W

WEOC

See: Western Economic Opportunities Conference

W.A.C. Bennett Dam, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lloyd) 608 (Nicolson) 1034 (Davis) 1036 (Skelly) 3254

Wadsworth, J.P.R.

Quoted (Loewen) 732, 768

Wage-price controls

See: Wage-price policy

Wage-price policy

AIB, across-the-board percentage, criticism of (Brown) 1704-5

AIB, inconsistency in performance (Wallace, G.S.) 1649 (Barnes) 1675 (Shelford) 1678 (Wallace, B.B.) 1680-2 (Shelford) 1697 (Cocke) 2075

Accountability, principle of (Bennett) 765 (Wallace, G.S.) 767

Anti-inflation Act, federal intrusion on provincial autonomy (Gardom) 766 (King) 767 (Gibson) 767

Anti-Inflation Measures Act. See name of act

Anti-inflation measures recommended (Lockstead) 1698 (Sanford) 2053-4

Anti-inflation policy of government, inequities in (Brown) 1704-8 (Sanford) 2035, 2050-4 (Nicolson) 2067-70

Anti-inflation programme, agreement with Ottawa (Wallace, G.S.) 183, 1648-51 (Wolfe) 1633-4 (Wallace, B.B.) 1679 (Main) 1690-2 (Lockstead) 1699 (Levi) 2064-6 (Stupich) 2095-6

Anti-inflation programme, co-operation agreement with Ottawa, temporary nature of (Wolfe) 1633 (Wallace, G.S.) 1648 (Hewitt) 1658 (Stupich) 2091-2

Anti-inflation programme, economic effects on province (Wolfe) 254 (Gibson) 1646

Civil service employees, wages of (Brown) 1703

Federal government, co-operation with (Throne speech) 11

Federal policy, provincial government inconsistency (Wallace, G.S.) 1650-1

Federal policy, supreme court decision on (Wallace, G.S.) 1650-1 (Mair) 1690 (Jordan) 1696 (Gardom) 2274-5 (King) 2275-9 (Gibson) 2276-7 (Wolfe) 2278

Federal programme, criticism of (Loewen) 732 (Sanford) 2053 (Cocke) 2075

Federal programme, effect on B.C. economy (Skelly) 819 (Wallace, B.B.) 822

Federal programme, negotiations with (Bennett) 765, 1055 (Gardom) 766 (King) 766-7 (Gibson) 767 (Wallace, G.S.) 767 (Loewen) 768

Freeze on gas, rent control, food, drugs and beverages, cancelled (King) 35 (Lauk) 332

Government programme, criticism of (King) 1634-7, 1639-45 (Gibson) 1645-8 (Wallace, G.S.) 1652-4 (Dailly) 16547 (Skelly) 1659-60, 1666-7 (Barnes) 1669-76 (Kerster) 1677 (Wallace, B.B.) 1679-82 (Lea) 1684-90 (Brown) 1704-8 (Sanford) 2034-5 (Macdonald) 2057-8 (Levi) 2060-4 (Nicolson) 2066-70 (Cocke) 2074-9 (Lauk) 2087-90 (Stupich) 2090-7

Government programme, private free enterprise, harmful to (Levi) 2060-4

Government spending, freeze on (Gibson) 161 (Lauk) 331

MLAs, salary reduction (Brown) 1707-8

NDP programme (King) 1637-8 (Skelly) 1660-1, 1666 (Jordan) 1693-6 (Williams) 1709, 1711-3 (Bawlf) 2032-3 (Lloyd) 2085-6 (Jordan) 2097

Price-freeze policy, absolute power of government (Gibson) 1647-8, 2285-6, 2297-9 (Wallace, G.S.) 1653-4, 2285, 2299-2300 (Wolfe) 2099, 2298 (King) 2286-7, 2297 (Barber) 2287-8

Price-wage increases, provincial restraint, regulations for (Wolfe) 1633-4, 2097-99 (King) 1634-7, 1639-45 (Gibson) 1645-8 (Wallace, G.S.) 1652-4 (Dailly) 1654-7 (Hewitt) 1657-9 (Skelly) 1659-60, 1666-7 (Kempf) 1667-9 (Barnes) 1669-76 (Shelford) 1678-9 (Kahl) 1683-4 (Jordan) 1692-3, 1696-7 (Rogers) 1699 (Brown) 1704-8 (Williams) 1710-5 (Bawlf) 2031-4 (Bawtree) 2054-6 (Veitch) 2059-60 (Levi) 2063-5 (Davidson) 2080-1 (Lloyd) 2086-7 (Stupich) 2093-6 (Bennett) 2322

Restraint practised (Throne speech) 11 (Veitch) 21 (King) 777

Wage increase percentage, bottom-loading system proposed (Brown) 1705-6

Wage mismanagement of NDP government (Kerster) 1676-7 (Shelford) 1678 (Kahl) 1682-3 (Williams) 1713

Wage rates, disparity in (King) 1641-3 (Skelly) 1667

Withdrawal option from anti-inflation programme, federal (Bennett) 765 (Wallace, G.S.) 767

Working people, impact of government policy (Lea) 1685-9

Wages

Fair wages and fringe benefits (King) 3138 (Wallace, G.S.) 3141 (Nicolson) 3143

Fair wages, government enforcement of contractors' and subcontractors' obligation (Williams) 3135-6 (Wallace, G.S.) 3141-2

Fair wages offered by employers, arbitrary government assessment (King) 3136-7 (Gibson) 3139-40 (Nicolson) 3143 (Macdonald) 3144 (Williams) 3145

Income, inequalities in province (Macdonald) 2211 (Brown) 2221-2

Walker, Douglas McKenzie

B.C. Railway, auditing of, complaint against (Nicolson) 1099

Mentioned: (Cocke) 384

Walker, Jim

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 1861

Walker and Gage

Household work, dollar value of, study on (Brown) 1519

Wall, Barry

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 2364

Wall and Redekop Corp.

Proceeding against (Gardom) 1326

Wall Street Journal

Headline quoted (Gibson) 1409

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1996

Wallace, Barbara B. (Cowichan-Malahat)

AIB, performance, criticism of 1680-2

Address in reply, amendment 127-30

Advertising, false, of farm produce 1580

Agricultural Aid to Developing Countries and World Disaster Areas Fund 859, 1021, 1023

Agricultural aid to developing countries, committee to administer 1525

Agricultural aid to developing countries, estimate 1401

Agricultural budget appropriation, cutback 1385

Agricultural land, preservation of 849

Agricultural land, taxation policy on 3217

Agricultural policy of government, criticism of 848-9, 1385-6

Agricultural programme, recent accomplishments 1386-7

Agricultural technological programmes, funding for 1402

Agriculture department estimates 1385-8, 1399-1402, 1429-33, 1523, 1525, 1538, 1540-4

Agriculture department, staff reduction 1401

Agriculture department, temporary help, increase 1401, 1543

Agriculture department, youth development programme 1542

Agriculture minister, separate portfolio proposed 1388, 2337

Alcohol and Drug Commission, Duncan-Cowichan, grant withdrawn 852-3, 2395

Anti-Inflation Measures Act 1679-82

Anti-inflation policy of government, criticism of 1679-82

Anti-inflation programme, co-operation agreement with Ottawa 1679

Attorney-General department estimates 1289-91, 1316-7, 1356, 1367-8

Auditor-General Act 2157

Automobile Insurance Amendment Act (1976) 2953-4

Beef-growing industry, advance FIAS payment 651, 690

Biological control banks, funding of 1402, 1541-2

Brentwood-Mill Bay ferry, commuter rates for 3260

B.C. Deficit Repayment Act (1975-1976) 462-9, 483, 651, 690

B. C. Egg Marketing Board, administration problem, Q. 2202-3, 2232

B.C. Egg Marketing Board, merits of 1431

B.C. Federation of Agriculture, meeting with minister 1386

B.C. Ferries, rate increases, effect on Vancouver Island agriculture, Q. 1308

B.C. Ferries rate increases, morale of staff, effect on 3259

B.C. Ferries rate increases, residents of Vancouver Island, effect on 3259

B.C. Hydro rate increase, residential users, effect on 3261

B.C. Railway, financial losses cover-up 468-9

Budget debate 847-54

Campaign funds and contributions 2338-9

Change of name legislation 1289

Cheques, non-sufficient funds 463

Chicken-pricing at retail level 1430

Child psychologist, loss of in Cowichan-Malahat region 853

Children, illegitimate, status of 1289

Church, building of, proposed in P-3 land zone in Surrey 2460-1

Clarkson Gordon report, a review, not an audit 465

Clarkson Gordon report, deficit situation of B.C. 464-5

Constitution Amendment Act (1976) 2209-10

Consumer Services department estimates 1580-1, 1587-8

Consumer Services department, staffing of 1580, 1587

Court services, staffing of 1356

Cowichan Indian band, social services on reserves 850-1

Cowichan school district, labour situation in, Q. 1344

Crown corporations, revenue transfer 467

Debate, adjournment of, motion for 2825

Democratic processes of legislation, erosion of freedom 2813-4

Domestic Animal Protection Act, funding for 1540

Economic growth in B.C. under NDP government 464-5

Economic Policy Analysis Institute as independent review of overall economic development 1067

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, independent research of 1066-7

