Province of British Columbia
34th Parliament, 2nd 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
EDC
See: Economic Development Council
EEC
See: European Economic Community
ELUC
See: Environment and Land Use Committee
EPF funds
See entries under Federal-provincial fiscal relations
ERDA
See: Economic and regional development agreement
Eagle Ridge Hospital and Health Care Centre, Port Moody, B.C.
Emergency services (Cashore) 5018 (Dueck) 5019, 5037 (Rose) 5037
Hospice (Dueck) 5147
Mentioned: (Dueck) 4979
Early childhood education articulation committee
Mentioned: (Marzari) 4982
East Kootenay Community College
Mentioned: (Edwards) 4075
East Kootenay Health Unit
Letter quoted (Boone) 5041
East Kootenay Power Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Hanson, G.) 5262
East Pine River, B.C.
Bridge, redecking of (Rogers) 5066
"The East Enders"
Reference to program (Lovick) 5057)
Eastgate, B.C.
Electrical service, provision of (Blencoe) 5435-6, 5518 (Johnston) 5309, 5435, 5518 (Rabbitt) 5436
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1988. See name of act
Easton, Joan
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 5252
Easton, Paul
Mentioned: (Williams) 3752
Ebco Industries Ltd.
Exports (Campbell) 3475
Eberts, Mary
Mentioned: (Marzari) 5547
Echo Mountain Resources Ltd.
Mentioned: (Sihota) 5524
Ecobrite
Use of (Hanson, L.) 3995
Economic and regional development agreement
Forest resource development agreement funds, use of (Kempf) 4769 (Miller) 4764 (Parker) 4769
Forest resource development agreement, renegotiation of (Bruce) 3584
Forest resource development agreement, second agreement (Bruce) 4799 (Miller) 4801 (Parker) 3493, 4800, 4802, 4806 (Vant) 3500
Industrial and tourism development agreement (Reid) 3486
Renegotiation of (Bruce) 3584 (Clark) 3523
Restructuring of (Throne speech) 3456
Tourism subagreement, funding under (Edwards) 4272 (Reid) 4272
Tourism subagreement, negotiations re (Edwards) 4271 (Reid) 4272
Economic Council of Canada
Bulletin quoted (McCarthy) 4525, 4526
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 4509
Economic Development Council
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 4489
Economic Development, Ministry of
Estimates 4481-97, 4499-4510, 4514-6
Speakers: Boone 4535, 4535-6; Clark 4489, 4533-4, 4534; McCarthy 4481-4, 4486-7, 4487, 4488, 4488-9, 4490, 4490-1, 4491, 4492, 4493-4, 4495-6, 4496, 4497, 4499, 4500, 4500-1, 4501, 4502, 4502-3, 4503, 4503-4, 4504, 4505, 4505-6, 4506, 4506-7, 4507, 4508, 4509, 4509-10, 4510, 4514, 4515, 4515-6, 4516-7, 4517, 4518, 4519, 4520, 4520-1, 4521, 4522, 4524-5, 4526, 4528, 4530, 4533, 4534, 4535; Michael 4492-3, 4526-8; Miller 4530-2, 4532-3; Rose 4521-2, 4522-4, 4525-6, 4526, 4528-30; Smith, S.D. 4516, 4517; Strachan 4536; Williams 4484-6, 4487, 4488, 4489-90, 4490, 4491-2, 4493, 4494-5, 4496, 4497, 4499, 4499-4500, 4501, 4501-2, 4502, 4503, 4504, 4505, 4506, 4507, 4507-8, 4508, 4508-9, 4509, 4510, 4514, 4514-5, 4515, 4517-8, 4518, 4518-9, 4519, 4520, 4521, 4534-5
B.C. Business Network, development of (McCarthy) 4483-4
Development loans, Langley constituency (Peterson) 3563
Future of (Williams) 3537
Ministers of state, role of and ministry (Boone) 4535 (McCarthy) 4535 (Williams) 4535
Offices, furnishings for (Couvelier) A. 4068 (McCarthy) 4499, 4502 (Williams) Q. 4068, 4499, 4499-4500, 4501-2
Offices overseas (McCarthy) 4483-4
Parliament buildings, office space (Williams) 4499
Publications (McCarthy) 4506-7
Restructuring of ministry (McCarthy) 4484
Edinburgh, Duke of
Mentioned: (Veitch) 4546
Education
Access to (Hagen, A.) 3492
Achievement levels, evaluation of (Brummet) 4328-9
Arts education in school system (Brummet) 4440-1, 4449 (Edwards) 4439-40 (Rose) 4447, 4449
Children, inner-city schools, problems (Harcourt) 4335
Children, inner-city schools, recommendations re (Harcourt) 4335
Contracted learning services (Jones) 4069, 4396
Contracted learning services, accountability for (Jones) 4404
Contracted learning services and pupil-teacher ratio (Brummet) 4398 (Jones) 4398
Creativity and education (Edwards) 4439-40
Economy and education (Marzari) 3582
Education system (Barnes) 3539, 3764-5 (Blencoe) 3497 (Bruce) 3585, 3585, 3666 (Brummet) 3556, 3557, 4340, 4470 (Clark) 3524 (D’Arcy) 3502-3 (Dirks) 3591 (Fraser, R.) 3504-5, 4469 (Gran) 3534 (Harcourt) 4332-3 (Jones) 4330 (Peterson) 3562 (Throne speech) 3457
Education system, changes in (Brummet) 4402-3
Education system, changes in and Royal Commission on Education (Jones) 4408
Education system, confrontation in (Harcourt) 4332-3
Education system, flexibility in (Fraser, R.) 4402
Education system, governance of (Jones) 4466-7
Education system, privatization of (Hagen, A.) 3492
Home schooling. See: Domestic education
Investment in elsewhere (Harcourt) 4062
Northern B.C., education in (Guno) 4421
Pacific Rim studies (Williams) 4455
Parents and volunteers, use of in school system (Brummet) 4401, 4403 (Fraser, R.) 4405 (Jones) 4401, 4402, 4403, 4404
Restraint program and education (Jones) 4329-30 (Rose) 4447-8
Special education (Brummet) 4453 (Hagen, A.) 4453
Special needs children in north (Guno) 4421
Students, equality of opportunity for (Brummet) 4329
Education — Curricula
High school curriculum (Brummet) 4455 (Williams) 4455
“Project Business” package (Brummet) 4420 (Jones) 4419-20 (Lovick) 4689-90
Review of (Brummet) 4329
Education — Finance
Atlin, school tax (Guno) 3588, 3732-3
Auditor-general report on (Brummet) 4342, 4343 (Jones) 4342-3, 4344
Capital financing (Brummet) 4473 (Jones) 4473
Education Excellence Appropriation Repeal Act. See name of act
Funding (Blencoe) 3497 (Bruce) 3665-6 (Brummet) 3761, 3763, 4328, 4331, 4339-40, 4342 (Campbell) 3475 (Couvelier) 3777 (Crandall) 3698 (D’Arcy) 3502 (Harcourt) 3473, 4065 (Jones) 4069, 4339 (Loenen) 4340 (Messmer) 3611 (Parker) 3494 (Rabbitt) 3741 (Reid) 3488 (Rose) 4197-8 (Serwa) 3693 (Stupich) 3594, 3630 (Throne speech) 3457 (Vander Zalm) 3616-7, 5492 (Vant) 3730 (Veitch) 3704
Funding, changes in, consultation re (Brummet) 4336-7
Funding, cost-sharing (Hagen, A.) 4452-3
Funding, dispersed school funding (Boone) 4348 (Brummet) 4347, 4422
Funding, equalization system (Brummet) 4449, 4450 (Loenen) 4449
Funding, expenditure per pupil (Barnes) 3763 (Brummet) 3763 (Harcourt) 4334 (Jones) 3655, 4330-1, 4332, 4339, 4340-1
Funding, expenditure per pupil elsewhere (Jones) 4330, 4340-1
Funding, expenditure per pupil, statistics on (Brummet) 4331 (Jones) 4332, 4340-1
Funding formula (Brummet) 4339, 4345-6 (Harcourt) 4333, 4334, 4336
Funding formula, school districts in north (Guno) 4421
Funding, future funding (Brummet) 4341
Funding, increase in for staff (Brummet) 4345
Funding, percentage of personal income (Fraser, R.) 4388 (Jones) 4340
Funding, source of funds (Boone) 4346
Homeowner grant and education funding (Brummet) 4448 (Rose) 4448, 4449
Northern B.C., education costs (Guno) 4421
Public school operating costs, funding for (Brummet) 3763, 4328 (Couvelier) 3622, 4857 (D’Arcy) 3670 (Serwa) 3693
Referenda, A.J. Brummet's statement re (Jones) 4856
Referenda, use of (Brummet) 4345 (Jones) 4344, Q. 4856, 5491, 5492 (Vander Zalm) A. 4856, 5491-2
Referenda, use of, letters re (Brummet) 4349, 4350 (Jones) 4349
Referenda, use of to control costs (Brummet) A. 4069 (Jones) Q. 4069
School construction, funding for (Brummet) 4328
School debt service costs, funding for (Couvelier) 3622
School operating costs, standards for (Brummet) 4329
