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CALL NUMBER: T1707:0132 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On Jack Webster radio program (part 1) SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed in the last interview on Jack Webster's open line radio program on CJOR Vancouver, 29 June 1978. Subjects discussed include: the government's compulsory heroin treatment program, the new Forestry Act, plans to extend the BC Railway, government air travel services, federal/provincial relations, and lotteries. TRACK 2: Subjects include: electoral distribution in BC, education, increased pensions for the handicapped, constitutional change in Canada, health care in BC, the search for a new head of ICBC, social services, succession duties, property taxes, and senior citizens.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0133 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On Jack Webster radio program (part 2) SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the interview with Premier Bill Bennett by Jack Webster, CJOR Vancouver, 29 June 1978. Subjects discussed include: government pharmacare program, MLAs salaries, BCRIC (BC Resources and Investment Corporation), BC Ferries, social services for the mentally retarded and handicapped, labour/management relations, sale and lease of crown lands, urban transportation, and construction of a Vancouver convention centre. TRACK 2: Public service pension plans, government subsidies to private industry, federal/provincial relations, government boards and commissions, grants to senior citizens, fishing rights negotiations, alcohol and driving on BC highways, control of the size of the civil service, decriminalization of marijuana, and constitutional change in Canada.

CALL NUMBER: T1707:0105 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Comments on proposals for constitutional change, 1978 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Premier Bill Bennett comments on the report of the Task Force on Canadian Unity (the Pepin/Robarts Commission), 1978. TRACK 2: Bennett explains the BC government's proposal for reform of the Canadian senate; his comments are followed by questions from the press. 1978. CALL NUMBER: T1707:0106 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Addresses a high school audience RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1 & 2: Premier Bill Bennett addresses a student audience at Killarney High School in Vancouver South, 28 April 1977. His address is followed by a question-and-answer session with the students. CALL NUMBER: T1707:0107 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: Jack Webster program (CJOR) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1 & 2: Premier Bill Bennett is interviewed by Jack Webster on radio station CJOR in Vancouver, 4 November 1977. Various aspects of the provincial government are discussed. The program concludes ;with a session of phone-in questions from the listening audience. CALL NUMBER: T1707:0108 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On the Premiers' Conference at New Brunswick RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1977-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: At a press conference in Victoria, Premier Bill Bennett discusses some issues he plans to discuss at the upcoming Premiers' Conference in New Brunswick. August 1977. [TRACK 2: blank.] CALL NUMBER: T1707:0109 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On the creation of BCRIC RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1977-08-23 SUMMARY: At a press conference in Victoria, Premier Bill Bennett discusses the creation of the British Columbia Resources Investment Corporation (BCRIC), 23 August 1977. NOTE: TRANSCRIPT ONLY. CALL NUMBER: T1707:0110 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett:: Russ Froese (CKNW) interview on national unity and Quebec separatism RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-24 SUMMARY: In an interview with Russ Froese of CKNW Vancouver on 24 August 1977, Premier Bill Bennett discusses aspects of the problem of national unity in Canada, including BC in confederation, Quebec's role in confederation, and the challenge posed by the election of a separatist provincial government in Quebec. NOTE: TRANSCRIPT ONLY. CALL NUMBER: T1707:0111 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bill Bennett: On Japan/BC trade relations RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-24 SUMMARY: In an interview with Doug Lower of CBC Toronto (television), Premier Bill Bennett discusses BC's trade relations with Japan, 24 August 1977. NOTE: TRANSCRIPT ONLY.