Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 11, 1986 to June 17, 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
EBAP
See: Employment-bridging assistance program
EPF funds
See entries under Federal-provincial fiscal relations
ERDA
See: Economic and regional development agreement
Eagle Mapping Services Ltd.
Digital mapping project, participation in (Pelton) 8089-90 (Rose) 8089, 8090
Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Care Centre, Port Moody, B.C.
Emergency facility (Nielsen) 7704 (Parks) 7703
Functioning of (Nielsen) 7687
Future of (Nielsen) 7688
Services, transfer of to hospital (Cocke) 7433-4, 7687
Mentioned: (Cocke) 8349
East Kootenay Community College, Cranbrook, B.C.
Mentioned: (Pelton) 7573 (Rose) 8588
Eckardt, Lawrence S.
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, 1978. See name of commission
Economic and regional development agreement
Agricultural and rural development agreement (Sanford) 8666
Expenditures under agreement (Curtis) 7441 (Skelly) 7293
Forestry development agreement (Curtis) 7442 (Heinrich) 8303 (Howard) 8655, 8659 (Lockstead) 8224 (MacWilliam) 8303, 8306 (Michael) 7482, 7858-9, 8225 (Throne speech) 7269 (Williams) 8217
Industrial and tourism development agreement (McClelland) 8432, 8455 (Richmond) 8707, 8755
Subagreements (McClelland) 8422
Mentioned: (McClelland) 8104, 8752, 8755 (Michael) 7308, 7482 (Stupich) 7464 (Williams) 8077
Economic Council of Canada
Forest revenues, report on (Curtis) 8407 (Williams) 8406-7
Economist
Mentioned: (Gardom) 8739
Economy of British Columbia
See: British Columbia — Economic conditions
Economy of Canada
See: Canada — Economic conditions
Econoscope
Mentioned: (Curtis) 7589
Ecuador
Pesticides, banning of (Wallace) 8719
Eddington, Gene
Mentioned: (Johnston) 7331
Eddy, Shane
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 7920
Edenbank Farm
See entries under Brodel Development Corp.
Edenshaw, Charles
Mentioned: (Hanson) 8237
Edgar, David
Mentioned: (McGeer) 7543
Education
Access to education, equality in (Hanson) 7996
Adult basic education program (Brown) 7788-9 (Fraser, R.) 7790 (Rose) 7773
Arts courses in high school (Rose) 8027
Benefits of (Brown) 7793
Canadian Gallup Poll, survey on education (Hanson) 8484
Centralization of system (Hanson) 7996 (Rose) 7957
Conservation and outdoor recreation education program (Hewitt) 7357
Development of, special development (Throne speech) 7268, 7269
Distance learning program, legislation on (Fraser, R.) 7741
Economy and education (Fraser, R.) 7770, 7775 (Hanson) 7501 (Rose) 7956 (Williams) 7775
Education, consultation re (Stupich) 7510
Education, quality of (Stupich) 7510
Education services, petition re (MacWilliam) 8212
Education system (Barnes) 8118 (Fraser, R.) 7739 (Lank) 7614 (Lea) 7394 (Skelly) 7298-9, 7301
Education system, administration of (Lockstead) 8001
Education system, proposal for study of (Rose) 7971
Education system, stability in (Hanson) 7997
Future needs, education for (Rose) 8027
Future of (Barnes) 8116
Goals of (Hewitt) 7955, 7969 (Rose) 7955, 7968, 7969, 7970
Government priorities (Cocke) 8114
Importance of (Hanson) 7996
Inquiry into, proposal for (MacWilliam) 8020
Liberal arts education (Fraser, R.) 7776, 7777 (Nicolson) 7776, 7777
Marketing and export of (Davis) 7763 (MacWilliam) 7762-3
New Democratic Party policy on (Hanson) 7996
Philosophy of, government's (Hewitt) 7955 (Rose) 7955
Philosophy on (Fraser, R.) 7744
Policy on (Skelly) 7295
Problems (Hewitt) 7356
Professionals, importing of (Fraser, R.) A. 8504 (Rose) Q. 8504
Quality of in B.C. (Stupich) 8258
Royal commission on, proposal for (Hewitt) 7971 (Nicolson) 7421 (Rose) 7971, 8027
Services, reduction in (Lockstead) 7549
Special-needs children, funding for (Hewitt) 8121
Statistical data base, need for (Hewitt) 8004 (Michael) 8002
Students' rights to education (Ree) 7790, 7791
Technological change, problem of (MacWilliam) 8020 (Rose) 8029
Unemployment and education (Hanson) 7784 (Williams) 7775, 7787
Women in education system (Brown) 7788-90, 7792-3
Education — Curricula
Computer programs (Hewitt) 7357
Programs, implementation of changes in (Rose) 7382
Education — Finance
Costs per pupil (MacWilliam) 8120
Excellence in Education fund. See name of fund
Expenditure on education and gross provincial product (Davis) 7518 (Rose) 7379
Expenditure per capita, comparisons to other provinces (Hanson) 7996-7 (Hewitt) 7997
Expenditure per pupil (Rose) 7381
Funding of (Cocke) 8023 (Hewitt) 7356, 7667, 7955, 8003, 8121 (MacWilliam) 8011 (Nicolson) 7421, 7541 (Ritchie) 7423 (Rose) 8027 (Stupich) 7322, 7464
