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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SPEC

See: Society for Pollution and Environmental Control

Saanich, B.C.

Municipal programme for land acquisition (Curtis) 1536

Per capita grant increase compared with mill rate in Saanich (Curtis) 513

Sabbatical leave

Sabbatical every 10 years for all working people (Dent) 409

Sabry, Z.I.

Report on nutrition quoted (Gardom) 1302

Saddlery

Harness and saddle making course in vocational school (Smith) 1159

Safdie, Moshe

Mentioned: (McGeer) 1880

Safeco Mortgage and Loan Company, New Westminster, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brousson) 573, 705

Safety, Industrial

See: Industrial safety

Safety Services Division

Natural gas, electricity, etc. under division (Brousson) 964

Propane and oil-burning appliances inspection, transfer (Brousson) 992

Safeway Stores Limited

Meat plant construction in Calgary (Wallace) 676

Shipping milk to northern B.C. (Lewis) 699

Saint Lawrence Fertilizers

Mentioned: (Phillips) 2427

St. Mary's Priory Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Tribute to it as an extended care hospital (Cummings) 1225

St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Clinical facilities for teaching (McGeer) 1187

Sales on Consignment Act

Reassessment, revision, etc. needed (Gardom) 664

Sales tax

Building materials, removal of sales tax (Brousson) 709, 1902

Sales tax adjustment needed (Barrett) 2330-1

Sales tax exemptions for diabetics' needs, other medical supplies (Wallace) 717

Removal from all school purchases (Anderson, D.A.) 116

Removal from B.C. Hydro and B.C. Telephone bills (Phillips) 842, 871

Removal from mobile homes (Phillips) 842, 871

Sales tax on building materials under review (Lorimer) 2039

Removal from second hand clothing (Wallace) 384

Salmon

Man-made spawning beds (Kelly) 547-8

Saltspring Island, B.C.

Bridge link to Vancouver Island, qu. (Curtis) 2005

Salvage (Waste, etc.)

Collection and recycling of waste paper in Legislative building (Steves) 438

Recycling of waste products under investigation, budget address (Barrett) 354

Recycling programmes for province (Steves) 438

Refuse conversion to heat under study (Hartley) 2096

Salvation Army

Mentioned: (Jordan) 2113

Sand and gravel industry

Gravel dust on fruit in orchards (Jordan) 1897

Sandringham Private Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Labour dispute (Chabot) 1366, 1374

Labour dispute, progress, qu. (Chabot) 1904

Labour-management strike, qu. (Wallace) 1296

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1402

Settlement of labour dispute (King) 1371, 1375

Sands, W.H.

Mentioned: (King) 1385

Sanford, Ms. Karen (Comox)

Address in Reply 152-4

Alert Bay oil spill 153

Assessments equalized in School District 71, 153

Bill of Rights, reference to 153

British Columbia medical care centre for children in Vietnam, motion supported 452

Budget debate 583-6

Civil servants, 1,000 to be hired on merit, without regard to sex 154

Conservation officers, biologists in northern Vancouver Island 584

Endangered species, importance of wildlife, etc., studies needed 584-5

Federal government's part in Vietnam war questioned 452

Forest industry reforms needed 586

Glenshiel Hotel price and article in Daily Colonist, qu. 3036

Hornby Island doctor's need for supplies and equipment 1246

Minimum Wage Act no longer discriminates by sex 154

Island Highway, Nanaimo to Campbell River, a menace 584

Member of committee to supervise provision of medical facilities for Vietnamese children (Cocke) 3047

Motor Vehicle Branch in Campbell River for northern Vancouver Island 584

Neglect of services in northern Vancouver Island 583

Port Hardy, finger-printing incident 153

Recreational facilities in northern Vancouver Island 584

Reporting on oil spill at Alert Bay (Williams) 5

Road widening, sides left in mess 1360

Roosevelt elk endangered species 585

School texts, emphasis on traditional roles of women 154

Social services needed in northern Vancouver Island 153

Social workers in northern Vancouver Island 584

Tsitika-Schoen area for study purposes 585

Vietnam, allocation of provincial funds to help in rebuilding 153

Vietnam ceasefire welcomed 152

Women, Department of, referred to 154

Women, equality and legislation 154

Sapper Park, Chilliwack, B.C.

History, boundaries (Brousson) 1833

Mentioned: (Williams, R.A.) 1838

Saskatchewan Medical Association

Mentioned: (Anderson, G.H.) 441, 1390

Saskatchewan Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Admissions based on B.C.'s contribution (Stupich) 935

Admissions from B.C. and provincial grant (Brousson) 1097

College established in Saskatchewan by agreement (Stupich) 935

Contribution and student admissions to be looked into, recommendations (Dailly) 1101

Student admissions from B.C., increase for 1973 (Brousson) 1097

Saunders Aircraft Ltd.

Manitoba company with 87 per cent government equity (Wallace) 388

Mentioned: (Phillips) 1050

Savage, Eva

Letter quoted re death of son, a B.C. Railway employee (Nunweiler) 613

Save Our Salmon Committee

Seeking government action (Gorst) 615

Savemore

Mentioned: (McGeer) 2212

Sawmills

Bankruptcy of sawmill operation by foreign investor (Nunweiler) 255

Company involved in forest industry difficulties in interior, question (Williams, L.A.) 256

Schaeffer, Paul

Cultural survey of B.C., quoted (Lockstead) 583

Schoen Lake

Tsitika-Schoen area for study purposes (Sanford) 585

Study area, employment unaffected (Williams, R.A.) 1885

Study area, loss of jobs (Smith) 1885

Scholarships

Percentage programme, merits (Brousson) 1095-6

Programme change to a fixed amount (Brousson) 1095

Scholarship examinations available twice annually (Dailly) 428

Scholarship money for use as student wishes (Dailly) 1101

School attendance

School days, length and number, change in regulations (Lockstead) 272

Spring vacation set at end of March (Dailly) 428

School boards

Consulted on abolition of corporal punishment (Dailly) 1132

School buses

Busing of independent school students (Gardom) 1124

Busing programmes for kindergarten children (Jordan) 1144

Busing schedules for kindergarten children (Smith) 1158

Formula based on temperature, special allowances to school boards (Dailly) 429

Independent schools, no government policy on busing children (Dailly) 1126

Legislation proposed to make buses available to community (Dailly) 1105

Operation costs in rural areas (Fraser) 1169

Programme for use by community groups (Lauk) 1103

Review of walk limits, other problems (Smith) 1157-8

Transportation problems, busing of school children, needs review (Dailly) 429

Use for bringing students to Vancouver and Victoria (Gorst) 1171

Use for student field trips (Lauk) 1103

School counsellors

See: Student counsellors

School credits

Credit bank or academic passport supported (Dailly) 1102

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

Provincial university concept as a credit bank for students (Brousson) 1100

School discipline

Permissiveness in school and society (Wallace) 1128

Sense of responsibility, controversy over method of instilling (Dailly) 1132

School excursions

School buses, use for bringing students to

Vancouver and Victoria (Gorst) 1171

School buses, use for student field trips (Lauk) 1103

Subsidies for students to visit Parliament buildings (Lauk) 1103

School holidays

See: School attendance

School janitors' strike

See: Strikes and lockouts — Schools

School libraries

Increases in budget and improvement (Dailly) 1167

School library service (Anderson, D.A.) 1166

School referendums

See: Referendum

School reports

See: Personnel records in education

School size

Preservation of small schools (Nicolson) 479

School taxes

See: Education — Finance

School trustees

See: School boards

Schools

B.C. Parent-Teachers Federation report on community schools (Steves) 436

Community schools (Gabelmann) 167-8 (Steves) 435-6 (McClelland) 1114

Recreational fund facilities, location on joint community school sites (Steves) 436-7

Schools — Costs

See: Education — Costs Schools, Independent

See: Private schools

Schools, Public

See: Public schools

Schools, Rural

See: Rural Schools

Schools as social centres

See: Community centres

Schreyer, Edward

Mentioned: (Cocke) 1191 (Jordan) 2526, 2611 (Phillips) 2480, 2481, 2601 (McClelland) 2596

Schroeder, Harvey Wilfred (Chilliwack)

Address in Reply 89-92, 196-8

Agricultural college, planning, location 1090

Agricultural land preservation 1675

Automobile Insurance Act 1032-4

Bankruptcies in B.C. 404

British Columbia Federation of Agriculture, consultation with prior to Bill 42, 794

British Columbia Federation of Agriculture, and the farmland subdivision freeze 197

British Columbia medical care centre for children in Vietnam, motion supported 454

Broiler hatching-egg producers in economic squeeze 682

Broiler hatching-egg producing industry in Chilliwack 687-8

Budget debate 401-5, 681-3, 687-8

Chilliwack vocational school 794

Community Recreational Facilities Fund, establishment approved 402

Contingent liabilities explained 403

Contracts, history 793

Copper smelters at Kimberley and Clinton 794

Corporation taxes increased 20 per cent in budget 403

Development Corporation of British Columbia Act 2772-3, 2784, 2988

Education, three per cent shrinkage in budget 404

Energy Act 2799, 2819, 2840

Examinations, abolition and independent schools 1103-4

Failure as a lesson in life 1104

Farm income, guaranteed annual increase 198

Farmers' institutes 935

Farmland losses to development in Sumas and Chilliwack 1679

Farmland subdivision freeze, public hearings needed 197

Farmland subdivision freeze 90-1

Funds to Premier's office 793

Gasoline tax passed on to consumer 403

Gift tax amdt. re transfer of homes between spouses approved 402

Government automobile insurance, effect on economy 1033

Government automobile insurance, monopolistic aspect of Bill 1032

Government automobile insurance, premium rates 1032-3

Government development of land 198

Government first option to purchase, alternative to land freeze 1679

Guarantee by the Province of Loans for Feeding Cattle for Market, An Act to Provide for (Bill 3) 1R, 17; 1991

Guaranteed Monthly Income Plan approved, effect of inflation 402

Homeowner grant retained in budget 402

Housing construction contracts in Chilliwack area 682

Housing needs to meet population increase 1675-6

Incentives for beef cattle industry in B.C. 935

Investment and farm income 197

Kaiser contract, reference to 794

Land Commission Act, letter opposing Act quoted 1678

Land Commission Act, patronage opportunities, dangers 1676-7

Land Commission Act 1675-9, 18045

Land values and farmland freeze order 197

Man and Resources meeting, qu. 1297, 1334

Members of government, travel expenses 402

Mineral Land Tax Act 2921

Minister of Labour and Minister of Education, efforts to settle school janitors' strike commended 259

Motor fuel tax exemptions for fishermen and farmers approved 402

Native Voice quoted 794

New businesses, failure rate 404

O'Brien, J., letter quoted 794

Pacific National Exhibition, reference to 794

Pearson Hospital, comfort allowance qu. 1585

Petroleum industry royalties 794

Port Simpson cannery, reference to 794

Post-secondary education study, time involved 1089

Profits and loss, socialist philosophy 404

Public Schools Act, An Act to Amend 2617-8, 2749, 2750

Revenue growth, projection on ten per cent increase questioned 405

Seattle Light and Power, reference to 794

Strap, use at discretion of teacher 1104-5

Sukunka coal, handshake agreement 794

Taxation on farmlands 682

Taxation structure to favour hillside housing sites 1676

Teachers' tenure, screening process, length of tenure 1172

Unemployment and lack of confidence in economy 91-2

Vocational education, lack of facilities, case cited 1089-90

“The Way Out", source of funds for payment 1296

Young, John, employment in Education Department, qu. 1727

Schulz, Edgar

Telegram on Mineral Act amdts. quoted (Anderson, D.A.) 2491

Scott, Derek J.R.

