Province of British Columbia
30th Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
August 9, 1974, November 1 to November 26, 1974
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Labatt, John, Ltd.
Mentioned: (Stupich) 4763
Labour, Department of
Harrison Hot Springs, meeting, object of, cost, Q. (Chabot) 4484. A. (King) 4484
International Woodworkers of America, accusation of supporting, Q. (Dent) 4878. A. (King) 4878
Labour Code of British Columbia Act
Quoted (King) 4367
Labour disputes
Settlement by Legislature (Smith) 4738, 4743 (Williams, L.A.) 4743, 4744, 4745, 4746 (Phillips) 4748 (King) 4749, 4750
Labour Relations Board
Mentioned: (Williams, L.A.) 4744, 4745
Lamoureux, Lucien
Mentioned: (Speaker) 4378
Land
Legislation, government exemption from (Wallace) 4984-5 (Hall) 4985 (Curtis) 4985-6 (McClelland) 4986
Registration, citizenship statement (Gibson) 4983 (Hall) 4983, 4984 (Phillips) 4983
Land Commission
See: Provincial Land Commission
Land Commission Act
Mentioned: (Bennett) 4394 (Phillips) 4399, 4513, 4666 (Stupich) 4516, 4780 (McGeer) 4781 (Williams, R.A.) 4907 (Wallace) 4984 (McClelland) 4986
Land Registry Act
Mentioned: (Gibson) 4983
Land value taxation
Assessment Amendment Act, 1974. See name of act
Assessment and property taxation, commission to review (Barrett) 4638
Assessment areas (Curtis) 4905 (Lorimer) 4905
Assessment commissioner, power to reduce assessments (Barrett) 4638 (Wallace) 684 (McClelland) 4693 (Curtis) 4905 (Lorimer) 4906
Assessment commissioner, terms of reference (Curtis) 4653 (Phillips) 4681
Assessment, full-value (Curtis) 4654-5, 4656 (Williams, L.A.) 4660 (Dent) 4663 (Wallace) 4684 (Lorimer) 4685 (Fraser) 4688 (Anderson, D.A.) 4696 (Bennett) 4712 (Rolston) 4714-5 (Barrett) 4718-9
Assessment, full-value, committee to study (Lorimer) 4686 (Fraser) 4689 (Sanford) 4690
Assessment, full-value, public education (Jordan) 4701 (Curtis) 4905 (Lorimer) 4905
Assessment of new properties (Barrett) 4638
Assessment rolls, use of dual rolls (Barrett) 4638
Assessments, appeals against, cost of (Curtis) 4906 (Lorimer) 4906
Assessments, appeals against 1974 assessments (Curtis) 4655, 4656, 4906 (Fraser) 4688-9 (McClelland) 4693 (Chabot) 4710 (Lorimer) 4906
Assessments, hardship cases, review of (Curtis) 4653 (Liden) 4657 (Fraser) 4688-9 (Sanford) 4690
Assessments, improvement, definition of (Rolston) 4714
Assessments, improvements to property (Dent) 4663
Assessments, increase limits since 1966 (Liden) 4657 (Dent) 4662 (McGeer) 4681-2 (Wallace) 4682-3 (Rolston) 4715 (Barrett) 4718
Assessments, increases exceeding 10 per cent (Wallace) 4684
Assessments, 1974 roll (Curtis) 4643, 4655 (Williams, L.A.) 4660 (Fraser) 4688 (McClelland) 4692 (Anderson, D.A.) 4696 (Rolston) 4715-6
Assessments, return to 1973 roll (Wallace) 4684, 4685 (Barrett) 4720
Courts of revision (Liden) 4658 (Williams, L.A.) 4661 (Barrett) 4721
Courts of revision, ombudsman for (Curtis) 4655-6, 4906-7
Farms, definition of (Rolston) 4715
Industrial, commercial properties (Barrett) 4638 (Williams, L.A.) 4659, 4660 (Wallace) 4683 (Bennett) 4712
Property, classification of for assessment purposes (Williams, L.A.) 4661
Residential property, five-acre limit on (McClelland) 4694 (Barrett) 4721
Resorts, assessment increases (Sanford) 4690
Vacant land, assessments increases (Fraser) 4687 (Rolston) 4713
Landlord and Tenant
Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) . See name of act
