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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Fair Employment Practices Act

Reference to employee's rights and security of employment (King) 1375

Fair Practices in the Sale of Motor Vehicle Fuel, An Act to Provide for

(Bill 38) (McGeer) 1R, 260

2R, 2249-50. Out of order 2250
Speakers: (2R) McGeer 2249-50

Fair Sales Practices Act

(Bill 123) (Attorney General) 1R, 1241

2R, 2288-91; C, 2683; 3R, 2683; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Gardom 2290-1; Macdonald 2288-9; McClelland 2290; McGeer 2289; Wallace 2289-90

Act should be proclaimed, inspectors appointed immediately (McGeer) 2289

Penalties should be more severe (Wallace) 2290

Policing pyramid sales organizations difficult (Wallace) 2290

Public should be informed about fraud practised (Gardom) 2290

Fairs

International trade fairs (Macdonald) 1044

Trade fair for eastern buyers (Jordan) 1064

Family allowance

Provincial administration (Levi) 2103

Family courts

Domestic concerns unified in one court (Macdonald) 981

Family court, operation (Macdonald) 979

Family forums for resolving family difficulties (Gardom) 952

Non-support cases (Macdonald) 981

Family life education

Course to include mortgages, use of credit (Dailly) 1157

Difficulties in finding instructors (Rolston) 518

Family life studies in elementary school (Nicolson) 479

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

Importance of (Rolston) 517

Sex education, summer programme for teachers (Jordan) 1143

Family planning

See: Birth control

Family Planning and Home Visiting Project, Vancouver, B.C.

Report quoted (Rolston) 517

Family Relations Act

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 975

Farm Creditors' Assistance Act

(Bill 7) (Phillips) 1R, 17

2R, 1992-3. Out of order 1993
Speakers: (2R) Phillips 1992-3

Farm income

Adequate income and farmland preservation (Richter) 540

Commercial farms in B.C. (McClelland) 194

Fair return to farmers (Smith) 894

Farm income problem (Smith) 221

Farmers, cost reductions (Stupich) 528

Farmers, increased consideration by government, 1978 budget (Dent) 407

Guaranteed annual income (Phillips) 667-8

Guaranteed annual increase (Schroeder) 198

Investment and farm incomes (Schroeder) 197 (Smith) 220

Net income for farmers (Wallace) 42, 901

Northern farmers' income (Phillips) 184

Programme to improve farmers' income (Stupich) 913

Farmland subdivision

See: Land subdivision

Farm life

Preservation of farming and Agriculture department's estimates (Phillips) 878

Farm machinery

See: Agricultural machinery

Farm management

Efficiency, improvements (Stupich) 893

Farm production, government plans to improve efficiency (Williams, L.A.) 891

Farm produce

Government partnership with farmers in food processing (Lewis) 553

Processing and marketing (Nicolson) 211

Processing plants in Peace River area (Lewis) 700

Farm produce — Marketing

Agricultural products as loss leaders, prohibition (Lewis) 553

Establishing export boards for agricultural products (Lewis) 553

Farm development corporation (Phillips) 669

Farmer-owned processing and marketing plants (Phillips) 669

Government assistance, budget expenditure (Phillips) 669

Greater return for farmer final solution (Smith) 673

Home consumption of B.C. produce, programme (Williams, L.A.) 891

Marketing Boards (Stupich) 532 (Lewis) 553

Marketing boards, role in marketing of produce (Williams, L.A.) 892

Marketing facilities, improvements (Williams, L.A.) 196

Promotion programmes, question (Phillips) 917

Promotion programmes for sale of B.C. products (Chabot) 219

Statistics on prices received by farmers 552

Vegetable crop marketing boards (Stupich) 532

Visual impact, importance in home consumption (Williams, L.A.) 892

Western provinces' joint programme to investigate export (Stupich) 881

Farm produce — Tariffs

See: Tariff on farm produce

Farm produce — Transportation

Labour problems in ship loading (Jordan) 1083

Farm production quotas

Egg quota values (Stupich) 922

Government purchase of egg quotas (Stupich) 922

Quota price for egg producers (McClelland) 921

Farm wages

See: Agricultural wages

Farmers

Agricultural estimates, no compensation for farmers' losses due to land policy (McClelland) 465

