Province of British Columbia
34th Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 9, 1987 to March 11, 1988
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
W.A.C. Bennett Dam
Construction of (Weisgerber) 12
WCB
See: Workers' Compensation Board
Waddell, Ian
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1292
Wages
Ability-to-pay factor and level of (Hagen, A.) 1752 (Jones) 649-50
Buying power and level of (Boone) 1566-7 (Rose) 1427
Economy and level of (Blencoe) 703 (Boone) 677 (Hagen, A.) 1549 (Miller) 1469 (Williams) 601, 602
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, powers re wages (Sihota) 728
Inflation and level of (Boone) 1828
Level of and ability-to-pay factor (Hagen, A.) 1752 (Jones) 649-50
Level of in B.C., comparisons with wages elsewhere (Blencoe) 614 (D’Arcy) 609-10 (Gabelmann) 618 (Stupich) 574 (Williams) 602
Level of in B.C., decline in (Boone) 677, 1566-7 (Cashore) 655 (D’Arcy) 693 (Gabelmann) 1580 (Williams) 601, 1954, 2970
Level of in B.C., decline in and Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987 (Rose) 1805
Level of in Ontario (Williams) 1954
Minimum wage (Couvelier) 350 (Hanson, L.) 258 (Harcourt) 3232 (Stupich) 201
Minimum wage, level of and poverty (Smallwood) 217
Small business and level of (Williams) 601
Unpaid wages, recovery of (Hanson, L.) 1847
Wage controls (Jones) 649-50
Wage increases, 1967 to 1971 (Gabelmann) Q. 808 (Hanson, L.) A. 808
Wage increases, 1982 to 1986 (Gabelmann) Q. 808 (Hanson, L.) A. 808
Wages — Women
Pay equity for women (Harcourt) 3232
Wage levels (Gabelmann) 1709 (Hagen, A.) 1752 (Harcourt) 1830 (Smallwood) 217, 218, 1702-3, 1840
Wages, pay equity for women (Boone) 112, 1829 (Clark) 260 (Couvelier) 1831 (Edwards) 1753 (Gabelmann) 1821, 1840, 1865 (Hagen, A.) 1752 (Hanson, L.) 1832, 1839 (Sihota) 1839-40 (Smallwood) 218, 744, 1756, 1837-8, 1840
Wagner Act (U.S.)
Mentioned: (Loenen) 1940 (Sihota) 725
Waldo, George
Mentioned: (Chalmers) 72
Walker, Cathy
Mentioned: (Rose) 1853
Walker, Michael
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1710 (Miller) 632, 634
Wall and Redekop Corp.
Decertification of union referred to (Clark) 1645 (Gabelmann) 481, 492, 1589 (Hanson, L.) 1589, 1645
Wallace, Barbara
Tribute to (Bruce) 125
Wallace, G. Scott
Mentioned: (Jones) 2273
Walnut Grove, B.C.
Growth of (Gran) 35
Walsh, John
Tribute to (Smith, B.R.) 813
Walters, John
Mentioned: (Clark) 260 (Williams) 3051
War Measures Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Rose) 1451
Ward, Norman
Dawson's The Government of Canada quoted (Miller) 2846
Warder, Ron
Mentioned: (Sihota) 929
Wardrop, Diane
Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 3288
Ware, Reuben
Tribute to (Marzari) 2080
Warneboldt, Ronald
Quoted (Harcourt) 2890
Warner, Gerry
Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 3288
Warnock, Earl
Mentioned: (Guno) 2001 (Strachan) 2002
Warrants
See: Special warrants
Warren, Derril
Mentioned: (Hanson, G.) 3069, 3073
Warren, Earl
Quoted (Hanson, G.) 1887
Washington, George
Mentioned: (Rose) 1451
Washington (State)
Property transfer tax (Stupich) 1279
Washington Water Power Co.
Mentioned: (Davis) 2379
Waste
See also: Hazardous wastes; Refuse and refuse disposal
Waste, Disposal of
See: Refuse and refuse disposal
Waste disposal sites
Manitoba sites (Vant) 2102
Swan Hills project (Smallwood) 2039, 2104 (Strachan) 2043, 2098
Waste management
See: Refuse and refuse disposal
Waste Management Act
Penalties under act (Strachan) 2055 (Vant) 2004
Mentioned: (Smallwood) 3403 (Strachan) 2008, 2053, 2056, 2057, 2062
Waste Management Amendment Act, 1987
(Bill 38) (Minister of Environment and Parks) 1R, 1907; 2R, 2029, 2038-44; C, 2093-2107; 3R, 2107; RA, 2626
Divisions: 2R, 2043-4
Speakers: Lovick 2041-2, 2097, 2097-8, 2098; Miller 2095; Rose 2101, 2102, 2107; Smallwood 2038-41, 2093, 2093-4, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2096-7, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2099-2100, 2100, 2101-2, 2103, 2104, 2104-5, 2105, 2105-6, 2106, 2107; Strachan 2029, 2043, 2093, 2094, 2094-5, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2098-9, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2103-4, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2106-7, 2107
Air pollution, testing for (Smallwood) 2106 (Strachan) 2106
Bill, consultation re (Smallwood) 2038-9
Centralization of decision-making under bill (Smallwood) 2040
Definitions in act (Smallwood) 2093, 2093-4, 2094
Definitions in act, “impervious” (Smallwood) 2094, 2104-5 (Strachan) 2094, 2105
Definitions in act, “special wastes” (Smallwood) 2105
Dioxin contamination and inventory (Smallwood) 2041
FMC of Canada Ltd. plant, mercury discharge (Smallwood) 2040
Food irradiation (Strachan) 2094
Food preparation, emissions (Smallwood) 2095 (Strachan) 2095
Hazardous substances, use of alternatives (Smallwood) 2040
Hazardous waste, amount of (Smallwood) 2040, 2104 (Strachan) 2103-4
Hazardous waste, committee to monitor (Smallwood) 2103 (Strachan) 2102, 2103
Hazardous waste, disposal of (Smallwood) 2039
Hazardous waste facility (Smallwood) 2039, 2040
Hazardous waste facility, bonding requirement for (Strachan) 2100
Hazardous waste facility, closing of (Rose) 2107 (Smallwood) 2106 (Strachan) 2106
Hazardous waste facility, government role in (Rose) 2101 (Strachan) 2101
Hazardous waste facility, hearings on (Smallwood) 2096, 2097 (Strachan) 2096, 2097
Hazardous waste generators, charge to (Smallwood) 2103 (Strachan) 2103
Hazardous waste in sewage (Smallwood) 2105 (Strachan) 2105
Hazardous waste, inventory of (Smallwood) 2096
Hazardous waste, liability for (Smallwood) 2041
Hazardous Waste Management Coalition, recommendations (Smallwood) 2038
Hazardous waste, penalty for spills or escapes (Strachan) 2029
Hazardous waste, problem re (Rose) 2102
Hazardous waste production, reduction in (Smallwood) 2039, 2103 (Strachan) 2103
Hazardous waste, public access to information re (Smallwood) 2039, 2106
Hazardous waste, recycling of (Smallwood) 2039
Hazardous waste, regulations re handling of (Smallwood) 2096 (Strachan) 1907, 2096
Hazardous waste sites, clean-up of (Smallwood) 2039
Hazardous waste, transport and storage of (Smallwood) 2039, 2096 (Strachan) 2029
Hazardous waste transport, vehicle inspections (Smallwood) 2099 (Strachan) 2099
Hazardous wastes, list of in schedule (Smallwood) 2105 (Strachan) 2105
Intervener-funding, government policy on (Strachan) 2043
Landfill sites, closing of (Smallwood) 2106
Landfill, siting of and wells in area (Smallwood) 2106 (Strachan) 2106
Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, powers under act (Lovick) 2042, 2097, 2098 (Smallwood) 2098, 2099 (Strachan) 2029, 2097, 2098, 2099
Manitoba, waste disposal sites (Vant) 2102
New York chemical plants, case cited (Smallwood) 2040
PCBs in Coquitlam River area (Rose) 2102
PCBs, substitute for (Smallwood) 2040
Penalties under act (Smallwood) 2104 (Strachan) 2104
Pulp and paper mills, bleach agent (Smallwood) 2040
Regulations attached to act (Rose) 2107 (Smallwood) 2093, 2105, 2107 (Strachan) 2043, 2093, 2094, 2096, 2106-7
Special waste facilities review panel (Smallwood) 2039-40, 2041 (Strachan) 2043
Swan Hills waste disposal project (Smallwood) 2039, 2104 (Strachan) 2043, 2098
United States, special waste facilities (Smallwood) 2100-1
Victoria, Hartland Avenue dump (Strachan) 2100 (Vant) 2100, 2102
Waste management permits, amending of (Smallwood) 2099 (Strachan) 2099
Waste management trust fund (Rose) 2101 (Smallwood) 2041, 2099-2100 (Strachan) 2029, 2100, 2101 (Vast) 2100
Wood as domestic fuel, emissions (Miller) 2095 (Strachan) 2095
Wood-waste burning, electricity generation (Miller) 2095
Waste management branch
Appropriation (Strachan) 2054
Pollution control permits. See entries under Pollution
Waste management trust fund
Fund (Rose) 2101 (Smallwood) 2041, 2099-2100 (Strachan) 2029, 2100, 2101 (Vant) 2100
Waste products
Waste management permits, amending of (Smallwood) 2099 (Strachan) 2099
Waste recycling
See: Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Wastes, Hazardous
See: Hazardous wastes
Water
Licence fee and cost of electricity (D’Arcy) 1315
Licence fee and employment (D’Arcy) 1315
Licensing process (Smallwood) 2315, 2316 (Strachan) 2315, 2316
Nelson water licence (Dirks) 40
Okanagan, water quality (Hewitt) 1897 (Smallwood) 1897 (Strachan) 1896, 1898
Point Roberts, sale of water to. See entries under Point Roberts, Wash.
