Province of British Columbia
31st Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 22, 1979 to April 3, 1979

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BCR

See: British Columbia Railway

BNA Act

See: British North America Act

Bank of British Columbia

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 218

Bank of Montreal

Mentioned: (Levi) 121, 122

Bank of Nova Scotia

Mentioned: (Levi) 122

Bankruptcy

Business failures (Levi) 51

Competitiveness and bankruptcy (Bennett) 231

Increase in (Levi) 51 (Nielsen) 153 (Stupich) 160, 305

Banks and banking

Crime, involvement in (Levi) 121-2

Barber, Charles (Victoria)

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. share distribution, use of B.C. Systems Corp., Q. 63

Supply Act No. 1 (1979) 299

Barnes, Emery Oakland (Vancouver Centre)

Address in reply 205-7

Bill of rights statute 205-6

B.C. Buildings Corp., auxiliary employees 206-7

Expropriation statute 206

Legislature, opening day ceremony 205

Year of the Child and the Family 206

Barrett, David (Vancouver East)

Address in reply 30-44

Alaska, invitation to 44 (Calder) 200 (Stupich) 303

B.C. Railway, accounting methods 34

B.C. Railway, Alaska extension 38-44

B.C. Railway, Alcan pipeline project, role in 39-40

B.C. Railway, Dease Lake extension 38

B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson line 36-7

B.C. Railway losses, special warrant for 37

B.C. Railway, Lower Post extension 39, 40

B.C. Railway, mineral traffic 40-1

B.C. Railway, political interference in 35-8

B.C. Railway, Reed and Associates, report 39-42

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, commission on distribution 31-2

Companies, B.C., sale of, Q. 175-6

Foreign Investment Review Agency policy, opposition to, Q. 175

Foreign takeovers, Q. 176

MEL Paving Ltd., suit 34

Natural gas, export price 32-4

Nuclear fusion centre in province 32

Ottawa, trips to (Macdonald) 223 (Mair) 187

Railwest Manufacturing Co., closure 35-6

Royal Commission on B.C. Railway, appointment of 34

Royal Commission on B. C. Railway, recommendations 34-8

Tribute to (King) 133-4

Trips (Bennett) 230

Washington, D.C., visit to 43

Basford, Ronald

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 182

Bastion Theatre, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 224

Bawlf, Hon. Robert Samuel, Minister of Deregulation (Victoria)

Address in reply 96-100

Companies, extra-provincial, registration of 98

Companies, new, incorporations 98

Crystal Gardens, restoration of 100

Deregulation ministry, work of 100

Duke Point industrial site 99

Expenditures under former government 96-7

Forest industries, capital investments 98

Forest industries revenue 98

Government property, tax payment on 100

Gross provincial product, reduction in 97-8

Highway 19, completion of 99

Labour-management relations 98

Legislative program 100

Natural gas, export price 98

Ogden Point warehouse, reconstruction of 99

Provincial Capital Commission, work of 100

Regulations, red tape, reduction in 100

Revenue, estimates of under former government 97

Special warrants, use of 298

Supply Act No. 1 (1979) 292-3, 298-9

Tourism, increase in 99

Victoria convention centre 100

Victoria, property taxes 99-100

Work Point Barracks, use as industrial park 99

Bawtree, Leonard (Shuswap)

Address in reply 105-9

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, value of 107

Chase community health centre 109

Denticare program 107

Economy of province 109

Enderby Hospital, expansion of 108

Food prices, labour component 106

Food retailers, profits 106

Forest improvement program 108

Forest industries, capital investment 108

Intermediate-care facility, Salmon Arm 108

Legislative program 107

Mining industry under present government 108, 109

Poultry processing plant in Interior 108

Revelstoke Dam construction, local impact o£ 108

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture; accountability 105-6

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, computer costs 106

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, consultants, equipment 106

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, members 106

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, terms of reference 106

Social Credit Party, philosophy of 107

Tourism, Shuswap, Revelstoke areas 108

Beale’s Letter

Quoted (King) 132 (Stupich) 159

Beauchesne, Arthur

Parliamentary Rules and Forms of the House of Commons mentioned (Speaker and Deputy Speaker 177, 240, 241, 289, 290

Parliamentary Rules and Forms of the House of Commons quoted (Cocke) 296 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 28

Bell-Irving, Henry P.

See: Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Henry P. Bell-Irving

Bell-Northern Research Ltd.

