PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
31st Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 30, 1978 to June 29, 1978
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
BART
See entries under San Francisco, Calif.
BBC Realty Inventors
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000
B.C. Business
Quoted (Skelly) 395 (Wallace) 2434
B.C. Government News
Budget issue, cost of (Dailly) Q. 851
Categorization of as part of media (King) 92
Distribution of (Cocke) 1108-9, 1110 (Macdonald) 1325-6
Expenditures on (Cocke) 1146 (Wallace) 1107
Human Rights Commission, 1977 report, use of information in (Gibson) Q. 2549 (Williams) A. 2549
Inaccuracies (Wallace) 1257
Mailing of, overtime work on (Dailly) 1451
Opposition parties, coverage of (Gibson) 852
Quoted (Barnes) 1127 (Cocke) 1108 (Lauk) (Macdonald) 1179, 1205 (Wallace) 1107
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1406
BCILA
See: British Columbia Independent Logging Association
B.C. Lions 25th anniversary (Barnes) 2171-2, 2173-4 (Bawlf) 2172-3 (Bennett) 2172 (Lauk) 2173 (Sanford) 2173
B.C. Medical Journal
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2045
B.C. Mining Industry News
Quoted (Lockstead) 313
B.C. Professional Foresters Act Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill M 207) (Kempf) 1R, 1140
BCTF
See: British Columbia Teachers' Federation
B.C. Teacher
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1987
Babine Forest Products Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 31
Back, D.W.
Salary (King) 1075
Backman, Anne
Mentioned: (Davidson) 552
Bainbridge, Jack
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1758
Baker, Wilson
Mentioned: (Levi) 729
Balco Industries Ltd.
Railcar shortage, layoffs, plant closure (Barrett) Q. 1539, Q. 1540, 1633, Q. 1792
Mentioned: (Waterland) 375
Baldwin-Cartier school district, Montreal, P.Q.
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1929
Ball, John Lee, Jr.
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 1541
Banister Pipelines, Inc.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 244
Bank of B.C.
Shares, government ownership of (Barrett) 968, 969, 1001, 1018, 1089, 1135, 1137 (Bennett) 1010
Shares, value of (Barrett) 1018
Mentioned: (Barber) 967, 1000 (Barrett) 28, 1088 (Kerster) 576 (Shelford) 1067 (Stephens) 99
Bank of Canada
Mentioned: (Barrett) 41 (Bennett) 229 (Gibson) 68, 290
Bank of Montreal
New Westminster branch, alleged kickbacks for loans (Levi) 2075, 2076, 2115
Mentioned: (Stupich) 284
Bank of Montreal and Trust Co. of Canada
Mentioned: (Levi) 1042
Bankruptcy
Bankrupts, collections from for necessities of life (Mair) 1883
Frequency of in B.C. (Phillips) 458
Increase in (Barber) 230 (Barrett) 29 (Cocke) 112, 163, 467, 631 (Lauk) 53, 1371 (Lea) 144, 146 (Levi) 139, 140 (Phillips) 49-50, 1373 (Rogers) 652 (Sanford) 441 (Stupich) 282 (Wallace) 320 (Wolfe) 763-4
Increase in and new incorporations (Phillips) 449
Increase in and unemployed women (King) 126
Vancouver-Burrard constituency, bankruptcies in (Levi) 139
Banks and banking
Alberta treasury branch's operations (Levi) 800-1 (Wolfe) 801
Bank profits (Levi) 141
B.C. Central Credit Union, task force report (Barrett) 1088 (Wolfe) 1278
Chartered banks, lending practices (Wolfe) 262
Employees, unionization of (Sanford) 119-20
Loan forms, changes in (Main) 1883
Small business, government loans to (Levi) 801, 802
Small business, interest rate on loans to (Levi) 1690-1
Women, employment of (Sanford) 119-20
Bannerman, Gary
Mentioned: (Gibson) 77
Baptist Foundation
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1375, 1507
Barber, Charles (Victoria)
Address in reply 229-37
Arnett, John, work on MLA report 1191
Assessment, changes in 2176
Bankruptcies, increase in 230
Bennett, W.R., letter soliciting Social Credit Party memberships 1191-2, 1193, 1194
Bikeways Development Act (Bill M 209) 1R, 1424
Bikeways planning office, proposal for 2633
Bikeways, provision of 2632-3
B.C. Buildings Corp. employees, oath of secrecy, Q. 368
B.C. Buildings Corp., payment of municipal taxes by 1439
B.C. Buildings Corp., positions terminated in employee transfer 767, 768, 770, 771
B.C. Cellulose Co. shares 762
B.C. Ferry Corp. employees, cutback in 236
B.C. Ferry Corp. losses, subsidization of 231-2
B.C. Hydro, accountability of 1742
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Act, amendment to 2487
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1978) 1740-2
B.C. Hydro borrowing, reduction in amount requested 1742
B.C. Hydro borrowing, referral of bill to B.C. Energy Commission 1740-1
B.C. Hydro, control of 1742
B.C. Hydro, Province questions re 759
B.C. Hydro, rail system, takeover 2218, 2476
B.C. Hydro rates, reduction of and transit deficit 2218
B.C. Hydro, transit assets, sale of 2211, 2463, 2464-5
B.C. Hydro, transit employees, pension funds 2210, 2472
B.C. Hydro, transit functions, removal of 2209
B.C. Hydro, transit operating company 2461, 2461-2, 2462-3
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 508-11
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, decision on 510
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, subsidization of 508
B.C. Railway, losses 995
B.C. Railway, subsidization of 509-10
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. and municipal taxes 1439
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, sale of 1215-16
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., assets, transfer of 1001-2
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, valuation of 743, 744, 745, 746, 746-7, 748-9, 760, 761-2, 1001-4, 1213-5
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, valuation of, charge for 745, 746, 765, 1003, 1004, 1214
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. directors 1000
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. directors, remuneration to, Q. 819, 996, 1214
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., establishment of 995
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., exemptions from Companies Act 997-8, 1216
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., government holdings in 748
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., information re 995-7
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., ministerial responsibility for 748, Q. 754, 758-9, 760, 762, 765, 995, 996
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., petroleum, natural gas rights 744, 745, 761, 1004-5
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., possible conflict with B.C. Development Corp. 1004-6
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., prospectus, 746, 762, 1001, 1215
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shareholders, Q. 820
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, sale of 762
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, underwriting of 762
B.C. School Trustees Association convention 1151-2
B.C. Steampship Co. employees, oath of secrecy for, Q. 368
B.C. Systems Corp., cost of 995
Budget debate 508-11, 612-8, 625
Burke Mountain land bank, sale of 233
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., information re company 996-7
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd. shares, value of 1215
CNR right-of-way to Nanaimo, use of 2633
Capital of B.C., location of 234-5, 769
Capitals, siting of 234-5
Children's parade 1193-4
Cities, city life, tribute to 1493-4
Colleges, community, local control over 1152
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry employees, transfer of to Vancouver 236
Crown corporation positions, termination of 766, 767
Crown corporations, payment of municipal taxes 1438-9
Crystal Gardens, restoration commended 944
Crystal Gardens restoration, cost of, source of funds 944
Curtis, H.A., European visit, cost of visit, Q. 1338
Economic Development Commission of Greater Victoria 1691
Economic Development ministry, estimates 1691-4
Education ministry, centralization of power in 614
Education ministry, estimates 2006-11, 2021-3, 2025-6
Elderly, housing appropriation for 232, 614-5, 631, 1373
Environment ministry employees, transfer of from Victoria 236
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, subsidization of 508-9, 511
Executive Council, estimates 995-1000, 1001-6, 1151-5, 1191-2, 1193-4, 1212-6
Expenditures, increase in 995
Expenditures, underestimation of 616-7
Ferries, sale and lease-back of 232, 612, 2211-2
Ferry employees, oath of secrecy for, Q. 369
Ferry fares, increase in 230, 231
Ferry regulations re bus, van passengers Q. 1364
Finance ministry, estimates 743, 744, 745, 746, 746-7, 748, 748-9, 758-62, 765-6, 766-7, 768-70, 770-1
Forest Act 2405-11
Forest Act, delay in passage of 2405-11
Forest companies, investment by 2409
Forest companies, investment by outside B.C. 2408-9
Forest companies, small, opportunity for in forest industry 2405-6
Forest industry, monopoly of by larger companies 2405-6, 2407, 2408
Forest policy, acceptability of to future governments 2408
Forest tenure, security of 2409
Game counts, possible falsification of 917
Gifted children, needs of 2006-10
Government buildings, exemption from municipal taxes 1438
Health ministry, estimates 1767
Helliwell, David, salary, fees or benefits, Q. 584, 614, Q. 819, 996, 1213, 1215
Highways and Public Works ministry, estimates 2620, 2622-3, 2623-4, 2624, 2625, 2632-3
Homeowner grant, owners of 99 year apartment leases 2488-9
Housing Corp. of B.C., housing units planned 233
Housing Corp. of B.C., profits 233
Housing Corp. of B.C., sale of 232-4, 1488, 1511
Hull, P.Q., reversal of building permit decision 2178-9
Income tax as revenue source 1154
Industrial democracy, conference on 1564-6
Joint Committee on Housing 1511-2, 2164-5, 2179-80
Joint Committee on Housing, MLAs' expenses, repayment of, Q. 1960, Q. 1962
Joint Committee on Housing, R.S. Bawlf expenses, repayment of, Q. 1959
Joint Committee on Housing reports, tabling of 273
Joint Committee on Housing, special committee on MlAs' participation in 2163-5
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., value of 749, 1215
Labour ministry, estimates 1563, 1564-6
Log market, government-regulated 2410-1
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., investment outside B.C. 2408-9
Maternity patients, regulation re hospital stay 1767
Mobile Home Amendment Act (1978) 2308, 2488
Mobile home registry 1487
Municipal Act, revision of 1490, 1493
Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates 1487-90, 1492-8, 1511-2
Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act (1978) 2453, 2488-9, 2489, 2491
Municipal Amendment Act (1978) 2176-81, 2490, 2490-1
Municipal government 1489-90
Municipal government, metro and amalgamated 1489
Municipal government, neighbourhood units 1489
Municipal government, powers of 1489
Municipal government, royal commission on 1488-9, 1492-3
Municipalities Aid Amendment Act (1978) 1389, 1438, 1439
Music education in school system 2009-10, 2010-1
National Research Council, Institute of Toxicology 1693-4
Open House Canada programme, funds for 2028
Parliament Buildings area, carriage house 2632
Parliament Buildings, cleaning employees, oath of secrecy for 2626
Pitts, John, directorships, memberships 1000
Plateau Mills Ltd., assets, valuation of 749
Poole, Jack, directorships, memberships 998-1000
Poole, Jack, San Francisco speech 998
Princess Marguerite, benefits from operation of 231
Princess Marguerite, lasses 231
Princess Marguerite, phasing out of, Q. 1668
Property tax 1153-4
Property tax, alternatives to 1497
Property tax, differential taxation 1497-8
Property tax, exemptions from 1495
Property tax, history of 1494
Property tax, home improvement tax 1494, 1496-8
Property tax increases, misleading practices in tax notices, Q. 2122
Property tax, inequities of 1494-5
Property tax, revenue 1496
Property tax, royal commission inquiry into 1489
Property tax, site-value taxation 1498
Property tax, taxpayers' revolt 1495-6
Provincial Home-owner Grant Amendment Act (1978) 1708
“Provincial land", definition of 1438
Public enterprises, indirect benefit of 230-2
Public service personnel, transfer of from Victoria 236
Public service positions terminated, number of 766, 767, 768, 770, 771
Public Works employees, number of 2620
Public Works employees, placement of 2622-3, 2623-4, 2625
Public Works employees, severance pay settlements 2625
Queen of Surrey, use on Victoria-Seattle route, Q. 1668
Racquet Club, tax exemption for 1495
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 917-8, 944, 944-5, 945
Regional district boards, appointment of municipal directors to 2180-1, 2491
Regional district boards, selection method and regional district review committee 2180-1, 2490
Regional districts review committee, terms of reference 1488
Regional transit commission, accountability of 2214
Regional transit commission, appointment of 2214, 2465-6, 2467
Regional transit commission, appointment of, consultation on 2214, 2466
Regional transit commission members, number of 2467
Regional transit commissions, increase in number of 2486
Revenue Surplus of 1976-77
Appropriation Act (1978) 1373-4
Saanich, Royal Oak warehouse proposal 1692
Saanich tax notices and tax increases, Q. 2123
Sales tax 1154
Sales tax, increase in 612-3
School closures and declining enrolment 2028-9
School closures, criteria for, appeal procedure 2028-9
School tax, basing o£ on property 1495
School tax levy, increase in 1152-3, 2022, 2025
School tax on property, reduction in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
School tax on property, removal of 1153
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters 1487
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters, administrative staff 1487
Small business problems, Vancouver Island 230
Social Credit Party membership, soliciting for on government stationery, Q. 273, Q. 334
Spallumcheen school tax, payment of 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025-6. Q. 2399
Tantalus Village, coverage of by Mobile Home Act 2488
Taxpayers revolt, California 1495-6
Taylor, Austin, role in B.C. Resources Investment Corp. 1001, 1214, 1215
Transit agreements with regional districts 2210, 2214-5, 2460-1, 2473
Transit Authority, financing formula for 509
Transit, cabinet committee on 2461
Transit, capital costs, anticipated future costs 2219
Transit costs and municipal revenue-sharing grants 2216
Transit costs, inclusion of capital costs 2213-4, 2216, 2477-8, 2480
Transit depot areas, benefits from development rights in 2210-1, 2374-5, 2473-4, 2475
Transit fares, increase in 2212, 2219, 2478
Transit, financing methods 2216-8
Transit, financing of 2212-3, 2552-3
Transit, financing of and municipal debt limits 2485, 2485-6
Transit, financing of, formula for sharing 2215-6, 2218, 2477-80
Transit, financing of from electricity sales 2217
Transit, financing of from provincial revenue 2217
Transit research and demonstration casts, financing of 2215, 2477
Transit revenue source, electric power sales 2217
Transit revenue source, electric power surcharge 2211, 2482
Transit revenue source, gasoline tax 2217, 2483-4, 2484, 2484-5
Transit revenue source, property tax 2209, 2212-3, 2216, 2481, 2481-2
Transit revenue source, property tax, provincial land 2211, 2482
Transit systems, use of mini buses, feeder buses 2219
Urban Transit Authority Act 2208-19, 2460, 2460-1, 2461, 2461-2, 2462-3, 2463, 2464-5, 2465-6, 2467, 2468, 2471, 2470, 2472, 2473, 2473-4, 2474-5, 2475-6, 2476, 2477, 2477-80, 2480, 2481, 2481-2, 2482-3, 2483-4, 2484-5, 2485-6, 2486, 2487
Urban Transit Authority Act, regulations, 2486
Urban Transit Authority Act, third reading, delay in 2552-3
Urban Transit Authority, cost of operation 2480
Urban Transit Authority, directors, alleged proxy voting by 2215, 2468
Urban Transit Authority, directors, appointment of 2214, 2465-6, 2467
Urban Transit Authority, directors, per diem payment to 2470
Urban Transit Authority, employees 2210, 2472
Urban Transit Authority, exemption from Companies Act 2460
Urban Transit Authority, financing of 2213, 2480
Urban Transit Authority, general manager, appointment of 2214, 2471
Urban Transit Authority, role of 2461-2
Vancouver, future of 1493
Victoria, Belleville Street buildings, designation of and possible lawsuit 944-5
Victoria, economy of 235-6
Victoria, economy of and public service employment 769-70
Victoria land for industrial development 1691-3
Victoria, research industry, development of 1693-4
Wildlife branch funds, possible misappropriation of 917
Woodward, Charles, directorships, memberships 1000
Work Point land, use of 1692-3
YM-YWCA swim team ferry trip, Q. 1364-5
Youth employment programme, eligibility of handicapped 1563
Zoning decisions, charge in requirement for, benefit to developers 2176-80
Zoning decisions, simple majority requirement for 2176-80, 2490-1
Barclay, Ian
Mentioned: (Levi) 669
Baricello, Ralph J.
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2138, 2139
Bark beetles
Control of (Waterland) 1549
Barkerville, B.C.
