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
SAFER
See: Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters
SPARC
See: Social Planning and Review Council of B.C.
SPCA
See: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
SPEC
See: Society for Pollution and Environment al Control
STELCO
See: Steel Co. of Canada Ltd.
STOL aircraft
See: Short take-off and landing aircraft
SUCCESS, United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1653
Saanich, B.C.
Industrial land, report on (Phillips) 1694-5
Royal Oak warehouse proposal (Barber) 1692
Tax notices and tax increases (Barber) Q. 2123 (Curtis) 2122, A. 2123
Saddlemyer, Keith
Appointment of (Mair) 1882
Safeco Insurance Co.
Mentioned: (Sanford) 1974
Safety Village
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1199
Safeway Stores Ltd.
Mentioned: (Levi) 1887
Sage Creek Coal Ltd.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1470, 2536
Sailing ships
Tall ships' visit, advertising of (Dailly) Q. 2730 (Phillips) A. 2730
Tall ships' visit, cost of (Dailly) Q. 2611
St. George's School, Vancouver, B.C.
Headmaster's letter quoted (Cocke) 1936-8, 2032
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2749
St. James Social Services
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1806
St. John's Ambulance
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 129, 1410
St. Mary's University
Mentioned: (Gibson) 793
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Expansion programme (Brown) 1169, 1249-50 (McClelland) 1224
Open-heart surgical facilities (D’Arcy) 1811
Rebuilding of (McClelland) 578
Mentioned: (Brown) 1768 (McClelland) 1765, 1776
St. Vincent's Hospital of Vancouver, British Columbia, An Act to Incorporate
Petition (Davidson) 552
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1757
Sales
Cooling-off-period, extension of (Mair) 1883
Sales promotion
Cents-off coupons and retail prices (Gibson) Q. 1575
Cents-off coupons, control over (Gibson) 1918 (Mair) 1921
Cents-off coupons, cost increases to consumer (Wallace) 1909-10
Cents, off coupons, investigation into (Mair) 1912, 1921
Sales tax
Children's clothing, patterns and materials for (Wallace) 785
Diabetics' supplies, sales tax on (Lauk) 795-7, 1436, 797, 798
Farm equipment, removal of tax on (Barnes) 414 (Haddad) , 391 (Hewitt) 327 (Lloyd) 362 (Wallace) 325 (Wolfe) 256, 264
Federal agreement on reduction (Barrett) 474 (Calder) 316 (Levi) 663-4 (Macdonald) 555 (Veitch) 354
Federal agreement on reduction, date of (Barrett) Q. 271, 474 (Lea) 348 (Macdonald) 556-8 (Wolfe) A. 272
Federal discussions on reduction, date of (Barrett) Q. 272 (Wolfe) A. 272
Fishermen's survival suits, removal of tax on (Nielsen) 612 (Wolfe) 256, 264
Increase in (Barber) 612-3 (Gibson) 291, 298
Increase in and economy (Levi) 663 (Stupich) 580, 587
Insulation material, removal of tax on (Skelly) 781, 783 (Wolfe) 782
Junk food, tax on (Mussallem) 7445
Levying of (Barber) 1154
Life jackets, children's, tax on (Sanford) 772
Liquor sales, tax on (Wolfe) 265 oxygen-walker tank, tax on (Dailly) 791
Production and repair machinery, removal of tax on (Barnes) 414 (Gibson) 294 (Haddad) 391 (Hewitt) 327 (Jordan) 630 (Lloyd) 362 (Rogers) 651 (Stupich) 1385-6 (Vander Zalm) 340 (Veitch) 355 (Wallace) 325 (Wolfe) 256, 264, 1384, 1387
Promotional materials, tax on (Stupich) 1386 (Wolfe) 1384, 1434, 1437
Propane sales to public welfare organizations (Sanford) 771 (Skelly) 781-2, 783 (Wolfe) 782, 783
Propane tanks, rental fee (Sanford) 771-2
Reduction in (Barnes) 412, 413 (Barrett) 473-4 (Cocke) 468, 470 (Gibson) 298-9 (Haddad) 174, 390-1 (Hewitt) 328 (Kempf) 649 (Levi) 663-6 (Lockstead) 309-10 (Macdonald) 555-8 (Shelford) 399 (Stephens) 99, 300 (Stupich) 275, 276-7, 278 (Vander Zalm) 340 (Veitch) 353, 355 (Wallace) 324 (Wolfe) 265, 679, 680
Reduction in, effect on economy (Stupich) 278
Reduction in, federal contribution to (Lea) 542 (Stupich) 278, 1385 (Wolfe) 1384, 1386-7
Reduction in, revenue loss (Wolfe) 265
Reduction in, savings to average family (Wolfe) 265, 1384
Reduction in to 4 per cent (Macdonald) 557, 558
Removal of (Haddad) 174
Revenue, first quarter of 1978 (Barrett) Q. 272 (Wolfe) A. 272
Social Services Tax Amendment Act. See name of act
Telephone bills, tax on April bills (Gibson) Q. 456 (Wolfe) A. 583
Vitamins, tax on (Mussallem) 744-5 (Skelly) 781
Salmon
Interim reciprocal fisheries agreement (Bennett) 1143-4
Roe, testing of (Williams) 1483
Salmonid enhancement programme (Bawlf) 653, 659, 822 (Bawtree) 602, 869 (Kohl) 643 (Lloyd) 890 (Lockstead) 870 (Nicolson) 824
Salmonid enhancement programme, appropriation for (Wolfe) 259
Salmonid enhancement programme, cost recovery 928-9
Salmonid enhancement programme, economic studies on (Bawlf) 928
Salmonid enhancement programme, federal payments for (Nicolson) 803 (Wolfe) 803
Salmonid enhancement programme, herring fishery (Bawlf) 900 (Nicolson) 896-8
Salmonid enhancement programme, increased supply and fishing industry (Bawlf) 928-9 (Skelly) 925-6, 927
Salmonid enhancement programme, provincial funds for (Bawlf) 828 (Nicolson) 825
Salmonid enhancement programme, southern Vancouver Island streams (Bawlf) 890 (Kohl) 887
Shuswap constituency, spawning grounds (Bawtree) 869
Spawning grounds, milfoil in (Bawtree) 869
Salmon, C.
Mentioned: (Sanford) 444
Salmon Arm, B.C.
Air strip, improvement in (Bawtree) 19
Salt, Ken
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2095
Saltzman, Max
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1717
Salvage (Waste) etc.
Recycling programmes (Nielsen) 1821
Waste, reclamation of (Nielsen) 1879
Salvation Army
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2136 (McCarthy) 129, 1410 (McClelland) 1806, 1810, 1812
Sample, Rod
Mentioned: (Barber) 2011
San Francisco, Calif.
BART mentioned (Barber) 2210, 2474
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Calif.
Quoted, mentioned (Barber) 998, 999
San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Calif.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2611
Sandman Inn, Revelstoke, B.C.
Mentioned: (King) 209
Sanford, Karen E. (Comox)
Address in reply 118-21
Air ambulance service 1780-1
Air ambulance service, helicopter purchase 1781
Air ambulance service, Holberg area 1780
Air ambulances, federal, payment for use of 1780
Alert Bay ferry route, vessel for 2636
Alert Bay, paving of roads 2636
Apprentices, regulations re and collective agreements 1558, 1561
Apprenticeship programme, information on 1558
Assessment changes, Comox-Strathcona Regional District 772
Assessment of timberland, tree-farm areas 442-3
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2105
B.C. Lions, 25th anniversary 2173
Bank employees, unionization of 119-20
Bankruptcy, increase in 441
Banks, employment of women in 119-20
Beard wearers, policy on complaints to human rights branch, Q. 456
Bevan Lodge, closing of 1659, 1660
B.C. Government Employees Union, right to bargain for pensions 2717, 2718, 2719
B.C. Hydro employees, right to bargain for pensions 2665-6, 2717-9
B.C. Hydro rights-of-way, Black Creek area, spraying of 442
B.C. Hydro rights-of-way, Nimpkish Lake area, spraying of, Q. 1795
Budget debate 440-6
Campbell River estuary, relocation of industry 1874-5
Campbell River estuary, study 18745
Campbell River Hospital extended-care wing, completion of 1781
Camping facilities, northern Vancouver Island 942
Coastal freight rates 1358
Community resource boards, abolishing of 441
Comox school district, funds for 772
Cost increases under present government 441
Courtenay bridge, construction of 2636
Courtenay, tax burden on residential property 1508, Q. 2123
Crown land, North Island Land Lovers' application for 1874
Education ministry, centralization of power in 441
Education ministry, estimates 1973-4, 1977
Employee dismissals, appeals against 1561-2
Energy, Transport and Communications ministry, estimates 1358
Environment ministry, estimates 1874-5
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, land grant 1163, 1245
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway service, maintenance of 1163
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway service, takeover by Via Rail 1163
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, Sloan commission recommendation 1163
Executive Council, estimates 1163, 1245-6, 1330-1, 1331-2, 1333-4
Ferries, auxiliary employees, replacement of by students 2637
Ferries, food service 1416
Ferries, free inter-island travel 2637
Ferry package tours, impact on hotel bookings 866, 868
Finance ministry, estimates 771-2
Forest Act 2417-8
Forest Act, delay in passage of 2417-8
Forest Act, organizations concerned re passage of 2417-8
Forest industry, monopoly of by large companies 2418
Haig-Brown, Roderick, tribute to 865
Health ministry, estimates 1780-1
Higgins report, recommendations 2717, 2718, 2751
Highway 19, Bowser north bypass 2636
Highway 19, Courtenay to Campbell River, four-laning 2636
Highway rights-of-way, spraying of with 2, 4-D 2637
Highways and Public Works ministry, estimates 2636-7
Home purchase assistance, eligibility for 1508
Human Resources ministry, estimates 1658-9, 1660
Human rights branch, boards of inquiry 1556-7
Human Rights Commission, appointments to 442, Q. 1305, 1556, 1579
Human Rights Commission chairman, appointment of 120
Human Rights Commission, educational work 1556
Human Rights Commission members, expense accounts, Q. 1668
Human rights conference in B.C. 1556
Human rights in B.C., Gordon Fairweather's statement 1579
Immigration to province 118
Insurance Corp. of B.C. employees, right to bargain for pensions 2749-50, 2751
Insurance Corp. of B.C., loss of good risks to private companies 1973-4, 1978
Insurance Corp. of B.C. rates, comparisons with other provinces 1974, 1977, 1978
Insurance Corp. of B.C., safe driver discount 1973
Job creation 445
Job creation, new job needed 445-6, 1557
Labour ministry, estimates 1556-9, 1561-2, 1562-3, 1572, 1579-80, 1580-1, 1605
Labour standards, breach of, logging camp cook 1579-80
Labour standards, leaflet on 1557
Labour standards, legislation on 1561
Lakeview Youth Containment Camp, conversion of 441
Lakeview Youth Containment Camp inmate, decision re pregnancy 2105
Legislation, estimates 2155-6
Life jackets, children s, sales tax on 772
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1978) 2665-6, 2667, 2717-9, 2749-50, 2751
Municipal Affairs and Housing ministry, estimates 1508
Nimpkish, replacement of 2636
Overruns 440-1
Oyster leases 867
Oyster reserves, proposal for 867
Oyster shucking plants, improvements to 867
PREP, Courtenay office 119, 1659
PREP, exploitation under programme 1658, 1659
PREP, job finding and labour standards 1579-80
Pesticide Control Act regulations 441-2
Phillips, D.M., Port Hardy speech 443-5
Port Alice mudslide, emergency air trip to 191
Port McNeill curling rink 867
Propane, sales tax on sales to public welfare organizations 771
Propane tanks, sales tax on rental fee 771-2
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1415, 1416
Public Construction Fair Wages Act, establishment of fair wage, Q. 2515
Public service wage control, proposal for 1562
Quadra island ferry traffic 2636
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 865-7, 868, 942, 945
Recreational facilities find, applications on file 868, 945
Recreational facilities find, grants made 866
Right-to-work legislation 1558-9
Ruppenthal report, recommendations 1358
Schoen Lake Provincial Park, naming of 865-6
Sherrell, Robbie, appointment of 1973
Snowdon community corrections centre, future of 2105
Social assistance payments, inadequacy of 119
Spetifore Frozen Foods Ltd., cost-benefit study of loan to, Q. 519-20
Spetifore Frozen Foods Ltd. employees, relocation, retraining of, Q. 519
Strike vote, supervision of by Labour Relations Board 1562
Super-Valu Stores Ltd. female employees, alleged discrimination against, Q. 974
Teachers' salaries, arbitration board chairmans fees 1605
Unemployment 445-6
Unemployment and private sector 120-1
Unemployment, cost of 445
Unemployment insurance coverage, fishermen's wives 121
Upholsterers, training provision for 1605
Vietnam, medical aid for children, Q. 1142, 1245-6, 1331-2, 1333-4, 1415
Women, discrimination against 1556
Women in single-industry towns 120
Women university professors, discriminatory salaries 119
Workers' Compensation Board, backlog of cases, Q. 92
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review, backlog 1562-3
Workers' Compensation Board pensions, review of 1572
Sanucci, John
Sanucci case (Lauk) 2087 (Macdonald) 2044, 2092
Saskatchewan Forest Products
Mentioned: (Skelly) 575
Saskatchewan Power Corp.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 575
Saturday Night
Quoted (Lauk) 383
Save the Children Fund
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1351
Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C.