Russian Political Institutions quoted (Chabot) 1748

Scott Paper Limited

Mentioned: (Brousson) 1832 (Williams, R.A.) 1869

Scow, Chief Alfred

Judge in Port Hardy area (MacDonald) 397

Scuba diving

Regulations, safety requirements in scuba diving (Brousson) 992-3

Seamen — Education

Expanded marine college needed (Dailly) 1133

Marine College at B.C. Institute of Technology (Strachan) 85

Marine College in Vancouver (Wallace) 1131

Seashore

California, planning and regulation of shoreline (Gorst) 306

Crown shoreline should be retained (Gorst) 306

Foreign land investors (Gorst) 306

Forest companies to engage in subdivision and real estate business (Gorst) 306

Fund for purchase of key land areas suggested (Gorst) 306

Shoreline resource management needed (Gorst) 305

Vancouver Island, public access on the east coast (Gorst) 305

Washington State's seashore preservation (Gorst) 306

See also: Shorelines

Seattle City Light

Mentioned: (Schroeder) 794

Seattle City Light and Skagit River development (Brousson) 233

Seattle City Light contract with government of B.C., qu. (Anderson, D.A.) 3033

Skagit River, Federal Power Commission .hearings (Brousson) 1831-2

See also: Skagit River

Seattle Municipal Light and Power System

See: Seattle City Light

Sechelt Peninsula

Recreational facilities in the Gibsons-Sechelt area (Lockstead) 579

Second Century Fund

Dunes Fishing Club property, Grand Forks, acquired (Williams, R.A.) 1830

Relationship to Environment and Land Use Committee (Williams, L.A.) 1873, 1874

Williams Lake, proposal for park (Williams, R.A.) 1946

Secondary education

See: Education, Secondary

Secondary schools

See: Education, Secondary

Secondhand trade

Sales tax removal from second-hand clothing urged (Wallace) 384

Securities Act, 1967, An Act to Amend

(Bill 18) (Attorney General) 1R, 423

2R, 2224-5; C, 2679, 3R, 2679; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Macdonald 2224; Morrison 2224; Smith 2224

Securities Act

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2219

Securities Commission

Mentioned: (Brousson) 705

Segal, Sydney

Reference to on programme for reporting on and care of battered children (McClelland) 1229-30

Select Standing Committees

See: Legislature — Committees

Selye, Hans

Quoted (McGeer) 1186

Senate Committee for Science

Report referred to (Radford) 279

Senior citizens

See: Aged

Senior Citizens Council Act

Reference to (Wallace) 77

Senior Citizens Home Repair Assistance Act

(Bill 99) (Jordan) 1R, 781

2R, 2267-8. Out of order 2268
Speakers: (2R) Jordan 2267-8

Septic tanks

Inspections (Cocke) 1310

Installation in non-metropolitan areas (Jordan) 1306-7

Permits (Cocke) 1310

Public health engineers and installers of septic tanks (Cocke) 1307

Whistler Mountain area development and pollution of Cheakamus River system (Williams, L.A.) 1309-10

Serpentine River

Cost of diking, diking tax (McClelland) 1858

Drainage, federal-provincial arrangement, cost to farmers (Stupich) 892

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

Drainage of area, government policy (Williams, L.A.) 890

Diking and drainage of area, provincial share of cost (McClelland) 1820

Province to match federal funds (Williams, R.A.) 1829

Service stations

See: Automobiles — Service stations

Sewage as fertilizer

Consumer resistance to sewage fertilized vegetables (Stupich) 936-7

Effluent spray irrigation of vegetables (Jordan) 933

Vernon sewage effluent on vegetable crops (Stupich) 534

Sewage disposal

Effluent disposal in pits (Chabot) 1898

Pollution Control Board and effluent pits (Williams, R.A.) 1898

Research needed (Gorst) 616

Sewage dumping in Aldergrove area (McClelland) 1822

Sewage dumping in Aldergrove area prohibited by regulations (Williams, R.A.) 1829

Sewage disposal plants

Annacis Island, secondary sewage treatment (Cocke) 142

Low interest loans to municipalities for sewage facilities (Lewis) 552

Tertiary treatment plant, timetable improved (Hall) 2054

Tertiary treatment plants for lower mainland (McClelland) 2053

Sex education

See: Sex instruction

Sex instruction

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

Formula for school boards to follow needed (McClelland) 466

Programme in school system (McClelland) 1113-4

School boards to consult with parents on programme (Dailly) 1125

Summer programme for teachers (Jordan) 1 143

Sexual Sterilization Act Repeal Act

(Bill 45) (Minister of Health Services and Hospital Insurance) 1R, 1901

2R, 2298; C, 2753; 3R, 2753; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Cocke 2298

Shake mills

See: Shingle mills

Shalalth Road

Road to Lillooet (Williams, L.A.) 1347

Road to Lillooet given up (Strachan) 1347

Shanne Properties

Mentioned: (Steves) 1633

Shaughnessy Military Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Acute care facilities (Cocke) 1190

Chronic hospital, suggestion (McGeer) 1188

Shelford, Cyril Morley

Campaign for equalized gasoline prices referred to (Barrett) 2823

Cyril Morley Shelford Compensation Act 3041-2

Mentioned: (Stupich) 897, 2298, 2299 (Steves) 1642 (McGeer) 2249

Reference to on preservation of agricultural land (Barrett) 1701

Tribute to (Lewis) 699

Shell Canada Limited

Mentioned: (Steves) 2572

Sheltered workshops

See: Mentally handicapped — Employment

Shepherd, Dennis

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2205

Possible appointment to study of proposals leading to legislation ensuring natural justice (Macdonald) 3038

Sheraton Homeowners Finance Ltd.

Mortgage company (Brousson) 572

Sheridan Park, Ontario

Mentioned: (Gardom) 1055

Shingle mills

Shake and shingle mills without log quotas (Rolston) 158

Shake mill in Lumby-Monashee area (Jordan) 1843

Shipbuilding

Federal government ship construction subsidy (Barrett) 44-5

Shipbuilding industry needs provincial subsidy (Williams, L.A.) 54

Shipbuilding programme for B.C. (McGeer) 379

Shipbuilding subsidies, Premier's criticism of federal government (Phillips) 173

Shipbuilding subsidy to Que. (Phillips) 173

Trudeau, Rt. Hon. P.E., wired re unemployment and shipbuilding subsidy (Barrett) 45

See also: Shipyards

Shipping

Shipping days to the Panama from Prince Rupert and Squamish (Phillips) 177

Shipyards

Report on B.C. shipyards in the Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ont., quoted (Anderson, D.A.) 643-4

Shoreline

Streambank and shoreline protection (Motion no. 33) (Williams, R.A.) 969-70; (Anderson, D.A.) 969; (Wallace) 969

Shorthand

Analogy to a foreign language, transcription (Young) 284

Shrapnell, Edward

Painting purchased (Chabot) 2058

Shrum, Dr. Gordon Merritt

Mentioned: (Gardom) 660

Shumiatcher, Maurice C.

Welfare — Hidden Backlash, quotations from (McClelland) 468

Shuswap Lake, B.C.

Log booming (Lewis) 553

Proposed diversion of water into Okanagan Water system (Lewis) 274

Sierra Club of British Columbia

Advertisement, reference to, quoted (Phillips) 1463

Reference to support for Land Commission Act (Barrett) 1706

Silikoff, Irving J.

Mentioned: (Wallace) 1396

Silver Star Park

Access highway, development in park (Williams, R.A.) 1938

Ski area development (Jordan) 1935

Similkameen Public Health Society

Brief on workload of local public health nurse (Richter) 537

Similkameen Valley, B.C.

Flood disaster (Richter) 537

Restrictive measures on septic tanks, other services (Richter) 537

Simon Fraser University

Discrimination against women (Brown) 1107

Reference to budget (Anderson, D.A.) 1164

Skagit Provincial Park

Mentioned: (Brousson) 1832

Skagit River

Compensation for. flooding (Williams, R.A.) 1838

Federal Power Commission hearings (Brousson) 232-3, 1831-2

Flooding of Skagit Valley, presentation of objection in Washington, qu. (Anderson, D.A.) 1067

Future national park recommended for area (Brousson) 233

Government policy on flooding of valley, statement in House requested (Brousson) 233, 568, 1830-1

Logging in the Skagit Valley, qu. 973; 1832, 1866

Logging practices under review (Williams, R.A.) 1869

Moratorium on logging urged (Brousson) 233

Ross Committee letter on flooding quoted (Brousson) 1831

Seattle Dept. of Lighting and Skagit River development (Brousson) 233

Skagit Valley in hands of federal government (Barrett) 1067

Skeena River, B.C.

Bridge at Terrace (Dent) 1336

Bridge at Terrace to be completed in two years (Strachan) 1339

Flora Bank (Island) , report on proposed port development (Lea) 302-3

Skelly, Robert Evans (Alberni)

Address in Reply 329-34

Ahousat, community without public electric power 334

Company towns, government takeover of some functions 331

Corrections Branch, commission to inquire into operation, reference to 333

Forest industry, commission of inquiry needed 331

Forest industries, effect on community life 330-31

Government automobile insurance supported 330

Indian claims, government statement needed 334

Logging practices destructive to fish and wildlife 332

Oakalla Prison Farm, inmates and building 332

Programme of supervision and support for offenders suggested 333

Throne speech, references to 329

Vancouver Island west coast communities without public electric power 334

West Coast communities, re-establishment of industries 334

Skiing

See: Skis and skiing

Skis and skiing

Community ski areas in province (Williams, R.A.) 1925

Community ski facilities needed (Gabelmann) 720

Government involvement in equipment rental and sales (Gabelmann) 720

Helicopter skiing, licensing, safety (Chabot) 1946-7

Helicopter skiing, safety standards needed (Williams, R.A.) 1947

Ski areas in the Squamish to Pemberton region (Gabelmann) 169

Skilled labour

Skilled workers

Skookumchuk Prairie, B.C.

