PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
31st Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 30, 1978 to June 29, 1978
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
UBCM
See: Union of B.C. Municipalities
UNICEF Canada
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1351 (Sanford) 1332
UTAP
See: Urban Transportation Assistance Program
Undersea mining
See entries under Mines and mineral resources
Undeveloped areas, Aid to
Agricultural aid, applications for grants (Wallace) Q. 2765
Appropriation, amount of and use of (Hewitt) 2135-6 (Wallace) 2134-5, 2145
Responsibility for (Hewitt) 2136 (Wallace) 2145
Unemployment
Atlin constituency (Calder) 1318
Business close-downs and job loss (King) 1033-5, 1072-3, 1080
Cost of (Brown) 106 (Sanford) 445
Development in north, opposition to and unemployment (Shelford) 135-6
Effects of (Brown) 110
Federal-provincial co-operative programme, referral service (Williams) 1553
Forest industry, employment of youth in (Bawtree) 17
Forest management programmes (Shelford) 403-4
Increase in, study on (Lauk) 1675
Indian villages, unemployment in (Shelford) 132
Job creation (Barrett) 35-6 (Bennett) 222, 225, 227 (Brown) 105 (Bawtree) 16 (Cocke) 468 (Dailly) 45 (Davidson) 11, 14 (Gibson) 59, 70 (Haddad) 175, 391-2 (Hewitt) 325, 328 (Jordan) 239, 627-8 (Kohl) 181 (Kempf) 199, 649 (King) 123, 206-7 (Lauk) 565-6 (Lea) 343, 348-9 (Levi) 140, 141 (Lockstead) 309 (Loewen) 72 (McCarthy) 128 (Nicolson) 73, 74-5 (Phillips) 158, 159-60 (Sanford) 445 (Skelly) 398, 571, (Strongman) 102 (Throne speech) 3-4 (Vander Zalm) 338 (Veitch) 355 (Wallace) 320, 1105 (Waterland) 378, 379, 561 (Wolfe) 249-50, 265
Job creation, appropriation for (Hewitt) 328 (Stephens) 300 (Wolfe) 257, 681
Job creation, Atlin constituency (Calder) 316-7
Job creation, direct expenditure programmes (Gibson) 291
Job creation, energy conservation projects (Skelly) 575
Job creation incentives (Smith) 1374 (Wolfe) 1367, 1376
Job creation, new jobs (D’Arcy) 598 (Jordan) 629-30 (Phillips) 1679 (Strongman) 1291 (Wolfe) 255
Job creation, new jobs needed, long-term projection for (Sanford) 445-6, 1557 (Williams) 1560
Job creation, northeastern B.C. (Levi) 387
Job creation programmes, adequacy of supervision in (Shelford) 404
Job creation programmes, number of man-years (Gibson) 295
Job creation programmes, training opportunities in (Vander Zalm) 340
Job creation, role of private sector in (Barrett) 30 (Haddad) 391 (Hewitt) 326 (Jordan) 240 (Kohl) 181 (Levi) 1014 (Loewen) 352 (Phillips) 159 (Sanford) 120-1 (Stephens) 99 (Vander Zalm) 340 (Williams) 1553 (Wolfe) 253, 256
Job creation, source of funds for (Gibson) 294
Job creation under Revenue Surplus Act, report on (Gibson) 1371, 1428 (Lauk) 1371 (Wolfe) 1428
Job subsidization, increase in (Gibson) Q. 90
Jobs, availability of in B.C. (Waterland) 379
Jobs, increase in (Gibson) 293
Labour force, increase in (Bennett) 951-2, 961-2, 1083 (Gibson) 293 (Hewitt) 325 (Levi) 1013-4 (McClelland) 215 (Phillips) 158, 162, 1256
Mackenzie constituency, unemployment (Lockstead) 309
Mining industry, unemployment in (Lea) 344
Okanagan, unemployment (Hewitt) 326
Problem (Barnes) 413-4, 415-6, 417-8 (Barrett) 27-9 (Bawtree) 15-6 (Brown) 104-7, 603, 606 (Cocke) 162-3 (Dailly) 45 (Davidson) 10-1, 13-4 (Gibson) 64 (Jordan) 239 (Kempf) 199 (King) 123, 435, 1261 (Lea) 344 (Levi) 1378, 142-3, 1092-3 (Loewen) 71 (Nicolson) 73-4 (Phillips) 158-61 (Sanford) 445-6 (Shelford) 131-2, 133, 403 (Stupich) 282 (Wolfe) 250-1, 253, 255, 1367
Regional districts' role in (Bawtree) 16
Revelstoke dam construction, employment in (King) 206
Revenue Surplus of 1976-77 Appropriation Act, 1978. See name of act
Saskatchewan, unemployment level (Dailly) 648
Statistics on (Barrett) 27-8 (King) 205, 1035 (Levi) 137 (Nicolson) 73-4 (Strongman) 1291-2 (Stupich) 282 (Williams) 121-2, 1553
Summer employment. See entries under Youth Employment