Uranium in well water (Smallwood) 2069
Water Act
Mentioned: (Smallwood) 2315 (Strachan) 2315, 2316
Water milfoil
See: Eurasian water milfoil
Water supply, Municipal
See: Municipal water supply
Water systems
See: Waterworks
Waterland, Thomas M.
Quoted (Miller) 844
Mentioned: (Rabbitt) 105 (Smith, B.R.) 158 (Smith, S.D.) 3288 (Williams) 149, 343, 344, 2156
Watersheds
Select Standing Committee on Forestry and Fisheries, report (Skelly) 2843-4
Uranium contamination of (Smallwood) 1308, 1309, 1310
Waterton Lakes National Park
Mentioned: (Edwards) 2658
Waterworks
Water systems (D’Arcy) 123
Watson, John
Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 2486
Watt, Clifford S.
Mentioned: (Brummet) 1053
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.
Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 139
Webster, Jack
Mentioned: (Clark) 931, 2734 (Harcourt) 1960
Wedeene River Logging Ltd.
Prince Rupert sawmill (Miller) Q. 48 (Savage) A. 48-9
Mentioned: (Williams) 50
Wedge Group Inc.
Mentioned: (Clark) 2300, 2301 (Couvelier) 2301 (Weisgerber) 2285
Weeds — Control
Grazing animals, use of (Parker) 2255-6 (Smallwood) 2254
Herbicides, alternatives to use of (Smallwood) 2256
Herbicides, research on alternatives to (Smallwood) 2254
Vegetation management (Peterson) 2256 (Smallwood) 2253
Weiler, Paul
“Free Collective Bargaining by Canadian Workers” quoted (Hagen, A.) 1381
Reconcilable Differences mentioned, quoted (Gabelmann) 1384-5 (Hanson, L.) 1446, 1754 (Sihota) 564, 567, 1790, 1802, 1803
Tribute to (Smith, B.R.) 587
Quoted (Guno) 1542 (Hagen, A.) 531 (Hanson, L.) 1698 (Sihota) 646, 1410
Mentioned: (Clark) 501 (Gabelmann) 490, 1408 (Hanson, L.) 1804 (Lovick) 1393, 1699 (Richmond) 603, 604, 607 (Sihota) 1802, 1809 (Smith, B.R.) 589
Weisgerber, Jack (South Peace River)
Address in reply 11-5
Agricultural products, development of 12
Agriculture, subsidies 3148
Brain injury rehabilitation centre 14
B.C. Hydro, Site C dam 14
B.C. Teachers' Federation brief on labour relations 817-8
B.C. Teachers' Federation, role of as union 818
Budget debate 262-4
Child abuse 13
Coal, northeast, development of 12
College of Teachers council, appointments to 819
College of Teachers, disciplinary powers 819
Cottage industries, assistance to 13
Crown corporations, privatization of 13
Day care facilities 13
Deficit 262
Economic development council 13
Education and economic development 13
Education costs, tax-deductible savings plan for 14
Education, funding of 13, 262, 263
Educational services, international marketing of 14
Electric power, export of 14
Elmworth gas field 15
Employers, intimidation of small employers 673
Employers, right to speak to employees re unionization 673
Ethanol, environmental benefits of 3149
Ethanol plant, funding for 2285
Ethanol plant in Dawson Creek, funding for 3150
Ethanol plant, investment by private sector in 2285
Ethanol, production of 3148
Farming, cost of in Peace River area 14
Forest industry, South Peace River constituency 12
Forest research 15
Gasohol, tax concession on 3150
Gasoline tax, gasoline-ethanol mix 264
Gasoline tax, leaded fuel 264
Government, decentralization of 13
Grain surplus, use of 3148
Health care system 14
Highway 97 upgrading, Dawson Creek to Prince George 14
Industrial Relations Reform Act (1987) 599-600, 673-4, 1505
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, reaction to 1505
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, second reading six months hence 599-600
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, timing of 599
Labour disputes, protection of public interest in 600
Labour legislation committee hearings 599
Labour legislation committee, submissions to 599
Labour relations in B.C. 13
Maintenance payments 13
Manufacturing industry, development of 12-3
Meat-processing plant in interior 263-4
Meat-processing plant, supply for 264
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1987) 2285
Motor Carrier Act, fines and penalties under act 2032
Motor carrier branch personnel, peace officer status for 2032
Motor Carrier Commission, policy directions to 2032
Motor vehicle licensing, fleet licences 2032
Municipalities, liability insurance 13
Natural gas, federal drilling incentive Q. 286
Natural gas, marketing of 15
Natural gas, South Peace River constituency 12, 15
Petroleum-drilling, federal incentive Q. 286
Petroleum industry South Peace River constituency 12
Post-secondary education, access to 13
Post-secondary education, funding for 13
Pouce Coupe extended-care hospital, replacement for 264
Property transfer tax and housing starts 263
Reforestation 15
Sales tax, Alberta purchases and B.C. businesses 264
Sales tax, reduction in 264
Scholarships, donations and matching government funds 14
School principals, exclusion of from bargaining unit 818-9
Schools, special initiatives in, funding for 263
Science and research council 14
Science and technology, jurisdiction over 14
Sexual assault victims, support to 13
Single mothers, support programs for 13
Small business and unions 673-4
Small business, assistance to 13
South Peace River constituency, economic development 12
South Peace River constituency, historical sketch 12
Students, financial credit plan for 14
Students, graduation ceremonies 819
Taxation, job-creating industries 12
Taxation system, reform of and budget 262
Teachers, collective bargaining rights 817
Teachers, collective bargaining under Labour Code of B.C. 818
Teachers, professionalism 819
Teachers, right to strike 818, 819
Teachers, rights of 818
Teachers' salaries, removal of compensation stabilization program 818
Teachers, sick leave benefits 818
Teachers, work-to-rule actions Q. 851
Teaching Profession Act 817-9
Teaching Profession Act, consultation re 817
Teaching Profession Act, second reading six months hence 817-9
Throne speech, content 11
Tourist attractions, South Peace River constituency 14
Tourist industry 14-5
Trade unions, successor rights 673
Transportation routes, South Peace River constituency 12
Trucking industry, South Peace River constituency 12
Trucking, regulation of 14
Tumbler Ridge 12
Venture capital fund 13
W.A.C. Bennett Dam 12
Welfare rates, increase in 263
Welfare recipients, job-training programs 13
Welfare recipients, shelter allowance 263
Wife assault 13
Weldon, Jack
Quoted (Lovick) 272
Weldwood of Canada Ltd.
