade and Investment ministry, appropriation 5830

International Trade and Investment ministry, appropriation for consultants 5830

International Trade and Investment ministry, appropriation for research 5831

International Trade and Investment ministry, appropriation for staff 5830

International Trade and Investment ministry, appropriation for travel 5830, 6851

International Trade and Investment ministry, estimates 6808, 6827-9, 6829, 6830-1, 6832-3, 6833-4, 6836, 6838, 6839-40, 6840, 6851, 6852, 6852-3, 6854

International Trade and Investment, Ministry of, Act 5829-33, 5893, 5894-5

International Trade and Investment ministry, purpose and function of 5893

International Trade and Investment ministry research materials, location of 5831, 5893

Investment, foreign investments 6828, 6828-9

Island Jetfoil Corp., docking facilities 5171

Island Jetfoil Corp. funds, source of 5521

Island Jetfoil Corp., leases 5512, 5513, 5517

Island Jetfoil Corp. leases, negotiator for 5518

Island Jetfoil Corp., Ogden Point docking facilities 5517

Island Jetfoil Corp., SeaBus terminal, use of 5521

Island Jetfoil Corp., Seattle terminal 5520, 5521

Island Jetfoil Corp. service, starting date 5532

Islands Trust Amendment Act (1985) 6294-5

Japan, B.C. representation in Canadian embassy 6808

Japan, contracts 5894-5

Japan, dealings with 5894-5

Japan, dealings with and knowledge of Japanese language Q. 5530

Japan, economy 6828

Japan, Hokkaido technopolis 6387

Japan, Industry and Small Business Development ministry's responsibilities 5831-2