Appropriation for (Bawlf) 942 (Wallace) 942
Barnes, Emery Oakland (Vancouver Centre)
Bicycle safety week 1367
B.C. Buildings Corp., borrowing by 412
B.C. Buildings Corp., contracts, bidding on, awarding of 2616-7, 2617-8, 2619
B.C. Buildings Corp., rented space, costs, owners' names, Q. 186
B.C. Buildings Corp., tender procedure 413
B.C. Hydro debt 413
B.C. Lions, 25th anniversary 2171-2 2173-4
Budget debate 411-8
Chinatown, family problems 1653
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2606-9
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 1924, 1925
Drug abuse 2705
Drug addicts, professional addicts 2706
Eckardt, Lawrence S., alleged partisanship of 2607, 2608
Executive Council, estimates 1127-8
Farm equipment, removal of sales tax on 414
Heroin addiction, cure of 2708
Heroin addiction, residential treatment centre, contraband drugs in 2708
Heroin Treatment Act 2702-3, 2705-9
Heroin Treatment Act, civil liberties, breach of 2703, 2707
Heroin Treatment Act, conference on 2702, 2705
Heroin Treatment Act, Largley petition 2705
Heroin Treatment Act, programmes under Act 2703, 2706
Heroin treatment voluntary treatment programme 2708
Highway Act, An Act to Amend (Bill M 208) 1R, 1424
Highways and Public Works ministry, estimates 2616-7, 2617-8, 2619, 2620
Housing Corp. of B.C. debt, assets, revenue, Q. 1854
Housing Corp. of B.C., purchaser of, Q. 1854
Human Resources ministry, estimates 1652-4
Human Resources ministry grants programme 415
Indians, W.N. Vander Zalm's statement re, Q. 2456
Jerome, Harry, athletic achievements 1441, 1442
Jerome, Harry, employment of 1440, 1441-2
Knudsen, Calvert C., salary 418
Legislature, calling of session 414
Little Mountain constituency, change in boundary of 2608
McLean Park housing project, youth workers for, Q. 2455
Mah, Stanley, employment as street worker in Chinatown 1652-4
Norris commission on electoral reform 2607
Pacific Building Maintenance contracts with B.C. Buildings Corp. 2617, 2617-8, 2619
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1440, 1440-1
Public Works ministry, status of former employees 2619, 2620
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 901-2, 902, 902-3, 903-4, 905, 907-8
Rigsby, G.A., appointment of, Q. 23
Rogers property, businesses located in garage 903, 904, 905, 908, 1127-8
Rogers property, concessions to former owners, Q. 1854
Rogers property, designation as heritage site 902, 903, 904
Rogers property, garage tenants, eviction notices 1304, Q. 1427
Rogers property, Housing Corp. of B.C. ownership of 902, 904, 908, Q. 912
Rogers property, owner of Q. 1854
Rogers property, purchase by Housing Corp. of B.C., date of, Q. 1854
Rogers property, purchase price, payment terms, Q. 1854
Rogers property, use of 902-3, 903, 904
Royal commission on electoral reform, choice of commissioner 2607-8
Royal commission on electoral reform report, public hearings on 2608-9
Sales tax, reduction in 412, 413
Small business, sales tax on production machinery, removal of 414
Strathcona Community Centre Association, funds for youth worker 1652-4
Tenants' Advisory counselling services, funding for 1924, 1925
Tourist trade, increase in 413
Transit, need for 416-7
Unemployment 413-4, 415-6, 417-8
Urban Transit Authority Act 2471
Urban Transit Authority Act, third reading, delay in 2555-7
Urban Transit Authority, directors, appointment of 2556
Vancouver Resources Board, abolition of 416
Vancouver transit, changes in 417
West End Adult Day-care Centre, funds for 415
Barnes, LaVerne
The Plastic Orgasm mentioned (Barnes) 2173
Barrett, David (Vancouver East)
Address in reply 26-44
Air ambulance service 1236
Alberta heritage fund 1190
Apprenticeship training 30
Atco Homes, Kelowna operation 954, 955
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2057-60, 2061-3, 2063-4, 2064
Balco Industries Ltd. layoffs, plant closure, Q. 1539, Q. 1540, 1633, Q. 1792
Bank of B.C. shares, government ownership of 968, 969, 1001, 1018, 1089, 1135, 1137
Bank of B.C. shares, value of 1018
Bankruptcies, increase in 29
Beard wearers, discrimination against 473
Bethlehem Copper Corp. Ltd., cutback in work force 34
B.C. Buildings Corp. contract, letting of without tender, Q. 154, Q. 155
B.C. Buildings Corp. contracts, policy on tendering 454
B.C. Buildings Corp., rental charges, formula for 812, 813, Q. 1080, Q. 1306
B.C. Central Credit Union, task force report 1088
B.C. Federation of Labour dinner, attendance at, A. 24
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1978) 1750-3
B.C. Hydro debt 693-6
B.C. Hydro debt, interest casts on 694-5, 699, 955, 1750
B.C. Hydro, Province questions re, referral to committee on Crown Corporations 692-700, 701-2, 703-4
B.C. Petroleum Corp., establishment of 42, 1189-90
B.C. Petroleum Corp., revenue 42, 475-6, 477, 1189-90
B.C. Railway, Alaska, discussions with, Q. 1733-4
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, Q. 23, 31
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, abandonment of 371, 480, 482, 960
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, contact with B.C. federal cabinet ministers, Q. 818
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 479, 480-2, 1129
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of, commitment on, Q. 453, Q. 454, Q. 517, Q. 518
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, decision on 968, 969, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1133-4, 1135
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, studies prior to decision on 1131-2
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, upgrading of, cost increases, Q. 1733
B.C. Railway, losses 39, Q. 1792
B.C. Railway, negotiations with federal government, Q. 849
B.C. Railway, railcar shortage, Q. 1792
B.C. Railway, royal commission, D.M. Phillips' criticisms of, Q. 909, 960
B.C. Railway, royal commission, interim report 371, 960
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. executives, salaries, Q. 851
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., government share purchase 968, 969. 1001, 1018, 1089, 1135, 1137
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. shares, value of 1018
Budget debate 473-82
Burrard constituency, elimination of 2661
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., interference in operation of 967, 969
Capital investment in province 30-3
Capital investments and investor confidence 954, 955, 957
Capital investments, decrease in 959
Children, battered, fee for counselling parents, Q. 1483
Coal carriers, construction of 40
Coal, legislation on 1018
Coal, negotiations with Japanese 478
Coal, northeastern, development of 29
Coal royalty, increase in 40
Coastal transportation services agreement 875
Columbia River Treaty, loss 1750-3, 1754
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2658-62
Construction industry, unemployment in 30
Cost increases 36
Cost of living, food costs 956
Cost of living increases under present government 955-6
Craigmont Mines Ltd., mine closure 33, 34
Crown corporation employees, communications with press, Q. 752
Crown corporations, policy on questions re 702, 704-5
Davis, Jack, investigation into use of sirline tickets 214
Dollar, drop in value and cost of living 474-5
Eckardt, Lawrence S., alleged partisanship of 2659-60
Economy of province 1087-8
Energy policy, national 1189
Executive Council estimates 953-61, 964-5, 966-8, ' 968-9, 978, 980-3, 985-7, 988, 1000-1, 1018-9, 1086-9, 1129, 1131-5, 1137-8, 1189-91, 1236-8
Export markets, competition for 475
Federal deficits 474
Federal election 953
Federal payments 958
Ferries, sale and lease-back of 40
Ferries, sale and lease-back of, commission on transaction 1018, 1019
Ferry construction 39-40
Finance ministry, estimates 692-700, 701-4, 704-5, 812, 813
Fisheries boundaries negotiations, disclosure of confidential document 1935
Forest Act 2326-31
Forest Act, amendments to 2322, 2324-5
Forest companies, foreign-controlled 2327
Forest contracts, negotiation of 2330
Forest industry, monopoly of by large companies 2328
Forest inventory, preparation of 2329
Forest resources, public control of 2327
Forest resources, public ownership of 2327
Forests, annual allowable cut, allocation of 2329
Free trade and job loss 954-5, 956, 957
Granduc Mines Ltd., mine closure 33, 34
Helliwell, David, salary, fees or benefits 1000, 1018
Heroin addiction, residential treatment centre, contraband drugs in 2737-8
Heroin addicts, methadone treatment 2741
Heroin maintenance programme, proposal for 2741
Heroin Treatment Act 2735, 2736-7, 2737-40, 2741-2
Heroin Treatment Act, programmes under Act 2736, 2737, 2739, 2741, 2742
Heroin treatment programme, hiring of personnel for 2735, 2736, 2738, 2741, 2742
Housing Corp. of B.C., sale of 1512
Housing Corp. of B.C., value of 476
Human Resources ministry, estimates 1657
Insurance Corp. of B.C., March, 1976, grant 964
Investment, American, in B.C. 475
Investment, American, in Canada 32-3
Job creation 35-6
Kelowna, businesses for sale 28-9, 959
Kelowna, unemployment 29
Little Mountain constituency, change in boundary of 2658, 2659
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, drug smuggling 2059, 2060, 2063-4
Ministers, patronage hirings 28
Mortgage foreclosures, increase in 29
Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates 1512
Natural gas, export price 42-3
Natural gas, price increase to producers 1189, 1190
Noranda Mines Ltd., exploration cutbacks 34
Northeastern B.C., investment in 486
Oak Bay by-election 36-8
Overruns 36
Ozard, William, dismissal of, Q. 973, 978
Ozard, William, settlement with, Q. 974, 978
Panco Poultry Ltd., value of 476
Parity bonds, redemption of 968
Petroleum companies, incentive grant to 1190
Petroleum companies, price increase to 1189, 1190
Plateau Mills Ltd., purchase of 981-2
Plateau Mills Ltd. timber allocation, conflict-of-interest in 978, 980, 982, 985-7, 988
Premier's office, staff 964
Prison inmates, introduction of to drug use 2058-60, 2063-4
Prisoners, temporary absence programme 2061-2
Prisons, contraband drugs in 2057-60, 2063
Pulp mill, construction of by Japanese 35
Quebec, separatism 1086
Railcar shortage 1237
Railcar shortage, Council of Forest Industries press release on, Q. 1792
Railcar shortage, emergency debate on 1633
Railwest Manufacturing Co., closing of and car shortage 1237
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 932
Recreation and Conservation ministry staff, memorandum on confidentiality 932
Recreation and Conservation ministry staff, restriction on membership in organizations 932
Resource products, transport of in B.C. ships 40
Resources, control, ownership of 957-8
Resources, development of 481-2
Resources, development of and transportation 481-2
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, report and presentation of bill in House 2658
Sales tax reduction 473-4
Sales tax reduction, federal agreement on 474
Sales tax reduction, federal agreement on, date of, Q. 271, 474
Sales tax reduction, federal discussions on, date of, Q. 272
Sales tax revenue, first quarter of 1978, Q. 272
Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C., establishment of 41-2
Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C., report on 41
Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, evidence re alleged supermarket kickbacks, Q. 1538
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economic Affairs, emergency debate on practice of closure 1541
Select standing committees, debate on matters before committees 816, 817
Sentencing, alternative methods 2057, 2062
Shipbuilding corporation, proposal for 40
Shipbuilding industry for B.C. 3940
Smith, D. Ed. resignation as Speaker 26-7
Smokers, inclusion under compulsory treatment legislation 1860-1
Steel mill in B.C. 40
Succession duties, abolition of 29
Succession duties, reinstitution of 477
Tariff policy 475
Tax increases 36
Tischler, Bluma 1139
Unemployment 27-9
Unemployment, role of private sector 30
Unemployment, statistics on 27-8
Urban Transit Authority Act, third reading, delay in 2558
Vancouver East constituency, change in boundary of 2658
Vancouver Plywood employees, cutback in 34
Vancouver police, funds for team policing 1657
Vancouver school board, release of information on provincial contribution, Q. 2672
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., share purchase 968, 1001, 1089
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., shares, commission on sale of 1018
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. shares, value of 1018
Western Premiers' Conference 457, 474
Barrett, Silvy
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2710
Barron's Weekly quoted (Phillips) 459, 460
Barsted, Diane
Quoted (McCarthy) 1396
Bartlett, John G.
Letter quoted (Levi) 731
Bartlett, Neil
Chemical Research (Nicolson) 2521
Basford, Ron
Mentioned: (Barrett) 818 (D’Arcy) 2253 (Gibson) 2259 (Levi) 2074 (Williams) 849
BATmobile programme
See entries under Drinking and traffic accidents
Bawlf, Hon. Robert Samuel, Minister of Recreation and Conservation (Victoria)
Action British Columbia 842, 853
Akamina-Kishinena Valley, park proposal for, A. 156, 929
Akamina-Kishinena Valley, park proposal, public hearings on, A. 156
Alcan pipeline employees, access to wildlife 860
Alcan pipeline route and wildlife habitat 860
Algin, market for 660
All-terrain vehicles, Victoria, designation of area for 889
Arrow Lakes, tributary streams, habitat improvement 888
Athletes, federal-provincial conference on responsibilities for 853
B.C. Lions, 25th anniversary 2172-3
Barkerville, appropriation for 942
Bella Coola, ferry service to 875
Bergerud, Thomas, research on caribou 838-9
Bighorn sheep, hunting quotas, A. 335
Boulder Mountain, snowmobiling 888
Bright Angel Park, expansion of 834
B.C. Cultural Fund 823
B.C. Ferry Corp., jurisdiction of 871-2
B.C. Ferry Corp., subsidy to 888-9
B.C. Genes, sports, competitors 853
B.C. Games, Summer Games, Penticton 822, 842, 844
B.C. Recreation Association 854
Budget debate 567-70, 653-4, 658-62
Butlin, Ron, office furnishings 859
Butlin, Ron, salary 842, 843, 844
Captain Cook Bicentennial celebration 658
Coastal transportation services agreement 874
Collis, Martin, work 841-2, 881-2
Conservation and sports clubs, assistance to 846-7
Conservation, appropriation for 653, 659, 827-8
Conservation, chief conservation officer 653, 659, 846
Conservation programmes involving young people 943
Cowichan Bay, environmental evaluation of 834
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority, appropriation for 828, 941
Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority, donations by private agencies 828, 941
Crown corporations, establishment of 1271
Crystal Gardens, restoration 823, 1271
Crystal Gardens restoration, cost of, source of funds 944
Culture and heritage branch 822
Elderly, programmes for 1269-70
Executive Council, estimates 1269-71
Expenditures, cost control 568
Expenditures, increase in under former government 567-8, 569, 661-2
Expenditures, increase in under present government 567-8
Ferry advisory committee 876
Ferry employees, oath of secrecy for, A. 369
Ferry employees, Victoria area, increase in 908
Ferry fares, off-season rates 888-9
Ferry fares, rates for sports groups, students 889
Ferry fares, student fares. A. 2125
Ferry package tours 868
Ferry regulations re bus, van passengers, A. 1364
Ferry sailings, increase in 1271
Ferry service, central and north coast 823-4
Ferry service, central and north coast, connecting services 823
Ferry service, Port Hardy to Prince Rupert 823
Ferry service, Prince Rupert to Queen Charlotte Islands 823
Ferry traffic, increase in 658
Finance ministry, estimates 767-8, 770
Fish and wildlife branch, misappropriation of funds, A. 685
Fish and wildlife branch, reorganization of 829
Fish and wildlife branch staff, limit on travel by 834-5
Fish hatcheries, contracting of out to private industry 929
Fish hatchery, distribution facility, Prince George 901
Fish hatchery, Fraser Valley 901
Fish hatchery production 661
Fisheries branch, co-operation with wildlife branch, A. 185
Fisheries branch, establishment of 653, 659
Fisheries branch projects, employment benefits 661
Fisheries branch, role of commercial fisheries in, A. 185
Fishing licences, revenue 900, 940
Fishing, sports fishing industry 661
Fort Steele, appropriation for 942
Fort Steele show, awarding of to Alberta firm 943
Freelance, expenditures on, A. 2613
Gallagher property, acquisition for park 834
Game counts, possible falsification of, A. 623, 829
Game law enforcement programme 881
Game resource, inventories of 864
Geoduck fishery 660
Geoducks, appropriation for research on 939
Government property, municipal taxes on 569, 1270
Greater Victoria Public Library, central library 1270
Grizzly bears, quota systems for 820
Haig-Brown, Roderick, commemoration of 867
Heritage conservation branch 822
Heritage Trust of B.C. 823
Herring, canned 660
Highway 1, Victoria, four-laning 1271
Historic houses, designation of 907
Hospital, Helmcken Road 1271
Hunting guides, licensing, certification of 653
Hunting licences, revenue 900, 940
Hunting regulations, requests for changes in, A. 1267
Hunting trophy licence fees, discontinuance of, A. 92
Illecillewaet River, restocking of 888
Indian hunting regulations, review of 653
Inner Harbour, work on 823
Joint Committee on Housing, expenses, repayment of, Q. 1959
Kelp, harvesting of 660
Kootenay River diversion, environmental impact of 940-1, 941
Lady Grace, mortgage on, A. 1541
Lady Grace, negotiation of performance bond with owners 1541
Lady Grace, payment for, A. 1541
Ladysmith harbour, oyster seed production 938
Lakes, protection of 846
Lakeshore development study 846
Langdale Queen, bids for, names of bidders, A. 1541
Lap sit, participation of ministers in, A. 1735
Lap sit, use of public funds for, A. 1735
Libraries, funding for 891
Library Advisory Council, establishment, role of 2507, 2508, 2509, 2518
Library Advisory Council, role in school system 2518
Library Development Commission, disbanding of 2507, 2508
Library development, formula for 823
Library systems, funding of 2508
Library trustees, meeting with 2508, 2518
Locgm-term care programme 568
Mackenzie-Grease trail of 1793, planning for 822
McMaughton Lake, boat launching facilities 900-1