Quesnel facilities, improvements to (Vant) 16
Welfare
See: Public welfare
Welfare fraud
Amount of (Cashore) 470 (Richmond) 414, 468 (Smallwood) 414
Auditing procedure (Cashore) 428-9 (Richmond) 429
Computers, use of in fraud detection (Richmond) 414
Monitoring of welfare system (Rabbitt) 414 (Richmond) 414
Welfare fraud (Barnes) 3230-1
Welfare rates
See entries under Public welfare
Weller, David
Mentioned: (Stupich) 738
Wells
Uranium in well water (Smallwood) 2069
Wells Gray Park
Boundaries, changes to (Strachan) 2308
Bus tours to (Smith, S.D.) 1898
Dust control measures (Smith, S.D.) 1898
Road to, paving of (Smith, S.D.) 1898 (Strachan) 1900
Tener decision (Brummet) 2310 (Edwards) 2658 (Gabelmann) 168, 1998, 2012 (Smallwood) 2308, 2309, 2311, 2658, 2877, 2879 (Strachan) 2012, 2876
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 168 (Smith, S.D.) 137 (Strachan) 1998 (Vant) 16, 17
Wenman, Robert
Mentioned: (Reid) 74
West, Richard
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1606
West Coast Jazz Festival
Mentioned: (Skelly) 893
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Parker) 65 (Vant) 16
West Germany
See: Germany (West)
West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd.
Employees' jobs and sale of company (Clark) 2376 (Davis) 2376
International Union of Operating Engineers' bid for (Clark) Q. 1029 (Davis) A. 1029
Purchase of, bids for (Clark) 1191
Rates to consumers (Clark) 1191 (Davis) 1192
Sale of, determination of public interest in (Clark) 2376
Sale of, government intervention in (Harcourt) Q. 2411 (Vander Zalm) A. 2411
Sale of to UtiliCorp United Inc. (Clark) 64, 1011, 1191, 1192 (Davis) 1191-2 (Dicks) 40 (Serwa) 153 (Skelly) 26
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 2619
West Lake Park
Mentioned: (Strachan) 1994-5
West Side Family Place, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Marzari) 389 (Richmond) 389
Westar Mining Ltd.
Coal thermal plant in Kootenays (Davis) 2374-5, 2379 (Edwards) 2379
Elkford area dump (Edwards) 33
Greenhills mine. See name of mine
Mentioned: (Edwards) 1977
Westar Timber Ltd.
Carnaby sawmill (Parker) 65
Section 88 credits and stumpage payments (Kempf) 1048
Tree-farm licence No. 1, silvicultural obligations (Parker)A. 1239, 2232 (Williams) Q. 1048
Tree-farm licence No. 23 timber, access to (Parker) A. 1158 (Williams) Q. 1158
Mentioned: (Williams) 706, 1975, 2232, 3042
Westar Timber Magazine
Mentioned: (Miller) 2967
Westbank, B.C.
Swimming pool complex (Chalmers) 72
Westcoast Savings Credit Union
Executive officer, appointment of (Williams) 2211
Investments outside Victoria area (Williams) 2211
Losses (Williams) 1205
Merger with First Pacific Credit Union (Williams) 2211
Mentioned: (Clark) 2663
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd.
Propane plant, electricity discount rate to (Clark) Q. 2485 (Davis) A. 2485
Mentioned: (Clark) 2363 (Davis) 2367, 2370, 3189 (Stupich) 2215 (Williams) 707
Western Canada Games
Mentioned: (Reid) 2393
Western Canada Steel Ltd.
Critical industries commission assistance to (Vander Zalm) A. 354
Employees, layoff of (Harcourt) Q. 354
Western Community, B.C.
Courthouse for (Sihota) 1294, 1295 (Smith, B.R.) 1295
Intermediate-care facility, construction of (Sihota) 2348
Property tax rate (Sihota) 2348
Sewage system, provincial assistance (Sihota) 2348
Sewage treatment facilities (Sihota) 37
Western Express
Mentioned: (Miller) 2588-9
Western Forest Products Ltd.
Lyell Island timber, replacement for (Kempf) Q. 1211 (Vander Zalm) A. 1211
Pulp mills, wood supply for (Smallwood) 1901-2
South Moresby National Park, compensation for (Smallwood) 1901-2 (Strachan) A. 1825, 1862, 1895 (Williams) Q. 1825, 1903
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1696, 1923 (Strachan) 1968
Western Premiers' Conference, 1973, Calgary
Mentioned: (Skelly) 2578
Western Society for Senior Citizens' Services
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 2445
Western Star Trucks Inc.
Success of (Chalmers) 1742
Mentioned: (Chalmers) 76 (Serwa) 153
Westmin Resources Ltd.
Stewart area mine proposal (Guno) 2001, 2007 (Strachan) 2002
Stewart area, power generation proposal (Davis) 2379-80
Strathcona Park mine (Gabelmann) 2012 (Strachan) 1999
Strathcona Park mine, air exhaust system noise (Gabelmann) 2013 (Strachan) 2013
Strathcona Park mine, payment for park maintenance (Gabelmann) 2013
Mentioned: (Guno) 2380
Westminster Highway
Mentioned: (Loenen) 81
Westwood Plateau land
See entries under Coquitlam, B.C.
Whatcom Trail
Mentioned: (Strachan) 2308
What's New in Education
Quoted (Clark) 935
Mentioned: (Jones) 911
Wheat
Growers, future of (Rose) Q. 1976 (Vander Zalm) A. 1976
Price to farmers (Rose) Q. 1976 (Vander Zalm) A. 1976
Subsidies (Rose) Q. 1976 (Vander Zalm) A. 1976
Whistler, B.C.
Construction, affiliation clause (Clark) 1688-9, 1689, 1690, 1691 (Gabelmann) 1687, 1688 (Hanson, L.) 1687, 1689, 1691
Construction, value of (Brummet) 275
Convention centre (Brummet) 274 (McCarthy) 93
Golf course (Brummet) 274
Government assets, transfer of (Lovick) 2711
Government involvement in (Lovick) 2716-7
Investment in, return on (Brummet) 275
Lands, value of (Williams) 2568
Ski resort (Harcourt) 2599 (McCarthy) 2599
Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler, B.C.
Mentioned: (Veitch) 2528
Whistler Development Co.
Mentioned: (Lovick) 2716
White, Bob
Mentioned: (Smith, B.R.) 164
White Motor Corp.
Mentioned: (Chalmers) 1742
Whittaker, George
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2073
Whittaker, H. J
Mentioned: (Williams) 149
Wholesale Delivery Service (1972) Ltd.
Mentioned: (Sihota) 1614
Whonnock Industries Ltd.