Wasa cutoff, route being re-examined (Strachan) 1348

Wasa cutoff (Chabot) 1345

Slaughtering and slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouse needed in northern regions (Kelly) 549

Sloan Royal Commission of the Forest Resources of B.C.

See: Royal Commission of the Forest Resources of British Columbia

Slumber Lodge Motels Ltd.

Reference to (Phillips) 2673

Small business

Agricultural economy integrated with co-op and small business economy (Dent) 407

Corporation tax, differentiation between large and small business suggested (Curtis) 510

Effect of increase of corporation tax (Curtis) 510

Fund to compensate small businessmen who have been swindled suggested (Phillips) 505

Government investment in small business (Jordan) 1047

Industrial Development Bank, interest rates and loans (Rolston) 156

Low-cost money available for expansion (Jordan) 1047

Small business owners uneasy (Curtis) 152

Subsidized by employees (King) 227

Tax increases have to be passed on to consumer (Jordan) 693

Small Claims Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 49) (Attorney General) 1R, 889

2R, 2235-8; C, 2681; 3R, 2681; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Gardom 2236; Jordan 2236-7; Macdonald 2235, 2238; Smith 2236; Williams, L.A. 2236

Court liaison officer to bring litigants together suggested (Gardom) 2236 (Williams, L.A.) 2236

Delinquent debtors should not be jailed (Williams, L.A.) 2236

Every person should have equal rights before the courts (Smith) 2236

Jurisdiction of small claims court increased (Macdonald) 2235

Property disputes etc., need for means of settlement out of court (Jordan) 2237

Review of small claims court (Macdonald) 2235

Small Loans Act

Amdt. by federal government needed (Brousson) 961

Revision to provide over-all interest protection (Macdonald) 398

Smith, D. Ed (North Peace River)

Accident areas, investigation by Highways department 1354

Address in Reply 18-28, 219-21

Address in Reply. Amdt. 18-28. Negatived 61

Alaska Highway upgrading, paving 638

Alaska Highway paving, four priorities listed 1354

Alaska-Yukon Highway Authority (House of Commons Bill C-18) quoted 638

Alcoholics, programme for treatment 1237-8

Ardills Construction Ltd. letter quoted 805

Automobile Insurance Act 1004-5, 1011-7, 1040, 3013, 3015, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3026, 3053, 3061

Automobile insurance, government vehicles included 1013

Automobile insurance agents licensed, commissions 1012

Automobile insurance commissioner, question 1011

Automobile insurance premium, payment in advance 1012

Automobile insurance premium rate for driver's licence 1013

Automobile insurance premium rates 1013-6

Barn burned during farmers' protest meeting in Victoria 1768

Beaver River, loss of oil exploration business 672

Beaver Valley Bulletin quoted on Tom Fox 985

Beef prices defended 24

Bill of Rights (proposed) for B.C. 19

Boeing Corporation computer time contract, qu. 2878

Boxcars, renegotiation of reciprocal agreement to prevent losses to other lines, qu. 2950

Boyle, T.P., brief opposing Land Commission Act quoted 1772-5

Breach of parliamentary procedure, message bill before caucus 1765-6

British Columbia Cellulose Company Act 2861-2

British Columbia Chamber of Commerce, reference to recommendations on accident areas 1354

British Columbia Federation of Agriculture brief on preservation of farmland quoted 1787

British Columbia Railway Dease Lake extension, dependence on federal aid, question 863

British Columbia Railway Dease Lake extension, route, federal aid 863

British Columbia Railway subsidy, federal reaction to request and use to be made of it, qu. 2241

British Columbia Telephone, takeover by government, question 806

Budget criticized 640-1

Budget debate 634-41, 671-4

Canada-British Columbia Indian Lands Determination Act (1973) 2247-8

Civil servants, involvement in politics 986

Civil servants' T-4 slips 863-4

Civil service, salary increases for year, question 874

Civil Service Superannuation Act, An Act to Amend 2702-3

Collective Bargaining for farmers, question 895

Columbia Cellulose, negotiations for Prince Rupert operation qu. 1447

Companies Act 2207, 2674

Companies Act regulations, application to Government corporations 2207

Co-operative food outlets, subsidies, source of funds 895

Co-operative Insurance Service, letter quoted 1014

Co-operative Insurance Service brochure quoted 1015

Crop losses, Surrey area and Peace River area, compensation and discrepancy in payments 639, 699, 804, 894

Crop losses in the Peace River area 25

Crop losses in the Peace River area, farmers' letters read 639-40

Davis, Jack, and controversy over port development referred to 26

Debt Collection Act, adjournment of debate moved 2235. Approved 2235

Debt Collection Act 2235, 2538-9

Development Corporation of British Columbia Act 2607-8, 2789, 2984-5

Drilling leases, analysis of areas sold and unsold, qu. 2243

Energy Act 2555-9, 2820-1, 2822, 2832-3, 2833, 2834, 2836, 2837, 2838, 2840, 2990-2

Equal Guardianship of Infants Act, An Act to Amend 2233

Erikson, Leonard K., arrest, case cited 949

Farm income 221, 894

Farm taxes, due date 895

Farmers, greater return final solution 673

Farmers, reasons for selling farms 219

Farmers' Land — Clearing Assistance Act, An Act to Amend 2400

Farmers' protest meeting in Victoria, loudspeaker system failure 1771

Farmland freeze, eventual elimination of private property 220

Farmland freeze order, effect on sale of farmland 25-6

Farmland prices depressed by Land Commission Act 1771

Farmland still not tapped 1776

Farms, fair return on capital investment 220

Farriers course in vocational school 1159

Flint Engineering, letter quoted 806

Forest industry, government policy on tenure and licences 1863-4

Forest industry, importance to economy 1424

Forest industry, pollution abatement equipment 1423-4

Forest study areas in TFLs 1865

Forest study reserves, establishment, length of time in effect 1421

Forest study reserves, impact on forest companies 1421

Forest Committee of the House, visit to Washington in 1967, 20

Forestry guidelines, interpretation and provisions 1421

Fort Nelson, arable land, experimental farm programme 895

Fort Nelson, base for oil exploration in Northwest Territories 672

Fort Nelson, establishment of park in area' 1948

Fort Nelson, high rate for electricity 805

Fort Nelson-Fort Simpson Road, northern development 639

Fort Nelson, stumpage rates, special consideration 673, 1422

Fort Nelson lumber industry development 673

Fort Nelson natural gas price 877

Fort Nelson timber areas 1882

Fort St. James forestry road 1890

Fort St. John, new court house needed 2091

Fort St. John, recreational facilities, proposed plan 2020

Freight rates, disparities on domestic and export rates 895

Frontage roads, regulations 1355

Government automobile insurance, effect 19

Government Liquor Act changes 20

Government's opposition to Alaska pipeline welcomed 458

Grazing leases 1865

Greenbelt protection fund, preservation of farmland 220

Guaranteed Minimum Income Assistance Act, publicizing of 21-2

Halfway River bridge on Highway 29, 1353

Halfway River region, forestry road 1890

Haliburton Services Ltd., letter quoted 806

Hansard quoted 1765

Health clinics, staff shortages 1237

Hemmingsen, John O., quoted on Schoen Lake-Tsitika study area 1885

Highway 103, Beatton River hill, slides 1354

Hong Kong real estate prices 1787

Human Rights Act, changes, legislation proposed, question 947

Indian reserve system questioned 2191

Indian trapping rights in Fort Nelson area 2191

Indians, lack of job opportunities and training 2170

Infants Act, An Act to Amend 2229

Infants Act, An Act to Amend may result in inundation of young people from elsewhere 2229

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Act, authority for automobile insurance 1011

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Act, reference to 635

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Act, 2519-20, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3066

Judges, need for legally trained judges and means of meeting need 948

Kindergarten children, school bus schedules 1158

Labour department employee formerly a campaign manager 635

Land Commission Act, effect of Act 1769-70

Land Commission Act, letters, telegrams, opposing Act quoted 1775, 1779-80, 1784-6

Land Commission Act 1765-80, 1783-8

Land Commission Act amdt. 1788. Negatived 1805

Land Commission Act clauses will lead to confiscation of private property, farm units 1769

Land Commission Act, withdrawal urged 1769, 1787

Land losses for public services 1777-8

Lands, Forests and Water Resources department seeking economist 1422

Lands Branch authority circumvented by Land Commission Act 1772

Legislative buildings, light fixtures in public galleries 2099

Libraries, basis for determining grants 2060

Logging operations by small, independent operators 1423

Logs, export 1424

Lumber prices, effect on house prices 1423

Mackenzie Delta, loss of oil exploration business 672

Medical Manpower Committee report on shortage of doctors 1237

Mineral Act, An Act to Amend 1.499-2501

Mineral industries, government plans for increased royalties, question 806

Mining industry, investment in and taxation of 27-8

Minister not in chamber M. that Committee rise, negatived 948

Mobile health clinics for rural areas 1237

Mobile Home Tax Act 2857-8, 2999

Mobile Homes, An Act Respecting (Bill 4) 1R, 17; 1991-2

Mobile homes, taxation and equitable share of benefits 2021

Municipal administration, need for personnel training in 23

Municipal representatives on regional boards 2020

Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act, An Act to Amend 2664

NDP advertisement in Sun, Vancouver, B.C. reference to 804

Natural gas industry apprehensive about future 1977

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island 2050

Neil, C.P., franking privileges used 1766

Night sittings of Legislature 98

Northern British Columbia, economy and development 24, 1420

Nova Scotia royal commission on automobile insurance, reference to 1013

Ocean Falls Corporation Act 2619-20, 2970

Ocean Falls, ferry service 1419

Ocean Falls, future financial commitments 1418, 1865

Ocean Falls, loss of key employees, employment future 1419-20

Ocean Falls, operation of mill, problems 1419

Ocean Falls dam structure, examination of safety prior to purchase 2638

Ocean Falls purchase, effect on residents 1418

Ocean Falls purchase, source of funds, agreement made, question 1417

Oil spill at Kelp Point, Coal Bay, Alaska 1175

Oil well drilling cost, report quoted 672

Park Act, An Act to Amend 2640

Peace-Liard, designated region under DREE 863

Peace River, erosion of farmland 1894

Peace River area, development officer's report, qu. 2877

Peace River farmers, further financial help, qu. 1667

Peace River-Liard region, economy dependent on petroleum exploration business 672

Peace River-Liard Regional District, economic problem 671

Pension funds, government policy on investment, question 806

Pension plans in B.C. 19

Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965, An Act to Amend 2434-8, 2439-45, 2911-2, 2913, 2915-6

