PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
31st Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 30, 1978 to June 29, 1978

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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

Review of 2, 4-D (Skelly) 687

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

Divisions: 2R, 2243; 3R, 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