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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Waffle Manifesto

See: New Democratic Party

Wall and Redekop Corp. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Steves) 4469 (Lewis) 4478 (Anderson, D.A.) 4478 (Bennett) 4553

Wallace, G. Scott (Oak Bay)

Aberdeen Private Hospital, binding 30-day contract with patients, Q. 4704

Advertising standards, Ian McLeod report on, Q. 4762

Agricultural reserve plans, number received, approved, Q. (Wallace) 4760

Arbitration, compulsory 4348, 4747

Assessment Amendment Act (1974) 4682-5

Assessment commissioner, power to reduce assessments 4684

Assessment, full-value 4684

Assessment, full-value, setting of mill rate 4683

Assessments, classification of property 4661

Assessments, increase limits since 1966 4682-3

Assessments, increases exceeding 10 per cent 4684

Assessments, industrial, commercial 4683

Assessments, return to 1973 roll 4684, 4685

Bills, drafting of 4677

Bills, nonpolitical legislative drafting proposal, Q. 4759

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd., chip prices 4846

British Columbia Marketing Board, appointments to 4765

British Columbia Marketing Board, consumer representation on 4431, 4765

British Columbia Marketing Board, powers 4433-4

British Columbia Marketing Board, producer representation on 4765

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

British Columbia Railway strike, negotiations, Q. 5044

British Columbia Research Council, wood chip prices study 4847

Bureaucracy, increase in 4430, 4434

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., chip prices 4847

Capital Regional Hospital District board 4533

Cemeteries dispute, Q. 5003

Chairman's ruling challenged 4930

Cragg, John, report 4589, 4592, 4593

Crestwood Forest Industries Ltd., chip price 4846

Crown Proceedings Act, proceedings launched under, Q. 4759

Drivers' licences, cancellation for non-payment of insurance premium debt 4989

Eggs destroyed by CEMA 4430

Electoral boundaries commission, Q. 4520

Elevator construction industry dispute, construction projects tied up 4747

Elevator construction industry dispute, technological change issue 4747

Elevator Construction Industry Labour Disputes Act 4746-8

Energy consumers, grants to, Q. 4606

Essential Services Continuation Act 4346-8, 4366, 4367, 4368, 4370

Evans Products Ltd., mill operation, feasibility studies on, Q. 5077

Farm income, increase in 4431

Farm income plans, participants in, Q. 4786

Farm income plans, provincial financial commitment, Q. 4786

Farm loan applications received, approved, total guaranteed, Q. 5084

Farm Products Industry Improvement Act, government share purchases under Act; Q. 4761

Federal tax policy on investment in apartments 4595-6

Fines, defaulting payment 4978

Firemen, council of trade unions 4366

Food prices, provincial investigation of, Q. 4761

Food, world shortage 4430

Forest industries, disclosure of documents, financial statements, etc. 4849, 5034

Forest industries, revenue anticipated, Q. 4386

Forest industry, control of 4848, 4849

Forest industry, investment in 4850, 4961

Forest industry, takeover of 4850

Forest Products Board of B.C., directors, appointment of 5030

Forest Products Board of B.C., directors, appointment of MLAs 4848, 5029

Forest Products Board of B.C., directors, member of Forest Service 5029

Forest Products Board of B.C., directors, number of 4848

Forest Products Board of B.C., exemption from Companies Act 5032

Forest Products Board of B.C., finances, accountability to Legislature 5036, 5038

Forest Products Board of B.C., fiscal year ending March 31, 1976 5036, 5038

Forest Products Board of B.C., information derived from private companies 5034

Forest Products Board of B.C., marketing 4846-7, 4849

Forest Products Board of B.C., objects of board 4849, 4961

Forest Products Board of B.C., powers 4846, 4848, 4961

Forest Products Board of B.C., revenue, income 5038

Forest Service 4848

Forest utilization policy, change in 4847

Half-way homes, programme, funding of, Q. 4759

Health care costs 4532-3

Health department, Deputy, Minister 4531

Health department, establishment of branches, divisions 4904

Health, Department of, Amendment Act (1974) 4531-3, 4904

Health department, reorganization 4531

Health Security Programme Project, reorganization recommendations 4532

Health spas, investigation into closure, Q. 4761

Hospital care charge 4532

Housing, subsidization of 4592, 4595, 4596

Insurance Corp. of B.C., claims centre, construction in Fraser Valley 4984, 4985

Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims, hit-and-run accidents, uninsured motorists 4926-7, 4975-6

