Province of British Columbia
32nd Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 6, 1979 to August 2, 1979
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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
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