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
W.A.C. Bennett Dam
Local taxes on (D’Arcy) 805
Wachtel, Andrew
Mentioned: (Garden) 2112
Wadsworth, P.B.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 894
Wage-price policy
Prices review and monitoring board, establishment of (Gibson) Q. 1897, Q. 1897-8, (Wolfe) A. 1897
Wages
Average weekly earnings (Wolfe) 255
Increase in (Jordan) 630
Payment of wages adjustments (Williams) 1553-4
Wage demands and economy (Loewen) 351
Wakabayashi, H.
Mentioned: (Phillips) 2806
Wallace, Barbara B. (Cowichan-Malahat)
ARDA projects 2154
Address in reply 110-2
Agricultural aid to developing countries grants, applications for, Q. 2765
Agricultural machinery, western source of supply 2131
Agricultural processing industry 2130
Agricultural produce, imported, tariff on 2148
Agricultural produce, self-sufficiency in 2128
Agricultural production casts, data on 2129
Agriculture ministry, administrative staff 2152, 2152-3
Agriculture ministry, computer and consulting charges 2155
Agriculture ministry, estimates .2128-32, 2134-5, 2136-7, 2145-6, 2146, 2148, 2149, 2149-50, 2150-1, 2151-2, 2152, 2152-3, 2153, 2154, 2154-5, 2155
Agriculture ministry, production services staff 2153
Assessment, changes in 324
Assessment, decreases in Cowichan Valley 784
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 2118, 2119
B.C. Government News 1107, 1257
Bankruptcy, increase in 320
Barkerville, appropriation for 942
Beef cattle, marketing board for 2146
Beef income assurance cheques, delay in, Q. 273, 275
Beef income assurance cheques, inclusion of compensation in, Q. 273
Beef income assurance programme, cost of 2136
Beef industry study 2154
Bright Angel Park, expansion of 832-3
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1978) 1799-1800
B.C. Hydro borrowing, interest rate on 1800
B.C. Hydro borrowing, source of 1800
B.C. Hydro, Province questions re 716-7
B.C. Hydro, Sunnyside mineral rights 1870
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line and local agricultural industry, Q. 623
Broilers, interior processing plant 2130, 2154
Broilers, sales of, increase in 2134
Budget debate 319-25
Cents-off coupons, cost increases to consumer 1909-10
Children's clothing, patterns and material, sales tax on 785
Claim staking 1105
Constitution Amendment Act (1978) 2653-5
Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 1909-12, 1914
Consumer complaint, mobile home bathtub case 1910
Cowichan Bay, development in 1870, Q. 1899
Cowichan Bay development in, moratorium on, Q. 274
Cowichan Bay, development in, straw vote on 1869
Cowichan Bay log dump, construction, use of, Q. 1735, Q. 1735-6
Cowichan Bay, log dumping, issuance of cease-and-desist order, Q. 2307, Q. 2398
Cowichan Bay, rockfill in causeway area, Q. 2397
Cowichan Bay, salmon fisheries 321-2, 832
Cowichan-Malahat constituency, change in boundary of 2653-5
Cowichan, transit system 323-4
Cowichan Valley, groundwater resource 1871-2
Crime, drug-related offences 2291
Crofton, bus transit to Duncan 324
Crofton mill road, condition of 2644
Crofton pulp mill employee, lung damage 1595-6
Crown corporations, revenue and expenditures 1108
Day-care allowance to parents 111-2
Debt, contingent liability 1105
Dog control, local responsibility for 2151
Dogs, remuneration for livestock losses due to 2151
Damn Industries Ltd., Cowichan estuary development 1870
Doman Industries Ltd. sawmill, union activities, Q. 368-9
Duke Point, cost of services 1108
Duke Point property, purchase of 1107-8
Duncan Alternate School, funding for 323, 2118
Duncan courthouse, overcrowding 2118, 2119
Economy of B.C. 319-20
Elderly, housing program, appropriation for 324
Energy sources, demonstration projects on 1360
Energy, Transport and Communications ministry, estimates 1359, 1360
Environment ministry, estimates 1869-72, 1873-4
Environmental protection, Environment minister's role in 1869-70
Estuary lands, protection of 1869
Executive Council, estimates 1104-8, 1256-8, 1334, 1350
Farm equipment, removal of sales tax on 325
Farm income and cheap food 2134
Farm income assurance programme, Q. 684-5, 2129-30, 2136-7, 2145
Farm income assurance programme, appropriation for 2130, 2136-7
Farm income assurance programme, number of participants, Q. 2080
Farm income assurance programs, premium balances, Q. 2080
Farm income assurance programme, starting dates for each commodity, Q. 2080
Farm income, decline in 2128, 2130
Farm income, effect of dollar devaluation on 2131
Farmland, assessment of 785
Farmland, assessment of, lower mainland potato farms 785
Farmland, assessment of small holdings 785-6
Ferries, sale and lease-back of 319
Fertilizer deliveries, railcars for 2131
Fertilizer price, increase in 2131
Fescue, national marketing agency for 2149
Finance ministry, estimates 716-7, 784, 784-6
Fire departments, voluntary, financial support for 2525
Fire Marshall Amendment Act (1978) 2525
Fish and wildlife branch staff, limit on travel 833
Flood Relief Act, expenditures under Act 1453
Food prices 2130-1
Forest Act 2381-3, 2430-2, 2433-6
Forest Act, amendments to 2381, 2382
Forest Act, delay in passage of 2381-3
Forest Act, regulations 2382, 2431, 2436
Forest companies, small, opportunity for 2435
Forest industry, monopoly of by large companies 2431, 2433-4
Forest industry, opportunity for Indians in 2434-5
Forest land, assessment of 784
Forest licence holders, compensation to for parks, conservancies 2436
Forest resources, public control of 2433-4
Forests, sustained-yield concept, definition of 2435
Forests, sustained-yield concept, provision for 2435-6
Fort Steele, appropriation for 942
4-H programme expenditures, staff employed 1972 to 1977, Q. 1011
Free trade and agriculture 1257-8, 2148
Free trade and liquor control boards, Q. 1266-7
Gallagher property, acquisition for park 832
Gasoline Tax Act (1948) Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill M 206) 1R, 1140
Geoducks, appropriation for research on 938
Government advertising, publications, appropriation for 1258
Grazing licences 2452
Grazing licences, new, advertising of 2565, 2566
Grazing licences, priority to resident stock owners 2452-3, 2567-8
Grazing licences, renewal of, public notice re 2565
Grazing licences, right to apply for renewal of 2571
Handicapped allowance, increase in 323
Health ministry, estimates 1800-1, 1801, 1802
Heroin addiction, cure of 2291
Heroin traffickers, recruitment of new users 2291
Heroin trafficking 2291
Heroin trafficking, increased policing to control 2292
Heroin Treatment Act 2291-2
Heroin Treatment Act, alternative uses for funds 2292
