Personal rapid transit--British Columbia--Vancouver

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Bill Bennett : [speeches, etc., at Social Credit convention, November 1977]

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0076 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Addresses Social Credit convention RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-11-04 [or 5?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Premier Bill Bennett addresses the 1977 Social Credit provincial convention. He says that the purpose of Social Credit was not just to defeat the NDP, but to provide a better life for the people of the province. Outlines accomplishments of the Social Credit government: aid to seniors, universal pharmacare, extended health care, hospital construction, education reform, recreational facilities, juvenile law reform, anti-drug program, ombudsman, quarterly financial reports, auditor general, crown corporations, Reporting Act, better relations with municipalities, better relations with the government of Canada. Talks about federal/provincial ferries agreement, DREE agreement, ARDA agreement, BCR agreement; pledges not to abandon BCR; praises cabinet ministers and Social Credit MLAs; says Social Credit government is a team effort; says the government has an economic plan for BC; mining policy. TRACK 2: Forestry policy; new investment in the forest industry; says BC and Alberta are bright spots in Canada; one of the best records of new job creation in Canada; best record of man days lost due to strikes and lockouts in recent history in BC; discusses positive economic impact of the Alcan pipeline; demands national economic plan, cuts in government spending; calls for national unity. November 4 [or 5?], 1977.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0077 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: "Ask the Cabinet" question and answer session at Social Credit convention RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-11-03 or 04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: An "Ask the Cabinet" question-and-answer session at the 1977 Social Credit convention, moderated by Premier Bill Bennett. Questions regarding child custody hearings; seat belt legislation; enforcement of labour legislation; ferry workers; property tax rates versus mill rates; [interruption as a pie is thrown in Bill Vander Zalm's face]; recreation grants, Vancouver Finlandia club; plans to make the BC economy more productive; pollution in Okanagan Lake; seat belt legislation; comments of Judge L. Bewley regarding women; decentralization of the court system. TRACK 2: Questions regarding government accountability to the convention; decrease in number in non-residential hunters; release of agricultural land from government to farmer and land leasing; Vancouver-Kitimat ferry service; Indian land claims, including Nishga claims; new campsites; why the Lord's Day Act is not enforced; auto insurance rates; balanced budgeting; impaired driving; education priorities; universities; advertising in English textbooks; monorail rapid transit. November 3 or 4, 1977. [Continues on T1707:0077.]

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0078 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: "Ask the Cabinet" question and answer session at Social Credit convention (cont'd) RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-11-03 or 04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: [Continues from T1707:0077, track 2.] Questions regarding corporation capital tax; penalties against impaired drivers for causing death in accidents; culpability of union members for damage or injury due to job action; money for university education; core curriculum; difficulties in getting a small company going. November 3 or 4, 1977. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Transit on track

Promotional film. Presentation about the new advanced light rapid transit (ALRT) system for Greater Vancouver, explaining its purpose and impact in a very positive light. Includes shots of Vancouver and area and of different phases of construction, as well as models and artists' conceptions.

Transit on track : [original version]

Promotional film. Presentation about the new advanced light rapid transit (ALRT) system for Greater Vancouver, explaining its purpose and impact in a very positive light. Includes shots of Vancouver and area and of different phases of construction, as well as models and artists' conceptions.

Transit on track : [revised version, 1983]

Promotional film. Presentation about the new advanced light rapid transit (ALRT) system for Greater Vancouver, explaining its purpose and impact in a very positive light. Includes shots of Vancouver and area and of different phases of construction, as well as models and artists' conceptions.

Webster! : 1981-12-04

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Steve Wyatt reports on the proposed first phase of Vancouver's elevated LRT from New Westminster to Vancouver's Seabus terminal. Jack speaks to Bill Vander Zalm regarding the elevated LRT and the “Land Use Act”. Mark Dowie, a reporter and editor of Mother Jones Magazine, and Jack discuss the Ford Pinto recall. The “Corporate Crime of the Century”, which is the exporting of banned and hazardous substances. Beverley Allen with her story of her fight with West Kootenay Power and Light and BC Hydro near Rossland.

Webster! : 1987-02-09

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack starts the show with Mel Couvelier, Provincial Minister of Finance. They discuss the decision to prohibit the funding of Skytrain by the sale of bonds, and reforestation. Jack speaks with Claude Forget, Chairman, UIC Probe. They discuss Mr. Forget’s report and Canada’s unemployment insurance system. To close the show, Jack speaks with Bill Domm, Progressive Conservative MP for Peterborough. Mr. Domm is advocating for the return of capital punishment.