School tax (Couvelier) 3777 (D’Arcy) 3502 (Stupich) 4098
School tax base, erosion of (Stupich) 4200-1
School tax on business, increase in (Couvelier) 3622
School tax on commercial and industrial property (Boone) 4346 (Brummet) 4339, 4346 (Fraser, R.) 4388 (Harcourt) 4333
School tax on machinery, reduction in (Clark) 3648
School tax on non-residential property (Clark) 3684 (Jones) 3654
School tax on residential property (Harcourt) 4333-4 (Loenen) 4340 (Rose) 4198, 4449 (Stupich) 3630
School tax relief, industrial buildings (Clark) 4229 (Couvelier) 4200, 4229
Schools, costs of small schools (Brummet) 4349
Schools, fund-raising activities (Harcourt) 4334
Special aid grants (Brummet) 5420, 5421 (Jones) 5420
Special education, funding for (Brummet) 4453 (Hagen, A.) 4453
Supplementary grants, amount of (Brummet) 5420 (Jones) 5420
Supplementary grants, use of (Jones) 5421
Support services, funding for (Brummet) 4328
Voucher system, proposal re (Brummet) 4471 (Jones) 4471, 5491 (Vander Zalm) 5491
Voucher system, task force on (Jones) 5491
Education, Cooperative
Work experience (Brummet) 4389, 4396
Education, Ministry of
Estimates 4327-50, 4384-5, 4387-90, 4395-4418, 4419-30, 4433-56, 4464-77
Speakers: Barnes 4464-5, 4466; Blencoe 4475, 4475-6, 4476, 4477; Boone 4345, 4346, 4347-8, 4348; Brummet 4327-9, 4331, 4336-8, 4339, 4339-40, 4341-2, 4343, 4343-4, 4344-5, 4345-6, 4346-7, 4348, 4349, 4350, 4384, 4385, 4386, 4388-9, 4389, 4389-90, 4390, 4396, 4396-7, 4397, 4398, 4398-9, 4399, 4400, 4401, 4402, 4402-3, 4403, 4404, 4405, 4406, 4407, 4408-9, 4409-12, 4414, 4414-5, 4415-6, 4416, 4417, 4418, 4420-1, 4422, 4423, 4423-4, 4425, 4427-8, 4428-9, 4429-30, 4433-4, 4435-6, 4437-8, 4438-9, 4440-1, 4442, 4442-3, 4444-5, 4446, 4447, 4448-9, 4450, 4451, 4451-2, 4452, 4453, 4454, 4455-6, 4465-6, 4466, 4467-8, 4470, 4470-1, 4471, 4472-3, 4473, 4474, 4475, 4476, 4476-7; Cashore 4442, 4443-4, 4445-6, 4446, 4446-7; Clark 4475; Edwards 4439-40, 4441-2; Fraser, R. 4387-8, 4397, 4401-2, 4405, 4468-9; Guno 4421-2, 4422-3, 4423, 4424-5; Hagen, A. 4450-1, 4451, 4452, 4452-3; Harcourt 4332-6, 4338-9;Jones 4329-31, 4331-2, 4339, 4340-1, 4342-3, 4343, 4344, 4349, 4349-50, 4350, 4384, 4384-5, 4385, 4386, 4388, 4389, 4390, 4395-6, 4397, 4397-8, 4398, 4399, 4400, 4400-1, 4402, 4403, 4404, 4404-5, 4405, 4405-6, 4406, 4407, 4407-8, 4409, 4412, 4415, 4416, 4416-7, 4417, 4419-20, 4466-7, 4468, 4469-70, 4470, 4471, 4471-2, 4473, 4473-4; Loenen 4340, 4449-50; Lovick 4453-4, 4454; Mercier 4412-3; Rose 4348-9, 4447-8, 4449; Sihota 4425-7, 4428, 4429, 4433, 4434-5, 4436-7, 4438, 4439; Smallwood 4413-4, 4414; Williams 4454-5
Appropriation, 1988-89 fiscal year (Brummet) 4350 (Jansen) 3646 (Jones) 3655, 4350 (Loenen) 4340
Expenditures, Langley constituency (Peterson) 3563
Financial function (Brummet) 4328
Royal Commission on Education, submission to (Brummet) 4474 (Jones) 4467, 4474
School districts, role in (Brummet) 4470-1 (Jones) 4470
Staff, work of commended (Brummet) 4328
Education Excellence Appropriation Repeal Act
(Bill 15) (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations) 1R, 3627; 2R, 4194-8; C, 4215-6; 3R, 4216; RA, 4733
Speakers: Brummet 4195; Couvelier 4194, 4198, 4216; Jones 4195-7; Lovick 4194-5; Rose 4197-8; Stupich 4194, 4215-6, 4216
Education funding, reduction in (Rose) 4197-8
Education funding, transfer of to property owners (Rose) 4198
Excellence in Education fund, computer program, funds for (Brummet) 4195
Excellence in Education fund, expenditures (Jones) 4196, 4197
Excellence in Education fund, funds, source of (Jones) 4196
Excellence in Education fund, funds, transfer to operating budgets (Jones) 4196
Excellence in Education fund, purpose of (Jones) 4197
Excellence in Education fund, unexpended funds (Couvelier) 4216, 4216 (Stupich) 4215-6, 4216
Excellence in Education fund, use of (Brummet) 4195 (Jones) 4197
Excellence in Education fund, Washington State fund (Brummet) 4195
Homeowner grant, increase in (Rose) 4198
School District 68, computers, funds for (Lovick) 4194-5
Teachers, job action on 28
April, 1987, use of salary savings (Jones) 4196
Education (Interim) Finance Act
Amendments to (Smith, B.R.) 5315
Mentioned: (Brummet) 5421 (Stupich) 4200
Educational Institutions Capital Financing Authority
Financial statement tabled (Couvelier) 5498
Edward Milne Secondary School, Sooke, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brummet) 4417 (Sihota) 4425
Edwards, Anne (Kootenay)
Address in Reply 3552-4
Advanced Education and Job Training ministry, estimates 4037-8, 4038, 4038-9, 4039
Agricultural and Rural Development Act, programs 4870
Agricultural land reserve land, transfer of to Forests and Lands ministry 4870
Agriculture and Fisheries ministry, estimates 4870, 4871
Alberta, tourist trade, cooperative advertising 4265
Alcoholic beverages, tax on, increase in 3773
Artreach, task force report 4321
Arts, economy and arts 4307
Arts education in school system 4439-40
Arts, employment in 4307
Arts, funding for 4321
Arts, funding for, lottery funds 4320
Arts, government support for 4439
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 3900-1, 3901, 3901-2, 3902, 3905, 3925-6, 3926, 3929
Barkerville Historic Park, admission fee, revenue 4296
Barkerville Historic Park, attendance 4296
Barkerville Historic Park, concession operators, negotiations with 4305
Barkerville Historic Park, designation as provincial heritage property 5422
Barkerville Historic Park, funding for 4296
Barkerville Historic Park, funding for, capital funds 4303
Barkerville Historic Park, interpretation programs, contractors for 4305
Barkerville Historic Park, Wendle House program, cancellation of Q. 4539
B.C. Hydro, electric division, sale of, amendment re 5396
B.C. Hydro, electric power, privately generated, purchase of 5253
B.C. Hydro, rail division, abandonment of rail line 5396-7
B.C. Hydro, rail division and coal industry 5253-4, 5396, 5397
B.C. Hydro, rail division, function of 5396
B.C. Hydro, rail division, profit 5396
B.C. Hydro, rail division, purchase of by Burlington Northern Inc. 5397
B.C. Hydro, rail division, regulation of, federal regulation 5253-4
B.C. Hydro, rail division, sale of 5396
B.C. Hydro, rail division, Thorne Ernst and Whinney study 5253, 5396
B.C. Hydro, rail division, value of 5254
B.C. Hydro, reservoirs, recreational use of 5448-9, 5475, 5476
B.C. Lottery Fund, community grants, limit on 4569
B.C. Lottery Fund, travel grants, out-of-province travel 4569, 4570
B.C. Utilities Commission fees, powers re 5410
B.C. Utilities Commission hearings, funding for interveners 5410-1
Budget debate 3772-4
Budget Stabilization Fund Act 4370, 4371
Budget stabilization fund, establishment of 3773
Budget stabilization fund, lottery funds for 3773-4, 4568, 4569, 4570
Canada's Fitweek, celebration of 4540
Canadian Pacific Railway, Midway-Penticton line, closing of 5188
Canadian Pacific Railway, service, obligations to province for 5189
Canadian Pacific Railway, V&LI track, application for abandonment of 5396
Casorso property, purchase of 4355
Cattle brands, inspection fees 4870
Chief forester, role of 5082-3, 5083
Cigarettes, tax increase 3773
Coal, export of and value of dollar 3553
Coal, free trade and coal exports 3553
Coal, sale to Ontario 3553
Coal, sale to Ontario, federal funds for 5449
Coal, sale to Ontario for thermal plants 5450
Coal, sale to Ontario, transportation costs 5450
Coal, sale to Ontario, Vancouver Island coal 5450
