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
DREE
See: Canada — Regional Economic Expansion, Department of
Dailly, Eileen Elizabeth (Burnaby North)
Adultery, damage suits in cases of 2696
Atlin constituency, number of voters 2590
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2103-5
B.C. Government News, budget issue, cost of, Q. 851
B.C. Government News, overtime work on mailing of 1451
Beirnes, Helen, employment of 1392
B.C. Name and School Federation, grant to, Q. 686
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 547-8
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, decision on 547-8
B.C. Resources Corp., directors' fees 45-6
Budget debate 547-8, 590-2, 645-8
Burrard constituency, elimination of 2590
Burrard thermal plant, pollution by 645
Camels, racing, Chilliwack, funds for, Q. 2515
Capital investment in B.C. 646-7
Coal gasification plant, proposal for 46
Colleges, financing of 2000, 2027
Communications, government policy on 1353
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2588-91
Construction industry, unemployment 647
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 1902-3
Consumer complaint, Chrysler car case 1902-3
Consumer protection, federal minister's remarks on 1902
Coquitlam constituency, two-member representation 2589
Cost increases under present government 589-92
Currie, W.R., resignation of 1392
Deaf children, education of 1997-8
Delta constituency, two-member representation 2589
Disaster fund, appropriation for 1879
Drunk driving, impaired driving courses 2103-4
Drunk driving, prevention programmes in schools 2104
Eckardt, Lawrence S., alleged partisanship of 2589
Economy of B.C. 44, 46-7, 646, 647
Education ministry, bureaucracy in 48
Education ministry, estimates 1939-41, 1950-2, 1997-2000, 2026, 2027-9, 2033, 2034
Energy, Transport and Communications ministry, estimates 1353
Environment ministry, estimates 1879
Executive Council, estimates 1352
Expenditures and growth rate of province 589-90
Expenditures under former government 645, 646
Convention co-ordinator, appointment of, Q. 91
Family advocates, appointment of 2684
Family life programme and teenage pregnancies 1998-9
Family life programme, institution of in schools 1998-9
Family Relations Act 2684, 2696
Ferries, sale and lease-back of 45
Ferries, service, deterioration in 1390-1
Ferry fares, increase in 1390
Finance ministry, estimates 791
Forest Act 2401-3
Forest Act, delay in passage of 2401-3
Forest Act; organizations concerned re passage of 2401
Forests, sustained yield, policy of 2402-3
French language teaching programme 1999-2000
Government Agent Review, printing of by Merritt Herald. Q. 1669
Government aircraft logs, tabling of, Q. 369, Q. 456, Q. 583
Health care, budget increases for 647-8
Health ministry, estimates 1781
Heroin addiction, compulsory treatment programme 2288
Heroin addiction, cure of 2288
Heroin Treatment Act 2286-9
Heroin Treatment Act, civil liberties, breach of 2286-7, 2289
Holmes, Dennis, background, Q. 91
Hospitality course, certificates 1392-3
Hotel occupancy rates 1401
Housing starts 647
Independent schools, acceptance of applicants 1940
Independent schools, accountability for use of public funds 1939, 1940, 1951, 2033
Independent schools, aid to, restriction of to operating costs Q. 1734
Independent schools, appropriation for 591
Independent schools, number of in receipt of public funds 2033
Independent schools, pupil-teacher ratio 1940
Independent schools, separation of church and state 1939
Independent schools study, funding of, Q. 2247
Independent schools, use of public funds 1939
Job creation 45
Lady Grace, involvement of G.M. McCarthy in, Q. 1481
Library Development Commission, disbanding of 2508
Little Mountain constituency, change in boundary of 2589, 2590
McCarthy, ' Grace M., pictures of 1392
Megavitamin therapy, study of 1781
Members, NDP members eliminated 2589
Mineral production 646
Mining industry 647
Ministers, patronage in hirings 48-9
Mortgage foreclosures, increase in 647
Municipal Amendment Act (1978) 2181-3, 2191
Norris commission on electoral reform 2589