Landlords, tenants, meetings with (Macdonald) 4549
Public housing, establishment of tenant councils, Q. (Bennett) 4911. A. (Nicolson) 4911
Security deposit (Macdonald) 4550
Tenancies, increase in number of occupants (Gibson) 4936, 4937, 4938 (Nicolson) 4937, 4938 (Williams, L.A.) 4937, 4938 (McClelland) 4938
Tenants, breaching tenancy agreement (Gibson) 4928 (Nicolson) 4928
Tenants, collective bargaining rights (Brown) 4613
Tenants, protection of (Brown) 4611, 4612-3
Landlord and Tenant Act
Mentioned: (Chabot) 4415, 4467, 4508 (Steves) 4467
Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2)
(Bill 169) (Attorney-General) I R, 4418; 2R 4548-54, 4555-76, 4577-4601, 4608-13, 4614-37; C, 4927-39; 3R, 4939; RA, 5071
Speakers: (2R) Anderson, D.A. 4621-4; Bennett 4550-4, 4555-64; Brown 4611-3; Curtis 4628-9; Fraser 4629-33; Gibson 4573-6, 4577-86; Jordan 4614-21; McClelland 4569-73; Macdonald 4548-50, 4636-7; McGeer 4600; Morrison 4624-6; Nicolson 4586-8; Phillips 4565-9; Richter 4626-8; Schroeder 4596-4600; Smith 4600-2; Wallace 4588-96; Williams, L.A. 4633-6
Speakers: (C) Anderson, D.A. 4932, 4933; Gibson 4928, 4928-9, 4929, 4929-30, 4931, 4932, 4934, 4935, 4936, 4937, 4938; McClelland 4938; Nicolson 4927, 4928, 4929, 4934, 4935-6, 4936, 4936-7, 4937, 4938; Wallace 4930, 4931-2, 4933, 4934, 4935; Williams, L.A. 4937, 4938, 4939
Amdts: (C) sec. 1 (Nicolson for Macdonald) 4927, 4941, approved 4928; sec. 6 (Nicolson for Macdonald) 4928, 4941, approved 4928; sec. 7 (Nicolson for Macdonald) 4928, 4942, approved 4928; sec. 8 (Nicolson for Macdonald) 4928, 4942, approved 4928; sec. 9 (Nicolson for Macdonald) 4928, 4942, approved 4928; sec. 10 (Nicolson for Macdonald) 4928, 4942, approved 4928; sec. 20 (Gibson) 4929, negatived 4929; sec. 10 (Wallace) 4930, out of order 4930; sec. 10 (Anderson, D.A.) 4932, negatived 4932; sec. 10 (Anderson, D.A.) 4933, negatived 4934; sec. 10 (Wallace) 4933; sec. 10 (Nicolson) 4937, approved 4938
Divisions: (2R) 4637; (C) 4929, 4932, 4934, 4938, 4939; (3R) 4939
Abandoned apartment buildings (Bennett) 4556-8 (McClelland) 4570 (Wallace) 4592
Appeals against rent increase limit (Macdonald) 4548 (Wallace) 4593, 4594
Black market (Bennett) 4552 (Phillips) 4567 (McClelland) 4570 (Wallace) 4592 (Jordan) 4615
Building codes, municipal (Nicolson) 4588 (Brown) 4613
Building materials, sales tax removal (Smith) 4610
Capital expenses (Gibson) 4580
Capital gains accruing to landlords (Macdonald) 4549 (Gibson) 4574, 4584
Capital gains tax (Gibson) 4574, 4584 (Macdonald) 4637
Central Mortgage and Housing loans in B.C. (Anderson, D.A.) 4623
Construction (Bennett) 4551 (Phillips) 4567 (McClelland) 4572 (Gibson) 4575-6 (Smith) 4601 (Jordan) 4618-9 (Fraser) 4632
Construction, capital grants for (Gibson) 4584
Construction costs (Gibson) 4582 (Schroeder) 4598
Construction, incentives for (Bennett) 4561-2, 4564 (Wallace) 4595 (Curtis) 4629
Cragg, John, report (Macdonald) 4549, 4636 (Bennett) 4560 (Gibson) 4578-84 (Wallace) 4589, 4592, 4593 (Schroeder) 4597 (Brown) 4611 (Jordan) 4614 (Anderson, D.A.) 4622 (Williams, L.A.) 4634
Crown lands, residential leases (Fraser) 4630-2
Deterioration of accommodation (Gibson) 4585 (Wallace) 4591 (Smith) 4611 (Morrison) 4625
Esquimalt, rental accommodation construction (Bennett) 4559
Federal tax policy on investment in apartments (Nicolson) 4586 (Wallace) 4595-6
Government-built housing (Gibson) 4584
Housing department, failure of (Bennett) 4551, 4560 (Gibson) 4584 (Smith) 4601