Safety record (Williams) 1578
Wicks, Lyle
Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 1732
Wife-beating
Wife assault (Throne speech) 4 (Weisgerber) 13
Wilberforce, Samuel
Mentioned: (Cashore) 236
Wilberforce, William
Mentioned: (Loenen) 3148
Wild Duck Inn, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Mentioned: (Rose) 134
Wilde, Oscar
Quoted (Hanson, L.) 257
Wilderness Advisory Committee
Campbell River meeting (Gabelmann) 169
Establishment of (Edwards) 2071 (Strachan) 2071
Land use, recommendations re (Parker) 2425
Park boundaries, recommendations re (Brummet) 2310 (Strachan) 2308, 2309, 2311
Recommendations (Davis) 2656, 2659 (Smallwood) 1997 (Smith, B.R.) 2135
Report (Smallwood) 2311-2 (Strachan) 1998-9, 2003, 2004
Report quoted (Gabelmann) 1998
South Moresby National Park, recommendations re (Strachan) 1894-5, 1996
South Moresby provincial park, recommendations re (Strachan) 1895, 1963, 1973
Strathcona Park, report on (Gabelmann) 168, 169
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 49 (Hagen, S.) 110 (Rogers) 2583 (Smallwood) 2633 (Strachan) 2013
Wilderness areas
Designation and management of (Parker) 2235, 2425
Mineral Amendment Act, 1987, inclusion under act (Edwards) 2875-6
Tourism (Strachan) 1997
Wilderness Tourism Council
Mentioned: (Strachan) 1997
Wildlife
Habitat and logging plans (Guno) 2007 (Strachan) 2007
Protection of, Environment and Parks ministry mandate (Guno) 2007 (Strachan) 2007
Wildlife Act
Penalties under act (Smith, B.R.) 2389 (Strachan) 2524
Mentioned: (Strachan) 2008, 2015 (Veitch) 2528
Wildlife `87
Celebration of (Smallwood) 1622 (Strachan) 1621-2
Wildlife habitat
See: Habitat (Ecology)
Wildlife management areas
Establishment of (Smallwood) 1622 (Strachan) 1621-2
Wilensky, Patricia
Mentioned: (Jones) 2684
Williams, Bryan
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 168, 169
Williams, L. Allan
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1447, 1533 (Hanson, L.) 1639 (Hewitt) 215 (Jones) 2273 (Stupich) 737 (Vant) 661 (Williams) 1955
Williams, Margaret
Letter quoted (Sihota) 304
Williams, Parker
Mentioned: (Bruce) 125
Williams, Robert A. (Vancouver East)
AIDS patients, human rights protection for 2650-1
Address in reply 147-50
Agricultural land, policy on 2218
Arrow Lakes area, settlement pattern 2223-4
Assessment appeals, industrial 2206
Assessment Authority of B.C. appropriation, use of 2206
Assessment of industrial property 2206
Atlin constituency voters, registration of 3258
Bank of B.C., takeover of 2202, 2204
Bennett, WR., administration of 3362-3
Birch, use of 2224, 2232, 2259
Borrowing, use of funds 2214
Boundary Act 438
Boundary-Similkameen constituency, by-election 3259
Boyes, Bayne, suit for wrongful dismissal 2526
B.C. Buildings Corporation debt, interest on 2565
B.C. Buildings Corporation, funds advanced to 2526
B.C. Development Corporation, annual report Q. 2484, 2565, 2598, 2600
B.C. Development Corporation, auditor-general report on 2526
B.C. Development Corporation, debt 2169, 2187, 2525, 2564-5
B.C. Development Corporation, loan guarantees 2526, 2565, 2601
B.C. Development Corporation, loan losses 2526, 2565, 2600
B.C. Development Corporation, merger with B.C. Place Ltd. 2526
B.C. Enterprise Centre 2612-3
B.C. Enterprise Corporation, chairman 2527
B.C. Enterprise Corporation directors, acquisition of B.C. Place assets Q. 621
British Columbia Enterprise Corporation Financial Restructuring Act 2564-6, 2598, 2600, 2601
British Columbia Enterprise Corporation Financial Restructuring Act transactions, retroactivity of 2598
B.C. Enterprise Corporation, funds for 2574
B.C. Enterprise Corporation, land sales 2527, 2573
B.C. Enterprise Corporation landholdings, value of 2568
B.C. Enterprise Corporation, name of corporation 2567-8
B.C. Hydro assets, sale of 3011
B.C. Hydro employees, early retirement program 2934, 2936
B.C. Hydro, gas division, privatization of 2370
B.C. Hydro generating capacity, overbuilding 2370
B.C. Hydro power, surplus power 2362
B.C. Hydro, rail division, area served by 2751
B.C. Hydro, rail division, privatization of 2751
B.C. Hydro, rail division, right-of-way 2751
B.C. Hydro, rail division, sale of to B.C. Railway 2751
B.C. Hydro, reduction in size of 2934, 2936
B.C. Hydro, research and development division, privatization of 2971
B.C. Pavilion Corporation 2526
B.C. Pavilion Corporation, funds for 2574
B.C. Petroleum Corporation, assets 2373
B.C. Petroleum Corporation, contracts 2370
British Columbia Place Act, amendments to 2525, 2527
B.C. Place Ltd., debt 2525
B.C. Place Ltd., landholdings 2527
B.C. Place Ltd., 1986-87 annual report 2598, 2600
Brother's experience as teacher 872-3
Budget debate 342-5
Building component plant in Okanagan Q. 1210
Cabinet, changes in Q. 1716
Canfor Corp., profits 2941, 2942
Canwood Furniture Factory Inc., wood supply for 1458, 1743, 2223
Carnegie Centre, university program 2613
Coal, Australia, joint marketing proposal 2381
Coal, northeast, expenditures on 2214
Coal, northeast, negotiations re 148
Coal, northeast, rail line for and repayment 2214
Coal, sale of to Japan, volume of sales 2381
Collective agreements, prohibition on secondary boycotts 1424, 1425
Columbia Bible College Act 2080, 2081
Columbia Bible College, curriculum 2080, 2081
Columbia River Shake and Shingle Ltd., timber supply for Q. 1158
Cominco Ltd., agreement with 2169
Cominco Ltd., share purchase and employment 2169, 2187
Committee of Privilege, establishment of 3361-4
Construction industry, deunionization of 1578, 1953
Construction industry, double-breasting 1578
Contracts, review of in Premier's office 2243
Coquihalla Highway, acting auditor-general's letter 3363
Coquihalla Highway. contracts for construction of 3362
Coquihalla Highway, cost of, statements in House 3362
Coquihalla Highway inquiry, role of auditor-general 3363
Coquihalla Highway overruns, role of W.R. Bennett in 3363, 3363-4
Corporation taxation, reduction in 2212
Couvelier, M.B., interview on CBC quoted, referred to 705, 705-6
Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation, role of 2203
Credit unions, deposit insurance 2202
Credit unions, Fort St. John 1205
Credit unions, government deposits 2203
Credit unions, loans 2211
Credit unions, losses 2202
Credit unions, monitoring of 2202, 2203
Credit unions, role of 2202
Credit unions, White Paper on 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204
Crown corporations, committee of Legislature on 2484, 2526
Crown corporations, consultants to possible purchasers Q. 644
Crown corporations, reporting of remuneration paid 2294
Crown corporations, reviewing of by Legislature 2169, 2187
Debt, increase in 2564
Development regions and ALR 2750-1
Development regions and Economic Development ministry 2750
Documents tabled 1910
Doman Industries Ltd., Vancouver Island pulp mill Q. 50
Double-breasting 1578
Downie Street Sawmills Ltd., cutting rights Q. 1027
Downie Street Sawmills Ltd., reopening of Q. 1027
Downie Street Sawmills Ltd., silvicultural clean-up 1048
Economic development in interior 1742-3
Economic Development ministry, estimates 2612-3
Economic Development ministry, real estate dealings 1743
Education and restraint program 872, 872-3
Education, funding of 147-8
Education minister, appointments to position of 1006
Education system 871-3
Elderly, cost increases in budget for 247
Elderly, health services user fees Q. 245
Election Amendment Act (1987) 3158-60, 3258-61, 3332-3
Election Amendment Act, 1987, and Charter of Rights 3158, 3160
Election Amendment Act, 1987, second reading six months hence 3158-60
Electoral district, boundaries, commission on 3160
Employees on boards of directors, proposal re 708
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 2362-3, 2370, 2373, 2380-1, 2381
English-as-a-second-language students in Vancouver 872
Environment and Parks ministry and environmental protection 2056-7
Environment and Parks ministry, estimates 1902, 1903, 1903-4, 1963, 1964, 1965, 2056, 2056-7
Ethanol, markets for 2284
Ethanol plant, capital cost 2289
Ethanol plant construction, fabrication in B.C. 2305
Ethanol plant, farmers' equity in 2284
Ethanol plant, funding for 2284, 2285, 2286, 2288, 2289, 2289-91, 2294, 2304, 2305, 2565
Ethanol plant, investment by parent company in 2294