Establishment of (Barrett) 41-2
Task force report on, recommendations (Stupich) 804 (Wolfe) 804
Task force report on, tabling of (Levi) 800 (Stupich) 803-4 (Wolfe) 804
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1215
Savona, B.C.
Steel ball mill, highway access (Mair) 1297
Sawmills
Timber allocation for (Lloyd) 218
Vancouver Island sawmill, operation and role of union (Phillips) 161
Saxon Coal
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1470
Schmant, Harry
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1719
Schmitt, N.
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1759
Schnitzel Inn, Revelstoke, B.C.
Mentioned: (King) 209
Schoen Lake Provincial Park
Establishment of (Bawlf) 822
Naming of (Bawlf) 867 (Sanford) 865-6
Schofield, James Hargrave
Mentioned: (Calder) 315
Scholarships
Female students, scholarships and bursaries to (Cocke) 2035
School attendance
Attendance problem (McGeer) 1929
Attendance records, improvement in (Cocke) 1931 (McGeer) 1929
Non-attendance, exceptional circumstances (Jordan) 1972-3
School boards
Accountability of (Dailly) 1952
Administrative personnel, remuneration of (Gibson) 1989 (McGeer) 1947-8
Budgeting by (D’Arcy) 599
Budgeting, instruction programme in (Jordan) 1971-2
Budgets, control over (Cocke) 1941, 1955 (McGeer) 1953
Election of, voter turnout (Bennett) 1149
Members, remuneration to (Gibson) 1989-90
Operating referenda, reinstatement of (Dailly) 1952 (McGeer) 1953
School buildings
Blacktopped parking areas for students (Jordan) 1972
Chain-link fences (Jordan) 1972
Construction of, Fort George constituency (Lloyd) 1283-4
Vandalism, reduction in (Cocke) 1931
School District 2
Schools, crowded classrooms, pupil-teacher ratio (Haddad) 392
School District 21
Spallumcheen school tax, payment of (Barber) 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025-6, Q. 2399 (Dailly) 2027 (Gardom) A. 2399 (Jordan) 2026 (McGeer) 2024
School District 39
Budget, provincial share of (Dailly) 591 (Lauk) 563-4 (Levi) 668 (Mussallem) 595-6
Health budget (Brown) 1169, 1247-8 (McClelland) 1224
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935
School District 43
Teacher hirings (Vander Zalm) 593
School District 57
Construction projects (Lloyd) 1284
School District 60
School site, delay in obtaining permission for (Smith) 1863
School District 61
School board, tribute to (McGeer) 2031
Tax increase and operating costs (Stephens) Q. 2124 (Bennett) A. 2124
School District 66
Provincial funds for (Wallace) 784
School District 71
Provincial funds for (Sanford) 772
School districts
Administrative personnel, appointment of (Cocke) 2754 (McGeer) 2754
Administrative personnel, reduction in number of (D’Arcy) 1949 (McGeer) 1949
Administrative personnel, remuneration of (Dailly) 2000 (Gibson) 1989 (McGeer) 1947-8
School libraries
Importance of (Kohl) 1950
School principals
Appointment of (Cocke) 2754 (McGeer) 2754
Women principals in secondary schools (Brown) 2005 (McGeer) 2015-6
School superintendents
Appointment of, local control over (Gibson) 1990 (McGeer) 1992
Appointment of on contract basis (McGeer) 1992
Women, appointment of (Brown) 2005 (McGeer) 2016
School tax
See entries under Education — Finance
School textbooks
See: Textbooks
School trustees
See: School boards
Schooley, E.T.
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2495
Schools
Alternate school in Duncan, funds for (Gardom) 2118 (Wallace) 2118
Construction funds, 1978-79 -requirements (Wolfe) 264
Construction of (Throne speech) 4
Construction, Prince George (Lloyd) 364
School closures and declining enrolment (Barber) 2028-9 (McGeer) 2030
School closures, criteria for, appeal procedure (Barber) 2028-9 (McGeer) 2031
See also: Private Schools; School buildings; also names of schools, e.g. Richmond Senior Secondary School, Richmond, B.C.
Schools, Independent
See: Private schools
Schools, Private
See: Private schools
Schreyer, Ed
Mentioned: (Bennett) 955
Schroeder, Hon. Harvey Wilfred, Speaker (Chilliwack)
Elected as Speaker M. (Gardom) 1
See: Speaker; Speaker and Deputy Speaker; Speaker and Deputy Speaker, rulings and statements
Schroeder, J. Henry, and Co. Ltd.
Capital market study (Levi) Q. 92, 1685, 1889 (Mair) 1884, 1890, 1907
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 1041
Schuck, Andrew P.
Letter quoted (Lauk) 382, 1116-7
Mentioned: (Barrett) 479 (Bennett) 1126 (Chabot) 1244 (Jordan) 1767
Schwarz, Conrad J.
Mentioned: (Levi) 2279
Schwarz, Heinz W.
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 692
Science Council of B.C.
Science Council of British Columbia Act. See name of act
Science Council of British Columbia Act
(Bill 23) Minister of Education) 1R, 2183; 2R, 2519-22; C. 2574; 3R, 2574; RA, 2805
Speakers: Lauk 2520-1; Macdonald 2522; McGeer 2519-20, 2522; Nicolson 2521-2
B.C. Research Council, relationship to (Macdonald) 2522 (McGeer) 2522
B.C. Research Council, role of (McGeer) 2522
Discovery Park industries, establishment of (McGeer) 2522
Federal proposals for scientific, technological research (McGeer) 2520, 2522
High-technology industry, growth of (McGeer) 2519
High-technology industry, price increases in products of (McGeer) 2520
Role of (McGeer) 2519, 2520, 2522
San Mateo County, Calif., industrial complex (McGeer) 2522
Scholarships, fellowships, awards in science (McGeer) 2520 (Nicolson) 2521, 2522
Science, place of in school system (Nicolson) 2521
Scientific, technological research, level of in Canada (McGeer) 2520
Semester system in high schools, reassessment of (Nicolson) 2521
Science Council of Canada
Mentioned: (Gibson) 85 (McGeer) 2522
Scotch whiskey
See: Whiskey
Scott, Gerry
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1192
Scott Road, Delta, B.C.
Rebuilding of (Chabot) 2629 (Davidson) 2626
Scotton, Clifford A.
Letter quoted (Mair) 187
Scriptomatic Corp.
Mentioned: (Mair) 187
Seaboard Plywood
European sales (Phillips) 1678
SeaBus ferry system
Bicycles, provision for (Curtis) 1505 (Gibson) 1503
Ferry, construction of in Victoria (Kohl) 643
Management and crew, tribute to (Curtis) 1505
Operation of by B.C. Hydro (Curtis) 2462
Passengers, questionnaire for (Curtis) 1505
Success of (Curtis) 1505 (Gibson) 84
Terminal land, North Vancouver, improvement of (Curtis) 1506
Terminal land, North Vancouver, taxes on (Curtis) 1505 (Gibson) 1503
Terminal land, North Vancouver, use of (Curtis) 1505-6 (Gibson) 84, 1504
Use of and bridge traffic (Curtis) 1505 (Gibson) 1503
Mentioned: (Bennett) 2398 (D’Arcy) 2235 (Davidson) 2629 (Levi) 2240 (Rogers) 2237
Seashore
Shoreline access parkland, shortage of (Bawlf) 822
Seaspan International Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1692
Seatbelts, Automobile
See: Automobile seatbelts
Seaweed
Algin, market for (Bawlf) 660
Marine plant industry, development of (Bawlf) 660
Sechelt Indian band
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 313
Sechelt Queen (vessel)
Food service (Chabot) 2642 (Lockstead) 2642
Replacement of (Lockstead) 2641
Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
Brown, Rosemary, attendance (Brown) 2800 (Cocke) 2797 (King) 2797, 2798-9 (Levi) 2799-2800 (McCarthy) 2796-7, 2797-8, 2800
Secter, John
Mentioned: (Wallace) 936
Securities
Securities legislation (Mair) 1913, 1916
Securities Act
Revising of (Macdonald) 1916
Mentioned: (Levi) 2116, 2502 (Mair) 1884
Seibeck, Warren
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1127
Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C.
Student housing units (Curtis) 1502 (D’Arcy) 1501
Senior citizens
See: Aged
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Alternative sentencing methods (Barrett) 2057, 2062
Community service order programmes (Gardom) 2061 (Gibson) 2112
Separate maintenance
Enforcement of maintenance orders (Gardom) 2038
Human Resources ministry, former policy on enforcement of maintenance payments (Brown) Q. 2456-7 (Vander Zalm) A. 2457
Maintenance, collection procedures (Throne speech) 6 (Vander Zalm) 116
Maintenance obligations, common-law relationships (Gardom) 2676
Maintenance orders and obligation to be self-supporting (Brown) 2678, 2695 (Gardom) 2676, 2683, 2695
Maintenance orders, enforcement of (Brogan) 2695 (Gardom) 2673, 2674, 2676, 2695
Maintenance orders, failure to enforce and need for public funds (Gardom) 2676
Maintenance orders, provision of financial information (Brown) 2694 (Gardom) 2676, 2693, 2694
Maintenance payments, basing of on economic need (Gardom) 2673
Servants
Labour legislation coverage for domestic workers (Brown) 1568-9
Service and Agricultural Workers Advocacy Committee
Mentioned: (Brown) 1569
Service industries
Attitudes in (Nielsen) 609-10
Service stations
See: Automobiles — Service stations
Seven Mile Dam
Project (Wolfe) 1713
Use of American lumber (D’Arcy) Q. 368 (Wolfe) A. 582
Sewage disposal
Sewage facilities assistance grants (Curtis) 431
Treatment plants, Okanagan (Hewitt) 326
Sex instruction
See: Family life education
Seymour Area Property Owners Association
Mentioned: (King) 1852
Seymour Arm Estates Ltd.