North Island College, structure, operation of, changes in, Q. 92
Oxygen-walker tanks, sales tax on 791
Ozard, William, dismissal of 1392, 1417
Ozard, William, settlement with, Q. 973
Plul, John, salary, Q. 91, Q. 686
Premier's office, employees, salaries 48
Provincial Elections Act, appropriation for 1452
Provincial Homeowner Grant Amendment Act (1978) 1709-10
Provincial Museum, summer closing time, Q. 1575
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1390-3, 1400-1, 1414-5, 1416-7, 1417, 1444-5, 1446-7, 1447, 1451-2, 1452
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, expenditures on postage 1393
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, overrun 1391, 1392, 1414
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, special warrant 1414-5
Public Inquiries Act, appropriation for 1452
Public Libraries Amendment Act (1978) 2507-8
Public service employees, number of, Q. 1239
Queens Printer staff, increase in 1452
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 858-9, 939-40
Reforestation, expenditures on 2401-2
Regional district board members, change in selection method 2181-2
Regional district boards, appointment of municipal directors to 2181-2, 2191
Regional district boards, selection method and regional district review committee 2182, 2191
Revelstoke-Slocan constituency, redistribution of 2590
Royal commission on electoral reform, report and presentation of bill in House 2590
Royal Hudson, Los Angeles trip 1391
Royal Hudson, overrun on 1391
School boards, accountability of 1952
School budgets, increase in over past five years 1950-1
School districts, administrative personnel, remuneration to 2000
School mill rate, increase in 2027, Q. 2188, Q. 2729
School mill rate, increase in and provision of supplementary grants, Q. 2188
School operating referenda, reinstatement of 1952
School tax levy, increase in 590-1, 1709-10
School tax levy, increase in, Burnaby 1709-10
School tax on property, reduction in 1951
“Smile” campaign, cost of and payments made, Q. 2645
Spallumcheen school tax, payment of 2027
Special funds, cancellation of 45
State balls, 1977 and 1978, cost of, source of funds for, Q. 2806
Steelhead, catch and release programme 939, 940
Tall ships' visit, advertising of, Q. 2730
Tall ships' visit, cost of, Q. 2611
Taxation, increase in 589, 590
Teaching, political partisanship in 645
Tourist industry, increase in 1400-1
Tourist industry programmes 47, 1390, 1400
Tourist industry, revenue 1391
Tourist promotion in Victoria, consultation on 1391
Transit, financing of 2555
Trap development, federal-provincial committee on 858-9
Trapping, bionic trap 858-9
Travel Industry press releases, production of by private company, Q. 1305, Q. 1306
Unemployment 45
Unemployment, Saskatchewan 648
Universities Council, autonomy of 2034
Universities, interior programmes and Open Learning Institute 2034
Urban Transit Authority Act 2555
Urban Transit Authority Act, third reading, delay in 2555
Vancouver Island economy 647
Vancouver school budget, provincial share of 591
Vancouver Status of Women, grant to 47, 130-1
Vietnam, medical aid for children 1352
Wolves, control of 858
Women, unemployment rate for 47-8
Youth Employment Programme, allocation of funds 1444, 1446-7
Youth Employment Programme, citizens' committee group 1444
Zoning decisions, simple majority requirement for 2182-3
Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C.
Quoted: (Barber) 236, 615 (Barrett) 33, 37 (Bawlf) 569 (Cocke) 1965 (Kohl) 643 (Lauk) 1233-4 (Levi) 1015 (Lockstead) 780, 2339 (McClelland) 215 (Mair) 2606 (Stephens) 1981 (Stupich) 587 (Wallace) 1105
Mentioned: (Barber) 232, 766, 768, 770, 771, 2478 (Brown) 1173 (Dailly) 647, 2402 (Gibson) 1481 (Lockstead) 2338 (Nicolson) 921 (Sanford) 866 (Skelly) 687 (Stephens) 1979 (Wallace) 110 (Williams) 1481
Daily Courier, Kelowna, B.C.
Quoted (Bennett) 1098
Daily Free Press, Nanaimo, B.C.
Mentioned: (Stupich) 282
Dams
Reservoir waterway improvement programme (Wolfe) 260
Silting up of (Cocke) 1725
See also names of dams, e.g. Revelstoke Dam
Daniels, Alan
Quoted (Gibson) 1987
Daon Development Corp.
