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Province of British Columbia
1st Session, 35th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 17, 1992 to March 18, 1993

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Zantolas, Rocky

Teamsters case, decision referred to, quoted (Sihota) 4278, 4284

Zirnhelt, Hon. David (Cariboo South) Minister of Economic Development, Small Business and Trade

Bell mine, Granisle area mine, closing of 1296
Brenda Mines Ltd., Peachland mine, closing of 1296
Bridge Studios, funding for 335
Brinkman and Associates Reforestation Ltd., loan to 345
B.C. Business Network, abolition of 349
B.C. Creative Arts Show, success of 1456
B.C. Employee Share Ownership and Investment Association, funding for 1463
British Columbia Endowment Fund Act 2308-9
B.C. Endowment Fund, establishment of 536
B.C. Endowment Fund, funds, use of 536, 1690, 2308
B.C. Endowment Fund, investments in industry 2308
B.C. Endowment Fund, investments, return on and borrowing costs 2308
B.C. House, London, funding 1495
B.C. House, London, staff 1513
B.C. Pavilion Corporation board, appointments to 1494
B.C. Pavilion Corporation board, new board 1494
B.C. Pavilion Corporation facilities 1494
B.C. Pavilion Corporation, grant to 335, 336, 1494
B.C. Pavilion Corporation, grant to, use of funds 335
B.C. Pavilion Corporation, losses, write-off of 1458, 1464
B.C. Pavilion Corporation, revenue, source of 1458
B.C. Place Stadium, funding for 335
B.C. Trade Development Corporation, annual report tabled 3310
B.C. Trade Development Corporation, functions, change in 338
B.C. Transportation Museum, information re, access to 348
B.C. Transportation Museum, losses 346, 1458
Budget debate 535-7
Business information centres 1456
Business information centres, funding for 1499
Business information centres, Valemount-McBride area 1499
Business information centres, work of 349
Business Success for Women, conferences 1456
Campbell River, harbour development 537
Cape Mudge Resorts Ltd., loan to 345
Capital tax 536, 1689
Capital tax and tax rates in U.S. 1503, 1503-4, 1504
Cariboo Mountains, logging in moratorium on A. 130
Commission on Resources and Environment, funding for 537
Communication grants program, funding for 1456
Community Futures program, work of 1508
Constitution of Canada, Charlottetown accord 3623-5
Constitution of Canada, economy of B.C., provisions re control over 3623
Constitution of Canada, labour training, jurisdiction over 3624
Constitution of Canada, provincial jurisdiction, change in 3623
Copper smelter, establishment of 1459
Copper smelter study 1689
Corporation taxes, comparisons with neighbouring U.S. states 1098
Corporations, income tax 536
Credit rating of B.C. 1689-90
Creekside Forest Products Ltd., loan to 345
Crown corporations, operation of 345-6
Crown corporations secretariat, role of 1494
Deficit, 1992-93 fiscal year 535
Economic and regional development subsidiary agreements, funds, use of 343
Economic development commissions, funding for 1456, 1507
Economic development commissions, work of 1508
Economic development division, cost of 1460
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, appropriation, 1992-93 fiscal year 335, 535, 1454
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, appropriation, underspending of 335
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, B.C. Trade Development Corporation, relationship to 1511-2
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, contracts 1510, 1511
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, Crown corporations secretariat, relationship to 1493, 1494
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, estimates 1454-7, 1458, 1458-9, 1459, 1459-60, 1460, 1460-1, 1461, 1462, 1462-3, 1463, 1464, 1493, 1493-4, 1494, 1494-5, 1495, 1495-6, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1499, 1499-500, 1500, 1500-1, 1501, 1502, 1503, 1503-4, 1504, 1504-5, 1505, 1505-6, 1506, 1506-7, 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1511-2, 1512, 1512-3, 1513, 1513-4
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, minister's office, expenditures 337
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, mandate of 1454
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, polling contracts 1510
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, programs 1321
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, reorganization of, consultant for 1509, 1510
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, responsibilities 335
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, staff 346