Trade unions, overtime banking and job creation (Wallace) 1596
Unemployed, difficulties in return to work by (Shelford) 403
Unemployment, decrease in number of (Bennett) 222
Unemployment insurance recipients, job-seeking by (Kempf) 199 (King) 205
Women, increase in employment of (Phillips) 49
Women, number of in employment (Williams) 121-2
Women, unemployed (Cocke) 113 (Dailly) 47-8 (King) 123
Young people, unemployed (Gibson) 69-70 (Levi) 137-8 (Nicolson) 74
Youth Employment Programme. See entries under Youth — Employment
Unemployment Insurance Commission
See: Canada — Unemployment Insurance Commission
Unified Family Court Act
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2673
Union Carbide Ltd.
Mentioned: (Skelly) 926
Union Club, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barrett) 1086 (Chabot) 1241 (Lea) 1086, 1121
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2379 (King) 2319 (Lockstead) 2338 (Skelly) 2424
Union of B.C. Municipalities
Local government, examination of (Curtis) 1491-2
Mentioned: (Barber) 1493, 2177, 2468 (Cocke) 1947, 2557 (Curtis) 1322, 2467 (D’Arcy) 424 (Gardom) 2113 (Gibson) 1503 (Levi) 667 (Williams) 2802
United Church of Canada
Mentioned: (Lea) 935
United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2379 (Lea) 1895 (Lockstead) 1895 (Sanford) 2417 (Skelly) 2424 (Williams) 1483
United Mine Workers of America
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 2710
United Nations
Mentioned: (Brown) 1768 (King) 2758 (Wallace) 2128
United Nations — Economic and Social Council
Commission on Narcotic Drugs quoted (Levi) 2278
United Nations Association of B.C.
Mentioned: (Sanford) 1556 (Williams) 1555
United States — Environmental Protection Agency
Mentioned: (Levi) 1877 (Nielsen) 687, 1838
United States — Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mentioned: (Levi) 2077
United States — Federal Energy Agency
Mentioned: (Skelly) 178
United States — Federal Power Commission
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1129
United States — Food and Drug Administration
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1841
United States — General Accounting Office
Mentioned: (Skelly) 178
United States — Interstate Commerce Commission
Mentioned: (Lauk) 1675
United States — Office of Education
Mentioned: (Barber) 2006
United States — Office of Management and Budget
Mentioned: (Skelly) 1798
United States — Securities Exchange Commission
Mentioned: (Levi) 1905, 1907, 2334, 2337 (Nicolson) 1730
United States Steel Corp.
Mentioned: (Phillips) 460
United Way
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 1642
Unity News
Quoted (Wallace) 1107
Mentioned: (Cocke) 1108
Universities and colleges
Colleges and provincial institutes, appropriation for (D’Arcy) 420 (McGeer) 304 (Wolfe) 261
Colleges, financing of (Cocke) 2035 (Dailly) 2000, 2027 (McGeer) 2029, 2023, 2035
Colleges, role of (D’Arcy) 420
Community colleges, local control over (Barber) 1152
Interior programmes of universities and Open Learning Institute (Dailly) 2034 (McGeer) 2034
Universities, appropriation for (McGeer) 304 (Wolfe) 261
University construction funds, 1978-79 requirements (Wolfe) 264
University students, subsidization of costs (Levi) 493
Universities Council
Audiologists' training, Greenberg report on (Gibson) Q. 1041 (McClelland) A. 1041 (Macdonald) Q. 1041
Autonomy of (Dailly) 2034 (McGeer) 2034
Employees (McGeer) 2034
Open Learning Institute, consultation on (Cocke) Q. 370-1, 635, 1935-6 (McGeer) A. 370, 1935
Mentioned: (Cocke) 370, 1777 (Gibson) 23, 1815, 1986
University of British Columbia
Audiologists, government hiring of (D’Arcy) 1763, 1773-4 (McClelland) 1770-1
Audiologists, qualifications of (D’Arcy) 421 (Gibson) Q. 23 (McClelland) A. 23 (Macdonald) 676
Audiologists, training of (D’Arcy) 1763, 1773-4 (Gibson) 1815 (McClelland) 1776
Extended-care hospital. See Dr. Harry Purdy Extended Care Unit, Vancouver, B.C.