Manning Park Lodge, operations of 943
Marine plant industry 660
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, skateboard park 890
Mountain sheep, Fast Kootenay range, coal exploration in 828-9, 881
Mountain sheep, Fort St. John area, controlled burning project 881
Mountain sheep habitat and coal exploration 864
Mountain sheep, management plan for 828
Mountain sheep, quotas for hunters 916-7, 920
Municipalities, revenue sharing programme 569
Nitinat triangle area lands 828
Ocean Falls, ferry service 876
Office, administrative clerk, A. 156
Ogden Point warehouse and terminal, reconstruction of 1270
Okanagan Lake, north end, use of 2, 4-D in 864, 865
Outdoor Research Council of B.C. 854
Oyster leases 868
Oyster reserves, proposal for 868
Oyster seed production, Pendrell Sound 938, 939
Oysters, culture techniques 868
Oysters, production of 660
Parks, boundary areas, study of 942
Parks branch, appropriation for 828
Parks branch, reorganization of 822
Pharmacare, universal coverage 568-9
Port McNeill curling rink 868
Powell River, Horseshoe Bay-Saltery Bay ferry service 876
Prawn fishery, market demand 660
Predator control 839
Priest Lake, use of motorboats on 835
Provincial Heritage Advisory Board 823
Public Libraries Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 20) 1R, 2183; 2507, 2508-9; 2518
Public Service positions terminated, number of 767, 768, 770
Public Service positions, Victoria, elimination of 569-70, 658
Queen Charlotte Islands, transportation service 875-6
Queen of Surrey, cost of 876
Queen of Surrey, use of 876
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 821-4, 829, 833-5, 838-9, 841-2, 843, 844, 846-7, 853-4, 859, 860-1, 864, 864-5, 867-8, 871-2, 874, 875-6, 8812, 887-9, 890-1, 892-3, 895, 900-1, 902, 903, 905, 907, 908, 916-7, 920, 928-9, 930, 932, 934-5, 938, 939, 940-1, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945
Recreation and Conservation ministry staff, memorandum on confidentiality 932, 934-5
Recreation and Conservation ministry staff, restriction on membership in organizations 932, 934-5
Recreation and fitness branch 822
Recreational facilities fund, applications on file 928
Recreational facilities fund, grants made 868
Rentalsman, Victoria office 1270
Robertson Creek hatchery, contracting out to private industry 929
Robertson, Wendy, extension of appointment, salary, A. 1574
Robertson, Wendy, programme initiated by 853, 881
Robertson, Wendy, salary 843, 859, 860, 864, 881, 1735
Rogers Mansion, designation as heritage site 902, 903, 905
Rogers Mansion, Housing Corp. of B.C. ownership of 903, 904
Salmonid enhancement programme 653, 659, 822
Salmonid enhancement programme, cost recovery 928-9
Salmonid enhancement programme, economic effect of, studies 928
Salmonid enhancement programme, herring fishery 900
Salmonid enhancement programme, impact of increased supply 928-9
Salmonid enhancement programme, provincial funds for 828
Salmonid enhancement programme, southern Vancouver Island streams 890
Schoen Lake Provincial Park 822
Schoen Lake Provincial Park, naming of 867
Shellfish fisheries, management and development 660
Shellfish industry, appropriation for 938, 940
Shellfish industry, expansion of, A. 684
Shoreline access parkland, shortage of 822
Sooke Potholes Provincial Park, proposal for 889
Special Committee on Privilege, report (Williams) 2801-2
Special Olympic Games 854
Sport B.C., grant to 860
Sport B.C., problem with audit 882, 888, 892
Sport governing bodies 853-4
Sports development co-ordinators 841, 843, 846
Sports, volunteer contribution to 846
Steelhead, catch-and-release programme 939-40
Stein River Valley, management plan for 929
Student employment programme 1270
Tourist industry, promotion of 1271
Tourist industry, Vancouver Island, increase in 658
Trap development, federal-provincial committee on 860
Trap development, humane trap 834, 860-1
Trapper education, ARDA funds for 887-8, 900
Trapper education programme 834, 860, 887-8
Trappers in B.C., number of 834
Trapping, bionic trap 860
Trapping, provision for under Wildlife Act 834
Trout, rehabilitation of lake fisheries 661
Trout spawning streams, rehabilitation of 661 2, 4-D in lakes, effect on fish, wildlife 864
Valhalla Wilderness Area, park proposal 929, 930
Victoria, Belleville Street buildings, designation of and possible lawsuit 945
Victoria, Blanshard Street extension 1271
Victoria, economic development commission 1270
Victoria harbour, federal funds for 1270
Victoria, Old Town, undergrounding of wires 1270
Watershed protection, federal legislation on 890-1
White Crown Mountain, ski development 833
Wildlife Act, revision of 653, 916
Wildlife and resource-road construction 864
Wildlife branch, consulting study on 828, 829
Wildlife branch funds, possible misappropriation of, A. 623, 829
Wildlife branch, McCarthy inquiry 829
Wildlife branch members, allegations against, A. 623
Wildlife branch, positions unfilled 829, 881
Wildlife branch, regional directors, role of 829
Wildlife branch, reorganization of 829, 920-1
Wildlife branch staff, administrative positions 864
Wildlife habitat, B.C. Hydro compensation for 901
Wildlife habitat protection 901
Wildlife habitat protection and resource exploration, A. 912
Wildlife, species management plans 653, 659, 828
Williston Lake, boat launching ramp 860
Wolves, control of 839, 841, 861, 864
Wyse, Lucy, position of, A. 156
YM-YWCA swim team ferry trip, A. 1365-6
Bawlf Committee on Housing
See entries under Municipal Affairs and Housing, Ministry of
Bawtree, Leonard (Shuswap)
Address in reply 15-9
Agriculture industry, role of 16
Airport facilities, upgrading of 19
Budget debate 600-3
Business, government regulation of 16
Campsites, competition of government sites 18
Campsites, motels, assessment of 17-18
Captain Cook Bicentennial celebration 19
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2604-5
Drivers, slow drivers 601-2
Eckardt, Lawrence S., alleged partisanship of 2605
Environment ministry, estimates 1864-6
Executive Council, estimates 1278
First Ministers' conference on economy 15
Forest industries, employment in 17
Forest land, alienation of for parks, reserves 17
Forest management programme 17
Forest management programmes, employment in 17
Government regulations, red tape 601
Herald Provincial Park, establishment of 1865
Highways, maintenance and construction, appropriation for 601
Highways ministry buildings, Enderby, Chase 602
Highways programme 19
Home acquisition, assistance to first-time buyers 602
Homeowner grant for elderly 602
Independent schools, appropriation for 602
Industry, growth of 1278
Job creation 16
Lakes, noise pollution 868
Lakes, restrictions on use of Sea-doos 869
Long-term care programme 17, 602
Milfoil, clearing of Okanagan Lake chain 18
Milfoil in Shuswap waterway system 869
Provincial Land Commission, politicization of under former government 1868
Recreation and Conservation ministry estimates 868-9
Reforestation 602-3
Reforestation, Shuswap area 17
Revelstoke-Slocan constituency, redistribution of 2605
Salmon Arm airstrip, improvement in 19
Salmon spawning grounds, milfoil in 869
Salmon spawning grounds, Shuswap constituency 869
Salmonid enhancement programme 602, 869
Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, reports 58, 1827, 2079, 2372
Seymour Arms Estates Ltd. land, exclusion from agricultural reserve 1865-6
Shuswap constituency, change in boundary of 2605
Shuswap health care centre 602
Small business, problems with suppliers 600
Social welfare programmes 16-17
Special Committee on Privilege on acceptance of funds under Grazing Act (King) 1931, 1932 (McCarthy) 1931, 2157 (Williams) 2801-2
Tourist industry, Shuswap area 17-18, 602
Tourist industry, Vancouver Island, increase in 18
Tourists, group tours in Shuswap area 18 2, 4-D in lakes, effect on fish, wildlife 869
Unemployment problem 15-16
Unemployment, regional districts' role in 16
Vocational education opportunities, southeastern B.C. 602
Bayshore Inn, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 1060 (Lea) 1458
Beak Consultants Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 776
Beale, Colin
Quoted (Levi) 2334 (Sanford) 1559 (Wallace) 2381
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2382
Beale's Letter
Quoted (Levi) 2335 (Sanford) 1559 (Skelly) 395-6 (Wallace) 2381
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1019 (King) 1259
Bear Lake, B.C.
Commercial property (Lloyd) 1845
Beards
Discrimination against beard wearers (Barrett) 473
Human rights branch, policy on complaints re discrimination against beard wearers (Sanford) Q. 456 (Williams) A. 456
Beauchesne, Arthur
Parliamentary Rules and Forms of the House of Commons mentioned (Barrett) 479, 1167 (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) 1202, 2690 (Cocke) 162 (Gardom) 372 (Lauk) 1895, 2690 (Nicolson) 1222, 1309 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 25, 29, 156, 335, 373, 517, 584, 685, 1856, 2342, 2400
Quoted (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) 1228 (Gibson) 69 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 24, 90, 848, 1363, 1857, 1900
Beautiful British Columbia
Compliance with Moslem postal code (McCarthy) 1453 (Rogers) 1453
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1109 (McCarthy) 1389
Beaver Creek Sawmills Ltd.
Assistance in relocation of sawmill (Skelly) Q. 2399 (Phillips) A. 2399
Beckett, Leslie A.
Letter quoted (Stupich) 1397
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1782
Beddoes, G.R.
Mentioned: (Wallace) 830
Beef cattle
Beef industry, ARDA agreement (Hewitt) 329
Beef industry production (Hewitt) 328
Beef industry study (Hewitt) 328, 2126-7, 2154 (Wallace) 2154
Income assurance programme cheques, delay in (Wallace) Q. 273, 275 (Wolfe) A. 273
Income assurance programme cheques, inclusion of compensation in (Wallace) Q. 273
Income assurance programme, cheques issued (Hewitt) 275
Income assurance programme, cost of (Hewitt) 2137 (Wallace) 2136
Marketing board for (Wallace) 2146
Beer
Bottle returns to liquor stores (Gibson) Q. 184 (Mair) A. 184 (Stupich) 281
Breweries' operation, declaration of as essential service (Stephens) Q. 2187
Sale of from breweries (Macdonald) Q. 2245 (Mair) A. 2246
Behr, Peter
Mentioned: (Barber) 1495
Beirnes, Helen
Employment of (Da illy) 1392
Resignation of (King) Q. 336 (McCarthy) A. 336-7
Belcourt Coal
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1470
Belknap, Victor
Mentioned: (Levi) 1619
Bell, Gordon
Employment of (Chabot) 1475 (Lockstead) 1, 475
Bell, Larry I.
Mentioned: (Barber) 2164 (Curtis) 1485
Bella Bella, B.C.
Airport, site of (Lockstead) 1100
Ferry slip (Lockstead) 314
Power outage (Lockstead) 779, 870
Bella Bella (Vessel)
Mentioned: Lockstead 872
Bella Bella Indian Band
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 313
Bella Cools, B.C.
Ferry service to (Bawlf) 875 (Lockstead) 872
Sawmill, construction of (Lockstead) 1543 (Waterland) 1543
Belmont Building, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 1661
Bennett, Bob
Survey of commercial property, taxation (Stephens) Q. 1794 (Mair) A. 1794
Bennett, Jim
Salary (King) 1076
Bennett, R.B.
Mentioned: (Gardom) 367 (Stupich) 285
Bennett W. John
Bennett, William Andrew Cecil
Quoted (McCarthy) 2664
Welcomed to House (Bennett) 1263 (Gibson) 1263 (McCarthy) 1263 (Macdonald) 1263 (Stephens) 1263
Mentioned: (Barber) 231, 759, 1742, 2405, 2517 (Barrett) 30, 38, 39, 481, 482, 986, 1001, 1753 (Calder) 315, 530 (Cocke) 465, 507, 633 (D’Arcy) 597, 598 (King) 502, 1076, 1080, 1082, 2387, 2600 (Lauk) 53, 382, 538, 1236, 1371, 1676 (Lea) 345, 541, 1466 (Levi) 483 (Lockstead) 2084, 2338 (Macdonald) 1184 (Skelly) 550, 683, 1848, 2421 (Stephens) 499 (Wallace) 2134
Bennett, Hon. William Richards, Premier (South Okanagan)
ARDA agreement 1085
Address in reply 221-9
Airlines, third-level carrier system 1100
Airport facilities, upgrading of 1052-3
Airports, funds for 1098
Alaska, negotiations with on rail connection 977
Alberta, visit to, A. 1366
Alcan pipeline and transportation systems 1126-7, 1129, 1130
Alcan pipeline, impact on northern communities 1129
Alcan pipeline, negotiations with federal government 1126, 1129, 1130
Arnett, John, work on MLA report 1199-1200
Atlantic provinces, economy 951
Auditor-general 1340
Automobile testing station, Maple Ridge 1104
Automobile testing stations, review of 1104
Bank of B.C. shares, government ownership of 1010
B.C. Energy Commission, confidence in commissioner 1186, 1187, 1210
B.C. Energy Commission, energy bus 1099
B.C. Federation of Labour demonstration 223
B.C. Hydro, Province questions re operations, referral to Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations 586
B.C. Hydro transit, subsidization of 1024-5
B.C. Lions, 25th anniversary 2172
B.C. Railway, B.C.-Alaska rail link 523, 524-5
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 522-6
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of, commitment on, A. 517
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, decision on 624, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1136
B.C. Railway, , Fort Nelson line, economic analysis of, A. 624
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, federal cabinet ministers, contact with, A. 818
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, federal subsidy, negotiations for, A. 2516
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, highway link to Fort Simpson 522-3
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, royal commission report A. 23, 525
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, studies prior to decision on 1126-7, 1131
B.C. Railway, royal commission, confidence in 1129
B.C. Railway, royal commission, interim report, A. 624
B.C. Railway, sale or lease of, A. 623
B.C. Railway, subsidization of 1130
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. and B.C. Development Corp. 1009
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, transfer of 1007
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, valuation of 1024
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. directors 1008, 1010
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. directors, remuneration to 1024
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., establishment of 226-7, 1045-7
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. investments 1009-10
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. mandate 1045-7
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. prospectus 1008, 1046
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. taxes, payment of 1046-7
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., government share purchase 1010
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., rate increases 1104, 1355-6
Budget, balanced budget 948
Budget, balancing of 223
Budget debate 522-6
Building codes, revision of 1099
Business, government regulations, red tape 225, 952, 1065-6
Business representatives, meetings with 224 (Gibson) 289
Cabinet meetings, holding of outside Victoria 965
Cable distribution systems, responsibility for 1104, 1353, 1354
Canada, regions, inequalities, problems 228-9
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat, cost of 1333
Canadian unity 228-9
Capital investments, increase in 952, 962
Children's hospital, Vancouver 1182-3
Claim staking, increases in 1031
Coal exploration 1051
Coal exploration licences, moratorium on 1051, 1052, 1054, 1055, 1056
Coal exploration licences, procedure for issuance of, A. 972
Coal, legislation on 1006, 1047, 1052, 1054-5
Coal policy 1346
Coal Task Force report 1126
Coal, taxation of 1051-2
Coastal freight service 1356, 1357
Coastal transportation 1099
Coastal transportation services agreement 874-5
Coastal transportation, subsidization of private carriers 1099
Columbia River Treaty power projects, expenditures on, A. 1892
Columbia River Treaty power projects, expenditures to complete, A. 1892
Columbia River Treaty, revenue received under treaty, A. 1892
Columbia River Treaty storage projects, expenditures on, A. 1892
Committee on Crown Corporations 1340
Communications conference, Charlottetown, B.C. representative at 1104, 1354
Communications, government policy on 1353
Communications planning adviser 977
Companies to be taken over by NDP 1063, 1136-7
Confederation, cabinet committee on 229
Constituency report 1199-1200
Constitutional change, consultation, cooperation on 1337
Constitutional intrusions, task force on 457
DREE agreement 1085
Davis, Jack, investigation instituted, A. 154, 213
Davis, Jack, resignation as Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications 44
Debt, repayment plan for 1069
Decisions by Premier (Lea) 1119-21
Deficits, interest on 948
Dixon Entrance, international boundary negotiations, A. 1858, A. 1859
Dollar devaluation 950
Economic policy, Canadian 227-8, 949-51
Economy of B.C. 222, 947-50, 1083-4
Economy of Canada 227-8
Education, expenditures on, local control over 1147-9
Education, local control over 1147-9
Electoral reform commission 1062
Energy conservation programme 1099, 1198
Energy projects, investment in 963
Energy sources, demonstration projects on 1099, 1360
Energy sources, work on alternate sources 1099
Energy, Transport and Communications minister, executive assistant 1334
Energy, Transport and Communications ministry, estimates 1353, 1354, 1354-5, 1355, 1356, 1357-8, 1358, 1359, 1360, 1360-1
Energy, western provinces' task force on 457
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, court appeal re service 1161
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway passenger service, A. 1427
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway service, maintenance of 1161-2, 1163
Executive Council estimates 947-53, 961-4, 965-6, 968, 975-8, 978-80, 983-5, 987-8, 1006-1010, 1024-5, 1025, 1028, 1030-2, 1045-8, 1050-3, 1054, 1054-5, 1055, 1056, 1062-3, 1063-6, 1068-70, 1083-6, 1098-1100, 1103-4, 1122-3, 1126-7, 1128-9, 1129-31, 1135-7, 1147-9, 1150-1, 11602, 1162-3, 1170-1, 1175, 1182-3, 1186-7, 1189, 1192-3, 1199-1200, 1207-10, 1328-30, 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1337, 1337-8, 1340, 1341-2, 1334-5, 1346, 1350-1, 1352-3
Expenditures and growth rate of province 1198
Expenditures, percentage of gross national product 949
