Province of British Columbia
31st Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 17 to June 30, 1976

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Factory and trade waste

Industrial liquid waste disposal plant, proposed (Strongman) 227

Fair Sales Practices Act

Mentioned: (Skelly) 2783

Fairs

Class C fairs, funding assistance for (Skelly) 1526 (Phillips) 1526

Fairground rides, safety regulations for (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 2577 (Gardom) A. 2577 (Williams) A. 2577-8

Trade fairs, continuation of (Lauk) 1483 (Phillips) 1485

Falcons

Peregrine falcons, hunting of (Lea) Q. 1664 (Macdonald) Q. 1664 (McCarthy) A. 1664

Family

Single-parent B.C., Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act, Budget address (Wolfe) 260

Family Relations Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 1243 (Levi) 2388 (Vander Zalm) 3375

Family Times

Quoted (Barnes) 1893

Farm and Domestic Workers Recognition Act

(Bill 84) (Brown) 1R, 3016

Farm Credit Act

Mentioned: (Phillips) 1467

Farm equipment

Sales tax exemption proposed (Nicolson) 884-5

Farm Income Assurance Programme

Assistance required due to increased freight rate (Nicolson) 601

Beef-growing industry, advanced payment to (Wallace, B.B.) 651, 690 (Stupich) 654, 1173, 1204 (Skelly) 665 (Cocke) 684 (Barber) 693 (Sanford) 879

Cattle ranchers, government influence on (Mair) 636

Commodity groups, contracts (Stupich) 1543 (Phillips) 1543

Funding for (Wallace, G.S.) 1466, 1475 (Phillips) 1466 (Wallace, B.B.) 1543

Government policy on (Wallace, B.B.) 1386, 1400-1 (Phillips) 1389, 1433 (Levi) 1395, 1425 (Stupich) 1471-2

Lamb producers' contract (Stupich) 1543 (Phillips) 1543

Land cost, removal from cost-of-production formula, proposed (Wallace, B.B.) 1430

Potato growers, scheme for (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 634 (Phillips) A. 534, 841

Protection not of groups, but of individuals (Gibson) 1410

Raspberry scheme (Wallace; B. B.) Q. 634 (Phillips) A. 634, 841

Schemes for blueberry and sheep growers (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 177 (Phillips) A. 177

Staffing for (Wallace, B.B.) 1544 (Phillips) 1544

WEOC, discussion on federal level (Phillips) 1389, 1458, 1476

Farm mechanization

Farm machinery, cost of (Wallace, B.B.) 1387 (Phillips) 1389

Farm News

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1427

Farm produce

Import corporation branch in each province, proposed (Shelford) 1398

Import of (Wallace, B.B.) 1388 (Davidson) 1422 (Wallace, G.S.) 1474

Interprovincial production and marketing of (Wallace, B.B.) 488

Marketing of (Wolfe) 257 (Wallace, B.B.) 488 (Davidson) 929

Self-sufficiency in production, proposed (Shelford) 1397 (Cocke) 1398

Tariffs op. (Wallace, G.S.) 1465 (Phillips) 1467

Farm Products Industry Improvement Act

Funding not included in budget (Wallace, B.B.) 1402

Interest reimbursement fund (Stupich) 1544 (Phillips) 1544

Swan Valley Foods Ltd., investment in, Budget address 262

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 860

Farmers

Family-farm corporation, grant for, proposed 1904

Farriery

See: Horseshoeing

Fasteau, Mark

Male Machine (Brown) 2540

Faulkner, James Hugh

Quoted (Wallace, G.S.) 1801

Mentioned: (Brown) 1261

Federal employment programmes

Effectiveness (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 73 (Vander Zalm) A. 73 (Williams) 212-3

Federal Power Commission, U.S.A.

