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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GAIN

See entries under Income, Guaranteed

G.M. Shrum Generating Station

Borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Mentioned: (Brummet) 295 (D’Arcy) 464 (Skelly) 288

Gabelmann, Colin S. (North Island)

Alcohol problem, northern Vancouver Island 78

Alcoholism, problem of in isolated areas 864

Alert Bay medical care problem, continued dissatisfaction 864

Alert Bay medical inquiry, chairmanship of, Q. 210

Alert Bay medical inquiry, community support for, Q. 209-10

Alert Bay medical services, public inquiry into, Q. 255

Alert Bay physicians, number of, Q. 210

Black, W.D., report on medical manpower, release of, Q. 210, 864

B.C. Hydro, herbicide use 78

B.C. Hydro, spraying permits, Nimpkish Valley 656-7

Budget debate 75-80

Budget, tabling of 76-7

Campbell River estuary report 682

Campsite, Port Hardy, need for 966

Campsites, northern Vancouver Island 79

Child-care facilities, shortage of 901

Coal-mine development, Campbell River 78

Coal mining, Campbell River area, environmental problems 682

Copeland Islands, preservation of 966

Coquihalla River, clearing of for canoeing 966

Cost of living, northern Vancouver Island 77

Crown land, development of rural subdivisions on 710

Drivers, slow drivers, hazards of 1058-9

Elderly, housing, public assistance for 964

Election campaign contributions, recording of 193, 196

Election campaign contributions, tax credit for, retroactivity 193, 196, 220

Election expenses, committee of Legislature on 193

Environment ministry, estimates 656-7, 681-2

Ferries, smoking on decks of 1059

Ferry service, Port McNeill-Alert Bay-Sointula route 1059

Fisheries ministry, proposal for 79, 682

Food costs, northern Vancouver Island 77

Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd., option on public land 1025

Gasoline, cost of, northern Vancouver Island 77

Gold River road, route, condition of 1059

Groundwater supply and increase in wells 682

Groundwater, loss of 682

Handicapped Persons Income Allowance 901-2

Health care needs, rural areas, and funds for 864

Health care, northern Vancouver Island 77

Health ministry, estimates 864

Herbicides, harmful effects, burden of proof 78

Highway 19, Courtenay, Campbell River bypass 79

Highway 19, Parksville to Campbell River, alternative route 1058

Highway 19, Port Hardy-Port McNeill section, paving of 79

Home purchase assistance grant, eligibility for 964-5

Home purchase assistance grant, Nu-West homeowner 965

Housing, cooperative, development of 964

Housing, public, cooperative, government support for 710

Housing, separate ministry for 710

Human Resources ministry, estimates 901-2

Income Tax Amendment Act (1979) 192-3, 195-6, 196, 206-7, 220

Indian leaders 950

Indians, programs, appropriation for 950

Indians, unemployment on reserves 950

International Year of the Child, proclamation of 888-9

Investment schemes, participation in by poor 80

Labour ministry, estimates 950-1

Land Lovers Societies, rural subdivision applications by 965

Lands, Parks and Housing ministry, estimates 964-6

Lands, Parks and Housing, Ministry of, Act 710

Legislature, session, timing of 76

“Maiden speech”, use of term 75

Marine parks, development of 966

Members, female, references to 681

Members, secretaries, assistance in constituencies 76

Mental-health services, northern Vancouver Island 77

New Democratic Party, contributions to 220

North Island constituency 76

Parks, campsites, development of 965-6

Political parties, definition of 193, 195-6

Population, over-65 age group, increase in 964

Port Alice road, condition of 1059

Powell, Eric, appointment of 864

Prenatal care, advertising campaign, cost of, Q. 1091

Quadra Island ferry service 1059

Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act (1979) 1024-5

Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, member 442

Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing, member 442

Surge Narrows, land acquisition for park 966

Tordon 22-K, use of 656

Trade union certification application, role of Labour minister in 950-1

Transportation, Communications and Highways ministry, estimates 1057-9

Traps, leg-hold, ban on and demand for furs 681 2, 4-D, Tahsis Co. application for use of 656 2, 4-D, use of in province 656