Highway 1, Malahat, three-lane section, double-lining 2643-4
Highways and Public Works ministry, estimates 2643-4
Homemaker service, charge for 1801, 1802
Horse breeding incentive fund, size of 1377
Horse racing purses, increase in 1377
Horse racing, Sunday racing 1377
Indian friendship centre, Duncan, funds for 1594-5
Indians, land claims and confederation 1594
Industrial accidents, increase in 1595-6
Industrial accidents, prevention of 1595, 1596
Labour ministry, estimates 1594-6
Ladysmith harbour, advisory committee on 936, 1873-4
Ladysmith harbour and salmon industry 832
Ladysmith harbour, log storage, Q. 852, 936, 937, 1871
Ladysmith harbour, oyster leases 1873-4
Ladysmith harbour, oyster seed production 936-7
Ladysmith harbour, pollution of 322
Ladysmith harbour, protection of 1871
Lake Cowichan assessment changes, effect of 324
Lake Cowichan school district, funds for 784
Liquor Distribution Branch, auxiliary staff, 1910
Marketing agencies, national, levies and fees 2586
Marketing agencies, national, production quotas 2564-5
Marketing boards, quota controls 2145-6
Marketing boards, reform of 1106
Marketing boards, role of, public understanding of 2132
Marketing boards, value of 2131-2, 2145-6
Marketing services, appropriation for 2153
Massey-Ferguson Ltd., profit increase, business practices 2131
Matsqui Correctional Institution, failure of 2291
Medical Services Plan premium, comparisons with other provinces 1801
Medical Services Plan premium, reduction in 1801
Milfoil, Cultus Lake, treatment with 2, 4-D 1870
Mineral production, 1972 to 1975, value of 1105
Mortgage brokers 1910-1
Nanaimo constituency, change in boundary of 2653-5
Natural gas rights, sale of 1105
Natural Products Marketing (British Columbia) Amendment Act (1978) 2564-5, 2586
Nazko and Ktuskus Indian bands and timber resources 1594
Nitinat Indian village, power generation 1360
Nurseries, licence fee, registration of 2155
Overruns 319
Oyster beds, alienation of 936-7
Oyster seed production, Pendrell Sound 938-9
Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act (1978) 1377
Peter Pollen Ford Sales Ltd., sale of government vehicles to, Q. 1892
Petroleum exploration rights, revenue 1105
Plant Protection Act, orders-in-council under Act 2155
Population loss 1105-6
Potato growers, Fraser Valley and Spetifore plant closure 2149-50, 2150-1
Potato growers, Fraser Valley, assistance to, Q. 519
Premier's office, staff 1107, 1334, 1350
Priest Lake, use of motorboats on 833
Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry ministry, estimates 1453
Public welfare, preventive programmes 323
Pulp mill, Cowichan Bay 320-2
Range Act 2452-3, 2565, 2566, 2567-8, 2570, 2573
Range management decisions, centralization of 2452
Range-use proposals, appeals against 2570
Rangeland, all-terrain vehicles on 2572, 2573
Rangeland, horses on 2572
Rangeland, multiple-use, management of 2452
Real estate agents, licensing of 1911
Real estate business, house sale by widow, case cited 1912
Real estate, multiple listing system 1911
Real estate salesmen, number of 1911
Recreation and Conservation ministry, estimates 829-33, 936-7, 938-9, 960, 942
Reforestation programme, appropriation for 320
Reforestation, provision for in Forest Act 2435
Royal Commission on Electoral Reform, report and presentation of bill in House 2654-5
Royal Commission on Forest Resources, recommendations 320
Sales tax, reduction in 324
Select Standing Committee on Agriculture recommendations, Q. 1142, 2129
Shellfish industry, appropriation for 936, 937, 940
Small business, sales tax on production machinery, removal of 325
Smoking in Public Places and Meetings, An Act to Regulate (Bill M 214) 1R, 1855
Special funds, cancellation of 319
Summer employment programme, Cowichan area, Q. 2730
Swisscan Financial Services Ltd., mortgage deal 1910-1
Trade unions, overtime banking and job creation 1596
Transit, rural areas, use of school buses 1359
Trap development, humane trap 831-2
Trap, leg-hold, ban on 831
Travellers, out-of-province, medical coverage problems 1914 2, 4-D, use of 1870
Undeveloped countries, aid to, appropriation for 2134-5, 2145
Undeveloped countries, aid to, responsibility for 2145
Vegetable marketing boards, amalgamation of, Q. 1142, Q. 1266
Water, underground, licensing, provisions for use of 1871-2
Weed control, local responsibility for 2151-2
White Crown mountain, ski development 830-1, 1871
Women apprentices 111
Women in the trades 110-1
Women in the work force 110
Women's Institute conference 2128
Women's Institute, grants to 2128
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review, backlog 1595
Wallace, George Scott
Constitution Act, possible contravention of, court's decision on (Gibson) 2158-9, 2160 (King) 2157 (Lauk) 2162
Resignation of (Clerk) 21 (Throne speech) 2
Tribute to (Lloyd) 217 (Stephens) 97
Mentioned: (Barber) 1691 (Barrett) 42, 1088 (Kerster) 637 (King) 501 (Lea) 1219 (Smith) 549
Wallace, Lawrence J.
Freeman of the City of London (McCarthy) 2546 (Macdonald) 2546
Mentioned: (Dailly) 2589 (King) 1074
Wallach, Ira
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 423
Walter, Jack
Mentioned: (Waterland) 1546
Walter, W.A.
Tribute to (Gardom) 2523
Wannebo, Leroy
Autopsy (Lauk) Q. 2342 (Williams) A. 2343
War Measures Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2660
War Veterans Allowance Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1708
Ward, George
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 898
Warehouses
Warehousing in B.C. (Lea) 1349
Warnes, Keith
Position, advertising of (Macdonald) Q. 92 (Main) A. 155
Warranty
Legislation on (Main) 1884
Washington, D.C. — Transit system
Rapid transit system (Rogers) 2237-8
Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
Mentioned: (McClelland) 2713
Washington Trollers Association
Interim reciprocal fisheries agreement (Bennett) 1143
Waste, Disposal of
See: Refuse and refuse disposal; Salvage (Waste) etc.; Sewage disposal; Waste products
Waste products
Industrial liquid waste disposal, lower mainland (Nielsen) 1849-50 (Strongman) 1848-9, 1850
Water
Pure water, scarcity of (Skelly) 1824-5
Water licences, granting of (Mussallem) 1729
Water resources administration, appropriation for (Nielsen) 1880 (Stephens) 1880
Water resources staff, regional offices (Nielsen) 1819
Water, Underground
Licensing provisions for use of (Nielsen) 1872 (Wallace) 1871-2
Water milfoil
See: Milfoil
Water supply
Municipal revenue sharing, water facilities assistance (Curtis) 429
Rural water treatment programme, appropriation for (Wolfe) 257, 262
Warnock, Frank M.