Housing needs, cost (Schroeder) 4599
Housing problem, effect of rent control (Bennett) 4551-4
Housing projects completed (Nicolson) 4587
Housing starts (Gibson) 4575-6 (Nicolson) 4586
Illegal suites (Morrison) 4625
Interest rate, reduction, subsidization (Smith) 4610
Interest rates (Bennett) 4560 (Schroeder) 4598
Investment, return on (Macdonald) 4549 (Gibson) 4578, 4580-1, 4582 (Wallace) 4588-9 (Schroeder) 4597 (Smith) 4601 (Jordan) 4617
Key money (Bennett) 4552 (Smith) 4610 (Anderson, D.A.) 4622 (Morrison) 4625 (Williams, L.A.) 4636
Land freeze, land for housing (Smith) 4610
Landlords, tenants, meetings with (Macdonald) 4549
Letters received (Macdonald) 4548 (Bennett) 4551, 4556
Mobile homes (Schroeder) 4600 (Richter) 4627-8 (Macdonald) 4636
Mobile homes exempted (Macdonald) 4550
Mobile homes, location fees (Bennett) 4552 (Richter) 4627-8
Mobility of population, job opportunities (Phillips) 4568 (Gibson) 4579 (Wallace) 4591 (Anderson, D.A.) 4623 (Morrison) 4626
Multiple occupancy of rental accommodation (McClelland) 4570
New accommodation, rent-control free period (Bennett) 4553 (Gibson) 4574-5, 4578, 4579, 4584, 4585, 4937 (Wallace) 4594-5 (Schroeder) 4597 (Smith) 4609 (Anderson, D.A.) 4621-2, 4624 (Morrison) 4625 (Williams, L.A.) 4634, 4635 (Nicolson) 4937
New York City, rent control and abandoned buildings (Bennett) 4555-8 (McClelland) 4570
Newark, N.J., rent control and abandoned buildings (Bennett) 4555-8
North Vancouver, rental accommodation construction (Gibson) 4575-6
Operating costs (Macdonald) 4549 (Bennett) 4560 (Gibson) 4580, 4582-3 (Wallace) 4590 (Schroeder) 4598-9 (Brown) 4611 (Fraser) 4629-30 (Williams, L.A.) 4635
Owners of rental accommodation (Wallace) 4589 (Smith) 4609 (Jordan) 4617-8
Owners subsidizing tenants (Bennett) 4552, 4553, 4555, 4561 (Wallace) 4590 (Smith) 4610-1 (Morrison) 4626
Renovations (Macdonald) 4550
Renovations, rent increase limit (Gibson) 4934, 4935, 4936 (Wallace) 4934 (Nicolson) 4934, 4935, 4935-6, 4936 (Williams, L.A.) 4938, 4939
Rent control, sociological problems (Bennett) 4555-6
Rent increases, justification of (Gibson) 4580, 4583
Rent refund forms printed (Bennett) 4563 (McClelland) 4573
Rent Review Commission (Macdonald) 4550 (Bennett) 4559, 4562 (McClelland) 4571-2 (Wallace) 4594 (Fraser) 4632
Rent Review Commission, members, number of (Gibson) 4928, 4929 (Nicolson) 4929
Rent Review Commission, power to review rents (Gibson) 4929 (Nicolson) 4929, 4934, (Wallace) 4930, 4933, 4935 (Anderson, D.A.) 4932, 4933
Rent Review Commission, Powers (Gibson) 4929 (Nicolson) 4929 (Wallace) 4930
Rental rates, past increases (Phillips) 4569
Rental review system (Gibson) 4585
Rentalsman (Macdonald) 4550 (Bennett) 4559, 4562, 4563 (Phillips) 4566, 4569
Renter's grant (Macdonald) 4549 (Bennett) 4559 (Gibson) 4574, 4585 (Smith) 4609 (Fraser) 4632-3 (Williams, L.A.) 4635
Security deposits (Macdonald) 4550
Services, reduction in (Gibson) 4585 (Morrison) 4625
Students, accommodation (Phillips) 4566 (Jordan) 4620
Subletting of controlled rental units (Williams, L.A.) 4636
Subsidization of housing (Wallace) 4592, 4595, 4596 (Schroeder) 4599-4600 (Fraser) 4633
Subsidization of rent (Bennett) 4564 (Williams, L.A.) 4635
Tax increase for single-family dwellings (Gibson) 4585
Taxation of excess profits (Schroeder) 4599, 4600
