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
NKK
See: Nippon Kokan Kaisha
NORAD
See: North American Air Defence Command
Naikoon Park
Mentioned: (Williams) 8094
Nakasone, Yasuhiro
Mentioned: (Throne speech) 7267
Nakusp, B.C.
Forest district, staff (Nicolson) 8288
Shingle tariff, effect of (Williams) 8459
Nalley's Ltd.
Mentioned: (Schroeder) 7314
Name Act
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 8283
Names, Personal
Surnames, hyphenated names (Nielsen) 8283
Nanaimo, B.C.
Bowen Road project (Stupich) 8577
Duke Point development (McClelland) 8461 (Stupich) 8460-1
Highway 19 bypass (Fraser, A.) 8549 (Stupich) 8576-7
Newcastle Island Park, management of (Kempf) 8179
Parking lot development, assessment of (Ritchie) 7946 (Stupich) 7946
Retired people (Nielsen) 7706
Stewart Avenue, upgrading of (Fraser, A.) 8577 (Stupich) 8576
Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce
Transportation committee report (Fraser, A.) 8577 (Stupich) 8576
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo, B.C.
Addition to (Stupich) 7510
Staff workloads and patient care (Nielsen) 7681 (Stupich) 7681
Nanaimo Times, Nanaimo, B.C.
Quoted (Stupich) 7681
Nannies
Employment Standards Act coverage for (Gabelmann) 7829 (Segarty) 7829
Nass Valley, B.C.
Diagnostic and treatment centre (Passarell) 7288
National Association of Friendship Centres
Mentioned: (Brown) 7721
National Building Code
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 8197, 8201
National Coaching Institute
Assistance to (McCarthy) 8482
National Dairy Council
Mentioned: (Schroeder) 7313
National Film Board
See: Canada. National Film Board
National Life of Canada
Mentioned: (Veitch) 7581
National Rail Transportation Act (Canada) (proposed act)
Mentioned: (Rose) 8522
National Roads and Motorists' Association (Australia)
Mentioned: (Mowat) 7318
National Survival Institute
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 8246
Natural gas
See: Gas, Natural
Natural Products Marketing Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Rose) 8629
Natural resources
Development of (Davis) 8644 (Segarty) 7584
Development of, infrastructure for (McGeer) 8645
Development of, subsidization of (Williams) 8411
Integrated resource management (Pelton) 8096 (Williams) 8095
Machinery for extraction and processing (Williams) 8424
Management of (Skelly) 7300
Resource industries, assistance to (Skelly) 7298
Revenue to province (Davis) 7517 (Stupich) 7463 (Williams) 8401-4, 8406, 8423
Smithers area, integrated management unit (Williams) 8095
Tourist industry and resources of province (MacWilliam) 8708, 8753 (Richmond) 8709
Use of, conflict re (Skelly) 7294
See also names of resources, e.g. Coal
Nelles, Susan
Mentioned: (Smith) 8468
Nelson School District
See: School District 7 (Nelson)
Neufeld, Dianne
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 8134
New Cinch Uranium Ltd.
Shares, stop-trading order (Macdonald) 8469, 8470, Q. 8610 (Veitch) A. 8687
Stock dealings (Macdonald) 7311, Q. 8079 (Smith) A. 8108 (Veitch) A. 8687-8
Stock dealings, decision on charges re (Macdonald) 8469 (Smith) 8469-70, 8470
Stock dealings, investigations into (Macdonald) 8469, 8470 (Smith) 8470 (Veitch) 8687-8
New Democratic Party
Coal, northeast, policy on (McGeer) 7543-4 (Segarty) 7373
Economy, policy on (Parks) 7348
Economy, proposals re (Skelly) 7296 (Stupich) 7470-2
Education, policy on (Hanson) 7996
Election defeats (McGeer) 7545, 8637
Electric power developments, policy on (Brummet) 7429 (McGeer) 7544
Free trade, support for (Bennett) 8188 (Heinrich) 8187, 8188
Funds, source of (Michael) 7858
Indian land claims, policy on (Reynolds) 7527-8
Job creation, policy on (Lockstead) 7400 (Mitchell) 7397 (Skelly) 7296
Leadership of (Reynolds) 7280-1
Log exports, policy on (Parks) Q. 7866, Q. 7867 (Reynolds) 7852, 7853
Pamphlet, spelling error (Segarty) 7805
Program (Nicolson) 7421
Public works programs, policy on (Lea) 7392
Vancouver East nominating meeting, allegations re (Parks) Q. 7821 (Segarty) A. 7821
Waffle Manifesto mentioned (Mitchell) 7920
New Westminster, B.C.