Economic Policy Analysis Institute of British Columbia Repeal Act 1066-7

Education, funding, criticism of 851-2

Education, local autonomy 851

Egg production and northern producers 1399-1400

Employment, equal opportunity 3123

Environment department estimates 1879-80

Executive Council estimates 2336-40

FIAS, blueberry growers and sheep growers, schemes for, Q. 177

FIAS, funding for 1543

FIAS, land costs removed from production costs, formula proposed 1430-1

FIAS, potato growers and raspberry growers, scheme for, Q. 634

FIAS, staffing for 1544

Farm enterprise, small, governmental assistance, essential 1431-2

Farm income assurance scheme 1386, 1400-1

Farm machinery, cost of 1387

Farm produce, importing of 1388

Farm Products Industry Improvement Act, funding for 1402

Feed grains and rapeseed, pricing of 1432

Field crops, activity, personnel 1540

Finance department estimates 1136-7

Finance minister's office, staff increase 1136-7

Food, cost, as related to disposable income 1387-8

Food prices, spread in 1588 4-11 youth programme, funding reduction 1402

GAIN, asset-tested programme 3367, 3375-6

GAIN, regulations not specified 3367

GAIN, senior citizens, impact on 2459-60

Government borrowings, details of, Q. 2423

Government Reorganization Act 2811-4, 2825, 3388-9

Government Reorganization Act, withdrawal of sec. 1 3388-9

Grape-growing industry 1289, 1385

Grazing Act, funds collected under 3313

Grazing permits, review of, Q. 2579

Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act 2459-61, 3367, 3371-7

Guatemala earthquake relief donation 859

Handicapped, pension for, criticism of government policy 853

Health department estimates 2029-30

Health, public, scheme cutback, effect of 852

Highway 27, bridge replacement, Q. 1408

Highways and Public Works department estimates 3293-4

Hockey, violence in 1290

Hospital extended-care rate increase, Q. 1754, 1788

Human Resources department estimates 2394-5

ICBC, refunds, delays in, Q. 2482-3

ICBC, term deposits and investment position, Q. 472

Imperial Oil, price increases 1680-1

Income Tax Amendment Act (1976) 1026

Income tax exemption level 1026

Indian court workers, employment of 1290

Indian land claims, negotiation on 2336

Intermediate-care situation in Duncan 2395

Island Highway, speed limit, enforcement of 3293

Jones, Aaron, case history 853

Ladysmith foreshore leases, Q. 705

Ladysmith Harbour authority, appointment of, Q. 705

Ladysmith Harbour, bark situation 1879-80

Land Commission operation under Agriculture department, proposed 1388, 1429

Legal aid for women in matrimonial and family disputes related to property 1289

Library, coordination of services on Vancouver Island 3329

Licensing, cyclical, methods of identification and policing 3205-6

Logging industry, pollution of Victoria-Esquimalt Harbour 1879

MLAs, salaries, determination by independent tribunal 2210

MLAs, salary reduction 2209-10

Marketing boards, terms of reference 1400, 1430

Marketing, orderly 1388

Mines and Petroleum Resources department estimates 2692-3

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1976) 3311

Mortgage interest rate 1581, 1588

Motor-vehicle Amendment Act 1976 (No. 3) 3205-6

Motor-vehicle inspection notices, Q. 2518

Multiple-listing service in Duncan area 1316-7

Municipal Affairs department estimates 3217

Natural Products Marketing Act, review of, Q. 2202-3

Northern development, criteria for 1066-7

Nurses, public health, letter quoted 852

Parliament buildings, access to by people in wheelchairs 3293

Pea disease programme, funding for 1525

Private insurers, re-entry of 2953-4

Privilege, private members' bills, calling of 3130

Probation and special correctional programmes in Duncan 1367-8, 2394-6

Provincial Major Disaster Fund 1021

Provincial Secretary department estimates 3123-4, 3329-30

Public health nursing, proposed reduction 2029-30

Public Service Act 3311

Queen of Prince Rupert, senior citizens not travelling free 3260-1

Rangeland, management of 2692-3

Real estate business, multiple listing service 1316-7

Revelstoke Dam, proposed environmental impact 1879

Sales tax exemptions for daily essential items 889

Sales tax increase, deferral for six months 821-2

Sales tax increase, effect on low-income earners 889

School in Cowichan Valley, training school dropouts, financial aid 1290

Shawnigan Lake Road, repairing of 3293-4

Social Services Tax Amendment Act (1976) 821-2, 888-9

Special Funds Revenue Recovery Act (1976) 859, 1021, 1023

Status of Women, provincial co-ordinator, re-establishment of 850

Stumpage revenue 2692

Supply Act, No. 1 (1976) 348-9

Supply Act, No. 1, 1976, amount and purpose 348-9

Taxes and other increases imposed by government, impact 2337-40

Tent Island, lease withdrawal, Q. 3019

Thetis Island ferry, renaming of 3293

Transport and Communications department estimates 3259-61

Vegetable growers in Fraser Valley, negotiations with, Q. 1053

Vegetable growers, negotiations with government 1430

White Crown ski development 3330

White Raven Canoe Club, travel assistance for, Q. 3243

Women, employment in government 2336

Women, employment opportunities and training 849

Women in prisons, position of 1289-90

Women, older, employment and training 3123

Women Rally for Action, brief 850

Women, rural, employment 3124

Women, training and job opportunities, Attorney-General department report 1290

Women's Institute Conference, Agriculture minister, presence of, Q. 2295

Women's Institute, grant to 1538

Workers' Compensation claims before boards of review in 1975 and 1976, Q. 3402

World Food Relief Fund, proposed expenditures 1402

Wallace, Dan

Mentioned: (Davidson) 1421

Wallace, George

Mentioned: (Stupich) 363

Wallace, G. Scott (Oak Bay)

AIB agreement with federal government, Q. 276-7

AIB, inconsistency in performance 1649

Abortions, greater Vancouver, investigation of, Q. 1631, 1753-4

Accountability for spending for Crown corporations 2946

Accounting practices of government re-examined 450

Address in reply 169-73, 178-88

Address in reply, amendment 53-7

Adjournment, time of 397-8

Administrative costs in public school system 1794

Advertisements, misleading 1553

Adviser to Minister of Education on sex discrimination, reappointment 180

Agricultural aid to developing countries 1524-5

Agricultural Aid to Developing Countries and World Disaster Areas Fund, 303, 856-7, 971-2

Agricultural products, imported, tariffs on 1465, 1474

Agriculture department estimates 1433-6, 1445-7, 1449-50, 1453-4, 1464-6, 1474-5, 1524-5

Agriculture department estimates committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again, negatived 1434

Agriculture minister, dual portfolio of 1445

Agriculture minister, meeting with farm industry groups 1445

Agriculture minister's visit to Kamloops 1445

Alaska pipeline connection, proposal 1925

Ambulatory-confused person, care of 2430

Anti-academic attitude of government 1061

Anti-Inflation Act, federal, supreme court decision on legality 1650-1, 2273-4, 2276, 2278

Anti-inflation agreement with other province or state, inclusion of phrase “or state” 2281-2

Anti-Inflation Measures Act 1648-54, 2273-4, 2276, 2278, 2281-2, 2285, 2299-2300

Anti-inflation measures, co-operation with federal government 182-3

Anti-inflation policy of Ottawa, government inconsistency 1650-1

Anti-inflation programme, agreement with Ottawa 1648-51

Anti-inflation programme, federal, negotiations with 767-8

Anti-inflation programme of government, criticism of 1652-4

Attorney-General department estimates 1246-8, 1281-6, 1335-7, 1346-8, 1350

Auditor General Act 2104-5

Auditor-General, appointment by unanimous decision of special committee 2105

Auditor-General, authority of 2105

Auditor-General, salary and status 2105

Automobiles, purchase of, consumer protection 2958

BCTF, membership compulsory, to be employable in public school system 1599-1601, 1801-2

Balloting, preferential, return to 3325-6

Bar, inquiry into competence of member 2629-30

Beanery, future of, Q. 925

Binding arbitration 2595

Blair report on hospital strike 2493

Blanshard Street extension 3288-9

British Columbia Buildings Corporation Act 2190-3, 2249-50, 2259-61, 3390-1, 3393, 3396-7

B. C. Buildings Corp., board of directors, opposition member to be included 2249

B.C. Buildings Corp., board of directors, power of . 2191

B.C. Buildings Corp., Crown corporation, creation of 2190

B.C. Buildings Corp., deficit financing aspect 2191

B.C. Buildings Corp., expropriation powers 2259-60, 3390-1, 3393

B.C. Buildings Corp., expropriation section, deletion proposed 2261

B.C. Buildings Corp., method of financing, criticism of 2192-3

B.C. Buildings Corp., surplus accommodation, deletion of section, proposed 2261, 3393-4

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

British Columbia Deficit Repayment Act (1975-1976) 449-53

British Columbia Educational Institutions Capital Financing Authority Act 2946

B.C. Egg Marketing Board, administrative problem, Q. 2201-2

B.C. Egg Marketing Board, representatives on 1435, 1446-7, 1450, 1454, 1464

B.C. Ferries, additional employees, hiring of 188, 1305

B.C. Ferries, additional sailings, Q. 275

B.C. Ferries, cars, supervision of, Q. 2840

B.C. Ferries, dining room service, Q. 1080, 1530

B.C. Ferries employees, fringe benefits for, Q. 1306

B.C. Ferries employees layoffs, Q. 1858, 2163, Q. 2840, 2940-1

B.C. Ferries, federal subsidy to 1305

B.C. Ferries, food prices on, Q. 2423

B.C. Ferries, food services on, Q. 2232-3

B.C. Ferries labour dispute, industrial inquiry commissioner, appointment of 2292

B.C. Ferries, possible strike of, Q. 1978, 2164-5

B.C. Ferries rate increases 187-8, 1305

B.C. Ferries rate increases, effect on tourism 1305

B.C. Ferries rate increases, residents of Vancouver Island, effect on 3255-6

B.C. Ferries, safety on 3256-7

B.C. Ferries, staff at management level, Q. 1527

B.C. Ferries, Swartz Bay terminal parking lots, Q. 2422

B.C. Ferries, usage of, for June, 1975 and June, 1976, Q.3401

British Columbia Ferry Corporation Act 3340-1

B.C. Ferry Corp., no power of expropriation 3341

B.C. Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1976) 959-63, 1039-41

B.C. Hydro, borrowing authority increase, annual consideration, Q. 1041

B.C. Hydro, debt ratio to paid-up capital 3258

B.C. Hydro, deficit amount 960-1

B.C. Hydro, pension plan, deficit in 1144

B.C. Hydro project expenditures, outline of 959-61, 963

B.C. Hydro projects, environmental damage 961-2

B.C. Hydro senior executives pay cut, Q. 597

B.C. Police College, special weapons and assault team 1347

B.C. Railway, access to natural resources 1105, 1107

BCR audited up-to-date financial statements available to House, Q. 997, 1107, 1453

B.C. Railway, borrowing increase information, lacking in opening remarks 1105

B.C. Railway, chaotic conditions and labour disputes 2591-2

British Columbia Railway Construction Loan Amendment Act (1976) 1105-8, 1166-7

B.C. Railway, contract overruns 1105-6

B.C. Railway, Dease Lake extension 1105

B.C. Railway, Dease Lake extension, Indian bands, agreement with 1166

B.C. Railway, debt, interest rate 1108

B.C. Railway, deficit of 1105

B.C. Railway, employee layoffs, Q. 1632

B.C. Railway, expenditure details, lack of 1105-8, 1166-7

B.C. Railway, fiscal responsibility of government 1106-8

B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson extension 1105

B.C. Railway, Hanrahan report 1105

B.C. Railway, job-evaluation scheme 2593, 2601-2

B.C. Railway, labour situation 1106

B.C. Railway, litigation, allowance for, in expenditure estimate 1166

BCR meetings, ministerial attendance, A. 997

B.C. Railway, political interference, free of 2591

B.C. Railway, seeking professional construction advice 1106

B.C. Railway, special commission, appointment of 2592-3, 2601

B.C. Railway, special mediator for 2594, 2612

B.C. Railway, strikes creating hardship and loss of revenue 1106

B.C. Steamship Corp., seeking tax relief, Q. 1664

B.C. Tel. and Westcoast Transmission common stock, Q. 118

B.C. Tel and Westcoast Transmission shares, Q. 118, 1602

B.C. Tel and Westcoast Transmission shares, sale of, Q. 278

B.C. Telephone, removal from federal regulation 3258

Budget, abridged, contact with MacEachen regarding, Q. 596

Budget address, inflexibility 304-5

Budget address, lack of balance and moderation 314

Budget, balanced at all cost, criticism of 303, 452

Budget debate 301-14

CUPE-Mid-Island dispute 2378

Calgary hostage-taking incident, Q. 17-8

Canada Pension Plan, loans from, amount of 1145

Canada Pension Plan, loans to provincial governments 1144

Can-Cel, shares, sale of, Q. 1081

Capilano College principal, severance pay inquiry, report, Q. 705, 1220, 1442, 1567, 1731, 1800-1

