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
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
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 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
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