Farmers, reasons for selling farms (Smith) 219

Farmers as trade unionists (Jordan) 203, 205

Farmers' bank (Phillips) 668

Guaranteed annual income for farmers (Phillips) 667-8

Importation of cheap food products, effects (Lewis) 275

Incentive for return to farm needed (Richter) 535

Low-interest or no-interest loans (Phillips) 668

Moratorium on all farm debts in Peace River country (Lewis) 700

Need to be organized (Lewis) 275

Provincial government more receptive than federal to pleas (Strachan) 905

Provincial programmes for both full and part-time farmers (Stupich) 927

Reduction of costs questioned (Phillips) 667

Saskatchewan government aid to farmers (Phillips) 668

Farmers' Institute Advisory Board

Farmers' institutes (Schroeder) 935

Reference to in Estimates (Stupich) 939

Farmers Land-clearing Assistance Act

Assistance for long-range improvements on farmland (Stupich) 533

Farmers' Land-clearing Assistance Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 36) (Minister of Agriculture) I R, 625

2R, 2399-2400; C, 2845; 3R, 2845; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Smith 2400; Stupich 2400

Farmers' Union

Report, referred to, quoted (Phillips) 1479-80

Farmland freeze order

See: Land subdivision

Farmland

See: Farms, Lands

Farms

Agricultural estimates, no compensation for farmers' losses due to land policy (McClelland) 465

Farmers' Land-Clearing Assistance Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act

Farmland in Kamloops area (McClelland) 195

Farmland inventory (Stupich) 212

Farmland part of environment (Stupich) 212

Farmland policy, expenditure not in budget (Richter) 535

Farmland preservation supported (Chabot) 218

Land preservation (Stupich) 530

Land sales in the Kamloops area (Anderson, G.H.) 312-3

Land values for agricultural purposes (Anderson, D.A.) 209-10

Property tax off farmland (Lewis) 553

See also: Farmers; Lands

Farms, Size of

Farms, operation and size (Stupich) 1199

Small farm development programme (Stupich) 532

Small parcels save farmland but not farmers (Stupich) 1199

Farriery

See: Horseshoeing

Fashion Canada

Federal government programme (Jordan) 1063

Fed-Up Co-operative Wholesalers

Request considered to have merit. Report of the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture 3068

Federal-provincial fiscal relations

Cost-sharing agreements with Federal government (Lauk) 104

Dominion-provincial relations reviewed, Budget address (Barrett) 353

Federal government financial assistance to transit (Lorimer) 288

Federal-provincial sharing of health care costs (Cocke) 139-40 (McClelland) 1179

Provincial right to more control over social assistance funds (Levi) 490

Sharing of costs for hospital insurance and Medicare (Bennett) 1191

Federal-provincial relations

Federal-provincial relations (Jordan) 726-7

Federated Co-operatives Limited

Mentioned: 3068

Federation of Peace Officers

Mentioned: (Curtis) 2410

Ferries

Advertising agency (Chabot) 1329

Advertising not handled by Menehan and Dunsky (Strachan) 1329

Bakery operation, qu. (Jordan) 2546

Design for Gulf Islands' ferry, qu. (Anderson, D.A.) 2066

Discovery Passage ferries, rate reduction, qu. (Morrison) 2064

Discovery Passage ferries, rates under review 2064

Fare increase not under consideration (Strachan) 1010

Fare increase on B.C. ferries, qu. (Morrison) 1010

Fare reduction (Chabot) 1344

Fares, cheaper midweek fares (Stupich) 524

Fares based on car size, advantages (Strachan) 1357

Fares based on weight and size of car (Rolston) 1356

Ferries as part of highway system (Morrison) 1341

Ferries as part of highway system, operating costs (Strachan) 1342

Ferry cancellations, qu. (Young) 1332

Ferry service for Kitimat (Dent) 1337

Ferry service for Mackenzie constituency (Lockstead) 271

Ferry service for middle coast region, qu. (McClelland) 1118

Ferry service for middle coast area, authorization for expenditure (McClelland) 1449

Ferry service for middle coast region, treasury authorization, qu. (McClelland) 1527

Ferry service for Ocean Falls Area, qu. (McClelland) 1297

Ferry service needed for Coast (McGeer) 379

Food portion control, introduction on ferry system, qu. (Jordan) 2878

Free ferries, difficulties (Strachan) 1348-9

Highway and ferry facilities, Sunshine Coast, study and action needed (Lockstead) 579

Highways and ferries, expenditures, Budget address (Barrett) 360

Investigation of bilge oil wastes, qu. (Curtis) 1209

Late night sailings on the Nanaimo-Vancouver route (Strachan) 1351

Meal prices on ferries, government intention to increase, qu. (Jordan) 2879

Night sailings (Strachan) 85 (Stupich) 524

Night sailings, qu. (Morrison) 1119

Night sailings, lack of lifeboat-trained crew (Strachan) 1011

Night sailings, pilot experiment, qu. (Morrison) 1010

Night sailings, Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen needed (Gorst) 619

