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
VOICE
See: Victims of Industry Changing the Environment
VON
See: Victorian Order of Nurses
Vadera Joint Venture
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1030
Valemount, B.C.
Sawmills, timber allocation for (Lloyd) 218
Taxes and school tax levy (Lloyd) 1500
Valhalla wilderness area
Park proposal for area (Bawlf) 929, 930 (King) 929 (Skelly) 927
Valiant, George E.
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2700
Valium
Addiction to (D’Arcy) 2254
Valley Copper Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Gibson) 65
Vancouver, B.C.
Children, language problems in school system (Lauk) 564
Children, special education needs of (Lauk) 564
Chinatown, family problems (Barnes) 1653
Convention centre (Phillips) 451
Convention centre, cost estimates of (Lea) Q. 1961 (McCarthy) A. 1961
Convention centre, possible deficits (Gibson) Q. 1961
Energy conservation officer (Skelly) 575
Energy conservation programme (Skelly) 1157, 1158
Future of (Barber) 1493
Garbage, liquid wastes, disposal of (Nielsen) 1822
Industries, south Vancouver area (Rogers) 202
Knight Street bridge landscaping, private contractors (Chabot) 2633 (Strongman) 2631
Municipal taxes, increase in (Brown) 607
School tax. See entries under Education Finance
Special problems (Brown) 2649-50
Street maintenance costs and gasoline tax (Rogers) 2236-7
The Vancouver Charter, An Act to Amend. See name of act
Vancouver, B.C. — Transit system
Changes in (Barnes) 417
History of (Curtis) 2204 (Levi) 2240
Transit needs (Lauk) 56-7
Transit problems (Strongman) 103
Vancouver Board of Trade
Mentioned: (Mair) 1893
Vancouver-Burrard constituency
History of (Levi) 1412
Elimination of (Barrett) 2661 (Brown) 2648-52, 2653 (Cocke) 2597, 2598 (Dailly) 2590 (Hewitt) 2599 (McCarthy) 2662 (Macdonald) 2647 (Mair) 2606 (Stupich) 2594
Vancouver Charter
Mentioned: (Mair) 1915
The Vancouver Charter, An Act to Amend
(Bill PR 403) (Strongman) 1R, 1339; 2R, 2510; C, 2511; 3R, 2512; RA, 2805
Speakers: Lauk 2511
Petition (Strongman) 552
Rental accommodation for single parents with small children (Lauk) 2511
Zoning bylaw change, approval of by two thirds of council (Lauk) 2511
Vancouver College, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (McGeer) 2749
Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C.
King Edward campus mentioned (Levi) 2001
Mentioned: (McGeer) 1935
Vancouver Community Legal Assistance Society
Funds for (Brown) 605
Vancouver East constituency
Change in boundary of (Barrett) 2658 (Macdonald) 2647
Vancouver Forest District
Acreage logged and planted 1977 (Shelford) Q. 2806 (Waterland) A. 2806
Vancouver Foundation
Mentioned: (Brown) 108
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Accreditation of (D’Arcy) 1811 (Lauk) 564-5 (McClelland) 578, 1812
Board elections and abortion issue (Brown) 1767-8, 1771-2, 1772 (McClelland) 1768-70, 1772
Emergency centre (Brown) 1165, 1251 (McClelland) 1227
Expansion of (McClelland) 1227 (Wolfe) 260
Nurses, signing of allegiance document (Brown) Q. 2017
Nursing advisory committee (McClelland) 1812
Nursing services (D’Arcy) 1811 (McClelland) 1812
Nursing services, staff, survey of by Medicus (McClelland) 1812, 1817
Patient care and investigation of problems (D’Arcy) Q. 2248 (McClelland) A. 2248
Rebuilding of (D’Arcy) 1781 (McClelland) 578, 1227, 1776-7
Staffing requirements (D’Arcy) 1817 (McClelland) 1817
Mentioned: (Brown) 605, 1165, 1169, 2186 (McClelland) 1757, 1765, 1776, 1789
Vancouver Island, B.C.
Alternative energy for (Bennett) 1099 (Skelly) 1156
Economic development, north-Island area (Phillips) 447
Economy (Dailly) 647
Power generation, self-sufficiency in (Kerster) 1749
Vancouver Island Coach Lines Ltd.
