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
Labour, Department of
Annual report tabled (Chabot) 494
Appropriation, 1972-73 fiscal year (Bennett) 287
Labour disputes
Binding arbitration, use of (Jordan) 502
Compulsory arbitration, use of (Hall) 457-8
Labour force
See: Labour supply
Labour laws and legislation
Compulsory sections (Clark) 89
Legislation, proposal re (McGeer) 27
Labour-management relations
See: Industrial relations
Labour productivity
Productivity of labour (Williston) 63
Labour Relations Act
Mentioned: (Chabot) 386
Labour Relations Board
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 998 (McGeer) 985
Labour supply
Advertisements for workers from elsewhere (Price) 216 (Strachan) 212
B.C. labour force (Chabot) 389-90
Future needs (Wallace) 58-9
Increase in (Throne speech) 3
Skilled workers, shortage of (Barrett) 867
Labour unions
See: Trade unions
Ladner, B.C.
Land, cost of (Campbell, D.) 321
Ladysmith, B.C.
Harbour, cleanup and protection of (Strachan) 208
LaFarge Concrete Ltd.
Kamloops plant (Williams, R.A.) 248, 249
Laing, Arthur
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 394 (Marshall) 512
Laing Construction and Equipment Ltd.
Mentioned:. (Gardom) 400
Laird, Frank
Quoted (Williams, R.A.) 247
Laissez-faire
Free enterprise system (Strachan) 210
Lake Cowichan, B.C.
Honeymoon Bay, road to (Strachan) 208
Sewage bylaw (Strachan) 208
Telstat Canada, west coast anchor station (Strachan) 208
Lake Cowichan School District
See: School District 66 (Lake Cowichan)
Lakeland Valley Developments Ltd.
Mentioned: (Williams, L.A.) 547, 548
Lakes
Shorelines, subdivisions (Williston) 343
The Lancet
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 204
Land Bank of British Columbia, An Act to
Incorporate
(Bill 114) (Macdonald) 1R, 979
Land banks for housing
See entries under Housing
Land speculation
See: Real estate investment
Land subdivision
Schools, other public buildings, provision for (Bruch) 134
Land titles
Land registry office (McGeer) 308
Land registry office, backlog of work (Lorimer) 191-2
Land registry office employees, pay scale (Lorimer) 192
Land registry office, staff shortage (Cocke) 74
Land use
Agricultural land, loss of (William, L.A.) 263
Agricultural land, preservation of (McGeer) 307 (Price) 218 (Williams, L.A.) 263-5
Agricultural parkland, legislation on (Wenman) 85-6
B.C. Hydro, land use policies (McGeer) 702
East Kootenay, land use (Nimsick) 51-2
Forest branch, control over land use (Williams, L.A.) 697
Forest land, use of (Williston) 67-8, 341-2, 771
Fraser Valley farmland, preservation of (Brousson) 180
Land use contracts (Campbell, D.) 97-8, 321-2
Lower mainland, municipal landholdings (Campbell, D.) 322
Price of land and land policies (William, R.A.) 694
Recreational land, use of (Williston) 341-2
Research on (William, L.A.) 696
Trust, proposal for (McCarthy) 202 (Williams, L.A.) 264
Vanderhoof-Hazelton land capability study (Williston) 342
Landlord and tenant
Apartment building owners, tax concessions to (Loffmark) 664-5
Security deposits (Dowding) 232
Landlord and Tenant Act
Mentioned: (Cocke) 761 (Dowding) 232 (Wolfe) 57
Landlord and Tenant Act, An Act to Amend
(Bill 110) 1R, 949
Lands, Forests and Water Resources, Department of
Cariboo forest district, establishment of (Fraser) 129
Lands Service
Annual report tabled (Williston) 708
Lang, Otto
Mentioned: (Marshall) 139
Langley, B.C.
Ferry, removal of tolls (Mussallem) 384
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid
Quoted (Kripps) 255
Law Enforcement Officers Assistance Compensation Act
Mentioned: (Peterson) 847
Law Foundation of British Columbia
Board of governors, number of members (Peterson) 962 (William, L.A.) 962
Law Reform Commission
See: British Columbia Law Reform Commission
Laws Declaratory Act
Mentioned: (Gardom) 968
Lawson, Edward M. (Ed)
Mentioned: (Chabot) 387, 388 (Merilees) 190 (Shelford) 442
Lawyers
Law profession, applicants (Ney) 141 (Nimsick) 960-1
Legal Professions Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act
Queen's Counsel, appointees (Lorimer) 999
Trust accounts, use of interest on (Gardom) 961
Lead
Smelting of in B.C. (Nimsick) 50
Leader-Post, Regina, Sask.