City market (Cocke) 8439, 8440 (McClelland) 8439
Connaught Heights services (Cocke) 7926
Crime, increase in (Cocke) 8439
Floating hotels (Cocke) 8440
Government building, need for (Cocke) 8439
Highways ministry roads, kilometres of (Fraser, A.) 8556
Marine Way, rebuilding of (Fraser, A.) 8573
Partnership arrangement with provincial government (Cocke) 7926 (Ritchie) 7927
Queensborough sewer (Cocke) 7926
Queensborough truck gardens (Cocke) 8679
Traffic problems (Cocke) 8571
Trolley loop, proposal for (Cocke) 8439, 8440 (Williams) 7911, 7916
Waterfront, development of (Cocke) 8438-9
New Westminster, B.C. Transit system
SkyTrain transit system (Cocke) 7927 (Johnston) 8509 (Ritchie) 7927 (Williams) 8440
Transportation system, proposal re (Cocke) 8439, 8440
New Westminster School District
See: School District 40 (New Westminster)
Newcastle Island, B.C.
Park, local management of (Kempf) 8179
Newman, Peter
Quoted (Macdonald) 7311
Newmont Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 8125
Newsprint
Production costs (Williams) 8425
Newtec Industries Inc.
Success of (Reynolds) 7459
Nexus Engineering Corp.
Success of (Mowat) 7318
Nichols, Marjorie
Mentioned: (McClelland) 8104, 8105, 8296 (Macdonald) 8137 (McGeer) 7338
Nickel Plate mine
Mentioned: (Brummet) 8124
Nicolson, Lorne (Nelson-Creston)
Address in reply 7418-22
Alberta, employment opportunities 7742
Art school in interior, proposal for 7777-8
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 8478, 8479
Bazowski, Peter, appointment of as acting ombudsman 7760
Bennett, WR., resignation of 8766
B.C. Hydro, Burrard thermal plant 8167
B.C. Hydro power projects, nameplate capacity 8166-7, 8167
B.C. Hydro power projects, power generation 8167, 8168
B.C. Hydro power surplus, use of 8167
B.C. Railway, telephone system 7419
B.C. Systems Corporation building, cost of 8620
B.C. Systems Corporation building, use of 8619
B.C. Systems Corporation, establishment of 8620
B.C. Systems Corporation, mortgage 8621
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., Cranbrook office Q.7781, 8620
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. employees, job loss 7420, 8627
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., history of 7420
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., jurisdiction over 8628
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., local measured service 8620
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., rates 7419
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., regional office 7419, 7420
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., regulation of 7419
Bruton, Leonard, replacement for 7767
Budget debate 7540-2
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, government policy on 7419, 7420
Child apprehension, case cited 7615
Child apprehension commission of inquiry into 7615
Colleges, economic development centres 7742
Communications, government policy on 8627
Communications technology, advances in 8622
Computer parts, duty on 8620
Computers, assembly of in Vancouver 8620
Computers, software industry in B.C. 8619
David Thompson University Centre, reopening of 7777
Debt 7540
Deficits, 1982 to present 7540
Dickson, Brian, remarks re funds for education 8478-9, 8538, 8539
Dioxins, production of 7327
Dioxins, toxicity 7327-8, 7328-9
Discovery parks, tenants 8619
Economy of B.C. 7418-9, 7741-2
Education Excellence Appropriation Act 8538-9
Education funding, press releases re 7542
Education, liberal arts 7776, 7777
Education, royal commission proposal 7421
Employment Standards Act, coverage for forest fire fighters 7850
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 8166-7, 8167-8, 8168
Excellence in Education fund 7541
Excellence in Education fund, guidelines for Q.8777
Excellence in Education Fund, use of 7766, 7776, 7782
Federal established programs financing funds 7542
Federal funds for post-secondary education 7742
Forest fire, Canal Flats 8289
Forest fire fighters, Arrow timber supply area Q. 8611
Forest fire fighters, injuries and deaths 7850
Forest fine fighters, Nakusp Q. 8611
