Province of British Columbia
3rd Session, 29th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
January 20, 1972 to March 30, 1972
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
Dailly, Eileen E. (Burnaby North)
Address in Reply 268-73
Air pollution, Vancouver, jurisdiction over 269
Birth control 270
Birth control information in schools 270
Change of Name Act, An Act to Amend 764-5
Children's care, board for, proposal re 273, 540-1
Day care facilities, care in 540
Day care facilities for children under age three 539-40
Day care facilities, government action on 273
Day care facilities, licensed facilities 540
Day care, funding for 540
Dental care, children, Medical Services Plan of B.C. coverage for 541
Dropouts, rate in B.C. 777
Drug abuse 270
Drug addicts, children, treatment for 541
Economy of B.C., government policy on 269-70
Education, funding for 538-9
Elderly Citizen Renters Grant Act 763
Elderly, long-term care for 432
Elderly, prescription drugs for 271, 432
Elderly, prescription drugs for, cost of to province 432-3
Elderly renters, grant to and rent increases 763
Extended care, special-care homes 271
Family Relations Act 649
Glue-sniffing 270
Handicapped children, services to 541-2
Handicapped children, Surrey therapy pool for 542
Hearing-aid dealers, standard of competence for 755
Hospital Insurance Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 107) 1R 941
Human Rights Commission Act, changes to 273
Juvenile corrections, regional centres 272
Kindergarten service, development of 539
Legislature, girl Pages 272-3
Metric system, change to 271
Names, married women's surnames, rights re 764-5
Oil spill danger 269
Probation officers, need for 541
Public Schools Act, An Act to Amend 774-7
Pulp mills, emissions 270
Pupil-teacher ratio elsewhere 775
Pupil-teacher ratio in B.C. 775
Royal Commission on Education, recommendations 776-7
Royal Commission on the Status of Women, recommendations 272, 540
Royal Commission on the Status of Women, special committee on 993
School District 39, teachers' salaries 774
School District 45, referendum on teachers' salaries 775
School District 61, referendum on education costs 775
School districts, grants to 539
School field trips 776
School tax on property, removal of 775
Schools, auxiliary services 539
Sex offenders, treatment for 542
Social Assistance Act, An Act to Amend 901
Social goals of government 268-9
Social problems, prevention of 270
Speech therapists, need for 541
Speech therapy, Medical Services Plan of B.C. coverage for 541
Student counsellors in schools 776
Teachers, collective bargaining by 774
Teachers, salaries, increase in 774
Teachers, salaries, increase in, referendum on 774, 775, 777
Throne speech, content 268
Tourist industry and environmental protection 270
Unemployment 269
Washington State, NDP visit to 269
Welfare, basis for 901
Welfare, eligibility for, minister's powers re 901
Welfare recipients, appeals by 901
Welfare recipients, handicapped 901
Welfare recipients, single-parent families 901
Willingdon School for Girls, closing of 271
Willingdon School for Girls, facilities 272
Willingdon School for Girls, inmates, Indians 272
Willingdon School for Girls inmates, treatment of 271-2, 541
Willingdon School for Girls, use of, proposal re 272
Women discrimination against in civil service 272
Women's groups 273
Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C.
B.C. Ferry Corporation newsstands, removal from (Brousson) 611
Cigarette advertisements (Brothers) 533
Quoted (Barrett) 117, 295, 300 (Peterson) 40 (Wolfe) 376, 380
Mentioned: (Bruch) 523 (Campbell, B.) 125 (Campbell, D.) 315 (Mussallem) 384 (Peterson) 486 (Smith) 493 (Strachan) 214, 329 (Williams, L.A.) 265, 549
Daily News, Nelson, B.C.
Quoted (Campbell, B.) 373 (Nimsick) 973
Daily Sentinel, Kamloops, B-C.
Quoted (Williams, R.A.) 249
Daily Star, Toronto, Ont.