D'Arcy, Christopher (Rossland-Trail)
Airport facilities, upgrading of 425
Ambulance service, staff positrons 1812
Arrow Lakes, resettlement of dislocated residents 421
Audiologists, government hiring of 1773-4
Audiologists, UBC graduates, government hiring of 1763, 1773-4
Audiologists, UBC graduates, qualifications of 421
Audiologists, UBC graduates, training of 1763, 1773-4
B.C. Cancer Institute board, elections to 1761
B.C. Cancer Institute, budget 1761
B.C. Ferry Corp., revenue 596
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Fair Taxation Act (Bill M 220) 1R, 2669
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1978) 1796, 1796-7, 1797
B.C. Hydro, borrowing by, off-shore borrowing 598
B.C. Hydro, borrowing under present government 598
B.C. Hydro debt, increase in 1796, 1796-7, 1797
B.C. Hydro debt, interest costs 598
B.C. Hydro projects, cost of to local communities 804-5, 805-6
B.C. Hydro projects, local taxes on 422, 804-5, 805-6
B.C. Hydro, rail system, takeover of 2234-5
B.C. Hydro rates 427-8
B.C. Hydro rates, reduction of and transit deficit 2234, 2236
B.C. Hydro, revenue 596
B.C. Hydro, transit deficit 424-5, 805
B.C. Museum Train, use of 425
B.C. Railway, municipal taxes 422
Budget debate 420-5, 427-8, 596-9
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., directors 423
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., profits 423
Capital investments in B.C., increase in 597-8
Colleges and Provincial Institutes Act, proclaiming of 421
Colleges and provincial institutes, appropriation for 420
Colleges, role of 420
Crime, drug-related offences 2256
Dr. Harry Purdy Extended Care Unit, use for teaching 1774
Drug Addiction, definition of 2254
Drugs, contraband, in penal institutions 2255
Duncan Dam, local taxes on 804
Education ministry, estimates 1949
Elderly, medical checkups for driver's licence, payments for 1816
Electric power companies, payment of local taxes 422
Emergency services, appropriation for 422
Executive Council, estimates 1194-5
Expenditures and gross provincial product 596-7
Extended care, assessing teams, tribute to 1760
Extended-care patients, GAIN and HPIA payments to 1760
Extended-care patients in acute care, double billing 1760-1
Extended-care patients, per diem rate 1760
Extended-care rates to private facilities 1759-60
Ferry fares, increase in 427-8
Finance ministry, estimates 804-5, 805-6
Fire commissioner, regional offices of 2526
Fire inspection services 2526
Fire Marshal Amendment Act (1978) 2526-7
Fire personnel training programme 2526-7, 2527
Fire services advisory board, appointments to 2526
Firefighting equipment, uniformity in size, type of connections 2527
GAIN, cost-of-living allowance 597, 599
Gasoline taxation, reduction in 422
Hamburger poll 1194
Health care, preventive care 1763
Health minister, role of 1762
Health ministry, estimates 1759-64, 1772-5, 1781-2, 1810-1, 1816-7
Hearing aid dealers and government clinics 1763-4, 1774-5
Heroin addiction, cure of 2255
Heroin addiction, prevention of 2255, 2256-7
Heroin addicts, identification of 2254
Heroin addicts, methadone treatment 2254
Heroin, amount, quality of, reduction in 2254
Heroin traffickers, jail sentences for 2254-5
Heroin traffickers, recruitment of new users 2255-6, 2257, 2258
Heroin trafficking, profitability of 2256
Heroin Treatment Act 2252-8
Heroin Treatment Act, appeals, onus on appellant 2253-4
Heroin Treatment Act, constitutionality of 2253
Heroin Treatment Act, evaluation panels, composition of 2258
Heroin Treatment Act, examination of by court 2253
Heroin Treatment Act, patent drugs under Act 2258
Highways, appropriation for 423
Hospital budgets, government guidelines on 1762
Hospital construction, borrowing for 1772, 1781-2, 1810, 1817
Hospital construction, increase in funds for 1772-3
Hospital construction programmes, government guidelines on 1762
Hospitals, operating funds, cut in 422
Hospitals, small, problems 1810-1
Hospitals, small, review of 1772, 1810-1
Insurance Corp. of B.C., free long-distance calls to 420
Insurance Corp. of B.C., rates, increase in 427-8
Insurance Corp. of B.C. revenue 597
Job creation, new jobs 598
Keenleyside Dam, local taxes on 804