Institute of Industrial Relations, funding of (Gibson) 1597
Isotope facility, construction of (Cocke) 1671 (Gibson) 1671 (Lauk) 1673 (McGeer) 1671 (Phillips) 1677
Speech therapy graduates, qualifications of (D’Arcy) 421
Mentioned: (Barnes) 2702 (Brown) 1249 (Gardom) 367 (Gibson) 63, 68 (Haddad) 2426 (Hewitt) 2126, 2132, 2150 (King) 1082 (Lauk) 1475 (Levi) 2000, 2001, 2283, 2332 (Lockstead) 777, 1097 (McClelland) 1757, 1765, 1815 (McGeer) 1935, 1997 (Mair) 1924 (Mussallem) 744 (Nicolson) 1738, 1739 (Nielsen) 1838 (Phillips) 1694 (Skelly) 1798 (Waterland) 1546
University of B.C. Endowment Lands
Alienation of land from (Brown) 2033 (McGeer) 2033-4
Industrial park, lard for (Levi) 2034-5 (McGeer) 2035
Mentioned: (Wolfe) 690
University of B.C. Medical School
Expansion of (Gibson) 1814-5 (McClelland) 1816
Teaching hospital (Lauk) 1233, 1289
Teaching hospital, administration of (Cocke) 1777
Teaching hospital, construction of (McClelland) 1632
Teaching hospital, federal contribution to (D’Arcy) 1762 (McClelland) 1765
Teaching hospital, operating casts (Cocke) 1777 (D’Arcy) 1762, 1774 (McClelland) 1776
University of California
Mentioned: (Barber) 1694
University of Detroit
Mentioned: (Skelly) 179
University of Florida
Mentioned: (McClelland) 2250
University of Oregon
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1441, 2171
University of Saskatchewan
Mentioned: (Barber) 1693
University of Toronto
Mentioned: (Levi) 2337
University of Victoria
National Research Council, Institute of Toxicology, establishment of (Barber) 1693-4
Mentioned: (Barber) 1564, 1693 (Dailly) 2034 (Gibson) 69, 1986 (King) 840 (McGeer) 246, 1935 (Phillips) 1694
Uphill, Thomas
Mentioned: (Calder) 315
Upholstery
Training provisions for upholsterers (Sanford) 1605 (Williams) 1605
Upper Levels Highway
See entries under Highway 1
Uranium
Clearwater mine (Lockstead) 1474
Exploration work, filing of 10-11 forms with Health ministry (D’Arcy) 424
Urban Computers Ltd.