B.C. Hydro committee on, function of (Levi) Q. 1043, Q. 1077-8 (Curtis) A. 1077
Possible sale of (Levi) 1020-4, 1028
Vancouver Island Energy Authority Act
(Bill M 201) (Skelly) 1R, 581
Vancouver Island Publicity Bureau
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1395
Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Phasing out of (Gardom) 2061 (Macdonald) 2039
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2095 (Phillips) 1695
Vancouver Island Registry Act
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2495
Vancouver Island Visitors Bureau
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 867
Vancouver-Little Mountain News
Vancouver Plywood Division of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
Employees, cutback in (Barrett) 34
Mill, modernization of (Rogers) 201
Operation of, meetings on (Rogers) 201-2
Threatened closure of (Bennett) 224 (Fraser) 407 (Lauk) 55 (Rogers) 201-2 (Stupich) 588
Mentioned: (Barber) 2409 (Lea) 2437 (Skelly) 179
Vancouver Professional Soccer Club
Mentioned: (Barber) 1000
Vancouver Resources Board
Abolition of (Barnes) 416
Employees, transfer of to Finance ministry (Wolfe) 689-90
Office space, takeover of (Brown) 1663 (Levi) 1663 (Vander Zalm) 1634, 1662, 1663
Mentioned: (Brown) 1610, 1612, 1613, 1614, 1618, 2199, 2648 (Levi) 727 (Vander Zalm) 1634 (Wolfe) 807
Vancouver Safety Council
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1367
Vancouver School Board
See: School District 39
Vancouver Status of Women
Counselling service (Brown) 1407
Financing of (Brown) 108 (McCarthy) 128
Grant to (Brown) 107, 1407-9 (Cocke) 114, 1405-6 (Dailly) 47, 130-1 (Gibson) 93, 1447-8 (Levi) 140-1 (McCarthy) 128, 129-30, 1410
Ombudservice (Brown) 108-9, 1407-8 (Cocke) 1405-6 (Gibson) 93, 1447-8
Salaries (Brown) 108
“Women Alive” programme (Brown) 1408
Work of (Brown) 1406-9 (Cocke) 113-4, 1406
Vancouver Stock Exchange
Canadian Javelin Corp., listing of (Levi) 1907 (Mair) 1909
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 1916
Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
Quoted (Barber) 615, 1005 (Barnes) 415 (Barrett) 478, 693, 982 (Bennett) 1208 (Brown) 606, 1247, 1250-1 (Dailly) 939, 1400 (Gardom) 2047 (Gibson) 1918, 1987, 2269 (Kempf) 649 (Kerster) 640, 640-1, 641 (King) 207, 2389 (Lauk) 244, 1696 (Lea) 1457 (Levi) 484, 493, 495, 938, 1411 (McCarthy) 2664 (McClelland) 1227 (Macdonald) 195 (Mussallem) 1230 (Nicolson) 532 (Skelly) 1823
Mentioned: (Barber) 1191 (Barrett) 33, 38, 39, 347, 2329 (Bennett) 1209 (Brown) 106, 1164, 1169, 1247, 1611 (Cocke) 1110 (Curtis) 2243 (Dailly) 47 (D’Arcy) 2235 (Gibson) 79, 2259, 2671, 2784 (King) 2390 (Lauk) 1060, 2373 (Levi) 1855 (Lockstead) 2403 (McClelland) 1041 (McGeer) 1967 (Main) 155 (Sanford) 1332 (Skelly) 1840 (Strongman) 2765 (Wallace) 1105, 1912 (Waterland) 1546 (Williams) 1571
Vancouver Variety Club Telethon
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1410
Vancouver Womeri s Research Association
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2379 (Skelly) 2424
Vancouver Women's Resource Centre
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 2338
Vanderburg, Ben
Mentioned: (Williams) 1602
Vander Zalm, Hon. William N., Minister of Human Resources (Surrey)
Address in reply 114-6
Adoption of infants, advertisements re, A. 1897
Airport facilities, upgrading of 340
Autism, facilities for, Woodlands School 1276, 1609
Bevan Lodge, closing of 1659-60, 1660
Child-abuse programme 1276, 1609
Children, non-English speaking, in Vancouver 2003
Community Care Services Society, use of 1634
Community health and human resource centres 1661
Cresteramics Shelter Workshop building, finds for 1656-7
Criminal injuries awards, deduction from social assistance, GAIN 1647, 1648
Day-care regulations, change in 115
Day-care, special day-care programme 1275
Deaf children, education of 2003-4
Education ministry, appropriation 593
