Province of British Columbia
32nd Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 6, 1979 to August 2, 1979

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AA

See: Alcoholics Anonymous

A. Maxwell Evans Cancer Clinic, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Kempf) 823

ARDA

See: Agricultural and Rural Development Act (Canada)

ARDSA

See: Agriculture and Rural Development Subsidiary Agreement

Acupuncture

Acupuncturists (Stupich) 866

Pain clinics (Cocke) 630

Practice of by acupuncturists (Cocke) 630-1 (McClelland) 632

Practice of by doctors (Cocke) 631 (McClelland) 632

Adams Laboratories Ltd.

Picketing of, inquiry into conduct of peace officers (Hall) Q. 1095

Strikers, treatment of by police (Gardom) 508 (Hall) 507, 508

Adams River, B.C.

Uranium exploration permit (King) 684 (Mair) 685

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne (Moved) Heinrich 7-9; seconded Brummet 9-12; approved 20

Speakers: Brummet 9-12; Davis 14-16; Hall 16-19; Hanson 12-13; Heinrich 7-9; Mitchell 13-14; Rogers 19-20; Strachan 13

Administration Act

Mentioned: (Gardom) 523

Adoption

Adoption process, speeding up of (McCarthy) 896-7

Adoption program, decrease in budget for (Brown) 889-90

Children in care by court order, limiting time of (McCarthy) 884

Children in foster care, adoption of by foster parents (Dailly) 910-11 (McCarthy) 916

Children in foster care, permanent adoption placement of (McCarthy) 884, 916

Parents' refusal to release children for adoption (Brown) 917 (McCarthy) 884, 916

Aged

Counselling service for (McCarthy) 881

Medical benefits, W card for (Nicolson) 911

Programs for (Strachan) 13

Aged-Housing

Kootenay constituency, housing projects for elderly (Segarty) 56

Prince George, home for elderly (Heinrich) 9

Provincial responsibility for (Chabot) 952-3

Public assistance for housing (Gabelmann) 964

Units completed, under construction, approved (Chabot) 967

Agents, Government

See: Government agents

Agricultural and Rural Development Act (Canada)

Fish-processing industry, program for (Phillips) 37

Agricultural and Rural Development Subsidiary Agreement

Programs funded (Hewitt) 446, 451

Agricultural credit

Interest costs, subsidization of (Hewitt) 446, 451

Agricultural labourers

Contracting of farmworkers (Sanford) 934

Contractors, licensing, bonding of, proposal for (Sanford) 934 (Williams) 934

Exploitation of (Sanford) 934 (Williams) 934

Fraser Valley, farm labour contracting, study of (Sanford) Q. 343 (Williams) A. 343

Labour standards legislation for (Williams) 934-5

Agricultural land

See entries under Land

Agricultural produce

See: Farm produce

Agricultural Products Marketing Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 581

Agricultural research

Funds for (Hewitt) 451 (Wallace) 447

Agriculture

B.C. products, promotion of (Hewitt) 446, 451

Educational programs on (Jordan) 449, 450

Industrial development commissions and agriculture (Jordan) 449

Municipalities, regional districts and agricultural industry (Hewitt) 451 (Jordan) 449, 450

Agriculture, Ministry of

Estimates 445-52

Speakers: Hewitt 445-7, 451; Jordan 448-51; Wallace 447-8

Appropriation, decrease in (Hewitt) 445 (Wallace) 447, 448

B.C. products, promotion of (Hewitt) 446, 451

Staff, regionalization of (Hewitt) 446

Ahousat Freight Service Ltd.

Mentioned: (Fraser) 1047

Ahrens, Robert

Mentioned: (Hanson) 960

Aid to underdeveloped countries

See: Underdeveloped areas, Aid to

Air Canada

Mentioned: (Davis) 1060 (Phillips) 568 (Wolfe) 168

Airlines

Air services (Fraser) 1065 (Passarell) 1064

B.C. air system; study of (Barber) 570-1 (Leggatt) 567

B.C., government-owned service, proposal for (Barber) 570-1 (Leggatt) 403, 567 (Phillips) 568

Third-level service for province (Bennett) 393

Airplane ambulances

Air-ambulance service (Jordan) 812 (McClelland) 820-1

Atlin constituency, delays in air-ambulance service to (Passarell) 825

Emergency flights, priority of (Cocke) 803, 873 (McClelland) 814

Use of during election campaign, increase in (Cocke) 836, 873

Use of, increase in (McClelland) 793

Airports

Airport assistance program (Fraser) 1043, 1065 (Passarell) 1064

Facilities, development of (Bennett) 393-4

Mid-coast airport, site of (Fraser) 1048 (Lockstead) 1046

Akimina-Kishinena area

Park proposal for (Hanson) 974

Alaska

Meetings with (Bennett) 355

Alberni Valley Times, Port Alberni, B.C.

Mentioned: (Skelly) 1070

Alberta Energy Corp.

