B

BART

See entries under San Francisco, Calif.

B.C. Business

Use of for public relations by Insurance Corp. of B.C. (Cocke) 919

BCFGA

See: British Columbia Fruit Growers Association

B.C. Forest Products Ltd.

See: British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

B.C. Government News

Distribution of April issue (Curtis) 1032

Distribution of April issue, assistance in (Curtis) A. 461 (Dailly) 986, 1032 (Macdonald) Q. 71, Q. 187, Q. 373, Q. 417

Special issue (Hall) 19

Mentioned: (Barber) 237 (Barnes) 860 (Cocke) 995 (Hall) 994 (Howard) 244

BCHIS

See: British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service

BCIT

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

B.C. Lions

Mentioned: (Barnes) 992 (Rogers) 179

BCMA

See: British Columbia Medical Association

B.C. Market News

Quoted (Wallace) 54

BNA Act

See: British North America Act

BCSTA

See: British Columbia School Trustees Association

BCTF

See: British Columbia Teachers Federation

Babicki, B.

Payments to, 1976 to 1978 (Phillips) 1090

Badun, W.R.

Payments to (Dailly) Q. 652 (Curtis) A. 652

Bain Burroughs Hanson Raimet

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 175

Baker, Howard

Mentioned: (Barrett) 378, 379

Balance of payments

B.C. role in balance of payments (Bennett) 354 (Howard) 389

Ballot box

Floating ballot box, Armstrong (Curtis) 1032 (King) 998, 1031-2

Bank of B.C.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 561 (Phillips) 37

Bankruptcies

Increase in (Hall) 19 (Stupich) 28

Number of (Phillips) 34, 36

Banks and banking, Cooperative

Credit union legislation (Levi) 545 (Nielsen) 546

Report on (Hall) Q. 1094 (Wolfe) A. 1094

Barber, Charles (Victoria)

Air service for B.C., study of 570-1

Air service, government-owned, proposal for 570-1

Arts and cultural policy for B.C. 1036, 1038-9

Assistance to Small Enterprise Program, ceiling, increase in 572

Bikeways Development Act (Bill M204) 1R, 599

B.C. Hydro, accountability 412

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1979) 317, 317-8, 318

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act (1979) 127-31, 227-8, 232, 237-8, 244-5, 422-3, 428-9, 429, 434, 438-9, 439, 440

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, disposal of 128, 130, 438-9, 439

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, undervaluing worth of 127, 128

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. bill, retroactivity of 130

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., board of directors 127, 128

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., control of and share ownership 130-1

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., dividends 128

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., executives, directors, disclosure of payment to 128

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., foreign control, ownership 434

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares 127, 128-9, 130

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, application forms 129-30

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, distributing agents' profits 129

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, promotion and distribution costs 129, 237, 238

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, sale of 130-1

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., purchase of Canadian Pacific Investments, Q. 1123

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., purchase of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. shares, Q. 1123

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, association limits 429

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limit on ownership of 130, 440

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limiting ownership to B.C. residents 244-5, 422-3, 428-9

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, listing of, Q. 343

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, voting rights 227-8, 237-8, 428

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., underwriting 128

Brownlee, Richard, statement re heart surgery, Q. 532

Chairman's ruling challenged 780

Convention centres, ministerial responsibility for 170

Convention centres, operating losses 170

County system, proposal for 979

Deregulation ministry, estimates 353

Economic Development ministry, estimates 570-1, 571, 572-3, 573, 574, 574-5, 576-7

Education, Science and Technology ministry, estimates 593-4, 618-21

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, regulations re 225-6

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, retroactivity 221, 225

Energy resources, public ownership of 411-12

Energy, two-price system for 411

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, Royal Hudson-type train for 576-7

Executive Council, estimates 410-14

Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd., ownership of 1005-6

Gasoline, price of, mid-1980s 776

Gifted children, California, education of 620

Gifted children, identification and education of 619-21

Glengarry Hospital, staff report, Q. 96

Glengarry Hospital, staff walkout 826

Gorge Road Hospital staff, reduction in 827-8

Gorge Road Hospital, activation program, staff reduction 827

Gorge Road Hospital, dietary department, reduction in 827

Government, competence of present administration 1156, 1157-8

Gray Line, sale of 128, 130, 244

Greater Victoria Economic Development Commission, funding of 572-3

Greater Victoria Economic Development Commission, travel budget 572, 573

Health ministry appropriation and Highways appropriation 828

Health ministry, estimates 826-9

Helliwell, David, salary of 128

Homeowner grant, 99-year leases, eligibility of owners 602-4, 978-9

Homeowner grant, Vancouver cooperatives, eligibility of, Q. 956, 977-8

Hospital budgets, ceiling on increase 826-9

Housing, separation of from Municipal Affairs ministry 774, 775

Income Tax Amendment Act (1979) 221, 225-6

Independent schools, inspection of for discriminatory practices 593-4

Inner Harbour 170

Insurance Corp. of B.C. directors, limiting number of 1112

Insurance Corp. of B.C. directors, payments to 1113

Insurance Corp. of B.C. directors, per diem payments to 1112

Insurance Corp. of B.C., P.L. McGeer, expenses claimed by 1116

Insurance Corp. of B.C., W.N. Vander Zalm's statements re 977, 978, 979

Lafont, Louis, eligibility of for homeowner grant 978

Local government, royal commission on 980

Low Interest Loan Assistance ceiling, increase in 572

Low Interest Loan Assistance program, inclusion of Victoria, Vancouver 571

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., takeover by Canadian Pacific Investments 423

Memorial Pavilion, staff cutback and patient care 826

Metro Transit Operating Company Act 786

Midland Doherty Ltd. letter to employees 225

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1979) 1112, 1113, 1116, 1125, 1126

Monorail proposal, study of 779

Municipal budgets, increase in, ceiling on 977

Municipal Act, revision of 980

Municipal Affairs and Transit ministry, proposed name change 775, 776

Municipal Affairs ministry, computer and consulting charges 984

Municipal Affairs ministry, consultants, engagement of 779, 781

Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 976-80, 984

Municipal Affairs ministry, provision for change in 774, 775, 777, 778

Municipal Affairs ministry, purpose of change in 775, 779

Municipal Affairs ministry, reorganization of 777, 778

Municipal Affairs ministry staff, adequacy of 777

Municipal Affairs, Ministry of, Act 774-7, 777-8, 778, 778-9, 779, 780, 781

Municipal business tax on provincial operations, payment of 1125

Municipal business tax on provincial operations, grant in lieu of 1126

Municipal bylaw approval procedure 777

Municipal government, royal commission on 776, 780

Municipal governments, means of communication with ministry 776, 776-7

Music education, importance of 618-9

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island 317, 317-8, 318

Natural gas service, Vancouver Island 317

New Democratic Party, Premier's use of term “national socialist” 410

Opposition members, adequacy of research staff for 1156-7

Panco Poultry Ltd., sale of 128, 244

Patterson, R.A., previous occupation, qualifications 1036

Patterson, R.A., relationship to K.L. Morton 1038

Pensions of British citizens resident in B.C., indexing of 1135-6

Petro-Canada, changes in 412

Petro-Canada, role of 411

Prince George schools, Suzuki program 619

Princess Marguerite, decor, atmosphere 575

Princess Marguerite, future of, decision on, Q. 186

Princess Marguerite, labour-management problems 574

Princess Marguerite, upgrading, refitting costs, report on Q. 186, 574, 575, Q. 1095

Provincial Homeowner Grant Amendment Act (1979) 602-3, 603-4, 604, 605

Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 1036-7, 1038-9

Refugee Settlement Program of British Columbia Act 1098, 1098-9

Refugee settlement work, coordination of 1098, 1098-9

Regional districts, proposed change in 979

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act 1156-8

Resort Municipality of Whistler Act, amending of, private bill for 1008

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act (1979) 1005-8, 1127-8

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act, 1979, drafting of 1005

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act, 1979, purpose of 1005

Royal Hudson, success of 576

Royal Jubilee Hospital, heart surgery, Q. 532

Royal Jubilee Hospital, medical staff's advertisement re patient care 826, 827

Royal Jubilee Hospital, modernization program 826

St. Thomas Aquinas High School, alleged discriminatory practices, investigation of 593-4

School District 61, gifted children, program for 620

Seaboard Life Insurance Co., name change 1155

Seaboard Life Insurance Co., possibility of civil actions re 1157

Seaboard Life Insurance Co., share trading July 30 to August 1 1157

Seaboard Life Insurance Co., share trading, suspension of 1157

Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economic Affairs, member 442

Transit policy, need for 776

Transit, financing of by new taxes 786

Transit, financing policy for 979

Transit, monorail, proposal for 979

Trinity Western College, academic standards 1141

Trinity Western College, academic standards, test of the marketplace for 1141

Trinity Western College, degree-granting status, need for 1142

Trinity Western College, evaluation of by Education ministry 1142

Trinity Western College, Universities Council's review of 1142

University of Victoria Foundation Act (1979) 1103, 1103-4

University of Victoria, Maltwood property, disposal of 1103-4

Vancouver and Victoria Trade and Convention Centres Fund Act 170-1

Victoria convention centre, cost of 170

Victoria convention centre, design of 170-1

Victoria convention centre, E&N Railway track extension to 171, 577

Victoria convention centre, operating losses, subsidization of 1036-7

Victoria convention centre, site of 170-1

Victoria convention centre, use of 171

Victoria General Hospital budget, board's decision re 826-7

Victoria, industries, industrial development 573

Vietnam, children, funds for 410-11

Whistler Resort Association and provisions of Societies Act 1006

Whistler Resort Association, board of directors 1128

Whistler Resort Association, compulsory membership in 1006, 1127-8

Whistler Resort Association, exemption from Companies Act 1006

Whistler Resort Association, exemption from Municipal Act 1006, 1007

Whistler Resort Association, foreign ownership and control of 1005

Whistler Resort Association land, assessment and taxation of 1007, 1007-8

Whistler Resort Association, potential profits 1008

Whistler Resort Association, resort land elsewhere, possible jurisdiction over 1007

Whistler Resort Association, resort land, definition of 1007

Whistler Resort Association, taxing authority of 1006

Whistler Resort Association, weighted voting in 1006, 1127

Barber, F.H.