Land, exclusion from agricultural land reserve (Bawtree) 1865-6 (King) 1851-3, 1861-2 (Nielsen) 1862 (Skelly) 1830
Shady Valley Elementary School, Prince George, B.C.
Mentioned: (Lloyd) 1284
Shakespeare, William
Quoted (Veitch) 173
Shaklee Building, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barber) 998
Shannon, Frank
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 941
Shares
See: Stocks
Sharp, Fred
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 2662
Sharp, Norman
Salary (King) 1073
Shasta Beverages Ltd.
Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1765, 1776
Shearer, Ron
Speech to Liberal Party conference (Gibson) 60
Mentioned: (Gibson) 64
Shelford, Cyril M. (Skeena)
Address in reply 131-6
Bergerud, Thomas, research on caribou 836-7
Borrowing, internal borrowing 1066-8
British Columbia Petroleum Sales Act, 1978 (Bill M 216) 1R, 1897
B.C. Hydro, borrowing by 1066, 1068
B.C. Railway, borrowing by 1066
B.C. Railway, B.C.-Alaska rail link 498
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, abandonment of 399
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 497-8
Budget debate 399-400, 403-5, 497-8
Business, government regulation of 134-5
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., tree-farm licence 1, allowable cut and total cut, Q. 2806
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., tree-farm licence 1, harvesting by independent contractors, Q. 2806
Canadian National Railways, Nass River extension 135
Caribou, predation by wolves 836-8
Construction, Skeena constituency 1322
Debt, federal, interest payments on 1067
Deer, hunting season in interior 893
Deer population, decrease in 836, 838
Development, community plebiscite on 136
Development, opposition to and unemployment 135-6
Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co., tree-farm licence 41, annual allowable cut aid total cut, Q 2807
Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co., tree-farm licence 41, harvesting by independent contractors, Q. 2807
Executive Council, estimates 1066-8, 1322-3
Forest Act 2364-7
Forest Act, regulations 2364, 2366
Forest contractors' percentage clause, determination of 2365
Forest districts, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Kamloops, Nelson, Williams Lake, Vancouver, acreage logged and planted, Q. 2806
Forest industry, modernization and job loss 2367
Forest industry, opportunity for Indians in 2365
Forest inventory, improvement in 2365-6
Forest management, job-training in 404
Forest stumpage rates 2365
Forests, annual allowable cut, allocation of 2364-5
Forests, annual allowable cut, unallocated 2365
Forests, annual allowable cut, undercutting 2366
Forests, PSYU, competition for timber in 2367
Fort Nelson, agricultural potential of area 497
Fort Nelson model faun 497
Game managers, education of 835-8
Gasoline, independent service stations 1067
Handicapped allowance 403
Handicapped, earned income allowance 403
Handicapped, homeowner grant 400
Heritage fund, establishment of 1067, 1068
Highway programme, Skeena 1323
Highway 16, Terrace to Prince Rupert 132
Highway 37, construction 400
Highway 37, link to Alaska 132-3
Homeowner grant for elderly 400
Indian villages, unemployment in 132
Inflation 400
Investment, foreign, in Canada 1067
Job creation 131-2
Job creation programmes, adequacy of supervision in 404
Kitimat, CPR service to 132, 133
Kitimat, ferry service to 400
Kitimat pipeline, opposition to 135
Kitimat steel plant, opposition to 135
Kitimat, supply centre for north 132-3
Kitimat, Tsawwassen ferry link 1323
Kispiox Road and link to Nass 135
Labour ministry, estimates 1586
Legislature, night sessions 404
Legislature, reform of 404-5
Legislature, reform of, committee on 405
Log market, competitiveness of 2365
Members, conduct of 1323
Moose population, decrease in 836, 838
Mountain sheep population, decrease in 836, 838
Peace River Dam, power source for northern industry 497-8
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 835-8, 893
Reforestation, employment in 133
Reforestation, provision for in Forest Act 2366
Right-to-work issue 1586
Sales tax, reduction in 399
Service stations, independent operators 1067
Skeena PSYU, timber yield 136
Small business, assistance to 133, 1066, 1068
Smithers plywood plant, opposition to 136
Terrace courthouse, construction of 131
Terrace, economy of 131
Timber, high elevation areas, harvesting of 2366
Timber, maximum recovery from 2367
Trappers, financial assistance for conversion to humane trap 893
Trapping, Conibear trap 835
Traps, leg-hold, ban on 835
Unemployed, difficulties in return to work by 403
Wildlife management plan 133
Wolves, control of 893
Working conditions 131
Shell (Canada) Resources Ltd.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536 (Lauk) 1059 (Lea) 1220
Shell Oil Co.
Coal licences (Chabot) 2537 (Macdonald) 2532
Profits (Macdonald) 678
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1048, 1470 (Lauk) 1057, 1228 (Lea) 1327, 1459, 1460, 1467 (Lockstead) 1359 (Macdonald) 1206, 2530, 2532
Shellfish fisheries
Expansion of, appropriation for (Bawlf) A. 684, 938, 940 (Nicolson) Q. 683-4 (Wallace) 936, 937, 940 (Wolfe) 257
Management and development (Bawlf) 660
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters
Administrative personnel, tribute to (Barber) 1487
Appropriation for (Wolfe) 261
Potential recipients, application for aid by (Curtis) 429
Programme (Barber) 1487 (Bennett) 225, 953 (Curtis) 429, 430, 1322, 1375, 1486 (Hewitt) 327 (Kerster) 641 (Throne speech) 2 (Vander Zalm) 342, 593 (Wolfe) 250
Recipients, number of (Curtis) 429
Mentioned: (Jordan) 626 (Lea) 343
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters Act
Mentioned: (Throne speech) 2 (Wolfe) 2510
Sheppard, Dennis
Tribute to (Gardom) 2038
Sherman, Patrick (Paddy)
Mentioned: (Dailly) 2034 (Lauk) 2372
Sherrell, Robbie
Appointment of (Cocke) 1963-6, 1968 (Jordan) 1970 (King) 209-10 (Macdonald) 676 (McGeer) 1966-7 (Sanford) 1973
Bonuses in addition to salary (Cocke) Q. 336 (McGeer) A. 336
Fringe benefits in addition to salary (Cocke) Q. 336 (McGeer) A. 371
Interview, cost of arrangements for (Cocke) 1963 (McGeer) 1967
Salary (McGeer) 1968
Mentioned: (Barnes) 418 (Barrett) 276, 309 (Brown) 108 (Cocke) 1931, 2611 (King) 1260 (Lauk) 245 (Lea) 343
Ship building industry
B.C. ships, use of to carry resource products (Barrett) 40
Coal carrier, construction of (Barrett) 40
Ferry construction (Barrett) 39-40
Shipbuilding corporation, proposal for (Barrett) 40
Shipbuilding industry for B.C. (Lea) 345 (Phillips) 160
Victoria industry (Kahl) 643
Shore, Maurice
Short take-off and landing aircraft
Study of (Bennett) 1098
Use of in third-level system (Strongman) 1091
Vancouver-Victoria service (Strongman) 1091
Shrum, Gordon
Mentioned: (Barrett) 694 (King) 1082
Shuswap constituency
Change in boundary of (Bawtree) 2605
Sierra Club of B.C.
Quoted (Levi) 2412 (Lockstead) 2403
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 829, 929 (Cocke) 2379 (King) 2312, 2319, 2388 (Levi) 2412 (Lockstead) 2338, 2404 (Nicolson) 826, 942 (Skelly) 1533, 2424 (Waterland) 2392
Sight
See: Vision
Sigurdson Millwork Co. Ltd.
Simmons, Fraser
Quoted (Cocke) 2701
Simon Fraser University
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2701 (Dailly) 2034 (McGeer) 1935 (Phillips) 1694
Simons and Co.
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 1543
Simpsons-Sears Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lea) 145
Sinclair, David
Railwest Manufacturing Co., report on (Lauk) 1116, 1695, 1696
Mentioned: (Lauk) 538 (Skelly) 1533
Sinclair, James
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 897
Singh, Harry
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1082 (King) 1082
Sivertson, L.E.
Mentioned: (Phillips) 2806
"60 Minutes"
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1920
Skaist Mines Ltd.
Queen Charlotte Islands Oil shales, exploration permits (Chabot) 1464, 1465 (Lea) 1463-4, 1465
Skateboards
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, skateboard park for (Bawlf) 890 (Brown) 889
Skeena, B.C.
PSYU, timber yield of (Shelford) 136
Skeena Broadcasters Ltd.
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935
Skeena constituency
Construction programme (Shelford) 1322
Skeena River, B.C.
