Province of British Columbia
30th Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
August 9, 1974, November 1 to November 26, 1974

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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