Province of British Columbia
30th Parliament, 2nd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
January 25, 1973 to April 18, 1973

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Easter holidays

See: School attendance

East Indians

Discrimination in employment and in community (Radford) 277

Echo Lake Lodge, Echo Lake, B.C.

Power extension to lodge on leased government land, question (Jordan) 875

Ecological Reserves Act

Conflict of interest in administering Act, reference to (Brousson) 1916

Ecology

Ecological reserves (Williams, R.A.) 1876

Ecological reserves under Lands Branch (Williams, R.A.) 1917

Economic conditions

See: British Columbia — Economic conditions

Economic Council of Canada

Annual report, references to, quotation from (Phillips) 499

References to, on municipal finances (Gardom) 855

The Years to 1980, annual review, quoted (Anderson, D.A.) 702, 704

Economic council (proposed)

Economic council needed (Anderson, D.A.) 40

Edmund Burke Society

Reference to Ontario Social Credit Party membership (Hall) 2586

Education

Budget appropriation, Budget address (Barrett) 360

Economic planning

See: Economic policy

Economic Policy

Resource planning and community stability (Nunweiler) 253

Economic research

British Columbia Economic Research Fund 365, 2371-5

Economics

Development of school of economics in B.C. suggested (Steves) 438

Education

Commission to take a fresh look at education (Strachan) 1163

Improvements suggested (Dent) 408

Education — Aims and objectives

Education must provide students with adaptability (Dailly) 424

Students must not feel they are failures (Dailly) 424

Education — Costs

Commission to study public schools' expenditure, Budget address (Barrett) 360

Control of costs, programmes, teachers' salaries (McClelland) 1114

Costs in B.C. (Phillips) 1133-6

Independent schools, economic argument for support (Gardom) 328

Education — Curricula

Advice to schools and universities, job prospects and curriculum adaptation (Wallace) 386

Air navigation course given in Abbotsford (Dailly) 427

Course programmes relevant to demand (Brousson) 1098

Courses, shortening length of time under consideration (Dailly) 1102

Courses needed on mortgages, use of credit (Brousson) 1157

Courses relevant to needs of the present (Dailly) 1124

Decentralization of curriculum to allow for local requirements (Dailly) 427

Education, more meaningful, more useful (Wallace) 386

Experimental programmes (McClelland) 1114

Family living and sex education in curriculum policy change (Dailly) 427

Indian studies course given in Queen Charlotte Islands (Dailly) 427

Outdoor environment school for students (Gorst) 1171

Research on marketability of skills (Dailly) 1162

Women's studies in curriculum (Brown) 1107

Education — Finance

Adjustment payments to school districts (Strachan) 739

Business tax to compensate for removal of education tax (Richter) 540

Cabinet split over removal of school taxes from real property, question (McClelland) 862

Community colleges, technical and vocational schools, operating grants, Budget address (Barrett) 357

Contingent liabilities in schools and hospitals (Morrison) 371

Education improvements suggested 1978 budget (Dent) 408

Education, 3 per cent shrinkage in budget (Schroeder) 404

Increase in education spending, effect on municipalities (Anderson, D.A.) 652

Provincial government's share of school district budget, separate vote, Budget address (Barrett) 357

School district boundaries, Education department has no policy (Dailly) 1169

School district boundaries and local taxes (Fraser) 1169

School tax, government still planning means of removal from property (Wallace) 389

School tax removal, further discussion in caucus (Stupich) 897

School tax removal for old age pensioners (Brousson) 569

School tax removal from farmland (Nicolson) 211 (Phillips) 665 (Smith) 895 (Wallace) 903

School tax removal from homes and family farms (Liden) 484

School tax removal from land (Morrison) 375

School tax removal from producing farmland (Stupich) 528

School tax removed, lack of agreement on method (Barrett) 863

Universities, cutback in capital funds (McClelland) 465

Education — Philosophy

Philosophy and direction take priority over financial policy (Dailly) 424

Education — Research

See: Educational research

Education, Department of

Bremer, John, appointment as chairman of commission on education (Dailly) 1161

Commission chairman, lack of background in post-secondary field (Brousson) 1096

Commission chairman, reasons for appointment (McGeer) 1160

Commission chairman to ensure continuity (Dailly) 1101

Commission chairman's background in higher education (Dailly) 1101

Commission of investigation, appointment of women to it (McGeer) 1111

Commission on education, membership, qu. (Wallace) 2951

Committee for Children to co-ordinate all services for children in B.C. (Dailly) 425, 428