Quoted (Loffmark) 568
Mentioned: (Strachan) 211
Dairy farming
Industry (Shelford) 444
Vancouver Island farms (Ney) 140
Dalhousie University
Mentioned: (Hall) 456
Dams
Environment, impact on (McGeer) 32-3
Fish kills and dams (Cocke) 76
See also names of dams, e.g. Mica Dam
Danish Home Society
Mentioned: (Dawson) 167
Data processing branch
Work of (Skillings) 363
Davis, Jack
Mentioned: (Black) 629 (Brousson) 179 (Campbell, B.) 374 (Dowding) 527 (Gaglardi) 497 (Richter) 452, 453 (Smith) 186
Davis, Lorne
Mentioned: (Peterson) 680
Davis, William
Quoted (Dailly) 540
Mentioned: (Brousson) 618
Dawson, Isabel P (Mackenzie) Minister of the Executive Council Without Portfolio
Address in Reply 165-72
Bella Bella hospital 460
B.C. centennial medallions to long-time residents 165
B.C. Hydro transformer stations, beautification of 165-6
Children, care of, local resources 460-1
Drug abuse 171
Elderly, holiday program for 462
Electric power transmission, underground wiring 166
Extended-care facilities 166
Extended care, special-care facilities 166-7
Group homes 461
Hearing-aid dealers, correspondence courses for 463-4
Hearing-aid dealers, Gordon Dowding's representation on behalf of 464-5
Hearing-aid dealers, licensing and registration of 464-5
Hearing-aid dealers, standard of competence for 755
Hearing Aid Regulation Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 31) 1R, 677; 755
Hearing aids, advisory committee on 463
Hearing aids, board for regulation of, alleged interference in (Dowding) 526
Hearing aids, board for regulation of, powers 463
Hearing aids, board for regulation of, representation on 463
Highway 101, reconstruction of 460
Homeowner grant for elderly, increase in 664
Hospitals and hospital beds 166
Hugh Keenleyside Dam, awards to 166
Indian Affairs department, administration of 168
Indian children, funds for travel at Christmas 168
Indians, All Native Children's Tattoo 170
Indians, employment of in Indian Affairs department 167
Indians, housing, construction of 168
Indians, housing of on reserves 168
Indians, medical clinics for 170
Indians, Raven communication facility 168
Ingenika Indian band, living conditions 169-70
Ingenika Indian band, visit to 168-9 juvenile correction centres, regionalization of 460-1
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline route 166
Ocean Falls hospital, opening of 460
Old age pension, , increase in 433
Pacific North Coast Native Indian Cooperative, federal funds for 995
Parks, work on 460
Provincial Home-owner Grant Act, An Act to Amend 664
St. Mary's Hospital, addition to 460
Schools, open-area teaching methods 460-1
Willingdon School for Girls, inmates, treatment of 461
Willingdon School for Girls, operation of 460-1
Willingdon School for Girls, staff 460
Dawson, Robert MacGregor
Democratic Government in Canada mentioned (Barrett) 857 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 859, 883
Dawson Creek Chamber of Commerce
Mentioned: (Marshall) 512
Day, S.
Mentioned: (Tisdalle) 944
Day care
Care in day-care facilities (Dailly) 540
Children under age three, facilities for (Dailly) 539-40
Day care (Jordan) 505-6
Facilities, government action on (Dailly) 273
Facilities, licensed facilities (Dailly) 540
Funding for (Dailly) 540 (Jordan) 506
Income tax concession for cost of (Jordan) 507
Deaf children
See: Children, Deaf
Deafness
Workmen's Compensation Board compensation for (Strachan) 933
Deas Island tunnel
See entries beginning George Massey Tunnel, under
Highway 99
Dease Lake, B.C.
B.C. Railway extension to.
