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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RAMS

See: Residents Act for Mountain Sheep

Race horses

Breeders, increased incentives to (Wolfe) 1377

Breeding incentive fund, administration of (Wolfe) 1377

Breeding incentive fund, size of (Fraser) 1379 (Wallace) 1377 (Wolfe) 1381

Racing commission

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2112

Racquet Club, Victoria, B.C.

Tax exemption for (Barber) 1495

Mentioned: (Hon. member) 2504

Radford, Jack

Mentioned: (Barrett) 42 (Bawlf) 829 (Mair) 190

Radio Shack

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 76

Rae, G.G.S.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1981

Railcars

See: Railroads — Cars

Railroads

Branch lines, taxation of (D’Arcy) 423

History, background of (Rogers) 651-2

Land grants to (King) 508

Taxation of property, policy on (D’Arcy) 423

Railroads — Cars

Grain car shortage (Lauk) 1674-5

Manufacture, cost write-off of (Lauk) 1676

Shortage of (Barrett) 1237 (Lauk) 1674-6, 1681 (Phillips) 1679

Shortage of, emergency debate on (Barrett) 1633 (Speaker) 1664-5

Railroads — Rates

Freight rates (Bennett) 1342 (Lea) 1348 (Lockstead) 313

Freight rates, problem for small business (Lea) 145, 146

Railwest Manufacturing Co.

B.C. Railway, railcar shortage (Levi) Q. 1204 (Phillips) A. 1204

Closing of (Lauk) 1675-6 (Stupich) 284

Closing of and railcar shortage (Barrett) 1237 (Lauk) 1290

Closing of, investigation into (Lauk) 1116

Closing of, royal commission recommendation on (Lauk) 1115

Ernst & Ernst report on (Lauk) 1116, 1695, 1696

Reopening of (Lauk) 1348

Sinclair report on (Lauk) 1116, 1695, 1696

Mentioned: (Barrett) 31, 35, 483, 960, 967, 1539 (King) 1072 (Lauk) 245 (Macdonald) 527 (Nicolson) 1118, 1312 (Phillips) 1539 (Skelly) 550

Rainbow Hostel, Prince George, B.C.

Problems (Lloyd) 1779

Raine, Al

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1873

Ram Venture Corp.

Mentioned: (Gibson) 1536

Ramsay, Peter

Retirement of (Wolfe) 690

Range Act

(Bill 13) (Minister of Forests) 1R, 1339; 2R, 2451-3; C, 2545, 2565-73; 3R, 2573; RA, 2805

Speakers: King 2452, 2545, 2566, 2567, 2568, 2568-9, 2569, 2570, 2571, 2571-2, 2573; Wallace 2452-3, 2565, 2566, 2567-8, 2570, 2573; Waterland 2451-2, 2453, 2545, 2565, 2566, 2566-7, 2567, 2568, 2569, 2569-70, 2570, 2571, 2572, 2573

Amdts: sec. 9 (Waterland) 2565, approved 2568; sec. 15 (Waterland) 2570, 2583, approved 2570; sec. 16 (Waterland) 2570, 2583, approved 2571

All-terrain vehicles on rangeland (Wallace) 2572, 2573

Appeals under Act (King) 2571, 2572 (Waterland) 2571, 2572

Grazing licences (King) 2452 (Wallace) 2452 (Waterland) 2452

Grazing licences and range-use proposals (King) 2566, 2567, 2568 (Waterland) 2566-7, 2567, 2568

Grazing licences, appeals against suspension of (King) 2571 (Waterland) 2571

Grazing licences, conflict with fish and wildlife branch (King) 2545

Grazing licences, new, advertising of (Wallace) 2565, 2566 (Waterland) 2565, 2566

Grazing licences, priority to resident stock owners (Wallace) 2452-3, 2567-8 (Waterland) 2453, 2568

Grazing licences, renewal of, public notice of (Wallace) 2565 (Waterland) 2565

Grazing licences, right to apply for renewal of (Wallace) 2571 (Waterland) 2570-1

Hay-cutting permits, licences (King) 2545 (Waterland) 2452, 2545

Horses on rangeland (Wallace) 2572 (Waterland) 2572

Range management decisions, centralization of (Wallace) 2452 (Waterland) 2452

Range rights, appeals against decisions on (Waterland) 2452

Range rights, compensation for withdrawal of (Waterland) 2452

Range-use proposals, appeals against (King) 2569, 2570 (Wallace) 2570 (Waterland) 2569, 2569-70

Range-use proposals, hearings on objections to (King) 2568-9 (Waterland) 2569

Rangeland, co-ordinated plans for (Waterland) 2545

Rangeland, multiple-use management of (King) 2452 (Wallace) 2452 (Waterland) 2451, 2452, 2453

Regulations (King) 2573 (Waterland) 2573

Mentioned: (Barrett) 2330 (Haddad) 2426 (King) 2319 (Waterland) 1518, 2539, 2540

Ranger Oil

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536

Ranges (Stock)

See: Stock ranges

Rankin, Harry

‘Mentioned: (Brown) 2198 (Curtis) 2192 (Gibson) 2192 (Lauk) 2469 (Nicolson) 2195 (Vander Zalm) 2195

Rape Relief Centres

Funding for, Attorney-General ministry grant (Brown) Q. 752 (Gardom) A. 821

Funding for, Education ministry grant (Brown) Q. 753 (McGeer) A. 753

Funding for, Health ministry grant (Brown) Q. 752-3 (McClelland) A. 753

Mentioned: (Barnes) 415, 1408, 1409 (King) 1074

Rapp, Vic

Mentioned: (Barnes) 2172

Raspberries

Income assurance programme for (Hewitt) 2132

Ratcliffe, D.

