1972 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 29th Parliament

HANSARD

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Official Report of

DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

(Hansard)

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1972

Afternoon Sitting

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The House met at 2:00 p.m.

Prayers.

MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Minister without Portfolio.

HON. I.P. DAWSON (Minister without Portfolio): We have in the

Ladies' Gallery today a group of very fine women from all over the

province. They are here today to attend the May Bennett conference,

Social Credit Women's Auxiliaries of the province. I'm sure the Members

would wish to welcome them here.

MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Member for Esquimalt.

MR. H.J. BRUCH (Esquimalt): In the tradition of the famous

explorers Lewis and Clark, we have a group from the Lewis and Clark

College in Oregon making their annual visit to the British Columbia

Legislature. We have 36 students, a member of the board of directors,

Mr. Hal Templeton, and Professors Bowmer, Sullivan and Ansten in the

gallery today and I wish the Members would make them welcome.

MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Member for Yale Lillooet.

MR. W.L. HARTLEY (Yale-Lillooet): Mr. Speaker, I would like

the Members to welcome a group of students from far-distant Princeton.

They are headed with a former classmate of the Leader of the

Opposition, Frank Kelly, and Jim Clark. I would like you all to give

them a warm welcome.

MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Member for Skeena.

MR. D.G. LITTLE (Skeena): Mr. Speaker, we have in the gallery

today a young couple, and with Pat Connelly we also have a girlfriend,

Miss Dwyer. We have him sitting in the Speakers' Gallery and she is in

the Ladies' Gallery up there, Mr. Speaker, whoever managed to do this.

I'm sure the assembly would want to extend a welcome to these people,

and also be on the best behaviour today.

MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable the first Member for Vancouver-Burrard.

MR. H.J. MERILEES (Vancouver-Burrard): Mr. Speaker in the

gallery today we have representatives of a committee to advance the

cause of mass rapid transit in the lower mainland of Vancouver, and I

ask the Members of the House to give them a warm welcome.

Introduction of bills.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE MORTGAGE BROKERS ACT

MR. SPEAKER: The Lieutenant-Governor transmits herewith a bill intituled

An Act to Amend the Mortgage Brokers Act and recommends the same to the legislative assembly. Dated at Government House February 21, 1972.

House in committee on Bill No. 35,

An Act to Amend the Mortgage Brokers Act .

On the recommendation of the committee Bill No. 35 introduced read a st

time and ordered to be placed on orders of the day for second reading

at the next sitting after today.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

SUMMARY CONVICTIONS ACT

Hon. Mr. Peterson moves introduction and first reading of Bill No. 33 intituled

An Act to Amend the

Summary Convictions Act.

Motion approved. Bill No. 33 read a first time and ordered to be

placed on orders of the day for second reading at the first sitting

after today.

Orders of the day.

House in committee of supply. The committee rose, reported progress, and asked leave to sit again.

HON. L.R. PETERSON (Attorney General): Mr. Speaker, I would

ask leave of the House to table some documents and make a short

statement concerning the Frederick Quilt inquest.

Leave granted.

HON. MR. PETERSON: Mr. Speaker, I have over the weekend read

the three volumes of the transcript of evidence in the Frederick Quilt

case. A number of the Members have indicated an interest in the

transcript and as a result I proposed to table it. I am also providing

copies of the three volumes to be given to the Union of B.C. Indian

Chiefs. After discussing the matter with our supervising coroner Glen

MacDonald today, I am asking that anyone who has any additional

relevant evidence that's not contained in the transcript in these

proceedings to communicate directly with the supervising coroner Mr.

MacDonald, to make that evidence, if any, available to him for

consideration in the case. So I would ask that the three volumes be

tabled, Mr. Speaker.

MR. D. BARRETT (Leader of the Opposition): Will the Attorney General permit a question?

HON. MR. PETERSON: Yes.

MR. BARRETT: Do you intend to take the matter further after your review?

HON. MR. PETERSON: It would be premature to try and determine

at this point in time what the future action might be. It will depend

on results of current investigations as to the cause of the injuries in

this case. It will depend on whether additional relevant evidence is

made available to the senior coroner. And so I cannot attempt to guess

as to what the outcome might be.

MR. BARRETT: Who is conducting the current investigation of the injuries? Coroner MacDonald?

HON. MR. PETERSON: Coroner MacDonald will be conducting an

examination of the transcript. He like myself has read the transcript

over the weekend but he will be studying it in detail also receiving

representation from anyone who wishes to make such representation.

That's why I'm causing copies of the transcript to be given to the

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. The other investigations are not being

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conducted by Mr. MacDonald.

MR. SPEAKER: The Honourable Member for Vancouver Centre, the first Member for Vancouver Centre.

Mr. Capozzi withdraws bill intituled Tenant Equalisation Grant Act standing in his name on orders of the day.

Hon. Mr. Bennett moves adjournment of the House.

Motion approved.

The House adjourned at 5:59 p.m.

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