@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . ns0:identifierAIP "ff520f1b-4432-4481-b350-f212b09f0b64"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isReferencedBy "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en ; dcterms:creator "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en ; dcterms:issued "2019-04-08"@en, "1979"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0378747/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ESTIMATES of Revenue and Expenditure Fiscal Year Ending March 31 1980 As Authorized by the Legislature Printed by K. M. MacDonald, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1979 TABLE OF CONTENTS Estimated Revenue. Page 5 Estimated Expenditure- Summary Detail- Legislation Auditor General- Ombudsman Executive Council- Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Attorney-General. Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. Ministry of Deregulation Ministry of Human Resources- Ministry of Labour Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing- Ministry of Municipal Affairs.. 15 19 21 23 25 35 51 59 63 69 77 87 95 107 119 131 141 151 159 Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services 165 Ministry of Tourism and Small Business Development 185 Ministry of Transportation, Communications and Highways 189 Ministry of Economic Development Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources- Ministry of Environment Ministry of Finance Ministry of Forests Ministry of Health Standard Objects of Expenditure- Schedule A—1977/78 Fiscal Year_. 205 207 ESTIMATED REVENUE For the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1980, With Comparative Revenue for Fiscal Year 1978/79 Estimated Revenue for Fiscal Year Ending March 31,1979 SOURCE Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1980 51,182,000,000 315,000,000 595,000,000 175,000,000 23,000,000 2,500,000 60,000,000 36,000,000 20,000,000 12,000,000 9,000,000 8,500,000 2,500,000 2,440,500,000 195,000,000 125,000,000 42,200,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 3,600,000 2,500,000 393,300,000 48,000,000 80,000,000 8,000,000 5,500,000 1,500,000 143,000,000 Taxation Revenue: Personal Income Corporation Income Social Services Gasoline Motive-fuel Use Fuel Oil Cigarette and Tobacco Corporation Capital Property Insurance Premiums Hotel and Motel Room Pari Mutuel Betting Succession and Gift ..$1,141,000,000 376,000,000 585,000,000 184,000,000 24,000,000 2,000,000 66,000,000 42,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 1,000,000 Total Taxation Revenue Natural Resource Revenue: Minerals: Petroleum and natural gas: British Columbia Petroleum Corporation I Permits and Fees Petroleum and Natural Gas Royalties Mining Tax Mineral Resource Tax ... Mineral Land Tax Coal, Minerals, and Metals Royalties Miscellaneous Mining Receipts 170,000,000 120,000,000 41,000,000 16,000,000 9,600,000 9,300,000 4,000,000 4,600,000 Lands and Forests: Logging Tax 40,000,000 Timber Sales 164,000,000 Timber Royalties 12,000,000 Land Leases, Rentals, and Fees 5,500,000 Miscellaneous Lands and Forests Receipts 1,500,000 $2,478,000,000 374,500,000 223,000,000 ESTIMATED REVENUE, 1979/80 Estimated Revenue for Fiscal Year Ending March 31,1979 SOURCE Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1980 15,500,000 6,000,000 557,800,000 2,000,000 4,200,000 9,790,000 2,800,000 2,600,000 8,300,000 1,775,000 19,400,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 1,675,000 11,260,000 Natural Resource Revenue—Continued Water Resources: Water Rentals and Recording Fees 15,000,000 Wildlife Act—Fees and Licences 6,000,000 Total Natural Resource Revenue Other Revenue: Sales and Service Fees: Land Sales 2,800,000 Motor-vehicle Lien and Search Fees 5,000,000 Medicare Services Recoveries 8,200,000 Ferry Revenue 3,200,000 Ambulance Service 2,600,000 Forest Scaling Fees 8,700,000 Land Clearing Receipts .. 2,100,000 Land Registry Fees 21,500,000 Sheriffs' Fees 1,400,000 Publications Service Branch 1,000,000 Receipts from Beautiful British Columbia Magazine 1,570,000 Miscellaneous Parks Receipts 1,920,000 Miscellaneous Sales and Services 5,010,000 67,500,000 54,000,000 3,800,000 2,400,000 1,500,000 2,500,000 7,000,000 1,300,000 1,250,000 6,350,000 80,100,000 10,000,000 Licences and Permits: Motor-vehicle Licences and Permits Companies Branch Electrical Energy Inspection Fees Fire Marshal Act—Fees, etc. Law Stamps Liquor Licensing Branch —Permits and Fees Probate Fees Camp-site Permits and Park Use Miscellaneous Licences and Permits Fines and Penalties 71,000,000 4,500,000 2,200,000 1,800,000 2,150,000 8,100,000 1,800,000 1,540,000 4,910,000 618,500,000 65,000,000 32,000,000 Interest from Investments 98,000,000 12,000,000 52,000,000 ESTIMATED REVENUE, 1979/80 Estimated Revenue for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1979 SOURCE Fiscal Year Ending March 31,1980 10,500,000 2,535,000 Other Revenue—Continued Miscellaneous: Institutional Maintenance R Maintenance of Children Other Maintenance Receipts Miscellaneous Revenue: Insurance Claim Receipts Superannuation Branch—■ Cost Recoveries eceipts: 7,100,000 3,500,000 36,450,000 13,035,000 4,000,000 4,450,000 10,600,000 4,400,000 4,800,000 1,400,000 15,250,000 1,400,000 24,815,000 Glendale Laundry Receipts Other Miscellaneous Revenue Total Other Revenue Contributions From Governm Liquor Distribution Branch— British Columbia Buildings C< Total Contributions Fr Contributions From Other Gc Canada: Established Programs Final Canada Assistance Plan 47,700,000 237,300,000 263,450,000 ent Enterpri net profit ... srporation _ om Governme WERNMENTS: icing ses: 215,000,000 20,000,000 190,000,000 29,500,000 219,500,000 nt Enterprises 600,000.000 242,000,000 102,900,000 300,000 2,100,000 235,000,000 470,800,000 200,000,000 37,600,000 7,250,000 14,000,000 16,500,000 50,800,000 Other Shared-cost Programs Adult Occupational Training Water Planning and Management Economic Development Transportation and Highways Other Federal Payments Percentage of Power Corpo Statutory Subsidies 37,000,000 4,700,000 20,000,000 9,900,000 31,300,000 2,000,000 2,300,000 ■ation Tax .. Subtotal, Canada Municipal Share of Joint-servi Total Contributions Fr Total Estimated Reven :e Programs om Other Go\\ ue 801,250,000 24,000,000 947,300,000 25,200,000 825,250,000 'ernments 972,500,000 $4,280,350,000 $4,567,450,000 MAIN ESTIMATES ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE For the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1980 SUMMARY Estimated Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1978/79 No. oi Vote SERVICE Estimates of Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1979/80 $3,997,588 400,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Legislation : $4,307,865 405,300 Crown Corporation Reporting Committee — 4,397,588 4,713,165 51,160 Auditor General: 4,397,588 2,466,906 266,369 $4,662,005 2,034,507 195,396 Total to be voted 2,229,903 2,733,275 192,670 Less recruitment savings 2,229,903 2,540,605 300,000 237,961 515,799 Executive Council: 245,047 535,833 753,760 780,880 54,446 Ministry of Agriculture: 753,760 109,787 1,183,780 1,375,366 4,269,593 604,476 39,726,088 188,670 4,431,184 225,985 3,676,000 444,862 726,434 100,533 1,241,849 3,950,723 503,383 57,706,902 187,005 4,351,768 203,671 2,437,855 221,000 Specialist and Regulatory Services Milt Rnard Total to be voted Less recruitment savings Ministry of Attorney-General: Minister's Office 72,051,221 56,235,791 1,002,645 72,051,221 145,623 4,118,780 30,007,013 8,082,746 38,641,433 56,487,836 10,014,770 858,317 3,917,204 1,127,114 55,233,146 139,990 3,599,126 28,952,359 8,284,545 35,192,543 53,941,435 9,600,000 1,040,410 2,700,152 1,105,116 Superior and County Court 10 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 1 Estimated Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1978/79 ■^ote' SERVICE Estimates of Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1979/80 5,443,254 1,198,602 79,113 295,361 1,500,000 1,557,506 1,439,731 452,890 110,556 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 Ministry of Attorney-General—Continued 5,698,478 1,072,456 67,225 286,190 1,255,000 1,569,882 1,239,425 455,990 125,362 6,172,021 83,692 32,204,000 1,667,623 196,567,060 12,705,303 1,658,427 35,951,724 5,958,191 92,221 21 488,642 2,641,600 186,813,343 205,298,180 8,731,120 Less recruitment savings Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs : 186,813,343 133,005 586,979 2,736,650 4,159,986 1,968,397 1,241,997 68,500 3,000 1,495,000 1,132,038 131,756 516,939 2,796,047 3,868,245 1,836,699 1,170,364 74,400 3,000 1,496,912 1,586,923 13,481,285 13,525,552 820,249 Ministry of Deregulation : 13,481,285 89,634 824,041 704,048 90,000 579,796 579,796 1,707,723 49,296 Ministry of Economic Development: 579,796 164,683 7,265,357 5,581,000 21,500,000 684,000 1,073,000 154,432 6,540,926 6,340,000 14,000,000 800,874 936,891 28,773,123 36,268,040 316,316 Ministry of Education, Science and Technology: Minister's Office - - 28,773,123 119,071 5,851,474 614,849,031 232,780,581 656,100 200,697,634 11,831,130 40,470,000 352,942 10 9,185,749 119,793 5,446,200 592,032,605 208,602,857 87,735 159,851,366 11,273,537 40,600,000 331,430 10 Post-secondary Education—Universities Post-secondary Education—Colleges and Provincial Insti- 9,156,008 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 11 Estimated Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1978/79 No. of Vote SERVICE Estimates of Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1979/80 4,045,264 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 Ministry of Education, Science and Technology— Continued 3,976,000 1,365,000 1,300,000 Computer and Consulting Charges 1,032,846,805 1,122,134,722 1,177,405 Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources : 1,032,846,805 91,533 1,321,106 2,123,499 4,651,457 1,502,161 588,500 700,000 277,919 63,600 399,123 60,000 551,225 1,225,000 352,960 1,120,957,317 87,861 1,246,249 2,091,671 British Columbia Energy Commission 4,392,165 1,400,434 585,250 900,000 215,000 77,000 Mineral Research Program 155,000 60,000 351,300 910,330 Energy Resource Evaluation Program Building Occupancy Charges 315,100 Computer and Consulting Charges - 12,787,360 13,908,083 675,604 Less recruitment savings Ministry of Environment: Minister's Office 12,787,360 164,938 2,444,356 47,568,812 1,245,394 742,047 1,577,716 2,000,000 10 131,468 5,867,000 1,768,045 13,232,479 150,911 3,894,678 48,746,261 Resource and Environment Management 1,016,324 Environment and Land Use Committee Secretariat 691,389 Provincial Agricultural Land Commission 1,534,542 Provincial Emergency Programme 2,064,800 50,000 Salmonid Enhancement Program - Flood Relief Act 129,750 4,021,024 1,455,600 63,755,279 63,509,786 2,859,531 Ministry of Finance: 63,755,279 109,825 1,824,174 4,135,766 8,032,953 1,698,648 5,074,404 579,000 5,844,261 21,740,000 16,585,000 5,500,000 12,000,000 2,557,473 250,000 17,000,000 1,058,041 3,569,000 60,650,255 105,330 1,261,128 4,002,470 Office of the Comptroller-General- 6,801,506 Computer and Consulting Services 2,045,495 4,797,307 400,000 Assessment Act Appeal Boards 5,684,386 21,853,323 16,481,000 3,400,000 British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation—Free 1,860,500 250,000 21,064,320 Salary Contingencies (All Ministries) 1,045,776 3,737,896 Total to be voted 94,790,437 107,558,545 1,972,270 Less recruitment savings 94,790,437 105,586,275 1 12 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Estimated Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1978/79 V°dtef SERVICE Estimates of Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1979/80 110,042 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 Ministry of Forests: 115,544 1,891,613 4,756,140 49,223,041 38,961,722 19,553,036 10 5,000,000 5,000,000 3,899,000 2,405,069 1,587,786 4,593,428 47,604,089 34,683,140 18,407,773 Forestry- — Timber and Range Management Program 5,973,966 3,878,928 1,682,000 118,521,152 130,805,175 5,989,367 Ministry of Health: 118,521,152 144,082 21,327,012 35,539,703 180,777,352 18,129,440 649,178,588 245,300,000 26,050,883 4,285,498 12,330,546 28,638,000 2,154,000 124,815,808 139,851 19,741,533 34,748,540 185,192,240 17,863,005 609,588,881 211,613,000 Preventive and Special Community Services Hospital Programs — — . - 24,775,037 4,136,440 10,619,966 31.810,890 7,700,983 Total to be voted 1,157,930,366 1,223,855,104 Less recruitment savings Ministry of Human Resources: Minister's Office- 10,428,342 1,157,930,366 206,837 61,124,258 75,209,741 52,573,173 26,428,642 351,505,000 43,663,249 23,834,311 19,103,359 3,015,000 1,213,426,762 145,890 64,011,650 71,717,711 45,332 296 277,998,937 43,429,775 28,996,905 19,373,175 3,871,414 Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters and Renters' Tax Credit Building Occupancy Charges— 581,567,553 656,663,570 8,166,849 Less recruitment savings Ministry of Labour: 581,567,553 141,341 2,653,832 36,253,809 1,566,415 5,812,929 2,772,487 711,952 1,340,101 297,000 10 1,123,000 1,040,100 648,496,721 140,241 2,795,211 29,308,710 1,503,301 5,837,073 2,622,380 507,351 Job Training and Employment Opportunity Programs Occupational Environment and Compensation Advisory Collective Bargaining and Labour Standards Program — 1,197 304 300,000 2 124 605 638,202 46,974,378 53,712,976 1,235,278 46,974,378 52,477,698 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 13 Estimated Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1978/79 No. of Vote SERVICE Estimates of Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1979/80 116,724 34,932,364 8,203,671 25,225,999 1,225,557 2,172,051 539,120 72,415,486 72,415,486 153,456 2,176,778 44,125,000 138,300,000 295,968 6,414,368 243,195 136,950 191,845,715 191,845,715 212,278 590,611 20,416,637 1,126,743 3,100,000 406,813 65,807 164,489 519,548 757,136 5,858,024 10 10 13,200,000 500,000 931,102 8,102,692 2,895,352 4,120,000 285,393 1,387,888 51,280,000 140,000 22,154,026 19,000 1,000,000 11,006,085 1,107,620 151,347,264 151,347,264 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing: Minister's Office Housing 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 Land Management_ Parks and Outdoor Recreation Financial and Administration Services... Building Occupancy Charges... Computer and Consulting Charges - Total to be voted Less recruitment savings Ministry of Municipal Affairs : Minister's Office— General Administration Grants, Contributions and Subsidies.. Revenue Sharing Fund Central Ministry Services Transit Services Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges. Total to be voted. Less recruitment savings Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services: Minister's Office General Administration. _ _ Heritage, Cultural, Recreation, Sports and Fitness Programs Central Microfilm Bureau Grants, Special Services and Events ~. Public Information and Publications. Indian Advisory Act Government House Agent General's Office and British Columbia House - Legislative Library - - — - Postal Branch Queen's Printer- British Columbia Lottery Branch — Unemployment Insurance and Workers' Compensation.. Public Inquiries Act - Provincial Elections Act - Government Employees Relations Bureau- Public Service Commission Administration Salaries and Benefits—Sundry Employees Public Service Adjudication Board Superannuation Branch Administration . Public Service Superannuation and Retirement Benefits Members of the Legislative Assembly Superannuation Act - Employee Benefits. Parliament Buildings Restoration— — Queen Elizabeth II British Columbia Centennial Scholarship Act. Captain Cook Bi-Centennial- Building Occupancy Charges . Computer and Consulting Charges . Total to be voted.. Less recruitment savings 148,408 29,916,769 8,032,646 24,579,967 1,532,061 1,964,000 1,073,670 67,247,521 1,888,483 141,787 2,450,143 56,250,000 141,700,000 364,100 37,027,000 234,000 28,500 238,195,530 216,076 182,096 849,071 20,832,844 1,129,632 2,260,225 507,651 83,459 176,299 607,095 753,822 7,130,263 10 10 14,500,000 10 633,945 8,842,709 3,051,300 1,080,000 369,596 1,606,162 70,455,000 135,000 33,164,063 1,200,000 24,000 9,416,000 1,435,000 180,425,262 1,563,929 65,359,038 237,979,454 178,861,333 14 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Estimated Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1978/79 ^ote SERVICE Estimates of Expenditure, Fiscal Year 1979/80 152,472 60,992 10,121,145 204,221 478,922 330,000 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 Ministry of Tourism and Small Business Development: Minister's Office , 158,139 70,093 10,327,237 1,487,015 422,000 332,000 Tourism Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Total tn he voted 11,347,752 12,796,484 191,195 Less recruitment savings Ministry of Transportation, Communications and Highways : Minister's Office 11,347,752 168,872 6,630,237 156,326,179 160,258,637 10 50,000 704,715 3,186,928 14,209,889 1,025,582 311,660 1,306,990 2,073,585 2,112,188 51,386,950 15,672,054 894,798 16,750,000 2,646,100 12,605,289 180,378 5,967,233 153,925,075 157,258,637 11,750,000 186,000 674,198 3,185,246 14,926,272 996,561 317,839 1,402,187 2,079,282 107,723 50,558,500 12,202,674 863,182 14,531,892 4,027,555 Engineering Branch Motor Vehicle Branch _ _ Motor Carrier Commission Communications System Development and Regulation Branch — 435,140,434 435,715,374 13,058,507 435,140,434 422,656,867 4,280,350,000 $4,567,450,000 L MAIN ESTIMATES ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE For the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1980 LEGISLATION Summary Estimated, Vote Estimates, 1978/79 No. 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ ( 29) 3,997,588 1 Legislation (32) 4,307,865 400,000 2 Crown Corporation Reporting Committee 405,300 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 4,397,588 4,713,165 — Less re ruitment savings 51,160 ( 29) 4,397,588 Total (32) 4,662,005 16 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 1 LEGISLATION Description Provides for the costs of the Legislative Assembly and its committees, including the support services. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 3) 10) 10) 2) 2) 1) ( 1) 2,118,500 125,000 13,000 224,894 181,422 206,360 38,060 38,732 84,200 30,000 541,000 346,420 50,000 ( 29) 3,997,588 Activity Staff Members of the Legislative Assembly Select Standing Committees Inter-parliamentary Relations Speaker's Office (4) Government Members' Caucus Official Opposition (NDP) .(11) -(H) Progressive Conservative (2) Liberal (2) Clerk of the House (1) Legislative Procedure and Practice Inquiry Other session expenses Hansard operations Dining-room (1) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 2,209,700 125,000 43,000 253,214 212,104 235,424 43,083 43,095 88,500 30,000 605,125 369,620 50,000 Total vote -(32) 4,307,865 3) 24) 1) 1) ( 29) 880,000 440,000 19,000 8,500 19,000 8,500 8,500 660,000 75,000 125,000 36,000 15,000 12,000 2,306,500 54,828 344,574 13,200 24,420 437,022 700,000 10,000 51,000 100,000 15,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (06) Allowances and expenses (Members and Legislative Officers): Sessional allowances 912,000 Expense and living allowance 456,000 The Speaker—allowance 19,000 Deputy Speaker—allowance 8,500 Leader of the Opposition—allowance 19,000 Leader of the Liberal Party—allowance 8,500 Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party—allowance 8,500 Secretarial and rental allowance 700,200 Air travel from constituencies 78,000 Select Standing Committees—allowance and travel expenses 50,000 Clerks of the House 42,000 Clerk Assistant 15,000 Sergeant-at-Arms 14,000 2,330,700 (01) Salaries—established: Speaker's staff (4) 69,420 Caucus staff (26) 400.356 Clerk of the House staff (1) 17,700 Hansard staff (1) 27,120 (32) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment 514,596 770,850 30,100 66,025 128,800 33,375 LEGISLATION 17 Vara 1 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ Advertising and publications .... 15,500 Materials and supplies 277,500 Rentals—outside suppliers 75,419 Acquisition—machinery and equipment — Grants, contributions, and subsidies 50,000 Other expenditure 15,000 —Continued Estimated, 1978/79 $ — (40) 246,000 (50) 52,066 (60) 15,000 (75) 50,000 (80) 15,000 (90) 3,997,588 4,307,865 Vote 2 CROWN CORPORATION REPORTING COMMITTEE Description Provides for costs of the Committee on Crown Corporations appointed under the Standing Orders of the House, including the support services, in accordance with the Crown Corporation Reporting Act. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 400,000 Total vote 405,300 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 200,000 (04) Salaries—temporary 202,650 (06) Allowances and expenses members— 24,000 legislative officers 24,125 40,000 (10) Travel expense 42,460 92,000 (20) Professional and special services 91,675 28,000 (30) Office expense 28,950 4,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 3,860 8,000 (50) Materials and supplies 7,720 4,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 3,860 400,000 405,300 AUDITOR GENERAL 19 Estimated, 1978/79 Staff Vote No. AUDITOR GENERAL Summary ( 60) 2,034,507 3 Auditor General 195,396 4 Building occupancy charges 2,229,903 ( 60) 2,229,903 Less recruitment savings Total Estimates, 1979/80 Staff .(85) 2,466,906 266,369 2,733,275 192,670 .(85) 2,540,605 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 20 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 AUDITOR GENERAL Vote 3 Description The Auditor General Act provides for the independent examination of the financial accounts and records of the Government and an annual report, including the expression of opinion, on its financial statements, as well as on certain other matters. Audits of certain public bodies as transferred by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council are also required, and the Auditor General may be appointed the auditor or joint auditor of a Crown corporation, Crown agency, or public body. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may request that special assignments be undertaken. Authority is given to extend the scope of the report to include assessment of the basis of preparation of the financial statements of the Government and the administration of programs by ministries, and to conduct such examination of Crown corporations, Crown agencies, or other public bodies as may be considered necessary or desirable. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 60) 2,034,507 Total vote (85) 2,466,906 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 60) 1,312,507 (01) Salaries—established (85) 1,926,700 85,000 (10) Travel expense 193,579 417,500 (20) Professional and special services 220,020 30,500 (30) Office expense 34,450 37,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 44,390 — (40) Advertising and publications 21,712 2,000 (50) Materials and supplies 1,930 125,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers — 25,000 (90) Other expenditure 24,125 2,034,507 2,466,906 Vote 4 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Auditor General. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 195,396 Total vote 266,369 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 195,396 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 266,369 OMBUDSMAN OMBUDSMAN Estimated, 1978/79 $ Vote No. Summary 5 Ombudsman - - - — Total -- 21 Estimates, 1979/80 300,000 300,000 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 22 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 5 OMBUDSMAN Description Provides for the costs of the Office of the Ombudsman. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ — Total vote 300,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure — (90) Other expenditure 300,000 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 23 Staff ( 10) ( 19) ( 29) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 237,961 515,799 753,760 753,760 Vote No. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Summary Premier's Office Executive Council Less recruitment savings Total Staff -(9) -(18) -(27) Estimates, 1979/80 245,047 535,833 780,880 54,446 726,434 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 24 Vote 6 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 PREMIER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the costs of the Premier's Office, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Staff ( 10) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 237,961 ( 10) 173,961 2,500 20,000 25,000 1,500 15,000 237,961 Staff Total vote (9) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (9) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (90) Other expenditure Estimates, 1! >79/80 $ $ 245,047 re 168,813 2,412 33,775 24,125 1,447 14,475 245,047 Vote 7 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Description Provides for the costs of the Office of Intergovernmental Relations and Executive Council administration. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 10) 9) ( 19) 305,102 210,697 Activity Staff Office of Intergovernmental Relations (9) Executive Council administration (9) 515,799 Total vote -(18) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 319,307 216,526 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 19) 378,799 (01) Salaries—established (18) 375,645 2,500 (04) Salaries—temporary 2,412 30,000 (10) Travel expense 38,600 — (20) Professional and special services 24,125 10,000 (30) Office expense 14,475 1,500 (35) Office furniture and equipment 1,446. 83,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 69,480 10,000 (90) Other expenditure 9,650 535,833 515,799 535,833 AGRICULTURE 25 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Estimated, Vote 1978/79 No. Staff $ ( 5) 100,533 8 ( 12) 1,146,532 9 ( 54) 1,241,849 10 ( 143) 3,950,723 11 ( 9) 503,383 12 ( 133) 57,706,902 13 ( 6) 187,005 14 ( 148) 4,351,768 15 ( 10) 203,671 16 2,437,855 17 221,000 18 72,051,221 ( 520) 72,051,221 Summary Staff Minister's Office (5) Deputy Minister's Office (12) General Administration (55 ) Production Services (144) Marketing Services (9) Financial Services (134) Information Services 1 (6) Specialist and Regulatory Services (148) Milk Board (10) Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry Estimates, 1979/80 $ 109,787 1,183,780 1,375,366 4,269,593 604,476 39,726,088 188,670 4,431,184 225,985 3,676,000 444,862 56,235,791 1,002,645 (523) 55,233,146 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 26 Vote 8 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Agriculture, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 5) 100,533 Total vote Staff -<5) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 109,787 ( 5) 86,533 11,000 2,000 1,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (5) (10) Travel expense (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment 88,075 14,475 4,825 2,412 100,533 109,787 Vote 9 DEPUTY MINISTER'S OFFICE Description The Deputy Minister's office provides executive direction for the Ministry. Staff includes the Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Development and Planning Branch, and executive officers. The budget provides for grants to aid university agricultural research, demonstration, and testing projects, as well as grants and contributions to assist fairs, exhibitions, and agriculture societies. Activity Staff Estimated, 1978/79 $ 219,217 102,315 8) 4) 475,000 350,000 ( 12) 1,146,532 Staff Deputy Minister's staff (8) Policy and Planning Branch (4) General and research grants and expenses Aid to developing countries Total vote -(12) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 238,296 115,614 475,262 354,608 1,183,780 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 12) 266,976 (01) Salaries—established (12) 292,683 29,556 (04) Salaries—temporary 28,950 39,500 (10) Travel expense 40,674 69,000 (20) Professional and special services 53,316 4,000 (30) Office expense 4,294 — (40) Advertising and publications 4,246 17,500 (50) Materials and supplies 16,983 5,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 3,088 15,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 11,580 700,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies .... 727,966 1,146,532 1,183,780 AGRICULTURE 27 Vote 10 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Description Provides for the accounting and personnel programs of the Ministry as well as administrative support and other services to the operational programs of the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 54) 1,241,849 Total vote Staff -(55) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,375,366 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 54) 731,112 (01) Salaries—established (55) 761,934 64,137 (04) Salaries—temporary 64,985 43,500 (10) Travel expense 77,682 15,000 (20) Professional and special services 14,475 142,000 (30) Office expense 143,785 60,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 60,795 60,000 (40) Advertising and publications 110,975 40,000 (50) Materials and supplies 58,517 85,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 82,025 — (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 193 1,100 (90) Other expenditure — 1,241,849 1,375,366 28 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 11 PRODUCTION SERVICES Description The program provides assistance and technical advisory services to agricultural producers and commodity groups through specific development and extension programs and specialist services. The activities are designed to facilitate improved management and production of livestock, poultry, apiary, field, and horticultural crops. Grants are made to agricultural organizations in reference to livestock, crop improvements, and weed control. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ 2) 54,436 Director (2) 55,675 3) 169,183 Apiary Branch (3) 168,470 33) 755,024 Extension Branch (34) 820,157 14) 332,630 Farm Economics Branch (14) 349,220 12) 642,727 Field Crops Branch (12) 813,980 29) 721,430 Horticulture Branch (29) 778,032 40) 961,517 Livestock Branch (39) 947,412 10) 313,776 Poultry Branch (11) 336,647 ( 143) 3,950,723 Total vote (144) 4,269,593 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 143) 2,828,913 (01) Salaries—established (144) 3,052,876 153,726 (04) Salaries—temporary 147,948 374,301 (10) Travel expense 372,382 52,575 (20) Professional and special services 38,087 25,175 (30) Office expense 31,520 6,750 (40) Advertising and publications 1,977 182,583 (50) Materials and supplies 185,539 10,100 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 11,819 13,500 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings — 38,600 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 34,980 263,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies .... 390,825 1,500 (90) Other expenditure 1,640 3,950,723 4,269,593 AGRICULTURE 29 Vote 12 MARKETING SERVICES Description This program provides a number of services designed to develop and promote the use of British Columbia-grown food and agricultural products. The Market Development Program is designed to identify new production opportunities and to assist industry in finding new markets for available products. The Market Information Program disseminates current production and marketing information in order to improve industry decision-making. The Food Promotion Program is aimed at increasing the awareness and consumption of British Columbia- grown foods. The Marketing Service also administers marketing legislation, grade regulations, and tariff and trade matters. This service also maintains the agricultural statistics function. Funds for the operation of the Provincial Marketing Board are provided for in this vote. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff ( 2) ( 4) ( 2) ( 1) ( 9) 51,194 94,100 292,355 46,957 18,777 Activity Staff Administration (2) Provincial Marketing Board British Columbia food promotion —(4) Marketing information (2) Marketing development (1) 503,383 Total vote -(9) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 59,698 90,806 385,777 49,380 18,815 604,476 ( 9) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (9) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense 165,406 12,577 40,000 110,700 9,500 400 159,000 4,600 1,200 — (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (60) Rentals—outside suppliers Professional and special services Office expense 178,767 12,742 43,423 95,342 9,649 257,510 4,534 1,544 965 503,383 604,476 30 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 13 FINANCIAL SERVICES Description The program chiefly provides financial plans which ensure that the producer, aided by the processor of agricultural products, is able to maintain and improve food production activity on lands dedicated and reserved under the Agricultural Land Commission Act. Specific programs involve agricultural credit, agricultural and rural development, farm income assurance, crop insurance, farm products finance, and agricultural rehabilitation and development. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 8) 192,936 Director (8) 197,153 ( 7) 8,635,314 Agriculture credit (7) 11,719,241 ( 7) 12,145,983 Agriculture and rural development....(6) 11,304,610 ( 16) 591,058 Crop insurance (16) 554,073 ( 5) 35,398,352 Farm income assurance (5) 15,026,331 ( 4) 114,233 Farm products finance (4) 122,371 Property Management Branch (net of ( 86) 629,026 recoveries) (88) 802,309 ( 133) 57,706,902 Total vote (134) 39,726,088 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 133) 2,270,263 (01) Salaries—established (134)) 2,356,019 2,376,614 (04) Salaries—temporary 2,280,430 3,700 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts — 154,000 (10) Travel expense .... 148,961 200,500 (20) Professional and special services 421,824 52,450 (30) Office expense 46,270 41,800 (40) Advertising and publications 17,948 2,039,475 (50) Materials and supplies 1,378,428 2,648,890 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 2,547,583 80,250 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 64,943 10,225,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 13,244,625 39,283,092 (90) Other expenditure 18,769,057 1,669,132 (99) Farm recoveries (Credit) 1,550,000 57,706,902 39,726,088 AGRICULTURE 31 Vote 14 INFORMATION SERVICES Description The program informs farmers and nonfarmers about British Columbia agricultural technology and food products. This program also describes agricultural techniques to farmers through use of publications, brochures, factsheets, and film. It also creates an awareness of agriculture among consumers through media, advertising, displays, and speeches. Staff ( 6) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 187,005 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ ..(6) 188,670 ( 6) 115,929 10,776 18,050 14,600 2,900 10,000 10,700 4,050 187,005 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (6) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary . Travel expense (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies . Professional and special services Office expense (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 120,542 6,755 14,233 12,159 2,895 19,300 11,580 1,206 188,670 32 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 15 SPECIALIST AND REGULATORY SERVICES Description The program provides specialist and regulatory services throughout the Province related to animal health; meat, brand, dairy farm, and dairy plant inspection; plant disease control and insect control; soil classifications and topsoil conservation; irrigation; drainage; farm buildings; waste management; farm machinery; farm labour; 4-H and farm vacations. Operating within this program are the veterinary, dairy, and soils laboratories. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 2) 53,519 Director (2) 57,284 ( 33) 807,240 Dairy Branch (33) 729,118 ( 14) 385,877 Engineering Branch (14) 416,743 Entomology/Plant Pathology Branch ( 16) 563,061 (16) 562,909 14,500 Farm Labour Branch 11,096 ( 20) 482,095 Soils Branch (20) 486,045 ( 54) 1,793,146 Veterinary Medicine Branch (54) 1,903,865 ( 9) 252,330 Youth Development Branch (9) 264,124 ( 148) 4,351,768 Total vote (148) 4,431,184 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 148) 2,834,430 (01) Salaries—established (148) 2,999,918 266,888 (04) Salaries—temporary 239,750 328,800 (10) Travel expense 304,760 378,800 (20) Professional and special services 371,136 39,800 (30) Office expense 56,016 15,500 (40) Advertising and publications 10,132 172,800 (50) Materials and supplies 221,716 6,700 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 6,039 161,700 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 80,152 85,500 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 79,612 60,850 (90) Other expenditure 61,953 4,351,768 4,431,184 AGRICULTURE 33 Vote 16 MILK BOARD Description The function of the Milk Board is to administer the marketing provisions of the Milk Industry Act. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 10) 203,671 Total vote Staff -(10) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 225,985 ( 10) 170,171 20,000 7,000 4,000 2,000 500 203,671 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (10) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies^ 175,638 3,860 26,055 13,847 4,053 2,026 506 225,985 Vote 17 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 2,437,855 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 3,676,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 2,437,855 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 3,676,000 34 Vote 18 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 221,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 444,862 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 221,000 (25) Data systems and processing 444,862 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 35 MINISTRY OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL Estimated, Vote 1978/79 No. staff $ ( 6) 139,990 19 ( 140) 3,599,126 20 (1,389) 28,952,359 21 ( 281) 8,284,545 22 ( 96) 35,192,543 23 (2,064) 53,941,435 24 9,600,000 25 1,040,410 26 ( 57) 2,700,152 27 ( 46) 1,105,116 28 ( 135) 5,443,254 29 ( 17) 1,198,602 30 ( 3) 79,113 31 ( 5) 295,361 32 1,500,000 33 ( 88) 1,557,506 34 ( 53) 1,439,731 35 ( 9) 452,890 36 ( 6) 110,556 37 ( 320) 5,958,191 38 ( 2) 92,221 39 21,488,642 40 2,641,600 41 186,813,343 Summary Minister's Office Administration and Support Court Services Staff -(6) Criminal Justice Division Police Services Corrections Legal Services Commission Justice Development Commission Legal Services to Government — Superior and County Court Provincial Court Coroners ....(157) -(1,409) _..(280) (96) .(2,065) British Columbia Parole Board Law Reform Commission Criminal Injuries Compensation Act Public Trustee Fire Marshal -(64) -(47) .(135) -(17) .-(3) .-(8) British Columbia Racing Commission Film Classification Land Registry Program Order in Council Patients' Review Board Building Occupancy Charges ...(87) ...(49) -(10) .....(6) -(315) .....(2) Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Estimates, 1979/80 145,623 4,118,780 30,007,013 8,082,746 38,641,433 56,487,836 10,014,770 858,317 3,917,204 1,127,114 5,698,478 1,072,456 67,225 286,190 1,255,000 1,569,882 1,239,425 455,990 125,362 6,172,021 83,692 32,204,000 1,667,623 205,298,180 8,731,120 (4,717) 186,813,343 Total of Ministry (4,756) 196,567,060 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 36 Vote 19 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Attorney-General, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 6) 139,990 ( 6) 101,990 5,000 20,000 5,000 2,000 6,000 139,990 Total vote Staff ~(6) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 145,623 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (6) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (55) Motor-vehicles 108,000 9,650 23,148 2,895 1,930 145,623 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 37 Vote 20 Provides for ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT Description (a) central over-all policy and executive direction; (b) central over-all support, including financial and personnel administration; information and library services; co-ordination of the planning and management of Ministry facilities; serving as liaison with the British Columbia Buildings Corporation; regional justice co-ordination which provides the opportunity for citizens to participate in the planning and operation of justice services, including information and program development; (c) central policy planning, including policy analysis; research capability for the development and evaluation of programs designed to improve the justice system; and funding of the Counterattack Program. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 10) 324,212 ( 116) 2,383,662 ( 14) 891,252 ( 140) 3,599,126 Activity Deputy Minister's office Support services Policy planning Staff —(9) -(134) -(14) Estimates, $ 298,576 2,926,452 893,752 Total vote -(157) 1979/80 4,118,780 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 140) 2,289,342 (01) Salaries—established (157) 2,788,990 77,834 (04) Salaries—temporary 290,293 220,658 (10) Travel expense 213,629 142,000 (20) Professional and special services 141,678 163,094 (30) Office expense 163,445 29,408 (35) Office furniture and equipment 46,044 340,000 (40) Advertising and publications 197,439 40,400 (50) Materials and supplies 69,788 5,500 (55) Motor-vehicles 9,650 290,790 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies ...._ 197,342 100 (90) Other expenditure 482 3,599,126 4,118,780 38 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 21 COURT SERVICES Description Provides for (a) Administration and Technical—Executive direction of all activities, the detailed planning for court services and the development of management systems and improved court procedures; (b) Family Court—Provides a discreet Family Court trial/registry service to a community; (c) Integrated Courts—Provides a Supreme, County, and Provincial trial/registry service in a community and may provide service to satellite communities; (d) Small Claims—Provides a discreet trial/registry service for small claims actions in a community; (e) Provincial Courts—Provides a full range of Provincial Court services in a community; (/) Vancouver Provincial Court—Provides a Provincial Court criminal service to Vancouver; (g) Vancouver Supreme and County Court—Provides a Court of Appeal, Supreme and County Court trial/registry service to Vancouver. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 101) 3,914,447 Administration and technical (98) 3,620,942 ( 68) 1,069,903 Family Court (72) 1,132,406 ( 640) 12,855,375 Integrated Courts (670) 13,710,031 ( 9) 148,972 Small claims (9) 162,982 ( 192) 3,560,594 Provincial Courts (196) 3,852,516 ( 197) 3,586,940 Vancouver Provincial Court (182) 3,472,413 Vancouver Supreme and County Court ( 182) 3,816,128 (182) 4,055,723 (1,389) 28,952,359 Total vote (1,409) 30,007,013 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (1,389) 22,367,764 (01) Salaries—established (1,409) 23,135,943 616,580 (04) Salaries—temporary 869,822 1,135,939 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts _ 1,271,008 1,031,473 (10) Travel expense 1,049,331 1,844,414 (20) Professional and special services 1,665,996 1,100,995 (30) Office expense 1,035,172 263,350 (35) Office furniture and equipment 316,628 23,775 (40) Advertising and publications 25,136 256,760 (50) Materials and supplies 280,293 300,110 (55) Motor-vehicles _. 339,680 9,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 5,790 2,199 (90) Other expenditure 12,214 28,952,359 30,007,013 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 39 Vote 22 CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION Description Provides for (a) Crown Counsel services throughout the Province for criminal cases at Provincial, County, and Superior Courts, and Courts of Appeal; (£) licensing firearms business and issuance of firearms acquisition certificates; (c) advice to Government on criminal justice mattters. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 281) 8,284,545 Total vote (280) 8,082,746 ( 281) 5,307,755 119,431 383,178 2,070,052 189,446 115,857 79,026 19,800 8,284,545 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (280) (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense 5,573,143 121,013 291,078 Professional and special services 1,688,032 Office expense 191,955 (35) Office furniture and equipment 117,392 (50) Materials and supplies 80,071 (55) Motor-vehicles 20,062 8,082,746 40 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 23 POLICE SERVICES Description Provides for (a) improvement of police effectiveness through the raising of police standards, developing police/community relations, and co-ordinating all aspects of policing throughout the Province; (b) reduction of identified types of organized crime through research, analysis, and investigation; (c) policing of the Province under contract with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ British Columbia Police Commission ( 8) 1,867,003 (8) 1,761,568 Co-ordinated Law Enforcement Unit ( 88) 2,125,540 (88) 2,007,786 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Con- 31,200,000 tract 34,872,079 ( 96) 35,192,543 Total vote (96) 38,641,433 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 96) 1,662,020 (01) Salaries—established (96) 1,761,921 22,299 (04) Salaries—temporary 56,188 335,975 (10) Travel expense 114,556 32,473,298 (20) Professional and special services 36,437,208 129,623 (30) Office expense 71,524 15,730 (35) Office furniture and equipment 20,033 12,500 (40) Advertising and publications 2,895 78,125 (50) Materials and supplies 98,028 63,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 14,475 12,950 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 2,026 356,723 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 41,495 3,500 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 4,825 26,800 (90) Other expenditure 16,259 35,192,543 38,641,433 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 41 Vote 24 CORRECTIONS Description Provides for (a) Secure Custodial Facilities—Corrections Branch provides secure facilities for adult and juvenile offenders in the major population centres of the Province; accommodation is provided both for those awaiting trial and for sentenced offenders; (Z>) Open Facilities—Where secure custody is not required, sentenced offenders are accommodated in forest camps, farms, or special program facilities; these facilities represent a step toward return of the offender to society; (c) Community-based Programs—A wide range of programs are provided within the community for adult and juvenile offenders; these include community correctional centres where clients can re-enter the work force or resume their education; programs to challenge young offenders through the wilderness experience and training for those sentenced for drinking-driving offences are prime examples of the service identified in this activity; (d) Probation and Family Services—The objective of the probation services is to provide an alternative to incarceration; adults and juveniles in conflict with the law remain in their community while receiving supervision and support from a probation officer; sentenced offenders carry out work service projects in the community under supervision of the Corrections Branch; the Corrections Branch also provides a range of services to families experiencing marital breakdown; (e) Management Support Services—This activity represents the special skills and resources devoted to the effective and efficient delivery of correctional services; in addition to the elements of staff identified in the management role, this activity includes religious services, staff development, information services, and planning staff; (/) Inspection and Standards—This activity is identified separately from management support services to signal and confirm its special role in Corrections Branch and the Ministry of Attorney-General; the Inspection and Standards Division monitors the delivery of correctional services to ensure that procedures and practices are met; branch policy also provides offenders the opportunity to forward any grievance concerning the delivery of corrections services to the Inspection and Standards Division. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 855) 20,190,123 Secure custodial facilities (828) 21,002,161 ( 334) 8,631,821 Open facilities (335) 9,132,376 ( 138) 4,913,504 Community-based programs (151) 5,071,495 ( 510) 12,103,555 Probation and family services (505) 12,832,029 ( 222) 7,946,707 Management support services . (240) 8,277,435 ( 5) 155,725 Inspection and standards (6) 172,340 (2,064) 53,941,435 Total vote (2,065) 56,487,836 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (2,064) 40,244,667 (01) Salaries—established . (2,065) 42,202,338 1,791,497 (04) Salaries—temporary 1,738,039 2,548 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 4,342 1,215,253 (10) Travel expense 1,249,910 2,929,573 (20) Professional and special services 5,387,963 — (25) Data systems and processing 289 417,011 (30) Office expense 488,825 196,488 (35) Office furniture and equipment... 151,087 30,191 (40) Advertising and publications 39,467 3,744,973 (50) Materials and supplies 4,032,397 290,734 (55) Motor-vehicles 266,688 42 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 24—Continued Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 193,404 57,626 369,854 2,441,894 15,722 53,941,435 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 19,984 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 482 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 58,353 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 359,161 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 467,627 (90) Other expenditure 20,884 56,487,836 Vote 25 LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION Description Provides for policy direction in all areas of criminal and civil legal aid; legal information and education programs related to legal services available to the public; funds for legal aid programs. Estimated, 1978/79 9,600,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 10,014,770 5,228,800 4,371,200 9,600,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (20) Professional and special services (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 7,025,200 2,989,570 10,014,770 Vote 26 JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Description Provides for capacity to fund development/demonstration projects; assists in the extension of justice systems through private agencies to those members of society who do not presently have access to them. Estimated, 1978/79 1,040,410 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 858,317 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,040,410 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies — 858,317 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 43 Vote 27 LEGAL SERVICES TO GOVERNMENT Description Provides for (a) over-all direction and co-ordination of legal services to the ministries of Government; (b) advice and counsel to Government ministries re legal matters and interpretation of statute law; (c) advice to Government ministries re constitutional and administrative law and intergovernmental matters; (d) statute preparation, drafting services to Government ministries; (e) statute revision, the production of Revised Statutes maintenance and updating of Federal and Provincial statutes; (/) developing policies and programs in family law field; organizing and implementing legal services in family law; and assisting in co-ordinating and providing legal services to social and health services. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 57) 2,700,152 ( 57) 1,079,409 Clas. (01) 34,244 (04) 53,751 (10) 1,418,236 (20) 75,401 (30) 12,353 (35) 20,000 (40) 6,708 (50) 50 (90) 2,700,152 Total vote Staff -(64) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 3,917,204 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (64) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Other expenditure 1,487,858 32,467 60,368 2,223,308 76,852 16,535 10,615 9,201 3,917,204 44 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 28 SUPERIOR AND COUNTY COURT Description Provides for administrative and support services for Justices of the Superior Courts (Courts of Appeal and Supreme Court) and Judges of the County Court. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 46) 1,105,116 Total vote (47) 1,127,114 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 46) 789,834 (01) Salaries—established (47) 798,180 125,602 (04) Salaries—temporary 132,718 53,500 (10) Travel expense 89,687 100 (20) Professional and special services 15,981 67,220 (30) Office expense 41,696. 53,465 (35) Office furniture and equipment 34,354 11,895 (50) Materials and supplies 14,498 3,500 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment — 1,105,116 1,127,114 Vote 29 PROVINCIAL COURT Description Provides for adjudication of the law in the Provincial Court of British Columbia, including criminal trials, Small Claims Division, and Family and Children's Court services. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 135) 5,443,254 Total vote (135) 5,698,478 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 135) 4,758,208 (01) Salaries—established (135) 5,175,472 239,548 (04) Salaries—temporary 106,073 257,530 (10) Travel expense 342,705 100,000 (20) Professional and special services 74,228 40,672 (30) Office expense — 30,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 2,296 (50) Materials and supplies 15,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 5,443,254 5,698,478 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 45 Vote 30 CORONERS Description Provides for ascertaining cause of death when violent or unnatural death is suspected. Staff ( 12) ( 5) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 513,694 200,501 484,407 ( 17) 1,198,602 Activity Vancouver New Westminster Province Total vote Staff -(12) -(5) -(17) Estimates, 1979/80 $ 527,597 191,793 353,066 $ 1,072,456 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 17) 343,824 (01) Salaries—established (17) 300,064 — (04) Salaries—temporary 28,659 46,844 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 99,128 14,662 (10) Travel expense 17,360 629,652 (20) Professional and special services 564,389 13,740 (30) Office expense 11,232 41,635 (35) Office furniture and equipment 12,122 81,249 (50) Materials and supplies 37,573 26,000 (55) Motor-vehicles — 672 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 1,447 324 (90) Other expenditure 482 1,198,602 1,072,456 Vote 31 BRITISH COLUMBIA PAROLE BOARD Description Provides for adjudication re paroling of young-adult offenders into the community after completing a correctional training program. Staff ( 3) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 79,113 Staff Total vote (3) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 67,225 ( 3) 68,182 3,671 3,760 2,000 1,500 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (3) (01) Salaries—established (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts (10) Travel expense (30) Office expense- 66,552 673 (35) Office furniture and equipment 79,113 67,225 46 Vote 32 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 LAW REFORM COMMISSION Description Provides for research into the statute laws of the Province and the making of recommendations for change as required. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 5) 295,361 ( 5) 144,792 500 67,000 5,000 22,112 17,457 4,500 20,000 14,000 295,361 Total vote Staff -(8) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (8) (04) Salaries—temporary (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 286,190 200,320 38,600 4,825 8,188 9,650 6,272 9,650 8,685 286,190 Vote 33 CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION ACT Description Provides for compensation for victims of violent and certain other crimes. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 1,500,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,255,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,500,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 1,255,000 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 47 Vote 34 PUBLIC TRUSTEE Description Provides for the protection of estates and financial interests of minors, mentally disordered persons, and those under long-term health care, and the administration of estates of certain deceased persons. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 88) 1,557,506 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ .(87) 1,569,882 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 88) 1,386,125 (01) Salaries—established 48,142 (04) Salaries—temporary .(87) 1,398,541 57,057 16,364 2,486 54,185 35,169 3,435 11,600 1,557,506 (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (50) Materials and supplies (55) Motor-vehicles 19,068 2,518 71,650 12,438 3,496 5,114 1,569,882 Vote 35 FIRE MARSHAL Description Provides for the collection and dissemination of information in regard to fires in the Province, the investigation of and holding of inquiries into fires and conditions under which fires are likely to occur, research into methods of fire prevention, and assistance in the formation and training of volunteer firefighting forces. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff ( 53) 1,439,731 Total vote Staff -(49) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,239,425 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 53) 1,015,613 (01) Salaries—established (49) 981,770 2,000 (04) Salaries—temporary — — (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 28,950 33,000 (10) Travel expense 48,250 253,000 (20) Professional and special services 26,055 24,135 (30) Office expense 28,950 9,780 (35) Office furniture and equipment — 3,603 (40) Advertising and publications 11,580 12,900 (50) Materials and supplies 12,545 48,000 (55) Motor-vehicles — 37,700 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 4,825 — (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 96,500 1,439,731 1,239,425 48 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA RACING COMMISSION Description Provides for the control and regulation of horse-racing in the Province, including the licensing of all personnel engaged in operation of racetracks. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 9) 452,890 Total vote (10) 455,990 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 9) 189,407 (01) Salaries—established (10) 216,456 4,500 (04) Salaries—temporary 21,411 10,800 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 13,143 40,050 (10) Travel expense 23,967 129,190 (20) Professional and special services 90,647 10,480 (30) Office expense ..- 12,328 13,650 (35) Office furniture and equipment 3,522 9,500 (55) Motor-vehicles — 45,313 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 74,516 452,890 455,990 Vote 37 FILM CLASSIFICATION Description Provides for the examination and classification of all films to be shown in motion-picture theatres, and also licensing businesses of film and motion-pictures. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 6) 110,556 Total vote (6) 125,362 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 6) 110,556 (01) Salaries—established (6) 109,537 — (04) Salaries—temporary 2,895 — (10) Travel expense 3,860 —- (20) Professional and special services 1,447 — (30) Office expense 4,825 — (35) Office furniture and equipment ..: 868 — (50) Materials and supplies 965 — (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 965 110,556 125,362 ATTORNEY-GENERAL 49 Vote 38 LAND REGISTRY PROGRAM Description Provides for the approving of registration of title and other claims to land; retrieval of title information. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 320) 5,958,191 Total vote Staff -(315) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 6,172,021 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 320) 4,992,557 (01) Salaries—established (315) 286,456 (04) Salaries—temporary 16,695 (10) Travel expense 489 (20) Professional and special services 534,169 (30) Office expense 127,825 (35) Office furniture and equipment 5,958,191 5,197,026 283,198 16,216 524,102 151,479 6,172,021 Vote 39 ORDER IN COUNCIL PATIENTS' REVIEW BOARD Description Provides for review, for the purpose of making recommendations to the Attorney-General as to the status of persons being held in the forensic psychiatric institution at the pleasure of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, of (a) findings of the court of being unfit to stand trial by reason of insanity; or (_b) acquittals by the court by reason of insanity; or (c) transfer of inmates from correctional institutions who have become mentally ill. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 2) 92,221 ( 2) Clas. 29,481 (01) 10,140 (04) 40,000 (07) 6,000 (10) 5,100 (30) 1,500 (35) 92,221 Total vote Staff -(2) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established ( 2 ) Salaries—temporary Fees and allowances- Travel expense Office expense -boards, courts Office furniture and equipment Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 83,692 30,955 7,352 34,182 5,790 4,183 1,230 83,692 50 Vote 40 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 21,488,642 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 32,204,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 21,488,642 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 32,204,000 Vote 41 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 2,641,600 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,667,623 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 2,641,600 (25) Data systems and processing 1,667,623 CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS 51 MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS Estimated, Vote 1978/79 No. Staff $ ( 6) 131,756 42 ( 26) 516,939 43 ( 99) 2,796,047 44 ( 189) 3,868,245 45 ( 97) 1,836,699 46 ( 50) 1,170,364 47 74,400 48 3,000 49 1,496,912 50 1,586,923 51 13,481,285 ( 467) 13,481,285 Summary Minister's Office Executive and Administration Consumer Affairs Corporate Affairs Rentalsman Liquor Control and Licensing Branch Corporate and Financial Services Commission Auditors' Certification Board Building Occupancy Charges staff .....(6) ...(26) -(103) -(187) -(97) -(51) Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry Estimates, 1979/80 133,005 586,979 2,736,650 4,159,986 1,968,397 1,241,997 68,500 3,000 1,495,000 1,132,038 13,525,552 820,249 -(470) 12,705,303 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 52 Vote 42 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 6) 131,756 Vote 43 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ ...(6) 133,005 EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATION Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 6) 107,256 (01) Salaries—established (6) 104,924 12,000 (10) Travel expense 14,475 7,000 (30) Office expense 8,299 2,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 1,930 1,500 (50) Materials and supplies 1,447 2,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 1,930 131,756 133,005 Description Provides central administrative and legal support services to all branches of the Ministry. This includes personnel services, accounts, space and telephone co-ordination, and the requisitioning of supplies. Staff solicitors are provided by the Ministry of Attorney-General. Estimated, 1978/79 StaB 6) 16) 4) ( 26) 147,224 276,263 93,452 516,939 Activity Staff Deputy Minister's office (6) Administration (11) Legal services (4) Personnel (5) Total vote -(26) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 179,278 190,915 99,562 117,224 586,979 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 26) 401,124 (01) Salaries—established (26) 436,511 10,400 (04) Salaries—temporary 16,071 28,285 (10) Travel expense 30,879 23,500 (20) Professional and special services 52,303 40,380 (30) Office expense 36,766 3,750 (35) Office furniture and equipment 6,369 9,500 (50) Materials and supplies 8,080 516,939 586,979 CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS 53 Vote 44 CONSUMER AFFAIRS Description The Consumer Affairs Program promotes fairness and knowledgeability in the marketplace. It develops, administers, and enforces consumer legislation, including the Trade Practices Act and the Consumer Protection Act. It regulates aspects of cemeteries, motor dealers and travel firms, attempts to mediate problems in transactions between consumers and suppliers, and assists over-committed debtors through counselling and debt-pooling arrangements. It educates consumers on their rights and obligations, and provides information and advice to the business community. It conducts research and prepares advice on a wide variety of commercial matters. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 4) 119,635 Executive (4) 296,085 ( 8) 214,765 Enforcement Branch (10) 263,935 Consumer Credit and Debtor Assistance ( 24) 494,195 (25) 511,705 Consumer Education and Information ( 13) 825,803 Branch (13) 575,010 ( 8) 271,599 Policy and Planning Branch (7) 229,249 ( 42) 870,050 Operations Branch (44) 860,666 ( 99) 2,796,047 ( 99) 1,698,946 Class (01) 34,500 (04) 5,000 (07) 150,151 (10) 263,750 (20) 130,200 (30) 11,100 (35) 257,000 (40) 44,100 (50) 5,500 (55) 5,800 (60) 40,000 (75) 150,000 (80) 2,796,047 Total vote -(103) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (103 ) Salaries—temporary Fees and allowances—boards, courts Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles 1,859,375 52,170 9,264 138,670 204,097 101,517 13,122 172,734 26,536 Rentals—outside suppliers Acquisition—machinery and equipment Grants, contributions, and subsidies 159,225 2,736,650 2,736,650 54 Vote 45 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 CORPORATE AFFAIRS Description The Corporate Affairs Division is responsible for the legal framework of the market place, including the licensing and registration of individuals involved and the regulation of the instruments and documents used by the institutions to communicate and conduct their business. The Superintendent of Credit Unions, Co-operatives, and Trust Companies charters and inspects those institutions. The Superintendent of Brokers, Real Estate, and Insurance regulates the mortgage brokers, securities, real estate, and insurance industries. The Registrar of Companies maintains complete files on all British Columbia companies, extra-provincial companies, co-operatives, partnerships, and societies operating within British Columbia whether based inside the Province or outside, and through the Central Registry registers mechanics' liens, and liens against motor-vehicles and personal chattels; and conducts searches for those liens for the general public, financial community, and the legal profession. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 3) 104,365 ( 70) 1,316,730 ( 68) 1,519,477 19) 29) 475,912 451,761 ( 189) 3,868,245 Activity Staff -(4) -(70) Executive Companies Brokers, insurance, and real estate (65) Credit unions, co-operatives, and trust companies (19) Central Registry (29) Total vote (187) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 337,884 1,493,766 1,340,567 516,413 471,356 4,159,986 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 189) 3,111,986 95,894 177,435 40,450 209,640 109,560 94,500 280 18,000 10,500 3,868,245 Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (55) Motor-vehicles (90) Other expenditure -(187) Professional and special services Office expense 3,139,787 304,680 102,868 260,815 189,718 29,527 101,325 10,036 21,230 4,159,986 CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS 55 Vote 46 RENTALSMAN Description Administers the Residential Tenancy Act, which governs the relationship between landlords and tenants who rent residential premises; provides for mediation, adjudication, and rulings on all matters concerned by the Act, including rental rates and increases. Deals with matters of termination of tenancies, possession of premises, redirection of rent for repairs and essential services, and security deposits. Disseminates information to general public about their rights and responsibilities under the Act. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 97) 1,836,699 Estimates, 1979/80 Total vote Staff -(97) 1,968,397 ( 97) 1,525,759 7,916 7,800 56,850 82,000 88,374 15,000 35,000 10,000 8,000 1,836,699 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (97) (01) (04) (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts (10) Travel expense Salaries—established Salaries—temporary (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications _ (50) Materials and supplies (55) Motor-vehicles 1,667,125 13,510 4,053 62,725 16,405 113,870 35,222 35,705 19,782 1,968,397 56 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 47 LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING BRANCH Description Provides over-all direction and control to policy development and administration of the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch within the confines of the Liquor Control and Licensing Act and regulations. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 50) 1,170,364 Total vote (51) 1,241,997 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 50) 923,790 (01) Salaries—established (51) 994,765 30,674 (04) Salaries—temporary 30,880 109,000 (10) Travel expense 105,185 31,000 (20) Professional and special services — 34,700 (30) Office expense 39,565 2,300 (35) Office furniture and equipment 2,219 5,000 (40) Advertising and publications 4,825 6,900 (50) Materials and supplies 6,658 27,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 28,950 — (90) Other expenditure 28,950 1,170,364 1,241,997 Vote 48 CORPORATE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION Description Established by section 3 of the Securities Act. The Commission hears appeals under various statutes administered by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 74,400 Total vote 68,500 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 55,000 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts .... 55,000 13,400 (20) Professional and special services 7,500 5,000 (30) Office expense 5,000 1,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 1,000 74,400 68,500 CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS 57 Vote 49 AUDITORS' CERTIFICATION BOARD Description This Board was established by the Companies Act to assess the qualifications of auditors for reporting companies. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 3,000 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ Total vote 3,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 3,000 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 3,000 Vote 50 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 1,496,912 Total vote _. Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,495,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,496,912 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 1,495,000 Vote 51 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 1,586,923 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,132,038 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,586,923 (25) Data systems and processing 1,132,038 DEREGULATION 59 MINISTRY OF DEREGULATION Staff ( 4) ( 4) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 579,796 Summary Vote No. 579,796 579,796 52 Minister's Office 53 General Administration 54 Provincial Capital Commission 55 Building Occupancy Charges _ Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry . Staff -(4) -(7) -(9) Estimates, 1979/80 89,634 824,041 704,048 90,000 1,707,723 49,296 .(20) 1,658,427 Nora—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 60 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 52 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Deregulation, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ Staff $ $ — Total vote (4) 89,634 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (4) 75,159 (10) Travel expense 9,650 (30) Office expense 4,825 89,634 Vote 53 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Description The new Ministry will have the responsibility for carrying out the Government's program of cutting the red tape within all Ministries of Government. It will also have the further mandate to review all existing legislation and regulations for the purpose of ensuring that such legislation and regulations serve a useful public purpose. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ Staff $ $ — Total vote (7) 824,041 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (7) 201,616 (04) Salaries—temporary 131,240 (10) Travel expense 19,300 (20) Professional and special services 411,090 (30) Office expense 24,125 (35) Office furniture and equipment 7,720 (40) Advertising and publications 14,475 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 14,475 824,041 DEREGULATION 61 Vote 54 PROVINCIAL CAPITAL COMMISSION Description Provides for the preservation, upgrading, and planning of the amenities for and within the Capital precinct. To plan the allocation of undeveloped Government properties within this area, and to manage development of certain of those properties which do not readily fall within the purview of single purpose agencies. Administers the funds provided for the improvement and beautification projects in the Greater Victoria area in co-operation with local municipalities. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff ( 4) 579,796 Total vote Staff -(9) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 704,048 ( 4) 100,866 31,650 2,400 5,000 8,880 11,000 10,000 10,000 400,000 579,796 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (9) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies Professional and special services Office expense 216,184 12,216 2,316 14,475 8,202 1,930 9,650 33,775 405,300 704,048 Vote 55 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 90,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure — (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 90,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 63 MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Staff 7) 118) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 154,432 6,540,926 6,340,000 14,000,000 800,874 936,891 28,773,123 ( 125) 28,773,123 Vote No. 56 57 58 59 60 61 Summary Minister's Office Administration _ Grants Staff .....(7) -(123) Federal-Provincial Shared-cost Programs Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry Estimates, 1979/80 164,683 7,265,357 5,581,000 21,500,000 684,000 1,073,000 36,268,040 316,316 .(130) 35,951,724 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 64 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 56 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Economic Development, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 7) 154,432 Total vote (7) 164,683 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 7) 124,432 (01) Salaries—established (7) 127,628 22,000 (10) Travel expense 28,950 7,500 (30) Office expense 7,599 500 (35) Office furniture and equipment 506 154,432 164,683 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 65 Vote 57 ADMINISTRATION Description General Administration includes the Deputy Minister's office and provides executive direction for the Ministry as well as administrative services to the operating branches of the Ministry. These services include budget preparation and control, personnel administration, payroll, purchasing, clerical support, and information services. Business and Industrial Development Branch provides a wide range of market development and promotional program designed to assist existing businesses, encourage new industry, and develop British Columbia. Policy Planning and Research Branch was reorganized early 1979 to include: Program Implementation and Co-ordination Branch designs, develops, and implements Federal-Provincial and joint Government-industry economic development programs and conducts special analyses, particularly of a financial, accounting, and taxation nature. Economic Analysis and Research Bureau is responsible for performing specific sectoral and regional analyses and developing appropriate sector strategies for carrying out the economic plans and policies of the Province. The Central Statistics Bureau provides statistical information and analytical support for the Ministry, other agencies of the Province, and in certain cases, for the business community. Staff ( 30) ( 27) ( 61) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 947,284 2,131,457 3,462,185 ( 118) 6,540,926 Activity Staff (29) Business and industrial development (29) Policy planning and research (65) General administration Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 991,623 2,600,607 3,673,127 Total vote -(123) 7,265,357 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 118) 2,636,598 (01) 311,640 (04) 6,240 (07) 353,119 (10) 1,641,494 (20) 144,500 (30) 84,075 (35) 290,260 (40) 72,000 (50) 50,000 (70) — (80) 951,000 (90) 6,540,926 Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Fees and allowances- Travel expense. -(123) -boards, courts Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Acquisition—land and buildings Grants, contributions, and subsidies Other expenditure 3,035,536 658,727 12,274 369,401 1,413,725 186,051 73,629 530,750 69,480 48,250 354,637 512,897 7,265,357 66 Vote 58 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 GRANTS Description Provides for grants, contributions, and subsidies in support of Ministry objectives for economic development. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 $ 320,000 975,000 1,000,000 30,000 15,000 4,000,000 6,340,000 British Columbia Research Council Co-operative Overseas Market Development Program Small Business Training Program Canada West Junior Achievement British Columbia Development Corporation Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 420,000 1,116,000 30,000 15,000 4,000,000 5,581,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 6,340,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies .... 5,581,000 Vote 59 FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL SHARED-COST PROGRAMS Description Provides funding for economic development activities jointly funded by the Province of British Columbia and the Government of Canada. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 14,000,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 21,500,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 14,000,000 (90) Other expenditure 21,500,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 67 Vote 60 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 800,874 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 684,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 800,874 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 684,000 Vote 61 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 936,891 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,073,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 936,891 (25) Data systems and processing 1,073,000 EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 69 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Staff 6) 106) 397) 7) 3) 42) 29) ( 5) ( 3) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 119,793 5,446,200 592,032,605 208,602,857 87,735 159,851,366 11,273,537 40,600,000 331,430 10 9,156,008 4,045,264 1,300,000 1,032,846,805 ( 598) 1,032,846,805 Vote No. 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 Summary Minister's Office Ministry Services Public Schools Education Post-secondary Education- Science and Technology -Universities Staff —(6) -(114) -(376) Post-secondary Education- cial Institutes (2) -Colleges and Provin- (48) (29) Student Aid Programs Teachers' Pensions Fund Metric Conversion Advances re Rural School Taxes—Net Independent Schools —(9) Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings -(4) Estimates, 1979/80 119,071 5,851,474 614,849,031 232,780,581 656,100 200,697,634 11,831,130 40,470,000 352,942 10 9,185,749 3,976,000 1,365,000 1,122,134,722 1,177,405 Total of Ministry (588) 1,120,957,317 Notts—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 70 Vote 62 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 6) 119,793 Total vote Staff -(6) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 119,071 ( 6) 98,393 15,000 5,500 900 119,793 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (6) (10) Travel expense (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment 97,621 13,950 6,500 1,000 119,071 Vote 63 MINISTRY SERVICES Description Provides for over-all policy direction of the Ministry as well as administrative and support services to the operational programs of the Ministry. Included in these functions are accounting, planning, and budgeting for physical facilities for schools, colleges and universities, personnel, information services, educational statistics, and payroll; also provided are funds for educational research and development and membership in several national and interprovincial activities. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 12) 30) 23) 34) 7) 392,621 749,074 790,353 714,830 126,322 2,475,000 198,000 ( 106) 5,446,200 Activity Staff Deputy Minister's office (13) Facilities services (32) Information data services (24) Financial services (35) Personnel services (7) Research and development (3) National and interprovincial activities Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 393,632 872,976 896,275 776,139 131,202 2,574,829 206,421 Total vote (114) 5,851,474 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 106) 2,046,668 117,050 143,575 1,970,044 84,815 28,170 129,750 5,500 920,628 5,446,200 Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies -(114) Professional and special services Office expense 2,282,771 120,076 193,825 2,026,333 95,530 30,730 166,763 6,025 929,421 5,851,474 EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 71 Vote 64 PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION Description Administrative Services—Provides for the administration of the Public Schools Act and regulations and the administration of services to districts, such as textbooks, school buses, correspondence education, and the Provincial Education Media Centre. Public Instruction Services—Provides for the development, co-ordination, and implementation of Provincial and local education programs in public schools, for the continuing development of the curriculum, for the development of Provincial and local learning assessment programs, for consultative services to school districts in special subject areas such as industrial education, languages, native Indian education programs, and educational services to disadvantaged children. Educational personnel services—Provides for pre-service and in-service training of administrative and teaching personnel throughout the Province, for the recruitment and direction of District Superintendents of Schools, for the certification of all teachers, and for assistance to teacher recruitment. Education of the communicatively impaired—Provides for educational programming as required for children throughout the Province who are communicatively impaired and for the operation of educational programs in Provincial institutions, including Jericho Hill School for the Deaf. Direct grants to school districts—Provides for direct grants to school districts in the Province. Reduction in local school taxes—Provides for home-owner grants. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 141) 14,101,374 Administration services (144) 14,650,375 ( 40) 1,844,006 Public instruction services (44) 2,727,406 ( 79) 3,183,074 Educational personnel services (79) 3,124,797 Education of the communicatively im- ( 137) 2,943,226 paired (net of recoveries) (109) 2,946,453 415,560,925 Direct grants to school districts 437,000,000 154,400,000 Grants to reduce local school taxes 154,400,000 ( 397) 592,032,605 Total vote (376) 614,849,031 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 397) 8,207,621 (01) Salaries—established (376) 7,750,074 Salaries—temporary 203,898 Fees and allowances—boards, courts 40,000 Travel expense 356,118 Professional and special services 3,103,566 Office expense 164,650 Office furniture and equipment 47,687 Advertising and publications 377,690 Materials and supplies 11,200,375 Rentals—outside suppliers 48,583 Acquisition—machinery and equipment 323,000 Grants, contributions, and subsidies 591,627,140 Recoveries from the Ministry of Attorney-General re the Justice Institute (Credit) 393,750 8,207,621 (01) 332,173 (04) 40,000 (07) 270,450 (10) 1,812,031 (20) 154,890 (30) 29,430 (35) 265,275 (40) 10,517,670 (50) 45,000 (60) 246,000 (75) 570,112,065 (80) (99) 592,032,605 614,849,031 72 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 65 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION—UNIVERSITIES Description Provides funding for the operation of the Universities Council, grants relating to the operating and capital support programs of the universities, development of university programs in the Interior of British Columbia and the delivery systems to support them, and the medical teaching expansion project. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 7) 524,857 Universities council 554,784 200,578,000 Operating grants 217,225,797 3,000,000 Grants re Interior programs 3,000,000 3,100,000 Grants re capital support programs 10,000,000 1,400,000 University medical expansion project 2,000,000 ( 7) 208,602,857 Total vote 232,780,581 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 7) 144,563 (01) Salaries—established 12,000 (04) Salaries—temporary 54,100 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 28,475 (10) Travel expense 192,819 (20) Professional and special services 34,900 (30) Office expense 2,000 (40) Advertising and publications 50,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 208,084,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 232,780,581 208,602,857 232,780,581 Vote 66 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Description Provides for expenses of and staff support to the Science Council of British Columbia, the inter-ministerial research committees, the external research committee, and the administration of and financial assistance to research programs supported by the Government and the British Columbia Health Care Foundation. ^cfi'v/ry Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ — Administration and development grants 500,000 Science Council of British Columbia (net ( 3) 87,735 of recoveries) (2) 156,100 ( 3) 87,735 Total vote (2) 656,100 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 3) 73,565 (01) Salaries—established (2) 47,000 14,170 (10) Travel expense — — (20) Professional and special services 50,000 — (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 574,100 — (99) Recoveries—other societies (Credit) 15,000 87,735 656,100 EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 73 Vote 67 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION—COLLEGES AND PROVINCIAL INSTITUTES Description Management services—Provides for management consultation and direction for Provincial post-secondary institutions and advisory councils, for involvement in national and interprovincial projects such as the Canadian International Development Agency and with the Employment and Immigration Commission in vocational training, and for Ministry staff support to industrial education teacher training. Program services—Provides for development, co-ordination, and assessment in post- secondary institutions in the areas of vocational, career, and academic/technical programs, for the development and printing of curricula material for post-secondary programs. Adult/continuing education—Provides for co-ordination and support for adult/continuing education programs, including adult basic education, citizenship instruction, and other related programs, including support grants to school districts and post-secondary institutions. Council support grants—Provides funding for the operation of the Academic Council, the Management Advisory Council, and the Occupational Training Council. Operating grants—colleges and institutes—Provides for grants to colleges and Provincial institutes to operate their educational programs, including all administrative costs such as operations and maintenance of college buildings. Operating grants—other—Provides for support to distance learning systems through operating grants to and capital acquisitions by colleges, institutes, universities, and councils in connection with program identification and development, library and media services and delivery systems, and for grants to provide instructor training programs in the field of industrial education. Grants—re capital support programs—Provides for the repayment of capital debt related to post-secondary institutions and for annual capital grants for other purposes such as equipment replacement. Grants—local taxation removal—Provides for elimination of local taxation in support of colleges, Academic Council and Management Advisory Council and grants relating to the operating and capital support programs of colleges and Provincial institutes. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ Post-secondary management services ( 20) 1,049,511 (20) 830,114 ( 15) 1,563,477 Program services (21) 1,749,093 ( 7) 4,737,834 Adult/continuing education (7) 4,956,684 455,000 Council support grants 745,300 Operating grants—colleges and Provin- 130,421,419 cial institutes (net of recoveries) 144,504,868 2,945,125 Operating grants—other 5,161,575 18,679,000 Grants re capital support programs —.. 19,750,000 — Grants—local taxation removal 23,000,000 ( 42) 159,851,366 Total vote (48) 200,697,634 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 42) 867,571 (01) Salaries—established (48) 986,545 734,179 (04) Salaries—temporary 260,944 84,400 (10) Travel expense 93,300 648,400 (20) Professional and special services 1,162,828 28,400 (30) Office expense 33,000 12,550 (35) Office furniture and equipment 7,200 245,000 (40) Advertising and publications 129,200 167,007,786 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 208,708,367 (99) Recoveries from Ministry of Labour 9,776,920 (Vote 152) (Credit) 10,683,750 159,851,366 200,697,634 74 Vote 68 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 STUDENT AID PROGRAMS Description Grade XII Scholarship Program—Provides for scholarships to Grade XII students who have achieved academic excellence and provides for the administration of general education development tests carried out in the Province. Grants to post-secondary students—Provides for the administration and distribution of various forms of financial assistance to students, including grants to supplement the Canada Student Loan Program. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 11) 1,203,910 18) 10,069,627 ( 29) 11,273,537 Activity Staff Grade XII Scholarship Program —(11) Grants to post-secondary students (18) Estimates, $ 1,263,011 10,568,119 Total vote (29) 1979/ 11,831,130 ( 29) 409,868 (01) 147,240 (04) 13,825 (10) 263,850 (20) 28,420 (30) 2,290 (35) 75,000 (40) 2,390 (50) 10,322,154 (80) 8,500 (90) 11,273,537 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (29 ) Salaries—temporary Travel expense . 428,579 179,535 14,360 289,350 29,220 Office furniture and equipment 2,230 Advertising and publications 78,750 Materials and supplies 2,390 Grants, contributions, and subsidies 10,806,716 Other expenditure Professional and special services Office expense 11,831,130 Vote 69 TEACHERS' PENSIONS FUND Description Provides for the statutory payment of the employer's portion of the Teachers' Pensions Fund. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 40,600,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 40,470,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 40,600,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies .... 40,470,000 EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 75 Vote 70 METRIC CONVERSION Description Provides for the dissemination of information to individual enterprises and organizations directly involved in the economic process, such as Provincial Government ministries and agencies, municipalities, businesses, and trade associations. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 5) 331,430 ( 5) 94,699 52,256 20,000 54,075 50,520 6,000 20,000 33,880 331,430 Total vote Staff -(9) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (9) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 352,942 154,287 12,061 29,519 59,075 40,000 5,000 20,000 33,000 352,942 Vote 71 ADVANCES RE RURAL SCHOOL TAXES—NET Description Provides for the statutory advance payments of rural school taxes. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 110,000,000 Advances re rural school taxes 135,000,000 Less recovery, rural district taxes 109,999,990 (Credit) 134,999,990 10 Total vote Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 110,000,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 135,000,000 109,999,990 (99) Recoveries ...(Credit) 134,999,990 10 10 10 76 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 72 INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS Description ivides for the office of the Inspect schools Description Provides for the office of the Inspector of Independent Schools, including grants to eligible jols based on the appraisal of their facilities, teaching staff, and educational programs. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 3) 9,156,008 Total vote (4) 9,185,749 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 3) 89,928 (01) Salaries—established (4) 101,874 3,380 (04) Salaries—temporary — 11,250 (10) Travel expense 12,000 47,250 (20) Professional and special services 67,875 3,600 (30) Office expense 4,000 600 (35) Office furniture and equipment — 9,000,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 9,000,000 9,156,008 9,185,749 Vote 73 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 4,045,264 Total vote 3,976,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 4,045,264 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies ___ 3,976,000 Vote 74 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ . v 1,300,000 Total vote 1,365,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,300,000 (25) Data systems and processing 1,365,000 ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES 77 MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES Estimated, Vote 1978/79 No. Staff $ ( 4) 87,861 75 ( 43) 1,246,249 76 ( 48) 2,091,671 77 ( 161) 4,392,165 78 ( 54) 1,400,434 79 585,250 80 900,000 81 215,000 82 77,000 83 155,000 84 60,000 85 351,300 86 910,330 87 315,100 88 12,787,360 ( 310) 12,787,360 Summary Staff Minister's Office (4) General Administration (44) British Columbia Energy Commission (48) Mineral Resources Branch (162) Petroleum Resources Branch (57) Grants and Subsidies Program . Mineral Road Program Prospectors' Assistance Program Mineral Research Program Mineral Data Program Mineral Employment Program Energy Resource Evaluation Program Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry Estimates, 1979/80 91,533 1,321,106 2,123,499 4,651,457 1,502,161 588,500 700,000 277,919 63,600 399,123 60,000 551,225 1,225,000 352,960 13,908,083 675,604 .(315) 13,232,479 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 78 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 75 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 4) 87,861 Total vote (4) 91,533 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 4) 73,861 (01) Salaries—established (4) 75,321 11,500 (10) Travel expense 13,317 1,500 (30) Office expense 1,930 1,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 965 87,861 91,533 Vote 76 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Description Provides executive direction for the Ministry. Staff includes executive officers, personnel officer, and support staff of the Finance and Administration Division and the Mineral Revenue Division. Included are the operating budgets of these and other divisions of the Ministry. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ Deputy Minister's office, Executive and ( 6) 167,812 staff (6) 177,242 ( 16) 672,359 Administration and support services (17) 724,142 ( 21) 406,078 Mineral Revenue Division (21) 419,722 ( 43) 1,246,249 Total vote (44) 1,321,106 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 43) 748,049 (01) Salaries—established (44) 788,359 70,600 (04) Salaries—temporary 24,824 5,000 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts .... 5,066 81,600 (10) Travel expense 82,964 9,600 (20) Professional and special services 13,027 68,600 (30) Office expense 66,874 5,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 5,041 98,500 (40) Advertising and publications 150,540 39,500 (50) Materials and supplies 38,600 100,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 118,791 19,800 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 27,020 1,246,249 1,321,106 ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES 79 Vote 77 BRITISH COLUMBIA ENERGY COMMISSION Description Provides policy advice on energy resource management to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and carries out the regulatory function for energy utilities; also supervises the Provincial Energy Conservation Program and gasoline marketing objectives. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 37) 1,308,750 ( 9) 2) 731,984 50,937 ( 48) 2,091,671 Activity Staff General program (37) Energy conservation and new technology (9) Gasoline marketing supervision (2) Total vote (48) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,275,197 788,651 59,651 2,123,499 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 48) 1,195,871 46,000 64,000 526,000 36,000 5,000 141,000 22,800 7,000 32,000 15,000 1,000 2,091,671 (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) (40) (50) (55) (75) (80) (90) Salaries—established (48) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles Acquisition—machinery and equipment Grants, contributions, and subsidies Other expenditure 1,212,736 7,720 84,147 559,507 36,476 5,066 136,065 35,704 30,880 15,198 2,123,499 80 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 78 MINERAL RESOURCES BRANCH Description The Geological Division makes a wide variety of geological studies of mineralized and coal-bearing areas, publishes data concerning mineral deposits, makes mineral potential assessments of the mining and exploration industry. The Inspection and Engineering Division has responsibility to administer the Coal Mines Regulation Act and the Mines Regulation Act. This division provides regulation and technical advice in environmental control, mine reclamation, and mine safety. The Titles Division, whose responsibility is to administer the Coal Act, Mineral Act, and Placer Mining Act, handles the recording of mineral claims, issuance and renewal of coal licences and leases, as well as placer leases for the 24 mining divisions throughout the Province. The Economics and Planning Division carries out economic analyses and compiles and disseminates mineral statistics. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 2) 57,900 Executive and staff (2) 135,146 ( 50) 1,589,158 Geological Division (51) 1,696,514 Inspection and Engineering Division ( 60) 1,781,422 (61) 1,864,163 ( 38) 690,763 Titles Division (38) 701,988 ( 11) 272,922 Economics and Planning Division (10) 253,646 ( 161) 4,392,165 Total vote (162) 4,651,457 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 161) 3,322,172 (01) Salaries—established (162) 3,489,063 154,222 (04) Salaries—temporary 185,109 — (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 72,664 465,081 (10) Travel expense 474,886 79,400 (20) Professional and special services 51,724 64,040 (30) Office expense 68,515 49,175 (35) Office furniture and equipment 8,371 4,500 (40) Advertising and publications 1,447 83,075 (50) Materials and supplies 104,171 73,650 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 122,940 95,850 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 72,567 1,000 (90) Other expenditure — 4,392,165 4,651,457 ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES 81 Vote 79 PETROLEUM RESOURCES BRANCH Description Provides for costs of the Petroleum Resources Branch, consisting of Administration, Engineering, Geological, and Titles Divisions, as well as the Mediation and Arbitration Board. Under the direction of the Assistant Deputy Minister the Branch is responsible for the Administration of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, the Drilling Reservation Regulations, the Petroleum Development Road Regulations, the Geophysical Regulations, and the Underground Storage Act, 1964. All operations related to drilling and production and seismic exploration are continually inspected by Branch staff. Comprehensive open and confidential records of drilling and production operations are maintained. Geological and geophysical reports submitted by industry are retained for study and all core and bit cuttings obtained from every well drilled are stored for examination by both Branch and industry personnel. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 2) 30) 12) 10) $ 53,800 830,071 280,500 195,063 41,000 ( 54) 1,400,434 Activity Staff Executive and staff (2) Engineering Division (31) Geological Division (12) Titles Division (12) Mediation and Arbitration Board Total vote (57) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 56,892 865,020 313,917 232,557 33,775 1,502,161 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 54) 1,078,934 (01) Salaries—established (57) 1,190,565 39,200 (04) Salaries—temporary 38,986 36,000 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts . 29,915 56,400 (10) Travel expense .. 51,627 84,600 (20) Professional and special services 62,725 23,000 (30) Office expense 27,984 8,200 (35) Office furniture and equipment 11,483 9,000 (40) Advertising and publications 9,650 39,100 (50) Materials and supplies 32,906 21,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 24,125 5,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 22,195 1,400,434 1,502,161 82 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 80 GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES PROGRAM Description Provides funds for mine rescue competitions through grants to Mine Safety Associations throughout the Province. Grants are provided to Chambers of Mines to support their work in training of prospectors and dissemination of information regarding exploration and prospecting in the Province. Payments for blister or refined copper produced in a smelter or refinery within British Columbia, as authorized by the Copper Smelting and Refining Incentive Act, are also provided for in this program. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 $ 85,250 500,000 Chamber of Mines and Mine Safety Association Copper Smelting and Refining Incentive Act .. Estimates, $ 88,500 500,000 1979/80 $ Total vote 585,250 588,500 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 585,250 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 588,500 Vote 81 MINERAL ROAD PROGRAM Description A continuing program of constructing and maintaining exploration access roads to areas of high mineral and petroleum production potential. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ 900,000 Omineca Road 175,000 — Miscellaneous road construction 525,000 900,000 Total vote 700,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure — (04) Salaries—temporary 12,000 — (10) Travel expense 5,000 20,000 (20) Professional and special services — — (50) Materials and supplies 20,000 — (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 138,000 880,000 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings — — (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 525,000 900,000 700,000 ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES 83 Vote 82 PROSPECTORS' ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Description Provides grants for prospecting and specialized training to qualified prospectors under the Prospectors' Assistance Act. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 215,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 277,919 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure - (04) Salaries—temporary 1,000 (10) Travel expense 24,000 (20) Professional and special services — (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 190,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 215,000 14,571 6,851 14,475 5,597 236,425 277,919 Vote 83 MINERAL RESEARCH PROGRAM Description This program covers the cost of special and professional services in relation to mineral research and research in mine reclamation. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 $ 20,000 37,000 Coal research Reclamation research Estimates, $ 43,600 20,000 1979/80 $ 20,000 Mineral research .. .... 77,000 Total vote Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (04) Salaries—temporary 18,800 10,000 20,000 6,000 6,800 2,000 63,600 4,500 (10) Travel expense 67,500 (20) Professional and special services (50) Materials and supplies 5,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers .. (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 77,000 63,600 84 Vote 84 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINERAL DATA PROGRAM Description Continues existing Federal-Provincial aeromagnetic surveys, geophysical analyses, and age determinations and development of mineral inventory files. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 155,000 Total vote Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure — (04) Salaries—temporary — (10) Travel expense 140,000 (20) Professional and special services — (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 15,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 155,000 Vote 85 MINERAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM Description Provides support to students of the Rossland Mining School. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 60,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 399,123 27,020 4,342 356,085 2,026 9,650 399,123 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 60,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 60,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 60,000 ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES 85 Vote 86 ENERGY RESOURCE EVALUATION PROGRAM Description Provides for coal and uranium resource evaluation; funds to cover costs of field projects, coal inventory and data storage, drill core collections and storage, research and testing, geo- chemical studies, and mineral exploration assistance. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 236,300 115,000 351,300 Activity Coal resource evaluation Mineral exploration assistance Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 165,225 386,000 551,225 47,300 40,400 169,100 20,000 48,500 26,000 351,300 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (04) Salaries—temporary 63,805 (10) Travel expense 24,462 (20) Professional and special services 2,702 (50) Materials and supplies 15,440 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 27,936 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 30,880 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 386,000 551,225 Vote 87 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 910,330 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,225,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 910,330 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 1,225,000 86 Vote 88 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 315,100 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 352,960 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 315,100 (25) Data systems and processing 352,960 ENVIRONMENT 87 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT Estimated, Vote 1978/79 No. Staff $ ( 6) 150,911 89 ( 75) 3,894,678 90 (1,258) 48,746,261 91 92 ( 27) 1,016,324 ( 22) 691,389 93 ( 38) 1,534,542 94 2,064,800 95 50,000 96 129,750 97 4,021,024 98 1,455,600 99 63,755,279 (1,426) 63,755,279 Summary Minister's Office General Administration Staff -(6) -(72) Resource and Environment Management (1,267) Environment and Land Use Committee Secretariat (27) Provincial Agricultural Land Commission (22) Provincial Emergency Programme (38) Salmonid Enhancement Program Flood Relief Act Creston Valley Wildlife Management Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry . Estimates, 1979/80 164,938 2,444,356 47,568,812 1,245,394 742,047 1,577,716 2,000,000 10 131,468 5,867,000 1,768,045 63,509,786 2,859,531 (1,432) 60,650,255 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 88 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 89 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Environment, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ Total vote (6) 164,938 Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 6) 150,911 ( 6) 110,401 12,000 21,510 5,000 1,500 500 150,911 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (6) 111,961 (04) Salaries—temporary 16,405 (10) Travel Expense 28,853 (30) Office expense 6,272 (35) Office furniture and equipment 965 (50) Materials and supplies 482 164,938 ENVIRONMENT 89 Vote 90 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Description Provides for over-all policy direction and administrative support for the Ministry, including office of the Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Ministers, personnel administration, computing services, financial services, and public information. The budget provides for Pollution Control Board and Pesticide Appeal Board expenses, consultants' fees, grants, studies, other agency programs (recoverable) and membership fees in support of the Ministry's objectives. Staff 17) 58) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 770,347 1,182,365 382,000 10 1,559,956 ( 75) 3,894,678 Activity Deputy Minister offices . Administration Grants Staff (17) -(55) Provincial disaster grants . Other agency programs (net of recoveries ) Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ 885,830 1,284,456 274,050 10 10 $ (72) 2,444,356 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 75) 1,325,143 (01) 280,097 (04) 20,000 (07) 144,625 (10) 270,700 (20) 50,600 (30) 21,853 (35) 114,800 (40) 56,900 (50) 34,800 (60) 1,143,000 (70) 32,450 (75) 384,710 (80) 15,000 (90) (99) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary . Fees and allowances—boards, courts Travel expense -(72) Professional and special services Office expense . Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Acquisition—land and buildings Acquisition—machinery and equipment Grants, contributions, and subsidies Other expenditure Recoveries from British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (Credit) 3,894,678 1,327,345 347,817 110,975 219,617 257,365 67,915 99,417 130,950 41,204 63,593 130,275 932,849 275,024 1,559,990 2,444,356 90 Vote 91 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT Description Fish and Wildlife provides for the conservation of fish and wildlife resources and the habitats they require. The Branch protects and manages the fish and wildlife resources of the Province; regulates hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities; controls the impacts of wildlife on man's interests; and regulates a variety of commercial uses of fish and wildlife. The latter includes trapping, guiding, commercial fishing and fish farming, taxidermy, tanning, and the keeping of wildlife in captivity. The Branch also monitors the impacts of resource development and ameliorates these impacts through inter-agency resource planning systems. Research is also conducted to increase knowledge useful for improving management principles and systems. Marine Resources provides for the management and economic development of the oyster and marine plant industries and regulation and development of the fish processing sector of the British Columbia commercial fishing industry. It provides services for these responsibilities under the British Columbia Fisheries Act and Fish Inspection Act and by representing the Province at international fisheries negotiations; it functions as a liaison between Provincial and Federal agencies whose activities affect marine resources. Water Management provides for the administration and control of the use of surface water and the administration of the Water Utilities Act, Dykes Maintenance Act, and dam safety inspections. Waste Management provides for the administration of the Pollution Control Act, the Litter Act, and waste management programs including Project SAM. Pesticides Control provides for the administration of the Pesticides Act. Environmental Laboratory tests samples of water, wastewater, sediments, air, vegetation, and soil for environmental contaminants; includes pesticide analysis. Planning and Development provides for environmental studies and assessments, and major engineering functions; water resource management studies; flood damage prevention programs, including floodplain mapping and planning and flood prediction; construction and operation of flood control works; implements the Fraser River Flood Control and Okanagan Basin Implementation Program. Resource Analysis provides an inventory function by assessing capability and suitability of land for various purposes, and biophysical data for other ministries; carries out environmental impact assessments. Surveys and Mapping provides control surveys, aerial photography, primary base mapping, and program co-ordination services. Environmental Health Engineering provides consulting services to Provincial health units and municipal officials respecting drinking water supplies, swimming-pool operation, sewage disposal, and solid wastes. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 359) 10,323,445 ( 15) 573,590 ( 145) 3,485,915 ( 189) 5,117,292 ( 19) 620,509 ( 75) 2,036,575 ( 186) 19,075,315 ( 104) 3,040,558 ( 151) 4,092,832 ( 15) 380,230 (1,258) 48,746,261 Activity Staff Fish and Wildlife (362) Marine Resources (16) Water management (149) Waste management (187) Pesticide control (16) Environmental Laboratory (79) Planning and development (188) Resource analysis (104) Surveys and mapping (151) Environmental health engineering (15) Total vote (1,267) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 10,586,358 582,738 3,735,280 5,334,972 504,097 2,236,617 15,908,506 3,062,891 5,194,445 422,908 47,568,812 ENVIRONMENT 91 Vote 91—Continued Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ (1,258) 24,538,184 (01) Salaries—established (1,267) 25,580,465 2,844,691 (04) Salaries—temporary 2,521,822 2,888,809 (10) Travel expense 2,789,686 4,109,468 (20) Professional and special services 4,411,771 560,111 (30) Office expense 591,807 116,657 (35) Office furniture and equipment 114,866 430,065 (40) Advertising and publications 385,574 1,733,955 (50) Materials and supplies 1,803,191 448,217 (55) Motor-vehicles 384,402 744,998 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 781,494 9,169,929 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 7,028,857 1,109,377 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 1,118,975 50,800 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 55,902 1,000 (90) Other expenditure — 48,746,261 47,568,812 Vote 92 ENVIRONMENT AND LAND USE COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT Description The Secretariat serves as the staff arm of the Environment and Land Use Committee (ELUC) of Cabinet. Under the Environment and Land Use Act, the committee is empowered to investigate and recommend on any matter relating to the environment and the development and use of land and other natural resources. In discharging these responsibilities, the Environment and Land Use Committee instructs the Secretariat to conduct and co-ordinate analyses into diverse environmental and land use questions and report the findings to the committee for decision. The goal of the Secretariat is comprehensive and efficient conduct of such analyses. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 5) 278,037 ( 12) 386,881 ( 10) 351,406 ( 27) 1,016,324 Activity Staff Executive office and administration ..(5) Resource planning (12) Special projects (10) Total vote (27) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 271,307 364,874 609,213 1,245,394. ( 27) 636,624 69,500 65,000 170,000 40,200 10,000 10,000 4,000 10,000 1,000 1,016,324 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (27) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment. (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies . (60) (75) Rentals—outside suppliers Acquisition—machinery and equipment 626,018 185,714 77,778 231,599 41,688 11,097 18,528 6,947 46,025 1,245,394 92 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 93 PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL LAND COMMISSION Description Acting under the Agricultural Land Commission Act, the objective of the Commission is to preserve and encourage the establishment and maintenance of agricultural land. The Commission advises and assists municipalities and regional districts in the designation of land reserves. Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ Total vote (22) 742,047 Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 22) 691,389 ( 22) 410,483 23,256 72,800 60,000 35,000 31,000 3,100 6,000 1,750 3,000 45,000 691,389 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (22) 405,915 (04) Salaries—temporary 42,483 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 79,902 (10) Travel expense 65,620 (20) Professional and special services 33,775 (30) Office expense 29,915 (35) Office furniture and equipment 3,860 (40) Advertising and publications 4,825 (50) Materials and supplies 35,222 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 1,930 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 38,600 742,047 Vote 94 PROVINCIAL EMERGENCY PROGRAMME Description Provides for costs of the Provincial Emergency Programme, which is responsible for developing throughout British Columbia the capability to cope and deal with disaster and emergency situations with minimal disruption of essential services. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 38) 1,534,542 Total vote (38) 1,577,716 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 38) 660,102 (01) Salaries—established (38) 669,845 46,500 (10) Travel expense 49,215 157,900 (20) Professional and special services 150,443 21,500 (30) Office expense 17,949 5,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 6,755 8,300 (40) Advertising and publications 3,956 219,600 (50) Materials and supplies 239,320 40,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 38,600 21,100 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 17,563 75,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 94,570 279,540 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 289,500 1,534,542 1,577,716 ENVIRONMENT 93 Vote 95 SALMONID ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM Description The Salmonid Enhancement Program is a Federal/Provincial program designed to double the catch of Pacific salmon in 15-20 years and to vigorously protect and increase steelhead and cutthroat stocks. The program links all Branch and regional management, fish culture, and research activities on sea-run fish in a co-ordinated Federal/Provincial plan. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 225,500 74,500 397,800 420,000 490,000 457,000 2,064,800 Activity Project assessment and planning Fish production evaluation and support Development of enhancement techniques North Central Coast Enhancement Fraser River-Lower Mainland Enhancement Vancouver Island Enhancement Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 325,856 182,352 302,120 276,324 559,635 353,713 Total vote 2,000,000 96.4,260 233,310 33,800 13,700 5,500 4,000 268,830 54,000 201,390 198,210 79,800 8,000 2,064,800 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (55) Motor-vehicles (60) Rentals—outside suppliers (70) Acquisition—land and buildings (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 1,127,428 260,070 167,784 5,500 8,400 9,000 129,482 155,030 21,500 115,806 2,000,000 Vote 96 FLOOD RELIEF ACT Description Provides assistance under the provisions of the Flood Relief Act to those areas in British Columbia experiencing flood damage. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 50,000 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ Total vote 10 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 50,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 10 94 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 97 CRESTON VALLEY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT Description Creston Valley Wildlife Management Authority, through Federal and Provincial cooperative programs, provides intensive educational and recreational opportunities for the public of British Columbia, together with rehabilitation of important wildlife resources of the Creston Valley. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 129,750 Total vote Estimates, $ 1979/80 $ 131,468 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 19,000 (04) Salaries—temporary 25,090 6,369 3,570 25,705 9,167 8,492 53,075 2,000 (10) Travel expense 2,500 (30) Office expense 47,450 (50) Materials and supplies .. —- (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 3,800 (75) Acquisition-—machinery and equipment 55,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 129,750 131,468 Vote 98 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. rental and Estimated, 1978/79 $ 4,021,024 Total vote Estimates, $ 1979/80 $ 5,867,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 4,021,024 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 5,867,000 Vote 99 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data and management consulting services. processing Estimated, 1978/79 $ 1,455,600 Total vote Estimates, $ 1979/80 $ 1,768,045 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,455,600 (25) Data systems and processing 1,768,045 FINANCE 95 MINISTRY OF FINANCE Estimated, 1978/79 Vote No. Staff $ ( 5) 105,330 100 ( 57) 1,261,128 101 ( 196) 4,002,470 102 ( 160) 6,801,506 103 ( 97) 2,045,495 104 ( 228) 4,797,307 105 400,000 106 ( 348) 5,684,386 107 21,853,323 108 16,481,000 109 3,400,000 110 111 1,860,500 112 250,000 113 21,064,320 114 ( 36) 1,045,776 115 3,737,896 116 ,127) 94,790,437 (1 94,790,437 Summary Staff Minister's Office (5) Administrative and Support Services (73) Office of the Comptroller-General (195) Computer and Consulting Services (159) Purchasing Commission (97) Taxation Administration (227) Assessment Act Appeal Boards Government Agencies (351) Interest on Public Debt Grants, Contributions, and Subsidies Interest on Deposits British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation —Free Share Distribution Incidentals Advances Under Various Statutes Salary Contingencies (All Ministries) Treasury Board Building Occupancy Charges -(36) Less recruitment savings Estimates, 1979/80 $ 109,825 1,824,174 4,135,766 8,032,953 1,698,648 5,074,404 579,000 5,844,261 21,740,000 16,585,000 5,500,000 12,000,000 2,557,473 250,000 17,000,000 1,058,041 3,569,000 107,558,545 1,972,270 Total of Ministry (1,143) 105,586,275 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 96 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 100 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Finance, including salaries and expenses of the Minister and his staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 5) 105,330 Total vote (5) 109,825 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 5) 85,830 (01) Salaries—established (5) 87,149 11,500 (10) Travel expense 12,062 7,500 (30) Office expense 10,132 500 (35) Office furniture and equipment 482 105,330 109,825 Vote 101 ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICES Description Provides central direction and management for the Ministry including monitoring of the Provincial Budget. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 57) 1,261,128 Total vote (73) 1,824,174 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 57) 1,184,128 (01) Salaries—established (73) 1,529,718 32,000 (10) Travel expense 40,530 — (20) Professional and special services 193,517 30,000 (30) Office expense 45,355 15,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 10,229 — (40) Advertising and publications 4,825 1,261,128 1,824,174 FINANCE 97 Vote 102 OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL Description Under the Financial Control Act, the Comptroller-General as Chief Accounting Officer of the Province has broad authority over and is responsible for the quality and integrity of the financial management and control systems in use throughout Government. In particular, these responsibilities include the review and development of financial administration and accounting policies, together with related legislation; financial reporting and analysis; central accounting operations, including payroll and personnel accounting, accounts payable and pre-audit, trusts and general ledger; planning and development of financial systems policies and procedures, and undertaking independent reviews of the adequacy of design and the efficiency and effectiveness of the systems of financial controls throughout Government. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff ( 196) 4,002,470 Total vote Staff (195) Estimates, 1979/80 4,135,766 ( 196) 3,523,470 131,000 140,000 188,000 20,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (195) (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense. Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment 4,002,470 3,636,282 48,250 144,750 115,800 171,384 19,300 4,135,766 98 Vote 103 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING SERVICES Description The Data Processing Branch represents the Ministry in all its dealings with the British Columbia Systems Corporation. It develops system proposals, administers contracts, and monitors systems design and implementation of all projects undertaken for this Ministry. The Branch also provides data entry services on a demand basis to all ministries and a number of Crown corporations. It includes an operations and control section which is responsible for scheduling input to the Corporation's computer facilities, quality-checking output and distributing it to service users. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 160) 2,425,506 4,376,000 ( 160) 6,801,506 Data Processing Branch Computer and consulting charges Staff -(159) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 2,435,953 5,597,000 Total vote (159) 8,032,953 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 160) 2,198,706 160,000 3,000 4,376,000 16,900 7,000 24,900 15,000 6,801,506 (01) (04) (10) (25) (30) (35) (50) (90) Salaries—established — (159) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Data systems and processing Office expense Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies Other expenditure 2,218,828 173,700 2,895 5,597,000 14,475 1,930 14,475 9,650 8,032,953 FINANCE 99 Vote 104 PURCHASING COMMISSION Description The Commission acts as the central purchasing agent for all ministries and provides a warehousing facility for certain goods. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 92) 2,045,485 ( 5) 10 ( 97) 2,045,495 Activity Staff Purchasing administration (92) Warehousing operation (net of recoveries) (5) Total vote -(97) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,698,638 10 1,698,648 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 97) 1,541,961 (01) Salaries—established (97) 1,590,342 5,500 (04) Salaries—temporary 5,500 41,200 (10) Travel expense 45,000 43,000 (30) Office expense 45,000 1,500 (35) Office furniture and equipment 1,000 8,000 (40) Advertising and publications 10,000 1,000,000 (50) Materials and supplies 1,300,000 — (55) Motor-vehicles 3,000 433,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 10,000 1,000 (90) Other expenditure — 1,029,666 (99) Recoveries from ministries . (Credit) 1,311,194 2,045,495 1,698,648 100 Vote 105 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 TAXATION ADMINISTRATION Description Provides for the administration of all taxing statutes which are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance. The Consumer Taxation Branch administers the Social Services Tax Act, Gasoline Tax Act, Coloured Gasoline Tax Act, Motive-fuel Use Tax Act, Fuel-oil Tax Act, Pari Mutuel Betting Tax Act, Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Act, and Hotel and Motel Room Tax Act. The Income Taxation Branch administers the Mining Tax Act, Logging Tax Act, Corporation Capital Tax Act, Insurance Premiums Tax Act, Probate Fees Act, Succession Duty Act, and Gift Tax Act. The Real Property Taxation Branch administers the Taxation Act, Public Schools Act, and Water Act as they relate to real property taxation in the nonmunicipal areas of the Province. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff ( 157) ( 41) ( 30) 3,405,352 817,988 573,967 ( 228) 4,797,307 Activity Staff Consumer Taxation Branch (157) Income Taxation Branch . (40) Real Property Taxation Branch (30) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 3,668,635 817,988 587,781 Total vote ..(227) 5,074,404 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 228) 4,278,982 (01) Salaries—established Travel expense .(227) 3,000 (20) 16,525 (30) 16,800 (35) 2,000 (40) 80,000 (50) 15,000 (55) 4,797,307 Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles 4,325,646 192,035 232,082 221,676 11,869 2,123 84,920 4,053 5,074,404 Vote 106 ASSESSMENT ACT APPEAL BOARDS Description Provides for the fees and expenses of the Courts of Revision and the Assessment Appeal Board in hearing appeals of property tax assessments. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 200,000 200,000 400,000 Activity Courts of Revision Assessment Appeal Board Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 241,250 337,750 579,000 372,000 22,000 6,000 400,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 530,750 (20) Professional and special services 28,950 (30) Office expense 19,300 579,000 FINANCE 101 Vote 107 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Description Provides for the 52 Government Agents located throughout the Province. Agents perform functions for the Ministry in the collection of revenue and in the payment of certain accounts as well as representing other ministries where necessary. They also perform such statutory functions as Provincial Collector, Water Recorder, Gold Commissioner, Land Commissioner, Marriage Commissioner, Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Official Administrator, District Registrar of Voters, and Issuer of Autoplan insurance and motor-vehicle licences. In addition they carry out strike vote supervision as Government representatives and complete certain investigations for the Rentalsman. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 2) 2) 3) 6) 4) 3) 10) 10) 4) 12) 8) 5) 3) 2) 9) 2) 6) 4) 1) 3) 17) 3) 14) 4) 4) 5) 13) 17) 19) 3) 4) 9) 8) 1) 4) 18) 14) 3) 1) 13) 6) 3) 6) 13) 1) 33,265 30,539 48,007 86,859 61,590 47,831 155,054 150,645 61,934 179,747 118,936 73,528 46,457 31,874 136,235 31,086 83,866 61,388 18,180 42,680 258,512 48,065 205,559 58,943 61,120 74,737 193,071 245,594 284,086 46,464 58,221 140,014 142,167 16,800 60,178 283,169 209,035 63,574 17,340 189,406 91,715 50,082 84,984 193,397 18,180 Ashcroft Agency Atlin Agency Staff -(2) -(2) -(3) -(7) Burns Lake Agency Campbell River Agency Chetwynd Agency (3) Chilliwack Agency (4) Clinton Agency (3) Courtenay Agency Cranbrook Agency Creston Agency Dawson Creek Agency Duncan Agency Fernie Agency -(10) -(10) -(4) -(12) -(11) (5) Fort Nelson Agency (4) Fort St. James Agency (3) Fort St. John Agency (10) Ganges (Gulf Islands) Agency (2) Golden Agency (5) Grand Forks Agency (4) Houston Agency (2) Invermere Agency (2) Kamloops Agency Kaslo Agency Kelowna Agency . Kitimat Agency Lillooet Agency . Merritt Agency ... Nanaimo Agency Nelson Agency New Westminster Agency Oliver Agency 100 Mile House Agency Penticton Agency Port Alberni Agency Port Hardy Agency -(16) -4.3) ..(15) ....(4) .-(4) --(5) -(15) -(16) -(16) -(3) -(4) -(9) -(9) .-(2) Powell River Agency (4) Prince George Agency (17) Prince Rupert Agency (14) Princeton Agency (3) Queen Charlotte City Agency (1) Quesnel Agency (11) Revelstoke Agency (6) Rossland Agency (3) Salmon Arm Agency (7) Smithers Agency (12) Stewart Agency (1) Estimates, 1979/80 $ 36,499 32,019 49,446 101,712 43,296 63,359 50,466 159,469 154,722 66,453 191,542 155,180 77,548 60,163 45,531 152,206 31,689 75,386 64,780 33,636 33,975 256,211 48,104 219,718 73,432 64,663 77,469 229,385 242,647 249,578 49,078 61,841 139,875 140,613 30,144 63,402 261,366 214,320 50,727 18,324 169,809 93,117 52,010 100,157 185,570 18,996 102 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 107—Continued Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff 4) 1) 9) 3) 16) 13) 61,883 16,800 137,433 45,762 243,021 187,747 397,626 ( 348) 5,684,386 Staff Terrace Agency (4) Ucluelet Agency (1) Vancouver Agency (9) Vanderhoof Agency (3) Vernon Agency (15) Williams Lake Agency General Total vote -(H) (351) $ 63,678 18,324 139,318 49,154 239,033 168,496 376,625 $ 5,844,261 ( 348) 5,343,682 60,000 120,704 40,000 120,000 5,684,386 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (351) 5,530,636 (10) Travel expense 86,850 (30) Office expense 139,925 (35) Office furniture and equipment 28,950 (90) Other expenditure 57,900 5,844,261 Vote 108 INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT Description Provides for the cost of interest on the Provincial direct debt. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 21,853,323 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 21,740,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 21,853,323 (90) Other expenditure 21,740,000 FINANCE 103 Vote 109 GRANTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND SUBSIDIES Description Provides for grants and subsidies administered by the Ministry. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 1,000,000 Power and telephone line beautification 300,000 Payment of natural gas producers Fed- 6,000,000 eral income tax on deemed income 6,750,000 3,250,000 Power subsidy 3,250,000 Assessment Authority of British Columbia Act (sec. 16)— 1,500,000 Capital grant 1,500,000 4,210,000 Operating grant 4,210,000 Real Property Tax Deferment Act (sec. 350,000 19) 525,000 50,000 Municipal Act (sec. 23) 50,000 Burns Lake Native Development Corpo- 121,000 ration Operating Grant — 16,481,000 Total vote 16,585,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 16,481,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies ___ 16,585,000 Vote 110 INTEREST ON DEPOSITS Description Provides for interest on funds for which the Ministry is trustee. Estimated, 1978/79 Activity Estimates, 1979/80 1,255,000 345,000 1,770,000 30,000 22,000,000 65,000 22,065,000 3,400,000 Interest on Suitors' Fund deposits Interest on Official Guardian deposits Interest on Official Committee deposits .. Interest on Intestate Estate Fund deposits Interest on Cemetery Companies Act deposits Interest on Public Service Superannuation Fund 1,900,000 500,000 1,900,000 1,190,000 10,000 25,000,000 70,000 Interest on Members of the Legislative Assembly Superannuation Fund Less earnings from investments (Credit) 25,070,000 Total vote . 5,500,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 25,465,000 (90) Other expenditure 30,570,000 22,065,000 (99) Recoveries (Credit) 25,070,000 3,400,000 5,500,000 104 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 111 BRITISH COLUMBIA RESOURCES INVESTMENT CORPORATION- FREE SHARE DISTRIBUTION Description To provide for payments to British Columbia Systems Corporation and other persons for costs incurred in connection with the distribution and offering to eligible members of the public, of common shares of British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation and for payment of handling charges to financial institutions in connection therewith. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ — Total vote 12,000,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (25) Data systems and processing 3,000,000 (90) Other expenditure 9,000,000 12,000,000 Vote 112 INCIDENTALS Description Provides for miscellaneous expenditures of the Ministry. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 515,000 Temporary assistance 1,121,071 235,000 Printing and publications 241,250 3,500 Unclaimed Money Deposits Act (sec. 5) 3,377 115,000 Incidentals and contingencies 24,125 992,000 Bank charges 1,167,650 1,860,500 Total vote 2,557,473 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 515,000 (04) Salaries—temporary 1,121,071 992,000 (20) Professional and special services 1,167,650 235,000 (40) Advertising and publications 241,250 118,500 (90) Other expenditure 27,502 1,860,500 2,557,473 FINANCE 105 Vote 113 ADVANCES UNDER VARIOUS STATUTES Description Provides for statutory advances to local government and other entities in respect of property taxes in nonmunicipal areas collected on their behalf by the Ministry of Finance. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 70,000 40,000 424,725 3,776,000 15,910,000 1,554,000 500,000 1,460,000 2,400,000 7,800 25,892,525 250,000 Activity Local Services Act (sec. 7) Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia Act (sec. 16) Water Act (sec. 62) (improvement districts) Regional Hospital Districts Act (sees. 25, 26) Municipal Act (sec. 784) (regional districts) Municipal Act (sec. 798g) (improvement districts) Municipal Act (sec. 775 (4a)) (regional districts) Public Libraries Act (sec. 50) (rural) _ Assessment Authority of British Columbia Act (sec. 17 (3)) Municipal Act (sees. 11 (4) (c) and 4 (8)) Advances recovered Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 50,000 40,000 500,000 4,500,000 17,500,000 1,700,000 600,000 1,500,000 3,300,000 10,000 29,450,000 250,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 26,142,525 (90) Other expenditure 29,700,000 25,892,525 (99) Recoveries (Credit) 29,450,000 250,000 250,000 Vote 114 SALARY CONTINGENCIES (ALL MINISTRIES) Description Provides for salary increases for established staff in all ministries as well as salaries for new positions, together with those costs for approved pre-retirement leave, banked' vacation leave, and banked educational leave not provided for elsewhere. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 21,064,320 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 17,000,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 21,064,320 (90) Other expenditure 17,000,000 106 Vote 115 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 TREASURY BOARD Description Treasury Board staff—Provides staff support to the Treasury Board in the provision of central direction and control over the operations of all Government ministries. Reviews and analyses the content, cost, efficiency, and effectiveness of Government programs; analyses all expenditure estimates and requests; establishes Government budgetary practices and procedures; co-ordinates the development of the annual budget estimates; and assists in the determination of the over-all allocation of financial resources; ensures that sound and effective management and administrative policies, practices, systems, and procedures exist and are used throughout all Government ministries; analyses and approves all organization structures, assesses, and controls the number of personnel employed within the Government establishment, and determines the classification of all positions within Government organization structures. Provides for the expenses related to the Anti-Inflation Measures Act. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 36) 995,776 50,000 ( 36) 1,045,776 ( 36) 760,455 8,321 93,000 119,000 35,000 20,000 5,000 5,000 1,045,776 Activity Treasury Board staff Anti-inflation measures Staff -(36) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,043,566 14,475 Total vote (36) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (36) (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) (50) (60) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers 874,209 7,720 57,900 62,725 41,012 9,650 4,825 1,058,041 1,058,041 Vote 116 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 3,737,896 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 3,569,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 3,737,896 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 3,569,000 FORESTS 107 MINISTRY OF FORESTS Estimated, Vote 1978/79 No. Staff $ ( 5) 110,042 117 ( 49) 1,587,786 118 ( 175) 4,593,428 119 ( 648) 47,604,089 120 (1,350) 34,683,140 121 ( 890) 18,407,773 122 ( 38) 5,973,966 123 — 124 — 125 3,878,928 126 1,682,000 127 118,521,152 (3,155) 118,521,152 Summary Minister's Office Ministry Administration Support Services Program Forestry Staff -(5) Timber and Range Management Program Field Operations Program Reservoir Clearing Implementation of New Legislation Intensified Forestry Program Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges i (49) ....(175) —_(648) .(1,385) .—(890) (38) Estimates, 1979/80 $ 115,544 1,891,613 4,756,140 49,223,041 38,961,722 19,553,036 10 5,000,000 5,000,000 3,899,000 2,405,069 130,805,175 Less recruitment savings 5,989,367 Total of Ministry .(3,190) 124,815,808 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 108 Vote 117 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Forests, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 5) 110,042 Total vote Staff (5) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 115,544 ( 5) 93,542 10,000 3,500 3,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (5) (10) Travel expense (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment. 94,659 14,885 5,000 1,000 110,042 115,544 FORESTS 109 Vote 118 MINISTRY ADMINISTRATION Description Provides executive direction services for the Ministry, including the Deputy Minister, Assistant Deputy Ministers, Chief Forester, and their immediate staff; the Strategic Studies Branch which supplies the capability to conduct studies to obtain the information required in policy planning, alternative evaluations to assist in developing Ministry policy objectives, and the evaluation of all Ministry programs; and the Information Services Branch provides for the dissemination of information concerning Ministry activities. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff ( ID ( 22) ( 16) 336,361 726,934 524,491 ( 49) 1,587,786 Activity Staff Deputy Minister and executive (11) Information services (22) Strategic studies (16) Estimates, 1979/80 $ 383,328 957,569 550,716 Total vote -(49) $ 1,891,613 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 49) 1,088,346 (01) — (04) 51,000 (10) 124,100 (20) 12,190 (30) 7,000 (35) 246,100 (40) 19,000 (50) 2,000 (60) 18,000 (62) 9,950 (75) 10,000 (80) 100 (90) Salaries—established (49) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Rentals—intra-rninistry Acquisition—machinery and equipment Grants, contributions, and subsidies Other expenditure 1,166,743 102,052 75,541 152,257 22,499 10,170 278,502 51,443 3,000 24,250 5,156 1,587,786 1,891,613 110 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 119 SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM Description Provides for the directing, controlling, and co-ordinating of the financial, human resources, and general administrative services activities of the Ministry's operations. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 37) 1,414,343 Comptroller's staff (37) 1,609,377 ( 43) 1,104,326 Personnel and staff training (43) 1,226,570 ( 60) 1,341,485 Administration and legal (60) 1,360,437 ( 35) 733,274 Systems services (35) 559,756 ( 175) 4,593,428 Total vote (175) 4,756,140 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 175) 3,004,567 (01) Salaries—established (175) 3,130,540 93,354 (04) Salaries—temporary 180,964 611,230 (10) Travel expense 757,435 173,900 (20) Professional and special services 136,566 — (25) Data systems and processing 225 242,331 (30) Office expense 237,684 11,931 (35) Office furniture and equipment 13,027 52,100 (40) Advertising and publications 55,900 83,195 (50) Materials and supplies 102,092 239,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 62,719 39,220 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 17,417 — (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 400 7,500 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 8,671 35,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 52,500 100 (90) Other expenditure — 4,593,428 4,756,140 FORESTS 111 Vote 120 FORESTRY Description Provides for the development of plans and programs covering the management and use of forest lands for the long-term benefit of the Province; the development of realistic silvicultural goals and objectives; the maintenance of a Provincial forest resource data base, range inventory, and the development of programs and policies relating to the protection of the forest resource. Staff 178) 91) 69) 35) 275) 6,282,518 10,226,889 2,568,519 1,738,879 19,787,284 7,000,000 ( 648) 47,604,089 Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Inventory Protection Research Planning — Reforestation (275) Fire suppression Staff -(178) -(91) -(69) -(35) Estimates, $ 6,240,470 10,380,050 2,684,095 1,916,875 20,651,551 7,350,000 Total vote (648) 1979/80 $ 49,223,041 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 648) 13,610,430 10,882,366 992,881 8,243,461 297,020 36,361 70,385 4,832,703 4,733,995 2,269,868 834,000 786,099 14,520 47,604,089 (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) (40) (50) (60) (62) (70) (75) (90) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense (648) Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Rentals—intra-ministry Acquisition—land and buildings Acquisition—machinery and equipment Other expenditure 14,155,961 11,772,355 1,234,822 8,408,229 295,234 64,638 139,231 4,515,068 4,931,434 1,933,300 964,557 802,962 5,250 49,223,041 112 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 121 TIMBER AND RANGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Description Provides for the administration and development of policy, procedures, and controls for all types of timber tenure, allocation, licensee cut, and timber contracts; provides the professional and technical expertise involving engineering, buildings, and grounds, vehicles and equipment, marine, communications, and forest road construction and maintenance to the Ministry. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 120) 2,695,866 Valuation (120) 3,468,831 ( 131) 2,867,677 Timber management (131) 3,434,326 ( 53) 2,289,571 Range management (53) 2,426,469 ( 384) 9,004,299 Engineering (419) 9,560,154 Forest development roads maintenance ( 171) 6,569,206 (171) 8,196,538 ( 491) 11,256,521 Scaling (491) 11,875,404 (1,350) 34,683,140 Total vote (1,385) 38,961,722 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (1,350) 26,571,932 (01) Salaries—established (1,385) 28,070,121 1,475,505 (04) Salaries—temporary 2,640,022 1,441,857 (10) Travel expense 1,706,140 280,089 (20) Professional and special services 720,007 — (25) Data systems and processing 21,908 117,000 (30) Office expense 205,201 38,140 (35) Office furniture and equipment 65,278 18,350 (40) Advertising and publications 58,525 5,190,313 (50) Materials and supplies 5,237,301 1,034,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 1,137,092 1,125,163 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 2,175,089 1,552,912 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 1,755,959 313,000 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 401,342 881,740 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 713,576 23,139 (90) Other expenditure 2,300 Intra-ministry rental credits 5,380,000 (98) (Credit) 5,948,139 34,683,140 38,961,722 FORESTS 113 Vote 122 FIELD OPERATIONS PROGRAM Description Provides the regional executive and support staff for the planning, directing, and controlling of the field operations to achieve the objectives and goals of the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 890) 18,407,773 Total vote Staff .(890) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 19,553,036 ( 890) 15,850,083 157,775 390,000 7,500 320,000 85,400 6,000 27,500 60,815 1,500,000 2,700 18,407,773 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (890) 16,148,047 (04) Salaries—temporary 390,832 (10) Travel expense 371,800 (20) Professional and special services 14,100 (25) Data systems and processing 43,800 (30) Office expense 368,800 (35) Office furniture and equipment 106,129 (40) Advertising and publications 6,050 (50) Materials and supplies 104,090 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 266,163 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 1,725,329 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 6,976 (90) Other expenditure . 920 19,553,036 114 Vote 123 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 RESERVOIR CLEARING Description Provides for the salvage of merchantable timber and the disposal of debris from pondage areas. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 38) 5,973,966 Program expenditure (38) 5,103,695 Less recoveries from British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority — (Credit) 5,103,685 ( 38) 5,973,966 Total vote -(38) 10 ( 38) 851,298 745,000 28,000 2,510,000 27,500 3,500 6,500 381,500 1,378,668 16,000 2,000 24,000 5,973,966 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (38) 620,679 (04) Salaries—temporary 535,653 (10) Travel expense 32,350 (20) Professional and special services 500,000 (30) Office expense 51,500 (35) Office furniture and equipment — (40) Advertising and publications 5,750 (50) Materials and supplies 551,100 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 2,743,163 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 49,500 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings — (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 14,000 (99) Recoveries (Credit) 5,103,685 10 FORESTS 115 Vote 124 IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW LEGISLATION Description This program's primary purpose is to carry out sections 8 and 9 of the Ministry of Forests Act and to implement specific sections of the Forest Act and Range Act. Estimated, 1978/79 $ Activity Ministry of Forests Act Forest Act Range Act Analysis of management information system Staff training Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 3,672,800 936,030 205,050 80,000 106,120 Total vote 5,000,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (04) (07) Salaries—temporary Fees and allowances- boards, courts (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (25) Data systems and processing (30) Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers (35) (40) (50) (60) (62) Rentals—intra-ministry (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 1,256,187 5,000 591,078 397,000 376,100 161,765 260,700 321,800 156,350 1,303,820 150,200 20,000 5,000,000 116 Vote 125 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 INTENSIFIED FORESTRY PROGRAM Description Provides for an increased Intensive Forest Program involving such activities as Stand Tending Practices, the Seed Production Program, the Tree Improvement Program, Ecological Classification, and the acquisition and use of data for planning and implementation of such intensive silvicultural programs. The objective of the program is to increase wood yield for future timber supply. Estimated, 1978/79 Activity Intensive forestry reforestation operation Intensive forestry research operation Intensive forestry productivity operation Intensive forestry information operation Intensive forestry headquarters Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,908,090 176,594 97,641 38,625 354,050 Reforestation 100 mm trees 1,775,000 Vernon Research Centre 650,000 Total vote 5,000,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (04) Salaries—temporary 1,324,872 (10) Travel expense 97,442 (20) Professional and special services 1,969,370 (30) Office expense 2,218 (35) Office furniture and equipment 3,167 (40) Advertising and publications 19,938 (50) Materials and supplies 464,982 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 224,771 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 53,201 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 803,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 36,884 (90) Other expenditure 155 5,000,000 Vote 126 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 3,878,928 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 3,899,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 3,878,928 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 3,899,000 FORESTS 117 Vote 127 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 1,682,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 2,405,069 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,682,000 (25) Data systems and processing 2,405,069 HEALTH 119 MINISTRY OF HEALTH Staff ( 7) ( 608) (1,207) (2,989) ( 503) ( 215) ( 161) ( 147) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 139,851 19,741,533 34,748,540 185,192,240 17,863,005 609,588,881 211,613,000 24,775,037 4,136,440 10,619,966 31,810,890 7,700,983 1,157,930,366 (5,837) 1,157,930,366 Vote No. 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 Summary Minister's Office Staff (7) Administration and Support Services (643) Preventive and Special Community Services (1,207) Direct Care Community Services (2,978) Mental Health Services (499) Hospital Programs (218) Medical Services Commission Emergency Health Services Commission Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission (180) Alcohol and Drug Commission (399) Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Estimates, 1979/80 $ 144,082 21,327,012 35,539,703 180,777,352 18,129,440 649,178,588 245,300,000 26,050,883 4,285,498 12,330,546 28,638,000 2,154,000 Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry . 1,223,855,104 10,428,342 .(6,131) 1,213,426,762 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 120 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 128 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Health, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Stall $ Staff $ $ ( 7) 139,851 Total vote (7) 144,082 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 7) 119,851 (01) Salaries—established (7) 121,887 15,000 (10) Travel expense 16,405 4,000 (30) Office expense 4,825 1,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 965 139,851 144,082 HEALTH 121 Vote 129 ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES Description Deputy Minister's office—Provides executive direction for the Ministry, including funds for use in the Ministry's program of development and promotion of better health. Health promotion and information—Composed of the following programs: Information services—Responsible for planning and implementing information programs, press releases, and specific campaigns. Audiovisual centre—Audiovisual production and artistic services. Health library—Provides reference and research services. Nutrition and health education—Responsible for planning, implementation, and evaluation of an applied nutrition and health education program. Occupational health—Provides medical consultation, examination, and advice for public servants, medical industrial occupation consultation to Crown corporations and private industry, an alcoholism treatment program for public servants, and a Provincial radiation protection service. Planning and development—Composed of the following programs: Program development—Provides planning, development, evaluation, research, and consultation. Vital Statistics—Provides registration and certification of births, marriages, divorces, deaths, changes of names, as well as other registration services and statistical services. Financial services—Offices of the Senior Director of Financial Services and Director of Finance. Provides financial services for the Ministry and a mechanical inspection service for Government vehicles for a number of ministries. Management services—Provides management services to evaluate existing and proposed operations and procedures and certain logistical services to Ministry headquarters. Personnel Division—Provides services for the Ministry, includes funds for training and for expenses relocating new and existing employees. Data processing and management information—Provides for computer and systems review and evaluation of the Ministry's programs, also liaison with the British Columbia Systems Corporation. Administrative services and grants to health agencies—Provides financial assistance to health agencies and nonprofit, societies providing health services. Provides assistance to individuals who incur excessive medical costs not covered by existing plans. Hearing-aid Regulation Act—Provides for the registration and licensing of hearing-aid dealers and consultants. Central shared services—Composed of the following: Administration—Provides over-all executive direction, accounting, and management services to Government hospitals and other facilities. Logistics—Provides central stores for distribution of goods, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Coquitlam and Victoria regional linen services—Provides a linen service for a number of hospitals, institutions, and programs in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria. Industrial services—Maintenance of hospital equipment and furnishings. Transport services—Co-ordinates the use of vehicles and provides an inspection and maintenance service for Government vehicles in Greater Victoria. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ ( 6) 207,206 Deputy Minister's office (7) 965,069 ( 59) 2,271,415 Health promotion and information (66) 2,393,653 ( 108) 2,356,650 Planning and development (111) 2,596,129 ( 47) 854,039 Financial services (48) 898,882 ( 21) 643,368 Management services (24) 848,795 122 Vote 129—Continued Estimated, 1978/79 Staff ( 17) $ 679,983 ( 2) 104,203 ( 5) ( 1) 5,044,223 26,046 ( 342) 7,554,400 ( 608) 19,741,533 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Staff Personnel division (24) Data processing and management information (11) Administration services and grants to health agencies (2) Hearing-aid Regulation Act (1) Central shared services (net of recoveries) (349) Total vote -(643) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 911,407 331,081 5,060,927 25,275 7,295,794 21,327,012 ( 608) 9,967,347 729,286 70,500 415,100 954,100 124,400 76,000 327,200 1,223,650 62,000 100,000 6,000 1,127,450 4,567,000 5,500 14,000 19,741,533 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (643) (04) Salaries—temporary (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts — (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (55) Motor-vehicles (60) Rentals—-outside suppliers (70) Acquisition—land and buildings (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies (90) Other expenditure (99) Recoveries from Government hospitals for materials and supplies (Credit) 11,200,481 692,717 55,970 473,283 1,746,295 227,450 238,162 328,775 3,225,705 86,946 23,642 357,436 4,542,255 2,895 1,875,000 21,327,012 HEALTH 123 Vote 130 PREVENTIVE AND SPECIAL COMMUNITY SERVICES Description Executive and clerical support—Provides executive direction for Public Health Programs. Field administration—Provides administrative direction for the Ministry's local health units. Costs include the salaries of all health unit directors and clerical staff. Public Health Nursing—Provides community health services in which public health nurses deliver direct health care to all persons, including maternal and child health services, school health, adult care, geriatrics, epidemiology, rehabilitation, preventive mental health, and communicable disease control. Speech and hearing service—Provides direct specialist services designed to reduce the number of children and adults handicapped by a communication disorder. Specific activities include hearing and speech assessment, treatment and therapy, counselling, hearing-aid evaluation, selection and fitting. Public health inspection—Plans, organizes, and co-ordinates a public health inspection program in Provincial health units throughout British Columbia. The Division reviews and helps prepare health legislation. Dental health services—Provides dental health services throughout the Province, such as programs in schools and communities without a resident dentist. Provincial Laboratory—Provides high-standard laboratory service for the diagnosis and control of communicable disease and the amelioration of the environment. Special health services—Composed of the following: Administration—Provides executive direction for special health services. Pharmacy and maintenance health building—Provides for the distribution of drugs and for the maintenance of the Provincial Health Building. Venereal disease control—Provides for a central control service for the interchange of information for patients with venereal disease and their contacts between Provincial health units, other provinces, and other countries; operates a main clinic in Vancouver and provides policy procedures for the control of these infections throughout the Province. Medical supply service—Provides for a kidney-failure corrections program by operating a warehouse and service department to provide equipment and supplies for patients with end-stage renal failure who are in hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Aid to handicapped—Provides rehabilitative medical services and vocational training to those who suffer a physical, mental, or social handicap which prevents their seeking and obtaining gainful employment. Tuberculosis control—Responsible for correlating and directing all phases of tuberculosis treatment and prevention in British Columbia. This Division provides a Province-wide mass chest X-ray and tuberculin testing program and supervises the distribution of free anti-tuberculosis drugs. Epidemiology—Provides for the costs of biological and medical supplies for the Ministry's communicable disease program. Grants—health services—Provides grants for the delivery of public health services to the Capital Regional District and municipalities in Greater Vancouver. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 10) 312,106 Executive and clerical support (13) 359,763 ( 251) 4,802,048 Field administration (252) 5,189,617 ( 399) 8,088,376 Public health nursing (399) 8,081,967 ( 101) 4,535,608 Speech and hearing services (99) 4,162,504 ( 97) 2,208,249 Public health inspection (98) 2,301,508 ( 55) 1,366,198 Dental health services (55) 1,414,985 ( 138) 3,137,396 Provincial Laboratory (138) 3,206,550 Special health services (net of recover- ( 156) 5,971,559 ies) (153) 6,250,014 742,000 Epidemiology (net of recoveries) 960,800 3,585,000 Grants—health services 3,611,995 (1,207) 34,748,540 Total vote (1,207) 35,539,703 124 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 130—Continued Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ (1,207) 21,873,540 (01) 578,000 (04) 1,042,000 (10) 1,170,000 (20) 284,000 (30) 167,000 (35) 23,000 (40) 4,924,000 (50) 169,000 (55) 8,000 (60) 355,000 (75) 4,155,000 (80) (99) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense Staff (1,207) Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles Rentals—outside suppliers Acquisition—machinery and equipment Grants, contributions, and subsidies Recoveries re biologicals and dialysis supplies (Credit) Estimates, 1979/80 34,748,540 22,204,509 703,485 1,113,127 1,237,130 291,912 250,900 4,825 5,292,060 207,475 7,720 396,615 4,219,945 390,000 35,539,703 HEALTH 125 Vote 131 DIRECT CARE COMMUNITY SERVICES Description Community Care Licensing Boards—Provides consultative services to the field staff of the Ministries of Health, Human Resources, and Education, Science and Technology and issues licences for the operation of both adult and child care facilities. Maintains a register of qualified day care supervisors. The two Boards (adult care and child care) also administer legislation and assess the need for additional and improved facilities for personal care and intermediate care. Long-term Care Program—Provides for administrative expenses, benefits, payments for services, and grants, contributions, and subsidies for those people who cannot live without help because of health-related problems but do not warrant care in an acute-care hospital. Care may be provided in the home, a community care facility, or an extended-care hospital. Home Care Program—Provides for a variety of personal health and supportive services in the home required to help those persons with health or social needs relative to physical or emotional illness. This includes services to those persons who may be discharged early from acute-care hospitals. Community Physiotherapy Program—Provides physiotherapy services by direct treatment, consultation, education, and preventive programs in association with home care, long-term care, and public health and local resources. Government Hospitals—Provides in-patient and out-patient service at acute, rehabilitative, extended, and long-term levels of care for physically and mentally disabled persons at the following facilities: Riverview, Valleyview, Dellview, Pearson, Willow Chest, and New Denver. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 8) 179,524 ( 153) 121,457,272 ( 205) 7,930,296 ( 19) 326,087 (2,604) 55,299,061 (2,989) 185,192,240 (2,989) 49,590,485 4,959,791 12,000 622,400 2,049,900 255,000 99,000 179,800 6,230,650 6,000 6,000 654,550 120,502,664 24,000 185,192,240 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Community Care Licensing Boards (9) 379,281 Long-term Care Program (153) 117,321,126 Home Care Program (205) 8,190,495 Community Physiotherapy Program (19) 3 60,753 Government hospitals (2,592) 54,525,697 Total vote (2,978) 180,777,352 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (2,978) 49,571,318 (04) Salaries—temporary 4,799,997 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 10,615 (10) Travel expense 607,033 (20) Professional and special services 2,139,230 (30) Office expense 199,921 (35) Office furniture and equipment 76,862 (40) Advertising and publications 57,948 (50) Materials and supplies 5,525,879 (55) Motor-vehicles 51,627 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 2,895 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 632,147 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 117,081,037 (90) Other expenditure 20,843 180,777,352 126 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 132 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Description Executive and clerical support—Provides executive direction for mental health programs. Mental health centres—Provides for diagnostic and consultative services to persons with emotional disorders; the development and implementation of a wide variety of community- oriented preventive programs in the mental health field. Boarding-home Program—Provides specialized adult residential care supervised by mental health staff for mentally disordered persons in the community. British Columbia Youth Development Centre—Operates a family and children's clinic, a psychological education clinic for working with children within the school system, and a residential treatment centre for adolescents with psychological, social, and learning problems. Burnaby Psychiatric Services—Provides mental health services for adults and children resident in Burnaby. Specialized resources include a children's out-patient and day program, two adult day programs, and a 25-bed short-stay psychiatric in-patient unit. Grants—mental health services—Provides financial assistance to agencies and nonprofit societies providing mental health services. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 25) 612,002 Executive and clerical support (22) 591,053 ( 201) 7,016,684 Mental health centres (200) 6,740,205 ( 23) 514,502 Boarding-home Program (23) 527,431 British Columbia Youth Development ( 148) 3,121,590 Centre (148) 3,590,650 ( 106) 2,226,077 Burnaby Psychiatric Services . (106) 2,228,556 4,372,150 Grants—mental health services 4,451,545 ( 503) 17,863,005 Total vote (499) 18,129,440 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 503) 10,079,455 (01) Salaries—established (499) 10,090,894 278,300 (04) Salaries,—temporary 296,158 319,000 (10) Travel expense 313,625 2,186,000 (20) Professional and special services 1,896,418 57,000 (30) Office expense 56,935 42,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 73,340 5,000 (40) Advertising and publications 3,860 468,100 (50) Materials and supplies 495,045 28,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 27,020 13,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 10,615 4,381,150 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 4,865,530 6,000 (90) Other expenditure — 17,863,005 18,129,440 HEALTH 127 Vote 133 HOSPITAL PROGRAMS Description Provides for the costs of administration, provision of both in-patient and out-patient hospital benefits, and Provincial share of hospital construction and equipment costs. Three levels of in-patient care are benefits under the Hospital Insurance Act, namely, acute, rehabilitation, and activation and extended care. Out-patient services covered include emergency services for accidents and sickness, day care treatment, diagnostic services, physiotherapy, and others. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 215) 609,588,881 Total vote (218) 649,178,588 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 215) 4,208,157 (01) Salaries—established (218) 4,185,929 75,000 (04) Salaries—temporary 85,000 10,000 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts _.. 10,000 228,000 (10) Travel expense 272,159 259,000 (20) Professional and special services 285,000 140,000 (30) Office expense 147,000 32,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 25,000 12,000 (40) Advertising and publications 19,400 7,000 (50) Materials and supplies 7,000 10,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 11,000 14,500 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 15,000 604,591,224 (80) Grants, contribtuions, and subsidies 644,114,000 2,000 (90) Other expenditure 2,100 609,588,881 649,178,588 Vote 134 MEDICAL SERVICES COMMISSION Description The Commission provides over-all administration of the Medical Services Plan, collects premiums from the subscribers, and pays the cost of medical care of the Province to the doctors on a fee-for-service basis, mainly, but also as required on a sessional and sometimes salary basis. This vote covers the Province's subsidies for low-income residents and the estimated deficits not covered by premiums and other revenues. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 211,613,000 Total vote 245,300,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 211,613,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 245,300,000 128 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 135 EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES COMMISSION Description Provides a ground and air ambulance service throughout the Province. Operates a plant for the construction of ambulance chassis. Conducts training courses for emergency medical assistants and paramedic crews. Conducts and co-ordinates basic instruction in first aid and cardio pulmonary resuscitation throughout the Province. Advises on emergency department standards of care and physical planning in acute care hospitals. Co-ordinates the Ministry's responsibilities in disaster planning. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 24,845,037 Program expenditures 26,140,883 Less recoveries provided for Workers' Compensation rebates and insur- 70,000 ance claims (Credit) 90,000 24,775,037 Total vote 26,050,883 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 17,639,897 (20) Professional and special services 19,436,322 164,000 (30) Office expense 154,882 34,200 (35) Office furniture and equipment 19,203 10,000 (40) Advertising and publications 9,650 1,808,300 (50) Materials and supplies 2,041,940 934,600 (55) Motor-vehicles 887,028 1,042,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 607,950 100,000 (70) Acquisition—-land and buildings 11,580 740,500 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 183,350 2,371,540 (90) Other expenditure 2,788,978 70,000 (99) Recoveries (Credit) 90,000 24,775,037 26,050,883 Vote 136 FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES COMMISSION Description Provides funds for the Forensic Psychiatric Service to enable it to meet its statutory obligations in accordance with the Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission Act. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 161) 4,136,440 Total vote (180) 4,285,498 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 161) 2,756,810 (01) Salaries—established (180) 3,110,811 241,000 (04) Salaries—temporary 244,193 41,800 (10) Travel expense 39,758 707,200 (20) Professional and special services 613,826 28,520 (30) Office expense 28,853 8,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 14,475 233,610 (50) Materials and supplies 168,228 58,300 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 17,370 61,200 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 47,984 4,136,440 4,285,498 HEALTH 129 Vote 137 ALCOHOL AND DRUG COMMISSION Description Operates and/or supports programs for the treatment of chemical addiction, including alcoholism, through the Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilitation Program and Heroin Treatment Program. Programs may involve detoxification, long-term residential care, out-patient counselling, and education. The Commission also supports programs providing research and information in this field. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ Alcoholism Treatment and Rehabilita- ( 106) 6,890,468 tion Program (106) 6,977,085 Heroin Treatment Program (net of re- ( 41) 3,729,498 coveries) (293) 5,353,461 ( 147) 10,619,966 Total vote (399) 12,330,546 ( 147) 2,669,466 60,000 100,000 94,000 41,000 10,000 2,000 300,000 9,500 7,334,000 10,619,966 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (399) 6,883,604 (04) Salaries—temporary 1,865,207 (10) Travel expense 202,650 (20) Professional and special services 582,860 (30) Office expense 160,190 (35) Office furniture and equipment 41,495 (40) Advertising and publications 36,670 (50) Materials and supplies 842,635 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 2,895 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 4,512,340 (99) Recoveries from the Alcohol and Drug Fund (Credit) 2,800,000 12,330,546 Vote 138 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 31,810,890 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 28,638,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 31,810,890 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 28,638,000 130 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 139 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 7,700,983 Total vote 2,154,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 7,700,983 (25) Data systems and processing 2,154,000 I HUMAN RESOURCES 131 MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES Staff ( 7) (3,013) ( 271) ( 7) ( 10) (1,494) ( 10) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 145,890 64,011,650 71,717,711 45,332,296 26,689,800 277,998,937 43,429,775 28,996,905 19,373,175 3,871,414 581,567,553 (4,812) 581,567,553 Vote No. 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 Summary Estimates, 1979/80 Staff (9) Minister's Office Administration and Community Services (3,017) Services for Families and Children (256) Health Services Community Projects GAIN Programs Special Programs for the Retarded (4) (10) (1,500) Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters and Renters' Tax Credit (10) Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry 206,837 61,124,258 75,209,741 52,573,173 26,428,642 351,505,000 43,663,249 23,834,311 19,103,359 3,015,000 656,663,570 8,166,849 ..(4,806) 648,496,721 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 132 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 140 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Human Resources, including her salary and expenses and those of her immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 7) 145,890 Total vote (9) 206,837 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 7) 114,553 (01) Salaries—established (9) 150,730 5,235 (04) Salaries—temporary 14,475 13,505 (10) Travel expense 26,518 10,397 (30) Office expense 11,580 2,200 (35) Office furniture and equipment 2,907 — (50) Materials and supplies 627 145,890 206,837 HUMAN RESOURCES 133 Vote 141 ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES Description Provides central direction and support services for the Ministry, and direct services to people throughout the Province through 140 district offices staffed with employees trained in identifying the services most suited for each individual. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff ( 19) ( 22) ( 128) ( 61) 513,352 987,317 2,783,760 1,954,661 Activity Staff Ministry Executive (22) Personnel and staff training (39) Office of the Comptroller (170) Other support services (28) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $.- 658,182 1,346,412 3,371,711 1,780,585 ( 75) 1,464,449 ( 28) 569,228 ( 8) 198,029 ( 12) 308,879 ( 18) 336,274 (2,642) 54,749,066 146,635 (3,013) 64,011,650 (3,013) 53,784,329 2,117,593 3,120,797 1,805,698 1,699,370 323,115 406,140 395,560 356,240 2,808 Program Administration Family and Children's Service Division (85) Pharmacare Division (32) Health Care Division (9) Community Projects Division (13) Income Assistance Division (18) Community Services (2,601) Special projects Total vote (3,017) 1,641,865 712,632 205,205 349,007 339,636 50,520,317 198,706 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (3,017) 52,764,677 (04) Salaries—temporary 1,890,228 (10) Travel expense 2,579,797 (20) Professional and special services 1,009,541 (30) Office expense 1,317,347 (35) Office furniture and equipment 345,872 (40) Advertising and publications 390,000 (50) Materials and supplies 233,596 (55) Motor-vehicles 499,100 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 500 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 29,600 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 55,000 (90) Other expenditure 9,000 61,124,258 64,011,650 61,124,258 134 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 142 SERVICES FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN Description Foster homes and specialized children's resources—Provides a spectrum of resources for children requiring care away from their own homes and families. Also provides for the purchase of any goods or services necessary for the well-being of any child in the care of the Superintendent of Child Welfare. (This activity amalgamates the previous activities called "foster home program and children-in-care", "specialized treatment resources", and "group and therapeutic homes program.") Child Protection Program—Provides for the protection of children from physical and mental cruelty, the safeguarding of the young, the amelioration of family conditions that lead to neglect of children, and the care and control of children in need of protection. Adoption Program—Provides for care of new-born infants in hospital while awaiting adoption, and other related expenses. Rehabilitation Resources Program—A program funded jointly by the Ministries of Education, Science and Technology and Human Resources to enable young people who are experiencing great difficulty at school, or who have dropped out of school, to acquire basic academic and social skills which will make it possible for them to re-enter the school system or proceed to further training or employment. Special services to children—Provides counselling or other supportive services to children and their families to enable children to grow up successfully in their own homes or communities; and, through early intervention, to assist families to remain together where there is risk of a child or children being removed from the home. Child Day Care Program—Provides day care services for children up to 12 years of age during a prolonged family illness or other crisis, or enables the parent(s) to work or attend an educational institution. Craft Therapy Program—This is a program limited to the Victoria area which provides counselling services for children using woodwork and other crafts as a focus for activities. Parent Encouragement Program—This program, limited to the Victoria area, provides counselling and supportive services to foster parents and natural parents to improve the type of care given to children. Infant Development Program—Provides home-based services for developmentally delayed infants from 0 to 3 years of age to optimize their development and continuing participation in a full range of community activities. Youth Incentive Program—Provides teenage dependents of income assistance families or children-in-care the opportunities to gain work experience, to explore areas of employment, and to provide growth through sharing skills and abilities. Family Support Homemaker Services Program—Provides household management and child care services to keep families together in time of emotional, mental, or physical stress. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ Foster homes and specialized children's ( 215) 45,195,606 resources (net of recoveries) (198) 46,235,683 74,800 Child Protection Program 119,424 119,100 Adoption Program 91,552 2,630,200 Rehabilitation Resources Program (21) 2,694,820 4,007,900 Special services to children 4,577,625 ( 22) 15,069,648 Child Day Care Program 16,248,682 2,000 Craft Therapy Program 3,438 8,070 Parent Encouragement Program 8,408 387,490 Infant Development Program 483,177 — Youth Incentive Program 105,262 Family Support Homemaker Services ( 34) 4,222,897 Program (37) 4,641,670 ( 271) 71,717,711 Total vote (256) 75,209,741 HUMAN RESOURCES 135 Vote 142—Continued Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff ( 271) Staff 4,540,408 1,676,791 894 14,947,113 130 64,700 580,797 1,300 13,407 49,892,171 71,717,711 (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) (40) (50) (60) (75) (80) (90) (99) Salaries—established (256) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Acquisition—machinery and equipment Grants, contributions, and subsidies Other expenditure Recoveries from Health and Welfare Canada re family allowances (Credit) 1,800,800 4,184,881 925,826 141,161 35,053,883 19,123 5,940 73,629 515,877 8,458 68,125 35,925,700 87,938 75,209,741 Vote 143 HEALTH SERVICES Description Pharmacare Program—Provides a subsidy toward the cost of drugs for residents of British Columbia. Health Care Program—Provides coverage of the health needs of all recipients of income assistance, GAIN for seniors, GAIN for handicapped, and children-in-care. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 33,600,000 11,732,296 45,332,296 Activity Pharmacare Program Health Care Program Total vote __. Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 38,262,163 14,311,010 52,573,173 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 45,332,296 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies .„. 52,573,173 136 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 144 COMMUNITY PROJECTS Description Community Grants Program—Provides funding for community-based projects operated by nonprofit societies and recommended by the Ministry's field staff through the Regional Managers. Projects include information centres, crisis centres and related services, family life counselling, youth services, and various others. Work Activity Program—Provides funding to assist persons who need training to prepare them for employment. Community Human Resources and Health Centres—Provides for direct client service in various communities, where there are joint offices of the Ministries of Health and Human Resources. Assistance for the Retarded—Provides grants to various organizations to operate programs especially to help retarded children and adults. Burns Lake Community Development Association—Provides a community-based social development project to assist native Indians to prepare themselves for employment. The project is also intended to support the economic development thrust of the Burns Lake Native Development Association. Handicapped Workshop Guild—Provides leadership to the many achievement centres and workshops to assist in management, purchasing, sales, and distribution so that the workshops can become as productive as possible. Living Independently for Equality (L.I.F.E.)—Provides services to community living boards to assist handicapped persons in institutions to move to the community in order to live as independently as possible. Residential Care—Provides for the cost of community-based residential care for the physically handicapped, retarded, and those needing short-term rehabilitation. Achievement Centres for the Handicapped—Provides assistance to centres for the development of programs to improve the quality of life and skills of handicapped persons. Seniors' Day Centres Program—Provides opportunities to seniors for social and recreational activities as well as inexpensive lunches and snacks. Seniors' Counselling Service Program—Provides a service wherein a volunteer Senior Citizen Counsellor is available to discuss issues of concern to seniors, and to assist the senior citizens in obtaining access to services and resources. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ 6,790,579 Community Grants Program 6,245,101 ( 7) 1,359,388 Work Activity Program (2) 1,298,941 Community Human Resources and 395,200 Health Centres 407,474 91,145 Assistance for the Retarded Program 94,991 Burns Lake Community Development 223,344 Association — 625,000 Handicapped Workshop Guild 482,500 450,000 Living Independently for Equality _ 344,745 11,912,738 Residential Care (net of recoveries) _ 13,373,894 Achievement Centres for the Handicap- 3,837,866 ped - 3,534,765 894,740 Seniors' Day Centres Program <2) 521,149 109,800 Seniors' Counselling Service Program.... 125,082 ( 7) 26,689,800 Total vote (4) 26,428,642 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 7) 151,476 (01) Salaries—established (4) 97,297 154,533 (04) Salaries—temporary 306,307 1,000 (10) Travel expense 6,755 126,450 (20) Professional and special services 4,812,991 HUMAN RESOURCES 137 Vote 144—Continued Estimated, 1978/79 38,000 46,450 4,500 26,441,024 273,633 26,689,800 Estimates, 1979/80 $ (35) Office furniture and equipment 4,825 (50) Materials and supplies 55,970 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 44,824 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 28,950 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 33,292 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 21,390,931 (90) Other expenditure 96,500 (99) Recoveries from the Public Trustee (Credit) 450,000 26,428,642 Vote 145 GAIN PROGRAM Description Income Assistance Program—Provides financial assistance in the form of a basic allowance and special allowances to British Columbians who are unable to provide for themselves. Special allowances include grants for work incentives, special needs, educational upgrading and vocational training, dietary and prenatal, transportation, and others. Also providing financial assistance and comfort allowances to persons in adult care facilities, boarding-homes and hostels. GAIN for seniors and handicapped—Provides a minimum guaranteed income for persons age 60 years and over for handicapped persons in need. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 10) 176,777,164 101,221,773 ( 10) 277,998,937 Activity Income Assistance Program Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ (10) 249,520,956 GAIN for seniors and handicapped 101,984,044 Total vote (10) 351,505,000 ( 10) 125,673 277,873,264 277,998,937 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (10) 120,974 (04) Salaries—temporary 25,000 (10) Travel expense 2,880 (30) Office expense 1,840 (50) Materials and supplies 21,460 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 351,332,846 351,505,000 138 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 146 SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE RETARDED Description Woodlands, Tranquille, and Glendale—Institutions which provide residential care, nursing care, and special schooling for retarded children and adults. Activity Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ Woodlands (1,025) 24,391,998 Tranquille (475) 10,295,682 Glendale 8,975,569 Total vote (1,500) 43,663,249 Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ (1,018) 23,330,313 ( 476) 10,223,634 9,875,828 (1,494) 43,429,775 (1,494) 23,639,447 4,281,837 105,350 1,467,645 81,324 40,430 1,620 2,800,615 92,840 3,618 721,655 10,160,886 32,508 43,429,775 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established ...(1,500) 24,234,576 (04) Salaries—temporary 4,644,432 (10) Travel expense 142,556 (20) Professional and special services 1,426,929 (30) Office expense 90,555 (35) Office furniture and equipment 43,935 (40) Advertising and publications 1,686 (50) Materials and supplies 3,316,198 (55) Motor-vehicles 68,263 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 12,632 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 450,423 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 9,199,642 (90) Other expenditure 31,422 43,663,249 HUMAN RESOURCES 139 Vote 147 SHELTER AID FOR ELDERLY RENTERS AND RENTERS' TAX CREDIT Description Provides for rental assistance to senior citizens based upon a reasonable distribution of income and rent, and the renters' tax credits. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 10) 296,905 12,200,000 16,500,000 ( 10) 28,996,905 Activity Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ Administration (10) 334,311 Shelter aid for elderly renters 9,000,000 Renters' tax credit 14,500,000 Total vote (10) 23,834,311 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 10) 140,945 (01) Salaries—established (10) 145,359 65,500 (04) Salaries—temporary 97,952 960 (10) Travel expense 4,000 36,000 (30) Office expense 36,000 2,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 1,000 50,000 (40) Advertising and publications 50,000 28,700,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 23,500,000 1,500 (90) Other expenditure — 28,996,905 23,834,311 Vote 148 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 19,373,175 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 19,103,359 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 19,373,175 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 19,103,359 140 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 149 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 3,871,414 Total vote 3,015,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 3,871,414 (25) Data systems and processing 3,015,000 LABOUR 141 MINISTRY OF LABOUR Staff 7) 50) Estimated, 1978/79 140,241 2,795,211 111) 29,308,710 58) 206) 116) 20) 7) 1,503,301 5,837,073 2,622,380 507,351 1,197,304 300,000 2,124,605 638,202 Vote No. 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 Summary Staff Minister's Office —(7 ) Ministerial Administration—Support Services (51) Job Training and Employment Opportunity Programs (134) Occupational Environment and Compensation Advisory Services (59) Safety Engineering Division (207) Collective Bargaining and Labour Standards Program (116) Human Rights Programs (21) Labour Relations Board Essential Services Advisory Agency Boards of Review (Workers' Compensation Board).— Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges 46,974,378 ( 575) 46,974,378 Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry Estimates, 1979/80 $ 141,341 2,653,832 36,253,809 1,566,415 5,812,929 2,772,487 711,952 1,340,101 297,000 10 1,123,000 1,040,100 53,712,976 1,235,278 .(595) 52,477,698 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 142 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 150 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the administrative and operating expenditures for the office of the Minister of Labour. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 7) 140,241 Total vote (7) 141,341 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 7) 118,561 (01) Salaries—established (7) 114,804 12,580 (10) Travel expense 17,370 9,100 (30) Office expense 6,755 — (35) Office furniture and equipment 2,412 140,241 141,341 Vote 151 MINISTERIAL ADMINISTRATION—SUPPORT SERVICES Description Provides for the Ministry's senior management and administrative staff, including the offices of the Deputy Minister, the Assistant Deputy Ministers, and the Construction Industry Co-ordinator, and the Co-ordinator of Provincial Native Indian Affairs. Ancillary programs provided for in this vote include the general administrative activities of finance, personnel, information services, and research and planning. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ Ministerial and program management ( 16) 915,021 (14) 646,384 ( 15) 1,403,258 Finance, personnel and information (16) 1,406,500 ( 19) 476,932 Research and planning (17) 430,126 — Construction Industry Programs (2) 109,022 —• Provincial Native Indian Programs (2) 61,800 ( 50) 2,795,211 Total vote (51) 2,653,832 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 50) 968,914 (01) Salaries—established (51) 1,026,775 709,847 (04) Salaries—temporary 698,246 195,000 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts -_ 212,300 87,250 (10) Travel expense 81,832 255,000 (20) Professional and special services 112,905 55,300 (30) Office expense 60,216 13,300 (35) Office furniture and equipment 16,597 400,000 (40) Advertising and publications 386,000 10,000 (50) Materials and supplies 10,132 100,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies . 48,250 600 (90) Other expenditure 579 2,795,211 2,653,832 LABOUR 143 Vote 152 JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS Description Provides for manpower planning and development, and the principal training and employment programs for which this Ministry has responsibility. Included are the planning and management of pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and industrial training programs, and the development of Provincal policies relating to immigration matters. This vote also provides the administrative capability for the Provincial Government's direct employment opportunity programs, and the funds for the 1979 Summer Youth Employment Program. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 94) 13,455,537 283,000 ( 14) 15,480,283 ( 3) 89,890 ( 111) 29,308,710 Activity Staff Manpower planning and policy development (4) Estimates, 1979/80 110,880 14,510,505 Apprenticeship training (97) Manpower consultative services and immigration (4) 152,195 Employment Opportunity Programs (26) 21,398,012 Trade schools administration (3) 82,217 Total vote -(134) 36,253,809 ( HI) 2,133,082 (01) 60,500 (07) 214,500 (10) 20,000 (20) 163,900 (30) 26,000 (35) 25,000 (40) 50,000 (55) 6,838,808 (80) 9,776,920 (90) 29,308,710 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (134) Fees and allowances—boards, courts Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Motor-vehicles Grants, contributions, and subsidies Other expenditure 2,582,162 37,152 246,750 55,005 244,917 29,046 23,160 22,243,250 10,792,367 36,253,809 144 Vote 153 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMPENSATION ADVISORY SERVICES Description Provides advisory services to individuals and commercial and industrial establishments throughout the Province in terms of standards and regulations pertaining to occupational environments and elevating devices. Additionally, the Compensation Advisory Services Program, which assists employees and employers with respect to compensation matters, is included in this vote. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 27) 697,914 ( 23) 618,467 ( 8) 186,920 ( 58) 1,503,301 Activity Staff Occupational Environment Program (27) Elevating devices (23) Compensation advisory services (9) Total vote (59) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 712,647 621,570 232,198 1,566,415 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 58) 1,306,701 (01) Salaries—established (59) 1,353,249 130,000 (10) Travel expense 125,450 10,200 (20) Professional and special services 9,650 25,900 (30) Office expense 27,985 10,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 26,729 2,500 (50) Materials and supplies 4,535 14,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 14,475 4,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 4,342 1,503,301 1,566,415 LABOUR 145 Vote 154 SAFETY ENGINEERING DIVISION Description The purpose of the Division is to provide a safe environment for all people in British Columbia through standards, education, and inspection in the disciplines of boiler and pressure vessels, electrical, and gas. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 19) 336,793 Administration and support services (18) 329,333 ( 101) 3,000,358 Electrical inspection (100) 2,940,894 ( 43) 1,195,046 Gas inspection (44) 1,232,081 ( 37) 1,098,467 Boiler inspection (38) 1,092,438 Buildings Standards and Research ( 6) 206,409 Branch ,. (7) 218,183 ( 206) 5,837,073 ( 206) 4,511,509 120,834 29,600 562,000 61,660 111,530 v 23,000 239,900 8,800 136,000 1,440 28,300 2,500 5,837,073 Total vote .(207) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (207) 4,568,133 (04) Salaries—temporary . 101,228 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts - 4,825 (10) Travel expense 628,504 (20) Professional and special services 78,743 (30) Office expense — 124,291 (35) Office furniture and equipment 22,966 (40) Advertising and publications 109,431 (50) Materials and supplies 15,150 (55) Motor-vehicles 131,240 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 1,447 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 25,524 (90) Other expenditure 1,447 5,812,929 5,812,929 146 Vote 155 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND LABOUR STANDARDS PROGRAM Description Provides services to labour and management groups in British Columbia pertaining to collective bargaining, including mediation and arbitration activities. The development and administration of labour standards programs and labour education activities are also provided. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 97) 14) 3) 2) 2,039,174 414,823 78,005 90,378 ( 116) 2,622,380 Activity Labour standards Mediation services Arbitration and special services (3) Labour education (1) Staff -(98) -(14) Total vote (116) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 2,172,502 446,139 78,070 75,776 2,772,487 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 116) 2,199,380 (01) Salaries—established (116) 2,332,448 242,500 (10) Travel expense 260,549 10,500 (20) Professional and special services 5,790 60,000 (30) Office expense 57,900 14,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 30,880 1,000 (50) Materials and supplies 965 45,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 35,705 50,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies --. 48,250 2,622,380 2,772,487 LABOUR 147 Vote 156 HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS Description Provides for the various human rights programs offered by the Government, including the administration of the Human Rights Code of British Columbia. The activities of the Human Rights Commission, the Human Rights Branch and Boards of Inquiry are provided for in this vote. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 2) 81,455 ( 18) 425,896 ( 20) 507,351 Activity Staff Human Rights Commission (2) Human Rights Branch (19) Total vote (21) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 258,636 453,316 711,952 ( 20) 352,751 63,000 49,900 7,000 17,000 7,000 1,700 9,000 507,351 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) (07) (10) (20) (30) (35) (50) (55) -(21) Salaries—established Fees and allowances—boards, courts Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles 383,178 98,912 93,991 103,641 18,817 6,948 1,640 4,825 711,952 Vote 157 LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD Description Provides for the administration of the Labour Relations Board and the legislative jurisdiction of the Board as established by the Labour Code of British Columbia. Est mated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 7) 1,197,304 ( 7) 287,544 593,760 130,000 60,000 9,000 35,000 15,000 2,000 15,000 50,000 1,197,304 Total vote Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (03) Salaries—temporary (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (90) Other expenditure Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,340,101 154,399 67,550 987,878 48,250 14,475 4,824 14,475 48,250 1,340,101 148 Vote 158 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 ESSENTIAL SERVICES ADVISORY AGENCY Description Provides for the payments of remuneration to members and expenses of the agency as established under the Essential Services Disputes Act. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 300,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 297,000 100,000 85,000 40,000 25,000 15,000 10,000 15,000 10,000 300,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (04) Salaries—temporary (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies (35) (50) (60) (90) Rentals—outside suppliers Other expenditure 85,000 40,000 125,000 15,000 12,000 10,000 10,000 297,000 LABOUR Vote 159 BOARDS OF REVIEW (WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD) Description Provides for administration by the Minister of Labour of the Boards of Reviev Compensation Act), an appellate agency structured under the Workers' Compensa hear appeals against decisions of the Workers' Compensation Board. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, $ $ — Program expenditures 689,500 Less recoveries from Workers' Com- — pensation Board ___•_ (Credit) 689,490 149 / (Workers' tion Act to 1979/80 $ 10 — Total vote 42,000 600,000 6,000 10,000 500 26,000 5,000 689,490 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure — (10) Travel expense ~ • - rental and 1979/80 $ 1,123,000 — (20) Professional and special services — (30) Office expense — (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications — (60) Rentals—outside suppliers . — (90) Other expenditure . .. — (99) Less recoveries (Credit) — 10 Vote 160 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corpo maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 2,124,605 Total vote ration for Estimates, $ 1,123,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 2,124,605 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers . i 150 Vote 161 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 638,202 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,040,100 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 638,202 (25) Data systems and processing 1,040,100 LANDS, PARKS AND HOUSING 151 MINISTRY OF LANDS, PARKS AND HOUSING Summary Estimated, Vote 1978/79 No. Staff $ ( 5) 116,724 162 ( 158) 34,932,364 163 ( 351) 8,203,671 164 ( 429) 25,225,999 165 ( 66) 1,225,557 166 2,172,051 167 539,120 168 72,415,486 (1,009) 72,415,486 Staff Minister's Office (7) Housing (157) Land Management (348) Parks and Outdoor Recreation (433) Financial and Administration Services (69) Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry Estimates, 1979/80 $ 148,408 29,916,769 8,032,646 24,579,967 1,532,061 1,964,000 1,073,670 67,247,521 1,888,483 .(1,014) 65,359,038 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 152 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 162 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Lands, Parks and Housing, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 5) 116,724 Total vote (7) 148,408 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 5) 88,426 (01) Salaries—established (7) 120,906 11,298 (04) Salaries—temporary — 10,000 (10) Travel expense 16,887 6,000 (30) Office expense 7,720 1,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 2,895 116,724 148,408 LANDS, PARKS AND HOUSING 153 Vote 163 HOUSING Description Provides for over-all policy direction of the housing section of the Ministry, including administrative services and technical staff required to administer specific program activities; funds for grants and subsidies for purposes related to housing; contributions for the purpose of creating and maintaining housing accommodation through Government and community- sponsored projects; approving of registration of title and other claims to mobile homes and retrieval of title information. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 24) 563,509 Deputy Minister's office (5) 145,331 British Columbia Housing Management 11,309,826 Commission 11,174,700 ( 43) 1,297,941 Land Development (47) 1,401,638 ( 82) 21,317,324 Social programs (net of recoveries) (91) 16,808,233 ( 9) 443,764 Mobile home registry (14) 386,867 ( 158) 34,932,364 Total vote (157) 29,916,769 ( 158) 2,592,119 220,833 188,054 659,900 136,190 27,691 318,500 11,130 9,000 30,758,947 10,000 34,932,364 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established -(157) 2,719,793 (04) Salaries—temporary 120,409 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts 965 (10) Travel expense 201,074 (20) Professional and special services 489,398 (30) Office expense 178,639 (35) Office furniture and equipment 34,878 (40) Advertising and publications 146,871 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 434 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 965 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 27,016,043 (90) Other expenditure — (99) Recoveries from the Provincial Home Acquisition Fund (Credit) 992,700 29,916,769 154 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 164 LAND MANAGEMENT Description Provides for management of Crown lands under the Land Act; maintenance of land status; planning, examining, and appraising Crown lands, including environmental impact studies; legal surveys; establishment of ecological reserves, and administration of the University Endowment Lands including recoveries, and golf course. Net operation results of the University Endowment Lands are carried to the University Endowment Lands administration account. Provides for maintenance of regional and district offices throughout the Province. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 211) 5,290,851 Land management (205) 4,956,263 University Endowment Land Adminis- ( 82) 1,361,380 nation Act (net of recoveries) (84) 1,425,287 University Endowment Land Golf ( 5) 290,345 Course (6) 307,455 ( 53) 1,261,095 Legal surveys (53) 1,343,641 ( 351) 8,203,671 Total vote (348) 8,032,646 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 351) 6,593,135 (01) Salaries—established (348) 6,768,359 453,317 (04) Salaries—temporary 422,446 568,370 (10) Travel expense 492,150 255,950 (20) Professional and special services 256,834 93,500 (30) Office expense 96,499 31,979 (35) Office furniture and equipment 40,273 15,800 (40) Advertising and publications 6,658 628,882 (50) Materials and supplies 627,055 28,300 (55) Motor-vehicles 41,495 42,842 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 41,253 593,099 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 447,952 273,150 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 215,725 2,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies — 97,900 (90) Other expenditure 82,072 1,474,553 (99) Recoveries re services to land (Credit) 1,506,125 8,203,671 8,032,646 Vote 165 LANDS, PARKS AND HOUSING PARKS AND OUTDOOR RECREATION 155 Description Provides for acquisition, development, management, and maintenance of Provincial parks and recreation areas; co-ordination of outdoor recreation; assistance under the Regional Park Act to regional districts; management of the youth crew program and youth crew camps, acquisition of land for Pacific Rim National Park, grants to Class C parks and public user groups for Provincial aid to recreation. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 424) 16,467,876 4,500,000 Activity ( 5) 1,858,000 1,000,000 320,123 1,080,000 Parks management Parks capital Land acquisition- cial parks Youth crew Staff -(427) -National and Provin- ( 429) 25,225,999 Outdoor recreation Grants-in-aid of regional parks Total vote (6) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 17,449,432 4,685,072 532,063 1,000,000 313,400 600,000 -(433) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 429) 7,925,270 (01) Salaries—established (433) 8,266,929 6,707,736 (04) Salaries—temporary 7,235,951 664,230 (10) Travel expense 618,558 179,178 (20) Professional and special services 209,677 214,671 (30) Office expense 189,014 6,800 (35) Office furniture and equipment 36,681 119,337 (40) Advertising and publications 138,458 3,320,897 (50) Materials and supplies 3,635,053 52,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 44,041 1,371,488 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 1,650,031 — (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 3,039 3,007,763 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 1,177,149 459,129 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 650,251 1,197,500 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 725,135 24,579,967 25,225,999 24,579,967 156 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 166 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES Description Provides central direction and support services for the entire Ministry, including personnel administration, financial and mechanical support services. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ Financial and administration services ( 48) 823,339 (51) 1,049,761 ( 10) 188,268 Personnel (10) 244,281 ( 8) 213,950 Mechanical services (8) 238,019 ( 66) 1,225,557 Total vote (69) 1,532,061 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 66) 1,047,146 (01) Salaries—established (69) 1,144,350 2,700 (04) Salaries—temporary 9,650 48,356 (10) Travel expense 85,939 4,000 (20) Professional and special services 5,790 108,519 (30) Office expense 87,428 9,336 (35) Office furniture and equipment 8,221 — (40) Advertising and publications 169,357 5,500 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 21,326 1,225,557 1,532,061 Vote 167 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 2,172,051 Total vote 1,964,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 2,172,051 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 1,964,000 LANDS, PARKS AND HOUSING 157 Vote 168 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 539,120 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,073,670 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 539,120 (25) Data systems and processing 1,073,670 MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS 159 MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS Staff ( 8) ( 79) 12) 12) Summary Estimated, 1978/79 Vote No. 153,456 169 Minister's Office Staff -(7) 2,176,778 44,125,000 138,300,000 295,968 6,414,368 243,195 136,950 191,845,715 ( 111) 191,845,715 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 General Administration Grants, Contributions, and Subsidies Revenue Sharing Fund (87) Central Ministry Services (13) Transit Services Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings Total of Ministry Estimates, 1979/80 141,787 2,450,143 56,250,000 141,700,000 364,100 37,027,000 234,000 28,500 238,195,530 216,076 .(107) 237,979,454 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 160 Vote 169 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Staff ( 8) Estimated, 1978/79 $ 153,456 Staff Total vote (7) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 141,787 ( 8) 129,456 12,500 10,000 1,500 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (7) (10) Travel expense (30) Office Expense (35) Office furniture and equipment. 114,768 16,887 9,650 482 153,456 141,787 MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS 161 Vote 170 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Description Deputy Minister's Office—Provides executive direction for the Ministry, including the offices of the Deputy Minister, Assistant Deputy Ministers, and the Executive Officer. Administrative services—Provides for general administrative review and processing of by-laws of municipalities, regional districts, and improvement districts requiring Provincial approval of registration. The program includes the review of municipal boundary revisions and the processing of land use and related by-laws, and extends to general review of administrative practices and procedures of local governments, together with special programs respecting building regulations and metric conversion. Financial management—Provides financial analysis and review of municipal, regional district, and improvement district budgets, borrowing proposals, financial statements, and financial returns. The program extends to analysis and review of financial practices and procedures of local governments, together with the preparation of statistical data relating to all aspects of local government finance. Planning services—Provides for the review, support, and advancement of community and regional planning processes in municipalties and regional districts. The program extends to the co-ordination of Provincial planning policies, proposals, and initiatives with local government planning activities. Islands Trust—Provides for the administration of the Islands Trust Act. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 9) 24) 18) 20) 8) $ 285,142 434,532 411,794 689,054 356,256 ( 79) 2,176,778 Activity Deputy Minister's office Administrative services _ Financial management _ Planning services Islands Trust Staff Estimates, $ 1979/80 $ (15) -(24) (18) (21) (9) 419,837 474,396 410,999 750,445 394,466 Total vote -(87) 2,450,143 ( 79) 1,589,205 (01) 11,388 (04) 65,000 (07) 173,720 (10) 217,500 (20) 10,000 (30) 26,765 (35) 60,500 (40) 12,000 (60) 10,700 (90) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (87) Salaries—temporary Fees and allowances- Travel expense -boards, courts Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Rentals—outside suppliers Other expenditure 1,825,743 11,406 59,444 175,503 211,335 41,375 18,126 96,596 5,790 4,825 2,176,778 2,450,143 162 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 171 GRANTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND SUBSIDIES Description Provides for grants and subsidies under the provisions of the Municipalities Aid Act, Provincial Home-owner Grant Act, and the Sewerage Facilities Assistance Act, together with grants and administrative aid in delivery of the various municipal and regional district services. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 500,000 Local services to Provincial property. 1,500,000 Municipal governments home-owner 14,500,000 grants 15,700,000 2,100,000 Unorganized territory home-owner grants 2,300,000 1,600,000 General grants 1,000,000 22,000,000 Sewerage Facilities Assistance Act 32,400,000 3,425,000 Neighbourhood Improvement Program 2,250,000 — Local community improvement project 1,100,000 44,125,000 Total vote 56,250,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 44,125,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 56,250,000 Vote 172 REVENUE SHARING FUND Description Provides for the transfer of funds to the Revenue Sharing Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Revenue Sharing Act. Expenditures are made from the Revenue Sharing Fund in respect to various grants and subsidies to municipalities and regional districts. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 138,300,000 Total vote 141,700,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 138,300,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 141,700,000 MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS 163 Vote 173 CENTRAL MINISTRY SERVICES Description Provides for general services required by the Ministry, including the personnel, research functions, and the preparation of ministerial estimates and the control of ministerial expenditures. Staff ( 6) ( 2) ( 4) Estimated, 1978/79 ( 12) 127,892 48,396 119,680 295,968 Activity Comptroller's office Personnel office Research Total vote Staff -(6) -(2) -(5) (13) Estimates, $ 101,345 71,384 191,371 1979/80 $ 364,100 ( 12) 218,961 (01) 13,205 (04) 8,982 (10) 10,000 (20) 38,181 (30) 1,639 (35) 5,000 (55) 295,968 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (13) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Motor-vehicles 237,317 33,161 76,717 16,018 887 364,100 Vote 174 TRANSIT SERVICES Description Provides funding for the Urban Transit Authority under the Urban Transit Authority Act and the Ministry's commitment and subsidies under the Transit Services Act and Provincial Rapid Transit Subsidy Act. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 12) 959,368 5,455,000 ( 12) 6,414,368 Activity Transit management services Urban Transit Authority Provincial transit subsidies _ Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 27,289,500 9,737,500 37,027,000 ( 12) 202,968 10,800 740,600 5,000 5,455,000 6,414,368 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services — (35) Office furniture and equipment — (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 37,027,000 37,027,000 164 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 175 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 243,195 Total vote 234,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 243,195 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 234,000 Vote 176 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 136,950 Total vote 28,500 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 136,950 (25) Data systems and processing 28,500 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 165 MINISTRY OF PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES Estimated, Vote 1978/79 No. Staff $ ( 10) 212,278 177 ( 29) 590,611 178 179 ( 295) 20,416,637 ( 59) 1,126,743 180 3,100,000 181 ( 6) 406,813 182 ( 2) 65,807 183 ( 5) 164,489 184 185 ( 9) 519,548 ( 32) 757,136 186 ( 42) 5,858,024 187 ( 27) 10 188 ( 22) 10 189 13,200,000 190 500,000 191 ( 31) 931,102 192 ( 54) 8,102,692 193 ( 99) 2,895,352 194 4,120,000 195 ( 7) 285,393 196 ( 85) 1,387,888 51,280,000 140,000 197 198 199 ( 14) 22,154,026 200 — 201 202 19,000 1,000,000 11,006,085 203 1,107,620 204 151,347,264 ( 828) 151,347,264 Summary Staff Minister's Office (9) General Administration (38) Heritage, Cultural, Recreation, Sports, and Fitness Programs (306) Central Microfilm Bureau (59) Grants, Special Services, and Events Public Information and Publications Indian Advisory Act Government House Estimates, 1979/80 (5) (3) (5) Agent-general's Office and British Columbia House (9) Legislative Library Postal Branch Queen's Printer (32) (45) (27) British Columbia Lottery Branch (22) Unemployment Insurance and Workers' Compensation Public Inquiries Act Provincial Elections Act (31) Government Employees Relations Bureau (56) Public Service Commission Administration (103) Salaries and Benefits—Sundry Employees Public Service Adjudication Board (7) Superannuation Branch Administration (92) Public Service Superannuation and Retirement Benefits Members of the Legislative Assembly Superannuation Act Employee Benefits (10) Parliament Buildings Restoration (31) Queen Elizabeth II British Columbia Centennial Scholarship Act Captain Cook Bi-centennial Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings 182,096 849,071 20,832,844 1,129,632 2,260,225 507,651 83,459 176,299 607,095 753,822 7,130,263 10 10 14,500,000 10 633,945 8,842,709 3,051,300 1,080,000 369,596 1,606,162 70,455,000 135,000 33,164,063 1,200,000 24,000 9,416,000 1,435,000 180,425,262 1,563,929 Total of Ministry (890) 178,861,333 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 166 Vote 177 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Provincial Secretary, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 10) 212,278 ( 10) Vote 178 168,778 13,000 18,000 10,000 2,000 500 212,278 Total vote Staff -(9) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (9) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (50) Materials and supplies GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 182,096 145,764 4,825 17,370 11,580 1,930 627 182,096 Description Provides for executive and over-all direction of the Ministry as well as administrative support and other services to the Ministry, including administration of the personnel sections, secretarial services to the Executive Council, and indexing, research, and control of all Orders in Council. Provides for the costs of a guided public information tour service to visitors to the Parliament Buildings. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 21) 446,525 ( 8) 144,086 ( 29) 590,611 Activity General administration Legislative tour guides . Total vote Staff -(30) -(8) -(38) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 701,760 147,311 849,071 ( 29) 489,711 53,900 16,500 1,500 23,000 3,000 3,000 590,611 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (38) (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) (50) (90) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies Other expenditure 692,743 55,005 15,922 1,447 22,194 965 2,895 57,900 849,071 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 167 Vote 179 HERITAGE, CULTURAL, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND FITNESS PROGRAMS Description Provincial Museum and resource museums—The Provincial Museum is charged under the Provincial Museum Act, with increasing its knowledge of British Columbia's human and natural history, through acquiring and caring for collections, research, and communicating to people the knowledge gained. The operation of resource museums is also part of this program. Provincial Archives—Provides a record of the history and development of the Province through its extensive library, manuscript, and map collections, as well as visual records of photographs, lithographs, paintings of significants, and tape-recorded cultural and historical materials. Heritage Conservation Program—Responsible for the direction of the Province's Heritage Conservation Program, encompassing archaeological, historical, and architectural resources. Recreation, Sports, and Fitness Branch—Discharges the responsibilities of the Provincial Government in public recreation in relation to other levels of government, public volunteer groups, and the private sector in those situations where the Province encourages constructive recreation and fitness activities through funds assistance, counselling, and necessary regulation. Recreation Facilities Assistance Program—Provides grants to communities and other organizations for the purpose of developing recreation facilities. Cultural Services Branch—Responsible for the development and co-ordination of arts and cultural programs in the Province, the administration of the British Columbia Cultural Fund, and for the conservation, administration, and acquisitions of the Provincial art collection. Library Services Branch—Responsible for implementing the organizational policies of Provincial Library Development, as set out by the Library Development Commissioners who are appointed by the Provincial Secretary, and includes library grants, the audiobook and openshelf programs, and a Government public library service. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ Provincial Museum and resource mu- ( 129) 3,980,358 seums (132) 4,297,033 ( 40) 1,087,626 Provincial Archives (40) 1,077,831 ( 24) 1,477,331 Heritage Conservation Branch (30) 1,643,527 Recreation, Sports, and Fitness Branch ( 49) 2,013,830 (50) 2,032,354 7,000,000 Recreation Facilities Assistance Program 7,000,000 ( 7) 421,299 Cultural Services Branch (8) 453,926 ( 46) 4,436,193 Library Services Branch (46) 4,328,173 ( 295) 20,416,637 Total vote (306) 20,832,844 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 295) 5,323,495 (01) Salaries—established (306) 5,788,050 384,082 (04) Salaries—temporary 647,626 26,050 (07) Fees and allowances—boards, courts —„ 7,527 576,640 (10) Travel expense 553,448 810,406 (20) Professional and special services 600,782 196,600 (30) Office expense 188,072 61,911 (35) Office furniture and equipment 57,442 284,150 (40) Advertising and publications 280,675 1,308,416 (50) Materials and supplies 1,275,956 19,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 11,386 168 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 179—Continued Estimated, 1978/79 $ 47,820 25,000 78,067 11,275,000 20,416,637 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers (70) Acquisition—land and buildings (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies Estimates, 1979/80 $ 66,869 72,564 11,282,447 20,832,844 Vote 180 CENTRAL MICROFILM BUREAU Description Provides a microfilming and information service centre for all ministries of Government. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 59) 1,126,743 ( 59) 731,543 141,700 4,000 400 4,500 5,600 125,000 75,000 39,000 Total vote Staff -(59) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (59) (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) (50) (60) (75) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services . Office expense . Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,129,632 Acquisition—machinery and equipment 768,241 136,740 6,272 772 4,342 5,790 135,100 24,125 48,250 1,126,743 1,129,632 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 169 Vote 181 GRANTS, SPECIAL SERVICES, AND EVENTS Description Grants Program—Provides grants to nonprofit societies in British Columbia which are used for administrative and operational expenses of their Provincial programs. Payments are also made for the purpose of furthering approved Ministry programs. Special services and events—Provides for costs of Government functions at Cabinet level and also a contingency for unforeseen expenditures. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 2,600,000 500,000 Activity Grants Program Special services and events Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,665,225 595,000 3,100,000 Total vote 2,260,225 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 2,600,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 1,665,225 500,000 (90) Other expenditure _ 595,000 3,100,000 2,260,225 Vote 182 PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PUBLICATIONS Description Provides a centralized office where all Government publications authorized for public distribution can be obtained upon request. Provides information to the general public about Provincial Government programs. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 1) 201,759 ( 5) 205,054 ( 6) Activity Staff Government publications (1) Public information (4) 406,813 Total vote -(5) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 6) 88,173 (01) Salaries—established (5) 318,640 (90) Other expenditure 406,813 Estimates, $ 201,433 306,218 1979/80 $ 507,651 re 77,462 430,189 507,651 L 170 Vote 183 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 INDIAN ADVISORY ACT Description Provides status and non-status Indian communities and groups with assistance in the process of self-determination and self-development and administers the First Citizens' Fund to provide financial assistance for Indian community projects. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 2) 65,807 Total vote Staff -(3) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 83,459 ( 2) 35,307 4,000 5,500 1,000 20,000 65,807 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (3) Salaries—established Travel expense Office expense (01) (10) (30) (35) Office furniture and equipment (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 54,027 3,860 5,307 965 19,300 83,459 Vote 184 GOVERNMENT HOUSE Description Provides for the operation of Government House and the many official functions held there. It is the residence of His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 5) 164,489 Total vote Staff -(5) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 176,299 ( 5) 89,489 1,500 2,000 6,000 500 5,000 60,000 164,489 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (5) (01) (04) (10) (30) (35) Office furniture and equipment (50) Materials and supplies (90) Other expenditure Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense Office expense 96,543 2,895 1,930 9,794 482 6,755 57,900 176,299 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 171 Vote 185 AGENT-GENERAL'S OFFICE AND BRITISH COLUMBIA HOUSE Description Agent-General's Office—Provides for the office of the Agent-General, including his salary and expenses, and those of staff members. British Columbia House—Provides for the operation and maintenance of British Columbia House in London and the provision of services to tenants. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 9) 310,348 209,200 ( 9) 519,548 ( 9) 161,728 Clas. (01) — (03) 98,000 (04) 50,120 (07) 19,000 (10) 11,000 (20) 14,000 (30) 5,000 (35) 18,000 (40) 87,000 (50) 7,700 (60) 48,000 (90) 519,548 Activity Staff Agent-General's Office (9) British Columbia House Total vote -(9) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established Salaries—British citizens Salaries—temporary -(9) Fees and allowances—boards, courts Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Other expenditure Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 360,488 246,607 169,786 120,000 56,085 24,511 13,027 15,440 2,219 23,160 113,870 8,202 60,795 607,095 607,095 172 Vote 186 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY Description Provides library and reference services to Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Executive Council, and research staffs of the Public Service, and offers full cataloguing services to several ministries of Government. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 32) 757,136 ( 32) 567,886 Clas. (01) 20,000 (04) 4,500 (10) 33,200 (20) 14,000 (30) 4,300 (35) 1,000 (40) 97,050 (50) 10,100 (60) 5,100 (75) 757,136 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ -(32) 753,822 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (32) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment _ Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Acquisition—machinery and equipment 581,451 10,615 4,342 2,895 15,440 10,759 2,895 108,900 16,525 753,822 Vote 187 POSTAL BRANCH Description Provides mail services to all ministries of Government in the Province of British Columbia. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 42) 5,858,024 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ (45) 7,130,263 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 42) 655,774 78,550 20,000 5,000,000 5,000 1,700 7,000 10,000 50,000 30,000 5,858,024 (01) Salaries—established (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (45) (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (50) Materials and supplies (55) Motor-vehicles (60) Rentals—outside suppliers (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 714,510 38,600 23,160 6,224,250 5,066 1,640 19,300 19,300 60,312 24,125 7,130,263 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 173 Vote 188 QUEEN'S PRINTER Description Provides for the printing needs of the Government and provision of printing and stationery supplies to all Government ministries and agencies. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 27) 10,303,138 10,303,128 ( 27) 10 Activity Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ .(27) 13,544,562 Program expenditures Less recoveries from other ministries and miscellaneous receipts (Credit) 13,544,552 Total vote -(27) 10 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 27) 425,438 (01) Salaries—established (27) 435,562 2,363,400 (04) Salaries—temporary 2,525,000 3,000 (TO) Travel expense 3,000 40,000 (30) Office expense 40,000 6,300 (35) Office furniture and equipment 6,000 7,000,000 (50) Materials and supplies 10,000,000 15,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 15,000 450,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 450,000 — (90) Other expenditure 70,000 Less— 250,000 (99) Miscellaneous receipts (Credit) 250,000 10,053,128 (99) Recoveries from ministries -(Credit) 13,294,552 10 10 174 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 189 BRITISH COLUMBIA LOTTERY BRANCH Description Administers the Western Canada Lottery Foundation in British Columbia and is also responsible for licensing bingos, lotteries, and other forms of social gambling in the Province. Pursuant to the Lotteries Act, administration costs are a first charge upon the Lottery Fund, and are recovered from the Fund. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 22) 1,111,217 Program expenditures (22) 1,159,620 Less recoveries from the Lottery Fund 1,111,207 (Credit) 1,159,610 ( 22) 10 Total vote (22) 10 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 22) 349,717 (01) Salaries—established (22) 359,620 45,000 (04) Salaries—temporary 32,000 30,000 (10) Travel expense 25,000 35,500 (20) Professional and special services 42,000 25,000 (30) Office expense 26,000 3,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 4,000 580,000 (40) Advertising and publications 640,000 38,000 (50) Materials and supplies 26,000 5,000 (90) Other expenditure 5,000 1,111,207 (99) Less recoveries (Credit) 1,159,610 10 10 Vote 190 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION Description Unemployment Insurance—Provides for the Provincial Government's contributions toward the unemployment insurance premiums for employers. Workers' Compensation Act—Provides for the Provincial Government's contributions as an employer toward the assessment levied by the Workers' Compensation Board. This expenditure covers accident claim costs of all Provincial Government employees. Benefits include payment of 75 per cent of wage loss and covers full medical expenses. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 9,200,000 Unemployment Insurance 9,500,000 4,000,000 Workers' Compensation Act 5,000,000 13,200,000 Total vote 14,500,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 13,200,000 (90) Other expenditure 14,500,000 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 175 Vote 191 PUBLIC INQUIRIES ACT Description Provides for the appointment of Commissioners by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to inquire into any matter connected with the good government of the Province or the conduct of any part of related public business. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 500,000 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ Total vote 10 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 500,000 (90) Other expenditure 10 Vote 192 PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS ACT Description Chief Electoral Officer—Responsible for general supervision of the administration of the Provincial Elections Act. Registrar of Voters—Responsible for general supervision of the registration of voters and the preparation of the lists of voters throughout the Province. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 3) 94,281 ( 28) 836,821 ( 31) 931,102 Activity Chief Electoral Officer Staff -(3) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 99,546 Registrar of Voters (28) 534,399 Total vote (31) 633,945 ( 31) 436,602 113,500 5,000 6,000 10,000 23,000 29,000 3,000 305,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (31) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (50) Materials and supplies (60) Rentals—outside suppliers (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 443,395 119,200 5,250 6,300 10,500 10,000 31,150 3,150 5,000 931,102 633,945 176 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 193 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES RELATIONS BUREAU Description Provides staff support to the Treasury Board by developing personnel management policies and practices, including the negotiation and administration of collective agreements on behalf of the Government; the establishment of rates of remuneration, fringe benefit policies, practices, and administration; and establishment and review of systems of job evaluation and classification in the Government service. Provides benefits for the licensed professional employees group, the management exclusion group, confidential exclusions, and Order in Council appointments. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 54) 8,102,692 Total vote (56) 8,842,709 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 54) 1,039,441 (01) Salaries—established -(56) 1,153,590 16,291 (04) Salaries—temporary 34,257 85,760 (10) Travel expense 88,008 146,000 (20) Professional and special services 145,715 43,500 (30) Office expense 79,709 17,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 25,765 400 (40) Advertising and publications 965 2,000 (50) Materials and supplies 3,860 300 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 965 9,000 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment — 340,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 386,000 6,403,000 (90) Other expenditure 6,923,875 8,102,692 8,842,709 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 177 Vote 194 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION Description Executive—Provides the authority and central direction to the divisions of the Public Service Commission. Administration and Employee Relations Division—This Division has the responsibility of administering all regulations pursuant to the Public Service Act. Recruitment and Selection Division—Provides for the recruitment and selection of most Public Service employees in the Province, based on the merit principle. Staff Development Division—Provides training seminars, administers recognized educational programs, and administers the disbursement of funds for staff education and development of all Public Service employees. Accident Prevention Division—Provides instructional programs, co-ordinates service-wide safety programs, driver training, and first aid training. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 5) 177,746 ( 19) 400,699 ( 59) 1,531,828 ( 9) 537,815 ( 7) 247,264 Activity Staff Executive (5) Administration and Employee Relations Division (20) Recruitment and Selection Division (60) Staff Development Division (10) Accident Prevention Division (8) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 179,259 452,999 1,514,707 646,121 258,214 ( 99) 2,895,352 ( 99) 1,757,038 Clas. (01) 104,174 (04) 20,000 (07) 123,950 (10) 371,700 (20) 102,900 (30) 9,500 (35) 329,000 (40) 53,550 (50) 11,000 (55) 12,540 (60) 2,895,352 Total vote -(103) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure -(103) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Fees and allowances—boards, courts Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications _ Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles Rentals—outside suppliers 1,873,772 50,468 14,475 128,537 448,753 104,726 36,293 319,608 58,120 16,548 3,051,300 3,051,300 178 Vote 195 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 SALARIES AND BENEFITS—SUNDRY EMPLOYEES Description Provides for the costs of Public Works personnel not hired by the British Columbia Buildings Corporation. Personnel will be placed in other ministries of Government on a temporary basis with costs to be borne by this vote pending permanent placement. Also provides for the cost of severance pay for those employees terminated. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 4,120,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,080,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 4,000,000 (04) Salaries—temporary _ 790,000 20,000 (10) Travel expense 10,000 100,000 (90) Other expenditure 280,000 4,120,000 1,080,000 Vote 196 PUBLIC SERVICE ADJUDICATION BOARD Description The Board's duties are to investigate, hear, and determine grievances submitted to it by an employee, group of employees, or an agent for employees of the Government; may also be jointly requested to act as a board of arbitration between parties to a collective agreement between the Government and its employees. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 7) 285,393 ( 7) 165,893 Clas. (01) — (04) 42,500 (07) 25,000 (10) 15,000 (20) 5,000 (30) 2,000 (35) — (50) 30,000 (60) 285,393 Total vote staff -(7) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (7) Salaries—temporary Fees and allowances- Travel expense -boards, courts Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 369,596 126,899 3,860 144,750 14,475 24,125 16,405 2,412 6,755 29,915 369,596 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 179 Vote 197 SUPERANNUATION BRANCH ADMINISTRATION Description Provides policy direction by the Superannuation Commissioner and all administrative and support services for the operation of nine pension plans under the statutes or regulations listed below. These services include receipt of contributions, calculation and payment of pensions and refunds, short- and long-term investment of available funds, maintenance of accounting and statistical records, and counselling of contributors and employers. Public Service Superannuation Act. Members of the Legislative Assembly Superannuation Act. Municipal Superannuation Act. Teachers' Pensions Act. College Pension Act. British Columbia Railway Company Pensions Fund Rules and Regulations. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Pension Fund Regulations. British Columbia Power Commission Superannuation Fund Regulation. Workers' Compensation Board Superannuation Fund Plan. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 85) 1,387,888 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ .(92) 1,606,162 ( 85) 1,259,588 12,800 16,000 19,000 60,000 17,000 3,500 1,387,888 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (92) (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) (40) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications 1,397,770 45,115 22,677 53,075 64,655 18,528 4,342 1,606,162 180 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 198 PUBLIC SERVICE SUPERANNUATION AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS Description Provides for the employer costs in respect of the Public Service Employees Superannuation Plan matching, 2-per-cent formula, and other statutory contributions, death benefits re pensioners, and Canada Pension Plan contributions. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ Government contributions, Provincial 31,700,000 Government 35,850,000 Government contributions, Canada Pen- 7,750,000 sion Plan 9,150,000 100,000 Death benefits re pensioners 100,000 13,100,000 Miscellaneous statutory items 26,800,000 Less recoveries of employer costs from other government organiza- 1,370,000 tions (Credit) 1,445,000 51,280,000 Total vote 70,455,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 52,650,000 (90) Other expenditure 71,900,000 1,370,000 (99) Recoveries . (Credit) 1,445,000 51,280,000 70,455,000 Vote 199 MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SUPERANNUATION ACT Description Provides for the employer costs in respect of members of the Legislative Assembly Superannuation Plan. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 140,000 Total vote 135,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 140,000 (90) Other expenditure 135,000 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 181 Vote 200 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Description Administration—Administers the Extended Health and Dental Plan, the Group Life Insurance Plan, the Medical Services Plan, the Long-term Disability Plan, grants re Public Service, and retiring allowances for all Public Service employees. Employee benefits—Provides for the employer's cost of employee fringe benefits for Public Service employees, and for the recovery of certain employee and employer share of these costs re Public Service Extended Health and Dental Plan, Public Service Group Insurance Act, Medical Services Plan, Long-term Disability Plan, grants and retiring allowances. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 14) 314,026 7,950,000 3,580,000 5,115,000 4,020,000 570,000 2,500,000 1,895,000 ( 14) 22,154,026 Activity Staff Employee benefits administration —(10) Public Service Extended Health and Dental Plan Public Service Group Insurance Act Medical Services Plan Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 203,063 11,400,000 4,850,000 5,630,000 Long-term Disability Plan 7,470,000 Grants re Public Service (sec. 53) Retiring allowance (sec. 49) Less recoveries of certain employee and employer share of costs (Credit) Total vote (10) 860,000 6,650,000 3,899,000 33,164,063 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 14) 233,290 6,400 8,500 16,000 21,486 12,150 10,000 2,000 23,739,200 1,895,000 22,154,026 (01) (04) (10) (20) (30) (35) (40) (60) (90) (99) Salaries—established (10) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications ... Rentals—outside suppliers Other expenditure Recoveries (Credit) 161,863 4,500 1,000 6,000 18,000 1,700 10,000 36,860,000 3,899,000 33,164,063 182 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 201 PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS RESTORATION Description Provides for the costs of employees who maintain and repair the Parliament Buildings. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ Staff $ $ — Total vote (31) 1,200,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure — (01) Salaries—established (31) 620,000 — (04) Salaries—temporary 580,000 1,200,000 Vote 202 QUEEN ELIZABETH II BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP ACT Description Provides for a scholarship to be known as the Queen Elizabeth II British Columbia Scholarship to be awarded to a graduate student of a public university of British Columbia for study in the United Kingdom. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 19,000 Total vote 24,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 19,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 24,000 PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 183 CAPTAIN COOK BI-CENTENNIAL Description Provides funds for the events commemorating the 200th anniversary of the landing of Captain Cook at Nootka Sound. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 1,000,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,000,000 (80) Grants, contributions and subsidies Vote 203 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 11,006,085 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 9,416,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 11,006,085 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 9,416,000 184 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 204 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 1,107,620 Total vote 1,435,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 1,107,620 (25) Data systems and processing 1,435,000 TOURISM AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 185 MINISTRY OF TOURISM AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Staff ( 7) ( 2) ( 91) ( 9) Estimated, 1978/79 152,472 60,992 10,121,145 204,221 478,922 330,000 11,347,752 ( 109) 11,347,752 Vote No. 205 206 207 208 209 210 Summary Staff Minister's Office (7) General Administration (2) Tourism (92) Small Business Development (9) Building Occupancy Charges Computer and Consulting Charges Less recruitment savings . Total of Ministry Estimates, 1979/80 158,139 70,093 10,327,237 1,487,015 422,000 332,000 12,796,484 191,195 .(110) 12,605,289 NOTB-Jee page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 186 Vote 205 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Tourism and Small Business Development, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 7) 152,472 Total vote staff -(7) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 158,139 ( 7) 113,968 10,804 14,000 13,200 500 152,472 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (7) 115,584 (04) Salaries—temporary 12,738 (10) Travel expense 13,992 (30) Office expense 12,738 (35) Office furniture and equipment 2,412 (50) Materials and supplies _ 675 158,139 Vote 206 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Description Provides central direction for the various functions of the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 2) 60,992 Total vote Staff -(2) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 70,093 ( 2) 53,892 4,500 1,800 800 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (2) (01) (10) (30) (35) (50) Salaries—established Travel expense Office expense Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies 53,400 14,475 1,447 482 289 60,992 70,093 TOURISM AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 187 Vote 207 TOURISM Description Travel Division—Administers all internal and external travel promotion programs, travel research programs, advertising, tourist market development, information services, and industry training programs. Beautiful British Columbia Magazine—Provides for costs of publication and circulation of Beautiful British Columbia magazine and other travel literature. California and London offices—-Provides for the costs of operation of foreign offices to promote tourism in British Columbia. Film and Photographic Branch—This Branch is primarily responsible for the creative development of Beautiful British Columbia magazine, and all the film, photographic, and editorial output of the Ministry. ( 19) ( 6) ( 20) 1,345,931 230,073 798,433 ( 91) 10,121,145 Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 46) 7,746,708 Travel Division ... Beautiful British Columbia Staff (46) magazine (19) California and London offices (6) Film and Photographic Branch .—(21) Estimates, $ 6,591,725 1,594,993 196,470 1,944,049 Total vote -(92) 1979/80 $ 10,327,237 ( 91) 1,495,162 (01) 520,870 (04) 273,139 (10) 1,422,000 (20) 111,500 (30) 25,481 (35) 4,035,780 (40) 1,533,693 (50) 24,000 (55) 54,760 (60) 133,280 (75) 457,000 (80) 34,480 (90) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (92) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles Rentals—outside suppliers Acquisition—machinery and equipment Grants, contributions, and subsidies Other expenditure 10,121,145 1,550,958 656,321 337,321 1,071,168 148,291 23,094 4,124,909 1,688,556 41,977 50,971 75,245 534,301 24,125 10,327,237 188 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 208 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Description Provides a wide range of market development and promotional programs designed to assist existing businesses and encourage new industry in British Columbia. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 9) 204,221 ( 9) 204,221 204,221 Total vote Staff -(9) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (9) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies (90) Other expenditure Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 1,487,015 207,426 33,775 56,163 67,550 11,290 1,061 48,250 965,000 96,500 1,487,015 Vote 209 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 478,922 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 422,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 478,922 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers - 422,000 Vote 210 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 330,000 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 332,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 330,000 (25) Data systems and processing 332,000 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS 189 MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS Summary Estimated, Vote Estimates, 1978/79 No. 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ ( 8) 180,378 211 Minister's Office (8) 168,872 ( 228) 5,967,233 212 General Administration (243) 6,630,237 (4,413) 153,925,075 213 Highway Maintenance (4,451) 156,326,179 (1,148) 157,258,637 214 Highway Construction—Capital (1,154) 160,258,637 11,750,000 215 Hydro Development—Highways 10 186,000 216 Government-owned Residences Maintenance 50,000 ( 24) 674,198 217 Engineering Branch ..... (24) 704,715 ( 147) 3,185,246 218 Weigh Scale Branch (147) 3,186,928 ( 609) 14,926,272 219 Motor Vehicle Branch (611) 14,209,889 ( 49) 996,561 220 Motor Carrier Branch (49) 1,025,582 ( 7) 317,839 221 Motor Carrier Commission (7) 311,660 ( 10) 1,402,187 222 Transportation Policy Analysis Branch (9) 1,306,990 ( 47) 2,079,282 223 Air Services Branch (48) 2,073,585 ( 4) 107,723 224 Local Airport Assistance Program (4) 2,112,188 50,558,500 225 British Columbia Ferries^Subsidy 51,386,950 ( 69) 12,202,674 226 Telecommunication Services Branch (66) 15,672,054 227 Communications System Development and Regula- ( 11) 863,182 tion Branch (12) 894,798 14,531,892 228 Building Occupancy Charges 16,750,000 4,027,555 229 Computer and Consulting Charges 2,646,100 435,140,434 435,715,374 — Less recruitment savings 13,058,507 (6,774) 435,140,434 Total of Ministry (6,833) 422,656,867 Note—See page 205 for an explanation of the standard objects of expenditure. 190 Vote 211 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 MINISTER'S OFFICE Description Provides for the office of the Minister of Transportation, Communications and Highways, including his salary and expenses and those of his immediate staff. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 8) 180,378 Staff Total vote (8) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 168,872 ( 8) 153,750 2,828 16,000 7,800 180,378 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (8) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (30) Office expense 143,010 2,895 15,440 7,527 168,872 Vote 212 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Description Provides for the over-all policy direction of the Ministry, including the offices of the Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Ministers, as well as administrative and support services to the operational, planning, construction, and research programs. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 198) 5,115,924 ( 30) 851,309 ( 228) 5,967,233 Highways Transportation, Communications —(35) staff -(208) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 5,653,199 977,038 Total vote (243) 6,630,237 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 228) 4,108,626 (01) 237,682 (04) 277,600 (10) 500,000 (20) 659,800 (30) 88,625 (35) 37,000 (40) 32,400 (50) 11,000 (60) 2,500 (62) 7,000 (75) 5,000 (90) 5,967,233 Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense -(243) Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Rentals—intra-ministry Acquisition—machinery and equipment Other expenditure 4,637,224 371,525 275,121 507,590 695,765 44,872 45,355 37,828 1,930 2,412 7,720 2,895 6,630,237 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS 191 Vote 213 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE Description Provides for the maintenance, repair, and operation of Provincial highways, roads, bridges, ferries, landings, tunnels, equipment operation and replacement, including winter maintenance of snow and ice removal, and the payment of grants, contributions, and subsidies. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ (3,952) 134,918,491 ( 461) 19,006,584 (4,413) 153,925,075 Activity Estimates, 1979/80 Road and repair Ferries bridge Staff $ maintenance and (3,986) 136,733,583 (465) 19,592,596 Total vote -(4,451) 156,326,179 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (4,413) 82,021,010 13,254,000 2,848,000 820,400 206,800 100,500 55,000 30,999,100 960,000 14,552,000 33,937,500 3,558,000 9,560,000 195,165 307,600 39,450,000 153,925,075 (01) Salaries—esablished (4,451) (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (55) Motor-vehicles (60) Rentals—outside suppliers (62) Rentals—intra-ministry (70) Acquisition—land and buildings (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies (90) Other expenditure (98) Intra-ministry rental credits —..(Credit) 84,530,166 12,790,110 3,054,225 1,162,825 241,250 113,870 75,269 29,801,543 1,833,500 15,440,000 32,101,497 6,408,661 9,660,759 202,341 126,463 41,216,300 156,326,179 192 Vote 214 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION—CAPITAL Description Provides for the planning, engineering, design, survey, construction, reconstruction, right- of-way acquisition, property purchase, and paving of Provincial highways, roads, bridges, ferries, landings and tunnels; purchase of additional machinery and equipment; and payment of authorized grants and contributions to municipalities in connection with their highway systems. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ (1,148) 157,258,637 (1,148) 157,258,637 Roads Bridges, ferries Hardsurfacing . Staff -(861) -(98) Total vote ....(195) -(1,154) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 81,339,397 26,919,240 52,000,000 160,258,637 (1,148) 22,381,413 3,191,152 2,100,000 3,400,000 127,200 60,500 20,000 12,000,000 1,500,000 15,000,000 5,450,000 88,366,672 2,341,700 1,300,000 20,000 157,258,637 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (1,154) 25,176,413 (04) Salaries—temporary 3,191,152 (10) Travel expense 3,080,000 (20) Professional and special services 4,300,000 (30) Office expense 215,000 (35) Office furniture and equipment 60,700 (40) Advertising and publications 23,000 (50) Materials and supplies 15,623,600 (55) Motor-vehicles 100,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 19,000,000 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 7,855,000 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings „. 77,086,672 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 4,539,300 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 1,000 (90) Other expenditure 6,800 160,258,637 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS 193 Vote 215 HYDRO DEVELOPMENT—HIGHWAYS Description Provides for the right-of-way acquisition, planning, engineering design, survey, construction, or reconstruction, paving, bridge construction or reconstruction, ferry construction, and any other related costs in connection with the construction of Provincial Highway 23, Revelstoke to Mica Creek, and the Waneta-Nelway Highway that results from the construction of the Revelstoke Dam and the Seven Mile Dam by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 11,750,000 11,750,000 900,000 70,000 750,000 2,000 500 51,000 123,500 50,000 9,801,500 1,500 11,750,000 Vote 216 Activity Program expenditures Less recoveries from British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (Credit) Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 36,000,000 35,999,990 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (04) Salaries—temporary 940,000 (10) Travel expense 14,000 (20) Professional and special services 2,344,000 (30) Office expense 1,500 (40) Advertising and publications 2,000 (50) Materials and supplies 88,000 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 200,000 (62) Rentals—intra-ministry 93,000 (70) Acquisition—land and buildings 32,313,500 (90) Other expenditure 4,000 (99) Recoveries (Credit) 35,999,990 , ~To 10 GOVERNMENT-OWNED RESIDENCES MAINTENANCE Description Provides for the maintenance and repair of Government-owned residences established and retained primarily for the use of Government personnel in the more remote areas and smaller communities of the Province as well as right-of-way houses. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 186,000 50,000 10,000 7,000 500 75,000 3,500 10,000 27,000 3,000 Total vote 186,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (60) Rentals—outside suppliers (62) Rentals—intra-ministry (70) Acquisition—land and buildings (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 50,000 17,000 3,500 300 20,200 3,000 6,000 50,000 194 Vote 217 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 ENGINEERING BRANCH Description This Branch is responsible for processing of applications, monitoring of construction and final inspections, as well as annual inspections and certification of industrial projects subject to the Railway Act, Pipe-lines Act, and the Industrial Transportation Act. The Branch examines and certifies operating personnel for railway, aerial tramways, and heavy automotive equipment on private and industrial roads and provides a close liaison with the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and the Motor Vehicle Branch, as well as Workers' Compensation Board, in matters of standardization of operational safety requirements. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 9) 219,485 ( 15) 454,713 ( 24) 674,198 Activity Staff Administration (9) Inspectional services (15) Total vote -(24) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 232,360 472,355 704,715 ( 24) 536,658 14,500 66,940 10,000 10,500 6,600 1,000 6,500 15,000 2,000 4,500 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (04) Salaries—temporary (10) Travel expense (20) Professional and special services (30) Office expense (35) Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (50) Materials and supplies (55) Motor-vehicles -(24) (60) Rentals—outside suppliers (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 564,214 13,992 66,585 9,649 14,475 6,369 482 6,272 17,370 965 4,342 674,198 704,715 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS 195 Vote 218 WEIGH SCALE BRANCH Description This Branch is responsible for the administration of the regulations pursuant to the Commercial Transport Act, and in part to assist in the enforcement of the Motor-vehicle Act, Motor Carrier Act, Motive-fuel Use Tax Act, which includes the operation of a network of weigh scale stations throughout the Province to check commercial vehicles for compliance with the statutes and regulations. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Staff 4 143) 77,532 3,107,714 ( 147) 3,185,246 Administration Operations Staff .....(4) -(143) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 83,830 3,103,098 Total vote -(147) 3,186,928 ( 147) 2,548,046 (01) 15,400 (04) 108,200 (10) 21,500 (30) 8,200 (35) — (40) 250,900 (50) 38,000 (55) 15,000 (60) 180,000 (75) Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (147 ) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles 2,603,781 14,475 115,413 24,125 7,913 482 254,277 28,950 Rentals—outside suppliers — Acquisition—machinery and equipment 137,512 3,185,246 3,186,928 196 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 219 MOTOR VEHICLE BRANCH Description This Branch is responsible for the licensing, recording, and safety inspection and standards of motor vehicles; determining the fitness of drivers to operate motor-vehicles; the licensing, recording, and improvement of drivers; and for highway safety programs. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 8) 834,158 Administration (10) 868,662 ( 212) 5,955,306 Motor Vehicle Division (209) 5,174,014 ( 181) 3,674,497 Motor-vehicle inspection (173) 3,652,597 ( 208) 4,462,311 Drivers' Licence Division (219) 4,514,616 ( 609) 14,926,272 Total vote (611) 14,209,889 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 609) 9,517,573 (01) Salaries—established (611) 9,866,335 717,063 (04) Salaries—temporary 537,206 331,400 (10) Travel expense 335,916 450,190 (20) Professional and special services 315,265 507,356 (30) Office expense 565,875 104,445 (35) Office furniture and equipment 106,092 286,000 (40) Advertising and publications 282,455 2,326,745 (50) Materials and supplies 1,595,548 33,000 (55) Motor-vehicles 27,502 25,500 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 55,631 159,400 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 116,764 400,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 386,000 67,600 (90) Other expenditure 19,300 14,926,272 14,209,889 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS 197 Vote 220 MOTOR CARRIER BRANCH Description This Branch is responsible for the conducting of investigations into the licensing of the commercial motor carrier industry in the for-hire transportation of freight and passengers; examination of schedules of rates charged by carriers as well as time schedules; the making of recommendations to the Motor Carrier Commission and the implementation of the decisions made by the Commission with respect to such applications; and the safety inspections of public passenger vehicles. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 9) 208,940 ( 40) 787,621 ( 49) 996,561 Administration Investigation and inspection service (40) Staff -(9) Total vote (49) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 213,520 812,062 1,025,582 ( 49) 996,561 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 806,961 (01) 75,400 (04) 46,400 (10) 35,000 (30) 15,000 (35) 2,000 (40) 7,800 (50) 5,000 (55) 3,000 (60) — (90) Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense Office expense -(49) Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Motor-vehicles Rentals—outside suppliers Other expenditure 817,336 72,761 39,951 33,774 14,475 1,930 13,510 24,125 2,895 4,825 1,025,582 Vote 221 MOTOR CARRIER COMMISSION Description This Branch is responsible for the economic regulation of the motor carrier industry intra- provincially pursuant to the Motor Carrier Act of British Columbia; and extra-provincially under delegated Federal authority pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Transport Act (Canada). Responsible for the administration of the Telecommunications Utilities Act. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 7) 317,839 ( 7) Total vote Staff -(7) 170,839 Clas (01) 12,000 (04) 28,000 (10) 95,000 (20) 7,000 (30) 4,000 (35) 1,000 (50) 317,839 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (04) Salaries—temporary Travel expense. (7) Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Materials and supplies Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 311,660 176,560 4,825 27,020 91,675 6,755 3,860 965 311,660 198 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 222 TRANSPORTATION POLICY ANALYSIS BRANCH Description Provides for the development, co-ordination, evaluation, and implementation of transportation policies and programs. Activity Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ Administration (9) 731,790 Northeast Coal Development Project 500,000 Grants and subsidies 75,200 Estimated, 1978/75 Staff $ ( 10) 602,187 750,000 50,000 ( 10) 1,402,187 ( 10) 229,937 Clas (01) 21,050 (04) 27,000 (10) 1,050,000 (20) 6,500 (30) 8,300 (35) 5,000 (40) 2,400 (50) 50,000 (80) 2,000 (90) 1,402,187 Total vote (9) 1,306,990 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure Salaries—established (9) 216,790 Salaries—temporary 21,000 Travel expense 27,000 Professional and special services 950,000 Office expense 8,000 Office furniture and equipment 2,000 Advertising and publications 5,000 Materials and supplies 2,000 Grants, contributions, and subsidies 75,200 Other expenditure — 1,306,990 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS 199 Vote 223 AIR SERVICES BRANCH Description Provides for administration and related operational costs of emergency air services, air transportation, air training services, and aerial photographic services. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 47) 2,329,282 250,000 ( 47) 2,079,282 ( 47) 1,004,268 36,124 25,000 25,000 6,500 5,000 1,181,390 10,000 16,000 20,000 250,000 2,079,282 Activity Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ $ Program expenditures — (48) 2,373,585 Less recoveries from ministries (Credit) 300,000 Total vote (48) 2,073,585 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) Salaries—established (48) 1,027,788 (04) Salaries—temporary 33,775 (10) Travel expense 30,156 (20) Professional and special services 25,090 (30) Office expense 5,886 (35) Office furniture and equipment 1,930 (50) Materials and supplies 1,206,693 (55) Motor-vehicles 6,755 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 16,212 (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment 19,300 (99) Recoveries (Credit) 300,000 2,073,585 Vote 224 LOCAL AIRPORT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Description Provides for grants and administrative costs relating to the construction or improvement of airstrips or navigational aids at local airports. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 4) 107,723 Total vote _. Staff -(4) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 2,112,188 ( 4) 84,723 15,000 8,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure (01) (04) (10) (20) (35) Salaries—established (4) Salaries—temporary Travel expense Professional and special services Office furniture and equipment (40) Advertising and publications (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 1,930,000 84,723 30,880 14,475 48,250 1,930 1,930 107,723 2,112,188 200 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 225 BRITISH COLUMBIA FERRIES—SUBSIDY Description Provides for the annual highway equivalent subsidy to the British Columbia Ferry Corporation, and lease payments and related administrative costs for ferries subleased to and operated by the Corporation. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 50,558,500 Total vote 51,386,950 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure — (20) Professional and special services 2,900 4,819,800 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 4,819,800 45,738,700 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies . 46,564,250 50,558,500 51,386,950 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS 201 Vote 226 TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES BRANCH Description This Branch is responsible for co-ordination, design, provision, maintenance, and operation of telecommunications systems required by Government ministries and certain Crown corporations and agencies. The Branch will provide rent, or engage specialized services relating to telephones, radio, data, audio and visual communications. Estimated, 1978/79 Staff $ ( 3) 94,428 ( 61) 11,040,952 ( 1) 487,007 ( 4) 240,287 340,000 ( 69) 12,202,674 Activity Staff Administration ( 4) Telephone services (net of recoveries) (58) Radio services (1) Data communication services (3) Auxiliary communication services Total vote (66) Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 119,513 14,221,628 681,495 251,115 398,303 15,672,054 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 69) 947,390 (01) 216,634 (04) 24,500 (10) 151,000 (20) 12,000 (30) 6,150 (35) 6,000 (40) 119,000 (50) 1,700,000 (60) 10,000 (70) 510,000 (75) 700,000 (99) (99) 800,000 12,202,674 Salaries—established Salaries—temporary Travel expense -(66) Professional and special services Office expense Office furniture and equipment Advertising and publications Materials and supplies Rentals—outside suppliers Acquisition—land and buildings Acquisition—machinery and equipment Recoveries from ministries (Credit) Recoveries from Crown corporations and agencies (Credit) 933,554 209,051 34,257 128,345 16,405 8,685 8,685 193,964 15,302,005 6,755 700,348 870,000 1,000,000 15,672,054 202 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE, 1979/80 Vote 227 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION BRANCH Description This Branch is responsible for developing policy recommendations and administering ministerial programs to facilitate the effective development and utilization of communications systems for the British Columbia public; it is also concerned with the rates charged and the standard of service offered by telephone and cable television companies which serve British Columbia. The Branch maintains liaison between the Government and the communications industry, develops interventions before Federal regulatory bodies, provides for administration of the Telecommunication Utilities Act, and promotes extension of communications coverage to the people of British Columbia by various means, including the administering of grants for this purpose. Activity Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 Staff $ Staff $ $ ( 3) 87,787 Administration (3) 81,156 ( 4) 478,785 System development (5) 514,053 ( 4) 296,610 Regulation (4) 299,589 ( 11) 863,182 Total vote (12) 894,798 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure ( 11) 262,582 (01) Salaries—established (12) 306,102 47,500 (04) Salaries—temporary 48,153 40,500 (10) Travel expense 46,464 200,000 (20) Professional and special services 193,000 5,400 (30) Office expense 5,404 3,600 (35) Office furniture and equipment 3,666 2,500 (50) Materials and supplies 2,509 300,000 (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies 289,500 1,100 (90) Other expenditure — 863,182 894,798 Vote 228 BUILDING OCCUPANCY CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation for rental and maintenance of building accommodation occupied by the Ministry. Estimated, 1978/79 Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ $ 14,531,892 Total vote 16,750,000 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 14,531,892 (60) Rentals—outside suppliers 16,750,000 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND HIGHWAYS 203 Vote 229 COMPUTER AND CONSULTING CHARGES Description Provides for payments to the British Columbia Systems Corporation for data processing and management consulting services. Estimated, 1978/79 $ 4,027,555 Total vote Estimates, 1979/80 $ $ 2,646,100 Classification by Standard Objects of Expenditure 4,027,555 (25) Data systems and processing 2,646,100 — STANDARD OBIECTS OF EXPENDITURE 205 STANDARD OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE Vote expenditures are shown under the uniform classifications according to the nature of the expenditure as outlined hereunder. (01) Salaries—established positions. (04) Salaries—Temporary (including seasonal staff). (06) Allowances and expenses—Members and officers of the Legislative Assembly. (07) Fees and allowances—Boards, Commissions, courts, etc. (10) Travel expense: Includes expenses of public servants and members of Boards, Commissions, etc. Also includes lease and operation of motor-vehicles used for staff travel purposes and staff relocation and transfer expenses. (20) Professional and special services: Fees and expenses for services rendered by professionals such as legal, engineering, educational, medical-dental, management consulting, etc., as well as various services provided by other businesses not included in other classes. (25) Data systems and processing: Services provided by the British Columbia Systems Corporation for the design, development, implementation, and operation of manual and machine-assisted information systems. (30) Office expense: The supplies and expenses required for the operation of offices. (35) Office furniture and equipment: Purchase of furniture and equipment, but not lease or rental. (40) Advertising and publications: Includes all costs associated with advertising and publications, including services of outside agencies and consultants. (50) Materials and supplies: Provides for all those items not included in other categories (e.g., office expense) and includes parts and consumable tools as well as fuels and utilities. (55) Motor-vehicles: Purchase of motor-vehicles for use in transport of personnel. (60) Rentals—outside suppliers: Includes the lease or rental of land, buildings, aircraft, and equipment not included in another classification (such as automobiles for staff travel). (62) Rentals—intra-ministry: Charges for the use of equipment between various programs and activities within a ministry. (70) Acquisition—land, buildings, and works: Cost of acquiring these physical assets through purchase or contract, but not construction by a ministry's own forces. (75) Acquisition—machinery and equipment (not included elsewhere): Includes purchase of aircraft, construction equipment, ships and boats, etc. 206 ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE 1979/80 STANDARD OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE—Continued (80) Grants, contributions, and subsidies: These are payments, other than for goods and services, made for the purpose of furthering ministerial programs. Payments include those to individuals and nonprofit organizations, municipalities, Government agencies and Crown corporations, and subsidies to industries. (90) Other expenditure: Includes all expenditure not otherwise classified, such as interest on deposits, supplementary personnel costs (superannuation, etc.), transfers to special funds, loans and advances, etc. (98) Recoveries—^intra-ministry: Recoveries for the use of equipment between various programs and activities within a ministry. (99) Recoveries: Cost recoveries in cash or by transfer billings to other votes, such as in the case of the Queen's Printer operation. 1977/78 SCHEDULE A SUMS REQUIRED BY HER MAIESTY TO MAKE GOOD CERTAIN SUMS EXPENDED FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 1978, AND TO INDEMNIFY THE SEVERAL OFFICERS AND PERSONS FOR MAKING SUCH EXPENDITURE SERVICE Amount Ministry of Agriculture: General administration $72,641 Ministry of the Attorney-General: Minister's office Courts $1,315 143,075 Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs : Minister's office 144,390 1,699 Ministry of Forests: Minister's office 4,266 Ministry of Labour: Occupational, environment, and compensation advisory services 31,000 Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing: Minister's office 13,678 Ministry of the Provincial Secretary and Travel Industry: General administration Unemployment insurance and workers' compensation General administration—Travel Industry California and London offices 15,550 69,589 47 7,588 Ministry of Recreation and Conservation: Creston Valley Wildlife Management 92,774 112 $360,560 Printed by K. M. MacDonald, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1979 """@en ; edm:hasType "Legislative proceedings"@en ; dcterms:identifier "J110.L5 S7"@en, "1979_V01_02_001_207"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0378747"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver: University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en ; dcterms:source "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en ; dcterms:title "ESTIMATES of Revenue and Expenditure Fiscal Year Ending March 31 1980"@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en ; dcterms:description ""@en .