Cash discounts, allowance for 2957

Child abuse, instances of, Q. 1276

Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1976) 944-6

Civil servants, transfer of 3310
Amendment Act

Clark, Joe, welcome to House 2684

Clarkson, Gordon report, deficit situation of B.C. 450

Collective bargaining for essential services, inclusion of safeguards for employees 2493

College Act, new, proposed 1800-1

College boards, autonomy of 1801

College council, contracts with 1800-1

Community resource facilities, determination of rates 1457. 2454

Computers and other' equipment, access for instructional use in schools 1792-3

Computers, expenditure and tenders on 1145, 1214-5

Condominium owners, right to limit rental units, removal of 2642-4

Condominiums, administration of 2644

Condominiums, poor market for 2643

Conservative Party, role of in coming session 171

Constitution Amendment Act (1976) 2216-8

Constitution, patriation of 789

Construction industry dispute, Q. 3348

Consumer Protection Act 2957-8

Consumer Services department estimates 1553-4

Contracts, prepayment 2957

Contradictions in Throne speech 179, 181, 183

Corporation tax increase 868

Corporations, municipal voting right 2633

Council of unions, certification of 3378-9

Court of appeal in Victoria 1351

Court procedures, Latin terminology, abolition of 2626

Court system, vacancies, administrative 1282

Creation of new jobs, direction of government policy 183

Crown corporation, pricing decisions to be made by independent authority, Q. 3098-9

Crown corporations, revenue transfer 452

Crown corporations, senior executive pay cut, Q. 597, 1145

Dance studio, pre-payment practice 1553

Davis, William, statement on expropriation of oil industry in western Canada 1824-5

Day-care centres, licensing of 2399

Docking facilities, permanent, for Gabriola Island, Q. 214

Drug traffickers 1281-3

Easter recess for House 1027

Economic areas not mentioned in Budget address 306-7

Economic Development department, technical assistance programme, increased funding 1523

Economic Development department estimates 1501-5, 1523

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, employees, severance pay for 1073-4

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, expenditure of 1059-60, 1063

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, funds remaining in 1072

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, research, independent 1060-1

Economic Policy Analysis Institute of British Columbia Repeal Act 1059-63, 1072-3

Education department estimates 1598-1601', 1730-2, 1768, 1773-6, 1781-2, 1785, 1792-6, 1800-3, 1814-5

Education finance formula 1795

Education Today magazine 1794-9

Egg Marketing Board irregularities, Q. 175

Egg producers in Prince George area, problem of 1433-4, 1446-7, 1449

Egg producer's property, spying on, by Egg Marketing Board 1435-6

Electoral reform, commission on 3325

Electricity generation project, expansion, ceiling on 1040

Employment of students by Highways department, Q. 1079-80

Energy need forecast for B.C. 3258-9

Energy needs of province 1039-40

Environment department estimates 1852-3, 1859-62, 1877-8, 1886-7, 1889

Equal pay for equal work 181

Essential services, labour disputes in 3176-7

Essential services, right to strike 184-5

Executive council estimates 2315-21

Fairground rides, safety regulations for, Q. 2577

Family-life education programme 1793

Farm income assurance programme, funding for 1466, 1475

Federal employment programmes, effectiveness, Q. 73

Federal-provincial cost-sharing programmes 1142-3

Federal-provincial relations, importance of 170-1

Ferries, two, purchased by Toronto financial house, Q. 2382

Ferries under Transport and Communications department, transferral of 3340

Ferry rates for Gulf Islands 1527

Ferry senior executives, minimizing number of 3225

Ferry services, integration of 3225

Finance department estimates 1142-7, 1195-9, 1214

Finance department, estimates, discrepancies in 1230-1

Finance department, travel expenses, increase of 1199

Finance minister's assistant, salary reduction 1199

Financial statements, interim and year-end, available to public 1146

Fire insurance for school boards, optional, Q. 472

Fire insurance for schools, cost-sharing arrangement 1732

Fireproof construction for new schools 1731, 1796

Fires and vandalism in schools 1730-2

Fires in schools, number of and damage done, Q. 3187A

First Ministers' Conference, Ottawa, June 14-15 2718

Forest industry capital investments, tax law revision to assist 1506

Fountain, construction of, parliament buildings, Q.1276

Freedom of Information Act (Bill 33) 1R, 319; 2R, 481

French language courses in schools 1801

GAIN, applicant ineligible when employment is terminated for reasons other than medical 3376

GAIN, asset-tested programme 2457-8

GAIN, powers given to Human Resources minister 2453, 2458

GAIN, regulations in, not specified 2456, 3366

GAIN, retroactive legislation provision 2454, 2457

GAIN, single parent, provision for 2453

Gas, natural, export prices 2514

Gasoline tax 55

Glendale Hospital, budget cut, Q. 1439, 2019

Government attitude and policy 172, 178-9

Government Reorganization Act 2797-8, 2858-9, 3386-8

Government Reorganization Act, deferral of second reading for six months 2858-9

Government reorganization policy, centralized power, danger of 2797-8

Government reorganization policy, not-withstanding any Act of the Legislature, amendment on 3386-8

Government reorganization policy, sweeping powers, danger of 2797-8, 2858-9

Greater Victoria Strata Corporations Association, brief from 2643, 2650

Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act 2453-9, 3366-7

Habitat, cost-sharing arrangement of, Q. 2517

Habitat, police protection for 1347-8

Handicapped, definition of and social assistance regulations 2427-9

Handicapped recreational centre in Victoria, funding withdrawal 2401

Handicapped, totally, gas tax reduction 1146-7

Haney Correctional centre as a juvenile detention centre 1756

Hansard staff, tribute to 3338

Hat Creek coal project 961-2

Hat Creek coal studies, Q. 560

Health and welfare, task force on 2442

Health care, cost-sharing arrangements 2718

Health-care expenditure increase, Budget address, in support of 309-10

Health department estimates 1964-8, 1970-1, 1982-6, 2016-20

Helmcken Road site for new hospital, problem of 1965, 1967, 1970-1, 1982-3

Highways and Public Works department estimates 3288-90

Hiring local help, practice of 3142

Hockey, violence in 1284-5

Home care, funding 312-3, 2441-2

Home-owner grant increase maximum 1899-1900

Home-owner grant and school tax, merging of 1898-1900

Home Purchase Assistance Act 2674

Hospital budget, inadequate to provide existing level of service 1983-5

Hospital budget appropriation and HLRA position in strike 2493-4

Hospital deficits, financial adjustment of 1983, 1985

Hospital extended-care rate increase, consideration for special groups 1195-6

Hospital extended-care charge increase, criticism of 853

Hospital facilities in Victoria, deplorable 185-7

Hospital finance, criticism of government policy 185-6

Hospital financing 1983-6

Hospital increases, per diem 1195

Hospital industry, job-evaluation study 2493-5, 2501-3

Hospital insurance cost-sharing, decrease 1142-3, 1196-7

Hospital, new, location of, for greater Victoria area 1964-8, 1970-1, 1982-3

Hospital Services Collective Agreement, AIB to review 2501-2

Hospital Services Collective Agreement Act 2492-6, 2501-2

Hospital, teaching, on UBC campus, proposed 1773-6, 1781-2

Hospital, unskilled jobs, possible reduction of 1985

Hospitalization costs increase, merit exemption proposed 311-2

Hospitals, payments for, Q. 1051-2, 1220

Hospitals strike 1245, Q. 1752, 1787-8, 2492-6

Hospitals strike, McTaggart report 2492, 2496

Hospitals, teaching, upgrading existing facilities 1773-5, 1781-2

“Hot” declarations, Labour Relations Board to review 3177-8

Housing development, cutting municipal red tape 3226

Human Resources department estimates 2385-6, 2399-2402, 2427-31, 2441-5, 2453-4

Human Resources personnel, hiring of, Q. 1665-6

Human Rights Branch, hearings in cases of alleged discrimination, Q. 3403

ICBC, premium rates for handicapped 1768

ICBC, refund delays, Q. 2482

Income Tax Amendment Act (1967) 867-8

Income tax and sales tax increase 309

Income tax increase, expected revenue from 867

Indians, government policy 182

Industrial inquiry commissioner, findings, binding arbitration proposed 2493

Intermediate care, facilities for 312, 1197, 2016-8, 2429-30

Intermediate care, private hospitals 2429-30

Jericho Hill School, children, placing in community setting 1785-6

Judicial Review Procedure Act 2625

Juvenile detention centre in Victoria, medical facilities for 1335-6, 1346

Kitimat, law-enforcement situation, investigation of 2495, 2520-1

Labour Code of British Columbia Amendment Act (1976) 3174-8, 3378-9

Labour disputes, cooling-off period 2607, 2610-1

Labour disputes, government intervention in 2593

Labour disputes in essential services, extension of cooling-off period 3177

Labour-management relations problem 3178

Labour problems in B.C. 3174-5

Land Commission Act compared to Government Reorganization Act 2797

Land, leased, with option to purchase 3226

Land made available for housing 3226-7

Lau, Jurgen, Mineral Resource Tax Act, involvement in drafting of 2753-5

Legal aid for women in matrimonial and family disputes 1281-2, 1286

Legal Professions Amendment Act (1976) 2629-30

Legal Services Commission, cutback in staff and service, Q. 473-4

Leg-hold traps 3327

Legislative interns 1951-2

Legislative interns in the House, seating arrangements 15

Letter quoted (Lea) 1831

Little-cherry disease in Okanagan 1466

Logging, costs, effect on forest industry 1504

McKenzie-Douglas site for new Greater Victoria hospital 1965-6

Manpower, discussion with federal ministers 213

Marketing boards, re-examination of 1446, 1450, 1453

Massage parlours 1553

Medical decisions, making of, by non-medical people, Q. 1406

Medicare, funding, method of 1197-9

Medicare premium rates, based on health and hospital record 946

MLAs, salaries, determined by independent committee 2217

MLAs from northern and interior regions, financial disadvantage 2218

MLAs, salary reduction 1145, 2216-8

Mental Patients Association, funding of 2399-2402

Mentally disturbed offenders, problem of 1337-8, 1346-7, 1350-1

Metric conversion, funding for 1815

Michell Farm, purchase of, Q. 16

Mincome benefits 2445

Mincome for citizens between 60 and 65 2385-6

Mincome payments to extended-care patients, Q. 320, 1976, 2385

Mineral Royalties Act, changes in 2421

Mineral royalty policy of government 2316

Mines and Petroleum Resources department estimates 2753-5

Mines and Petroleum Resources minister, salary reduction 2753-5

Mining industry, government non-interference 2238-9

Mining industry, government policy on 184

Minister of Finance's power to purchase company shares, removal of 1914-5

Ministers, deputy, salaries of 1145

Ministers, dual portfolios of some 2315

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1976) 3310

Motor-vehicle Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 32) 1R, 275; 2R, 480