Keenleyside report, recommendations 2526
Long-term care programme 1759-61
Long-term care programme, cost of 1760
Long-term care recipients, GAIN payments to 597
Mental health services at the community level 1773
Mica Dam, local taxes on 804
Mining exploration permits 424
Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates 1501
Municipal tax share of gross provincial product 597
Natural gas, price to commercial, industrial consumers 1194-5
Railway branch lines, taxation of 423
Railway property, taxation of 423
Reforestation, appropriation for 421
Rentalsman, free telephone service to 420
Revenue, percentage of gross provincial product 427
Riverview Hospital board, elections to 1761
Royal Jubilee Hospital, waiting period 1811
St. Paul's Hospital, open-heart surgical facilities 1811
School boards, budgeting by 599
School districts, administrative personnel, reduction in number of 1949
School tax levy, increase in 428
Selkirk College, student housing units 1501
Seven-Mile Dam, use of American lumber in, Q. 368
Social assistance recipients, number of, Q. 1305
Social assistance recipients, transfer of to GAIN 597
Speech therapy, UBC graduates, qualifications of 421
Student aid, appropriation for 420
Taxation, increase in 596
Transit Act, proposed legislation 424
Transit costs, inclusion of capital costs 2235-6
Transit, financing of 425
Transit, lack of in interior, northern B.C. 425
Transit planning, appropriation for 424
Transit, rapid, for lower mainland 2235
Transit service, Kootenays 2235, 2236
Transit service, Rossland-Trail 1501
University of B.C. Medical School, teaching hospital, federal funds for 1762
University of B.C. Radical School, teaching hospital, operating costs 1762, 1774
Uranium exploration work, filing of 10-11 forms with Health Ministry 424
Urban Transit Authority Act 2234-6
Urban Transit Authority Act, taxation increase under 2234
Vancouver General Hospital, accreditation of 1811
Vancouver General Hospital, nursing services 1811
Vancouver General Hospital, patient care and investigation of problems, Q. 2248
Vancouver General Hospital, rebuilding of 1781
Vancouver General Hospital, staffing requirements 1871
W.A.C. Bennett Dam, local taxes on 805
Davidson, Walter (Delta)
Address in reply 10-15
Auditor-General, appointment of 12
B.C. Federation of Labour dinner, Q. 23, 24
Business, government regulation of 14
Captain Cook Bicentennial celebration 12
Coal exploration 13
Coal revenues 13
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2595-6
Constitution, revision of 11
Crime, drug related offences 2285
DREE agreement 14
Delta constituency, redistribution 15
Delta constituency, two-member representation 2595-6
First Ministers' Conference on economy 11
Fraser River, Annacis Island crossing 2629-30
Fraser River crossing, need for 15
Greater Vancouver Regional District budget, increase in 15
Grizzly Valley natural gas reserves 13
Grizzly Valley pipeline project 13
Heroin addicts, number of 2285
Heroin addicts, referral of by courts to treatment programme 2285
Heroin addicts, treatment of 14
Heroin Treatment Act 2285-6
Heroin Treatment Act, appeal process 2286
Heroin Treatment Act, due process, provision for 2285
Highway 10, Chillukthan Slough to Highway 17 2626
Highways and Public Works ministry, estimates 2626, 2629-30
Home acquisition, assistance for first time buyers 14
Industrial park, Delta 12
Massey Tunnel, traffic problem 2629
Mexico, warnings to B.C. visitors to Q. 684
Natural gas exploration rights, revenue from 13
Norris commission on electoral reform 2596
Ombudsman, selection of 12
Petroleum exploration rights, revenue from 13
St. Vincent's Hospital of Vancouver, British Columbia, An Act to Incorporate, petition 552
Scott Road, rebuilding of 2626
Social welfare programmes 12
Surrey constituency, two-member representation for 2596
Tourist industry, increase in 11-12
Trade missions to Europe, Japan 12
Unemployment problem 10-1, 13-4
Davis, Jack (North Vancouver-Seymour)
Address in reply 127-8
Airline tickets, investigation into use of (Barrett) 214 (Bennett) A. 154, 213 (Gardom) 210-1, A. 685 (Macdonald) , Q. 153, 212, Q. 685
Airline tickets, use of and claims for expenses 211-2