Mentioned: (McGeer) 88

Bembe, Mike

Mentioned: (Barnes) 206

Benitz, Max E.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 43

Bennett, William Andrew Cecil

Death of (Throne speech) 1

Tribute to (Barrett) 31 (Calder) 196-7 (Dailly) 166 (D’Arcy) 216 (Hewitt) 122 (Jordan) 11 (Kahl) 201 (King) 128 (Macdonald) 222 (Rogers) 163 (Stephens) 74 (Strongman) 134 (Stupich) 156 (Throne speech) 1 (Veitch) 146

Mentioned: (Barrett) 36, 38 (Calder) 197, 200 (Cocke) 277, 278 (Macdonald) 227 (Stupich) 159, 303, 309, 314

Bennett, Hon. William Richards, Premier (South Okanagan)

Address in reply 228-37

Bankruptcy, competitiveness of businesses 231

Barrett, David, trips 230

Bill of rights statute 228-9

B.C. Railway, Alaska extension 230

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 12) 1R, 273

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act, 1979, second reading 299-300

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., share distribution 233

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, sale of 233

B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. shares, voting rights, A. 177-8

Businesses, purchases, takeovers by government 229-30

Coal, taxation of 234

Companies, B.C., sale of, A. 175-6

Companies, foreign takeovers, A. 176

Companies, new, incorporations 231

Companies to be taken over by NDP 233-4

Expropriation statute 229

Foreign Investment Review Agency policy, A. 175

Forest industries, capital investment 232

Independent schools, aid to 236

Job creation 232-3

Job training, young people 235

Labour-management relations 233

Legislature, calling of session 279

Lions Gate Hospital, funds for, A. 176

Natural gas, drilling rigs in operation 234

Natural gas, export contract 234

Natural gas export, 1954 contract 232

Natural gas, export price 231-2, 234

Natural resources revenue, increase in 232, 235-6

Panco Poultry Ltd., sale of, A. 241

Pharmacare, universal coverage 236

Social Credit Party, philosophy 228, 229

Social welfare programs 229, 235, 236

Strikes and lockouts, man-days lost 233

Supply Act No. 1 (1979) 270-1, 278-82

Toyota plant for B.C. 230

Trade missions, markets and employment 235

Tribute to (Phillips) 323

Trudeau, Pierre E., support for in federal election, A. 239

Unemployment 235

Biickert, J.A.

Mentioned: (King) 28

Bills, Legislative

*2. Supply Act No. 1, 1979

* Denotes Act receiving royal assent

Black, Wesley D.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 141

Blakeney, Alan

Mentioned: (Mair) 188 (Stephens) 81

Bonner, Robert

Resignation of (Stupich) Q. 239 (Hewitt) A. 239

Brameda Resources Ltd.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 96 (Stupich) 306

Branca, Angelo

Allegations against (Gardom) 180

Investigation into conduct of (Macdonald) Q. 119

Brewin, John

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 54

British Columbia

Multiculturalism policy (Strongman) 136

British Columbia — Economic conditions

Capital investments under former government (Macdonald) 68

Construction industry as economic indicator (Nicolson) 145-6

Economic development, federal agreements for (Haddad) 140

Economy of province (Bawtree) 109 (Calder) 198 (Dailly) 166-7 (Hewitt) 122-3 (Jordan) 17-8 (Kerster) 21 (King) 57 (McGeer) 64-6 (Nicolson) 145-6 (Phillips) 318-9 (Sanford) 45-7 (Stephens) 58-9 (Throne speech) 3 (Vander Zalm) 184 (Waterland) 213 (Wolfe) 243-5, 246-7, 248-9

British Columbia — Industries

Cost competitiveness (Wolfe) 248-9

Foreign control (Lauk) 95-6 (Levi) 52

Industrial development (Jordan) 18

Industrial Development Subsidiary Agreement (Wolfe) 254

Industries under former government (Stupich) 159-60

Planning and government policies (D’Arcy) 221

Transportation costs (Strongman) 137

British Columbia — Population

Emigration from province (D’Arcy) 219

Immigration to province (Phillips) 321-2

British Columbia, Northern

Cost of living (Stupich) 315

British Columbia Association of Professional Foresters

Mentioned: (King) 130

British Columbia Broiler Marketing Board

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 128

British Columbia Buildings Corp.