Coal, transportation rates 5253, 5397
Colleges and institutes, funding for 3773
Colleges, instructors, workload 4075
Columbia River Treaty 5448
Columbia River Treaty, Jack Davis quoted on 5255
Columbia River Treaty reservoirs, level of Q. 3461, 4667
Columbia River Treaty reservoirs, management of Q. 3461
Commercial River Rafting Safety Act 5175-6, 5247, 5248
Commercial River Rafting Safety Act, penalties under act 5248
Communities Against Sexual Abuse, Invermere, funding for 3929
Constitution, changes to, unanimity requirement 5562
Consumer education, school curriculum, removal from 4441
Copper processing and free trade agreement 5392
Copper processing in B.C. 5391
Coquihalla Highway, impact of on Penticton 4269
Corporations, taxation 3774
Cottonwood House, funding for, capital funds 4303
Cottonwood House, security of 4305
Court fees 3773
Craigflower Manor, admission fee, removal of 4297
Creative ability and education 4439
Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd., Elko resin soap burner, appeal re 4625, 4626
Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd., Elko resin soap burner, testing re 4625
Cridge Centre for the Family, second-stage housing 3849
Crime victims, assistance to 3900, 3902, 3929, 5174
Crime victims, police-based programs 3900, 3901, 3925-6, 3929
Crime victims, reparation programs 3926, 3929
Crime victims, restitution, compensation and reconciliation program 3901
Crime victims, toll-free phone number for 3900, 3929
Crown land fund, use of to purchase wildlife habitat sites 4355
Cruise ship industry, value of 4270
Culture, expenditure on 4307
Culture, funding for 4320, 4321
Cypress Provincial Park, monitoring of operation 4671
Cypress Provincial Park, operator, contract with 4670
Cypress Provincial Park, toboggan run 4670
Development regions, regionalization of province 3554
Economic and regional development agreement, tourism subagreement, funding under 4272
Economic and regional development agreement, tourism subagreement, negotiations re 4271
Education ministry, estimates 4439-40, 4441-2
Elderly, costs for 3773
Electric power, McNaughton plan 5449
Electric power, private power generation 5410
Elk Lakes Park, campsite fees 4670
Elk Valley communities, industrial tax bases 4119
Employment, CareerTrac program 3774
Employment Plus program, park maintenance Q. 5144
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry, estimates 5448-9, 5449, 5450
Environment and Parks ministry, estimates 4624, 4625, 4626, 4666, 4667, 4667-8, 4668, 4669, 4670, 4670-1, 4671, 4671-2
Environmental Laboratory, work for Tie Lake area residents 4624
Expo 86 debt, payment of 4565, 4567-8
Expo 86 debt, use of lottery funds for 4371, 4567, 4568
Federal-provincial relations 3552
Ferries, inland ferry system, privatization of 5071, 5071-2
Ferries, inland ferry system, report on 5071
Ferries, inland ferry system, tolls 5071
Ferries, Kootenay Lake ferry 5071
Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates 4119
First Citizens' Fund, loan program 4358
Forest Amendment Act (1988) 5082-4, 5343, 5344, 5345
Forest fire fighters, unemployment insurance coverage for Q. 4708
Forest industry, small business program revenue, use of 5083-4
Forest industry, small operators, penalty for undercutting 5083
Forest industry, tree-farm licences 3552
Forest roads, closure of 5345
Forest roads, small business program roads, access to 5343
Forest roads, use of 5084
Forest roads, use of, charge for 5344
Forest roads, use of, users 5344
Forests and Lands ministry, decision-making process, politicization of 5083
Forests and Lands ministry, estimates 4787-8, 4788, 4789, 4789-90, 4790, 4791
Forests and Lands ministry, JobTrac funds 4789
Forests and Lands ministry, recreational section, appropriation for Q. 5049
Forests and Lands ministry, recreational staff 4789-90, 4791
Fort Steele Heritage Park, access to, hours open 4297-8
Fort Steele Heritage Park, admission fee, revenue 4296
Fort Steele Heritage Park, attendance 4296
Fort Steele Heritage Park, concession operators, negotiations with 4305
Fort Steele Heritage Park, designation as provincial heritage property 5422
Fort Steele Heritage Park, development of, additional attractions 4298
Fort Steele Heritage Park, funding for 4296
Fort Steele Heritage Park, funding for archival artifacts 4305
Fort Steele Heritage Park, funding for, capital funds 4303
Fort Steele Heritage Park, interpretation programs, contractors for 4305
Fort Steele Heritage Park, Kershaw General Store 4305
Fort Steele Heritage Park, sewing machine spindles, funds for purchase of 4305
Fort Steele Heritage Park, tourist attractions nearby 4298
Fort Steele Heritage Park, Wild Horse Theatre, admission to 4298
Free trade agreement 3552
Gold Rush Trail, promotion of 4261, 4262, 4263
Gold Rush Trail, signs for 4261
Government, decentralization 3554
Habitat conservation fund, land sales and purchases 4359
Habitat conservation fund, source of funds 4359
Hazardous wastes, plant for handling of 3553-4
Health care research, lottery funds for 4565
Health care user fees 3772-3
Health ministry, estimates 5148
Heritage sites, designation as provincial heritage properties 5422
Highway 3, logo for 4268
Highway 3, upgrading of 4269, 4270, 5070
Highway 5A, upgrading of 4270
Highway 40 4270
Highway 43, Elkford to Alberta road 4270
Highway 97 4270
Highway names, signs for 4268
Highway signs for radio frequencies 5123, 5123
Highway signs for tourist facilities 4269
Horse-racing industry 3774
Hospice care units, development of 5148
Hotel occupancy rate 4252
Hotel occupancy rate, Vancouver 4253
Hotel room tax 4272
Hotel room tax, surtax and conventions 4275
Hotel room tax, surtax, use of 4273, 4274
Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act 5253-5, 5396-7
Hydro and Power Authority Privatization Act, bill, second reading six months hence 5376-7
Industries, property tax, single rate for 4119
Integrated resource branch, appropriation 4791
Integrated resource branch, recreation section, appropriation for 4788, 4789, 4790, 4791
Interior Provincial Exhibition, exhibitors 4315
Interior Provincial Exhibition, funding for 4315
JobTrac program 3774
JobTrac program, funding for 3720-1
Kettle Valley Railway, history of 5188
Kettle Valley Railway line, preservation of 5189
Kettle Valley Railway, tourism resource, development as 5188
Koocanusa Lake, campsite, supervision of 4668
Koocanusa Lake, fishery Q. 3461
Koocanusa Lake, level of 3553, 4666, 4667, 4787-8, 5475
Koocanusa Lake, level of and Kokanee spawning Q. 3461
Koocanusa Lake, level of and tourist industry 4250
Koocanusa Lake, range fencing in area Q. 3461, 3553, 4787
Koocanusa Lake, recreational business in area 3553
Kootenay development region, budget 4950
Kootenay development region, committees 4950
Kootenay development region, projects, time-frame for 4951
Kootenay development region, salaries 4950
Land use, integrated land use 4789
Land use, recreational lands, use of 4788
Lottery funds, transfer of to budget stabilization fund 4370
Lottery funds, use of 3773
McDonald Ranch and Lumber Ltd., power project 5410
Medical Services Plan premiums, increase in 3772
Meech Lake accord, amendments to 5561, 5561-3
Meech Lake accord and aboriginal rights 5562-3
Meech Lake accord and Charter of Rights clause 28 5563
Meech Lake accord and women's rights 5563
Meech Lake accord, process used in development of 5562
Mine reclamation programs, approval of 5393-4