Quoted (Strachan) 212
LeCours, Ernie (Richmond)
Alcohol abuse, advertising campaign re 12-3
Alcoholic beverages, advertising ban 357-8
Automobile insurance, government plan for, proposal re 122
Automobile insurance, Manitoba 122-3
Automobile insurance rates 122
B.C. Building, location of 355
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Act, 1964, An Act to Amend 789-90
B.C. Hydro borrowing, proposal re 357
B.C. Hydro debt, interest costs on 789
Collective bargaining 11-2
Debt, debt-free position of province 8
Debt, federal debt 8
Drunk driving, licence suspension for 800-1
Elderly, housing projects, Richmond, interest rates on 431
Elderly, housing, use of lottery funds for 431
Glue-sniffing 13
Group homes, construction of 13
Income tax, basic exemption 357
Indians, court caseworker program 13
Interest rates, control over 12
Lottery, provincial lottery, proposal for 13
Mediation Commission, use of 7
Monetary system, international monetary system 10-1
Motor-vehicle Act, An Act to Amend 800-1
Old age pension, increase in 356-7
Poverty in Canada 9-10, 355-6, 358-9
Production, per capita production in Canada 10
Profit, control over 12
Provincial Elections Act, An Act to Amend 803
Quilt, Frederick, death of 13
Richmond, right-of-way, hearing on 355
Solvent-sniffing, legislation on 13
Stock market, operation of 13
Tobacco advertising, ban on 357-8
Tourist industry 13
Tirade unions, powers of 12
Vancouver, Knight Street bridge 13
Voting card, proposal for use of 803
Wage and price controls 12
Wallace, G.S., party membership, transfer of 7-8, 8-9
LeDain Commission
See: Canada. Royal Commission on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs
Legal aid
Need for legal aid system (Gardom) 401, 961 (McGeer) 309
Legal Professions Act
Mentioned: (Capozzi) 805
Legal Professions Act, An Act to Amend
(Bill 68) (Attorney-General) 1R 717; report 946; 2R, 960-2, 3R, 976; RA, 1004
Speakers: Dowding 961; Gardom 961; Nimsick 960-1; Peterson 960, 961-2; Williams, L.A. 962
Amendments to bill (Price) 946
Law Foundation board of governors, members, number of (Peterson) 962 (Williams, L.A.) 962
Law profession, applicants (Nimsick) 960-1
Legal aid, need for (Gardom) 961
Real Estate Council of B.C. trust funds, use of interest on (Gardom) 961
Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders and Private Bills, referral of bill to (Peterson) 717, 960
Trust accounts of lawyers, use of interest on (Gardom) 961
Legislative Assembly Privileges Act
Mentioned: (Speaker) 883
Legislature
Anniversary of first session (Lorimer) 499
Broadcasting of debates (Gardom) 990-1 (McGeer) 27
Chamber, carpet colour (Tisdalle) 156-7
Debates, written record of (Gardom) 990-1 (McGeer) 27
Dining-room, smoking in (Kripps) 252
History of (Lorimer) 499-500
Pages (Black) 623
Pages, costume for (Dailly) 272
Pages, girl pages (Dailly) 272-3
Public galleries, attendance in (Smith) 183
Sessions, fall session, proposal re (Hartley) 104-5
Smokers, provision of room for (Kripps) 252
Speaker's corridor signs (Brousson) 176
Televising of debates (McGeer) 27
Legislature — Members
Citizenship requirement (Capozzi) 805
Northern MLAs, expenses (Little) 553-4
Pensions (Little) 553
Votes, free votes (Wallace) 61
Legislature — Procedure
Adjournment of sittings, review of by select standing committee (Motion 25) (Nimsick) 995
Oral question period (Barrett) 301 (McGeer) 27 (Wallace) 61
Rules, proposal for change in (Clark) 88-9 (McGeer) 27
Sittings of House, M. (Bennett) 36; approved 36. Amdt. (Nimsick) 36, negatived 36
Leidtke, Harry
Mentioned: (Jefcoat) 986
Levi, Norman
Mentioned: (Black) 628
Lewis, D.
