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
PREP
See: Provincial Rehabilitation and Employment Programme
Pacific Building Maintenance
Contracts with B.C. Buildings Corp. (Barnes) 2617, 2617-8, 2619 (Chabot) 2618-9, 2619-20
Pacific Centre for Human Development
Mentioned: (Kohl) 1280
Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1693
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Mentioned: (Lauk) 382 (Wolfe) 2667
Pacific Logging Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (King) 1548 (Nielsen) 1873 (Skelly) 1162 (Wallace) 1870
Pacific Maritime Command
Pacific National Exhibition
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 853 (Brown) 1611 (Kohl) 643 (McCarthy) 1440, 1446
Pacific Naval Laboratory, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1693
Pacific North Coast Native Co-operative
Mentioned: (Lea) 346
Pacific Petroleum Ltd.
Profits (Macdonald) 678
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536 (Lauk) 1059
Pacific Press Ltd.
Board of directors (Lauk) 2372-3
Mentioned: (Levi) 2334 (Mair) 155
Pacific Rim National Park
Federal funds for (Nicolson) 803, 825 (Wolfe) 803
Nitinat triangle area lands (Bawlf) 828
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 738
Pacific Salmon Society
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 890
Pacific Stage Lines Ltd.
B.C. Hydro committee on, function of (Levi) Q. 1043, Q. 1077-8 (Curtis) A. 1077
Possible sale of (Levi) 1020-4, 1026, 1027, 1028
Pacific Vocational Institute, Maple Ridge, B.C.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2035 (Dailly) 2000 (D’Arcy) 420 (McGeer) 304, 305 (Williams) 1571 (Wolfe) 261
Pacific Western Airlines
Head office, location of (Gibson) 457 (Macdonald) 192
Social Credit Party, services to in 1975 election (Cocke) 164-6 (Macdonald) 192-3 (Mair) 188
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1100 (Cocke) 23, 25, 164 (D’Arcy) 425 (Davis) 418, 419 (Fraser) 411 (Lea) 346 (Skelly) 1100 (Strongman) 102, 1091
Packard Inc.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000
Painter, Bert
Mentioned: (Williams) 1566
Palliser Wilderness Society
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 929 (Skelly) 927
Palmer, Brian
Salary (King) 1081
Palmer, John
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1325, 1327
Pan-Alberta Gas Ltd.
Natural gas, use of to fulfil export contract (Chabot) 1244
Pan Ocean Oil Ltd.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536 (Lauk) 1059
Panarctic Oils Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 957 (Gibson) 1050
Panco Poultry Ltd.
Value of (Barrett) 476
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1135, 1512 (Macdonald) 673 (Wallace) 2130
Pankhurst family
Mentioned: (Mair) 2605
Paper making and trade
Paper sales, prices (Waterland) 1516
Paralegals
See: Legal secretaries
Paraplegics
Medical supplies, payment for (Cocke) 1658
Parent and child (Law)
Child custody, access or guardianship, court orders re (Gardom) 2674
Child custody, access or guardianship, determination of (Brown) 2679 (Gardom) 2673, 2674 (Gibson) 2680
Pari-mutuel betting
Popularity of horse racing (Rogers) 651
Tax rate, reduction in (Wolfe) 264-5
Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Act
Amendment to (Wolfe) 264-5
Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill 6) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 266; 2R, 1376-81; C, 1429; 3R, 1429; RA, 1513
Speakers: Fraser 1379; Jordan 1379-80; Stephens 1377-9, 1429; Wallace 1377; Wolfe 1376-7, 1380-1, 1429
Divisions: C, 1429
Brief to government on racing (Stephens) 1377-8 (Wolfe) 1380-1
Fund, administration of (Wolfe) 1377
Fund, size of (Fraser) 1379 (Wallace) 1377 (Wolfe) 1381
Funds for study of B.C. horse industry (Jordan) 1379
Horse breeders, increased incentives to (Wolfe) 1377
Horses for equestrian sports (Jordan) 1380
Purses, increase in (Wallace) 1377
Racing industry, employment in, revenue generated (Stephens) 1378
Racing industry, requirements of (Stephens) 1378-9, 1429
Sunday racing (Wallace) 1377
Take-out, comparisons with other jurisdictions (Stephens) 1378 (Wolfe) 1381
Take-out, reduction in (Stephens) 1378
Trust fund for equestrian events (Jordan) 1380
Parity bonds
See entries under Bonds
Parkdale Place, Summerland, B.C.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 578
Parkinson, F.
Quoted (Dailly) 2027
Parks
Boundary areas, study of (Bawlf) 942 (Nicolson) 942
Forest land, alienation of for parks, reserves (Bawtree) 17
Park development programme (King) 892-3
Parkland acquisition (Throne speech) 6
Shoreline, acquisition of (Kohl) 182
Parks branch
Appropriation for (Bawlf) 828 (Nicolson) 824-5
Reorganization of (Bawlf) 822
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Audit building in grounds (Chabot) 2634 (Strongman) 2632
Carriage house, future of (Barber) 2632 (Chabot) 2634 (Strongman) 2632
Cleaning employees, oath of secrecy for (Barber) 2626
Lawns, use of 2, 4-D on (Cocke) 1876 (Nielsen) 1876
Motor-vehicle branch building, future of (Barber) 2632 (Chabot) 2634 (Strongman) 2631-2
Road, construction of (Nicolson) 73
Telephone service (Bennett) 1355 (Lockstead) 1101, 1355
A Parliamentary Right, An Act to Perpetuate
(Bill 1) (Attorney-General) 1R, 6
Parti Quebecois
Mentioned: (Mair) 1920
Partnership
Limited partnership, provision for (Mair) 2561
Partnership Amendment Act, 1978. See name of Act
Partnership disputes, arbitration of (Mair) 2562 (Stephens) 2562
Partnership Act
Mentioned: (Levi) 732
Partnership Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill 39) (Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs) 1R, 2545; 2R, 2561-2; C, 2562-3; 3R, 2563; RA, 2805
Speakers: Lauk 2562; Levi 2561-2; Mair 2561, 2562, 2563; Stephens 2562, 2563
Common law, codification of in Act (Mair) 2562, 2563 (Stephens) 2562, 2563
Limited partnership, provision for (Mair) 2561
Partnership disputes, arbitration of (Main) 2562 (Stephens) 2562
Parton, Lorne
Mentioned: (Dailly) 1902 (Mair) 1904
Parton, Nicole
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1575, 1918 (Mair) 1482, 1890
Pascuzzo, Brian
Patterson, James
Appointment as rentalsman (Mair) 1885
Pattullo, Thomas Dufferin
Mentioned: (Barrett) 39, 481 (Calder) 315 (Shelford) 1068
Pattullo Bridge
Mentioned: (Levi) 1016
Payment of Wages Act
Mentioned: (Brown) 1568 (Williams) 1554
Peace River, B.C.