Funding of and government expenditures (MacWilliam) 8119 (Rose) 7954, 7984, 8111
Funding of and inflation (Stupich) 8258
Funding of and students' needs (Hewitt) 7961
Funding of, basis for (Davis) 7378
Funding of, cabinet control over (Stupich) 7464
Funding of, formula for (Gabelmann) 8008 (Hewitt) 7357-8
Funding of, government policy on (MacWilliam) 8120-1
Funding of, increase in (Hewitt) 7356 (Rose) 7379
Funding of, press releases re (Nicolson) 7542
Funding of, property taxes (MacWilliam) 8120
Funding of, provincial contribution (Hewitt) 7953, 7956, 8108, 8121 (Rose) 7955, 7956, 8111
Funding of, provision for in new School Act (Hewitt) 8109
Funding of, review committee for (Hewitt) 7961
Funding of, source of funds (Gabelmann) 7992-3
Funding of, tax system for (Rose) 8110
School districts, investment and rental income (Dailly) 7980 (Hewitt) 7981
School equipment and supplies, cost of (MacWilliam) 8119
School tax (Gabelmann) 7426
School tax, increases in and inflation rate (Rose) 8110
School tax, industrial and commercial property (Bennett) A. 7347 (Cocke) 8023 (Curtis) 7447 (Hewitt) 7357, 7953, 7985, 7986-7, 8030, 8121 (Lockstead) 8001 (Parks) 8113 (Rose) Q. 7347, 7382, 7984, 7986, 7987, 8027, 8109, 8110 (Wallace) 8114-5
School tax, machinery and equipment (Curtis) 7447
School tax, reduction in (Curtis) 7446-7
School tax, residential property (Barnes) 8116 (Bennett) 7347 (Hewitt) 7357, 7667, 7953, 8108, 8122 (MacWilliam) 8119 (Nicolson) 7421, 7542 (Rose) 7382, 7957, 7987, 8028, 8109, 8110-1, 8111 (Sanford) 7997 (Skelly) 7298, 7524 (Stupich) 8259
School tax revenue loss, compensation for (Curtis) 7441
Education, Ministry of
Estimates 7952-72, 7975-99, 8001-13, 8017-31
Speakers: Brown 8004-7; Cocke 8023-4; Dailly 7975-7, 7978-9, 7980; D'Arcy 7965-6, 8024-5, 8025, 8026; Gabelmann 7987-8, 7989-90, 7992-4, 7995, 8008-9, 8010-1; Hanson 7996-7; Hewitt 7952-4, 7955, 7955-6, 7956-7, 7957-8, 7959, 7961-2, 7962-3, 7963-4, 7965, 7967, 7968, 7969, 7970, 7971, 7972, 7977-8, 7979-80, 7980-1, 7982-3, 7983, 7985, 7986, 7986-7, 7988-9, 7991-2, 7994-5, 7997, 7998, 8003-4, 8007-8, 8009-10, 8011, 8019, 8021-2, 8022-3, 8025, 8025-6, 8026, 8030; Lauk 7995-6; Lockstead 8001-2; MacWilliam 8011-3, 8017-9, 8019-21, 8022; Michael 8002-3; Ritchie 7990-1; Rose 7954-5, 7955, 7956, 7957, 7958-9, 7959, 7959-61, 7962, 7963, 7964-5, 7965, 7967, 7967-8, 7968, 7968-9, 7967, 7969-70, 7970-1, 7971, 7972, 7983-5, 7985-6, 7986, 7987, 8026-30; Sanford 7997-8, 7998; Wallace 7981-2, 7983
Annual report, 1984-85 fiscal year tabled (Hewitt) 7577
Appropriation, 1986-87 fiscal year (Hewitt) 7952, 7985
Education, consultation re (Stupich) 7510
Education service levels, proposal re (Rose) 8027
“Let's Talk About Schools” mentioned (Hewitt) 7968, 7986, 8022, 8108 (Rose) 7380, 7968, 7971
Minister, acting minister (Howard) 7555-6
Minister's office, appropriation (Stupich) 7464
Press releases, number of (Rose) 7770
Education, Post-secondary
See: Universities and colleges
Education Excellence Appropriation Act
(Bill 4) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 7449-50; 2R, 8257-70, 8538-40; C, 8584-90; 3R, 8590; RA, 8792
Speakers: Cocke 8539-40; Curtis 8257, 8585, 8585-6; Dailly 8586; McGeer 8539; Nicolson 8538-9; Rose 8266-70, 8586-90; Stupich 8257-66, 8585, 8586; Williams 8585
Amdts: 2R (Stupich) 8266, negatived 8538
Bill, amendment to second reading (Stupich) 8266
Colleges' budgets, cuts in (Stupich) 8259
Colleges, press releases re funds for (Dailly) 8586 (Rose) 8267, 8586-9
Debate in House, use of closure (Stupich) 8260
Debt (Stupich) 8262
Dickson, Brian, remarks re funding of post-secondary education (Nicolson) 8538, 8539
Dropouts (Rose) 8270
Economic development and proposals for use of funds (Curtis) 8257
Education, funding of and inflation (Stupich) 8258
Education, quality of in B.C. (Stupich) 8258
Estimates, time limit on debate on during NDP administration (Stupich) 8259-64
Expo highway signs, cost of (Stupich) 8258
Forest industry, future of (Nicolson) 8539
Fund, accountability for use of funds (Stupich) 8259
Fund, applications to (Curtis) 8257, 8585-6
Fund, funds in future (Stupich) 8257
Fund, consultation re (Stupich) 8258
Fund, division of between ministries (Curtis) 8585 (Stupich) 8585
Fund, guidelines for use of (Rose) 8268-9
Fund, inclusion of in estimates (Cocke) 8539, 8540
Fund, minister's control over use of (Stupich) 8259, 8260, 8261-2, 8263-4, 8266, 8585
Fund, objectives of (Stupich) 8258
Fund, source of funds for (Curtis) 8586 (Dailly) 8586 (Rose) 8268, 8269 (Stupich) 8258-9, 8586
Fund, use of (Cocke) 8540 (Curtis) 8257 (McGeer) 8539 (Rose) 8268-9