Letter quoted (Sanford) 442

Ratliff, James B.

Crime investigation (Levi) 2077, 2078

Raugust, Paul

Mentioned: (Lauk) 244

Raven, E. J.

Mentioned: (Gardom) 2495

Raven Lumber Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1875

Rawson, Mary

Quoted (Hewitt) 331

Rayburn, Sam

Quoted (Gibson) 77

The Raymond Lee Organization

Misleading advertising by (Jordan) Q. 1141 (Mair) A. 1205

Rayonier Canada Ltd.

Allowable cut and actual cut (Gibson) 2358

Mentioned: (King) 1033, 1072, 2321 (Lockstead) 2789 (Rogers) 202 (Skelly) 1162, 1547 (Waterland) 2431

Reader's Digest

Mentioned: (Jordan) 241

Reagan, Ronald

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1511, 2039

Real Estate Act

Mentioned: (Levi) 1265 (Mair) 1916 (Wallace) 1911

Real estate business

Agents, licence fee for (Levi) Q. 1265 (Mair) A. 1265, A. 1305

Agents, licensing of (Wallace) 1911

Commissions, setting of (Macdonald) 1916 (Mair) 1916-7

Educational and qualifications standards in B.C. (Mair) 1913

House sale by widow, case cited (Mair) 1913-4 (Wallace) 1912

Multiple listing system (Wallace) 1911

“100 per cent house” problem (Mair) 1913

Salesmen, number of (Macdonald) 1916 (Mair) 1917 (Wallace) 1911

Real property tax

Advantages of (Gibson) 1502

Agricultural land reserve, assessment of land in (Jordan) 628-9

Alternatives to (Barber) 1497 (Gibson) 1502

Assessment, changes in (Barber) 2176 (Curtis) 2175 (Wallace) 324 (Wolfe) 691

Assessment, increase in (Cocke) 633, 1942

California, taxpayers' revolt (Barber) 1495-6 (Gibson) 1502

Commercial property, tax burden on (Stephens) Q. 1794 (Wolfe) A. 1794

Differential taxation (Barber) 1497-8 (Curtis) 1498

Exemptions from (Barber) 1495

Farmland, assessment of (Mussallem) 806 (Wallace) 785 (Wolfe) 786

Farmland, assessment of, lower mainland potato farms (Wallace) 785

Farmland, assessment of small holdings (Wallace) 785-6

Forest land, assessment of (Wallace) 784 (Wolfe) 784

Future of (Curtis) 1492

History of (Barber) 1494

Home improvement tax (Curtis) 1498

Home improvement tax, abolition of (Barber) 1494, 1496-8

Homeowner, tax burden on (Lauk) 563

Increase in (Cocke) 1708

Increase in and revenue sharing (Stephens) Q. 2018 (Wolfe) A. 2018

Increase in, responsibility for (Stephens) Q. 2019, Q. 2083

Industrial property, assessment of (Stephens) Q. 2670 (Wolfe) A. 2670

Industrial property, tax burden on (Stephens) Q. 2548, Q. 2670 (Bennett) A. 2548 (Wolfe) A. 2670

Inequities of (Barber) 1494-5

Municipalities, accusation of misleading practices in tax notices (Barber) Q. 2122, Q. 2189, Q. 2517, Q. 2729 (Bennett) A. 2729 (Curtis) A. 2122

Municipalities Aid Amendment Act. See name of act

Penticton, industrial property, tax increase on (Stephens) Q. 2548 (Wolfe) A. 2548

