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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The TEX Report

Quoted (Williams) 7489

Mentioned: (Williams) 7411

TIDSA

See: Travel industry development subsidiary agreement

TRIUMF

See: Tri-University Meson Facility

Tackama Forest Products Ltd.

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 7285

Tafler, David

Quoted (Stupich) 7462

Mentioned: (Stupich) 7461

Tahsis, B.C.

Assessments, problems re (Blencoe) 8664

Municipal Affairs ministry staff, meetings with (Ritchie) 7898

Problems (Blencoe) 7897 (Gabelmann) 7426, 7899 (Ritchie) 7900

Water tank (Ritchie) 7900

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 7899, 8310 (Williams) 7337

Taleghani, Farokh

Fine for elk poaching (Stupich) 8069

Tanimoto, Kiyoshi

Mentioned: (Cocke) 7796

Tariff

McGeer, P .L., statement re retaliatory measures (Bennett) A. 8255 (Skelly) Q. 8255

Shingles, tariff on. See entries under Shingles

U.S., import duties on Canadian goods (Skelly) 8275

See also: Free trade and protection

Tax credit

See: Income tax

Taxation

Business taxation, reduction in (Curtis) 7438, 7440 (MacWilliam) 7478 (Parks) 7475-6 (Skelly) 7525 (Strachan) 7492 (Stupich) 7463 (Throne speech) 7267, 7268

Business transfer tax, federal proposal for (Curtis) 8409

Committee of Legislature on, proposal for (Cocke) 8334

Consumer taxation amnesty program (Curtis) 7449

Economy and tax concessions (Stupich) 8344

Increase in (Brown) 7535 (Dailly) 7374 (Hanson) 8398, 8399

Indirect taxes (Dailly) 7374

Investment, tax incentives for (Throne speech) 7270

Job creation and tax relief measures (Lank) 7577 (Skelly) 7525

Level of (Cocke) 7519 (Davis) 7377 (Heinrich) 7508 (Skelly) 7300 (Strachan) 7492

Level of, comparisons with other provinces (Reynolds) 7528

Low-income group, tax burden on (Williams) 8404

Reduction in (Curtis) 7440, 7589 (Davis) 7518 (Hewitt) 7355 (Parks) 7475-6 (Segarty) 7811 (Stupich) 7463

Research tax credit program (Pelton) 7573

Revenue, increase in (MacWilliam) 7478 (Stupich) 7463

Revenue, source of (Lauk) 7576-7

Review of by Finance ministry (Curtis) 7446, 8404-5

Social service tax, refunds (Curtis) 8546 (Stupich) 8546

Tax burden, shifting of (Stupich) 8344, 8413

Tax concessions, unconditional basis of (Stupich) 8344-5

Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 1986. See name of act

United States, tax reform (Stupich) 8344

See also: Income tax; Real property tax; Sales tax; Tariff; Value-added tax

Taxation of real property

See: Real property tax

Taxation (Rural Area) Act

Report under act tabled (Curtis) 7345

Taxation Statutes Amendment Act, 1986

(Bill 11) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 7450; 2R, 8373; C, 8546; 3R, 8546; RA, 8792

Speakers: Curtis 8373, 8546; Stupich 8373, 8546

Refunds (Curtis) 8546 (Stupich) 8546

Taxicabs

Expo 86, taxicab service (Davis) 7696 (Fraser, A.) 7696

Licensing of, Greater Vancouver Regional District (Davis) 7695-6, 7696-7 (Fraser, A.) 7696

Licensing of on regional basis (Davis) 7695-6, 7696-7 (Fraser, A.) 7696

Vehicle safety and quality of service (Davis) 7696

Taylor, Gall

Election as GVRD director (Reynolds) 7286, 7939

Taylor, Jim

Mentioned: (Smith) 8467

Taylor, Richard

Quoted (Stupich) 8656

Mentioned: (Heinrich) 8656

Teacher-pupil ratio

See: Class size

Teachers

Age of in school system, young teachers (Hewitt) 7964 (Rose) 7962, 8111

California, employment in (Hewitt) 7962, 8019 (MacWilliam) 8012 (Rose) 7381-2, 7769-70, 7954