Dam, power source for northern industry (Shelford) 497-8
Power project, expenditures on (Lockstead) Q. 1892 (Bennett) A. 1892
Power project, total cost of (Lockstead) Q. 1892 (Bennett) A. 1892
site 1 dam (Wolfe) 1713
site 1 dam, recreational use of lake (Smith) 857
Site C project, application for Crown land (Skelly) Q. 2019
Site C project, farmland loss (Skelly) 1717
Site C project, land purchases for (Skelly) 1717, Q. 2762
Peacock, Marie
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2069
Pearse, Peter H.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 60 (Waterland) 2541
See also: Royal Commission on Forest Resources
Pearson, A.L.
Circular letter quoted, mentioned (Gardom) 2090-1 (Lauk) 2089, 2091, 2092
Circular letter to coroners re performance of autopsies (Lauk) Q. 2342, Q. 2548 (Williams) A. 2343
Pearson, G.G.
Pearson Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Staff, tribute to (Strongman) 1442-3
Swimming pool for patients (Brown) 1443 (McCarthy) 1446 (Strongman) 1442-3
Mentioned: (Bennett) 2307
Pearson, Lester B., College of the Pacific, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1693 (McCarthy) 1410
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co.
Mentioned: (Mair) 1924 (Nicolson) 533
Peel, A.L.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 1126
Pemberton Securities Ltd.
Forest industry report (Gibson) 1341
Mentioned: (Barber) 744, 745, 760, 761, 762, 1003 (Bennett) 1009, 1024 (Macdonald) 757 (Wolfe) 743
Pender Queen (Vessel)
Preservation of (Lockstead) 872
Pend-d'Oreille River, B.C.
Seven Mile Dam. See entries under name of dam
Pensions
B.C. pension plans, unfunded liabilities (Gibson) 298
B.C. Railway, borrowings from pension funds (Stephens) 499 (Wolfe) 264
Contributions to pension funds, increase in (Wolfe) 263 Increase in (Lockstead) 311
Pension plans, review of (Williams) 2723, 2724 (Wolfe) 2719
Pension plans, unfunded liabilities (Gibson) 2721-2
See also: Civil service pensions; also names of professions, e.g. Teachers — Salaries, pensions, etc.
Penticton, B.C.
Effluent disposal in lake (Nielsen) 1821
Industrial property, tax increase on (Stephens) Q. 2548 (Wolfe) A. 2548
Penticton Herald, Penticton, B.C.
Mentioned: (Levi) 142
People's Food Commission
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 331
Pepsi-Cola
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1818
Perpetual and Special Funds
Principal and interest in funds, 1975 and 1977 (Stupich) Q. 1892
Perrault, Ray
Mentioned: (Barrett) 818 (Bennett) 1130 (McCarthy) 2664
Personal Information Reporting Act
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1920
Pesticide Control Act
Appeal procedure under Act (Skelly) 1831-2, 1832
Canadian Bar Association analysis of Act (Skelly) 1832
Regulations under Act (Skelly) 441-2
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 687
Pesticides
Application projects, monitoring of (Skelly) Q. 753 (Nielsen) A. 753
Permits, applications for (Skelly) 1831
Permits granted (Nielsen) 1839
Petch, Howard
Mentioned: (Barber) 1693
Peter Pollen Ford Sales Ltd.