Airport facilities, upgrading of 418-20
Airport facilities, upgrading of, applications for funds 420
Airports, advisory body on 420
Airports, appropriation for 419
Airports, federal expenditures on 419
Airports, need for in interior, northern B.C. 418
Airports, neglect of by federal government 418
Airports, operating costs 419
Budget debate 41820, 669-72
Coal resources, Atlin constituency 127
Coal, southeastern, utilization of low-grade coal 127
Energy, user-pay basis for 672
Executive Council, estimates 1216-8
Expenditures and gross provincial product 670-1
Expenditures, constitutional basis for limit on 671, 672
Expenditures, identification of programme costs 671-2, 672
Expenditures, percentage of national income 670-1
Letter re Crown-owned bus lines quoted (Levi) 1020-2
Natural gas exploration, investment in 1217
Natural gas export price, increase in 1217
Natural gas price, comparisons 1218
Petroleum exploration, cost of 1217
Petroleum exploration, investment in 1217
Petroleum industry income, use of 1216-7
Petroleum producers, price to and Alberta price 1217-8
Petroleum royalty, reduction in 1218
Resignation as Minister of Energy, Transport and Communications (Bennett) 44
Transportation services, user-pay basis for 672
Work, savings to taxpayers 210
Davis-Keays Mining Co. Ltd
Mentioned: (Phillips) 544
Davison, Mike
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 692
Dawson, Robert McGregor
Procedure in the Canadian House of Commons quoted (Speaker) 848
Day care
See: Day nurseries
Day nurseries
Allowance to parents (Wallace) 111-2
Day-care programme (Throne speech) 2
Day-care subsidy (Brown) 109 (Levi) 1624
Mount Pleasant day-care centre (Brown) 109
Nakusp day-care centre (Brown) 605
Regulations, change in (Vander Zalm) 115
Special day-care programme (Vander Zalm) 1275
Special day-care programme, parental payment for (Gibson) 1272
Subsidized daycare, number of children in (Brown) 1611
Deaf
Committee to assess services to deaf, proposal for (Cocke) 1996
Deaf teachers, employment of (Cocke) 1996
Demographic study of hearing impaired (McGeer) 1997
Hearing impaired, speech services (McClelland) 1770
See also: Children, Deaf
Deaf children
See: Children, Deaf
Deakins, Eric
Letter quoted (Levi) 2283
Dease Lake, B.C.
Airport (Calder) 319 (Fraser) 411
Government agent for (Calder) 316
School, construction of (Calder) 318, 319
Dease Lake extension of the B.C. Railway
See entries under British Columbia Railway
De Bastiani, Mario
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 1474
Debt Collection Act
Responsibility for (Main) 1882
Debtor and creditor
Debtors' assistance branch, work of (Mair) 1883-4
Debts, Public
Bonds, B.C. rating (Stupich) 284-5
Contingent liability (Wallace) 1105
Debt, cost of (Veitch) 355-6 (Wolfe) 691-2
Debt load, projection of without tax increases (Stupich) 580, 587-8 (Wolfe) 471, 680
Debt, $261 million, repayment of (Gibson) 763, 787 (Stupich) 809, 811 (Wolfe) 787, 809, 811
Deficit repayment debt (Gibson) 290
Deficit under previous government (Wolfe) 1279
Deficits, interest on (Bennett) 948
Exchange rate and interest costs (Gibson) 290
Federal debt, cost of (Shelford) 1067 (Wolfe) 253-4
Federal deficits (Barrett) 474 (Gibson) 292 (Levi) 496 (Lloyd) 361 (Rogers) 650-1 (Skelly) 395, 572 (Wolfe) 253
Increase in (Macdonald) 810-1 (Stupich) 284-5, 809
Interest rate on (Stupich) 808
Interest on, expenditures for (Stupich) 740, 808-9
Internal borrowing (Shelford) 1066-8
Overruns. See entries under Expenditures, Public
Parity bonds (Skelly) 573
Parity bonds, redemption of 968 (Macdonald) 673 (Skelly) 572
Provincial budgets, comparisons (Wolfe) 691
Provincial debt (Veitch) 355-6
Repayment of (Bennett) 1069 (Levi) 1093
See also: Deficit financing
Deck, Ray
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1965
Decker Lake Forest Products Ltd.
Certification of employees (King) 1581-2 (Macdonald) 1585 de Cosmos, Amor
Mentioned: (Barrett) 38
Deer
Hunting season in interior, closing of (Shelford) 893
Population, decrease in (King) 839 (Shelford) 836, 838
Deficit financing
Deficit financing (Wolfe) 252
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.