Boat ramps between Terrace and Prince Rupert (Lea) 944
Skelly, Robert Evans (Alberni)
Address in reply 149-50, 175-80
Agricultural land reserve, Knight Road property, exclusion of 1840
Agricultural land reserves, exclusions from 1829
Agricultural land reserves, exclusions from, appeals to cabinet 1826
Agricultural land reserves, exclusions from, politicization of 1830, 1842-3
Agricultural land, shortage of 1824
Ahousat, electrical generation system 392
Airport facilities, upgrading of 574
Akamina-Kishinena Valley, park proposal for, Q. 156, 927
Akamina-Kishinena Valley park, public hearings on, Q. 156
Aqua-Kleen 20, use of in Osoyoos Lake, Q. 753
Auditor-general 1157
Beaver Creek Sawmills Ltd., relocation of, Q. 2399
Birthday 392
Brett Motors Ltd. agricultural land reserve exclusion for 1843
B.C. Development Corp., aid to small business 150
B.C. Energy Commission hearings on energy future 1719
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1978) 1714-21, 1798
B.C. Hydro, control of 1719-20
B.C. Hydro debt 177
B.C. Hydro debt, increase in 1714, 1714-5, 1721
B.C. Hydro debt, increase in and provincial sovereignty 1715
B.C. Hydro, management of 176
B.C. Hydro projects, funding of intervening groups 1798
B.C. Hydro, proposal for restructuring of 1720
B.C. Hydro, rates, review of by outside authority 1718-9
B.C. Hydro, responsibility of to cabinet 176
B.C. Hydro rights-of-way, Black Creek area, spraying of 1833
B.C. Hydro, size of 1719-20
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line 176, 177, 178, 180, 780-1, 1716
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line, management committee on 780-1, 783
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line, two-year moratorium on 780
British Columbia Railway Company Grant Act, vote on 550
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 550-1
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, decision on 550-1
Budget debate 392-9, 550-1, 570-6
Budget, preparation of 393-5
Budget under Social Credit government 394-5
Burrard thermal plant, use of high sulphur oil 1716
California conservation corps 575
Captain Cook Bicentennial and Moutcha band 1588-9
Chief Lake-Ness Lake-Nukko Lake agricultural land reserve 1842
Chief Lake-Ness Lake-Nukko Lake area, subdivision applications, Q. 1043, Q. 1305, 1830, 1842, 1848
Coastal zone management Act, proposal for 1825-6
Columbia River Treaty, loss 1718
Conservation officers, staff, Alberni constituency 925
Cowichan River estuary, development in 1825, Q. 1899
Cowichan River estuary, environmental assessment 1825
Development, environmentalists opposition to 177
Doman Industries Ltd., Cowichan estuary development 1829, 1839
Doman Industries Ltd., sawmill site 396
Elderly, housing programme, appropriation for 574
Electric power generation by industry 1719
Electric power generation, West Coast communities 392-3
Energy agencies initiated under former government 1156
Energy conservation, Vancouver 1157, 1158
Energy, investigation of alternate sources 575
Environment ministry, establishment of 1824
Environment ministry, estimates 1822-6, 1829-34, 1839-44, 1847-8
Environmental protection, advocacy groups, funding of 1844
Environmental protection legislation, initiation of 1831
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, commuter service 1159-60, 1162
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, court appeal re service 1151, 1162
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, land grant 1162
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, passenger service, Q. 1427
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway service, maintenance of 1158-60, 1162
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway service, promotion of 1159, 1160, 1162
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, Sloan commission recommendations 1162
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, subsidization of 1160
Estuary lands, protection of 1825-6
Executive Council, estimates 1155-60, 1162
Ferries, sale and lease-back of 570
Ferry fares, increase in 149-50
Finance ministry, estimates 780-2, 782-3, 783
Fish hatcheries, contracting of out to private industry 926
Fish hatcheries, inclusion under salmonid enhancement programme 926
Fishing industry, federal policy on 926-7
Forest Act 2383-6, 2421-6, 2768, 2768-9, 2769, 2770
Forest Act, delay in passage of 2383-6, 2421
Forest Act, ministerial powers under Act 2423
Forest Act, organizations concerned re passage of 2424
Forest Act, referral to select standing committee 2385, 2386
Forest Act, regulations 2770
Forest Act, tenure provisions 2383
Forest companies, research by 1547, 1548
Forest experimental station tour, Mesachie Lake 1532
Forest industries, investment in 395-6
Forest industry and environmental protection 2425
Forest industry, modernization and efficiency 2425
Forest industry, subsidization of by B.C. Railway 1533
Forest insects and diseases, control chemicals 1549-50
Forest land, multiple use of 2385
Forest management, research on second growth 1547
Forest resource management, regional districts' role in 2385, 2423
Forest resources, citizen participation in allocation of 1534
Forest resources, integrated management of, referral system 2384-5, 2421-3, 2770
Forest roads, coast forest 397, 574
Forests, annual allowable cut and sustained yield 2425-6
Forests ministry, estimates 1532-4, 1544, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1549-50, 1550-1, 1551
Forests ministry, special studies 1544
Forests, single-use alienation 1535
Forests, sustained yield and pension plans 2426
Forests, sustained yield concept, definition of 2768
Forests, sustained-yield concept, provision for 2384, 2768
Forests, sustained yield, policy of 2425-6
Fraser River estuary, environmental impact assessment procedure 1826
Geothermal energy development 575
Government programmes, cost-effectiveness of 1157
Granduc Mines Ltd., mine closure 396-7
Heede International Ltd., Cowichan estuary study 1829
Heroin addiction, residential treatment centre 2298-9
Heroin addicts, emigration from province to avoid treatment 2297
Heroin addicts, methadone treatment 2297
Heroin Treatment Act 2295-9
Heroin Treatment Act, programmes under Act 2297-8
Highway rights-of-way, cost of spraying, Q. 1304
Highway rights-of-way, spraying of, Q. 1303
Highways, maintenance and construction, appropriation for 571
Hog fuel, use for power generation 1719
Homeowner grant claims period, extension of 1708
Homeowner grant to handicapped, age 60 to 64 group 1665, 1708, 1736, 1737
Human Resources ministry, estimates 1654-5, 655
Human Resources ministry, overrun under previous government 570
Indians, cut-off lands, commission on 1592
Indians, cut-off lands, negotiations on 1590, 1592
Indians, cut-off lands, return of 1590, 1592
Indians, economic development projects for 1588
Indians, land claims and confederation 1587-8
Indians, lands, taxes on 1589-90
Indians, taxes and social welfare services 1589
Inflation, contributory factors 1717
Insulation material, sales tax on 781, 783
Job creation and alternative energy production 180
Job creation, energy conservation projects 575
Job creation programmes 398, 571
Joint Committee on Housing reports, tabling of, Q. 369-70
Kennedy Lake mine, closing of 397
Kootenay River diversion project 175, 176, 1716
Kyuquot electricity system, telephone 392-3
LEARN programme, grant to, Q. 686
Labour ministry, estimates 1587-90, 1592-3
Land Commission Act, amendments to 1826
Land management staff, regional offices 1819
Log market, competitiveness of 2384, 2425
Logging guidelines, changing of in coast forest 397-8, 574
Logging guidelines, relaxation of and job loss 179
Logs, misuse of high-quality logs 1550
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, drug addicts in 2295-7, 2298
McGregor River diversion, B.C. Hydro studies on 1847
McGregor River diversion, cancellation of 1715
McGregor River diversion, loss of forest land 1716-7
McGregor River flood reserve 1847
McGregor River, low-level power generation dam 1715, 1847
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., Franklin River Division, logging roads 397, 1533
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., investment outside B.C. 2424-5
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., layoff of logging road crews 397-8
Methadone maintenance clinic, Campbell River 2297
Milfoil, Okanagan Lake, advisory committee reports 1833, 1841-2
Milfoil, Okanagan Lake, control of by 2, 4-D 1832
Mine closures 397
Mineral royalties, court case and return of 396-7
Moutcha Indian band, fishboats 1588-9
Natural gas exploration, North Peace River area 393
Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island 1155-6, 1158
Nazko, Kluskus Indian bands and timber resources 1589, 1593
Nielsen, J.A., role of in interministerial conflicts 1822-4, 1831
Nuclear power generation on Vancouver Island 176-7, 180
Nuclear power, investment in 178
Ontario royal commission on energy 1720
Opposition, staff and facilities for 176
Parity bonds 573
Parity bonds, redemption of 572
Peace River, Site C dam, application for Crown land, Q. 2019
Peace River, site C dam, farmland loss 1717
Peace River, site C dam, land purchases for 1717, Q. 2762
Pesticide application projects, monitoring of, Q. 753
Pesticide Control Act, appeal procedure 1831-2, 1832
Pesticide Control Act, Canadian Bar Association analysis of 1832
Pesticide permits, applications for 1831
Petroleum exploration, North Peace River area 386, 393
Pollution Control Act, prosecutions under Act 1848
Power production methods, casts 178-9
Press releases, distribution of to members 1306
Propane, sales tax on 783
Propane, sales tax on sales to public welfare organizations 781-2, 783
Provincial Home-owner Grant Amendment Act (1978) 1708, 1736, 1737
Provincial Land Commission, appointment of 1830
Queen Cove, electrical system, telephone 393
Recreation and Conservation ministry, appropriation for 924-5
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 865, 924-8
Recreation and Conservation ministry, reorganization of 924
Recreational facilities find, applications on file 924
Revelstoke Dam, cabinet approval of 1716
Revenue surplus under former government 573
Ritchie, William, appointment to Land Commission, Q. 683
Riverside industrial park 1840
Robertson Creek hatchery, contracting out to private industry 926
Salmonid enhancement programme, impact of increased supply 925-6, 927
Seymour Arm Estate Ltd. land, exclusion from agricultural reserve 1830
Solar energy components, capital investment in 178
Solar energy demonstration project 179
Solar energy, Denver subdivision 1157
Solar energy, development, use of 1156-8
Solar energy, job creation potential in 1158
Solar energy projects, appropriation for 1714
Solar heating equipment, sales tax on 781, 782-3, 1718
Solcan Enterprises Ltd. 178, 179
Speaker, role of 175-6
Special funds, cancellation of 571
Spruce budworm, Bacillus thuringiensis programme 1533, 1549
Stein Valley, development of 780
Stein Valley, logging of 396
Stein Valley, logging of and recreational use 927-8
Streambank protection and logging, committee on 1826
Succession duties, abolition of and investment in B.C. 572
Tahsis Co. Ltd. employees, road work by 1551
Timber sales, Vancouver forest District 1532-3
Tourist trade, increase in 398
Tourist trade, Vancouver island 149-50, 398
Trapping, bionic trap 865
Travel Industry mailing lists, federal government use of , Q. 1140
Travel Industry mailing lists, source of, Q. 1140
2, 4-D, Environment Protection Agency review of 687, 1840-1
2, 4-D, monitoring of 1977 programme, Q. 753
2, 4-D, use in Okanagan Lake system 687
Utilities industry, investment requirement for job creation 178
Valhalla wilderness area, park proposal 927
Vancouver, energy conservation officer 575
Vancouver Island, alternative energy for 1156
Vancouver Island Energy Authority Act (Bill M 201) 1R, 581
Vitamins, sales tax on 781
Water, scarcity of pure water 1824-5
Western Mines Ltd., closing of 397
Wind power project, Denmark 180
Wind power, Queen Charlotte Islands 177
Wood chips, use for power generation 1719
Wood waste, energy source 179
Wood waste studies 179
Wood waste, use for power generation 1719
Zeballos mine, closing of 397
Zeballos, Nimpkish Valley road 571, 574, 1551
Zeballos, radiophone 393
Zedway Iron Ore Ltd., closing of 397
Skilled labour
North Peace River, shortage of in area (Smith) 385
Skillings, Waldo
Mentioned: (Cocke) 467 (Lauk) 1123, 1124, 1234 (Levi) 1015
Skis and skiing
Ski developments in B.C. (Phillips) 451
Ski industry (McCarthy) 1315
Skrein, Dave
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2172
Slegg Brothers
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1837 (Skelly) 1839 (Waterland) 376
Sliammon Indian band
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 313
Sliammon Indian reserve
Klahanie Drive, use of Highways ministry equipment to repair (Chabot) 2642 (Lockstead) 2641
Sloan commission on the forest resources of B.C.
See: Royal Commission on the Forest Resources of B.C.
Slocan Lake, B.C.
