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
IBM
See: International Business Machines Corp.
ICBC
See: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
IEC
See: International Electronics Corp.
ILO
See: International Labour Organization
IWA
See: International Woodworkers of America
Iacocca, Lee
Mentioned: (Pelton) 7573
Ikea Ltd.
Mentioned: (Williams) 7778
Illecillewaet River, B.C.
Flooding (Michael) 8098 (Pelton) 8099
Illing, Roy
Mentioned: (Brummet) 8123
Illness
See: Sick
Immigrants
“Guide to Resources and Services in British Columbia” (McCarthy) 8525-6
Immigration Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Brown) 7723
Immunization
See: Inoculation
Import controls
See: Tariff
Income
Personal income, increase in (Curtis) 7590
Income tax
Exemptions for special-needs children (Nielsen) 7620, 7647
Health surtax (Cocke) 8334, 8335 (Stupich) 7462, 7465
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1986. See name of act
Increase in (Curtis) 7590 (Sanford) 7485 (Skelly) 7524
Increase in for low-income group (Curtis) 8399 (Hanson) 8398, 8399
Rate in B.C. (Curtis) 7447 (Davis) 7377 (Mitchell) 7396 (Skelly) 7300 (Throne speech) 7267
Revenue (Stupich) 7463
Tax credits for low-income group (Brown) 7653 (Stupich) 8343
Income Tax Act (Canada)
Changes to (Nielsen) 7620
Mentioned: (Curtis) 8373
Income Tax Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill 8) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 7450; 2R, 8334, 8343-5; C, 8369; 3R, 8369; RA, 8792
Speakers: Cocke 8334-5; Curtis 8334, 8345, 8369; Stupich 8343-5
Divisions: 2R, 8345
Committee of legislature on taxation, use of (Cocke) 8334
Economy of B.C. (Cocke) 8335 (Curtis) 8345
Free trade and agriculture (Cocke) 8335
Income tax, health surtax (Cocke) 8334, 8335
Income tax rate, smaller businesses (Curtis) 8334
Income tax reduction, larger corporations- (Curtis) 8334 (Stupich) 8343
Renter's tax credit (Stupich) 8343
Revenue, corporation income tax (Stupich) 8344
Revenue loss anticipated (Stupich) 8343
Tax burden, shifting of (Stupich) 8344
Tax concessions and economy (Stupich) 8344
Tax concessions, unconditional basis of (Stupich) 83445
Tax credit for low-income group (Stupich) 8343
Tax savings, job creation as result of (Stupich) 8344
United States, tax reform (Stupich) 8344
Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1986
(Bill 23) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 8041; 2R, 8373; C, 8546; 3R, 8547; RA, 8792
Speakers: Curtis 8373, 8546; Stupich 8546
Charities, filing of tax returns (Curtis) 8546 (Stupich) 8546
Federal Income Tax Act, conformity to (Curtis) 8373
Right of appeal, provision for (Curtis) 8373
Income Tax (Health Care Maintenance) Amendment Act, 1984
Mentioned: (Stupich) 7465
Independent schools
See: Private schools
Indian Act (Canada)
Repeal of (Gardom) 7522
Mentioned: (Gardom) 8322
Indian Friendship Centre
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 8198
Indians
Aboriginal title (Gardom) 7520-3
Aboriginal title and liability for compensation (Gardom) 7521
Aboriginal title and Terms of Union (Gardom) 7521, 7523
Aboriginal title, definition of (Gardom) 7520
Aboriginal title, federal responsibilities re (Gardom) 7521-3
Aboriginal title in B.C. (Gardom) 7522-3
Aboriginal title issue and courts (Skelly) 7524
Aboriginal title, negotiations re (Skelly) 7523-4
Alcohol and drug abuse, study of (Brown) 7721 (Nielsen) 7721
Child welfare system, control over (Brown) 7650 (Nielsen) 7650
Courts, allegations re treatment in (Smith) 8650
Hunting and provisions of Wildlife Act (Pelton) 8051
Land claims (Davis) 7379 (Gardom) 7523 (Kempf) 7534 (Lea) 7392, 7395 (Lockstead) 7402 (Reynolds) 7388
Land claims and future of Moresby Island (MacWilliam) 8075
Land claims, financial responsibility for (Smith) 7387-8