Japan, Ministry of International Trade and Investment 6828

Jetfoils, failure of elsewhere 5521

Jetfoils, maintenance problems 5521

Jetfoils, use of in Puget Sound 5521

Job creation 6185, 6186, 6747

Kalamalka Lake Park, development 6350

Kalamalka Lake Park, purchase of 6350

Kinsella, Patrick, speech quoted, referred to 6990, 6990-1, 6992

Klappan coal project 6514

Kootenay Forest Products Ltd. workforce, tribute to 6277

Kootenays, tribute to inhabitants 6277

Kootenays, unemployment 6276-7

Land, foreign ownership in Sweden 6317

Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 6349-50, 6351, 6360

Log exports 6975-6

Log exports, price received 6975-6

Log exports, standing timber exports 6945-6

Log exports, value of 6946

Log sorting, dryland sorting 5352

Low-interest loan assistance fund, value of 6384

Low Interest Loan Assistance Revolving Fund Act 6384, 6385

Lumber exports, problems re 5830

Lumber prices, decline in 6160

Lumber sales to Japan 6747

Lumber trade with U.S. Q. 6257, 6808

Lumber, 2-by-4 frame construction 6748

McKim Advertising Ltd., payments to in pre-election period 6567, 6577, 6579

Maintenance orders, enforcement of 6000-I, 6013

Maple Ridge area transit, use of CPR line 5940

Marubeni Corp., proposed purchase of Swanson Lumber Co. Ltd. 6829, 6830

Megaprojects, impact of on employment 6839

Mentally handicapped group homes, relationship with neighbours 5948

Metro Transit Operating Company collective agreement, intervention in 6201

Metro Transit Operating Company employees, consultation with 6201

Milk bottles, sales tax exemption on returnables 6141

Mines, project approval process for Q. 6018

Ministries, number of 5829

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1985) 6845-6, 6847

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (1985) 6908, 6908-9, 6909

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 4) (1985) 7203, 7204

Monenco representatives, consultation with Q. 5819

Natural gas, fabrication for LNG project Q. 6888

Natural Gas Price Act 6550-1

Natural gas price, domestic price increase 6550

Natural gas price, subsidization of domestic price 6550

Natural gas revenue to province 6551

Natural resources, provincial jurisdiction over 6438

Nelson, program for 6276-7

Newsprint industry, product 5830

Newsprint machinery, problem re 5715, Q. 6102, 6163

Newsprint plant construction in B.C., meetings re Q. 5980

Newsprint plant, Washington state 5972, 5981

Nilsson, Sten, report on forest industry 6963, 6964, 6965

Northeastern B.C., expenditures in 6275

Northern B.C., tribute to people 6514

Ocean Falls area timber licences, non-performance re Q. 5611

Ocean Falls Corp., reactivation of Q. 5611

Ocelot Industries Ltd. ammonia operation, jobs 6550-1, 6747, 6836

Ocelot Industries Ltd., loans to 6550

Ocelot Industries Ltd., natural gas price to 6551

Ogden, Frank, payments to 6579

Okanagan, economic problems 6441

Ombudsman, B.R.D. Smith's comments on 5511

Ombudsman, estimates 7006-7, 7016-7

Ombudsman, meeting with G.M. McCarthy Q. 6615

Ombudsman, Premier's relationship with 6997

Pacific Rim countries, dealings with 5829-30, 5894

Paper products, production of in B.C. 6160

Parks, development of new facilities 6351, 6360

Parliamentary secretaries, appointment of 6997

Pension funds, Quebec 5715

Pension funds, use of 5715

Phillips, D.M., travel 6851

Plywood industry, future of 6164

Plywood production, Japanese market 6161

Polling, expenditures on 6991

Premier's office, estimates 6746-7, 6982-4, 6990-2, 6997-9

Premier's office estimates, W.R. Bennett's absence from House for 6982-3, 6984

Princess Marguerite, deficit 1984 season 5518

Princess Marguerite, deficit 1985 season 5518

Princess Marguerite, economic study of sailing schedule 5171

Princess Marguerite, future of 5521

Princess Marguerite hull, painting of 6045

Princess Marguerite, refit of 5520

Princess Marguerite revenue, impact of Island Jetfoil Corp. on 5512, 5513, 5517, 5518, 5520, 5532

Princess Marguerite, sailing date 5171, 5532

Property tax concessions to industry, obligations re 5936-7

Property tax on machinery and equipment, phasing out of 5936-7

Provincial Capital Commission, beautification projects 7112-3

Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 6577, 6577-8, 6582, 6583

Pulp industry, future of 6164

Pulp industry, modernization of 6162

Pulp industry, technology 6839

Pulp mills, construction of new mills in B.C. 6840

Pulp production, CTMP method 6162, 6838

Quintette Coal Ltd., advertisement for geologist Q. 6065

Quintette Coal Ltd., coal production 6065

Quintette Coal Ltd., loan guarantee for Q. 6065

Quintette Coal Ltd., meetings, discussions with government Q. 5405, 6149

Quintette Coal Ltd., problems 6148-9

Quintette Coal Ltd, , waste management guidelines 6059, 6060

Real Estate Amendment Act (No. 2) (1985) 7109

Reforestation, NSR land 5199-5200

Reforestation, seed-processing centre 6975

Revelstoke Dam, cost of 6505

Revelstoke Dam power, use of 6438-9, 6440

Revelstoke Dam, return on investment 6747

Robbins, Ralph, resignation of 7006, 7007

Saanich and the Islands constituency, second MLA for 6582

San Diego, transit system 5992, 6153

Sawmills, upgrading of 6161

School board budgets and dismissal of boards 6439

School District 39, administrative personnel 5757

School District 39, English-as-a-second-language students 5757

SeaBus ferry, user-pay system for 6798

Shoal Island contractors, court action by 6866-7

Shoal Island, Grant report on 6867

Shaol Island, ombudsman report No. 7 on 5352, 5510-1

Shoal Island, revenue loss 5352, 5511, 6866

Shoal Island, scaling 5352-4, 6866, 6909

Silviculture in B.C., comparison with Finland Q. 6102

Ski industry, development of 6836

Small business employment tax credit, basis for 6296

Small business, funds for 6385

Small Business Venture Capital Act 6801

Small manufacturers' incentive program 6386

Social assistance rates, single person rates 5973

Social assistance rates, United Way report on 5971, 5973

Social assistance recipients, clothing allowance 5973

Social assistance recipients, complaints to ombudsman Q. 6615

Social assistance recipients, number of 5972, 5991, 6746

Social assistance recipients, nutritional diet and food costs in B.C. 5972, 5972-3

Social assistance recipients, nutritional diet and rates 5971-2

Social Service Tax Amendment Act (1985) 6141

Special Enterprise Zone and Tax Relief Act 6771-2, 6818-9, 6819, 6823-4, 6824-5, 6825, 6826

