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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McClelland, Robert H. (Langley)

Acupuncture 4524

Advertising by government on radio, TV 4477

Ambulance service 4528

Ambulance service, ambulances purchased, cost, Q.4760

Ambulance service, expenditures to date, Q. 4760

Assessment Amendment Act (1974) 4691-5

Assessment authority 4695

Assessment commissioner, power to reduce assessments 4693

Assessments, appeals against 1974 assessments 4693

Assessments, letters received 4691

Assessments, 1974 roll 4692

Assessments, residential property, five-acre limit on 4694

Beef cattle marketing commission 4799

British Columbia Automobile Association, Insurance Corp. of B.C. contract, Q. 4671

British Columbia Marketing Board, advertising by 4477-8

British Columbia Marketing Board, appointments to 4407

British Columbia Marketing Board, consumer representation on 4473, 4770-1

British Columbia Marketing Board, cost of 4473, 4477-8

British Columbia Marketing Board, producer representation on 4473, 4770-1

British Columbia Research Council, wood chip prices study 4894-5

British Columbia Turkey Marketing Board 4474

Bureaucracy, increase in 4407, 4526, 4693

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., directors 4770

Canadian Egg Marketing Agency agreement, signing by Agriculture Minister 4793, 4794

Community resource boards, money-saving programmes for conferences, workshops, Q. 4915

Community resource boards, time involved in development, Q. 4915-6

Court employees, wage scale, Q. 4878-9

Dental care, prepaid 4528

Drivers' licences, cancellation of 4991, 4994, 4995, 5000

Drivers' licences, cancellation of and consumer protection 4988, 4991, 4994, 5000

Drivers' licences, cancellation of for non-payment of insurance premium debt 4987-8, 4988, 4991, 4994-5, 5000-1

Dunhill Development Corp. 4571

Egg producers, income assurance programme 4408, 4474

Farmers leaving farming 4475

Ferries, news stands, policy on publications carried, Q. 4424

Food industry, takeover by government 4476-7

Food prices, control of 4476

Food prices, increase in 4476

Forest industry, takeover of 4896-8

Forest Products Board of B. C., directors, appointment of 4893

Forest utilization policy 4893-4

Foulkes, Richard G., present employment 4525

Government facilities, taxation of 4986

Gulf Islands-Mainland Remembrance Day ferry schedule, Q. 4520

Health department budget, overruns 4528

Health, Department of, Amendment Act (1974) 4524-8

Health education programmes 4528

Health, preventive-care programmes 4527

Health Security Programme Project report, cost of 4525-6

Health Security Programme Project report, implementation 4525, 4528

Homeowner grant, application procedure 4694

Insurance Corp. of B. C., agents' contracts, renegotiation in June, 1974, Q. 4671

Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims centres, etc., exemption from zoning regulations 4986

Insurance, Corp. of B.C., vehicles missing from computer rolls, Q. 4605

Intermediate care 4527, 4528

Jericho Hill School, board for school, Q. 5044

Jericho Hill School, staff shortage, Q. 5045

Kovachich case 4793

Land legislation, government exemption from 4986

Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4569-73, 4938

Levi, Mrs. Gloria, expenses at community resources board workshop, Q. 4915

Marketing boards 4408

Marketing boards and consumers 4473-4

Marketing boards, appeals, cost of 4778

Marketing boards, appeals, procedure in 4408, 4475

Marketing boards, appeals, provision for 4408, 4778, 4778-9

Marketing boards, commissions, commodity processing 4780

Marketing boards, control of 4474, 4782-3

Marketing boards, federal 4776

Marketing boards, orders, status of pending appeals 4479, 4780

Marketing commissions 4799

Marketing commissions, powers 4799

Medical research funds 4528

Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia)Act 4406-8, 4472-8, 4770-1, 4776, 4778, 4778-9, 4779, 4779-80, 4780, 4782-3, 4792-3, 4793, 4794, 4794-S, 4799

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, consumer consultation on 4407

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, definition section, “Federal Board” 4793