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 1) (1988) 5391, 5391-2, 5392, 5393-4, 5394
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1988) 5422, 5422-3, 5423, 5426, 5427, 5428
Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 4950, 4950-1
Museums, admission fee 4250, 4296
Museums, admission fee, cost of collection 4297
Museums, admission fee, revenue Q. 3981, 4296
Natural resources, use of, conflicts over 3552, 3553
New Approaches task force 4321
Newgate area, use of by campers 4668
Newgate park, establishment of 4668
Northland Utilities (B.C.) Ltd., write-off to 5426
Pacific National Exhibition, board chairperson, appointment of 5428
Pacific National Exhibition, funding for 5428
Park campsites, fee collection, honour system 4668
Park campsites, privatization of Q. 3597-8, Q. 4069, Q. 4094, 4669
Park campsites, privatization of elsewhere 3598
Park campsites, privatization of, fees 4670
Park campsites, privatization of, monitoring of contracts 4671
Park campsites, privatization of, research on Q. 3598
Park campsites, privatization of, tendering on Q. 4095
Parks, acquisition of parkland 4226
Parks and outdoor recreation branch staff, early retirements, replacements for 4668
Parks, maintenance of Q. 5145
Parks staff, auxiliary employees and privatization Q. 4095
Parks staff, decrease in 4668
Partners in Tourism program, funding for 4254
Penticton airport, jet service to 4270
Physical education, provision for in schools 4441
Placer mines, reclamation permits 5394
Point Ellice House, admission fee 4297
Pollution testing, charges for 4625, 4626
Post-secondary educational institutions, establishment of under NDP 4075
Premier's office, estimates 5475, 5476
Project Pride Task Force, report 4321
Property tax, rural property, tax increase 3773
Provincial heritage properties, status of roads on 5423
Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 4565, 4567-8, 4568-9, 4569, 4570, 4571
Quebec, membership in Confederation 5562
Recreation areas, back-country recreation 4789
Recreation areas, maintenance work Q. 5049
Reservoirs, level of 4787
Reservoirs, level of, advance notice re 4788
Reservoirs, level of, information re Q. 3462
Reservoirs, recreational use of 4251-2, 4787, 5448-9, 5449, 5475, 5476
Ride of a Lifetime program 4262
River rafting personnel, categories of employees 5247
River rafting safety regulations, contravention of, penalty for 5248
Roberts Bank port, access to, control over 5254
Royal British Columbia Museum, admission fee revenue Q. 3981, 4296
Royal British Columbia Museum, funding for, capital funds 4303, 4304
Royal British Columbia Museum, improvement to 4304
Royal British Columbia Museum, management of 4304
Senate, appointments to, Northwest Territories' rights re 5562
Senate, appointments to, Yukon Territory's rights re 5562
Senate, reform of 5562
Seniors' Games, complaints re 4321-2
Sheep, habitat purchase for 4355
Sitka spruce, heritage stand 4226
Small business, affiliates and venture capital investments 5304, 5305
Small business, assistance to 3554
Small business, taxation of 3774
Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act (1988) 5304, 5304-5, 5305
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates 3829, 3830, 3849, 3849-50
South Moresby Island, sovereignty over 3552
Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act 4226, 4227, 4355-6, 4357, 4358, 4359
Special funds, auditor-general's recommendation re 4226
Speech therapists in school system 4441-2
Steeples Ranch, retention in agricultural land reserve 4871
Steeples Ranch, use of 4870, 4871
Strathcona Park, ministerial review, submissions to Q. 3859
Strathcona Park, ministerial review, use of findings Q. 3859
Stumpage rates, appeals 5083
Stumpage rates, information on, access to 5083
Stumpage, registrar of directives 5083
Teachers, substitute teachers, funding for 4345
Tie Lake, calcium carbonate level 4624
Tie Lake, level of 4624
Tie Lake, studies on, funding for 4624
Tourism, Recreation and Culture ministry, appropriation, 1988-89 fiscal year 3773
Tourism, Recreation and Culture ministry, estimates 4249-50, 4251-2, 4252, 4253, 4254, 4255, 4256, 4256-7, 4260-1, 4261, 4262, 4263, 4264, 4265, 4266, 4266-7, 4267, 4267-8, 4268, 4269, 4270, 4271, 4272, 4273, 4273-4, 4274, 4275, 4276, 4296, 4297-8, 4298, 4303, 4304, 4304-5, 4306-7, 4307, 4320, 4321, 4321-4
Tourism, Recreation and Culture ministry, job training, funding for Q. 3720-1
Tourist attractions, signs for 4268
Tourist industry 4250
Tourist industry and economy 4250
Tourist industry, funding for 4253
Tourist information booth, Douglas border crossing 4267
Tourist information booths 4266, 4268
Tourist information booths, directional signs for 4267
Tourist trade advertising, cooperative programs 4265, 4266
Tourist trade advertising, Super, Natural British Columbia advertisements 4265
Tourist trade, California market 4264
Tourist trade, employment programs 4250
Tourist trade, marketing, funding for 4250, 4253
Tourist trade, marketing on regional basis 4276
Tourist trade, Partners in Tourism program 3773
Tourist trade, SuperHost program 4266
Tourist trade, U.S. visitors, vehicle entries 4252
Tourist trade, visitors, number of 4250, 4252
Tourist trade, visitors, overseas visitors 4252
Trails, work on 4789
Transportation and Highways ministry, annual report 5070
Transportation and Highways ministry, appropriation, 1988-89 fiscal year 3772
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 5070, 5071, 5071-2, 5123
Travel counsellors, 800 phone number, advertising of 4263
Travel counsellors, 800 phone number, cost of 4256
Travel counsellors, 800 phone number, employees 4257
Travel counsellors, 800 phone number, expenditure on 4255, 4261
Travel counsellors, 800 phone number, information supplied 4257
Travel counsellors, 800 phone number, number of calls 4255
Tumbler Ridge, Northland Utilities (B.C.) Ltd., write-off to 5426
Unmarried mothers, homes for 3773
User fees 3772-3
Utilities Commission Amendment Act (1988) 5410-1
Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 1988, minister's powers under act 5410
Vancouver Academy of Music, students 4439
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, school concerts 4439
Venture capital corporations, exemption from limits on 5304-5
Venture capital corporations, funds raised 5305
Venture capital corporations, Lieutenant-Governor-inCouncil's powers re 5305
Venture capital, small business, eligibility of 5304, 5305
Victims' Rights and Services Act 5174
“Visitor `87”, availability of 4250
Wages, level of 3773
Water, Grand Canal scheme 5254
Water, history of use and control of 5254-5
Water, Kootenay constituency 3553
Water licences, sale of 5254-5
Water, recreational value of 4667
Water resource, protection of 5254-5
Welfare recipients, employment funding to agencies 3830
Welfare recipients, small business operators 3829
West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., sale of 5255
Whistler, hotel room tax, surtax 4272
Wife abuse, involvement of children in 3850
Wife abuse, Kootenays transition house 3849
Wife abuse, transition houses, funding for 3849
Wife abuse, transition houses, number and location of 3849
Wilderness areas, decisions re 4789
Wilderness areas, policy paper on 4788, 4789
Wildlife habitat, purchase of 4355-6
Women, impact of free trade agreement on 4039
Women, impact of technology on 4038, 4038-9
Edwards, Jack
Tribute to (Couvelier) 5187
Edwards, Robert A.