Night sailings and unemployment (Morrison) 267-8

Non-smokers' area (Wallace) 1343

Notice of suspension of services, qu. (Bennett) 1208

Officers' union representation vote, qu. (Wallace) 1902

Preference, by reservation or otherwise, over tourists (Strachan) 1344

Preference for residents over tourists (Wallace) 1343

Queen of Victoria, repairs, qu. (Curtis) 1586

Reservations, cost of service (Strachan) 1342

Reservations by paying a premium (McGeer) 1350

Reservations suggested (Morrison) 1341

Route planning (Curtis) 150

Sailing times, changes suggested (Stupich) 524

Sailings, downtown Victoria to downtown Vancouver, suggested (Gorst) 619

Sailings, later sailings and cheaper midweek fares (Stupich) 524

Studies of a Steveston to Yellow Point ferry, qu. (Anderson, D.A.) 1208

Supplies purchased by tender through Purchasing Commission (Strachan) 1329

Trucks, etc. unloaded first (McGeer) 1351

Trucks, etc. unloading first to be looked into again (Strachan) 1351

Woodfibre ferry, operation, etc. (Williams, L.A.) 1347

Woodfibre ferry, sharing of costs (Strachan) 1348

Ferries — Terminals

Environment impact of ferry terminal in Iona, Steveston area, (Mr. Brousson) 234

Ferry terminal at mouth of the Fraser River (Liden) 127

Gabriola Island, no-access highway to Vancouver Island (Brousson) 234

Gabriola Island, proposed new terminal (Strachan) 87, 89 (Curtis) 150 (Stupich) 525 (Morrison) 1341

Horseshoe Bay — Departure Bay route, alternatives (Stupich) 525

Horseshoe Bay terminal (Strachan) 86 (Gabelmann) 166 (Brousson) 234

Horseshoe Bay terminal, removal supported (Williams, L.A.) 295

Horseshoe Bay Terminal move to Iona, Steveston area (Brousson) 234

Horseshoe Bay terminal move to Iona Island, traffic problems in South Vancouver (Webster) 434

Hyde Creek terminal, qu. (Chabot) 1411

Iona Island as a ferry terminal site (Steves) 120

Third crossing, solution to traffic problems (Stupich) 525

Fertilizer industry

Farm development corporation (Phillips) 669

Festival of sports

See: Sports festival

Fiat

See: Petition of right

Finance, Department of

Elderly citizens' renters grant, Budget address (Barrett) 358

Estimates. Speakers: Fraser 872-3, 878; Jordan 871, 872, 875, 876; Lauk 875-6; Phillips 871, 874, 877-8; Richter 871, 877; Smith 877; Williams, L.A. 873-4

Minister of Finance, separate portfolio (Anderson, D.A.) 703-4

Finance, Public

Financial position of B.C. and Social Credit government management (McClelland) 469

Fiscal agent's committee of three recommended (Gardom) 661

Social Credit philosophy and financial management of B.C. (Curtis) 510

Student instruction in government and public finance (Gardom) 1121

Trusteed funds, use (Williams, L.A.) 476

Finance, Public — Accounting

Auditor General must be appointed (Gardom) 660-1, 797

Finance charges

Credit, final cost to consumer (Gardom) 663

Finance and mortgage advisory council needed (Brousson) 962

Letters quoted (Brousson) 707

Mortgage Loans, interest rates and bonuses, cases cited (Brousson) 572-5

Financial Post

Articles quoted (Gardom) 1020 (Morrison) 2349

Financial Times

Articles, reference to (Phillips) 1431 (Liden) 1521

Finning Tractor Company

Mentioned: (Gardom) 1020

Fire Marshal Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 3026

Fire Marshal's Office

Propane, oil-fired equipment under Fire Marshal (Brousson) 964

First aid for illness and injury

First aid certificates and athletic first aid for teachers (Jordan) 1143

First aid qualifications of teachers (Dailly) 1145

Voluntary Emergency First Aid Act (Bill 22) 163, 2245-7

First Citizen's Fund

See: First People's Fund

First People's Fund

Government policy on Port Simpson cannery, question (Jordan) 818

Grants for Indians (Gardom) 800

Well received, information about availability of funds (Calder) 2193

Firstein, Larry

Mentioned: (Jordan) 818

Fish and Game Act

Penalties for infractions should be increased (Kelly) 245

Fish and Wildlife Branch

Administration of game management area (Radford) 544

Budget increase supported (Lewis) 551

Conservation officers (Radford) 542

Conservation officers, sufficient to enforce regulations (Kelly) 245

Economists on staff to make evaluations (Anderson, D.A.) 1921

Enforcement personnel, additions provided for in budget (Fraser) 568

Funds available for economic advisers (Williams, R.A.) 1922

Increase in budget (Radford) 541

Provision of more biologists and conservation officers commended (Chabot) 600

Studies on endangered species, importance of wildlife, etc. needed (Sanford) 584-5

