Province of British Columbia
31st Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 17 to June 30, 1976
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
VON
See: Victorian Order of Nurses
Valley Copper Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Mair) 635
Van Home, Fern
Mentioned: (Brown) 73
Van Rhyn, Ben
Mentioned: (Kempf) 211
Vancouver, B.C.
Building construction (Fraser) 2123
Consumer price index increase (Macdonald) Q. 1891-2 (Bennett) A. 1891-2 (Sanford) Q. 1892
Courthouse project (Bawlf) 2121-2, 2171
Downtown project, Shrum report (Lauk) Q. 705, 2173-4 (Fraser) A. 705
Transit connections for North Vancouver (Gibson) 3218 (Curtis) 3221
Voting, plural (Macdonald) 3198-9 (Curtis) 3199...
Vancouver City College
Mentioned: (Rogers) 722 (Dailly) 1728
Vancouver Community Legal Assistance Service
Mentioned: (Brown) 1320-1
Vancouver East Side Tenants Association
President quoted (Kahl) 673
Vancouver Foundation
Mentioned: (Brown) 1261
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Blair report, acceptance of (King) Q. 1341-2 (William) A. 1341-2
Emergency department, new, establishment of (McClelland) 220
Nursing and support staff cutback (Brown) 643-4
Open-heart surgery, waiting list (McClelland) 219
Strike, contingency plans for (William) 1311-2 (King) 1312 (Gibson) 1313 (Wallace, G.S.) 1313
Strike, medical services, standard of during (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 1406 (McClelland) A. 1406, 1567 (Cocke) 1567
Strike, meeting between government and administration (Brown) Q. 1406 (McClelland) A. 1407
Strike, support-service employees (William) 1245
Teaching facilities for medical students, upgrading of (Wallace, G.S.) 1773-5, 1781-2 (Cocke) 1961-3
Mentioned: (Cocke) 45-6, 1954-5, 1995 (Lauk) 1331 (Wallace, G.S.) 1983 (Brown) 1992, 1994 (McClelland) 1993
Vancouver International Airport
Ambulance service, need for (Cocke) 1980
Federal proposal, criticism of (Rogers) 723-4
Planning commission report quoted (Skelly) 1863-4
Runway, second major (Gibson) Q. 560 (Davis) A. 560
Runway extension, study report (Gibson) 1889-90 (Nielsen) 1890
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 562
Vancouver Island, B.C.
B.C. Ferries, rate increase, effect on tourist industry (Skelly) 3252-4
B.C. Ferries, rate increase, economic effect (King) 1304 (Wallace, G.S.) 1305 (Lockstead) 1308
B.C. Ferries, rate increase, effect on agriculture (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 1308 (Phillips) A. 1308
Land, Japanese-owned at Cedar (Sanford) 1326
Retirement industry (Gibson) 1489-90
Water systems for west coast (Skelly) 1508-9
Vancouver Island Building Trades Council
Telegram to Labour minister (King) 3382
Vancouver Island Railway
Mentioned: (Skelly) 119
Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Conditions at (Gibson) 1240 (Wallace, G.S.) 1246-8 (Gardom) 1248
Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 1337, 1435 (Skelly) 1367
Vancouver Journal of Commerce, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barber) 2615, 2655, 3216
Vancouver People's Law School
Programme (Brown) 1319-20
Vancouver Resources Board
Mentioned: (Brown) 2042
Vancouver School Board
Funding for (Dailly) 1719
Vancouver South constituency, B.C.