Government vehicles, sale of to company (Wallace) Q. 1892 (Wolfe) A. 1892
Peterson, Jus
Mentioned: (King) 1082
Peterson, Leslie
Quoted (Levi) 1411
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1840
Peterson, S.B. (Sig)
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2128
Petitions
Royal Canadian Legion petition (Veitch) 401
Royal Trust Company and Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, An Act Respecting (Strongman) 552
St. Vincent's Hospital of Vancouver, British Columbia, An Act to Incorporate (Davidson) 552
Vancouver Charter, An Act to Amend (Strongman) 552
Petro-Canada
Mentioned: (Barrett) 957
Petroleum
Discovery of new field in northern B.C. (Bennett) 1187, 1210
Petroleum — Pipelines
Environmental protection guidelines (Nielsen) 1820
Prudhoe Bay pipeline (Gibson) 65
See also names of pipelines, e.g. Alcan pipeline project
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act
Mentioned: (Chabot) 1465 (Lea) 1463
Petroleum and Natural Gas Act (1965) Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill 29) (Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources) 1R, 2185; 2R, 2502-3; C, 2503-6; 3R, 2506; RA, 2805
Speakers: Chabot 2503, 2505; Lea 2503; Macdonald 2503-5, 2506
Gasoline, price increase (Macdonald) 2503-5
Home heating oil, price increase (Macdonald) 2503-5
Leases, continuation of (Chabot) 2503
Leases, reversion of (Chabot) 2503
Petroleum and gas rights, reversion to Crown (Chabot) 2503
Petroleum as fuel
Home heating oil, price increase (Macdonald) 2503-5
Petroleum industry and trade
Alberta price to producers (Bennett) 1209
Drilling activity, increase in (Stupich) 279
Drilling programme, Peace River (Bennett) 1209
Drilling rights, revenue from, 1973 to present (Chabot) 1242-3
Exploration, cost of (Davis) 1217
Exploration, encouragement of (Bennett) 525
Exploration, increase in (Throne speech) 3 (Wolfe) 259
Exploration, investment in (Davis) 1217
Exploration, national policy on (Bennett) 1186, 1189
Exploration, North Peace River area (Skelly) 393 (Smith) 386
Exploration, provincial policy on (Bennett) 1187
Exploration rights, revenue from (Bennett) 1208 (Davidson) 13 (McClelland) 215 (Macdonald) 1326 (Smith) 387 (Wallace) 1105
Exploration under former government (Chabot) 1241 (Nicolson) 1313 (Waterland) 559
Exploration under present government (Smith) 1309
Fort Nelson area (Phillips) 544, 546, 547
Incentive grant to oil companies (Barrett) 1190 (Macdonald) 1185, 1186, 1207, 1210
Income, use of for exploration and development (Davis) 1216-7
Investment in province (Phillips) 51
Leases, continuation of (Chabot) 2503
Leases, reversion of (Chabot) 2503
Northern commumities, oil company benefits to (Bennett) 1208
Petroleum and Natural Gas (1965) Amendment Act, 1978. See name of act
Price to consumers, increase in (Macdonald) 677-8
Price to producers (Barrett) 1189, 1190 (Macdonald) 677, 1180-1, 1184, 1185, 1188, 1207
Price to producers and Alberta price (Davis) 1217-8
Profits (Macdonald) 678
Royalty, reduction in (Davis) 1218 (Macdonald) 678, 1181, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1207
Wells drilled (Chabot) 1456
Pharmacare
See entries under Insurance, Pharmaceutical services
Philliponi, Joseph
Mentioned: (Levi) 2115-6
Phillips, Arthur
B.C. Police Commission, chairmanship of (Gardom) 2047 (Macdonald) 2046, 2047-8
Mentioned: (Lauk) 2469
Phillips, Hon. Donald McGray, Minister of Economic Development (South Peace River)
Address in reply 49-52, 147-9, 157-62
Alcan, Kitimat, non-ferrous metal industry study 1703
Alcan pipeline project, negotiations with federal government 1700
Alcan pipeline project, possible withdrawal of participants 1698
Alcan pipeline project, seminar on 1673
Alcan pipeline project, technical consultant, Calgary 1673
Assistance to Small Enterprise Programme 147, 148
Assistance to Small Enterprise Programme, loans 1689, 1690
Assistance to Small Enterprise Programme, loans, approvals, applications 1688, 1690
Bankruptcies, 49-50, 449, 458, 1373
Beaver Creek Sawmills Ltd., relocation of, A. 2399
B.C. Development Corp., jobs created, preserved and cost of 1372
B.C. Development Corp., projects approved, funds involved 1688
B.C. Development Corp., share purchase by government 2500
B.C. Development Corp., support for small business 2500
B.C. Railway, Alaska, discussions with, A. 1734
B.C. Railway, carloadings 464
British Columbia Railway Company Grant Act, vote on 547
B.C. Railway employees, morale 51, 464
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 544-7
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of, commitment on, A. 453, A. 454
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, studies on upgrading of, A. 1793
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, study of 1704, A. 1734
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, upgrading of, cost increases, A. 1733
B.C. Railway freight, transfer of to CNR, A. 1306-7
B.C. Railway, funds for 547
B.C. Railway, losses 51, 464, A. 1792-3
B.C. Railway, management 464
B.C. Railway, railcar shortage, A. 1204, A. 1792
B.C. Railway strike, settlement of, A. 1204
B.C. Research council 1672
Budget debate 446-52, 457-65, 544-7
Building code, preparation of 1686
Business, problems with projects, advertisement re 1686
Capital investment in B.C. 160, 447-8
Capital investment in new projects 1686-7, 1697
Capital tax, levying of 464
Coal contracts, 1973 and 1974 458-9
Coal gasification project, development of 1679
Coal gasification project, studies on 1679
Coal, marketing of 50
Coal markets, Canadian market 461
Coal, metallurgical, market for 1254
Coal, negotiations with Japanese 459
Coal, northeastern, development of, studies 448-9, 460
Coal, sale of under former government 1253
Companies, extra-provincial, number of 49-50
Companies, extra-provincial, registration of 449
Companies, new, establishment of 4950
Company registrations in B.C. 458
Confederation, cost of to B.C. 1699
Copper mines closed, Fort Nelson area 544, 546, 547
Cowichan River estuary, development in, A. 1899
DREE agreement 50
DREE agreement, federal subsidies 1699
DREE, General Development Agreement 448
DREE, tourism agreement 1699
Development Corporation of British Columbia Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 21) 1R, 2397; 2500
Discovery Park 1694