Fish canning industry

Fish cannery project in Prince Rupert predicted (Lea) 420

Port Simpson cannery (Lea) 418

Fish — culture

See: Fish hatcheries

Fish — hatcheries

Fish farmers available (Anderson, G.H.) 441

Fish stocking, more experiment, broader outlook urged (Chabot) 1932

Hatchery in northern B.C. urged (Kelly) 1920

Stocking of fishing lakes in the interior (Anderson, G.H.) 441

Fish processing

See: Fish canning industry; Fishery products

Fisheries

Fisheries, inclusion in Agriculture department (Stupich) 919

Fisheries, inclusion in Agriculture department, name change (Phillips) 881

Fisheries and Agriculture department (Phillips) 917

Fisheries control zone on B.C. coast (Gorst) 617

Fishery resource under provincial jurisdiction urged (Lea) 417

Fishing industry threatened (Liden) 486

Liaison between Fish and Wildlife Branch, B.C. Forest Service and federal fisheries (Radford) 281

Logging profits at expense of fishing industry (Lockstead) 582

New regulations to protect fisheries needed (Liden) 486

North Pacific fisheries pact (Liden) 486

Fisheries, Co-operative

Fishing fleet should be owned by fishermen or in co-operatives (Lea) 417

Fisheries, Department of (proposed)

Fisheries department needed in B.C. (Liden) 127, 486 (Lockstead) 273 (Lea) 418 (Anderson, G.H.) 444

Government consideration of department (Chabot) 1946

Staff increase and beginning (Williams, R.A.) 1946

Fisheries Act

Federal failure to enforce Act (Gorst) 617

Fisheries protection

See: Fishery law and legislation

Fishermen

Employment study, effects of non-resident fishermen (Radford) 542

Increase in fees suggested (Nicolson) 483

Resident and non-resident anglers, expenditures (Radford) 542

Revenues, hunters and fishermen (Nicolson) 482

See also: Fishing

Fishery law and legislation

Fisheries protection (Anderson, D.A.) 66

Fishery products

Fish processing plant for Bella Bella or Bella Coola suggested (Lockstead) 581

Port Simpson, reports and evaluations made (Barrett) 823

Fishing

Licence fee (Anderson, D.A.) 1920

Licence fee for non-residents (Nicolson) 1914

Licence fee increase for a purpose (Williams, R.A.) 1922, 1923

Licences free to old age pensioners (Phillips) 1930

Survey of fishing tackle industry (Macdonald) 1074

Winter fishing pressure on lakes (Chabot) 1939

Winter fishing under review, not a problem to date (Williams, R.A.) 1939

See also: Fishermen

Fishing boats

Boat repair facilities, feasibility of financing (Lea) 417

Fishing fleet company owned (Lea) 416

Fishing fleet should be owned by fishermen or in co-operatives (Lea) 417

Fishing tackle

See: Fishing

Flat Earth Society

Mentioned: (Barrett) 2251

Flint Engineering

Letter quoted (Smith) 806

Flood control

Drainage and flood control in the Serpentine Nicomekl Valley (McClelland) 109-10

Floods

Development of policy for loss compensation (McClelland) 1822

Flood damage payments in the Fraser Valley (McClelland) 108

Insurance question being looked at (Williams, R.A.) 1829

See also: Disaster fund

Fluegel, H. Becker

Goldfield Pacific Resources, director (Nunweiler) 609

Fluoridation

See: Water — Fluoridation

Fluoridation of Water Supplies, An Act Respecting

(Bill 170) (McGeer) 1R, 2041

2R, 3044-5
Speakers: (2R) Cocke 3045; McGeer 3044-5

Fluoridation helpful in preventing deterioration of bone in elderly (McGeer) 3045

Fluoridation should be a simple majority decision (McGeer) 3045

Government's responsibility to provide educational programme (Cocke) 3045

Flyer Coach Industries Ltd.