People, industries, problems (Rogers) 721
Vancouver Status of Women Council
Grant to (McCarthy) 3110, 3125 (Brown) 3111 (Gibson) 3115 (Wallace, G.S.) 3116-7
Ombudservice for women (Brown) 3112
Work of (Brown) 3112-3
Mentioned: (Brown) 2527
Vancouver Stock Exchange
Mentioned: (Chabot) 2112
Vancouver Stock Exchange Act Amendment Act, 1976
(Bill 52) (Chabot) 1R, 2011
Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
Cartoon mentioned (Gibson) 1044
Editorial quoted (Stupich) 280 (King) 538 (Nicolson) 883 (Davis) 966
Headlines quoted (King) 1170, 1636 (Jordan) 1405 (Sanford) 1578-9 (Cocke) 1955 (Stupich) 2094 (Barnes) 2472
Quoted (King) 31, 538, 745, 1170, 1635, 1642 (Wallace, G.S.) 52, 184, 301, 1447, 1503, 1649-50, 1967, 3269, 3326 (Hewitt) 99 (Haddad) 140 (Strongman) 227 (Bawlf) 359 (Nicolson) 441 (Lea) 459 (Wallace, B.B.) 465, 1432, 2460, 3388 (Brown) 490, 492 (Kahl) 673 (Skelly) 744, 1818-9, 1825, 1863 (Cocke) 891, 1134, 1746, 1955 (Lockstead) 1035-6 (Sanford) 1324, 1578 (Jordan) 1695 (Barber) 2780 (Gibson) 3264
Mentioned: (McGeer) 67-8, 1759, 1785 (Nicolson) 75 (Lauk) 109, 1512, 2723, 2795 (Calder) 137 (Kahl) 141 (Stupich) 280 (Macdonald) 317 (Barnes) 502 (Waterland) 507 (Levi) 551, 1449, 1566, 1576, 1877, 2757 (Wallace, G.S.) 179, 1145, 1215 (Hewitt) 618 (Dailly) 648, 665 (King) 749, 1844 (Wallace, B.B.) 849 (Gibson) 1135, 1645, 2677 (Brown) 1258 (Sanford) 1548, 1621 (Skelly) 1667, 1829, 1845, 2688, 3067 (Jordan) 1695 (Lockstead) 1697 7 (Nielsen) 1827 (Cocke) 1962, 2077 (Barrett) 3085
Vandalism
Hedley, vandalism in (Gardom) 2074, 2619' (Macdonald) 2074, 2619
Schools, vandalism in (Wallace, G.S.) 1730-2, Q. 3186 (McGeer) 1733, A. 3186
Vander Zalm, Hon. William N., Minister of Human Resources (Surrey)
Agriculture department estimates 1463-4
Alcoholics, Cowichan, services for, grant for 2396
Alternative school at Duncan, funding of 2396
Budget debate 598-9
Burns Lake programme report, tabling of 2447
Canada Pension Plan, benefits for working spouses 2397
Canada Pension Plan, indexing by industrial composite 3373
Child abuse, instances of, A. 1276, 2441
Day care, funding for 2399
Day-care rates, review of 2367
Family and children's law commission, recommendations 2393
Family courts 2391
Federal cost-sharing arrangements 2367
Federal government employment programmes, A. 73
GAIN applicants ineligible when employment terminated for reasons other than medical 3376
GAIN, asset-tested programme 3366, 3369
GAIN, discrimination, non-existent 3372
GAIN, employment-oriented programme 2447, 2924
GAIN, group between 55-59, additional income for 2447, 2924
GAIN, handicapped, provision for 2924-5
GAIN, levels of payment, changes in 3374
GAIN, maintenance payment provision and enforcement 33745
GAIN programme 2394
GAIN, regulations not specified 2924, 3368
GAIN, single parent, provision for 2447
Glendale Hospital, budget cut, A. 1408, 1439, 2403
Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act (Bill 28) 1R, 1751; 2R, 2446-7, 2924-5; C, 3365-6, 3368-78
Guaranteed income supplement programme 2374, 2397, 2432, 3370
Handicapped, definition of and social assistance regulations on 2427, 2432-3
Handicapped recreational centre in Victoria, funding withdrawal 2402
Health and welfare task force 2442
Home-care services programme 2442
Human Resources department estimates 2367-8, 2374-7, 2385-7, 2391-9, 2401-3, 2412, 2427, 2431-6, 2438-40, 2241-8
Human Resources personnel, hiring of, A. 1666
Indian centres, funding of 2438
Indians, social assistance services for 3372
Intermediate-care facilities 2402, 2432
Intermediate care, private hospitals 2432
Intermediate care, situation in Duncan 2395-6
Kelly Lake project, funding for, A. 1664, 2444
Lettuce-processing plant in Surrey 1464
Maintenance fund payments, enforcement of 2391-2
Memo quoted (Levi) 57
Mincome, asset test to qualify for 2386
Mincome for citizens between 60 and 65, 2385-7
Mincome increase, federal, for B.C. residents, A. 705
Mincome payment to extended-care patients, A. 320, 631, 1760, 2385