Ethanol plant, investment by private sector in 2304
Ethanol plant job creation, cost per job 2291
Ethanol plant, loan to farmers for 2286, 2287
Ethanol plant, tax concession on gasohol 2288, 2289
Ethanol plant, tax credits for financing of 2285
Ethanol plants elsewhere, operation of 2362-3
Expenditures, restraint program and economy 1955
Expo ’86 debt, public information on Q. 2484
Expo ’86 opportunities program, small towns 2612
Expo ’86 rides, dismantling and disposal of 2565
Expropriation Act 1915-6
Fair Election Practices Act, provisions of 3159
Falcons, trapping of on Queen Charlottes Q. 1621
False Creek lands, leases 2573
Fibreco Export Inc. woodchips, price of 344
Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates 2192-3, 2201, 2202, 2203-4, 2206, 2211, 2212-3, 2213, 2214-5
Financial institutions and economy 2202
Financial institutions, monitoring of 2634
Financial institutions, problems 1204-5
Fast Pacific Credit Union, losses 1205
Food, tax on 2212
Forest Amendment Act (1987) 2426, 2561
Forest Amendment Act (No. 2) (1987) 3041-3, 3051
Forest fires, incendiarism Q. 2275
Forest industry 2613
Forest industry, cost of to province and revenue 342, 2221
Forest industry, deaths; injuries in the workplace 1578
Forest industry dispute 708, 1953
Forest industry dispute and provisions of Industrial Relations Reform Act (1987) 600-1
Forest industry dispute, Premier's intervention in 708
Forest industry, diversification of 2224
Forest industry, double-breasting 1578
Forest industry, health and safety conditions 1578
Forest industry, management personnel 706-7
Forest industry, management problems 1720
Forest industry, profits 2221
Forest industry revenue, losses on 344-5
Forest industry, section 88 credits 343, Q. 825
Forest industry, section 88 credits for railway upgrading Q. 825
Forest industry, small business program, timber supply 1458
Forest industry, small operators, David Parker's statement re Q. 1975, 2218
Forest industry, stumpage payments and contractors' allowances Q. 1366
Forest industry, stumpage system Q. 849, 2221-2, 2247
Forest industry, stumpage system, cost allowances 2222
Forest industry, 2-by-4s, production of 2222
Forest inventory, Prince George TSA Q. 824, Q. 825
Forest land, MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. holdings 2277, 2278, 2279
Forest land valuation, consultation with industry re 2280
Forest land valuation, managed land 2277
Forest land valuation, staff expertise in 2280
Forest land valuation, taxation tree-farms 2277, 2278
Forest land valuation, timber values 2276, 2277
Forest licence and Port Mellon pulp mill 3042
Forest licence system 2224
Forest management practices and valuation in United States 2281, 2282
Forest management review 342
Forest operators, high-grading in Prince George area Q. 824
Forest ranger stations, closing of 2224
Forest roads, funding for 3042
Forest Service, seventy-fifth anniversary 2217
Forest thinnings, use of 2224, 3042
Forest Service operations in Prince George area, funding for Q. 849
Forestry contracts, vetting of in Premier's office Q. 1949
Forests and Lands ministry, appropriation 247
Forests and Lands ministry, decentralization of 2243
Forests and Lands ministry, estimates 2217-8, 2221-5, 2229-30, 2230, 2230-1, 2232, 2240, 2241, 2241-2, 2242-4, 2246, 2247, 2248, 2249, 2249-50, 2259-60, 2260, 2417-9, 2419
Forests and Lands ministry information, access to 2243
Forests and Lands ministry, integrated resource branch 2218
Forests and Lands ministry research projects 2243-4
Forests and Lands ministry staff, reduction in 2224
Forests, annual allowable cut, reallocation of 3042
Forests ministers, meeting of on export tax Q. 50
Forests, Prince George area NSR land 771
Forests, Prince George timber supply area 1458
Forests, Prince George timber supply area, cutting rights 2249
Forests, Prince George timber supply area, lodgepole pine 2249-50
Forests, Prince George timber supply area, meetings re Q. 824
Forests, Prince George timber supply area, overcutting 2248
Forests, tenure system 2224
Forests, tenure system, Vancouver Island 2223, 2418
Free trade agreement and ARDA program Q. 3026
Free trade agreement and ERDA program Q. 3026
Free trade agreement and fish-processing industry in B.C.Q. 3038
Free trade agreement, public hearings on 3289
Free trade and agriculture 3289
Free trade and fruit growers 3289
Free trade, grape growers and wineries 1742
Gambling and tourism promotion 250-1
Gambling, opposition to casino gambling 250-1
Government, centralization of in Premier's office 1719
Government, decentralization 706, 1720
Government entertaining, costs Q. 2332
Haida Indians and economic development 2613
Handicapped income assistance, earnings exemption 419
Health care user fees 2156, 2212
Health Statutes Amendment Act (1987) 2650-1
Heart surgery, funding for Q. 2830
Herbicides, use of 2259-60
Highway 1, route of through Kelowna 1742
Highways ministry sign shop, Langford, cost per sign 2935-6
Highways ministry sign shop, Langford, privatization of 2935-6
Homeowner grant 3002
Hong Kong school 3011-2
Hong Kong school and future immigration 3011, 3012, 3013
Hong Kong school, profits 3012
Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd., electric power discount rate Q. 2891
Industrial relations commissioner, role of 1480
Industrial relations commissioner, salary 1480
Industrial Relations Reform Act (1987) 600-3, 705-8, 1424, 1425, 1480, 1578, 1610-1, 1652, 1719-21, 1953-5
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, and social contract 1953
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, boycott threat 1721
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, centralization of power under 1954
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, discussion with Premier re Q. 1513
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, drafting of Q. 1475, Q. 1513
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, impact of on economy 1953
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, second reading six months hence 600-3
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, third reading six months hence 1953-5
Institute for Research on Public Policy, resource revenue study 2942
Insurance Amendment Act (1987) 2634
Insurance business, regulation of 1204, 1205
Insurance (Captive Company) Act 1204-6
Insurance (Captive Company) Act, job creation as result of 1204
Insurance companies, B.C.-based, incentives to 2634
Insurance companies, captive, impact of on general public 1204
Insurance companies, captive, investments 1204
Insurance companies, captive, location of 1204
Insurance companies, captive, regulation of 1205
Insurance companies, captive, reserves 1205
Insurance Corporation of B.C., general insurance operation 1205, 2262
Insurance Corporation of B.C. premiums, increase in 1357
Insurance Corporation of B.C. premiums, tax revenue 1350
Insurance industry, consultation with 2634
Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Amendment Act (1987) 1356, 1357
Insurance premiums, tax on 2634
Investment climate and labour relations 1721
Investments, advertisements of high interest rates Q. 2274
Job creation, seed capital program for 2613
Job opportunities, Vancouver Sun want ads 147
Jobs in service industry 147
Kaon factory, cost of 2970
Kempf, J.J., investigation by comptroller-general Q. 157
Kempf, J.J., investigation by RCMP Q. 157
Kempf, J.J., monitoring of travel advances to Q. 355, Q. 356
Kempf, J.J., report on travel advances to 355
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., employees on board of 708
Labour Code of B.C., drafting of 600
Labour disputes, references to 706, 707
Labour legislation, support for and success of 1719, 1721. 1953
Labour relations 1720
Labour relations, government intervention in 707, 708, 1720
Labour relations, impact of Industrial Relations Reform Act (1987) 603
Leslie, Graham, statements on Industrial Relations Reform Act (1987) 1475, 1513, 1541
Log export permits 3159-60
Log exporters, earnings 2225
Log exporters, relationship to Social Credit Party 2225
Log exports 343, 1964, 2222, 2225, 2418
Log exports, prices 343
Log exports, stumpage revenue from Stewart spruce export 2232
Log market, Vancouver 342-3, Q. 1431, 2229, 2230
Log-scaling, problems re 148-50
Log-scaling, proposal for crew system 150