Valium, prescribing of in isolated communities 864

Water Act, proclamation of groundwater sections in 682

Whistler Resort Association, board of directors 1025

Whistler Resort Association bylaws, preparation of 1025

Whistler Resort Association, resort land, development of 1025

Women, social services for, northern Vancouver Island 78

Workers' Compensation Board claims, settlement of 79

Workers' Compensation Board, disability awards and pre-existing conditions 950

Year of the Child and the Family, symbol for 901

Zeballos medical clinic 77-8, Q. 371-2

Zeballos, mobile medical unit 864

Gabry, Bill

Financial assistance to (Dailly) 676, 677 (Mair) 678

Gaglardi, P.A.

Mentioned: (Barber) 225-6 (Gardom) 483 (Lockstead) 1044

Gallagher, Charles

Mentioned: (Fraser) 1049 (Lockstead) 1045

Galloway Lumber Co.

Mentioned: (Segarty) 768

Game management

See: Wildlife, Conservation of

Garbage

See: Refuse and refuse disposal

Gard, Hazel

Letter quoted (Barber) 129

Gard, Marion Ruth

Mentioned: (Barber) 129

Gardom, Hon. Garde B., Attorney-General (Vancouver-Point Grey)

Adams Laboratories Ltd. strikers, police treatment of 508

Arson Alert program 539-40

Arson, prevention, detection of 541

Attorney-General ministry, building occupancy charges 542

Attorney-General ministry, estimates 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

Attorney-General Statutes Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 29) 1R, 791; 1131, 1132

BATmobiles, use of 516

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

Camp Weewanie, evaluation of, funding of 520

Children, illegitimate, discrimination against 523

Children, kidnapping of by parents 500

Conveyancing fees, home purchases 1134

Counterattack program 516, 523

Crime, organized 511

Crime, white-collar 511

Criminal Code, revision of 512

Criminal injuries compensation, cost-of-living adjustments 512-3

Delta police investigation and Tsawwassen Beach disturbance, A. 1031

Doukhobors, lawlessness, arson 516

Drunken driving, fatalities, coroner's procedure in 487-8

Drunken driving, fatalities, reduced charges in 487-8

Drunken driving, teenage drivers 523

Family matters, provincial court jurisdiction over, proposal for 1132

Family Relations Act, constitutionality of 489

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

Family residence, rights of possession of 1132

Fire departments, volunteer, funds for 541

Fire escapes, highrise buildings, Evacusystem 542

Fire prevention, appropriation for 539-40

Fire services training facilities 541

Fires, fatalities 541

Fires, statistics on 540-1

Harder, Charlene, inquiry into death of, A. 534

Harder, Charlene, inquiry into death of, report 535

Heroin treatment program, J. Ekstedt's remarks re, A. 96

Horse breeding, incentive grants made, A. 97-8

Horses, standard breeders, awards to 97-8

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

Information, freedom of 539

Jail facilities, Nanaimo 500-1

Justice information system 543

Justice, national task force on administration of 492-3

Justice system, royal commission on, proposal for 492

Justice system, teaching of in education system 493

Justice Training Institute, program of 528

Juvenile offenders legislation, inadequacy of 512

Lawyers, advertising by 1134

Legal aid, elegibility of groups for 1106

Legal Aid Society, function of 1104

Legal care, prepaid 1134

Legal Services Commission and Legal Aid Society, amalgamation of 1104

Legal Services Commission, function of 1104

Legal Services Society Act (Bill 27) 1R, 836; 1104, 1105, 1106, 1106-7

Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, extensions, renovations to 536

Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, phasing out of 498, 536

Lynda Williams Community Correctional Centre, continued operation of 496-7

Maintenance orders, enforcement of 513, 518-9

Marital property, jurisdiction of provincial court over 1131, 1132

Members, former, proposal for meeting with 483-4

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1979 (Bill 30) 1R, 861

Motor vehicles, task force on 493

Paralegals, appearances before tribunals 1106

A Parliamentary Right, An Act to Perpetuate (Bill 1) 1R, 3

Police, deputy minister in charge of, proposal for 510

Police manpower resources, allocation of 511

Police policy, formulation of 510

Police, training of 528

Policing, cost of 510

Prisoners, number of, decrease in 522

Prisoners, temporary absence program 522

Rape in British Columbia, recommendations 505-6

Rape Relief Centres, funding for 512

Rape, reported cases, number of 506

Refrigerators, abandoned, educational program on dangers of 501

Religious cults, investigation into, A. 1123

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act 1174

Repeal of the Obsolete Statutes Repeal Act, section 2, enforceability of 1172

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, policing of province 510

Scared Straight, television film 510

Sexual offences, Law Reform Commission report on 512

Smoke detectors, pamphlet on 541

Statute revision, select committee on 3

Testator's Family Maintenance Act, wife's rights 496

This Film is About Rape, viewing of 506

Witness management survey 510

Women's Correctional Institute, improvements 499

Gardom Lake, B.C.

Aircraft on lake (King) 685 (Mair) 685

Garibaldi Developments Ltd.

Mentioned: (Levi) 1023

Garibaldi Lifts Ltd.

Mentioned: (Howard) 1087

Garside, J.

Mentioned: (Stupich) 866

Gas, Natural

Alternative energy source (Hewitt) 470

Distribution systems, borrowing for (Wolfe) 285

Drilling activity (Hewitt) 452-3

Export of, B.C. Hydro submission to National Energy Board on (Barrett) Q. 929-30 (Hewitt) A. 929, A. 930 (Macdonald) Q. 929

Export of, increase in and energy policy (Macdonald) Q. 669 (Hewitt) A. 669

Export of, increase in, decision on (Macdonald) Q. 669 (Hewitt) A. 669

Export of, increase in, emergency debate on (Macdonald) 671 (Speaker) 696-7

Export of, increase in, terminal date (Macdonald) Q. 669 (Hewitt) A. 669

Export, National Energy Board hearings on (Hewitt) 452

Federal control over, revenue loss to province (Bennett) 364, 365, 380

New Democratic Party policy on jurisdiction over rights (Barrett) 379 (Bennett) 360, 365, 380-1 (Leggatt) 403-4

Pipelines, designation of as common carriers (Hewitt) 1107

Price, export price (Barrett) 376, 378, Q. 931 (Bennett) 376, 377 (Hewitt) 306, 385-6, A. 931

Price, industrial users (Barrett) 296-7

Price, Mexican price to U.S. (Barrett) 375-6 (Bennett) 375, 376, 379-80, 381 (Hewitt) 386

Resources sale, prices paid, bonus paid, 1976 to 1979 (D’Arcy) Q. 725 (Hewitt) A. 725

Royalties, estimate of under former government (Stupich) 326

Vancouver Island pipeline (Barber) 317, 317-8, 318 (Davis) 290, 468 (Hewitt) 303, 317, 318, 473 (Lockstead) 471-2 (Wolfe) 317

Vancouver Island pipeline, B.C. Energy Commission study of (Lockstead) 472

Vancouver Island pipeline, 1978 study of (Lockstead) 472

Vancouver Island pipeline, route of (Hewitt) 473 (Lockstead) 472

Vancouver Island service (Barber) 317

Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd., natural gas line, looping of (D’Arcy) 464, 466-7 (Hewitt) 466, 467

Gasoline

Cost of, northern Vancouver Island (Gabelmann) 77

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

Price increase (Barrett) 422 (Hewitt) 452

Price increase, provincial intervention to prevent (Barrett) Q. 415 (Bennett) A. 415-6

Price, mid-1980s (Barber) 776

Shortage of in B.C. (D’Arcy) 465 (Hewitt) 466

Gasoline stations

See: Automobiles-Service stations

Gates, Brian

Mentioned: (Skelly) 649

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Mentioned: (Wallace) 750

General Electric Co.

Mentioned: (Lea) 557 (Wallace) 307

General Motors Corp.

Automobile transmission problem (Levi) 545, 546 (Nielsen) 546

Engine switches, compensation payments negotiated for (Nielsen) 544

Mentioned: (Levi) 235, 236, 427, 546

General Motors of Canada

Battery plants, employment of women in (Brown) 945, 946

General Telephone and Electronics Corp.