Land claims, NDP policy on (Reynolds) 7284, 7527-8
Population (Gardom) 7520
Reserve system (Gardom) 7522
Self-government (Gardom) 7522 (Passarell) 7287
Sovereignty-beyond-Canada concept (Gardom) 7522
Unemployment (Gabelmann) 7807 (Williams) 7802
Young people, unemployment (Gabelmann) 7427, 7428
See also names of bands, e.g. Kitwanga Indian band
Indians — Languages
An Institute of Native Indian Languages for British Columbia, An Act to Establish. See name of act
Language and culture, loss of (Hanson) 8237
Languages of and education system (Hanson) 8237
Individual Opportunity Plan
Plan (Nielsen) 7605
Industrial Development Act Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill M207) (Howard) 1R, 8187
Industrial relations
See: Labour relations
Industrial research
See: Research, Industrial
Industrial safety
Accident rate, decline in (Segarty) 7861
Workplace hazardous-materials information system (Gabelmann) 7872 (Segarty) 7872
Industries in British Columbia
See: British Columbia — Industries
Industry and Small Business Development, Ministry of
Speakers: Blencoe 8459-60, 8460; Cocke 8438-9, 8440; Lockstead 8429-30, 8431; McClelland 8421-2, 8426, 8427, 8428, 8429, 8430-1, 8431, 8432, 8433, 8434, 8435, 8435-6, 8436, 8437, 8437-8, 8439, 8455, 8457-8, 8459, 8460, 8461; MacWilliam 8452-5, 8455; Rose 8434-5, 8435, 8436, 8437; Sanford 8459; Stupich 8460-1; Wallace 8431-2; Williams 8422-6, 8426-7, 8428, 8429, 8432, 8432-3, 8433-4, 8435, 8438, 8440-1, 8455-7, 8458-9, 8459
Annual report, 1985-86 fiscal year (McClelland) 8400
Appropriation, 1985-86, underexpenditure of (Skelly) 7293
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. loan, report on (Williams) 8429, 8433
Inflation (Finance)
Inflation rate (Nicolson) 7418
Problem (Curtis) 7590 (Davis) 7516
Information, Government
See: Government information
Informetrica
Employment, forecast re (Stupich) 7470
Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 7632, 7693 (Michael) 7307
Innkeepers AM
Mentioned: (Barnes) 8183
Inoculation
Immunization programs (Nielsen) 7658
Inonoaklin Creek, B.C.
Fishway (D’Arcy) 8093, 8094 (MacWilliam) 8100 (Pelton) 8093
Water-storage projects (D’Arcy) 8093
Inquiry Act
Mentioned: (Lauk) 8468
Insecticides
Use of (Waterland) 8695
See also: Pesticides
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia
Disciplinary actions against members (Gardom) 8209
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 7965
Institute of Gerontology, Victoria, B.C.
Closing of (Blencoe) 7733
Work of (Blencoe) 7733 (Nielsen) 7733
An Institute of Native Indian Languages for British Columbia, An Act to Establish
(Bill M210) (Hanson) 1R, 8237
Insurance — Premiums
Insurance Premium Tax Amendment Act, 1986. See name of act
Tax concession, benefits of (Stupich) 8371
Tax concession, use of funds (Stupich) 8371
Tax elimination, B.C.-based companies (Curtis) 8371
Tax on (Curtis) 7448 (Davis) 7518
Tax revenues, change in (Curtis) 8546 (Stupich) 8545
Insurance, Agricultural — Crops
Crop insurance program, deficit (Sanford) 8343 (Waterland) 8343
Crop insurance stabilization account (Waterland) 7805
Insurance for Crops Amendment Act, 1986. See name of act
Peace River farmers, crop insurance requirements (Sanford) 8694, 8695 (Waterland) 8695
Insurance, Liability
Accident victims, compensation for (Macdonald) 7570
Awards, future income loss (Lauk) 7575-6
Awards, level of (Lauk) 7575, 7576
Cabinet committee on (Fraser, A.) 8573
Case cited (Macdonald) 7571
Committee of Legislature on, proposal for (Macdonald) 7572
Compensation in no-fault system (Lauk) 7575
Cost of (Cocke) Q. 7475 (Veitch) A. 7475
Driving schools, coverage for (Cocke) Q. 8565 (Nielsen) A. 8565
Insurance Corporation of B.C., liability insurance (Cocke) 7848, Q. 8565 (Nielsen) A. 8565