Special Enterprise Zone and Tax Relief Act, consultation re 6772

Special Enterprise Zone and Tax Relief Act, powers under act 6823, 6826

Special enterprise zone, Cape Breton 6771, 6772

Special enterprise zone industry and existing industries 6772, 6823

Special enterprise zones Q. 5708, Q. 6042

Special enterprise zones, administration of 6771

Special enterprise zones currently under discussion Q. 7194

Special enterprise zones, federal tax revenues 6824

Special enterprise zones, Great Britain 6772

Special enterprise zones, industries 6772, 6825

Special enterprise zones, job creation Q. 7194

Special enterprise zones, municipal regulations 6819

Special enterprise zones, municipal services 6772, 6824

Special enterprise zones, municipal taxes 6772, 6825, 6826

Special enterprise zones, revenue loss 6771-2

Special enterprise zones, Vancouver rejection of 6771

Special enterprise zones, war-related industry 6819

Special enterprise zones, zone administrator 6826

Special enterprise zones, zone approval board 6823

Spector, Norman, role of 6983, 6984

Stein River valley, logging of 6955

Stewart, Ian, payments to 6579

Stikine River canyon 6514

Students, Asian students 6645, 6646

Students, foreign students at B.C. universities 6644, 6646

Students, scholarships for foreign students 6645

Sweden, economy 6828

Tilbury Island, Delta municipal regulations 6771

Tilbury Island, special enterprise zone for 6819

Timber pricing, competition in 6945

Timber scaling, MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., check scalers 6903, 6908

Timber scaling, monitoring of 6866, 6867, 6908

Timber scaling, privatization of 6865, 6866, 6932

Tourism ministry, estimates 6761-2

Tourist industry outside lower mainland, assistance to 6387

Transit bus system in lower mainland, operating costs 5982

Transit fares, level of Q. 5463

Transit systems elsewhere, construction costs 5940

Tree-farm licence applications 6898

Tree-farm licence No. 1 7006, 7203

Tree-farm licence No. 1, annual allowable cut 6936

Tree-farm licence No. 1, examination of by Herb Hammond 6936-7, 6940, 6951

Tree-farm licence No. 1, Nass River bottomlands 6937, 6939, 6997-8, 7203

Tree-farm licence No. 1, ombudsman report on 6997-8, 7007

Tree-farm licence No. 1, partial reversion to Crown 6867, 6895

Tree-farm licence No. 1, regeneration lag 6936

Tree-farm licence No. 1 rent, basis for 7007

Tree-farm licence No. 1, royal commission of inquiry into 7007

Tree-farm licence No. 1, silvicultural obligations 6951, 7007, 7203

Tree-farm licence No. 1, soil degradation 6936

Tree-farm licence No. 1, timber felled and left 6936

Tree-farm licence, provision for forest licence rollover to 6867, 6894, 6895-6

Tree-farm licence, United States 6895

Tree-farm licences, management of 6895, 7203

Tree-farm licences, supervisory staff for 6935, 6936

Unemployment rate 5200, 6746

United States, protectionism 6836

United States, recession 6442

Universities, fiscal planning and programs Q. 5170

Universities, interference in affairs of Q. 5170

University of B.C., school of architecture, closing of Q. 5148

Vancouver ALRT, area served 5939

Vancouver ALRT, borrowing for 6440

Vancouver ALRT, capital cost per rider 5991, 6001, 6013, 6153

Vancouver ALRT, cost of 5940, 5983, 6201

Vancouver ALRT, cost per ride 5940

Vancouver ALRT, debt repayment 5983, 6014

Vancouver ALRT, expenditure on 5199

Vancouver ALRT, experts' opinion of 5982-3

Vancouver ALRT, financing formula 5983

Vancouver ALRT, fire safety standards 6014

Vancouver ALRT, Haney extension 5940

Vancouver ALRT, impact of on employment 6440-1

Vancouver ALRT, land values in vicinity of 6797, 6828

Vancouver ALRT, manning of 5992

Vancouver ALRT, operating costs 5982, 5983, 5985

Vancouver ALRT passengers, percentage of workforce 5939

Vancouver ALRT, provincial funds for 5982

Vancouver ALRT, ridership 5985, 5987

Vancouver ALRT, safety standards 6014

Vancouver ALRT, Surrey extension, cost of 5939

Vancouver ALRT, Surrey extension, funds for 5939, 6013-4

Vancouver ALRT, Surrey extension to Whalley 5982

Vancouver buildings, special rate for lighting of Q. 5762

Vancouver, foreign ownership of downtown land 6828, 6829-30

Vancouver transit, operating costs 5982

Vancouver transit to Surrey, B.C. Hydro right-of-way 5407

Victoria area lakes, beautification of 7112

Victoria Mortgage Corp., investors' losses 7109

Voters, voting rights and Charter of Rights 6582, 6583

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., court cases 6899

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., tree-farm licence application 6898-9