Mentioned: (Chabot) 961

Barnes, Emery O. (Vancouver Centre)

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 516-8

Barbecued pork, Chinatown, sale of 840, 842, 847-8

Budget debate 38-9

Butlin, Ron, salary, length of contract 913

Child protection laws 518

Deputy returning officers, poll clerks, payment, Q. 185

Detoxification centre, Vancouver, programs 841, 842

Detoxification centre, Vancouver, site 841, 873

Ferry signs, “Ferry to Victoria” sign 1049-50, 1070

George Massey Tunnel, bicycle crossings 1070-1

Granville Island Waterfront Theatre, grant to, Q. 957

Health ministry, estimates 840-2, 847-8, 873

Heroin Treatment Program 842

Human Resources ministry, estimates 913

Legislative precincts, guide to, misinformation in, Q. 860

Lower Mainland Stadium Fund Act 179-80

Maintenance orders, enforcement of 517-8

Melnychuk, Jeanette, orthodontic problem 913

Provincial Secretary and Government Services ministry, estimates 988-91, 991-2, 1040-1

Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Economic Affairs, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders and Private Bills, member 442

Single parents' week, designation of 953

Small business, assistance to 39

Stadium, rental of by private enterprises 179

Stadium, site of 179-80

Summer Games, Winter Games, TV coverage of, Q. 504, Q. 628, Q. 763, 988-91, 991-2, 992, 1040-1

Transportation, Communications and Highways ministry, estimates 1049-50, 1070-1

Vancouver convention centre, role of private sector in 180

Barnes, Keith

Mentioned: (Brown) 868

Barnet Highway

See: Highway 7A

Barrett, David, Leader of the Opposition (Vancouver East)

Bonner, Robert, dismissal of, Q. 280

Bonner, Robert, statement re nuclear power, Q. 279, Q. 280

B.C. Central Credit Union report, release of 362, 366, 376, 377-8, 421-2

B.C. Electric, expropriation of 135, 136

B.C. Hydro, accountability 298

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1979) 296-300

B.C. Hydro borrowing, American funds and interest charges 297

B.C. Hydro borrowing bill, referral to committee 299

B.C. Hydro borrowing, source of funds 297

B.C. Hydro debt, interest costs 298

B.C. Hydro, office furniture, memo re 298

B.C. Petroleum Corp., establishment of 296, 297

B.C. Petroleum Corp., revenue 358, 383

B.C. Petroleum Corp., role of 361

B.C. Petroleum Corp., transfer to B.C. Resources Investment Corp. 359

B.C. Railway, railcars, purchase of, Q. 122

B.C. Railway, railcars, shortage of, Q. 122

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act (1979) 135-8, 230, 231, 232, 246-8

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., assets 135, 136, 137

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. bill, Premier's absence during debate on 246, 247, 248

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., control of and share ownership 138

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, MLAs' entitlement to 137

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., natural gas leases 369, 383-4

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., petroleum leases 383-4

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., purchase of B.C. Hydro bonds 362, 366, 369

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limit on ownership of 369

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limiting ownership to B.C. residents 246-7

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limiting ownership to Canadians 369

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, sale of to Canadian Pacific Railway 362

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, voting rights 137-8

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., profit 137

Coal, sale to Romania 357

Columbia River Treaty projects, cost of 298

Committee on Crown Corporations, tribute to 296

Companies, expropriation of by government 135, 136

Crown land, sale of 352

Deregulation ministry, correspondence and complaints to 352-3

Deregulation ministry, estimates 351-2, 352-3

Election campaign contributions by ministers, members 201

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, bribery allegation 200-1, 202

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, judicial opinion on 203

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, retroactivity 201, 202

Energy policy, national 359, 361-2

Executive council, estimates 356-9, 361-2, 366, 369, 374-5, 375-6, 377-9, 382, 383, 383-5, 421-2, 422

Family life council, funding for 369

Farmland, absentee foreign owners, restriction on tax relief 272-3, 275-6

Federal-provincial conferences, opposition representation at 358, 422

Foreign Investment Review Agency, B.C. position on 384-5

Foreign takeovers 384

Forest Amendment Act (1979) 759-60

Forest industry, monopoly of by large companies 759

Forest industry, small operators, timber supply for 759, 760

Gasoline, price increase 422

Gasoline price increase, provincial intervention to prevent, Q. 415

Government, competence of present administration 1158, 1159-60

Helliwell, David, salary of 135

Homeowner grant, restriction of to resident owners 275

Hospitals, staff positions and budget cuts, Q. 7

Human Rights Commission, members' statements, approval of, Q. 42

Income Tax Amendment Act (1979) 200-3

Insurance Corp. of B.C. directors, appointment of 1116

Insurance Corp. of B.C., P.L. McGeer, expenses claimed by 1116

Insurance Corp. of B.C. rates, municipalities 983

Insurance Corp. of B.C., W.N. Vander Zalm's statements re 983

Kootenay Forest Products Ltd., purchase of 136, 137

Land use approvals, delays in 351-2

Legislature, recall of, alternatives to 1158

Legislature, recall of, delay in 1159

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., sale of to Canadian Pacific Investments 362

Members, opposition members, increase in staff for 1075

Members, opposition members, research staff, adequacy of 1160

Members, opposition members, staff, appropriation for 1077

Members, opposition members, staff, facilities prior to 1971 1075-6

Mental health programs and services, survey of, Q. 791

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (1979) 1116-7, 1118

Municipal Affairs ministry, estimates 983

Natural gas export, submission to National Energy Board, Q. 929-30

Natural gas, export price 376, 378, Q. 931

Natural gas, Mexican price to U.S. 375-6

Natural gas, price to industrial users 296-7

New Democratic Party, Premier's use of term “national socialist” 356-7, 378, 381

Nuclear power, government policy on, Q. 279, Q. 280

Nuclear power, Robert Bonner's advocacy of and government policy, Q. 834

Offshore resources, provincial jurisdiction over 358, 366

Panco Poultry Ltd., sale of 384-5

Petro-Canada, Premier's position on 359, 379, 381, 382, 383, 385

Petro-Canada, role of 361-2, 379, 383, 422

Petroleum industry, control of 383

Petroleum industry, NDP policy on jurisdiction over 379

Petroleum industry, U.S., proposed nationalization of 378-9

Petroleum, Alberta supply to B.C. 359, 361

Plateau Mills Ltd, purchase of 135, 136, 137

Population, immigration to province 375

Public Schools Amendment Act (1979) 272-3, 275-6

Railcar repair plant, Prince George, Q. 122

Railwest Manufacturing Co. railcars, price of, Q. 122

Railwest Manufacturing Co., reopening of, Q. 121

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act 1158-60

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act (1979) 1016-9

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act, 1979, purpose of 1016

Resources, non-renewable, national control over 379

Schroeder report on investment, release of 362, 366, 376, 377

Seaboard Life Insurance Co., share trading, suspension of 1158-9, 1160

Smith, S. Douglas, appointment of as director of B.C. Development Corp., Q. 834, Q. 835

Suspended from the service of the House for one sitting day (Speaker) 1119

Uranium mining, evaluation of environmental impact of, Q. 211

Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. shares, purchase of 135, 136, 137

Whistler Resort Association, appeals against 1018-9

Whistler Resort Association bylaws, preparation of 1018

Whistler Resort Association, exemption from Companies Act 1018

Whistler Resort Association, investors in, protection of 1016-7

Whistler Resort Association land, assessment and taxation of 1018

Whistler Resort Association, weighted voting in 1016, 1017, 1018

Barth, Norman K.

Mentioned: (Brown) 262, 808, 811 (McClelland) 820, 865

Bates, David

See also entries under Royal Commission of Inquiry into Uranium Mining

Bawlf, Robert Samuel

Tribute to (Barber) 170 (Hanson) 12 (Smith) 171

Mentioned: (Barber) 128 (Curtis) 174 (Hall) 17 (King) 90, 601 (Rogers) 178

Bawtree, Leonard

Mentioned: (King) 90, 527

The Bay

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 59

Bayshore Inn, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Gardom) 542 (Levi) 542

Bazowski, Peter

Appointment of (Cocke) 797

Beamish, Richard

Mentioned: (Hanson) 683

Beasley, Alan

Tribute to (Leggatt) 691

Beauchesne, Arthur

Parliamentary Rules and Forms of the House of Commons mentioned (Barrett) 299 (Lea) 861 (Lockstead) 833 (Nicolson) 754, 1088 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 42, 121, 532, 534

Parliamentary Rules and Forms of the House of Commons quoted (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) 399 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 861

Bedwell Bay, B.C.

Incorporation of (Vander Zalm) 976

Beef cattle

Beef farming industry (Ritchie) 61

Cattle industry, self-sufficiency in (Phillips) 554-5

Beer

Bottle returns, problem of (Nielsen) 549

Sales tax on (Mitchell) 103-4

Begin, Monique

Quoted (Stupich) 670

Belcarra, B.C.

Incorporation of (Vander Zalm) 976

Belkin, M.

Payments to, 1976 to 1978 (Phillips) 1090

Belknap, J.V.

Mentioned: (Brown) 892

Bell Molybdenum Mines Ltd.

Mentioned: (Waterland) 311

Bell Telephone Co.

Mentioned: (Levi) 235

Bell-Irving, Henry P.

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

Bella Bella, B.C.

Airport, site of (Fraser) 1048 (Lockstead) 1046

Bella Coola, B.C.

Detoxification centre (Lockstead) 878

Beneficial Finance Co.

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 544

Bennett, James

Consultant work, terms of employment for (McGeer) 607, 608 (Sanford) 588, 606, 607

Qualifications of (McGeer) 607, 607-8 (Sanford) 588, 606, 607

Resignation of (Sanford) 587-8

Tribute to (McGeer) 607 (Stupich) 608

Mentioned: (Lea) 617

Bennett, William Andrew Cecil

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 965 (Howard) 159 (Leggatt) 295, 296 (McCarthy) 883 (McClelland) 820 (Smith) 80

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

Airline, third-level service for province 393

Airport facilities, development of 393-4

Alaska, meetings with 355

Alberta Energy Corp., share offering 423

Alcan pipeline project 368, 394

Balance of payments, B.C. role in 354

B.C. Airport Assistance Fund 393

B.C. Central Credit Union report 377

B.C. Ferry Corp., directors 393

B.C. Ferry Corp., ferry contracts 394

B.C. Petroleum Corp., role of 360, 363

B.C. Petroleum Corp., transfer to B.C. Resources Investment Corp. 360

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 12) 1R, 69; 123-7, 154-7, 423-4, 425-6, 426, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 435-6, 437, 438, 439, 440

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., annual meetings 432, 434

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., assets 124, 154

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. assets, disposal of 439

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. bill, absence during debate on (Barrett) 246, 247, 248 (Brown) 248, 249

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., board of directors 437

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. board of directors, primary responsibility of 154

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., dividends 432

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., executives, directors, disclosure of payment to 436

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares 124

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, children born in future 438

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, promotion and distribution costs 125, 437

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., purchase of B.C. Hydro bonds 366

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., purchase of Canadian Pacific Investments, A. 1123

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., purchase of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. shares, A. 1123

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, association limits 429, 430

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limit on ownership of 124, 430, 440

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limiting ownership to B.C. residents 423-4, 425-6, 426-7

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limiting ownership to Canadians 124, 425-6, 434

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, listing of, A. 343

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, proxy voting 430

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, purchase of 125, 126, 156

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, purchase of by brokerage firms 426

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, sale of to Canadian Pacific Railway 363

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, voting rights 156-7

Bulkley Lodge, day rate 392

Clark, Joe, meeting with 353, 394

Coal, Ridley Island port 354

Coal, sale to Romania 354

Coal technology, British Coal Board 382

Coastal transportation, agreement on 392-3

Coastal transportation, improvement in 393

Construction, federal-provincial projects 394

Education, specialized, interprovincial cooperation on 367

Electric power grid system, western provinces 368

Electric power, Manitoba dam construction 368

Energy policy for B.C. 382

Equalization payments 364

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, Courtenay-Victoria service, A. 70