Competency, evaluation of (Brown) 8004 (Michael) 8002-3, 8003 (Rose) 8028

Consultation with (Hewitt) A. 7755, 7953 (Rose) Q. 7755

Future needs, study of (Gabelmann) 7808

Government's attitude to (Dailly) 7980 (Gabelmann) 7993, 8007, 8010-1 (Hewitt) 7981, 8009, 8030 (MacWilliam) 8011, 8022 (Rose) 8026, 8110

Jobs lost (MacWilliam) 8020 (Rose) 7955, 7963

Loss of (Stupich) 7510

Morale (MacWilliam) 8013, 8017

Number of and student population (Hewitt) 7959

Recruitment of in Great Britain (Hewitt) 8019

Responsibilities of, increase in (Hewitt) 7956

Role of (Hewitt) 7956

School boards, teachers as trustees (Gabelmann) 7993, 7995 (Hewitt) 7994-5 (Lauk) 7995-6 (Ritchie) 7991 (Rose) 7984

Teacher training (Pelton) 7574

Teacher training, advisory committee on (Hewitt) 7357, 7953, 7970

Workload, cases cited (Gabelmann) 8008

Teachers — Salaries, pensions, etc.

Arbitrators (Rose) 8543

Bargaining, requirement re (Rose) 7985

Bargaining powers (Rose) 8028

Bargaining rights (Rose) 8543-4

California, salaries (Hewitt) 7962 (Rose) 7963

Salaries (Cocke) 8114 (Dailly) 7979 (Hewitt) 7978, 8003 (Rose) 7381, 7963, 7979-80, 7984, 7985

Salaries and compensation stabilization program (Gabelmann) 8007-8 (Hewitt) 7979-80, 7982 (Rose) 7960 (Wallace) 7981

Salaries, funding for 1985-86 salaries (Hewitt) 7956, 7978 (Rose) 7957

Salary increments (Cocke) 8113-4

Treasury Board directive re salaries (Rose) 8543

Teachers' Investment and Housing Cooperative

Inquiry into, petition re (Blencoe) Q. 8529 (Veitch) A. 8529

News reports re (McGeer) 7339-40

Problems (McGeer) 7543

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 8363 (Veitch) 8365

Technological innovations

Technological change (Nicolson) 7419-20

Technological unemployment

See: Unemployment, Technological

Teck Corp.

Coal shipments, surcharge (Curtis) 7867 (Williams) 7593, Q. 7668

Mentioned: (Bennett) 7411 (Reid) 8718 (Williams) 7489, 8174, 8633

Telefilm Canada

Mentioned: (Williams) 8134

Telephone

Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, regulation by (Nicolson) 7419-20

History of Canadian system (Nicolson) 7419-20

Jurisdiction over telephone system (Nicolson) 7420

New Democratic Party policy on (Nicolson) 7421

The Televising and Other Broadcasting of Debates and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, An Act Respecting

(Bill M209) (Dailly) 1R, 8209

Television

Content, regulation of (Rose) 8629

Salmon Arm cable operator, court case (McGeer) 7339

Tembec Inc.

Westar Timber Ltd. Prince Rupert mill, purchase of (Lea) Q. 8107

Ten Mile Dam

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 8168

Tennis

Northern European players (Macdonald) 8645 (McGeer) 8645

Terminal Sawmills Ltd.

L&K Lumber Ltd. licences, purchase of (Heinrich) 8317-8

Terrace, B.C.

4600 Block, funds for (Howard) 7917

Sewage treatment (Howard) 7919

Terrace School District

See: School District 88 (Terrace)

Terrorism

Terrorism, acts of in Canada (Lauk) 8466 (Smith) 8466

Terry Fox Medical Research Foundation

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares (Stupich) 7320

Testing stations for motor vehicles

See: Automobiles — Inspection

Texada Lime Ltd.