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, staff, contracted employees 1459
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, staff, transfer of to B.C. Trade Development Corporation 4232
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, staff travel 1495
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, Trade, funding for 1511
Economic Development, Small Business and Trade ministry, vehicles, funding for 1459
Economic development strategy 1454-5, 1455
Economic growth, forecast of 536, 1690
Economic problems at local level 1501
Economy of B.C. 536, 1689
Economy of B.C., regional economic development, federal funds for 3624
Education, funding for 537
Electronic industries, growth of 1098, 1460
Employee Investment Act, changes to 1463
Employee Investment Amendment Act, 1992 (Bill 36) 1R, 1293-4; 2403-4, 2529
Employee investment programs 1457, 1462, 1463
Employee investments, benefits of 2403
Employee Share Ownership and Investment Association, work of 2403-4
Employee share ownership plans registered, number of 2403
Employee share ownership program, government commitment to 2529
Employee venture capital corporations, investment in 2403
Employee venture capital corporations, role of 2403
Employment programs, funding for 1296-7
Europe, eastern Europe, trade with 1513
Export trade, promotion of 3639
Export trade offices, value-for-money audit of 1512
Farm produce, Buy B.C. program A. 2704
Farm produce, dumping of in Canada A. 2639
Fibreco Pulp Inc., employees' jobs 537
Fibreco Pulp Inc., loan to 345, 1455, 1498
Forest industry, problems 1460
Forest industry, small businesses and forest exports A. 130
Forest industry, value-added products 1460
Forest industry, value-added products, access to timber for 1460
Forest inventory, funding for 537
Forests ministry, trade mission to Japan and Korea 1460
Fraser Valley Trade and Exhibition Centre, funding for 335, 336
Fraser Valley Trade and Exhibition Centre, revenue 1464
Free trade agreement, problems 528
Free trade agreement, unfair trade actions by U.S. 3639
Free trade agreement, worker adjustment programs 4232
Free trade, North American agreement 528, 1513-4
Free trade, North American agreement and B.C.'s economic development policy 3639
Free trade, North American agreement and export tax ban 3639
Free trade, North American agreement and exports to U.S. 3640
Free trade, North American agreement and Pacific Rim trade 3639
Free trade, North American agreement and water exports 3639-40
Free trade, North American agreement and worker adjustment programs 3640
Free trade, North American agreement, documents, tabling of A. 2434
Free trade, North American agreement, draft agreement 528
Free trade, North American agreement, environmental standards 3640
Free trade, North American agreement, House of Commons hearings on 4225
Free trade, North American agreement, impact of 3639-40, 3641
Free trade, North American agreement, impact of on investment in Canada 3640
Free trade, North American agreement, impact of on labour 3640
Free trade, North American agreement, information to public re 528
Free trade, North American agreement negotiations, monitoring of 1457
Free trade, North American agreement negotiations, role of B.C. in A. 2358
Free trade, North American agreement, Peace Arch protest A. 3488
Free trade, North American agreement, problems re 528
Free trade, North American agreement, ratification of 3638-40, 3641
Free trade, North American agreement, referral of to select standing committee 4225, 4232
General Electric Canada Inc., loan to A. 4023
Goldschmidt, Neil, payments to, return on A. 1583
Goldschmidt, Neil, role of A. 1665
Government agents, deputy agents, replacement of, cost of A. 4535, A. 4630
Government agents, funding for 338, 1455
Government agents, role of 1455, 1458
Government agents, services 1455
Government loan programs, funding for 1461
Government loans, decisions on 1499
Government loans, defaulted loans 337, 339, 343, 535
Government loans, defaulted loans, federal involvement in 345
Government loans, federal partnership in 340, 345
Government loans, freeze on and savings 338
Government loans, guidelines and criteria for 1461, 1462
Government loans, information re, release of 1498
Government loans, Job Protection Commission loans 345, 347
Government loans made by present government 345, 347
Government loans, security for 339-40, 340, 340-1, 341, 342, 343-4, 346
Government loans, total loan portfolio 339
Government loans under economic incentive programs 1496
Government loans, write-off of 335, 341
Government purchasing, policy on 1495-6
Harcourt, Hon. Michael F., travel to promote trade, cost of 338