Mentioned: (Bennett) 2107

Federal-provincial fiscal relations

Corporation tax system, operation controlled by B.C. (Gibson) 1187-8 (Wolfe) 1190

Cost-sharing arrangements, changes in (Wolfe) 1142-3, 1190, 1202 (Levi) 1201-2 (Wallace, G.S.) 1142-3

Cost-sharing arrangements, opting out of (Levi) 1201

Cost-sharing arrangements, re-examination of (Gibson) 2309 (Bennett) 2323, 2343

Freedom for B.C. to set own spending priorities (Gibson) 290-1, 2717

Growth grants for B.C., possible. (Gibson) 3219

Health care, cost-sharing arrangements (Barrett) 2716 (Wallace, G.S.) 2718

Inflation problem, co-operation with (Budget address) 11

National Equalization Programme and federal contributions on education (Budget address) 254

Ottawa conference of finance ministers (Wolfe) 557-8

Revenue owed to province, retroactive reduction of (Bennett) 2715 (Gibson) 2717

Revenue transfers, equalization formula (Bennett) 2714-5 (Gibson) 271

Tax points, transfer by federal government (Bennett) 2715 (Gibson) 2717

Western Premiers' Conference aiming at better financial arrangements (Bennett) 1277-8 (Gibson) 1278

Federal-provincial relations

Federal Bill C-61, implications of (Davis) 325

Importance of (Wallace, G.S.) 170-1

Manpower, co-ordination of programmes (Williams) 2926

PWA takeover (Wallace, G.S.) 116-7

Railway agreement with Ottawa (Lea) 354, 583-5, 615 (Bennett) 585 (Lauk) 586 (Stupich) 698

Re-examination of arrangements, proposed 2309

Ships, cargo, federal Bill C-61 (Wallace, G.S.) 184

Tariffs and freight rates (Wallace, G.S.) 183, 1279 (Bennett) 1278

Federation of Medical Women of Canada

Symposiums on health education for women (Brown) 1211

Feeds

See: Grain as feed

Ferguson, James

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451

Ferries

Cortes Island ferry, operation, cost of (Fraser) 3283

Ferries under Transport and Communications be transferred (Wallace, G.S.) 3340 (Davis) 3340

Free interior ferries situation (Fraser) 3283-4, 3299

Gabriola Island ferry, operation, cost of (Fraser) 3283

Gulf Islands, south, free ferries for (Sanford) 3283, 3298

New ferries in operation (Davis) 3273

Northern ferry service, expansion (Lockstead) Q. 177 (Davis) A. 177

Salt-water ferries, jurisdiction (Lea) Q. 1751 (Fraser) A. 1751

Senior executives, minimizing number of (Wallace, G.S.) 3225

Thetis Island ferry, cost of operations (Fraser) 3283

Thetis Island ferry to be renamed Thetis-Kuper Island ferry (Wallace, B.B.) 3293 (Fraser) 3295

Transportation of citizens by boat, integration (Wallace, G.S.) 3225

Usage, reduction (Lockstead) Q. 2384 (Davis) A. 2384

See also entries under British Columbia Ferry Authority

Ferry Capital Expenditures Fund

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 860

Fields, W.C.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2090

Finance, Department of

Estimates: 1118-1153, 1172-9, 1185-1215, 1221-33

Speakers: Brown 1149-50, 1211-2, 1215, 1225; Cocke 1123-4, 1129, 1134-5, 1138, 1191-5, 1225-6, 1228-9; Dailly 1202; D'Arcy 1231-2; Gibson 1122-3, 1125, 1128, 1135-6, 1150-2, 1174, 1176, 1179-80, 1185-9, 1207; Hewitt 1209, 1229-30; King 1132-3, 1152-3, 1206-8; Lauk 1124-5, 1127, 1210-1, 1224-7, 1232; Lea 1120-2, 1126-8, 1130-1, 1141-2, 1149, 1151, 1205; Levi 1201-2; Lloyd 1176-7; Lockstead 1223-4; Macdonald 1128, 1140-1; Nicolson 1136, 1177-8, 1199-1200, 1214, 1223, 1225, 1227-8; Rogers 1177; Sanford 1137-8, 1147-8, 1190-1, 1205, 1222-4; Skelly 1208-9, 1212-3; Stupich 1118-20, 1125-9, 1131-4, 1139-40, 1148, 1214-5, 1221-2, 1229, 1232; Wallace, B.B. 1136-7, 1195-8; Wallace, G.S. 1142-7, 1195-9, 1214, 1230; Wolfe 1119-22, 1124-6, 1128-9, 1132-3, 1136-8, 1143-9, 1151-3, 1174-6, 1178, 1189-91, 1193, 1198-1210, 1212-5, 1221-4, 1229-33