Forest fire fighters, unemployment insurance 7849-50, 7851
Forest fire fighting, Forests ministry resources 8288-9
Forest fire fighting, Invermere forest District 8289
Forest fire fighting, methods and equipment 8288-9, 8289-90
Forest fire fighting personnel 8288-9
Forest fires, Arrow Lakes forest District 8288
Forest fires, high-risk days in 1985 8288
Forest fires inquiry, report of 8289
Forest industry, future of 8539
Forest licences, resale of Q. 7949
Forest practices, clearcutting 8229
Forest research 8228
Forest Stand Management Fund Act 8228-9
Forest stand management fund, municipalities' contribution 8229
Forest stand management fund, trade unions' contribution 8228
Forests ministry, estimates 8288-9, 8289-90
Frozen-food sales, regulations re 7735
Glade ferry 8603
Gross provincial product, growth of 7418, 7540
Gross provincial product, other provinces 7540
Harrop ferry 8603
Health ministry, estimates 7735
Human Resources ministry, estimates 7614-5
Human Resources ministry, policies 7614
Human Resources ministry, programs 7614-5
Inflation rate 7418
International Trade, Science and Investment ministry, estimates 8619-20, 8622, 8627-8, 8628
Kamloops, road to shopping centre 8214
Keenleyside Dam, power generation 8167
Kootenay School of Art, reopening of 7777
Kwantlen College, campus 7542
Louisiana-Pacific Corp., loan to 8229
Meadow Creek Cedar Ltd., waste-burning 7327, 7329
Microtel Pacific Research Ltd. 8619, 8620
Motels, automatic night-clerk device 7540-1, 7542, 7742
Motion Picture Act 8761-2
Motion Picture Act and Charter of Rights 8762
Motion Picture Act, cabinet's powers under act 8761
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Amendment Act (1986) 8214
Nakusp forest district, staff 8288
Natural gas, availability of 8167
New Democratic Party, program 7421
Notre Dame University, closing of 7777
Parliament buildings, repairs 7772
Parnas, David, resignation of 7767
Partners in Enterprise ad campaign Q. 8079
Pend-d'Oreille dam, power generation increase 8167
Post-Secondary Education ministry, estimates 7741-3, 7764-5, 7766, 7767, 7772-3, 7775-6, 7777, 7777-8, 7782, 7782-3, 7793-4
Professors, academic freedom 7743
Professors, salaries 7767, 7771
Research 7541
Ritchie and Associates, recommendations 7772
Sawmill waste, burning of 7327-8
School tax, residential property 7421, 7542
Simon Fraser University, discovery park 8619, 8620
Simon Fraser University, funding of 7771
Smallwood Lumber Ltd. forest licence, sale of Q. 7949
Social assistance recipient, case cited 7614
Social assistance recipients, college upgrading program 7614
Social assistance recipients, training and retraining of 7614
Son's proposal for summer job 7735 (Nielsen) 7735
Spector, Norman, appointment of to University of B.C. Q. 8776, Q. 8777
Student aid, criteria for 7421
Student aid, women students' eligibility 7793-4
Student loan remission program 7764, 7765
Students, access to post-secondary education 7743, Q. 8017
Students, foreign, benefits of to B.C. 7764
Students, participation rate in post-secondary education 7421, 7542, 7742-3, 7764-5
Students, rural students' costs 7764
Systems institute, proposal for 7767
Technological change 7419-20
Telephone system, history of 7419-20
Telephone system, jurisdiction over 7420
Telephone system, NDP policy on 7421
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 8603
Universities, autonomy of 7743, 7782-3
Universities, budgets 7766
Universities' funding allocations, consultation re 7767
Universities, funding of in other provinces 7771
Universities, funds for 7766, 7771, 7777, 7782, 8539
Universities, planning 7766
Universities, research grants 7742
Universities' research, industrial application of 7742
University fees 7764
University of B.C. buildings, maintenance of 7772, 7772-3, 8539
University of B.C., college transfer students limit Q. 8017, Q. 8149, 8151
University of B.C. employees, morale 7772
University of B.C. employees, number of 7772
University of B.C., satellite mapping program 7742
University of Victoria, tuition fees 7764
University students, debt load at graduation 7743, 7765