Petroleum exploration, assistance to employers for on-the-job training 1159

Petroleum exploration and effect of taxation 672

Petroleum exploration companies, layoffs in Peace River-Liard region 672

Petroleum exploration industry and employment 1974

Petroleum industry, revenue, bonus bids 1975

Pine River, change of course, dangers 1866

Point of order. Correction in Votes and Proceedings No. 4, Jan. 30, page 2 to show name of mover and seconder

Point of order. Member quoting from blue Hansard transcript 737

Pointed Mountain, loss of oil exploration business 672

Pollution abatement equipment in government pulp mills, cost, qu. 2065

Port development for coal shipping 26-7

Port development on West Coast important to all 447

Public health nurses, tribute to 1237

Public Works Fair Employment Act 2410

Real estate agents, licensing, regulations, restrictions 995

Real estate courses, high failure rate 948

Recreation and Conservation department, full-time cabinet Minister needed 638

Reforestation, cost to industry 1422

Regulations Act 2203

Regulations Act, supported, by opposition 2203

Revenue Act, An Act to Amend 2742-3, 2744

Revenue surplus to finance Crown corporations 641

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, auxiliary policemen, position, fringe benefits 997

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, centennial celebration plans, qu. 974, 2059

Rutherford McRae postage meter tampered with in break-in 1767-8

SPEC support for Land Commission Act questioned 1775-6

Saddle and harness making course in vocational school 1159

Schoen Lake-Tsitika study area, loss of jobs 1885

School buses, review of walk limits, other problems 1157-8

School tax, removal from farmland 673, 895

Securities Act, 1967, An Act to Amend 2224

Small business servicing petroleum industry in northeastern B.C. 805

Small Claims Act, An Act to Amend 2236

Student report system, availability to parents 1158

Succession Duty Act, An Act to Amend 2376

Sukunka coal, capital development or operating costs agreements with private companies, qu. 1118

Taylor recreational facilities, proposed plan 2020

Telegrams received by Attorney General on Bill 42, qu. 1296

Travel expenditure increase 636

Tree farm licences, honouring contracts or renegotiation 1423

Truck permits, reciprocal arrangement with Alberta 2051

Trucks, standardization of regulations with Alberta 2051

United Church of Canada letter on Land Commission Act quoted 1767

Urban Development Institute document on Land Commission Act, quoted 1786

Veterinarians, support for establishment in rural areas 895

Vocational training in petroleum exploration field 1159

Weighscales, mud and ice on loads through Fort Nelson 2051

Wheat surpluses differentiated from over-production 893

Williston Lake, danger of sudden storms 1948

Williston Lake, recreational development in area 1948, 1951

Wills and guardianship for children, importance should be publicized 2233

Smith, James

Commissioner of Yukon Territory visits B.C. 1

Smith, Melvin H.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 975, 2205

Smithers, B.C.

Richmond Plywood proposal (Williams, R.A.) 1837

Smithers to Granisle road (Dent) 1336

Smithers to Granisle road to be completed this year (Strachan) 1339

Veneer plant (Fraser) 1834

Smoking

Educational programme in elementary schools (Brown) 1107-8

No smoking areas (Cocke) 1235

Prohibition on public transportation (Brousson) 1235

Rights of Non-Smokers, An Act Respecting (McGeer) 1973, 3043-4

Rights of non-smokers (McGeer) 1233

See also: Tobacco

Snow ploughing

See: Snow Removal

Snow Removal

Snow clearing in Fort George area (Nunweiler) 1346

Snow ploughing of Monkman Pass road (Phillips) 181-2

Snowmobiles

Buddy system (Jordan) 1934, Development of forest areas for snowmobiling (Williams, R.A.) 1938

Helmet regulations urged (Jordan) 1934

Helmet regulations worth consideration (Williams, R.A.) 1939

Registration under Motor Vehicle Branch (Williams, R.A.) 1939

Road development in forestry reserve (Jordan) 1934

Use of all-terrain vehicles in hunting (Lewis) 1907

Social Assistance

Abuse of welfare, cases investigated (Levi) 2173

Abuse of welfare, other services (Jordan) 2173

Food vouchers not favoured (Levi) 2177

Former government's record on assistance to elderly (McGeer) 2118

Free drugs, other benefits to low income group (Bennett) 2139

Increase asked for during previous years (Barrett) 2116

Increase in rates supported (McGeer) 2118

Meal tickets, food to secondary strikers (Levi) 2164

Medical drugs free to elderly next step (McGeer) 2119

Pregnant women, extra allowance for diets (Levi) 2102, 2179

Pregnant women's allowance limited to welfare recipients, question (Brown) 2179

Rate increased, raises per unit listed (Levi) 2102

Report on gainfully employed welfare recipients quoted (Levi) 2121

Social Assistance Act, An Act to Amend. See name of act

Social Credit's “Piece of paper” referred to (Barrett) 2116

United Church of Canada brief asking for increase referred to (Barrett) 2116

University students taken off welfare (Brown) 2179

Welfare burden on municipalities (Fraser) 2159

Welfare for teenagers, problems (Jordan) 2172

Welfare payments to strikers (Chabot) 2164

Welfare payments to students (Levi) 2169

Welfare to seasonally employed (Levi) 2170

Welfare withheld from those who forego work opportunity (Levi) 2169

Work incentives programme for welfare recipients (Levi) 2140

Working poor, subsidization to welfare levels (Levi) 2103

See also: Public welfare

Social Assistance Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 33) (Minister of Rehabilitation and Social Improvement) I R, 589

2R, 2398; C, 2757-60; 3R, 2952; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Anderson, D.A. 2758; Levi 2398. (C) Anderson, D.A. 2758; Chabot 2757-8; Jordan 2759-60; Levi 2757, 2760; Wallace 2759. Amdt. (Sec. 1) (Levi) . Approved 2757

Act to be entirely rewritten (Levi) 2760

Adjournment, M. (Anderson, D.A.) 2399

Amdt. intended to discredit former minister (Jordan) 2759-60

Appeal mechanism in bill (Wallace) 2759

Social Credit Party

Kelowna Charter mentioned (Macdonald) 2773, 2778; 2783 (Gardom) 2998

Leadership (Gardom) 324-5

Rates set by regulation opposed (Chabot) 2758

Welfare granting still discretionary (Anderson, D.A.) 2758

Membership in Social Credit league, value, qu. (Anderson, G.H.) 973

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

Social democracy

See: Socialism

Social isolation

Alienation and loneliness in society today (Gabelmann) 165

Moral insanity result of alienation and isolation (Dent) 410

Social problems

Alienation and loneliness in society today (Gabelmann) 165

Human Justice department proposed (Dent) 410

Social problems, government spending on prevention (Barnes) 320

Social Service, Tax supported

See: Public Welfare

Social Services Tax Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 69) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 363

2R, 2334-5; C, 2724-7; 3R, 2727; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Barrett 2334, 2335; Morrison 2335. (C) Anderson, D.A. 2724-5, 2726-7; Barrett 2724, 2725, 2726, 2727; Chabot 2725, 2726, 2727; Morrison 2727

Adjournment of debate, M. (Phillips) 2334. Negatived 2334

Administration problems in applying tax (Chabot) 2725

Barges, tax equalization (Barrett) 2726

Shipbuilding subsidies, benefits may be nullified by tax increase (Anderson, D.A.) 2726

Tax formula on per-mile basis to apply to railroad (Barrett) 2725

Tax to apply to both Canadian and non-Canadian cars (Barrett) 2725

Tax to be levied on average number of rail cars per month (Barrett) 2727

Tax written off against federal income tax (Barrett) 2724

Social Services Tax Act

Proposed change, effect on federal subsidy to shipbuilding (Anderson, D.A.) 644

Exemptions for municipalities suggested (Brousson) 570

Exemptions, six suggested (Brousson) 569

Thorough study needed (Brousson) 569

See also: Sales Tax

Social workers

Northern Vancouver Island (Sanford) 584

Social Workers Association

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2141

Socialism

Direction of the NDP (Gardom) 796

Free competitive enterprises under socialism (Gardom) 663

Quotation from Sir Winston Churchill (Curtis) 514

Social democracy, targets and principles (Morrison) 269

Social reform and socialism (McClelland) 774

Socialism and private property (Barrett) 221

Socialist direction, predictions for future (Gardom) 663

Society for Pollution and Environmental Control

Reference to and White Rock sewage outfall (McClelland) 1823

Support for Land Commission Act questioned (Smith) 1775-6

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Humane Trap Development Committee, reference to (Gardom) 1915

Soils — Composition

Services to farmers, soil testing (Phillips) 669

Soil-testing facility needed in Peace River area (Phillips) 918

Soldier's Dependent Children Act

Eligibility of children at independent schools (Gardom) 1126

No provision for independent school children (Dailly) 1127

Solomon, Hyman

Article in Colonist quoted (McGeer) 681

Somenos Lake, B.C.

Public hearing on hog fuel disposal (Richter) 187 (Jordan) 201

Somerville, Bishop David

Tributes to (Macdonald) 395; (Dent) 409

Soper, Barry

Introduced to House (Barrett) 2305

Soper, Louise

Introduced to House (Barrett) 2305

South Pender Island, B.C.

Community plan, review by Minister, qu. (Anderson, D.A.) 1902

South Quatti Reservation, Vancouver Island, B.C.

Facility for receiving home, day care and activity centre to be developed (Levi) 2171

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Mentioned: (Chabot) 1170

Soy bean

Production of soya in B.C. (Stupich) 914

Soya

See: Soy bean

Spanish language

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

Spas

See: Health resorts, watering-places, etc.