Fund, use of for B.C. Institute of Technology programs (Rose) 8270
Fund, use of for budget shortfalls (Rose) 8267
Fund, use of for colleges' operating budgets (Rose) 8269
Fund, use of for political purposes (Rose) 8268 (Stupich) 8257, 8259, 8585 (Williams) 8585
Fund, use of for school maintenance (Rose) 8267
Fund, use of for student aid (Rose) 8269-70
Fund, use of for teachers' salaries (Rose) 8267, 8269, 8270
Fund, use of for textbooks (Rose) 8267, 8270 (Stupich) 8586
Fund, use of for universities' operating budgets (Rose) 8269
Funds available 1986-87 fiscal year (Curtis) 8257
MLAs, role of in announcements re fund (Stupich) 8258-9
Proposals, development of (Curtis) 8257
School districts' budgets, shortfall (Stupich) 8258
School tax on residential property, increase in (Stupich) 8259
Universities, funds for (Nicolson) 8539 (Rose) 8269 (Stupich) 8259
University of B.C. buildings, maintenance of (Nicolson) 8539
Education (Interim) Finance Act
Amending of (Rose) 7327
Repeal of (Hanson) 7997
Sunset clause (Cocke) 8113 (Hewitt) 7986 (MacWilliam) 8119 (Rose) 7986, 8110
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7987
Education (Interim) Finance Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill 12) (Minister of Education) 1R, 7667; 2R, 8108-22; C, 8178; 3R, 8178; RA, 8792
Speakers: Barnes 8115-8; Cocke 8113-4; Hewitt 8108-9, 8121-2; MacWilliam 8119-21; Parks 8112-3; Rose 8109-12; Wallace 8114-5
Divisions: 3R, 8179
Cost per pupil, comparisons to other provinces (MacWilliam) 8120
Debt (Barnes) 8117 (MacWilliam) 8119
Dropouts (Barnes) 8116-7 (Wallace) 8115
Education funding (Hewitt) 8121
Education funding, government policy on (MacWilliam) 8120-1
Education funding, government share of (Hewitt) 8108 (Rose) 8111
Education funding, property taxes (MacWilliam) 8120
Education funding, provision for in new School Act (Hewitt) 8109
Education funding, tax system for (Rose) 8110
Education, future of (Barnes) 8116
Education, government's priorities (Cocke) 8114
Education system (Barnes) 8118
Enrolment (Rose) 8111
Excellence in Education fund, establishment of (Barnes) 8115
Excellence in Education fund, School District 39 application to (Barnes) 8115-6
Excellence in Education fund, source of funds (Rose) 8111
Excellence in Education fund, use of for teachers' salary increments (Wallace) 8115
Expenditures and funds for education (MacWilliam) 8119 (Rose) 8111
Government information service, appropriation (MacWilliam) 8119
Inflation rate and school tax increases (Rose) 8110
School Act Review Committee (Hewitt) 8109, 8122
School boards, autonomy of (Cocke) 8114 (Hewitt) 8108, 8122 (Rose) 8110, 8112 (Wallace) 8114
School boards' budgets, powers re (Hewitt) 8108, 8122
School boards, future of (Rose) 8111
School District 39, English-as-a-second-language program (Barnes) 8116
School District 39, school tax on property (Rose) 8109
School District 43, cafeterias closed (Rose) 8109
School District 43, enrolment (Parks) 8112
School District 43, meeting of on April 29 (Cocke) 8113 (Parks) 8112-3
School District 43, salary increases (Parks) 8112
School District 43, school tax on residential property (Parks) 8113 (Rose) 8109
School District 43, surpluses in past (Parks) 8112
School District 65, school tax (Wallace) 8115
School District 66, dropouts (Wallace) 8115
School District 66, school tax (Wallace) 8115
School districts, cooperation with (Barnes) 8117
School districts' local programs, funding for (Hewitt) 8121
School districts, provincial funding of (Hewitt) 8121
School districts, use of referendum system (Parks) 8113
School equipment and supplies, increase in cost of (MacWilliam) 8119
School superintendents (Rose) 8111
School tax, industrial and commercial property (Hewitt) 8121 (Parks) 8113 (Rose) 8109, 8110 (Wallace) 8114-5
School tax, residential property (Barnes) 8116 (Hewitt) 8108, 8122 (MacWilliam) 8119 (Rose) 8109, 8110-1, 8111
Special needs children in school system, funding for (Hewitt) 8121
Sunset clause in act (Cocke) 8113 (MacWilliam) 8119 (Rose) 8110
Teachers, age of (Rose) 8111
Teachers, government's attitude to (Rose) 8110
Teachers, salaries (Cocke) 8114
Teachers, salary increments (Cocke) 8113-4
Young people, involvement of in prostitution (Barnes) 8118
Einfeld, Glenn
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8578
Eisler, Jim
Mentioned: (Rose) 8090
El Khouri, J .W.
Mentioned: (Kempf) 8189
El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Mentioned: (Brummet) 8169
El Rancho Vista Farms Ltd.
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8083
Elco Mining Ltd.