Doman Industries Ltd. sawmill, union activities, A. 369, A. 370
Duke Point development 1679-80
Economic blueprint for province 1703
Economic council for B.C. 1703
Economic Development ministry, estimates 1672-3, 1678-80, 1685-7, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1694-5, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1699-1700, 1700, 1700-1, 1703, 1704
Economic Development ministry, federal shared-cost programmes 1697
Economic Development ministry, files 1253
Economic Development ministry, Pacific Rim disk 1672
Economy of province 51-2, 464, 1644
Economy of province, role of private sector in 160
Europe, economic mission to 1672-3, 1678, 1697
Executive Council, estimates 1252-6
Ferry agreement 449
First Ministers' Conference, B.C. submission to 160
Forest industries, investment in 447-8
GATT agreement, B.C. stand on 452
Government reporting requirements, red tape 1685-6
Grizzly Valley, natural gas reserves 50, 162
Grizzly Valley pipeline 462-3
Houston industrial park 451-2
Howie, lance, work of 1672, 1678, 1697
Industries, high-technology industry 1672
Inflation 157
Isotope facility, construction of 1677
Japan, visit to 1673, A. 2766, A. 2806 (Lauk) Q. 2766, Q. 2806
Job creation, new jobs 1679
Kamloops industrial park 1680
Liard highway, construction of 545-6, 547
Lumber exports 1665
Lumber industry 1664
Manufacturing facilities, increase in 1687
Manufacturing, increase in 1664
Manufacturing industry shipments 148
Manufacturing, investment in 448
Nanaimo, park development 450
New Westminster, community development project 450
Petroleum industry, Fort Nelson area 544, 546, 547
Petroleum industry, investment by 51
Port Hardy, Bear Cove industrial park 447
Port Hardy, Chamber of Commerce speech (Sanford) 443-5
Port Hardy ferry terminal 447
Pulp mill, Cowichan Bay 462
Prince Rupert coal port 460
Prince Rupert grain elevator 450-1
Quebec, federal subsidies to 1699-1700
Railcar shortage 1679
Research programme 451
Retail trade, increase in 148
Revenue Surplus of 1976-77
Appropriation Act (1978) 1372-3
Ridley Island causeway 460
Right-to-work campaign, support for (Lauk) Q. 2457 (Phillips) A. 2457
Saanich, industrial land, report on 1694-5
Sawmill, Vancouver Island, operation of and union 161
Ship building industry for province 160
Ski developments 451
South Korea, visit to 1673
Statistics branch 1672
Steel industry, Japan, production forecast 459-60, 460
Steel mill for province 462, 1678
Steel, world production forecasts 461
Stewart, economic development, A. 1669
Stewart, plywood plant in area, A. 1670
Strikes and lockouts, man-days lost 51
Sulphur, Fort Nelson, shipment of 546
Tackama Forest Products Ltd., title to land 545
Tall ships visit, advertising of, A. 2730
Tax levels, comparisons with Alberta 1703
Taxation, reduction in 464
Tourist trade, increase in 51
Transportation, northern transportation agreement 448
Unemployment 158-61
Unemployment and private sector 159
Vancouver convention centre 451
Vancouver Island, economic development 447
Victoria, research industry, development of 1694
Women, increase in employment of 49
Wood chip facility 462
Work force, increase in 158, 162, 1256
Work Point land, use of 1694
Phillips, Ed
Mentioned: (Levi) 2334 (Phillips) 1673, 1698
Phillipson, Joe
Tribute to (McGeer) 1944
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1937 (Dailly) 1940
Phoenix Copper Co. Ltd.
Physical Fitness and Amateur Sports Fund
Mentioned: (Skelly) 573
Physically Handicapped Action Committee of Victoria
Complaint re employment programme (Barber) 1563
Physicians
Medical manpower advisory committee (Gibson) 1814-5 (McClelland) 1758, 1815
Need for, information on (Gibson) 1814-5
Patients' signing of forms for visits to (Brown) 1813 (McClelland) 1813
Ratio of to population in B.C. (McClelland) 1815-6
Relocation of in hard-to-serve areas (McClelland) 1816
Pilley, Trevor
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000
Pine Pass Co.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1206, 2531
Pinewood Elementary, Prince George, B.C.
Mentioned: (Lloyd) 1284
Pinkus, Ruth
Quoted (D’Arcy) 2258
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2262
Pipelines, Petroleum
See: Petroleum — Pipelines; also names of pipelines, e.g. Alcan pipeline project
Pistell, Donna
Accommodation for (McClelland) 1809 (Stephens) 1803-4
Pitt River, B.C.
Bridge (Kerster) 638 (Mussallem) 1230
Pitts, John
Directorships, memberships (Barber) 1000
Mentioned: (Barber) 1004
Placer Development Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 1696
Placer Mining Act
Mentioned: (Waterland) 2540
Placid Oil Co.
Mine closing, job loss (Chabot) 1455
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1030
Planning of cities and towns
See: Cities and towns — Planning
Plant, R.S.
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 582
Plant Protection Act
Orders-in-council under Act (Wallace) 2155
Plateau Mills Ltd.
Assets, transfer of (Wolfe) 264, 743
Assets, valuation of (Barber) 749 (Stupich) 747
Purchase of by former government (Barrett) 981-2
Timber allocation, conflict-of-interest in (Barrett) 978, 980, 982, 985-7, 988 (Bennett) 963, 968, 978-9, 983-5, 987-8
Mentioned: (Barber) 1002, 1215 (Barrett) 43, 1089, 1512 (Kempf) 1137, 2369 (Lea) 774 (Macdonald) 673, 1326 (Waterland) 1320, 2444
Playboy
Mentioned: (Jordan) 241
Plul, John
Salary (Dailly) Q. 91, Q. 686 (King) 1074 (McCarthy) A. 686
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1441
Point Grey constituency
Change in boundary of (Brown) 2650
Poisons
Drug and poison information programme (McClelland) 1757
Police
Accountability of (Gardom) 2036, 2054
Policing costs, task force on (Curtis) 431
Private policing (Gardom) 2046 (Macdonald) 2044
Vancouver, funds for team policing (Barrett) 1657
Police Federation (Great Britain)
Mentioned: (Levi) 2283
Pollution Control Act
Prosecutions under Act (Nielsen) 1848 (Skelly) 1848
Mentioned: (Kerster) 639 (Nielsen) 1820, 1822
Poole, Jack
Directorship, B.C. Resources Investment Corp. (Barber) 998-1000
Directorships, memberships (Barber) 1000
Speech in San Francisco, remarks re former government (Barber) 998
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1008
Pooley, Robert Henry
Mentioned: (Calder) 315
Poor
Working poor (Brown) 604
Pope & Talbot Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 2408-9
Population of B.C.