Executive council, estimates 353-6, 359-61, 362-6, 366-9, 375, 376-7, 379-82, 382, 383, 392-5, 396-7, 419-20, 422

Federal-provincial conferences, opposition representation at 422

Forest industries, investment in 354

Gasoline price increase, provincial intervention to prevent, A. 415

Grizzly Valley pipeline 380

Hydroelectric power development in B.C. 367-8, 382

Independent schools, NDP stand on aid to 397

Investment education, inclusion in educational system 125, 127, 157

Investment, participation in 124-5, 126, 127, 154-5

Investor confidence in province 354

Lake Cowichan Activity Centre, grant to, A. 342

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., sale of to Canadian Pacific Investments 362-3

Mining industry developments 354

Mining industry, New Democratic Party policy on 363

Natural gas, export price 376, 377

Natural gas, Mexican price to U.S. 375, 376, 379-80, 381

Natural resources, provincial jurisdiction over 353-4, 364

New Democratic Party, use of term “national socialist” for (Barber) 410 (Barrett) 356-7, 378, 381 (Cocke) 409 (Howard) 388 (Hyndman) 407 (King) 400-1 (Leggatt) 405 (Sanford) 406-7 (Waterland) 401-2

New Westminster election meeting, treatment of heckler (Cocke) 408-9

Nuclear power for province, A. 834

Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act, responsibility for error in 1173

Office and executive council staff, appropriation for (Lauk) 1081

Office staff, number of (King) 1080

Offshore resources, provincial jurisdiction over 353-4, 380

Pacific Western Airlines, takeover of by Alberta 381-2

Paramedics, training of, interprovincial cooperation on 367

Petro-Canada, position on 360, 381-2, 383 (Barrett) 359, 379, 381, 382, 383, 385 (Leggatt) 403

Petroleum industry, federal control over, revenue loss 364, 365, 380

Petroleum industry, NDP policy on jurisdiction over 360, 365, 380-1

Philosophy of (Brummet) 409 (Lea) 395-6

Population, immigration to province 355-6, 375

Ports dispute, telegrams re settlement of 7

Premiers' conference, Quebec City 355

Prince George, Queen Charlotte Islands service 393

Queen of Surrey, remodelling of 393

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act 1173

Resources, non-renewable, federal control over 360, 365, 380-1

Ridley Island, port development 355

Schroeder report on investment, release of 377, 419-20

Select standing committees, appointment of 3

Share ownership, opportunity for 124-5, 126, 127

Statutes, obsolete, repeal of in future 1173

Succession duties, abolition of 365

Taxation, high taxation and government 155

Trucking, interprovincial 355, 367

Western Premiers' Conference, Prince George 354-5

Yukon, meetings with 355

Benson, K.I.G.

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 372 (McClelland) 371

Bentzen, Ole

Mentioned: (Barnes) 1070

Bergen property, Burns Lake, B.C.

Mentioned: (Chabot) 961

Berger, Thomas

Mentioned: (Strachan) 203

Berger commission

See: Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law

Bernstein, Carl

Mentioned: (King) 292

Better Housing Act

Mentioned: (Chabot) 774 (Nicolson) 773, 774

Big Bend, B.C.

Forest management area (Skelly) 648

Bikeways Development Act

(Bill M204) (Barber) 1R, 599

Bills, Legislative

List of 1176-7

1. A Parliamentary Right, An Act to Perpetuate

* 2. Supply Act, No. 2, 1979

* 3. Social Services Tax Amendment Act, 1979

* 4. Income Tax Amendment Act, 1979

* 5. Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act, 1979

* 6. Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Amendment Act, 1979

* 7. Revenue Surplus of 1977-78 Appropriation Act, 1979

* 8. Vancouver and Victoria Trade and Convention Centres Fund Act

* 9. Lower Mainland Stadium Fund Act

*10. Special Purpose Appropriation Act, 1979

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

*12. British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act, 1979

*13. Public Schools Amendment Act, 1979

* 14. Milk Industry Amendment Act, 1979

* 15. Medical Amendment Act, 1979

* 16. Land Amendment Act, 1979

*17. Lands, Parks and Housing, Ministry of, Act

*18. Education Statutes Amendment Act, 1979

* 19. Provincial Home-owner Grant Amendment Act, 1979

*20. Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act

*21. New Westminster Redevelopment Act, 1979

*Denotes Act receiving royal assent.

*22. Forest Amendment Act, 1979

*23. Energy Amendment Act, 1979

*24. Supply Act, No. 3, 1979

*25. Municipal Affairs, Ministry of, Act

*26. Metro Transit Operating Company Act

*27. Legal Services Society Act

*28. Industrial Development Subsidiary Agreement

Loan Repayment Revolving Fund Act

*29. Attorney-General Statutes Amendment Act, 1979

*30. Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1979

*31. Finance Statutes Amendment Act

*32. Refugee Settlement Program of British Columbia Act

*33. Automobile Insurance Non-discrimination Act

*34. Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act, 1979

*35. Constitution Amendment Act, 1979

M201 New Members Assistance Act

M202 University of Victoria Foundation Act, 1979

M203 Lie Detectors, An Act Respecting the Commercial Use of

M204 Bikeways Development Act

M205 Children's Rights Act

M206 The Truth in Metric Act

M207 Groundwater Licensing Act, 1979

M208 Fisheries Act Amendment Act, 1979

*M209 University of Victoria Foundation Act, 1979

M210 Sunshine, An Act of

*PR401 Trinity Western College Act, an Act to Amend

Bird, Richard

Mentioned: (Gardom) 485 (Hall) 1095

Black, Wesley D.

Taskforce report on medical manpower, release of (Gabelmann) Q. 210, 864 (Hall) Q. 44, 854, Q. 1094 (McClelland) A. 44, 864-5, A. 1094

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 210 (Gardom) 483 (Hall) 44

Blackball Ferries Ltd.

Mentioned: (Barrett) 136 (King) 134

Blackcomb Mountain, B.C.

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act, 1979. See name of act

Blakely, H.

Payments to, 1976 to 1978 (Phillips) 1090

Blakeney, Allan

Mentioned: (Bennett) 365 (Skelly) 649

Block Bros. Realty Ltd.

Shares (Wallace) 425

Mentioned: (Chabot) 460

Boeing Co.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 84

Bombeck, Erma

Mentioned: (Hon. member) 853 (King) 853

Bonham, Gerald

Mentioned: (Barnes) 840 (McClelland) 792

Bonnell, Lionel

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 323

Bonner, Robert

Directorships (King) 292

Dismissal of (Barrett) Q. 280 (Cocke) 300, 301 (Hewitt) A. 280 (King) 294 (Skelly) 286

Membership in Trilateral Commission (King) 292 (Nicolson) 312

Nuclear power, advocacy of and government policy (Barrett) Q. 834 (Bennett) A. 834

Nuclear power, statement re (Barrett) Q. 279, Q. 280 (Cocke) 300 (Hewitt) A. 279, A. 280, 303 (King) 292 (McGeer) A. 279 (Skelly) 286 ,

Quoted (Lockstead) 471

Mentioned: (Gardom) 483 (Leggatt) 295, 296 (Lorimer) 314, 497 (Macdonald) 669, 861 (Mussallem) 312 (Skelly) 288, 454

Bonneville Power Administration

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 312

Borden, Carl

Mentioned: (Barber) 596

Boundary Bay, B.C.

Problems of (Hall) 969

Boundary-Union Board of Health

Audiologists, number of and need for (Hall) 854

Letter quoted (Hall) 854

Bourne, Jack

Chairmanship of fishing industry inquiry (King) Q. 69 (Williams) A. 69

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

Bowers, Fritz

Mentioned: (Barber) 956, 977 (Vander Zalm) 1004

Bowers, John

B.C. Buildings Corp., report on (Hanson) Q. 71, Q. 187 (Curtis) A. 71

Bowron Lakes Provincial Park

Blowdown area, logging of (Chabot) 962-3 (Hanson) 960, 961, 963

Boyd, Charles

Mentioned: (Barber) 619

Braid, Kate

Study mentioned (Williams) 947

Brandt, Willy

Mentioned: (Barrett) 357

Brascan Ltd.

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 59

Brazier, C.W.

Payment to (D’Arcy) Q. 250 (Hewitt) A. 250

Mentioned: (Lorimer) 314

Breakwaters

Lottery grant for North Saanich breakwater study (Curtis) 988 (Dailly) 986

Breathalyser

Limitations to Borkenstein breathalyser (Nicolson) 515

Brimco Realty Ltd.

Mentioned: (Chabot) 836

Brisco Sawmills

Mentioned: (Segarty) 768

British Columbia-Economic conditions

Economic development (Cocke) 561 (Davis) 562-3

Economic development, federal agreements on (Phillips) 549-50

Economic growth (Leggatt) 553

Economic problems, political action to solve (Lea) 558-9

Economy, foreign control over (Stupich) 28

Economy of province (Brummet) 10 (Cocke) 550 (King) 89, 91 (Leggatt) 550 (Phillips) 34-5, 391-2, 550, 551 (Strachan) 86

Economy, role of private sector in (Heinrich) 9

Forest industry, role of in economy (Cocke) 550 (Leggatt) 550

British Columbia-Industries

Convention centres, benefit of (Wolfe) 169

Development of (Brummet) 10 (Phillips) 37

Foreign control (McClelland) 30 (Phillips) 35 (Stupich) 25

High-technology industry (McGeer) 587 (Phillips) 555

Industries based on renewable resources (Leggatt) 553-4

Manufactured goods, export tariff on (Lea) 556

Manufactured goods, freight rates on to central Canada (Lea) 556

Manufacturing industry, promotion of (Howard) 389

Manufacturing plants in B.C. (Phillips) 555

Marine resources, high-technology industry in Victoria area (Hanson) 597 (McGeer) 597

British Columbia-Population

Immigration to province (Barrett) 375 (Bennett) 355-6, 375 (King) 399

Over-65 age group, increase in (Gabelmann) 964

British Columbia, Northern

Development of (Brummet) 11

British Columbia Accredited Public Accountants Act, 1977

Petitioning fee (Clerk-Assistant) 598

British Columbia Airport Assistance Fund

Establishment of (Bennett) 393

British Columbia Architectural Institute

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 175

British Columbia Arts Board

Membership, function of (Curtis) 1039

British Columbia Association of Police Chiefs

Mentioned: (Gardom) 510

British Columbia Association of Social Workers

Mentioned: (Brown) 893

British Columbia Buildings Corp.

Annual report (Howard) 339

Bowles, John, report on (Hanson) Q. 71, Q. 187 (Curtis) A. 71

Debt (Howard) 339 (Skelly) 104

Directors, payment to, form of payment, amounts (Dailly) Q. 652 (Curtis) A. 652

Employees, number of (Dailly) Q. 184 (Curtis) A. 184

Establishment of (Cocke) 165

Rents, formula for establishment of (Hall) 336, 344 (Wolfe) 337, 344

Mentioned: (Cocke) 804 (Curtis) 600, 984, 1042 (King) 89 (Stupich) 349

British Columbia Cable Programmers Association

Mentioned: (Barnes) 1041

British Columbia Cellulose Co.