Mentioned: (Segarty) 7372
Elderly
See: Aged
Election Act
Quoted (McCarthy) 7413
Mentioned: (Ree) 8509
Elections
Election (Fraser, A.) 7550
Handicapped, voting at home (Hanson) 8491
Right to vote (Hanson) 8103
Voter turnout, 1983 election (Bennett) 8787-8
Voting age (Hanson) 8103, 8491
Elective surgery
See: Surgery
Electoral Commission of B.C.
See: British Columbia Electoral Commission
Electoral districts
Charter of Rights and redistribution (Fraser, A.) 7550
Redefinition of (Hanson) Q. 8376, 8495 (McCarthy) A. 8376
Electric lines
Assessment of (Curtis) 8330 (Davis) 8332
Electric power
Alaska Highway area, power production (Brummet) 8144-5
Demand for, forecast re (Davis) 8159
Developments, land losses to in West Kootenays (D’Arcy) 8157
Developments, NDP policy on (Brummet) 7429 (McGeer) 7544
Discount rate for industry (Brummet) 8124 (Stupich) 7321 (Throne speech) 7268
Export of (McGeer) 8640 (Throne speech) 7271
Generators, purchase of from Russia (Gardom) 8737, 8742
Home heating costs (Hanson) 8161
Importance of (Bennett) 8786
Income tax payments by private companies (Brummet) 8155-6
Manitoba rates (Brummet) 8144
Power projects, small-scale projects (Brummet) 8144 (Wallace) 8143
Price of (Brummet) 8123
Price of and new industry in B.C. (Davis) 8159
Property tax payments by private companies (D’Arcy) 8155, 8157
Surplus power (Brummet) 8123-4
Vancouver Island rates (Stupich) 7321
Water licence fee (Brummet) 8154, 8158 (Curtis) 7292, 7294, 7447, 8407 (D’Arcy) 7493-4, 8153-4, 8157-8 (Davis) 8159 (Skelly) 7292, 7294, 7525 (Williams) 8407
Wood waste, power production from (Heinrich) 8299-8300, 8300 (Howard) 8299
See also names of power companies, e.g. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Electronics
Electronics industry in B.C. (Curtis) 7444
Elk
Crops, damage to (Sanford) 8694 (Waterland) 8695
Poaching, penalty for (Stupich) 8069
Poaching, Shaw Creek area (Pelton) 8039 (Wallace) 8036, 8044
Elk Valley, B.C.
Economic development (Segarty) 7372
Expo 86 legacy fund project (Segarty) 7371
Elkford, B.C.
Government funds for (Segarty) 7415
Ellens, Harry
Letter quoted (MacWilliam) 8303
Ellis, Derek V.
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 8446
Ellis, Rob
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7636
Elston, Murray
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7729
Emergencies
See: Accidents
Emergency care in hospitals
See entries under Hospitals
Emergency Health Services Commission
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7731
Emigration from British Columbia
See: British Columbia — Population
Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Rose) 8588 (Williams) 7778
Employees
Compensation agreements (Curtis) 7438
Retraining of (Rogers) 7539
Employers' Council of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7972 (Nicolson) 7771 (Nielsen) 7664
Employment
Canadian Jobs Strategy. See name of program
Corporations, tax savings and job creation (Stupich) 8344
Employed, number of in B.C. (Skelly) 7524
Employment, forecast re (Stupich) 7462, 7470
Employment programs (Stupich) 7604
Employment tax credit. See entries under Small business
Energy development, job creation in (Mitchell) 7397
Federal-provincial funds for job programs (Gabelmann) 7826 (Segarty) 7827
Investment in B.C. and job loss (Lea) 7558
Job creation (Brummet) 7430-1 (Curtis) 7440 (Fraser, A.) 7363-4, 7556 (Hewitt) 7355 (MacWilliam) 8452-3 (Michael) 7697, 7806, 7858, 7859 (Mitchell) 7396, 7397 (Pelton) 7399 (Richmond) 7844-6, 7854 (Segarty) 7801, 7825, 7841 (Skelly) 7300-1, 7525 (Stupich) 7323-4 (Throne speech) 7267 (Veitch) 7581
Job creation, committee of House on (Howard) 7838
Job creation, cost per job (Williams) 8455-6
Job creation, kind of jobs created (Hanson) 7784
Job creation, Labour ministry's role in (Gabelmann) 7807
Job creation, NDP policy on (Skelly) 7296
Job creation, NDP proposals for (Lockstead) 7400 (Mitchell) 7397
Job creation, number of jobs by region (Michael) 7697
Job creation, private sector (Nielsen) 7605 (Stupich) 7604 (Veitch) 7325
Job creation projects, borrowing for (Lea) 7559-60
Job creation, regional basis for (Gabelmann) 7807 (MacWilliam) 7824, 7836 (Williams) 7802
Job protection, Labour minister's actions re (Brown) 7840 (Segarty) 7840-1
Jobs in B.C., new jobs (Curtis) 7439, 7440, 7589 (Kempf) 7417 (MacWilliam) 7479, 7823 (Michael) 7306, 7484, 7697, 7806 (Mowat) 7317 (Nielsen) 7605 (Parks) 7350, 7476 (Reid) 8325-6. (Reynolds) 7284-5 (Ritchie) 7422 (Skelly) 7273, 7291, 7524 (Throne speech) 7267
Jobs in B.C., number of (D’Arcy) 7494 (Gabelmann) 7807 (Howard) 7837 (Skelly) 7291, 7587 (Stupich) 7461
Jobs in B.C., part-time jobs (Michael) 7306 (Skelly) 7291
Jobs in primary manufacturing (McGeer) 8616 (Williams) 8618
Jobs, kinds of jobs in future (Rose) 7971
JobTrac program (Gabelmann) Q. 8319
Lower mainland area, employment in (Rose) 7648
Manitoba, new jobs (Michael) 7306, 7484 (Parks) 7350
Megaprojects, employment on (Dailly) 7638 (Nielsen) 7601 (Rose) 7647
Public works programs, government policy on (Lea) 7392
Public works programs, NDP policy on (Lea) 7392
Regional job creation committee, proposal re (Bennett) 7274 (Skelly) 7273 (Stupich) 7323-4
Roads, job creation (Lockstead) 7400
Small business, assistance to (William) 8458
Small business, job creation (MacWilliam) 7835, 8453
Tax relief measures and job creation (Lack) 7577 (Skelly) 7525
“TRAC Evaluation Phase 3
Report”, recommendations (Gabelmann) 8319
Training program (Mitchell) 7655
Vancouver Island, job creation (Gabelmann) 7807
Victoria, new jobs (Reynolds) 7284
Employment-bridging assistance program
Abolition of (Mitchell) 8233
Program (Mitchell) 7582
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 7655 (Wallace) 8654
Employment Standards Act
Domestics, coverage for (Brown) 7879
Exclusions (Gabelmann) 7829
Forest fire fighters, coverage for (Nicolson) 7850 (Segarty) 7850
Nannies, coverage for (Gabelmann) 7829 (Segarty) 7829
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8231
Employment Support Act (Canada)
Assistance under act (Rose) Q. 8444
Mentioned: (Bennett) 8338
Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 8671 (Smith) 8664
End Legislated Poverty
Mentioned: (Barnes) 7358, 7610
Endako Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 7292
Enderby, B.C.