Education ministry, estimates 2003-4
Elderly, homeowner grant for 593
Elderly, housing programme 592-3
Executive Council, estimates 1274-7
False Creek Handicapped Group Home, designation as long-term care facility, A. 1426-7
Family Relations Act, proposed 116
Family-service programmes 116
Family-support programme 116, 1609
Foster home care, appropriation for 1660
Foster home care, parental payments for 1276
Foster homes, therapeutic, number of children in 1660-1, 1661
GAIN, indexing of, A. 2306
GAIN programme, appropriation for 1662
Group homes for children in Richmond, A. 2671
Guthrie Centre, staff 1634
Handicapped allowance 339
Handicapped allowance, cost-of-living allowance 599
Handicapped allowance, increase in 338, 1276
Handicapped children, care, education of 1615, 1651-2, 2004
Handicapped, earning allowance, increase in 1607
Handicapped, fee for Human Resources ministry services, A. 1203, 1650
Handicapped, health benefits 338
Handicapped, homemaker assistance 338
Handicapped, homeowner grant 339, 593
Handicapped, homeowner grants, eligibility of age 60 to 65 group 1665
Handicapped Industries Guild, appropriation for. 1635
Handicapped, LIFE program 342, 593
Handicapped, long-term care programme 339
Handicapped, residential programme 1276
Handicapped, shelter overage 338
Handicapped, transportation allowance 339
Handicapped, workshop guild 342, 593
Health benefits, single-parent families 115
Highways, maintenance and construction, appropriation for 340
Homemaker service 342
Homemaker service, employment for women in 115-6
Hospital construction programme 592
Human Resources ministry, audit team 1607, 1608
Human Resources ministry, building occupancy charges 1662, 1663
Human Resources ministry, computer and consulting services 1634, 1663, 1664
Human Resources ministry, estimates 1607-10, 1634, 1635, 1642-4, 1647, 1648, 1650, 1651, 1651-2, 1655, 1656-7, 1658, 1659-60, 1660, 1660-1, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1664
Human Resources ministry, manager committee 1608-9
Human Resources ministry services, fee for, A. 1202-3, 1642-3, 1650, 1651, 1651-2
Human Resources ministry services, memorandum re 1275
Human Resources ministry, Sidney office, A. 1140-1, 1662
Human Resources ministry, Surrey office 1662
Immigration to province 114-5, 341
Independent schools, appropriation for 593-4
Indians, statement re return to reservations (Barnes) Q. 2456 (Bennett) A. 2397 (Brown) Q. 2397, Q. 2398 (Vander Zalm) A. 2397
Infant development programme 1276
Island Youth Centre, staff 1634
Job creation programmes 338
Job creation programmes, training opportunities in 340
Job creation, role of private sector in 340
Long-term care programme 341-2, 592, 1644
McLean Park housing project, youth workers for, A. 2455
Maintenance payments, collection procedures 116
Maintenance payments, former Human Resources ministry policy on, A. 2457
PREP 1607-8
Pharmacare benefits, women and children 116
Project LIFE 1609-10
Pulp mill, construction of 338
Reforestation, job opportunities in 340
Reforestation programme, appropriation for 340
Residential care, number of people in 1661
Sales tax, reduction in 340
School District 43, teacher hirings 593
School tax levy, increase in 593
Shelter Aid For Elderly Renters programme 342, 593
Small business, capital tax exemption limit, increase in 340
Small business, sales tax on production machinery, removal of 340
Social assistance payments, Revelstoke mother and daughter 339
Social assistance rates, comparisons with other provinces 1609
Social assistance recipients, acceptance of food gifts by, A. 2612
Social assistance recipients, number of, A. 1305
Social assistance, rent allowances, utility bills 1609
Social Credit Party membership, soliciting for on government stationery, A. 273
Sunshine Drive Hospital, funds for 1658
Surrey constituency, benefits under present government 1274