Hayes, Ted, terms of reference for 1509
Health care, community-based services 537
High-tech industry, development of 1506
Highway signs, removal of private signs in pre-Christmas period A. 3587
Immigrant investor program 1497
Immigrant investor program, jurisdiction over 1498
Indians, land claims, negotiation of 537
Indians, self-government for, provision for in constitution 3624
Industrial incentive fund, cap on 3369
Industrial incentive fund, disbursements 3369, 3369-70
Industrial incentive fund, expenditures 336
Industrial incentive fund, loans outstanding 1497
Industry, development of 1454-5
Industry, environmental regulations in B.C. and U.S. A. 1466, A. 1467
Industry, high-tech industry 2309
Industry in B.C. and business climate, report on A. 4534
Industry in U.S., costs of and B.C. industry 1098-9, 1502, 1503, 1503-4, 1504, 1504-5, 1505, 1506
Industry in U.S., costs of and B.C. industry, energy costs 1506
Industry in U.S., costs of and B.C. industry, labour costs 1502
Industry in U.S., costs of and B.C. industry, land costs 1503
Industry in U.S., costs of and B.C. industry, taxation rates 1503, 1503-4, 1504, 1505
Industry, knowledge-based industries 1460
Industry, manufacturing industry, growth of 1098
Industry, relocation of in Whatcom County 1504, 1504-5
Insurance Corporation of B.C., rates 345
International Business and Immigration ministry, annual report tabled 819
International Commercial Arbitration Centre, support for 1457
International Financial Centre Vancouver Society, support for 1457
International Maritime Centre, support for 1457
International trade division, role of 1511
Interprovincial trade barriers, removal of 1455
Investment in B.C. 1505, A. 4534
Japan, B.C. Week 1457
Japan, trade mission to 342, 343, 1460
Job creation 536, 537
Job creation, public works projects 537
Job Protection Commission, annual report 1497
Job Protection Commission, expenditures 337
Job Protection Commission, funding for 337, 338, 537, 1455, 1462, 2309
Job Protection Commission, report tabled 3796
Job Protection Commission, work of 1455, 1460, 1462
Job protection commissioner, role of 537
Job protection commissioner, tribute to 1462
Kelly Douglas and Co. Ltd., Prince George operation, shutdown of and job loss A. 4290
Kelowna, Orchard Park Shopping Centre 537
Kerley, Douglas, background of 1462
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., Nelson mill, closing of 1296
Korea, trade mission to 1460
Korea, trade office 1495
Labour disputes, industry advisory councils, provision for 3825
Labour disputes, mediators, use of 3825
Labour laws, committee on, work of 3824
Labour laws, review of in future 3825
Labour Relations Code 3824-6
Labour Relations Code, benefits of 3824
Labour Relations Code, consultation re 3824
Labour Relations Code, investment in B.C., impact on 3825-6
Lang, Bill, appointment of A. 131
Lottery funds, use of 1509
Lumber, processing of rough lumber in U.S., meetings re A. 3208
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports 3639
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports and free trade agreement 528
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports, Council of Forest Industries of B.C. action on A. 131-2
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports, expenditures on lobbying 349
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports, government action on A. 131, 1457, 1511
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports, investigation into A. 131
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports, lobbying against A. 1583
Lumber, U.S. duty on imports, lobbying against, Neil Goldschmidt's role A. 1663
Major project review process, administration costs 337
Management services division, funding for 1458-9
Marzari, Hon. Darlene, Los Angeles, trip to 350
Mining industry, prices, world prices 1459
Mining industry, problems 1459-60, 1689
Ministers, travels 342, 343
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1992) 3369, 3369-70, 3370
Mustang Engineered Technical Apparel Corp., exports 1505
Natural Resource Community Fund, establishment of 536, 1297, 1455
Natural Resource Community Fund, funds, capping of 1297
Natural Resource Community Fund, funds, source of 1297
Natural Resource Community Fund, funds, use of 1297, 1320, 1321
Natural Resource Community Fund, funds, use of, accountability for 1297
Natural Resource Community Fund, funds, use of, criteria for 1320
Natural Resource Community Fund, purpose of 1297
Natural Resource Community Fund, use of 1455
O'Connor, Hubert Patrick, letter to Attorney General re case (Gabelmann) A. 4627 (Wilson) Q. 4627