Property tax (Barber) 1153-4

Revenue (Barber) 1496

Royal commission inquiry into (Barber) 1489

School tax levy. See entries under Education - Finance

Services financed by tax, increase in (Curtis) 1492

Site-value taxation (Barber) 1498 (Curtis) 1498

Tax increases, adjournment of House to debate (Speaker) 2400 (Stephens) 2371

Tax rolls, conversion to metric system (Curtis) 2175

Taxpayers' revolt (Barber) 1495-6 (Curtis) 1499 (Gibson) 1502 (Lloyd) 1501

Timberland, tree-farm areas, assessment of (Sanford) 442-3

Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 2674

Recreation

Midcoast area, recreational resource study (Lockstead) 870

Recreation and Conservation, Ministry of

Estimates 821-48, 853-83, 885-908, 912-46

Speakers: Barber 917-8, 944, 944-5, 945; Barnes 901-2, 902, 902-3, 903-4, 905, 907-8; Barrett 932; Bawlf 821-4, 829, 833-5, 838-9, 841-2, 843, 844, 846-7, 853-4, 859, 860-1, 864, 864-5, 867-8, 871-2, 874, 875-6, 881-2, 887-9, 890-1, 892-3, 895, 900-1, 902, 903, 905, 907, 908, 916-7, 920, 928-9, 930, 932, 934-5, 938, 939, 940-1, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945; Bawtree 868-9; Brown 889; Dailly 858-9, 939-40; Jordan 844; Kahl 886-7, 891; Kerster 901; King 839-41, 842-3, 843-4, 854-6, 859-60, 880-1, 885-6, 891-2, 904-5, 905-6, 929-30, 930-2, 932; Lauk 932-4; Lea 874, 918, 935-6, 944; Levi 937-8; Lloyd 889-90, 898-9; Lockstead 869-71, 872-4, 876-7; Loewen 877-8; Mair 844-6; Mussallem 907; Nicolson 824-9, 878-80, 882-3, 893-5, 895-8, 899-900, 912-6, 917, 918-20, 921-4, 940, 941, 942, 942-3, 943, 943-4, 945-6; Sanford 865-7, 868, 942, 945; Shelford 835-8, 893; Skelly 865, 924-8; Smith 856-8; Stephens 861-4, 864, 865; Strongman 847, 854; Wallace 829-33, 936-7, 938-9, 940, 942

Appropriation for (Skelly) 924-5

Minister's office, administrative clerk (Nicolson) Q. 156 (Bawlf) A. 156

Reorganization of (Skelly) 924

Staff, confidentiality of, deputy minister's memorandum on (Barrett) 952 (Bawlf) 932, 934-5 (King) 930-1, 932 (Lauk) 932-4 (Lea) 935-6

Staff, membership in organizations, restrictions on (Barrett) 932 (Bawlf) 932, 934-5 (King) 932 (Lauk) 933-4 (Lea) 935

Staff, policy on confidentiality (Bawlf) 930 (King) 929-30, 930-1

Youth crew, conservation programmes (Bawlf) 943 (Nicolson) 943

Recreation and fitness branch

Establishment of (Bawlf) 822

Recreation centres

Recreation facilities programme, appropriation for (Stupich) 281 (Wolfe) 257, 262

See also: Public recreation facilities fund

Recycling of waste

See: Salvage (Waste) etc.

Red Coach Inn, 100 Mile House, B.C.

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1396

Red Cross Society

Mentioned: (Cocke) 1351

Red fescue

National marketing agency for (Hewitt) 2149 (Wallace) 2149

Red Rock School, Red Rock, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lloyd) 1284

Reder, Frank

Quoted (Barrett) 477

Reed, F.L.C.

Mentioned: (Waterland) 560

Reed, J.D.

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2789

Reed, J.D., and Co.

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2789

Reed Paper Ltd.

Mentioned: (Wallace) 2433

Reeves Macdonald Mines Ltd.

Mine closing, job loss (Chabot) 1455

Mentioned: (Bennett) 1030 (Nielsen) 357

Reforestation

Appropriation for (D’Arcy) 421 (Gibson) 295 (King) 1519, 1521-2 (Levi) 1530 (Nicolson) 361 (Stupich) 1370 (Vander Zalm) 340 (Wallace) 320 (Waterland) 1521, 1524, 1545 (Wolfe) 257, 259, 1368, 1376

Backlog area to be replanted (King) 1518, 1519, 1521, 1525 (Waterland) 1520-1

Contractors, performance bond (Nicolson) 1544 (Waterland) 1544

Contracts, bidding procedure for (Nicolson) 1544 (Waterland) 1544

Contracts, payment schedule for (Nicolson) 1544 (Waterland) 1544

Employment in (Shelford) 133

Employment, man-days work per acre (Gibson) 1546 (Waterland) 1546

Expenditure on (Dailly) 2401-2 (King) 2389

Expenditure on per acre (Lockstead) 1545 (Waterland) 1546

Federal funds for (Gibson) Q. 2613 (Williams) A. 2613

Forest Act, provision for reforestation in (Gibson) 2418 (Levi) 2335 (Macdonald) 2368, 2369 (Shelford) 2366 (Wallace) 2435

Forest industries, responsibility for (Levi) 1530 (Waterland) 1521, 1523

Forest revenues for (Gibson) 2359

Job-creation in (Kahl) 181 (Lockstead) 1545 (Nicolson) 74-5

Mechanization of and employment (Gibson) 1545, 1546 (Lloyd) 1534-5 (Waterland) 1535, 1546

Natural regeneration (King) 1521, 1522 (Waterland) 1521, 1523

New Zealand programme (Lloyd) 218

Nursery facilities (King) 1522, 1543 (Waterland) 1523, 1543

Private involvement in (Lloyd) 218

Programme (Bawtree) 602-3 (Lloyd) 218 (Lockstead) 310 (Shelford) 399, 404 (Stupich) 279-80, 288 (Waterland) 378

Seedling dumping, problem of (King) 1545 (Waterland) 1545

Seedling supply (King) 1520 (Waterland) 1516-7, 1520

Seedlings, containerized and bare root, comparisons (Gibson) 1545-6, 1546, 1547 (Waterland) 1546-7, 1547