Motor-vehicle Amendment Act, 1976 (No. 2) 2978-9

Mount Stephen property 2576-7, 2656-7, 3225

Mount Stephen property, Q. 2577

Municipal Affairs department estimates 3223-7, 3233

Municipal Affairs department, programme managers for 3233

Municipal Amendment Act (1976) 2633

Non-union firms, admission to construction sites leading to jungle warfare 3141

Non-union firms, bidding for government contracts 3140-1

Northern tour of Premier 1925

Nursing homes, construction of 2020

Oakalla, conditions at 1247

Office space rented or leased by government, Q. 1275

Oil, domestic, two-price system proposed 1502, 1536

Oil-pricing policy and price increase 1501-4, 1536-7, 1824-5

Oil spill, clean-up action, legislation on 1877-8, 3326-7

Olympic lottery, continuation of, tabling of report on, Q. 2383, 3326

Optional health benefits plan for government employees, criticism of 310

PREP programme 2431

PWA, headquarters, move to Alberta 2549

Palmer, Brian, appointment of, Q. 2483

Parliament Buildings, parking facilities in front of, Q. 1275

Patients, age and marital status, survey of two Victoria hospitals 1195

Patients, one minister responsible, proposed 2430

Pension plans, deficits in 1144-5

Pension plans, financing of 1814

Person losing employment by reason of misconduct 2456-7

Photography of legislative protestors, Q. 178

Pipeline between Prince Rupert and Edmonton, proposed, environmental impact 1877

Plateau Mills, purchase of 1915

Premier's meeting with governors of Alaska, Washington and Oregon 1820

Price-freeze policy; absolute power of government 1653-4, 2285, 2299-2300

Price increases, provincial restraint on, regulations for 1652-4

Princess Marguerite, maintenance work on, Q. 1602

Princess Marguerite, negotiations between B.C. Steamship Co. and unions, Q. 704, 768, 1663-4

Princess Marguerite, service, resumption of, Q. 1664

Principals and administrative staff, reassignment, appeal procedure for 3212

Privilege, pre-release of government policy on GAIN in Unity News 1891

Property tax exemption for over 65s, means test, criticism of 179-81

Property tax increases 3223-4

Property tax, minimum payable for over 65s 1899-1900

Property tax, minimum taxable for under 65s increase 1899, 2247

Property, tax, payment by government 2192

Prospectors Assistance Amendment Act (1976) 2238-9

Provincial Home-Owner Grant Amendment Act (1976) 1898-1900

Provincial Secretary department estimates 3116-8, 3324-7

Public Construction Fair Wages Act 3140-2

Public school financing increases, effect on local school districts 311

Public Schools Amendment Act (1976) 2950-1, 3210-4

Public Service Act 3310

Public Works Fair Employment Act, Repeal Act (Bill 35) 1R, 557

Pupil, suspension of, board to convene seven days after 3210-1

Pupil, suspension of, meeting with board with lawyer or counsellor present 3211

RCMP high-speed pursuit, guidelines on, Q. 1052

Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Act 2591-5, 2600, 2607, 2610, 2612

Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Act compared to Railway Operation Continuation Act 2592-3

Rape trials legislation on 1283

Rape victims, treatment of 1284

R.C. Palmer Junior Secondary School, cost of fire insurance, Q. 840

Reception at Empress Hotel, March 16, 1976, Q. 1078

Reply statements, permissible outside question period 843

Resident caretaker for schools 1732

Resource industries in B.C., government interest, sale of, Q. 1893-4

Resource industries, revenue from 1145

Revelstoke dam, proposed 961, 963, 1061

Revelstoke dam, proposed, environmental impact 1852-3, 1859-61

Revelstoke dam, proposed, water licence hearing 1861, 1887, 2426

Revenue Amendment Act (1976) 1914-5

Revenue shortfalls 450-1

Richmond Private Hospital, closure of, Q. 2720, 3243

Richmond school board, reconstruction of school 1731

Royal Jubilee Hospital, cheque to, Q. 1052

Royal Jubilee Hospital, strike negotiations, Q. 1566

Royalties, mineral, changes in 1145

SAM project, expenditure on 1889

Safe-driving dividend for under 25s, basis for claims 2978-9

Safe-driving dividend for under 25s, discriminatory nature of 1979

Sales tax exemption for people on Mincome and social assistance 992

Sales tax exemption for telephone and electricity bills 992

Sales tax increase, deferral for six months 785-7

School arson, measures to combat, Q. 3156

School boards, government financial commitment 1599

School District 61, administrative costs highest in B.C. 1794

School District 66, budget decision, concern over 1598-9

School districts, special grants to 1795

School tax on property, removal of 1795-6

School taxes, increase in 1793-4, 3223-4

Scotch, low priced, for delegates at Habitat, Q. 2231-2

Seatbelt regulations, Q. 2616-7

Seat belts, use of, advantages 480

Semester system in schools 1792

Ships, cargo, federal Bill C 61 184

Smoking, social and economic cost of 944-5

Social assistance, cost-sharing arrangements with Ottawa 3366

Social Services Tax Amendment Act (1976) 785-7, 903-4, 992

Social services, cost-sharing arrangements with Ottawa 2443-4

South Peace Dehy Products Ltd., grant to 1465

Speaker, role of 6

Stock market, share-buying by government 182

Special Funds Revenue Recovery Act (1976) 856-7, 971-2

Strata Titles Amendment Act (1976) 2642-4, 2650

Streetcar, purchase of 3224

Strike vote, government supervision on 3175-7

Student grants and loans, provision for 2319

Student summer employment programme, pay dispute, Q. 1440-1, 1856

Students, post-secondary, financial assistance to, Q. 1477

Students, suspension or dismissal of 2950-1

Succession duties and gift tax, removal of, no mention in Throne speech 181, 1145

Sukunka coal development 2316

Tanker traffic at Prince Rupert, oil spill problem 1877

Tariffs and freight rates, relations with federal government 183

Tax discounter, legislation on 2957-8

Tax revenue-sharing with municipalities, continuing discussions on 3226

Taxes and other increases imposed by government, impact of 2317-8, 2421

Teachers, B.C.-trained, employment of, Q. 924

Teachers, incompetent, termination of contracts 3213

Teachers, substitute 1802-3

Teachers, transfer, appeal procedure for 3214

Telegram, Social Credit, embarrassment to Speaker 2722

Tire standards 1553-4

Trade missions, increased funding for 1523

Traffic signs on Trans-Canada Highway, Q.; 1275

Transit department, reorganization of 3224-5

Transport and Communications, department estimates 3255-9

Trapping, humane, federal-provincial committee on 3327

Travel agents, advertising practices 1553

Treasury Board, quorum for meetings 1199

Truckers, strike negotiations, Q. 321

UBC Endowment Lands, housing development on 1886

UBC Medical School expansion, no mention in Budget address 311

Unemployment, emergency employment programme, Q. 1892

Unemployment, programmes to solve 2316

Universities capital financing, creation of Crown corporation 2946

Vancouver East, member for, welcome to 2576

Vancouver General Hospital strike, Q. 1218

Vancouver General Hospital strike, contingency plans for 1313

Vancouver General Hospital strike, medical service provisions during, Q. 1406

Vancouver Status of Women, grant to 3116-7

Vandalism in schools 1730-2, Q. 3186

Vegetable-processing industry, federal action to protect 1465

Vegetables, import of, effect on B.C. products 1464-5

Vegetables, imported, screening of chemical use 1465-6

Vietnam, financial aid to children, Q. 2943

Vietnamese aid committee, status of, Q. 706

Visitors from U.S., treatment of, Q. 1789-90

Wages, fair, fringe benefits 3141

Wages, fair, government enforcement of contractors' and subcontractors' obligation to pay 3141-2

Water, sale of to U.S.A. 1861-2

Welfare funds, research on, Q. 1666

Welfare officials, embezzlement by, Q. 3158

Welfare recipients, hair-length regulation, Q. 633

Welfare recipients refusing employment, tighter control over 2457

Western provinces, co-operation between 1279

White Lake observatory, future of, Q. 3350

Wilkinson Road jail, conditions at 1246-8

Williams, R.A., reason for abolition of Economic Policy Analysis Institute 1062-3

Wiretapping, validity and application of 1283

Women, equal pay for equal work 3117-8

Women's Rally for Action, brief 180

Wooton, Judge R.A., replacement for 1351

Workers' Compensation Board claimants, psychological testing, Q. 1184

Workers' Compensation Board, review of decisions 2625

Wallace, Kathy

Mentioned: (Bennett) 2684 (Barrett) 2864 (Gibson) 2864

Wallace, Laurie

Tribute to (Wallace, G.S.) 3325

Walsh, John

Quoted (Wallace, G.S.) 1786

War Measures Act

Powers acceptable only in exceptional emergency (Levi) 2799-2800

Mentioned: (Lea) 2805 (Nicolson) 2810

Ward, Barbara

Presented to House (McCarthy) 953 (King) 953

Washington State, U.S.A.