Topley silos, lime emissions (Pelton) 8066

Topley silos, meeting re (Pelton) 8066 (Wallace) 8065

Topley silos, permit appeal (Pelton) 8066 (Wallace) 8065

Textbooks

Curriculum changes and new textbooks (Hewitt) 7958

Excellence in Education fund, use of for textbooks (Rose) 8267, 8270 (Stupich) 8586

Funds for (Hanson) 7501 (Hewitt) 7755, 7956, 7958, 7979, 7982, 7998 (Rose) 7382, 7755, 7954, 7958, 7984 (Sanford) 7997 (Stupich) 7510

Mathematics, curriculum change and textbooks (Hewitt) 7958, 7982 (Rose) 7958 (Wallace) 7983

Programs, implementation of changes in (Rose) 7382, 7633

School District 65, social studies textbooks (Wallace) 7981, 7983

Shortage and state of (Sanford) 7997-8

Thatcher, Margaret

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 8381, 8740 (Sanford) 8715 (Throne speech) 7267

Theatre B.C.

Mentioned: (Strachan) 7405

Third World

Professionals, employment of in Canada (Brown) 7792

Students, subsidization of (Brown) 7792 (Ree) 7791

Thomas, Hilda

Mentioned: (Veitch) 7325

Thompson, John

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8085

Thomson Newspapers Ltd.

Mentioned: (Lea) 7514

Thorlakson Ranches

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8083

Thorne Riddell Inc.

Mentioned: (Strachan) 7493

Thornton case

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 7571

Thorpe, Bill

Mentioned: (Wallace) 7726

Throne speech

See: Speech from the Throne

Tidball, Pat

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7386

Times-Colonist, Victoria, B.C.

Quoted (Dailly) 7638 (Fraser, A.) 7551 (Gabelmann) 7504 (Lauk) 7576 (Reynolds) 7284, 7852 (Sanford) 8668

Mentioned: (Brown) 7535 (Curtis) 8412 (Heinrich) 7506 (Lea) 7514 (McClelland) 7848 (Michael) 7848 (Pelton) 7575

Tipple, Stephanie

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 8518

Tish Holdings Ltd.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 7310

Tobacco — Taxation

Increase in (Lockstead) 7546-7

Tokyu Corp.

Mentioned: (Mowat) 7320

Tom Uphill Memorial Home, Fernie, B.C.

Mentioned: (Segarty) 7369

Tomkies, Richard

Mentioned: (Waterland) 8685

Topley, B.C.

Texada Lime Ltd., silos (Pelton) 8066 (Wallace) 8065

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Mentioned: (Mitchell) 7395 (Strachan) 7404

Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont.

Quoted (Rose) 8270

Mentioned: (Gardom) 8738

Tourism, Ministry of

Estimates 8705-10, 8722-33, 8748-60, 8778-84

Speakers: Barnes 8782; Bennett 8724-6; Blencoe 8755-6, 8756-7, 8757; Brown 8731-2; Cocke 8723-4, 8729-30; Curtis 8732-3; Fraser, R. 8730-1; Hanson 8778-9, 8780, 8780-1, 8781; Hewitt 8727-8; Howard 8759, 8759-60; Lauk 8726-7; MacWilliam 8707-9, 8748-9, 8752-3, 8753-4, 8754, 8755, 8757-8, 8758, 8759, 8760, 8781, 8782, 8783, 8783-4; Richmond 8705-7, 8709-10, 8722-3, 8749-52, 8752, 8753, 8754, 8754-5, 8755, 8756, 8757, 8758, 8758-9, 8759, 8779-80, 8780, 8781, 8782, 8782-3; Rose 8752; Skelly 8728; Williams 8782, 8783

Administration, cost of (MacWilliam) 8708

Advertisements on TV, inclusion of minister in (MacWilliam) Q. 8464

Appropriation (MacWilliam) 8708

Development division, work of (Richmond) 8707

Marketing, appropriation for (Cocke) 8724 (Richmond) 8709, 8750

Minister's office, appropriation (MacWilliam) 8708 (Richmond) 8709

Minister's office, staff salaries (Smith) 8766

Minister's office, vote reduced to $1 M. (MacWilliam) 8709, approved 8710

Special warrant, use of (MacWilliam) 7567, 7568 (Richmond) 7567, 7568

Vote 70, referral back to Committee of Supply (Motion 70) 8762-73, 8777-8

“Your Super, Natural British Columbia Travelling Companion,” printing costs (Howard) 8759 (Richmond) 8759

Tourism Industry Association of B.C.