Seedlings planted, reduction in (King) 1519

Shuswap area, programme in (Bawtree) 17

Site preparation, improved logging practices (Waterland) 1521, 1545

Site preparation, problem with (King) 1519-20 (Waterland) 1517, 1520

Weyerhauser Corp., reforestation by (Lockstead) 1545 (Waterland) 1546

Refuse and refuse disposal landfills, use of (Levi) 1878 (Nielsen) 1879

Reclamation of waste (Nielsen) 1879

Vancouver, garbage disposal problem (Levi) 1877-9

Vancouver, garbage, liquid wastes, disposal of (Nielsen) 1822

Waste management (Nielsen) 1821, 1879

Reg Doman s Trucking and Fuel

Mentioned: (Stupich) 282, 283

Regional districts

Boards, Burnaby council opposition to change in selection method (Dailly) 2181-2

Boards, change in selection method and regional district review committee (Barber) 2180-1, 2490 (Brown) 2199 (Curtis) 2202-3 (Dailly) 2182, 2191 (Gibson) 2191-2 (Stupich) 2194

Boards, Nanaimo council opposition to change in selection method (Stupich) 2193-4

Boards, vacancies, filling of (Curtis) 2175

Costs, increase in (Curtis) 1491

Decision-making by (Lloyd) 217

Directors, accountability of (Brown) 2199 (Curtis) 2203

Land-use control by (Curtis) 1491

Problems (Lloyd) 1500

Revenue sharing programme (Curtis) 430

Review committee, terms of reference for (Barber) 1488 (Curtis) 1490-1

Role of (Curtis) 431, 2202-3 (Lloyd) 217-8

Unemployment, role in (Bawtree) 16

Regional Parks Act

Mentioned: (Bawlf) 834

Registered Nurses' Association of B.C.

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2248 (Gardom) 2498 (McClelland) 1812, 2248

Reid, Cecil

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 729

Reid, G.E. 2, 4-D, A Summary of Information... quoted (Stephens) 861-2

Reid, Ken

Mentioned: (Lloyd) 2429

Renal dialysis

Willows unit (Cocke) 1788 (McClelland) 1789

Rent

Rent supplements to elderly, families (Curtis) 431

See also: Assisted Rental Programme; Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters

Rent control

Alberta, rent control removal (Brown) 1915 (Mair) 1915

Phasing out of (Levi) Q. 183 (Mair) A. 183-4, 1885

Removal of, effects of (Brawn) 1914-5

Removal of, survey, post-control controls (Brown) 1914 (Main) 1915

Rent Review Commission

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 420

Rentalsman

Employees, number of (Mair) 1926 (Stephens) 1926

Telephone calls, free long-distance service (D’Arcy) 420 (Levi) Q. 185 (Mair) A. 185

Telephone calls, received (Main) 185

Telephone costs, long distance service casts (Levi) Q. 186

Victoria office, establishment of (Bawlf) 1270

Repairers' Lien Act

(Bill 43) (Minister of Labour) 1R, 2796

Research

Research and development, western provinces' task force on (Bennett) 457

Research secretariat (Gibson) 296, 1985-6 (Kohl) 644 (McGeer) 303 (Wolfe) 260

Scientific, technical research (Gibson) 84-5, 96-7

Scientific, technical research, federal proposals for (McGeer) 2520, 2522

Scientific, technical research, level of in Canada (McGeer) 2520

See also: Discovery Park

Research, Industrial

Consulting and research services (Gibson) 66, 68-9

Forest industry technology, export of (Loewen) 71

Graduate research engineering and technology awards programme (McGeer) 303

Industrial post-doctoral fellowship programme (McGeer) 303

Research programme (Phillips) 451

Universities, co-operative programmes with industry (McGeer) 303-4

See also: Discovery Park

Residential Tenancy Act

Mentioned: (Lauk) 1900 (Mair) 1902, 1915

Residents Act for Mountain Sheep

Mentioned: (Bawlf) 916 (Nicolson) 826, 878

Restaurants, lunchrooms, etc.

Bankruptcies (Rogers) 652

Retail Council of Canada

Letter quoted (Gibson) 1434

Mentioned: (Stupich) 587

Retail trade

Increase in (Phillips) 148

Retirement

Retirement industry (Gibson) 63-4

Revelstoke, B.C.

Airport (King) 205

Capital investment in anticipation of dam construction (King) 208

Home building assistance, ceiling on (Curtis) 1511 (King) 1509, 1510

Restaurateurs' petition to city council (King) 208-9

Revelstoke Dam

Cabinet approval of (Skelly) 1716

Construction of (Wolfe) 255

Deadman Creek washout (King) 1723

Project (Wolfe) 1713

Reservoir area, clearing of (Wolfe) 260

Social, economic impact of (King) 206

Revelstoke Motor Inn, Revelstoke, B.C.

Mentioned: (King) 209

Revelstoke Review, Revelstoke, B.C.