Withdrawal from chamber for remainder of the sitting day (Deputy Speaker) 6872

Wood chips, price for 6161, 6163, 6163-4, 6962, 6963, 6964

Wood chips, surplus 6839

Wood-pulp industry technology in B.C. 5830, 5832, 5893

Wright, Robert, resignation of 5512, 5516

Young, William, resignation of 7006, 7007

Williams family

Mentioned: (Strachan) 5129

Willingdon Youth Detention Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

Education programs (Smith) 7014

Evaluation of on continuing basis (Dailly) 7013-4

Ombudsman investigation of (Brown) 5484 (Smith) 5484

Ombudsman report on (Dailly) 7013-4

Mentioned: (Smith) 7006

Willis Point Road

Construction of (Fraser, A.) 6492

Traffic holdups for rifle range practices (Fraser, A.) 6492 (Mitchell) 6491, 6492

Williston, Raymond Gurney

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 5762, 6347 (Strachan) 5129 (Williams) 5611

Wilms, Dorothee

Quoted (Wallace) 5631

Wilson, Michael

Letter to quoted (Curtis) 6426

Meeting with in Edmonton (Curtis) 6425

Mentioned: (Curtis) 5281, 6427 (D’Arcy) 6525, 6528 (Davis) 5915 (Hewitt) 5149, 5417 (Lauk) 5328, 5333 (McGeer) 6081 (Stupich) 6373, 6408, 7236

Wilson, Pete

Mentioned: (Strachan) 5129

Winch, Harold

Mentioned: (Skelly) 5386 (Williams) 5198

Wind power

Electric power generation, work on (Cocke) 6545 (Rogers) 6545

Windermere School District

See: School District 4 (Windermere)

Wine industry and trade

Grape content, B.C. grapes (Sanford) Q. 6766

Grape growers, problems for (MacWilliam) 6327

Grape imports, restrictions on (Hewitt) A. 6488 (Sanford) Q. 6488

Grocery stores, sale of wine (Brown) 6395 (Cocke) 6401-2 (Hewitt) 6393, 6396 (Lauk) 6391

Hotels, wine-selling rights (Hewitt) 6393 (Lauk) 6391-2

Winfield, B.C.

Community hall, regulation re dishwasher installation (MacWilliam) 5880 (Nielsen) 5880-1

Wing On Tong

Mentioned: (Smith) 6045

Winnipeg Sun, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Mentioned: (Michael) 5366

Wives

Contribution of homemakers (Brown) 5173

Legal action re wife seduction (Smith) 7031

Wives' and Children's Maintenance Act

Mentioned: (Brown) 7032

Wolfe, Evan

Mentioned: (Mitchell) 6622, 6623 (Stupich) 5464, 6408

Wolves

Cattle predation (Fraser, A.) 5388

Control program (Pelton) 5834

Women

Charter of Rights and discriminatory legislation (Smith) 5652

Charter of Rights and women's rights (Brown) 5603, 7138-9

Colleges, access program (Brown) 5764, 5766 (Heinrich) 5766

Contribution of (Brown) 5173-4. 5174-5 (Pelton) 5174 (Reid) 5174 (Sanford) 5174

Contribution of to economy (Brown) 5173-4

Equality for (Brown) 5186 (Skelly) 5137-8

Equality for elsewhere in Canada (Skelly) 5137

Equality for, NDP position on (Sanford) 5174

Homemakers, contribution of (Brown) 5173

Older women, counsellors for (McCarthy) 5969

Older women, problems of (Wallace) 5967-8, 5968-9

Older women, task force on (Wallace) 5967

Peace, efforts of women on behalf of (Brown) 5174-5

Pensions legislation and women (Brown) 7137-8

Protection of (Throne speech) 5119

Quebec, status of women (Brown) 5186

Scholarships, women's share of (Brown) 5764

Transition houses (McCarthy) 5918, 5919

Transition houses, funding for (Dailly) 5538

Transition houses in B.C. (Reynolds) 6169

Transition houses in lower mainland region (Reynolds) 6169

Transition houses, increase in number of (McCarthy) 6723, 6725

Women — Employment

Career development, assistance for (Brown) 7098 (Nielsen) 7099

Crown corporation employees, salary levels (Brown) 6606, 6607

Employment in non-traditional jobs (Brown) 6691

Equal pay for work of equal value (Brown) 6690-1, 7137-8 (Gabelmann) 5341 (Segarty) 6692