Mentioned: (Barber) 127, 128

British Columbia Central Credit Union

Report on financial institutions in B.C., release of (Barrett) 362, 366, 376, 377-8, 421-2 (Bennett) 377

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 513

British Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Small business training program, cooperation on (Phillips) 559, 560

British Columbia Coast Vegetable Marketing Board

Order re marketing (Hewitt) 451 (Jordan) 450

British Columbia Development Corp.

Assistance to Small Enterprise Program. See name of program

Development projects, B.C. cities (Phillips) 555-6

Directors, payments to, 1976 to 1978 (Lauk) Q. 1090 (Phillips) A. 1090-1

Industrial land (Phillips) 37

Investment in (Stupich) 26

Share purchase (Stupich) 325

Share purchase, appropriation for (Wolfe) 24, 258, 259

Smith, S. Douglas, appointment as director (Barrett) Q. 834, Q. 835 (McCarthy) A. 834 (Mair) A. 835 (Phillips) A. 835-6

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1118 (Chabot) 709 (Heinrich) 8 (Hyndman) 75 (Kempf) 51 (McGeer) 264 (Nicolson) 1111 (Phillips) 555 (Skelly) 463 (Stupich) 28, 29, 555 (Vander Zalm) 633 (Wolfe) 91

British Columbia Discovery Trust Fund

Establishment of (Hall) 263, 264 (McGeer) 263-4

British Columbia Educational Institutions Capital Financing Authority Act

Mentioned: (Lauk) 637, 715, 716 (McGeer) 717

British Columbia Egg Marketing Board

Mentioned: (Hon. member) 447

British Columbia Electric Co.

Expropriation of (Barrett) 135, 136 (Hyndman) 144 (King) 134 (Stupich) 147

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 786

British Columbia Electric Railway

Mentioned: (Skelly) 287

British Columbia Energy Commission

B.C. Hydro planning, responsibility for (Skelly) 287

Energy requirements, forecasts of (Hewitt) 302 (Nicolson) 311-2 (Skelly) 287 (Waterland) 311

Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, study (Lockstead) 49-50

Role of (Hewitt) 470

Vancouver Island, alternative energy sources (Lockstead) 49-50

Mentioned: (Barrett) 415 (Bennett) 376 (Brummet) 87 (D’Arcy) 1108, 464 (Davis) 289, 290 (Hewitt) 302, 464, 465, 1107 (Lockstead) 470, 471, 474 (Skelly) 287, 453, 455, 469

British Columbia Federation of Agriculture

Meeting with, cancellation of (Wallace) Q. 505 (Hewitt) A. 505

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 445, 446 (Wallace) 264, 447, 690

British Columbia Federation of Labour

Occupational health and safety legislation report (Brown) 945 (Williams) 947

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 79 (Macdonald) 696

British Columbia Ferry Corp.

Coastal transportation, improvement in (Bennett) 393

Directors (Bennett) 393

Directors, fees and expenses of, total amounts paid (Lockstead) Q. 998 (Fraser) A. 999

Employees, number of (Dailly) Q. 184 (Curtis) A. 184

Employees, reduction in (Stupich) 27

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway service, tourist counsellors' knowledge of (Phillips) 578 (Sanford) 578

Expenditures on (Stupich) 325

Fares, commuter fare rate (Smith) 81

Fares, free fares, elderly, handicapped (Lockstead) 50, 1046

Fares, free fares, youth groups (Fraser) 1048 (Lockstead) 1046

Fares, youth groups (Lockstead) 50

Federal-provincial agreement, amount received and expenditures (Lockstead) Q. 999 (Fraser) A. 999

Ferries, sale of (Howard) 159 (Stupich) 327 (Wolfe) 168

Ferry contracts (Bennett) 394

Highway signing, “Ferry to Victoria” sign (Barnes) 1049-50, 1070 (Fraser) 1057

Kitimat, ferry terminal (Howard) Q. 6 (Fraser) A. 6

Rates, freight rates (Davis) 1062 (Fraser) 1065

Route 7, supplementary vessel for (Lockstead) 1044

Staff, courtesy of (Mussallem) 1049

Subsidy to (Davis) 1062

Mentioned: (Barrett) 138 (Bennett) 392 (Davis) 1060, 1061 (Fraser) 1043 (McCarthy) 174 (Stupich) 25, 28

See also names of ferries, e.g. Queen of Prince Rupert

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

Crofton mill, electric power for (Hewitt) 462

Profits and employees (Wallace) 54

Mentioned: (Howard) 339 (Phillips) 554 (Waterland) 311, 730

British Columbia Fruit Growers Association

Meeting with (Hewitt) 505

British Columbia Games

Televising of (Barnes) Q. 504, Q. 628, Q. 763, 988-91, 991-2, 992, 1040-1 (Curtis) A. 628, A. 789, A. 790, 991, 992, 1133-4 (Hall) 1133

British Columbia Gazette

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 78 (Lauk) 1174

British Columbia Government Employees Union

Mentioned: (Cocke) 996

British Columbia Health Association

Hospitals, financing, analysis of (McClelland) 794

Mentioned: (Barber) 828 (McClelland) 7, 532

British Columbia Heritage Trust

Grant from for parkland acquisition (Chabot) 961

British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service

Mentioned: (Brown) 809

British Columbia Hotels Association

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 548

British Columbia Housing Corp.

See: Housing Corp. of B.C.

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Accountability of (Barber) 412 (Barrett) 298 (Hewitt) 472 (King) 292-3 (Levi) 316-8 (Lorimer) 314 (Wolfe) 315

Auditor-general, jurisdiction over corporation (Hewitt) 303 (Levi) 316, 317, 318 (Wolfe) 316, 317

Board of directors (Lorimer) 314

Board of directors, increase in (Hewitt) 475

Board of directors, number of members (Levi) 64

Board of directors, remuneration to (D’Arcy) Q. 250 (Hewitt) A. 250

Borrowing, 1978, cutback in approval of (Levi) 316, 316-7

Borrowing, American funds and interest charges (Barrett) 297 (Howard) 318 (Leggatt) 295

Borrowing, authorization for, increase in (Wolfe) 285

Borrowing, Canada Pension Plan funds (Lea) 319 (Wolfe) 318, 319

Borrowing, percentage of gross national product (Davis) 290

Borrowing, relationship to provincial budget (Skelly) 286

Borrowing, source of funds (Barrett) 297 (Cocke) 301 (Howard) 318 (Leggatt) 295 (Wolfe) 315, 318

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., purchase of bonds (Barrett) 362, 366, 369 (Bennett) 366

Columbia River power development, generation, transformation and transmission facilities, expenditures on (D’Arcy) Q. 625 (Hewitt) A. 625

Columbia River power development, storage projects, expenditures on (D’Arcy) Q. 625 (Hewitt) A. 625

Columbia River projects, completion of, expenditures required (D’Arcy) Q. 625 (Hewitt) A. 625

Committee on Crown Corporations, appearance before (Hewitt) 305

Conservation program (Skelly) 474

Contract suit, out-of-court settlement (Hewitt) 314

Control of (Hewitt) 303 (Leggatt) 295-6 (Lockstead) 50 (Skelly) 287

Control of, regulatory agency for (King) 291

Cost control, adequacy of (Hewitt) 305 (King) 291-2

Dams, flood control benefits (Mussallem) 312

Debt (Stupich) 26

Debt, increase in (Cocke) 300 (Lorimer) 314

Debt, interest costs on (Barrett) 298 (King) 293 (Lorimer) 314 (Wolfe) 315, 318

Debt per customer (Hewitt) 306 (Wallace) 307 (Wolfe) 315

Debt, repayment of (Wolfe) 315

Developments, information on (Hewitt) 301-2

Distribution systems, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Energy requirements, forecasts of (Hewitt) 302 (Nicolson) 311-2 (Skelly) 287 (Waterland) 311

Engineers on staff, number of (Lorimer) 314

Expenditures, increase in (Wolfe) 315

Export of power (Cocke) 301 (Davis) 290-1 (Hewitt) 474, 480 (Howard) 318 (Leggatt) 480 (Mussallem) 312-3 (Nicolson) 311-2 (Skelly) 288, 474

Hat Creek coal deposits, statement re use of for gasoline (Macdonald) Q. 861 (McGeer) A. 861

Hat Creek power project, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Hat Creek power project, environmental pollution (Macdonald) Q. 860

Hat Creek power project, pollution control costs (Davis) 664-5

Herbicide use (Gabelmann) 78

Kitimat-Ocean Falls transmission line (Hewitt) 480 (Lockstead) 472, 480

Kootenay diversion, decision on (Hewitt) 479 (King) 477

Management of (Cocke) 300 (King) 292-3

Natural gas distribution, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Natural gas export, submission to National Energy Board (Barrett) Q. 929-30 (Hewitt) A. 929, A. 930 (Macdonald) Q. 929

Office furniture, memo re (Barrett) 298 (Leggatt) 295

Peace River projects, expenditures on, total cost of (D’Arcy) Q. 625 (Hewitt) A. 625

Peace River, Site C dam (Hewitt) 472-3 (Skelly) 288

Peace River, Site C dam, land purchases (Hewitt) 302 (Skelly) 287 (Wallace) 307 (Waterland) 309

Peace River, site 1 dam, steel liners (King) 480

Peace River, site 1 project, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Peak-load period, shutting down wood rooms (Hewitt) 470, 473 (Skelly) 469, 473-4

Peak-load period, shutting off water heaters (Skelly) 469

Planning function (Skelly) 453

Planning, responsibility for (Skelly) 287

Policy decisions, responsibility for (Hewitt) 472 (Lockstead) 470

Power Perspective `79 quoted (Passarell) 478

Power-project studies, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Power projects, consultation on (Lockstead) 474

Power projects, environmental impact (Nicolson) 312

Power projects, review committee on, proposal for (Hewitt) 474

Rail freight service, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Rate structure (Leggatt) 296 (Mussallem) 312 (Skelly) 288 (Wallace) 308

Real property taxes, school taxes, payment of (D’Arcy) 465 (Hewitt) 466, 469 (King) 477

Restructuring of (Skelly) 287

Right-of-way, logging of (Nicolson) 739-40 (Waterland) 741

Service buildings and equipment, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Spraying permits, application for (Mair) 660

Spraying permits, Nimpkish Valley, application for (Gabelmann) 656-7

Staff, reduction in (Hewitt) 305-6

Transformation plants and substations, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Transit assets, transfer of (Lorimer) 782 (Vander Zalm) 781, 786

Transit assets, transfer of and possible long-term bond redemption (Lorimer) 782 (Nicolson) 786 (Vander Zalm) 786

Transit employees, transfer of (Lorimer) 782 (Vander Zalm) 781

Transit equipment, maintenance of (Lorimer) 782

Transit system (Lorimer) 314

Transit system, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Transit vehicles, new, purchase of (Lorimer) 782