Insurance premiums, benefits, determination on basis of sex 4980-1

Insurance, private industry, discussions with on returning to B.C., Q. 4820

Intermediate care 4532

Judges, extension of terms 5067-8

Judges, tenure provisions 5068-9

K-Mart stores, sale of inflammable material, Q. 4788

Land legislation, government exemption from 4984-5

Land-use contract, abuse of and housing construction delays, Q. 4916

Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4588-96, 4930, 4931-2, 4933, 4934, 4935

Legislation, provision for retroactivity of 4677

Liquor Control Board employees transferred to Insurance Corp. of B.C., Q. (Wallace) 4604

Logs, control of under Timber Products Stabilization Act 4961, 5011

Lumber market slump, meeting with industry on Q. 4386

Marketing boards 4431, 4432

Marketing commissions, consumer representation on 4800, 4800-1

Materials, safety standards, Q. 4789

Municipal Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4673

Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia) Act 4431, 4430-5, 4765, 4772, 4800, 4800-1, 4802, 4805-6

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, referral to Select Standing Committee on Agriculture 4413

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, seizure of products, property under Act 4802

Peace River, site 1 project, Alberta-B.C. task force on, Q. 5079: project, federal approval, Q. 5078

Pearse, Peter, task force report on 4846, 4848

Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven-Mile Project, cost-benefit evaluation, Q. 5077

Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven-Mile Project, decision on, Q. 5077

Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven-Mile Project, location, Q. 5077

Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven-Mile Project, recreation and wildlife losses, Q. 5077

Plateau Mills Ltd., income tax exemption 4849

Predator-control programmes, funds for expansion, Q. 4785

Public Schools Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4677-8

Public Schools Interim Arbitration Act 4728-32, 4818

Pupil-teacher ratio, basis of, Q. 4943

Real property tax legislation, changes in 4683, 4684

Regional hospital boards 4533

Rent control, mobility of population 4591

Rent increase control, abandoned apartment buildings 4592

Rent increase limit, appeals against 4593, 4594

Rent increase, 10.6 per cent limit 4589-90, 4591, 4592-3, 4594, 4930, 4934, 4935

Rent Review Commission 4594

Rent Review Commission, power to review rents 4930, 4933, 4935

Rent Review Commission, powers 4930

Rental accommodation, black market in 4592

Rental accommodation, construction in Victoria 4590

Rental accommodation, construction, incentives for 4595 , deterioration of 4591

Rental accommodation investment, return on 4588-9

Rental accommodation, new, rent control free period 4594-5

Rental accommodation, operating costs 4590

Rental accommodation, owners of 4589

Rental accommodation, owners' subsidization of tenants 4590

Rental accommodation, renovations 4934

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, negotiations for additional officers, Q. 4483

Royal Commission on Pesticides, interim recommendations, Q. 4760

Royal Commission on Pesticides, report, Q. 4760

School construction, basis for granting funds, Q. 4943

School district elections, voters' eligibility 4677-8

Small businesses, tax increase 4683, 4684

Statute Law Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4926-7, 4975-6, 4978-9, 4980-1, 4984-5, 4989, 5067-9

Strikes, cooling-off period 4370

Strikes in essential services 4346-8

Strikes, right to strike in service industries 4746-7

Tax deferral for elderly 4683

Teacher-trustee bargaining, standing committee hearings 4729, 4731

Teacher-trustee contract dispute, arbitrators, appointment of 4818

Teacher-trustee contract dispute, bargaining on local basis 4730

Teacher-trustee contract dispute, intervention by Legislature in 4730

Teacher-trustee relations 4729, 4731, 4732

Teachers, strike action by 4730-1

Teachers, withdrawal of service in Coquitlam 4730

Teachers, withdrawal of service in Port Alberni 4730

Timber Products Stabilization Act 4846-50, 4960-2, 5011, 5023-4, 5029-30, 5032, 5034, 5036, 5038, 5055

Timber Products Stabilization Act, forest products, definition of 4961

Timber Products Stabilization Act, timber, definition of 5011-2

Timber Products Stabilization Act, title, amdt. to change 5055

Trade Practices Act, investigation into long-term service contracts, Q. 4761

Used-car inspection service, Q. 4762

“Wheelers and Dealers” grammar, spelling, Q. 4913

“Wheelers and Dealers” tendering on, Q. 4879

Wood chips, minimum price 4847

Wood chips, price of 4846, 4847, 4850

Wood chips, price of, determination on basis of lower coast market 5023-4

Wood chips, price of, increase and increased stumpage 4848

Zoning legislation, government exemption from 4984-5

Wasserman, Jack

Article in Vancouver Sun quoted (Smith) 4743

Water

Water districts, improvements, financial assistance for (Curtis) 5070

Water Act

Mentioned: (Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, report) 4380 (Curtis) 5070