Letter quoted (Levi) 729
Urban life
See: City and town life
Urban transit
See: Transit systems
Urban Transit Authority
Urban Transit Authority Act. See name of act
Urban Transit Authority Act
(Bill 19) (Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing) 1R, 1933; 2R, 2203-20, 2223-43; C, 2460-87; 3R, 2550-61; RA, 2805
Speakers: Barber 2208-19, 2460, 2460-1, 2461, 2461-2, 2462-3, 2463, 2464-5, 2465-6, 2467, 2468, 2470, 2471, 2472, 2473, 2473-4, 2474-5, 2475-6, 2476, 2477, 2477-80, 2480, 2481, 2481-2, 2482-3, 2483-4, 2484-5, 2485-6, 2486, 2487, 2552-3; Barnes 2471, 2555-7; Barrett 2558; Brown 2553-5; Cocke 2229-31, 2557-8; Curtis 2203-8, 2242-3, 2460, 2461, 2462, 2463, 2463-4, 2465, 2466-7, 2467-8, 2468-9, 2470, 2470-1, 2471-2, 2472, 2472-3, 2473, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2476-7, 2477, 2480, 2481, 2482, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2486-7, 2487; Dailly 2555; D'Arcy 2234-6; Gibson 2224-6, 2558-9; King 2242; Lauk 2469-70, 2560-1; Lea 2219-20, 2223-4; Levi 2239-42, 2550-1; Loewen 2232-4; Macdonald 2551-2; Mussallem 2231-2; Nicolson 2226-9, 2559; Rogers 2236-9 Stephens 2560
Amdts: Sec. 3 (Curtis) 2460, approved 2460; sec. 8 (Curtis) 2473, approved 2473; 3R (Levi) 2550, negatived 2561
Accountability of transit systems (Curtis) 2205-6
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Act, Amendment to (Barber) 2487 (Curtis) 2487
B.C. Hydro assets, sale of (Barber) 2211, 2463, 2464-5 (Curtis) 2463-4, 2465 (Levi) 2242
B.C. Hydro employees, pension funds (Barber) 2210, 2472 (Curtis) 2472
B.C. Hydro, operating company as successor to transit services (Barber) 2461, 2461-2, 2462-3 (Curtis) 2461, 2463
B.C. Hydro rail system, takeover of by authority (Barber) 2218, 2476 (Curtis) 2476-7 (D’Arcy) 2234-5
B.C. Hydro rates, reduction of as result of Act (Barber) 2218 (D’Arcy) 2234, 2236 (Gibson) 2226
B.C. Hydro, removal of transit functions from (Barber) 2209
B.C. Hydro, role of as transit operator (Curtis) 2207
Burnaby, transportation problems (Loewen) 2232-3
Buses, purchase of (Nicolson) 2227, 2228
Cabinet committee on transit (Barber) 2461 (Curtis) 2206
Capital costs, anticipated future costs (Barber) 2219
Capital costs, inclusion of in transit costs (Barber) 2213-4, 2216, 2477-8, 2480 (D’Arcy) 2235-6 (King) 2242 (Lea) 2219-20 (Nicolson) 2228
Deficits, B.C. Hydro deficit (Cocke) 2230 (Curtis) 2205
Deficits, small city systems (Curtis) 2205
Deficits, transit systems (Mussallem) 2231-2
Delay third reading of bill for six months (Barber) 2552-3 (Barnes) 2555-7 (Barrett) 2558 (Brown) 2553-5 (Cocke) 2557-8 (Dailly) 2555 (Gibson) 2558-9 (Lauk) 2560-1 (Levi) 2550-1 (Macdonald) 2551-2 (Nicolson) 2559 (Stephens) 2560
Depot sites, benefits from development rights in depot areas (Barber) 2210-1, 2473-4, 2374-5, 2475 (Curtis) 2474, 2475
Electric power sales, transit revenue source (Barber) 2217
Electric power surcharge, transit revenue source (Barber) 2211, 2482 (Curtis) 2208, 2482
Expenditures on transit (Curtis) 2204
Fares, increase in (Barber) 2212, 2219, 2478
Fares, setting of by local government (Curtis) 2208
Fares, reduced fares for elderly, children, other groups (Curtis) 2208 (Levi) 2239
Gasoline tax, revenue source for transit (Barber) 2217, 2483-4, 2484, 2484-5 (Curtis) 2208, 2484, 2485 (Gibson) 2226 (Lea) 2223
Greater Vancouver Regional District, opposition to Act (Levi) 2550
Kootenays, transit service for (D’Arcy) 2235, 2236 (Nicolson) 2227-8
Local government, involvement in transit (Curtis) 2205
Lower mainland, rapid transit for (D’Arcy) 2235 (Loewen) 2234
Nelson transit system, history of (Nicolson) 2228
Park-and-ride systems (Loewen) 2233
Property tax, transit revenue source (Barber) 2209, 2212-3, 2216, 2481, 2481-2 (Cocke) 2231 (Curtis) 2208, 2481 (Lea) 2223, 2224 (Nicolson) 2229