Export market, B.C. products 228
Federal boards, commissions, provincial role in 229
Federal election 1065
Federal government, consultation with 949
Federal government, equalization payments 1341-2, 1344, 1352-3
Federal shared-cost programmes and income tax points transfer 961
Ferries, fuel oil purchases, cost of, A. 654-5
Ferries, subsidization of 1130
Ferry traffic, statistics on, A. 654
First Ministers' Conference 221-2, 1085
First Ministers' Conference, economic strategy proposals 947-8, 1084-5
First Ministers' Conference, preparation of B.C. submission to 228
First Ministers' Conference, proposals for changes in government structure 1085
Fisheries, interim reciprocal agreement 1143-4
Forest industries, investment in 527
Forest management programme 1064
Free trade and liquor control board, A. 1267
Freight rates 1342
Gasoline, federal tax on 1187
Government advertising, publications, appropriation for 1198
Government aircraft, logs tabled 817-8
Government, cost of 223, 962-3
Government, efficiency in 222
Government, growth of big government 221-2
Government, intergovernment ministry, staff increase 1350
Government, intergovernmental relations 1086
Grizzly Valley, gas reserves 1032
Grizzly Valley pipeline, construction of 1031-2
Growth, increase in 222
Guaranteed annual income 1175
Helliwell, David, salary, A. 584, A. 819, 1024
Heritage fund, establishment of 1069, 1070
Highway construction, maintenance 227
Holidays out-of-province (Lauk) 243
Housing Corp. of B.C., sale of 225, 1008
Immigration agreement with federal government, A. 583
Immigration, negotiations with federal government on 1334
Indians, W.N. Vander Zalm's statement re, A. 2397
Inflation and tax revenue 947
Inflation, decrease in 222
Information, freedom of between governments 1340
Insurance Corp. of B.C., loss under former government 961
Island Youth Centre, use for heroin treatment, date of decision, A. 1426
Kelowna businesses for sale 1098-9
Kelowna economy 1098-9
Labour force, increase in 951-2, 961-2, 1083
Liard Highway, construction of 522-3, 524, 525
Lougheed, Peter, Prince Rupert visit, A. 1365
Mine closures under former government 1030
Mining exploration, encouragement of 525
Mining industry under former government 1030-2
Motels, property tax increase, A. 2516
Natural gas exploration 525, 1329-30
Natural gas exploration rights, revenue from 1345
Natural gas field price, recommendations on 972
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island, study on 1099, 1160-1
Natural gas price, hearings on 1186
Natural gas, price increase to producers 1329, 1345
Natural gas, price to producers, Alberta, B.C. 1329 Ocean Falls Corp., modernization, upgrading of 1103
Ocean Falls ferry ramp, cost of 1103-4
Ocean Falls, ferry service 1358, 1359
Ocean Falls, future of 1104
Ocean Falls hydro source, fluctuations in 1103
Okanagan Telephone Co., takeover of 1104, 1355
Open Learning Institute cable channels, allocation of 1355
Parliament buildings, telephone service 1355
Peace River power project, expenditures on, A. 1892
Peace River power project, total cost of, A. 1892
Petroleum, Alberta price to producers 1209
Petroleum companies, benefits to northern communities 1208
Petroleum companies, price increase to 1183
Petroleum drilling, Peace River 1209
Petroleum exploration, encouragement of 525
Petroleum exploration, national policy on 1186, 1189
Petroleum exploration, provincial policy on 1187
Petroleum exploration rights, revenue 1208
Petroleum, new field discovery 1187, 1210
Plateau Mills Ltd. timber allocation, conflict-of-interest in 963, 968, 978-9, 983-5, 987-8
Premier's office, cost of 976, 1351
Premier's office expenditures, increase in and expenditures of municipal councils, school boards, A. 2343, A. 2344
Premiers office, grants, contributions and subsidies 1333
Premier's s office, personnel, function 975-8
Premier's office, problems under former government 976
Premiers staff 1350-1
Premier's staff offices, location of, A. 2342
Prince Rupert grain elevators, A. 1365
Property tax increases, municipal responsibility for, A. 2729
Property tax, industrial property, burden on, A. 2548
Public meetings, appearance at 965 (Barrett) 964-5, 966-7, 968 (Lea) 1121 (Levi) 1027
Quebec, separatism 1085
Research and development, task force on 457
Resource products, B.C. dependency on 951
Resources, sale of rights to, revenue 1329-30
Revenue surplus 948
Ruppenthal report 1099, 1356, 1358
STOL aircraft, study of 1098
Salary reduced to $3, M. (Macdonald) 1212. Negatived 1330
School board elections, voter turnout 1149
School district budgets 2124
School district budgets, setting of and class size, A. 2189
School District 61, tax increase and operating costs, A. 2124
School tax, shift to urban landowners, A. 2306-7
Senate, role of 229
Service stations, independent 1069-70
Service stations, self-serve, guidelines on 1360
Shares, government purchase of 1135-6
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters programme 225, 953
Small business, assistance to 225, 952, 1062
Social Credit Party, campaign donations to 1062
Social Credit Party memberships, letter re 1193 (Barber) 1191-2, 1193, 1194
Social Credit Party, relationship to other parties 1151
Social welfare programmes 949, 1170-1
Social welfare programmes, services, directory of 977
Solar energy, demonstration projects 1160
Solar-heated housing project 1182
Statutes, review of 1335, 1336
Strikes, lockouts, man-days lost 222
Tariff, effect on B.C. 227-8
Tariff policy 1342
Task Force on Canadian Unity 229
Task Force on Canadian Unity, 'remuneration to members, A. 155
Telephone directory, government 977
Television receiving facilities, remote communities 1354
Tennis game, Vancouver, cost to taxpayers (Stephens) Q. 2398 (Bennett) A. 2398
Tischler, Bluma 1139
Tourist industry, expansion programme 1064-5
Tourist industry, increase in 962
Tozer, A., expense account, Dec. 1975 to March 1976, A. 2345
Trade unions, meetings with 224
Trade unions, relationship with 223-4
Transit, legislation on 1025, 1048
Transit, study of provincial service 1359
Transportation and northern development 1131
Transportation policy and subsidies 1130
Unemployed, decrease in number of 222
Vancouver Island, alternative energy for 1099
Vancouver Plywood, threatened closure 224
Vehicle weights, change in regulations 1122-3
Vietnam, medical aid for children 1331
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., relationship to B.C. Petroleum Corp. 1008
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., shares, commission on sale of 1017
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. shares, value of 1010
Western economic strategy, task force on 457
Western Premiers' conference 456-7
Williston, R.G., salary, fees, bonuses, shareholdings, A. 519, 1084
Wood waste, energy source, A. 1267
Bentley, Peter
Mentioned: (Barber) 2410 (Wallace) 2433
Benzene
Alcan employee, benzene exposure (Brown) 1602-3
Berger, Thomas
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2660 (Brown) 2677
Berger Commission
See: Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law
Bergerud, Thomas
Caribou, research on (Bawlf) 838-9 (Shelford) 836-7
Tribute to (Shelford) 835-6
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 880 (Shelford) 838
Bergman, Claude
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1104
Berkley, Bertram
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 423
Bertrand, Marie
Quoted (Brown) 2072
Bethlehem Copper Corp. Ltd.
Work force, cutback in (Barrett) 34
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 356
Bevan Lodge, Courtenay, B.C.
Closing of (Sanford) 1659, 1660 (Vander Zalm) 1659-60, 1660
Bewley, Leslie
Heroin Treatment Act, advisory work on (Levi) 2283-4 (Macdonald) 2709
Mentioned: (Stephens) 2732
Bicycle paths
See: Cycling paths
Bicycles
Bicycle safety week (Barnes) 1367
Bierman, Bob
Mentioned: (Hon. Member) 1178 (King) 1260 (Macdonald) 1178
Big Boy Timber
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 582
Big Brothers, of B.C.
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 129, 1410
Bighorn sheep
See: Mountain sheep
Bikeways
See: Cycling paths
Bikeways Development Act
(Bill M 209) (Barber) 1R, 1424
Bills, Legislative
1. Parliamentary Right, An Act to Perpetuate a
* 2. Good Samaritan Act
* 3. Supply Act, No. 1, 1978
* 4. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act, 1978
* 5. Revenue Surplus of 1976-77 Appropriation Act, 1978
* 6. Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act, 1978
* 7. Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1978
* 8. Social Services Tax Amendment Act, 1978
* 9. Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1978
*10. Municipalities Aid Amendment Act, 1978
*11. Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 1978
*12. Ministry of Forests Act
*13. Range Act
*14. Forest Act
*15. Provincial Home-owner Grant Amendment Act, 1978
*16. Dykes Maintenance Amendment Act, 1978
*17. Municipal Amendment Act, 1978
*18. Heroin Treatment Act
*19. Urban Transit Authority Act
*20. Public Libraries Amendment Act, 1978
*21. Development Corporation of British Columbia Amendment Act, 1978
*22. Family Relations Act
*23. Science Council of British Columbia Act
*24. Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia) Amendment Act, 1978
*25. Mineral Act Clarification Act
*26. Mobile Home Amendment Act, 1978
*27. Coal Amendment Act, 1978
*28. Supply Act, No. 2, 1978
*29. Petroleum and Natural Gas (1965) Amendment Act, 1978
*30. Land Titles Act
*31. Conveyancing and Law Property Act
*32. Execution Amendment Act, 1978
*33. Consumer and Corporate Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 1978
*34. Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1978
*35. Fire Marshal Amendment Act, 1978
*36. Commodity Contracts Trading Act
*37. Attorney-General Statutes Amendment Act, 1978
*38. Constitution Amendment Act, 1978
*39. Partnership Amendment Act, 1978
*40. Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1978
42. Builders Lien Act
43. Repairers Lien Act
44. Evidence Amendment Act, 1978
45. Contracts Enforcement Act
M 201 Vancouver Island Energy Authority Act
M 202 Smoke Alarm Installation Act
M 203 The Accountability Act
M 204 Tourist Accommodation Act
M 205 Guaranteed Available Income for Need Amendment Act, 1978
M 206 Gasoline Tax Act (1948) Amendment Act, 1978
M 207 British Columbia Professional Foresters Act Amendment Act, 1978
M 208 The Highway Act, An Act to Amend
M 209 Bikeways Development Act
M 210 Medical Services Amendment Act, 1978
M 211 Direct Legislation Act, An Act to Amend
M 212 Legislative Tour Act
M 213 Legal Professions Act Amendment Act, 1978
M 214 Smoking in Public Places and Meetings, An Act to Regulate
M 215 Captain Cook Bi-Centennial Commemoration Act Amendment Act, 1978
M 216 British Columbia Petroleum Sales Act, 1978
M 217 Restriction of the Use of Spring Traps Act
M 218 Wrongful Dismissal Act
M 219 Nutrition Awareness Act
M 220 The B.C. Hydro and Power Authority Fair Taxation Act
M 221 Children's Rights Act
*Denotes Act receiving Royal Assent.
Bishop, Douglas
Mentioned: (Cocke) 164, 165, 166
Black, H.S.
Mentioned: (Sanford) 1332
Black, Wesley Drewett
Mentioned: (Gibson) 62 (McClelland) 1758, 1815
Black Ball Transit Inc.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1118
Blackmore, Owen
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2660
Blaine, Brian
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935
Blair, Robert
Mentioned: (Phillips) 1673, 1698
Blakeney, Alan
Mentioned: (Bennett) 680, 1151
Bland, D.R.
Mentioned: (Brown) 1611
Block, Henry
Mentioned: (Barrett) 29 (Levi) 143
Block Brothers Realty Ltd.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1916
Board of Industrial Relations
Mentioned (Chabot) 2628 (King) 2627
Boeing Aircraft Co.
Mentioned: (Rogers) 2341
Boeing Computer Services
Mentioned: (Levi) 728
Boese, R.J.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1818
Bonar & Bemis Ltd.
Bond Bros. Sawmill Ltd.
Mentioned: (Bennett) 978
Bonds
B.C. rating (Stupich) 284-5
Parity bonds (Skelly) 573
Parity bonds, redemption of (Barrett) 968 (Macdonald) 673, (Skelly) 572
Bonner, Robert
Bonuses, other benefits to (Lockstead) Q. 686
Quoted (Skelly) 177
Salary (King) 1082
Salary, bonuses, fringe benefits (Wolfe) A. 852
Trilateral Commission, payment of expenses to attend (Lockstead) Q. 686 (Wolfe) A. 852
Mentioned: (Barber) 759, 1742, 2218 (Barrett) 694 (Cocke) 712 (Gibson) 83, 706, 792 (King) 209, 709, 1722, 1723 (Lea) 720, 1295 (Levi) 1022 (Macdonald) 675 (Skelly) 176, 393, 572, 1714, 1715, 1719, 1840, 1847
Boots and shoes
Quotas on shoe imports, cost of (Gibson) 85, 291-2
Borrowers and Depositors Protection Act
Mentioned: (Mair) 1883
Bortnick, Norman
Mentioned: (McGeer) 336
Boudin, H.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 2250
Boulder Mountain, B.C.
Snowmobiling on (Bawlf) 888 (King) 886
Boundary Community Health and Human Rights Centre
Funds for (Brown) 605
Boundary-Similkameen constituency
Change in boundary (Cocke) 2597, 2598 (Hewitt) 2599
Bourinot, Sir John George
Parliamentary Procedure and Practice quoted (Gardom) 2161
Bowerman, Bill
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1441
Bowerman, Elly
Quoted (Barber) 1563
Boy Scouts of Canada
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 129, 1410 (Sanford) 771
Boyd, Charles
Mentioned: (Barber) 2011
Boyd, K.G.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2789
Boys' and Girls' Clubs of B.C.
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 129, 1410
Bracewell, Ben
Death of (Curtis) 2057
Bradina Joint Ventures
Silver Queen Mine closed, job lass (Chabot) 1455
Brain
Research centre in B.C. (Gibson) 96-7, 296, 1986 (McGeer) 1991
Braithwaite, John
Quoted (McCarthy) 1445
Mentioned: (Dailly) 1444
Brameda Resources Ltd.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1470, 2536 (Lauk) 1059 (Macdonald) 1206, 1326, 2531
Branca, Angelo
Mentioned: (McClelland) 2248
Brannan Lake School for Boys
See: Island Youth Centre, Brannan Lake, B.C.
Brascan Ltd.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1206, 2531
Brazier, Charles
Directorships held (Lauk) 713, 775, 794-5 (Wolfe) 794, 805
Mentioned: (Lauk) 797
Brazier, George
Mentioned: (Lauk) 713
Brett Motors Ltd.
Agricultural land reserve exclusion for (Skelly) 1843
Bricklin Ltd.
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1063
Bright Angel Park, B.C.
Expansion of (Bawlf) 834 (Wallace) 832-3
Britannia Elementary-Secordary School, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1653 (Levi) 2001
Britcan Consulting Ltd.
Payment to (Levi) 798-9
British Columbia — Capital
Location of (Barber) 234-5
British Columbia — Economic conditions
Atlin constituency, economy of (Calder) 316-7
Economic blueprint for province (Gibson) 1702 (Phillips) 1703
Economic conference, government sponsored (Gibson) 60
Economic plan for province (Gibson) 64 (Lauk) 1682
Economic rules (Veitch) 172
Economic structure of province (Gibson) 60-1
Economy of province (Barrett) 1087-8 (Bennett) 222, 947-50, 1083-4 (Brown) 104, 606, 607 (Cocke) 113, 168 (Dailly) 44, 46-7, 646, 647 (Davidson) 10-11, 12 (Haddad) 174
Hewitt 1319 (Kohl) 181 (Kempf) 200-1 (King) 206, 207, 208, 209, 434 (Lauk) 53-4 (Lea) 349 (Levi) 141-2, 143, 664-6 (McClelland) 214-5 (McGeer) 246 (Mair) 190-1 (Mussallem) 1101 (Nielsen) 610-1 (Phillips) 51-2, 464, 1664 (Sanford) 443, 445 (Strongman) 101-2 (Stupich) 285-8, 580, 587-8 (Throne speech) 3-4 (Veitch) 169-70, 354-5 (Wallace) 319-20 (Wolfe) 249, 253, 254
Economy of province, government involvement in (Veitch) 170
Economy of province, role of private sector in (Phillips) 160 (Stupich) 285-6, 588-9
Growth, forecast of (Gibson) 293 (Stupich) 284
Growth, increase in (Bennett) 222
Growth of province (Hewitt) 325 (Wolfe) 249, 254
Growth rate (Gibson) 60
North Peace River area, economy (Smith) 386
Northwestern B.C., economy of (Fraser) 406 (Lea) 343
Public enterprises, indirect benefit of (Barber) 230-2
Saanich commercial potter, increased costs for (King) 437
Sales tax, effect of increase in (Stupich) 1385
Victoria plumber's business, closing of (King) 436
Working population, increase in (Gibson) 293
British Columbia — History
Constituencies, compilation of material on (Levi) 1412
British Columbia — Industries
High-technology industry (Phillips) 1672
Industries based on needs of resource companies, Crown corporations (Gibson) 63, 68
Labour cost gap, U.S. and Canada (Gibson) 290
Resources, processing of (McGeer) 302
Retirement industry (Gibson) 63-4
Secondary industry for province (Gibson) 63-6
Secondary manufacturing facilities, increase in (Phillips) 1687
Tax levels, comparisons with Alberta (Gibson) 1701 (Phillips) 1703
British Columbia — Population
Immigration to province (Sanford) 118 (Vander Zalm) 114-5
Population loss (King) 1035, 1073 (Wallace) 1105-6
British Columbia, Northern
Development and B.C. Railway (Levi) 482-5
Northeastern B.C., development of (Levi) 482
Northeastern B.C., investment in (Barrett) 486
Northeastern B.C., job creation (Levi) 387
Northwestern B.C., economy (Fraser) 406 (Lea) 343
Services to residents, comparisons with services in south (Levi) 493
Tourist potential of (Jordan) 501
British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines
Grant to (Chabot) 1476 (Lea) 1476
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1470
British Columbia Association for the Mentally Retarded
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 129, 1410
British Columbia Association of Publishers
Meeting (Levi) 1411
British Columbia Association of Social Workers
Mentioned: (Brown) 1625
British Columbia Association of Travel Agents
Mentioned: (Mair) 1883
British Columbia Automobile Association
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2104
British Columbia Aviation Council
Mentioned: (Davis) 420 (Rogers) 203
British Columbia Baptist Society
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1813
British Columbia Bar Association
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2698 (Gibson) 2261 (King) 2294
British Columbia Booksellers' Association
Mentioned: (Levi) 1411
British Columbia Broiler Marketing Board
Alleged kickbacks to supermarkets (Levi) Q. 1537 (Hewitt) A. 1537
Commended (Hewitt) 2127
Mentioned: (Stupich) 2154
British Columbia Buildings Corp.