Share offering (Bennett) 423

Alberta Hansard

Quoted (Hyndman) 408

Albion ferry

Mentioned: (Mussallem) 1049

Alcan pipeline project

Discussions on (Bennett) 368, 394

Fort Nelson, impact of project on (Brown) 564-5, 565-6, 566 (Phillips) 565, 566

Route of (Davis) 467, 1062

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 467

Alcohol and Drug Commission

Mentioned: (McClelland) 843

Alcoholics Anonymous

Mentioned: (Howard) 522

Alcoholism

Bella Coola, detoxification centre (Lockstead) 878

Costs of (McClelland) 877-8

Duncan, treatment facilities (Wallace) 878

Heroin addiction and alcoholism (Howard) 862-3

Industrial alcoholism, employee assistance program (McClelland) 843

Isolated areas, problem in (Gabelmann) 864 (McClelland) 865

New Westminster residential treatment centre (McClelland) 874

Northern Vancouver Island, problem in (Gabelmann) 78

Round Lake Indian residential treatment centre (McClelland) 843

Treatment, appropriation for (Cocke) 878 (Levi) 878-9 (McClelland) 879

Treatment, expenditure on and heroin treatment expenditures (Dailly) 877

Treatment services (McClelland) 878, 879

Vancouver detoxification centre, programs (Barnes) 841, 842 (McClelland) 874

Vancouver detoxification centre, site of, Mount Pleasant area (Barnes) 841, 873 (McClelland) 873-4

Alcott, Clarence

Human rights board of inquiry, appointment to (King) 936 (Williams) 937

Alert Bay, B.C.

Adviser-coordinator, appointment of (McClelland) 795-6, 865

Medical care problem, continued community dissatisfaction (Gabelmann) 864 (McClelland) 865

Medical inquiry, chairmanship of (Gabelmann) Q. 210 (McClelland) A. 210

Medical inquiry, community support for (Gabelmann) Q. 209-10

Medical inquiry, recommendations of (McClelland) 795-6

Medical services, public inquiry into (Gabelmann) Q. 255 (McClelland) A. 255

Physicians in, adequate number of (Gabelmann) Q. 210 (McClelland) A. 210

Alexander, Donald R.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 336 (Levi) 330, 334 (Wolfe) 323, 333

Alexander, N.

Payments to, 1976 to 1978 (Phillips) 1090

Ali, Muhammad

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 1170

An Alien Invader

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 47

Allen, Carol

Quoted (Chabot) 714

Altman, Jack

Previous employment, salary (Brown) 874, 875, 876 (McClelland) 874, 875

Ambulances

Attendants, shortage of (Cocke) Q. 186-7, Q. 280, Q. 281, 802, 803, 873 (McClelland) A. 187, A. 281, 814

Communications system for (Cocke) 804 (McClelland) 814

Garages for in north (Cocke) 804

Good Hope Lake, ambulance service (Passarell) 825

Personnel, training of (Cocke) 803 (McClelland) 793, 813, 814

Rate, increase in (McClelland) 871 (Stupich) 866

Service, alleged return of to private sector (McClelland) 814

Vehicles, obsolete, replacement of (McClelland) 814

See also: Airplane ambulances

American Metric Council

Mentioned: (Smith) 1137

American Nuclear Society

Mentioned: (Wallace) 307

Anderson, Bill

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 47

Anderson, C.H., and Associates Ltd.

Mentioned: (Mair) 71 (Barber) 225 (Barrett) 361 (Macdonald) 485

Anderson, Gordon

Mentioned: (Gardom) 540, 541

Anglican Theological College, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (McClelland) 795

Anthony, Earl D.

Mentioned: (Mair) 644

Anthony, Richard

Mentioned: (Hall) 350

Apprentices

Women apprentices (Williams) 947

Apsey, T. Michael

Letter quoted (Nicolson) 739

Mentioned: (King) 751 (Nicolson) 84 (Waterland) 722, 753

Aqua Lumber Co.

Mentioned: (Segarty) 768

Arbess, Saul

Mentioned: (McGeer) 590

Armstrong, William

Mentioned: (Levi) 1144, 1145

Armstrong, B.C.

Junior-senior high school, title to land (King) 623-4

Armstrong-Spallumcheen school district

See: School District 21

Arnett, John

Work of on International Year of the Child and Family (Brown) Q. 861, 890 (McCarthy) A. 861

Mentioned: (Barber) 977, 979

Arnold, Leslie

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 897

Arrow Lakes Hospital, Nakusp, B.C.

Budget, limit on (Nicolson) 83

Staff, cutback in (Nicolson) 832

Arrow Transportation Systems Inc.

Commitments to re Highway 37 (Fraser) A. 669 (Passarell) Q. 669

Arson

Prevention, detection (Gardom) 541

Arson Alert

Program (Gardom) 539-40 (Levi) 540

Art Knapp's Garden Spot

Mentioned: (Brown) 894

Arts Access

Mentioned: (Barber) 1036

Asbestos

Price, two-price system (Davis) 406

Ashland Oil Canada Ltd.

Mentioned: (Howard) 388, 694

Aspen Skiing Corp.