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8075, 8754 (Richmond) 8753, 8780

Tourist trade

Advertising campaign, use of U.S. cable systems (MacWilliam) 8749

Cruise ship industry in B.C. (McCarthy) 8132 (Parks) 8131, 8132-3

Cultural attractions (MacWilliam) 8757-8 (Richmond) 8758

Environment and tourism (MacWilliam) 8708, 8753-4 (Richmond) 8709-10, 8754

Environment and tourism committee, proposal for (MacWilliam) 8083 (Pelton) 8083

Expo 86, costs of and tourist promotion (Richmond) 7568

Federal industrial and tourism development agreement (Richmond) 8707

Federal industrial and tourism development agreement loans (McClelland) 8432, 8455

Future of (MacWilliam) 8708 (Richmond) 8709

Information centre program (Richmond) 7567, 8706, 8751

Information centres, closing of (MacWilliam) Q. 8377

Market research (Richmond) 8709

Market studies on regional basis (MacWilliam) 8752 (Richmond) 8752

North by Northwest tourist promotion (Richmond) 8760

Northwestern B.C., tourist attractions (Howard) 8760

Partners in Tourism program (Curtis) 7443 (MacWilliam) 8752 (Mowat) 7319 (Richmond) 8706, 8709, 8750, 8751, 8752, 8758, 8760 (Throne speech) 7270

Post-Expo period, visitors to B.C. (Strachan) 7406

Recreational vehicle trade, promotion of (Richmond) 8751-2

Research on (Richmond) 8751

ResWest reservation system. See name of organization

Revenue (MacWilliam) 8708 (Mowat) 7318, 7319 (Throne speech) 7270

Signage policy (Richmond) 8706-7

SuperHost program (MacWilliam) 8753 (Richmond) 8706, 8709, 8751, 8753

SuperHost program, B.C. Transit employees' participation in (Lea) Q. 7304 (Richmond) A. 7304

SuperHost program, cost of to government (Lea) Q. 7304

SuperHost program participants, number of (Richmond) 7304

SuperHost program, public employees' participation in (Lea) Q. 7304

Toll-free telephone line for out-of-province tourists (MacWilliam) 8749 (Richmond) 8751

Tourism enterprise bonds, proposal for (MacWilliam) 8455

Tourist industry (Curtis) 7443 (Mowat) 7319-20 (Parks) 8132 (Stupich) 7462 (Williams) 8132

Trade deficit, out-of-province tourist spending (MacWilliam) 8749

Training programs for personnel (MacWilliam) 8708, 8752-3 (Richmond) 8753 (Williams) 8132

Travel planner (Richmond) 8709, 8751

United States, joint programs with neighbouring states (Richmond) 8706

Visitors to B.C. (MacWilliam) 8748 (Richmond) 8751 (Throne speech) 7270

Washington-Oregon tourist study, recommendations (MacWilliam) 8749

Towsley, Ralph

Mentioned: (Sanford) 8671

Toys

Victoria product, sale of at Expo 86 (Blencoe) 8756

Trade and convention centre, Vancouver, B.C.

See entries under Canada Harbour Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Trade missions

‘Trade missions (Throne speech) 7269

Trade regulation

Interprovincial trade (Lea) 7393

Trade unions

Construction industry, wage rates (Gabelmann) 7831 (Segarty) 7830

Traffic accidents

Alcohol-related accidents (Fraser, A.) 8375

Mechanical defects as cause of (Dailly) 8562, 8563 (Fraser, A.) 8563

Number of (Dailly) 8240-1 (Fraser, A.) 8240

Traffic safety (Throne speech) 7272

Traffic signs and signals

Colour blindness and traffic lights (Curtis) 8572-3

‘Traffic lights, proposal re (Curtis) 8572-3 (Fraser, A.) 8573 (Rose) 8573

Trail, B.C.

