Province of British Columbia
2nd Session, 29th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
January 21, 1971 to April 2nd, 1971
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
Railway Act
Mentioned: (Nimsick) 151
Rain and rainfall
Monitoring of for lead and cadmium (Dowding) 396
Raptors
See: Birds of prey
Rathie, William George
Mentioned: (McGeer) 276
Raz, Victor M.
Letter quoted (Hartley) 47
Real Estate Act
Mentioned: (Peterson) 777 (Tisdalle) 666
Real estate development
Land for public purposes, donation of (Hall) 856
Municipal Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act Schools, sites for (Hall) 856
Real estate investment
Assessments, limit on, benefits of to speculators (Brousson) 640 (Macdonald) 639
Speculation in land (Capozzi) 507
Real property
See also: Airspace (Law)
Real property — Foreign ownership
Land, foreign ownership of (Macdonald) 131-2, 637 (Strachan) 88
Tax-sales, purchase of land by U.S. citizens (Macdonald) 132 (Strachan) 88
Real property tax
Absentee owners, tax rate for, proposal re (Macdonald) 132
Agricultural parkland, exemption of from property tax (Wenman) 849
Assessment Equalization Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act
Assessment of industrial land (Barrett) 765 (Nimsick) 767 (Strachan) 762
Assessments, appeal of (Strachan) 356, 762
Assessments based on market value, proposal re (Brousson) 640-1 (Macdonald) 639 (Strachan) 762
Assessments, equalization of (Bennett) 772 (Williams, L.A.) 771
Assessments, increase in, beneficiaries of limit on (Lorimer) 189
Assessments, increase in, case cited (Nimsick) 299
Assessments, increase in, limit on (Bennett) 638, 772-3 (Brousson) 640 (Clark) 763-4 (Dowding) 768, 770 (Gardom) 766-7 (Lorimer) 188-9 (McDiarmid) 640 (McGeer) 638-9 (Strachan) 762-3 (Williams, R.A.) 177
Assessments, increase in, limit on, cases cited (Lorimer) 188-9
Assessments, inequities in (Williams, R.A.) 176-7
Assessments, jurisdiction over, proposal re (Brousson) 641
Assessments, reassessment of property (McDiarmid) 639-40
Assessors, need for (Brousson) 640 (McDiarmid) 640
Basis for, proposal re (Gardom) 226
Elderly, tax burden on (Smith) 74 (Wenman) 57
Elderly, tax deferment proposal for (Brousson) 641 (Clark) 221 (Gardom) 226 (McGeer) 618 (Wenman) 76
Farmland, assessment and taxation of (Marshall) 509 (Smith) 73-4
Farmland, rent on and property taxes (Marshall) 509
Farmland, taxation of elsewhere (Marshall) 509
Farms, due date for taxes (Hartley) 856-7 (Jefcoat) 166
Homeowner grant (Bennett) 255 (Jordan) 204-5 (Marshall) 508 (Williston) 517
Homeowner grant and home ownership (Bennett) 617 (McCarthy) 617-8
Homeowner grant and tenants (Bruch) 619 (Cocke) 620 (McGeer) 275, 618
Homeowner grant funds, late receipt of by municipalities (Clark) 220
Homeowner grant, increase in (Bennett) 258 (Bruch) 371 (Jefcoat) 305 (Peterson) 544 (Skillings) 328 (Vogel) 363
Homeowner grant, increase in, cost of to province (Bennett) 617
Homeowner grant, level of, proposal for change in (Marshall) 509
Homeowner grant, NDP position on (Bennett) 620 (Jefcoat) 619-20 (Nimsick) 619
Homeowner grant, purpose of (Wenman) 378
Increase in (Clark) 220, 421-2
Land tax, change in due date for (Hartley) 856-7
Level of (Campbell, D.) 242-3 (Price) 526-7
Minimum tax payable, proposal re (Wenman) 378
Minimum tax, payment of (Capozzi) 508-9
Mobile homes, taxation of (Jefcoat) 166
Property tax (Bennett) 255 (Smith) 73
Provincial Home-owner Grant Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act
Regional parks, mill rate for (Hall) 479
School tax. See entries under Education — Finance Tax burden, shift in (Barrett) 766 (Clark) 763 (Dowding) 768
Taxation Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act Unpaid tax, disposition o£ property (Bennett) 637 (Nimsick) 637 (Williams, L.A.) 637
Unpaid tax, length of delinquency period (Lorimer) 637
Unpaid tax, tax sales of property (Bennett) 637 (Williams, R.A.) 637
Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders Act, An Act to Amend
(Bill 1) (Attorney-General) 1R, 4; 2R, 426-30; 3R, 731; RA, 864
Divisions: 2R, 430
Speakers: Barrett 428-9; Dowding 426-8; Gardom 42930; Peterson 426, 430; Strachan 430; Williams, L.A. 429
Maintenance hearings, out-of-province parents, representation for (Dowding) 427
Maintenance orders, enforcement of (Barrett) 428-9
Maintenance orders, enforcement of in other jurisdictions (Dowding) 427
Maintenance orders, out-of-province judgments and jurisdiction of B.C. (Dowding) 427
Maintenance orders, out-of-province judgments, appeals against (Dowding) 428 (Gardom) 429-30 (Peterson) 430 (Williams, L.A.) 429
Maintenance orders, reciprocal agreements on (Dowding) 426-7
Recreation
Community programs, funding for (Dailly) 461-2
Program (Gardom) 229
Recreation and Conservation, Department of
Annual report tabled (Kiernan) 583
Recreation areas
Development of, policy on (Williams, L.A.) 161
See also: Parks
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Paper. See Waste paper — Recycling
Recycling (Brousson) 335-7
Red Cross Society
Mentioned: (Shelford) 144
Redmond, E.C.