Speaker

Congratulated on his birthday (Richter) (Macdonald) 887

Speaker and Deputy Speaker

Beauchesne, Arthur, Parliamentary Rules And Forms quoted 637, 1450, 1583

Bell present to House by E.K. DeBeck 1205

Dent, Hartley, appointed Deputy Speaker 2

Lamoureux, Hon. Lucien, Speaker of House of Commons, quoted on breach of privilege 686

May, Sir Thomas Erskine, Parliamentary Practice quoted 162, 1520, 1541, 1582, 1583

Page girls, decision of the Speaker 154

Telephone at Speaker's place, qu. (Williams, L.A.) 1295

Television filming for technical test showing discussion from the Opposition side 1275

Television filming of oral question period 971

Television networks, permission to film proceedings requested. Leave not granted. 1781

Television test film made 1177

Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Rulings and Statements

Adjournment of debate to next sitting of House, not to next sitting after today 199

Adjournment to discuss urgent public matter
Not a matter of urgency when a time is appointed for debate on orders of the day 521-2
Matter ruled not urgent 134-5
Matter of urgency to be indicated, not debate on topic 134
Opportunity for debate, matter ruled not urgent 134, 1409-11
Should have been raised prior to entering the orders of the day 1197, 1990
Situation within authority of statutory body, does not constitute urgent matter for debate 1782

Amdt., debate confined to terms of amdt. 37, 48, 199, 203

Amdt., seconder not restricted to terms of amdt. 37

Amdt. before House, debate after seconder restricted to amdt. 665

Amdt. does not need a seconder 97

Amdt. to an amdt. a subamdt. 671

Audibility of debate — voice kept down 172

Bill
Amdt. before second reading not in order 2259.
Debate may be allowed where a message comes down without a bill accompanying it 625
Introduction of a message accompanied by a bill, not under tradition of House to debate in Committee of the Whole 625
Introduction of bills that are out of order is permitted 626
No authority given to any member of the Sergeant-at-Arms staff to issue any bill before its being introduced in the House 494
No debate is permitted on the introduction of a message Bill 624, 625
Members not to anticipate debate on a forthcoming Bill 155
On order paper not subject of debate 670, 678, 679, 680, 681, 692
Second reading
Keeping to principle of Bill 1433, 1434, 1490, 1552, 1594, 1600, 1615-6, 1625, 1680, 1746-7, 1776, 2321, 2428, 2519, 2586, 2600
Third reading amdt. may be moved even though moved in second reading 2982
Third reading, scope of debate 2981

Bills of House, when produced in House and placed on the table, are the property of any Member to examine 495

Budget debate to deal with budget items in general terms 504

Chair, decisions can be appealed 1584
Disrespect to Chair 2425
Impertinence to Chair 1587
Indication of attack on Speaker is disrespect for House 599
Reflections on 1617, 2281

Clock; Speaker 'must leave Chair when attention drawn to clock 2001

Committee meeting while House in session, permission of House not given 1871

Conflict of interest should be clarified 112

Conflicting statements in the same speech 173

Debate, confining remarks to subject 595

Debate restricted to subject of subamdt. 677, 678, 680, 682, 699

Decorum of House 733

Documents House cannot require tabling 2636

Gallery, interruption from 34

Gallery, withdrawal of strangers 252-3

House ringing of bell to assemble the House 1483

Implying unworthy conduct 635

Imputing motives 226, 1498, 1500, 2448

Indirect accusation ruled out of order 29

Interjections, interruptions, etc. 1468-9, 1507, 1552, 1553, 1558, 1567, 1568, 1603, 1686, 2435, 2447

Interruptions, failure of lights 636

Irrelevance, repetition 202, 1268, 1281, 1290, 1431, 1465, 1473, 1499, 1500, 1601, 1604, 1796

Language
“Arrogant, dictatorial” 1747
“blackmail” 2989
“by God” 2535
“crackpot” 2606
“deceitful” 469
“Deliberate attempt to mislead” 2633
“Hell” 2778
“Deliberately misleading” 91, 130
“Flim-flams” 726
“jack booted” 201
“machine” in order 345
“misled” 713
“pawn” 635
“phoney charades” 1506
“Rank hypocrisy” 29
“Sham” “Farce” 1439
“Liar” 1441
“snow job” 496,
“pulling the wool over somebody's eyes” 496,
“stacked deck” 496,
“greedy” 497
“turncoat” 344
“twist, twist, twist” 1702
“hypocrisy, hypocrite, hypocritical” 1703
“phoney” 1705

Member/Members
Accusations of double-talking or being conscience-stricken with silence 689
Accusing another Member of not telling the truth 1508
Cannot rise in debate once he has taken his seat 256
Drawing attention to' personal differences or characteristics unacceptable 690, 692

Lower voice level 2428
May quote from blues, may be corrected in House 738
Mode of apparel guided by good sense and good taste 885
Must not accuse anyone of lacking courage 1038
Not to pass between Chair and Member speaking 1177
Personal attacks on personal business of Members unparliamentary 596
Personal remarks 30, 1607, 1973
Prohibited from sitting in the gallery 252-3
Reading at length 1442
Reading extracts reflecting on other Members not in order 1677, 1730
Reading speeches 1453, 1532, 1684, 1809
Reading speeches of others 2476
Recognition by Chair 1541
Referring to former Members by name 21
Referring to other Members by name 21, 581, 1476, 1642
Should address remarks through Chair 48, 49, 68, 76, 179, 202, 300, 341, 403, 500, 643, 645, 647, 648, 702, 733, 1013, 1073, 1079, 1261, 1266, 1289, 1440, 1460, 1470, 1497, 1555, 1565, 1600, 1602, 1610, 1644, 1687, 1742, 1743, 1745, 2313, 2411, 2427, 2447, 2863
Should not reflect upon a vote already taken 343
Statement in reference to nationality must be withdrawn 723
Time warning given 655
To restrict remarks to motion 97
To restrict remarks to question 51
Withdrawal of statement requested 599

Motions
Accusation against a Minister not a satisfactory motion 1971
Amdt. accepted when notice of motion is called 623
Loss of place when motion to adjourn defeated 52
Must be seconded 134
No division on motion 7
Not debatable 3
Notice of motion requires one clear day's notice 623
Of amdt. on motions dealing with adjournment or time require a seconder 367
Seconder has priority after the mover 450
Submitted to the Chair before debating 450
To adjourn debate 1481-2
To adjourn debate and agree upon next sitting 1582-3
To permit oral question period 7

Oral questions
Asking confirmation or denial of newspaper report 1070
Asking for a statement of policy 973, 1445
Asking for legal opinion 1412
Asking Minister what advice will be given to Crown 1010, 1445, 1587
Dealing with a matter of policy too large for question period 1587
Directed to a Minister on a matter outside his jurisdiction ruled out of order 1206
Directing questions to acting Ministers 1818
Indication of subject in asking leave of the Legislature 225
Inviting expression of opinion 973, 1008
Questions may not anticipate an order of the day or other matters appointed by the House 972, 1070
Theoretical questions, Minister not obliged to reply 1411
Turning into debate 1332, 1334, 1446, 1526, 2543

Petition presented, found to be irregular 2325, 2359

Petition presented, out of order 2417, 2465-6, 2488

Point of order
Attendance on Government side in the House not a point of order 432
Members may not speak on point of order after ruling is made 2993
Must be raised at the time 102
Not a point of order 695

Privilege/Privileges
Advance release of information to the Press on Bills to be introduced to the House, evidence not factual enough to be ruled a breach of privilege 685-6
Breach of privilege is followed by a motion 628
Disclosure of Government report to Press ruled not a breach of privilege 162
Of Parliament 162
No precedent whereby policy statements have to be made in the House 162
Not a point of privilege 636, 1763
Press conference on ports of Squamish and Britannia ruled not a breach of privilege 162
Press conference on price board for petroleum products ruled not a breach of privilege 162
Publication or disclosure of draft reports of committees a breach of privilege 162
Reference to a letter not correction of a mis-statement, not a question of 1040

Recess of House due to interruption from gallery 34

Report coming from Committee of the Whole House on the introduction of a bill not a subject of debate. S.O. 45 (1) 626

Reports filed at table unread 349

Reports required by statute not moved or seconded 349

Rules unanimous consent for departure from rules of House 7

Rules of House to be followed 76

Sergeant-at-Arms and staff, servants of the House, not the Government 586

Sergeant-at-Arms and staff under direct supervision of Speaker 586

Speaker leaves Chair at 11 p.m. only on instruction of House 2603

Speaker's attention drawn to clock an interruption of business 1481, 1483

Statements by Ministers and comments by party leaders restricted to facts, not debate 260

Statements made by leave of the House not for purpose of debate 458, 459

Subject of debate before a standing committee of the House 657

Vote not to be dealt with in detail 65

Speaker's Decisions

Mentioned: (Anderson, D.A.) 1450 (Speaker) 2251

Quoted (Speaker) 2264

Spear, H.

Quoted on drugs in the United Kingdom (McClelland) 2152

Special Funds Appropriation Act, 1973

(Bill 77) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 365

2R, 2368-71; C, 2747; 3R, 2747, RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Anderson, D.A. 2369-70; Barrett 2368, 2370; McClelland 2370; Wallace 2370

Funds to be reorganized (Barrett) 2370

Guidelines and details as to how money is spent needed (Wallace) 2370

Land will not be purchased (Barrett) 2370

Special funding for regular programmes criticized (Anderson, D.A.) 2369

Special funds and legislative accountability (Anderson, D.A.) 2370

Special funds

Accelerated Reforestation Fund, budget address (Barrett) 358

Athletes, etc., attending international competitions, policy on funds, question (Jordan) 825

Citizens advisory committees being set up for all funds (Barrett) 358

Community Recreational Facilities Fund — Budget Address (Barrett) 358

Funds under control of Treasury Board (Barrett) 822

Grants to individuals, all applications considered (Barrett) 825

Perpetual funds, Budget address (Barrett) 358

Provincial Home Acquisition Fund, budget address (Barrett) 359

Provincial Land Acquisition Fund, budget address (Barrett) 358

Provincial Research and Economic Studies Fund, budget address (Barrett) 359

Speech from the throne

See: Throne speech

Speech therapy

Coverage for stroke victims (Wallace) 1215

Shortage of therapists (Cocke) 1219

Speed limits

Changes in limits on good roads (Fraser) 1326-7

Increase suggested (Kelly) 546, 1352-3

Spence, Clifford

Mentioned: (Levi) 2178

Spencer Heights subdivision, Nanaimo

Development by A & B Homes Ltd. (Chabot) 597

Spirit River, B.C.

Road and bridge, completion in estimates (Strachan) 1340

Spir-L-Ok Industries Ltd.

Mentioned: (McClelland) 108

Sports

Ski hills, golf courses in Nelson area (Nicolson) 482

Sports festival

Continuation of festival supported (Jordan) 732

Cultural and sports joint festival, suggestion (Jordan) 817-8

Expanded to include cultural festival (Jordan) 732

Festival of Sports, suggestion to discontinue (Curtis) 514

Organization will be examined (Hall) 346

Tourism and the Festival of Sports (McGeer) 381

Sports Festival Association

Mentioned: (Jordan) 732

Spring vacation

See: School attendance

Squamish, B.C.

B.C. Rail's plan a superport (Williams, L.A.) 296

Dike construction (Williams, L.A.) 296

Ecological damage (Barrett) 748

Environmental study of overall area, question (Jordan) 819

Federal government agreement to coal port (Barrett) 748

Port development (Williams, L.A.) 296

Port development for coal to Europe (Richter) 746

Port in Squamish estuary rejected (Barrett) 761

Standard Oil Company

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1047, 2914 (Steves) 2572

Standing committees

See: Legislature — Committees

Standing Order 129

Motion 19. Amdt. to Standing Order 129, being Part IV of the Standing Orders (Hall) 619-22. Amdt. (Williams, L.A.) 621

Stanfield, Robert

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2579

Stanger, John D.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1043, 1066

Star, Revelstoke, B.C.