Auxiliary employees, employment terminated (Barnes) 206-7

Borrowing by (Wolfe) 257

Inclusion under Committee on Crown Corporations (Levi) 112

Mentioned: (Phillips) 318 (Stupich) 306 (Wolfe) 246

British Columbia Cancer Institute, Vancouver, B. C.

Mentioned: (Jordan) 15

British Columbia Development Corp.

Job creation (Stupich) 156

Loan program (Throne speech) 4

Share purchases, appropriation for (Stupich) 310 (Wolfe) 253

Mentioned: (Kahl) 204 (Phillips) 318 (Strongman) 137 (Stupich) 309 (Wallace) 102, 103 (Wolfe) 254

British Columbia Discovery Trust Fund

Appropriation (Wolfe) 253, 255

British Columbia Educational Institutions Capital Financing Authority

University and community college construction (Wolfe) 257

British Columbia Energy Commission

Energy needs, forecasting of (Hewitt) 126

British Columbia Federation of Labour

Influencing of (Mair) 186

Mentioned: (Bennett) 280 (Calder) 199 (Hewitt) 285 (Phillips) 323 (Vander Zalm) 171, 183

British Columbia Ferry Corp.

Employees laid off (Stupich) 301-2

Fares, increase in (Stupich) 158

Ferry construction, modernization (Throne speech) 4 (Wolfe) 254

Mentioned: (Bawlf) 99 (Stupich) 306

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

Profits (Stupich) .305

Mentioned: (Waterland) 213

British Columbia Home and School Association

Mentioned: (Lauk) 90

British Columbia Housing Corp.

Sale of (Macdonald) 227, 228

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Borrowing limit, increase in (Wolfe) 257

Energy needs, forecasting of (Hewitt) 126

Funds, source of (Wolfe) 257

Stewart, extension of power grid to (Calder) 199

Transit operations, transfer of (Jordan) 12 (Wolfe) 257

Mentioned: (Calder) 198 (D’Arcy) 218 (Hewitt) 54 (Macdonald) 71 (Stupich) 158

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act, 1979

(Bill 11) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 264

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, B.C.

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 255

British Columbia Insurance Corp.

See: Insurance Corp. of B.C.

British Columbia Medical Association

Mentioned: (Cocke) 297

British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd.

Mentioned: (Calder) 199

British Columbia Petroleum Corp.

Establishment of (Stupich) 158, 315

Revenue (Stupich) 315

Mentioned: (Bennett) 234 (D’Arcy) 219 (Hewitt) 124 (Macdonald) 71 (Stupich) 158, 311

British Columbia Police Commission

Mentioned: (Gardom) 179

British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, B. C.

Closure during spring break (Dailly) Q. 29

British Columbia Railway

Accounting methods (Barrett) 34

Alaska, extension to (Barrett) 38-44 (Bennett) 230 (Calder) 200 (King) 130 (Macdonald) 70, 227 (Smith) 73-4 (Stupich) 303

Alcan pipeline construction, federal agreement on (Wolfe) 252

Alcan pipeline construction, role in (Barrett) 39-40

Borrowing by (Wolfe) 257

Dease Lake extension (Barrett) 38 (Stupich) 159, 302

Dease Lake extension, construction of (Lauk) 92

Dease Lake extension, transfer of funds for (Wolfe) 243

Debt, public accounts listing of (Skelly) Q. 295 (Wolfe) A. 295

Fort Nelson line (Stupich) 159, 302

Fort Nelson line, abandonment of (Barrett) 36-7

Fort Nelson line, reconstruction, appropriation for (Stupich) 311 (Wolfe) 252, 254

Fort Nelson line, reconstruction, expenditure on (Wolfe) 249

Losses, special warrant to cover (Barrett) 37

Lower Post, extension to (Barrett) 39, 40

Mineral traffic (Barrett) 40-1

Political interference in (Barrett) 35-8

Profit (Throne speech) 4 (Vander Zalm) 184

Reed and Associates report (Barrett) 39-42

Royal Commission on the BCR. See entries under name of commission

Sale of to Americans (Vander Zalm) 171, 184

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 217 (Lauk) 93 (Nielsen) 152 (Phillips) 322 (Stupich) 160

See also: Royal Commission on the British Columbia Railway

British Columbia Regional Hospital Districts

Financing Authority Hospital construction (Wolfe) 257

British Columbia Research Council

Mentioned: (McGeer) 87

British Columbia Resources Investment Corp.