Mentioned: (King) 1723

Revelstoke Rod and Gun Club

Illecillewaet River, restocking of (Bawlf) 888 (King) 885-6

Revelstoke-Slocan constituency

History of (King) 2600-1

Redistribution of (Bawtree) , 2605 (Cocke) 2598 (Dailly) 2590 (King) 2600-3

Revelstoke Snowmobile Club

Mentioned: (King) 886

Revenue

B.C. Hydro, recovery from for highway relocation costs (Stupich) 737, 740 (Wolfe) 737

Cash on deposit (Gibson) 763, Q. 1267

Economic development programmes, federal contribution to (Stupich) 738 (Wolfe) 738

Estimate of (Gibson) 294 (Wolfe) 256

Federal, municipal government shares of joint-service programmes (Stupich) 737, 738 (Wolfe) 737-8, 738

Federal payments (Stupich) 738 (Wolfe) 738

Forests revenue, increase in (Stupich) 278-9

Gross provincial product, percentage of (D’Arcy) 427

Heritage find, establishment of (Bennett) 1069, 1070 (Shelford) 1067, 1068

Income tax as source of (Barber) 1154

Income tax, corporate tax, relative revenues of (Levi) 496-7, 664

Income tax revenue, return to B.C. (Stupich) 739 (Wolfe) 739

Investments, interest on (Stupich) 737, 740 (Wolfe) 737

Local government, contribution to provincial revenue (Levi) 667-8

Mineral land tax (Wolfe) 739

Mineral royalties (Wolfe) 764

Petroleum natural gas revenues, increase in (Stupich) 279

Reduction in (Levi) 666

Resources revenue (Macdonald) 527 (Stupich) 737, 739 (Wolfe) 764

Revenue 1977-78 (Wolfe) 254

Revenue Surplus of 1976-77 Appropriation Act, 1978. See name of act

Source of (Macdonald) 674 (Stupich) 277

Sources of revenue, loss of (Macdonald) 674

Surplus (Bennett) 948 (Gibson) 292 (Stupich) 1369 (Wolfe) 1367, 1376

Surplus under former government (Skelly) 573

Revenue Act

Mentioned: (Bennett) 1007

Revenue Sharing Act

Mentioned: (Chabot) 2616 (Curtis) 429

Revenue Surplus of 1976-77 Appropriation Act, 1978

(Bill 5) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 266; Amdts. 1R, 1383; 2R, 1367-76; C, 1428; 3R, 1429; RA, 1513

Speakers: (2R) Barber 1373-4; Curtis 1374-5; Gibson 1370-1, 1428; Lauk 1371-2; Nicolson 1375-6; Phillips 1372-3; Smith 1374; Stupich 1368-70; Wolfe 1367-8, 1376, 1428

Amdts. Sect. 2 (Wolfe) 1428, 1454, approved 1428

Accelerated works programme under Act (Wolfe) 1367

Bankruptcies, increase in (Lauk) 1371 (Phillips) 1373

B.C. Development Corp., assistance to small business (Lauk) 1371-2

B.C. Development Corp., jobs created, preserved, cost of (Phillips) 1372

B.C. Development Corp., share purchase in (Lauk) 1371 (Stupich) 1370 (Wolfe) 1367-8

Elderly, housing, appropriation for (Barber) 1373 (Curtis) 1374 (Nicolson) 1375 (Wolfe) 1368

Expenditures and percentage of gross provincial product (Gibson) 1371

Ferries, sale and lease-back (Stupich) 1369 (Wolfe) 1376

Highways programme, appropriation for (Stupich) 1370 (Wolfe) 1368

Job creation incentives (Smith) 1374 (Wolfe) 1367, 1376

Job creation under Act, report to Legislature on (Gibson) 1371, 1428 (Lauk) 1371 (Wolfe) 1428

Reforestation, appropriation for (Stupich) 1370 (Wolfe) 1368, 1376

Small business, assistance to (Lauk) 1371-2

Surplus, 1976-77 fiscal year (Wolfe) 1367

Surplus, source of (Stupich) 1369 (Wolfe) 1376

Unemployment (Wolfe) 1367

Mentioned: (Williams) 1552, 1553

Reynolds, John

Mentioned (Cocke) 1778 (Macdonald) 2046

Rhodes, Al

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 690

Rhodes, Frank

Mentioned: (Williams) 1555

Rhodes, James

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 852

Richards, Joe

Tribute to (Barber) 2465-6

Richardson, A.E.

Mentioned: (Brown) 1412 (Williams) 1570

Richardson, J. Ernest

Mentioned: (Levi) 2334

Richardson, James, and Sons

Mentioned: (Barber) 744, 745, 760, 761, 762 (Macdonald) 757 (Wolfe) 743

Richardson, Janice M.

Letter quoted (Lauk) 795-6, 797

Richardson Securities of Canada

Mentioned: (Barber) 1001, 1003 (Bennett) 1009, 1024

Richmond, Guy

Mentioned: (Barnes) 2702, (Barrett) 2060, 2739

Richmond, B.C.

Airport, expansion of (Nielsen) 611

Arthur Laing bridge, access to (Nielsen) 611-2

Cora Brown neighbourhood (Nielsen) 611

Drainage problems (Nielsen) 1311

Knight Road property, exclusion from agricultural land reserve (Skelly) 1840

New industries, locating of in Richmond (Nielsen) 610

Riverside industrial park (Nielsen) 1834 (Skelly) 1840

Zoning decisions and development (Brown) 2197 (Cocke) 2200-1

Richmond constituency

Number of voters (Stephens) 2592 (Stupich) 2593

Richmond Senior Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.