Parks, Cariboo, designation of land for A. 130
Pay equity program 537
Piper Aircraft Corp., business plan A. 4067
Piper Aircraft Corp., loan or loan guarantee to 1509
Piper Aircraft Corp., relocation of to B.C. 1509
Piper Aircraft Corp., site for development A. 4023, A. 4067
Premier's Summit on Trade and Economic Opportunity 1455, 1457, 1459
Presto-Flame Logs Ltd., loan to 345
Pulpwood industry strike, impact of A. 3209
Regional and Economic Development ministry, annual report tabled 2841
Regional development 1500
Regional development advisory councils 1507
Regional development, expenditures on 338
Regional development, funding for 1501
Regional development initiatives, reassessment of 1455
Regional development, lottery funds for 1509
Regional development officers, appointment of 4630
Regional development, response to needs at local level 1507
Regional development services, coordination of at local level 1500
Regional development, staff 1500-1
Regional development studies, responsibility for 1506
Regional development, transportation plans 1501
Resource industries, productivity in 1462
Resource-based communities, adjustment committees, members 1297
Resource-based communities, adjustment plans, development of 1297
Resource-based communities, assistance to, requirements to be met for 1297
Resource-based communities, economies of, diversification of 1321
Resource-based communities, problems of 1501
Robson Square Conference Centre, funding for 335
Saxony, trade agreement with 1513
Shopping, cross-border shopping 1455, 2639
Small business and economy of B.C. 3617-8
Small business, assistance to 3618
Small business, assistance to, funding for 1456
Small business, businesswomen's advocate 1456
Small business, capital 1456, 2403
Small business, capital, equity capital 1456, 1462, 1463
Small business, home-based business, national conference on 1456
Small business, home-based business program 1456
Small business incentive program, loans 1497
Small business, income tax 536
Small business, job creation 3617-8
Small business, loan program for 1460, 1461
Small business, needs of 1508
Small business, taxation and tax in west coast states 536, 3618
Small Business Week, celebration of 3617-8
Small business, programs for women, access to by men 1464
Sonax Acoustics Ltd., exports 1505
Steel industry study 1689
Student venture loans 1499-500
Supply Act (No. 1) (1992) 335, 336, 337, 337-8, 338, 339, 339-40, 340, 340-1, 341, 342, 343, 343-4, 345, 345-6, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350
Taxation, rate 1098
Technological change, consultation with trade unions re 3825
Thailand, trade office 1512
Thuro Logging Ltd., loan to 345
Trade missions 1495
Trade office, Munich 1513
Trade offices 1457, 1495
Trade offices, cooperation with federal offices 1512
Trade offices, role of 1512
Trade unions, certification process, employers' rights in 3825
Trade unions, certification process, unfair labour practices 3825
Trade unions, certification, vote on, secret ballot vote 3824, 3824-5
Tree fruit growers, assistance to 537
Unfair labour practices, incidence of 3825
Universities and colleges, funding for 537
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, funding for 335
Venture capital corporations 1456-7
Venture capital, investments 1462
VentureNet program 1456, 1500
Vietnam, delegation from 1512
Vietnam, trade mission to 1512
Vietnam, trade with 1513
Wagner and Telden Publishing Ltd., loan to 345
Women, businesswomen's advocate 536, 1499, 1500
Women, small business ownership 1456
Women, small business programs for 1464, 1499
Women, violence against, prevention of 537
Wood waste, Williams Lake thermal plant 537
Working Opportunity Fund, advertisement in NDP brochure A. 3903
Working Opportunity Fund, establishment of 536
Working Opportunity Fund, funds 1456, 2403
Working Opportunity Fund, funds, use of 536, 1463, 1493
Working Opportunity Fund, funds, use of, accountability for 1493
Working Opportunity Fund, growth, forecast re 2403
Working Opportunity Fund, investment in, eligibility for 1294, 2403
Working Opportunity Fund, work of 1456

Zodiac Hurricane Technologies Inc.

Mentioned: (Zirnhelt) 1505

Zoning

Boards of variance's powers re (Cowie) 1759
Housing, social housing and zoning process (Blencoe) 1645-6 (Fox) 1645
Housing, zoning incentives for (Cowie) 58
Rezoning applications (De Jong) 2319

Zoos

Urban zoos (Cashore) 2137 (Cowie) 2137

Zuckerman, Chuck

Tribute to (Cashore) 2025

Zundel, Ernst

Mentioned: (Dalton) 2551 (Perry) 3528 (Simpson) 1167, 1168

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