Nuclear generating station, safety of (Skelly) Q. 3349 (Davis) A. 3349

Waste, Disposal of

See: Factory and trade waste

Wasserman, Jack

Quoted (Macdonald) 318

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 1286 (Lauk) 2090

Water

Sale of to U.S.A. (Wallace, G.S.) 1861-2 (Nielsen) 1862

Water Act

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1371 (Nielsen) 1862

Water Amendment Act, 1976

(Bill 27) (Minister of Environment) 1R 2381; 2R, 2968-9; C, 3207; 3R, 3207; RA, 3398

Speakers (2R) Lockstead 2969; Nicolson 2968-9; Nielsen 2968-9

Speakers: (C) Gibson 3207; Nielsen 3207

Chlorination plants, installation expenditure (Nicolson) 2968

Natural Gas Revenue Sharing Act, extension to water improvement districts (Nicolson) 2969

Penalties levelled under Act (Nielsen) 2968

Water districts, upgrading of (Lockstead) 2969

Water improvement districts, penalty for unpaid taxes (Nielsen) 2968 (Gibson) 3207

Water licences, applications for (Nielsen) 2969

Water rights branch, importance of (Nicolson) 2968

Water Improvement District Assistance Act

(Bill 41) (Nicolson) 1R, 1406

Water Investigation Branch

West Kootenay water supply study, report (D’Arcy) 1885 (Nielsen) 1885

Water Resources Department

Mentioned (Nielsen) 1816 (Lea) 1817

Water Rights Act

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2880

Water supply

Systems, capital assistance for (D’Arcy) 566

Waterfield, Donald

Continental Waterboy quoted (King) 3268

Watergate scandal

Mentioned: (King) 36 (Lea) 2847 (Lauk) 2883

Waterland, Hon. Thomas Manville, Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources and Minister of Forests (Yale-Lillooet)

Blasting ticket courses and blasting permits, issue of 3021-2, 3034

BCPC, dismantling of 3062

Budget debate 475-8, 507-9

Burns Lake Native Development Corp. 2695-6

B.C. Cellulose, ownership of, A. 3348-9

Byron Creek Colliery, agreement with Ontario Hydro 3057

Cabins, wilderness, burning of by Forest Service 3102-3

Can-Cel, government and unions, meeting of, A. 634, 1754

Can-Cel operation, impact on independent logging operators 1921

Can-Cel, purchase of 1921

Claims, reduction of value of work done on 2504

Coal, development policy, report on 3036

Coal, northeast resources project, economic studies 3034-5

Coal research and coal gasification 3064

Coal, royalty, increase 3040, 3042-3. 3 047

Coal, tonnage, royalty collected, A. 440

Coal, user charge on 3056

Copper cartel situation 3036

Copper concentrates, tonnage and values, A. 440

Debris, clean-up of Fraser River 3103

Duncan Dam, cost of clearing area behind 3107

Duncan Reservoir, plans for clearing 3108

ELUC, guidelines for coal mining, A. 276

Energy resource evaluation programme 3065

Forest development roads programme 2679

Forest-fire suppression programme 3105

Forest industry, data base, awareness by workers 2697

Forest industry, economics and problems 2694-5

Forest industry, fair wages 2694

Forest minister, qualifications of 2694

Forest pest-control programme, funding for 3106

Forest research programme, cutback 3104

Forest roads development in Nimpkish Valley 3107

Forest roads, maintenance of 2697

Forest scaling programme, position of temporary scaler 3106

Forest-based Crown corporations, free of political connection 2696

Forests department, budgetary restraint 2550

Forests department estimates 2553, 3065-8, 3070, 3072, 3078, 3084-5, 3088, 3094-5, 3101-8

Gas, natural, field price of, A. 3244

Goldstream River, pollution by Noranda Mines, A. 2039

Government forest product companies, disposal of, A. 2577

Gravel operations, reclamation permits for 3024

Grazing Act, funds collected 3313

Grazing permits, review of, A. 2579

Hat Creek coal studies, non-thermal coal uses 3064

Holberg Road, maintenance of 3107

Kaiser Coal, royalty payment increase 3043, 3047, 3049, 3056-7

Kaiser, Edgar, meeting with Mines minister 3043, 3056

Kluskus timber sale 3084

Kootenay Forest Products, purchase of 1920

Land, single-use concept 2697

Lau, Jurgen, Mineral Resource Tax Act, involvement in drafting 2703-4, 2712-3, 2750-2, 2768-9, 3059, 3061

Lease suspension, removal of M_ ines minister's right of 2504

Lighthouse Communications Ltd., A. 1115, 1183, 1528

Loggers, independent, continuation of operations 3101-2

Logging in parks 3094-5

Logging roads in north Island communities 2679, 3107

Logs, booming, in interior lakes 3095

McGregor dam project, work to be done by Forest Service 2693

McGregor diversion area, logging plans 3066

McGregor diversion, environmental effects 3067-8

McGregor diversion, flood control problem 3066

McGregor diversion, timber values 3068

McGregor diversion, work done by Forest Service 2695, 3065, 3070

Metal price, effect on mining industry taxation 2509

Mine safety 3058-9

Miner, right to mine own claim 2504

Mineral Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 30) 1R 2379; 2R, 2503-5, 2507; C, 3364

Mineral and stumpage royalties, comparison of 3028-9

Mineral Land Tax Act, regulations under 3035

Mineral Land Tax Act, sections in, repeal of 2509

Mineral Processing Act 3022

Mineral research programme 3064

Mineral Resource Tax Act (Bill 57) 1R, 2379; 2R, 2507-9, 2915-6; C, 3350-1, 3362-3

Mineral resources, exploration of 2508-9, 2915

Mineral Royalties Act, impact on mining in B.C. 2507-8

Mines department, inspection branch, work of 3035-6, 3058-9

Mines department, production permit, granting of 3055

Mines and Petroleum Resources department estimates 2679-80, 2693-7, 2703-5, 2707, 2709, 2712-3, 2750-2, 2764-9, 3028-9, 3034-6, 3055-7, 3058-9, 3063-5

Mines and Petroleum Resources minister, salary reduction 2750-2, 2764-9

Mines, royalties, adverse effects of 2508, 3362

Mines, tax on net income 2509, 2915

Mining and forest industries, development of 508-9

Mining, high cost of 3021

Mining industry, foreign ownership in B.C. 3028

Mining industry, government non-interference 2234

Mining industry in B.C., value of shares 3028

Mining industry, overall employment opportunities 3035, 3056

Mining policy aiming at regional development and employment 2915

Mining policy of NDP, criticism of 2241

Mining profits, return of benefits 3056-7

Mining properties, government interests in, removal of 2504

Mining, taxation policy, committee on 2764

Mining technology, development of 3021-2

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1976) 3311

Northwood Pulp, meeting with Forest Service and B.C. Hydro 3066, 3070

Ocean Falls Corp., future of 3072, 3 101

Ocean Falls Corp., timber allocation for 3091-2

Ocean Falls, offer of purchase 2680

Oil and natural gas, exploration expenditures 3034

Oil, exploration and production, disposition of 2631

Oil companies, lands, access over 2630-1

Oil shale, access to in Queen Charlotte Islands 2631

Ore, high-grade, mining of 3029

Petroleum and natural gas, payments, lump sums for lease terms 2631

Petroleum and Natural Gas (1965) Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 25) I R, 2381; 2R, 2630-2; C, 2963; 3R, 2963

Petroleum and Natural Gas (1965) Amendment Act, 1976, board of mediation, access to 2630

Plateau Mills, purchase of 1920-1

Pollution-control permits, issue of, A. 2039

Prospectors Assistance Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 21) 1R, 1277; 2R, 2234, 2240-2;C, 2297

Prospectors' assistance programme fund, reduction of 3063-4

Prospectors, discoveries, removal of government right of first refusal 2234

Prospectors, small, encouragement and incentives for 2504

Pulp logs, use of 3078, 3084

Pulp mills, development of 3084

Rangeland, management of 2693-4

Reeves Macdonald, reclamation work of 3024

Reforestation division, budget increase for 2550

Reforestation programme 3103-4

Reservoir waterway improvement programme, budget for 3108

Revelstoke Dam, salvage from reservoir areas, result of construction of 3108-9

Revenue Amendment Act (1976) 1920-1

Sawmill operations, decline of 2696

Sayward-Woss Camp highway project 2679

Stumpage revenue and wood volume, change in, A. 1630-1, 2694-5

Texada Mines, closure of 3029

Timber, allocation of 3085

Timber, quota, bid proposal by Kitwanga band 2695

Trees, planting site preparation, budget for 2550

Undersea mining, development of 3021

Uranium occurrences in Okanagan 3065

Uranium surveys 3064

Williston, R.G., appointment of as chief executive officer of B.C. Cellulose 3085, 3088

Wood supply for small operators in Lardeau Valley 3108

Watson Island, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lea) 1917

Webster, Arnold

Mentioned: (Cocke) 42

Webster, Gloria Cranmer

North Island College, appointment recommended (Sanford) 1620-1 (McGeer) 1620-2

Webster, Jack

Mentioned: (Barber) 838

Webster, John

Study on Inner Harbour development (Barber) 3328

Weekend magazine

Mentioned: (Kahl) 672 (Cocke) 2077

Weeks, Arthur E.

Mentioned: (King) 29, 37 (Lauk) 331 (Lea) 453 (Brown) 492 (Lauk) 1514

Weir, Walter

Quoted (McCarthy) 3006

Welfare payments

See: Social assistance

Welfare work

See: Public welfare

Wells-Barkerville School, Wells, B.C.

Mentioned: (Fraser) 1527

Wenner-Gren, Axel Leonard

Mentioned: (Mair) 2141 (Skelly) 2156

Werts, F. Rex

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451

West End Services to Seniors

Mentioned: (Barnes) 196-7

West Kootenay Power and Light Co.

Rural electrification assistance programme, participation proposed (Hewitt) 620, 1229-30 (Wolfe) 1230

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 601, 1039, 3024 (D’Arcy) 860, 1516

West Kootenay region, B.C.

Crown land for housing (D’Arcy) 1852

Water supply system, proposed (D’Arcy) 1517-8, 1885 (Phillips) 1517 (Nielsen) 1885

West Side Society for Adult Rehabilitation Residences

Mentioned: (Brown) 2042

Westcoast Savings Credit Union

Mentioned: (Barber) 1427

Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd.

Expansion programme (Davis) 3235

Rate of return (Macdonald) 3234-6, 3238 (Davis) 3235, 3237, 3246

Shares, purchase of (Wolfe) 1945 (Chabot) 2110-3 (Mussallem) 2148

Shares, sale of (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 278 (Wolfe) A. 278

Shares, sale of, reason against (Veitch) 630

Shares in common stock (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 118, 1602 (Wolfe) A. 118, 278, 1602

Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 183

Western Canada Lottery Foundation

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 2424

Western Canadian News Service

Mentioned: (Brown) 1211

Western Canadian Women's News Service

Funding of (Brown) 3 115

Western Economic Opportunities Conference

Agriculture, topic of discussion (Lauk) 1456-7 (Phillips) 1458

Income assurance programmes on federal level, discussion on (Phillips) 1389, 1458, 1476

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1187

Western Gypsum Ltd.

Mentioned: (Chabot) 422

Western Mines Ltd.

Mentioned: (Sanford) 3026-7

Western Premiers' Conference, 1976

Education and research facilities, co-operation in development (Bennett) 1278

Financial arrangements with federal government (Bennett) 1277-8 (Gibson) 1278

Mentioned: (Bennett) 474, 2343 (Wolfe) 558

Westmills Carpet Ltd.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 983, 986

Weston Corp.

Mentioned: (Sanford) 2052

Weyerhaeuser, George H.

Quoted (Stupich) 283

Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.

Thompson River task force report (Lea) Q. 275, 472, 561, 1052, 1830-4, 1837-40 (Nielsen) A. 275, 472, 561, 842, 1052, 1081, 1835-6, 1838-9, 1847-8 (Mair) 1834-7, 1842-3, 1847 (Skelly) 1845-7

Mentioned: (Stupich) 283 (Lea) 561, 1917

Whelan, Hon. Eugene

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1369

Wilkinson Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Rogers) 721

Whiskey

Scotch, low-priced, for delegates at Habitat (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 2231-2 (Gardom) A. 2232

Whistler Mountain, B.C.