Dash-7 aircraft (Strongman) 1091 50th birthday of company (Stephens) 1896
History of company (Stephens) 1896
Deighton, J.A.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2789
Delbridge, Slim
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2171
Delta, B.C.
Industrial park (Davidson) 12
Delta constituency
Redistribution (Davidson) 15
Two-member representation (Cocke) 2597 (Dailly) 2589 (Davidson) 2595-6
Delta Food Processors Ltd.
Mentioned: (King) 1072
Delta Hotel, Campbell River, B.C.
B.C. Ferry Corp. package tours to (Bawlf) 867-8 (Sanford) 866
Demanuel Creek, B.C.
Dam (Kahl) 887
Denike, Howard
Mentioned: (Barber) 2011
Denison Mines Ltd.
Northeastern coal, development of (King) 124
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1048, 2536 (Lauk) 1059 (Lea) 1220, 1327, 1460 (Lockstead) 1474
Dennison, Jim
Mentioned: D'Arcy 1759
Dent, Hartley Douglas
Mentioned: (Barrett) 42
Dental care
School-age children, programme for (Gibson) 69, 81
DeRoo, Remi
Mentioned: (Sanford) 974, 1579
Development Corporation of British Columbia Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill 21) (Minister of Economic Development) 1R, 2397: 2R, 2500; C, 2500; 3R, 2501; RA, 2805
Speakers: Lauk 2500; Phillips 2500
Small business, support for (Lauk) 2500 (Phillips) 2500
Share purchase by government (Phillips) 2500
Development of industries
See: Industrialization
Dewar, Elaine
Quoted (Levi) 2075
Dewees, Margaret
Tribute to (Mair) 1902
Diabetes
Diabetic supplies, sales tax on (Lauk) 1436
Pharmacare coverage for needs of diabetics (Lauk) 796, 797 (Wolfe) 797
Dialysis
See: Renal dialysis
Diashoa Marukeni
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2433
Di Castri, Victor
Tribute to (Gardom) 2495 (Macdonald) 2497
Di Cimbriani, Alex
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1441, 1442
Dickinson, Gary
Mentioned: (Levi) 2001
Diefenbaker, John
Quoted (Bennett) 950
Mentioned: (Barrett) 957
Dikes
See: Flood control
Dingman, Frank S.
Letter quoted (Gibson) 1919
Direct Legislation Act
Proclamation of (Gibson) Q. 2398
The Direct Legislation Act, 1919, An Act to Amend
(Bill M 211) (Gibson) 1R, 1480
Disaster relief
Disasters covered by provincial fund (Nielsen) 1880 (Stephens) 1879-80
Provincial fund, appropriation for (Dailly) 1879 (Stephens) 1879
Discovery Park
Establishment of (McGeer) 2522 (Phillips) 1694
Tenants for (McGeer) 303
Dismissal of employees
See: Employees, Dismissal of
Divisions
Address in reply approved 247; amdts negatived 76, 131, 150
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act, 1978, amdt. to 2R negatived 1748; 2R approved 1756, 3R approved 1800
Budget debate, amdt. to negatived 600; subamdt. to amdt. negatived 551; budget approved 681
Chairman do now leave the Chair, M. negatived 1618
Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1978, 3R approved, 1437
Coal Amendment Act, 1978, sec. 8 approved 2576; 3R approved 2582
Constitution Amendment Act, 1978, introduction of approved 2514, 2R approved 2665; 3R approved 2748
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1978, sec. 6 approved 1433
Forest Act, amdt. to 2R negatived 2420; 2R approved 2449; amdt. to sec. 1 negatived 2767; sec. 3 approved 2772; amdt. to sec. 27 negatived 2783; sec. 147 approved 2793; 3R approved 2795
Heroin Treatment Act, 2R approved 2726; 3R approved 2747
Mineral Act Clarification Act, sec. 2 approved 2588
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1978, sec. 2 approved 2725; sec. 10 approved 2752; sec. 14 approved 2753
Motion 16 approved 2171
Motion that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again negatived 773, 1019-20, 1221, 1258, 2690
Municipal Amendment Act, 1978, 2R approved 2203; sec. 1 approved 2490; sec. 8 approved 2491
Pari-Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act, 1978, sec. 1 approved 1429
Premiers salary reduced to $3, M. negatived 1330
Public Libraries Amendment Act, 1978, sec. 4 approved 2519
Speaker's ruling sustained 373, 401, 1577-8 2324
Urban Transit Authority Act, 211 approved 2243; amdt. to 3R negatived 2561; 311 approved 2561
Divorce Act
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2674
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2674
Dixon Entrance, B.C.