Water Facilities Assistance Act

(Bill 176) (D’Arcy) 1R, 4669

Weatherhead, Brian

Letter quoted (Gardom) 4925

Webster, Mrs. Daisy (Vancouver South)

Extended-care hospital beds 4542

Extended-care patients 4544

Health, Department of, Amendment Act (1974) 4542-4

Home-care programme 4544

Mental health care 4544

Pearson Hospital 4543

Physiotherapists, occupational therapists, meeting 4543

Shaughnessy Hospital 4543

Webster's New International Dictionary

Mentioned: (Jordan) 4969

“Wednesday Night Movie"

Mentioned: (McClelland) 4477

Weldwood of Canada Ltd.

Mentioned: (Williams, R.A.) 4828 (Fraser) 4843

Wenner-Gren, Axel Leonard

Mentioned: (Lewis) 4900

Werts, F. Rex, Ltd.

`The British Columbia Food Industry' quoted (Anderson, D.A.) 4495

Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (McClelland) 4527 (Fraser) 4843

Westinghouse (Canada) Ltd.

Mentioned: (King) 4736

Weston, George, Ltd. of Toronto

Mentioned: (Stupich) 4763

Weyerhauser Corp.

Chip prices (Williams, R.A.) 4824

Mentioned: (Williams, R.A.) 4828

“Wheelers and Dealers”

See entries under Motor Vehicles Branch

Whelan, Hon. Eugene

Mentioned: (Morrison) 4472 (Fraser) 4498

White, Philip

Quoted (McClelland) 4572

White Rock, B.C.

Railway on waterfront, removal, Q. (Liden) 4605. A. (Strachan) 4605

White Rock Players, White Rock, B.C.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 4717

Whitlam, Gough

Mentioned: (Curtis) 4891

Whittaker, N.W.

Mentioned: (Speaker) 4729

Willavoys, Mrs. F.J.

Letter quoted (Curtis) 4650

Williams, L. Allan (West Vancouver-Howe Sound)

Advertising contracts to non-unionized stations 5070

Arbitration, compulsory 4359

Assessment Amendment Act (1974) 4659-62

Assessment roll, Union of B.C. Municipalities' recommendation 4662

Assessments, courts of revision 4661

Assessments, full-value 4660

Assessments, industrial, commercial properties 4659, 4660

Assessments, 1974 roll 4660

Assessments, 1974 roll, tax reductions, increases 4660

Beef cattle marketing commission 4799

Bills, drafting of 4676

British Columbia Forest Products Board, amdt. to change name 4959

British Columbia Railway, lay-off of employees, Q.4421

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., chip prices 5024-5

Clarkson, Gordon and Co., report on rents, Q. 4422

Cornat Industries takeover, propriety of actions involved, Q. 5003

Cragg, John, report 4634

Debate, basis of timing limits 4453

Elevator construction industry dispute, construction projects tied up 4746

Elevator construction industry dispute, industrial inquiry commission 4744, 4745, 4746

Elevator construction industry dispute, management's proposed agreement 4745

Elevator construction industry dispute, Ontario award 4744, 4745

Elevator construction industry dispute, standby pay issue 4744

Elevator Construction Industry Labour Disputes Act 4743-6, 4903

Essential Services Continuation Act 4358-60, 4365

Firemen, council of trade unions 4365

Forbes, James, report 4426-7

Forest industry, control of 4845, 5015

Forest industry, marketing organizations 4845-6

Forest Products Board of B.C., borrowing powers 4959

Forest Products Board of B.C., exemption from Companies Act 5032

Forest Products Board of B.C., finances, accountability to Legislature 5037

Forest Products Board of B.C., financing of 4845, 5038

Forest Products Board of B.C., marketing 4845-6, 4959

Forest Products Board of B.C., obligations re regulations of Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council 5031, 5032

Forest Products Board of B.C., powers 4845

Forest Products Board of B.C., revenue, income 5038

Forest Service 4845

Industrial inquiry commissions 4744

Insurance Corp. of B.C., claims, hit-and-run accidents, uninsured motorists 4908, 4909-10, 4947-50

Labour disputes, settlement by Legislature 4743, 4744, 4745

Landlord and Tenant Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4633-6, 4937, 4938, 4939

