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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Nabob Foods Ltd.

Mentioned: (Sanford) 1586

Nanaimo, B.C.

School situation affected by CUPS strike (Stupich) Q. 2073, 2378 (Williams) A. 2073, 2323, 2377-9, 2418 (McGeer) 2323 (Wallace, G.S.) 2378 (King) 2418 (Gibson) 2418

Nanaimo Daily Free Press, Nanaimo, B.C.

Quoted (Wallace, B.B.) 851

Nanaimo Senior Secondary School, Nanaimo, B.C.

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2231

National Council of Welfare

See: Canada — National Council of Welfare

National Energy Board of Canada

Mentioned: (Bennett) 1823, 2107, 2514 (Davis) 3235

National Equalization Programme

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 254

National Housing Act of Canada

Interest rate, current (Nicolson) 3150 (Curtis) 3150

Mentioned: (Curtis) 265 (Nicolson) 3215

National Parks Branch

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1508

Native Indian Brotherhood of British Columbia

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 561

Natural gas

See: Gas, Natural

Natural Gas Revenue Sharing Act

Disparity fund (Sanford) 203

Funding, basis of (Curtis) 844

Mentioned: (Budget address) 261 (Barber) 3201

Natural Products Marketing Act

Provincial marketing board, review of (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 2202-3 (Phillips) A. 2202-3

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 1435, 1446

Natural resources

Co-ordinating large-scale development, Budget address 257

Development affected by BCR higher freight rates (D’Arcy) I110

Development of (Veitch) 19

Railway line access (Lauk) 1089 (Wallace, G.S.) 1105, 1107

Resource industries, revenue from (Stupich) 1120, 1174 (Wallace, G.S.) 1145 (Skelly) 1208-10

Tax revenue from (Stupich) 1174

Neiber, Reinhold

Mentioned: (Lea) 2464

Neilson, William

Mentioned: (Sanford) 1545 (Gibson) 1555 (Main) 1690

Nelson, B.C.

Consumer Action League office proposed (Nicolson) 1550, 1552, 1563 (Mair) 1552-3, 1563

Drinking pattern, study on (Nicolson) 1249-55

Government agent office offering ICBC insurance (Nicolson) 1223

Handicapped, entry into labour force (Nicolson) 1494

Hydro-electric plant, building of (Nicolson) 3197

Nelson, Henry

Mentioned: (Haddad) 624

Nelson Daily News, Nelson, B.C.

Headline quoted (Nicolson) 439

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 887

Nelson-Creston region, B.C.

Industrial needs of (Nicolson) 1496

Nemetz, Nathan T.

Mentioned (Wallace, G.S.) 1282

Netzer, Dick

Economics of Public Finance quoted (King) 762-3

New Deal Magazine

Quoted (Kahl) 142

New-Home Warranty Organization

Programme in Burnaby (Mair) 2958

New Westminster, B.C.

Courthouse facility, construction, study on (Loewen) 734

Transportation services for senior citizens (Cocke) 2411-2 (Vander Zalm) 2412

New Westminster Secondary School, New Westminster, B.C.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 1181

New York, N.Y.

Financial situation (Bawtree) 2055

Mentioned: (Budget address) 250

Ney, Frank James

Mentioned: (Levi) 418 (Sanford) 695

Nichols, Marj orie

Quoted (Stupich) 280 (Bawlf) 359

Nicolson, Lorne (Nelson-Creston)

Address in reply, amendment 106-8

Agricultural industry diversification and competition necessary 601

Agriculture department estimates 1426-9, 1436-7, 1451-2, 1455, 1459-60, 1542

Agriculture department estimates, opening overview, lack of 1426-7

Agriculture department, release of annual report 1436, 1455

Agriculture minister, criticism of 1426-7

Agriculture minister, meetings with farm-industry groups 1427

Agriculture minister, other positions and duties 1428-9

Anti-inflation, freeze on taxes 883

Anti-Inflation Measures Act 2066-70

Anti-inflation policy of government, criticism of 2066-70

Attorney-General department estimates 1249-55, 1354, 1356, 1358-60, 1363, 1366

Alcohol advertising 1253

Alcoholism, impaired driving in Nelson-Creston region, study on 1249-55, 1354

Audain report on mobile homes, implementation of 3220

Bennett Dam 1034

Bonner, Robert, statements on energy need forecast 1034

B.C. Deficit Repayment Act (1975-1976) 594, 688-90

B.C. Energy Commission, energy needs of province, study on 1034

B.C. Ferries, lease arrangements 2876

B.C. Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1976) 1034-5, 1038-9

B.C. Railway, accounting regulations not those prescribed by Canadian Transport Commission 1099-1100