Bridge, repainting of (D’Arcy) 8568 (Fraser, A.) 8570

Haley Park, redevelopment of (D’Arcy) 7966, 8026 (Hewitt) 7967, 8026

Highways ministry, property clearing by (D’Arcy) 8567-8

Parking lot, guard-rail (D’Arcy) 8568 (Fraser, A.) 8570

Trails

See also names of trails, e.g. Hudson's Bay Rail

Training Access program

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7649

Tranquille, Tranquille, B.C.

Closing of (Mowat) 7320 (Nielsen) 7597

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7642

Trans-Canada Highway

See: Highway 1

Transfer Beach Park

Pedestrian crossing to (Fraser, A.) 8577 (Stupich) 8576

Transit systems

Appropriation for (Reid) 7881

Buses, telephone service on board buses (McCarthy) 8511 (Reid) 8511

Buses, use of (McCarthy) 8532

Community systems (McCarthy) 8532

Costs, provincial share of (McCarthy) 8483

Handicapped, transit service (Barnes) 8524 (McCarthy) 8524

Transit tax, payment of outside lower mainland (D’Arcy) 8532

See also: British Columbia Transit Authority; also names of cities with subheading Transit system, e.g. Vancouver, B.C. — Transit system

Transplantation of tissues, organs, etc.

Kidney transplants (Nielsen) 7659

Organs, availability of for transplant (Nielsen) 7659, 7734-5 (Rose) 7734

Organs, donation of (Nielsen) 7734-5 (Rose) 7734

Transplant operations in B.C. (Nielsen) 7659, 7664, 7735

Transpo 86

Mentioned: (Bennett) 8785 (Hanson) 8779 (McGeer) 7338 (Mowat) 7318, 7319 (Reynolds) 7281 (Skelly) 8789

Transportation

Assessment of transportation rights-of-way (Curtis) 8330

Coal, northeast, transportation system for (Bennett) 8787 (Davis) 8644

Deregulation, consequences of (Lockstead) 8596-7

Deregulation, NDP policy on (Fraser, A.) 8600 (Lockstead) 8600

Deregulation, provincial policy on (Fraser, A.) 8600 (Lockstead) 8596-7

Development, role of transportation in (Davis) 7915

Federal hearings, B.C. participation (Lockstead) 8596

“Freedom to Move” mentioned (Fraser, A.) 8599 (Lockstead) 8596

Infrastructure (Curtis) 7443

Policy on transportation (Fraser, A.) 8555-6

Transportation plan for province (Lockstead) 8553-4

Transportation system, upgrading of (Heinrich) 7508 (Segarty) 7372

Trucking industry, deregulation of (Lockstead) 8597

United States, deregulation (Lockstead) 8596-7

Transportation and Highways, Ministry of

Estimates 8547-51, 8553-63, 8567-84, 8596-8607

Speakers: Blencoe 8583-4, 8584; Cocke 8571-2, 8573; Curtis 8572-3; Dailly 8561-2, 8563; D'Arcy 8567-9, 8569-70; Davis 8582; Fraser, A. 8547, 8549, 8551, 8555-7, 8560-1, 8561, 8562-3, 8570, 8571, 8573, 8575-6, 8577, 8578, 8578-9, 8579, 8580, 8581, 8581-2, 8582, 8582-3, 8584, 8599, 8599-8600, 8601, 8602, 8605, 8606, 8607; Johnston 8570-1; Lockstead 8547, 8549-51, 8553-5, 8557-8, 8596-9, 8599, 8600-1, 8607; MacWilliam 8577-8, 8578, 8579, 8579-80, 8580, 8580-1, 8581, 8582, 8602-3; Michael 8558-9, 8561, 8563; Mitchell 8597, 8603-5, 8605-6, 8606-7; Nicolson 8603; Rose 8569, 8573-5, 8576; Sanford 8547-9, 8607; Stupich 8576-7; Williams 8584, 8599, 8601, 8601-2, 8603