Mentioned: (Little) 447
Referendum
Municipalities, vote on referendums (Campbell, D.) 450
Referendums in school districts
See entries under School districts
Reforestation
Appropriation for (Bennett) 261
Employment in (Chabot) 320
Employment in, female workers (Williston) 520
Not satisfactorily stocked areas, reforestation of (Williston) 520
Reforestation (Chabot) 320 (Williston) 520
Refuse and refuse disposal
Garbage, disposal of (Jordan) 489-90 (Little) 120
Regional districts, responsibility for garbage disposal (Nimsick) 298
Rural areas, report on garbage disposal (Nimsick) 298
Vancouver, garbage, production and disposal of (Brousson) 336
Regals hockey team
Tribute to (Dawson) 167
Regehr, Rudy
Right to practise, Hon. R.R. Loffmark's remarks re (Clark) 219, 220, 422-4 (Loffmark) 288, 289 (Williams, L.A.) 533-4
Regional districts
Benefits of (Fraser) 425-6
Community plans and forests in area (Campbell, D.) 833 (Lorimer) 829 (Williams, R.A.) 832
Cost of, administrative costs (Nimsick) 297-8, 299
Establishment of (Campbell, D.) 451
Function of (Campbell, D.) 452
Garbage disposal, responsibility for (Nimsick) 298
Level of government, re-examination of (Nimsick) 297-8
Parks, development of (Hall) 479
Parks, funding for (Hall) 594 (McDiarmid) 597
Pollution control, jurisdiction over (Nimsick) 298
Powers of and Municipal Affairs minister's powers (Campbell, D.) 833
Representatives, appointment of (Fraser) 426
Representatives, election of (Campbell, D.) 451-2 (Nimsick) 298-9
Resource management policies, development of (Williams, R.A.) 832
Taxation powers (Campbell, D.) 451
Zoning, responsibility for (Nimsick) 298
Regional Parks Act
Mentioned: (Hall) 479 (Kiernan) 100
Regional Parks Act, An Act to Amend
(Bill 88) (Minister of Recreation and Conservation) 1R, 732; 2R, 760-1, 829; 3R, 854; RA, 864
Speakers: Hall 829; Kiernan 760-1
Lower Mainland Regional District, land assembly for parks (Hall) 829
Park trails, powers re (Kiernan) 760
Parkland, acquisition of mortgaged property (Kiernan) 760
Parkland, lease of (Kiernan) 760
Registered Nurses' Association of British Columbia
Newsletter quoted (Strachan) 360
Mentioned: (Dailly) 460
Rehabilitation and Social Improvement, Department of
Appropriation for (Bennett) 258
Funding for, proposal re (McGeer) 280
Investigation into by committee of House (Gardom) 229
Opportunities program (Dailly) 68
Religion in the public schools
Bible reading, prayers in schools (Wenman) 381, 845
Rent control
Rent control (Price) 528 (Wolfe) 346
Rental housing
Homeowner grant and tenants (Bruch) 619 (Cocke) 620 (McGeer) 275, 618
Low-rental housing, assistance for (Dailly) 461
Research
Science city, proposal for (McGeer) 274, 276, 279
University Endowment Lands, research park (Gardom) 228
Research natural areas
Ecological reserves (Williston) 78-9
Ecological reserves, abolition of (Brousson) 750
Ecological Reserves Act. See name of act Ecological reserves, advisers for (Williams, L.A.) 753
Ecological reserves, committee on, proposal for (Dowding) 751
Ecological reserves, decisions on (Dowding) 751
Ecological reserves, definition of types of (Brousson) 750
Ecological reserves, dumping of waste in (Williams, L.A.) 753
Ecological reserves, establishment of (Hall) 749-50, 750 (McGeer) 753 (Williston) 749
Ecological reserves, ministerial responsibility for (Brousson) 750 (Nimsick) 752 (Williams, L.A., ) 753
Wilderness areas, status of and Ecological Reserves Act (Nimsick) 752
Residential Resorts Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 759
Residential subdivisions
See: Real estate development
Restraint of trade
Restrictive trade practices (Capozzi) 847 (Peterson) 846
Restrictive trade practices
See: Restraint of trade
Retirement
Early retirement and pensions (Nimsick) 303
Pension benefits, age of eligibility for (Nimsick) 153
Revelstoke, B.C.