Lumber market, decline in 4845

Marketing boards 4426

Marketing boards, appeals, provision for 4427

Marketing boards, consultation with on Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act 4425

Marketing boards, consumer representation on 4755-6, 4757-8, 4764

Marketing boards, members, residency requirement 4755

Marketing boards, quota systems 4427

Marketing boards, sales promotion by 4753

Marketing commissions 4799

Marketing commissions, powers 4799

Municipal Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4673

Municipalities, difficulties in budgeting 4662

Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia)Act 4412-3, 4425-8, 4753, 4755-6, 4757-8, 4764, 4799

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, consumer consultation on 4425-6

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, consumer protection under 4425-6

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, producer consultation on 4425

Natural Products Marketing (B.C.) Act, referral to Select Standing Committee on Agriculture 4412-3, 4426, 4427

Pearse, Peter, task force report 5016

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

Real property tax legislation, changes in 4660, 4661

Rent increase limit, 10.6 per cent limit 4634

Rent, subsidization of 4635

Rental accommodation, key money 4636

Rental accommodation, new, rent control free period 4634, 4635

Rental accommodation, operating costs 4635

Rental accommodation, renovations 4938, 4939

Rental accommodation, subletting of controlled units 4636

Renter's grant 4635

Rim Forest Products Ltd., closing of mill 4844

Sawmills, decline in numbers 4959

School district elections, voters' eligibility 4676

Speaker's knowledge of what takes place in committee 4787

Statute Law Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4908, 4909-10, 4947-50, 5070

Strikes in essential services 4359

Stumpage assessments 5025

Tenancies, increase in number of occupants 4937, 4938

Timber Products Stabilization Act 4844-6, 4958-9, 5015-6, 5024-5, 5031, 5032, 5037, 5038

Timber Products Stabilization Act, forest products, definition of 4958

Timber Products Stabilization Act, timber, definition of 5015-6

Tree fruits, promotion of 4753

Vancouver, tax loss on corporation property 4661

Voter enumeration, federal and municipal 4673

Voters, eligibility of in municipal elections 4673

Voters, eligibility of in rural areas 4673

“Wheelers and Dealers”, slander on repair shops, Q. 4822

Wood chips, price of 4844

Wood chips, price of, setting by Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council 5025

Williams, Hon. Robert Arthur, Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources (Vancouver East)

Bowell, Gordon S.J., meetings with 4877

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd., chip prices 4824

British Columbia Hydro, land provided for parks, recreational areas 5080-2

British Columbia Research Council, wood chip prices study 4825, 4901

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., chip prices 4824

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., employees 4823

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., northwest operations, production, stumpage and royalty payments 5083

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., stumpage on timber sales 5082

Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co., chip prices 4824

Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co., mill at Quesnel 4877

Crerar, Alistair, remuneration, duration of employment 5073

Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd., chip price 4824

Crown land, policy on disposal of 5045

Decker Lake Forest Products, production, stumpage and royalty payments 5083

Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co., chip prices 4824

Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co., Kitimat operations, production, stumpage and royalty payments 5083

Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co., Ootsa Lake operations, production, stumpage and royalty payments 5083

Evans Products Ltd., mill operation 5077

Forest industries, cost-trend factors, change in 4824

Forest industries, disclosure of documents, financial statements, etc. 5034-5

Forest industry, integrated companies 4822

Forest industry, investment in 5012

Forest industry, unemployment in 4823, 4828

Forest Products Board of B.C., fiscal year ending March 31, 1976 5052

Forest Products Board of B.C., information derived from private companies 50345

Forest utilization policy, change in 4826

Gottesman-Central National Corp., sales agreement with 4423

Indians, hiring of by forest industries 4901

Kemano II development 5074

Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., employees 4823

Langley Industrial Centre, land costs, sales, terms of sales 5075-7

Log market on lower coast 4826-7, 4902

Logs, marketing of 5012

Lumber market, decline in 4822

Lumber recovery factors, study of 4824

Natural gas purchases by B.C. Hydro, cost of 5080

Natural gas sale by B.C. Hydro, profit on 5079-80

Northwest Power Pool 5073

Northwood Mills Ltd., mills closed 4828

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd., chip prices 4824

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd., closing of Giscome operation 4823, 4828

Peace River, site 1 project, Alberta-B.C. task force on 5079

Peace River, site 1 project, federal approval 5079

Pearse, Peter, task force report 4826, 4827, 4901, 5074

Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven-Mile Project 5078

Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven-Mile Project, cost-benefit evaluation 5078

Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven-Mile Project, location 5078

Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven-Mile Project, recreation and wildlife losses 5078

Policy paper quoted (Gibson) 4836 (Jordan) 4863 (McClelland) 4897-8

Pollution Control Branch, complaints, applications handled 5075

Pollution Control Branch, employees, salaries, costs, vehicles operated 5075

Pollution Control Branch, recommendations re changes 5075

Power export, pricing policy 5073

Power-generating sites in northwest, study of 5074

Price-Skeena Co. Ltd., stumpage paid on timber sales 5082

Price-Skeena Forest Products, production, stumpage and royalty payments 5082

Prince George Pulp and Paper Ltd., chip prices 4824

Prince Rupert Forest District, stumpage paid on timber sales 5080

Rim Forest Products Ltd., closing of mill 4901

Rim Forest Products Ltd., loggers' proposal to operate 4901-2

Rim Forest Products, Ltd., production, stumpage and royalty payments 5083

Sawmill operators, assistance to 4607

Sawmills, decline in numbers 4823, 4828, 4900

Statute Law Amendment Act, 1974 (No. 2) 4979

Stumpage, change in 4824

Stumpage formula 5074

Timber Products Stabilization Act (Bill 171) I R, 4733; amdts. 4822-8, 4900-3, 4940, 4958, 5012, 5023, 5031, 5033, 5034-5, 5039, 5051-2

Timber Products Stabilization Act, financing of administration 5051-2

Timber Products Stabilization Act, timber, definition of 5012

Tree farm licences, improvements, taxing of 4979

Tree farm licences, renewal of 4979

Vancouver property, conflict of interest in joint ownership, Q. (Phillips) 4704

Weyerhauser Corp., chip prices 4824

Wood chips, price of 4824-6, 4900, 4901, 4903

Wood chips, price of, formula to determine 5023

Wood chips, study by UBC Commerce department 4901

Wood pulp, prices 4824-5, 4901

Wilson, J.O.

Mentioned: (Speaker) 4460

Wilson, R.

Quoted (Wallace) 4590

Wing's Market, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Letter from Chung F. Wing quoted (Curtis) 4644

Wood, John

Mentioned: (Chabot) 4711

Wood, Robert

Quoted (Anderson, D.A.) 4864

Wood, Stephen M.

Appointment as executive assistant, Q. (Smith) 4705

Wood chips

See: Wood pulp industry

Wood pulp industry

British Columbia Research Council, wood chip prices study (Williams, R.A.) 4825, 4901 (Wallace) 4847 (Anderson, D.A.) 4865-6 (Phillips) 4886-7, 5019 (McClelland) 4894-5

Chips, minimum price (Wallace) 4847

Chips, price of (Chabot) 4506-8 (Williams, R.A.) 4824-6, 4900, 4901, 4903 (Bennett) 4830 (Gibson) 4832 (Rolston) 4838, 4839 (Fraser) 4841, 4842, 4843-4 (Williams, L.A.) 4844 (Wallace) 4846, 4847, 4850 (Smith) 4852-4 (Jordan) 4860, 4863 (Anderson, D.A.) 4864-6 (Kelly) 4872 (Phillips) 4880, 4884 (McClelland) 4892

Chips, price of, determination by provisions of Arbitration Act of B.C. (Bennett) 5024

Chips, price of, determination on basis of lower coast market (Gibson) 5023 (Williams, R.A.) 5023 (Wallace) 5023-4

Chips, price of, formula for determining (Phillips) 5020

Chips, price of, increase and increased stumpage (Wallace) 4848 (Smith) 4854, 4960 (Gibson) 5022-3

Chips, price of, setting by lieutenant-Governor-in-Council (Williams, L.A.) 5025

Chips, price of, study by UBC Commerce department (Williams, R.A.) 4901

Investment, return on (Phillips) 4886-7, 5019

Pulp prices (Williams, R.A.) 4824-5, 4901

Woodbridge Development Corp.

Mentioned: (Bennett) 4519

Woodsworth, J.S.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 4353

Woodward Stores Ltd.

Beef, grass-fed, in stores (Fraser) 4498-9

World Food Conference, Rome, Italy

Mentioned: (Bennett) 4394, 4397 (Jordan) 4463 (Morrison) 4472

Wright, Percy

Mentioned: (Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, report) 4380, 4381 (Curtis) 4643, 4654 (Liden) 4657, 4658 (Fraser) 4687, 4688 (McClelland) 4694