International boundary negotiations (Bennett) A. 1858, A. 1859 (Lea) 1736, Q. 1794 Q. 1858, Q. 1859 (Mair) A. 1794
Dobie, George
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1078
Dr. Endicott Home, School and Work Centre, Creston, B.C.
Funds for (Brown) 605
Dr. Harvey Purdy Extended Care Unit, Vancouver, B.C.
Location of (Cocke) 1788
Teaching programme, holdup in (Cocke) Q. 1632 (McClelland) A. 1632
Teaching, use for (Cocke) 1776-7 (D’Arcy) 1774 (McClelland) 1765 (Stephens) 1804
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1757
Doctors
See: Physicians
Dogs
Dog control, local responsibility for (Hewitt) 2151 (Wallace) 2151
Livestock losses, remuneration for (Wallace) 2151
Doman, Herbert G.
Tribute to (Nielsen) 1835 (Skelly) 1839
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2355, 2791 (Ring) 1519, 2316, 2792 (Nielsen) 1837, 1838 (Skelly) 1825, 1826, 1840 (Wallace) 369 (Waterland) 2792
Doman Industries Ltd.
Cowichan River estuary development (Nielsen) 1836 (Skelly) 1829 (Wallace) 1870
Cowichan River estuary, log dump (Wallace) Q. 1735, Q. 1735-6 (Nielsen) A. 1735
Cowichan River estuary, log dumping, issuance of cease-and-desist order (Wallace) Q. 2307, Q. 2398 (Nielsen) A. 2308, A. 2398
Cowichan River estuary, sawmill construction (Nielsen) 1835, 1837 (Skelly) 1839
Pulp mill construction contract (King) Q. 24, Q. 25 (Waterland) A. 25
Pulp mill, construction of (King) 1519
Pulp mill, documents pertaining to (Ring) Q. 850 (Waterland) A. 850
Pulp mill, sawmill agreement documents, tabling of (Ring) Q. 273, Q. 274
Sawmill site, Cowichan Bay (Skelly) 396 (Waterland) 376
Sawmill, union activities prior to collective agreement (Wallace) Q. 368-9 (Phillips) A. 369, A. 370 (Stephens) Q. 370, Q. 455
Mentioned: (Waterland) 560, 2792
Dame Petroleum Ltd.
Profits (Macdonald) 678
Domestic relations
Family law reform (Gardom) 2676-7
Family Relations Act. See name of act
Domestic workers
See: Servants
Dominion Construction Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barnes) 902, 904 (Bawlf) 905 (Curtis) 1854
Dominion Stores Ltd.
Dam-Sea Resources
Mentioned: (Skelly) 926
Donald, Walter
Salary (Ring) 1081
Douglas, C.H.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 41
Douglas, Thomas C.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 32
Douglas Building, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 812
Douglas College, New Westminster, B.C.
Construction of (Loewen) 72, 472
Funds for (Cocke) 633
Douglas Lake Cattle Co.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000 (Chabot) 2536
Dowding, Gordon
Mentioned: (Dailly) 1391 (Lauk) 2514 (McGeer) 374 (Speaker) 1515
Downtown Eastside Residents Association
Mentioned: (Brown) 1626
Drainage
ARDA agreement (Hewitt) 329
Municipalities, assistance to for drainage (Kohl) 1510-1
Drennan, R.N.