Amdts: Lauk 1224, out of order, 1225; Lauk 1227 negatived 1228

Divisions: vote 69, amdt. negatived 1228-9; vote 69, approved 1229

Appropriation, Budget address 257-8

Assistants, executive, salary reduction of (Wolfe) 1146, 1199 (Wallace, G.S.) 1199

Economists in Finance department (Skelly) 1213 (Wolfe) 1213

Figures in estimate books, discrepancies in (Wallace, G.S.) 1230-1 (Wolfe) 1230-1

Government agencies, establishment of new offices (Lockstead) 1224 (Wolfe) 1224

Government agencies, quarters, workload and staffing of (Stupich) 1222 (Sanford) 1222-4 (Wolfe) 1223 (Nicolson) 1223 (Lockstead) 1223-4

Government agents' offices offering ICBC insurance (Nicolson) 1223 (Wolfe) 1223

Interest payment, annual, on money borrowed, Budget address 258

Minister's office, staff increase (Wallace, B.B.) 1136-7 (Wolfe) 1137

Minister's power to purchase company shares, removal of (Wolfe) 1911-2, 1945 (Stupich) 1912-3 (Gibson) 1913-4 (Wallace, G.S.) 1914-5 (Lauk) 1915-7 (Sanford) 1917 (Barber) 1919-20 (Waterland) 1920-1 (Cocke) 1921-2 (King) 1922-4 (Skelly) 1927-30 (Veitch) 1930-1 (Levi) 1931-2 (Chabot) 1933-4 (Kerster) 1938 (Loewen) 1938-9 (Dailly) 1939 (Brown) 1939-42 (Lloyd) 1942-3 (Calder) 1943-4 (Lockstead) 1944-5

Nanaimo agency, staffing of (Stupich) 1222 (Wolfe) 1222 (Sanford) 1222

Office expenses, no change in estimates (Brown) 1215 (Wolfe) 1215

Salary contingencies (Stupich) 1232 (Wolfe) 1232-3 (Lauk) 1232 (King) 1232-3

Staff reduction and salary savings (Stupich) 1203-5, 1214-6, 1221-2 (Wolfe) 1204-5, 1214, 1216, 1221-4, 1233 (Lockstead) 1223-4 (Sanford) 1224 (King) 1233

Travel expenses, increase in (Wallace, G.S.) 1199 (Wolfe) 1199

Treasury Board, audit performance (Gibson) 1189

Treasury Board, cost-accounting assessment of programmes (Gibson) 1189 (Wolfe) 1190

Treasury Board, performance audit (Gibson) 1189

Treasury Board, quorum for meetings (Wallace, G.S.) 1199 (Wolfe) 1199

Finance, Public

Asset holdings of B.C. (Gibson) 1187

Budget increase higher than figure given by government (Gibson) 1186

Budget, possible surplus, allocation of surplus funds (Sanford) 1137, 1147-8, 1205 (Wolfe) 1148 (Lea) 1205

Capital expenditure, refusal of government to borrow (Gibson) 1175-6 (Wolfe) 1175

Cash balance, provincial and ICBC (Stupich) Q. 405 (Wolfe) A. 405

Cash management of government of B.C., report (Gibson) 1135-6 (Wolfe) 1136, 1175, 1178-9 (Stupich) 1174, 1178