See entries under name of company
Death
B.C. deaths, information re (Loffmark) 563
Debates of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Deletions from, allegations re . (Speaker) 244 (Williams, R.A.) 244
Debts, Public
Contingent liabilities of province (Barrett) 295 (Campbell, D.) 316 (Mussallem) 381 (Skillings) 361 (Wolfe) 377
Debt-free position of province (Jefcoat) 14 (LeCours) 8
Deficit financing (Strachan) 897
Federal debt (LeCours) 8
Federal debt, interest costs on (Bennett) 284-5
Provincial debt (Barrett) 295, 324, 557
Provincial debt, reduction in (Block) 626
Deceased Workmen's Wages Act
Mentioned: (Peterson) 687
Decompression sickness
Case cited (Hall) 933-4
de Cosmos, Amor
Mentioned: (Lorimer) 500
Deer
Feeding of (Richter) 448
Deer Park, B.C.
Syringa Creek, road to (Brothers) 226
de Gaulle, Charles
Mentioned: (McDiarmid) 532
Del Cielo Heights Ltd.
Mentioned: (Williams, R.A.) 248, 249, 250, 593, 596
Deleuw Cather and Co.
Vancouver rapid transit, report on (Dowding) 527
DeLorni, B.
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 52
Delta, B.C.
Boat-launching site (Wenman) 81, 338
Farmland, protection of (Cocke) 794
Greenbelt, proposal for (Wenman) 698
Hospital (Wenman) 84-5
Industrial land (Dowding) 699 (Williams, R.A.) 694
Land, cost of (Campbell, D.) 321, 322
Parking in area at 17th and Highway 10 (Wenman) 82
Provincial grant to (Wolfe) 378
Delta School District
See: School District 37 (Delta)
Democracy
School course in, proposal for (Kripps) 580
Dempster Highway
Construction of (Marshall) 139
Dental care
B.C. Medical Services Plan coverage for (Hartley) 572
Children's teeth, B.C. Medical Services Plan coverage for care of (Dailly) 541 (Price) 599
Mobile dental clinic for north, need for (Calder) 621
Mobile dental trailer pilot project (Jordan) 144
Reach Clinic, provision of dental care (Hartley) 572
Dentists
Accounts, tax on overdue accounts (Hartley) 572
Fee, basis for (Hartley) 572
Developing countries
Aid to (Clark) 402 (Shelford) 440
Development, Real estate
See: Real estate development
Devine, Clifford
Mentioned: (Williams, R.A.) 247
DeWahl, Nick
Mentioned: (Jefcoat) 986
Diamond, Jack
Mentioned: (Bennett) 855 (Macdonald) 396
Diefenbaker, John George
Mentioned: (Black) 624 (Chant) 470 (Strachan) 333
Director of Correction
Annual report tabled (Peterson) 262
District of North Vancouver, B.C.
Amalgamation with North Vancouver (Williams, R.A.) 248
Work project deadline, extension of (Brousson) 610
Dividends
Income tax exemption for (Strachan) 751-2
Divisions
Accelerated Park Development Fund Act, 2R approved 725
Address in Reply approved 279; amdt. negatived 125
Adjournment of debate on Motion 2 approved 280
Adjournment of debate until next sitting of House, M. approved 993
Adjournment of debate until next sitting of House, M. negatived 435, 862
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Act, 1964, An Act to Amend, 2R approved 794; 3R approved 844
Budget approved 630; amdt. to negatived 438
Centennial Cultural Fund Act, An Act to Amend, 2R approved 675
Chairman's ruling sustained 643, 644, 644-5, 839-40, 840
Gift Tax Act, 2R approved 960; 3R approved 972-3
Green Belt Protection Fund Act, 2R approved 795
Kootenay Canal Land Acquisition Act, 2R approved 974; 311 approved 980
Legislature, sittings of House, amdt. to M. negatived
Motion 7, amdt. to negatived 314
Nimsick, Leo, suspension from the service of the House approved 644
Power and Telephone Line Beautification Fund Act, 2R approved 732-3
Provincial Rapid Transit Subsidy Act, 2R approved 740
Public Schools Act, An Act to Amend, 2R approved 893; 3R approved 972
Safety Engineering Services Act, 2R approved 925-6; 3R approved 979
Social Assistance Act, An Act to Amend, 2R approved 916; 311 approved 979
Speaker's ruling negatived 414
Speaker's ruling sustained 4, 655
Succession Duty Act, An Act to Amend, 2R approved 750
Sunshine Comstock Mines Limited (Non-Personal Liability) Mineral Claims Act, 3R approved 980
Vanco Insurance Company, An Act to Incorporate, 3R approved 982
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1968, An Act to Amend, 2R approved 936
Divorce
Law, change in (Peterson) 649
Divorce Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Barrett) 650 (Peterson) 649
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act
Mentioned: (Peterson) 649
Dohm, Thomas A.