Mincome policy, A. 322, 1820, 1976, 2368, 2386
Mincome policy, formula based on priority needs 2368
Mincome policy of NDP 3365-6
New Opportunities Handicapped Rehabilitation Programme, investigation into 2518-9
Oral questions to ministers, notice of 1442
Osborne Guest House, Terrace, funding for 2438
PREP, details of 2374-5, 2431-2
PREP pamphlet, publication of, A. 2382-3
Pacific Association of Canadian Indian Friendship Centres, funding of 2445
Pharmacare cards, A. 1477
Pharmacare rates, review of 2367
Pharmacists, prescription fee paid to, A. 1700
Potato factory in Delta, proposed 1464
Provincial Alliance for Businessmen 2374-5
Queen Charlotte Islands Human Resources Health Board, funding for 2439
Rape relief centres, funding for 2438
Richmond Private Hospital, closure of, A. 2720, 3243
Social assistance, cost-sharing arrangements with Ottawa 3366, 3370-1
Social assistance, discussion in Ottawa 2374
Social assistance, employable persons receiving, 1972 to the present, A. 3404
Social assistance recipients placed in employment, 1973-1975, A. 1276
Social workers employed, number of, 1972 to present, A. 1276A
Social services, cost-sharing arrangements with Ottawa 2444
Social services information centres, funding withdrawal 2398-9
Special Needs Programme, cancellation of A. 1753, 2377
Strikers, social assistance payment for, A. 631
Students, post-secondary, financial assistance, A. 1477
Surrey, needs and problems 599
Surrey, water and sewer programme approved 599
Swimming programme for disabled, A. 839
Transition houses, funding of, A. 119-20, 1082, 2438
Transportation, senior citizens, New Westminster and Coquitlam, combination of 2412
Transportation systems, swampers for, A. 1976, 2072
Visitors from U.S., treatment of, A. 1789-90
Volunteer organizations, funding for, A. 1893
Welfare administration, takeover from municipalities, A. 2039, 2398
Welfare applicants, access to files, A. 1220
Welfare frauds, increased penalty for 2447, 2925
Welfare frauds, research on, A. 1666
Welfare officials, embezzlement by, A. 3158
Welfare policies, effect of, A. 2839-40
Welfare rates, review of 2367
Welfare recipients, hair-length regulation, A. 633
Welfare recipients, refusing employment, tighter control over 2447, 2925
Variety Club of British Columbia
Telethon (McClelland) 1958
Mentioned: (Cocke) 45
Vegetable trade
Fraser Valley vegetable growers, negotiations with government (Wallace, B.B.) Q. 1053 (Phillips) A.1053
Growers in Delta, negotiations with government (Phillips) 1423 (Wallace, B.B.) 1430 (Stupich) 1471
Growers, problems of (Stupich) Q. 706 (Phillips) A.706
Imports, effect on B.C. products (Wallace, G.S.) 1464-5
Lettuce-processing plant in Surrey (Vander Zalm) 1464
Processing industry, federal protection (Wallace, G.S.) 1465 (Phillips) 1467
Produce, imported, chemical screening (Wallace, G.S.) 1465-6
Veiner, Clarence
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451
Veitch, Elwood N. (Burnaby-Willingdon)
Address in reply 18-22
Address in reply, M. 19, approved 246
Anti-Inflation Measures Act 2058-60
Attorney-General department estimates 1259
B.C. Cellulose Co. 1930
Budget debate 625-30
Finance Minister's power to buy company shares, removal of 1930-1
Financial mismanagement of NDP 2059
Government Reorganization Act 2882-3
Government Reorganization Act, deferral of second reading for six months, amendment to 2882-3
Home, ownership of, and land under 20
Mineral Resource Tax Act 2909-11
Mineral royalties legislation, adverse effects of 2910-1
Mining, NDP policy, criticism of 2909-11
Oakalla, location to be moved 1259
Ore, low-grade, mining of 2911
Price-wage increases, provincial restraint, regulations for 2059-60
Revenue Amendment Act (1976) 1930-1
Venables, Bill
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 1816
Vesak, Edward Francis
Quoted (Lockstead) 772
Vickers, David H.
Deputy Attorney-General, appointment of (Gardom) 1234 (Macdonald) 1234
Mentioned: (Mair) 2276
Vickers and Benson
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 107
Victoria, B.C.