CPR tracks, overpass for (Campbell, B.) 90
Hospital, opening of (Campbell, B.) 90
Shoplifting, incidence of (Campbell, B.) 368
Youth hostel (Campbell, B.) 367-8
Revelstoke Review, Revelstoke, B.C.
Mentioned: (Nimsick) 151
Revenue
Cigarette, tobacco tax, revenue source, proposal re (Wallace) 17
Corporations, tax revenue, 1971-2, estimate of (Strachan) 358
Estimates of, accuracy of (McGeer) 282
Federal government, funds from (Strachan) 357
Natural resources, revenue from (Strachan) 357
Provincial assets, value of (Bennett) 257 (Gardom) 481
Revenue, 1968-69 fiscal year (Bennett) 257
Revenue, 1969-70 fiscal year (McGeer) 272
Revenue, 1970-71 fiscal year (Bennett) 255 (McGeer) 272
Revenue, 1971-72 fiscal year, estimate of (Bennett) 259 (McGeer) 626
Surplus (Bennett) 257, 259 (Campbell, D.) 243 (Hall) 233 (LeCours) 492 (Strachan) 627
Surplus, use of (Capozzi) 61 (Nimsick) 148
Revenue Act
Section 46(1) and (2) , business conducted under sections, report tabled (Bennett) 5
Revised Statutes Act, 1966, An Act to Amend
(Bill 36) (Attorney-General) 1R, 553; 2R, 667-8; 3R, 731; RA, 864
Speakers: Dowding 667-8; Peterson 667
Statutes, computerization of (Dowding) 667 (Peterson) 667
Reynolds, Melvina
Mentioned: (Brousson) 91-2
Rhodes, Mark
Mentioned: (Hartley) 48
Richter, Francis Xavier (Boundary-Similkameen) Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources and Minister of Commercial Transport
Boston Bar, aerial car ferry 352
Brenda Mines Ltd., benefits of to economy 350
Budget debate 349-52
Cascade bridge, work on 349
Christina Lake, project at south end 349
Coal reserves, Kootenays 351
Commercial Transport department, annual report tabled 370
Commercial Transport, Department of, Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 76) 1R, 725; 747-8, 748
Federal monetary and fiscal policy 349
Fish restocking of lakes and rivers, Boundary Similkameen constituency 349
Grand Forks, Central Avenue, work on 349
Grand Forks, Spencer Hill area road, work on 349
Granduc Mines Ltd., benefits of to economy 350
Hells Gate, aerial tramway 352
Home Oil Co., government investment in, statement re (Lorimer) 791
Kaiser Resources Ltd., benefits of to economy 350-1
Kaiser Resources Ltd., job creation 350
Land, use of for mines 351
Land use, single-purpose use 351
Land use, value of various uses 351
Legislature, demonstration on opening day of session 351
Mine reclamation work 669
Mines Regulation Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 412) 1R, 609; 669
Mining industry 349-50
Mining industry, employment in 350
Mining industry products, market for 350
Monetary and fiscal policy, federal policy 349
Natural gas industry, employment in 352
Natural gas industry in B.C. 351
Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Fort Nelson extension 352
Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Fort St. James-Takla Lake section, work on 352
Penticton bypass, work on 349
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965, An Act to Amend (Bill 43) 1R, 609; 669
Petroleum industry, employment in 352
Petroleum industry in B.C. 351
Petroleum, natural gas lands, leasing of 669
Roberts Bank port, operations 352
Ski lifts 352
Sunshine Comstock Mines Ltd., annual general meeting, requirement for 795
Sunshine Comstock Mines Ltd. mineral claims, restoration of to shareholders 795
Sunshine Comstock Mines Limited (Non-personal Liability) Mineral Claims Act (Bill 86) 1R, 789; 795
Sunshine Comstock Mines Limited (Non-personal Liability) Mineral Claims Act, proclamation of 795
Trucks, damage to roads, recovery of costs 748
Trucks, licensing of by regional districts 748
Trucks, load-size infraction, fine for 747-8
Trucks, loads, size of 747-8
Trucks, size of, regulations re 351-2
Western Mines Ltd. operations, benefits of to economy 350
Riots
Vancouver disturbance (Clark) 221-2
Rivers
Pollution, cleanup of (Little) 120
Sewage disposal in (Jefcoat) 305
Riverview Hospital, Essondale, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 269 (Chabot) 12 (Throne speech) 4