Automotive project (McGeer) 1930

Richter, Francis Xavier

Death of (Throne speech) 2

Tribute to (Hewitt) 325

Mentioned: (Barrett) 42

Rickard, Johnson

Mentioned: (King) 891

Rickard and Co.

Audit report quoted (King) 892

Ridgeway, Harold

Mentioned: (Curtis) 1854

Ridings

See: Election districts; also names of election districts, e.g. Atlin constituency

Ridley Island, B.C.

Causeway (Phillips) 460

Rigby, Norman

Quoted (Gibson) 1815 (McClelland) 2712

Mentioned: (McClelland) 1815

Right to work and trade unions

See: Open and closed shop

Rigsby, George A.

Appointment to B.C. Buildings Corp. directorship (Barnes) Q. 23 (Fraser) A. 23

Ritchie, Peter

Mentioned: (Stephens) 1426

Ritchie, William

Land commission, appointment to (Skelly) Q. 683 (Nielsen) A. 683

Rivers

Logging debris, removal of (King) 207

Streambank improvement programme (Nielsen) 1880

Streambank protection and logging committee on (Skelly) 1826

Rivers Inlet, B.C.

Timber utilization, road construction for (Lockstead) 1542-3

Riverside Hospital, New York, N.Y.

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2264

Riversidw Hospital, Essondale, B.C.

Board, public elections to (D’Arcy) 1761 (McClelland) 1765

Funds for (Brown) 1169, 1251 (McClelland) 1225

Medical staff (Cocke) 1777-8 (McClelland) 1779

Staff (McClelland) 1779-80

Mentioned: (Brown) 605 (McClelland) 1784 (Macdonald) 1646, 2050

Roach, David

Appointment of, salary (King) 1074

Office, location of (Lea) Q. 2247, Q. 2305 (Bennett) A. 2342

Roads

Atlin constituency, road construction (Calder) 1317

Boundary-Similkameen, highway construction (Hewitt) 1319

Environmental protection guidelines (Nielsen) 1820

Highway system, improvements in (Fraser) 1282

Highways programme, 1977, job creation (Fraser) 408

Highways programme, 1977, work completed (Fraser) 408

Maintenance and construction, appropriation for (Bawtree) 601 (Skelly) 571 (Stupich) 281, 1370 (Vander Zalm) 340 (Wolfe) 257, 1368

Maintenance and construction programme (Bawtree) 19 (Bennett) 227 (Lloyd) 219 (Strongman) 102 (Throne speech) 4

Mineral road programme (Chabot) 1477 (Lea) 1477

Northern road construction (Throne speech) 4

Okanagan, highway system (Hewitt) 326

Prince George, construction programme (Lloyd) 2639

Rural road construction (Lloyd) 2639

Skeena constituency, highway programme (Shelford) 1323

Side roads, day-labour programme (Fraser) 408

Snow clearing, use of private equipment (Lockstead) 2641

Spraying of highway rights-of-way (Skelly) Q. 1303 (Fraser) A. 1303-4

Spraying of highway rights-of-way, cost of (Skelly) Q. 1304

Sunshine Coast area, proposed grid system (Lockstead) 2641

Roberts, Graeme

Mentioned: (King) 1082

Roberts Bank, B.C.

Environmental impact assessment for proposed developments (Nielsen) 1820

Robertson, Wendy

Appointment, extension of, salary (King) Q. 1574 (Bawlf) A. 1574

Fitness co-ordinator (Bawlf) 841, 843 (King) 840, 842

Programme initiated (Bawlf) 853, 881

Qualifications (King) 855, 880

Salary (Bawlf) 843, 859, 860, 864, 881, 1735 (King) 842, 855, 859, 880-1, 1735

Mentioned: (Barnes) 1442

Robertson Creek Hatchery

Contracting of out to private industry (Bawlf) 929 (Skelly) 926

Robichaud, Louis

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 898

Robinson, Bernard

Tribute to (Gardom) 2038

Robinson, Donald

Mentioned: (Bawlf) 928 (Nicolson) 624, 685 (Skelly) 865, 924

Robinson, R.H.

Mentioned: (Dailly) 48

Robson, John

Mentioned: (Barrett) 38

Rock Creek, B.C.

Medical clinic (Hewitt) 1319

Rockefeller, Nelson A.

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2265

Rockefeller family

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1714

Rodenbush, Bert

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1829

Rogers, B.T.