Article, May 24, 1890, Quoted (Phillips) 2477

Stark, Dr. Robert

Attorney General versus Stark (Cocke) 561

Starr Shipyards

Work underway (Anderson, D.A.) 644

Statesmen, Canadian

Legislation protecting politicians opposed (Barrett) 748

Violence and Canadian politicians (Barrett) 747-8

Status of Women Inquiry Commission

Mentioned: (Jordan) 821

Statute Law Amendment Act, 1973

(Bill 183) (Attorney General) 1R, 2665

2R, 2798; C, 2999-3005, 3007-3010; 3R, 3010; RA, 3070
Speakers: (2R) Anderson, D.A. 2798; Jordan 2798; Macdonald 2798. (C) Barrett 3009; Cocke 3004; Gardom 3000-1, 3001-2, 3007, 3009, 3010; Jordan 3005; Macdonald 3000, 3001, 3002, 3007; McGeer 3003-4, 3009; Morrison 3002; Phillips 300203, 3004
Divisions: (C) 3005

B.C. Hydro brought under Automobile Insurance Act (Gardom) 3000

B.C. Hydro brought under Public Works Fair Employment Act (Gardom) 3000

B.C. Hydro found self-insuring more economical (Gardom) 3000, 3001

B.C. Hydro's administrative costs virtually zero because of self-insurance (Anderson, D.A.) 3003

B.C. Hydro's customers subsidizing insurance company in Manitoba (Jordan) 3005

B.C. Hydro's customers subsidizing insurance corporation (Phillips) 3004

B.C. Hydro's administrative costs for insurance taken over by Crown agency (Cocke) 3004

Benefits improved under government insurance, costs may increase (Macdonald) 3001

Cost projections for B.C. Hydro contracts under Public Works Fair Employment Act, question (Gardom) 3000

Cost projections for B.C. Hydro insurance from government insurance plan, question (Gardom) 3000

Crown corporations subsidizing insurance corporation (McGeer) 3003

Increased no-fault benefits available under government insurance (Macdonald) 3002

Intent of Act to bring insurance to corporation not available under competitive system (Phillips) 3003

Private pension plans will no longer have to be registered through a trust company to receive income tax exemptions (Macdonald) 3008

Sec. 8 withdrawn (Macdonald) 3008

Sec. 15 deleted (Macdonald) 3008

Steel industry and trade

Iron Bounty Act Repeal Act. See name of act

Steelhead trout

Stocking, closing streams (Anderson, D.A.) 1921)

Stellako River, B.C.

Bridge on Highway 16 at Fraser Lake (Kelly) 1352

Log drive through spawning grounds (Liden) 127

Preservation urged (Kelly) 548

Sternwheelers

See: Excursion boats

Stevens, Neil

Mentioned: (Steves) 1648

Steves, Harold (Richmond)

Address in Reply 117-21

Agricultural land not needed for expanding population 1650

Bell-Irving, H.P., quoted on lower mainland development 1638

British Columbia Federation of Agriculture report on removing land tax and succession duties quoted 1649

British Columbia medical care centre for children in Vietnam, motion supported 453-4

British Columbia Parent-Teachers Federation report on community schools 436

Budget debate 435-9

Canadian companies producing war materials for United States 453

Commerce Weekly article on urban sprawl quoted 1638

Community and government owned and controlled cable TV proposed 437

Community schools described 436

Community schools welcome development 435-6

Development rights on land, cost to province for compensation 1643

Educational TV as a self-educating system of communication 437

Energy Act 2572-3

Environment, growth rate and energy 118

Farmers' protest against Land Commission Act 1629-31

Farmland losses and jobs 1639-40

Fraser Valley farmland, former government's failure to save 1641

Government policy on land use in campaign booklet 1649

Hansard quoted 1625, 1806

Harbour planning board needed 120-1

Hobby farms and agricultural land 1639

Impermanence, effects on agriculture 1640, 1649

Iona Island as a ferry terminal site 120

Land banking and stabilization of land costs 1644

Land Commission Act letters in support quoted 1648

Land Commission Act 1625-36, 1638-51

Land holdings 1626

Land owned by companies in Richmond area 1632-3

Lower' mainland Regional Planning Board report quoted 1639

Mackenzie Valley oil pipeline 120

Marshall, D.A., resignation from Social Credit Party 1625

Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act quoted 1628

Natural gas, reduction of automobile pollution 439

Natural gas relatively non-polluting fuel 119

Oil and gas industry, public control 119

Oil tankers in B.C. coastal waters 120

Pentagon research funds received by Canadian universities 453

Pollution-free vehicles coming into province 439

Postcards protesting Land Commission Act traced 1631-2

Privilege — implications in references to barn burning and break-in at real estate office 1806

Propane gas use, conversion costs for automobiles 439

Public school system an anachronism 435

Public transportation in Greater Vancouver 118

Recreational Facilities Fund should be available for parks, etc. 438

Recreational fund facilities, location on joint community school sites 436-7

Recycling programmes for province 438

Red Star production and distribution of natural gas suggested 439

Review, Richmond, article on Land Commission Act quoted 1629

Richmond land purchasing for development, report quoted 1633-6

School of economics in B.C., development suggested 438

Sewage treatment at Annacis Island 120

Steves family farm, history 1626-9

Steves family profits on sale of land (Chabot) 1752-3

Surrey land acquisition report referred to, quoted 1644

Television cable system operation through B.C. Telephone Company 437

Urban sprawl, effect on taxes, costs in rural areas 1640

Waste paper in Legislative building, collection and recycling 438

Zoning bylaws and land developers 1647

Steveston, B.C.

Environment impact of ferry terminal (Brousson) 234

Horseshoe Bay terminal moved to Iona, Steveston area (Brousson) 234

Stewart, B.C.

Development of port (Phillips) 178

Port development needed (Phillips) 768

Stewart-Cassiar road

Mentioned: (Phillips) 497

Stewart-Watson Lake Highway

Completion of road (Calder) 463

Paving of highway (Calder) 463

Stimulation of Employment Act

(Bill 94) (Curtis) 1R, 589

2R, 2263. Out of order 2263
Speakers: (2R) Curtis 2263

Stock Brands Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 108) (Minister of Agriculture) 1R, 1007

2R, 2400-1; C, 2909; 3R, 2909; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Richter 2401; Stupich 2400

Branding of stock not compulsory (Richter) 2401

Difficulties in enforcing Act (Richter) 2401

Stone Mountain Park

Pending claims will not receive clearance (Williams, R.A.) 634

Strachan, Hon. Robert Martin (Cowichan-Malahat)

Address in Reply 56-9; 81-9

Agricultural research director provided for in budget 739

Agriculturalists, increase in staff '739

Agriculture, new direction in B.C. 905

Agriculture department, number of laboratory workers increased 739

Alaska Highway, Kiskatinaw River bridge on “A” list 1340

Alaska Highway paving, federal government's role 1355

Albion Ferry and bridge over Fraser 1357

Amber warning lights at intersections on high-speed highways 1363

Apprenticeship and industrial training programmes, staff increase 740

Athalmer level crossing to be looked at 1348

Atkinson, Robert, quoted on budget 740

Automobile Insurance Act (Bill 35) 1R, 489; 998-1004, 1146-9, 3012, 3017-8, 3021, 3021-2, 3024-5, 3026, 3037, 3053-5, 3060, 3061

Automobile Insurance Act, mandatory basic insurance 999

Automobile Insurance Act, plan self-sustaining 1001

Automobile Insurance Act, separation of accounts in legislation 1148

Automobile Insurance Act, rates 1000-1

Automobile insurance companies and agents, agencies 1001

Automobile repair shops 1001

Barnston Island ferry service not to be cut 1360

Bill of Rights (proposed) referred to 82

Black, W.D., letter sent to him by Treasury Board quoted 86

Blanshard Street, Victoria, development 737

British Columbia-Yukon Chamber of Mines president quoted on budget 740

Budget, aims summarized 741

Budget a socialist budget 737

Budget debate 735-42

Chamber of Commerce of B.C., reaction to budget 740

Chilliwack flood control, provincial part of agreement in budget 739

Colonist article, May 9, 1917, quoted 1504

Community mental health services, increase 739

Compensation for Certain Lands, An Act Respecting, to deal with expropriations (Strachan) 1506

Conservative motion of non-confidence in Minister of Agriculture 1506-7

Corporation Capital Tax Act, 2325

Dease Lake highway improvement needed 1339

Development Corporation of British Columbia Act 2990

Divided highways, needed, expense 1338

Driver-training programmes in school curriculum 1338

Economy based on primary industry 57

Education commission to take a fresh look at education 1163

Ferries, difficulties of free ferries 1348-9

Ferries, late night on the Nanaimo-Vancouver route 1351

Ferries, night sailings and lack of lifeboat-trained crew 1011

Ferries, preference, by reservation or otherwise, over tourists 1344

Ferries' advertising not handled by Menehan and Dunsky 1329

Ferries as part of highway, operating costs 1342

Ferries, trucks, etc. unloading first to be looked into again 1351

Ferries' supplies purchased by tender through Purchasing Commission 1329

Ferry fare increase not under consideration 1010

Ferry fares based on car size, advantages 1357

Ferry reservations, cost of service 1342

Ferry system and night runs 85

Forest management and protection, staff increase 740

Fort Nelson-Fort Simpson Highway, construction by day labour 1340

Fort Nelson-Fort Simpson road, Highways department to construct section to Yukon boundary 738

Fort Nelson-Fort Simpson road, Ottawa contacted on their share 738

Fraser Highway signal in Langley in estimates 1364

Frontage roads, problems 1355

Gabriola Island ferry route 87, 89

Green Belt Protection Fund Act, powers under Act 1505

Green Belt Protection Fund Act quoted on land acquisition 1505

Handicapped, staff increase to aid handicapped 739

Hansard, transcription of every word spoken in

House, available daily 621

Hansard quoted 1147

Hart Highway, Erris section, bridge 1340

Highway 10, Cloverdale east truck route not in estimates 1360

Highway 13, Fraser Highway to 401, work to be done this year 1360

Highway 20, some money for work on it 1356

Highway 24 work in estimates 1356

Highway 95, traffic signal in Golden 1362

Highway 103, Beatton River hill to be looked into 1355

Highway 401, Clearbrook Road on-ramp 1360

Highway 401, stairs being looked into 1360

Highway River bridge on Highway 29 a high priority 1355

Highways department, employee layoffs compared 1968-71, 738

Highways department, layoff of employees 1327

Highways department budget, additional allocation of money to be made 1327-8

Highways department capital construction 1361

Highways department equipment, tendering through Purchasing Commission 1364

Highways department equipment older than Forestry's 1327

Highways department keeps up with research 1344

Highways department liaison with Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, safety programmes 1338