Council, discussion with (Gibson) 2642

Municipalities Enabling and Validating Amendment Act, 1976. See name of act

Whitaker's Almanac, 1976

Mentioned: (Stupich) 371 (Lea) 458

White Lake, B.C.

Observatory, future of (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 3350 (McCarthy) A. 3350

White Raven Canoe Club

Travel assistance for (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 3243 (McCarthy) A. 3243

White Rock Railway

Problem requiring a decision (Davidson) 929

Whonock Industries Ltd.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2682

Wife-beating

Increase in crime rate (Brown) Q. 74 (Bennett) A. 74

Wiggin, Jack

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451

Wildlife conservation

Creston Valley waterfowl management area, funding and operation of (Nicolson) 3319-20 (McCarthy) 3332

Wildlife Federation

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1828

Wilkinson Road Jail

See: Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Willes, Edwin

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1357

Williams, Allan

Mentioned: (Brown) 1942

Williams, R.A.

Mentioned: (Calder) 138

Williams, Non. Louis Allan, Minister of Labour (West Vancouver-Howe Sound)

AIB, achievements of 1710-1

Anti-Inflation Measures Act 1709-15

Anti-inflation policy of NDP, criticism of 1709, 1711-3

Apprenticeship and industrial training programmes 2925-6

Bell Copper-CAIMAW dispute, A. 2941, 3155

Blair report, hospital industry, acceptance of, A. 1341-2, 2486-7, 2500

B.C. Energy Commission, energy needs forecast of B.C. 970

B.C. Ferries, labour dispute, appointment of industrial inquiry commissioner 2291-2

B.C. Ferries, layoffs 1306, 2597

B.C. Ferries rate increases, job losses, effect on employees, A. 1306

B.C. Hydro, borrowing, amount asked for 970-1

B.C. Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1976) 969-71

B.C. Railway, agreement, new, retroactive provision for 2606

B.C. Railway, bargaining council, proposed 2597

B.C. Railway, binding arbitration to end strike 2579, 2582, 2597

B.C. Railway, board of arbitration 2608-9

B.C. Railway, chaotic conditions, labour disputes, impact of 2580, 2582, 2596

B.C. Railway, job evaluation, scheme for 2580, 2602

B.C. Railway, layoffs 2605

B.C. Railway, political interference, free of 2580

B.C. Railway, safety operations, A. 2038

B.C. Railway, special commission, appointment of 2580, 2582, 2596-7, 2600-2

B.C. Railway strike negotiations, A. 18

British North America Act, changes in 1709-10

Budget debate 825-9

Budget, emphasis on restraint and balance 826-7

CUPS dispute, mediation of, A. 1344, 1568, 2073, 2323, 2377-9, 2418

Cheque to employment programmes branch, A. 175, 216

Civil service, wages of employees 2930

Collective bargaining, choice-of-procedure approach to 2580, 2583

Collective bargaining measures for BCR and B.C. Ferries 2579

Collective bargaining negotiations 2925

Construction industry, legislative drafting consultation by Labour minister 3382-3

Council of unions, certification of 3378-9

Cowichan school district, labour situation in, A. 1344

Economic policy of NDP, criticism of 825-6

Elevators, inspection of, A. 1978, 2039-40

Employment, student, by Highways department, A.1080

Essential industry, collective bargaining, right of 2486-9, 2499

Essential services, labour disputes in 3131-2, 3192

Export tax levies, removal of 1712

Fairground rides, safety regulations for, A. 2577-8

Federal employment programmes, effectiveness 212-3

Fishing vessel inspection, jurisdiction over, A. 632-3

Hiring local help, practices of 3147

Hospital authority, local autonomy 2500

Hospital budget appropriation and HLRA position in strike 2499

Hospital industry, job-evaluation study 2487-8, 2501-3

Hospital services collective agreement, in line with Labour Code 2502

Hospital services collective agreement, terms of contract 2487

Hospital services collective agreement, to be reviewed by AIB 2488-9

Hospital Services Collective Agreement Act (Bill 75) 1R, 2480; 2R, 2486-9, 2499-2501; C, 2502-3

Hospitals strike 1245-6, 1894-5, 2486-9

Hospitals strike, Telex message from Leader of Opposition 1895

“Hot” declarations reviewed by Labour Relations Board 3133

Human Rights Branch, hearings in cases of alleged discrimination, A. 3403

Human rights inquiries of Dr. Bruhn-Mou and Dr. McLure, A. 1080-1, 1115, 1118

Indian culture, preservation of 828

Indian cut-off lands, negotiations 827-8

Indian land claims, negotiations in progress 827

Indians, economic assistance to 828-9

Industrial inquiry commissioner, findings, binding arbitration proposed 2500-1

Industrial relations in B.C., special committee to assist Labour minister 3192

Industrial relations, normal operations in 2603

Labour Code of British Columbia Amendment Act, 1976, 1R, 2937; 2R, 3131-3, 3191-6; C, 3378-82

Labour department estimates 2925-6, 2929-30

Labour dispute, cooling-off period 2581, 2583, 2607, 2610-2

Labour disputes affecting activities of trade and commerce 3132-3

Labour disputes in essential services, cooling-off period, extension of 3131-2, 3193

Labour management relations, reduction of conflict 3191-2, 3195-6

Labour-management stability 2929

McKee, Clive, employment of, A. 3402-3

MacKenzie, Roy, human rights dispute, board of inquiry to be appointed, A. 1220

McTaggart report and recommendations 2480, 2486-8, 2500

Manpower division, work of 2925-6

Mediator, special for BCR and B.C. Ferries, terms of reference 2581, 2583, 2597-8, 2599, 2612

Nishga land claims, negotiations in progress 827

Non-union firms, admission to construction sites leading to jungle warfare 3146

Non-union firms, bidding for government contracts 3135-6, 3146

Price-wage increase, provincial restraint in public sector, regulations for 1710-5

Public Construction Fair Wages Act (Bill 83) 1R, 2940; 2R, 3134-6, 3144-7; C, 3382-3

Public Works Fair Employment Act, criticism of 3145-6

Public Works Fair Employment Act, repeal of 3134-6

Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Act (Bill 58) I R, 2507; 2R, 2579-84, 2595-8; C, 2599-2612

Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Act, compared to Collective Bargaining Continuation Act 2581-2, 2596

Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Act, compared to Railway Operation Continuation Act 2597

Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Act, inclusion of ferry service 2596-7, 2600

Railway and Ferries Bargaining Assistance Act, permissive language in 2599, 2607

Railway Operation Continuation Act (Bill 22) 1R, 1375

Royal Jubilee Hospital, strike negotiations, A. 1566

Sales tax increase, against deferral for six months 806-8

Social Services Tax Amendment Act (1976) 806-8

Strike votes, government supervision of 3132, 3193-4, 3380-1

Student employment programme, salaries, A. 632

Student summer employees, fringe benefits for, A. 1051

Student summer employment programme, A. 74, 213-4, 632, 1342-3

Subcontractors' obligation to pay fair wages 3135-6

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

Truckers strike negotiations, A. 321

Unionization of employees 3134-5

Vancouver General Hospital strike, A. 1218

Wages, fair, employer's obligation to pay 3135

Wages, fair, government enforcement of contractors' and subcontractors' obligation to pay 3135-6, 3145

Welfare recipients, hair-length regulation, A. 633

Workers' Compensation Board claimants, psychological testing, A. 1184

Workers' Compensation Board report, A. 632

Workers' Compensation claims before boards of review in 1975 and 1976, A. 3402

Williams, Parker

Mentioned: (Wallace, B.B.) 128

Williams, Robert Arthur

Land magazine, special warrant for (McCarthy) 790

Letter quoted (Fraser) 3080

Mentioned (Throne speech) 11 (King) 27, 745, 1922 (Bawlf) 359 (Phillips) 445, 710, 1073, 1484 (Lauk) 521 (Lockstead) 772 (Lloyd) 1868 (Chabot) 1933-4 (Kerster) 1938 (Calder) 1943 (Bawlf) 2121 (Jordan) 2138

Williams Lake, B.C.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1101

Willingdon School for Girls

Facilities inadequate (Wallace, G.S.) 1335-6

Remand and assessment programme for boys and girls, planned (Gardom) 1001, 1352, 1756 (Dailly) 1351-2

Williston, Raymond Gillis

B.C. Cellulose, possibility of appointment as chief executive officer (Lauk) 2682-3, 2697-8 (Skelly) 2686 (Lea) Q. 2719 (Bennett) A. 2719 (Barrett) 3085-93 (Waterland) 3085, 3088

B.C. Railway, former member of board of directors (Lauk) 1092, 1094 (Nicolson) 1099, 1102

Mentioned: (Lauk) 330, 2682-3 (Chabot) 336 (Lloyd) 609, 1943 (Lockstead) 773 (Cocke) 983, 1130 (Skelly) 2686 (Lea) 3348 (Barrett) 3349

Williston Lake, B.C.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 3294

Wilson, Harold

Mentioned: (Jordan) 158 (Williams) 826

Wilson, James W.

Letter quoted (Curtis) 192-3

Wilson, Mark

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1494

Wilson, Robert

Mentioned: (Sanford) 2291

Winding-up Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 2225

Wine

South African wines, sale of (Brown) 1298

Variety and choice in liquor stores (Rogers) 1287-9 (Hewitt) 1292 (Gardom) 1296-7

Wine and wine making

Grape-growing industry, relation to (Rogers) 1287-8 (Wallace, B.B.) 1289, 1385 (Hewitt) 1291-3, 1412 (Cocke) 1293-5, 1380-1 (Macdonald) 1295, 1384 (Gardom) 1296-7 (Bawlf) 1380-1 (Jordan) 1381-2 (Phillips) 13845, 1413-4 (Shelford) 1395-6 (D’Arcy) 1468

Sale of, in grocery stores, recommended (Rogers) 722

Winegard, William

Commission on post-secondary education (Dailly) 1729 (McGeer) 1732-3, 1798, 1803

Winnipeg Free Press

Protection of Our Birthright quoted (Barrett) 2888

Wire-tapping

Legislation, validity and application of (Wallace, G.S.) 1283 (Gardom) 1285-6

Wisener and Partners

Commission for (Chabot) 2112-3 (Skelly) 2155

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 1945

Wolfe, Hon. Evan Maurice, Minister of Finance (Vancouver-Little Mountain)

Adult-care programme 260

Agricultural Aid to Developing Countries and World Disaster Areas Fund, money provided in estimates 264, 972, 1021

Agriculture, government policy on 257

Anti-Inflation Act, federal, supreme court decision on 2278

Anti-inflation agreement with other province or state, inclusion of phrase “or state” 2283