Mentioned: (Jefcoat) 986
Lewis, David
Mentioned: (Clark) 405 (Gaglardi) 197
Lewis, Lawrence
Mentioned: (Calder) 100 (Vogel) 156
Liard Highway
Construction of (Marshall) 139
Libby Dam
Land loss (Nimsick) 51
Land use problems in area (Williston) 342
Reservoir, clearing of (Bennett) 287 (Nimsick) 474
Mentioned: (Nimsick) 474 (Williston) 64
Libel and Slander Act, An Act to Amend
(Bill 64) (Macdonald) 1R, 709; 2R, 999-1000; 2R negatived 1000
Speakers: Macdonald 999; Peterson 1000
Men, impugnment of chastity of, action for slander (Macdonald) 999
Libraries
Conference on (Throne speech) 3
See also: Public libraries; School libraries
Library Development Commission
Report tabled (Black) 5
Library services branch
Work of (Jordan) 503
Licence plates, Automobile
See: Automobile licence plates
Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. John R. Nicholson
Closing speech 1004-6
Speech from the Throne 1-4
Lightfoot, Ed
Mentioned: (Jefcoat) 986
Lillooet School District
See: School District 29 (Lillooet)
Link, A.
Mentioned: (Jefcoat) 986
Lions Bay, B.C.
Mentioned: (Williams, R.A.) 592
Lions Club
Mentioned: (Black) 627
Lions Gate Bridge
Construction of (Merilees) 188
Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Clark) 403
Lions Paraplegic Lodge Society
Grant to (Black) 627
Lipson, Samuel
Mentioned: (Strachan) 211
Liquor Act
Mentioned: (Clark) 88 (McGeer) 28 (Peterson) 37
Liquor Control Board
Financial statement tabled (Williston) 262
Profits (Gardom) 757 (Nimsick) 756
Report tabled (Peterson) 5
Litter Act
Loophole, amendment re (Kiernan) 274
Mentioned: (Barrett) 300 (Bennett) 296 (Hartley) 974 (Throne speech) 3 (Williston) 343
Litter Act, An Act to Amend
(Bill 32) (Minister of Recreation and Conservation) 1R, 677, 2R, 755-9, 3R, 787; RA, 1004
Speakers: Barrett 758; Campbell, B. 757; Gardom 757, Kiernan 755-6, 758-9; McGeer 757-8; Nimsick 756-7
Beverage containers, central depots for return of (Kiernan) 759 (Nimsick) 756
Beverage containers, refund for, rate (Campbell, B.) 757 (Kiernan) 759
Beverage containers, refund for, requirement re (Campbell, B.) 757 (Kiernan) 755-6, 759 (McGeer) 757
Beverage containers, soft drinks, standardized containers for (Nimsick) 756
Forest industry, pollution problem (Barrett) 758
Lakes and rivers, frozen, protection for (Kiernan) 755
Liquor bottles, conversion of to other uses, proposal re (Gardom) 757 (Kiernan) 759
Liquor bottles, return of, proposal re (Gardom) 757 (Kiernan) 759 (Nimsick) 756
Liquor Control Board, profits (Gardom) 757 (Nimsick) 756
Mining industry, pollution problem (Barrett) 758
Roadside litter, bottle and can content (Kiernan) 756 (McGeer) 757
Sanitary facilities, requirements for on private land (Kiernan) 755
Litter (Trash)
Lakes and rivers, frozen, protection for (Kiernan) 755
Litter Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act
Roadside litter, bottle and can content (Kiernan) 756 (McGeer) 757
See also kinds of litter by name, e.g. Beverage containers
Little, Dudley George (Skeena)
Address in Reply 180-2
Budget debate 553-6
Bulkley Valley Forest Industries Ltd., losses and layoffs 181
Drug traffickers, deporting of 180
Drunk driving, licence suspension for 797
Federal equalization payments, court case re 554
Ferry Island, retention of as park 554-5
Hazelton, bridge over Bulkley River 181
Home acquisition grant, eligibility for, citizenship requirement 554
Indians on north coast, fishing by 996
Kemano residents, payment of gasoline tax by 181
Kitimat, government building for 181
Long-term care of the sick, Prince Rupert facilities 556
MLAs from north, expenses 553-4
MLAs, pensions 553
Motor-vehicle Act, An Act to Amend 797
Nursing home care in northern B.C. 555-6
Public Service Salary Act (Bill 93) 1R, 841; withdrawn 941
Queen of Prince Rupert, scheduling of 554
Prince Rupert, road and rail access to 554
Safety Engineering Services Act 925
St. John Hospital, Vanderhoof, construction of 556
Students, equalization grants for northern students 554
Terrace, road to Tyee 181
Terrace traffic, rerouting of 554
Terrace truck scales 555
Topless dancing, ban on 181-2
Truck loads, overloads and fines for 555
Unemployment, employment of non-citizens 180
Livingstone, Andy
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 201
Local elections
Hospital patients, voting by (Kripps) 254
Tenants, right of to vote (Capozzi) 260 (Cocke) 367
Timing of (Lorimer) S01
Local initiatives program
Funds, use of (McCarthy) 722
Local transit
Crown authority for, proposal for (Vogel) 155
Elderly, transit passes for (Clark) 90 (McGeer) 27, 304 (Wallace) 422
Federal funds for (Campbell, D.) 99
Free use of, proposal for (Macdonald) 734