Bus purchase without tender from Western Flyer (Anderson, D.A.) 649-51

Buses purchased from Manitoba company (Williams, L.A.) 293

Company supplying buses for B.C. transit authority (Fraser) 2011

Manitoba company with 80 per cent government equity (Wallace) 388

Mentioned: (Phillips) 1050 (Lorimer) 2033 (McClelland) 2352, 2597 (Anderson, D.A.) 2393

Western Flyer Coach 74 per cent owned by Manitoba Development Corporation (Anderson, D.A.) 649

Flynn, Tom

Representative of Maintenance of Way Employees Union (Nunweiler) 613

Folksam

Mentioned: (Smith) 1015 (Cocke) 1031

Food

Food co-operatives, government participation (Barnes) 319

Food prices

Compared 1961 and 1971 (Jordan) 907

Consumer acceptance of increases going to farmers (Stupich) 919

Food price survey (Young) 286

Importation of cheap food products, effect on farmers (Lewis) 275

Mincome increase to match increase, qu. (McClelland) 1207

Forage

Federal assistance programme in Peace River (Stupich) 939

Freight assistance for forage in Peace River (Stupich) 899

Forbes, Vincent

Tribute to (McClelland) 2290 (Gardom) 2290

Fording Coal Limited

Mentioned: (Chabot) 1170, 1345

Foreign investments

See: Investments, Foreign

Foreign trade promotion

European Economic Community, expansion of B.C. markets (Young) 446

Foreign trade service abroad (Wallace) 1054

Personnel for trade promotion, recruitment, travel expenses (Jordan) 1086

Trade research in Pacific Rim countries, Japan (Young) 446

Trip to Europe to broaden B.C. trade bases, Budget address (Barrett) 355

See also: Fairs; Trade missions

Foreign trade regulations

Farm produce, protection and possible foreign retaliation (Anderson, D.A.) 934

Foremost Foods Limited

Mentioned: (Stupich) 928

Shipping milk to northern part of province (Lewis) 699

Forensic Clinic Act

Mentioned: (Wallace) 77

Forest Act

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2804

Forest fires

Firefighters' wage (Williams, R.A.) 1890

Forest industries

Beehive burners (Fraser) 1834

Beehive burners, standards (Williams, R.A.) 1837, 1896

Canadian and American dollar, effect of variation (Williams, L.A.) 472

Effect on community life (Skelly) 330-1

Forest industry, changes since 1956 (Gardom) 327

Forest industry, commission of inquiry needed (Gardom) 326 (Skelly) 331

Forest industry and small operators (Gardom) 327

Forest industry reforms needed (Sanford) 586

Guidelines on pollution control (Fraser) 1834

Importance to economy (Smith) 1424

Pollution abatement equipment (Smith) 1423-4

Takeover of forest industry, question (Fraser) 1074

Forest Service

Aircraft (Williams, R.A.) 1863

Aircraft, radio equipment (Williams, R.A.) 1882

Budget address (Barrett) 358

Co-operation with Fish and Wildlife Branch (Kelly) 1883

Co-operation with Fish and Wildlife Branch improved (Williams, R.A.) 1884

Criticisms of its operations (Kelly) 547

Equipment superior to Highways equipment (Fraser) 567, 872

Forest industry reforms needed (Sanford) 586

Forest research (McGeer) 1888-9

Forest research projects (Williams, R.A.) 1888

Forestry and correction camp programme (Williams, L.A.) 1888

Forestry and correction camps productive programme (Williams, R.A.) 1888

Forestry road in Halfway River region (Smith) 1890

Forestry road in Halfway River region to open up area (Williams, R.A.) 1890

Fort St. James forestry road (Smith) 1890

Logs, checks on sorting and utilization (Williams, L.A.) 1886

Plane leasing for forest fires (Fraser) 1862

Regulations affecting small operators (Kelly) 244

Report on northwestern region, availability (Kelly) 1883

Report on northwestern region in-staff document (Williams, R.A.) 1884

Student jobs (Anderson, D.A.) 1884

Forests and forestry

Crown timber and small loggers and sawmills (Chabot) 1859, 1860-1

Forest management and protection, staff increase (Strachan) 740

Forest resource policy for B.C. (Gardom) 326

Government policy on forest industry (Brousson) 1834, 1869

Government policy on tenure and licences (Smith) 1863-4

Government policy on timber disposal (Fraser) 1836

Guidelines, before a legislative committee (Williams, R.A.) 1425

Guidelines, interpretation and provisions (Smith) 1421

Small level producers (Williams, R.A.) 1860

Study reserves, establishment, length of time in effect (Smith) 1421

Study reserves, impact on forest companies (Smith) 1421

Study reserves, location, impact (Williams, R.A.) 1424

Study reserves and Tree Farm Licences (Smith) 1865

Timber tenures, policies, tax levels (Williams, R.A.) 1858

Tree farm licences, honouring contracts or renegotiation (Smith) 1423

Tree farm licences under review (Williams, R.A.) 1425

See also: Logging; Logging industry

Forests and forestry — Taxation

Policies of government (Chabot) 1859

Stumpages, royalties, etc. under review (Williams, R.A.) 1860

Fort Langley Historic Park, Fort Langley, B.C.