Value-added tax, bureaucracy for 8721
Value-added tax, calculation of 8721
Value-added tax, impact of on small retailer 8721
Vote 70, referral back to Committee of Supply 8766-7
Winnipeg school district, tax increases 7764
Nielsen, Erik
Report quoted (Dailly) 7374, 7375
Mentioned: (Gardom) 7520 (Nielsen) 7663 (Reynolds) 8133 (Skelly) 7525
Nielsen, Hon. James A. (Richmond) Minister of Health* and Minister of Human Resources
AIDS, blood-screening for 7658
AIDS cases, number of 7685
AIDS children in school system 7685
AIDS patients, St. Paul's Hospital 7658, 7685
AIDS, research on 7685
AIDS, testing and counselling centre 7658, 7685
Abortions 7683
Abortions, older women 7683
Acupuncture, committee on 7730
Address in reply 7388-91
Adoptees, information provided to 7645
Adoption information register 7621, 7645-6
Adoption of special-needs children, subsidization of 7620, 7646-7
Adoption program, review of 7621
Aliens, Grace Hospital births to 7679
Aliens, medical coverage for 7679, 7701
Aliens, private medical insurance for 7701
Aliens, status of 7701
Ambulance service 7660, 7663, 7720
Ambulance vehicles, new design for 7660
Ambulances, cruising between calls A. 8687
Annacis bridge construction, job creation 7389, 7602
Attitude, positive attitude 7390, 7496-7, 7498
B.C. Government Employees' Union, advertisement 7597
B.C. Health Association 7665
B.C. Medical Association, agreement with 7657, 7658, 7678
B.C. Place, job creation 7602
Budget debate 7496-9
Business, tax concessions to 7390
Cancer treatment drugs, purchase of 7660
Cataracts, removal of 7707
Cedar Lodge Society property, use of 7642, 7702
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 7678
Chase, diagnostic and treatment centre 7703
Chase, retired people 7706
Child abuse, definition of 7625
Child abuse information, confidentiality of 7642
Child abuse, information to public re 7642, 7653
Child abuse investigations, problems re 7616-7
Child abuse, reporting requirements 7597, 7624
Child abuse reports, increase in 7597, 7642
Child abuse reports, problems re 7623, 7624
Child abuse team 7620
Child abuse workers, handbook for 7597
Child apprehension case referred to 7615
Child apprehension, investigation into 7615
Child apprehension, problems re 7616-7, 7652
Child apprehension, role of court in 7624
Child sex abuse, reports of 7623
Child sex abuse victims, treatment for 7650, 7720, A. 8689
Child welfare services, appropriation for 7596, 7627
Children, emergency accommodation for 7597
Children, foster care for special-needs children 7646
Children in care, number of 7652
Children, income tax exemptions for special-needs children 7620, 7647
Children, protection of 7596
Children's officers, network of 7596
Children's Place, funding for 7642
Chiropractic Association of B.C., negotiations with 76945
Chiropractic treatment 7673
Chiropractors, access to physicians' x-rays 7673
Chiropractors, fees and fees elsewhere 7673
Chiropractors' fees, discussions re A. 8043
Chiropractors, training of 7695
Chiropractors, visitation rights in hospitals 7672-3
Chlamydia, reporting of 7734
Coal, northeast, benefits 7389
Coal, northeast, job creation 7602
College of Dental Surgeons of B.C., regulatory authority 8283
Construction industry 7389
Construction industry, employment in 7391
Coquihalla Highway construction, job creation 7602
Day care, federal task force on 7620
Debt, interest costs on federal debt 7627, 7640
Deficit 7627
Dental Technicians Amendment Act, 1986 (Bill 32) 1R, 8443
Dental Technicians Denturists Board, powers 8443
Dentists Amendment Act, 1986 (Bill 26) 1R, 8283
Diabetes, blood glucose monitoring test 7724
Diabetes supplies, cost of to patients 7724
Disclosure statement (Macdonald) 7310
Documents tabled 8282
Driving schools, insurance coverage A. 8565
Eagle Ridge Hospital, emergency facility 7704
Eagle Ridge Hospital, functioning of 7687
Eagle Ridge Hospital, future of 7688
Easter Seal bus service, Prince Rupert A. 7692
Economic renewal 7388-9
Economy of Canada 7627-8, 7640
Elderly, abuse of 7675
Elderly, accommodation for 7708
Elderly, advances in health care for 7707