B.C. Railway, board approval, lacking for many revisions and additions 1098

B.C. Railway, borrowing power increase, not the first time 1100

B.C. Railway, construction cost 1098

B.C. Railway, contract overruns 1097-8

B.C. Railway Dease Lake extension 1097-8, 1100-1

B C. Railway, Dease Lake extension, contract overrun 1101

B.C. Railway, deficit 1097-8

B.C. Railway, depreciation allowances grossly inadequate 1098

B.C. Railway, extension projects, effect on Indian land claims and environment 1101

B.C. Railway, financial losses cover-up 1098-1100

B.C. Railway, financial prospectus, lack of 1157

B.C. Railway, financial reports 1098-9

B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson extension 1097-8, 1101

B.C. Railway, Hanrahan report 1101

B.C. Railway, Minty report recommendations 1097

B.C. Railway, operating materials, stock-taking 1097

B.C. Railway, operational deficiencies 1097

B C. Railway, political interference in 1098

B C. Railway, pre-engineering, lack of 1100-1

B.C. Railway, road maintenance, operating deficit 1097

B.C. Railway, Swan-Wooster report 1098, 1100-1

B.C. Railway, Touche-Ross report 1101

British Columbia Railway Company Construction Loan Amendment Act (1976) 1096-1102, 1157

British Columbia Teachers Federation, achievements as a professional organization 1625

Budget debate 599-604

Camping fees for senior citizens 3319

Central Mortgage and Housing 2661-2

Chemical dependency counselling service 1254

Cheques, non-sufficient-funds, issue of 442

Chilliwack agricultural land reserve, A. 2942

Chlorination plants, expenditure for 2968

Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1976) 948-9

Cigarette tax increase, regressive nature of 948-9

Clarkson Gordon report, a review, not an audit 437

Clarkson Gordon report, deficit situation of B.C. 437-8

Columbia River Treaty 1034

Community recreational facilities fund grants, applications to, Q. 1789

Companies under Agriculture department, list of directors 1451-2, 1455, 1458-9, 2330-2

Condominium owners, payment default, termination of utilities service, repeal of section 2645

Condominium owners, tax payment through strata corporations, repeal of section 2645

Consumer Action League, office in Nelson, funding for 1550, 1552, 1563

Consumer Services department estimates 1550-2, 1563

Corporation income increase, effect on small business 870

Corporation income tax increase for small business, yield resulting from 1026-7

Cragg report, sales tax increase, impact on cost of living 1199

Creston Co-operative Packers, loan to 1542

Creston Valley Waterfowl management area 3319-20

Crown corporations, government interference in 1100

Crown land available for housing 1851-2

Debate, adjournment of, motion for 2822-3

Deficit of province 437-9

Deficit repayment loan, interest, amendment to vote 69 1225

Deficit repayment loan, reduction of interest on 1227-8

Drinking-driving, educational programme on 1254

Drinking-driving, penalties for, enforcement of 1253-4

Driver's licence, impairment suspension, hardship on rural residents 1253

Drivers, impaired, roadblock checks for 1254, 1354

Duncan Dam, cost of area cleanup 3107

Dunhill Development 1214

Economic Development department estimates 1494-6

‘Economic Development department, hydro-electric power demand survey 1034

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, attacks on directors 1042-3

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, conferences 1042

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, consultation with directors on abolition 1074

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, functions and research 1042

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, independence of 1043

Economic Policy Analysis Institute of British Columbia Repeal Act, 1041-3, 1074-5

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, study on energy needs of province 1034

Education department estimates 1625-7, 1720-2, 1734-6, 1810-1

Education material, sales tax exemption for 1200-1

Education finance formula 1720-2

Education, mill rate increases 1720-1

Elderly Citizens Housing Aid Act, federal commitments under 3215

Environment department, creation and legality of 2808-9

Environment department estimates 1851-2

Executive council estimates 2330-2

Farm Income Assurance Fund, assistance to 601

Farrier programme in Dawson Creek vocational school 604

Ferry travel, free for students, Q. 1665

Finance department estimates 1136, 1177-8, 1199-1200, 1214, 1223, 1225, 1227-8

Forests department estimates 3107

Funds, special, revenue in 438

Government agent offices offering ICBC insurance 1223

Government examination for grade 12 1626

Government Reorganization Act 2807-11, 2822-3, 2876-82

Government Reorganization Act, deferral of second reading for six months, amendment to 2876-82

Government reorganization policy, erosion of legislative democratic processes 2879-82

