Footage. Aerial scenes from a wing-mounted camera. Also includes a brief segment of B.C. politician Derril Warren in a Safeway parking lot.

SUMMARY: CBC interview with Andrew Petter concerning his satirical take-off on the BC government sponsored "Ask Your Provincial Government" series. The spoof included parodies of Premier W.A.C. Bennett and his; major cabinet ministers.

News item. Part of MLA Dave Barrett's address on ICBC and the Social Credit government. As of 31-Dec-1976, ICBC had $272 million in the bank, as tabled in the legislature by Health Minister Dennis Cocke. Then the newly-elected Socreds claimed that ICBC was "broke," so they loaned the corporation ". . . $181 million on a Wednesday and then borrowed it back on a Friday." He also talks about B.C. subsidizing the U.S. with cheaper natural gas for them, which will raise the price of it here.

News item. Dave Barrett speaks at a dinner. He says he will return to the BC Legislature as NDP leader after June 3rd byelection in Vancouver East. He accuses Kaiser Coal and oil companies of being able to take money out of BC's primary resources without having to pay any taxes, and without returning any of the profits to BC, thanks to the Socred administration. He says: "It's the same old giveaway gang, giving again." On ICBC: "Socred Government loaned ICBC $181 million on Wednesday and borrowed it back on Friday." Barrett hits out hard against Socreds's policy of not raising gas and coal prices "when everything else is going up." Challenges Premier Bennett to call an election.

News item. The NDP caucus has met, and Dave Barrett will accept Bob Williams' offer to step down as an MLA so Barrett can run in Vancouver East as NDP leader. Williams has submitted a letter of resignation to the Deputy Provincial Secretary and the Speaker Designate. A By-election will be called.

News item. Footage shows B.C. Legislature in full session. Sound is poor (except for the desk slapping by the MLAs), photography is on the dark side but still acceptable for available light situation.

News item. Bill Bennett speaks: "Governments should be elected to do things for people, not to them. And yet in British Columbia, we have a growing civil service that brings in more restrictions, a bureaucracy that's greater in British Columbia than the sum total of the numbers of people in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba combined, and government costs in British Columbia have gone to just over $300 per person in 1967 to over $1,300 per person in 1975. What we need is a government that serves people, not restricts peple as they have in British Columbia."

News item. Bill Bennett says that people between 25 and 64 are a "forgotten group". These people are the ones who pay for all the "costs and funds of government", but they do not get that much in return. They especially need help to build or buy homes.

News item. The Premier says he cannot have allegations made against his party such as those on Mr. Kelly's tapes. He tries to evade questions from the media.

News item. Talking with the press, Premier Bill Bennett says he doesn't "look after the collection of funds for the party. That quite properly should not be handled by any of the political figures." Bennett says that even before he became party leader, he had never been in "what has been termed the 'bagman' role." He stresses his non-involvement in party finances.

News item. At a Christmas press conference, Premier Bill Bennett says,"This season is marked by the fact that today, I haven't heard a single thing that any of us has said wrong, so far." He comments on the reaction to ICBC rate increases, and then goes on to talk about Dave Barrett. "I personally think that the NDP have a strong leader. In fact, he is the party. I think he is the strongest person to be Leader of the Opposition. . . . Dave Barrett has a lot to contribute to the house, and I think he is effective. He keeps us on our toes, and I expect that in this coming session, he'll give us a lot of hot moments."

Interview. The television program Capital Comment marks its twentieth anniversary. Guest is former Premier W.A.C. Bennett.

Stock shots. 1. Jean Chretien and other politicians make speeches. 2. Unidentified interview. 3. Construction project. 4. Royal Jubilee Hospital -- nurses, exteriors. 5. Victoria General Hospital, Northern Component -- drawings and models. 6. Dr. D.R. Carlow -- Medical Director. 7. [Jim Nielsen?] 8. Construction site prior to start. 9. Ribbon cutting ceremony. 10. Mount Tolmie Hospital. 11. Juan de Fuca Hospital. 12. Labour unrest. 13. Premier W.R. Bennett -- cabinet swearing-in ceremony. 14. Dave Barrett. 15. W.R. Bennett in track suit, jogging at a school. 16. W.R. Bennett in office. 17. Provincial government newsletter. 18. Different shots of W.R. Bennett -- indoors and outdoors.

Stock shots. Footage of political personalities from Victoria and Vancouver Island. 1. Robin Blencoe - NDP MLA, re: use of pesticide. 2. Gretchen Brewin - Mayor of Victoria. 3. Brian Smith - Social Credit MLA & cabinet minister. 4. [Unidentified - scratched?]. 5. Ron Cheffins - University of Victoria law professor. 6. Allan McKinnon - federal Conservative MP for Victoria. 7. Scott Wallace - former Conservative & Social Credit MLA (Oak Bay). 8. William Vander Zalm - probably when he was Minister of Municipal Affairs. 9. Charles Barber - NDP MLA (Victoria), re: convention centre. 10. Mike Young - Mayor of Victoria, re: convention centre. 11. John Cooper - Victoria alderman. 12. Bob McClelland - Social Credit MLA & cabinet minister, re: energy. 13. Vic Stephens (sp?) - former provincial Progressive Conservative leader resigns leadership. 14. Robin Blencoe - NDP MLA (Victoria), re: transit. 15. Bill Tindall - Mayor of Victoria, re: public hearings. 16. Mel Couvelier - Social Credit MLA & cabinet minister. 17. Mel Couvelier - Social Credit MLA & cabinet minister. 18. Scott Wallace - MLA (Oak Bay) & Progressive Conservative leader. 19. Evan Wolfe - Social Credit MLA & cabinet minister. 20. Vic Stephens (sp?) - Progressive Conservative leader. 21. Bill Tindall - Victoria mayor. 22. Larry Ryan - Victoria alderman. 23. Mike Young - Victoria mayor. 24. Murray Glazier - Victoria alderman. 25. Bill Tindall - Victoria mayor. 26. Frank Ney - Social Credit MLA and Mayor of Nanaimo. 27. Scott Wallace - Social Credit/Conservative MLA (Oak Bay). 28. Donald Munro - Progressive Conservative MP (Esquimalt-Saanich), re: international fisheries. 29. Frank Mitchell - NDP MLA for (Esquimalt).