Highways department property negotiations delay to be looked into 1327

Highways department zoning, policy to be stricter in future 1327

Highways system, development 84

Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay ferry terminals 86

Hudson Street Bridge, width geared to street capacity 1351

Indian reservations, access roads on same basis as roads elsewhere 1339

Industrial relations officials, increase 740

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Act (Bill 34) 1R, 489; 2517-8, 1535-7, 3063, 3063-4, 3065, 3066

Island Highway, unattractive development to be cleaned up 1329

Jericho Hill School, staff increase 739

Land Commission Act, public funds for farmland protection in Fraser Valley 1509

Land Commission Act 1504-11, 1788

Land Commission Act does not allow confiscation or expropriation 1508

Land Commission Act not applicable to less than two acres 1508

Lougheed Highways, cats' eyes on order 1357

McCall, Tom, quoted on land preservation in Oregon 1509-10

MacMillan Bloedel, plants owned, companies controlled 58

Maple Ridge bypass to be looked at 1357

Marine college at B.C. Institute of Technology 85

Mineral resources protection, staff increase 740

Mission bypass to be looked at 1357

Monkman Pass, Boundary road traffic count being made 1361

Monkman Pass road ploughed and open to Quintette Mountain 738

Mt. Currie road to Lillooet Lake included in estimates 1347

Multi-national corporations and the employment of Canadians 58

Murray Sales, doughnut supplying contract for ferries referred to 2543

Noranda Mines, plants, mines, mills owned 58

Opposition's role in budget debate criticized 736

Patricia Bay Highway dividers developed by Highways department 1344

Patricia Bay Highway intersection at Town and Country being looked at 1363

Planes being examined 82

Point of order. Bill is not before the House 626

Port McNeill ferry terminal decision 1411

Pouce Coupe bridge 1340

Provincial government more receptive than federal to farmers' pleas 905

Provincial subdivision regulations 85

Public Health services, staff increase 739

Public Works Fair Employment Act 2942-3

Question about liquor prices in 1958 referred to 736

Road widening, Highways department to leave cleared sides 1360

Roadside airstrips not to be hoped for 1341

Rose Pass, highway construction not planned 1348

Royal commission on automobile insurance, costs, report 1003

Royal Commission on tree fruit industry quoted on farmers' income 1507

Rural power subsidy 739

Safety inspection, increase in staff 740

Saskatchewan automobile insurance rates 1002

School district, adjustment payments 739

Shalalth Road to Lillooet given up 1347

Skeena River bridge at Terrace to be completed in two years 1339

Skookumchuk Prairie, Wasa cutoff, route being re-examined 1348

Smithers to Granisle road to be completed this year 1339

Social Credit organizations' requests for government automobile insurance 999

Spirit River road and bridge, completion in estimates 1340

Studded tires under study 1344

Testing stations 1338

Thatcher, Ross, quoted on government automobile insurance 1002

Trans-Canada Highway, Coquihala route as an alternative 1356

Trans-Canada Highway signs replacing, cost estimated 1363

Trans-Canada Highway sign re-installed 84

Tribute to (Lauk) 1025-6

Wall Street Journal, article quoted 1002

Water resources, staff increase 740

Westside Road, Invermere, improvements to be continued 1348

Wilmer Pontoon Bridge to Highway 95 being looked into 1345

Woodfibre ferry, sharing of costs 1348

Wootten royal commission recommended government takeover of automobile insurance 1001, 1149

Youth training programme, budget increase 740

Zoning has not really worked 1510

Straight, Lee

Mentioned: (Radford) 544

Strata Titles Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 124) (Attorney General) 1R, 1445

2R, 2291; C, 2683; 3R, 2683; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Macdonald 2291; Wallace 2291. (C) Anderson, D.A. 2683

Strata Titles Act

Abuses under the Act (Barrett) 830-1

Amdt. on zoning (Barrett) 832

Amdt. suggested (Barrett) 831

Amdts. proposed to Act (Macdonald) 956

Mentioned: (Williams, L.A.) 828-9 (Barrett) 830-2 (Jordan) 876

Stratford Electric Company

IBEW's refusal to grant collective agreement to company referred to (Brousson) 2955

Stratford Estates Limited

Mentioned: (Brousson) 706

Strathcona Park

Buttle Lake (Williams, R.A.) 632

Myra Creek, Western Mines Ltd. development (Williams, R.A.) 633

Outline of its history (Williams, R.A.) 632

Park-use permit No. 507, Ralph River townsite, to be cancelled (Williams, R.A.) 633

Pending claims will not receive clearance (Williams, R.A.) 634

Ralph River, Western Mines Ltd. townsite in Park (Williams, R.A.) 633

Termination of staking and recording mineral claims (Williams, R.A.) 633

Western Mines Ltd., park-use permit No. 477 in Strathcona Park (Williams, R.A.) 632-3

Western Mines Ltd. tailings in Buttle Lake 633

Strawberries

Imports, labour problem (Stupich) 913

Price to growers in B.C. (Wallace) 902

Street, Byron

Quoted (Barrett) 1041

Strikes and lockouts

Averted by participation in decision making (Lea) 299

Employee profit sharing best guarantee of labour peace (Anderson, G.H.) 441

Reduction of strikes and lockouts (King) 230-1

Strikes and strike settlement (Wallace) 79-80

Strikes and lockouts — Schools

Janitors' strike, District 61 (Curtis) 151; qu. (Wallace) 225
Correspondence courses for children suggested (Morrison) 270
Efforts of Minister of Labour and Minister of Education to settle strike commended (Schroeder) 259
Government action to return children to school (Anderson, D.A.) 259 (Wallace) 259-60
Government negligent (Wallace) 386
Meeting with Minister of Education and parties to dispute (King) 259-60
Motion to discuss (Anderson, D.A.) 134
Provincial mediator involved (King) 226
Recommendations for settlement by mediator (King) 226

Student aid

Equalization grants for students in remote areas (Calder) 462-3 (McGeer) 1111

Students in rural ridings, equal opportunity (Phillips) 507

Student counsellors

Counsellors and choice of career for girls (Brown) 1107

Counsellors in elementary and junior secondary schools (Morrison) 1170

Importance, need for more (Dailly) 1170

Training in B.C. (Anderson, D.A.) 1166

Student employment

Government programmes for summer, qu. (Anderson, D.A.) 1666

Students personnel records

See: Personnel records in education

Student records

See: Personnel records in education

Student travel

Travel programmes for school students (Lockstead) 272

Students

Failure (Jordan) 1141

Education must provide adaptability (Dailly) 424

Failure, failing and being a failure differentiated (Dailly) 1, 105

Failure as a lesson in life (Schroeder) 1104

In-service training in hospitals, payment, qu. (Williams, L.A.) 1925

In-service training in hospitals (Cocke) 1295

Students must not feel they are failures (Dailly) 424

Students — Grading

See: Grading and marking (Students)

Stupich, Hon. David Daniel (Nanaimo)

Address in Reply 211-7

Advertising B.C. products 940

Agricultural research, availability of information to producers 533

Agricultural services, new staff 531

Agricultural department, name change under consideration 881

Agriculture department staff meeting with counterparts in other provinces 881

Alfalfa freight rates from Peace River 937

Apples in liquor stores 936

Appreciation expressed for his work on the Land Commission Act (Barrett) 2909

Armstrong exhibition board, no government interference 936

Artificial insemination 940

Beef feedlot industry in B.C. 937

Beef shortage in B.C., expansion of beef cattle industry 880

Bills on order paper to help farmers 1812

British Columbia crop disaster payments, more and earlier than Alberta's 898

British Columbia Federation of Agriculture, government offer to pay for expert advice 1813

British Columbia Federation of Agriculture, press release quoted on budget 530

British Columbia Food Promotion, programme to continue reinvigorated 531

British Columbia Natural Resource Conference quoted 1197-8, 1202

British Columbia Telephone, corporation tax increase and profits 527

Broiler hatching-egg producers and broiler producers, agreement 884

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

Budget debate 522-34

Cattle Industry Development Act (Bill 32) 1R, 624; 2221, 2223-4, 2844, 2845

Cattle Industry Development Act Agriculture department representative on board 2223

Cattle Industry Development Act jail term penalty, removal from Act referred to 2224

Cattle Industry Development Act levy refundable 2223

Cattle Industry Development Act requested by Beef Cattlemen's Association 2221

Cominco Elephant brand fertilizer sold in U.S. 914

Conservative motion of non-confidence in Minister of Agriculture (Strachan) 1506-7

Co-operatives, government financial help 531-2

Corporation taxation, Canadian average, average increase 527

Crop disaster payments 898-9

Crop failures in Peace River area 898-900

Crop Insurance Act, proposed changes 531

Crop Insurance Act, provincial government to assume administrative costs 531

Crop insurance, federal government share of cost 531

Crop insurance, improvements 531

Crop insurance, new basis 899

Crop insurance fund a deficit programme 900

Crop insurance in Peace River area 899

Crop insurance premiums, subsidies 937

Crown land available 897

Demonstration and applied research programme 533

Departure Bay — Horseshoe Bay ferry route, alternatives 525

Distress Area Assistance Act, An Act to Amend 2797

Dumping controls, representations to Ottawa 913

Education tax, removal from producing farmland 528

Education tax removal, further discussion in caucus 897

Egg Marketing Board, report on operations 922

Egg prices, feed costs 937

Egg quota values 922

Egg quotas, government purchase 922

Eggs, Agriculture department's advance knowledge of price increase 1207

Estimates for highways compared 528

Farm labour problem, federal provincial co-operation 927

Farm machinery repossessions in Peace River area 915

Farm management, efficiency, improvements 893

Farm taxes, change in due date by arrangement 896-7

Farmers, cost reductions 528

Farmers, programmes for both full and part-time farmers 927

Farmers' income, improvement programme 913

Farmers Land Clearing Assistance Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 36) 1R, 625; 2400

Farmers Land Clearing Assistance Act, ` for long-range improvements on farmland 533

Farmers Union favours collective bargaining 896

Farming, emphasis on economic viability 533-4

Farmland, fundamental freedom to enjoyment economic 212

Farmland, further alienation prevented by Land Commission Act 1815

Farmland, preservation needed 530, 1197

Farmland freeze order, appeals to Environment and Land Use Committee 923

Farmland inventory 212

Farmland losses 1199

Farmland part of environment 212

Farmland subdivision freeze, appeal forum set up 217

Farmland subdivision freeze, campaign to organize opposition 217

Farmland subdivision freeze, correspondence quoted 213-7

Farmland subdivision freeze, favourable correspondence estimated for TV programme 217