Deputy Minister for post-secondary education suggested 1096

Education, largest single expenditure commitment, Budget address (Barrett) 357

Estimates 1089-92, 1095-1115, 1120-45, 1151-74
Speakers: Anderson, D.A. 1163-6, 1167-8, 1172-3; Anderson, G.H. 1156; Brousson 1095-1100, 1156-7; Brown 1106-8; Chabot 1170, 1174; Curtis 1091-2; Fraser 1168-9; Gardom 1120-4; Gorst 1171; Jordan 1140-5, 1151-5; Lauk 1102-3; Lea 1168; McClelland 1113-5, 1127; McGeer 1111-3, 1160-1, 1163; Morrison 1170; Nicolson 1092; Phillips 1133-40, 1173; Wallace 1127-32, 1161-2; Webster 1108-10

Expenditures less than budget appropriations in past (Young) 445

Grants to school districts, allocation, Budget address (Barrett) 357

Ministerial conferences with other western provinces (Dailly) 1102

Publication on scholarships and bursaries needed (Dailly) 1101

Education, Elementary

Family life studies in elementary school (Nicolson) 479

Education, Higher

Commission to examine post-secondary education (Dailly) 425

Commission to study post-secondary education, Budget address (Barrett) 360

Deputy Minister for post-secondary education suggested (Brousson) 1096

External degrees, need for in B.C. (Gardom) 1123

Post-secondary education, changes (Dailly) 429

Post-secondary education study, time involved (Schroeder) 1089

Post-secondary education study essential (Dailly) 1090

Post-secondary educational opportunities available in every community (Dailly) 430

Universities, cutback in capital funds (McClelland) 465

University of the north needed (Webster) 431

Education, Secondary

Secondary schools, changes and improvements suggested (Nicolson) 478-9

Set exam to qualify for senior secondary equivalency diplomas authorized (Dailly) 428

Educational research

Educational research, new item, Budget address (Barrett) 357

Innovations in education (McClelland) 466

Research of utmost importance (Webster) 431

Egan, William A.

Governor of State of Alaska visits B.C. 1

Egg Marketing Board

Broiler hatching-egg producers (McClelland) 108, 882-4

Broiler hatching-egg producers and broiler producers, agreement (Stupich) 884

Regulation prohibiting egg production in Peace River area (Lewis) 699

Report on operations (Stupich) 922

Egg quotas

See: Farm production quotas

Eggs

Agriculture department's advance knowledge of price increase, qu. (Williams, L.A.) 1206

Agriculture department's knowledge in advance of price increase (Stupich) 1207

Broiler hatching-egg producers (McClelland) 108, 882-4

Broiler hatching-egg producers and broiler producers, agreement (Stupich) 884

Broiler hatching-egg producers in economic squeeze (Schroeder) 682

Broiler hatching-egg producers problem, department policy not to interfere (Stupich) 883

Broiler hatching-egg producing industry in Chilliwack (Schroeder) 687-8

Egg Marketing Board, prohibition of egg production in Peace River area (Lewis) 699

Price increase, warning to Consumer Protection Branch (McGeer) 1207

Prices, cost of feed (Wallace) 904 (Stupich) 937

Quota prices for egg producers (McClelland) 921

Ehrlich, Paul

The Population Bomb, mentioned (Phillips) 1257

El Paso Company

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2548

Elderly Citizens Renters Grant Act

Commitment to an annual increment, question (Jordan) 876-7

Election districts

Redistribution of electoral districts (Barrett) 858, 866

Redistribution of seats before next election, question (McGeer) 865

Election Expenses Act, 1973

(Bill 81) (McGeer) 1R, 351

2R, 2253
Speakers: (2R) (2R) McGeer 2253; Hall 2253

Elections

Pending provincial election, qu. (Wallace) 972

Elections — Campaign funds

Election Expenses Act, 1973 (Bill 81) 351, 2253

Elections Act

Complaint laid under Act (Radford) 277

Electoral districts

See: Election districts

Electric lines

British Columbia Hydro lines in Delta (Liden) 487

Electric power

Thermal electric plant to run on wood waste (McGeer) 381

Electric power — Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island west coast communities without public electric power (Skelly) 334