Transit, free bus passes, letter re (Cocke) Q. 416 (McCarthy) A. 416

Transmission costs, assessment of (D’Arcy) 464

Transmission facilities, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Transmission line rights-of-way, mineral claims (Nicolson) 476

Transmission line rights-of-way, water rights conflict (Nicolson) 476

Vancouver Island transmission line (Hewitt) 302, 303, 462, 470 (Lockstead) 49-50 (Skelly) 288 (Wolfe) 315

Vancouver Island transmission line, cost of (Hewitt) 462 (Skelly) 453, 454

Vancouver Island transmission line, environmental impact of (Hewitt) 473, 474-5 (Lockstead) 471, 475

Vancouver Island transmission line, environmental impact of, report on (Lockstead) 689 (Mair) 689

Vancouver Island transmission line, environmental protection (Wallace) Q. 700 (Mair) A. 700

Vancouver Island transmission line, environmental studies of (Lockstead) Q. 700 (Mair) A. 700

Vancouver Island transmission line, meeting with area residents on (Lockstead) Q. 762 (Mair) A. 762

Vancouver Island transmission line, moratorium on (Hewitt) 473 (Lockstead) 471

Vancouver Island transmission line, public hearing on (Lockstead) Q. 699, Q. 700, Q. 762 (Mair) A. 699

Vancouver Island transmission line, public inquiry into (Lockstead) 471

Vancouver Island transmission line, public relations program for (Skelly) 453-4

Vancouver Island transmission line, reports on, release of (Lockstead) Q. 789 (Mair) A. 789

Vancouver Island transmission line, route of (Hewitt) 473, A. 700 (Lockstead) Q. 700

Vancouver Island transmission line, Shaffer report on (Lockstead) Q. 761, Q. 761-2, Q. 789, Q. 1002, Q. 1003, Q. 1029 (Mair) A. 761, A. 762, A. 789, A. 1002, A. 1003, A. 1029

Vancouver Island transmission system, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Vancouver Island, alternative energy sources (Lockstead) 49-50

Vancouver Island, potential hydroelectric sites (D’Arcy) 464 (Hewitt) 466, 469

Water reserves, level of (Cocke) 301 (Hewitt) 306

Mentioned: (Barber) 1007 (Barnes) 180, 1071 (Barrett) 137, 246 (Bennett) 157, 382 (D’Arcy) 1108, 1109 (Davis) 16 (Hewitt) 452, 462, 465, 1107, 1108 (Howard) 339 (King) 176, 684, 765 (Lauk) 1171 (Levi) 957, 1030 (Macdonald) 669 (Mair) 649, 695 (Skelly) 104, 271, 583, 646, 653, 694 (Stupich) 346

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

(Bill 11) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 39-40; 2R, 285-303, 305-16; C, 316-9; 3R, 319; RA, 456

Speakers: Barber 317, 317-8, 318; Barrett 296-300; Brummet 294-5; Cocke 300-1; Davis 288-91; Hewitt 301-3, 305-7, 317, 318; Howard 318; King 291-4, 319; Lea 319; Leggatt 295-6; Levi 316, 316-7, 317, 318; Lorimer 314; Mussallem 312-4; Nicolson 311-2; Skelly 286-8; Wallace 307-9; Waterland 309-11; Williams 318; Wolfe 285-6, 314-5, 316, 317, 318, . 319

Amdts: 2R (Barrett) 299

Divisions: 2R, 315-6

Accountability of corporation (Barrett) 298 (King) 292-3 (Levi) 316, 318 (Lorimer) 314 (Wolfe) 315

Auditor-general, jurisdiction of over corporation (Hewitt) 303 (Levi) 316, 317, 318 (Wolfe) 316

B.C. Energy Commission, responsibility of for planning (Skelly) 287

Borrowing, 1978, cutback in approval of (Levi) 316, 316-7

Borrowing, American funds and interest charges (Barrett) 297 (Leggatt) 295 (Howard) 318

Borrowing, approval of by cabinet (Skelly) 286 (Wolfe) 286

Borrowing, authorization for, increase in (Wolfe) 285

Borrowing, Canada Pension Plan funds (Lea) 319 (Wolfe) 318, 319

Borrowing, percentage of gross national product (Davis) 290

Borrowing, relationship of to provincial budget (Skelly) 286

Borrowing, source of funds (Barrett) 297 (Cocke) 301 (Howard) 318 (Leggatt) 295 (Wolfe) 315, 318

Coal, use of for power generation (Davis) 290 (Hewitt) 303

Columbia River Treaty projects, cost of (Barrett) 298 (Hewitt) 306 (King) 291-2 (Wallace) 307

Committee of Legislature, referral of bill to (Barrett) 299 (Skelly) 287, 288

Committee on Crown Corporations, preparation of corporation for appearance before (Hewitt) 305

Committee on Crown Corporations, report mentioned, quoted (Barrett) 298 (King) 291-2 (Skelly) 286, 286-7, 287

Conservation of energy (Skelly) 288

Contract suit, out-of-court settlement of (Lorimer) 314

Control of corporation (Hewitt) 303 (Leggatt) 295-6 (Skelly) 287

Control of corporation, regulatory agency for (King) 291

Cost control, adequacy of (Hewitt) 305 (King) 291-2

Dams, flood control benefits (Mussallem) 312

Debt per customer (Hewitt) 306 (Wallace) 307 (Wolfe) 315

Debt, increase in (Cocke) 300 (Lorimer) 314

Debt, interest costs on (Barrett) 298 (King) 293 (Lorimer) 314 (Wolfe) 315, 318

Debt, repayment of (Wolfe) 315

Directors of corporation (Lorimer) 314

Distribution systems, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Electrical utilities, financing of (Wallace) 307-8

Energy, alternative sources of (Cocke) 300 (Hewitt) 302-3 (Skelly) 288 (Wallace) 308-9 (Waterland) 309-10

Energy costs, cost per kilowatt (Davis) 289

Energy policy for province (Hewitt) 302 (Skelly) 286, 287, 288

Energy requirements, forecasts of (Hewitt) 302 (Nicolson) 311-2 (Skelly) 287 (Waterland) 311

Energy requirements, industry's needs (Waterland) 311

Energy resources, development of (Davis) 289

Engineers on staff, number of (Lorimer) 314

Expenditures, increase in (Wolfe) 315

Export of power (Cocke) 301 (Davis) 290-1 (Howard) 318 (Mussallem) 312-3 (Nicolson) 311-2 (Skelly) 288

G.M. Shrum Generating Station, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Geothermal power (Cocke) 300

Hat Creek thermal generating plant, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Industry, sale of energy by (Davis) 290 (Hewitt) 303 (Wallace) 308, 309

Information on proposed developments (Hewitt) 301-2

Kootenay River diversion, borrowing for (King) 319 (Wolfe) 319

Management of corporation (Cocke) 300 (King) 292-3

Natural gas distribution systems, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Natural gas, export price of (Hewitt) 306

Natural gas, price of to industrial users (Barrett) 296-7

Natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island (Barber) 317, 317-8, 318 (Davis) 290 (Hewitt) 303, 317, 318 (Wolfe) 317

Natural gas service, Vancouver Island (Barber) 317

Nitinat Indian reserve, wind power production (Wallace) 308 (Waterland) 310

Nuclear power in province (Brummet) 295 (Davis) 289, 290 (Hewitt) 303 (Skelly) 286 (Wallace) 308

Office furniture, interoffice memo re (Barrett) 298 (Leggatt) 295

Peace River, Site C dam (Skelly) 288

Peace River, Site C dam, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Peace River, Site C dam, land purchases for (Hewitt) 302 (Skelly) 287 (Wallace) 307 (Waterland) 309

Peace River, site 1 project, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Peak-load periods, voltage drop during (Wallace) 309

Petroleum as energy source, alternatives to (Davis) 289 (Hewitt) 303

Power project studies, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Power projects, environmental impact of (Nicolson) 312

Rail freight service, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Rate structure of corporation (Leggatt) 296 (Skelly) 288 (Wallace) 308

Rate structure of corporation, uniformity in (Mussallem) 312

Restructuring of organization (Skelly) 287

Revelstoke Dam, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Revelstoke Dam, Downie slide (Hewitt) 305 (King) 291, 294 (Nicolson) 311 (Waterland) 310

Revelstoke Dam, Highway 23 reconstruction (King) 319

Revelstoke Dam, pre-engineering of (Hewitt) 302, 305 (King) 291, 293-4 (Skelly) 286 (Waterland) 310

Revelstoke Dam, safety of (King) 293-4

Service buildings and equipment, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Seven Mile Dam, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Solar energy (Mussallem) 313

Solar energy, research on (Hewitt) 303 (Wallace) 308

Staff of corporation, reduction in (Hewitt) 305-6

Transformation plants and substations, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Transit (Lorimer) 314

Transit system, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Transmission facilities, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Vancouver Island transmission system (Hewitt) 302, 303 (Skelly) 288 (Wolfe) 315

Vancouver Island transmission system, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Water power as energy source (Davis) 288-9

Water reserves, level of (Cocke) 301 (Hewitt) 306

Wind power (Waterland) 310

Wood wastes, use of for power generation (Davis) 289-90 (Leggatt) 296 (Wallace) 309

British Columbia Independent Loggers Association

Mentioned: (King) 723 (Waterland) 730

British Columbia Institute of Agrologists

Mentioned: (Sanford) 1095 (Wallace) 447, 690

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

Midwifery program (Leggatt) 260

Programs via satellite (McGeer) 585-6, 606 (Sanford) 605

Mentioned: (Lauk) 716 (Phillips) 568

British Columbia Insurance Corporation

See: Insurance Corp. of B.C.

British Columbia Interior Vegetable Marketing Board

Order re marketing (Hewitt) 451 (Jordan) 450

British Columbia Jockey Club

Mentioned: (Wallace) 112

British Columbia Law Reform Commission

Mentioned: (Chairman) 538 (Leggatt) 538 (Skelly) 539

British Columbia Lions Club

Lottery grant to (Curtis) 988

British Columbia Marketing Board

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 451

British Columbia Medical Association

Alert Bay inquiry, recommendations (McClelland) 795-6

Medical services plan terms, agreement on (Cocke) 817 (McClelland) 795, 820 (Wallace) 849

Mentioned: (Barber) 533 (Brown) 805 (Cocke) 97 (McClelland) 210, 533, 843

British Columbia Medical Association Journal

Quoted (Brown) 804-5 (Cocke) 799 (Hall) 19 (Levi) 64

British Columbia Medical Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Concept of and planning for (Cocke) 839-40

Planning of (McGeer) 838

Mentioned: (McClelland) 821

British Columbia Milk Board

Mentioned: (Wallace) 581

British Columbia Parent Finders

Mentioned: (Brown) 893

British Columbia Penitentiary

Mentioned: (Howard) 521

British Columbia Petroleum Corp.