Logs for export, value of and Vancouver log market 2229, 2230
Louisiana-Pacific Corp., loan to 2600, 2601
Lumber export tax 603
Lumber export tax and jurisdiction over resource 2426
Lumber export tax compensation, time-period for 2941
Lumber export tax revenue Q. 50, 246, 342
Lumber export tax revenue, possible overpayment 2963
Lyell Island logs, value of Q. 1908, Q. 1949
MLAs, new MLAs' speeches 147
Mackenzie constituency voters, registration of 3258-9
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Galiano Island holdings 2277-8, 2278
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. shares 345
Mainland-Southwest development region, luncheon on 28
Mainland-Southwest development region, minister of state for Q. 2955
Mainland-Southwest development region, motor sport facility proposal 2750, 2750-1
Mainland-Southwest development region, regional development liaison officer, headquarters Q. 2955
Management personnel, salary levels 706-7
Management, role of in labour-management problems 707
Manco Home Systems Ltd. loan, announcement re Q. 3027
Ministers of state expenditures, guidelines for Q. 2803
Ministers of state funds, accountability for Q. 2803
Ministers of state, special warrants for 2855
Ministers of state title, authority for use of Q. 2803
Ministers' travel advances, monitoring of Q. 355
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) (1987) 2154-5, 2155-6, 2156-7, 2157, 2158-9, 2159-60, 2162, 2163-4, 2165, 2169-70, 2178, 2179, 2179-80, 2187
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1987) 2276, 2276-7, 2277, 2277-8, 2278, 2279, 2280, 2280-1, 2282, 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2289, 2289-91, 2294, 2296, 2296-7, 2297, 2304, 2305
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3) (1987) 2525-7, 2567-8, 2568, 2569, 2571, 2572, 2573, 2574
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 4) (1987) 2749-52, 2855, 2921
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 5) (1987) 3002, 3011-2, 3012, 3012-3, 3016
Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 2358
Municipal Amendment Act (No. 2) (1987) 2262
Musical instruments, wood for 2222
Nakusp, job opportunities 2613
Natural resources revenue, collection of 602-3
Newport Capital Corp., interest rates advertised Q. 2274
Nimpkish Camp, phasing-out of 2223
Okanagan, retirement industry 1742
Opposition, funding for 342
Pacific Bible College property, tax exemption for 3014, 3016
Parks, funds for new jobs in Q. 1824
Parliamentary secretaries, appointment of 2750
Pension (Public Service) Amendment Act (1987) 2934, 2935-6, 2936, 2937
Pharmacare dispensing fee 2212
Plaza of Nations, leases 2573
Point Roberts, land ownership and land values 2155, 2156
Point Roberts, population growth 2158, 2178, 2179-80, 2180
Point Roberts, water sale to 2154-5
Point Roberts, water sale to, Delta council vote on 2159
Point Roberts, water sale to, infrastructure for 2155-6, 2157, 2179
Point Roberts, water sale to, jurisdiction of International Joint Commission 2158
Point Roberts, water sale to, jurisdiction over 2158
Point Roberts, water sale to, payment for 2155, 2157, 2178
Point Roberts, water sale to, referral of to committee of Legislature 2160, 2164
Point Roberts, water sale to, value of to landowners 2156, 2164, Political parties, donations to, disclosure of 3159-60
Premier's office, structure of Q. 1715
Principal Savings and Must Co. and provisions of Investment Contract Act 2921
Principal Savings and Trust Co., Code inquiry 2921
Privatization and public service employees 2970-1, 2971
Product liability claims 1204
Public housing on public lands 420
Public interest, labour as part of 600
Public service, early retirement program 2934, 2970
Public service superannuation fund, contribution to from consolidated revenue 2937
Pulp industry, price for raw materials 2941-2
Pulp industry, profits 2941, 2942
Pulp mill for southeastern B.C. 1743
Pulp mill sites, value of 2206
Pulp mills, construction of and secondary boycott 1424
Queen Charlotte Islands development, funds for Q. 1825
Queen Charlotte Islands, federal infrastructure for 2613
Queen Charlotte Islands, log exports 1964
Quintette Coal Ltd., future of 2381
Reforestation, expenditures on Q. 245
Reforestation seedlings available, planting of Q. 686
Reforestation seedlings, care of in post-planting period 772
Reforestation seedlings, destruction of in Prince George area Q. 686, 770-1
Reforestation seedlings, failure of, study re 2244
Reforestation seedlings, planting of in Prince George area 770-1
Reforestation seedlings, survival rate 247
Resource management, decentralization of under NDP administration 2749
Retirement industry, development of 2613
Revelstoke, employment Q. 1027
Riverview lands 2565, 2568, 2569
Roads, closure of 2297
Roads, transfer of closed-road land 2296
Robson Square, proposal for sale of 2749, 2750
Rossland-Trail constituency voters, registration of 3260
Royal Inland Hospital board, doctors' lack of confidence in Q. 1012
Royal Inland Hospital board, guidelines and medical staff Q. 1012
Sales tax, federal 2212
Saskatchewan, development of 2970
Sawmills, north central interior, operation of 3042-3
Sawmills, Queen Charlotte Islands 2222
School boards, private school operation by 3012, 3013
School lunch program Q. 487
School system and gifted children 872
Select Standing Committee on Economic Development, Transportation and Municipal Affairs, inquiry into Islands Trust 1303
Select Standing Committee on Labour, Justice and Intergovernmental Relations, recommendations re judges' salaries 1303
Settlement patterns in B.C. 2223-4
Shoal Island, log-scaling 148-50, 159-60, 342-3
Silvicultural planning, requirements re 3042
Silviculture, expenditure on 246
Silviculture in Prince George area, funding for Q. 849
Silviculture, incremental silviculture 3051
Silviculture, job creation in and economy Q. 245
Skagit Valley, negotiations re 2155, 2180
SkyTrain, extension to Coquitlam 2358
SkyTrain, extension to Surrey 2751
Small business, programs for 2749
Small towns, job opportunities 2612, 2613
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates 419, 420
Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Compensation Act 2941-2
Songhees land, purchase of Hans Hartwig land 2568, 2569
Songhees land, sale of 2527
Songhees land, value of 2565, 2568
South Moresby Island, Haida Indians, cultural activities 1965
South Moresby Island, Haida Indians' land claim 1965
South Moresby Island timber, stumpage payments on 2260
South Moresby Island timber, value of Q. 1797
South Moresby Island tree-farm licence, payment for 2260
South Moresby National Park, compensation for timber loss Q. 1116, Q. 1825, 1903, 1904, 1915-6
South Moresby National Park, compensation to Frank Beban Logging Ltd. 1903, Q. 1908
South Moresby National Park, compensation to loggers 1965
South Moresby National Park, compensation to Western Forest Products Ltd. 1903
South Moresby National Park, job loss as result of 1964
South Moresby National Park, negotiations re 2155
South Moresby National Park, timber loss, evaluation of 1902, 1903, 1904
South Moresby National Park, tourist infrastructure for 1964
South Moresby provincial park and Haida Indian rights 1963
South Moresby provincial park, compensation for 1963, 1964
South Moresby provincial park, tourist infrastructure for 1964
Special warrant No. 1, use of funds 250-1
Stein Valley, logging of 2061
Strikes and lockouts, time lost to 602, 1719
Strikes, general strike 1954
Strikes, number of in Ontario, Quebec 602, 1719
Students, participation rate_ in post-secondary education 2970
Stumpage appraisal system Q. 1797
Stumpage fee, increase in 1904
Stumpage fee, increase in and lumber export tax 2426
Stumpage fees, collection of 148
Stumpage fees, level of 159
Stumpage fees, timber for chips 344
Stumpage, valuation of timber 342-3
Sulphur, marketing of 2373
Superintendent of financial institutions, responsibilities of 2634
Supply Act (No. 1) (1987) 246-7, 250-1
Surrey, underdeveloped land 2358
Surrey-Guildford-Whalley constituency, votes cast under section 80 3159
Taxation burden, shift in 2278, 2279
Teachers, government's attitude to 871, 1006
Teachers, impact of Teaching Profession Act on 872
Teachers' Investment and Housing Cooperative, losses 1204, 1205