Downtown revitalization (Michael) 7928
Medical facilities (Michael) 7702
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of
Estimates 8123-7, 8139-47, 8152-74 8175-7
Speakers: Brummet 8123-4, 8126-7, 8140-1, 8141, 8141-2, 8142-3, 8144-5, 8146, 8146-7, 8154, 8156-7, 8158, 8159, 8160-1, 8161, 8162, 8164, 8165, 8166, 8167, 8168, 8168-9, 8170-1, 8172, 8173, 8174, 8175-6, 8176, 8176-7, 8177; D'Arcy 8152-4, 8155-6, 8157-8, 8158-9, 8175, 8176, 8176-7, 8177; Davis 8159-60, 8162, 8162-3; Hanson 8161, 8161-2; Lockstead 8124-6, 8139-40, 8169-70, 8171-2; Nicolson 8166-7, 8167-8, 8168; Passarell 8177; Sanford 8141; Skelly 8163-4, 8164-5, 8165, 8166; Wallace 8141, 8142, 8143-4, 8145-6, 8146; Williams 8172-3, 8173, 8174
Annual report, 1984-5, tabled (Brummet) 7275
Annual report, 1985-86, tabled (Brummet) 8760
Energy policy
Federal energy policy (Macdonald) 8645
Rates for energy, proposal re (Davis) 8162
Western Accord (Brummet) 7693, 7950, 8123 (Throne speech) 7270
Energy resources
Job creation, energy development (Mitchell) 7397
Engineers
Expertise, export of (Curtis) 7439, 7448
Japan, engineering graduates (Davis) 7746 (Fraser, R.) 7748
Engineers Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill 19) (Attorney-General) 1R, 7819
English language — Study and teaching
English-as-a-second-language program (Hewitt) 7959 (Rose) 7959
Enrolment, School
See: School attendance
Environment, Ministry
Estimates 8013-9, 8044-75 8081-8102
Speakers: Blencoe 8058-9, 8059-60, 8061, 8099; Cocke 8063-4; D'Arcy 8092-3, 8094; Hanson 8060, 8061; Hewitt 8061; Howard 8066-8, 8069; Lockstead 8052, 8053; MacWilliam 8062-3, 8074, 8074-5, 8075, 8083-4, 8084, 8085, 8086, 8087, 8100-1; Michael 8056-7, 8065, 8098; Mitchell 8062, 8070-1, 8072-3, 8073-4; Passarell 8050-1; Pelton 8031-2, 8034-5, 8038-9, 8045-6, 8047-8, 8049-50, 8051-2, 8052-3, 8053-4, 8055, 8057-8, 8059, 8060, 8060-1, 8061, 8062, 8063, 8064, 8065, 8068, 8069, 8070, 8072, 8073, 8074, 8075, 8081, 8082, 8084, 8085-6, 8086-7, 8088, 8089, 8089-90, 8092, 8093-4, 8095, 8096, 8097, 8097-8, 8098, 8098-9, 8099, 8100; Reid 8054-5, 8056; Rose 8088, 8089, 8090-1, 8091-2; Sanford 8071-2; Stupich 8069-70; Wallace 8032-4, 8035-8, 8044-5, 8046-7, 8048-9, 8064, 8065-6, 8081, 8081-2, 8082, 8087-8, 8099-8100, 8101; Williams 8092, 8094-5, 8095, 8095-6, 8096, 8096-7, 8097, 8098
Annual report, 1984-85 fiscal year tabled (Pelton) 7539
CORE coordinator (Pelton) 8039
Minister's office, appropriation (Pelton) 8034-5 (Wallace) 8033, 8035
Programs, statement re (Pelton) 8031
Regional and district offices (Pelton) 8031
Staff, public statements by (Wallace) 8037
Staff, tribute to (Pelton) 8031 (Wallace) 8032
Wilderness Advisory Committee. See name of committee
Environment and Land Use Act
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8242
Environment and Land Use Committee
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from (MacWilliam) 8686 (Sanford) 8668, 8675-6 (Waterland) 8670
Agricultural land reserve exclusions, hearings on (Sanford) Q. 7555, 8677 (Waterland) A. 7555
Secretariat (Williams) 8095
Mentioned: (Waterland) 8683 (Williams) 8097
Environment Week
Proclamation of (Pelton) 8465 (Sanford) 8465-6
Environmental Appeal Board
Pearl Resources Ltd. permit, public hearing on (Pelton) A. 7867 (Wallace) Q. 7781
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8241 (Pelton) 8053, 8054
Environmental protection
Committee on, proposal for (Blencoe) 8099 (Pelton) 8099
Economy and environment (Wallace) 8032
Education kit on waste management (Pelton) 8465
Environment Week (Pelton) 8465 (Sanford) 8465-6
Ocean, protection of (Wallace) 8064
Public awareness, increase in (Pelton) 8031
Tourist trade and environment (MacWilliam) 8083, 8708, 8753-4 (Pelton) 8083 (Richmond) 8709-10, 8754
Wilderness Advisory Committee. See name of committee
Epp, Jake
Mentioned: (Cocke) 7689 (Nielsen) 7663 (Rogers) 7554
Equity Investment Plan
Funds for (Barnes) 7607
Office, staffing of (Curtis) 8412 (Williams) 8412
Participants, payments to (Macdonald) 7311
Mentioned: (Stupich) 8372
Equity Investment Plan Act
Mentioned: (Throne speech) 7270
Eraut, Claire
Mentioned: (Hanson) 7555 (Smith) 7555
Ericksen, Bruce G.