Electric utilities

Assessment of environmental damage and alternative sources needed (Brousson) 809

Electrical energy supply for the future (Nicolson) 10 (Fraser) 143

Peaks in demand and rate structures (Brousson) 808-9

Power saving programmes (Barrett) 802

Electrodiagnosis

Facilities in Vancouver and Victoria (Cocke) 556

Electronic data processing

Data centre serves government departments and automobile insurance plan 1076

Data processing centre, increase in budget, new jobs (McClelland) 1075

Keypunch operators in one data processing branch (Stupich) 939

Machines, Canadian or American in origin (McGeer) 1088

Transfer to another department (McClelland) 1087

Elementary education

See: Education , Elementary

Elevators

Elevator constructors' strike, qu. (Wallace) 1728

Elevator constructors' strike, bargaining for B.C. by local (Wallace) 1386

Elevator constructors' strike, decision, qu. (Wallace) 1586

Elevator constructors' strike, effect on hospitals, etc. (Wallace) 1383-6

Elevator constructors' strike, negotiations, qu. (Anderson, D.A.) 2064

Elevator constructors' strike, negotiations in Toronto (King) 1385

Elevator constructors' strike, steps taken by Minister of Labour, qu. (Wallace) 1448

Elevator constructors' strike illegal (King) 1385

Inspection, increase in inspectors (King) 1390

Inspections (Chabot) 1368, 1374, 1386, 1391

Inspections and enforcement (King) 228

Elgar Choir, Vancouver, B.C.

Request for money for tour received (Hall) 2057

Tour overseas, reference to (Phillips) 2055

Elk

Roosevelt elk endangered species (Sanford) 585

Elk Valley, B.C.

Government has power to bring about correction of misdemeanour (Chabot) 2745

Mining contract referred to (Barrett) 2734

Ellison, Pryce

Mentioned: (Jordan) 1842

Eminent domain

See: Expropriation

Emotionally disturbed children

See: Mentally ill children

Employees' Termination of Employment Protection Act

(Bill 24) (Curtis) 1R, 163

Endaco Petroleum

Drilling programme cancelled or suspended (Morrison) 701

Endako Mines

Mentioned: (Nimsick) 1985

Enderby, B.C.

Power lines, location (Wallace) 1853-4 (Jordan) 2805

Power lines, location under review (Williams, R.A.) 1856

Endowment Lands, University of British Columbia

See: University of British Columbia Endowment Lands

Energy Act

(Bill 148) (Attorney General) 1R, 1581

2R, 2547-75; C, 2687, 2798-2824, 2825-44; Report 2990-8; 3R, 2998; RA, 3070
Speakers: (2R) Anderson, D.A. 2550-3; Jordan 2550; Macdonald 2547-50, 2574; Richter 2573-4; Smith 2555-9; Steves 2572-3; Wallace 2569-72; Williams, L.A. 2553-5. Amdt. (Smith) 2559; Anderson, D.A. 2566-7; Barrett 2565-6; Chabot 2565; Gardom 2564; Jordan 2562-4; Macdonald 2562; McClelland 2567-8; Phillips 2559-62; Williams, L.A. 2568-9; Young 2564-5. Negatived 2569. (C) Anderson, D.A. 2800, 2801, 2803, 2806-7, 2807-8, 2811, 2814, 2815-6, 2818-9, 2823-4, 2825, 2827-8, 2828, 2835, 2839-40; Anderson, G.H. 2813; Barrett 2823; Chabot 2798-9, 2802, 2803, 2817-8, 2821, 2823, 2836-7, 2841, 2843: Fraser 2825, 2843; Gardom 2828, 2830, 2831, 2833, 2835-6, 2842-3; Jordan 2799-2800, 2804, 2805, 2812, 2816-7, 2821, 2830, 2831, 2834; Macdonald 2799, 2800, 2802, 2803, 2804, 2805-6, 2807, 2809, 2810, 2811, 2812, 2814, 2815, 2817, 1819-20, 2821, 2822, 2828, 2829, 2830-1, 2832, 2835, 2837, 2838, 2839, 2840-1; Morrison 2805, 2807, 2811, 2812, 2813, 2815, 2821, 2822, 2830, 2841; Nunweiler 2819, 2822-3; Phillips 2799, 2801, 2802, 2808-9, 2812-3, 2814, 2814-5, 2821-2, 2823, 2825-7, 2828, 2829, 2830, 2831-2, 2834-5, 2840, 2841; Schroeder 2799, 2819, 2840; Smith 2820-1, 2822, 2832-3, 2833, 2834, 2836, 2837, 2838, 2840; Wallace 2799, 2805, 2806, 2808, 2811, 2819, 2827, 2837-8, 2838-9, 2841. Amdt. (sec. 66) (Wallace) 2808. Approved 2808. Amdt. (sec. 69) (Anderson, D.A.) 2829. Negatived 2829. Amdt. (sec. 91) (Gardom) 2832. Approved 2833. Amdt. (sec. 103) (Gardom) 2835. Approved 2836. Amdt. (sec. 152) (Macdonald) 2844. Approved 2844 (Report) Anderson, D.A. 2992; Bennett 2995-6; Jordan 2994; McGeer 2995; Phillips 2996-8; Richter 2994-5; Smith 2990-2; Wallace 2992-3
Divisions: (2R) 2569, 2575; (C) 2804, 2809, 2813, 2814, 2833, 2842; (Report) 2990; (3R) 2990