Anti-inflation agreement with Ottawa 1633-4, 2098

Anti-inflation agreement with Ottawa, temporary nature of 1633, 2098

Anti-Inflation Board review, of various rate increases, possible, A. 2073

Anti-Inflation Measures Act (Bill 16) 1R, 768; 2R, 1633-4, 2097-9; C, 2272-3, 2278, 2281, 2283, 2298, 2300

Anti-inflation programme, federal 254-5

Apprenticeship and Manpower training services to be increased 260

Arctic Harvester, purchase of 262, 686

Assisted Home Ownership Programme 259-60

Auditor General Act (Bill 45) 1R, 1973; 2R, 2100-3, 2157-9; C, 2266-72, 2288

Auditor-General, acting, appointment of 2266-7, 2288

Auditor-General, annual report 2100-1

Auditor-General, appointment by unanimous' decision of special committee 2100, 2158, 2268, 2272

Auditor-General, appointment, special committee on 3378

Auditor-General, authority of 2100-1, 2158

Auditor-General, Crown agencies, audits of 2101

Auditor-General, establishment of 253

Auditor-General, funds for 2272

Auditor-General, government accounting procedure, review of 2 101

Auditor-General, independence of 2 100

Auditor-General, public accounts committee, working with 2270

Auditor-General, special committee to appoint, M. 11, 2940

Auditor-General, staffing of office 2158

Auditor-General, term of office 2100

Auditor-General, trivial matters, no need to report on 2269

Auditors, appointment of, by Treasury Board 2271-2

Attorney-General department expenditures 257

Barrett, David, budget address, reference to 1137

B.C. Central Credit Union loan to SIB International for purchase of Arctic Harvester 263

B.C. Deficit Repayment Act, 1975-1976 (Bill 3) 1R, 115; 2R, 354; C, sec. 1 578-80, 585-8, 591-2, 594, 646-50, 655; amdt. 657, 666-7, 669, 686, 688, 744-5, 751; sec. 2, 754; Report, 754

B.C. Deficit Repayment Act, 1975-1976, amount to be borrowed 751

B.C Development Corp., loans to stimulate additional job creation 262

British Columbia Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act 260

B.C. Ferries, expenditure reduction 261

B.C. Harbours Board, loan repayment, A. 646

B.C. Hydro, borrowing amount asked for 952, 958

B.C. Hydro, borrowing power, increase of 262, 952

B.C. Hydro, court award of $36 million, A. 15, 646

B.C. Hydro, loan repayment of 1149

B.C. Hydro, responsibility for 1119, 1124, 1130

B. C. Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 6) 1R, 267; 2R, 952, 958-9, 971; C, sec. 1, 1033-5; 3R, 1041

B.C. Hydro projects, cabinet approval 1033-4

B.C. Hydro projects, environmental matters affected by 1033

B.C. Hydro expenditures, outline of 1035

B.C. Marketing Board, pricing decisions of individual boards, review of 1633

B.C. Medical Services Plan, reserve funds 666

B.C. Railway, annual report anticipated 1166

B.C. Railway, borrowing power, increase of 262

B.C. Railway, capital investment funds 262

B.C. Railway, Dease Lake extension 1112, 1167

B.C. Railway, Dease Lake extension, Indian band, agreement with 1166

B.C. Railway, estimates under Economic Development department 1119

B.C. Railway, expenditure details to be discussed under estimates 1112

B.C. Railway, financial prospectus 1157

B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson extension, upgrading of 1167

B.C. Railway loan, purpose of 1086, 1111-2

B.C. Railway, loan repayment, A. 646, 1149

B.C. Railway, political interference in 1112

B.C. Railway, refinancing of 1112, 1155-6

B.C. Railway, rental of rolling stock from American lines 1157

B.C. Railway, upgrading existing facilities 1112

B.C. Railway Company Construction Loan Amendment Act, 1976 1R, 267; 2R, 1086, 1111-2; C, sec. 1, 1155-7; Report 1172; 3R, 1172

B. C. Regional Hospital Districts Financing Authority, funding for hospital construction 262

B.C. Savings and Trust Co., legal status 1190

B.C. School Districts Capital Financing Authority, funds for school construction 262

B.C. Tel. and Westcoast Transmission common stock, A. 118, 1602

B.C. Tel. and Westcoast Transmission, sale of, A. 278

Bonds, sinking fund, sale of 262

Budget, abridged, A. 558-60, 1137

Budget, abridged, contact with Dept. of External Affairs regarding, A. 596

Budget, allocation of possible surplus funds 1148

Budget, balanced, to be restored 253, 255, 263

Budget debate 1058

Budget, percentage increase 255

Budget, recovery, nature of 265, 1058

Budget, restraint stressed 1058

Builders, interest-free loans for rental housing 260

Burns Lake Native Development Corp., financial assistance to 262

Can-Cel, purchase of 1945

Capital expenditure, reluctance of government to borrow 1175

Cash management of government of B.C., report 1136, 1175, 1178-9

Cash-management systems, upgrading of 1136

Cash position of B.C., A. 320, 405, 653, 655

Cheques, non-sufficient funds 1125

Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 12) 1R, 267; 2R, 943, 951-2; C, sec. 1, 1027;3R, 1027

Cigarette and Tobacco Tax increase 264

Cigarette tax increase, yield resulting from 943

Clarkson Gordon, instructions and information to 588, 591-3

Clarkson Gordon report 251-3

Clarkson Gordon report, a review, not an audit 669

Clarkson Gordon report, cost of, A. 1077, 1132

Clarkson Gordon report, draft copy of 743

Clarkson Gordon secrecy oath 647

Coal, royalties, decrease in revenue 1140

Commonwealth nations, policies, criticism of 265

Comptroller-General, duties of 2158

Computers, expenditure and tenders on 1147, 1214-5

Consumer Services department, budget allotment 257

Corporation income tax increase 865, 871

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

Corporation tax system, operation controlled by B.C., proposed 1190

Corporation taxes, figures for 1120

Cost of living increase, anti-inflation measures against 1141

Cost-sharing programmes with federal government 254, 1190, 1202

Credit unions, government relations with 1190

Crown corporations, capital requirements, total 262

Crown corporations, loan advancements 261, 588

Crown corporations, operating deficits of 252

Crown corporations, pricing review by AIB 255

Crown corporations, repayment of loans 588

Crown corporations, senior executives pay cut, A. 597, 1146

Crown corporations, tax-free status, possible elimination by federal legislation 1213

Crown range resources, development of 257

Deficit, anticipated 580

Deficit of province 251-4, A. 650, 653, 655, 666, 751

Deficit position, not permissible for government at fiscal year end, A. 407

Deficit repayment loan 1128, 1202-3

Dunhill Development 1214

Economic Development department, budget allotment 257

Economic Policy Analysis Institute, investments of 1072

Economic Policy Analysis Institute of British Columbia Repeal Act 264, 1072

Economic policy of NDP government, criticism of 250-3, 263, 265

Economy of province, attitude of cautious optimism 1119-20

Education department, budget allotment 257

Education on problems of health related to smoking 951

Educational material, sales tax exemption for 1201

Elderly Citizen Renters Grant 259

Emergency health services programme, budget increase 258

Energy needs of province, independent studies on 1035

Environment department, budget allotment 257

Executive assistants, salary reduction 1146

Expenditures included in the year, determined by Comptroller-General 1151

Expenditures, total for fiscal year 1976-77, 255

Export levy proposed by federal government, objection to 254

Federal-provincial cost-sharing programmes 1143

Federal-provincial fiscal relations 254-5

Finance department budget allotment 257-8

Finance department, economists in 1213

Finance department, estimate books, discrepancies in 1230-1

Finance department estimates 1119-22, 1124-6, 1128-9, 1132-3, 1136-8, 1143-9, 1151-3, 1174-6, 1178, 1189-91, 1193, 1198-1210, 1212-5

Finance department, goyernment agencies, workload, quarters and staffing 1223

Finance department, Nanaimo agency, staffing of 1222

Finance department, office expenses 1215

Finance department, salary contingencies of 1232

Finance department, staff reduction and salary savings 1204-5, 1214, 1216, 1221-2

Finance department, travel expenses, increase of 1199

Finance minister's assistant, salary reduction of 1199

Finance minister's office, staff increase 1137

Financial reports, monthly, proposed 1190

Financial reports, quarterly 253, 1152, 1190

Forests department, budget allotment 258

Forests department, creation of 258

Funds, derived from consolidated revenue, investment of, A. 1602

Funds, perpetual, investments of 1021

Funds, special, continuation of purposes 854, 865, 972, 974

Funds, special, recapture of 264

Funds, special, re-establishment of 1024

Government agents, establishment of new offices 1224

Government agents, offices offering ICBC insurance 1223

Government borrowings, details of, A. 2423, 2518

Government spending, reduction of 257

Green Belt Protection Fund, future funding 264, 972-3, 1021, 1025

Handicapped, totally, gasoline tax refund 1146-7, 1229

Health department, budget allotment 258

Highways and Public Works department, budget allotment 259

Homeowner grant 256

Hospital co-insurance, charge increase 258-9, 1193-4, 1198, 1201

Hospital insurance, cost-sharing, decrease 1144

Hospitals, payments by government 1194

Houses, increased availability of second mortgages 260

Housing department, budget allotment of 159

Housing programme of federal government, co-operation with 259

Human Resources department, budget allotment 260

ICBC, cash balance, A. 405

ICBC, cheque issued to, A. 406-7, A. 648, A. 995, 1121-2, 1124-5, 1131, 1136

ICBC, deficit of 252-3

ICBC, loan to government, A. 923, 996, 1121-2, 1125-6

ICBC, loan to government, term, interest rate 113

IDERA, future funding of 972-3, 1023-4

Income Assistance Programme 260

Income Tax Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 9) 1R, 267; 2R, 865, 871; C, sec. 1, 1025-6; sec. 4, 1026-7; Report, 1027

Income tax, different levels of taxation for two years 1026

Income tax exemption, basic level to be raised, consideration of 1026

Income tax increase, corporate and personal 264

Income tax increase, effective date of 871

Income tax increase, expected revenue from 865

Income tax increase to proportionate amount instead of sales tax increase 755

Income taxes, corporate and personal, sharing with federal government 255

Indexing plan, extension, in federal income tax system 1204

Indians, services to 260

Industries, secondary, technical assistance, ' expansion to be encouraged 257

Labour department, budget allotment 260

Legislation, retroactive, affecting existing court case 3312

Liquor licence fee increase 264

Loan, deficit repayment, payment of interest 258

MLAs, salary reduction 257, 1146

Medicare premium increase 259, 1193-4

Mines and Petroleum Resources department, budget allotment 260

Minister of Finance's power to purchase company shares, removal of 1911-2, 1945

Ministers, deputy, salary reduction 1146

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1976) 3310

Morrison, Newell, status of, A. 597

Municipal Affairs department, budget allotment 260

Municipal incentive grant programme, increase of 260

Municipalities, revenue-sharing programme with 261

Natural gas producers, federal income tax regulations for payment 1229

Order-in-council No. 1221, Treasury bills, sale of 1128, 1148-9

Ottawa conference of Finance ministers 557-8

Pacific North Coast Native Co-op, Port Simpson, fisheries development loans 262

Park development programme 261

Pension plans, deficits in 1145

Pharmacare programme 260

Police costs, increase of 257

Power and Telephone Line Beautification Fund, recapture of 264, 1021

Powers to borrow money, give guarantees, make grants on loans, be exercised only through Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council 1911-2