Mentioned: (Levi) 235, 236, 421

Geoduck clam

Study of (Howard) Q. 701

George III, King of Great Britain

Mentioned: (Skelly) 646

George Jay Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 908

George Massey Tunnel

See entries under Highway 99

Geothermal resources

Geothermal power (Cocke) 300

Geothermal power, sites for (D’Arcy) 464-5, 467 (Hewitt) 466

Gerow, Jack

Telegram quoted (Brown) 830

Getty, Donald

Mentioned: (Barrett) 359

Giardini, Maria

Mentioned: (King) 937

Gibbs, Archibald

Mentioned: (Smith) 80

Gibson, Gordon Fulerton

Mentioned: (Barber) 245 (Gardom) 483 (King) 723, 735

Gibson, James Gordon

Mentioned: (Gardom) 483 (King) 735 (Nicolson) 754

Gibsons, B.C.

Bypass (Fraser) 1047 (Lockstead) 1045

Giddy Up Go Ltd.

Racehorse transport licence (Dailly) Q. 5, Q. 186 (Fraser) A. 186

Gifford, Frank

Mentioned: (Rogers) 178

Gifted children

California, education of gifted children (Barber) 620

Education of (McGeer) 621

Identification and education of (Barber) 619-21

Pilot program (McGeer) 584 (Wallace) 613-4

Programs for, funding of (Wallace) 613-4

Giles, George

Mentioned: (Hall) 350

Gillen, R.L.

Payments to, 1976 to 1978 (Barber) 1113 (McCarthy) 1028

McGeer, P.L., relationship to (King) 1115 (McGeer) 1115

Mentioned: (Cocke) 919

Gilmer, J.C.

Payments to, 1976 to 1978 (McCarthy) 1028

Ginter, Ben

Letter quoted (Barber) 129

Gitksan Indian band

Mentioned: (McGeer) 597

Glacier National Park (United States)

Mentioned: (Chabot) 960, 974 (Hanson) 974

Glendale Lodge Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 881

Glengarry Lodge Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Staff, cutback in (Hanson) Q. 96, 97 (McClelland) A. 96

Staff report (Barber) Q. 96 (McClelland) A. 96

Staff walkout (Barber) 826

Glenshiel Hotel, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 1126

Glenwright, John G.

Mentioned: (Brown) 806, 808, 831 (McClelland) 865

Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ont.

Quoted (McClelland) 31 (Nicolson) 312

Mentioned: (Howard) 188, 190 (Hyndman) 829, 830 (Leggatt) 1170

Goat-breeders Protection Act

Mentioned: (Levi) 1167 (Wolfe) 1102

Gold River, B.C.

Road from Campbell River, route, condition of (Gabelmann) 1059

Golden Ears Provincial Park

Woodlands School, camping program (Brown) 894, 909 (Cocke) 899, 901 (McCarthy) 895

Goldsmith, Oliver

“The Deserted Village” mentioned, quoted (Stupich) 151-2

Good Hope Lake, B.C.

Ambulance service (Passarell) 825

Television system (Passarell) 1063

The Good Stuff Games Store, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (McGeer) 607 (Sanford) 587-8

Good Times Express

Spring schedule and allegations re political use of (Curtis) 1037 (Hanson) 1035

Goodacre, J.

Mentioned: (Howard) 388

Gordon House, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 897

Gorge Road Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Activation program, staff reduction (Barber) 827

Dietary department, reduction in (Barber) 827

Staff, reduction in (Barber) 827-8

Gosh, Eugene

Mentioned: (McGeer) 616

Gould, Ed

Appointment, present employment of (Brown) Q. 1030 (McCarthy) A. 1030

Gould, John G.

Quoted (Leggatt) 523-4

Goulet, Lawrence S.

Mentioned: (Gardom) 524, 525 (Leggatt) 669

Govan, Philip R.