Elderly, appropriation for services to 7639
Elderly, continuing care services 7660
Elderly, deinstitutionalization of 7708
Elderly, exercise needs and health 7706
Elderly, health care costs 7706
Elderly, institutionalization of 7706
Excellence in Education fund 7499
Expo 86, ambulance attendants 7719, 7731
Expo 86, benefits 7391
Expo 86, job creation 7602
Extended care, appropriation for 7663, 7720
Federal purchases, B.C. goods and services 7391
Food bank, Vancouver, problems A. 7670
Food sales, regulations re bulk food 7725
Forensic psychiatric services, appropriation 7720
Foster-care program 7576-7
Foster parents, April 12 cheque for A. 7554
Foster parents, tribute to 7597
Fraser-Burrard Hospital Society board 7687
G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, psychiatric service 7658
Gallstones, lithotripter for 7660
Gordon Neighbourhood House, youth project A. 8130-1
Government services, regionalization of 7731
Grace Hospital, use of 7679
Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act, section 8, proclamation of 7611
Handicapped children, aid to natural parents 7646-7
Health care, cost of 7657-8, 7678
Health care costs, federal share of 7689
Health care costs, public awareness campaign 7658
Health Care Diaper Inc. 7390
Health care expenditures and GNP 7678
Health care services, regionalization of 7731
Health improvement fund, committee on use of 7664
Health ministry appropriation, 1986-87 fiscal year 7657
Health ministry, estimates 7657-60, 7663-4, 7665, 7670-1, 7671, 7672, 7672-3, 7675-6, 7678-9, 7679, 7680, 7681-2, 7683, 7685, 7687-8, 7689, 7690, 7701, 7702, 7703-4, 7704-5, 7706-7, 7708, 7708-9, 7709, 7714, 7715-6, 7716, 7716-7, 7717, 7718, 7718-9, 7719, 7720, 7720-1, 7721-2, 7723, 7724-5, 7725-6, 7726, 7727, 7728, 7729, 7730, 7731, 7732, 7733, 7734, 7734-5, 7735, 7736
Health ministry estimates, format of 7724, 7725
Health ministry, services and staff 7657
Health Sciences Centre Hospital, AIDS admission to 7685
Health Statutes Amendment Act, 1986 (Bill 27) 1R, 8209-10
Home nursing care, appropriation for 7663
Hearing programs 7672
Heart pacemakers, tendering on 7660
Helpline for Children 7596, 7597
Hip replacement 7707
Homemaker service, appropriation for 7704-5, 7706
Homemaker service, hours of service 7705
Homemaker service, need for 7704, 7704-5
Homemaker service, Vancouver overrun 7704
Homemakers, wages 7704
Hospice program 7708
Hospital costs, United States 7678
Hospital debts, patients' bad debts 7671
Hospital employees, Back Check program 7658
Hospital employees, statements by 7665
Hospital Employees' Union advertisements and CRTC 7664
Hospital equipment, appropriation for 7663, 7720, 7736
Hospital equipment, failures 7736
Hospital patients, length of stay 7678, 7681
Hospital purchasing, coordination of 7660
Hospital system in B.C. 7659
Hospitals' acute-care beds, conversion of to extended care 7670
Hospitals' acute-care beds, unoccupied beds 7670-1, 8776
Hospitals, administration of 7736
Hospitals, appropriation 7659
Hospitals, audit team 7665
Hospitals, budgets 7670
Hospitals, construction approvals 7736
Hospitals, deficits 7670
Hospitals, design of in future 7706-7
Hospitals' emergency facilities, use of 7660
Hospitals, staff workloads and patient care 7681
Hospitals, user fee 7664, 7714
Hospitals, user fee and Canada Health Act 7663
Hospitals, user fee during NDP administration 7714
Hospitals' user fee, emergency treatment 7664
Hospitals' user fee, hardship case 7714
Hospitals' user fee, penalty for 7663, 7714
Hospitals' user fee, per diem charge 7664
Hospitals' user fee, policy in future 7663-4
Hospitals' user fee, use of funds realized 7714
Hotels in Vancouver, eviction of long-term tenants 7635-7
Hotels in Vancouver, relocation of evictees 7636-7
Human Resources ministry, communications appropriation 7603
Human Resources ministry, estimates 7595-8, 7601-3, 7605, 7607-8, 7611, 7612, 7614, 7615, 7616-7, 7617, 7619-21, 7623-5, 7627-8, 7635-7, 7639-40, 7640, 7641-2, 7644-5, 7645-6, 7646-7, 7649, 7650, 7652, 7653, 7654
Human Resources ministry, programs 7597, 7603