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., transfer to (Barrett) 359 (Bennett) 360

Directors, remuneration to (Hewitt) Q. 250 (D’Arcy) Q. 250

Establishment of (Barrett) 296, 297 (Phillips) 391

Lechner, George, resignation of (D’Arcy) 465 (Hewitt) 466

Revenue (Barrett) 358, 383 (Hewitt) 386, 387 (Howard) 160 (Macdonald) 86 (Stupich) 29, 328

Role of (Barrett) 361 (Bennett) 360, 363 (Hewitt) 386, 387, 470

Mentioned: (Barber) 411 (Barrett) 137, 361, 362, 379, 384, 930 (Brummet) 87 (Cocke) 165 (Hewitt) 302, 465 (Lauk) 1171 (Phillips) 274 (Skelly) 468

British Columbia Petroleum Corporation Act

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 86

British Columbia Police Commission

Delta police investigation and Tsawwassen Beach disturbance (Macdonald) Q. 1031 (Gardom) A. 1031

This Film is About Rape (Gardom) 506

Mentioned: (Gardom) 485, 506, 510 (Levi) 508

British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C.

Commended (Curtis) 985

Natural history gallery, opening of (Curtis) 985

Staff health and safety committee (Curtis) 600

Ventilation of, reinstallation of adequate equipment for (Curtis) A. 600 (Hanson) Q. 531

Mentioned: (Curtis) 985 (Hanson) 12, 482

British Columbia Railway

Coal, northeastern, transport of (Leggatt) Q. 762 (Phillips) A. 762

Debt (Stupich) 26 (Davis) 1062

Employees, reduction in (Stupich) 27

Fort Nelson extension, appropriation for (Brummet) 163-4 (Stupich) 163

Fort Nelson extension, reconstruction, appropriation for (Wolfe) 24

Operation of (Phillips) 37-8

Quintette coal mine, rail link to, cost of (Leggatt) 550, 551

Railcars, purchase of (Barrett) Q. 122 (Phillips) A. 187

Railcars, shortage of (Barrett) Q. 122 (Phillips) A. 188

Railwest Manufacturing Co. See name of company

Subsidy to (Davis) 1061-2

Mentioned: Barber) 570, 576, 577 (Barrett) 246 (Davis) 1060, 1061 (Leggatt) 281, 693 (Phillips) 281, 569 (Strachan) 85

See also: Railwest Manufacturing Co.

British Columbia Real Estate Association

Mentioned: (Lea) 43

British Columbia Regional Hospital Districts Financing Authority

Debt (Howard) 339

British Columbia Regional Hospital Districts Financing Authority Act

Mentioned: (Howard) 339

British Columbia Research Council

Coal, electric power generation from, study on (Phillips) 563

Report on (McGeer) 263

X-rays, use of, study on safety procedures for (Macdonald) Q. 461 (McClelland) A. 461

Mentioned: (McGeer) 597

British Columbia Resources Investment Corp.

Annual meetings (Bennett) 432, 434 (Howard) 140, 239, 432 (Leggatt) 433, 433-4 (Levi) 235, 236, 236-7, 431 (Wolfe) 236

Assets (Barrett) 135, 136, 137 (Bennett) 124, 154 (Stupich) 151

Assets, disposal of (Barber) 128, 130, 438-9, 439 (Bennett) 439 (Howard) 140, 426-7 (Leggatt) 146

Assets, transfer of to Savings and Trust Corp. of B. C. (Stupich) 153

Assets, undervaluing worth of (Barber) 127, 128

B.C. Hydro bonds, purchase of (Barrett) 362, 366, 369 (Bennett) 366

B.C. Petroleum Corp., acquisition of (Barrett) 359 (Bennett) 360

Board of directors (Barber) 127, 128 (Bennett) 437 (Stupich) 437

Board of directors, primary responsibility of (Bennett) 154 (Howard) 139

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act, 1979. See name of act

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd. shares, sale of (Howard) 426-7

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd., TFL No. 1, removal of timber from (King) 401 (Waterland) 402

Canadian Pacific Investments, purchase of (Barber) Q. 1123 (Bennett) A. 1123

Companies Act, exclusion from (Leggatt) 432-3 (Levi) 132

Control of and share ownership (Barber) 130-1 (Barrett) 138. (Howard) 140 (Lea) 142, 143 (Leggatt) 145, 241 (Levi) 236 (Stupich) 147, 148, 152

Dividends (Barber) 128 (Bennett) 432 (Howard) 239, 432

Executives, directors, disclosure of payment to (Barber) 120 (Bennett) 436 (Leggatt) 436 (Stupich) 435

Foreign control, ownership (Barber) 434 (Howard) 139, 140 (Leggatt) 24516, 423, 434

Government, relationship to (Howard) 139

Helliwell, David, role of (Howard) 138, 141 (Lea) 142 (Leggatt) 146

Investment evaluation of, report on (Hall) Q. 1094

MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., purchase of controlling interest in (Barber) Q. 1123 (Bennett) A. 1123

Natural gas leases (Barrett) 369, 383-4 (Howard) 427

Petroleum leases (Barrett) 383-4 427

Profits, investment of outside Canada (Lea) 143

Prospectus (Levi) 131

Share distribution (Wolfe) 24

Share ownership, opportunity for (Bennett) 124-5, 126, 127

Shareholder register, maintenance of (Howard) 238 (Levi) 237 (Wolfe) 237

Shareholders, trust holdings (Leggatt) 435

Shares, association limits, change in (Barber) 429 (Bennett) 429, 430 (Howard) 429, 430 (Levi) 430

Shares, free shares (Barber) 127, 128-9, 130 (Bennett) 124 (Levi) 63, 64 (Ree) 141 (Stupich) 147

Shares, free shares, application forms (Barber) 129-30

Shares, free shares, applications for (Wolfe) 24

Shares, free shares, applications for, number of (Howard) 140-1

Shares, free shares, children born in future (Bennett) 438 (Brown) 908 (Levi) 437

Shares, free shares, distributing agents' profits (Barber) 129

Shares, free shares, distribution of (Hyndman) 75 (Segarty) 56

Shares, free shares, distribution of by B.C. Systems Corp. (Levi) 331, 332, 334, 345, 346 (Wolfe) 322-3, 333, 335, 345, 346

Shares, free shares, Indians' applications for (Leggatt) 145

Shares, free shares, MLAs' entitlement to (Barrett) 137

Shares, free shares, promotion and distribution costs (Barber) 129, 237, 238 (Bennett) 125, 437 (Howard) 140-1, 436-7 (Lea) 144 (Leggatt) 146 (Levi) 133, 236 (Stupich) 147, 349 (Wolfe) 237, 238, 349

Shares, free shares, sale of (Barber) 130-1 (Hyndman) 144-5 (King) 134-5

Shares, free shares, service personnel (King) 135

Shares, limit on ownership of (Barber) 130, 440 (Barrett) 369 (Bennett) 124, 430, 440 (Howard) 139 (Stupich) 152

Shares, limit on ownership of, pension plans (Bennett) 124

Shares, limiting ownership to B.C. residents (Barber) 244-5, 422-3, 428-9 (Barrett) 246-7 (Bennett) 423-4, 425-6, 426 (Howard) 426-7 (Leggatt) 245-6, 423 (Levi) 427-8 (Wallace) 424-5, 426

Shares, limiting ownership to Canadians (Barrett) 369 (Bennett) 124, 425-6, 434 (Leggatt) 245, 405

Shares, listing of on Toronto, Montreal Stock Exchanges (Barber) Q. 343 (Bennett) A. 343

Shares, proxy voting (Bennett) 430

Shares, purchase of (Bennett) 125, 126, 156 (Stupich) 147, 153

Shares, purchase of by brokerage firms (Bennett) 426 (Wallace) 424-5, 426

Shares, sale of (Levi) 63, 6 ( (Wolfe) 24, 69

Shares, sale of to Canadian Pacific Railway (Barrett) 362 (Bennett) 363

Shares, value of (Stupich) 148

Shares, voting rights (Barber) 227-8, 237-8, 428 (Barrett) 137-8 (Bennett) 156-7 (Brown) 229-30 (Howard) 140, 141, 238-41, 243-4 (Leggatt) 228 (Levi) 132, 133, 227, 235-6, 236-7, 428, 431 (Mitchell) 241-2 (Stupich) 152, 153 (Williams) 242-3 (Wolfe) 229

Underwriting, problem in obtaining (Barber) 128 (Levi) 131

Mentioned: (Barber) 313 (Bennett) 367, 396 (Brummet) 87, 410 (Chabot) 710 (Cocke) 561, 568, 817 (D’Arcy) 464 (Howard) 108, 224 (King) 274, 1165 (Lauk) 1171 (Leggatt) 59, 295 (Mussallem) 313 (Phillips) 274 (Stupich) 191, 325 (Waterland) 730

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Act

Amendments to (Throne speech) 3

Mentioned: (Bennett) 123

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act, 1979

(Bill 12) (Premier) 1R, 69; 2R, 123-48, 151-7; C, 226-33, 235-49, 422-40; 3R, 441; RA, 456

Speakers: Barber 127-31, 227-8, 232, 237-8, 244-5, 422-3, 428-9, 429, 434, 438-9, 439, 440; Barrett 135-8, 230, 231, 232, 246-8; Bennett 123-7, 154-7, 423-4, 425-6, 426, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 435-6, 437, 438, 439, 440; Brown 229-30, 248-9; Howard 138-41, 238-41, 243-4, 426-7, 429-30, 431-2, 432, 436-7, 440; Hyndman 144-5; King 134-5; Lea 142-4; Leggatt 145-6, 228, 241, 245-6, 423, 432-3, 433-4, 434, 435, 436, 439; Levi 131-4, 227, 235-6, 236-7, 237, 427-8, 430, 431, 437; McGeer 146-7; Mitchell 241-2; Ree 141-2; Stupich 147-8, 151-4, 435, 437; Wallace 424-5, 426; Williams 242-3; Wolfe 229, 231, 236, 237

Amdts: sec. 1 (Levi) 226, negatived 244; sec. 2 (Barber) 245, negatived 429; sec. 3 (Bennett) 429, approved 430; sec. 5 (Bennett) 431, approved 431; sec. 7 (Bennett) 431, approved 431; sec. 7 (Levi) 431, negatived 432; sec. 7 (Leggatt) 432, negatived 433; sec. 7 (Leggatt) 433, negatived 434; sec. 7 (Leggatt) 434, negatived 434; sec. 7 (Leggatt) 435, negatived 435; sec. 7 (Stupich) 435, negatived 436; sec. 7 (Barber) 436, out of order 436; sec. 7 (Howard) 436, negatived 437; sec. 7 (Stupich) 437, negatived 437; sec. 7 (Levi) 437, 443, out of order 438; sec. 7 (Barber) 438, negatived 439; sec. 11 (Barber) 440, negatived 440

Divisions: C, 244, 429, 434, 436, 439

Adviser to minister, appointment of (Barrett) 230, 231 (Wolfe) 230, 231

Adviser to minister, presence of in House (Barber) 232 (Barrett) 231, 232 (Chairman) 231, 232 (Howard) 238 (Wolfe) 231

Annual meetings (Bennett) 140, 239, 432 (Howard) 140, 239, 432 (Leggatt) 433, 433-4 (Levi) 235, 236, 236-7, 431 (Wolfe) 236