B.C. Steamship Corp. tax relief sought (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 1664 (Curtis) A. 1664-5
Court of appeal (Wallace, G.S.) 1351 (Gardom) 1351
Inner Harbour, beautification programme (McCarthy) 955
Inner Harbour docks, lease transfers (Barber) Q. 996 (Davis) A. 996
Inner Harbour, land purchase (Chabot) 658
Inner Harbour, public lands development (Barber) 3327-8 (McCarthy) 3334
Juvenile detention centre, medical facilities for (Wallace, G.S.) 1335-6, 1346 (Gardom) 134, 8
Mount Stephen property (Barber) Q. 2517, 2615-6, 2655-6, 3215-6 (Curtis) A. 2517, 2577, 2615-6, 2653-5, 3216, 3231 (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 2576-7, 2656-7, 3225 (Gibson) 2656
NDP policy, criticism of 358-61
Taxes, government payment (Barber) 2364-5
Victoria, B.C. Harbour
Pollution of Esquimalt-Victoria Harbour (Wallace, B.B.) 1879
Victoria Community Action Group
Funding for (Nicolson) 1551
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Open-heart surgery programme, expansion (McClelland) 218-9
Victoria Labour Council
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1623
Victoria Times, Victoria, B.C.
Advertisements quoted (Wallace, G.S.) 2316-7
Editorials quoted (Stupich) 280 (Lauk) 522 (Lea) 616-7 (King) 1636 (Kahl) 1739 (Wallace, G.S.) 3288
Headlines quoted (King) 30, 266, 2305, 2363 (Brown) 641 (Sanford) 760 (Wallace, B.B.) 1580 (Vander Zalm) 1820 (Bennett) 2161 (Wallace, G.S.) 2430, 3290 (Lockstead) 3251
Quoted: (Skelly) 131, 895-6, 1863 (Macdonald) 318 (Stupich) 380 (Cocke) 426-7 (Wallace, B.B.) 462, 465, 468 (Barnes) 501 (Barber) 547 (Brown) 640-1, 645, 915, 957 (Phillips) 711-2 (Lockstead) 771-2 (Kahl) 1737, 2149 (Wallace, G.S.) 1970, 2316, 2431, 2797 (Lea) 2743 (King) 3269-70
Mentioned: (Stupich) 90 (Skelly) 131, 819, 1845 (Bawlf) 360 (Macdonald) 317 (Sanford) 499 (Barber) 836 (Cocke) 1134 (Wallace, G.S.) 1310
Victorian, Victoria, B.C.
Headline quoted (Lockstead) 3251
Letter quoted: (Wallace, G.S.) 185 (D’Arcy) 902-3
Mentioned: (Kahl) 1737
Victorian Order of Nurses
Mentioned: (Brown) 1991
Vietnam
Financial aid to children (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 2943 (McClelland) A. 2943
Vietnamese aid committee, status of (Wallace, G.S.) Q. 706 (McClelland) A. 706
Mentioned: (Kempf) 24
Viewpoint magazine
Quoted (Wallace, B.B.) 1402 (Gibson) 1409
Mentioned: (Wallace, G.S.) 1464 (Gibson) 3242
Village of Lillooet
Order-in-council 3832, loan to (Fraser) 798
Vincent, Claude
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1451
Violence on television
See entries under television
Vista and Venture
Mentioned: (Brown) 2041, 2044 (McClelland) 2044
Vocational education
Training centres proposed (Kempf) 24
Vogel, Hunter
Mentioned: (McClelland) 471
Voluntary Action News
Mentioned: (Levi) 2414-5
Volunteer Bureau of Vancouver
Grant to (Levi) Q. 1893
Volunteer workers
Community resource boards, use of (Levi) 2413-6
Contribution to community services and projects (Jordan) 1015
Funding for volunteer organizations (Barnes) Q. 1893 (Vander Zalm) A. 1893
Voting
British subject, right to vote (Barber) 3200 (Curtis) 3200
Corporations, municipal voting right (Fraser) 2265 (Macdonald) 2632-3 (Wallace, G.S.) 2633 (Bawlf) 2634 (Barber) 2635 (Lea) 2637-8 (Lockstead) 2639 (Curtis) 2640, 3200 (Levi) 3199-3200
Persons not on list of electors but otherwise qualified to vote (Fraser) 2265
Property owners, voting in municipalities (Fraser) 2265
Reporting corporations, no right to municipal vote (Barber) 2635-6
Residential qualifications for municipal vote, amendment to (Gibson) 3199 (Curtis) 3199-3200
Voters, unified municipal list (Barber) 2636 (Curtis) 2640
Voting, plural
Vancouver, implementation of (Macdonald) 3198-9 (Curtis) 3199