Human Resources ministry, special warrant A. 7452
Human Resources ministry, staff dismissed 7616
Human Resources ministry, work of 7595
Immunization programs 7658
Income Tax Act, changes to federal act 7620
Indians, alcohol and drug abuse 7721
Indians, control over child welfare system 7650
Individual Opportunity Plan 7605
Institute of Gerontology, work of 7733
Insurance companies, responsibilities re general insurance A. 8465
Insurance Corporation of B.C., contract re general insurance A.8566
Insurance Corporation of B.C., general insurance operation 7849
Insurance Corporation of B.C., liability insurance business A. 8565
Insurance Corporation of B.C., management of 7849
Intermediate-care beds 7660
Interministerial Children's Committee 7623
Investment in B.C. 7390-1
Job creation, megaprojects 7601
Job creation, private sector role in 7605
Jobs, new jobs in B.C. 7605
Kidneys, lithotripter 7659, 7678, 7707
Labour relations in B.C. 7390
Liquor, drinking age 7725-6
Liquor, education programs 7676
Liquor, expenditures on 7675
Liquor, profit on sale of 7675
Lukas, Barney, proposed speech 7498
Medical facilities under construction, staff needs 7659
Medical Services Commission, appropriation 7657
Medical Services Plan costs, control over 7657
Medical Services Plan, coverage for tray service 7727
Medical Services Plan, premiums 7657, 7664
Medical Services Plan premiums, lapsed premiums 7671
Medical Services Plan premiums, subsidization of 7664, 7671
Mental health conference 7659
Mental health services, appropriation 7662, 7720
Mental health services, future of 7658
Mental health services, review of 7658
Mentally handicapped, care for 7597, 7620, 7641-2
Mentally handicapped children, programs for 7597
Mentally handicapped, group homes 7659
Mentally handicapped, Prince George test program 7620
Mentally handicapped, young people 7620
Mentally ill, deinstitutionalization of 7734
Mentally ill, facility for 7702
Mentally ill young people, facility for 7702
Methadone clinics, location of 7716, 7718
Methadone dispensing by physicians 7715, 7717, 7718
Methadone dispensing, supervision of 7717, 7718
Methadone dispensing through clinics 7715-6, 7716-7, 7717, 7718
Methadone overdoses, deaths 7719
Methadone, truck-driver's case referred to 7716
Methadone use, federal regulations 7715
Methadone users, meeting with 7719
Methadone users, number of in B.C. 7718
Midwifery 7729
Milk, testing of for radioactive contamination 8212
Municipalities, infrastructure program 7389
Nanaimo, retired people 7706
Names, hyphenated surnames 8283
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, child welfare agreement 7650
Nurses, hours of work 7681
Nurses leaving B.C. A. 8775
Nurses, negotiations with Health Labour Relations Association 8775
Nurses, shortage of A. 8776
Nursing care, quality of A. 8776
Onischak, Gerry, employment for 7623-4
Optometrist in Woodward's store 7724-5
Partners in Enterprise program 7389
Pharmacare appropriation, 1985-86 overrun 7452
Pharmacists, gifts to and Pharmacare A. 7386
Physicians, advisory committee on medical manpower 7657
Physicians' billing numbers, court cases re 7678
Physicians, fee-for-service payments to 7708
Physicians, fee schedule 7709
Physicians, house calls 7732
Physicians' house calls, Ontario system 7732
Physicians, liability insurance 7679, 7690
Physicians, malpractice suits 7690
Physicians, number of 7657, 7678
Physiotherapists, bursaries for 7690
Physiotherapists, immigrant 7724
Physiotherapists, shortage of 7690
Physiotherapists, training of 7724
Planned Parenthood Federation, grant to 7683
Planned Parenthood Federation, Medical Services Plan payments to 7683
Population, immigration to B.C. 7628
Poverty line 7607
Powell River General Hospital, new hospital 7680
Preventive and community care services 7658
Private members' statements, replies to 7332
Prosthetic devices, payment for 7681-2
Prostitutes, teen-age 7628
Psychiatric services, rural and remote areas 7658
Psychologists, Medical Services Commission payments to 7690
Quadriplegics, group home for 7660
Radioactive contamination, testing for 8212