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7636 (Reynolds) 7334
Erickson, Arthur
Mentioned: (Williams) 7778
Erickson family
Salmon Arm property, settlement re (Fraser, A.) 8563 (Michael) 8563
Ernst and Whinney
Water utility services, review of (Pelton) 8098
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7664
Erosion
Funds for soil protection (Sanford) 8668
Esquimalt, B.C.
Graving dock (Cocke) 7847 (McClelland) 7848 (Mitchell) 7847, 7848
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Service, enhancement of (Blencoe) 8583 (Fraser, A.) 8584
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 8584 (Brummet) 8178, 8215, 8216 (Chairman) 8583 (Sanford) 8214, 8215, 8216 (Wallace) 8215
Essential Service Disputes Act
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 8603
Esso Resources Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Williams) 8641
Established programs financing funds
See entries under Federal-provincial fiscal relations
Estate Administration Act
Mentioned: (Smith) 8553
Estey, Willard
Mentioned: (Curtis) 8417
Estimates of expenditures
See entries under Expenditures, Public; for estimates of individual ministries see ministries by name
European Common Market
Exports to (Gardom) 8738
Evans, Corky
Mentioned: (Williams) 7778
Evans Products Co. Ltd.
Electric power production (Howard) 8299
Evergreen Baptist Home, White Rock, B.C.
Expansion of (Reid) 7726
Examinations
Provincial examinations (Hewitt) 7961, 7962 (Rose) 7962, 7963
Provincial examinations, problem of failures (Hewitt) 7969 (Rose) 7969
Excellence in Education fund
Applications to for funds (Curtis) 8257, 8585-6 (Dailly) 7976 (D’Arcy) 8025 (Hewitt) 7958, 7967, 8022 (Lockstead) 8002 (Wallace) 7981-2
Applications to for funds, guidelines (D’Arcy) 8025 (Hewitt) 8025
College of New Caledonia, funds for (Kempf) 7531-2 (Strachan) 7491, 7492
Consultation re (Stupich) 8258
Economic development and use of fund (Curtis) 8257
Education Excellence Appropriation Act. See name of act
Expenditure of (Curtis) 7444
Fund (Barnes) 8115 (Bennett) 7347 (Fraser, R.) 7745 (Hewitt) 7355 (MacWilliam) 8018 (Nicolson) 7541 (Nielsen) 7499 (Rose) 7380, 7382 (Sanford) 7484 (Veitch) 7326
Rinds available, 1986-87 fiscal year (Curtis) 8257
Rinds, availability of in future (Stupich) 8257
Funds for, source of (Curtis) 8586 (Dailly) 8586 (Rose) 7382, 7957, 7985, 8111, 8268, 8269 (Stupich) 8258-9, 8586
Funds, inclusion of in estimates (Cocke) 8023, 8539, 8540
Purpose of (Heinrich) 7508 (Hewitt) 7355 (Stupich) 8258
School District 39 application (Barnes) 8115-6
Success of (Fraser, R.) 8777
Textbooks, funds for (Stupich) 7510
Use of (Cocke) 8540 (Curtis) 7444, 8257 (D’Arcy) 7966, 8025 (Fraser, R.) 7741, 7743, 7766, 7782 (Hewitt) 7755, 7953, 7957, 7967, 7980, 7982, 8025-6 (Lockstead) 7547 (McGeer) 8539 (MacWilliam) 7480 (Nicolson) 7766, 7776, 7782 (Rose) 7382, 7954, 8267, 8268-9, 8270 (Skelly) 7297 (Stupich) 7464, 7510 (Throne speech) 7268 (Wallace) 7342
Use of, accountability for (Stupich) 8259
Use of for language programs (D’Arcy) 8025 (Hewitt) 7967, 8025-6
Use of, guidelines for (Nicolson) Q. 8777 (Rose) 8268-9