Assets (Barrett) 135, 136, 137 (Bennett) 124, 154 (Stupich) 151

Assets, disposal of by corporation (Barber) 128, 130, 438-9, 439 (Bennett) 439 (Howard) 140, 426-7 (Leggatt) 146

Assets, undervaluing worth of (Barber) 127, 128

Bennett, W.R., absence of during debate on bill (Barrett) 246, 247, 248 (Brown) 248, 249

Board of directors (Barber) 127 (Bennett) 437 (Stupich) 437

Board of directors, payments to (Barber) 128

Board of directors, primary responsibility of (Bennett) 154 (Howard) 139

Canadian Cellulose Co. Ltd. shares, sale of (Howard) 426-7

Companies Act, exclusion from (Leggatt) 432-3 (Levi) 132

Companies, expropriation of by government (Barrett) 135, 136 (King) 134

Control of corporation and share ownership (Barber) 130-1 (Barrett) 138 (Howard) 140 (Lea) 142, 143 (Leggatt) 145, 241 (Levi) 236 (Stupich) 147, 148, 152

Corporation, relationship of to government (Howard) 139

Dividends of corporation (Barber) 128 (Bennett) 432 (Howard) 239, 432

Executives, directors of corporation, disclosure of remuneration to (Barber) 128 (Bennett) 436 (Leggatt) 436 (Stupich) 435

Foreign control, ownership (Barber) 434 (Howard) 139, 1, 40 (Leggatt) 245-6, 423, 434

Government and high taxation (Bennett) 155

Helliwell, David, role of (Howard) 138, 141 (Lea) 142 (Leggatt) 146

Helliwell, David, salary (Barber) 128 (Barrett) 135 (Levi) 132 (Stupich) 435

Investment education, inclusion of in education system (Bennett) 125, 127, 157

Investment, participation in (Bennett) 124-5, 126, 127, 154-5 (Hyndman) 144, 145 (Leggatt) 228 (Levi) 131-3 (McGeer) 146 (Ree) 141-2

Investment, participation in, lack of funds for (Levi) 131-2, 133, 134

Natural gas licence (Howard) 427

Petroleum licence (Howard) 427

Profits, investment of outside Canada (Lea) 143

Prospectus of corporation (Levi) 131

Retroactivity of bill (Barber) 130

Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C., transfer of assets to (Stupich) 153

Share ownership, opportunity for (Bennett) 124-5, 126, 127

Shareholder register, maintenance of (Howard) 238 (Levi) 237 (Wolfe) 237

Shareholders, trust holdings (Leggatt) 435

Shares, association limits, change in (Barber) 429 (Bennett) 429, 430 (Howard) 429, 430 (Levi) 430

Shares, free shares (Barber) 127, 128-9, 130 (Bennett) 124 (Ree) 141 (Stupich) 147

Shares, free shares, application forms, mailing of (Barber) 129-30

Shares, free shares, applications for, number of (Howard) 140-1

Shares, free shares, children born in future (Bennett) 438 (Levi) 437

Shares, free shares, cost of promotion and distribution (Barber) 129, 237, 238 (Bennett) 125, 437 (Howard) 140-1, 436-7 (Lea) 144 (Leggatt) 146 (Levi) 133, 236 (Stupich) 147 (Wolfe) 237, 238

Shares, free shares, Indians' applications for (Leggatt) 145

Shares, free shares, MLAs' entitlement to (Barrett) 137

Shares, free shares, profits made by distributing agents (Barber) 129

Shares, free shares, sale of (Barber) 130-1 (Hyndman) 144-5 (King) 134-5

Shares, free shares, servicemen and women (King) 135

Shares, limit on ownership of (Barber) 130, 440 (Bennett) 124, 430, 440 (Howard) 139, 140 (Lea) 143 (Stupich) 152

Shares, limit on ownership of, pension plans (Bennett) 124

Shares, limiting ownership to B.C. residents (Barber) 244-5, 422-3, 428-9 (Barrett) 246-7 (Bennett) 423-4, 425-6, 426 (Brown) 248-9 (Howard) 426-7 (Leggatt) 245-6, 423 (Levi) 427-8 (Wallace) 424-5, 426

Shares, limiting ownership to Canadians (Bennett) 124, 425-6, 434 (Leggatt) 245

Shares, proxy voting (Bennett) 430

Shares, purchase of (Bennett) 125, 126, 156 (Stupich) 147, 153

Shares, purchase of by brokerage firms (Bennett) 426 (Wallace) 424-5, 426

Shares, value of (Stupich) 148

Shares, voting rights (Barber) 227-8, 237-8, 428 (Barrett) 137-8 (Bennett) 156-7 (Brown) 229-30 (Howard) 140, 141, 238-41, 243-4 (Leggatt) 228 (Levi) 132, 133, 227, 235-6, 236-7, 428, 431 (Mitchell) 241-2 (Stupich) 152, 153 (Williams) 242-3 (Wolfe) 229

Underwriting, problem in obtaining (Barber) 128 (Levi) 131

British Columbia Savings and Trust Corp.

See: Savings and Trust Corp. of B.C.

British Columbia School Districts Capital Financing Authority

Debt (Howard) 338

British Columbia School Trustees Association

Mentioned: (McGeer) 643, 719

British Columbia Steamship Co. (1975) Ltd.

Mentioned: (Barber) 186, 574 (Davis) 1061

British Columbia Sugar Refining Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Howard) 189, 241

British Columbia Summer Games

TV coverage, company's name and length of contract (Barnes) Q. 628 (Curtis) A. 628, A. 789

TV coverage, local coverage (Barnes) Q. 504, Q. 763, 988-91, 992, 1040-1 (Curtis) A. 789, 991, 992

Mentioned: (Barnes) 913

British Columbia Systems Corp.

Annual report (Levi) 328-9, 334 (Wolfe) 329, 332, 335

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, distribution of (Levi) 331, 332, 334, 345, 346 (Wolfe) 322-3, 333, 335, 345, 346

Board, appointments to (Levi) 331, 334, 335 (Wolfe) 333, 335

Chief financial officer (Levi) 331 (Wolfe) 333

Deputy ministers' report on (Levi) 329-30, 331, 332 (Wolfe) 332-3

Economic Development ministry consultants, payment to (Hanson) 577-8

Employees, morale and working conditions (Hanson) 335-6

Employees, number of (Curtis) A. 184 (Dailly) Q. 184 (Levi) 334 (Wolfe) 335

Employees, number of and management personnel (Hanson) 335, 337 (Wolfe) 344

Justice information system (Gardom) 543 (Levi) 331, 542-3

Management personnel, recruitment of (Hanson) 336

New Democratic Party, future of corporation under NDP (Levi) 332

Social insurance numbers, use of (Hanson) 336

Mentioned: (Barber) 984 (Hall) 993, 1027 (Hanson) 212, 220 (Levi) 133, 186, 237, 879 (McClelland) 879

British Columbia Teachers Federation

Public Schools Act, section 129, brief on (Lauk) 635

Mentioned: (Brown) 908 (Dailly) 719 (Lauk) 635, 719 (McCarthy) 215 (McGeer) 719

British Columbia Telephone Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Barber) 128, 228 (Cocke) 996 (Howard) 108, 189, 241 (Levi) 132, 421 (Wolfe) 110

British Columbia Television Broadcasting System Ltd.

Summer and Winter Games, televising of (Barnes) Q. 628, 989-91, 992, 1040-1 (Curtis) 991, 992

Mentioned: (Barber) 979

British Columbia Thoroughbred Society

Mentioned: (Gardom) 97

British Columbia Tree Fruits Ltd.

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 445

British Columbia Truck Loggers Association

Thompson report, release of (King) Q. 670 (Waterland) A. 670

British Columbia Water and Waste Association

Mentioned: (Levi) 687

British Columbia Waterwells Association

Mentioned: (Wallace) 690

British Columbia Wildlife Federation

Assistance to (Hyndman) 73

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 699

British Columbia Winter Games 1980

Games (Segarty) 56

TV coverage, company's name and length of contract (Barnes) Q. 628 (Curtis) A. 628, A. 789

TV coverage, local coverage (Barnes) Q. 504, Q. 763, 988-91, 992, 1040-1 (Curtis) A. 789, 991, 992

Mentioned: (Barnes) 913

British North America Act

Mentioned: (Barrett) 1017 (Gardom) 512, 1131, 1132 (Howard) 681, 942 (Waterland) 722

British Petroleum Corp.

Coal development, cost of infrastructure for (King) Q. 763 (Leggatt) Q. 702

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 693 (Vander Zalm) 1085

Broadbent, Ed

Mentioned: (Bennett) 402, 425 (Leggatt) 402

Brodie, George

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 323

Brothers, Donald

Mentioned: (King) 477

Brown, Rosemary (Burnaby-Edmonds)

Adoption program, decrease in budget for 889-90

Adoption, parents' refusal to release children for 917

Altman, Jack, previous employment, salary 874, 875, 876

Arnett, John, employment of, Q. 861, 890

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 495, 496, 497, 506-7, 511-2

Attorney-General Statutes Amendment Act (1979) 1131, 1132, 1132-3

B.C. Federation of Labour, safety legislation report 945

British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation Amendment Act (1979) 229-30, 248-9

B.C. Resources Investment Corp. bill, Premier's absence during debate on 248, 249

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., free shares, children born after June 15 908

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, limiting ownership to B.C. residents 248-9

B.C. Resources Investment Corp., shares, voting rights 229-30

Burnaby General Hospital prisoner-patient, knowledge re background of, Q. 629

Burnaby General Hospital, budget restraint and patient care 804-11

Burnaby General Hospital, EEG service 809-10, 831

Burnaby General Hospital, funds for 262

Burnaby General Hospital, hyperalimentation service 809

Burnaby General Hospital, nuclear medicine service 809

Burnaby General Hospital, obstetric cases, transfer of 806-8

Burnaby General Hospital, paediatric cases, transfer of 808

Burnaby General Hospital staff, cutback in 810-1, 830-1

Burnaby Marine Way, construction of 1068

Burnaby, Edmonds Street, construction of 1069

Burnaby, Newcombe-Stormont interchange 1068, 1069

Captain Cook Bicentennial celebration 917

Chemicals, new, research on dangers of 945

Child abuse, reporting of, Zenith line for 893

Child protection laws, amending of 507, 511-2

Child protection laws, inadequacy of 497

Children in care, appropriation for 893

Children in foster care, dental care for 893

Children's rehabilitation resources, appropriation for 892

Children, residential treatment centres, therapeutic homes, appropriation for 893

Children, rights of, government policy on 909

Children, sexual abuse of 506-7, 511-2, 892, 898

Children, sexual abuse of, TRACY report on Q. 371, 497, 892

Children, special services, appropriation for 890

Children, studies on, coordination of 909-10

Coal, northeastern, new town for development of 564

College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., investigating committees 702