Access road to (Eraser) 407 (King) 206
Slocan Valley Resource Management Society
Mentioned: (King) 929 (Skelly) 927, 1534
Small business
Advisory services to (Jordan) 240
Assistance to (Bennett) 225, 952, 1062 (Gibson) 66 (Kohl) 182 (Kempf) 199 (Lauk) 1371-2 (Levi) 139, 141 (Shelford) 133, 1066, 1068 (Throne speech) 5 (Wolfe) 251, 764
Assistance to, North Okanagan constituency (Jordan) 239
Assistance to under former government (Kohl) 643 (Lloyd) 362-3
B.C. Development Corp. assistance to (Lauk) 1371-2, 2500 (Phillips) 2500
Capital tax exemption, increase in (Haddad) 391 (Hewitt) 326 (Jordan) 630 (Lloyd) 362 (Rogers) 651 (Vander Zalm) 340 (Wolfe) 256, 264, 1381
Capital tax exemption increase, number of firms exempted (Wolfe) 975
Counselling for owners (Kohl) 182
Federal industrial development agreement (Davidson) 14 (Throne speech) 5
Government regulations, red tape. See entries under Business
Importance of (Wolfe) 256
Legislation on, proposal for (Gibson) 66, 294
Loans to by government (Levi) 801, 802
Problems (Cocke) 755-6 (Lea) 145-7 (Nielsen) 608-9
Problems on Vancouver Island (Barber) 230
Seminar programme (Jordan) 630
Supplies for, problems with suppliers (Bawtree) 600
Training programme for (Gibson) 294 (Haddad) 391 (Hewitt) 327 (Jordan) 630 (Lloyd) 362 (Rogers) 652 (Wolfe) 256-7
Working capital, need for (Lea) 144-5, 147
See also Assistance to Small Enterprise programme under British Columbia Development Corp.; also Business
Smile buttons
See entries under Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry, Ministry of
Smith, Adam
Mentioned: (Gibson) 67 (Lauk) 67
Smith, Al
Mentioned: (Mair) 189
Smith, Brian
Mentioned: (Barrett) 36 (King) 1035 (Lauk) 1035
Smith, Dean Edward (North Peace River)
Agricultural industry, North Peace River area 386
Agricultural land reserves, regional regulations for 1864
Agriculture ministry, estimates 2142-3, 2143-4
Alcan pipeline employees, access to wildlife 856-7
Alcan pipeline, route 856
Alcan pipeline route and wildlife habitat 856-7
British Columbia Railway Company Grant Act, vote on 549-50
B.C. Railway, employee morale 549
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, abandonment of 387-90
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 548-50
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of and Tackama Forest Products Ltd. 388-90
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, decision on 548
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, upgrading of 548-9
B.C. Railway, funds for 54950
B.C. Railway, royal commission, interim report 387-8
B.C. Railway, strikes 549
Budget debate 385-90, 54850
Caribou population, decrease in 856
Crown land, Fort Nelson, price of homesites 1864, 1867-8
Crown land, Fort Nelson, price of industrial site 1863
Crown land, sewage lagoons for tourist facilities 1863-4
Elk herds 856
Environment ministry, estimates 1863-4, 1867-8, 1879-80, 1880
Executive Council, estimates 1308-9
Fort Nelson agriculture, development of 2142-3
Fort Nelson development farm 2142
Fort Nelson-Fort Simpson road 1309
Fort Nelson, weed-free state, preservation of 2143-4
Fort St. John arterial Highway 1308
Fort St. John, new businesses 386
Homeowner grant claim form, simplification of 1709
Homeowner grant claims period, extension of 1709
Job creation incentives 1374
Mountain sheep, Muncho Lake area 856
Natural gas exploration, North Peace River area 386
Natural gas exploration rights, revenue return on 387
North Peace River constituency, economy 386
North Peace Savings and Credit Union, assets, members 386
Peace River, site 1
Dan, recreational use of lake 857
Petroleum exploration rights, sale of, revenue 387
Petroleum exploration under present government 1309
Provincial Home-owner Grant Amendment Act (1978) 1708-9
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 856-8
Recreational facilities, construction of 1309
Resignation of as Speaker (Barrett) 26-7 (King) 207-8
Revenue Surplus of 1976-77 Appropriation Act (1978) 1374
Select standing committees, debate on matters before committee 817
Skilled labour, shortage of in North Peace River 385
Trap development, humane trap 857-8
Wildlife Act, new Act 856
Williston Lake, boat launching ramp 857
Smith, Herschell
Mentioned: (Barber) 2409, 2410
Smith, Hugh B.
Letter quoted (Brown) 1645-6
Smith, Landis
Smith, Melvin H.
Letter quoted (McCarthy) 1894
Mentioned: (Bennett) 155, 1143, 1161 (Skelly) 1162
Smith, Nate
Quoted (Barber) 2478
Smith, Robin
Alleged kickbacks to supermarkets, statements re (Gardom) A. 1537, 1539 (Levi) 1538, 1539 (Macdonald) Q. 1537
Smithers, B.C.
Plywood plant, opposition to (Shelford) 136
Smithers Conservation Centre
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2379 (Skelly) 2424
Smithers Forestry Advisory Committee
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2379 (King) 2319 (Skelly) 2424
Smoke Alarm Installation Act
(Bill M 202) (Rogers) 1R, 657
Smoke alarms
See: Fire alarms
Smoking
Cost of, medical costs, property loss (McClelland) 1860
Funds for education on dangers (Brown) 1388
Increase in (Brown) 1387-8
Programmes to combat smoking (McClelland) 1860
Smoking in public places, ban on (Brown) 1388
Smokers, inclusion under compulsory treatment legislation (Barrett) 1860-1
Smoking in Public Places and Meetings, An Act to Regulate
(Bill M 214) (Wallace) 1R, 1855
Snook, Ian
Salary (King) 1075
Snowmobiles
Boulder Mountain, snowmobiling on (Bawlf) 888 (King) 886
Social assistance
Immigration to province, problems with (Vander Zalm) 341
Medical benefits, continuance of (Levi) 1621
Payments, inadequacy of (Sanford) 119
Population growth and social assistance burden (Levi) 138
Rates and benefits, manager committee on (Vander Zalm) 1608-9
Rates, comparisons with other provinces (Brown) 1616-7 (Vander Zalm) 1609
Rates, indexing of (Brown) 1627
Recipients, acceptance of food gifts by (Brown) Q. 2611-2, Q. 2612 (Vander Zalm) A. 2612
Recipients, employable, number of (Brown) Q. 91, 1626
Recipients, number of (Brown) Q. 91, Q. 455, Q. 1266, 1618-9 (Davidson) Q. 1305 (Vander Zalm) A. 1305
Recipients, transfer at 55 to GAIN programme (D’Arcy) 597
Rent allowances and utility bills (Vander (Zalm) 1609
Russian couple in Slocan Valley, payments to (King) 210
Unemployment insurance payments, delay in (Brown) 106 (Vander Zalm) 341
Women, treatment of women recipients (King) 125-6 (Vander Zalm) 339
Social Credit Party
Bennett, W.R., letter soliciting memberships (Barber) 1191-2, 1193, 1194 (Bennett) 1193
Campaign donations to (Bennett) 1062 (Lauk) 1057-8, 1059, 1060
Campaign funds, source of (Macdonald) 678
Get B.C. Moving Again pamphlet mentioned (Barber) 614
Government aircraft, Social Credit policy on use of during elections (Mair) 188-9
Membership in, soliciting for on official government stationery (Barber) Q. 273, Q. 334 (Curtis) A. 273 (Vander Zalm) A. 273
Pacific Western Airlines services, 1975 election (Cocke) 164-8 (Macdonald) 192-3 (Mair) 188
Pre-election promises (Lea) 343-4 (Veitch) 354
Relationship of provincial party to other parties (Bennett) 1151
Social Planning and Review Council of B.C.
Report on misuse of drugs by elderly (Brown) 1787
Social Services Tax Amendment Act, 1978
(Bill 8) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 267; 2R, 1384-7; C, 1434-7; 3R, 1437; RA, 1513
Speakers: (2R) Cocke 1386; Gibson 1434, 1434-5, 1435-6; Lauk 1436; Macdonald 1436; Stephens 1436-7, 1437; Stupich 1385-6; Wolfe 1384-5, 1386-7, 1434, 1435, 1436, 1437
Cost of living, effect of sales tax increase on (Stupich) 1385
Cost of living, reduction in (Wolfe) 1384, 1386
Diabetic supplies, sales tax on (Lauk) 1436
Economy, effect of sales tax increase on (Stupich) 1385
Penalty under Act (Stupich) 1386 (Wolfe) 1385
Production and repair machinery exemption, tax revenue lass (Wolfe) 1384
Production and repair machinery, sales tax on (Stupich) 1385-6 (Wolfe) 1384, 1387
Promotional materials, sales tax on (Stupich) 1386 (Wolfe) 1384
Promotional materials, sales tax revenue on (Wolfe) 1434, 1437
Retroactivity clause (Gibson) 1434-5 (Macdonald) 1434, 1436 (Stephens) 1436-7 (Wolfe) 1436
Revenue lass, federal contribution (Stupich) 1385 (Wolfe) 1384, 1386-7
Savings to average family (Wolfe) 1384
Small business, definition of under bill (Wolfe) 1384
Tax collections as trust funds (Stupich) 1386 (Wolfe) 1384
Society for Pollution and Environmental Control
Mentioned: (Bawtree) 18 (Cocke) 2379 (Levi) 2412 (Nielsen) 1844 (Shelford) 135 (Skelly) 1844, 2424
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1230
Society for the Recreation of Handicapped People
Mentioned: (Brown) 1171
Society of Engineering Technologists
Mentioned: (Wallace) 1870
Society of Notaries Public
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2111
Sodium cyanide
Spill near Rowley, B.C. (Nielsen) 1820
Solar energy
Capital investment in solar energy components (Skelly) 178
Demonstration projects (Bennett) 1160 (Skelly) 179
Denver subdivision (Skelly) 1157
Development, use of (Skelly) 1156-8
Future of (Mussallem) 1231
Job creation potential in (Skelly) 1158
Projects, appropriation for (Skelly) 1714
Solar equipment, sales tax on (Gibson) 299 (Skelly) 781, 782-3, 1718, (Wolfe) 782, 783
Solar-heated housing project (Bennett) 1182
Solcan Enterprises Ltd.
Sales tax on solar heating equipment (Skelly) 781, 782-3 (Wolfe) 782, 783
Solnit family
Mentioned: (Dailly) 2730
Sommers, Robert
Mentioned: (Barrett) 30 (Bennett) 2781 (Gibson) 2781 (King) 987 (Levi) 1528
Song, Norman
Mentioned: (Levi) 728
Sooke, B.C.
Potholes provincial park, proposal for (Bawlf) 889 (Kohl) 887
Sooke Forest Products Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 2409
Sorensen, Gary
Criticism of in House (Nielsen) 1837 (Skelly) 1840
Seymour Arm Estates Ltd. land, exclusion from agricultural reserve (Bawtree) 1865-6 (King) 1851-3, 1861-2 (Nielsen) 1862 (Skelly) 1862
Mentioned: (King) 1852, 1862 (Nielsen) 1837, 1838
South Korea
South Koreans, comparisons with Canadians (Levi) 1529
Visit to (Phillips) 1673
Waterland, T.M., visit to (Levi) 1529
South Okanagan Environmental Coalition
Funding of (Nielsen) 1844
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1832, 1844
Southam, Gordon T.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 2373 (Levi) 2334
Soviet Life
Quoted (Vender Zalm) 114
Spalding, David
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 921 (Nicolson) 914
Spallumcheen, B.C.
School tax, payment of (Barber) 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025-6, Q. 2399 (Dailly) 2027 (Garden) A. 2399 (Jordan) 2026 (McGeer) 2024
Sparwood, B.C.