Insurance Corporation of B.C., reinsurance by (Cocke) 7849
Liability insurance (Lack) 7574-6
Municipal liability, limiting of (Blencoe) 7901
Municipalities, premiums (Blencoe) 7901, 7902-3, 7904, 7909 (Macdonald) 7571 (Mitchell) 7921-2 (Ritchie) 7902, 7903
Municipalities, program for (Mitchell) 7921-2
Municipalities, risk management plan (Ritchie) 8650-1
Municipalities, self-pooling insurance proposal for (Blencoe) 7901, 7903
Physicians, premiums (Macdonald) 7571
Premiums (Cocke) 7848 (Lauk) 7575 (McCarthy) 8482 (Macdonald) 7570
Royal commission on, proposal for (Macdonald) 7572
School districts, premiums (Macdonald) 7571
Union of B.C. Municipalities, discussions re insurance (Ritchie) 7902, 7903
Insurance companies
Insurance industry, development of (Curtis) 8371
Investments in B.C. (Cocke) 7849, 8372 (Curtis) 8372-3, 8545 (Stupich) 8371, 8545
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Administration, cost of (Michael) 7307
Establishment of (Skelly) 8788-9
General insurance, breach of contract re (Cocke) Q. 8566 (Nielsen) A. 8566
General insurance business, engagement in (Cocke) Q. 8465
General insurance companies, responsibilities re insurance (Cocke) Q. 8465 (Nielsen) A. 8465
General insurance operation, establishment of (Cocke) 7848
General insurance operation, sale of (Cocke) 7848 (Nielsen) 7849
Head office (Cocke) 8439 (McClelland) 8439 (Williams) 8440
Legal counsel, expenditures on (Macdonald) 7571
Legal counsel, letters re political contributions (Lauk) Q. 7513 (Smith) A. 7513
Legal work, criteria for (Lauk) Q. 7513 (Smith) A. 7513
Legal work, redistribution of (Smith) 7513-4
Liability insurance business, engagement in (Cocke) 7848, Q. 8565, 8572 (Nielsen) A. 8565
Management of commended (Nielsen) 7849
Premiums, reduction in (Curtis) 7441 (Mitchell) 7307, 7483 (Ritchie) 7422
Social assistance recipients, settlements (MacWilliam) 7644, 7645 (Nielsen) 7644-5
Mentioned: (Brown) 7878 (Cocke) 8372, 8477 (Davis) 7377, 8593 (Fraser, A.) 8240 (Lauk) 7575, 8356 (Lockstead) 7546 (McCarthy) 8511 (Macdonald) 7570, 7571 (McGeer) 7543 (Nielsen) 7673, 7676 (Ree) 8510 (Reynolds) 7528 (Wallace) 7340, 7341, 7566
Insurance for Crops Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill 16) (Minister of Agriculture and Food) 1R, 7805; 2R, 8252; C, 8343; 3R, 8343; RA, 8792
Speakers: Sanford 8343; Waterland 8343
Peace River farmers, participation of (Sanford) 8343 (Waterland) 8343
Insurance Premium Tax Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill 10) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 7450; 2R, 8371-3; C, 8545-6; 3R, 8446; RA, 8792
Speakers: Cocke 8372; Curtis 8371, 8372-3, 8545, 8546; Stupich 8371-2, 8545, 8546
Insurance companies, investments in B.C. (Cocke) 8372 (Curtis) 8372-3, 8545 (Stupich) 8371, 8545
Insurance companies, possible retaliation by (Cocke) 8372
Insurance industry, development of (Curtis) 8371
Life insurance companies, investments in B.C. (Cocke) 8372
Premium tax elimination, B.C.-based companies (Curtis) 8371
Regulations attached to act (Cocke) 8372 (Curtis) 8372, 8546 (Stupich) 8546
Revenue, impact of change on (Curtis) 8546 (Stupich) 8545
Tax concession, benefits of (Stupich) 8371
Tax concession, use of funds (Stupich) 8371
Interferon
Production of (McGeer) 8621
Intergovernmental Relations, Ministry of
Estimates 8737-48
Speakers: Barnes 8741-2, 8747; Brown 8743-5; Cocke 8747; Gardom 8737-40, 8740-1, 8742, 8745; Hewitt 8746-7; Johnston 8746; Macdonald 8740; Sanford 8742-3; Skelly 8745-6
Annual report tabled (Gardom) 7275
Interior Lumber Manufacturers' Association
Mentioned: (Howard) 8287
Interior Memorial Services Society
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8324
Interior Provincial Exhibition, Armstrong, B.C.