Property tax, transit revenue source, tax on provincial land (Barber) 2211, 2482 (Curtis) 2482
Regional districts, transit service agreements with (Barber) 2210, 2214-5, 2460-1, 2473 (Curtis) 2461, 2473
Regional transit commission, accountability of (Barber) 2214
Regional transit commission members, appointment of (Barber) 2214, 2465-6, 2467 (Curtis) 2206, 2466 (Gibson) 2224-5 (Lauk) 2469-70 (Lea) 2220
Regional transit commission members, consultation on appointment of (Barber) 2214, 2466 (Curtis) 2466
Regional transit commission members, number of (Barber) 2467 (Curtis) 2467
Regional transit commissions, increase in number of (Barber) 2486 (Curtis) 2467, 2468, 2486
Regulations under Act (Barber) 2486 (Curtis) 2486, 2486-7
Revelstoke-Slocan area, transit for (King) 2242
Subsidization of areas outside lower mainland (Rogers) 2236-7
Subsidization of transit (Curtis) 2205 (Rogers) 2236-7
Taxation, increase in under Act (D’Arcy) 2234
Taxation, increase in under present government (Lea) 2223-4
Transit costs and municipal revenue-sharing grants (Barber) 2216
Transit, financing of (Barber) 2212-3, 2552-3 (Brown) 2553-5 (Curtis) 2242-3, 2243 (Dailly) 2555 (Gibson) 2225-6 (Levi) 2550-1 (Macdonald) 2551-2
Transit, financing of, alternative suggestions for (Barber) 2216-8
Transit, financing of and municipal debt limits (Barber) 2485, 2485-6 (Curtis) 2485, 2486
Transit, financing of, formula for sharing (Barber) 2215-6, 2477-80 (Curtis) 2242-3, 2480 (Levi) 2239, 2241
Transit, financing of, formula for sharing under former government (Barber) 2218
Transit, financing of from provincial revenues (Barber) 2217
Transit, financing of, phasing in of financing formula (Curtis) 2480
Transit report, Committee on Crown Corporations (Cocke) 2229
Transit research and demonstration costs, financing of (Barber) 2215, 2477 (Curtis) 2477
Transit systems, use of mini buses, feeder buses (Barber) 2219
Transportation, co-ordination of (Curtis) 2206-7
Urban Transit Authority, accountability of (Curtis) 2206
Urban Transit Authority, alleged proxy voting by members (Barber) 2215, 2468 (Curtis) 2468-9
Urban Transit Authority, board of directors, appointment of (Barber) 2214, 2465-6, 2467 (Barnes) 2556 (Curtis) 2206, 2466 (Gibson) 2225 (Lauk) 2469-70 (Lea) 2220
Urban Transit Authority, board of directors, consultation on appointment of (Barber) 2214 (Curtis) 2466
Urban Transit Authority, board of directors, per diem payment to (Barber) 2470 (Curtis) 2470, 2471
Urban Transit Authority, cost of operation of (Barber) 2480 (Curtis) 2480
Urban Transit Authority employees, exemption from Public Service Act (Barber) 2210, 2472 (Curtis) 2472
Urban Transit Authority employees, exemption from Public Service Labour Relations Act (Barber) 2210, 2472 (Curtis) 2472
Urban Transit Authority, exemption from Companies Act (Barber) 2460 (Curtis) 2460
Urban Transit Authority, financing of (Barber) 2213, 2480 (Curtis) 2480
Urban Transit Authority, general manager, appointment of (Barber) 2214, 2471 (Curtis) 2471-2 (Gibson) 2225
Urban Transit Authority, role of (Barber) 2461-2 (Curtis) 2207, 2462
Vancouver, rapid transit system for (Gibson) 2226 (Levi) 2239, 2551 (Rogers) 2238-9
Vancouver transit system, history of (Curtis) 2204 (Levi) 2240
Victoria transit system, history of (Curtis) 2204
Volrich, Jack, support for Act (Lauk) 2469, 2470
Washington, D.C., rapid transit system (Rogers) 2237-8
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2258 (Macdonald) 675 (Speaker) 2400
Urban Transportation Assistance Program
Mentioned: (Curtis) 2477
Used-car trade
Dealers, licensing of (Wolfe) 262
Sales tax on used cars (Gibson) 793
Utah Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 1470, 2536 (Lea) 1460 (Sanford) 1874