Report on Gastown tabled (Black) 5
Mentioned: (Capozzi) 257 (Gaglardi) 768 (Gardom) 849
Dollar, Canadian
Value of and U.S. dollar (Throne speech) 1
Domestic International Sales Corporation
Threat of to Canada (Price) 218 (Strachan) 213
Domestic relations
Disputes, role of police in (Hall) 653
Family law, amendments to (McCarthy) 202
Family law, codification of (Peterson) 42
Family law, study of (Throne speech) 2
Family Relations Act. See name of act
Domestic relations court
Judges, appointment of (Peterson) 653
Jurisdiction of (Peterson) 653
Operation of family court (Peterson) 42
Staff (Barrett) 650 (Bennett) 651 (Gardom) 651 (Hall) 66552 (Macdonald) 651 (Peterson) 653 (Williams, L.A.)
Dominion Law Reports
Quoted (Peterson) 906
Donald, Walter
Quoted (Brothers) 632 (Tisdalle) 162
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
Age of consent for (Loffmark) 760
Human Tissue Gift Act. See name of act
Regulation of (Loffmark) 760
Douglas, Clifford H.
Mentioned: (Strachan) 332
Douglas, Thomas Clement (Tommy)
Mentioned: (Little) 553 (McDiarmid) 221 (Peterson) 40 (Williams, L.A.) 124
Douglas College
Mentioned: (Brothers) 537
Dowding, Hon. Gordon H. (Burnaby-Edmonds)
Accelerated Park Development Fund Act 722-3
Accelerated park development fund, use of funds 723
Address in Reply 230-5
Administration Act, An Act to Amend 687
Anti-Litter Week, proclamation of 231
Archaeological and Historic Sites Protection Act 810
B.C. Electric Co., takeover of 233
B.C. Energy Board, report of 792
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Act, 1964, An Act to Amend 792-3
B.C. Hydro, borrowed funds, use of 792, 793
B.C. Hydro officials, meeting with MLAs 793
Budget debate 524-9
Burnaby, Boundary Road power line 731
Burnaby Lake area, rezoning of 700
Burnaby, south Burnaby area land, rezoning of 699
Burrard Inlet crossing, opposition to third crossing 526-7
Caves, protection of 810
Centennial Cultural Fund Act, An Act to Amend 670-1
Centennial cultural fund funds, use of 671
Change of Name Act, An Act to Amend 765
Change of Name Act, An Act to Amend, amendment to third reading 787
Community Care Facilities Licensing Act, An Act to Amend 766
Community care facilities, residents' bequests 766
Crime victims' cases, powers re determination of 848
Crime victims, compensation for 848
Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 848
Delta, industrial land 699
Drug abuse, cost of to B.C. 235
Drug addicts, number of 234
Drug addicts, treatment for 234-5
Education services, cuts in 879-80
Elderly Citizen Renters Grant Act 762-3
Elderly renters, grant to and rent increases 763
Elections, political parties on ballots 808
Electric power, future needs, report on 792
Expenditures, underexpenditure of appropriations 524
Federal equalization payments, constitutional validity of 525
Ferries, takeover of private service 233
Gift Tax Act 957-8
Gift tax and donations to charity 958
Good samaritans, legislation on compensation for 848
Green Belt Protection Fund Act 699-700
Green belt protection fund, land purchases, decisions on 699