See: British Columbia — Population
Pork industry and trade
Hog industry, examination of (Hewitt) 328, 2127
Port Alice, B.C.
Mud slide emergency, air trip to assist in (Sanford) 191
Port Hardy, B.C.
Bear Cove industrial park (Levi) 1682 (Phillips) 447
Ferry terminal (Phillips) 447
Ferry terminal, access highway (Wolfe) 258
Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce
Mentioned: (Sanford) 444
Port McNeill, B.C.
Curling rink (Bawlf) 868 (Sanford) 867
Port Moody, B.C.
St. Johns road project (Kerster) 638
Porteus, A.
Mentioned: (Brown) 1611
Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wash.
Quoted (Barber) 1668
Potash
Transportation of, railcars for (Lauk) 1676, 1681-2
Potash Corp. of Sask.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 1348
Potatoes
Fraser Valley growers and Spetifo re plant closure (Hewitt) 2150 (Wallace) 2149-50, 2150-1
Fraser Valley growers, assistance to (Wallace) Q. 519 (Hewitt) A. 519
Fraser Valley growers' land, use of (Hewitt) 2150 (Wallace) 2150
Income assurance programme for (Hewitt) 2132
Poverty
Definition of (Brown) 1625
Poverty line (Brown) 604
See also: Poor
Powell River, B.C.
Airport (Rogers) 203
Airport, lighting of (Lockstead) 314, 1098
Ferry service (Lockstead) 314
Horseshoe Bay-Saltery Bay ferry service (Bawlf) 876 (Lockstead) 872-3
Power resources
Alternate energy sources (Cocke) 1724, 1725 (Skelly) 575, 1717-8 (Wallace) 1799
Demonstration projects on alternate energy sources (Bennett) 1099, 1360 (Wallace) 1360
Energy agencies initiated by former government (Skelly) 1156
Energy conservation programme (Bennett) 1099, 1198 (Levi) 1094-5
Energy costs in future (Strongman) 1090
Energy crises, 1983 (Lauk) 567
Energy in B.C., advertising of (Lockstead) 1096-7
Energy policy for province (Lauk) 56 (Levi) 1743, 1744
Energy problem (Mussallem) 1102
Energy, user-pay basis for (Davis) 672
Energy, western provinces' task force on (Bennett) 457
Future energy needs, B.C. Energy Commission paper on (Lockstead) 776
Geothermal energy development (Skelly) 575
Investment in energy projects (Bennett) 963
Job creation and alternative energy production (Skelly) 180, 575
National energy policy (Barrett) 1189
Power production methods, costs (Skelly) 178-9
Vancouver, energy conservation officer (Skelly) 575
Vancouver, energy conservation programme (Skelly) 1157, 1158
Water power, development of (Mussallem) 1726
Wood waste, energy source (Cocke) Q. 1267 (Bennett) A. 1267
See also: Electric power
Powrie, William
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1822, 1838 (Skelly) 1842
Prawns
Fishery, market demand (Bawlf) 660
Pregnancy
Teenage pregnancies and family life programme (Dailly) 1998-9
Premier's office
Communications planning adviser (Bennett) 977
Cost of, comparisons with other provinces (Bennett) 976, 1351
Employees, salaries (Dailly) 48
Expenditures, increase in and expenditures of municipal councils, school boards (Gibson) Q. 2343, Q. 2344 (Bennett) A. 2343, A. 2344
Grants, contributions and subsidies appropriation, use of (Bennett) 1333 (Gibson) 1333
Personnel, functions (Bennett) 975-8
Problems of under former government (Bennett) 976
Public information officer, function of (Levi) 1333
Staff, appointment of, salaries (King) 1036-7, 1073-4 (Wallace) 1107
Staff, increase in (Barrett) 964 (Bennett) 1350-1 (Wallace) 1334, 1350
Staff offices, location of (Lea) Q. 2247, Q. 2305 (Bennett) A. 2342
Press
News coverage, adequacy of (Lea) 347
Preventive medicine
See: Medicine, Preventive
Price, Bert
Mentioned: (Levi) 1412
Price Waterhouse and Co.
Council of Forest Industries of B.C., work for (King) 1525, 1526-7 (Waterland) 1525, 1527
Forests ministry, assessment of (King) 1525, 1526 (Waterland) 1524-5, 1525-6
Insurance Corp. of B.C. president, use of in search for (Cocke) 1963, 1966
Priest Lake, B.C.
Use of motorboats on (Bawlf) 835 (Wallace) 833
Prince George, B.C.
Airport hill, upgrading of (Lloyd) 219
Amalgamation of (Lloyd) 1500
Foothills Boulevard, completion of (Lloyd) 219
Library, assistance for (Lloyd) 890
Roads, construction programme (Lloyd) 2639
Roads, cost-sharing agreement (Lloyd) 219
Transit (Lloyd) 364
Prince George Forest District
Acreage logged and planted, 1977 (Shelford) Q. 2806 (Waterland) A. 2806
Prince George Regional Hospital, Prince George, B.C.
Deficit (Lloyd) 1778
Funds for expansion (Brown) 1166, 1246-7 (McClelland) 1223-4
Medical equipment, facilities, lack of (Lloyd) 1779
Prince George Rod and Gun Club
Mentioned: (Lloyd) 898
Prince Rupert, B.C.