Equality between the sexes in B.C. (Davis) 6687

Labour force, women in (Brown) 5174, 6690, 6691 (Mowat) 5201

Labour ministry, women's programs (Brown) 6692 (Segarty) 6671, 6691, 6692

Public service employment. See entries under Public service

Science careers (Johnston) 5128

Sexual harassment (Brown) 6692

Small business ownership (Brown) 7098 (Segarty) 6693

Small business startups, loans for (Brown) 5837, 7098

Technological unemployment (Segarty) 6693

Technological unemployment, retraining of women (Brown) 6692 (Segarty) 6693

Trade unions and women (Brown) 6692

Training programs (Gabelmann) 5341

Women re-entering the workforce (Segarty) 6691

Women's Career and Employment Opportunity Act. See name of act

Women's Career and Employment Opportunity Act

(Bill M207) (Brown) 1R, 5837; 2R, 7098-9; out of order 7099

Speakers: Brown 7098; Nielsen 7098-9

Small business, ownership of (Brown) 7098

Small business startups, loans for (Brown) 7098

Women, assistance to in career development (Brown) 7098 (Nielsen) 7099

Mentioned: (Brown) 6373

Women's economic rights branch

Re-establishment of (Brown) Q. 5124 (Gabelmann) 5341 (Phillips) A. 5124

Wonderland, Toronto, Out.

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 6448

Wood, Berenice

Mentioned: (Heinrich) 5758

Wood, Robert S.

Quoted: (Williams) 6867

Wood chips

Mobile chippers and debarkers (Mitchell) 6966

Price for (Mitchell) 6966 (Williams) 6161, 6163, 6163-4, 6962, 6963, 6964

Price for, Sweden (Waterland) 6964 (Williams) 6963, 6964

Price for, unintegrated sawmills (Williams) 6962

Surplus (Williams) 6839

Wood-pulp industry

Chemical-thermal-mechanical pulp operation (Williams) 6162, 6838

Industry, future of (Williams) 6164

Mill, investment in by Chinese (Howard) Q. 5685 (Waterland) A. 5685

Modernization of (Williams) 6162

New pulp mills, construction of in B.C. (Phillips) 6839 (Williams) 6840

Pulp and paper mill in northern Vancouver Island, proposal for (Gabelmann) 6190

Pulp prices (Michael) 5262

Sales, increase in (McClelland) 6276

Strike (Gabelmann) 6131 (Segarty) 6132

Technology (Williams) 5830, 5832, 5893, 6839

Woodbridge, Peter

Report mentioned (Waterland) 6919 (Williams) 6160, 6965

Mentioned: (Williams) 5830

Woodbridge Reed and Associates Ltd.

Mentioned: (Howard) 6976, 6977 (Waterland) 6976 (Williams) 5893

Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.

Future of (Davis) 6010 (McCarthy) 6011

Woodrow, Bruce

Mentioned: (Williams) 6909

Woodsworth, James S.

Mentioned: (Brown) 6641

Woodward Stores Ltd.

Mentioned: (Richmond) 6929

Work

Redistribution of work (Lea) 5220-1

Work day

See: Hours of labour

Work force

See: Labour supply

Work-sharing

Use of (Lea) 5431

Workers Compensation Act

Amendment to (Cocke) 7139-40 (Smith) 7202

Mentioned: (Brown) 5604 (Cocke) 7140 (Nielsen) 6655 (Smith) 5652, 6651 (Wallace) 6698

Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 1985

(Bill 61) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 6721; 2R, 6803-6; C, 6816-8; 3R, 6818; RA, 7022

Speakers: Cocke 6803-4, 6816, 6816-7, 6817, 6818; Gabelmann 6804-5, 6816, 6817, 6818; Segarty 6803, 6805-6, 6816, 6817, 6818

Divisions: C, 6817 Act, date for coming into force (Cocke) 6818 (Segarty) 6818

Boards of review cases, backlog of (Segarty) 6803

Boards of review cases, provision for rehearing of (Cocke) 6817 (Gabelmann) 6818 (Segarty) 6817, 6818

Boards of review, duration of appointments to (Segarty) 6806

Boards of review findings, review of by board (Cocke) 6803 (Gabelmann) 6805, 6817 (Segarty) 6805-6, 6817

Boards of review hearings, employer representation at (Cocke) 6817 (Segarty) 6817

