Province of British Columbia
31st Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 17 to June 30, 1976

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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

Mentioned: (Waterland) 3 101

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