10.6 per cent increase (Macdonald) 4549 (McClelland) 4572, 4573, 4929 (Gibson) 4574, 4578 (Wallace) 4589-90, 4591, 4592-3, 4594, 4930, 4934, 4935 (Schroeder) 4597, 4599 (Smith) 4601 (Jordan) 4617 (Fraser) 4630 (Williams, L.A.) 4634 (Nicolson) 4929, 4934
Tenancies, increase in number of occupants (Gibson) 4936, 4937, 4938 (Nicolson) 4937, 4938 (Williams, L.A.) 4937, 4938 (McClelland) 4938
Tenants, breaching of tenancy agreement (Gibson) 4928 (Nicolson) 4928
Tenants, collective bargaining rights (Brown) 4613
Tenants, protection of (Brown) 4611, 4612-3
Vancouver, land for housing (Brown) 4612
Vancouver, rental accommodation bureau (Bennett) 4562
Vancouver, rental accommodation construction (McClelland) 4570, 4571 (Gibson) 4575-6, 4578
Victoria, rental accommodation construction (McClelland) 4570 (Gibson) 4575 (Wallace) 4590 (Morrison) 4625
Lands, Forests and Water Resources, Department of
China, department personnel on tour, Q. (Bennett) 4482
Forests; fire suppression, overrun in expenditures (Barrett) 4943
Lane, William P.
Zoning decision, public hearing on, Q. (Jordan) 4520. A. (Stupich) 4521
Mentioned: (Stupich) 4769
Langley Industrial Centre, Langley, B.C.
Land assembly costs, sales and terms of sales, Q. (Bennett) 5075. A. (Williams, R.A.) 5075-7
Lasko, Jack
Mentioned: (Wallace) 4368
Lasqueti Community Association, Lasqueti Island, B.C.
Letter quoted (Curtis) 4644
Lauk, Hon. Gary Vernon, Minister of Economic Development (Vancouver Centre)
China, Premier's trade trip to 4482
Steel mill feasibility study 4483
Sub judice matter, debate on 4485, 4487
Law Reform Commission
See: British Columbia Law Reform Commission
Lawson, Edward
Forged letter, investigation into, Q. (Anderson, D.A.) 4385-6. A. (Barrett) 4385-6
Lea, Hon. Graham Richard, Minister of Highways (Prince Rupert)
Insurance Corp. of B.C., claims 4976
Statute Law Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4976
Legislature
Attendants, hiring of females, Q. (Brown) 4485
Staff, males, females employed (Speaker) 4554
Legislature — Ministers
Corpulence contest, Q. (Smith) 5005. A. (Hall) 5 005
Legislature — Procedure
Amendments, method of presentation (Gardom) 4916-7
Debate, basis of timing limits (Williams, L.A.) 4453 (Speaker) 4453, 4454, 4455, 4514 (Bennett) 4454 (Smith) 4455
Debate, notifying Member of time expiry (Gardom) 4454 (Speaker) 4455
Debate, time limit on (Speaker) 4445
Legislature — Select Standing Committee on Health, Education and Human Resources
Hearings, report (Dailly) 4723 (Schroeder) 4724-5 (Gibson) 4726 (Wallace) 4729, 4731
Legislature--Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing
Assessment authority, meeting with (Curtis) 4654 (Sanford) 4691 (McClelland) 4691
Delay in undertaking study (Curtis) 4642, 4656 (Liden) 4657 (Lorimer) 4685
Members commended (Barrett) 4721
Premier's appearance before committee (Phillips) 4665
Report 4380-2
Report quoted (Curtis) 4641-2
Seminar on real property taxation (Phillips) 4666-7, 4679-80 (Lorimer) 4685 (Fraser) 4687 (Sanford) 4690-1 (McClelland) 4692
Lemieux, Rodolphe
Quoted (Speaker) 4487
Leslie, Graham
Mentioned: (King) 4343
Lettuce
Marketing (Steves) 4469
Levi, Gloria (Mrs. Norman)
Expenses at community resource board workshop, Q. (McClelland) 4915. A. (Levi) 4915
Levi, Hon. Norman, Minister of Human Resources (Vancouver-Burrard)
Community resource boards, time involved in development 4916
Community resource boards, workshops, conferences 4915
Kelly report, tabling of 4916
Levi, Mrs. Gloria, expenses at community resource board workshop 4915
Lewis, David