Act dealing specifically with energy commission would be supported (Anderson, D.A.) 2567

Adjournment of debate, M. (Jordan) 2550.

Negatived 2550

Adjournment of debate, M. (Chabot) 2993.

Negatived 2993

Alberta moving toward two-price system for natural gas (Macdonald) 2548

Appointed officials given undue power by government (Wallace) 2571

Bill to be read a third time six months hence. Amdt. (Smith) 2990. Negatived 2998

British Columbia Energy Commission established (Macdonald) 2547

Commission independent of government control advocated (Williams, L.A.) 2553

Commission independent within its own jurisdiction (Macdonald) 2574

Commission investigation of reserves and future sources of energy (Steves) 2573

Commission must do its work in public and file report with Legislature (Macdonald) 2826

Commission to make representations to National Energy Board (Macdonald) 2549

Commission with obligation to report to Cabinet and House advocated (Williams, L.A.) 2553

Commission's annual report to be filed with Executive Council, not with Legislature (Smith) 2557

Commission's power to regulate to sec. 66 cause of concern (Wallace) 2806

Commission's powers open to abuse (Anderson, D.A.) 2551 (Smith) 2556

Commission's powers under Act excessive (Anderson, D.A.) 2551, 2552 (Williams, L.A.) 2553, 2554 (Smith) 2556 (Gardom) 2564 (Wallace) 2569, 2570 (Richter) 2573

Committee of Legislature should study Act, holding hearings for expression of public opinion (Phillips) 2560 (Jordan) 2564 (Chabot) 2565

Copies of Act have not been available to people applying for them (Smith) 2991

Energy Commission's representations to National Energy Board supported (Anderson, D.A.) 2551

Energy crises artificially created (Macdonald) 2548

Energy sources must be explored (Macdonald) 2574

Gasoline price increase and profits (Steves) 2572

Gasoline price increases relative to inflation (Wallace) 2571

Gasoline prices, equalization (Macdonald) 2820

Gasoline prices etc. should not be used for political purposes (Anderson, D.A.) 2824

Gasoline prices in north will be subsidized by south (Phillips) 2821

Gasoline retail dealer should set his own markup (Smith) 2822

Giveaways by gas stations, outlawing supported (Wallace) 2570

Government commission to conduct research and investigation needed (Anderson, D.A.) 2550, 2552 (Young) 2565 (Wallace) 2569

Government takeover of petroleum industry possible consequence (Smith) 2558

Government operations in energy development in past have failed (Bennett) 2995

Hearings at sole discretion of commission (Smith) 2558

Hearings before commission provided for (Macdonald) 2547

Hearings before making decisions should be mandatory for commission (Williams, L.A.) 2554

Hiring of personnel with technical knowledge, question (Phillips) 2801

Legislation already available to control price and export of natural gas (Richter) 2573

Majority constitutes quorum of commission, suggestion (Schroeder) 2799 (Anderson, D.A.) 2800