Greenbelt reserve, proposal for 699
Greenbelts, establishment of 699
Hearing-aid dealers, representation on behalf of 526 (Dawson) 464-5
Hearing aids, board for regulation of, alleged interference in 526
Hearing aids, B.C. Medical Plan coverage for 526
Heroin, addiction to 234
Indian middens, preservation of 671
Industrial safety, responsibility for 920-1
Infants, program for 231
Intestates, illegitimate children, provision for 687
Legal Professions Act, An Act to Amend 961
Library services, funding for 852
Mentally handicapped children in school system 231
Office of Commissioner of Grievances, An Act to Establish (Bill 84) 1R, 743;1001
Oil spills, cleanup costs 814-5
Ombudsman's function, proposal re 1001
Pacific North Coast Native Indian Cooperative, provincial funds for 995
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965, An Act to Amend 814-5
Power and Telephone Line Beautification Fund Act 731
Power and telephone lines, cost of burying 731
Power and telephone lines, responsibility for burying 731
Proceedings Against the Crown, An Act Respecting (Bill 85) 1R, 743;1001
Provincial Elections Act, An Act to Amend 808-9
Public Libraries Act, An Act to Amend 852
Public Schools Act, An Act to Amend 878-80
Public Schools Act, An Act to Amend, government advertisement re 878
Rent-control Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 38) 1R, 786; 998
Rent control, municipal bylaws re 998
Rental authority, establishment of 998
Rental housing, security deposits 232
Revenue, estimates of, under-estimates 524
Royal Commission on Non-Medical Use of Drugs, recommendations 233-4
Royal Commission on the Status of Women, special committee on 994
Safety Engineering Services Act 920-1
Schools, Gluelam beams, safety of 231
Sentences, serving of 690
Skagit Valley, flooding of 233
Small claims court, jurisdiction of 232
Social Assistance Act, An Act to Amend 903-4
Social Assistance Act, An Act to Amend, regulations under act 904
Special funds, establishment of 524
Special funds, use of by B.C. Hydro 524
Standards for equipment and supplies 921
Summary Convictions Act, An Act to Amend 689-90
Sunshine Comstock Mines Ltd. mineral claims, reissue of as leases 965-6, 970
Sunshine Comstock Mines Ltd. mineral claims, restoration of 965-6, 970
Sunshine Comstock Mines Limited (Non-Personal Liability) Mineral Claims Act 970
Tanker traffic, oil spill danger 233
Tanker traffic on coast 233, 815
Teachers, salaries, arbitration of 878-9
Teachers, salaries, ceiling on 878-9
Throne speech, content 231
Tobacco advertisements in Victoria newspapers 525-6
Transportation, lower mainland 527
Unemployed, Ed Gerade's project for 528
Vancouver, overhead wires 731
Vancouver, rapid transit 526-7
Vancouver, rapid transit, funding for 527, 528
Victoria Times, cigarette advertising 525-6
Washington State Legislature, procedures 232-3
Washington State, NDP visit to 232
Welfare, eligibility for, minister's powers re 903-4, 904
Welfare recipients, appeals by 904
Zoning, problem re 699-700
Downey Creek, B.C.