Boards of review hearings, waiting period for (Segarty) 6803

Boards of review members, number of (Gabelmann) 6816

Boards of review members, oath to be sworn (Gabelmann) 6816 (Segarty) 6816

Boards of review, one-member boards (Cocke) 6803, 6804, 6816 (Gabelmann) 6804 (Segarty) 6805

Boards of review, oral hearings (Gabelmann) 6804, 6805, 6816 (Segarty) 6816

Boards of review, proposal for temporary boards (Gabelmann) 6805

Boards of review, regulations re establishment of (Cocke) 6816, 6816-7 (Gabelmann) 6804 (Segarty) 6805, 6806

Boards of review, restructuring of (Segarty) 6803

Boards of review, worker's advocate (Gabelmann) 6805

Chairman, vice-chairman, appointment of (Segarty) 6806

Employers, employees' right to sue (Cocke) 6804

Injury claims, back injuries (Cocke) 6803

Workers' advisers, costs of (Cocke) 6803

Workers' advisers, offices, location of (Cocke) 6803 (Segarty) 6805

Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1985

(Bill 68) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 7178; 2R, 7231-4; C, 7244-52; 3R, 7252; RA, 7263

Speakers: Cocke 7231-2, 7244-5, 7245, 7246, 7250; Gabelmann 7245-6, 7246-7, 7247, 7248, 7249, 7250, 7251; Mitchell 7233-4, 7251, 7252; Rose 7252; Segarty 7230-1, 7234, 7245, 7246, 7247, 7247-8, 7248, 7249, 7249-50, 7250, 7252; Skelly 7232-3

Divisions: 2R, 7234

Agricultural workers, regulations re (Cocke) 7250 (Gabelmann) 7247, 7248, 7249, 7250-1 (Segarty) 7248, 7249-50

Assessments, experience rating as factor in (Gabelmann) 7247

Assessments, increase in (Cocke) 7231, 7231-2 (Gabelmann) 7246 (Segarty) 7178, 7231, 7234, 7252

Assessments, level of and use of pesticides (Mitchell) 7251-2 (Rose) 7252

Assessments on small business (Cocke) 7232 (Gabelmann) 7246

Back injury, case cited (Mitchell) 7233

Benefits, increase in (Segarty) 7234

Benefits, increase in ceiling on basis for (Cocke) 7231, 7244, 7245 (Gabelmann) 7246 (Mitchell) 7233 (Segarty) 7178, 7230

Benefits, indexing of (Segarty) 7230

Boards of review, administrative chairman (Segarty) 7234

Boards of review, appointments to (Segarty) 7234

Boards of review, backlogs (Mitchell) 7233

Boards of review, complaints to (Cocke) 7231

Boards of review, delays in hearing of appeals (Cocke' 7244

Boards of review, regulations governing (Segarty) Claims to board, settlement of (Cocke) 7245 (Segarty) 7245

Fines, level of and small business (Cocke) 7232, 724 (Segarty) 7246

Fines, level of, flexibility in (Gabelmann) 7245-6 (Segarty) 7246, 7247

Health and safety standards, improvement in (Segarty) 7234, 7246

Industrial health and safety workshops (Segarty) 7249

New Zealand, universal accident compensation system (Skelly) 7232-3

Pesticides, regulations re (Cocke) 7250 (Gabelmann) 7248, 7249, 7250-1 (Mitchell) 7251-2 (Rose) 7252 (Segarty) 7248, 7249-50

Saskatchewan act, review of on regular basis (Skelly) 7232

Unfunded liability, reduction in (Segarty) 7178, 7234

Universal accident compensation system, proposal for (Skelly) 7232-3

Work injuries, reporting of (Mitchell) 7233

Workers' Compensation Board cases, problems for MLAs (Cocke) 7231

Workers' Compensation Board, operation of (Cocke) 7244 (Gabelmann) 7245-6

Workers' Compensation Board, public inquiry into (Gabelmann) 7245

Workers' Compensation Board, regulations (Gabelmann) 7247, 7248, 7249 (Segarty) 7234, 7248, 7249

Workers' Compensation Board, royal commission on (Gabelmann) 7247 (Segarty) 7234 (Skelly) 7232, 7233