Mentioned: (Wallace) 2146
Water supply
Water facilities assistance grants (Curtis) 431
Waterland, Hon. Thomas Manville, Minister of Forests (Yale-Lillooet)
Airport facilities, upgrading of 561
Bark beetles, control of 1549
Bella Coola, sawmill for 1543
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line, abandonment of and forestry jobs, A. 622
B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson Line, continuance of 561-2
B.C. Truck Loggers Association, speech to (Levi) 1528-9
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., success of 1320
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., tree farm licence 1, A. 2806, A. 2807
Copper smelter in B.C. 377-8
Council of Forest Industries of B.C. 1525, 1527
Doman Industries Ltd., pulp mill construction contract, A. 25
Doman Industries Ltd., pulp mill, documents pertaining to, 850
Doman Industries Ltd., sawmill site 376
Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co., tree-farm licence 41, A. 2807
Executive Council, estimates 1320-1
Fiberco, establishment of 1516
First Minister's Conference 374
Forest Act, (Bill 14) 1R, 1339; 2311-2, 2391-3, 2443-9, 2766, 2767, 2768, 2769, 2770, 2770-1, 2771, 2773, 2773-4, 2774, 2774-5, 2775, 2776, 2776-7, 2777, 2778, 2779, 2779-80, 2780, 2781, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2787, 2788, 2789, 2790, 2791, 2792-3, 2793, 2794
Forest Act, amendments to 2309, 2392
Forest Act, compensation payments by Crown 2788
Forest Act, delay in passage of 2311, 2392-3
Forest Act, organizations concerned re passage of 2392
Forest Act, proposed new Act 378
Forest Act, press coverage of debate on 2391-2
Forest Act, provision for right of entry without warrant 2446
Forest Act, regulations 2392, 2770
Forest Act, secrecy clauses 2446, 2794
Forest businesses, small, definition of 2778
Forest centre, establishment of 1531
Forest companies, diversified mix of 2311
Forest companies, foreign controlled 2444
Forest companies, investment by 2443
Forest companies, mill licensing 2792-3, 2793
Forest companies, research by 1547
Forest companies, small, opportunity for in forest industry 2392, 2445
Forest companies, small, wood supply for 2792-3
Forest company shares, transfer of 2443-4
Forest contractor's percentage of logging 2445
Forest districts, acreage logged and platted, A. 2806
Forests districts, information officers 1531
Forest fires and fire protection 1517, 1520
Forest industries, investment in 375-6, 1321
Forest industries, investment in and job creation 560
Forest industries, investment in under former government 559
Forest industry, coastal, modernization of 1524
Forest industry, education of public re 1531
Forest industry, interior, competitiveness of 1524
Forest industry, interior, utilization of resource 1526
Forest industry under previous government 1320-1
Forest insects and diseases, control chemicals 1550
Forest insects and diseases, control of 1517, 1549
Forest inventory 2543, 2544, 2770
Forest land, assessment of 2771
Forest land, designation of 2773
Forest land, multi-use of 2450
Forest licence holders, compensation to for parks, conservancies 2786, 2787
Forest licence holders, compensation to for rights-of-way 2786
Forest management programme 378-9, 561, 1523-4
Forest officers, designation of by deputy minister 2767, 2768
Forest Policy Advisory Committee, representations to 2392, 2444
Forest Policy Advisory Committee, work of 1518
Forest regions, regional managers 2538
Forest research council, role of, appointees 2539
Forest resource, integrated management of 2770-1
Forest resource, interministerial consultation, co-operation 2451, 2540
Forest resource management, five-year plans for 2450
Forest resource, multi-use management of 1527
Forest resource, range resource, 10-year analysis of 2450, 2541, 2542, 2543
Forest tenure, security of 2444
Forests, annual allowable cut, allocation of to small business 2778, 2779, 2779-80, 2780
Forests, annual allowable cut, changes in 2787
Forests, annual allowable cut, determination of 2773-4, 2774
Forests, annual allowable cut, establishment of 1526, 1527
Forests, annual allowable cut, information on 2784
Forests, annual allowable cut, reduction in 2447, 2784
Forests, annual allowable cut, unallocated 2445
Forests, annual allowable cut, undercutting 2447
Forests ministry, administration costs 1520, 1536
Forests ministry, computer and consulting charges 1.552
Forests ministry, engineering support services 1542
Forests ministry, estimates 1515-8, 1520-1, 1523-5, 1525-6, 1527, 1531-2, 1535-6, 1536, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1546-7, 1547-8, 1548, 1548-9, 1549, 1550, 1551, 1552
Forests ministry, land management functions 2539-40
Forests ministry, organizational changes 1524-5
Forests ministry, Price Waterhouse and Co. assessment of 1524-5, 1525-6
Forests ministry, special studies 1544
Forests, sustained yield concept, definition of 2766
Forests, sustained yield concept, provision for 2449, 2766, 2769
Forests, sustained yield, policy of 2311, 2539-40, 2541
Gibson Logging Co. Ltd., sale of 2447, 2448
Government advertising, publications, appropriation for 1320
Granduc Mines Ltd., mine closure 377
Grazing licences 2452
Grazing licences and range-use proposals 2566-7, 2567, 2568
Grazing licences, appeals against suspension of 2571
Grazing licences, new, advertising of 2565, 2566
Grazing licences, priority to resident stock owners 2453, 2568
Grazing licences, renewal of, public notice re 2565
Grazing licences, right to apply for renewal of 2570-1
Hay-cutting permits, licences 2452, 2545
Hydrologists in forest management 1535
Job creation programmes 378, 379, 561
Jobs, availability of in B.C. 379
Land, cost of 1320
Log market, competitiveness of 2448
Log salvage operations 2448-9, 2790
Loggers, independent 1543
Logs, misuse of high-quality logs 1551
Lumber products, export of 1516
Lumber products, market for 1516
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., investment outside B.C. 2443
Mine closures 377
Mines, new, opening of 377
Mining development programme 377
Mining industry under former government 559-60
Ministry of Forests Act (Bill 12) 1R, 1339; 2449-50, 2451, 2538, 2539, 2539-40, , 2541, 2542, 2543
Natural gas exploration under former government 559
Northwood Pulp and Timber Co. forest holdings, sale of, A. 2612
Ocean Falls Corp., timber supply for 1543
Paper sales, prices 1516
Petroleum exploration under former government 559
Pulp lease CZ3 2780
Pulp, market demand 1516
Pulp mill, Japanese interest in, A. 369, 375
Pulp, price of 1516
Pulp production, expansion of 1516
Pulpwood harvesting agreements 2311
Range Act (Bill 13) 1R, 1339; 2451-2, 2453, 2545, 2565, 2566, 2566-7, 2567, 2568, 2569, 2569-70, 2570, 2571, 2572, 2573
Range Act, appeals under Act 2571, 2572
Range Act, regulations 2573
Range management decisions, centralization of 2452
Range rights, appeals against decisions on 2452
Range rights, compensation for withdrawal of 2452
Range-use proposals, appeals against 2569, 2569-70
Range-use proposals, hearings on 2569
Rangeland, co-ordinated plans for 2545
Rangeland, horses on 2572
Rangeland, multiple-use management of 2451, 2452, 2453
Reforestation 378
Reforestation, appropriation for 1521, 1524, 1545
Reforestation, backlog area 1520-1
Reforestation contractors, performance bonds 1.544
Reforestation contracts, bidding procedure for 1544
Reforestation contracts, payment schedule for 1544
Reforestation employment, man-days work per acre 1546
Reforestation, expenditure on per acre 1546
Reforestation, forest industries, responsibility for 1521, 1523
Reforestation, mechanization of and employment 1535, 1546
Reforestation, natural regeneration 1521, 1523
Reforestation, nursery facilities 1523, 1543
Reforestation, seedling dumping problem 1545
Reforestation, seedling supply 1516-7, 1520
Reforestation, seedlings 1546-7, 1547
Reforestation, site preparation 1517, 1520, 1521, 1545
Reforestation, Weyerhauser Corp. 1546
Reservoir clearing, B.C. Hydro funds for 1542
South Korea, trip to (Levi) 1529
South Koreans, comparisons with Canadians (Levi) 1529
Spruce budworm, Bacillus thuringiensis programme 1519, 1535-6
Spruce budworm, biological control 1517
Spruce budworm, Douglas fir mortality rate 1517
Spruce budworm, Forest Service report 1517
Stumpage appraisal system 2448, 2788
Stumpage revenue 1.516
Timber harvest 1516
Timber harvesting rights, withdrawal of 2445
Timber licences, terms of 2781
Timber licences, transfer of 2444
Timber sale harvesting licences, continuation of 2311
Timber supply, competition for 2444-5
Tree farm licences, renewal of 2446-7, 2777
Tree farm licences, renewal of, hearings on 2448, 2781
Wood chips, surplus of 1516
Woodlot licences 2445
Young, Ted, retirement of 1518, 1524, 1546
Zeballos-Nimpkish Valley road 1551
Watersheds
Watershed protection, federal legislation on (Bawlf) 890-1 (Lloyd) 890
Watson, Donald N.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1564 (Barrett) 967 (D’Arcy) 423 (Macdonald) 757
Weber, Fred
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935
Webster, Daisy
Mentioned (Barrett) 42
Webster, Jack
Quoted (Levi) 2241
Mentioned: (Barber) 509, 2216, 2477, 2478 (Barrett) 2330 (Brown) 2457 (Cocke) 2380
Weed control
Appropriation for, increase in (Hewitt) 2152
Local responsibility for (Wallace) 2151-2
See also names of weeds, e.g. Knapweed
Weeks, Arthur
Salary (King) 1076
Mentioned: (Cocke) 114 (Hon. Member) 35, 1031 (Lauk) 52, 55 (Lea) 244, 1463 (Macdonald) 196, 556
Weidenbauer, Murray
Quoted (Loewen) 72
Weldwood Corp.
Mentioned (King) 1072 (Skelly) 926, 1162
Weldwood of Canada Ltd.