Dam (Campbell, B.) 373
Draft dodger
See: Military Service, Compulsory — Resister
Drama
Participation in (Jordan) 503
Dreidiger, George
Mentioned: (Strachan) 211
Drinking and traffic accidents
Drinking driver (Peterson) 43-4
Drinking driver, restrictions on (Mussallem) 382
Fatalities (McDiarmid) 223 (Tisdalle) 161
Prevention of (McDiarmid) 223
See also: Drunk driving
Driver' licences, Automobile
See: Automobile driver' licences
Driving, Automobile
See: Automobile driving
Dropouts
Rate in B.C. (Dailly) 777
Drug abuse
Addiction (Mussallem) 382
Addicts, number of (Dowding) 234
Addicts, treatment for (Dowding) 234-5
Addicts, treatment for, hospital insurance coverage for ('Throne speech) 3
Alberta prevention program (Williams, L.A.) 544
Cause of (Dailly) 270
Child addicts, treatment for (Dailly) 541
Cost of to B.C. (Dowding) 235
Drug abuse (Black) 625-6 (Calder) 99-100 (Campbell, D.) 93 (Dawson) 171 (McCarthy) 204
Prevention (Hall) 172-3 (Price) 217
Schools, educational program (Williams, L.A.) 544, 884-5
Traffickers, deporting of (Little) 180
Young people, education of re drugs (McCarthy) 204
Drug, alcohol and cigarette education, prevention and rehabilitation fund
Advertising campaign (Williams, L.A.) 543-4
Community advisory committees (Brothers) 534
Council (Brothers) 533 (Williams, L.A.) 543
Education program (Brothers) 533-4
Education film, production of (Brothers) 534
Funding for (Bennett) 288
Funds, use of (Brothers) 533-4 (Mussallem) 382
Grants (Brothers) 534
Publication “Get it Straight” (Brothers) 534
Research work (Brothers) 534
Mentioned: (Jefcoat) 14 (Shelford) 239
Drugs
Elderly, prescription drugs for (Barrett) 409-10, 413 (Clark) 90 (Dailly) 271, 432 (Strachan) 419 (Wallace) 349-50, 421
Elderly, prescription drugs for, cost of to province (Dailly) 432-3
Generic-name drugs, use of in filling prescriptions (Hartley) 996 (Loffmark) 996 (Price) 598-9
Drunk driving
Advertisements and liquor store signs re (Gardom) 795
Alcohol levels (Nimsick) 45, 797 (Wallace) 798
Beer parlour hours, proposal re (Barrett) 799
Beer parlours, breathalysers in, proposal re (Price)
Fine for, level of (Gardom) 795
Insurance premiums for drunk drivers (Barrett) 799-800
Licence suspension for (Gardom) 796 (LeCours) 800-1 (Little) 797 (Lorimer) 801 (Macdonald) 798 (Mussallem) 797 (Nimsick) 797-8 (Peterson) 44, 801-2 (Wallace) 799
Licence suspensions, number of (McDiarmid) 223
Penalty for (Gardom) 795
Penalty for driving under suspension (McDiarmid)
Prevention of (Gardom) 795
Drury, Charles
Mentioned: (Peterson) 486
Dubé, Jean Eudes
Mentioned: (Marshall) 512
Dufferin, B.C.
Bennett, Charlie, land holdings, access to (Williams, R.A.) 595
Bennett, Charlie, land holdings, water supply for (Williams, R.A.) 593-4
Boundaries (Campbell, D.) 323 (Strachan) 326
Council meetings, site for (Williams, R.A.) 251
Highway junction area land (Williams, R.A.) 593-5
Highway 1, access to (Williams, R.A.) 595-6
Hotel (Williams, R.A.) 250
Kamloops, amalgamation with (Williams, R.A.) 597
Kamloops work yard (Williams, R.A.) 250
Letters patent issued (Williams, R.A.) 249-51
Mayor, appointment of (Williams, R.A.) 250-1
Municipal status for (Barrett) 312-3 (Campbell, D.) 323 (Williams, R.A.) 592
Roads, title to (Williams, R.A.) 596
Weyerhaeuser pulp mill (Campbell, D.) 323 (Williams, R.A.) 250
Zoning of (Williams, R.A.) 593, 594-5
Duncan, B.C.
Pulp mill smell (Strachan) 208
Welfare costs (Strachan) 330
Welfare recipients (Strachan) 330
Duncan Dam
Reservoir (McGeer) 35
Reservoir, clearing of (Hartley) 790
Mentioned: (Campbell, B.) 373 (McGeer) 32 (Nimsick) 474 (Williston) 64
Dunlop, Bruce
Mentioned: (Tisdalle) 944
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co.
Employee's pension, case cited (Mussallem) 187
Duplessis, Allan
Mentioned: (Dowding) 848