Coal port (Phillips) 460
Grain elevators (Lea) Q. 1365 (Bennett) A. 1365 (Phillips) 450-1
Port development (Cocke) 468
Violence in the family, police training in (Brown) 2187
Prince Rupert Forest District
Acreage logged and planted, 1977 (Shelford) Q. 2806 (Waterland) A. 2806
Princess Marguerite
Benefits from operation of (Barber) 231
Deficit (Barber) 231 (Jordan) 237, 501
Phasing out of (Barber) Q. 1668 (McCarthy) A. 1668
Sale of (Jordan) 237-8
Tourist counsellors for (McCarthy) 1447
Mentioned: (Barber) 232 (Barrett) 143
Principals, School
See: School principals
Printers
Hot-press printing apprentices (Brown) 1569
The Priory, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1808, 1809
Prisoners
Employment of (Gardom) 2061
Escapes, walk-aways, decrease in (Gardom) 2061
Temporary absence programme (Barrett) 2061-2 (Gardom) 2061
Women's Correctional Institute, advisory committee (Brown) 2072
Prisons
Contraband drugs in prisons (Barrett) 2057-60, 2063 (D’Arcy) 2255 (Gardom) 2063
Inmates, introduction of to use of drugs (Barrett) 2058-60, 2063-4
Women prisoners, training programmes (Brown) 1571
See also names of prisons, e.g. British Columbia Penitentiary
Pritchard, James
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935
Private schools
Aid to, restriction of to operating costs (Dailly) Q. 1734 (McGeer) A. 1734
Applicants, acceptance of (Dailly) 1940 (McGeer) 1944
Appropriation for (Bawtree) 602 (Dailly) 591 (Vander Zalm) 593-4
Church and state, separation of (Dailly) 1939
Funds for, source of (Cocke) Q. 2729 (McGeer) A. 2729-30
Independent schools study, funding of (Dailly) Q. 2247 (McGeer) A. 2247
Public funds, accountability for (Dailly) 1939, 1940, 1951, 2033 (McGeer) 1944, 1953
Public funds, number of schools in receipt of (Dailly) 2033 (McGeer) 2033
Public funds, use of (Cocke) 1936-9, 2031 (Dailly) 1939 (McGeer) 2032
Pupil-teacher ratio (Dailly) 1940
“Qualifying pupil”, definition of (Cocke) 2749 (McGeer) 2749
Unincorporated schools, funds for (Cocke) 2749 (McGeer) 2749
Privilege
Cocke — Copies of redistribution report to opposition members 2492
Cocke — Press release on Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act 2585 (Speaker) 2614-5
Gibson — Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economic Affairs, conduct of 1421-2 (Speaker) 1515
Lauk — Personal files, deposit of in University of B.C. archives 1238
Levi — Imputation re use of government aircraft 191
Nicolson — Contempt of House by J.J. Kempf 1039 (Speaker) 1111-2
Stupich — Statement re appointment of daughter 22
Productivity of labour
See: Labour productivity
Professions
Advertising by (Gardom) 1576 (Stephens) 1924
Advertising by, committee to investigate (Stephens) 2098-9
Self-regulatory professions, study of (Gardom) 2048
Self-regulatory societies, communication with public (Stephens) 1922-3
Self-regulatory societies, consumer representation on boards (Gibson) 1920 (Mair) 1922
Propane
Sales tax on (Skelly) 783
Sales tax on sales to public welfare organizations (Sanford) 771 (Skelly) 781-2, 783 (Wolfe) 782, 783
Tanks, sales tax on rental fee (Sanford) 771-2
Prospecting
Prospectors, assistance to individual prospectors (Chabot) 1478 (Lea) 1478
Prostitution
Organized crime and prostitution (Gardom) 2116-7 (Levi) 2115-6
Protection of Children Act
Mentioned: (Brown) 1614 (McClelland) 1483 (Macdonald) 2709 (Vander Zalm) 1643
Proudfoot, Patricia M.
Inquiry (Brown) 2064-9, 2070-1 (Gardom) 2036, 2069 (Kerster) 638 (Levi) 2077-8
Province, Vancouver, B.C.
B.C. Hydro, questions re operations of. See entries under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Budget, coverage of (Lea) 347
Quoted (Barber) 1001, 1004, 2478 (Barrett) 32, 38 (Brown) 605, 1168, 1173, 1174, 1250, 1641 (Cocke) 636, 2035 (Dailly) 590, 1417 (D’Arcy) 2258 (Gibson) 1986, 2262, 2266, 2267 (Haddad) 2426-7, 2427 (Lauk) 382, 1674-5 (Lea) 1895 (Macdonald) 527, 678, 757 (Nicolson) 358, 897-8 (Strongman) 1291 (Stupich) 587, 2138t 2139 (Veitch) 355 (Wallace) 2134 (Wolfe) 1747
Mentioned: (Barber) 2209, 2460 (Barrett) 33, 34, 551, 909, 1633 (Bennett) 551 (Brown) 106, 607, 1602 (Cocke) 2229 (Dailly) 589, 939, 1940, 2034 (Gibson) 1597, 2259 (King) 437, 2390 (Lauk) 1117, 2373 (Levi) 1623 (Lloyd) 1534 (Lockstead) 1542 (McClelland) 2259 (Macdonald) 1304 (McGeer) 2247 (Mair) 155 (Skelly) 687 (Wallace) 1595
Provincial Capital Commission
Provincial Elections Act
Appropriation for (Dailly) 1452 (McCarthy) 1452
Provincial Heritage Advisory Board
Establishment of (Bawlf) 823
Provincial Home-owner Grant Act
Mentioned: (Curtis) 430 (Skelly) 1655
Provincial Home-owner Grant Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill 15) (Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing) 1R, 1399; 2R, 1707-12; C, 1736-7; 3R, 1738; RA, 2056