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, referral to Select Standing Committee on Agriculture 4406-8

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, retroactive provisions 4782-3, 4792-3, 4793

New Democratic Party manifestos 4896-8

Nikomekl-Serpentine Rivers, flood control 4476

Novakowski, Ken, employment of, salary, position, Q. 5001

Pearson Hospital, staffing of 4524

Rent control, abandoned buildings in New York 4570

Rent increase control, abandoned apartment buildings 4570

Rent increase, 10.6 per cent limit 4572, 4573, 4929

Rent refund forms printed 4573

Rent Review Commission 4571-2

Rental accommodation, black market in 4570

Rental accommodation, construction 4572

Rental accommodation, construction in Vancouver 4570, 4571

Rental accommodation, construction in Victoria 4570

Rental accommodation, multiple occupancy 4570

Rental accommodation, vacancy rate, Alberta 4570

Renters' grant, payments, Q. 4387

Rim Forest Products Ltd., closing of mill 4895-6

Rim Forest Products Ltd., Terrace meeting on closing of mill 4895

Sawmills, decline in numbers 4893

School tax removal and resources grant 4963

Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, meeting with assessment authority 4691

Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, real property taxation seminar 4692

Small businesses, tax increase 4692

Statute Law Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4986, 4987-8, 4988, 4991, 4994-5, 5000-1

Surrey, tax loss on assessment rollback 4694

Tenancies, increase in number of occupants 4938

Timber Products Stabilization Act 4982-8

Timber Products Stabilization Act, appeal, provision for 4893, 4894, 4895, 4896

Timber Products Stabilization Act, powers of Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council under 4893

Traffic Victims Indemnity Fund, driver's licence cancelled for unpaid debt 4987, 5000

Zoning legislation, government exemption from 4986

Macdonald, Hon. Alexander Barrett, Attorney-General (Vancouver-East)

Bills, nonpolitical legislative drafting proposal 4759

Capital gains tax 4637

Clarkson, Gordon and Co. report on rents 4422

Cragg, John, report 4549, 4636

Crown Proceedings Act, proceedings launched under 4759

Essential Services Continuation Act 4372

Half-way homes, programme, funding of 4759

Hit-and-run victims, payment of judgments 4519

Insurance Corp. of B.C., claims, payment of 4520, 4704

Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 1R, 4418; 4548-50, 4636-7

Landlords, capital gains accruing to 4549

Landlords, tenants, meetings with 4549

Mobile homes 4636

Mobile homes, rent control exemption 4550

Rent increase limit, appeals against 4548

Rent increase, 10.6 per cent limit 4549

Rent Review Commission 4550

Rental accommodation investment, return on 4549

Rental accommodation, operating costs 4549

Rental accommodation, renovations 4550

Rentalsman 4550

Rentalsman, cost to date 4759

Rentalsman, inquiries received 4550

Renter's grant 4549

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, cost-sharing formula 4483

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, negotiations for additional officers 4483

Tenants, security deposits 4550

Toronto, housing problem 4636-7

Traffic Victims Indemnity Fund 4520

MacDonald, D.

Mentioned: (Liden) 4605 (Strachan) 4605

Macdonald, Kenneth Cattanach

Mentioned: (Richter) 4441

MacEachen, Hon. A.J.

Mentioned: (Bennett) 4394

McGeer, Patrick Lucey (Vancouver-Point Grey)

Assessment Amendment Act (1974) 4681-2

Assessments, increase limits since 1966 4681-2

Bills, drafting of 4676-7, 4794

British Columbia Marketing Board, public scrutiny of proceedings, papers 4772-4

Claim staking, reduction in, Q. 4878

Essential Services Continuation Act 4348-9

Forest Products Board of B.C., finances, accountability to Legislature 5036-7

Insurance Corp. of B.C., agents, collective bargaining agent for, Q. 4671

Jones, Mary Margaret, charges in death of 5004

Jones, Mary Margaret, pathologist's report on 5005

Kovachich case 4491, 4775, 4781, 4783, 4784, 4792, 4794, 4796

Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4600

Legislation, provision for retroactivity of 4677

Marketing boards 4458-9, 4461-2

Marketing boards, conflict with federal legislation 4754

Marketing boards, co-operation with federal boards, agencies 4474-5, 4475-6

Marketing boards, consumer representation on 4773

Marketing boards, problems 4772-3

Mediation Services Act, amendment to quoted (King) 4750

Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia)Act 4458-62, 4754, 4772-4, 4774-5, 4775-6, 4780-1, 4782, 4783-5, 4791-2, 4794, 4796-8