Government agency building for (Haddad) 174
Spatsizi Provincial Park
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 880
Speaker
Pages, openings for graduating students in House of Commons 619
Speaker and Deputy Speaker
Role of (Skelly) 175-6
Ruling sustained 373, 401, 1577, 2324
Speaker and Deputy Speaker, rulings and statements
Address in reply, number of amendments to 143
Adjournment to discuss urgent public matter 721
Chair's decision on 372-3
Matter not brought up at earliest opportunity 1664, 2400
Matter not within administrative responsibility of government 1576
Motion to adjourn, statement in reply to 688
Opportunity for debate not lacking 400, 1664-5
Amendments
Keeping to subject of 112, 119, 467, 476, 477, 479, 507, 531, 532, 538, 542, 544, 565, 566
References to amendments in former debate not in order 362
Relevancy of debate on 443, 446
Subamendment to, time limit on mover's speech 480
Bill
Second reading
Amendments, moving of in second reading out of order 2716
Amendments to bill and debate on second reading 2310
Keeping to principle of Bill 2273, 2299, 2313, 2318, 2325,
2326, 2374, 2440, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2660, 2661
Third
reading
Amendment to, debate on 2552, 2554, 2559
Debate on 2506, 2511
Chair
Accusation of flippancy 2606
Decisions of not debatable 401
Decisions of not subject to appeal 401
Reserving of decisions
prerogative of Chair 2323
Committee, scope of debate in committee to be determined by the committee itself 1422
Corrections must be made at the earliest opportunity 337
Corrections to be made at end of member's speech 627, 2537
Corrections to statements of other members out of order 337, 399, 514
Debate on matters before a committee of the House 2230
Documents, correspondence, etc., minister's obligation to table 521
Documents, quoting from, tabling of 149, 151, 219
Imputation of cowardice against another member 384
Imputation of improper motive 52, 1956
Language
"buffoon” 375
"coward” 381
"deception” 2123
"deceptive” 2706
"deliberately misinterpreted” 2392
"deliberately misleading” 2407
"dishonest” 2656, 2706
"hoax” 2220
"hypocrite” 2301
"hypocrites” 617
"jerks” 2439
"lackeys” 2604
"manipulative” 52
"misrepresenting” 2162
"muck” 167
"psychopaths” 556 “sheep” 2440
"smear” 192
"treason” 2404
"twisted” 116
"wilful neglect” 2552
"you are a liar” 115
Member/Members
Accusation against another member must be made by substantive motion 191, 2340
Accusation of lying 167
May not say indirectly what may not be said directly 381
Personal allusions 1469, 2448
Should address remarks through Chair 32, 50, 81, 96, 108, 234, 235, 292, 312, 330, 347, 397, 413, 470, 545, 557, 558, 561, 562, 563, 592, 603, 668, 1750, 1755, 2198, 2280, 2437, 2439, 2529, 2602, 2657
Should take their seats when the Chair is speaking 2326
Speeches, knowledge of rules on length of 446
Statements by, members' knowledge of subject prior to granting leave 1897-8
Ministerial statements 847-8, 1044-5, 1671
Oral questions
Addressed to members other than ministers 24
Answers to must not be argumentative, retaliatory or taxing 818-9
Anticipating future actions 274, 519, 624, 820, 1305
Argumentative, retaliatory or taxing questions 90, 454, 1858, 2345
Based on a supposition 910
Basing of on extracts from newspapers, books, quotations from speeches, etc. 685, 1735, 1900
Dealing with proceedings in a committee which have not been placed before the
House in a report 816
Extension of question period 2085-6
Hypothetical questions 623
Ministers not obligated to answer 334, 585, 910, 1080
On matters not officially connected with the government 2398
On matters outside minister's competence 584
Relating to matters other than administrative responsibilities of minister 26
Repetition of 517, 1363, 2729
Requesting tabling of documents 273
Rights of members to ask questions 2459
Rulings on not subject to challenge 1858
Seeking information readily available elsewhere 2342
Seeking legal opinion 1734
Seeking verification of reports in the media 24, 25, 335, 518
Supplementary questions to questions taken on notice 24, 154
Tabling of documents during question period 1733, 1734, 2020
Use of question period time to make statements 455, 1202
Use of to make speeches or enter into debate 1426
Points of order
Fraudulent points of order 335, 1962
Must be bona fide point of order 2340
Reference to standing order under which raised 2169
Stating of as briefly as possible 521
Privilege
Announcements on legislation
outside House, not a matter to be determined by the Chair 2615
Breach of relating to statements made outside the House 1111
Points not debatable 2586
Quorum, ringing division bells to summon members 1726-7
Select standing committees, reports to House from 1423, 1424
Votes, ayes and nays not called for separately 1577
Votes, voice votes, “no” vote 2082-3
Speakers' Decisions
Quoted (Speaker) 1111
Mentioned: (Speaker) 219
Special funds
Cancellation of (Dailly) 45 (Gibson) 294-5 (Skelly) 571 (Stupich) 280 (Wallace) 319
Special Olympic Games
Programmes (Bawlf) 854
Spectrum Senior Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Kohl) 1280
Speech, Disorders of
Speech pathologists' qualifications, committee on (Gibson) Q. 1041 (McClelland) A. 1041
Speech from the Throne
See: Throne Speech
Speech therapy
Speech, hearing impaired services (McClelland) 1770
Speed limits
Slow drivers (Bawtree) 601-2
Spencer Junior Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Kohl) 1280
Spetifore Frozen Foods Ltd.
Employees, relocation, retraining of (Sanford) Q. 519 (Williams) A. 519
Loan to, cost benefit study of (Sanford) Q. 519-20
Loan to, refusal of (Lea) Q. 518
Potato growers, Fraser Valley, and plant closure (Hewitt) 2150 (Wallace) 2149-50, 2150-1
Potato growers, Fraser Valley, assistance to (Wallace) Q. 519 (Hewitt) A. 519
Spicer, John
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 423
Spiller, G.W.
Inquests in Vernon area (Lauk) 2548
Sport B.C.
Audit, problem with (Bawlf) 882, 888, 892 (King) 885, 891-2, 892
Grant to (Bawlf) 860 (King) 856, 881
Sports
Coaches, grants for interior communities (Jordan) 844
Federal-provincial conference on responsibilities re athletes (Bawlf) 853
Funds for local groups (Kohl) 807
Programmes aimed at non-participating child (Strongman) 847, 854
Sport governing bodies (Bawlf) 853-4
Sports development co-ordinators (Bawlf) 841, 843, 846 (King) 840, 842
Volunteer contribution to (Bawlf) 846
Spring Traps Act, Restriction on the use of
(Bill M217) (Gibson) 1R, 2245
Sproule, F.N.
Spruce budworm
Bacillus thuringiensis programme (Skelly) 1549 (Waterland) 1519
Bacillus thuringiensis programme and Orthene spray (Skelly) 1533 (Waterland) 1535-6
Biological control (Waterland) 1517
Douglas fir, mortality rate (Waterland) 1517
Forest Service report (Waterland) 1517
Spruce City Wildlife Association
Trout spawning beds, improvement of (Nicolson) 898
Squamish Indian Band
Mentioned: (Gibson) 84
Standard of living
See: Cost and standard of living
Standards, Engineering
Building codes, revision of (Bennett) 1099
Standard building code, preparation of (Phillips) 1686
Standerwick, Warren
Heroin Treatment Act, report on (Cocke) 2698, 2701 (Gibson) 2111, 2261
Stanfield, Robert
Mentioned: (Gibson) 94 (Nicolson) 898
Stanford Research Institute
Mentioned: (Phillips) 460
Stark, Tony
Appointment of (Mair) 1882
Duties, qualifications (Mair) 1923-4
Mentioned: (King) 1075
State ball
See entries under Government House, Victoria, B.C.
State visits
See: Visits of state
Statistics Act
Mentioned: (Levi) 1403
Statistics Branch
Success of (Phillips) 1672
Statutes
Committee on statutory instruments (Gibson) 78-9
Review of (Bennett) 1335, 1336
Steeds, Wayne
Salary (King) 1081
Steel Co. of Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 244
Steel industry and trade
Coal, northeastern, development of and steel mill (Lauk) 565
Japan, production forecast (Phillips) 459-60, 460
Kitimat steel mill, opposition to (Shelford) 135
Steel mill at Duke Point (Stupich) 588
Steel mill for province (Barrett) 40 (Cocke) 466 (Lauk) 54, 244, 1674 (Nielsen) 611 (Phillips) 462, 1678 (Stupich) 286-7
Steel mill for province, site of (Lauk) 1681
Tariff agreement (Gibson) 291
World production forecasts (Phillips) 461
Steelhead trout
Catch-and-release programme (Bawlf) 939-40 (Dailly) 939, 940
Steering Committee for Better Use of Brannan Lake
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1266, 1397, 1399, 1782
Steeves, Dorothy
Death of (Cocke) 1263
Stein, Peter
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2702
Stein River, B.C.
Valley, development of (Skelly) 780
Valley, logging of (Skelly) 396
Valley, logging of and recreational use (Skelly) 927-8
Valley, management plan for (Bawlf) 929
Steinberg Foods Ltd.
Mentioned: (Levi) 1887
Stephens, Victor Albert (Oak Bay)
Address in reply 97-100
Adultery, damage suits in cases of 2696
Airport facilities, upgrading of 99
Alcan pipeline project, negotiations with federal government 1700
Alcan pipeline project, withdrawal of participants 1698
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2098-2100, 2101-2
Bennett, W.R., tennis game, cost to taxpayers, Q. 2398
Breweries' operation, declaration of as essential service, Q. 2187
B.C. Development Corp., aid to small business 99, 300
B.C. Federation of Labour demonstration 99
B.C. Hydro, Province questions re, referral to Committee on Crown Corporations 711
B.C. Hydro, Province questions re, subpoening of reporters, Q. 754
B.C. Railway, appropriation for 498
B.C. Railway, borrowing by 992
B.C. Railway, borrowing from pension funds 499
B.C. Railway debt, amount, interest costs 499
B.C. Railway, federal subsidy, negotiations for 1701
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 498-500
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, decision on 498
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, possible federal agreement on 498
B.C. Railway, political interference in 500
B.C. Railway, sale or lease of, Q. 623
B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd., government share purchase 994
Budget, balanced 992
Budget debate 299-301, 498-500
Capital investment in new projects 1697
Capital tax, elimination of 301
Captain Cook Bi-Centennial Commemoration Act Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill M215) 1R, 1897
Committee on Crown Corporations, Conservative Party representation on 710-1, Q. 1203-4, Q. 1670
Companies, incorporations 100
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2592-3
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 1922-3, 1924, 1925, 1926
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, policy co-ordinator 1923
Corporate affairs, staff increase, cost increases 1926
Corporation Capital Tax Act, repeal of 1383
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act (1978) 1383, 1433
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, retroactivity of 1433
Correspondence courses, provincial, commended 1978
Crown counsel, disclosure of witnesses' names to defence, Q. 1426, Q. 1427
DREE agreements, federal subsidies 1699
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd., 50th birthday 1896
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd., history of 1896
Disaster fund, appropriation for 1879
Disasters covered by provincial fund 1879-80
Dr. Harry Purdy Extended Care Unit, use for teaching 1804
Doman Industries Ltd. sawmill, union activities, Q. 370, Q. 455
Drug addiction treatment, federal responsibility for 2271
Economic Development ministry, estimates 1696-7, 1697, 1697-8, 1698, 1698-9, 1699, 1700, 1701
Economic Development ministry, federal shared-cost programmes 1696
Economic Development ministry, minister's office, expense increase 1697
Education ministry, estimates 1978-9, 1980-1
Election of (Clerk) 21