Media should have opportunity to examine Act (Jordan) 2563

Natural gas export and future domestic needs (Macdonald) 2548

Natural gas resources, protection (Barrett) 2566

Not intended as a revenue-raising Act (Macdonald) 2815

Petroleum industry, control and fixing of its prices purpose of Act (Williams, L.A.) 2555 (Smith) 2557

Petroleum industry, inclusion of regulation and control in Act regrettable (Williams, L.A.) 2553 (Smith) 2555 (Wallace) 2570

Petroleum industry could be controlled by a regulations Act (Smith) 2558

Petroleum industry prevented competition, followed price leadership (Macdonald) 2574

Petroleum industry should have had opportunity to discuss Act with Premier (Wallace) 2570

Petroleum industry's brief on Act (Williams, L.A.) 2568

Petroleum products marketing, areas of concern (Smith) 2555

Petroleum Sales Act, sec. 3, enabling takeover of petroleum and refining facilities referred to (Macdonald) 2549

Powers given in Act to deal with emergencies already in hands of government (Wallace) 2841

Price-fixing at retail level will destroy competitiveness (Chabot) 2818

Price-fixing under Act may contravene federal Combines Act (Chabot) 2818

Provisions for appeal in Act inadequate (Anderson, D.A.) 2552

Public should be allowed to study details of Act (Smith) 2559

Public should have opportunity to be heard (Gardom) 2564 (Chabot) 2565 (McClelland) 2567-8

Public Utilities Act could have been amended to cover petroleum (Richter) 2573

Public utility hearings should be mandatory (Wallace) 2805

Public utility powers in Act essential (Macdonald) 2574

Refinery prices of prime concern, not dealer's markup (Macdonald) 2821

Relation to national Energy Board Act should be studies (Phillips) 2561

Representations to government and Opposition have not been made (Anderson, D.A.) 2992

Retail price adjustments may be financially detrimental to service station operators (Chabot) 2823

Second reading in six months hence, M. (Smith) 2559. Negatived 2569

Section 4, subsection 4 deletion. Amdt. (Chabot) 2798. Negatived 2800

Section 10 deletion of words after “hearing". Amdt. (Anderson, D.A.) 2800. Approved 2801

Section 22, powers traditional in Public Utilities Acts (Macdonald) 2802

Section 26 consumer protection against unjust charges and discrimination (Macdonald) 2803

Section 55 amdt. (Fraser) 2804. Out of order 2804

Section 58 amdt. (Fraser) 2804. Out of order 2804

Section 66, government urged to omit (Anderson, D.A.) 2807

Section 66, line 3, deletion of words. Amdt. (Wallace) 2808. Approved 2808

Section 67, requirements for obtaining a licence, question (Morrison) 2811

Section 67 union contract not required for licence, question (Morrison) 2813

Section 68 no provision for charging for licence (Macdonald) 2814

Section 72 sale of service stations and problem of licence (Anderson, D.A.) 2816

Section 73 sale of licenses on retirement, problem referred to (Jordan) 2817

Section 74 price-fixing limited to maximum and minimum prices suggested (Anderson, D.A.) 2818

Section 74, 2 (b) fixing prices for licensees should not be in Act (Anderson, D.A.) 2819

Section 74, 2 (b) should not be in Act (Anderson, D.A.) 2819

Section 78 enables commission to determine excessive charges (Macdonald) 2825

Section 81 could be used to obstruct any petroleum products business (Phillips) 2826

Section 81 could easily be misused or abused (Wallace) 2827

Section 85 prevents petroleum industry from going on strike (Macdonald) 2828

Section 90 amendment to delete “the enforcement of its orders” (Anderson, D.A.) . Negatived 2829

Section 90 empowers commission to gather evidence (Macdonald) 2828

Section 90 includes enforcement of orders (Gardom) 2829

Section 90 same as section 69 of Public Utilities Act (Macdonald) 2829

Section 91 amended to add “except as to its procedure". (Gardom) 2832-3. Approved 2833

Section 91 grants commission ad hoc powers to act without legal precedent (Gardom) 2831

Section 91 similar to section 70 of Public Utilities Act (Macdonald) 2831

Section 94 gathering of evidence should be restricted to means recognized in courts of law (Smith) 2832-3