Borrowing by (Barnes) 412 (Cocke) 465, 633 (Levi) 485 (Nicolson) 356, 357 (Wolfe) 264
B.C. Systems Corp., relationship to (Levi) 734
Buildings, policy on construction of (Stupich) 284
Capital investment funds, requirements, 1978-79 (Wolfe) 264
Contracts, bidding on and awarding of (Barnes) 2616-7, 2617-8, 2619 (Chabot) 2617, 2618-9, 2619-20
Contracts, employment under contract (Fraser) 409
Contracts, letting of without tender (Barrett) Q. 154, Q. 155, 454 (Fraser) 520-1
Crystal Gardens, restoration of (Barber) 944 (Bawlf) 944
Employees, conflict-of-interest requirement (King) 2626
Employees, oath of secrecy (Barber) 368 (Chabot) 2628 (Fraser) A. 368 (King) 2627-8, 2630
Employees, payment by direct bank deposit (Chabot) 2628-9 (King) 2627
Expenditures (Cocke) 635
Island Youth Centre, work on (Stupich) Q. 1363 (Fraser) A. 1363, A. 1367
Municipal taxes, payment of (Barber) 1439 (Wolfe) 1389, 1438, 1439
Pacific Building Maintenance contracts (Barnes) 2617, 2617-8, 2619 (Chabot) 2618-9, 2619-20
Public Works employees, placement of (Barber) 2622-3, 2623, 2623-4, 2624, 2625 (Chabot) 2623, 2624, 2624-5, 2625
Public Works employees, status of former employees (Barnes) 2619, 2620 (Chabot) 2620
Public Works employees, transfer of (Fraser) 409
Public Works employees, transfer of, positions terminated (Barber) 767, 768, 770, 771
Purchasing procedures (Fraser) 521
Rental charges, formula for (Barrett) 812, 813, Q. 1080, Q. 1306 (Fraser) A. 1306 (Wolfe) 812-3, 813, 814
Rented space, costs of, owners' names (Barnes) Q. 186
Revenue, estimate of (Stupich) 740
Rigsby, George A., appointment of (Barnes) Q. 23 (Fraser) A. 23
Tender procedure (Barnes) 413
Mentioned: (Barrett) 28, 703, 964, 1512 (Bawlf) 770, 1271 (Bawtree) 602 (Cocke) 1150 (Gardom) 2095 (Gibson) 86, 291, 788 (King) 1082 (Lea) 346 (Levi) 1093 (McClelland) 1784 (Nicolson) 1196 (Sanford) 441 (Stupich) 812 (Vander Zalm) 1634
British Columbia Cancer Association
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 128
British Columbia Cancer Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
Board, public elections to (D’Arcy) 1761 (McClelland) 1764
Budget (D’Arcy) 1761 (McClelland) 1765
British Columbia Cattlemen's Association
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 328, 2126 (Skelly) 1830 (Wallace) 273, 2566 (Waterland) 2566, 2567
British Columbia Cellulose Co.
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., advance to (Stupich) 747-8
Shares (Barber) 762
Shares in Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., sale of (Stupich) 747
Mentioned: (Barber) 1002 (Bennett) 519, 1103, 1104 (King) 90, 1082 (Nicolson) 532 (Wallace) 2431 (Waterland) 1543
British Columbia Central Credit Union
Deposit in under former government (Kerster) 576
Report on Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C. (Barrett) 41
Task force report (Barrett) 1088
Task force report, cost of (Wolfe) 1278
British Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Mentioned: (Mair) 1893
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Funding for (Gibson) 1448 (Levi) Q. 583 (McCarthy) A. 624-5, 1449
Work of (Gibson) 1448
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2036 (Gibson) 2259, 2270
British Columbia Coast Vegetable Marketing Board
Amalgamation with B.C. Interior Vegetable Marketing Board (Wallace) Q. 1142, Q. 1266 (Hewitt) A. 1142, A. 1266, 2134
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2150, 2154
British Columbia College of Pharmacists
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1860
British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1758, 1816
British Columbia Conference on the Family
Funding for (Kerster) 638
British Columbia Construction Association
Mentioned: (Barrett) 477
British Columbia Corrections Association
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2702
British Columbia Council of Public Sector Employers
Establishment of (Wolfe) 251, 252-3
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1897
British Columbia Cultural Fund
Funds (Bawlf) 823
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 822 (Sanford) 771 (Skelly) 573
British Columbia Dairy Foundation
Commended (Hewitt) 2127
British Columbia Development Corp.
Appropriation for (Lauk) 566
Assistance to Small Enterprise Programme. See name of programme
Delta industrial park (Davidson) 12
Development Corporation of British Columbia Act, 1978. See name of act
Duke Point property, purchase of (Wallace) 1107-8
Establishment of (Lauk) 1677
Financing of (Lauk) 1677
Funds, source, use of (Wolfe) 264
Isotope facility (Lauk) 1673 (McGeer) 1671
Jobs created, preserved, cost of (Phillips) 1372
Motel owners, low-cost loans to (Lauk) 1123
Projects approved, amounts of money involved (Levi) 1687-8 (Phillips) 1688
Publishing companies, loans to (Levi) 938, 1412
Share purchase by government (Lauk) 1371 (Lea) 348-9 (Phillips) 2500 (Stupich) 280, 1370 (Wolfe) 1367-8
Share purchase funds, use of (Gibson) 295 (Wolfe) 257
Small business, assistance to (Kohl) 644 (Lauk) 1371-2, 2500 (Phillips) 2500
Small corporations, equity in (Loewen) 352-3
Spetifore Frozen Foods Ltd., loan to (Lea) Q. 518 (Sanford) Q. 519-20
University of B.C. Endowment Lands, land for industrial park (Levi) 2034-5 (McGeer) 2035
Zoning restrictions, role in removal of (Loewen) 353
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000, 1692 (Bennett) 1365 (Gibson) 66, 67 (Hewitt) 328, 2126 (Jordan) 239 (King) 1082 (Lauk) 1059, 1675, 1680 (Levi) 732, 801 (Loewen) 472 (Macdonald) 529, 1646 (Phillips) 447, 449, 450, 451, 1686, 1689, 1695 (Skelly) 1829 (Stupich) 588 (Wallace) 2130
British Columbia Educational Television Association
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935
British Columbia Egg Marketing Board
Functioning of (Hewitt) 330
British Columbia Electric Co.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1137 (D’Arcy) 805 (Levi) 2240 (Mussallem) 2231 (Wolfe) 1714
British Columbia Energy Commission
Alternate energy sources, work on (Bennett) 1099 (Lockstead) 1098
Annual report quoted (Macdonald) 677
B.C. Hydro borrowing, bill for, referral to commission (Barber) 1740-1 (Cocke) 1745 (Gibson) 1747-8 (Levi) 1742-5 (Nicolson) 1730-1, 1738-9 (Wolfe) 1746
B.C. Hydro rates, control of (Gibson) 82-3
B.C. Petroleum Corp., disbanding of (Chabot) A. 2246 (Gibson) Q. 2246 (Macdonald) Q. 2246
Building codes, revision of (Bennett) 1099
Commissioners, confidence in (Bennett) 1186, 1187, 1210
Electric power, projected demand for (Cocke) 1726, 1745 (Wolfe) 1746
Energy bus (Bennett) 1099
Energy conservation programme (Bennett) 1099, 1198 (Skelly) 575
Energy policy discussion paper (Lockstead) 1098
Energy sources, demonstration projects on (Bennett) 1099, 1360 (Wallace) 1360
Future energy needs, hearings on (Skelly) 1719
Future energy needs, paper on (Lockstead) 776
Natural gas price, field price, recommendations on (Bennett) 972
Natural gas price, hearings on (Bennett) 1186
Natural gas price, increase application, adjournment of (Macdonald) 2121
Petroleum exploration and development, recommendation re (Chabot) 1241-2
Price increase to oil companies, reasons for granting (Bennett) 1183 (Macdonald) 1181, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1207
Wood waste studies (Skelly) 179
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1070, 1210, 1329, 1345, 1360 (D’Arcy) 1194 (Davis) 1217 (Gibson) 66, 77 (Lockstead) 777, 1097, 1361 (Macdonald) 197, 678, 2532 (Skelly) 177, 1158, 1719
British Columbia Farmers' Institute
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2133
British Columbia Federation of Agriculture
Farm Income Assurance programme, meeting on (Wallace) Q. 684-5 (Hewitt) A. 684-5
News release quoted (Stupich) 2141
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 330, 2126, 2133, 2135, 2137 (Stupich) 281, 2147 (Wallace) 2136
British Columbia Federation of Labour
Chez Pierre restaurant dinner, attendance at (Davidson) Q. 23 (Barrett) A. 24
Chez Pierre restaurant dinner, publication of picture (Davidson) 24
Demonstration on unemployment (Bennett) 223 (Gibson) 61 (Stephens) 99
Occupational environment standards, meeting with minister on (King) Q. 2614 (Williams) A. 2614
Mentioned: (Eraser) 408 (Gardom) 2104 (Gibson) 1604 (Mair) 188 (Nicolson) 74 (Nielsen) 610 (Phillips) 160, 161 (Shelford) 135
British Columbia Federation of Women
Mentioned: (Brown) 2070
British Columbia Ferries and Marine Workers Union
Telegram quoted (Lockstead) 1300
British Columbia Ferry Corp.
Agriculture displays (Hewitt) 2127
Bella Bella power outage, role in restoration of (Lockstead) 870
Buses, vans, regulations re passengers boarding ferries (Barber) Q. 1364 (Bawlf) A. 1364
Central and north coast service, connecting services for (Bawlf) 823
Central and north coast, service to (Bawlf) 823-4
Coastal service, proposed ferry for (Lea) 345
Employee morale (Lockstead) 874 (Loewen) 877
Employees, classification of as management (Lockstead) 873-4
Employees, cutback in (Barber) 236
Employees, hiring of local people for relief vessels (Lockstead) 873
Employees, hiring practices (Lockstead) 873
Employees, oath of secrecy for (Barber) Q. 369 (Bawlf) A. 369
Employees, Victoria area, increase in (Bawlf) 908
Fares, free passes for students (Loewen) 877
Fares, increase in (Barber) 230, 231 (Dailly) 1390 (D’Arcy) 427-8 (Lea) 1120 (Nicolson) 75 (Skelly) 149-50 (Stupich) 276
Fares, increase in, advertising of (Lockstead) 2125
Fares, elderly, uniformity of fares for (Loewen) 877
Fares, off-season rates (Bawlf) 888-9 (Kohl) 886
Fares, sports groups, student fares (Bawlf) 889 (Kohl) 886, 891
Fares, student fares (Bawlf) A. 2125 (Lockstead) Q. 2017-8
Ferries, sale and lease-back (Barber) 232, 612, 2211-2 (Barrett) 40 (Cocke) 465, 633, 635 (Dailly) 45 (Gibson) 294-5 (Lea) 348 (Levi) 1015-6 (Macdonald) 198 (Nicolson) 357 (Skelly) 570 (Stupich) 280, 1369 (Wallace) 319 (Wolfe) 801, 1376
Ferries, sale and lease-back, advertising of (Macdonald) Q. 1079
Ferries, sale and lease-back, benefit to province (Wolfe) 1079
Ferries, sale and lease-back, commission on transaction (Barrett) 1018, 1019 (Lauk) 1019 (Levi) 798, 799, 802, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1026-7, 1028 (Wolfe) 801, 1041-2
Ferries, sale and lease-back, income tax gain to owners (Levi) Q. 1079
Ferries, sale and lease-back, present owners (Levi) Q. 1042 (Wolfe) A. 1078-9
Ferries, sale and lease-back, rental rate (Wolfe) 1042
Ferries, sale and lease-back, role of Austin Taylor (Levi) Q. 1042 (Wolfe) A. 1042
Ferries, sale and lease-back, role of McLeod, Young, Weir and Co. (Levi) 1016-7
Ferries, sale and lease-back, term of and payout for (Lauk) Q. 1043
Ferries, sale and lease-back, transaction expenses (Levi) 798
Ferry Advisory Committee (Bawlf) 876 (Lockstead) 873
Ferry construction (Barrett) 39-40
Food service (Lockstead) 874 (Loewen) 877 (Sanford) 1416 (Stupich) 281
Fuel oil purchases, costs and unit costs, 1971 to present (Lockstead) Q. 654 (Bennett) A. 654-5
Jurisdiction of (Bawlf) 871-2
Lady Grace. See entries under name of vessel
Ocean Falls, ferry service to (Lockstead) 314
Package tours (Bawlf) 868 (Sanford) 866, 868
Port Hardy to Prince Rupert service (Bawlf) 823
Powell River-Horseshoe Bay service (Lockstead) 314
Prince Rupert to Queen Charlotte Islands service (Bawlf) 823
Revenue (D’Arcy) 596
Sailings, consultation with union on latenight sailings (Lockstead) 1300
Sailings, increase in (Bawlf) 1271
Sailings, number of (Stupich) 281
Service, deterioration in (Dailly) 1390-1
Subsidization of (Barber) 231-2 (Bawlf) 888-9 (Bennett) 1130 (Jordan) 238 (Nicolson) 356
Tourist counsellors (McCarthy) 1415, 1447
Traffic, increase in (Bawlf) 658 (Kohl) 642 (Levi) 663
Traffic, statistics on, 1977, 1978 (Lockstead) Q. 654 (Bennett) A. 654
Victoria YM-YWCA swim team ferry trip (Barber) Q. 1364-5 (Bawlf) A. 1365-6
Mentioned: (Barber) 235, 766, 1438, 1565 (Bawlf) 1271 (Bennett) 1099 (Brown) 1409 (Chairman) 1416 (Davis) 211, 672 (Gibson) 291, 788 (Kerster) 1749 (King) 1034, 1072, 1082 (Levi) 1402, 1403 (Lockstead) 314, 779, 869, 1096 (McClelland) 577 (McGeer) 245 (Nicolson) 827
British Columbia Ferry Corporation Act
Mentioned: (Lea) 874
British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
Allowable cut and actual cut (Gibson) 2358
Mentioned: (Barber) 2410 (Hon. member) 2782 (King) 2321 (Lea) 2441 (Lockstead) 2789 (McGeer) 1980 (Wallace) 2431, 2433
British Columbia Fruitgrowers Association
Mentioned: (Kempf) 649
British Columbia Games
Summer games, Penticton (Bawlf) 822, 842, 844
Sports, competitors (Bawlf) 853
Mentioned: (Strongman) 847
British Columbia Gazette
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1470, 2537 (Lea) 1220, 1460 (Macdonald) 1179, 1205, 2530, 2532 (Wallace) 2566 (Waterland) 2566
British Columbia Government Employees Union
Pensions, right to bargain for (King) 2719 (Sanford) 2717, 2718, 2719
Mentioned: (Chabot) 2620 (Gibson) 1078 (Levi) 726 (McCarthy) 2757 (William) 1078
British Columbia Harbours Board
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2235
British Columbia Health Association
Convention (D’Arcy) 1762 (McClelland) 1766
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1777 (McClelland) 1769, 1775
British Columbia Heritage Trust
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 903
British Columbia Home and School Association
Grant to (Dailly) Q. 686, Q. 973 (McGeer) A. 973
Mentioned: (Brown) 1166 (King) 1074
British Columbia Honey Producers' Association
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1303
British Columbia Hotels' Association
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2104
British Columbia House, London
Mentioned: (Phillips) 1672, 1697, 2613
British Columbia Housing Management Commission
Housing units, number of (Curtis) 431
Waiting list (Curtis) 1375
Mentioned: (Brown) 1165 (Cocke) 711 (Curtis) 2471 (Lauk) 1900 (Nicolson) 717
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Accountability of (Barber) 1742 (King) 1721-2 (Lockstead) 776 (Wolfe) 1755-6
Accountability of, public meetings (Wolfe) 1756
Afghanistan, safety of employees (Rogers) Q. 850
Annual report quoted (Nicolson) 356
Bella Bella power outage (Lockstead) 779
Board, appointments to (Gibson) 792 (Wolfe) 803
Board, directors and possible conflict-of-interest situations (Lauk) 794-5, 797
Bonds due for refunding (Wolfe) 1714
Borrowing (Shelford) 1066, 1068
Borrowing, approval of (Wolfe) 1713, 1714, 1746-7
Borrowing authority, amount unused (Wolfe) 1713
Borrowing, bill for, referral to B.C. Energy Commission (Barber) 1740-1 (Cocke) 1745 (Gibson) 1747-8 (Levi) 1742-5 (Nicolson) 1730-1, 1738-9 (Wolfe) 1746
Borrowing, comparisons with Ontario, Quebec (Wolfe) 1746
Borrowing, impact on economy (Nicolson) 1739
Borrowing, increase in authorization for (Wolfe) 1713
Borrowing, interest rate on (Wallace) 1800 (Wolfe) 1800
Borrowing, off-shore borrowing (D’Arcy) 598
Borrowing, reduction in amount requested (Barber) 1742, (Cocke) 1799 (Wolfe) 1713, 1746
Borrowing, source of funds (Wallace) 1800 (Wolfe) 264, 1800
Borrowing under present government (D’Arcy) 598
Borrowing, use of, list of projects (Wolfe) 1713
Burrard thermal plant, use of high-sulphur oil (Kerster) 1749 (Skelly) 1716
Burrard thermal plant, use of low-sulphur oil (Kerster) 638-9
Burrard thermal plant, pollution of Burrard Inlet (Dailly) 645
Burrard thermal plant, pollution of Port Moody basin (Kerster) 639
Burrard thermal plant, removal and reassembling of on Vancouver Island (Kerster) 639
Campbell Island, generating unit for (Lockstead) 779
Capital requirements (Gibson) 298 (Wolfe) 264
Coal, use to generate electricity in Kootenay area (Haddad) 392
Commission of inquiry into (Nicolson) 1731
Committee on Crown Corporations and B.C. Hydro (Gibson) 1747 (Levi) 1743 (Wolfe) 1755-6
Control of (Barber) 1742 (Kerster) 1749 (King) 1723 (Skelly) 1719-20
Coquitlam transmission lines (Kerster) 1749-50
Dams, construction of (Wolfe) 260
Dams, environmental impact, examination of (Wolfe) 1747
Dams, silting up of (Cocke) 1725
Dams, ten-year moratorium on new projects (Nicolson) 1730-1, 1740
Debt (Barnes) 413 (Barrett) 693-6 (Levi) 1093 (Skelly) 177
Debt, debt-to-earning ratio (Gibson) 1748 (Wolfe) 1747
Debt, increase in (Cocke) 1725 (D’Arcy) 1796, 1796-7, 1797 (Skelly) 1714, 1714-5, 1721 (Wolfe) 1796, 1797
Debt, increase in and provincial sovereignty (Skelly) 1715
Debt, interest costs (Barrett) 694-5, 699, 955 (D’Arcy) 598
Debt, interest costs and exchange rate (Cocke) 1800 (Gibson) 290 (Wolfe) 1800
Electric power, alternate sources (Cocke) 1724, 1725 (Skelly) 1717-8 (Wallace) 1799
Electric power requirements, forecast of (Cocke) 1726, 1745 (Lauk) 56 (Nicolson) 1738, 1739-40 (Wolfe) 1713, 1746
Electric power, supply of in excess of demand (Nicolson) 1730-1
Employees' communications with press, board meeting discussions on (Levi) Q. 752 (Wolfe) A. 752
Employees' communications with press, policy on (Macdonald) Q. 751-2 (Wolfe) A. 752
Employees, right to bargain for pensions (Gibson) 2721-2, 2725 (King) 2719, 2719-21, 2724-5 (Sanford) 2665-6, 2717-9 (Williams) 2722-4 (Wolfe) 2666, 2719
Employees, right to bargain for pensions and corporation's borrowing ability (Wolfe) 2666
Energy sources, investigation of alternate sources (Skelly) 575
Expropriation of property, proposed arbitration process (King) 1722-3
Expropriation powers (King) 1722
Funds, provincial trusteed funds, (Wolfe) 264
Hat Creek generating plant (Wolfe) 1713
Highway relocation costs, revenue recovery for (Stupich) 737, 740 (Wolfe) 737
Kootenay River diversion. See entries under Kootenay River, B.C.