Lieutenant-Governor's medal (Sihota) 5168 (Smith, B.R.) 5167-8
Eggs
Surplus removal program and free trade agreement (Rose) 4894
86th Street Music Hall Ltd.
Expo site pub licence (McCarthy) 4502-3, 4503 (Williams) 4502, 4503
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 5404
Elderly persons
See: Aged
Election Act
Amendment to (Barnes) 4005, 4006
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 5279 (Brummet) 4006 (Hanson, G.) 4554 (Veitch) 4710
Election Amendment Act, 1987
Proclamation of (Harcourt) Q. 3485
Elections
By-election, Boundary-Similkameen constituency. See entries under name of constituency
Electoral commission, establishment of (Hanson, G.) 4219
Provincial election, challenge to (Harcourt) 5135, 5136, 5138
Voting age. See entries under Voting
Electoral districts
Boundaries, past committees of Legislature on (Rabbitt) 5292 (Veitch) 5291
Boundaries, special committee of Legislature on (Veitch) 5291
See also: Legislature. Special Committee on Electoral Boundaries
Electric lines
Regulation of (Davis) 5408
Electric power
California, power generation (Clark) 5410
Coal-fired thermal power (Clark) 5409
Co-generation, promotion of (Clark) 5409
Export agency, staffing (Clark) 5447 (Davis) 5447
Export of (Michael) 3722
Export power, price of (Clark) 5445, 5446 (Davis) 5446
Export, purpose-built facilities (Clark) 5445 (Davis) 5446
Industries, power for (Brummet) 3557-8
Kootenay thermal plant and environmental protection (Davis) 5446
Kootenay thermal plant, financing of (Davis) 5446
Kootenay thermal plant power, price of (Clark) 5445, 5446
McNaughton plan (Davis) 5449 (Edwards) 5449
Manitoba, power exports (Davis) 5447 (Michael) 3722
Pacific northwest, cost of power (Davis) 5411
Policy on development of (Smallwood) 5256-7
Private power generation (Edwards) 5410
Private sector power, export of (Clark) 5410 (Davis) 5411
Producers, regulation of small producers (Clark) 5472 (Davis) 5472
Projects, promotion of small projects (Clark) 5409
Projects, requirements re certificates (Davis) 5408
Requirements for (Davis) 5437
Thermal generation (Smallwood) 5257
Two-rivers policy (Jones) 5268 (Peterson) 5261 (Stupich) 5259
Water licence fee (D’Arcy) 3503 (Davis) 4208-9 (Stupich) 4208
Wood waste, power generation from (Clark) 5409
Electronics
Electronics task force (McCarthy) 4483
Industry in B.C. (Chalmers) 3655
Eliot, T.S.
“The Hollow Men” quoted (Guno) 5535
Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain
Visit to British Columbia (Veitch) 4546
Elk, Roosevelt
See: Roosevelt elk
Elk Lakes Park
Campsite fees (Edwards) 4670
Elk Valley, B.C.
Communities, industrial tax bases (Edwards) 4119
Ellis, Derek
Report on sewage disposal referred to, quoted (Blencoe) 4654
Elsie, Bud
Mentioned: (Jones) 5488
Elton, R.G. (Bob)
“A Funding Allocation System for the Colleges and Institutes of British Columbia” quoted (Marzari) 5190-1
Emergency assistance
See: Assistance in emergencies
Emergency Health Services Commission
Appropriation (Dueck) 4952
Mentioned: (Dueck) 4368, 4995, 4997
See also: Ambulance service
Emergency Planning Canada
Mentioned: (Smith, B.R.) 3957
Emergency program
See entries under Disasters
Emergency wards
See entries under Hospitals
Emerson, David
Mentioned: (Clark) 4240 (Williams) 5398, 5399
Emigration and immigration
Immigrant services, funding for (Barnes) 4323
Immigrants and immigration, history of in Canada (Sihota) 5551
Immigrants, federal funds for education of (Jones) 4416
Immigration agreement for provinces, negotiation of (Vander Zalm) 5533
Immigration agreements under Meech Lake accord (Smith, B.R.) 3601
Immigration issues (Sihota) 5552
Policy on, B.C.'s role in (Smith, S.D.) 5555
Policy on, federal powers re (Sihota) 5552
Policy on, provinces' powers re (Gabelmann) 5558 (Sihota) 5552
Policy on, Quebec's powers re (Gabelmann) 5558-9
Emily Carr College of Art and Design
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 4334 (Marzari) 4077
Emily Carr Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Fire (Veitch) 4773
Eminent domain
Expropriation commission (Smith, B.R.) 3880
Emmott, Alan
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 4979
Empire Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barnes) 4836
Employee ownership
Employee equity plan (Loenen) 3464
Employee stock ownership plan (Clark) 3887-8 (Loenen) 3886-7, 3888
Employees' investment income (Loenen) 3887
Employees, investments by (Clark) 3887
Productivity, increase in (Loenen) 3886-7
Employee Share Ownership Act
(Bill 61) (Minister of Economic Development) 1R, 5350
Employees, purchase of equity shares (Strachan) 5350
Employee stock options
Equity shares, purchase of by employees (Strachan) 5350
Employees, Transfer of
Transfer from one employer to another (Sihota) 5405-7
Employment
CareerTrac program (Edwards) 3774
Employed, number of in B.C. (Jansen) 3646
Employment and training, one-stop centre for. Nanaimo (Hagen, S.) 4046, 4047 (Lovick) 4046 (Stupich) 4046, 4047
Employment and training, one-stop centres for (Hagen, S.) 4030, 4042
Employment and training, one-stop centres for, advertising of (Hagen, S.) 4046 (Lovick) 4046
Employment Plus and JobTrac programs (Cashore) Q. 5144 (Edwards) Q. 5144 (Richmond) A. 5144 (Strachan) A. 5145
Employment Plus program, announcement of (Cashore) 5144
Employment Plus program, benefits (Richmond) 5144
Employment Plus program, park maintenance (Edwards)Q. 5144
Employment Plus program, use of (Cashore) Q. 5144 (Richmond) A. 5144
Environmental issues and jobs (Gabelmann) 4643
Federal programs (Hagen. A.) 3785-6 (Richmond) 3787
Free trade agreement and job creation (McCarthy) 4490, 4491, 4509 (Williams) 4490, 4491
Full employment (Miller) 3717
Growth rate, forecast re (Couvelier) 3622
Job creation (Hagen, A.) 3785-6
Job creation, new jobs (Campbell) 3476 (Cashore) 3546 (Couvelier) 3621-2, 3775 (Loenen) 3463 (Michael) 3580 (Parker) 3492 (Peterson) 3677 (Rabbitt) 3467 (Richmond) 3787, 3809 (Savage) 3652 (Throne speech) 3455 (Vander Zalm) 3617-8 (Weisgerber) 3542
Job creation, new jobs, source of (McCarthy) 4491 (Williams) 4491, 4492
Job creation, northeastern B.C. (Brummet) 3555 (Weisgerber) 3542-3
JobTrac program (Cashore) 3784 (Crandall) 3699 (Edwards) 3774 (Hagen, A.) 3785, 3788, 4040-1, 4042-3 (Hagen, S.) 4042, 4043 (Jones) 3654 (Rabbitt) 3742 (Richmond) 3787