Cash management systems, upgrading of (Wolfe) 1136

Cash position of B.C. (Gibson) Q. 320, 351-2, 587, 660, 1187 (Wolfe) A. 320 (Lea) 460 (Wallace, G.S.) 453 (D’Arcy) 541 (Levi) 551 (Brown) 353-4 (Kahl) 672 (Stupich) 699-700 (Sanford) 931-2

Cash position of B.C. at end of April, 1976 (Gibson) 1128, 1150, 1175, 1185

Cheques, non-sufficient-funds, issue of (Gibson) 430-2, 1123, 1125, 1185 (Nicolson) 442 (Lea) 454 (Wallace, B.B.) 463 (Wolfe) 1125

Credit rating of province (Stupich) 368-71 (Lea) 458

Expenditures included in the year, determination by Comptroller-General (Wolfe) 1151 (Stupich) 1173

Financial institution, possible co-operation with government, report by credit unions (Barrett) 2627

Financial position of B.C. (Bennett) 1055

Funds, derived from consolidated revenue, investments of (Stupich) Q. 1602 (Wolfe) A. 1602

Government borrowings, details of (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 2423 (Wolfe) A. 2423, 2518

Government funds, flow of (Gibson) 2310-1

Liabilities, contingent, of province (Stupich) 366-7

Order-in-council 1221, treasury bills, sale of to cover bank position (Stupich) 1127-9, 1174, 1203-4 (Wolfe) 1128, 1148-9 (Dailly) 1202-3

Powers, monetary, exercised only through Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council (Wolfe) 1911-2 (Stupich) 1913

Revenue increase, estimated percentage improvement (Wolfe) 1120, 1152

Scaling fund, vote 146 (Stupich) Q. 320, 581 (Wolfe) A. 320, 595

Special warrant 708 to supplement votes 193, 202, 203, 219 and 227 (Brown) Q. 321-2 (Wolfe) A. 322, 596

Special warrant 709 issued to supplement votes 236 and 237 (Lea) Q. 320-1 (Wolfe) A. 321, 595

See also: Auditor-General; Debts, Public; Deficit financing; Finance, Public — Accounting; Intergovernmental fiscal relations

Finance, Public — Accounting

Auditors, appointment, by Treasury Board (Barnes) 2271 (Wolfe) 2272 (Lauk) 2272

Clarkson Gordon not requested to perform audit (King) 34 (Cocke) 381, 383 (Nicolson) 437 (Wallace, B.B.) 465 (Hewitt) 496 (Sanford) 498 (Barnes) 502 (Skelly) 585 (Bennett) 552, 583 (Stupich) 668 (Wolfe 669

Comptroller-General, future role of (Stupich) 2103-4 (Wolfe) 2158

Financial report at end of fiscal year giving a revenue forecast (Gibson) 1151-2, 1185 (Wolfe) 1152 (King) 1152-3 (Lloyd) 1177

Financial reports, frequency of (Stupich) 282-3 (Gibson) 292 (Wallace, G.S.) 305

Financial reports, monthly, proposed (Gibson) 1186 (Wolfe) 2290

Financial reports, quarterly, proposed (Throne speech) 12 (Veitch) 20 (Stupich) 28203 (Gibson) 292, 1186 (Wallace, G.S.) 305 (Lloyd) 605 (Wolfe) 1190

Public accounts committee working with Auditor-General (Gibson) 2269-71 (Skelly) 2270

See also: Auditor-General

Financial Administration Act

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 2100

Financial Post

Statement quoted: (Rogers) 130 (King) 1649 (Wallace, G.S.) 1653 (Dailly) 1656

Survey of Mines, 1976 (Lauk) 2705 (Bawlf) 2785

Mentioned: (Skelly) 589 (Gibson) 1176 (Cocke) 2076 (Stupich) 2094

Financial Times

Mentioned: (Levi) 2671

Finlayson, Robert

Mentioned: (Kahl) 671

Finning Tractor and Equipment Co.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1459

Firearms

Control, federal, to protect cattle industry (Bawtree) 1438

Firearms — Laws and regulations

Control, press release on (Gibson) Q. 1407 (McCarthy) A. 1407 (Macdonald) Q. 1407 (Chabot) 3337

Fire marshal

Keenleyside report, recommendations (Skelly) 1370-1 (Gardom) 1371

First Boston Corp.