McGregor River diversion. See entries under McGregor River, B.C.
Management of (Skelly) 176
Metro services division, location of (Macdonald) Q. 2727-8
Mica Dam. See name of dam
Nuclear power generation on Vancouver Island (Skelly) 176-7, 180
Osler, Sanford L., paper (Gibson) 1748 (Nicolson) 1731, 1738, 1739
Peace River power projects. See Peace River, B.C.
Pension fund (Gibson) 2721
Port Coquitlam transit centre (Kerster) 1750
Power, export of (McGeer) 1753-4 (Wolfe) 741
Power production, efficiency and cost of (Mussallem) 1797-8
Projects, cost of to local communities and tax payments on (D’Arcy) 804-5, 805-6
Projects, funding of intervening groups (Skelly) 1798 (Wolfe) 1798-9
Province questions re operations (Wolfe) 581
Province questions re operations, referral to Committee on Crown Corporations (Barber) 759 (Barrett) 692-700, 701-2, 703-4 (Cocke) 635-6, 712-3 (Gibson) 705-6 (Jordan) 707-8, 714-5 (King) 708-9, 710, 717-9 (Lea) 719-21 (Lockstead) 775 (Macdonald) Q. 622 (Stephens) 711 (Wallace) 716-7 (Wolfe) 700, 702, 704, 709-10
Province questions re operations, subpoening of reporters (Stephens) Q. 754
Public relations, adverse publicity (Wallace) 716
Rail system, takeover of by Urban Transit Authority (Barber) 2218, 2476 (Curtis) 2476-7 (D’Arcy) 2234-5
Rate structure (Gibson) 1748 (Lockstead) 777 (Nicolson) 1738
Rate structure, marginal cost-pricing (Gibson) 83, 1748 (Nicolson) 1731, 1738, 1739
Rates, control of (Gibson) 82-3
Rates, increase in (D’Arcy) 427-8 (Gibson) 82-3 (Lockstead) 778-9
Rates, proposal for public hearings on (King) 1722
Rates, rate to bulk consumers (Gibson) 1740 (King) 1722 (Nicolson) 1738-9, 1740
Rates, reduction in and transit deficit (Barber) 2218 (D’Arcy) 2234, 2236 (Gibson) 2226
Rates, review of by outside authority (Gibson) 1748 (Skelly) 1718-9 (Wolfe) 1747
Research programmes (Wolfe) 1799
Reservoir clearing, funding of (Waterland) 1542
Responsibility of to cabinet (Skelly) 176
Restructuring of, proposal for (Kerster) 1749 (Skelly) 1720
Revelstoke Dam. See name of dam
Revenue (D’Arcy) 596
Rights-of-way, Black Creek area, spraying of (Sanford) 442 (Skelly) 1833
Rights-of-way, Nimpkish Lake area, spraying of (Sanford) Q. 1795
Rights-of-way, spraying of (Lockstead) 779-80, 783, Q. 1794, Q. 1794-5, Q. 1900 (Wolfe) A. 1794
Sales tax on April bills (Wolfe) 583
Service charge for domestic consumers (Nicolson) 1739
Sunnyside, South Surrey, mineral rights (Nielsen) 1873 (Wallace) 1870
Taxation, grants, water rentals, cost of (Wolfe) 1799
Taxes on Columbia River, Peace River dams (D’Arcy) 422, 804-5, 805-6 (Wolfe) 805
Tender documents, memorandum to staff on (Macdonald) Q. 1304
Transit assets, sale of (Barber) 2211, 2463, 2464-5 (Curtis) 2463-4, 2465 (Levi) 2242
Transit, cost of (Curtis) 1504 (Gibson) 1503
Transit deficit (Cocke) 2230 (Curtis) 2205 (D’Arcy) 424-5, 805 (Gibson) 80, 86, 298, 791-2 (Jordan) 238, 501 (Lloyd) 364 (Macdonald) 741 (Stupich) 742 (Wolfe) 803
Transit deficit, cost of on hydro bills (D’Arcy) 425
Transit employees, pension funds (Barber) 2210, 2472 (Curtis) 2472
Transit functions, removal of (Barber) 2209
Transit, role of as transit operator (Curtis) 2207
Transit, subsidization of (Bennett) 1024-5 (Lloyd) 513 (Macdonald) 741-2 (Nicolson) 1110-1, 1313 (Stupich) 741, 742 (Wolfe) 742
Vancouver Island, alternate energy sources, research on (Lockstead) 777
Vancouver Island transmission line (Kerster) 639, 1749 (Lauk) 56 (Lockstead) 776-8, 778 (Skelly) 176, 177, 178, 180, 780-1, 1716
Vancouver Island transmission line, citizen participation on project management committee (Skelly) 780-1, 783 (Wolfe) 783
Vancouver Island transmission line, decision on (Lockstead) 777, 778, 1097
Vancouver Island transmission line, environmental impact (Lockstead) 776, 1881
Vancouver Island transmission line, moratorium on (Lockstead) 777, 778, 1097, 1881 (Skelly) 780
Vancouver Island transmission line, Sunshine Coast protest meetings (Lockstead) 776, 777
Wolfe, E.M., directorship, possible conflict-of-interest (Levi) 1743, 1795-6, 1796 (Wolfe) 1796
Mentioned: (Barber) 232, 235, 510, 1001, 1438, 1565 (Barrett) 31 (Bawlf) 901 (Bennett) 1024 (Brown) 1636 (Calder) 315 (Chabot) 991 (Cocke) 636 (Curtis) 1505 (D’Arcy) 1781 (Gibson) 63, 65, 68, 788, 1470 (King) 209, 1033, 1072, 1082, 2601, 2751 (Lauk) 933 (Lea) 346 (Levi) 485, 734, 1020, 1021, 1023, 1094, 1683 (Lloyd) 898 (Lockstead) 1361 (Macdonald) 197 (McGeer) 245, 374 (Mussallem) 1102 (Sanford) 2750 (Skelly) 1156, 1549, 1831 (Stephens) 499 (Stupich) 1370 (Wallace) 1360, 1596 (Wolfe) 2753
See also names of dams, e.g. Revelstoke Dam
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Act
Amendment to (Barber) 2487 (Curtis) 2487
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 4) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 266; 2R, 1713-31, 1738-56; C, 1795-1800; 3R, 1800; RA, 2056
Speakers: Barber 1740-2; Barrett 1750-3; Cocke 1724-6, 1745-6, 1795, 1799, 1800; D'Arcy 1796, 1796-7, 1797; Gibson 1747-8; Kerster 1749-50; King 1721-4; Levi 1742-5, 1795-6, 1796; McGeer 1753-4; Mussallem 1726-30, 1797-8; Nicolson 1730-1, 1738-40; Skelly 1714-21, 1798; Wallace 1799-1800; Wolfe 1713-4, 1746-7, 1754-6, 1796, 1797, 1798-9, 1800
Amdts: 2R (Nicolson) 1730, negatived 1748
Bonds due for refunding in current year (Wolfe) 1714
Borrowing, approval of Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council for (Wolfe) 1713, 1714, 1746-7
Borrowing authority, amount unused (Wolfe) 1713
Borrowing, comparisons with Ontario, Quebec (Wolfe) 1746
Borrowing, impact of on economy (Nicolson) 1739
Borrowing, increase in authorization for (Wolfe) 1713
Borrowing, interest rate on (Wallace) 1800 (Wolfe) 1800
Borrowing, reduction in amount requested (Barber) 1742 (Cocke) 1799
Borrowing, source of (Wallace) 1800 (Wolfe) 1800
Borrowing, use of, list of projects (Wolfe) 1713
B.C. Energy Commission hearings on energy future (Skelly)
B.C. Energy Commission, referring bill to (Barber) 1740-1 (Cocke) 1745 (Gibson) 1747-8 (Levi) 17425 (Nicolson) 1730-1, 1738-9
Burrard thermal plant, burning of highsulphur oil (Kerster) 1749 (Skelly) 1716
Cheekye-Dunsmuir power transmission project (Kerster) 1749
Cheekye-Dunsmuir power transmission project, environmental impact (Skelly) 1716
Columbia River Treaty, loss under treaty (Barrett) 1750-3, 1754 (Cocke) 1725 (Skelly) 1718 (Wolfe) 1754-5
Commission of inquiry into corporation (Nicolson) 1731
Committee on Crown Corporations, reports of (Gibson) 1747 (Levi) 1743
Committee on Crown Corporations, role of (Gibson) 1747 (Wolfe) 1755
Coquitlam, . transmission towers, replacement of (Kerster) 1749-50
Corporation, accountability of (Barber) 1742 (King) 1721-2 (Wolfe) 1755-6
Corporation, accountability of, public meetings (Wolfe) 1756
Corporation, control of (Barber) 1742 (Kerster) 1749 (King) 1723 (Skelly) 1719-20
Corporation, proposals for restructuring of (Kerster) 1749 (Skelly) 1720
Corporation, size of (Skelly) 1719-20
Dams, environmental impact, examination of (Wolfe) 1747
Dams, silting up of (Cocke) 1725
Dams, ten-year moratorium on new projects (Nicolson) 1730-1, 1740
Debt, cost of (Barrett) 1750 (Cocke) 1726, 1795 (Kerster) 1749 (Levi) 1745
Debt, cost of and value of dollar (Cocke) 1800 (Wolfe) 1800
Debt, debt-to-earning ratio (Gibson) 1748 (Wolfe) 1747
Debt, increase in (Cocke) 1725 (D’Arcy) 1796 1796-7, 1797 (Skelly) 1714, 1714-5, 1721 (Wolfe) 1796, 1797
Debt, increase in and provincial sovereignty (Skelly) 1715
Electric power, alternate sources (Cocke) 1724, 1725 (Skelly) 1717-8 (Wallace) 1799
Electric power, export of (McGeer) 1753-4
Electric power generation by industry (Skelly) 1719
Electric power production, efficiency and cost of (Mussallem) 1797-8
Electric power, projected demand for (Cocke) 1726, 1745 (Nicolson) 1738, 1739-40 (Wolfe) 1713, 1746
Electric power projects, funding of intervening groups (Skelly) 1798 (Wolfe) 1798-9
Electric power, supply of in excess of demand (Nicolson) 1730-1
Energy policy, provincial (Levi) 1743, 1744
Expropriation of property, proposal for arbitration process (King) 1722-3
Expropriation powers (King) 1722
Geothermal power, development of (Cocke) 1724-5, 1725-6 (Mussallem) 1728
Hat Creek generating plant (Wolfe) 1713
Hog fuel, use for power generation (Nicolson) 1740 (Skelly) 1719
Kootenay River diversion project (King) 1723-4 (Skelly) 1716
McGregor River diversion, cancellation of (Skelly) 1715
McGregor River diversion, Fraser River flood control (Mussallem) 1729
McGregor River diversion, loss of forest land (Skelly) 1716-7
McGregor River, low-level dam and Fraser River (Skelly) 1715
Mica Dam, generating unit, transmission lines (Wolfe) 1713
Mica Dam reservoir, dust storms (King) 1723
Ontario royal commission on energy (Skelly) 1720
Peace River, site 1 dam (Wolfe) 1713
Peace River, site C project, farmland loss (Skelly) 1717
Peace River, site C project, land purchases for (Skelly) 1717
Pend-d'Oreille River, Seven Mile Dam (Wolfe) 1713
Port Coquitlam, transit centre (Kerster) 1750
Prospectus for borrowing, series EN, quoted (Skelly) 1718
Public utilities, Crown corporation rates, overseeing body for (Kerster) 1749
Rate increases, proposal for public hearings on (King) 1722
Rate structure (Gibson) 1748 (Nicolson) 1738
Rate structure, marginal cost-pricing (Gibson) 1748 (Nicolson) 1731, 1738, 1739
Rate structure, rate to bulk consumers (Gibson) 1748 (King) 1722 (Nicolson) 1738-9, 1740
Rate structure, review of by outside authority (Gibson) 1748 (Skelly) 1718-9 (Wolfe) 1747
Rate structure, service charge for domestic consumers (Nicolson) 1739
Research programmes (Wolfe) 1799
Revelstoke Dam (Wolfe) 1713
Revelstoke Dam, cabinet approval of (Skelly) 1716
Revelstoke Dam, Deadman Creek washout (King) 1723
Solar energy equipment, sales tax on (Skelly) 1718
Solar energy projects, appropriation for (Skelly) 1714
Taxation, grants, water rentals, cost of (Wolfe) 1799
Vancouver Island, self-sufficiency in power generation (Kerster) 1749
Water-licences, granting of (Mussallem) 1729
Water power, development of (Mussallem) 1726
Wind power, development of (Mussallem) 1728
Wolfe, E.M., directorship, possible conflict of interest (Levi) 1743, 1795-6, 1796 (Wolfe) 1796
Wood chips, use for power generation (Skelly) 1719
Wood waste, use for power generation (Skelly) 1719
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Fair Taxation Act
(Bill M 220) (D’Arcy) 1R, 2669
British Columbia Independent Logging Association
Brief quoted (King) 2320 (Lockstead) 2339-40
Dependent contractor clause in Labour Code (Lloyd) 2429
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2330 (Lloyd) 362, 2429 (Shelford) 2364 (Skelly) 2422
British Columbia Institute of Agrologists
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2145 (Stupich) 2144, 2147
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, B.C.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1078 (McGeer) 303 (Williams) 1078
British Columbia Interior Vegetable Marketing Board
Amalgamation with B.C. Coast Vegetable Marketing Board (Wallace) Q. 1142, Q. 1266 (Hewitt) A. 1142, A. 1266, 2134
British Columbia Jockey Club
Mentioned: (Stephens) 1377 (Wolfe) 1380
British Columbia Land Commission
See: Provincial Land Commission
British Columbia Law Reform Commission
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2563 (Gibson) 1503
British Columbia Liberal Women's Commission
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1448
British Columbia Library Trustees' Association
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2518
Brief quoted (Lockstead) 1474
British Columbia Medical Association
Mentioned: (Brown) 1813 (Gardom) 2104 (Gibson) 1815 (McClelland) 1758, 1816, 2712, 2715
British Columbia Medical Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 573
British Columbia Medical Services Plan
Annual checkups, coverage for (Gibson) 1814 (McClelland) 1816
Elderly, checkup for driver's licence, coverage for (D’Arcy) 1816 (Gibson) 1814 (McClelland) 1816
Premium assistance to low-income group (Cocke) 636 (Fraser) 410 (Throne speech) 6 (Wolfe) 250, 260
Premiums (McClelland) 1802
Premiums, comparisons with other provinces (Brown) 605
Premiums, form of taxation (Stupich) 277-8
Premiums, increase in (Stupich) 276
Premiums, reduction in (McClelland) 1801 (Wallace) 1801
Regulations re hospital stays in maternity cases (Barber) 1767
British Columbia Mining Industry News
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 1474
British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000
British Columbia Museum Train
Use for promotional purposes outside province (D’Arcy) 425
British Columbia Penitentiary
Suicides, coroner's inquests on (Gardom) 2093 (Macdonald) 2049, 2093
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2701 (D’Arcy) 2255
British Columbia Petroleum Corp.