JobTrac program, community program (Hagen, A.) 3786
JobTrac program, cost of (Lovick) 4045
JobTrac program, evaluation of (Hagen, A.) 4042-3
JobTrac program, funding for (Edwards) 3720-1 (Hagen, A.) 4041 (Reid) 3721
JobTrac program, information on (Hagen, A.) 4036 (Hagen, S.) 4036, 4043
JobTrac program, job creation (Hagen, A.) 4041
JobTrac program mentioned (Hagen, A.) 3975 (Jones) 4291 (Lovick) 5052 (Marzari) 4048 (Peterson) 3563 (Sihota) 3689
JobTrac program, publicity for, cost of (Hagen, S.) 4045 (Lovick) 4045
JobTrac program, staff changes for (Lovick) 4045
JobTrac program, Surrey pilot project (Hagen, A.) 3788
Port Alberni, jobs lost (Skelly) 3675-6
Program for older workers' adjustment, agreement (Hagen, S.) 4037
Programs, participation of Social Services and Housing ministry (Hagen, A.) 4047
Resource industries, jobs in (Campbell) 3476
Young entrepreneurs program, job development (Bruce) 4009
Employment Standards Amendment Act, 1988
(Bill 40) (Minister of Labour and Consumer Services) 1R, 5328
Employment standards branch
Complainants to, possible dismissal of (Gabelmann) 4000 (Hanson, L.) 4000-1
Work of (Hanson, L.) 3935
Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Smith, B.R.) 3736 (Williams) 3752
End Legislated Poverty
Mentioned: (Richmond) 4809
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry of
Estimates 5436-60
Speakers: Barlee 5442; Clark 5439, 5440, 5441, 5441-2, 5442, 5443, 5444, 5444-5, 5445, 5445-6, 5446, 5447, 5447-8, 5448, 5450, 5450-1, 5451, 5451-2, 5453, 5454, 5455, 5455-6, 5456, 5457, 5459; Davis 5436-8, 5438-9, 5439, 5440, 5440-1, 5441, 5442, 5443, 5443-4, 5444, 5445, 5446, 5446-7, 5447, 5448, 5449, 5449-50, 5450, 5451, 5452, 5453, 5453-4, 5454, 5454-5, 5455, 5456, 5457, 5458, 5459, 5460; Edwards 5448-9, 5449, 5450; Gabelmann 5459; Guno 5438, 5439, 5439-40, 5440, 5442-3; Lovick 5452, 5454, 5458-9, 5459, 5460; Sihota 5452-3, 5453, 5455, 5457, 5457-8, 5458, 5459, 5460; Strachan 5442
Advertising, appropriation for (Clark) 5441, 5442 (Davis) 5441, 5442
Computerization, expenditures on (Clark) 5441. (Davis) 5441
Consultants, fees for (Clark) 5440 (Davis) 5440
Employees and privatization (Sihota) 3477
Energy industry, consultation with (Davis) 5439
Energy-mines component, appropriation for (Davis) 5438
Inspection staff levels (Davis) 5440 (Guno) 5440
Joint venture board with mining industry (Williams) 3535
Joint venture boards (Davis) 5438 (Guno) 5438 (Williams) 3535
Joint venture boards, discussion paper on (Clark) 5439
Joint venture boards, membership (Davis) 5440 (Guno) 5439
Joint venture boards, reporting requirements (Davis) 5439 (Guno) 5439
Map division, privatization of (Lovick) 4840
Mineral resources publications, appropriation for (Davis) 5442
Policy development branch staff, number of (Clark) 5443 (Davis) 5443
Policy development branch, work of (Clark) 5443 (Davis) 5443
Policy formulation, industry's input into (Davis) 5440 (Guno) 5440
Project analysis branch, abolition of (Clark) 5443 (Davis) 5443
Regions, work orders for (Dirks) 3590
Staff, early retirements, number of (Clark) 5442, 5443 (Davis) 5442
Staff, early retirements, positions filled (Clark) 5442 (Davis) 5442
Staff meeting re joint venture board (Williams) 3535
Staff, number of (Clark) 5440 (Davis) 5438
Staff, shortage of (Clark) 5443
Energy Rate Stabilization Act (Manitoba)
Mentioned: (Michael) 3723
Energy resources
See: Power resources
Engineers
Expertise, export of (Fraser, R.) 5258
English language
Importance of (Barnes) 5192
English language — Study and teaching
English-as-a-second-language program (Barnes) 5193 (Harcourt) 4335-6 (Jones) 4417
English-as-a-second-language program, administration of (Barnes) 5193, 5194 (Brummet) 5193, 5194
English-as-a-second- language program, expansion of (Brummet) A. 5208 (Harcourt) Q. 5208
English-as-a-second-language program, federal funds for (Barnes) 5193
English- as-a-second- language program, funding for (Barnes) 5193, 5194, Q. 5251 (Brummet) 4339, 5193, 5194 (Clark) 3647 (Hagen, S.) A. 5251
English- as-a-second-language program, rental costs (Barnes) Q. 5251 (Brummet) A. 5251
English-as-a-second-language program, sites for (Barnes) 5193, 5194 (Brummet) 5193
English-as-a-second- language program, transfer of (Barnes) Q. 4810 (Hagen, S.) A. 4810
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurism (Vander Zalm) 3616
Envirochem Services
Plant, site for (Strachan) 3551
Environment and Land Use Committee
Agricultural land reserve, appeals re (Rose) 3570, 4867 (Savage) 4867
Agricultural land reserve exclusions, decisions on (Rose) 3512
Establishment of (Miller) 4157-8
Mandate of (Rabbitt) 4895
Representation on (Reid) 4287
Mentioned: (De Jong) 4892, 4893 (Loenen) 4888, 4889 (Rogers) 5107 (Rose) 3571, 4888, 5213 (Savage) 4892 (Strachan) 4601, 4663, 4678 (Williams) 4892, 5339
Environment and Parks, Ministry of
Estimates 4595-4618, 4622-45, 4650-8, 4662-80
Speakers: Blencoe 4653-5, 4655; Boone 4622, 4622-3, 4623, 4624; Clark 4633; Edwards 4624, 4625, 4626, 4666, 4667, 4667-8, 4668, 4669, 4670, 4670-1, 4671, 4671-2; Fraser, R. 4608-9; Gabelmann 4642-4, 4650-1, 4651; Guno 4640-1, 4641, 4642; Hagen, A. 4662-3, 4663, 4663-4, 4664, 4665; Hanson, G. 4651-2, 4653, Long 4678; Lovick 4609, 4609-10, 4610, 4611, 4611-2; Michael 4626-7; Miller 4637, 4637-8, 4638-9, 4639, 4639-40, 4640; Sihota 4674-5, 4675, 4675-6, 4676; Smallwood 4597, 4599, 4599-4600, 4601, 4602, 4602-3, 4603, 4604, 4605, 4605-6, 4606, 4606-7, 4607, 4612, 4612-3, 4613, 4614, 4615, 4616, 4617, 4618, 4622, 4627-8, 4628, 4629, 4630, 4630-1, 4631-2, 4632, 4634, 4635, 4635-6, 4636, 4656, 4657, 4657-8, 4658, 4665-6, 4672, 4673, 4674, 4677, 4677-8, 4678, 4679, 4679-80, 4680; Strachan 4595-7, 4597-9, 4599, 4600-1, 4601, 4602, 4603, 4603-4, 4604-5, 4605, 4606, 4607, 4607-8, 4609, 4610, 4611, 4612, 4613, 4613-4, 4614, 4614-5, 4615, 4616, 4616-7, 4617, 4617-8, 4618, 4622, 4623, 4623-4, 4624, 4625, 4626, 4627, 4628, 4628-9, 4629, 4629-30, 4630, 4631, 4632, 4633, 4633-4, 4634, 4634-5, 4635, 4636, 4637, 4638, 4639, 4640, 4641, 4642, 4644-5, 4650, 4651, 4652-3, 4655, 4656-7, 4657, 4658, 4662, 4663, 4664, 4664-5, 4665, 4666, 4666-7, 4667, 4668, 4668-9, 4669-70, 4670, 4671, 4672, 4672-3, 4673-4, 4675, 4676, 4676-7, 4677, 4678, 4679, 4680; Stupich 4625
Annual report, 1986-87, tabled (Strachan) 3706