Rainwater, testing of for radioactive contamination 8212
Retirement, mandatory 7706
Richmond, building permits 7496, 7498
Richmond, economy 7390
Richmond, licences and permits office staff 7497-8
Riverside industrial park 7498
Riversidw Hospital facilities, replacement of 7734
Riversidw Hospital, future of A. 7631, 7734
Riversidw Hospital staff, retraining of A. 8714
Royal Columbian Hospital, building program 7687
Royal Columbian Hospital emergency ward, renovation of 7687
Royal Columbian Hospital, services 7687-8
Royal Columbian Hospital, trauma-care facilities 7687
Royal Jubilee Hospital operating rooms, closing of A. 8776
St. Mary's Hospital, extended-care wing 7680
School District 38, assistant superintendents 7497
School District 38, budget 7497, 7498
School District 38, class sizes 7497
School District 38, economies effected 7497, 7498
School District 38, Excellence in Education fund grant to 7499
School District 38, school tax 7498
School District 38, special-needs program 7497
School districts, budgets 7497
Sex education in school system 7683
Sexual abuse of institutionalized persons 7675
Shaughnessy Hospital, geriatric program 7660
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program, regulations 7640
SkyTrain transit system components, Richmond suppliers 7389
SkyTrain transit system, job creation 7602
Small manufacturers assistance program, jobs created 7603
Smoking deterrent program for teenagers 7658, 7725
Smoking, non-smoking areas 7725
Smoking, Richmond bylaw 7725
Social assistance appropriation, increase in 7627
Social assistance appropriation, overrun A. 7452
Social assistance, food purchases and nutrition 7611
Social assistance rates, age as basis for 7610, 7610-1
Social assistance rates by category of recipient 7607-8
Social assistance rates, federal funds for increases 7627-8
Social assistance rates, indexing of 7611
Social assistance rates, level of A. 7386, 7596, 7607-8, 7619, 7639-40
Social assistance rates, level of and inflation 7627
Social assistance rates, SPARC recommendations 7610
Social assistance rates, variable factors in 7627
Social assistance recipients, college upgrading program 7615
Social assistance recipients, earnings exemption 7596, 7603, 7650
Social assistance recipients, employability criteria 7610
Social assistance recipients, Insurance Corporation of B.C. settlements 7644-5
Social assistance recipients, long-term recipients 7628
Social assistance recipients, number of 7595-6, 7649
Social assistance recipients, number of going off welfare 7596, 7612, 7614
Social assistance recipients, programs for 7596, 7605, 7649
Social Planning and Review Council of B.C. 7608
Social programs, federal cost-sharing 7608
Social workers, criticism of by media 7652
Social workers, number of 7652
Social workers, support for 7652
Social workers, work of 7652
Speech pathologists, Health and Education ministries 7704
Speech pathologists, shortage of 7704
Speech therapy services 7672
Strikes and lockouts, days lost 7390
Students in non-medical health field, bursaries for 7657, 7722, 7724
Superintendent of family and child service 7596, 7615
Surgery, allocation of hospital beds 7736
Surgery, cancellations in Victoria hospitals 7736
Surgery costs, oral surgery case 7728
Surgery, day surgery 7678
Surrey Memorial Hospital, expansion of 7726
Training Access program 7649
Tranquille, closing of 7597
Transplant operations in B.C. 7659, 7664, 7735
Transplants, organs for 7659, 7734-5
Unemployment 7391
Union boards of health, staff shortages 7722
Vancouver Women's Health Collective, funding for 7724
Vancouver Women's Health Collective, visit to 7726
Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 1986 (Bill 2) 1R, 8283
Women, job ghettos 8323
Young Offenders Act, expenditures required under act 7663, 7720
Young people, facilities for disturbed adolescents 7659
Young people, problems 7659
Young people, regional unemployment programs for 7654
* Assumed portfolio April 3, 1986.
Nilsson, Sten
Forest industry, report on mentioned (Skelly) 7293
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 8224
Nimpkish Valley, B.C.