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1187

First Citizens Fund

Mentioned: (Shelford) 526

First Ministers' Conference

Mentioned: (Bennett) 2323, 2342 (Vander Zalm) 2397

First National Insurance Co. of America

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1343 (Cocke) 1748

Fiscal Arrangements Act

Changes, discussions on (Wolfe) 557, 1190

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 1142-3 (Bennett) 2714

Fish and Wildlife Branch

Firearms control, press release on (Gibson) Q. 1407 (McCarthy) A. 1407

Fisheries, mitigation proposal on Inonoaklin River (D’Arcy) 1035

Jesson, Mike, employment of (Skelly) 3323 (McCarthy) 3334

Programmes (McCarthy) 956-7

Revelstoke Dam, proposed, impact on habitat (Wallace, G.S.) 1860

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 3142-3

Fisheries

Arrow Lake fishery, restoration funded by B.C. Hydro (D’Arcy) 1035-6 (Davis) 1036

Columbia River Treaty, damage to (King) 968

Development and improved technology on federal cost-sharing basis (McCarthy) 957

Fishing industry under Agriculture department, proposed (Lea) 1476

Mitigation, fund from B.C. Hydro (D’Arcy) 1035

Omineca (Kempf) 22

Sport fishery in West Kootenays (D’Arcy) 1035

Fisherman magazine

Quoted (Skelly) 1851, 3067

Fishing

Vessel inspection, jurisdiction of (Lockstead) Q. 632-3 (Williams) A. 63203

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Quoted (Lea) 617

Flauden Inc. of Washington

Mentioned: (Davidson) 1419

Fleming, Frances

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2720

Fleming, Jack

Mentioned: (McGeer) 1796-7

Fletcher, Jim

Quoted (Cocke) 1763

Flex-Lox Industries Ltd.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2359

Food

Freezer and food plan contracts (Sanford) 2957

Shopping for cheaper goods in United States (Levi) 1393 (Davidson) 1422

Food Prices

Income, disposable, as related to (Wallace, B.B.) 1387-8 (Phillips) 1389 (Levi) 1393-4 (Gibson) 1410

Increase, government policy regarding (Sanford) Q. 2576 (Mair) A. 2576

Increase, highest in North America (Gibson) 1555-6 (Mair) 1562

Increase in supermarkets, legislation to control (Sanford) 1585-6

Increases, monitoring of (Sanford) Q. 1344, 1406, 1441 (Mair) A. 1344, 1406, 1441

Retail, drop in March (Sanford) Q. 634, 704 (Mair) A. 634, 704, 706

Retail, monitoring of (Bennett) 765

Spread between wholesale and retail levels (Wallace, B.B.) 1588 (Mair) 1588

Food Prices Review Board

Index (Mair) 704

Mentioned: (Sanford) 1585 (King) 1636

Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta

Psychological assessment for School District 4 (Chabot) 2030-1

Ford, Bobbie

Mentioned: (Brown) 73

Ford Foundation

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1735

Ford Motor Co.

Mentioned: (Shelford) 1396

Fording Coal Ltd.

Coal, contracts signed for export (King) 762, 1171

Royalty payment, increase of (Barrett) 3037

Mentioned: (Haddad) 622 (King) 1162-3 (Waterland) 3059

Foremost Foods Ltd.