Stock shots. Footage of political personalities from Victoria and Vancouver Island. 1. Vic Stephens - BC Progressive Conservative leader, re: Conservative party. 2. Same as above - in a garden. 3. Dave Barrett - NDP Leader of Opposition. 4. Chief Dan George - re: young people and acting. 5. Jack Davis - federal Minister of Fisheries. 6. Catholic bishop (Remi De Roo?) - outdoors. 7. Same as above - indoors, ca. 1978. 8. John Diefenbaker - former Prime Minister makes dinner speech. 9. Don Munro - Conservative MP (Saanich-Esquimalt). 10. [Unknown federal politician] - probably a cabinet minister. 11. Eric Simmons - Victoria alderman, re: Fire Department. 12. Bill Tindall - Victoria mayor, re: tunnel inside. 13. Same as above - outside City Hall. 14. Same as above - inside. 15. Mike Young - Victoria Mayor, in office. 16. Same as above. 17. Scott Wallace - outdoors, re: health care costs. 18. Same as above.

Stock shots. Footage of political personalities from Victoria and Vancouver Island. 1. Lieutenant-governor & Premier W.R. Bennett at Legislature opening. 2. [Lord Mountbatten?] 3. Lieutenant-Governor Walter Owen. 4. Sam Bawlf - Social Credit cabinet minister) and Victoria MLA. 5. [Unity Task Force Member?] 6. Charles Barber - NDP MLA (Victoria). 7. Same as above - outside Legislature. 8. Joe Clark - leader of Conservative party, with local MPs Don Munro and Alex MacKinnon. 9. Bill Vander Zalm - Social Credit Minister of Municipal Affairs. 10. Dave Barrett - NDP Leader of Opposition. 11. Pat McGeer - Social Credit Minister of Education, re: tunnel. 12. [Federal Minister of Small Business?] 13. [Political pollster?] 14. Dave Barrett - NDP Leader of Opposition - bashing Socreds, calls for election. 15. Same as #13 above. 16. Governor-General Ed Schreyer. 17. Ed Broadbent - federal NDP leader. 18. Jean Chretien - Liberal MP and cabinet minister. 19. Pierre Trudeau - Prime Minister (1978 election?). 20. Joe Clark - at Victoria Airport.

News item. Charles Barber explains the value of his constituency office. He is a liaison between the NDP and the voters.

Item consists of a mount of one group portrait of unidentified men and women from the October 3-4, 1932 convention of the British Columbia Liberal Party in Vancouver, B.C.

Series consists of correspondence, 1926, 1935-1937, 1952-1962; notes; speeches; printed materials; and newspaper clipping books containing reports of legislative sessions, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1956-1959.

CALL NUMBER: T3711:0001 RECORDED: Terrace (B.C.), 1980-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Recording of the Cyril Shelford Roast held at Terrace, B.C., 01-Mar-1980. Art Wiebe, master of ceremonies. Letters from Stan Carnell and Paddy Sherman are read. Tom Waterland. Bill King. TRACK 2: Bill King. Pat Jordan. Letters from Premier Bill Bennett and "some of the old-timers" at the Ministry of Agriculture are read. Alex Fraser. Art Wiebe.

CALL NUMBER: T3711:0002 RECORDED: Terrace (B.C.), 1980-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Art Wiebe. Recording of Cyril Shelford nominating Ray Williston for the 1960 provincial election. Ray Williston. Art Wiebe sings "The Cyril Shelford Song", composed by Bill Vander Zalm. TRACK 2: Presentation by Edna Cooper. Bob Cooper. Ray Williston (cont'd). Telegram from Gordon Gibson Sr. is read. Tape of Jack Webster tribute to Cyril Shelford.

CALL NUMBER: T3711:0003 RECORDED: Terrace (B.C.), 1980-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Henry Bazowski [?]. Cyril Shelford responds to roasters and toasters. TRACK 2: Cyril Shelford (cont'd). Closing of festivities.

Interview. Bob Anderson interviews British Columbia NDP leader Dave Barrett; constituency report.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dave Barrett on CKOV open line radio show SUMMARY: David Barrett -- NDP leader, Leader of the Opposition, and former Premier of British Columbia (1972-1975) -- discusses issues and politics on an open line radio show originating at CKOV Kelowna.;

Political address. Opposition Leader David Barrett (NDP) responds to the Premier's TV address (broadcast the previous day) on the subject of the government's "restraint" policy and public sector labour relations. Barrett's address was broadcast on BCTV, CBUT (CBC Vancouver), and CKVU, Friday, 21-Oct-1983.

Political address. Opposition Leader David Barrett responds to a TV address made March 29, 1984.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dennis Cocke: Tribute to Rae Eddie, former NDP MLA for New Westminster RECORDED: [location unknown], [1977-02-07?] SUMMARY: NDP MLA Dennis Cocke (New Westminster) pays tribute to former New Westminster MLA Rae Eddie on his death, 07-Feb-1977.;