Provincial court, alleged interference in (Gardom) 489, 524-5, 525-6, 526, 535 (King) 525, 526 (Leggatt) 488-9, 489-90, 523-4, 525

Mentioned. (Brown) 342

Government

Big government, restraints on (Hyndman) 75

Competence of present administration (Barber) 1156, 1157-8 (Barrett) 1158, 1159-60 (Lauk) 1172 (Lea) 1168-9 (Leggatt) 1169, 1170 (Nicolson) 1161

Rights of individuals in dealings with government (Wolfe) 349

Government advertising

Expenditure on, increase in (Nicolson) 82

Government agents

Fauquier-Burton-Edgewood-Arrow Park area, agent for (Jordan) 336

Granisle, Fraser Lake, agencies for (Kempf) 328 (Wolfe) 343-4

New offices (Wolfe) 322

Work of (Wolfe) 322

Government Employee Relations Bureau

Transfer of (Wolfe) 322

Mentioned: (Curtis) 984, 1042 (Hall) 537

Government House, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Curtis) 984

Government information

Freedom of information (Gardom) 539 (Levi) 420 (Skelly) 538-9, 539

Government investments

See: Investment of public funds

Government property, Surplus

See: Surplus government property

Government purchasing

Bid prices, bidders, disclosure of (Wolfe) 322

Payments to suppliers (Hall) 350 (Wolfe) 350, 352

Preference for B.C. products (Hall) 173, 177 (Wolfe) 182, 322

Stadium construction, preference for B.C. companies (Hall) 177, 257 (Wolfe) 182, 257

Government regulation of business

See: Trade regulation

Government Reorganization Act

Municipal Affairs ministry, provision for change in (Barber) 774, 775, 777, 778 (Vander Zalm) 778

Grace Maternity Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Brown) 806 (Cocke) 839 (McClelland) 31, 794, 814, 821

Granduc Mines Ltd.

Reopening of (Hewitt) 46

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 551

Granisle, B.C.

Government agent for (Kempf) 328 (Wolfe) 343-4

Granville Island Waterfront Theatre, Vancouver, B.C.

Grant to (Barnes) Q. 957 (Curtis) A. 957

Grapes

Growers, meetings with (Wallace) Q. 505

Winter damage (Hewitt) 446

Graphic Designers of Canada

Mentioned: (McClelland) 843

Grasmere Industries

Mentioned: (Segarty) 768

Gray Beverage Co.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 804

Gray Line of Victoria

Sale of (Barber) 128, 130, 244 (Lorimer) 32

Mentioned: (Barber) 165, 392 (Barrett) 138

Great Britain

Socialism (Phillips) 35

Great Britain-Coal Board

Coal technology (Bennett) 382

Great Britain-Environment, Ministry of

Jurisdiction of (Davis) 663-4

Greater Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 175

Greater Vancouver Regional District

Greater Vancouver Regional District Livable Plan (Lea) 783

Greater Victoria Economic Development Commission

Funding of (Barber) 572-3 (Phillips) 573

Travel budget, increase in (Barber) 572, 573

Green, Joe

Mentioned: (Barrett) 379

Greenhouse Growers Association

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 956

Greenpeace Foundation

Mentioned: (Leggatt) 195

Greenville, B.C.

Nass River bridge (Fraser) 1065 (Passarell) 1063

School bus on New Aiyansh road and logging trucks (Passarell) 771 (Waterland) 771

Grey, C.O.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 706

Greyhound Lines Inc.

Mentioned: (Lorimer) 32

Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd.

Sale of (Leggatt) 59

Grieve, Rick

Mentioned: (Segarty) 56

Griffin, Merv

Mentioned: (Brown) 894

Grijzen, Ray W.

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 926

Grizzly Valley, B.C.

Pipeline (Bennett) 380

Grocott, Paul

Quoted (Nicolson) 83

Groundwater

See: Water, Underground

Groundwater Licensing Act, 1979

(Bill M207) (Wallace) 1R, 833

Gulf Oil of Canada Ltd.

Mentioned: (Barber) 428 (Howard) 427

Gunderson, Einar

Mentioned: (Levi) 109

Gunning, Edith

Payments to, fees and expenses (Chabot) 1072

Gwartney, Ted

Mentioned: (Wolfe) 323

Gwynne, Maury

Mentioned: (Hall) 350