Energy, Transport and Communications ministry staff, investigation of, Q. 154
Environment ministry, associate deputy minister 1880
Environment ministry, estimates 1868, 1869
Environmental and engineering service, employees 1881
Europe, economic mission to 1697, 1697-8
Executive Council, estimates 991--3, 994-5, 1282-3
Expenditures and growth rate of province 301
Expenditures, increase in 992
Family Relations Act 2696
Farm income assurance programme, appropriation for 300
Finance ministry, estimates 710-1, 763
Fisheries branch, co-operation with wildlife branch, Q. 185
Fisheries branch, role of commercial fisheries in, Q. 185
Forest Act 2363-4
Forest Act, ministerial powers under Act 2364
Forest operations, environmental impact on 2364
Forests, annual allowable cut, withdrawal of for bidding on 2363
Forests, sustained-yield concept, definition of 2364
Forests, sustained-yield concept, provision for 2364
Free trade 994
Game resource, inventories of 863
Government regulations, red tape 100, 300
HAC Trucking Ltd., penalization under Workers' Compensation Act 1601-2
Health ministry, estimates 1802-4, 1809, 1810
Heroin addiction, compulsory treatment, release of patients from 2275
Heroin addiction treatment, definition of and role of peace officers in 2732
Heroin addiction treatment patients, access to counsel 2272-3, 2274, 2734
Heroin addicts, compulsory treatment, constitutionality of, Q. 1734
Heroin addicts under treatment, committal of to prison 2275
Heroin Treatment Act 2271-5, 2732, 2734-5, 2735, 2740
Heroin Treatment Act, confidentiality of information, provision for 2273
Heroin Treatment Act, constitutionality of 2271
Heroin Treatment Act, delay of for further consideration 2271
Heroin Treatment Act, due process, provision for 2273
Heroin Treatment Act, juveniles, appearance before examination board 2734, 2735
Heroin Treatment Act, programmes under Act 2271-2, 2273-4, 2740
Heroin Treatment Act, search powers under Act 2274
Heroin treatment programmes in U.S. 2271-2
Highway 19, Sayward to Port McNeill 301
Homemaker programme 98
Homeowner grant, eligibility of war pension recipients, Q. 2246
Horse racing, brief to government on 1377-8
Horse racing industry, employment, revenue 1378
Horse racing industry, requirements of 1378-9, 1429
Horse racing, Sunday racing 1451, Q. 1898
Horse racing, take-out 1378
Hospital beds, doctors' control over use of 1809
Hospitals, acute-care bed shortage, Victoria case 1803
Income tax, reduction in 99
Industrial property, assessment of, Q. 2670
Insurance Corp. of B.C. awards, disparity in size of 1980-1
Insurance Corp of B.C. claims, amount of and rates 1979
Insurance Corp. of B.C., P.L. McGeer's statements re claimants 992-3, 994
Insurance Corp. of B.C., proposal for nofault system 1978-9, 1981
Intermediate-care beds, shortage of 98, 1802-3
Intermediate-care beds, Victoria, planning stage 1809, 1810
Intermediate-care beds, Victoria, under construction 1809
Introduction to House 97-8
Japan, D.M. Phillips' visit to 1698
Job creation, appropriation for 300
Job creation, role of private sector in 99
Joint Committee on Housing, special committee on MIAs' participation in 2160
Joint Committee on Housing, special committee on MLAs' participation in, members 2160
Labour ministry, estimates 1601-2
Labour Relations Board, small business representation on 1601
Land and water management employees, number of 1880
Law Society of B.C., lay benchers 1922
Law Society of B.C. proceedings against (Macdonald) 194
Lawyers, advertising by 2099
Lawyers' fees for probating estates 2099, 2101-2
Lawyers' fees for property conveyancing 2099
Lawyers, free legal work by 2099, 2100, 2102
Lawyers, referral service 2102
Legal aid, cost of and donation of free aid 2099-2100, 2102
Legal aid, federal contribution to 763
Legal aid, increase in cost of 301
Legal Professions Amendment Act (Bill M 213) 1R, 1667
Little Mountain constituency, change in boundary of 2592-3
Long-term care and acute care beds 1802
Lumber market 300
McClelland, R.H., secretaries, increases for 1810
Milfoil control, lakes to be treated, Q. 849
Mining industry in B.C. 300
Moresby Island forest tenure, public hearing on 2364
Motels, property tax increase, Q. 2516
Mountain sheep habitat and coal exploration 863
Norris commission on electoral reform 2592
Oak Bay by-election 98
Okanagan Lake, north end, use of 2, 4-D in 862, 865
Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act (1978) 1377-9
Partnership Amendment Act (1978) 2562, 2563
Partnership Amendment Act, 1978, codification of common law in 2562, 2563
Partnership disputes, arbitration of 2562
Penticton industrial property, tax increase on, Q. 2548
Pistell, Donna, accommodation for 1803-4
Professional societies, self-regulatory, communication with public 1922-3
Professions, advertising by 1924
Professions, advertising by, committee to investigate 2098-9
Property tax burden, commercial property, Q. 1794
Property tax burden, industrial property, Q. 2548, Q. 2670
Property tax increases, adjournment of House to debate 2371
Property taxation, commercial property, survey of, Q. 1794
Property taxes, increase in and revenue sharing, Q. 2018
Property taxes, increase in, responsibility for, Q. 2019, Q. 2083
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1451
Quebec, federal subsidies to 1699
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 861-4, 864, 865
Reno bus tour cancellation, Q. 1575
Rentalsman, employees, number of 1926
Richmond constituency, number of voters 2592
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, re port, alleged bias in 2592
Royal Jubilee Hospital, acute-care beds, use of 1809
Sales tax, reduction in 99, 300
School district budgets 2124
School district budgets, setting of and class size, Q. 2188-9
School District 61, tax increase and operating costs, Q. 2124
School tax, shift to urban landowners, Q. 2306, Q. 2307
Shares, government purchase of 994
Social Services Tax Act, retroactivity clause 1436-7
Social Services Tax Amendment Act (1978) 1436-7, 1437
Special Committee on Privilege, members, attendance at meetings 2802
Special Committee on Privilege, membership 2802
Tariff, change in 994
Taxation, reduction in 99
Travel agents registrar's office, cost of, number of staff 1925
Travel Agents Registration Act, regulations 1923
Travel assurance board, establishment of 1925
Travel assurance fund, administration casts 1925
Tree farm licences, renewal of, public hearings on 2364 2, 4-D in lakes, affect on fish, wildlife 861-3
Urban Transit Authority Act 2560
Urban Transit Authority Act, third reading, delay in 2560
Vancouver Island, northern, new constituency for 2592
Vaseux Lake, use of 2, 4-D 863
Victoria General Hospital, use of beds 1809
Wallace, G. Scott, tribute to 97
Water resources administration, appropriation for 1880
Wilderness area, South Moresby, proposal for 1868, 1869
Wildlife and resource-road construction 863
Wildlife branch, consulting study on 863
Wildlife branch staff, administrative positions 863
Wildlife branch staff, number of in field 863
Wildlife habitat protection and resource exploration, Q. 912
Workers' Compensation Act, penalty under Act 1601-2
Stevenson, W.G. (Bill)
Mentioned: (Wallace) 1105
Stevenson, W.G. and Associates
Mentioned: (Wallace) 1105
Stevens, Sinclair
Mentioned: (Gibson) 289
Steves, Harold
Mentioned: (Barrett) 42
Stew, Ron
Salary (Brown) Q. 520
Stewart, Peter Graham
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2108
Stewart, B.C.
Asbestos, shipment of (Calder) 1317
Economic development (Lea) Q. 1669 (Phillips) A. 1669
Plywood plant in area (Lauk) Q. 1669-70, 1696 (Phillips) A. 1670
Stewart Watson Lake highway
See: Highway 37
Stewart-Yukon highway
See: Highway 37
Stock ranges
All-terrain vehicles on rangeland (Wallace) 2572, 2573
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, 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 re (Wallace) 2565 (Waterland) 2565
Grazing licences, right to apply for renewal of (Wallace) 2571 (Waterland) 2570-1
Horses on rangeland (Wallace) 2572 (Waterland) 2572
Range Act. See name of act
Range legislation, proposed (Throne speech) 5
Range resource, 10-year analysis of (King) 2451, 2542, 2542-3 (Waterland) 2450, 2542, 2543
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
Stocks
Company stocks, buying back of (Levi) 1905 (Mair) 1907
Government purchase of (Bennett) 1135-6 (Stephens) 994
Stokes, John
Tribute to (Waterland) 1518
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 1759 (King) 1523 (Lloyd) 2429
Stommont interchange
See entries under Highway lA
Strachan, R.M.
Committee of House on allegations re truthfulness of (McCarthy) 2168
Mentioned: (Barber) 759 (Barrett) 42, 1236 (Bennett) 961 (Lea) 1074 (McCarthy) 2664 (McGeer) 1079 (Smith) 2171 (Wallace) 2654 (Waterland) 376
Strata Titles Amendment Act
Mentioned: (Curtis) 430
Strathcona Community Centre Association
Funds for Chinatown youth worker (Barnes) 1652-4
Strikes and lockouts
Man-days lost (Bennett) 222
Man-days lost, decrease in (Brown) 104-5
Man-days lost, 1975, 1976 (Phillips) 51
Man-days lost, 1976, 1977 (Throne speech) 3 (Wolfe) 255
Man-days lost, 1977 (Lloyd) 363
Man-days lost, statistics on (Strongman) 101-2
Strike vote, supervision of by Labour Relations Board (Sanford) 1562 (Williams) 1562
Strongitharm, Douglas
Salary (King) 1075
Strongman, W. Gerald (Vancouver South)
Address in reply 100-3
Airlines, third-level carrier system 102, 1091
Airport facilities, upgrading of 102
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2117-8
Business, government regulations, red tape 103
Canadian unity 100-1
Children s rights, legislation on 103
Constitution, restructuring of 101
Dash-7 aircraft 1091
Economy of B.C. 101-2
Education ministry, estimates 1947, 1948
Education, programmes under present government 1291
Energy costs, future costs 1090
Environment ministry, estimates 1848-9, 1850
Executive Council, estimates 1089-91, 1291-2
Family legislation, proposed 103
First Ministers' Conference 101
Fraser River, Annacis Island crossing 2631
Free enterprise system 1090
Free trade 1090
Government buildings, construction of 102
Grants and grant mentality 103
Highway construction, maintenance programme 102
Highways and Public Works ministry, estimates 2631-2
Highways, landscaping, use of private contractors 2631
Home acquisition, assistance for first-time buyers 103
Insurance Corp. of B.C., 1975 advertisements for executives, Q. 2765
Job creation 102
Job creation, new jobs 1291
Knight Road bridge, landscaping of entrance to 2631
Lawyers' fees for property conveyancing 2117
Lottery finds, use of 1442-3
Manufacturing, capital investment in 102
Ministers, hirings by former ministers 1089
Notaries, legal work by 2117-8
Notaries, training of 2117-8
Parliament Buildings area, audit building 2632
Parliament Buildings area, carriage house 2632
Parliament Buildings area, motor vehicle branch building 2631-2
Pearson Hospital staff, tribute to 1442-3
Pearson Hospital, swimming pool 1442-3
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1442-3
Quebec nationalism 101
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 847, 854
The Royal Trust Company and Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, An Act Respecting, (Bill PR 402) 1R, 788; 2492, 2703
Royal Trust Company and Royal Trust Corporation of Canada, An Act Respecting petition 552
STOL aircraft, use of 1091
STOL aircraft, Vancouver-Victoria service 1091
STOL landing port, Victoria 1091
Social welfare programmes 1291
Sports programmes aimed at non-participating child 847, 854
Strikes, lockouts, man-days lost 101-2
Teachers in administrative positions, number of 1947
Teachers in school system surplus to needs 1947
Teachers, reduction in number of and age uniformity problem 1948
Tourist industry, increase in 102-3