Allowable cut and actual cut (Gibso n) 2358
Mentioned: (King) 2321 (Rogers) 202 (Wallace) 2433 (Waterland) 560
Well drillers
Licensing of (Nielsen) 1872
Welsh, Sydney
Mentioned: (King) 1082
Wenner-Gren, Axel
Mentioned: (Barrett) 30, 31, 34 (Gibson) 990
Werts, F. Rex
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1961, 1962
West, Susan
Insurance Corp. of B.C. claim (McGeer) 1975-6
Insurance Corp. of B.C. ex gratia payment by (Cocke) !969, 1976-7
West Coast Environmental Law Association
Mentioned (Cocke) 2379 (King) 2318, 2319 (Lockstead) 2338 (Nielsen) 1844 (Skelly) 1844, 2424
West End Adult Care Programme for Handicapped
Mentioned: (Brown) 1166
West End Adult Day-care Centre
Funds for (Barnes) 415
West End Landlord and Tenants Centre
Funds for (Brown) 605
West End Tenants Association
Counsellor, funds for employment of (Barnes) 1924, 1925 (Lauk) 1900-2 (Mair) 1902, 1925
Mentioned: (Brown) 1165
West End Service to Seniors
Funds for (Brown) 605
West Fraser Mills Ltd.,
Mentioned: (Waterland) 560
West Kootenay Outdoorsmen
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 942
West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 2217 (Nicolson) 1111, 1313
Westbank Indian Council
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1199
Westcan Terminals
Rockfill in Cowichan Bay causeway area (Wallace) Q. 2397 (Nielsen) A. 2456
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., B.C. Petroleum Corp., relationship to (Bennett) 1008
Share purchase (Barrett) 968, 1001, 1089
Shares, commission on sale of (Barrett) 1018 (Bennett) 1017 (Levi) 1017
Shares, transfer of (Wolfe) 264, 743
Shares, value of (Barrett) 1018 (Bennett) 1010
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000, 1002, 1003 (Barrett) 30, 967 (Bennett) 819, 820, 1031 (Chabot) 1244 (Lauk) 795 (Levi) 2334 (Macdonald) 673, 679 (Phillips) 1698 (Skelly) 1155
Western Canada Lottery
Mentioned: (King) 891
Western Canada Lottery Foundation
Advertising budget (Gibson) Q. 2645 (McCarthy) A. 2645
Western Express Lottery
Mentioned: (King) 891
Western Flyer Coach (1964) Ltd.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 2227
Western Guides and Outfitters Association
Hunting regulations, requests for changes in (Nicolson) Q. 1267 (Bawlf) A. 1267
Kempf, J.J., speech to association (Kempf) 337 (Nicolson) 334-5, 623, 685, 912-6, 918-9, 919-20, 921-2, 1039-40
Mentioned: (Kempf) 337 (Nicolson) 334, 623, 685, 827, 1197
Western Institute for the Deaf
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1996 (McCarthy) 1410
Western Mines Ltd.
Closing of (Skelly) 397
Mentioned: (Barrett) 34
Western-National Drug Services
Western Northlands Highway Agreement
Mentioned: (Fraser) 410 (Throne speech) 4 (Wolfe) 258, 1279, 1338
Western Premiers' Conference
Communique quoted (Gibson) 1337
Conference (Barrett) 457, 474 (Bennett) 456-7 (Gibson) 457
Mentioned: (Fraser) 406 (Gibson) 94
Westmills Carpets Ltd.
Westview Special Studies and Applied Social Research
Quoted (Brown) 1625
Westwood racetrack
Mentioned: (Kerster) 901
Weyerhauser Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 2329 (Dailly) 2401 (Levi) 2334
Weyerhauser Corp.
Northwood Pulp and Timber Co. forest holdings, purchase of (King) Q. 2612 (Waterland) A. 2612
Reforestation (Lockstead) 1545 (Stupich) 288 (Waterland) 1546
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 423 (Gibson) 293 (McClelland) 1807
Weymark, W.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 2536
Whelan, Eugene
Whiskey
Scotch, price of (Macdonald) 1916 (Mair) 1916
White Crown Mountain, B.C.
Ski area, land for (Nielsen) 1873 (Wallace) 1871
Ski development (Bawlf) 833 (Wallace) 830-1
White Pass and Yukon Railway
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 1100
White Rock, B.C.
Pier, construction of (Gibson) 1603
Whittall, Richard
Mentioned: (Barber) 1001
Wife beating
Prince Rupert case (Brown) Q. 2186
Wilderness areas
South Moresby, Queen Charlotte Islands, proposal for (Nielsen) 1868, 1869 (Stephens) 1868, 1869
Wildlife, Conservation of
B.C. Hydro, compensation for habitat (Bawlf) 901
Conservation, appropriation for (Bawlf) 653, 659, 827-8 (Nicolson) 824
Endangered species, protection of (Throne speech) 6
Game managers, education of (Shelford) 835-8
Habitat protection (Bawlf) 901
Habitat protection and coal exploration (Bawlf) 901 (Nicolson) 878-9, 899
Habitat protection, resource exploration (Bawlf) A. 912 (Stephens) Q. 912
Inventories of game resource (Bawlf) 864 (Stephens) 863
Predator control (Bawlf) 839
Resource-road construction and wildlife (Bawlf) 864 (Stephens) 863
Species management plans (Bawlf) 653, 659, 828 (Nicolson) 825
Wildlife management plan (Shelford) 133
Wildlife Act
New Act (Bawlf) 653, 916 (Kempf) 337 (Nicolson) Q. 335, 824
New Act, consultation on (Smith) 856
Offences under Act, complaint re (Gardom) 2095 (Stupich) 2093-4, 2096
Tenure, provision for under Act (Nicolson) 913, 914
Trapping, provision for under Act (Bawlf) 834
Mentioned: (Kempf) 337
Wildlife branch
Director for (Nicolson) 825
Funds, possible misappropriation of (Barber) 917 (Bawlf) A. 623, 829 (Lea) 918 (Nicolson) Q. 623, 827, 914, 916, 918
Game counts, possible falsification of (Barber) 917 (Bawlf) A. 623, 829 (Lea) 918 (Nicolson) Q. 623, 827, 914, 916, 918
Kempf, J.J., allegations against members of branch (Nicolson) Q. 623, Q. 624 (Bawlf) A. 623
McCarthy inquiry (Bawlf) 829 (Nicolson) 826-7, 879-80, 915
McCarthy inquiry, legal counsel for branch members (Bawlf) 829 (Nicolson) 826-7, 828
Mair, W.W., consulting study on branch (Bawlf) 828, 829 (Nicolson) 920 (Stephens) 863
Positions unfilled in branch (Bawlf) 829, 881 (Nicolson) 827, 879
Regional directors, role of (Bawlf) 829
Reorganization of (Bawlf) 829, 920-1 (Nicolson) 827
Staff, administrative positions (Bawlf) 864 (Stephens) 863
Staff, number of in field (Stephens) 863
Wildlife Week
Designation of (Loewen) 350
Wilkinson Road Jail
See: Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Williams, Ion. L. Allan, Minister of Labour (West Vancouver-Howe Sound)
Address in reply 121-2
Alcan pipeline, negotiations with federal government 849
Apprentices, regulations re and collective agreements 1559, 1562
Apprenticeship programme 1552, 1553, 1560
Apprenticeship programme, information on 1560