Disbanding of, report to B.C. Energy Commission on (Gibson) Q. 2246 (Macdonald) Q. 2246 (Chabot) A. 2246
Establishment of (Barrett) 42, 1189
Problems (Chabot) 1243
Revenue (Barrett) 42, 475-6, 477, 1189-90 (Chabot) 1243 (Macdonald) 1330 (Stupich) 279, Q. 1892 (Wolfe) A. 1892
Revenue, reduction in due to gas surplus (Macdonald) Q. 972
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., relationship to (Bennett) 1008
Mentioned: (Barrett) 958 (Bennett) 1008 (Davis) .1217 (Hon. member) 1008 (Macdonald) 194, 196, 197, 676, 677, 1188, 1212, 2506, 2532, 2533
British Columbia Petroleum Sales Act, 1978
(Bill M 216) (Shelford) 1R, 1897
British Columbia Police Commission
Phillips, Arthur, chairmanship of commission (Gardom) 2047 (Macdonald) 2046, 2047-9
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2524, 2564 (Gibson) 2259
British Columbia Power Commission
Mentioned: (Stephens) 499
British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C.
Summer closing time (Dailly) Q. 1575
British Columbia Racing Commission
Mentioned: (Fraser) 1379 (Wolfe) 1377, 1380, 1381, 1429
British Columbia Railway
Agricultural produce, transport of (Jordan) 500
Alaska, discussions with re railway (Barrett) Q. 1733-4 (Phillips) A. 1734
Alaska, rail link to (Bennett) 523, 524-5 (Jordan) 500 (Levi) 484, 488-9, 494-5 (Shelford) 498
Appropriation for (Stephens) 498
Benefits derived from railway (Jordan) 500
Borrowing by (Shelford) 1066 (Stephens) 992
Borrowing by, Canada Pension Plan funds (Wolfe) 264
Borrowing by from pension funds (Stephens) 499
Capital allocation (Gibson) 298
Carloadings (Phillips) 464
Coal, northeastern, development of (Rogers) 652
Construction funds, 1978-79 requirements (Wolfe) 264
Dease Lake extension (Calder) 530 (Lloyd) 513 (Stupich) 284
Dease Lake extension, accounting for (Lauk) 381
Dease Lake extension, closing of (Lauk) 538 (Lea) 542
Dease Lake extension, Groundhog-Terrace link (Lea) 343, 1120
Dease Lake extension, pause in construction and federal grant (Lea) 1296 (Lauk) 1114
Dease Lake extension pause in construction, cast of (Lauk) 1114-5
Debt, amount and interest costs on (Stephens) 499
Debt, write-off of in 1976-77 fiscal year (Lauk) 537
Development of north (Levi) 482-5
Economic development, role in (Lauk) 55-6
Employee's morale (Lloyd) 512 (Phillips) 51, 464 (Smith) 549
Employees, right to bargain for pensions (King) 2752, 2753 (Wolfe) 2752-3, 2753
Federal government, negotiations with re railway (Barrett) Q. 849 (Williams) A. 849
Federal subsidy (Wolfe) 264
Federal subsidy, negotiations for (Phillips) 1701 (Stephens) 1701
Forest industry, subsidization of through low rates (Skelly) 1533
Fort Nelson line (Barrett) 31 (Gibson) 298 (Levi) 1687 (Stupich) 284
Fort Nelson line, abandonment of (Barrett) 371, 480, 482, 960 (King) 437-8 (Lauk) 381-4 (Lea) 544 (Levi) 482-91 (Mussallem) 511 (Shelford) 399 (Smith) 387-90
Fort Nelson line, abandonment of and agriculture industry in area (Wallace) Q. 623 (Hewitt) A. 622
Fort Nelson line, abandonment of and job loss (Brown) 504 (Lloyd) 513 (Lockstead) 514
Fort Nelson line, abandonment of, impact on potential forestry jobs (King) Q. 622 (Waterland) A. 622
Fort Nelson line, abandonment of, revenue loss to province (Stupich) Q. 621
Fort Nelson line, abandonment of, social impact of (Brown) 503-5, Q. 623
Fort Nelson line, accounting for (Lauk) 381
Fort Nelson line, continuance of (Barber) 508-11 (Barrett) 479, 480-2, 1129 (Bennett) 522-6 (Brown) 503-5 (Calder) 529-31 (Cocke) 505-7 (Dailly) 547-8 (Jordan) 500-1 (King) 501-3 (Lauk) 534-41 (Lea) 541-4 (Levi) 482-91, 493-7 (Lloyd) 512-3 (Lockstead) 514-5 (Macdonald) 526-9 (Mussallem) 511-2 (Nicolson) 531-4 (Phillips) 544-7 (Shelford) 497-8 (Skelly) 550-1 (Smith) 548-50 (Stephens) 498-500 (Stupich) 507-8 (Waterland) 561-2
Fort Nelson line, continuance of and Tackama Forest Products Ltd. (Smith) 388-9
Fort Nelson line, continuance of, public commitment on (Barrett) Q. 453, Q. 454, Q. 517, Q. 518 (Bennett) A. 517 (Levi) 486 (Phillips) A. 453, A. 454
Fort Nelson line, continuance of, social decision on (Jordan) 500, 501
Fort Nelson line, debt costs on (Nicolson) 1119
Fort Nelson line, decision on (Barber) 510 (Barrett) 968, 969, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1133-4, 1135 (Bennett) 624, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1136 (Cocke) 506, 507, 631-2 (Dailly) 547-8 (Gibson) 1702 (King) 1261 (Lauk) 534, 536, 538, 539, 540, 1117-8, 1290, 1695 (Lea) 542-4, 1121, 1122 (Macdonald) 527, 528 (Nicolson) 531-2, 533 (Skelly) 550-1 (Smith) 548 (Stephens) 498
Fort Nelson line, decision on and effect on forest industries (King) 501-2
Fort Nelson line, economic analysis of benefits of (Gibson) Q. 624 (Bennett) A. 624
Fort Nelson line, Economic Development ministry study of (Gibson) 1704, Q. 1734 (Phillips) 1704, A. 1734
Fort Nelson line, engineering studies prior to construction (Macdonald) 528-9 (Nicolson) 532
Fort Nelson line, federal agreement on possibility of (Stephens) 498
Fort Nelson line, federal cabinet ministers, contact with re line (Barrett) Q. 818 (Bennett) A. 818 (Lauk) Q. 819
Fort Nelson line, federal government negotiations with (Lauk) 1116-7
Fort Nelson line, federal subsidy, date of negotiations for (Lauk) Q. 2516 (Bennett) A. 2516
Fort Nelson line, Fort Nelson Chamber of Commerce brief on (Gibson) 1702-3, 1703 (Lauk) 1695
Fort Nelson line, Fort Nelson Chamber of Commerce motion (Lauk) Q. 582
Fort Nelson line, history of (Lauk) 535
Fort Nelson line, industrial development of area (Macdonald) 529
Fort Nelson line, Liard highway link to Fort Simpson (Bennett) 522-3 (Lea) 540-1 (Macdonald) 526, 528
Fort Nelson line, losses anticipated (Gibson) 1702
Fort Nelson line, profit on (Gibson) 1702
Fort Nelson line, resources inventory prior to construction (Macdonald) 528-9
Fort Nelson line, revenue (Levi) 490
Fort Nelson line, royal commission report (Barrett) Q. 23 (Bennett) A. 23 (Lauk) 55
Fort Nelson line, royal commission report, evaluation of evidence (Bennett) 525 (Levi) 488
Fort Nelson line, studies prior to construction of (Macdonald) 528-9
Fort Nelson line, studies prior to decision on (Barrett) 1131-2 (Bennett) 1126-7, 1131
Fort Nelson line, subsidization of (Barber) 508 (Jordan) 1767 (Levi) 495 (Lloyd) 513
Fort Nelson line, takeover by CNR (Levi) 495
Fort Nelson line, takeover by national railroad (Lloyd) 512
Fort Nelson line, truck transport as alternative to (Brown) 504 (Cocke) 506 (King) 502 (Levi) 494 (Lloyd) 513
Fort Nelson line, upgrading of (Levi) 490 (Smith) 548-9
Fort Nelson line, upgrading of, cost increases due to delay (Barrett) Q. 1733 (Phillips) A. 1733
Fort Nelson line, upgrading of, studies on (Gibson) Q. 1793 (Phillips) A. 1793
Fort Nelson sulphur, shipment of 546
Freight, transfer of to Canadian National Railway (Lauk) Q. 1265 (Phillips) A. 1306-7
Funds for (Phillips) 547 (Smith) 549-50
Losses (Barber) 995 (Barrett) 39 (Lauk) 537-8 (Phillips) 51, 464
Losses, increase in (Barrett) Q. 1792 (Phillips) A. 1792-3
MEL Paving Ltd., contractor. See entries under name of company
Management (Lauk) 381 (Phillips) 464
Mineral development in north and railway (Levi) . 487-8
Municipal taxes, payment of (D’Arcy) 422 (Gibson) 298, 1503-4
Operation of (Fraser) 1282
Political interference in (Stephens) 500
Railcar shortage (Barrett) Q. 1792 (Lauk) 1290 (Levi) Q. 1204 (Phillips) A. 1204, 1679, A. 1792
Railcar shortage, Council of Forest Industries press release on (Barrett) Q. 1792 (Phillips) A. 1792
Refinancing of (Lauk) 381
Sale or lease of any part of (Stephens) Q. 623 (Bennett) A. 623
Strike, settlement of (Lloyd) Q. 1204 (Phillips) A. 1204
Strikes (Smith) 549
Strikes, man-days lost, 1973 to present (Lloyd) 512-3
Subsidization of (Barber) 509-10 (Bennett) 1130
Swan Wooster Engineering Co. Ltd. report on (Nicolson) 532, 533
Yukon, extension to (Lea) 345
Mentioned: (Barber) 1438, 1565, 2213 (Barrett) 968, 1089 (Bennett) 1052 (D’Arcy) 2235 (Davis) 672 (Fraser) 407 (Gibson) 63, 68, 706, 788, 2722, 2725 (Jordan) 626 (King) 211, 1034, 1072 (Lauk) 1113, 1289, 1348, 1393, 1677 (Lloyd) 219, 2640 (McGeer) 245 (Nicolson) 358, 359, 827 (Phillips) 463, 1687 (Sanford) 2665, 2718, 2750 (Williams) 2722 (Wolfe) 1279
British Columbia Railway Company Grant Act
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 264
British Columbia Railway Company Grant Act, 1977
Vote on (Phillips) 547 (Skelly) 550 (Smith) 549-50
British Columbia Recreation Association
Work of (Bawlf) 854
British Columbia Regional Hospital Districts Financing Authority
Hospital construction, funds for (Wolfe) 264
British Columbia Registered Trappers' Association
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 882
British Columbia Research Council
Changes in (Phillips) 1672
Guidelines to Industrial Progress mentioned (Skelly) 575
Industrial relations, work in (Williams) 1566
Role of (McGeer) 2522
Science Council of B.C., relationship to (Macdonald) 2522 (McGeer) 2522
Mentioned: (Phillips) 451 (Wolfe) 1799
British Columbia Resources Investment Corp.
Assets, ownership of and sale to public (Lauk) 775 (Lea) 772-3, 774 (Wolfe) 774
Assets, sale of (Barber) 1215-6
Assets, transfer of (Barber) 1001-2 (Bennett) 1007 (Macdonald) 758 (Stupich) 743 (Wolfe) 264, 743
Assets, valuation of (Barber) 743, 744, 745, 746, 746-7, 748-9, 760, 761-2, 1001-4, 1213-5 (Bennett) 1024 (Levi) 1016-7 (Macdonald) 1326-7 (Stupich) 743 (Wolfe) 743, 745, 746, 747, 764
Assets, valuation of, fee for (Barber) 745, 746, 765, 1003, 1004, 1214 (Macdonald) 757 (Wolfe) 745, 746, 764-5, 765
Assets, valuation of, tabling of reports (Wolfe) 764
B.C. Development Corp., possible conflict with (Barber) 1004-6 (Bennett) 1009
Companies Act, exemptions from (Barber) 997-8, 1216
Directors (Barber) 1000 (Bennett) 1008, 1010
Directors, government directorships (Bennett) 1010
Directors, renumeration to, other benefits (Barber) Q. 819, 996, 1214 (Bennett) 1024 (Dailly) 45-6
Establishment of (Barber) 995 (Bennett) 226-7, 1045-7 (Lauk) 243
Executives, salaries (Barrett) Q. 851
Financial affairs of corporation, public knowledge of (Macdonald) Q. 585
Government holdings in (Barber) 748 (Stupich) 747 (Wolfe) 747, 748
Information re corporation, provision of (Barber) 995-7
Investments by corporation (Bennett) 1009-10
Mandate of (Bennett) 1045-7
Ministerial responsibility for (Barber) 748, Q. 754, 758-9, 760, 762, 765, 995, 996 (Wolfe) A. 754, 765
Petroleum, natural gas rights (Barber) 1004-5
Petroleum, natural gas rights, transfer of (Wolfe) 743
Petroleum, natural gas rights, valuation of (Barber) 744, 745, 761
President's salary (Barber) Q. 584
Prospectus (Barber) 746, 762, 1001, 1215 (Bennett) 1008, 1046 (Wolfe) 746, 764
Shareholders (Barber) Q. 820
Shares, sale of (Barber) 762
Shares, underwriting of (Barber) 762 (Wolfe) 764
Taxes, payment of (Bennett) 1046-7
Mentioned: (Barber) 613, 614, 1439 (Bennett) 979, 984 (Gibson) 1048 (Waterland) 1320 (Wolfe) 1278
British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Act
Mentioned: (Barber) 614, 995 (Williams) 2748 (Wolfe) 754
British Columbia Savings and Trust Corp.
See: Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C.
British Columbia School Districts Capital Financing Authority
Funds for school construction (Wolfe) 264
British Columbia School Trustees' Association
Press release quoted (Cocke) 633
Prince George convention (Barber) 1151-2 (Cocke) 1144
Mentioned: (Barber) 1495, 2011 (Cocke) 1947, 1955, 2754 (Gibson) 296, 1988 (Levi) 2003 (McGeer) 1992, 2671, 2754
British Columbia Steamship (1975) Ltd.
Employees, oath of secrecy for (Barber) Q. 368 (McCarthy) A. 368
British Columbia Sugar Refining Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000
British Columbia Systems Corp.
Advance to (Levi) 727 (Wolfe) 731
Annual report (Levi) 735
Assessment Authority of B.C., computer services for (Levi) 733-4, 734, 735 (Wolfe) 735
Board of directors, appointment to from private sector (Levi) 728, 732 (Wolfe) 731
B.C. Buildings Corp., relationship to (Levi) 734
Committee on Crown Corporations, inclusion in schedule of (Levi) 735
Computer replacement, bidding on (Levi) Q. 2547 (Wolfe) A. 2547
Computer replacement, orders made with suppliers (Levi) Q. 2548 (Wolfe) A. 2548
Cost benefit analysis of (Levi) 800, 802
Cost of (Barber) 995
Expenditures (Levi) 725-6, 730, 732, 733, 734, 799 (Wolfe) 730, 734
Finance ministry staff, transfer of (Wolfe) 690
IBM computer, placing of reserve on (Levi) Q. 2547 (Wolfe) A. 2547-8
IBM 3033 computer, purchase of (Levi) Q. 1855-6 (Mair) A. 1856
Private sector, consultation with (Levi) 728-9, 732 (Wolfe) 731
Private sector, impact of corporation on (Levi) 728-9, 731, 732 (Wolfe) 731
Rates (Levi) 726 (Wolfe) 730-1
Staff, rates of pay (Levi) 727, 731, 732 (Wolfe) 731
Staff, transfer of to corporation (Levi) 726
Tendering, use of by corporation (Levi) 728, 729, 731
Universities, discussions with (Levi) 733
Mentioned: (Barrett) 964 (Bawlf) 1271 (Gibson) 788 (Levi) 1093, 1402, 1404, 1414 (Wallace) 2155 (Waterland) 1544
British Columbia Teachers' Federation
Mentioned: (Brown) 1408, 1616, 1635, 2005, 2006 (Cocke) 2754 (Lockstead) 309 (McGeer) 1949, 1992, 2024, 2031, 2671, 2750, 2754 (Strongman) 1947
British Columbia Telephone Co. Ltd.
Jurisdiction over (Gibson) 83 (Lockstead) 1101, 1355
Rate increases (Bennett) 1104, 1355-6 (Lockstead) 1101, 1355
Sales tax on April bills (Gibson) Q. 456 (Wolfe) A. 583
Share purchase by government (Barrett) 968, 969, 1001, 1018, 1089, 1135, 1137 (Bennett) 1010 (Stephens) 994
Shares, value of (Barrett) 1018
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000, 2210, 2472 (Bennett) 819, 820 (Gibson) 68 (Kerster) 1749 (Levi) 1683, 2334 (Lockstead) 1670, 2400
British Columbia Thoroughbred Breeders Society
Mentioned: (Stephens) 1377 (Wolfe) 1380
British Columbia Trappers' Association
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 896
British Columbia Tree Fruit Growers' Association
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 330
British Columbia Truck Loggers Association
Forests minister's speech to (Levi) 1528-9
Mentioned: (Levi) 142
British Columbia Wildlife Federation
Letter quoted (Gardom) 2095
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 846, (Loewen) 350 (Nicolson) 826, 1197 (Sanford) 866 (Skelly) 1847, 1848
British Columbia Women's Institute
Conference, Agriculture ministry representation at (Hewitt) 2132 (Wallace) 2128
Grants to (Hewitt) 2132-3, 2135 (Wallace) 2128
British Medical Association
Mentioned: (Levi) 2283
British North America Act
Mentioned: (Barber) 1489 (Brown) 2650 (D’Arcy) 2253 (Davis) 671, 672 (Lauk) 1288
British Petroleum Corp. ,
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536 (Lauk) 1057, 1346-7 (Lea) 1220, 1229, 1327, 1460, 1461 (Macdonald) 2531 (Skelly) 1715
British Petroleum Exploration Co.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 1059 (Macdonald) 1326
British Rail
Mentioned: (Stupich) 284
British Yukon Navigation Co. Ltd.