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, retroactive provisions 4781, 4782, 4784, 4791, 4794, 4796-8

Provincial Elections Act, An Act to Amend (Bill 172) 1R, 4482

Public Schools Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4676-7

Public Schools Interim Arbitration Procedure Act 4813

Strikes in essential services 4348-9

Sub judice matter, debate on 4491-2

Teachers, withdrawal of service in Coquitlam 4813

Timber Products Stabilization Act 5036-7

Yorke, Bruce, appointment to B.C. Egg Marketing Board 4600

MacKay, Mrs. John

Letter quoted (Curtis) 4649

Macklin, Fred

Mentioned: (Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, report) 4380

McLeod, Ian

Advertising standards, report on, Q. (Wallace) 4762. A. (Young) 4762

McMahon, Frank

Mentioned: (Williams, R.A.) 4902

MacMillan, H.R.

Mentioned: (Cummings) 4890

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.

Mentioned: (Jordan) 4540, 4861 (Phillips) 4568, 4880, 4882 (Williams, R.A.) 4822, 4828, 4902 (Gibson) 4835 (Fraser) 4843 (Kelly) 4871 (McClelland) 4898 (Lewis) 4971

McNelly, Peter

Mentioned: (Curtis) 4653

Madson, Eileen

Mentioned: (Dailly) 4790

Mahood, Ian

Quoted (Phillips) 4880-1

Mainguy, James

Appointment (Anderson, D.A.) 4530 (Wallace) 4531 (Jordan) 4542

Commended (Cocke) 4546

Mentioned: (Wallace) 4533

Maintenance (Domestic relations)

See: Support (Domestic relations)

Malaspina Ratepayers Association, Powell River, B.C.

Brief quoted (Curtis) 4650-1

Malthouse, K.F.V.

Letter quoted (Gardom) 4924

Manitoba

Capital projects cancelled (Gibson) 4521

Manson, Peter A.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 4579

Maple Ridge Hospital, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Acute-care beds (Rolston) 4535

Meeting with medical staff (Rolston) 4533-4

Marathon Realty Co. Ltd.

Tax saving (Williams, L.A.) 4661 (Anderson, D.A.) 4696 (Rolston) 4714

Marchand, Hon. Jean

Correspondence with filed (Barrett) 4702

Marketing boards

Consumers and boards (Stupich) 4392 (McClelland) 4473-4

Criticized (Williams, L.A.) 4426 (Lewis) 4446 (Gardom) 4449-50 (McGeer) 4458-9, 4461-2

History, origins (Bennett) 4393 (Nimsick) 4435-6 (Richter) 4441

Joint Council of Marketing Boards (Stupich) 4753

Marketing board system (Anderson, D.A.) 4495

Monopolistic aspects (Wallace) 4431, 4432 (Gibson) 4438

National schemes (McClelland) 4408

Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia) Act. See name of act

Problems (Bennett) 4394 (McGeer) 4772-3

Production, decrease in (Phillips) 4510 (Stupich) 4514-5

Quota systems (Williams, L.A.) 4427 (Gibson) 4439 (Richter) 4442-3 (Lewis) 4446-7 (Anderson, D.A.) 4479

Role of boards (Gibson) 4438-9 (Stupich) 4515

Supported (Young) 4416 (Lewis) 4446

See also names of boards, e.g. British Columbia Egg Marketing Board

Marx, Karl

Mentioned: (Chabot) 4868

Mattick, William

Mentioned: (Smith) 4457

“Maude"