Douglas fir stand (Pelton) 8097-8, 8098 (Williams) 8097, 8098
Nimsick, Leo A.
Mentioned: (McGeer) 8647 (Michael) 7305, 7306 (Segarty) 7368, 7372
Nippon Kokan Kaisha
Negotiations re polycrystalline plant (Brummet) 8145 (Wallace) 8144
Nisgha School District
See: School District 92 (Nisgha)
Nishga Indian band
Health services (Passarell) 7288
Noble, John
Quoted (Stupich) 7465
Tribute to (Brown) 7655
Noranda Inc.
Mentioned: (Williams) 8410, 8424
Noranda Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Brummet) 7430 (Reynolds) 7285
Norris, M.C. (Mac)
Mentioned: (Williams) 8464
North American Air Defence Command
Mentioned: (Michael) 7858
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 8746
North Delta Sentinel, North Delta, B.C.
Mentioned: (Parks) 7349
North Island College
North Island Secondary School, Port McNeill, B.C.
Staff (Gabelmann) 7988
North Okanagan Development Corp.
LEAD corporations program (MacWilliam) 8454-5
Provincial participation (McClelland) 8455 (MacWilliam) 8454, 8455
North Okanagan Health Unit
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 7671
North Vancouver, B.C.
Baseball field, lottery funds for (Ree) 8510
Cable-car proposal for Lonsdale (Williams) 7911
HandyDART system (Nielsen) 7723 (Ree) 7722
Lonsdale Quay (McClelland) 8439
North Vancouver School District
See: School District 44 (North Vancouver)
Northair Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 7292
Northeast coal
See entries under Coal
Northern Lights College
Grants to (Dailly) 8586 (Rose) 7769, 8587
Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 7740
Northland Bank
Mentioned: (Curtis) 8417
Northwest Community College
Forestry program (Howard) 8298
Grant to (Rose) 8587
Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) ) 8231 (Wallace) 8311 (Williams) 8220
Notre Dame University
Closing of (Nicolson) 7777
Noyes, Robert
Mentioned: (Davis) 7623
Nuclear physics
Students (Davis) 7747
Nuclear power
Accidents, danger of (Rose) 8238, 8239
Accidents, response to (Pelton) 8239
Chalk River accident (Rose) 8238
Chernobyl nuclear accident (Gardom) A. 8043 (Michael) 8056 (Pelton) 8058, 8239 (Reynolds) Q. 8043 (Ritchie) A. 8043 (Rose) 8238 (Sanford) 8072 (Wallace) 8100
Hanford nuclear plant, possible accident (Gardom) A. 8507 (Rose) Q. 8107, 8238, 8239
Hanford nuclear plant, storage of nuclear wastes (D’Arcy) Q. 8531
Plants, regulations re (Gabelmann) Q. 7385 (Segarty) A. 7385
Safety measures (Pelton) 8238-9
Safety, reference to International Joint Commission re (Rose) 8238, 8239
Sedro Woolley nuclear plant (Rose) 8239
Three Mile Island accident (Rose) 8238
Trojan nuclear plant mentioned (Pelton) 8239
Nuclear submarines
Nanoose Bay (Wallace) 8592
Nuclear waste
Shipment of, role of provincial government in (Blencoe) 8592, 8593 (Davis) 8592
Shipment through Juan de Fuca Strait (Blencoe) 8591-2, 8593 (Davis) 8592 (Wallace) 8592
Nuclear weapons and disarmament
Nuclear-free zone signs (Fraser, A.) 8551 (Lockstead) 8550
Nunweiler, Alfred
Mentioned: (Michael) 7305 (Segarty) 7373
Nurses and nursing
Health Labour Relations Association, negotiations with (Nielsen) 8775
Hours of work, 12-hour shifts (Nielsen) 7681
Nurses, shortage of (Blencoe) Q. 8775, Q. 8776 (Nielsen) A. 8776
Nursing care, quality of (Dailly) Q. 8776 (Nielsen) A. 8776
Registered nurses leaving B.C. (Dailly) Q. 8775 (Nielsen) A. 8775
Nursing homes
Intermediate-care beds (Nielsen) 7660
Nuu-chap-ninth Tribal Council
Child welfare agreement (Brown) 7650 (Nielsen) 7650