Use of, minister's control over (Stupich) 8259, 8260, 8261-2, 8263-4, 8266, 8585
Use of, political basis for (Rose) 8268 (Skelly) 7525-6 (Stupich) 8257, 8259, 8585 (Williams) 8585
Use of, professors' salaries (Fraser, R.) 7743
Use of, teachers' salary increments (Wallace) 8115
Mentioned: (Brown) 8005 (D’Arcy) 7766 (Fraser, R.) 7786, 8504 (Hanson) 7500, 7501 (Hewitt) 7667, 7953, 7956, 7985 (Nicolson) 7771 (Rose) 7755 (Segarty) 7805, 7811 (Skelly) 7524 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 8116 (Stupich) 7557 (Wallace) 7981
Expenditures, Public
Accountability for (Stupich) 8791
Capital expenditures (Curtis) 7590 (Davis) 7516, 7517-8
Control over (Skelly) 7301
Estimates, debate on (Stupich) 7557
Estimate of, 1984-85 fiscal year (Stupich) 7462
Estimate of, 1986-87 fiscal year (Curtis) 7441, 7444, 7590 (Stupich) 7464
Expenditures, 1974-75 fiscal year (Kempf) 7532
Gross provincial product, percentage of (Davis) 7516
Increase in (Hewitt) 7355, 7985 (Rose) 7954, 7984 (Stupich) 7322
Increase in, 1985-86 fiscal year (Kempf) 7532 (Michael) 7483
Interim supply bills, use of (Barnes) 7563 (Curtis) 7563 (Stupich) 7557
Policy on spending. See: Government spending policy
Reduction in, 1985-86 fiscal year (Michael) 7306
Restraint program (Cocke) 7520 (Curtis) 7440 (Mac William) 7408, 7479 (Skelly) 7588 (Strachan) 7403, 7404
Restraint program and economy (MacWilliam) 8453
Restraint program, economic analysis of (Williams) 8411
Restraint program, impact of (Dailly) 7373-4, 7375 (Stupich) 7461-2, 7471
Restraint program, social costs (Brown) 7619
Supply Act (No. 1) , 1986. See name of act
Supply Act (No. 2) , 1986. See name of act
Vote 70, referral back to Committee of Supply 8762-73, 8777-8
Expo 67, Montreal, P .Q.
Mentioned: (Parks) 7351
Expo 86
Advertising for (McCarthy) 8494 (MacWilliam) 7567, 7568 (Richmond) 7568
Advertising for, highway signs (Lockstead) 7569 (Richmond) 7567
Ambulance attendants, employment of (Cocke) 7730-1 (Nielsen) 7719, 7731 (Sanford) 7719, 7719-20
Benefits of (Bennett) 8785 (Curtis) 7440 (Fraser, R.) 8731 (Hewitt) 7975 (Mowat) 7318-9 (Nielsen) 7391 (Parks) 7350, 7476 (Passarell) 7288 (Reynolds) 7903 (Richmond) 8705, 8750 (Rogers) 7539 (Segarty) 7580, 7811
Benefits of, Vancouver area (Barnes) Q. 8653 (Richmond) A. 8653
British Columbia Pavilion (McCarthy) 8494 (Richmond) 7567, 7568, 7854 (Skelly) 7295 (Veitch) 7973
British pavilion, Lord Mayor of London's visit (Williams) 8515
California, marketing to (Richmond) 8706
Canada Pavilion (McCarthy) 8137 (Rose) 8090
Community committees (MacWilliam) Q. 7515 (Richmond) A. 7515, 8750
Construction, non-union contractors (Gabelmann) 7829
Construction, value of (Richmond) 7844
Cost of (Lockstead) 7401 (Richmond) 7568, 7594 (Stupich) 7322-3
Exhibitors, promotional events for (MacWilliam) Q. 7473, Q. 7474 (Richmond) A. 7515-6
Films on (Hanson) 8485
Financial information. See entries under Expo 86 Corporation
Gates, south side access (Barnes) Q. 8652 (Richmond) A. 8652
Highway signs, cost of (Stupich) 8258
Host House program (Richmond) 7567
Hotel evictions. See entries under Hotels, taverns, etc.