Mentioned: (McClelland) 4477

May, Charles

Quoted (Phillips) 4510

May, Sir Thomas Erskine

Parliamentary Practice quoted (Speaker) 4371, 4488, 4787, 4899, 5049 (Anderson, D.A.) 4488 (Gardom) 4489, 4490 (Gibson) 4807

Parliamentary Practice mentioned: (Brown) 4485 (Speaker) 4517, 4613, 4614 (Gibson) 4777, 5039 (McGeer) 4781 (Chairman) 5027, 5034 (Phillips) 5051

Meany, George

Mentioned: (Wallace) 4731

Mediation Services Act

Amendment to Act quoted (King) 4750

Mentioned: (Cocke) 4710 (Chabot) 4710 (Smith) 4743 (Williams, L.A.) 4745 (Wallace) 4747

Medical care

Cost-sharing at local level (Jordan) 4540

Costs (Cocke) 4523, 4545 (McClelland) 4526, 4527 (Anderson, D.A.) 4529 (Wallace) 4532-3

Health-care personnel, morale (Rolston) 4535 (Cocke) 4547

Standard in B.C. (Jordan) 4538-40

Medical laboratories

Hospital laboratories (Rolston) 4535

Medical research

Funds (McClelland) 4528

Medical students

Subsidization of students from rural areas (Rolston) 4535

Medicine — Study and teaching

China, medical and paramedical training methods (Cocke) 4547

Medicine, Preventive

Programmes (McClelland) 4527

Mental health

Mental health care (Jordan) 4539 (Webster) 4544

Mika, John

Mentioned: (Hon. Member) 4387

Milbourne, Mrs. W.

Letter quoted (Curtis) 4650

Milk

Consumption, promotion of (Stupich) 4753

Dairy farmers' demonstration on Legislature steps (Stupich) 4516

Price of and production costs (Stupich) 4392

Quota system, cost of in B.C. (Gibson) 4439 (Anderson, D.A.) 4479

Miller, Robert

Resignation as B.C. Railway Comptroller, Q. (Bennett) 4819

Mineral Royalties Act

Mentioned: (Phillips) 4398 (Jordan) 4405

Mines and mineral resources

Mines and Petroleum Resources department, negotiations re Omineca property, Q. (Gibson) 4705, 4791. A. (Nimsick) 4791

Mines and Petroleum Resources, Department of

Advertising expenditures, Q. (Gibson) 4819, 4877, 4880

Omineca mining property, negotiations concerning, Q. (Gibson) 4705, 4791. A. (Nimsick) 4791

Mining claims

British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines report, Q. (Gibson) 4386. A. (Nimsick) 4386

Claim-staking, reduction in (McGeer) 4878

Minister Without Portfolio

Wood, Stephen M., appointment as executive assistant, Q. (Smith) 4705

Minty, J.W.

Report (Gardom) 4914 (Nunweiler) 4914

Mentioned: (McGeer) 5036

Miracle Beach Resort, Black Creek, B.C.

Letter quoted (Curtis) 4652

Mission Memorial Hospital, Mission, B.C.

Outpatients treated (Rolston) 4535

Specialists available (Rolston) 4536 (Cocke) 4547

Mobile Home Owners Association

Mentioned: (Richter) 4628

Mobile homes

Housing solution (Schroeder) 4600

Location fees (Bennett) 4552 (Richter) 4627-8

Parks for, location fees (Richter) 4627-8 (Macdonald) 4636

Rent control exemption (Macdonald) 4550

Sales contracts (Richter) 4628

Standards in construction (Richter) 4628

Monroe, Jack

Mentioned: (Jordan) 4860-1

Montgomery Elevator Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (King) 4736

Moore, John

Mentioned: (Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, report) 4380 (Rolston) 4715

Moores, Hon. Frank D.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 4353

Moore River, B.C.