Funding for (Campbell, D.) 319 (McDiarmid) 735 (Macdonald) 393, 734 (Wallace) 736
Handicapped, passes for (McGeer) 27
Losses, payment for (Bennett) 289 (Macdonald) 733 (Wallace) 736
Lower mainland area, rapid transit system for (Cocke) 740 (McGeer) 738-9
Operation of, proposal re (Gardom) 399
Rapid transit systems elsewhere (Barrett) 736 (Macdonald) 734
Rapid transit systems, losses, provincial share of (Bennett) 733
See also subdivision Transit system under names of cities and towns, e.g. Vancouver, B.C. — Transit system
Loffmark, Hon. Ralph Raymond (Vancouver South) Minister of Health Services and Hospital Insurance
Abortions, number of 563
Alcoholic beverages, advertising of 568
Alcoholism 568
Apartment building owners, tax concessions to 664-5
Change of Name Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 43) 1R, 715; 764
Community care facilities, inspection of, responsibility for 765, 766
Community Care Facilities Licensing Act, administration of 765
Community Care Facilities Licensing Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 44) 1R, 715; 765, 766
Community care facilities residents, bequests of 766
Community care facilities residents, term for 765
Deaths in B.C., information re 563
Drugs, generic drugs, use of in filling prescriptions
Gift Tax Act 955-6
Gift Tax Act, drafting of Bill 956
Gift tax and gifts between spouses 956
Gift tax legislation elsewhere 956
Health care, cost of 565
Health care, federal funds for 564
Health care services in B.C., eligibility for 566
Heart surgeons, Vancouver General Hospital 567
Heart surgery, hospital facilities 568
Hospital care, out-of-province patient, case cited
Hospitals Act, section 37, regulations under section 706
Hospitals, construction of, funds for 565
Hospitals, funding for, federal funds 565-6
Hospitals, funding for, overexpenditure 565
Human Tissue Gift Act (Bill 42) 1R, 717; 760
Kidney dialysis, home program 563-4
Kidney failure, correctional program 563-4
Lung cancer deaths 568
Medical appeal board, members 568
Medical appeal board, special board 568
Mentally handicapped children, residences for 564-5
Mentally ill, community-based care for 564
Name changes, residency restriction on 764
Names, given names, rights re changes in 764
Names, surnames, rights re changes in 764
Physicians, medical manpower committee 568
Physiotherapists and Massage Practitioners Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 45) 1R, 715; 767
Podiatrists, professional activities of 962
Podiatry Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 99) 1R, 895; 962
Pollution control, enforcement of 563
Population of B.C., increase in 562
Practical Nurses Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 46) 1R, 715; 767
Provincial Home-owner Grant Act; An Act to Amend 664-5
Psychiatrists, geographic distribution of 564
Riverview Hospital patients, reduction in number of 564
Rubella infection in pregnant women 563
Rubella vaccination program 563
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Printing, membership in (Peterson) 675
Select Standing Committee on Social Welfare and Education, withdrawal from membership in (Peterson) 675
Smallpox vaccination 563
Tissue donation, age of consent for 760
Tissue donation, regulation of 760
Tobacco, advertising of 568
Trade Schools Regulation Act, removal of reference to 767
Logging
Vancouver Island logging, guidelines for (Ney) 466
Long-term care of the sick
Chronic care, coverage of under hospital insurance (Lorimer) 500
Chronic care, provision of (Price) 597
Community care facilities, inspection of, responsibility for (Cocke) 765-6 (Loffmark) 765, 766 (Wallace) 766
Community Care Facilities Licensing Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act
Community care facilities residents, bequests of (Cocke) 765 (Dowding) 766 (Loffmark) 766
Community care facilities residents, term for (Cocke) 765 (Loffmark) 765
Elderly, provision of care for (Barrett) 409, 413 (Clark) 404 (Dailly) 432 (McGeer) 304 (Wallace) 349, 422 (Williams, L.A.) 434
Extended care (Nimsick) 482 (Wallace) 349, 422
Extended-care patients in private hospitals (Cocke) 435
Extended care, waiting-list for (Clark) 403-4
Facilities for (Dawson) 166 (McGeer) 27
Intermediate care, cost of (McDiarmid) 530 (Nimsick) 482 (Wallace) 348-9, 421
Intermediate-care hospital, location of (Wallace) 421
Intermediate-care hospitals, construction of (Bennett) 290
Need for (Clark) 90
Nursing home care in northern B.C. (Calder) 622 (Little) 555-6
Prince Rupert facilities (Little) 556
Special-care facilities (Bennett) 291 (Black) 627 (Dailly) 271 (Dawson) 166-7 (Kripps) 252 (McDiarmid) 530
Longridge, D.M.