Property, concessions to former owners (Barnes) Q. 1854 (Curtis) A. 1854

Property, designation as heritage site (Barnes) 902, 903, 904 (Bawlf) 902, 903, 905

Property, garage tenants (Barnes) 903, 904, 905, 908, 1127-8

Property, garage tenants, eviction notice to (Barnes) 1304, Q. 1427 (Curtis) A. 1427

Property, owner of (Barnes) Q. 1854 (Curtis) A. 1854

Property, part ownership by Housing Corp. of B.C. (Barnes) 902, 904, 908 Q. 912, Q. 1898-9 (Bawlf) 903, 904

Property, purchase by Housing Corp. of B.C., date of (Barnes) Q. 1854 (Curtis) A. 1854

Property, purchase price, payment terms (Barnes) Q. 1854 (Curtis) A. 1854

Property, use of (Barnes) 902-3, 903, 904

Rogers, Carl

Quoted (Barber) 2009

Rogers, C. Stephen (Vancouver South)

Address in reply 201-5

Afghanistan, safety of B.C. Hydro employees Q. 850

Air charter business, bankruptcies in 652

Airport facilities, upgrading of 202-3

Airport, midcoast region, need for 203

Airports, lighting of 202-3

Bankruptcy, increase in 652

Beautiful British Columbia, compliance with Moslem postal code 1453

Budget debate 650-3

Captain Cook Bicentennial celebration, Marpole Gala Days 204

Children, non-English speaking, problem in Vancouver 1954

Chilliwack airport 202

Coal, northeastern, development of and B.C. Railway 652

Deputy Speaker, appointment as (Gardom) 7

Education ministry, estimates 1954

Family legislation proposed 204-5

Federal deficits 650-1

Floating homes, homeowner grant for 1710

Foreign land, sale of in province 204

Forest management programme 202

Good Samaritan Act 203

Homeowner grant, claim for 204

Homeowner grant for elderly 651

Horse racing, popularity of 651

Industries, south Vancouver area 202

Liquor tax, increase in 651

Lotteries, advertising of, Q. 2670, Q. 2765

Nanaimo airport 202

Oak Street, maintenance costs 2237

Powell River airport 203

Provincial Home-owner Grant Amendment Act (1978) 1710

Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1453

Railroads, history, background of 651-2

Restaurants, bankruptcies 652

SeaBus ferry system 2237

Small business, capital tax exemption limit, increase in 651

Small business, sales tax on production machinery, removal of 651

Small business, training programme for 652

Smoke Alarm Installation Act (Bill M 202) 1R, 657

Smoke detectors in new residential construction 203

Subsidization of areas outside lower mainland 2236-7

Teachers' professional days, frequency of, timing of 1954

Tobacco taxation, increase in 651

Toronto Transit Commission 204

Transit, subsidization of 2236-7

Urban Transit Authority Act 2236-9

Vancouver Plywood mill, modernization of 201

Vancouver Plywood mill operation, meetings on 201-2

Vancouver Plywood mill, threatened closure 201-2

Vancouver, rapid transit system for 2238-9

Vancouver street maintenance costs and gasoline tax 2236-7

Vancouver transit commission, proposal for 203-4

Washington, D.C., rapid transit system 2237-8

Wosk, Ben, award to 201

Rogers, Dorothy

Quoted (Sanford) 1659

Rogers, Patrick

Salary (King) 1076, 1081

Mentioned: (McClelland) 1810 (Stephens) 1810

Rogers, Raymond

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2039

Rolston, Peter Carson

Mentioned: (Barrett) 42 (Gibson) 1813 (McClelland) 1813

Roma Restaurant, Revelstoke, B.C.

Mentioned: (King) 209

Ron Foulds and Son

Mentioned: (Stupich) 282

Ronalds-Reynolds & Co. Ltd.

Payments to for “Smile” campaign (McCarthy) A. 2645

Roneo Vickers Corp.

Mentioned (Main) 187

Rooke, Norman

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1829

Rooney, Frances

Mentioned: (Davidson) 552

Rosenbluth, Gideon

Report (Macdonald) 1916 (Main) 1884, 1916-7

Mentioned: (Cocke) 2035

Ross, William R.

Quoted (Waterland) 2311-2

Rossland, B.C.

Transit service (Curtis) 1501-2, 1504 (D’Arcy) 1501

Rotary Club, Prince George, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lloyd) 364

Roy Marine Ltd.,

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 1041

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

Quoted (Barrett) 1087

Royal Bank of Canada

Mentioned: (Barber) 1000 (Gibson) 793

Royal Canadian Legion

Petition (Veitch) 401

Royal Canadian Legion Act, an Act to Amend

(Bill PR 401) (Veitch) 1R, 788

Petition re (Veitch) 401

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Alleged illegal break-ins (Lauk) 2053-4, 2054-5 (Macdonald) 2049

Alleged illegal break-ins, investigation into (Macdonald) Q. 911, Q. 1960 (Gardom) A. 911, A. 1960

Alleged illegal break-ins, Richard Vogel's statement on (Gardom) 911 (Lauk) 2052-3, 2054 (Macdonald) 885, 911, 2049

Costs (Wolfe) 262

Mentioned: (Bawtree) 868 (Brown) 2064 (Calder) 1317 (D’Arcy) 598, 1761 (Gardom) 210, 1480, 1537, 2091 (Gibson) 2260 (Jordan) 2109, (Lauk) 933, 2088 (Levi) 2075 (Macdonald) 212 (Nicolson) 2622, 2643 (Nielsen) 2188, 2458 (Skelly) 2296 (Strongman) 2632

Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.