Apprenticeship programmes, women in 1570-1
Apprenticeship training, increase in living allowance 1553, 1571
Arbitrators 1554
Autopsies, circular to coroners re performance of, A. 2343
Beard wearers, policy on complaints to human rights branch, A. 456
B.C. Federation of Labour, meeting with, A. 2614
B.C. Hydro employees, right to bargain for pensions 2722-4
B.C. Railway, negotiations with federal government, A. 849
Builders' Lien Act (Bill 42) 1R, 2796
Construction industry, job projection for 1560
Contracts Enforcement Act (Bill 45) 1R, 2796
Elevator inspections, new installation approvals 1554
Elevators, private, inspection of 1554
Employee dismissals, appeals against 1562
Employee dismissals, protection from 1603
Evidence Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 44) 1R, 2796
Executive Council, estimates 1323-5
First Ministers' Conference 1324
H&C Trucking Ltd., penalization of 1602
Harmac, testing for harmful fumes 1603
Herring roe, testing of 1483
Higgins report, recommendations 2723, 2724
Human rights branch, boards of inquiry 1561
Human rights branch, role of 1560-1
Human Rights Commission, appointment of 1554-5, 1560
Human Rights Commission members, expense accounts, A. 1668
Human Rights Commission, 1977 report, A. 2764
Human Rights Commission, 1977 report, release of, A. 2549
Human Rights Commission, role of 1560
Human rights conference in B.C. 1555, 1560
Human rights, educational programmes 1555
Human rights in B.C., Gordon Fairweather s statement 1580
Human rights programme, appropriation for 1554
Indians, cut-off lands, compensation for 1590
Indians, cut-off lands, land as compensation for 1591
Indians, cut-off lands, negotiations on 1590, 1598-9
Indians, cut-off lands, return of 1590
Indians, land claims and confederation 1590
Indians, lands, taxes on 1591
Indians, taxes and social welfare services 1591-2
Industrial democracy 1566
Industrial relations, B.C. Research Council work in 1556
Industrial safety inspections 1554
Japanese, temporary work permits for, A. 1040, A. 1483-4
Job creation, projection for job needs 1560
Job creation, role of private sector in 1553
Job training, job creation, appropriation for 1552-3
Kay report 1600
Kitasoo Indian band, grant to, A. 1043-4
Klemtu Indian band, summer employment programme finding, A. 2669
Labour ministry, estimates 1552-5, 1559-61, 1562, 1563-4, 1570-1, 1571-2, 1572, 1580, 1584-5, 1587, 1590-2, 1598-1600, 1602, 1603, 1605
Labour ombudsman 1600
Labour Relations Board, small business representation on 1602
Labour standards, legislation on 1560
Labour standards programme 1553
Labour supply, increase in 1553
Labors, unorganized, and labour standards legislation 1600
Maternity protection 1570
Mediation services branch 1554
Midway rides, inspection of 1554
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1978) 2722-4, 2748, 2756, 2757, 2758
Nazko and Kluskus Indian bands and timber resources 1591
Nelson Medical Associate Clinic employees, union affiliation 1587
New Democratic Party, leadership of 1324
Occupational Training Council 1570
PREP, job funding and labour standards 1580
Pension plans, review of 2723, 2724
Public Construction Fair Wages Act, fair wage under Act, A. 2515
Public employees, bargaining for pensions 2723
Public service wage control, proposal for 1562
Reforestation, federal funds for, A. 2613
Repairers' Lien Act (Bill 43) 1R, 2796
Right-to-work issue 1572
Salmon roe, testing of 1483
Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, food inquiry (Motion 7) 522
Special Committee on Privilege, report 2801-2
Spetifore Frozen Foods Ltd. employees, relocation, retraining of, A. 519
Strike vote, supervision of by Labour Relations Board 1562
Summer employment programme, Cowichan area, A. 2730
Super-Valu Stores Ltd., female employees, A. 974
Teachers' salaries, arbitration boards, appointments to 2756, 2757
Teachers' salaries, arbitration boards, chairman's fees 1605
Teamster hearings, report on, A. 335, 1600
Unemployment, statistics on 121-2, 1553
Upholsterers, training of 1605
Wages, payment adjustments 1553-4
Wannebo, Leroy, autopsy, A. 2343
Women, affirmative action programme 1570, 1571-2
Women, number of in employment 121-2
Women, Public Service Commission committee 1570
Women, training programmes 122
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review, backlog 1555
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review, further appointments 1555
Workers' Compensation Board, boards of review hearings 1555
Workers' Compensation Board, employer advisory staff, appointment 1602
Workers' Compensation Board pensions, review of 1572
Youth employment, federal-provincial cooperative programme 1553
Youth Employment Programme 1553
Youth Employment Programme and unions, A. 1078, 1599-1600
Youth Employment Programme, eligibility of handicapped 1563
Youth Employment Programme, eligibility of Indian bands, A. 1043-4
Youth Employment Programme, number of students employed, A. 1481
Youth Employment Programme, post-program assessment 1599
Williams, Brian
Letter quoted (Da illy) 2287 (McClelland) 2711
Williams, David
Mentioned: (Levi) 733
Williams, Marlene
Mentioned: (Mair) 187
Williams, Percy
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1442
Williams, Robert Arthur
Land, cost of (McCarthy) 1315 (Waterland) 1320
Letter quoted (Bennett) 978, 979, 983-4
Mentioned: (Barber) 996, 997 (Barrett) 42, 982, 983, 985, 988 (Bennett) 851, 963, 966, 975, 980, 1083, 1211 (Chabot) 2642 (Dailly) 2402 (Fraser) 406 (Kohl) 643 (Kempf) 2369 (King) 2314 (Levi) 1528 (Phillips) 1253, 1255 (Skelly) 1532 (Waterland) 2373, 2392, 2402, 2443, 2444, 2447, 2449
Williams Lake Forest District
Acreage logged and planted, 1977 (Shelford) Q. 2806 (Waterland) A. 2806
Williams Lake Tribune Williams Lake, B.C.
Quoted, mentioned (Nicolson) 915, 921
Williams Office Equipment Ltd.
Mentioned: (Mair) 187
Willingdon School for Girls, Burnaby, B.C.
Closing of (Levi) 1623
Williston, Raymond G.
Quoted (Barrett) 986
Salary, fees, bonuses, share holdings (Bennett) A. 519, 1084 (King) Q. 90, Q. 90-1, Q. 455, 1082
Mentioned: (Barrett) 985, 987, 988, 1019 (Bennett) 1104 (D’Arcy) 423 (King) 209 (Levi) 152, 2414 (Lloyd) 2428 (Macdonald) 529 (Nicolson) 532 (Skelly) 1551
Williston Lake, B.C.
