Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 11, 1986 to June 17, 1986

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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

Use of (Cocke) 7433, 7434

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

Divisions: 2R, 8538, 8540

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