Mentioned: (Loffmark) 568
Lorimer, James G. (Burnaby-Wlllingdon)
Address in Reply 191-3
Assessment Equalization Act, amendments to 191
Beaches, pollution of 192
Bellwood, David, resignation of 191
Budget debate 499-502
Chronic care, coverage of under hospital insurance 500
Coal, royalties on 193
Cominco Ltd., payments to under Iron Bounties Act 501
Company towns, municipal status for 501
Copper industry, revenue to province 193
Drunk driving, licence suspension for 801
Education services, cutbacks in 828
Elderly, housing for 500
Iron, royalties to province 193
Juan de Fuca Strait, oil-well drilling 192
Land registry office, backlog of work 191-2
Land registry office employees, pay scale 192
Legislature, anniversary of first session 499
Legislature, history of 499-500
Mining companies, landholdings, tax on 193
Mining industry, foreign ownership of 193
Mining industry, revenue to province 193
Mortgages, second-mortgage program, mortgages for elderly 657
Motor-vehicle Act, An Act to Amend 801
Municipal borrowing, interest rate on 192-3
Municipal borrowing, provincial guarantee for 193
Municipal boundaries commission, proposal for 312
Municipal elections, timing of 501
Oakalla Prison Farm, relocation of 502
Poor, housing for 500
Provincial Home Acquisition Act, An Act to Amend 657
Public Schools Act, An Act to Amend 827-8
Queen Charlotte Islands, oil-well drilling in area 192
Queen's Counsel Act, An Act to Repeal (Bill 63) 1R, 677;999
Queen's Counsel, appointees 999
Rental housing, funding for low-rental housing 500
Sawdust spills in barge-loading 192
School boards, autonomy of 828
Simon Fraser University land, taxation of 501-2
Social Assistance Act, An Act to Amend 911-2
Social Assistance Act, An Act to Amend, minister's powers under act 911
Speech from the Throne, content 191
Strait of Georgia, oil well drilling in area 192
Succession duties and common-law relationships 745
Succession Duty Act, An Act to Amend 745
Tahsis, municipal services 501
Tahsis, per capita grants to village and Tahsis Co. Ltd. 501
Tahsis rents, level of 501
Teachers, arbitration boards for, representation on 827
Teachers, salaries 827-8
Topless dancers 191
Universities, lands, taxation of 501-2
Welfare payments, municipalities' powers re 912
Western Mines Ltd., sale of 193
Lornex Mining Corp. Ltd.
Crown land, cost of to company (Hartley) 105
Development funds, source of (Strachan) 212
Lotteries
Lottery system for B.C. (Price) 221
Manitoba lottery (price) 221
Provincial lottery, proposal for (Hartley) 108 (LeCours) 13
Lougheed Highway
See: Highway 7
Lovell, Sir Bernard
Quoted (Williams, R.A.) 247
Lovick, James
Mentioned: (Clark) 90
Lower mainland regional planning board
Disbanding of (Cocke) 794 (McCarthy) 700-1 (Williams, L.A.) 697
Work of (Williams, L.A.) 697
Lumber trade
Production (Bennett) 286 (Throne speech) 2
Lungs — Cancer
Deaths (Loffmark) 568