Closure, job loss (Lockstead) 1100
Broadacres Residence, Grand Forks, B.C.
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 1319
Brodie, George
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 690
Broilers
Interior broiler processing plant (Hewitt) 2154 (Stupich) 2153-4 (Wallace) 2130, 2154
Sales of, increase in (Hewitt) 2133-4 (Wallace) 2134
See also: British Columbia Broiler Marketing Board
Brooklyn High School of Music and the Performing Arts
Mentioned: (Barber) 2009, 2010
Brooks, Lloyd
Recreation and Conservation ministry staff, memorandum to on confidentiality (Barrett) 932 (Bawlf) 932, 934-5 (King) 930-1, 932 (Lauk) 932-4 (Lea) 935-6
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 824 (Skelly) 1841
Brothers, Donald
Mentioned: (Levi) 1028
Brothers, Joyce
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1840
Brown, David
Appointment of, salary (King) 1037, 1073
Office, location of (Lea) Q. 2247, Q. 2305 (Bennett) A. 2342
Report (Levi) 1411-2, 1414 (McCarthy) 1413
Mentioned: (King) 436
Brown, Don
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2702
Brown, Edmund Gerald
Mentioned: (Barber) 1495 (Skelly) 575
Brown, Rosemary (Vancouver-Burrard)
Abortions, performing of in B.C. hospitals 1768
Address in reply 103-10
Adultery, damage suits in cases of 2696
Alcan plant, benzene levels 1602-3
Alcohol recovery service, Courtenay 1166
Alcoholism, problem of 2300-2
Allowance for 1977 and absence from Legislature 2800 (Cocke) 2797 (King) 2797, 2798-9 (Levi) 2799-2800 (McCarthy) 2796-7, 2797-8, 2800
Ambulance personnel, training of 1165, 1250
Ambulance service 1165, 1250-1
Apprentices, counselling of women 1570
Apprentices, hairdressing 1569
Apprentices, hot press printing 1569
Apprenticeship programmes, women in 1569
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2064-8, 2070-3, 2073
Benzene exposure, Alcan employee 1602-3
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, abandonment of and job loss 504
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, abandonment of, social impact 503-5, Q. 623
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 503-5
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, truck transport alternative 504
Burrard constituency, elimination of 2648-52, 2653
Campbell, Lorne, salary, Q. 520
Career counselling and disadvantaged students 2004-5
Child custody, access or guardianship, determination of 2679
Children, non-English speaking, problem in Vancouver 2004
Children, services to, reduction, elimination of 1613-4
Children's hospital, Vancouver, facilities 1169, 1249
Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Amendment Act (1978) 1387-8
Community Care Services Society, members 1611
Community Care Services Society, use of 1610-1
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2648-53
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 1914-5
Cost increases under present government 604, 608
Criminal injuries awards, deduction from social assistance, GAIN 1627-8
Day care, subsidized, number of children in 1611
Day-care subsidy 109
Domestic workers, labour legislation coverage for 1568-9
Education ministry, estimates 2004-6, 2033-4
Elderly, misuse of medications by 1787
Elderly, nutrition of older women 1786-7
Electoral system, design of 2652-3
Employee dismissals, protection from 1602
Executive Council estimates 1163-5, 1165-7, 1167-9, 1171-5, 1246-52
False Creek Handicapped Group Home, designation as long-term care facility, Q. 1426, 1612, 1616
Family and children services 1612, 1613-4
Family court counsellors, charge for service of 2685
Family Relations Act 2677-9, 2685, 2686, 2687, 2689, 2690, 2693, 2693-4, 2694, 2695, 2695-6, 2697
Family Relations Act, interpretation of and legal profession 2677
Family Relations Act, proclamation of 2684, 2697
Farm workers, labour legislation coverage for 1569
First Citizens Fund, advisory committee meetings 1443, 1444
First Citizens Fund, criteria for grants 1443
First Citizens Fund, education projects, funds for 1443
First Citizens Fund, expenditures 1443
First Citizens Fund, Glen Vowell band project 1452
First Citizens Fund, Kitsaqula band application 1452
First Citizens Fund, late applications 1443
First Ministers' Conference 105
Fort Nelson, suicides in area 504
Foster home care, appropriation for 1612, 1660
Foster home programme 1614
GAIN exemption, increase in 1172-3
GAIN, indexing of 1624-7
GAIN programme, appropriation for 1661-2
Grandview Private Hospital, closing of 1169, 1248
Grants and grant mentality 104
Guaranteed annual income 1175
Guaranteed Available Income for Need Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill M 205) 1R, 1040
Handicapped allowance, comparisons with other provinces 1617-8
Handicapped allowance, increase in 1625-6
Handicapped children, education of 1615-6
Handicapped Industries Guild, The Guild Gazette 1611, 1614
Handicapped services, cutbacks in 1171
Health and Human Resources centres 1614, 1661
Health ministry, estimates 1767-8, 1771-2, 1772, 1786-7, 1813
Heroin addiction, prevention of 2303
Heroin addicts, parents of young children 2302
Heroin Treatment Act 2299-2303
Heroin Treatment Act, comparisons with Mental Health Act 2301
Homemaker services, emergency 1614
Hospitality course, certificates 1409
Hospitals, private, closing of 1169
Human Resources ministry, accounting system 1612
Human Resources ministry, administration expenses 1612
Human Resources ministry, annual report, Q. 90, 1611
Human Resources ministry, appropriation, underexpenditure 1610, 1634-5
Human Resources ministry, building occupancy charges 1662-3
Human Resources ministry, community services 1612-3
Human Resources ministry, estimates 1610-19, 1624-8, 1634, 1634-5, 1635-42, 1644-7, 1660, 1661, 1661-2, 1662-3
Human Resources ministry, expenses shifted to other ministries 1610-1, 1612, 1634-5
Human Resources ministry, grants programme 605-6
Human Resources ministry services, fee for 1635-42, 1645-6
Human Resources ministry services, fee for and working poor 1637, 1640
Human Resources ministry services, income testing for 1173-5
Human Resources ministry, Sidney office, access to, Q. 1140, Q. 1141
Human Resources ministry staff, increase in 1612
Human Resources ministry staff, use of other organizations 1610-1
Income distribution 603-4
Indian Homemakers Association of B.C. 1444
Indians, W.N. Vander Zalm's statement re, Q. 2397, Q. 2398
Job creation 105
Labour ministry, estimates 1566-70, 1571, 1602-3, 1603
Lantz, Bonnie, resignation of 605
Legal Services Commission, appointment of women to 2072-3, 2073
Little Mountain constituency, change in boundary of 2650-1
Lynda Williams Community Correctional Centre, continued operation of 2067-8, 2070
Maintenance orders and obligation to be self-supporting 2678, 2695
Maintenance orders, enforcement of 2695
Maintenance orders, provision of financial information 2694
Maintenance payments, former Human Resources ministry policy on, Q. 2456-7
Maternity protection 1567-8
Matrimonial property, business assets, exclusion of 1689
Matrimonial property, deferred sharing system 2677
Matrimonial property, equality of ownership during marriage 2686
Matrimonial property, family assets 2678, 2687
Matrimonial property, marriage agreement re 2678, 2678-9
Matrimonial property, Veterans' Land Act property 2689, 2690
Medical insurance premiums, comparisons with other provinces 605
Mental Patients Association drop-in centre, funds for 1616, 1635
Mincome recipients, pension increases, Q. 583
Mount Pleasant day-care centre 109
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, skateboard park 889
Municipal Amendment Act (1978) 2197-9
PREP, co-ordinator's salary, Q. 520
Pearson Hospital, swimming pool 1443
Physicians, patients signing forms for visits to 1813
Point Grey constituency, charge in boundary of 1650
Poor, poverty line 604
Floor, working poor 604
Poverty, , definition of 1625
Prince George Regional Hospital, funds for 1166, 1246-7
Private enterprise, evils perpetrated by 104
Project LIFE 1611
Proudfoot inquiry 2064-9, 2070-1
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1406-9, 1412-3, 1443-4, 1452
Psychiatrists, patients signing forms for visits to 1813
Public service pensions, dental care coverage, Q. 583
Public service wages, level of 107
Rape Relief centres, Attorney-General ministry grant for, Q. 752
Rape Relief centres, Education ministry grant for, Q. 753
Rape Relief centres, Health ministry, grant for, Q. 752-3
Recreation and Conservation ministry estimates 889
Regional district boards, appointment of municipal directors to 2198-9
Regional district boards, selection method and regional district review committee 2199
Regional district directors, accountability of 2199
Rent control removal, Alberta 1915
Rent control removal, effects of 1914-5
Rent control removal, survey, post-control controls 1914
Richmond, zoning decisions and development 2197
Riverview Hospital, funds for 1169, 1251
Royal Columbian Hospital, funds for 1169
St. Paul's Hospital, expansion programme 1169, 1249-50
School principals, women in secondary schools 2005
School superintendents, women, appointment 2005
Seatbelts, infants, use of 1786, 1788
Smoking, education on dangers of 1388
Smoking in public places, ban on 1388
Smoking, increase in 1387-8
Social assistance rates, comparisons with other provinces 1616-7
Social assistance rates, indexing of 1627
Social assistance recipients, acceptance of food gifts by, Q. 2611-2, Q. 2612
Social assistance recipients, employable, number of, Q. 91, 1626
Social assistance recipients, number of, Q. 91, Q. 1266, 1618-9
Social welfare programmes, Cowichan-Malahat, cutback in 1172
Social welfare programmes, cutbacks in 1164-5, 1165-7, 1169, 1171-2, 1246-51
Stew, Ron, salary, Q. 520
Strikes and lockouts, man-days lost 104-5
Teachers, women, hiring of 2005-6
Tenants, children in tenancies 1915
Tenants, eviction of for birth of child 1915
Textbooks, sexism, sex stereotyping in 2006
Transit, financing of 2553-5
Travel Industry ministry, hospitality certificates 107, 108
Unemployment and welfare system 105-6
Unemployment, effects of 110
Unemployment, financial burden of 106
Unemployment insurance payments, delay in 106
Unemployment insurance payments to secondary wage earner 106-7
Unemployment insurance, responsibility for 106
University of B.C. Endowment Lands, alienation of land 2033
Urban Transit Authority Act 2553-5
Urban Transit Authority Act, third reading, delay in 2553-5
Vancouver General Hospital, board elections and abortion issue 1767-8, 1771-2, 1772
Vancouver General Hospital, emergency centre' 1165, 1251
Vancouver General Hospital, signing of allegiance document, Q. 2017
Vancouver members, reduction in number of 2648-50
Vancouver municipal taxes, increase in 607
Vancouver Resources Board office space, takeover of 1663
Vancouver school district, health budget 1169, 1247-8
Vancouver, special problems 2649-50
Vancouver Status of Women, counselling service 1407
Vancouver Status of Women, finding of 108
Vancouver Status of Women, grant to 107, 1407-9
Vancouver Status of Women, ombudservice 108-9, 1407-8
Vancouver Status of Women, salaries 108
Vancouver Status of Women, work of 1406-9
Violence in the family, police training in 2187
Wife beating, Prince Rupert case, Q. 2186
Women, affirmative action programme 1570, 1571
“Women Alive” programme 1408
Women, equality in employment opportunities 1566
Women in single-industry towns 605
Women prisoners, training programmes 1571
Women, provincial, federal publications for 1567
Women, public service opportunities for 1412-3
Women, stereotyped employment 1570
Women, union organization of 1569
Women's Correctional Institute advisory committee 2072
Women's Correctional Institute, conditions in 2066
Women's Correctional Institute, educational facilities, programmes 2071
Women's Correctional Institute, Indian inmates 2065-6
Women's Correctional Institute, male guards 2070-1
Women's Correctional Institute, recreational facilities 2072
Women's Correctional Institute, use of solitary confinement 2070
Women's Correctional Institute, work-release programme 2067
Women's Health Collective, funding of 1813
Women s Health Collective, salaries 109
Women's Health Collective, work of 109
Woodlands School, community programme 1615
Workers' Compensation Board pensions, deduction of from social assistance, GAIN 1627-8
Wrongful Dismissal Act (Bill M 218) 1R, 2340
Zoning decisions, change in requirement for, benefit to developers 2197-8
Zoning decisions, simple majority requirement for 2197-8
Browning Ferris, Inc.
Mentioned: (Levi) 1878
Bruce, David
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1360
Bruch, Herb
Mentioned: (Barrett) 983
Bryson, G.S.
Mentioned: (Barber) 748 (Wolfe) 692
Buchanan, Judd
Mentioned: (McGeer) 2520, 2522 (Wallace) 1594
Buchanan, R.J.
Mentioned: (Sanford) 1874
Buckley, William F.
Mentioned: (Levi) 1015
Budget
Balanced budget (Bennett) 948 (Stephens) 992 (Wolfe) 252
Budget and federal budget (Loewen) 349, 351-2
Budgeting under Social Credit government (Skelly) 394-5
Decrease in (Stupich) 278, 283
Increase in (Gibson) 293-4 (Nicolson) 356-7
Preparation of (Skelly) 393-5
249-66, 275-306, 309-32, 337-65, 374-400, 403-25, 427-52, 457-91, 493-515, 522-51, 555-80, 587-618, 625-54, 658-81
Speakers: Barber 508-11, 612-8, 625; Barnes 411-8; Barrett 473-82; Bawlf 567-70, 653-4, 658-62; Bawtree 600-3; Bennett 522-6; Brown 503-5, 603-8; Calder 315-9, 529-31; Cocke 465-70, 505-7, 631-7; Curtis 428-34; Dailly 547-8, 590-2, 645-8; D'Arcy 420-5, 427-8, 596-9; Davis 418-20, 669-72; Fraser 405-11; Gibson 289-99; Haddad 390-2; Hewitt 325-32, 599-600; Jordan 500-1, 625-31; Kahl 641-5; Kempf 648-50; Kerster 576-7, 637-41; King 434-40, 501-3; Lauk 379-84, 534-41, 563-7; Lea 343-9, 541-4; Levi 482-91, 493-7, 662-9; Lloyd 361-5, 512-3; Lockstead 309-15, 514-5; Loewen 349-543, 472-3; McClelland 577-9; Macdonald 526-9, 555-8, 672-9; McGeer 301-6; Mussallem 511-2, 595-6; Nicolson 356-61, 531-4; Nielsen 609-12; Phillips 446-52, 45755, 544-7; Rogers 650-3; Sanford 440-6; Shelford 399-400, 403-5, 497-8; Skelly 392-9, 550-1, 570-6; Smith 385-9, 548-50; Stephens 299-301, 498-500; Stupich 275-89, 507-8, 579-80, 587-90; Vander Zalm 337-43, 592-5; Veitch 353-6, 562; Wallace 319-25; Waterland 374-9, 558-62; Wolfe 249-66, 470-2, 679-81
Amdt. King 440, negatived 600; Amdt. to amdt. Barrett 480, negatived 551
Builders' Lien Act
(Bill 42) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 2796
Building standards
See: Standards, Engineering
Bulloch, John letter quoted (Wolfe) 681
Bullock, Richard
Mentioned: (Kempf) 649
Burden, Alex
Mentioned: (Mair) 1909
Bureaucracy
Problem (Kohl) 642
Burke, Edmund
Quoted (Brown) 2652
Burke Mountain, B.C.
Housing project (Kerster) 641
Land bank (Curtis) 237
Land bank, sale of (Barber) 233
Burkhardt, Vern
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1481
Burlington Northern Inc.
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2235
Burnaby, B.C.
Marine Way (Chabot) 2639 (Loewen) 72, 2638 (Veitch) 354
School tax increase (Dailly) 1709-10
Stomont interchange (Loewen) 72
Traffic problems (Loewen) 2637-8
Transportation problems (Loewen) 2232-3
Transportation routes, use of residential streets (Loewen) 2637
Burnaby General Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1757
Burnaby-Willingdon constituency
Polls conducted (Veitch) 1300
Burns, Ron
Mentioned: (Bennett) 155 (Macdonald) 91
Burrard constituency
See: Vancouver-Burrard constituency
Burrard thermal plant
See: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Burton, Mac
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2172
Business
Advertisement re problems with projects (Phillip) 1686
Business leaders, Premiers meetings with (Bennett) 224 (Gibson) 289
Government regulations, red tape, reduction in (Bawtree) 16, 601 (Bennett) 225, 952, 1065-6 (Davidson) 14 (Fraser) 407 (Gibson) 294 (Haddad) 391 (Jordan) 240, 630 (Kahl) 181-2 (Kempf) 199 (Levi) 1682-4 (Lloyd) 217-8, 362 (Loewen) 351 (Nielsen) 608-9 (Phillips) 1685-6 (Shelford) 134-5 (Stephens) 100, 300 (Strongman) 103 (Throne speech) 5 (Wolfe) 252, 256, 257
See also: Small business
Business machines
See: Office equipment and supplies
Butlin, Ron
Government telephone (King) 855
Office, furnishing of (Bawlf) 859 (King) 855
Salary (Bawlf) 842, 843, 844 (King) 840, 842, 843-4
Mentioned: (King) 856
Buttar and Chiene
Mentioned: (Barrett) 39
Byron Creek coal
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536