Assets (Stupich) 160-2, 302 (Wolfe) 258

B.C. Telephone Co. Ltd. shares, voting rights (Lauk) Q. 177 (Bennett) A. 177-8

Expenditures, information on (Levi) 115

Natural gas drilling rights (Stupich) 162

Prospectus (Stephens) 75-6

Share distribution (Bennett) 233 (Dailly) 167 (D’Arcy) 217-8 (Haddad) 139 (Hewitt) 56, 127 (Jordan) 13-4 (Kahl) 201 (Kerster) 21 (Lea) 192-4 (Nielsen) 151-2 (Phillips) 322-3 (Rogers) 165 (Stephens) 76 (Strongman) 135 (Stupich) 162 (Vander Zalm) 183 (Veitch) 148 (Waterland) 213 (Wolfe) 257, 258

Share distribution, armed services, RCMP personnel (Kahl) 202

Share distribution, commission on (Barrett) 31-2 (Stephens) 79

Share distribution, cost of (Lea) 192-3, 194 (Macdonald) 223-4 (Stephens) Q. 61-2, 76 (Wolfe) A. 61, 258

Share distribution, special warrant for (Stephens) Q. 28, Q. 28-9, 78-9 (Wolfe) A. 28, A. 29

Share distribution, use of B.C. Systems Corp. (Barber) Q. 63 (Levi) 114, 115 (Stephens) 77, Q. 118 (Wolfe) A. 63

Shares, acquisition of by MLAs (Haddad) 139

Shares, employee ownership (Stephens) 79

Shares, purchase of (Lea) 193 (Levi) 50 (Stupich) 313

Shares, sale of (Bennett) 233 (D’Arcy) 218 (Wolfe) 257, 258

Shares, sale of, commission on (Rogers) 165 (Wolfe) 258

Shares, value of (Bawtree) 107 (McGeer) 66 (Rogers) 165 (Stephens) 75 (Strongman) 137-8

Mentioned: (Bawlf) 100 (Bennett) 235, 239 (Levi) 52 (Stupich) 306

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Act

Mentioned: (Jordan) 13 (Stephens) 118, 176 (Throne speech) 1

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act, 1979

(Bill 12) (Premier) 1R, 273

Second reading of bill (Bennett) 299-300 (Stupich) 300

British Columbia School Districts Capital Financing Authority

School construction, funds for (Wolfe) 257

British Columbia Systems Corp.

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. shares, distribution of (Barber) Q. 63 (Levi) 53 (Stephens) 77, Q. 118 (Wolfe) A. 63

Deputy ministers’ report on (Levi) 113-4

Financial officer (Levi) 114

Health ministry computer programmers, advertisement for (Levi) 114, 115

Inclusion under Committee on Crown Corporations (Levi) 112

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 246

British Columbia Teachers Federation

Newsletter quoted (Lauk) 91

Mentioned: (Lauk) 90 (McGeer) 86

British Columbia Telephone Co. Ltd.

Provincial jurisdiction over (Jordan) 12-3 (Kerster) 21 (Throne speech) 2

Microtel Pacific Research organization (McGeer) 88

Share transfer (Lauk) 92, 120, Q. 177

Shareholders, foreign (Lauk) 95

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 218

British North America Act

Amending of (Macdonald) Q. 29, Q. 30

Mentioned: (Gardom) 239, 240

British Petroleum Corp.

Mentioned: (Stupich) 306

Broadbent, Ed

Mentioned: (Stupich) 263

Broiler Marketing Board

See: British Columbia Broiler Marketing Board

Brothers, Donald

Mentioned: (Barrett) 90 (Lauk) 90

Brown, Edmund Gerald

Mentioned: (Jordan) 16

Budget

Availability of to opposition members (King) 268, 283 (Stupich) 273-4

Reprinting of, cost (Cocke) Q. 119

Budget address (Wolfe) 242-63

Budget debate

300-16, 318-27

Speakers: Cocke 323-7; Phillips 318-23; Stupich 300-16

Building board

See: Wall board

Building materials

Building block manufacture, assistance for (Wallace) 102-3

See also: Wall board

Building standards

See: Standards, Engineering

Bull, Cecil Robert

Death of (Throne speech) 1

Burnaby, B.C.

Transit agreement (Dailly) 168

Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd.

Drydock facility (Wolfe) 248

Business Week

Mentioned: (Levi) 114, 115