Community health and human resources clinics, Q. 601

Company towns, human resource facilities 564, 566

Criminal injuries compensation, cost-of-living adjustments 512

Day care, appropriation for 890-1

Day-care centres, closing of 890, 908-9

Day-care centres, serving of lunch 891-2, 908

Day-care facilities, 24-hour care in crisis situations 908

Day-care facilities, under-3-year-olds 908

Day care, subsidy for 891, 909

Domestics, coverage of by Workers' Compensation Board 947

Domestics, immigrants employed as, exploitation of 947

Domestics, wages, hours, holidays, holiday pay 946-7

Economic Development ministry, estimates 563-4, 564, 564-5, 565-6, 566, 567, 578

Election campaign, letter re donations to (McCarthy) 215-6

Family and children's services Act, submissions on 892-3

Family homemaker service, appropriation for 890

Family Relations Act, constitutionality of, Q. 342

Family Relations Act, constitutionality of, legality of court's decisions 496

Family Relations Act, section 6 (l) , constitutionality of 1132

Family residence, rights of possession 1131, 1132

Family support workers service, funding, staff 890

Fort Nelson women, problems of 565

Fort Nelson, pipeline project, impact of 564-5, 565-6, 566

Fraser River, third crossing 1068

General Motors of Canada battery plants, employment of women in 945, 946

Gould, Ed, appointment, present employment of, Q. 1030

Handicapped Workshop Guild, funding of 894

Health ministry, estimates 804-11, 830-2, 867-70, 874, 875, 876

Health services, Alberta, level of 830

Heroin Treatment Program patients, confidentiality of criminal records of 874

Heroin Treatment Program, staff-patient ratio 868, 869

Highway 1, Burnaby, additional lanes for 1068

Highway l, Burnaby, Cassiar St. to the Second Narrows Bridge 1069

Highway 7, Burnaby, bus lane 1068

Highway 7A, upgrading of 1068

How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive, film, viewing of 506

Human Resources ministry, estimates 887-94, 898, 899, 902, 907-10, 917-9, 921

Human Resources ministry, questions on order paper re 917

Husband, references to in speech 813 (Jordan) 813

Indian women, discrimination against under Indian Act, Q. 701

Indian women, status, loss of on marriage to non-Indian, Q. 700

Infant development program commended 890

International Year of the Child, celebration of 908

Kingsway, upgrading of 1068

Labour ministry, estimates 945-7, 948

Lynda Williams Community Correctional Centre, continued operation of 496, 497

Maintenance orders, enforcement of 512

Medical Amendment Act (1979) 702

Medical School, UBC, director of undergraduate clinical clerkship program 702

Mental health programs and services, survey of, Q. 790, 867-70

Mental health teams 867

Mentally handicapped, boarding home program, field staff 868-9

Mentally handicapped, boarding home program, licensing standards 869

Mentally handicapped, boarding homes, closing of 867

Mentally handicapped, boarding homes, day programs for residents 868

Mentally handicapped, boarding homes, funding of 868

Mentally handicapped, boarding homes, medication in, supervision of 868

Mentally handicapped, boarding homes, recommendations re 868-70

Mentally handicapped, boarding homes, report on 867-70

Mentally handicapped, ministerial responsibility for 868, 869, 870

Mentally ill, community education program 870

Metro Transit Operating Company Act 785-6

Municipalities, welfare costs, cost-sharing formula, amounts paid 888, Q. 926

PREP, administrative staff and costs 888

PREP, failure of 887

PREP, job finders, location of 888

PREP, job finders, names, salaries, previous occupations 888

PREP, number of unemployed placed through program 888, 921

Pharmacare, number of persons receiving payment, total paid, Q. 927

Pharmacare, pharmacists' prescription fees 888, Q. 927

Pharmacare, total cost of drugs 888, Q. 927

“Preregistration hospital training”, use of term 702

Rape Relief Centres, funding for 506, 512

Resource communities, task force on 564

Select Standing Committee on Health, Education and Human Resources, member 442

Shaughnessy Hospital, elevator operators laid off 831

Social assistance fraud cases, number of 921

Social assistance, fraud charges laid, convictions, money involved 887, Q. 925

Social assistance, fraud investigations, administrative staff for 888, Q. 925

Social assistance, fraud investigators, names, salaries, previous occupations of 887-8, Q. 925

Social assistance, fraud investigators, salaries of and money recovered 921

Social assistance, rates and categories, calculation of 918

Social assistance rates, increase in 918-9

Social assistance recipients, employment of, appeal by letter to employers for 887, 888, 921

Social assistance recipients, food vouchers for 917

Social assistance recipients, hydro bill backlogs and power cutoffs 917-8

Social assistance recipients, number of children 894

Social assistance recipients, 60-to-64 age category, decrease in benefits to 918

Social assistance, special needs category, change in 902, 908, 917-8

Special Purpose Appropriation Act (1979) 262

Testator's Family Maintenance Act, amending of 495

This Film is About Rape, viewing of 506

Transit problems, Burnaby 785

Transit, transfer of cost to homeowners 786

Transportation, Communications and Highways ministry, estimates 1067-8, 1069

Trinity Western College Act, An Act to Amend 1143

Trinity Western College, academic standards, test of the marketplace for 1143

United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, endorsement of 1135

Widows, second wife's rights, court case re 495, 496

Women's Bureau, study on 946, 948

Women's economic rights branch 563, 565, 566, 567, 578

Women, barring of from employment for safety reasons 945, 946

Women, role of in economic development 564

Women, unemployed, number of 946

Woodlands School, camping program 894, 909

Workers' Compensation Board, administration of 945

Year of the Child and the Family 888-9

Year of the Child and the Family, appropriation for 890, 894, 898, 899

Year of the Child and the Family, family-less children 889

Year of the Child and the Family, medals, scrolls, songbooks for 889

Year of the Child and the Family, press release on 889-94

Brown, Farris and Jefferson Ltd.

Report on financial community (Levi) Q. 670, Q. 763 (Phillips) A. 763

Brownlee, Richard

Statement re heart surgery (Barber) Q. 532 (McClelland) A. 533

Browse, Kenneth

Payments to, fees and expenses of (Chabot) 1072

Bruch, Herbert

Mentioned: (Gardom) 483 (Hall) 197

Bruk, J.

Payments to, 1976 to 1978 (Phillips) 1090

Brummet, Anthony J. (North Peace River)

Address in reply 9-12

Automobile Insurance Non-Discrimination Act 1101

B.C. Petroleum Corp. 87

B.C. Railway, Fort Nelson extension, appropriation for 163-4

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (1964) Amendment Act (1979) 294-5

Budget debate 87-8

Children, studies on, proliferation of 910

Economic Development ministry, estimates 567

Economy of B.C. 10

Educational system, problems 11

Executive council, estimates 409-10

Expenditures, limit on 88

Fort Nelson, women of 567

Fort St. John Hospital budget, increase in 849

Fort St. John, economy of 88, 409

Health ministry appropriation and Highways appropriation 848

Health ministry, estimates 848-9

Hospital budgets, increase in 103

Human Resources ministry, estimates 910

Income Tax Amendment Act (1979) 220-1

Industrial development in B.C. 10

Insurance Corp. of B.C. rates, discrimination in based on age and sex 1101

Insurance Corp. of B.C. rates, discrimination in based on geographic location 1101

North Peace River, development and building boom 11

North Peace River, importance of 11

Northern B.C., development of 11

Nuclear power in province 295

Peace River, Site I project 295

Petroleum exploration, development under former government 87

Revenue Surplus of 1977-78 Appropriation Act (1979) 163-4

Sales tax, increase to 7 percent 102

Select Standing Committee on Environment and Resources, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Health, Education and Human Resources, member 442

Social Credit Party, philosophy of 409

Social programs 10, 88

Social Services Tax Amendment Act (1979) 102-3

Surplus, underspending of 163

Taxation, reduction in 87

Tradesmen, skilled, shortage of in north 11

Bryce, Robert

Commission, B.C. failure to make submission to (Leggatt) 404-5

Bryson, Gerald S.

Tribute to (Wolfe) 323

Buchanan, Judd

Mentioned: (Passarell) 948

Budget

Expenditures under former government, comparisons with (Stupich) 25-6

Reintroduction of (Kempf) 51

Tabling of (Gabelmann) 76-7

Budget debate

25-39, 44-67, 71-92

Speakers: Barnes 38-9; Brummet 87-8; Gabelmann 75-80; Hewitt 45-8; Hyndman 71-5; Kempf 50-2; King 88-91; Leggatt 57-60; Levi 62-7; Lockstead 48-50; Lorimer 32-3; McClelland 30-2; Macdonald 86-7; Nicolson 82-5; Passarell 44-5; Phillips 33-8; Ritchie 60-2; Segarty 55-7; Smith 80-2; Strachan 85-6; Stupich 25-9; Wallace 52-5; Wolfe 91-2

Bugaboo Provincial Park

Mentioned: (Chabot) 960

Building materials

Sales tax on (Skelly) 104

Building standards

See: Standards, Engineering

Bulkley Lodge, Smithers, B.C.

Day rate (Bennett) 392 (Howard) 388-9

Day rate and nursing service, agreement on (McClelland) 866

Day rate and staff layoff (Howard) 822-3

Bunker Hill Co.

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 476

Burnaby, B.C.

Edmonds Street, construction of (Brown) 1069 (Fraser) 1073

Marine Way (Fraser) 1043

Marine Way, construction of (Brown) 1068 (Fraser) 1073

Newcombe-Stormont interchange (Brown) 1068, 1069 (Fraser) 1073

Burnaby, B.C.-Transit system

Transit problems (Brown) 785 (Dailly) 785 (Lea) 784

Burnaby General Hospital, Burnaby, B.C.

Administration commended (McClelland) 814

Administrator's letter re contacts with news media (Cocke) 801

Budget, increase in (McClelland) 820

Dietary cutbacks (Dailly) 819

EEG service (Brown) 809-810, 831 (McClelland) 820, 865

Extended-care wing, cablevision service (Lorimer) 33

Funds for (Brown) 262

Hyperalimentation service (Brown) 809

Nuclear medicine service (Brown) 809 (McClelland) 820

Obstetric cases, transfer of (Brown) 806-8 (McClelland) 814

Paediatric cases, transfer of (Brown) 808 (McClelland) 814

Patient care, level of and budget restraint (Brown) 804-11 (Dailly) 818-9

Prisoner-patient in hospital, knowledge re background of (Brown) Q. 629 (Gardom) A. 629

Staff shortage (Lorimer) 32-3

Staff, cutback in (Brown) 810-1, 830-1 (Dailly) 819

Staff, increase in (McClelland) 820

Mentioned: (Cocke) 97, 799 (Hall) 19

Burnaby Teachers' Association

Letter re contributions to NDP (Mussallem) 215

Burnett, J.M.

Mentioned: (Levi) 1167

Burning permits

See entries under Fires

Business-Forms, blanks, etc.

Forms required, review and reduction in number of (Wolfe) 349-50, 352

Business machines

See: Office equipment and supplies

Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Barnes) 1049

Butlin, Ronald J.

Letter quoted (Barnes) 1040

Salary, length of contract (Barnes) 913

Mentioned: (Barnes) 989, 990

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