Appropriation, 1988-89 fiscal year (Crandall) 3700 (Strachan) 4603 (Vant) 3729
Aquaculture industry, role in (Smallwood) 4677-8, 4679 (Strachan) 4678
CareerTrac program (Edwards) 3774
Environmental protection, data standards group (Lovick) 4611, 4612 (Strachan) 4608, 4611, 4613, 4622, 4623
Expenditures (Smallwood) 4602 (Strachan) 4602
Expenditures, Langley constituency (Peterson) 3563
Parks and outdoor recreation, funding for (Strachan) 3771
Parks, auxiliary employees and privatization (Edwards) Q. 4095 (Strachan) A. 4095
Pollution control, procedure manual (Smallwood) 4391 (Strachan) 4390
Revenue (Smallwood) 4602 (Strachan) 4602
Services of (Crandall) 3700
South Moresby National Park, area of responsibility re (Strachan) 4639
Environment Management Act
Fee regulations under act (Smallwood) 4462
Mentioned: (Guno) 4640 (Smallwood) 4634, 4677 (Strachan) 5402
Environment Management Amendment Act, 1988
(Bill 50) (Minister of Environment and Parks) 1R, 5187; 2R, 5519, 5524-6; C, 5526; 3R, 5526; RA, 5530
Speakers: Smallwood 5524; Strachan 5519, 5525-6, 5526
Commercial River Rafting Safety Act, appeals under act (Strachan) 5187
Environmental Appeal Board, appeals process, changes to (Strachan) 5187
Environmental Appeal Board, information, confidentiality of proprietary information (Strachan) 5526
Environmental Appeal Board, ombudsman's recommendations in report on (Smallwood) 5525 (Strachan) 5525
Environmental Laboratory, privatization of (Smallwood) 5525
Sections 4 and 20, retention of (Smallwood) 5524 (Strachan) 5519
Environment Week
Mentioned: (Strachan) 4639
Environmental Appeal Board
Appeals, backlog of (Guno) 4641 (Strachan) 4641
Appeals, burden of proof on appellants (Guno) 4641 (Strachan) 4641
Appeals heard, number of (Guno) 4642
Appeals process, changes to (Strachan) 5187
Appeals upheld, number of (Guno) 4642
Chairman's questionnaire to Haida nation (Guno) Q. 3719, Q. 3719 (Miller) Q. 3720 (Strachan) A. 3719
Cyanide-leaching process, decision on overruled (Smallwood) 4657-8, Q. 4327 (Strachan) A. 4369
Hearings, ombudsman's recommendation re (Smallwood)Q. 5251 (Strachan) A. 5251
Information, confidentiality of proprietary information (Strachan) 5526
Information, disclosure of to appellants (Guno) 4641, 4642 (Smallwood) 4642 (Strachan) 4641
Islands Protection Society hearing, fee for (Smallwood)Q. 5251, Q. 5497 (Strachan) A. 5251, A. 5404, A. 5497
Islands Protection Society hearings, expenditures on (Strachan) 5404
Laboratory testing services for board (Guno) 4641 (Strachan) 4641
Members, qualifications (Guno) 4641 (Strachan) 4641
Ombudsman's recommendations in report on (Smallwood) 5525 (Strachan) 4641, 5525
Purpose of (Guno) 4640 (Strachan) 4641
Queen Charlotte Islands, pesticide appeal deadline (Miller) Q. 3720 (Strachan) A. 3720
River rafting regulations, appeals re (Strachan) 4641
Role of (Strachan) 4603
Victoria, sewage disposal, permit for (Strachan) 4652, 4653
Waste management permits, requirements re information (Smallwood) 4658
Mentioned: (Miller) 4637 (Sihota) 3479 (Smallwood) 4656 (Strachan) 4626, 4637, 5050
Environmental health
Health and environmental pollution (Smallwood) 4597 (Strachan) 4598
Environmental Laboratory
Air-testing programs (Smallwood) 4612, 4613 (Strachan) 4612, 4613
Atlin-Cassiar, laboratory's responsibilities (Smallwood) 4463
Audit programs, takeover of (Smallwood) 4604 (Strachan) 4604
Audit programs, tendering on (Smallwood) 4605
Bidding on, closing date for (Strachan) 4463
Bids for (Boone) 4623 (Smallwood) 4605 (Strachan) 4623, 4624
Data standards employees, retention of (Lovick) 4611 (Strachan) 4608, 4611
Data standards group, provision for (Strachan) 4327
Privatization of (Fraser, R.) 4608 (Lovick) 4609 (Smallwood) 4462-3, 4463-4, 5525 (Strachan) 4463
Privatization of and pesticide regulations (Lovick) Q. 4709 (Strachan) A. 4709
Privatization of, auditing of private labs (Boone) 4622 (Strachan) 4622
Privatization of, problems re monopolies (Boone) 4623, 4624 (Strachan) 4624
Privatization of, savings effected (Boone) 4623 (Lovick) 4609, 4611 (Strachan) 4609, 4611, 4611, 4623
Sale of (Smallwood) Q. 4326 (Strachan) A. 4327
Sale of, conflict of interest in (Smallwood) Q. 4291 (Strachan) A. 4291
Sale of, revenue from (Lovick) 4609-10
Services (Smallwood) 4462-3, 4464, Q. 4538, 4613 (Strachan) 4463, A. 4538, 4613-4
Services, reduction in (Smallwood) 4612, 4613 (Strachan) 4612, 4613
Standards, maintenance of (Smallwood) Q. 4291, 4463 (Strachan) A. 4291, 4463
Terrace-Kitimat, laboratory's responsibilities (Smallwood) 4463
Testing, payment for by permit-holders (Lovick) 4610 (Strachan) 4609, 4610
Tie Lake area residents, work for (Edwards) 4624 (Strachan) 4624
Mentioned: (Davis) 5453 (Strachan) 4641 (Vander Zalm) 5487
Environmental monitoring
Adequacy of and cuts in services (Smallwood) Q. 4538 (Strachan) A. 4538
Environmental policy
Economy and environment, round table on (Strachan) 4596
Environmental pollution
See: Pollution
Environmental protection
Conservation strategy (Smallwood) 4597
Economic development and environment (Smallwood) 4597 (Strachan) 4598
Environment awards (Strachan) 4596
Environmental impact, ministerial responsibility for (Smallwood) 4599-4600
Federal report on (Smallwood) 4597
Freedom of information, recommendation re (Smallwood) 4642
Government decisions, public input into (Smallwood) 4599, 4600, 4642 (Strachan) 4599
Industries, assistance to and environmental protection (Smallwood) 4615
Information to public on environmental issues (Smallwood) 4600
Jobs and environmental issues (Gabelmann) 4643
Legislation on (Strachan) 3771
Legislation, public involvement in (Smallwood) 4599
Standards, compliance with (Strachan) 4614
Equity Silver Mines Ltd.
Acid generation, reclamation (Smallwood) 4635, 4635-6 (Strachan) 4635, 4636
Bonding requirement (Strachan) 4636
Eric Martin Pavilion, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Dueck) 5026 (Sihota) 5034
Erickson, Arthur
Mentioned: (Jones) 4073 (Williams) 3889
Erosion
Farmland, river erosion of (Michael) 4846 (Savage) 4847
Esquimalt, B.C.
Tax rate, 1987 rate (Johnston) 4749
Tax rate on class 2 utilities property (Johnston) 5161
Esquimalt Legion
Mentioned: (Sihota) 3930
Esquimalt-Port Renfrew constituency
Beaches (Sihota) 4294
Parks (Sihota) 4294
Tourists (Sihota) 4294
Esquimalt Secondary School, Esquimalt, B.C.