Roads
Cariboo constituency roads (Fraser) 179, 426
Construction and maintenance of, source of funds for (Ney) 74
Construction of (Jefcoat) 166
Controlled Access Highways Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act
Crown land, roads on (Hartley) 738 (Nimsick) 738 (Williams, L.A.) 738 (Williston) 737, 738
Esquimalt constituency, road program (Bruch) 186
Highways, access to, public ownership of routes (Barrett) 781
Highways, access to, requirement for permit for (Black) 699
Highways, construction of, cost of (Bennett) 625
Highways, expenditures on and taxes collected (Bruch) 371
Highways, lands adjacent to highways (Hall) 235 (Hartley) 499 (Strachan) 354
Highways, lands adjacent to proposed highways, acquisition of (Barrett) 697-8, 780-1 (Bennett) 781 (Black) 697 (Gaglardi) 782-3 (Macdonald) 781-2 (Williams, L.A.) 782 (Williams, R.A.) 783-4
Highways, lands adjacent to proposed highways, disposal of (Dowding) 785 (Gaglardi) 783 (McGeer) 784 (Williams, R.A.) 784
Highways, lands adjacent to proposed highways, minister's powers re (Macdonald) 782
Highways, ownership of companies involved in business along highways (Macdonald) 415-6
Kootenay constituency roads (Nimsick) 301-2
Land Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act Maintenance of (Jefcoat) 166
North Peace River constituency roads (Smith) 398
Shuswap constituency roads, work on (Jefcoat) 304
Trucks, damage to roads, recovery of costs (Nimsick) 748 (Richter) 748
See also highways by number, e.g. Highway 19
Roberts Bank, B.C.
Port, operations (Richter) 352
Railway to, completion of (Throne speech) 2
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
See: Bighorn sheep
Rolston, Tilly Jean
Mentioned: (Dailly) 210
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Mentioned: (Nimsick) 152
Rose Bowl parade
Participation in, cost of (Nimsick) 148
Roseberry, B.C.
Bridge (Campbell, B.) 369
Ross, Frank
Mentioned: (Campbell, B.) 368
Ross Dam
Raising of (Brousson) 94
Mentioned: (Kiernan) 99
Rossland Mining School, Rossland, B.C.
Establishment of (Brothers) 470
Roth, Hilbert
Mentioned: (Strachan) 354
Royal Canadian Air Force Association
Mentioned: (Campbell, B.) 91
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mentioned: (Barrett) 602 (Brousson) 335 (Calder) 653 (Campbell, B.) 91 (Clark) 222 (Hall) 478 (Hartley) 45 (McCarthy) 719 (Macdonald) 132 (Price) 180 (Richter) 795 (Wallace) 710
Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.
Constitution, changes to (Loffmark) 797-8
Hospital Corporations Act. See name of act 1912 wing, replacement of (Cocke) 104
Patient care (Cocke) 104
Patient care, case cited (Cocke) 104
Staff, reduction in (Cocke) 104
Mentioned: (Cocke) 108
Royal Commission on Automobile Insurance (1966)
Cost of (Hartley) 502
Royal Commission on Education (1958)
Royal Commission on Expropriation (1961)
Recommendations (Peterson) 43 (Wallace) 16
Royal Commission on Gasoline Price Structure (1963)
Recommendations (Hartley) 629
Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, B.C.
Constitution, changes to (Loffmark) 797-8
Hospital Corporation Act. See name of act
Royal jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Abortion, facilities for (Loffmark) 291 (Wallace) 315
Abortions, number of (Wallace 18
Facilities, use of, report on (Wallace) 316
Laboratory, use of (Black) 498
Mentioned: (Wallace) 17
Rubella
Inoculation of children (Price) 528
Inoculation of women (Cocke) 329-30 (Dailly) 208-9 (Loffmark) 289
Pregnant women, abortion in cases of rubella infection (Cocke) 329-30 (Loffmark) 289-90
Runyan, Damon
Quoted (Merilees) 191
Rural electrification
Extension of power to rural areas (Bennett) 257 (Williams, L.A.) 165
Extension of power to smaller communities (Calder) 436-7 (McDiarmid) 307
Funding for (Shelford) 405 (Throne speech) 2
Russell, Bertrand
Quoted (Strachan) 362
Russia
Delegation, meeting with in Ottawa (Calder) 50
Visit to (Shelford) 145
Rutstein, D.D.
Mentioned: (Gardom) 645
Ryan, Perry
Quoted (Loffmark) 289