Mentioned: (Sanford) 1586

Forensic Psychiatric Services Act

Abolition of, proposed (Kempf) 1353-4

Forest Act

Mentioned: (Sanford) 1191 (Waterland) 3084, 3091

Forest fires

Fire-suppression programme (King) 3104-5 (Waterland) 3105

Forest industries

BCR strike, impact on (Lloyd) 2560, 2563-4, 2566-7

Bargaining procedure, independent third party, proposed (King) 2571-3

Cedar mill and plywood plant proposed (Shelford) 572

Data base, awareness by workers (King) 2571, (Waterland) 2697

Decline, some reasons and solutions (Shelford) 571-4 (Gibson) 1488-9, 2690-1

Development of (Waterland) 508

Economics and problems of (Gibson) 2690-2 (Waterland) 2694-5

Forest companies, negotiations to take over government forest product companies (Skelly) 2557 Q. 2577 (Waterland) A. 2577, 2680 (Lea) 2679-80

Forest companies political connection, free of (Lauk) 2683 (Waterland) 2696

Government policy (Lauk) 2682-3 (Skelly) 2685-6

Market, expansion of (Lauk) 908

Northern and interior development of industry (D’Arcy) 1070

Production, high cost, problem of (Shelford) 2558-9

Transportation, importance of (Lloyd) 2567 (King) 2567

Workers, decent wages for (King) 2568-72 (Gibson) 2692 (Waterland) 2694

Workers, wages, compared to U.S. (Bawtree) 2684-5 (Skelly) 2687-8

Forest roads

Development-roads programme (Skelly) 2678-9, 2687 (Waterland) 2679

Maintenance of (Waterland) 2697

Nimpkish Valley, development for (Sanford) 3106-7 (Waterland) 3107

Roads, construction of for north Island communities (Skelly) 2678-9 (Waterland) 2679, 3107

Forest Service

Burning restrictions (D’Arcy) 568

Cabins, wilderness, burning of (Skelly) 3102-3 (Waterland) 3102-3

Debris-control project (Rogers) 2690

McGregor diversion, work done (Skelly) 2693, 3065 (Waterland) 2693, 3065

Report, June 14, 1976 quoted (Skelly) 3066

Research programme cutback (Skelly) 3104 (Waterland) 3104

Scalers, temporary position of (Skelly) 3 106 (Waterland) 3106

Waste-wood policy, re-examination of (Shelford) 572

Forests, Department of

Estimates: 2553, 2555-74, 3065-73, 3075-96, 3100-8

Speakers: Barrett 3085-93; Brown 2573-4; Chabot 3008-9; Dailly 3083-4; D'Arcy 3093-4; Fraser 3080; King 2567-73, 3071-3, 3080-2, 3095-6, 3103-5, 3108; Lea 2555-6; Lloyd 2559-67, 3071; Lockstead 3072, 3100-1, 3103;.

Macdonald 3075-6; Nicolson 3107; Shelford 2558-9, 3078-80; Skelly 2556-8, 3065-71, 3084-5, 3102, 3104-8; Sanford 3106-7; Waterland 2553, 3065-8, 3070, 3072, 3078, 3084-5, 3088, 3094-5, 3101-8

Appropriation, Budget address 258

Budgetary restraint (Waterland) 2550

Fire-suppression budget (Skelly) 2687

Forest development roads programme (Lauk) 2678-9 (Waterland) 2679 (Skelly) 2687

Furniture and equipment, expenditure for (Lea) 2555 (Brown) 2574

Minister, qualifications of (Skelly) 2556-7, 2688 (Waterland) 2694

Reforestation division, budget increase for (Waterland) 2550

Salaries, student employment (Lauk) Q. 634 (Williams) A. 634

Trees, site preparation for planning, budget for (Waterland) 2550

Votes, order of calling (Lea) 2555-6

Forests and forestry

Conservation practices (Macdonald) 3075-6

Debris, floating, control of 2690

Development of (Veitch) 19

Forestry, improvement in, effect on community (Stupich) 1118-9

Government, one-sided approach in (King) 2570-1

Policy of government to preserve economic viability (Skelly) 2558

Trees, total annual allowable cut (Skelly) 2557

Utilization, close, of forest wealth (Macdonald) 3076-8

Forests and forestry — Taxation

Stumpage rates, increase in (Sanford) 878 (Lauk) 907 (Bawtree) 2684 (Gibson) 2691 (Wallace, B.B.) 2692

Stumpage revenue and volume of wood, change in (Gibson) Q. 1630 (Lauk) Q. 1630-1 (Waterland) A. 1630-1, 2694-5

Stumpage revenue, estimated (Stupich) 1118 (Wolfe) 1119

Tax laws, revision to assist in capital investments (Wallace, G.S.) 1504-5 (Phillips) 1506

Forrest, Al

Mentioned: (Sanford) 499

Fort Nelson, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 906

Fort Nelson Secondary School, Nelson, B.C.