Mentioned: (Reid) 3486
Esso Resources Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Guno) 5442
Estate Administration Act
Mentioned: (Smith, B.R.) 5169
Estates (Law)
Legislation on, obsolete provisions (Smith, B.R.) 5169
Estimates of expenditures
See entries under Expenditures, Public; for estimates of individual ministries see ministries by name
Ethanol
Dawson Creek plant (Williams) 5131
Dawson Creek plant, assistance to (Clark) 4489
Dawson Creek plant, economics of (Brummet) 4475 (Clark) 4475, 5482, 5483
Dawson Creek plant, government participation in (Vander Zalm) 5483
Dawson Creek plant, government position on (Clark) 5482
Dawson Creek plant, Jack Davis memo quoted, referred to (Clark) 5482
Dawson Creek plant project, rejection of (Williams) 4489-90
Dawson Creek plant, shares in, purchase of by farmers (Williams) 5131
Dawson Creek plant, status of (Clark) 4475
Dawson Creek plant, studies on (Williams) 5132
Dawson Creek plant, subsidy as alternative to (Clark) 5483
Dawson Creek plant, support for (Vander Zalm) 5132
Plants elsewhere, operation of (Williams) 5132
Use of, environmental aspects (Vander Zalm) 5484
Use of, public sector use of (Clark) 5484
Eurasian water milfoil
Control, biological control (Strachan) 4627
Control, use of carp (Michael) 4626 (Strachan) 4626
Shuswap Lake, milfoil problem (Michael) 4847
European Economic Community
Agricultural subsidies (Rose) 4843 (Savage) 4848
Wine industry, support programs (Rose) 4875 (Savage) 4876
Mentioned: (Guno) 4009 (Loenen) 3465 (McCarthy) 4520, 4530 (Richmond) 3574 (Rose) 3513, 4314, 4529, 4530 (Smith, B.R.) 3601 (Williams) 4494
Evans, Robert (Bob)
Mentioned: (Boone) 4956 (Hagen, A.) 4957
Evidence (Law)
Children's evidence (Sihota) 5421 (Smith, B.R.) 5315, 5421
Evidence Act
Amendments to (Smith, B.R.) 5315
Mentioned: (Sihota) 5421
Examinations
Provincial examinations (Brummet) 4471 (Jones) 4471
See also: Achievement tests
Excellence in Education fund
Abolition of (Hagen, S.) 4059 (Rose) 4059
Auditor-general's report on (Brummet) 4471 (Jones) 4470, 4471
Computers in school system, funding for (Brummet) 4195 (Jones) 4472
Education Excellence Appropriation Repeal Act. See name of act
Establishment of, opposition's position on (Fraser, R.) 4468
Expenditures (Boone) 3578 (Jones) 4196, 4197
Funds, accounting for use of (Brummet) 4470 (Jones) 4470
Funds, source of (Jones) 4196
Funds, transfer to operating budgets (Jones) 4196
Funds, unexpended funds (Couvelier) 4216, 4216 (Jones) 4330 (Stupich) 4215-6, 4216
Management of (Brummet) 4470 (Jones) 4468, 4469-70
Purpose of (Jones) 4197
Use of (Brummet) 4195, 4470 (Jones) 3654-5, 4197, 4468, 4469
Washington State fund (Brummet) 4195 (Stupich) 4199
Mentioned: (Boone) 4346 (Jones) 4408
Executive Link
Funding for (Lovick) 5487
Mentioned: (Clark) 5455 (Davis) 5455 (Lovick) 5040 (Vander Zalm) 5487
Exell, Oksana
Quoted (Blencoe) 4085
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3862 (Richmond) 4086
Exercise
Preventive health measure (Crandall) 4461
Exhibition Park, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Smith, B.R.) 3880
Exhibitions, Agricultural
See: Agricultural exhibitions
Expenditures, Public
Capital projects (Couvelier) 3624 (Rabbitt) 3469
Expenditures, 1988-89 fiscal year (Couvelier) 3626 (Sihota) 3690
Langley constituency, government expenditures in (Peterson) 3563
Megaprojects, expenditures on (Marzari) 3582 (Sihota) 3477
Overruns, prevention of (Sihota) 3480
Restraint program (Miller) 3715
Restraint program and education (Jones) 4329-30 (Rose) 4447-8
Restraint program and social welfare programs (Cashore) 3782
Special accounts, financing transactions (Couvelier) 4353
Vote 74 funds, use of (Blencoe) 3639 (Stupich) 3635
Exploration Cruise Lines Inc.
Expo 67, Montreal, P.Q.
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 3709 (Veitch) 4569
Expo 86, Vancouver, B.C.
Assets, disposition of (McCarthy) 4504, 4505 (Williams) 4503, 4504, 4505
Assets, disposition of, expenditure on (McCarthy) 4504, 4505 (Williams) 4504
Assets, prices for (Williams) 4505
Debt, payment of (Barnes) 3764 (D’Arcy) 4549 (Edwards) 4565, 4567-8 (Hagen, A.) 4571 (Michael) 4555 (Veitch) 4546, 4567, 4568, 4569, 4572
Debt, use of lottery funds for (Couvelier) 4370 (D’Arcy) 4587 (Edwards) 4371, 4567, 4568 (Hagen, A.) 4571, 4573 (Veitch) 4569, 4572
Job creation (Peterson) 3564
Lands. See entries under British Columbia Place, Vancouver, B. C.
Monorail, sale of (McCarthy) 5106
Rides, bids for (Vander Zalm) A. 4027 (Williams) Q. 4027
Rides, decision on disposal of (Vander Zalm) A. 4027 (Williams) Q. 4027
Rides, interest costs on (Williams) 4027, 4310, 4311
Rides, Peter Toigo's proposal for (Vander Zalm) A. 4027 (Williams) Q. 4027
Rides, price for (McCarthy) 5106 (Vander Zalm) 5105 (Williams) 5105
Site (McCarthy) 4504
Success of (Vander Zalm) 3618 (Veitch) 4568
Support for (Harcourt) 3709
Xerox Theatre mentioned (McCarthy) 5106
Mentioned: (Barnes) 3945 (Blencoe) 4722 (Bruce) 3515 (Brummet) 3558, 3761, 3762, 4347, 4411 (Couvelier) 3621, 3775, 4100, 4211, 5514 (D’Arcy) 4562 (Edwards) 4252, 4253, 4265, 4320 (Fraser, R.) 3506, 3508, 3687, 4260, 5139 (Hagen, S.) 4030 (Harcourt) 3709, 4177, 4178, 4939, 5095 (Johnston) 4947 (McCarthy) 3889, 3942, 4482, 4503 (Marzari) 3582, 5515 (Rabbitt) 3467, 3469 (Reid) 3488, 4095, 4249, 4265, 4319 (Richmond) 3867 (Rogers) 3980, 4232 (Rose) 5213 (Sihota) 4923 (Smallwood) 4680 (Smith, B.R.) 3951, 4579 (Vander Zalm) 3757, 3793, 4594, 4595, 5133 (Vant) 3731 (Veitch) 3506, 3706, 5284 (Williams) 3750, 3757, 3890, 4484, 4485, 4501, 4502, 4515, 4923, 5398
Expo 86 legacy fund
Grants (D’Arcy) 4586 (Veitch) 4552
Mentioned: (Veitch) 4556
Expo 88, Brisbane, Australia
Adventure British Columbia Theatre mentioned (Veitch) 4548
New Westminster band, travel expenses (Veitch) 4569
Opening of (Veitch) 4548
Mentioned: (Veitch) 4551, 4568, 5284
Export Assistance B.C.
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 4506
Export promotion
See: Foreign trade promotion
Export sales
Asia-Pacific marketplace (McCarthy) 4492
California market (Loenen) 3465 (McCarthy) 4484 (Strachan) 3549 (Williams) 4491-2
Farm produce, markets for (Savage) 4825
Increase in (Throne speech) 3456
Job creation and exports (Couvelier) 3621-2
Pacific Rim countries, trade with (Couvelier) 3621 (Rabbitt) 3468 (Throne speech) 3456 (Vander Zalm) 3617 (Vant) 3500
Soviet Union, trade with (D’Arcy) 3502
Trade opportunities forum, Kamloops (Smith, S.D.) 3523
Trade opportunities legislation (Throne speech) 3456
Trade policy for B.C. (Harcourt) 3472
Trading zones in B.C., development of (Boone) 3577 (Throne speech) 3456
United States, trade legislation (Richmond) 3573
United States, trade with (Dirks) 3590 (Michael) 4492, 4527, 4528 (Vant) 3500
Export tax on lumber
See entries under Lumber trade
Expropriation
See: Eminent domain
Extended care
See: Long-term care of the sick
Eye Bank of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Dueck) 4096