Mentioned: (McClelland) 1358

Fort Nelson, B.C.

Arable land in area, experimental farm programme (Smith) 895

Base for oil exploration in Northwest Territories (Smith) 672

High rate for electricity (Smith) 805

Investigation needed into agricultural possibilities (Stupich) 897

Lumber industry development (Smith) 673

Mill, economic feasibility under study (Williams, R.A.) 1883

Natural gas price (Smith) 877

Park establishment in area (Smith) 1948

Stumpage rates, factors involved (Williams, R.A.) 1425

Stumpage rates, special consideration (Smith) 673, 1422

Timber areas, government plans (Smith) 1882

Fort Nelson — Fort Simpson Highway

Construction by day labour (Strachan) 1340

Construction by day labour or tender (Phillips) 1340

Highways department to construct section to Yukon boundary (Strachan) 738

Northern Affairs department, advising about construction, qu. (Phillips) 2639

Northern development (Smith) 639

Ottawa contacted on their share (Strachan) 738

Fort Nelson Lumber Company

Mentioned: (Smith) 1882

Fort St. James

Court house needed (Kelly) 2092

Forestry road (Smith) 1890

Fort St. John, B.C.

Government building, tenders to be called shortly (Hartley) 2096

Jobs cancelled (Wallace) 675

Mayor's letter to Premier quoted (Fraser) 688

New court house needed (Smith) 2091

Petroleum industry and layoff of 250 men (Fraser) 566

Recreational facilities, improvements in proposed plan (Lorimer) 2023

Recreational facilities, proposed plan (Smith) 2020

Fort Steele, B.C.

Mentioned: (Anderson, D.A.) 2852

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Centenary (Hall) 2058

Successful show (Nimsick) 263

Foster, Ted

Tribute to (Rolston) 2628

Foster Associates

Mentioned: (Chabot) 713

Foster home care

Children in care under Child Welfare Division, Children's Aid Societies (Levi) 491

Foster parent home rates (Levi) 2102

Government's direction, keep the child in its own home (Levi) 491

Foster Parents Association

Mentioned: (Levi) 2102

Reference to problems of foster parents (Levi) 2142

Foulkes, Richard G.

Health security programme (Cocke) 138

Health security programme report to be made public (Cocke) 1184-5

Mentioned: (McClelland) 1181

Fox, Tom

Employee identified (D’Arcy) 986

Mentioned: (Smith) 985

Frankiw, Peter

Mayor of Fort St. John, letter to Premier quoted (Fraser) 688

Mayor of Fort St. John quoted (Chabot) 696

Meeting with Premier (Barrett) 690

Fraser, Alexander Vaughan (Cariboo)

Address in Reply 143-8

Agriculture Minister's directive to municipalities and regions 1717

Amalgamation of areas outside Kamloops 144

Amalgamation of areas outside Kelowna 144

Assessments on business properties, tax increases 565

Barkerville, expansion of accommodation 1948

Barkerville, money spent in past year, funds available 2058

Barkerville, transfer of Clydesdale horses from Fort Steele 1948

Beef prices and production costs 147

Beehive burners 1834

Boundary commission's powers at request of municipalities 1732

Bridge Lake, highway maintenance building 2092

British Columbia Cattlemen's Association letter on Land Commission Act quoted 1718-9

British Columbia Hydro, rural electrification and inflation 1862-3

British Columbia Railway, construction of a Clinton-Ashcroft link, qu. 2382

British Columbia Railway, name criticized 755

British Columbia Railway, passenger service 755

British Columbia Railway, railcar situation, qu. 2382

British Columbia Railway, upgrading of tracks 756

British Columbia Railway Company Construction Loan Act, An Act to Amend

British Columbia Railway contracts, overpayment explained 756

British Columbia Railway dike in Quesnel 189, 2-3

British Columbia Railway priority on Sukunka coal carrying 755

British Columbia Railway railcar shortage, qu. 1584

British Columbia Railway railcars on order, qu. 1584

Budget, uncertainties and budget 564

Budget debate 563-8, 688-90

Buses ordered without tender 2011

Camp sites in Cariboo 1881

Canada Assistance Act, authority for federal-provincial sharing 564

Cancellation of three drilling contractors' exploration in Boundary Lake area 688-9