Teachers, political interests and allegations re 871-2
Teachers, tribute to 871
Teaching Profession Act 871-3, 1006-7
Teaching Profession act, amendments to 871
Teaching Profession act, second reading six months hence 871-3
Technological change benefits, sharing of 1652
Technological change, pulp industry 1652
Timber, market system for 2218, 2224
Timber, pricing of and market value 2426
Timber rights, competition for 2218, 2224
Tourism, Okanagan area 1742
Trade union members on boards of directors 708
Trade union members, right to union-made uniforms 1424
Trade unions, deunionization of province 601, 1953, 1954
Trade unions, successor rights 1610-1
Trade unions, successor rights, B.C. Hydro as hypothetical case 1610-1
Trade unions, voting, secret ballot 600
Transportation and Highways ministry, land disposal by 2296, 2297
Tree-farm licence No. 1, stumpage 2232
Tree-farm licence No. 23 and industrial plants Q. 1158
Tree-farm licences, management of 3042
Tree for province 2217-8
Truck loggers' contracts, arbitration clauses Q. 1367, 2418, 2419
Truck loggers, payments to 2418, 2419
Truck loggers, standard contract for 2418
Unemployment, jobs lost, 1979 to present 147
Unemployment, Kamloops 2223
Unemployment, Toronto area 2749
Unemployment, young people 247
Universities, funding for 148
Vancouver Centre constituency, votes cast under section 80 3158-9, 3159
Vancouver, city hall employees 2971
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, job creation programs 2202
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union job creation, cost per job 2290
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, loans 2290
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, management of 2204
Vancouver East constituency voters list, omissions from 3158, 3159, 3332
Vancouver East constituency, votes cast under section 80 3159
Vancouver, False Creek area, housing 420
Vancouver Island, settlement in north Island area 2223, 2418
Vancouver Island, tourism 2418-9
Vancouver-Little Mountain constituency, votes cast under section 80 3159
Vancouver-Point Grey constituency, votes cast under section 80 3159
Vancouver South constituency, votes cast under section 80 3159
Vancouver Stock Exchange, monitoring of 2192-3
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre dinner and future contracts Q. 2332-3
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre opening, expenditure on Q. 2332, 2571
Voters, enumeration of 3159, 3259, 3260
Voters, language problems 3158, 3259
Voters list 3260
Voters list and problems re literacy 3159
Voters list, common list for elections 3260
Voters list, federal list 3159
Voters list, omissions from 3259, 3261
Voters, registration of by canvassers of political parties 3332
Voters, registration of on election day elsewhere in Canada 3160
Voters, registration of, registration cards 3333
Voting abuses 3159
Voting, right to vote 3158
Voting, section 80 voters and votes 3158, 3160, 3260
Voting, students, registration of 3259
Wage levels in B.C. 601, 1954, 2970
Wage levels in B.C. and wages elsewhere 602
Wage levels in Ontario 1954
Wages, level of and economy 601, 602
Wages, level of and small business 601
Westar Timber Ltd., tree-farm licence No. 1, silvicultural clean-up Q. 1048
Westar Timber Ltd., tree-farm licence No. 23Q. 1158
Westcoast Savings Credit Union, executive officer for 2211
Westcoast Savings Credit Union, investments 2211
Westcoast Savings Credit Union, losses 1205
Westcoast Savings Credit Union, merger with First Pacific Credit Union 2211
Western Forest Products Ltd., compensation to Q. 1825, 1903
Westwood Plateau lands 2568, 2569
Whistler lands, value of 2568
Whonnock Industries Ltd., safety record 1578
Wood chips, export of 1964
Wood chips, price of 344, 2230, 2231, 2241, 2242, 2245
Wood chips, price of in 1974 2240
Wood chips, pricing system 2242
Wood chips, revenue to province for 2230
Wood chips, stumpage appraisal system for 2230, 2231
Wood chips, U.S. prices 344
Wood products industry in B.C. 2222
Wood-pulp industry, revenues 344
Wood, waste of 2222-3
Woodlots, transfer of Q. 1621
Workers in B.C.; loss of power by 1954
Writ filed by Attorney-General 1954
Young people, unemployment 147
Williams Lake, B.C.
Youth cabaret (Vant) 18
Willingdon Youth Detention Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Operation of commended (Barnes) 1291
Mentioned: (Barnes) 174 (Smith, B.R.) 1294
Williston, Raymond
Mentioned: (Williams) 771, 2156
Wills Enterprises Ltd.
Labour Relations Board decision (Gabelmann) 1571-2
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1563, 1564, 1565, 1675
Wilson, Bertha
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 3148, 3166' (Loenen) 3147 (Miller) 722
Wilson, David
Mentioned: (Smith, B.R.) 202
Wilson, Harold
Mentioned: (Campbell) 2845
Wilson, Ken
Mentioned: (Vant) 15
Wilson, Michael
Mentioned: (Clark) 2200 (Harcourt) 1361 (Stupich) 199
Wilson, Woodrow
Quoted (Guno) 660
Winch, Harold
Mentioned: (Cashore) 82 (Clark) 62 (Harcourt) 101, 1030
Windermere, B.C.
Golf course, approval for (Edwards) Q. 686 (Savage) A. 686
Windermere Central Park Lodge, Vancouver, B.C.
Labour dispute (Hagen, A.) 1782 (Marzari) 1755
Wine and wine-making
Okanagan wines, quality of (Savage) 2336
Wine industry
Boundary-Similkameen constituency, wine production (Messmer) 56
Free trade and industry (Chalmers) 1743, 2326-7 (McCarthy) A. 2486 (Rose) Q. 1326, Q. 1860, 2328, 2336, Q. 2485, 2619 (Savage) A. 1326, 2327, 2336 (Vander Zalm) 3039 (Williams) 1742
Okanagan wine industry (Serwa) 2340
Winnipeg General Strike, 1919
See General Strike, Winnipeg, Man., 1919
Winter, Roger
Quoted (Rose) 799
Winterton, Clark
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1291
Wise, John
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2946 (Rose) 2325
Wolfe, Evan
Quoted (Skelly) 3272
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 3108, 3269 (Harcourt) 3266, 3267 (Skelly) 3336
Women
Abortion and women in poverty (Smallwood) 218-9
Advisory council on the status of women (Edwards) 2515, 2516 (Hagen, A.) 2516-7 (Hagen, S.) 2515 (Marzari) 2514 (Smallwood) 2518
Budget, provision for women in (Smallwood) 217 (Stupich) 200
Colleges, women's centres (Hagen, A.) 2517 (Hagen, S.) 2517 (Smallwood) 2518
Economic status (Smallwood) 217-8
Health problems and medical services (Stupich) 200
Homeless women (Smallwood) 218, 416
Housing for (Richmond) 416, 417 (Smallwood) 416
Local government, role in (Johnston) 269
Older women, income levels (Clark) 302 (Hanson, G.) 297 (Smallwood) 218
Poverty and women (Cashore) 236 (Smallwood) 217-8, 218
Role of (Gran) 220
Transportation problems for working women (Harcourt) 3232
“Women in British Columbia: A Plan for Progress” (Edwards) 2516 (Hagen, S.) 2516 (Marzari) 2514
Women's programs, coordination of (Marzari) 2518
Women's programs, funding for (Edwards) 2516 (Hagen, S.) 2515, 2516 (Marzari) 2514 (Richmond) 416 (Smallwood) 416
Women's secretariat, restructuring of (Hagen, S.) 2518
Women's secretariat, role of (Hagen, S.) 2488
Women's secretariat, staff (Hagen, S.) 2515 (Smallwood) 2518
Women's secretariat staff, Vancouver office (Edwards) 2515 (Hagen, S.) 2515, 2516
Women's secretariat, work of (Hagen, S.) 2488
Women — Employment
Apprenticeship and job training, funds for (Edwards) 2516 (Hagen, S.) 2516
Assistance to women (Hagen, S.) 2515
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, impact of (Smallwood) 1756-7
Job training (Stupich) 201
Jobs, number of in B.C. (Couvelier) 350
Mothers in workforce (Smallwood) 217
Non-traditional employment program (Hagen, A.) 2517 (Hagen, S.) 2488
Pay equity (Boone) 112, 1829 (Clark) 260 (Couvelier) 1831 (Edwards) 1753 (Gabelmann) 1821, 1840 (Hagen, A.) 1752 (Hanson, L.) 1832, 1839 (Sihota) 1839-40 (Smallwood) 218, 744, 1756, 1837-8, 1840
Programs for women (Clark) 260
Public service, women employees (Edwards) 2516 (Hagen, S.) 2516
Retirement at age 65 (Cashore) 1867
Service industry, employment in (Gabelmann) 1709 (Smallwood) 1702-3
Single parents, needs of (Hagen, S.) 2515
Small business, women owners (Edwards) Q. 284, 319-21
Unemployment (Stupich) 200
Women in business, seminar for (McCarthy) 2617
Workers' cooperative (Smallwood) 88
See also: Wages — Women
Wong, Paul
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 2604
Wong, T.S.