Boat launching ramp (Bawlf) 860 (Smith) 857
Wilson, Alan
Quoted (Bennett) 1208
Wilson, Eloise
Case (Lauk) 2086-7
Wilson, Mark
Quoted (Wallace) 2434
Wind power
Development of (Mussallem) 1728
Denmark, wind-power project (Skelly) 180
Power source, Queen Charlotte Islands (Skelly) 177
Wine and wine making
Carbonated wine bottles, return of to liquor stores (Gibson) Q. 185 (Mair) A. 185
Wine industry, expansion of (Hewitt) 2127
Wine, sale of directly from wineries (Macdonald) Q. 2246 (Mair) A. 2246
Winterton, Donald
Letter quoted (Levi) 2282
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1657
Wives' and Children's Maintenance Act
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2674
Wolfe, Hon. Evan M., Minister of Finance (Vancouver-Little Mountain)
ARDA, subsidiary agreement 258
Adult education, finds for 261
Afton Mines Ltd., copper smelter operation payment 259
Agricultural programme, appropriation for 257, 258
Airport facilities, upgrading of, appropriation for 257, 262
Alberta treasury branch, banking operation 801
Alexander, D.R., previous employment 801
Alexander, D.R., selection of 801
Alouette River Corrections Centre, new buildings 462
Anti-Inflation Board, phasing out of 251
Assessment Authority of B.C., computer services for 735
Assessments, change in 691
Audio-visual equipment, repair and loan service 691
Auditor-general, appointment of 263
Automobiles, government, policy on 263
Banking practices, review of 691
Bankruptcy, increase in 763-4
Banks, chartered, lending practices 262
Beef income assurance programme cheques, delay in, A. 273
Bonner, Robert, expenses to attend Trilateral Commission A. 852
Bonner, Robert, salary, bonuses, fringe benefits, A. 852
Brazier, Charles, directorships held 794, 805
B.C. Buildings Corp., borrowing by 264
B.C. Buildings Corp., capital investment funds, need for 264
B.C. Buildings Corp., payment of municipal taxes 1389, 1438, 1439
B.C. Buildings Corp., rental charges, formula for 812-3, 813, 814
B.C. Central Credit Union, task force report 1278
B.C. Development Corp., assistance to small business 258
B.C. Development Corp. funds, source, use of 264
B.C. Development Corp., share purchase in 257, 1367-8
B.C. Hydro, accountability of 1755-6
B.C. Hydro, accountability of, public meetings 1756
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 4) 1R, 266; 1713-4, 1746-7, 1754-6, 1796, 1797, 1798-9, 1800
B.C. Hydro board, appointments to 803
B.C. Hydro bonds due for refunding 1714
B.C. Hydro borrowing, approval of 1713, 1714, 1746-7
B.C. Hydro borrowing authority, amount unused 1713
B.C. Hydro borrowing, bill for, referral to B.C. Energy Commission 1746
B.C. Hydro borrowing, comparisons with Ontario, Quebec 1746
B.C. Hydro borrowing, increase in authorization for 1713
B.C. Hydro borrowing, interest rate on 1800
B.C. Hydro borrowing, reduction in amount requested 1713, 1746
B.C. Hydro borrowing, source of funds 264, 1800
B.C. Hydro borrowing, use of, list of projects 1713
B.C. Hydro, capital requirements 264
B.C. Hydro, dam construction 260
B.C. Hydro dams, environmental impact of 1747
B.C. Hydro debt, cost of and value of dollar 1800
B.C. Hydro debt, debt-to-earning ratio 1747
B.C. Hydro debt, increase in 1796, 1797
B.C. Hydro, directorship in, possible conflict-of-interest 1796
B.C. Hydro employees, communications with press, A. 752
B.C. Hydro employees, right to bargain for pensions 2666, 2719
B.C. Hydro funds, provincial trusteed funds 264
B.C. Hydro, Hat Creek generating plant 1713
B.C. Hydro power, sale of 741
B.C. Hydro projects, funding of intervening groups 1798-9
B.C. Hydro projects, local taxes on 805
B.C. Hydro, Province questions re, referral to Committee on Crown Corporations 700, 702, 704, 709-10
B.C. Hydro, public relations and adverse publicity 716
B.C. Hydro, rates, review of by outside authority 1747
B.C. Hydro, research programmes 1799
B.C. Hydro, revenue recovery from for highway relocation costs 737
B.C. Hydro rights-of-way, spraying of, A. 1794, A. 2019-20
B.C. Hydro, sales tax on April bills 583
B.C. Hydro, taxation, grants, water rentals, cost of 1799
B.C. Hydro, transit deficit 803
B.C. Hydro, transit subsidy 742
B.C. Hydro, Vancouver Island transmission line, management committee on 783
B.C. Petroleum Corp., revenue to date, A. 1892
B.C. Railway borrowing, Canada Pension Plan funds 264
B.C. Railway, construction funds, 1978-79 requirements 264
B.C. Railway employees, right to bargain for pensions 2752-3, 2753
B.C. Railway, federal grant to 264
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. and municipal taxes 1439
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, fee for valuation of 745, 746, 764-5, 765
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, ownership and sale of 774
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, transfer of 264, 743
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, valuation of 743, 745, 746, 747, 764
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., government holdings in 747, 748
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., ministerial responsibility for, A. 754, 765
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., petroleum, natural gas rights 743
B.C. Resources Investment Corp., prospectus 746, 764
B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, underwriting of 764
B.C. Systems Corp., advance to 731
B.C. Systems Corp. board, appointment to 731
B.C. Systems Corp., computer replacement, bidding on, A. 2547
B.C. Systems Corp., computer replacement, soft orders for, A. 2548
B.C. Systems Corp., consultation with private sector 731
B.C. Systems Corp., expenditures 730, 734
B.C. Systems Corp., impact on private sector 731
B.C. Systems Corp., rates 730-1
B.C. Systems Corp., reserve on IBM computer, A. 2574-8
B.C. Systems Corp., staff 690
B.C. Systems Corp. staff, rates of pay 731
B.C. Teachers' Pension Fund, appropriation for 263, 803
B.C. Teachers' Pension Fund, Wood Gundy Ltd. study 263
Budget debate 249-66, 470-2, 679-81
Budget, need for balanced budget 252
Business machines repair division 691
Canada-British Columbia Industrial Development Subsidiary Agreement 258
Canada Pension Plan funds, use by Crown corporations 263-4
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd. assets, transfer of 264, 743, 743-4
Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd. shares, value of 765
Canfor Ltd., court case 1432, 1434
Capital investments, increase in 255
Captain Cook Bicentennial celebration, grant to 260
Castlegar to Salmo Highway 258
Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 9) 1R, 267; 1387
Cigarette tax, increase in 265
Coal policy 259
Coal production, market outlook 255
Coal royalty 680-1
Coal royalty, revenue 737
Colleges and provincial institutes, appropriation for 261
Coloured Gasoline Tax Act, tax collections under Act 2509
Columbia River Treaty, loss 1754-5
Companies, new companies 764
Company assets, current appraisal value for 1382
Comptroller-general staff, increase in 263, 690, 807
Comptroller-general, work of 690
Consumer Affairs and Corporate Services ministry, appropriation 262
Consumer price index, Vancouver 249, 255
Consumer taxation branch, audit inspection procedures 691
Co-ordinated Law Enforcement Unit, appropriation for 262
Copper, price of 255
Corporation borrowings, capital tax on 265, 1381
Corporation Capital Tax Act, amendments to 680
Corporation Capital Tax Act, repeal of 1383
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 7) 1R, 266; 1381-2, 1383, 1431-2, 1433, 1434
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, retroactivity of 1431, 1433
Corporation capital tax, increase in exemption 975, 1381
Corporation capital tax, notch provision for 1381-2
Corporation capital tax, revenue loss 1383, 1431, 1434
Correctional institution costs, increase in 262
Cost-control measures, introduction of 471
Cost increases under present government 471, 680
Cost of living, reduction in 1384, 1386
Council of Public Sector Employers 251, 252-3
Courts, cost of 262
Crown corporation positions, termination of 766
Crown corporations, borrowing by 264
Crown corporations capital budgets, five year forecasts 264
Crown corporations, financing of 263-4
Crown corporations, payment of municipal taxes 1439
Crown corporations, policy on questions re 702
Debt comparisons, provincial budgets 691
Debt load, projection of without tax increases 471, 680
Debt, servicing costs 691-2
Debt, $261 million, repayment of 787, 809, 811
Deficit financing 252
Deficit under previous government 1279
Diabetics' supplies, Pharmacare coverage for 797
Diabetics' supplies, sales tax on 797, 798
Duncan Dam, clearing of 260
Economic development programmes, federal contribution to 738
Education, continuing education 261
Education ministry, appropriation 260-1
Elderly, housing programme, appropriation for 257, 261, 1368
Electric power, projected demand for 1713, 1746
Emergency programme, federal payment for 803
Executive council, estimates 1278-9
Expenditures and growth rate of province 252
Expenditures, control of 251-2
Expenditures, estimate of 680
Expenditures, increase in 255-6
Expenditures, 1977-78 expenditures 254
Exports, competitiveness of B.C. products 251
Farm equipment, removal o£ sales tax on 256, 264
Farmland, assessment of 786
Federal agreements negotiated 1279
Federal deficits 253
Federal government, relations with 1279
Federal payments 738
Federal-provincial programmes, shared funding of 717, 737-8, 738