Mentioned: (Michael) 7307
Intermediate care
See: Nursing homes
Interministerial Children's Committee
Work of (Brown) 7621, 7622 (Nielsen) 7623
International Bureau of Expositions
Mentioned: (Bennett) 8785 (Curtis) 8729 (Mowat) 7318 (Strachan) 7492
International Business Machines Corp.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 8619 (Richmond) 8735
International Children's Peace Award
Mentioned: (Cocke) 7796
International Commercial Arbitration Act
(Bill 20) (Attorney-General) 1R, 7753; 2R, 8080-1; C, 8123, 8138-9; 3R, 8139; RA, 8792
Speakers: Lauk 8081; Smith 8080-1
Amdts: Sec. 2 (Smith) 8138, 8147, approved 8138
Arbitration, use of (Smith) 8080
Awards, enforcement of (Smith) 8081
Courts, intervention of (Smith) 8080
Courts, powers of (Smith) 8081
Rules for arbitration (Smith) 8080
UNCITRAL model law, changes to (Smith) 8081
UNCITRAL model law, use of as basis for bill (Smith) 8080
United Nations convention on foreign arbitral awards (Smith) 8080
United States, international arbitrations (Smith) 8080
International Commercial Arbitration Centre
Mentioned: (Smith) 7753
International Electronics Corp.
Mentioned: (Williams) 8614
International Joint Commission
Acid rain, action on (Pelton) 7399
Nuclear power plant safety (Gardom) 8507 (Rose) 8238 8239
International Labour Organization
Convention 87 mentioned (Gabelmann) 7833
Conventions (Gabelmann) 7834 (Segarty) 7833-4
Conventions and compensation stabilization program (Gabelmann) 7833
Recommendations quoted (Gabelmann) 7505
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 7504 (Skelly) 7292
International Mile of the Flags
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 8521
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp.
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 7459
International Trade, Science and Investment, Ministry of
Speakers: Bennett 8638; Cocke 8641-2, 8647; D'Arcy 8647-8; Davis 8622-3 8644; Lea 8625-7; Macdonald 8644-5, 8645; McGeer 8613-4, 8615-7, 8618-9, 8620-2, 8623-5, 8627, 8628, 8630, 8632, 8633, 8634, 8637, 8639-40, 8641, 8643-4, 8645, 8646-7, 8647; MacWilliam 8631-2, 8632; Nicolson 8619-20, 8622, 8627-8, 8628; Rose 8628-30; Sanford 8630-1; Stupich 8640-1; Williams 8614--5, 8717-8, 8632-3, 8633-4, 8634, 8637, 8638-9, 8641, 8645-6, 8648
International Woodworkers of America
Forest stand management fund, contribution to (Heinrich) 8657 (Stupich) 8657
Forest stand management fund, pension funds for (Stupich) 7509-10
Log exports, policy on (Heinrich) 7853 (Reynolds) 7853 (Stupich) 7852
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 8216, 8311, 8317, 8318, 8329, 8415, 8658 (Howard) 8278 (Lauk) 8329 (Michael) 7482 (Nicolson) 7741 (Nielsen) 7709 (Strachan) 7404 (Stupich) 7465 (Wallace) 8227
International Year of Disabled Persons
Mentioned: (Hanson) 8491
International Year of Peace
Mentioned: (Skelly) 7299
International Youth Year
Mentioned: (Brown) 8323 (Gabelmann) 7427
"Invasion of Privacy"
Annual return tabled (Smith) 8760
Investments
Capital expenditures in B.C. (Williams) 8433-4
Capital, source of and economy of province (Cocke) 8647 (McGeer) 8647 (Williams) 8645-6
Debentures, automatic renewal of (Lauk) 8355
Financial institutions, disclosure re insurance coverage (Veitch) 8357, 8365
Financial institutions, uninsured deposits and investments (Lauk) 8355 (Veitch) 8354-5
Insurance companies, investments in B.C. (Cocke) 8372 (Curtis) $372-3, 8545 (Stupich) 8371, 8545
Interest and dividends going to U.S. (Macdonald) 8645 (McGeer) 8645
Investment capital, outflow of (Gardom) 8739
Investment in B.C. (D’Arcy) 7494-5, 8647-8 (Kempf) 7415, 7417, 7418 (MacWilliam) 7478 (Nielsen) 7390-1 (Skelly) 7292, 8790 (Stupich) 7462 (Throne speech) 7269 (Veitch) 7581
Investment in B.C. and job loss (Lea) 7558
Investment in B.C., forecast re (Stupich) 7462
Investor confidence in B.C. (Veitch) 7325-6
Investors, protection of (Veitch) 7325-6
Public investment in B.C. (D’Arcy) 7494
Isbister, Cecil
Hospital user fee, case cited (Dailly) 7713-4 (Nielsen) 7714
Island Copper Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 8140
Island Highway
See: Highway 19
Island Pole and Piling Ltd.
Rail car shortage (Sanford) 8459
Islands 86
Payment to (Hanson) 8499 (McCarthy) 8500, 8501
Mentioned: (Richmond) 7515
Islands Trust
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 8683 (Reynolds) 7286, 7939
Israel
Free trade agreement with U.S. (Gardom) 8739