Mentioned: (Barber) 1005, 1006 (Vander Zalm) 1086

Assessment Act

Mentioned: (Barber) 1007, 1008

Assessment Authority of B.C.

Notice quoted (Wallace) 266

Mentioned: (Levi) 331 (McGeer) 264 (Wallace) 347 (Wolfe) 337

Assessment of land for taxation purposes

See: Real property tax

Assistance to Small Enterprise Program

Ceiling, increase in (Barber) 572

Loans (Phillips) 571

Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals

Mentioned: (Dailly) 677

Association of B.C. Professional Foresters

Mentioned: (Hanson) 960

Association of Canadian Universities and Colleges

Mentioned: (Hyndman) 1146

Asthma

Supplies, sales tax on (Wallace) 157

Atchison, Harold C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 809, 831

Athalmer Beach Provincial Park

Mentioned: (Chabot) 960

Athletic fields

Playfields in north (Passarell) 616

Atkey, Ron

Mentioned: (Williams) 1096

Atlin, B.C.

Pine Creek subdivision (Chabot) 709

Atlin Rentals

Crown land, Prince Rupert, sale of (Lea) Q. 5, 70

Mentioned: (Chabot) 460

Atomic power

See: Nuclear power

Attorney-General, Ministry of

Estimates 482-4, 485-501, 505-28, 535-43

Speakers: Barnes 516-8; Brown 495, 496, 497, 506-7, 511-2; Dailly 522-3, 536, 539, 540; Gardom 482-4, 485, 487-8, 489, 492-3, 495-6, 496, 496-7, 498-9, 500-1, 501, 505-6, 508, 510, 511, 512-3, 516, 518-9, 520, 522, 523, 524-5, 525-6, 526, 527, 528, 536, 539, 539-40, 540-1, 541, 542, 543; Hall 507, 508, 535-6, 537; Hanson 493-4; Howard 519-20, 520-2; Jordan 490-2, 493; King 509-10, 525, 526, 527; Leggatt 488-9, 489-90, 523-4, 525, 536, 538; Levi 508-9, 510-1, 540, 542, 542-3; Lorimer 497-8; Macdonald 485-7, 488, 499-500; Mitchell 527-8; Nicolson 513-5, 527; Sanford 501; Skelly 538-9, 539; Smith 488; Stupich 499, 537-8; Wallace 541, 541-2

Associate deputy minister in charge of police, proposal for (Gardom) 510

Building occupancy charges (Gardom) 542 (Levi) 542

Justice information system (Levi) 331, 333-4 (Wolfe) 333

Recruitment savings (Hall) 537 (Stupich) 537-8

Attorney-General Statutes Amendment Act, 1979

(Bill 29) (Attorney-General) 1R, 791; 2R, 907; C, 1131-3; 3R, 1133; RA, 1150

Speakers: Brown 1131, 1132, 1132-3; Gardom 1131, 1132

Family Relations Act, section 6 (1) , constitutionality of (Brown) 1132 (Gardom) 1132

Family residence, rights of possession (Brown) 1131, 1132 (Gardom) 1132

Provincial courts, jurisdiction over family matters, proposal for (Gardom) 1132

Provincial courts, jurisdiction over marital property (Gardom) 1131, 1132

Auden, W.H.

“Law Like Love” quoted (Barber) 413-4

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 964

Audio-visual equipment

Repair and loan service (Wolfe) 322

Audiology

Audiologists, Boundary-Union Board of Health, number of and need for (Hall) 854

Auditor-general

Estimates 1082-3

Speakers: Wallace 1082-3

Appropriation for, increase in (Wallace) 1082-3

B.C. Hydro, jurisdiction over (Hewitt) 303 (Levi) 316, 317, 318 (Wolfe) 316, 317

Finance ministry, recommendations (Wolfe) 322

Report (King) 89-90

Report, criticisms and recommendations (Wallace) 52-3, 1083

Report quoted (Levi) 330

Automobile industry and trade

Motor dealers, registration of (Nielsen) 543

Warranties, problems with (Levi) 545-6

Automobile Insurance Act

Mentioned: (Stupich) 925

Automobile Insurance Non-Discrimination Act

(Bill 33) (Minister of Human Resources) 1R, 833; 2R, 1099-1101;C, 1102; 3R, 1102; RA, 1150

Speakers: Brummet 1101; Hall 1100-1; McCarthy 1099-1100, 1101

Insurance Corp. of B.C., debt of under former government (McCarthy) 1101

Rates, discrimination in based on age and sex (Brummet) 1101 (Hall) 1100 (McCarthy) 1099

Rates, discrimination in based on geographic location (Brummet) 1101 (Hall) 1100 (McCarthy) 1100

Rates, discrimination in, elimination of (McCarthy) 1099-1100, 1101

Automobile licence plates

Cyclical billing for (Fraser) 1043

Personalized plates (Fraser) 1043

Automobiles-Service stations

Independent retailers (Leggatt) 59

Avalanches

Revelstoke property, freezing of, compensation to owner for (Fraser) 1052, 1055 (King) 1050-2, 1052-4, 1055, 1055-6