Letter mentioned (Dueck) 2780 (Smallwood) 2793 (Speaker) 2801
Letter quoted (Smallwood) 2780
Wood
Utilization of (Parker) 2229
Waste of (Williams) 2222-3
See also: Forests and forestry
Wood chips
Export of (Williams) 1964
Price of (Clark) 2231, 2244, 2245, 2246 (Kempf) 2231, 2241, 2244 (Miller) 3041 (Parker) 2230, 2231, 2242, 2245, 2246 (Williams) 344, 2230, 2231, 2241, 2242, 2245, 2941-2
Price of in 1974 (Williams) 2240
Price of, pricing system (Williams) 2242
Price of, U.S. prices (Williams) 344
Revenue to province for (Williams) 2230
Stumpage appraisal system for (Parker) 2230 (Williams) 2230, 2231
Stumpage fees, timber for chips (Williams) 344
Wood Gundy Ltd.
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1580
Wood products industry
See: Forest products industry
Wood-pulp industry
Employers' council (Miller) 1638
Labour dispute (Smith, S.D.) 625
Labour relations (Gabelmann) 1497, 1507
Price of pulp (Couvelier) 2033 (Williams) 2941-2
Revenues (Williams) 344
Technological change (Williams) 1652
United States, possible countervail duty (Miller) 2939-40
Women employees (Hagen, A.) 1752
See also: Pulp mills
Wood waste
Electric power generation from (Miller) 2095
Woodbridge Reed and Associates Ltd.
Mentioned: (Parker) 2227
Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.
Closing of (Hagen, A.) 367, 2454, 2455
Downsizing of (Dueck) 2454
Patients, care for in community (Cashore) Q. 687 (Hagen, A.) 2444 (Richmond) A. 687
Patients, non-profit facilities for (Hagen, A.) 2454, 2455
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2987 (Hagen, A.) 77, 368, 369 (Jones) 53 (Richmond) 357, 462 (Rose) 134
Woodlots
Availability of (Kempf) 2422 (Parker) 2422
Legislation on (Kempf) 2421
Transfer of (Parker) A. 1621 (Williams) Q. 1621
Woods Gordon and Co. Management Consultants
Mentioned: (Jansen) 2319
Woodsworth, James S.
Mentioned: (Loenen) 3147
Woodward, Chris
Mentioned: (Johnston) 2350
Woodward, Ron
Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 2504
Work
Future of (Smallwood) 562
Value of (Clark) 63 (Fraser, R.) 384
Work environment
Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, effect of (Gabelmann) 1504, 1505
Work force
See: Labour supply
Workers' compensation
Recourse to courts for (Gabelmann) 1852 (Hanson, L.) 1852
Workers Compensation Act
Mentioned: (Dueck) 3083 (Gabelmann) 1798, 1863
Workers' Compensation Board
Annual report tabled (Hanson, L.) 311
Appeal system, review of (Hanson, L.) 1863
Appeals (Boone) 104 (Gabelmann) 1852 (Hanson, L.) 1852
Backlog of cases, reduction in (Hanson, L.) 1847
Boards of review decisions, reversal of (Gabelmann) 1863
Claimants, assistance to (Rose) 1853
Claimants, disputed claims and stress (Gabelmann) 1854-5
Claimants, welfare payments pending claim settlements (Gabelmann) 1855
Claims, referral of decisions re to head office (Gabelmann) 1863 (Hanson, L.) 1863
Claims, settlement of (Rose) 1853
Commission of inquiry, petition for (Boone) 2612
Compensation, basis for (Gabelmann) 1863, 1864 (Hanson, L.) 1864 (Rose) 1853
Compensation, claims to and pre-existing conditions (Gabelmann) 1854, 1855
Compensation, levels of (Hanson, L.) 1798
Courts, recourse to for compensation (Gabelmann) 1852 (Hanson, L.) 1852
Employees, surveillance of (Gabelmann) 1863 (Hanson, L.) 1864
Farmworkers, coverage of (Savage) 2068 (Smallwood) 2068 (Strachan) 2068
Garment industry, safety standards (Gabelmann) 1849 (Hanson, L.) 1849
Investments, return on (Gabelmann) 1850, 1851 (Hanson, L.) 1850, 1851
Legal aid in compensation cases (Sihota) 1285
Liability, unfunded liability (Gabelmann) 1850, 1851 (Hanson, L.) 1850, 1851
MLAs' visit to (Rose) 1853, 1853-4
Ombudsman's recommendations, implementation of (Hanson, L.) A. 2176 (Miller) Q. 2176
Ombudsman's report, statements re (Hanson, L.) A. 2177 (Miller) Q. 2177
Penalties, interest rate on (Hanson, L.) A. 749 (Sihota) Q. 749
Procedures, streamlining of (Gabelmann) 1852
Public review process, proposal for (Gabelmann) 1855
Regional offices, decision-making powers (Gabelmann) 1863
Research, funding for (Gabelmann) 1851, 1852 (Hanson, L.) 1851
Royal commission on (Hanson, L.) A. 2176 (Miller) Q. 2176
Services, access to by toll-free telephone (Hanson, L.) 1849 (Lovick) 1881
Sikh community members and kirpan symbol (Gabelmann) 1863 (Hanson, L.) 1864
Surplus (Hanson, L.) 1761 (Rose) 1853
Surplus and pension cuts (Gabelmann) 1761
Surplus, source of (Gabelmann) 1851 (Hanson, L.) 1851
Surplus, use of (Gabelmann) Q. 1761, Q. 1762, Q. 1798 (Hanson, L.) A. 1761, A. 1762; A. 1798
Workers' advisers, funding of (Hanson, L.) 1849
Workers' advisers, status of (Gabelmann) 1850
Workers' advisers, work of (Gabelmann) 1849 (Hanson, L.) 1847, 1849
Workers' advisers, workload (Gabelmann) 1849
Workers' Compensation Review Board, chairman for (Gabelmann) Q. 2483 (Hanson, L.) A. 2483
Workers' Compensation Review Board chairman, role of (Gabelmann) Q. 2483 (Hanson, L.) A. 2483
Workers' Compensation Review Board vice-chairmen; appointment of (Hanson, L.) 1847
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 2263 (Boone) 545 (Campbell) 678 (Cashore) 81 (Crandall) 2973 (D’Arcy) 1220 (Edwards) 1769 (Gabelmann) 1481, 1849 (Hagen, A.) 671, 1549, 1550 (Hanson, L.) 827, 1481, 1551, 1553 (Lovick) 1553 (Marzari) 2988 (Michael) 2543, 2553 (Miller) 223 (Smallwood) 2067 (Strachan) 1550, 2059 (Stupich) 141, 2193 (Throne speech) 5 (Vander Zalm) 2557 (Veitch) 2800 (Weisgerber) 14 (Williams) 1578
Working conditions
See: Work environment
Workplace accidents
See: Industrial accidents
Workplace safety
See: Industrial safety
World Bank
Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 2488 (Harcourt) 241
World Commission on Environment and Development
“Our Common Future” mentioned, quoted (Lovick) 1899-1900 (Smallwood) 1895, 2083
World Council of Churches
Mentioned: (Stupich) 738
World Health Organization
Mentioned: (Campbell) 2674 (Hagen, A.) 2900 (Skelly) 2898
World Trade Arbitration Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Smith, B.R.) 1297
Worth, Brian
Mentioned: (Sihota) 2132
Woss, B.C.
Road to Tahsis (Gabelmann) 2551 (Michael) 2552
Woss Camp, B.C.
Mentioned: (Williams) 2418
Wotherspoon, Hope
Quoted (Hanson, G.) 686
Wreckers (Vehicles)
Fraser River bridges, towing operations (Lovick) 2808
Insurance requirements, towing vehicles (Rogers) 2799
Wren, Sir Christopher
Mentioned: (Lovick) 978
Wyman, Robert
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 2618