PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
31st Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 30, 1978 to June 29, 1978

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DREE

See: Canada — Regional Economic Expansion, Department of

Dailly, Eileen Elizabeth (Burnaby North)

Address in reply 44-9, 130-1

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 1390, 1400

“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.

Mentioned: (Barber) 998, 1000

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

Economy of B.C. 10-11, 12

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

Job creation in B.C. 11, 14

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, 1975/76 (Skelly) 394

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.

Mentioned: (Levi) 1886, 1887

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

Mentioned: (Cocke) 2035, 2701

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.

Clearing of (King) 1542, 1552

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