Workplace injuries, reduction in number of (Segarty) 7247

Workers' Compensation Board

Advisory committee on (Segarty) 6685

Annual report, 1983-84, tabled (Segarty) 5903

Appeal procedure (Cocke) 6683-4 (Segarty) 6685

Appeals, backlog (Cocke) 5658 (Segarty) 5659

Appointments to (Cocke) Q. 7222 (Segarty) 7222, A. 7222

Assessments, experience rating in (Gabelmann) 7247

Assessments, increase in (Cocke) 7231, 7231-2 (Gabelmann) 7246 (Segarty) 7178, 7231, 7234, 7252

Assessments on small business (Cocke) 7232 (Gabelmann) 7246

Audiologists (Nielsen) 5866

Back injury, case cited (Mitchell) 7233

Benefits, increase in (Segarty) 7234

Benefits, increase in ceiling on basis for (Cocke) 7231, 7244, 7245 (Gabelmann) 7246 (Mitchell) 7233 (Segarty) 7178, 7230

Benefits, indexing of (Segarty) 7230

Boards of review (Cocke) 6683 (Gabelmann) 6688 (Segarty) 6685, 6803

Boards of review, administrative chairman (Segarty) 7234

Boards of review, appointments to (Cocke) Q. 7221 (Segarty) A. 7221, 7234

Boards of review cases, backlog (Cocke) 6683 (Gabelmann) 6671 (Mitchell) 7233 (Segarty) 6803

Boards of review cases, provision for rehearing of (Cocke) 6817 (Gabelmann) 6818 (Segarty) 6817, 6818

Boards of review, complaints to (Cocke) 7231

Boards of review, duration of appointments to (Segarty) 6806

Boards of review findings, review of by board (Cocke) 6803 (Gabelmann) 6805, 6817 (Segarty) 6805-6 6817

Boards of review, hearing of appeals (Cocke) 7244 (Segarty) 6685

Boards of review hearings, employer representation (Cocke) 6817 (Segarty) 6817

Boards of review hearings, oral hearings (Gabelmann) 6804, 6805, 6816 (Segarty) 6816

Boards of review hearings, waiting period for (Segarty) 6803

Boards of review members, number of (Gabelmann) 6816

Boards of review members, oath to be sworn (Gabelmann) 6816 (Segarty) 6816

Boards of review offices, location of (Segarty) 6687

Boards of review, ombudsman's access to (Cocke) 6686

Boards of review; one-member boards (Cocke) 6803, 6804, 6816 (Gabelmann) 6688, 6804 (Segarty) 6721, 6805

Boards of review, regulations re (Cocke) 6816, 6816-7 (Gabelmann) 6804 (Segarty) 6805, 6806, 7245

Boards of review, temporary boards (Gabelmann) 6805

Boards of review, worker's advocate (Gabelmann) 6805

Cases, backlog (Cocke) Q. 5530 (Segarty) A. 5530

Chairman and vice chairman, appointment of (Segarty) 6806

Claims (Cocke) 7139, 7245 (Segarty) 7245

Complaints, problems for MLAs (Cocke) 7231

Employers' advisers, offices, location of (Segarty) 6687

Employment-bridging assistance program workers, coverage of (Segarty) 6698 (Wallace) 6698

Farmworkers, coverage for (Cocke) 6684 (Gabelmann) 6689

Fines, level of and small business (Cocke) 7232, 7246 (Segarty) 7246

Fines, level of, flexibility in (Gabelmann) 7245-6 (Segarty) 7246, 7247

Funding for added duties (Cocke) 5658 (Gabelmann) 5656, 5657 (Segarty) 5659

Hearing branch (Cocke) 5658

Injury claims, back injuries (Cocke) 6803

Inquiry into (Cocke) Q. 5530 (Segarty) A. 5530

Inspections, reduction in number of (Gabelmann) 5657

Inspectors, loss of (Gabelmann) 5657

Insurance Corporation of B.C., accident claims case cited (Wallace) 6699

Legal costs in court cases, case cited (Cocke) 6685-6, Q. 6767 (Segarty) 6685, A. 6767

Occupational environment branch duties, transfer of (Cocke) 5658 (Gabelmann) 5656 (Segarty) 5656

Occupational environment branch employees, transfer of (Gabelmann) 5657-8, 6143 (Segarty) 5656, 6143

Occupational environment branch, transfer of (Curtis) 5286

Ombudsman's investigations, cases cited (Brown) 7012-3

Operation of (Cocke) 6683-4, 7244 (Gabelmann) 7245-6 (Segarty) 6671, 6685

Patient, treatment of prior to review (Mitchell) 5884

Pesticides, regulations re (Cocke) 7250 (Gabelmann) 7248, 7249, 7250-1 (Mitchell) 7251-2 (Rose) 7252 (Segarty) 7248, 7249-50