Government reorganization policy, powers of 2808-11

Gravel operations, reclamation, permits required 3023-4

Green Belt Protection Fund 859-60

Gymnasiums and basketball courts, Saturday use of schools 1735

Handicapped, entry into labour force 1494

Hastings Street urban renewal project 3220

Hat Creek coal project 1034-5, 1039

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

Highway 3, improvement and shortening 3287

Highways and Public Works department estimates 3287-8

Homeowner grant and school tax, merging of 1898

Homeowner grant for senior citizens, increase 1898

Home Purchase Assistance Act 2659-62, 3148-52

Home-purchase assistance, applicants receiving previous NHA assistance ineligible 3148-9

Home-purchase assistance, eligible residences for 2660-1, 3150-2

Home-purchase assistance for new homes 2662, 3152

Home-purchase assistance programme, implementation of 3220

Home-purchase assistance, second mortgage for new or older homes 2660, 3150

Home-purchase assistance, self-built homes, provision for 2659-60, 3152

Hospital extended-care rate increase, consideration for special groups 1199-1200

Hospital increases, per diem 1199-1201

Housing, cooperative, budget commitment for 3221

Housing, rental 600-1

Hydro-electric plant, building of 3197

ICBC, cheque, authorization of 1136

ICBC, non-sufficient funds, cheque to 439, 441

ICBC rate increase, criticisms of 106-8

Income Tax Amendment Act (1976) 870-1, 1026

Interior university, importance of 604

Kaiser Coal, royalty payment increase 3053-4, 3057

Kaiser, Edgar, meetings with Mines minister 3053

Kootenay Dehydration Ltd., loan to 1542

Kootenay Forest Products, purchase of 1935

Kootenay Lake study, B.C. participation in, Q. 1053

Kootenay Library System Society, funding of 3124

Land Amendment Act (1976) 2969

Land Commission, public hearings on land release 1890

Leasehold Crown strata titles 2645

MacInnes Place, rental housing, new interest in, Q. 75, 117

MacNeil Place, plans for disposal, Q. 277-8, 600

Medicare premiums for non-smokers 948

Metric conversion 2969

Mine safety 3057-8

Mineral Royalties Act 884, 887

Mines and Petroleum Resources department estimates 3023-4, 3053-5, 3057-8, 3063-4

Mobile home, purchase exempted from sales tax 886

Motor-vehicle Amendment Act, 1976 (No. 2) 2975-6

Municipal Affairs department estimates 3215, 3220-1

Municipal Amendment Act (1976) 3197-8

Municipalities, payments to 439

Municipalities to engage in public works business enterprises 3197-8

Natal urban renewal project 3220

Natural Gas Revenue-Sharing Act, extension to water improvement districts 2969

Nelson-Creston, industrial needs 1496

Notre Dame University, criticism of government non-interference policy 601-3, 1627

Notre Dame University, funding for 1810-1

Notre Dame University, funding, ultimatum regarding 602-3

Notre Dame University, programme, discussion with Selkirk College 1267

Notre Dame University, programme expansion recommended by Universities Council 603-4

Peace River Dam, environmental impact of damming 1034

Pemco Holdings, mortgages and debentures held under 3220

Police College, instructors, reduction in number 1366

Police, secret force, existence of 1358-60, 1363

Potato-processing plant in Creston, proposed 1459-60

Power lines, construction in Creston Valley 1039

Price increase, monitoring of 1550

Principals and administrators, reassignment, appeal procedure for 3213

Propane Gas Association of Canada, submission by 1177-8

Propane gas, sales tax on 1177-8

Properties, expropriation of 3149

Property tax, eventual removal for senior citizens 1898

Prospectors assistance programme, criticism of 3063-4

Provincial Home-owner Grant Amendment Act (1976) 1898

Provincial Secretary department estimates 3124, 3319-20

Public Construction Fair Wages Act 3142-3

Public Schools Amendment Act (1976) 3213

Public Works Fair Employment Act, repeal of 3142-3

Rail agreement with federal government 1101

Railcar plant in Squamish 1494-5

Reeves Macdonald, reclamation work of 3024

Resident caretakers for schools 1734

Revelstoke Dam project 1034, 1039

Revenue Amendment Act (1976) 1934-6

Safe-driving dividend for under 25s 2976

Sales tax exemption for agricultural equipment and materials 884-5, 990

Sales tax, growth index of 888

Sales tax increase, deferral for six months 787

Sales tax increase, expected revenue from 886

Sales tax, removal on building materials 883-4

Salmo River flood and erosion control study report 1887

Scholarship examination for grade 12 1626

School District 86, funding for 1720, 1722

Semester system in schools 1626

Sheriffs, deputy, future of training programme 1356, 1359

Social Services Tax Amendment Act (1976) 787-8, 883-8, 990

Special Funds Revenue Recovery Act (1976) 859-60, 1026

Strata corporations, policing powers, removal of 2645-6

Strata lots, designated group, regulated by separate organization, repeal of 2645