Ferries, sale and lease-back of 801, 1376
Ferries, sale and lease-back, benefit to province 1079
Ferries, sale and lease-back, commission on 801, 1041-2, A. 1042, A. 1078-9
Ferries, sale and lease-back, present owners, A. 1078-9
Ferries, sale and lease-back, rental rate 1042
Finance ministry, building occupancy charges 812
Finance ministry, estimates 689-92, 700-1, 704, 709-10, 717, 730-1, 734, 735, 736, 737-8, 738-9, 739, 740-1, 741, 742, 743, 743-4, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748 763-5, 765, 766, 774-5, 775, 778, 782, 783, 784, 786, 787, 797, 798, 801, 803, 804, 805, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 812-3, 814
Finance ministry, salary contingencies 811
Finance ministry staff, reduction in 689
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 11) 1R, 2400; 2509-10
Financial Control Act, amendment to 2509
First Minister's Conference, B.C. submission to 251, 692
Fishermen's survival suits, sales tax on 256, 264
Food promotion programme 258
Forest Act, proposed new Act 259
Forest land, assessment of 784
Forestry camps 262
Gasoline and oil tax Acts, conversion to metric equivalents 2509
Government Agency Review, printing of by Merritt Herald, A. 1795
Government agents, reorganization of 690
Government agents, staff for 808
Government agents, work of 690
Government Employees Relations Bureau, agreements negotiated 690
Government Employees Relations Bureau staff, increase in 690
Government properties, municipal taxes on 250, 262, 681, 1388-9, 1438
Government properties, regional district tax on 1389
Government regulations, red tape 252, 256, 257
Handicapped, LIFE programme, appropriation for 261
Handicapped, workshop guild, appropriation for 261
Health services, community 250
Heroin addiction treatment and Alcohol and Drug Commission staff 735
Heroin addiction treatment programme 260
Higgins report, recommendations 2666, 2719
Highway 16, construction 258
Highway 19, Sayward to Port McNeill 258
Highway 23, Revelstoke to Mica Creek, relocation of 260
Highway 37, construction 258
Highway 97, construction 258
Highways programme, appropriation for 257, 1368
Home acquisition, assistance to first-time buyers 250, 261
Homeowner grant for elderly, handicapped 250, 261
Honeywell Ltd. computer, use of 734
Horse breeders, increased incentives to 1377
Horse breeding incentive fund, administration of 1377
Horse breeding incentive fund, size of 1381
Horse racing, brief to government on 1380-1
Horse racing, take-out 1381
Horses, stock improvement 264
Hospital construction, five-year programme for 260, 740-1, 741, 742
Hospital construction, funds for 264
Hospital, Helmcken Road, Victoria, construction 260
Housing, federal-provincial programmes 261
Housing fund 261
Income distribution schemes, calculation of administrative costs, A. 2762
Income tax amendments 2509-10
Income tax branch employees, relocation of 690
Income tax exemption level, increase in 265
Income tax, indexing of 265
Income tax points transfer 254
Income tax revenue, return to B.C. 739
Independent schools, grant to 250, 261
Industrial property, assessment of, A. 2670
Inflation 251
Insulation material, sales tax on 782
Investment officer 691
Investments, interest on 737
Job creation, appropriation for 257, 681
Job creation incentives 1367, 1376
Job creation, new jobs 255
Job creation, role of private sector in 253, 256
Job creation under Revenue Surplus Act, report on 1428
Joint Committee on Housing, MLAs' expenses, repayment of, A. 2019
Kootenay Forest Products Ltd. assets, transfer of 264, 743
Legal aid, federal contribution to 763
Legal Services Commission, appropriation for 262
Liard highway, construction of 258
Libraries, community, increased grants to 250, 262
Liquor licence fees, increase in 265
Liquor losses, Vancouver, audit team investigation of, A. 1898
Liquor sales, sales tax on 265
Liquor tax, increase in 265
Long-term care programme 250
Long-term care programme, appropriation for 255, 260
Lumber shipments 254
Manufacturing, investment in 255
Medical insurance premium assistance, low income group 250, 260
Mental health services, community 260
Mica Dam, generating unit, transmission lines 1713
Mineral lard tax 739
Mineral royalties 764
Mining development programme 257, 259
Mining industry, future of 255, 259
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1978) 2666-7, 2719, 2752-3, 2753
Molybdenum, production outlook for 255
Municipalities Aid Amendment Act, 1978, 1R, 267; 1388-9, 1438, 1439
Municipalities, revenue sharing programme 250, 262, 281
Natural gas exploration, increase in 259
Natural gas production 255
Newsprint, future of 255
Office furniture 691
Overruns 471
Pacific Rim National Park, federal funds for 803
Pari-Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 6) 1R, 266; 1376-7, 1380-1
Pari-mutuel betting, tax rate 264-5
Peace River, site 1 dam 1713
Pension funds, contributions to 263
Pension plans, review of 2719
Penticton industrial property, tax increase on, A. 2548
Peter Pollen Ford Sales Ltd., sale of government vehicles to, A. 1892
Petroleum exploration, increase in 259
Pharmacare, appropriation for 261
Plateau Mills Ltd. assets, transfer of 264, 743
Port Hardy ferry terminal, access Highway 258
Prices review and monitoring board, establishment of, A. 1897
Propane, sales tax on sales to public welfare organizations 782, 783
Property tax burden, commercial property, A. 1794
Property tare, industrial property, A. 2670
Property taxes, increase in and revenue sharing, A. 2018
Public service positions, classification as permanent 263
Public service positions, reduction in 263, 690
Public service positions terminated, number of 766
Public Service Superannuation Fund, appropriation for 263, 803
Public service, wage settlements 252-3
Pulp, market for 255
Purchasing Commission 690-1
Quarterly financial reporting 263
Recreation facilities programme, appropriation for 257, 262
Reforestation programme, appropriation for 257, 259, 1368, 1376
Research secretariat 260
Reservoir waterway improvement programme 260
Resources revenue 764
Revelstoke Dam reservoir area, clearing of 260
Revenue, estimate of 256
Revenue surplus, 1976-77 fiscal year 1367
Revenue Surplus of 1976-77 Appropriation Act, 1978 (Bill 5) 1R, 266; 1367-8, 1376, 1428
Revenue surplus, source of 1376
Royal Canadian Mounted Police costs 262
Rural water treatment programme, appropriation for 257, 262
Sales tax collections as trust funds 1384
Sales tax on promotional materials 1384, 1434, 1437
Sales tax reduction 265, 679, 680
Sales tax reduction, federal agreement on, date of, A. 272
Sales tax reduction, federal contribution to 1384, 1386-7
Sales tax reduction, federal discussions on, date of, A. 272
Sales tax reduction, revenue loss 265
Sales tax reduction, savings to B.C. families 265, 1384
Sales tax revenue, first quarter of 1978, A. 272
Salmonid enhancement programme 259
Salmonid enhancement programme, federal payments for 803
Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C., task force report on 804
School construction, funds for 264
School tax levy, increase in 763
School tax rate, basic levy 261
School system, appropriation for 261
Seven Mile Dam 1713
Seven Mile Dam, use of American lumber in, A. 5 82
Shellfish fisheries, expansion of 257
Shelter Aid For Elderly Renters programme 250
Shelter Aid For Elderly Renters programme, appropriation for 261
Small business, assistance to 251, 764
Small business, capital tax exemption limit, increase in 256, 264
Small business, definition of under Social Services Tax Act 1384
Small business, importance of 256
Small business, sales tax on production machinery 256, 264, 1384, 1387
Small business, training programme for 256-7
Social programmes 250
Social Services Tax Act, penalty under Act 1385
Social Services Tax Act, retroactivity clause 1436
Social Services Tax Amendment Act, 1978 (Bill 8) 1R, 267; 1384-5, 1386-7, 1434, 1435, 1436, 1437
Solar heating equipment, sales tax on 782, 783
Strikes, Lockouts, 1976, 1977, man-days lost 255
Succession duties, abolition of 680
Succession duties, abolition of and capital investment, A. 155
Summer works programme, appropriation for 257
Supply Act No. 1, 1978 (Bill 3) 1R, 268; 269
Supply Act, No. 2, 1978 (Bill 28) 1R, 2803
Surrey school board, release of information on provincial contribution, A. 2670
Tariff policy 252
Tax legislation, retroactive legislation 1431
Taxation administration branch staff, decrease in 807
Telephone bills, sales tax on April bill, A. 583
Tobacco tax level, comparisons with other provinces 1387
Tobacco taxation, increase in 265
Tourist trade, 1977, revenue generated 260
Transit authority 803
Transit, urban transit 262
Transportation and highways, federal funds for 738
Travel agents, registration of 262
Travel industry, appropriation for 259
Treasury Board, anti-inflation programme 812
Treasury Board, MEG plan 812
Treasury Board staff, increase in 263
Treasury Board, work of 690
Unemployment 250-1, 253, 255, 1367
Universities, appropriation for 261
University construction funds, 1978-79 requirements 264
Used car dealers, licensing of 262
Vancouver General Hospital, expansion of 260
Vancouver Resources Board employees, transfer of 689-90
Wage and price controls, monitoring of 251
Wages, average weekly earnings 255
Weed, insect control 258
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. shares, transfer of 264, 743
Wolfe-Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Ltd.