Car crushing programme and failure to remove crushed cars 1944

Cariboo, condition of roads 567

Cariboo forest industry 1834

Cariboo Regional District brief on Land Commission Act quoted 1719-20

Cattle grazing at higher elevations, qu. 1819

Cattlemen's meetings and forest rangers 1835, 1862

City status and population, upgrading of figures 2037

Clinton, timber available for operator 1835-6, 1862

Communities in unorganized area and municipal status 144-6

Community Recreational Facilities Fund Act 2365

Crown lands, lease to purchase 1835

Crown lands, preservicing, garbage disposal 1877

Electrical energy supply for future 143

Energy Act 2825, 2843

Environment and Land Use Committee, appeals from land freeze 1731

Environment and Land Use Committee, press release on personnel and address needed 1872

Farmland subdivision freeze 146-7

Federal budget expansionary 563

Federal increase in old age pensions 563

Fees charged over and above B.C. Medical Plan 1316

Fish and Wildlife Branch enforcement personnel, additions provided for in budget 568

Forest industry takeover, question 1074

Forest Service, plane leasing for forest fires 1862

Forest Service equipment superior to Highways department equipment 567, 872, 1325

Fraser Canyon, Thompson Canyon, alternative highway route 1349

Fraser River, erosion in interior 1892

Gang Ranch, grazing and wildlife 1935-7; mentioned 1835

Gibraltar Mines, reference to 1169

Government belief in private land ownership, question 1805

Government offices, lunch hour closing criticized 566, 756, 873

Government purchase of land in Victoria, price criticized 2011

Grass seed for cattlemen 1890-1

Guaranteed Minimum Income Assistance Act, amendment to raise minimum 564

Handicapped Persons Income Assistance Act, amendment called for 564

Highway 20, paving, improvement 1349

Highway 24, improvement 1349

Highway department, fund increase for new equipment commended 567

Highways department, layoff of employees 1325

Highways department budget, capital increase 1326

Highways department property negotiations, delay in settlement 1326

Highways department staff, tribute to 1325

Hixon planer mill 1835, 1862

Homathko River power development, effect on Chilcotin 143-4

Homeowner assistance, seller did not receive second mortgage, case cited 872

Inquiry boards for municipal boundary extensions or incorporations 145-6

Kamloops amalgamation, appeal to court order, qu. 1296

Kamloops amalgamation, court decision, qu. 1208

Kelowna, letters patent 2036

Kelowna amalgamation, roads, policing, etc. 2009-10

Kelowna amalgamation, terms and conditions, qu. 1727

Lands Branch, role under Land Commission Act 1719

Land Commission Act 1714-23, 1729-32, 1805

Land Commission Act, effects on financial credit of farmers 1718

Land Commission Act letters opposing Act quoted 1729-30

Land Commission Act received, articles opposing Act quoted 1721-2

Land Commission Act zoning powers without checks and balances 1715-6

Land freeze directive to municipalities sent by Minister of Agriculture 2010

Legislation initiated in B.C. 148

Legislative building, public galleries inadequate 2067

Logging truck drivers' licences 995-6

Logging trucks, weight limits on loads 2042-3

MacMillan Bloedel, nationalization by government 1074

Mayor of Fort St. John, letter to Premier quoted 688

Motion that the Minister of Municipal Affairs' salary be reduced by $1 2012. Negatived 2023

Municipal Act, An Act to Amend 2642-3

Municipal Act, checks and balances included in Act 1715

Municipal Act, restrictions on acquisition of property 1716

Municipal Act, restrictions on leasing land 1716

Municipal Act boundary commission referred only to Fraser Valley 1714

Municipal amalgamations decided by vote 2009

Municipal boundary extensions to fringe areas 2009

Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia, An Act to Amend 2616

Municipal finance, committee to study problem suggested 2008-9

Municipal financing of welfare costs 565-6, 2008

Municipalities Aid Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 5) 1R, 17; 1993

Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act, An Act to Amend 2656-7

Nazko River bridge 1890

New provincial buildings under construction 2067

Northern development and British Columbia Railway 689

Observer, Cariboo, article on Land Commission Act quoted 1720

Old Age Security Act, pension under Act baseline for Mincome 563

Per capita grant increase and inflation 756

Per capita grants 565

Petroleum industry and layoff of 250 men in Fort St. John 566

Pollution control, guidelines 1834

Pollution control and municipal status 144

Premier's salary 754

Provincial property, tax rate and utility charges 2092

Provision of office space in Members' constituencies 2067, 2092

Public Utilities Commission transfer to Commercial Transport Division 566, 755

Public Works, Minister's new functions, qu. 1666

Quesnel River, erosion 1892

RCMP, formula for cost sharing with municipalities 996

Reforestation programme, student employment 1836

Regional districts, regional plans 2036-7

Renal dialysis, lack in central and northern B.C. 1227

Report of Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts 3071

Review of legislation available to preserve environment 1731

Rural schools, upgrading facilities 1168-9

School buses, operation costs in rural areas 1169

School district boundaries and local taxes 1169

Services to fringe communities under the Municipal Act, 144

Smithers veneer plant 1834

Speed limits, change on good roads 1326-7

Spraying rights-of-way of B.C. Railway, B.C. Hydro and Highways department 833

Sun article on Gang Ranch quoted 1935-7

Sunkut Mountain Cattlemen's Association petition, reference to 1720

Supreme Court ruling on Kamloops amalgamation, qu. 1069

Timber disposal, government policy 1836

Unemployment, effect on municipalities 565

Unemployment and state of uncertainty 143

Union of British Columbia Municipalities brief on Land Commission Act quoted 1721

Valleyview municipality, appeal notice, qu. 1334

Vancouver, transit subsidy, deficit 2011

Vancouver Charter, elimination suggested 2008

Welfare burden on municipalities 2159

Western Flyer supplying buses to B.C. transit authority 2011

Wildlife and overgrazing 1835

Williams Lake, government agent's dwelling 2092

Williams Lake, park in area 1946

Zoning requests to Highways department, no reasons given for rejections 1326

Fraser Canyon Highway

See: Trans Canada Highway

Fraser Highway

Signal in Langley (McClelland) 1363

Signal in Langley in estimates (Strachan) 1364

Fraser Lake

Bridge, overpass, hazardous (Kelly) 546

Fraser River

Diking, drainage and irrigation of Fraser delta (Liden) 131

Diking and flood control (Wallace) 1855

Diking system and flood level (Williams, R.A.) 1855

Erosion and flooding in interior (Williams, R.A.) 1893

Erosion in interior (Fraser) 1892

Pollution of the Fraser River watershed (Nunweiler) 256

Sewage pollution (Liden) 127

Fraser Valley

Flood disaster, crop insurance unavailable, diking tax (Stupich) 899

Land Commission Act, public funds for farmland protection (Strachan) 1509

Land speculation in the Fraser Valley (McClelland) 775

Post-secondary educational services needed in area (Dailly) 1091

Prospects for agriculture (Liden) 1521

Sewage disposal problems (McClelland) 1824

Subdivision of farmland (Stupich) 213

Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association

Farmland preservation (Stupich) 214

Reference to letter (McClelland) 1554

Free material

Fair Practices in the Sale of Motor Vehicle Fuel, An Act to Provide for 2249-50

Gasoline price increases, give aways a factor (Webster) 434

Give-away regulations to allow in-service benefits (Macdonald) 1073

Give-away regulations to allow in-service benefits by service stations (Jordan) 1072-3

Service station give-away programmes (Jordan) 1064 (Macdonald) 1065

Free trade and protection

Continent-wide free trade (Gardom) 1056

Free trade, exploration area by area (Macdonald) 1056

Freemantle, Brian

Interviews on Land Commission Act quoted (Nicolson) 1759-60

Freight and freightage

Fast freight programme needed (Dent) 411

Freight rates

See: Railroads — Rates

French language

Federal funds available for teaching French (Dailly) 427

Federal funds for French programme not for independent schools (Dailly) 1167

Federal funds for French teaching and independent schools (Anderson, D.A.) 1165

Programmes in Coquitlam (Anderson, D.A.) 1165

Vancouver students pay more for French than Spanish courses (Anderson, D.A.) 1165-6

Freshbrook Forest Industries

Mentioned: (Chabot) 1345

Friedli, Trudi

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1080-1

Fromm, Werner & Holgram

Mentioned: (Steves) 1633

Fruit

Fruit farmers in worst financial position (Stupich) 913

Fruit — Marketing

Apples in liquor stores (Stupich) 936

Farm products in liquor stores (Jordan) 933

International market needed (Jordan) 906

Study of marketing system for B.C. grown tree fruits (Motion 29) (Stupich) 778-9

Tree fruits, export possibilities (Stupich) 914

Fruit and Vegetable Workers

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1402

Fruitgrowers' Mutual

Mentioned: (Strachan) 1003

Fry Creek Canyon, B.C.

Investigation of area (Nicolson) 482

Fryer, John

Mentioned: (McClelland) 52

Fullerton, Douglas H.

Article on farmland preservation quoted (Gorst) 1810

Funeral service

Pre-arranged services transferred to Securities Commission (Macdonald) 2547

Furniture industry and trade

Government study on furniture industry (Macdonald) 1053

Industry for B.C. (Phillips) 1051

Fusion reaction, Controlled

See: Controlled fusion

Fyles, James T.

Mentioned: (Phillips) 2447