Strata Titles Amendment Act (1976) 2644-6

Student summer employment, funding 574-5

Supply Act, No. 1 (1976) 344-7, 574-8

Supply Act, No. 1 (1976) political reason for Bill 346

Supply Act, No. 1 (1976) summer student employment, effect of bill on 346, 574-5

Supply Act, No. 1 (1976) timing, necessity and duration of Bill 344-7

Surrey water and sewer system programme, criticism of 599

Swan Valley Foods, dumping of potatoes 1459-60

Swan Valley Foods, grant to 1542

Swan Valley Foods, Labour minister on board of directors, Q. 2578

Swan Valley Foods, vacancy on board of directors 1451-2, 1459-60

Taghum Bridge, location of 3287

Take the Car out of Carnage programme in Prince George 1249, 1254, 2975-6

Transit, rural, sussidy for Kootenay transit authority 3220

United Mine Workers of America, District 18, Michel Local No 7292, labour situation 3053-5

Universities Council letter to Notre Dame University board of governors, Q. 322

Value schools 1735-6

Wages, fair and fringe benefits 3143

Wages, fair, arbitrary assessing authority of government 3143

Water Amendment Act (1976) 2968-9

Water Improvement District Assistance Act (Bill 41) I R, 1406

Water rights branch, importance of 2968

West Kootenay Consumer Action League, funding discontinued 1550-1

Workers, rights, protection of 3143

Nielsen, Hon. James Arthur, Minister of Environment (Richmond)

Adams River, federal-provincial cost-sharing programme 1865

Agriculture department estimates 1460-1

Alert Bay, slide problem 1867

Annacis Island treatment plant 1865

Application backlog for land leases 1816

Auditor General Act 2146-7

Auditor-General, authority and independence of 2147

Auditor-General, government spending, review of 2146

Bicycle paths, construction of 1877

B.C. Deficit Repayment Act (1975-1976) 461-2

B.C. Hydro power development, statement on, A. 2233-4

Budget debate 562-4

Coal, northeast project, environmental studies on 1874

Crown land for housing 1852, 1889

Deficit of province 462

ELUC, studies, publication of 1890

Ellsay Don, treatment of 1847-8

Environment, damage to, assessment of 1816

Environment department, components 1816

Environment department, estimates 1816-7, 1827-9, 1835-6, 1838-9, 1844-5, 1847-52, 1862, 1865-7, 1870-4, 1877-81, 1885-90

Environment department, staffing for 1816

Environment minister, defence of criticism 1827-9

Farmland, preservation 1871

Financial mismanagement of NDP 2146-7

Fraser River, pollution problem 1865-6, 1873-4

Halfmoon Bay Estates, Sechelt, lease, conflict of interest, A. 1079, 1219

Industrial waste, disposal of 1872-3

Kootenay Lake study, B.C., participation in, A. 1054, 1116

Kootenays, East, payment to 2146-7

Ladysmith foreshore leases, grant of, A. 705, 842

Ladysmith Harbour Authority, appointment of, A. 705, 842

Ladysmith Harbour, bark situation 1879

Land, agricultural, acquisition of 1816

Land Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 29) 1R, 2381; 2R, 2969-70

Land Commission, membership of 1870-1

Land Commission, public hearings on land release 1890

Land release appeals to Land Commission 1871

Letter quoted (Lea) 1831-2

Liquid chlorine tank cars, search in Strait of Georgia 1886

Metric conversion 1969-70

Michell farm, purchase of, A. 16

Mines and Petroleum Resources department estimates 1774-8

Mines and Petroleum Resources minister, salary reduction 2774-8

Oil refineries, pollution impact, study on 1888

Oil spill, clean-up action, legislation on 1878

Parks branch, under Recreation and Tourism department 1828

Pipeline between Prince Rupert and Edmonton, proposed 1878

Polluters, official notification to, policy of 1850-1

Polluters, penalties for and prosecution of 1849

Pollution Control Act, an offence against, fines for 1967-8

Pollution Control (1967) Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 26) 1R, 2381; 2R, 2967-8; C, 3207