Mentioned: (King) 1723
Wolves
Caribou, predation of (Shelford) 836-8
Control of (Bawlf) 839, 841, 861, 864 (Dailly) 858 (King) 840 (Lloyd) 889 (Nicolson) 899-900 (Shelford) 893 (Skelly) 865, 924
Control of, use of lithium chloride (Bawlf) 928 (Dailly) 858 (Skelly) 865, 924
Number of (King) 839
Women
B.C. Liberal Women's Commission T-shirt (Gibson) 1448 (McCarthy) 1449
Increased benefits to (Vander Zalm) 115-6
Status of, designation of responsibility for (Gibson) 93
Transition-house programme (Vander Zalm) 115
Women in single-industry towns (Brown) 605 (Sanford) 120
See also: Wife beating
Women — Employment
Affirmative action programmes (Brown) 1570, 1571 (Williams) 1570, 1571-2
Discrimination against women (Sanford) 1556
Increase in number of employed women (Phillips) 49
Liquor stores, employment in (King) 123
Occupational Training Council (Williams) 1570
Opportunities for (Brown) 1566 (McGeer) 246
Prison training programmes (Brown) 1571
Programmes (Jordan) 117 (King) 126
Public Service Commission committee on equal opportunities (Brown) 1412-3 (McCarthy) 1413 (Williams) 1570
Public service, opportunities in (Brown) 1412-3
Publications, provincial, federal governments (Brown) 1567
Stereotyped employment (Brown) 1570
Tourist industry, employment in (McCarthy) 130
Training and retraining of older women (Jordan) 117-8
Training programmes (Williams) 122
Union organization of women (Brown) 1569
University professors, discriminatory salaries (Sanford) 119
Women in the trades (Wallace) 110-1
Warren in the work force (Wallace) 110
See also entries under Unemployment
Women Alive
Mentioned: (Brown) 1408
Women prisoners
See entries under Prisons
Women's Correctional Institute, Oakalla, B.C.
Advisory committee (Brown) 2072
Attorney-General ministry, line of authority to (Gardom) 2069
Conditions in prison (Brown) 2066 (Kerster) 638
Educational facilities, programmes (Brown) 2071 (Gardom) 2073
Indian inmates (Brown) 2065-6 (Gardom) 2069
Male guards, employment of (Brown) 2070-1 (Gardom) 2073
Recreational facilities (Brown) 2072
Solitary confinement, use of (Brown) 2070 (Gardom) 2073
Work-release programme (Brown) 2067
Women's Health Collective, Vancouver, B.C.
Funding of (Brown) 1813 (McClelland) 1813
Salaries (Brown) 109
Work of (Brown) 109
Women's Place, Campbell River, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 1166
Wonder Wine
Problem (Mair) 1921
Wong, Adrian
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2039, 2045
Wong, Howard
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1834
Wood, John
Mentioned: (Barrett) 32 (Bennett) 1333 (Gardom) 32
Wood, R.S.
Mentioned: (Phillips) 2806
Wood, Robert
Mentioned: (Lloyd) 2429
Wood chips
See: Wood pulp industry
Wood Gundy Ltd.
B.C. Teachers' Pension Fund study (Wolfe) 263
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 1042
Wood pulp industry
Chip-exporting dock facility (Stupich) 285
Chips, export of (King) 1519 (Lauk) 2377 (Lloyd) 1534
Chips, surplus of (Waterland) 1516
Chips, use for power generation (Skelly) 1719
Fiberco, establishment of (Lloyd) 1534 (Waterland) 1516
Market for (Waterland) 1516 (Wolfe) 255
Outlook for (Gibson) 293
Pulp lease CZ3 (Gibson) 2780 (Waterland) 2780
Pulp mill, construction of (Vander Zalm) 338
Pulp mill, Cowichan Bay (Phillips) 462 (Wallace) 320-2
Pulp mill, Doman Industries Ltd. (King) 1519
Pulp mill, Japanese investment in (Barrett) 35 (Lockstead) Q. 369 (Waterland) A. 369, 375
Pulp mills, adequacy of for chip supply (Lauk) 2374
Pulp mills, Prince George area (Lloyd) 2428
Pulp, price of (Waterland) 1516
Pulp production, expansion of (King) 1519 (Waterland) 1516
Pulpwood harvesting agreements, continuation of (Waterland) 2311
Research and development, expenditures on (Gibson) 293
Wood chip facility (Phillips) 462
Wood waste
Energy source (Cocks) Q. 1267 (Bennett) A. 1267 (Gibson) 66 (Skelly) 179
Woodlands School, New Westminster, B.C.
Autism, facilities for (Vander Zalm) 1276, 1609
Community programme (Brown) 1615
Facilities (Vander Zalm) 342
Residents, removal of (Levi) 1619
Mentioned: (Sanford) 1659, 1660 (Vander Zalm) 1609-10, 1660
Woods, Gordon, and Co.
Mentioned: (Levi) 799
Woodward, Charles N.
Directorships, memberships (Barber) 1000
Mentioned: (Stupich) 580
Woodward Stores Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000 (Stupich) 283, 580
Woollard, Robert F.
Quoted (Lockstead) 1474
Wootton, R.A.
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1981
Work
Work ethic (Loewen) 351
Work experience
See: Apprentices
Work force
See: Labour supply
Work Point, Victoria, B.C.
See entries under Victoria, B.C.
Workers' Compensation Act
Penalty under section 36 (2) (Stephens) 1601-2
Quoted (Stephens) 1601
Mentioned: (Brown) 1568 (King) 1985 (Sanford) 1572 (Stephens) 1981 (Williams) 1554 (Wolfs) 2667
Workers' Compensation Board
Alcan employee, benzine exposure (Brown) 1602-3
Boards of review, appointments to (Stupich) 281 (Williams) 1555
Boards of review, backlog of cases (Sanford) Q. 92, 1562-3 (Wallace) 1595 (Williams) 1555
Boards of review, number of hearings (Williams) 1555
Crofton pulp mill employee, lung damage case (Wallace) 1595-6
Employees' right to bargain for pensions (King) 2757-8
Employer advisory staff, appointment to (Williams) 1602
Hearing aid dealers, subsidy to (McClelland) 1770
Pensions, applications for review of (Sanford) 1572 (Williams) 1572
Pensions, deduction from social assistance, GAIN payments (Brown) 1627-8
Mentioned: (Brown) 2186 (D’Arcy) 421, 1763 (Gibson) 2725 (King) 1550, 1853, 1985 (McGeer) 1930, 1976 (Sanford) 2665, 2718, 2750 (Skelly) 1842 (Stephens) 499 (Williams) 2722
Working conditions
See entries under Labour and labouring classes
Working-day
See: Hours of labour
World Council of Churches
Mentioned: (King) 2758
World Health Organization
Mentioned: (Brown) 1771
Wosk, Ben
Award to (Rogers) 201
Mentioned: (Brown) 1251
Wrixon, M.P.B.
Mentioned: (Mair) 845
Wrongful Dismissal Act
(Bill M 218) (Brown) 1R, 2340
Wyse, Lucy
Position (Nicolson) Q. 156 (Bawlf) A. 156
Salary (King) 1081