Speakers: Barber 1708; Cocke 1708; Curtis 1707, 1712, 1737; Dailly 1709-10; Gibson 1709; McGeer 1710-1; Nicolson 1711-2; Rogers 1710; Skelly 1708, 1736, 1737; Smith 1708-9
Amdt. (C) sec. 2 (Skelly) 1736, out of order 1736
Burnaby, school tax increase (Dailly) 1709-10
Claim form, simplification of (Curtis) 1712 (Smith) 1709
Claims, application for previous late claims (Curtis) 1707, 1712
Claims period, extension of for late claims (Curtis) 1707 (Skelly) 1708 (Smith) 1709
Elderly, increase in grants to (Curtis) 1707
Floating homes, homeowner grant for (Rogers) 1710
Grant, increase in for all homeowners (Cocke) 1737
Handicapped, age group 60 to 64, homeowner grant to (Curtis) 1712, 1737 (Skelly) 1708, 1736, 1737
Handicapped, increase in grant to (Curtis) 1707
Property taxes, increase in (Cocke) 1708
School tax and homeowner grant (Curtis) 1707, 1712
School tax levy, increase in (Cocke) 1708 (Dailly) 1709-10 (Gibson) 1709 (McGeer) 1710-1 (Nicolson) 1711-2
Provincial Land Commission
Agricultural land reserve (Jordan) 242
Agricultural land reserve, Knight Road property, inclusion of (Skelly) 1840
Agricultural land reserve, Seymour Arm Estates Ltd. land, exclusion of (Bawtree) 1865-6 (King) 1851-3, 1861-2 (Nielsen) 1862 (Skelly) 1830
Agricultural land reserves, exclusions from (Hewitt) 2141 (Skelly) 1829 (Stupich) 2140
Agricultural land reserves, exclusions from, appeals to cabinet (Nielsen) 1837 (Skelly) 1826
Agricultural land reserves, exclusions from, involvement of elected officials in (King) 1863
Agricultural land reserves, exclusions from, politicization of (Skelly) 1830, 1842-3
Agricultural land reserves, exclusions from, public hearings on (Nielsen) 1837
Agricultural land reserves, increase in (Nielsen) 1837
Agricultural land reserves, mapping of (Nielsen) 1866
Agricultural land reserves, regional regulations for (Nielsen) 1846-7 (Smith) 1864
Appointments to (King) 1082 (Skelly) 1830
Chief Lake-Ness Lake-Nukko Lake agricultural reserve (Nielsen) 1838
Chief Lake-Ness Lake-Nukko Lake agricultural reserve, subdivision applications (Skelly) Q. 1043, Q. 1305, 1830, 1842, 1848
Commissioners, representatives from north, other areas (Nielsen) 1866
Non-agricultural land, release of (Haddad) 174
Non-agricultural land, subdivision of (Haddad) 174
Northern office for commission (Nielsen) 1866
Politicization of under former government (Bawtree) 1865 (Lauk) 1868
Mentioned: (Jordan) 629
Provincial Major Disaster Fund
Potato farmers, payments to out of fund (Wallace) Q. 519
Provincial Rapid Transit Fund Act
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2559
Provincial Rapid Transit Subsidy Act
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2559
Provincial Rehabilitation and Employment Programme Co-ordinator's salary (Brown) Q. 520
Courtenay office (Sanford) 119, 1659
Exploitation under programme (Sanford) 1659
Job finding and labour standards, investigation into (Sanford) 1579-80 (Williams) 1580
Logging camp cook job and breach of labour standards (Sanford) 1579-80, 1658 (Williams) 1580 (Vander Zalm) 1607-8
Programme (Vander Zalm) 1607-8
Reforestation, job opportunities in (Vander Zalm) 340
Women, job finding for (Vander Zalm) 115
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry, Ministry of
Estimates 1389-98, 1399-1419, 1440 — 53
Speakers: Barnes 1440, 1440-1; Brown 1406-9, 1412-3, 1443-4, 1452; Cocke 1404-6, 1415, 1417-8, 1418; Dailly 1390-1, 1400-1, 1414-5, 1416-7, 1417, 1444-5, 1446-7, 1447, 1451-2, 1452; Gibson 1447-8, 1449-51; Lauk 1393-4, 1397; Levi 1402-4, 1410-2, 1413-4; McCarthy 1389-90, 1394-7, 1398, 1399-1400, 1401-2, 1409-10, 1413, 1415, 1415-6, 1417, 1418, 1440, 1445-6, 1447, 1448-9, 1452; Rogers 1453; Sanford 1415, 1416; Stephens 1451; Strongman 1442-3; Stupich 1397-8, 1399, 1400; Wallace 1453
Advertising, expenditure on (McCarthy) 1402
Convention co-ordinator, appointment of (Dailly) Q. 91 (McCarthy) A. 91
Grants (McCarthy) 128-9, 1409-10
Hospitality certificates (Brown) 107, 108
Minister's picture, prevalence of (Dailly) 1392 (McCarthy) 1395
Overrun (Cocke) 1404 (Dailly) 1391, 1392, 1414 (McCarthy) 1395, 1415, 1445
Postage, expenditures on (Dailly) 1393
Public relations, expenditures on (McCarthy) 1415
“Smile” campaign (Dailly) 1390, 1400 (McCarthy) 1394
“Smile” campaign, cost of and payments made (Dailly) Q. 2645 (McCarthy) A. 2645
“Smile” buttons, place of manufacture (Lauk) 1393-4, 1397 (McCarthy) 1394
Special warrant No. 358, use of (Da illy) 1414-5 (McCarthy) 1415
Travel Industry, appropriation (Wolfe) 259
Travel Industry mailing lists, source of (Skelly) Q. 1140 (McCarthy) A. 1140
Travel Industry mailing lists, use of by federal tourist office (Skelly) Q. 1140 (McCarthy) A. 1140, A. 1204
Travel Industry ministry, philosophy of (McCarthy) 1401-2
Travel Industry press releases, production of by private agency (Dailly) Q. 1305, Q. 1306 (McCarthy) A. 1305
Psychiatrists