Pollution control branch director, power of 1967

Port Alice, slide problem 1867

Potato factory in Delta, proposed 1461

Properties, subdivision, permit to install sewage system 2968

Recycling programme in Victoria, A. 176, 1081, 1218-9

Revelstoke Dam, proposed, environmental impact on 1862, 1865-6, 1882

Revelstoke Dam, proposed, water-licence hearing 1862, 1882, 1887, 2425

Richmond, history and present problems 562-3

Rural subdivisions, establishment of 1816

SAM project, progress of 1888-9

Salmo River, flood and erosion control study report 1887-8

Senior government officials, definition of 2969

Skagit Valley, B.C. Hydro and Seattle City Light project 1859

Stein River Valley logging, ELUC consultation, A. 1666

Sturgeon Bank, federal-provincial discussion on 1851, 1865-6

Tanker traffic at Prince Rupert 1878

Thompson River task force report, A. 275, 472, 560-1, 705, 842, 1052-3, 1081, 1835-6, 1838-9, 1847-8

Tsitika-Schoen area, development of 1885

UBC Endowment Lands, advisory committee to Environment minister 1886

UBC Endowment Lands golf course, management travel expenses 1887

UBC Endowment Lands, housing development on 1886

Vancouver airport runway extension, report 1890

Waste composting, municipal 1877

Water Act, administration of, under Environment minister 1888

Water Act, penalties levelled under, amendment to 2968

Water Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 27) 1R, 2381; 2R, 2968-9; C, 3207

Water improvement districts, penalty for unpaid taxes 2968, 3207

Water licences, applications for 2969

Water, sale to U.S.A. 1862

West Kootenay water supply study report 1885

Nimpkish tribe

Webster, G.C., North Island College, appointment recommended (Sanford) 1620-1 (McGeer) 1620-2

Nimpkish Valley, B.C.

Development of (Sanford) 205

Nimsick, Leo

Mentioned: (Calder) 139 (Phillips) 710 (King) 1079 (Gardom) 2542

Nishga tribe

Land claims, negotiations in progress (Williams) 827 (Bennett) 1057

Mentioned: (Throne speech) 13

Nixon, Richard

Mentioned: (King) 36

Nobbs, Vic

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451

Nootka Sound Services Ltd.

Financial problem of (Lockstead) 771

Noranda Mines Ltd.

Goldstream River, pollution of (King) Q. 2039 (Waterland) A. 2039, 3028

Mentioned: (Kempf) 22 (Gibson) 2236 (Skelly) 2686, 3066 (Barrett) 3089

Norris, Len

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1044

North Fraser Harbour Commission

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 995

North Island Community College

Funding for (Sanford) 1723-4, 1813

Taylor, Rene, dismissal from (Brown) 1614, 1616 (McGeer) 1616-7 (Sanford) 1620

North Island Gazette, Port Hardy, B.C.

Letter to editor quoted (Sanford) 1621

North Island Senior Secondary School, Port McNeill, B.C.

Mentioned: (Sanford) 1663

Northern Lights College

Mentioned (Dailly) 1622

Northern Winter Games

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 955

Northwest College, Terrace, B.C.

Mentioned: (Shelford) 569

Northwest Community College

Appointments, new (Lea) 1618-9, 1724-5 (McGeer) 1619-20, 17245

NDP appointees, dismissal of (Lea) 1618-9

Mentioned (McGeer) 1617

Northwest Loggers Association

Mentioned: (Shelford) 573

Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.

Forest Service and B.C. Hydro, meeting with (Skelly) 3066, 3070 (Waterland) 3066, 3070

Mentioned: (Lloyd) 605 (Skelly) 2686, 3066, 3069

Notre Dame University

Decisions left to Universities Council, criticism of (Nicolson) 601-3, 1627

Funding for (Nicolson) 1810-1 (McGeer) 1811

Funding, ultimatum regarding (Nicolson) 602-3

Government policy regarding (McGeer) 875, 1627-8

ICBC rate increase, effect on the students (Nicolson) 107

Selkirk College, discussion on educational programme (Nicolson) 1627

Universities Council of B.C. recommendations on programme expansion (Nicolson) 603-4

Nunweiler, A.A.

B.C. Railway director, fee as (Phillips) 1522-3 (Lauk) 1522 (Kahl) 1682 (Lea) 1684

Nurses and nursing

Nursing relief for Edgewood (King) 2046

Public health nursing, proposed reduction (Wallace, B.B.) 2029-30 (McClelland) 2031

Salaries of (Brown) 1989

Nursing homes

Construction of (Wallace, G.S.) 2020

Nyberg, Brian,

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1835