Letter quoted (Cocke) 2201
Driediger, George
Houses on Langley land (Macdonald) Q. 1201-2 (Hewitt) A. 1267-8
Langley land, negotiations for purchase of (Macdonald) Q. 1202 (Hewitt) A. 1268
Driediger Brothers Farm Ltd.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1201
Drinking age
See: Liquor laws
Drinking and traffic accidents
Accidents involving foreign visitors (Macdonald) 2108
Kootenay constituency, accident free winter (Haddad) 391
Underage drinking and driving (Gibson) 1919 (Mair) 1922
See also: Drunk driving
Driving under the influence of alcohol
See: Drunk driving
Drug abuse
Addicts, admissions to jail, probation programmes, number of (Gibson) 2262-3, 2270
Advertising re drug abuse (Gibson) 1805
Crime, drug-related offences (D’Arcy) 2256 (Davidson) 2285 (Gibson) 2259, 2262-3 (McClelland) 2249, 2713 (Wallace) 2291
Definition of (D’Arcy) 2254
Drug addiction (Barnes) 1705
Federal responsibility for treatment (Gibson) 2259, 2263 (Stephens) 2271
Federal role in problem (McClelland) 2710, 2714
Policing in drug field, increase in (Gibson) 2263 (McClelland) 2710, 2714 (Macdonald) 2709 (Wallace) 2292
Prison inmates, introduction to drug use (Barrett) 2058-60, 2063-4
Professional addicts (Barnes) 2706
Valium, other drugs, addiction to (D’Arcy) 2254
See also: Heroin
Drug addiction
See: Drug abuse
Drugs
Drug and poison information programme (McClelland) 1757
Elderly, misuse of medications by (Brown) 1787 (McClelland) 1788
Patent drugs, possible classification as narcotics (D’Arcy) 2258
Drunk driving
BATmobile programme, manpower for (Macdonald) Q. 1265 (Gardom) A. 1265
BATmobiles (Gardom) 2037
Blood testing, compulsory (Gardom) 2038, 2104
Counterattack programme (Dailly) 2103 (Gardom) 2037, 2038, 2104 (Throne Speech) 3
Court cases, number of (Gardom) 2104-5
Impaired driving courses (Dailly) 2103-4 (Gardom) 2105
Impaired driving prevention programme in schools (Dailly) 2104
Penalties, increase in (Gardom) 2105
Sentences in drunk driving cases (Gardom) 2108-9 (Jordan) 2106-8 (Macdonald) 2108
Dryer, Victor
Mentioned, quoted (Gardom) 2160, 2162 (Gibson) 2158, 2159 (Lauk) 2162 (McCarthy) 2169 2170
Duce, Norman
Mentioned: (Stupich) 22
Ducks Unlimited
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 828, 941 (Nicolson) 941
Duguid, Don
Mentioned: (Gibson) 67
Dukakis, Michael
Report quoted (Skelly) 1157
Duke Point Industrial Site
See entries under Nanaimo, B.C.
Dulong family
Mentioned: (Levi) 2115
Dun and Bradstreet
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 763
Duncan, Jan
Quoted (Macdonald) 1177
Duncan, B.C.
Courthouse, overcrowding (Wallace) 2118, 2119
Duncan Alternate School, Duncan, B.C.
Funding for (Wallace) 323
Duncan Dam
Local taxes on (D’Arcy) 804
Reservoir area, clearing of (Wolfe) 260
Duncan Reservoir, B.C.
Salvage operation (King) 1552
Dunhill Development Corp.
Mentioned: (Barber) 232 (Barrett) 476 (Bennett) 225, 1008, 1129 (Kerster) 641
Dunkley Lumber Co. Ltd.
Certification of employees (Macdonald) 1585
Dunnett, Jack letter quoted (Levi) 2283
Dunsky, Myer (Manny)
Mentioned: (Gardom) 1299
Dunsky Advertising Ltd.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1404 (Levi) 1414 (McCarthy) 1315
Dunsmuir, James
Mentioned: (Barrett) 34
Dunsmuir family
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1163
Du Pont Corp.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1048
Du Pont of Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536 (Lauk) 1059
Durham, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of
Mentioned: (Barrett) 957 (Strongman) 1090
Dusty Mac Mines Ltd.
Mine closing, job lass (Chabot) 1455
Dwellings
Log house building, log supply for (Lloyd) 218
Dykes, Thomas
Memorandum quoted (Barber) 2180
Dykes
See: Flood control
Dykes Maintenance Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill 16) (Minister of Environment) 1R 2341; 2R, 2499; C, 2499, 3R, 2500; RA, 2805
Speakers: Nielsen 2499
Dykes, definition of (Nielsen) 2499
Dyking authorities, financial reserves requirement (Nielsen) 2499
Inspector of dykes, jurisdiction of (Nielsen) 2499