Section 95 empowering commission to establish questions of fact above and beyond the courts opposed (Smith) 2833

Section 97, provision same as that in Public Utilities Act (Macdonald) 2834

Section 100 empowers commission to make decisions on small complaints (Macdonald) 2835

Section 103 amendment to add “and/or when a public hearing is directed by LieutenantGovernor-in-Council or directed by Legislative Assembly". (Gardom) 2835. Approved 2836

Section 108 ex parte order could involve labour disputes (Chabot) 2837

Section 108 gives commission interim power prior to a hearing (Macdonald) 2837

Section 108 gives commission power of an ex parte inunction (Chabot) 2836

Section 111 power of commission of serious concern (Wallace) 2837-8

Section 111 powers of provided are for use in emergencies (Macdonald) 2838

Section 111 provision for peace officers or sheriffs to be ex officio officers of commission (Smith) 2837

Section 114 commission should be obliged to declare an emergency before making use of powers (Anderson, D.A.) 2840

Section 114 gives commission more power than is reasonable or appears to be needed (Wallace) 2839

Section 114 petroleum industry not exempted from provisions (Smith) 2840

Section 114 power given to commission to be used in emergencies (Macdonald) 2839

Section 114 (3) empowering commission to take over management of utility opposed (Schroeder) 2840

Section 115 failure to comply with an order may lead to dissolving of energy utility (Gardom) 2842

Section 117 should permit appeals on questions of fact (Gardom) 2843

Section 126 permitting commission to fine municipally-elected officials opposed (Fraser) 2843

Section 152 amdt. (Macdonald) 2844. Approved 2844

Service stations in north need a larger markup (Smith) 2820

Shelford, C.M., campaign for equalized gasoline prices referred to (Barrett) 2823

Sheriffs ex officio members of commission a cause of concern (Wallace) 2571

Third reading deferred six months, amdt. supported (Anderson, D.A.) 2992 (Wallace) 2992-3 (Richter) 2994-5 (McGeer) 2995 (Bennett) 2995-6 (Phillips) 2996-8

Third reading deferred six months, reasons for hoist (Smith) 2990-2

West Coast Transmission natural gas contract, terms (Macdonald) 2548

Wording of Act, provisions for appeal unclear (Anderson, D.A.) 2552

Energy Board

Power line overhead to Vancouver Island (Wallace) 1854

Vancouver Island power sources (Williams, R.A.) 1851

Energy resources

See: Power resources

English language — Study and teaching — Foreign students

Budget increase for educating new Canadians (Chabot) 1174

Increase in immigrants to B.C. (Dailly) 1174

Enselmuller, Willie

Representative of United Transportation Union (Nunweiler) 612-3

Environment

Environment, growth rate and energy (Steves) 118

Environment school for Victoria students in Sooke district (Gorst) 1171

Recycling depots, auto-body crushers (Lockstead) 273

Safeguarding and preservation of the landscape (Nunweiler) 606-7

Environment, Department of (proposed)

Beautification of province (Dent) 414

Establishment under consideration (Williams, R.A.) 1916-7

Ministry of Environment needed (Gardom) 326 (Brousson) 1916

Environment and Land Use Act

Decisions made by former government (Richter) 187

Farmland preservation, powers available to Government under Act (McGeer) 1709

Land Commission Act subject to it (Williams, L.A.) 1517

Mentioned: (Wallace) 1655

Order-in-council prohibiting subdivision of farmland See: Land subdivision

Powers under Act, referred to (Morrison) 1683-4

Section 6, implications of its use under the act (Richter) 188

Section 6 and authority of municipal councils and regional districts (Jordan) 201