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1405

Fort St. John, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 906

Fort Victoria Holdings Ltd.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2175

Fortune magazine

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1507

Fothergill, Bill

Mentioned: (Waterland) 3029

Fothergill, Ian

Lighthouse Communications Ltd., work for government (Gibson) Q. 1440 (McCarthy) A. 1440 (Lea) Q. 1528 (Waterland) A. 1528

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2699

Fotheringham, Allan

Quoted (Stupich) 280 (Macdonald) 318 (King) 1635

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2356

Fox, Irvine

Quoted (Mussallem) 1864

Mentioned: (Mussallem) 1865 (Nielsen) 1865 (Skelly) 1866

France, Joan

Mentioned: (Jordan) 3120

France, Robert

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451

Frank Hunt School, Surrey, B.C.

Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 1181

Franklin, Benjamin

Mentioned: (Veitch) 2058

Fraser, Hon. Alexander Vaughan, Minister of Highways and Public Works (Cariboo)

Accounting and auditing provisions, changes in municipality 2266

Beanery, future of, A. 925

Blanshard-Courtenay building 2123

B.C. Buildings Corp., accountability of government departments required 2193

British Columbia Buildings Corporation Act (Bill 23) 1R, 1629; 2R, 2123-4; C, 3391-3, 3396

B.C. Buildings Corp., deficit-financing aspect of 2193

B.C. Buildings Corp., expropriation power of 2193-4, 3191-3

B.C. Buildings Corp., money for Highways department for road construction 3283, 3297

B.C. Buildings Corp., self-supporting 2123

B.C. Buildings Corp., staffing for, security and benefit 2194

B.C. Buildings Corp., taxes, payment of 3396

Brunette Street overpass, funding of, A. 2295

Budget, balanced 797

Budget debate 796-9

Buildings, public, construction of, funds for 2123

Buller, Wes, access permit for a pub at Dragon Lake 3297

Bylaws, amendment to acquire plurality, change in 2266

Cape Horn bluffs 3291

Corporations, municipal, voting right 2265

Drivers, slow, on highways 3281-2

Economic policy of NDP, criticism of 797-8

Ferries, free, interior situation 3283-4, 3299

Ferries, salt water, jurisdiction of, A. 1751

Food dispensers, standard of on Sechelt Queen, A. 2579

Forests department estimates 3080

Fountain, construction, in front of parliament buildings, A. 1276

George Massey Tunnel, fire hazard in 3347

George Massey Tunnel, shuttle system for cycles 3304

Gulf Island, ferry rates, A. 1751

Highway 3, Champion Creek to Meadow Siding section 3287-8

Highway 16, upgrading of 3284

Highway 27, bridge, replacement, A. 1408

Highway administration 3281

Highway budget, progress payments estimated 3284

Highway construction, federal sharing programmes 3300

Highway construction on northern Vancouver Island, DREE fund for 3284, 3299

Highway maintenance, adequate funds for 3282-3, 3297

Highway safety 3281-2

Highways Act, expropriation powers under 3392-3

Highways and Public Works department estimates 3281-4, 3286-7, 3291, 3295, 3296, 3299-3300, 3304