Price-freeze policy, power of government 2099, 2298, 2300

Price increases, provincial restraint on, regulations for 1633-4, 2097-9

Propane Gas Association of Canada, submission by 1178

Propane gas sales tax, A. 3243

Provincial Major Disaster Fund, future funding of 257, 1021

Provincial Secretary department, budget allotment 261

Public Service Commission expenditures, increase of 261

Public service, extended health and dental plan, increase of 261

Quoted (Levi) 416

Rail agreement with federal government 1156

Recreation and Travel Industry department, budget allotment of 261

Resource developments, co-ordination of 257

Restructured grants to municipalities, urgency of, A. 321, 1204

Revenue Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 8) 1R, 267; 2R, 1911-2, 1945-6

Revenue Amendment Act, 1976, clarification of amendments 1911-2

Revenue forecasts, budgetary and in Clarkson Gordon report 1134

Revenue increase, estimated improvement percentage 1120, 1152

Revenue shortfall 252, 263

Safe-Driver Incentive Plan, rebate on car insurance for under-25s 261

Salary contingencies of individual departments, consolidation under Finance department 258

Sales tax exemption for agricultural equipment and materials 990

Sales tax exemption for building materials and mobile homes, amendment on 1020, 1119

Sales tax exemption for medical equipment and materials 990

Sales tax exemption for telephone bills 993

Sales tax exemptions 264, 755, 942

Sales tax increase 264

Sales tax increase, effect on low-income groups 991

Sales tax increase, impact on cost of living 1189-90, 1201

Sales tax increase, necessity of 942

Sales tax increase, yield resulting from 264, 742, 755

Sales tax, not regressive 1189

Sales tax, regressive nature of 755

Saskatchewan, anti-inflation policy 2098

Scaling fund, vote 146, A. 320, 595

School district, unorganized rural component, sum collectable in budget, A. 1077

School Tax Removal and Resource Grant Fund, return to general revenue 256, 264

Sewerage Facilities Assistance Act 261

Social Services Tax Amendment Act, 1976 (Bill 11) 1R, 267; 2R, 754-5, 942; C, sec. 1, 989-93, sec. 2, 1020; Report 1020; 3R, 1020

Special funds recovered, committee to decide on future funding 972

Special Funds Revenue Recovery Act, 1976 (Bill 7) 1R, 267; 2R, 854, 864-5; C, sec. 1, 972-4, 1021, 1023-5; sec. 2, 1025; sec. 3, 1025; Report, 1025; 3R, 1025

Special warrant 703 for post-secondary education and training, A. 320, 595

Special warrant 708 to supplement votes 193, 202, 203, 219 and 227, A. 322, 596

Special warrant 709 issued to supplement votes 236 and 237, A. 321, 595

Stumpage revenue, estimates affected by U.S. housing development 1119

Summer student employment, funding 574, 577-8, 1206-8

Superannuation Branch, expenditure increase 261

Supply Act, No. 1, 1976 (Bill 10) 1R, 340; 2R, 340-1, 351; C, 352, 574, 577-8; Report, 701; 3R, 701; RA, 735

Supply Act, No. 1, 1976, amount asked for 351

Supply Act, No. 1, 1976, purpose of Bill 351

Supply Act, No. 2, 1976 (Bill 85) 1R, 3339; 2R, 3339;C, 3340

Swan Valley Foods Ltd., investment in 262

Taxation, alternative schemes to relieve hardship on low-income earners 1213

Taxes and other increases imposed by government, AIB review of 2281

Transit supply programme 260

Transport and Communications department budget allotment 261

Treasury Board, cost-accounting assessment 1190

Treasury Board, quorum for meetings 1199

Tree farm licence, improvements, tax exempt within municipal boundaries 1191

Unemployment Insurance Commission, payments increased 261

Universities Council, warrant to, A. 177, 648-9, 657, 688

Warrant for vocational training, recoverable, A. 596

Westcoast Transmission, shares, purchase of 1945

Women, projects for, funding of 1212

Wolfe, John

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 1198

Wolfender, Richard

Mentioned: (Kahl) 672

Wolves

Trapping and snaring (Skelly) 3324, 3335 (McCarthy) 3334, 3336

Women

Cabinet committee decisions affecting women (Brown) 3113-4 (McCarthy) 3126

Coal, northeast project, women's economic input (Brown) 1519-20

Credit, discrimination against women (Brown) 1559-60, 2530-1 (Main) 1562

Discrimination against women in society (Barnes) 1270

Education programme planning, involvement in (Wallace, G.S.) 1786

Financial independence of (Jordan) 3119-20 (McCarthy) 3125

GAIN, maintenance order enforcement provisions (Gibson) 2452 (Vander Zalm) 3374-5 (Levi) 3377

GAIN, maintenance payments, subrogation of individual rights (Levi) 3374-5 (Brown) 3375

GNP, women's input, study proposed (Brown) 1519, 2531

Housewife, place in society as volunteer (Jordan) 1015

Prisons, women in (Brown) 3114-5

Role in economy of province (Brown) 1519-20

Sex discrimination in education, advisory committee on, termination of (Brown) 1804-6 (McGeer) 1805-6 (Dailly) 1806

Women, projects, funding of (Brown) 1211-2, 3113, 3127 (Wolfe) 1212 (Gibson) 3115-6 (Kahl) 3124 (McCarthy) 3129-30

Women's economic rights branch (Brown) 1518-20 (Phillips) 1520, 1523 (Lauk) 1523

Women's economic rights branch director, status of (Brown) 1520 (Phillips) 1520, 1523 (Lauk) 1523

Women's office, creation of (Gibson) 3116

Women — Employment

Alcan experiment programme on equal employment opportunities (Jordan) 3120, 3123 (King) 3122

Employment of women in government (Wallace, B.B.) 2336 (Bennett) 2343 (McCarthy) 3126

Equal employment opportunities programme (Brown) 3114 (McCarthy) 3125-6, 3129

Equal opportunity for employment (King) 3121-3 (Wallace, B.B.) 3123

Equalization of working conditions, criticism of government policy (Levi) 230

Older women, employment and training (Jordan) 3120-1 (Wallace, B.B.) 3123

Rural women, employment of (Wallace, B.B.) 3124 (McCarthy) 3127

Training facilities, lack of (Wallace, B.B.) 849

Training opportunities, Attorney-General department report on (Wallace, B.B.) 1290 (Brown) 1321

Volunteer opportunities programme (Barnes) 1009

Women, legal status, laws, etc.

Adjournment of House for discussion, leave not granted, 76-7

Adviser to Minister of Education on sex discrimination, reappointment (Wallace, G.S.) 180 (Barnes) 198

Change of Name Amendment Act. See name of act

Family law recommendations (Gibson) 164

Legal aid in family disputes (Brown) 1257-8 (Wallace, G.S.) 1281-2, 1286

Legal rights, knowledge of (Jordan) 1323

Legislation to end discrimination (Wallace, G.S.) 180

Name, change of (Brown) 478-9 (McClelland) 479 (Wallace, B.B.) 1289

Property, matrimonial, community of (Gardom) 1243-4, 1301, 1327 (Brown) 1300-1, 1318-9 (Jordan) 1317-8

Rights, protection of (Kahl) 674-5

Status of Women's co-ordinator, office terminated (Gibson) 164 (Barnes) 198 (Brown) 495, 1258, 3112, 3127 (Wallace, B.B.) 850 (Sanford) 933 (Dailly) 3118-9

Women's Rally for Action brief (Brown) Q. 73 (Bennett) A. 74 (Gibson) 164 (Wallace, B.B.) 850

Women's rights in British Columbia (Dailly) 3118

Women's Health Association

Mentioned: (Brown) 1992

Women's Institute

Grant to (Wallace, B.B.) 1538 (Phillips) 1538

Women's Institute conference

Agriculture minister, presence of (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 2295 (Phillips) A. 2295

Women's Legal Aid Clinic

Work and funding of (Brown) 1319-20

Women's Rally for Action Committee

Brief quoted (Wallace, G.S.) 181

Meeting in front of parliament buildings 73

Mentioned: (Bennett) 73

Wong, Adrian

Mentioned (Macdonald) 2628 (Gibson) 2629

Wong, Randall

Mentioned: (Lauk) 1611

Wonnacott, R.J.

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2311

Wood, John

Mentioned: (Lea) 8 (Brown) 152

Wood, Josiah

Mentioned: (Williams) 410

Wood, W.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2712 (Waterland) 2712 (Gibson) 2750

Wood Gundy Ltd.

Mentioned: (King) 539

Woodlands Junior Secondary School, Nanaimo, B.C.

Mentioned: (Stupich) 2161

Woodlands School, New Westminster, B.C.

Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 598-9

Wood-pulp industry

Kootenays, increased facilities (D’Arcy) 564-5

Pulp logs, use of (Macdonald) 3076-8 (Waterland) 3078, 3084 (Shelford) 3078-9 (Dailly) 3083-4

Pulp mills, development of (Dailly) 3083 (Waterland) 3084

Wood supply for small operators in Lardeau Valley (King) 3108 (Waterland) 3108

Woodward's Ltd.

Mentioned: (Mair) 1577 (Barber) 2083

Wootton, R.A.

Replacement for (Wallace, G.S.) 1351 (Gardom) 1351

Report mentioned (Skelly) 589 (Macdonald) 1767

Workers' Compensation Act

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 596

Workers' Compensation Board

B.C. Railway, safety operations (King) Q. 2038 (Williams) A. 2038

Claimants, psychological testing of (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 1184 (Williams) A. 1184

Claims before board of review in 1975 and 1976 (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 3402 (Williams) A. 3402

Claims situation, review of (Kahl) 2928

Fishing vessel inspection, jurisdiction over (Lockstead) Q. 632-3 (Williams) A. 632-3

Fund, management of (McGeer) 518

Review of decisions (Wallace, G.S.) 2625 (Gardom) 2626

Special warrant to supplement vote 203 (Wolfe) 596

Mentioned: (Bawtree) 242 (Brown) 950 (Wallace, G.S.) 1146, 1435

Workmen's Compensation Board

See: Workers' Compensation Board

World Food Relief Fund

Expenditures (Wallace, B.B.) 1402 (Gibson) 1409, 1452, 1474 (Phillips) 1452, 1474

World Health Organization

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 716

Worley, Ronald

Employment of (Brown) Q. 926, 1117 (McCarthy) A. 926, 1184

Worthing Borough, U.K.

Salvage material, sale of (Barber) 1876

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