Annual report, 1984-85 fiscal year tabled (Fraser, A.) 7451

Appropriation, 1986-87 fiscal year (Curtis) 7446

Expenditures, comparisons by riding (Fraser, A.) 8556 (Lockstead) 8554

Expenditures, Social Credit ridings (Lockstead) 8554

Ferries, saltwater fleet (Curtis) 7446 (Stupich) 7469

Job creation in private sector (Fraser, A.) 7550

Paving contractors (Fraser, A.) 8582

Road construction, small projects (Lockstead) 8550

Road construction, use of local contractors (Fraser, A.) 8581-2 (MacWilliam) 8581, 8582

Special warrant, use of (Fraser, A.) 7568 (Lockstead) 7568

Vancouver Island highway construction, expenditures on (Fraser, A.) 7452 (Mitchell) 7584 (Sanford) 7452, 7486

Zoning, rezoning approvals (Fraser, A.) 8575 (Rose) 8574-5, 8576

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Pelton) 8032

Tratch, Shelley

Mentioned: (Kempf) 7414

Travel Agents Act

Mentioned: (Veitch) 8353

Travel assurance fund

Fund (Veitch) 8352

Travel industry development subsidiary agreement

Loans (McClelland) 8432, 8433 (Wallace) 8431

Treasury Board

Teachers' salaries, directive re (Rose) 8543

Mentioned: (Bennett) 8785 (Cocke) 7731 (Curtis) 8107, 8412, 8584 (D’Arcy) 8153, 8158 (Fraser, A.) 8570 (Johnston) 7783 (Kempf) 8204 (Lea) 8107 (MacWilliam) 8693 (Rose) 8269, 8543 (Stupich) 7605, 7667, 7668, 8346, 8386 (Wallace) 8033 (Waterland) 8693 (Williams) 8219

Treat, Herb

Queest Beach Holdings Ltd., directorship in (Howard) Q. 8104

Treaty of Paris

Mentioned: (Gardom) 7521

Tree-farm licences

See entries under Forest industries

Tree-fruits

See: Fruit

Treller, Ted

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8454

Tremayne, Marguerite

Mentioned: (Smith) 8475

Trial Lawyers' Association of B.C.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 7690

Tri-University Meson Facility

Kaon factory proposal (Fraser, R.) 7749

Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 7785

Trout

Hatchery production (Pelton) 8031

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 7505 (Macdonald) 8645 (Skelly) 7525 (Williams) 8320, 8618

Trujillo, Hoyt

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 8470

Truman, Harry S

Mentioned: (Barnes) 8117

Trumpeter swan

Crops, damage to (Sanford) 8695

Trustees, School

See: School boards

Tsimshian Indian band

Mentioned: (Howard) 8067

Tsimshian language

Mentioned: (Hanson) 8237

Tsitika River, B.C.

Watershed, protection of (Mitchell) 8208

Tsolum River, B.C.

Damage to (Sanford) 8071

Salmon run (Sanford) 8070, 8141

Tuberculosis

Increase in (Brown) 7721

Turkeys

Turkey-growers and free trade (Sanford) 8671

Turnbull, Malcolm

Mentioned: (Gardom) 8737

Turner, John

Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 7787 (Gardom) 8738 (Macdonald) 7699

Tutu, Desmond

Support for, action of Legislature re (Gardom) A. 8776 (Sanford) Q. 8776

Mentioned: (Barnes) 8742 (Brown) 8743 (Gardom) 8742

Tweedsmuir Park

Logging in park (Kempf) 8248

Mentioned (Lockstead) 8557

Twin Maples unit, Ruskin, B.C.

Future of (Rose) 8476 (Smith) 8476

Replacement for (Smith) 8473

2, 4-D

Mentioned: (Wallace) 8082

2, 4, 5-T

Mentioned: (Wallace) 8081, 8082

Two Rivers, Billy

Quoted (Gardom) 7522

Tyndall, Grant

Mentioned: (Cocke) 8477

Tysoe commission on Workmen's Compensation Act

See: Commission of Inquiry: Workmen's Compensation Act (1962)