Hotel rates (MacWilliam) Q. 7909 (Richmond) A. 7909
Job creation (Bennett) 8785 (Fraser, A.) 7364 (Mowat) 7318 (Nielsen) 7602 (Richmond) 7845, 8750
Job creation, young people (Segarty) 7814
Legacy fund. See: Expo 86 legacy fund
Loss, forecast re (Parks) 7350 (Skelly) 7296
Loss, provision for (Stupich) 7463
Loss, source of funds for (Fraser, R.) 8731 (Richmond) 8750 (Stupich) 7469
Loss, use of sales tax revenue for (Stupich) 7463
Manitoba, participation of (Michael) Q. 8078 (Reynolds) 7281-2 (Skelly) 7295
New Democratic Party policy on (Bennett) 8724, 8725-6 (Brummet) 7430 (Kempf) 7416 (McGeer) 7338 (Skelly) 8789-90
Opening ceremonies, TV audience (Richmond) 8706
Participation in, corporations (Fraser, R.) 8731
Participation in, countries (Fraser, R.) 8731 (Reynolds) 7281, 7282 (Throne speech) 7267
Participation in, media (McGeer) 7338
Post-Expo period (Skelly) 7274, 7367 (Stupich) 7470
Property taxes (Stupich) 7322
Revenue, tax revenue to province (Richmond) 8705
Sales tax, Expo-related revenue (Curtis) 8413 (Stupich) 8413
Site, redevelopment of (Fraser, R.) 8731 (Hewitt) 8727 (McGeer) 7338 (Parks) 7349 (Stupich) 8390
Staff, dismissal of (MacWilliam) 8708 (Richmond) 7595, 8710
Staff, hiring of (MacWilliam) Q. 7669
Staff, morale and working conditions (MacWilliam) Q. 7594
Staff, resignations (Macdonald) 7309
Staff, severance pay for dismissed staff (MacWilliam) Q. 7595, Q. 7670, 8708-9
Staff, wage rates (Cocke) 7634 (Gabelmann) 7828 (Skelly) 7299
Success of (Hewitt) 8727 (Lauk) 8726-7 (MacWilliam) 8707 (Richmond) 8705
Suppliers, access to Expo market (Blencoe) 8755-6, 8756-7 (Richmond) 8756, 8757
Taxicabs, operation of during Expo (Davis) 7696 (Fraser, A.) 7696
Theatre construction, safety factors (Lauk) 8478
Tickets, three-day pass conversions (Richmond) 8152
Transit, provision of (McCarthy) 8511
United Nations Pavilion employees (Skelly) 7299
Vancouver, impact on off-site areas (Cocke) 8730
Visitors (Ritchie) 7425
Visitors, ASEAN countries (Rogers) 7539
Visitors, accommodation for (Barnes) 7629
Visitors, appropriation for official visits (Curtis) 7446 (MacWilliam) 7480
Visitors, business visitors (McGeer) 8619 (Richmond) 7854, 8706 (Skelly) 7292 (Throne speech) 7269
Visitors, foreign visitors (Throne speech) 7267
Visitors, number of (Davis) 7518 (Parks) 7476 (Richmond) 8705 (Strachan) 7406 (Throne speech) 7270
Visitors, one-millionth visitor (Richmond) 8152
Visitors' passes, liability waiver (MacWilliam) Q. 7822 (Richmond) A. 7822
Visitors, students (Throne speech) 7269
Visitors, young people (Barnes) 7629
Mentioned: (Barnes) 7359, 7606, 7626, 8473 (Bennett) 7274, 8785 (Blencoe) 7278, 7885, 8181, 8202, 8364, 8365 (Brummet) 7800, 8772 (Chabot) 8387 (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) 8726, 8752 (Cocke) 7800, 8724, 8730 (Curtis) 7438, 7440, 7443, 7444, 7445, 7448, 7449, 8729, 8732 (Dailly) 7374 (Davis) 7376, 7918 (Fraser, A.) 7550, 7551, 7556, 8240, 8584 (Fraser, R.) 8079, 8730 (Gabelmann) 6809 (Gardom) 8778 (Hanson) 8486, 8496, 8779 (Heinrich) 7477 (Hewitt) 7358 (Hon. member) 7278 (Kempf) 7534, 8179, 8237, 8244 (Lauk) 7995, 8356 (Lockstead) 7400, 7548, 8002, 8417, 8555, 8598 (McCarthy) 8137, 8481, 8482, 8496, 8515 (McClelland) 8079, 8236 (McGeer) 8614, 8626, 8634 (MacWilliam) 8377, 8579, 8708, 8749 (Michael) 7308, 7697, 7699, 7858, 8561 (Mitchell) 8204 (Nielsen) 7389, 7390 (Parks) 7351, 8131, 8133, 8591 (Passarell) 7287, 7487 (Pelton) 7399, 8031 (Rae) 8510 (Raid) 7881 (Reynolds) 7281, 7285, 7334, 7528, 7529, 7903, 8135, 8236 (Richmond) 8705, 8707, 8723, 8781 (Ritchie) 7277 (Rose) 8574, 8752 (Sanford) 7998, 8548, 8666 (Skelly) 7273, 7274, 7291, 7293, 7294, 7367, 7588 (Strachan) 7405, 7491, 7492 (Stupich) 7462, 8387, 8586 (Veitch) 7579, 7580, 7581, 7822, 8353, 8368 (Waterland) 8685 (Williams) 7788, 8412, 8456
Expo 86 Corporation
Financial information, disclosure of (Cocke) 8730, 8765 (MacWilliam) Q. 7594, 7670, Q. 8043, 8709, Q. 8736, 8772, 8783-4 (Richmond) 8710
Sales tax revenue, use of (Stupich) 8413
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8398 (Richmond) 7567
Expo 86 legacy fund
Applications for (D’Arcy) 7966, 8026 (Hewitt) 7967, 8026
Committee, meeting of (Hewitt) 8026
Elk Valley project (Segarty) 7371
Fund (Hewitt) 8727-8
Use of (Curtis) 7446
Export sales
Competition, international markets (Curtis) 7438
Competitiveness of B.C. products (Parks) 7476
Cooperative overseas marketing development program (McClelland) 8422
Dollar, value of and exports (Curtis) 7438 (Michael) 7306
Engineering expertise, export of (Curtis) 7439, 7448
European Common Market, exports to (Gardom) 8738
Free trade. See entries under Free trade and protection
Government sales (Davis) 8622
Importance of to B.C. (McGeer) 7543
Increase in (Parks) 7476
Japan, exports to (McGeer) 8614, 8639
Markets, development of (McGeer) 8630, 8643
Pacific Rim countries, trade with (Gardom) 8738 (Throne speech) 7267
Promotion of (Throne speech) 7269
Pulp and paper exports (McGeer) 8615 (William) 8617
Resource products, markets for (Curtis) 7442
Resource products, price of (Curtis) 7439
Trade surplus with U.S. (Macdonald) 8645 (McGeer) 8645
Extended care
Appropriation (Dailly) 7662 (Nielsen) 7663, 7720
Facilities, future needs (Blencoe) 7707
Long-term care program (Bennett) 8785