Farmland subdivision freeze, legislation 213

Farms, operation and size 1199

Federal government milk programme, shared market scheme 928

Federal government's obligation to assist Peace River farmers 898

Ferries, cheaper midweek fares, later sailings needed 524

Ferries, third crossing, solution to traffic problems 525

Fisheries, inclusion in Agriculture department 919

Fluoridation of Nanaimo water supply supported 523

Food prices, consumer acceptance of increases 919

Forage, federal assistance programme in Peace River 939

Fort Nelson, investigation needed into agricultural possibilities 897

Fraser Valley, subdivision of farmland 213

Fraser Valley flood, crop insurance unavailable, diking tax 899

Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association and farmland preservation 214

Freight assistance for forage in Peace River 899

Freight — rates, continuing battle with federal government 897

Freight rates on grain from Peace River 937

Fruit farmers in worst financial position 913

Gabriola Island, bridge connection 526

Gabriola Island, ferry service 525

Gabriola Island, link in ferry system 524-5

Gabriola Island, planning commission and protection of island 526

Gabriola Island, potential population 526

Gasoline tax, removal from farm used gas 528

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, submission to federal government on GATT 919

Government development of land 214

Government first refusal on land for sale, problems 1815

Government in partnership with industry 530

Grain storage facilities on west coast 913

Grape acreage 928

Grape growers' winery, government encouragement 929

Grape-growing industry, prices, prospects 929

Hydroponic production not in need of help or encouragement 914, 936

Hydroponically produced food, consumer resistance 914

Irrigation, cost 913

Irrigation available for potential grape acreage 930

Irrigation under ARDA and land subdivision 930

Japan, barriers against B.C. apples 914

Keypunch operators in one data processing branch 939

Labour importing not a workable solution 927

Land and improvements should not bear cost of education 529

Land Commission Act (Bill 42) 1R, 627; 1197-1202, 1811-5, 2847, 2880-1, 2883, 2884, 2885, 2886, 2887, 2891-2, 2894, 2895-6, 2897, 2902, 2906, 2907, 2908

Land Commission Act, amdts invited 1202

Land Commission Act and right to sue the Crown 1202

Land Commission Act, confiscation of personal belongings not in Act 1815

Land Commission Act, correspondence received on it 1200-1

Land Commission Act, effect on mortgage lending 1201

Land Commission Act, few suggestions from Opposition 1812

Land Commission Act, hearings not denied in Act 1815

Land Commission Act, letter on landowners meeting in Vernon quoted 1814

Land Commission Act, letters supporting Act 1814

Land Commission Act, not an expropriation statute 1200, 1815

Land Commission Act, six suggestions made by L.A. Williams 1812

Land Commission Act, suggestions and advice from G. Scott Wallace 1813, 1815

Land Commission Act and right to sue the Crown 1201

Land Commission, appointment 1815

Land Commission, not government, given some powers over land 1201

Land holdings 1197

Land in Peace River area, availability, comparison to land in the south 1813

Land subdivision, waste of non-renewable resource 212

Land subdivision applications and inquiries 216

Law Reform Commission quoted on power to acquire land 1200

Livestock, export of breeding stock 914

Loudermilk, Walter, quoted 1202

Malaspina College, capital cost 523

Market boards 532

Market improvement, research to aid farmers 531

Meat packing plant in B.C. 938

Milk Board, membership 941

Minimum wage exemption in agricultural industry 914

Minimum wage for self-employed farmer not feasible 928

Minister of Agriculture's salary reduced to $1. Motion (Wallace) 905

Minister's salary reduction, Motion not personal attack (Curtis) 909

Moratorium on farm debts in Peace River area 915

Newcastle Island, bridge connection opposed 524

Newcastle Island, upgrading park facilities needed 523-4

New Zealand and Australian lamb imports allowed by federal arrangement 880

Nicomekl-Serpentine area drainage, federal-provincial arrangement, cost 892

Ocean Falls Corporation Act 2621

Okanagan, future of farming 213

Okanagan milk industry, problems 928

Oliver Chronicle, quoted on farmland subdivision freeze 215

Order-in-Council, definition of farmland 216

Order-in-Council, definition defined in second 217

Pacific National Exhibition, cabinet members on board 922

Pacific National Exhibition horticultural exhibits 936

Pacific National Exhibition, cabinet members on board 922

Park development, increase in budget 527

Peace River, assistance programme for next crop 900

Peace River area, designation under DREE 915

Peace River crop disaster, pressure on federal government for further assistance 900

Peace River crop loss, federal government payments 532

Peace River crop loss, provincial government programme 532

Peace River grain areas converted to grass 880

Pope, Harry, honoured on retirement 211-2

Property tax removal from farmland under consideration 936

Provincial encouragement of lamb production in Peace River area 880

Provincial federal co-operation on long-range planning 880

Reforestation, job creation 528

Reserves, designation to be done with local involvement 1815

Seed grain in Peace River area 900

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture to inquire into government financial assistance to food co-operatives in B.C. (Motion 20) 622

Sewage fertilized vegetables, consumer resistance 936-7

Small farm development programme 532

Small parcels save farmland but not farmers 1199

Social services, 69 percent of expenditures 527

Soya production in B.C. 914

Stock Branch Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 108) 1R, 1007; 2400

Strawberries, imports, labour problem 913

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

Subsidies for B.C. grain screenings in Alaska 897

Subsidies on agricultural lime 940

Succession duty exemption on farms passing within family 914

Taxes, preferential tax treatment for farmers 1200

Taylor root crop loss 920

Tree fruits, export possibilities 914

Turnbull, George, quoted 1198-9

Union of British Columbia Municipalities support for farmland subdivision freeze 214

Utilized capital tax 529

Vegetable crop marketing boards 532

Vernon sewage effluent on vegetable crops 534

Veterinary assistance programme continuing 918

Veterinary clinics, loans or grants for establishment 898

Veterinary college admittances based on B.C.'s contribution 935

Veterinary college established in Saskatchewan by agreement 935

Veterinary pathology, satellite lab at Fairview 920

Veterinary pathology laboratory in Peace River area not justified 918

Warren, John B., quoted 1198

Welfare assistance not affected by crop disaster payments 898

Western provinces' joint programme to investigate farm produce export 881

Wheat surpluses, federal government attitude 896

Wineries, six in province 928-9

Wines, 60 per cent B.C. grapes in crush (Stupich) 929

Wolves, problems in Peace River area 919, 920

Subdivision of land

See: Land Subdivision

Substitute teachers

Salaries (Wallace) 1132

Salaries a local decision (Dailly) 1133

Succession Duty Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 144) (Minister of Finance) I R, 1637

2R, 2375-7; C, 2748; 3R, 2748; RA, 3070
Speakers: (2R) Anderson, D.A. 2376; Barrett 2376, 2377; Gardom 2376-7; Morrison 2376; Smith 2376; Wallace 2376

Succession Duty Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 86) (Williams, L.A.) 1R, 395

2R, 2257-8. Out of order 2258
Speakers: (2R) Williams, L.A. 2257-8

Succession Duty Act, An Act to Repeal

(Bill 12) (Morrison) 1R, 18

2R 1997. Out of order 1997
Speakers: (2R) Morrison 1997

Succession duties

See: Inheritance and transfer tax

Suits Against the Crown, An Act for

(Bill 135) (Gardom) 1R, 1331

2R, 3040-1, Out of order 3041
Speakers: (2R) Gardom 3040-1

Sukunka River, B.C.

Changing course (Phillips) 1852

Cost of rerouting stream (Williams, R.A.) 1857

Sukunka coal

British Columbia Railway, priority on coal carrying (Fraser) 755

Canadian National and B.C. Rail coal routes compared (Anderson, D.A.) 758-9

Capital development or operating costs agreement with private companies, qu. (Smith) 1118

Capital investment in coal operation (Williams, L.A.) 1060

Coal, bulk to go to Great Britain (Barrett) 748

Coal resources, export, royalty, question (Williams, L.A.) 783

Coal shipment, costs involved, question (Williams, L.A.) 783

Coalition and Brascan, options, qu. (Phillips) 1526

Development (Phillips) 175-9,

Entire deposit not pre-sold (Phillips) 175

Future coal needs not threatened by sale of Sukunka coal (Barrett) 802

Handshake agreement (Schroeder) 794 (Barrett) 795

Negotiations on coal development in progress (Barrett) 785

Negotiations on development, qu. (Gardom) 2383

Potential future sales to European Common Market (Phillips) 175

Shipping, factors in choice of railroad (Williams, L.A.) 476-7

Summary Convictions Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 654, 3046 (Lauk) 2930

Summer camps

See: Camps

Sumpter Bus Brokers

British Columbia supplier of buses (Anderson, D.A.) 650

Sun Vancouver, B.C.

Articles quoted (Chabot) 697 (Barrett) 1040, 1704 (Nicolson) 1065 (Lauk) 1195, 2028 (Phillips) 1137-8, 1268, 1435, 1908-9 (Stupich) 1199 (Brown) 1229 (Smith) 1422 (McClelland) 1557, 2150 (Steves) 1641 (Anderson, D.A.) 1671-2 (Morrison) 1683 (Fraser) 1935-7 (Brousson) 2025

Classified ads for mortgage money and mortgages for sale (Brousson) 238, 570, 577, 963

Congratulated on handling of Marie White case (Cocke) 1185

Purchase or takeover to ensure newsprint market, qu. (Brousson) 1667

Sunkut Mountain Cattlemen's Association

Reference to petition opposing Land Commission Act (Fraser) 1720

Sunridge Homes

Mentioned: (Brousson) 706

Sunshine Coast, B.C.

Preservation (Lockstead) 271

Sunshine Comstock Mines Ltd,

Mentioned: (McGeer) 2344

Sunshine Lardeau Mines Ltd.

See: Sunshine Comstock Mines Ltd.

Sunshine Ranch

Campsite development (Chabot) 1906

Mentioned: (Chabot) 1345

Superannuation Commission

Work load increase (Hall) 592

Supreme Court Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 138) (Attorney General) 1R, 1901

2R, 2293; C, 2685; 3R, 2685; RA, 3069
Speakers: (2R) Macdonald 2293

Supreme Court Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 85) (Gardom) 1R, 395

2R, 2256-7
Speakers: (2R) Gardom 2256-7; Hall 2257

Interest assessment on unpaid claims (Gardom) 2257

Surrey, B.C.

Land acquisition report referred to, quoted (Steves) 1644

Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, B.C.

Administrator dismissed, government action, qu. (McClelland) 1903

Swan, Wooster and Associates

Letter quoted (Strachan) 88

Point Grey cliffs, recommendations (Williams, R.A.) 1879

Squamish port design (Williams, L.A.) 296

Swan Lake, B.C.

No programme planned at present (Williams, R.A.) 1951

Plans for park (Phillips) 1930, 1947, 1951

Swindlers and swindling

Fund to compensate swindled small businessmen suggested (Phillips) 505

Swindler in Peace River area, case cited (Phillips) 505-6

Sydney Steel

Mentioned: (Anderson, D.A.) 2864

Szasz, George

Quoted (Rolston) 518