Mentioned: (Phillips) 4568
Lewis, Donald Emerson (Shuswap)
British Columbia Broiler Marketing Board 4446
British Columbia Marketing Board, appointments to 4446
British Columbia Marketing Board, powers 4446
Canadian Pacific Railway, hearings on track diversion in Salmon Arm area, Q. 4672
Marketing boards 4446
Marketing boards, quote systems 4446-7
Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia)Act 4445-8, 4754
Poultry industry, costs, returns 4448
Timber, definition of 4971
Timber Products Stabilization Act 4898-4900, 4971-2
Liden, Carl (Delta)
Assessment Amendment Act (1974) 4657-9
Assessment, full value, Ontario study 4658
Assessment roll, B.C. Federation of Agriculture's recommendation 4658
Assessment roll, Union of B.C. Municipalities' recommendation 4658, 4659
Assessments, courts of revision 4658
Assessments, hardship cases, review of 4657
Assessments, increase limits since 1966, 4657
Assessments, 1974 roll, tax reductions, increases 4658-9
Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, date study undertaken 4657
Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, report 4380-2
White Rock, removal of waterfront railway 4605
Liedtke, Harry
Quoted (Gibson) 4440
Mentioned: (Chabot) 4504
Lignum Ltd.
Mentioned: (Phillips) 4880
Lindholm, Louis
Appointment as conciliator (Curtis) 4815 (Dailly) 4815
Liquor Control Board
Employees transferred to Insurance Corp. of B.C., Q. (Wallace) 4604
Lloyds, London, England
Mentioned: (Smith) 4855
Local Services Act
Mentioned: (Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, report) 4380
Lochiel NDP Club, Langley, B.C.
Letter quoted (Curtis) 4653
Lockstead, Donald Frederick (Mackenzie)
Ferry staff, negotiations with licensed personnel, Q. 4820
Loffmark, Ralph Raymond
Mentioned: (Anderson, D.A.) 4528 (Wallace) 4532, 4533
London Life Insurance Co.
Mentioned: (Wallace) 4590
Lorimer, Hon. James Gibson, Minister of Municipal Affairs (Burnaby-Willingdon)
Assessment Amendment Act (1974) 4685-6, 4905, 4906, 4907
Assessment Amendment Act, 1974 and Municipal Act 4905
Assessment Amendment Act, 1974, consultation with Municipal Affairs department 4905
Assessment areas 4905
Assessment authority, staff 4905
Assessment commissioner, power to reduce assessments 4906
Assessment, full-value 4685
Assessment, full-value, committee to study 4686
Assessment, full-value, Ontario study 4685
Assessment, full-value, public education 4905
Assessments, appeals against 4906
Assessments, appeals against, cost of 4906
Flyer Coach Industries Ltd., buses ordered 4821
Local elections, advance polls 4674
Municipal Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 1R, 4555;4672, 4674, 4675
Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, date study undertaken 4685
Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, real property taxation seminar 4685
Statute Law Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) (Bill 178) 1R, 4788
Voter enumeration, federal and municipal 4674
Voters, eligibility of in municipal elections 4672, 4674, 4675
Voters, eligibility of in rural areas 4674, 4675
Voters, omissions from lists 4484
Lornex Mining Corp. Ltd.
Profits (Hartley) 4859
Lucky Bucks Archery Club
Mentioned: (Williams, R.A.) 5080
Lumber
Lumber market, decline in (Williams, R.A.) 4822 (Gibson) 4833 (Fraser) 4841 (Williams, L.A.) 4845
Recovery factors, study of (Williams, R.A.) 4824
Lyon, Jim
Articles in Vancouver Sun quoted (Anderson, D.A.) 4864 (Curtis) 4891