Section 6 to be used in emergency and after a public hearing (Jordan) 200

Environment and Land Use Committee

Appeals from land freeze, press release (Fraser) 1731

Areas of responsibility (Phillips) 1874

Co-ordination and consultation with local government (Curtis) 1875

Co-ordination of policies at pre-cabinet level (Williams, R.A.) 1874

Exemptions from land freeze (McClelland) 1825

Land freeze, requests for exemptions (Williams, R.A.) 1830

Land freeze appeals (Stupich) 923

Land freeze appeals, decisions and reasons for made public (Jordan) 1873

Land freeze appeals received, approved (Williams, R.A.) 1872

Membership, activities, future (McClelland) 1826

Minister of Highways on committee (Phillips) 1875

Personnel (Richter) 1872

Personnel, expansion, knowledge of land use policy changes (Williams, L.A.) 1873

Personnel named (Williams, R.A.) 1872

Press release on personnel and address for public information (Fraser) 1872

Relationship to Second Century Fund (Williams, L.A.) 1873 (Williams, R.A.) 1874

Relationship with regional districts (Williams, R.A.) 1875

Role under review, possible personnel changes (Williams, R.A.) 1873

Environmental Bill of Rights Act, 1973

(Bill 167) (Gardom) 1R, 1973

2R, 3044. Out of order 3044
Speakers: (2R) Gardom 3044; Williams, R.A. 3044

Environmental rights, violation to be made a tort or civil wrong (Gardom) 3044

Environmental pollution

See: Pollution

Environmental Protection Act

Bill 126 (Brousson) 1R, 1177

Land Commission Act subject to it (Williams, L.A.) 1517

Equal Guardianship Act

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 975

Equal Guardianship of Infants Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 41) (Attorney General) 1R, 624

2R, 2232-3; C, 2680; 3R, 2680; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Gardom 2233; Macdonald 2232-3; Smith 2233; Williams, L.A. 2233

Importance of will and providing guardianship for children should be publicized (Smith) 2233

Eric Martin Institute, Victoria, B.C.

Costs, etc. (Wallace) 390

Mentioned: (Wallace) 1213

Reference to overcrowding, patient discharges (Wallace) 1318, 1321

Erickson, Arthur

Drawing plan and design for Blocks 61, 51 and 71, Vancouver (Hartley) 2073

Terms of reference for design for Blocks 61 and 51, Vancouver (Hartley) 2095

Erikson, Leonard K.

Arrest, case cited (Smith) 949

Police officers' report (Macdonald) 954

Esquimalt, B.C.

Federal government land, purchase by provincial capital commission suggested (Gorst) 309

Esquimalt Towers, West Vancouver, B.C.

Apartments converted to condominium (Williams, L.A.) 711

Mentioned: (Williams, L.A.) 828

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company

Reference to ownership of mineral rights on Vancouver Island (Nimsick) 2517

Essondale Colony Farm

See: Riverview Hospital

Ethics

Morality in the media, effect on children (Wallace) 1129

Eurocan Pulp and Paper Company

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2872

European Common Market

See: European Economic Community

European Economic Community

Expansion of B.C. markets (Young) 446

Exports to Common Market (Macdonald) 1059

Plywood industry (Macdonald) 124

Sukunka coal, potential future sales to Common Market (Phillips) 175

Evans, Daniel J.

Governor of State of Washington visited by Hon. David Barrett 1

Evans Forest Products

Mentioned: (Williams, L.A.) 1347

Evening and continuation schools

Difficulties in obtaining credit courses in B.C. (Brousson) 1099-1100

Grants for part-time students (Brousson) 1100

Evidence Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 100) (Attorney General) 1R, 888

2R, 2275; C, 2681; 3R, 2953; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Macdonald 2275; Wallace 2275

Bill supported (Wallace) 2275

Doctor's medical report submitted as evidence (Macdonald) 2275

Examinations

Abolition and independent schools (Schroeder) 1103-4

All government examinations abolished in 1974 (Dailly) 427, 1105

Disadvantages in abolishing (Wallace) 1 130

Scholarship examinations available twice annually (Dailly) 428

Examiner, San Francisco

Advertisement referred to (Barrett) 1706

Excursion boats

Sternwheeler (Barrett) 754; (Jordan) 757

Expenditures, Public

Additions to expenditures to stimulate employment and the economy, Budget address (Barrett) 357

Disbursements 1972-73, Budget address (Barrett) 356

Revenues and expenditures, Budget address (Barrett) 355

Export sales

B.C. commodities in world markets (Richter) 538

Export shipments, Budget address (Barrett) 356

Research personnel to study export markets (Williams, L.A.) 891

Expropriation

Clyne Report on expropriation (Wallace) 980

Expropriation methods increased from 28 to 35 under present government (Gardom) 2902

Government automobile insurance, expropriation without compensation (Gardom) 1017-8

Legislation to come (Macdonald) 981

Need for rules, mode of hearing, compensation (Gardom) 983