Physicians employed by board (Cocke) 6684 (Segarty) 6685

Physicians, use of outside physicians' services (Cocke) 6684

Problems, consultation re (Segarty) 5530

Public inquiry into (Gabelmann) 7245

Records, confidentiality of (Lauk) 7186

Regional offices (Cocke) 5058, 6686

Regulations (Cocke) 6684, Q. 7221, Q. 7222 (Gabelmann) 7247, 7248, 7249 (Segarty) A. 7221, A. 7222, 7234, 7248, 7249

Regulations, agricultural workers (Cocke) 7250 (Gabelmann) 7247, 7248, 7249, 7250-1 (Segarty) 7248, 7249-50

Regulations, public hearings on (Cocke) Q. 7222 (Segarty) A. 7222, 7248

Rehabilitation services (Cocke) 5159, 6686

Royal commission on, proposal for (Cocke) Q. 7221 (Gabelmann) 7247 (Segarty) A. 7221, 7234 (Skelly) 7232, 7233

Services, cutbacks in (Cocke) 6686

Temnoff, Ben, compensation claim (MacWilliam) Q. 7222

Unfunded liability (Curtis) 5286 (Mowat) 5203 (Segarty) 7178, 7234

Vocational rehabilitation (Cocke) 5658

Work-related injuries, cases cited (Wallace) 6699-6700

Workers' advisers, costs of (Cocke) 6803

Workers' advisers, offices, location of (Cocke) 6686, 6803 (Segarty) 6687, 6805

Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 1985. See name of act

Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1985. See name of act

Workplace Act. See name of act

Workplace safety, emphasis on (Mowat) 5203

Mentioned: (Brown) 6397 (Curtis) 5281, 6211 (Dailly) 5392 (Gabelmann) 5341, 6677 (Hewitt) 6216 (Lauk) 5762 (MacWilliam) 5881 (Reynolds) 7009 (Sanford) 5722 (Segarty) 5761

Workplace, Safety in the

See: Industrial safety

Workplace Act

(Bill 4) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 5253; 2R, 5656-9; C, 6142-4; 3R, 6144; RA, 6183

Speakers: Cocke 5658-9; Gabelmann 5656-8, 6142, 6143, 6144; Segarty 5656, 5659, 6142, 6143, 6144; Wallace 6143

Divisions: 2R, 5659

Bill, explanatory note (Gabelmann) 5657

Coquihalla Highway, construction worker injury (Gabelmann) 5657

Home worker, provision for (Gabelmann) 6142, 6143, 6144 (Segarty) 6142, 6143, 6144 (Wallace) 6143

Occupational environment branch duties, transfer of (Cocke) 5658 (Gabelmann) 5656 (Segarty) 5656

Occupational environment branch employees, transfer of (Gabelmann) 5657-8, 6143 (Segarty) 5656, 6143

Occupational environment branch, tribute to (Gabelmann) 5657

Regulations under act (Cocke) 5658

Workers' Compensation Board appeals, backlog (Cocke) 5658 (Segarty) 5659

Workers' Compensation Board, funding for added duties (Cocke) 5658 (Gabelmann) 5656, 5657 (Segarty) 5659

Workers' Compensation Board, hearing branch (Cocke) 5658

Workers' Compensation Board inspections, reduction in number of (Gabelmann) 5657

Workers' Compensation Board inspectors, loss of (Gabelmann) 5657

Workers' Compensation Board, regional offices (Cocke) 5658

Workers' Compensation Board, vocational rehabilitation (Cocke) 5658

Workplace safety, problems re (Gabelmann) 5656, 5657

Mentioned: (Smith) 6652

World Bank

Mentioned: (Michael) 5261

World Concern Canada Association

Mentioned: (Schroeder) 6319

World Congress on Education and Technology, 1986

Mentioned: (Pelton) 5156

World Disabled Games

Participation in (Throne speech) 5120

World Health Organization

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 5841

World Silviculture Nursery

Mentioned: (Waterland) 6222

Woroniuk, Larry James

Escape of (Lauk) 5484

Wort, D.J.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 6078

Woss, B.C.

Road to Tahsis (Fraser, A.) 6495 (Gabelmann) 6494

Wright, Robert

Resignation of (Williams) 5512, 5516

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 5878