Patients' signing of forms for visits to (Brown) 1813 (McClelland) 1813
Prince George psychiatrist (Lloyd) 363
Psychologists Act
Mentioned: (Gibson) 94
Public buildings
Construction programme (Kohl) 181 (Kempf) 199 (Strongman) 102
Government properties, regional district tax on (Wolfe) 1389
Municipal taxes on, payment of (Bawlf) 569, 1270 (Curtis) 430-1 (Fraser) 410-1 (Gibson) 297-8 (Jordan) 627 (Veitch) 354 (Wolfe) 250, 262, 681, 1388-9
Municipalities Aid Amendment Act. See name of act
“Provincial land”, definition of 1438
Public Construction Fair Wages Act
Establishment of fair wage under Act (Sanford) Q. 2525 (Williams) A. 2515
Mentioned: (Curtis) 2487
Public expenditures
See: Expenditures, Public
Public finance
Quarterly financial reporting (Wolfe) 263
Public Inquiries Act
Appropriation for (Dailly) 1452 (McCarthy) 1452
Public libraries
Library service, reduction (Nicolson) 2507
Library systems, funding of (Bawlf) 2508
Public Libraries Amendment Act, 1978. See name of act
Public Libraries Act
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 2507
Public Libraries Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill 20) (Minister of Recreation and Conservation) 1R, 2183; 2R, 2507-9; C, 2517-9; 3R, 2519; RA, 2805
Speakers: Bawlf 2507, 2508-9, 2518; Dailly 2507-8; Gibson 2508, 2518; Levi 2517-8, 2518; Nicolson 2507, 2518-9
Divisions: C, 2519
Centralization of decision-making in ministry (Nicolson) 2507
Kootenays, referendum on library service (Nicolson) 2507
Library Advisory Council, advisory role in school system (Bawlf) 2518 (Levi) 2517-8, 2518
Library Advisory Council, establishment, role of (Bawlf) 2507, 2508, 2509, 2518
Library Development Commission, disbanding of (Bawlf) 2507, 2508 (Dailly) 2508 (Gibson) 2508, 2509 (Nicolson) 2507
Library service, reduction in (Nicolson) 2507
Library systems, funding of (Bawlf) 2508
Library trustees, meeting with (Bawlf) 2508, 2518 (Gibson) 2508, 2518 (Nicolson) 2518-9
Public recreation facilities fund
Applications on file (Bawlf) 928 (Sanford) 868, 945 (Skelly) 924
Grants in lower mainland, land costs (Loewen) 877-8
Grants made (Bawlf) 868 (Sanford) 866
Public Recreational Facilities Assistance Act
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 822
Public Schools Act
Quoted (Barber) 2028
Mentioned: (Barber) 2006, 2029 (Cocke) 2754 (Dailly) 2033 (Levi) 2003 (McGeer) 1947 (Nicolson) 2755 (Sanford) 1605
Public Service
See: Civil Service
Public Service Act
Quoted (Macdonald) 676
Mentioned: (Barber) 235, 766, 767, 1191, 2626 (Da illy) 91 (Gibson) 23 (King) 1574 (McCarthy) 2757 (Macdonald) 1177, 1178
Public Service Commission
Report on employment opportunities for women (Brown) 1412-3 (McCarthy) 1413
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1773, 1774 (McClelland) 1770
Public Service Labour Relations Act
Mentioned: (King) 2721 (McCarthy) 2757 (Wolfe) 2666
Public Service Superannuation Act
Mentioned: (Williams) 2722
Public utilities
Investment requirement for Job creation (Skelly) 178
Rates, overseeing body for (Kerster) 1749
Public Utilities Commission
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1155
Public welfare
Cowichan-Malahat area, cutback in programmes (Brown) .1172 (McClelland) 1225
Directory of programmes, services (Bennett) 977
Federal-provincial programmes, negotiations on (Curtis) 1486
Income distribution schemes, calculation of administrative costs (Gibson) Q. 2762 (Wolfe) A. 2762
Preventive programmes (Wallace) 323
Social welfare programmes (Bawtree) 16-17 (Bennett) 949, 1170-1 (Davidson) 12 (Hewitt) 327 (Kohl) 180 (Kerster) 640-1 (McClelland) 215-6 (Strongman) 1291 (Wolfe) 250
Social welfare programmes, alleged cutbacks on (McClelland) 1223-6
Social welfare programmes, appropriation for Stupich) 281
Social welfare programmes, cutbacks in (Brown) 1164-5, 1165-7, 1169, 1171-2, 1246-51
Social welfare programmes under former government (Kerster) 640-1
Unemployment and welfare system (Brown) 105-6
Public Works Fair Employment Act
Mentioned: (Curtis) 2487 (Lloyd) 2429
Publicity
Sales tax on promotional material (Stupich) 1386 (Wolfe) 1384, 1434, 1437
Publishers and publishing
B.C. Development Corp. loans to (Levi) 938, 1412
Problems of industry (Levi) 937-8
Pubs
See: Hotels, taverns, etc.
Pulp and Paper Information Bulletin
Mentioned: (Skelly) 2425
Pulp industry
See: Wood pulp industry
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada
Mentioned: (Skelly) 2384
Pupil-teacher ratio
See: Class size
Purcell Development Co. Ltd.
Paradise, Mineral King mines closed, job loss (Chabot) 1455
Purchasing Commission
Business machines repair division (Wolfe) 691
Central audio-visual equipment repair and loan service (Wolfe) 691
Central office furniture loan (Wolfe) 691
Work of (Wolfe) 690-1
Purdy, Ralph
Mentioned: (Lauk) 2457
Putnam, N.P.
Mentioned: (King) 1851