Physiotherapy, speech therapy, funds for (Brown) 1169 (McClelland) 1224

Mentioned: (Brown) 1169 (McClelland) 1757

Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, 1978

Commission (King) 1082

Commissioner, choice of (Barnes) 2607-8

Interim report (McCarthy) 2455

Report, alleged bias in (Stephens) 2592 (Stupich) 2593, 2595

Report, public hearings on (Barnes) 2608-9

Report, tabling of and presentation of bill in House (Barrett) 2658 (Cocke) 2596-7, 2597-8 (Dailly) 2590 (Gibson) 2591-2 (Hewitt) 2599 (McCarthy) 2662, 2663 (Stupich) 2593 (Wallace) 2654-5

Submission to by P.L. McGeer (Gibson) Q. 1668-9

Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law

Mentioned: (Brown) 2677 (Levi) 1622 (McGeer) 1996

Royal Commission on Forest Resources

Commended (Gibson) 2351 (King) 2317 (Lloyd) 2429

Forest policy advisory committee, work of (Waterland) 1518

Quoted (Barrett) 2327 (Dailly) 2403 (Gibson) 2350 (King) 2543 (Levi) 2332 (Wallace) 2434 (Waterland) 2311

Recommendations (Wallace) 320

Recommendations, implementation of (Lauk) 55

Mentioned: (Barrett) 986, 2325 (Gibson) 2349 (Haddad) 2426 (King) 207, 2313, 2542 (Levi) 1528 (Lockstead) 2338 (Macdonald) 2367 (Skelly) 395, 1532 (Waterland) 1521

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1590, 1592 (Williams) 1590

Royal Commission on the British Columbia Railway

Appointment of, reasons for (Levi) 485 (Nicolson) 532

Competence of, Premier's remarks on (Lauk) 539 (Macdonald) 527, 528 (Nicolson) 534

Confidence in (Bennett) 1129

Expenditure on (McCarthy) 1452

Interim report (Barrett) 371, 960 (Bennett) A. 624 (Cocke) 632 (Gibson) Q. 624 (Lauk) 539-40, 1115

Interim report quoted (Macdonald) 528 (Smith) 387-8

Interim report, timing of filing report (Lauk) 380

Phillips, D.M., criticisms of commission (Barrett) Q. 909, 960

Railwest Manufacturing Co., report on (Lauk) 1675

Reports, filing of in Legislature (Lauk) 380

Mentioned: (Gardom) 2036 (King) 1082 (Lea) 1457

Royal Commission on the Forest Resources of B.C.

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, recommendation re land grant (Sanford) 1163 (Skelly) 1162

Quoted (Gibson) 2355 (King) 2313

Mentioned: (Haddad) 2426 (King) 2314 (Macdonald) 2367 (Stupich) 279

Royal Hudson

Canadian-U.S. tour (McCarthy) 1306

Overrun on expenditures for (Dailly) 1391 (McCarthy) 1415

Press release on (McCarthy) 1305

San Francisco-Los Angeles trip (Dailly) 1391 (McCarthy) 1395-6

Mentioned: (Barrett) 34, 43, 476, 1751 (Brown) 1409 (Dailly) 1390 (D’Arcy) 425 (Gibson) 1450 (Jordan) 237

Royal Insurance Co.

Claims involving vehicles insured by (Cocke) Q. 2307 (McGeer) A. 2307

Insurance Corp. of B.C. claims services, charges for (Cocke) Q. 911-2 (McGeer) A. 912

Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Intermediate-care patients in acute-care beds (Stephens) 1809

Waiting period, length of (D’Arcy) 1811

Mentioned: (McClelland) 1808 (Sanford) 1780 (Stephens) 1803

Royal Trust Co.

Land Titles transfer, payment of fee for (Macdonald) 2492

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 1078

The Royal Trust Company and Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, An Act Respecting

Bill PR 402 (Strongman) 1R, 788; 2R, 2220; C, 2491-2, 2703-4; 3R, 2492, 2704; RA, 2805

Speakers: Macdonald 2492; Nicolson 2492; Strongman 2492, 2703

Amdts: sec. 2 (Strongman) 2492, approved 2492; sec. 3 (Strongman) 2492 approved 2492; sec. 3 (Strongman) 2703, approved 2703; sec. 6 (Strongman) 2492, approved 2492

Land titles transfer, payment of fee for (Macdonald) 2492

Petition (Strongman) 552

Royfund Ltd.

Mentioned: (Barber) 1000

Ruff, Kathleen

Letter quoted (Gibson) 1814

Ruppenthal, K.M.

Report (Bawlf) 872, 876 (Bennett) 1099, 1356, 1358 (Lockstead) 871

Report, recommendations (Lockstead) 1095-6, 1356 (Sanford) 1358

Rural electrification

Vancouver Island, wrest coast communities (Skelly) 392-3

Russell, John

Letter quoted (Stupich) 1782

Mentioned: (Gibson) 2018, 2265, 2271 (Levi) 2281, 2283

Rust

See: Corrosion and anti-corrosives

Rust, Thomas

Mentioned: (Lauk) 2373

Ryan, Terry

Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935