Kemano II development, environmental studies on, Q. (Anderson, D.A.) 4788

Morrison, Newell R. (Victoria)

Ferries, tourist industry brochures, Q. 4424

Food, world shortage 4472

Forest industries, disclosure of documents, financial statements, etc. 4890

Forest industry, control of 4890

Government accounts, interest on unpaid bills, Q. 4520

Insurance Corp. of B.C., agents' contracts, Q. 4387

Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4624-6

Motor Vehicle Branch, failure to notify of change of address, case cited 5065-6

Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia)Act 4472

Reid property, payment of taxes on, Q. 4915

Reid property, plans for, Q. 4914-5

Rent control, mobility of population 4626

Rental accommodation, construction in Victoria 4625

Rental accommodation, deterioration of 4625

Rental accommodation, illegal suites 4625

Rental accommodation, key money 4625

Rental accommodation, new, rent control free period 4625

Rental accommodation owners, subsidization of tenants 4626

Rental accommodation, services, reduction in 4625

Statute Law Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 5065

Timber Products Stabilization Act 4889-90

Voters, omissions from municipal lists, Q. 4484

Mosquitoes — Extermination

Control of aerial spray (Cocke) 4760

Motor buses

Flyer Coach Industries Ltd., buses ordered, delivered, Q. (Jordan) 4821. A. (Lorimer) 4821

Motor Vehicle Branch

Automobiles, tracing of owners through branch, Q. (Curtis) 4789

Change of address, failure to notify branch, case cited (Morrison) 5065-6 (Strachan) 5066

“Wheelers and Dealers”, grammar, spelling, Q. (Wallace) 4913. A. (Strachan) 4913

“Wheelers and Dealers”, sexist overtones, promotion of alcohol, Q. (Schroeder) 4914. A. (Dailly) 4914

“Wheelers and Dealers”, slander on repair shops, Q. (Williams, L.A.) 4822

“Wheelers and Dealers”, tendering on, Q. (Wallace) 4879. Q. (Jordan) 4914. A. (Strachan) 4913, 4914

Municipal Act

Assessment Amendment Act, 1974, contradictory sections in (Curtis) 4905 (Lorimer) 4905

Land-use contract provisions, abuse of, Q. (Wallace) 4916. A. (Nicolson) 4916

Land-use contract provisions, amendments to, Q. (Wallace) 4916

Mentioned: (Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, report) 4380 (Barrett) 4718

Municipal Affairs, Department of

Assessment Amendment Act, 1974, consultation on (Curtis) 4905 (Lorimer) 4905

Transit services, overrun in expenditures (Barrett) 4943

Municipal Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2)

(Bill 174) (Minister of Municipal Affairs) I R, 4555; 2R, 4672-4; C, 4674-5; 3R, 4675; RA, 4733

Speakers: (2R) Curtis 4672-3; Fraser 4673; Lorimer 4672, 4674; Wallace 4673; Williams, L.A. 4673

Speakers: (C) Anderson, D.A. 4674; Lorimer 4674, 4675

Amdts: (C) sec. 1 (Anderson, D.A.) 4674, negatived 4675

Advance polls, voting in (Curtis) 4673 (Fraser) 4673 (Lorimer) 4674

Election results, possible challenges (Fraser) 4673

Federal election enumeration (Williams, L.A.) 4673 (Lorimer) 4674

Municipal elections, voters' eligibility in (Lorimer) 4672, 4674, 4675 (Williams, L.A.) 4673 (Anderson, D.A.) 4674

Rural areas, voters' eligibility in (Lorimer) 4672, 4674, 4675 (Williams, L.A.) 4673 (Anderson, D.A.) 4674

Municipal finance

Budgeting, difficulties with 1974 assessment (Williams, L.A.) 4662

Revenue (Phillips) 4679-80

Revenue-sharing formula (Phillips) 4680, 4681 (Fraser) 4689 (Bennett) 4712-3

Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act, An Act to Amend

(Bill 177) (Anderson, D.A.) 1R, 4763

Munro, Hon. John

Grain handlers' dispute (King) 4750

Murray, W.H.

Quoted (Speaker) 4894

Mentioned: (Speaker) 4852

Mushrooms

Promotion of (Stupich) 4753