Highways department, subdivision applications policy 3295

Lions Gate Bridge, flag on 3286

Lions Gate Bridge, upgrading of 3286

Lower levels road, upgrading of 3286

Ministerial role in range war, A. 3018

Municipal Amendment Act (1976) 2266

Office space rented or leased by government 1275

Parliament buildings, access to by people in wheelchairs 3295

Parliament buildings, parking facilities in front of, A. 1275

Penticton bypass, route of 3300

Persons not on list of electors but otherwise qualified to vote 2265

Plateau Mills, timber allocation for NDP, policy 3080

Property owners in municipality, voting rights 2265

Property tax, payment by government 2194

Public Works department, responsibilities of 3282

Road, replacement to Mica Creek 3291

Sechelt Queen, fares on, A. 2578

Sharpe, Norman, Department of Public Works, appointment to 1439-40

Sharpe, Norman, employment and duties of 3297-8, 3300

Shawnigan Lake Road, repairing of 3295

Speed limit on highways 3281

Taghum Bridge, location of 3287

Taxes in arrears, interest charged on, increase of 2266

Thetis Island ferry, cost of operations 3283

Thetis Island ferry renamed Thetis-Kuper Island ferry 3295

Traffic signs on Trans-Canada Highway, A. 1275

Trout Lake, road planned on east side 3291

Upper Levels Highway, Lonsdale intersection 3286

Vancouver downtown building 2123

Vancouver downtown project, Shrum report, A. 705

Village of Lillooet, order-in-council 3832 concerning 798

Fraser, John

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2684

Fraser, Malcolm

Mentioned: (Kerster) 434

Fraser River, B.C.

Crossing, new, between Deas Tunnel and Pattullo Bridge (Davidson) 928

Debris, floating, cleanup (Rogers) 722

Debris, floating, cleanup, funding cutback (Lockstead) 3103 (Waterland) 3 103

Estuary, environmental protection of (Skelly) 1851, 1862-4

McGregor diversion, salmon industry, effect on (Skelly) 3067, 3255

Pollution, problem of (Skelly) 1850-1, 1862-4, 1866, 1873-4 (Mussallem) 1864-5 (Nielsen) 1865-6, 1873-4

Sturgeon Bank (Nielsen) 1851, 1865-6 (Skelly) 1862-3

Fraser River Ecology Committee

System E development in Fraser River basin, report: on (Skelly) 3067-8, 3255

Fraser Valley, B.C.

Agricultural land, preservation of (Wallace, B.B.) 849

Egg producers in (Wallace, B.B.) 1399 (Lloyd) 1412

Farmland, use for industrial and residential purpose (Lauk) 1415-6

Flooding, danger of (Mussallem) 1030

Housing, land for (Phillips) 1424

Library, regionall, area, cutback in funding (Dailly) 3324 (McCarthy) 3331

Vegetable growers, negotiations with government (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 1053 (Phillips) A. 1053

Fraser Valley College

Mentioned: (McGeer) 1617

Fraser Valley Organics Ltd.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451

Fraternal Order of Eagles

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1200

Freedom of Information Act

(Bill 33) (Wallace, G.S.) 1R, 319; 2R, 481-2, 737, 2522

Speakers: (2R) Gardom 482; Wallace, G.S. 481

Division: 2R, adjournment of debate approved 2522

Access to governmental information (Wallace, G.S.) 481

Freedom of individuals to protect own interests (Wallace, G.S.) 481

Ombudsman, office of (Wallace, G.S.) 481 (Gardom) 482

Frew, Keith

Quoted (Lea) 1830

Friesen, John

Mentioned: (Davidson) 1421

Froehlich, George

Quoted (King) 1635, 1642

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1135

Fruit Growers Mutual Insurance Co.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 1760

Full-employment policies

Community employment programme of NDP (Levi) 2372

Creation of new jobs, direction of policy (Wallace, G.S.) 183

Federal programmes, withdrawal of (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 73 (Vander Zalm) A. 73

New job opportunities, creation of (Throne speech) 12 (Budget address) 257

Training, mobile programme proposed (Shelford) 2314

Fur — Taxation

Royalty increase on (Gibson) 3322 (Skelly) 3323-4

Fyles, Jim

Mentioned: (Waterland) 2703, 2723, 2750, 2764, 2768