Unemployment, statistics on 1291-2
The Vancouver Charter, An Act to Amend (Bill PR 403) 1R, 1339
Vancouver Charter, An Act to Amend, petition 552
Vancouver, transit problems 103
Waste disposal, industrial liquid waste 1848-9, 1850
Stroud's Judicial Dictionary
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2404
Stuart-Stubbs, Basil
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935
Student aid
Appropriation for (Cocke) 2035 (D’Arcy) 420 (McGeer) 2036
See also: Scholarships
Student employment
Cowichan area, student employment (Wallace) Q. 2730 (Williams) A. 2730
Programme (Bawlf) 1270 (Dailly) 1444, 1446-7 (Gibson) Q. 90, 295 (McCarthy) 1445, 1447 (Stupich) 280-1 (Veitch) 354 (Wolfe) 257
Stukas, Annis
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2171
Stupich, David Daniel (Nanaimo)
Agricultural land reserve, exclusions from 2140
Agricultural research, university grants for 2152
Agriculture industry, support for 2138
Agriculture ministry, consultants, hiring of 2144, 2147
Agriculture ministry, estimates 2137-40, 2141-2, 2144, 2147, 2149, 2152, 2153-4
Agrologists, hiring of by Agriculture ministry 2144
Ambulance rates, increase in 276
Atlin constituency, number of voters 2593, 2594
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2093-5, 2096
Bankruptcy, increase in 282
Beer bottle returns to liquor stores 281
Bonds, B.C. rating 284-5
B.C. Buildings Corp., policy on buildings construction 284
B.C. Buildings Corp., revenue, estimate of 740
B.C. Cellulose Co., sale of Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd. shares 747
B.C. Development Corp., share purchase in 280, 1370
B.C. Hydro, revenue recovery from for highway relocation costs 737, 740
B.C. Hydro, transit deficit 742
B.C. Hydro, transit subsidy 741, 742
B.C. Petroleum Corp., revenue 279, Q. 1892
B.C. Railway, Dease Lake extension 284
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line 284
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, abandonment of, revenue loss, Q. 621
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, continuance of 507-8
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, transfer of 743
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, valuation of 743
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., government holdings in 747
Broilers, interior processing plant 2153-4
Budget debate 275-89, 507-8, 579-80, 587-90
Burrard constituency, elimination of 2594
Chip-exporting dock facility 285
Coal royalty, revenue 737, 739
Coal sales to Japan 287
Committee on Crown Corporations, consultants, appointment of 22
Comptroller-general, staff increase 806-7
Constituency boundaries, basis for choice of 2593-4
Constituency redistributions in past 2594
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2593-5
Construction industry, unemployment 284
Corporation borrowings, capital tax on 1382
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act (1978) 1382
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, retroactivity of 1382
Cost increases under present government 276, 580, 587
Cowichan-Malahat constituency, change in boundary of 2594-5
Crown corporations, assets and B.C. industries' assets 287
Debt, interest rate on 808
Debt load, projection of without tax increases 580, 587-8
Debt, $261 million, repayment of 809, 811
Duke Point development, land acquisition for 588
Eckardt, Lawrence S., alleged partisanship of 2595
Economic development programmes, federal contribution to 738
Economic recovery, role of private sector in 285-6, 588-9
Economy of B.C. 285-8, 580, 587-8
Expenditures, restricting of to below growth rate 285
Exports, forecast of 283
Farm income assurance programme 2138-40, 2141-2, 2144, 2147, 2149
Farm income assurance programme, appropriation for 281
Farm Products Industry Improvement Act grants 2153
Federal payments 738
Federal share of joint service programmes 737, 738
Ferries, food service 281
Ferries, sale and lease-back of 280, 1369
Ferry fares, increase in 276
Ferry sailings, number of 281
Finance ministry, building occupancy charges 812
Finance ministry, estimates 736-7, 738, 739, 739-40, 741, 742, 743, 747-8, 748, 803-4, 804, 806-7, 807, 807-8, 808-9, 809, 809-10, 811, 811-2, 812
Finance ministry, salary contingencies 811
Finance Statutes Amendment Act (1978) 2510
Fishermen, commercial, interest reimbursement for 2137
Forests revenue, increase in 278-9
Fort Nelson agriculture, development of 2144
GAIN programme, appropriation for 281
Game offences, complaint re 2093-4, 2096
Government agents, staff for 807-8, 808
Growth, forecast of 284
Health ministry, estimates 1782, 1783-4
Heroin Treatment Act 2289-90
Heroin treatment centre, contraband drugs in 2289
Heroin treatment centre, escapees 2290
Heroin treatment centre, facilities for 1782, 1784, 2290
Highways, appropriation for 281, 740, 1370
Hospital construction, expenditures on 579-80
Hospital construction, five-year programme for 740, 741, 742
Hospital rates, increase in 276
IOK Poultry Ltd. plant 2153-4
Income tax, increase in 587
Income tax revenue, return to B.C. 739
Insurance Corp. of B.C., 1976 loan to 811
Investment by industry in B.C. 287-8
Investments, interest on 737, 740
Investments, length of term investments 809-10
Island Youth Centre, decision on use of 1398, 1399
Island Youth Centre, status of, date of change in 2094, 2096
Island Youth Centre, use for heroin treatment and surrounding community 2095, 2096
Island Youth Centre, use for heroin treatment, date of decision on, Q. 1425, Q. 1426
Island Youth Centre, use for tourist facility, Q. 1363, 1397-8
Island Youth Centre, use of, Q. 1143, Q. 1266, 1782, 1784
Island Youth Centre, work on, Q. 1363, Q. 1576
Kootenay constituency, retention of 2594
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., advance to 747-8
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd. lard, valuation of 748
Matsqui Correctional Institution, failure of 2289
Medical insurance premiums 276, 277-8
Mining development programme 281
Mortgage foreclosures, increase in 283
Municipal Amendment Act (1978) 2193-4
Nanaimo constituency, change in boundary of 2594-5
Overruns 282
Perpetual and Special Funds, principal and interest, 1975 and 1977, Q. 1892
Petroleum drilling activity, increase in 279
Plateau Mills Ltd. assets, valuation of 747
Privilege — statement re appointment of daughter 22 (Cocke) 163
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1397-8, 1399, 1400
Railwest Manufacturing Co., closing of 284
Recreation facilities programme, appropriation for 281
Red suit, donation of to auction sale 2593
Reforestation 279-80, 288 , Reforestation, appropriation for 1370
Regional district boards, appointment of municipal directors to 2193-4
Regional district boards, selection method and regional district review committee 2194
Resources, non-renewable, investment of returns from 279
Revenue, petroleum and natural gas revenues 279
Revenue, source of 277
Revenue Surplus of 1976-77
Appropriation Act (1978) 1368-70
Revenue surplus, source of 1369
Richmond constituency, number of voters 2593
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform report, alleged bias in 2593, 2595
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, report and presentation of bill in House 2593
Sales tax collections as trust funds 1386
Sales tax increase, effect on cost of living 1385
Sales tax increase, effect on economy 580, 587, 1385
Sales tax on promotional materials 1386
Sales tax, production and repair machinery 1385-6
Sales tax, reduction in 275, 276-7, 278
Sales tax, reduction in and economy 278
Sales tax, reduction in, federal contribution to 278, 1385
Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C., task force report on 803-4
School tax levy, increase in 276
Social programmes, appropriation for 281
Social Services Tax Act, penalty under Act 1386
Social Services Tax Amendment Act (1978) 1385-6
Special funds, cancellation of 280
Steel mill at Duke Point 588
Steel mill for province 286-7
Succession duties, abolition of and capital investment, Q. 155
Summer works programme, appropriation for 280-1
Supply Act No. 1 (1978) 268-9
Surrey school board, release of information on provincial contribution, Q. 2670
Taxation administration branch staff, decrease in 807
Transit, rapid transit 288
Transportation and highways, federal funds for 737
Treasury Board, anti-inflation programme 812
Treasury Board staff 811-2
Unemployment 282
Unemployment, statistics on 282
Vancouver Plywood, threatened closure of 588
Weyerhauser Corp., reforestation programme 288
Workers' Compensation Board, review boards 281
Sturch, D.H.
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2495
Sturgeon Bank, B.C.
Environmental impact assessment for proposed developments (Nielsen) 1820
Sturrock, Howard
Mentioned: (Barber) 2490
Subdivision of land
Subdivision of land for relatives (Kohl) 1510
Subsidies
Grants and grant mentality (Brown) 104 (Strongman) 103
Suburban Business Property Owners' Association
Mentioned: (Stephens) 1794
Succession duties
See: Inheritance and transfer tax
Succession Duty Act
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 691
Sulphur
Fort Nelson sulphur, shipment of (Phillips) 546
Summary Convictions Act
Alcoholics, referrals under Act for treatment (Gibson) 1814 (McClelland) 1815
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2253 (Gardom) 2105, 2523 (Gibson) 1804, 2264, 2269, 2745 (McClelland) 1804, 2734 (Stephens) 2734
Summer games
See entries under British Columbia games
Sun-Rype Products Ltd.
Mentioned: (Hewitt) 2154 (Wallace) 2154
Sunshine Drive Hospital, Chilliwack, B.C.
Funds for and admission of adults (Cocke) 1658 (Vander Zalm) 1658
Sunrise Pavilion Centre, Surrey, B.C.
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 1274
Super-Valu Stores Ltd.
B.C. Broiler Marketing Board, alleged kickbacks (Levi) Q. 1537 (Hewitt) A. 1537
Female employees, alleged discrimination against (Sanford) Q. 974 (Williams) A. 974
Superintendent of Brokers
Move to Vancouver (Levi) 2502 (Main) 2502
Supermarkets
Alleged kickbacks to, investigation into (Gardom) A. 1537 (Lauk) 1539 (Levi) Q. 1481-2, Q. 1629-30 (Macdonald) Q. 1537, Q. 1539 (Mair) A. 1482, A. 1630
Alleged kickbacks to, investigation of by Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry (Levi) 1887-8
Alleged kickbacks to, investigation of by Select Standing Committee on Agriculture (Barrett) Q. 1538 (Levi) Q. 1482, Q. 1538, 1885, 1891, 1903-4 (Mair) A. 1482, A. 1538, A. 1539, 1889-90, 1891, 1904-5
B.C. Broiler Marketing Board, alleged kickbacks (Levi) Q. 1537 (Hewitt) A. 1537
Chain supermarket practices (Levi) 1887-8
Supply Act, No. 1, 1978
(Bill 3) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 268; 2R, 269; C, 269; 3R, 269; RA, 271
Supply Act, No. 2, 1978
(Bill 28) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 2803; 2R, 2803; C, 2804; 3R, 2805; RA, 2805
Supreme Court of Canada
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1432, 1435 (Macdonald) 675, 1430, 1431, 1432, 1433 (Wallace) 1594 (Wolfe) 265, 1381
Surrey constituency
Two-member representation for (Davidson) 2596
Surrey Dodge Ltd.
Mentioned: (Brown) 1626
Smainson, Neil
Mentioned: (Bennett) 155 (Macdonald) 91
Swan Valley Foods Ltd.
Sale of (Hewitt) 329
Mentioned: (Barrett) 476, 1135 (Bennett) 1063, 1136 (Jordan) 626, 2130 (Nicolson) 1312 (Phillips) 464 (Wallace) 2130
Swan Wooster Engineering Co. Ltd.
Report on B.C. Railway (Lauk) 535, 536 (Nicolson) 532, 533
Swedish Board for Technical Development
Objects of (Gibson) 84-5
Swift, Jonathan
Mentioned: (Strongman) 103
Swine industry
See: Pork industry and trade
Swisscan Financial Services Ltd.
Mortgage fee charged (Wallace) 1910-1
Switzerland
Economic conditions (Gibson) 62
Szasz, Thomas
Mentioned, quoted (Barnes) 2702
Szmant, Harry
Mentioned: (Skelly) 179