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
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 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