Tourist trade, increase in 340
Transition-house programme 115
Unemployment insurance benefits, delay in payment of 341
Vancouver Resources Board office space, takeover of 1634, 1662, 1663
Women, increased benefits to 115-6
Women, PREP job finding for 115
Woodlands School, facilities 342
Vaseux Lake, B.C. 2, 4-D, use of for milfoil control (Stephens) 863
Vegetables
Income assurance programme for (Hewitt) 2137
Veitch, Elwood N. (Burnaby Willingdon)
Auditor-general, appointment of 170
B.C. Hydro, Province questions re operations, A. 622
Burnaby Willingdon constituency, polls conducted 1300
Capital investment in province 173
Committee on Crown Corporations, operation of 171
Corporation Capital Tax Act, repeal of 1383
Corporation Capital Tax Amendment Act (1978) 1382-3
Corporation capital tax returns, cost of preparation 1382
Crown corporations, accountability 171
Crown corporations, growth of 170
Debt, cost of 355-6
Debt, provincial 355-6
Economic rules 172
Economy, government involvement in 170
Education standards, improvement in 354
Executive Council, estimates 1300
Government property, municipal taxes on 354
Home acquisition assistance, assistance to first-time buyers 354
Homeowner grant for elderly, handicapped 354
Job creation programmes 355
Legislative Tour Act (Bill M 212) 1R, 1629
Levi, Norman, irregular payment to 2189
Marineway extension, completion of 354
Mining exploration, increase in 354
Mining industry under former government 562
Products, competitiveness of 170
Royal Canadian Legion Act, An Act to Amend (Bill PR 401) 1R, 788
Royal Canadian Legion petition 401
Sales tax, reduction in 353, 355
Sales tax, reduction in, federal agreement on 354
Small business, sales tax on production machinery, removal of 355
Social Credit Party, pre-election promises 354
Summer works programme 354
Tourist industry, increase in 173
Tourist industry, Victoria, increase in 492
Vernon, Ed
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 359
Vernon News, Vernon, B.C.
Quoted (Jordan) 625 (Kempf) 649 (Wallace) 2146
Mentioned: (Jordan) 630
Vesack, Edward
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1104
Veterans' Land Act
Mentioned: (Brown) 2689, 2690 (Gard an) 2689
Vickers, David
Mentioned: (Levi) 2074 (Macdonald) 2039
Victims of Industry Changing the Environment
Mentioned: (Shelford) 135
Victoria, B.C.
Blanshard Street extension (Bawlf) 1271
Economic advisory council (Levi) 665
Economic Development Commission (Barber) 236, 1691 (Bawlf) 1270
Economy (Barber) 235-6
Economy and public service employment (Barber) 769-70
Harbour, federal funds for (Bawlf) 1270
Industrial development, land for (Barber) 1691-3
Inner Harbour, work on (Bawlf) 823
Ogden Point warehouse and terminal, reconstruction of (Bawlf) 1270
Old Town, undergrounding of wires (Bawlf) 1270
Research industry, development of (Barber) 1693-4 (Phillips) 1694
STOL landing port (Strongman) 1091
Tourist industry (Jordan) 238
Work Point land, use of (Barber) 1692-3 (Phillips) 1694
Victoria, B.C. — Transit system
History of (Curtis) 2204
Victoria CCF Constituency Association
Mentioned: (Bawlf) 569
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1395
Victoria City Act, 1921
Mentioned: (Barber) 2489 (Curtis) 2491
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Intermediate care patients in acute-care beds (Stephens) 1809
Mentioned: (McClelland) 1808
Victoria Harbour Lights
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1410
Victoria Labour Council
Mentioned: (Cocke) 2379 (Lockstead) 2338 (Skelly) 2424
Victoria Plywood Ltd.
Mentioned: (Barber) 2409 (King) 1034, 1072
Victoria Times, Victoria, B.C.
Quoted (D’Arcy) 597 (Gibson) 59, 989, 1468 (Kerster) 640 (McCarthy) 2663, 2664 (Macdonald) 2044, 2045 (Veitch) 492
Mentioned: (Brawn) 1173 (Chabot) 1173 (Dailly) 2730 (Davidson) 24 (Gibson) 2259 (Jordan) 241 (Levi) 493 (Nicolson) 921 (Skelly) 179
Victorian Order of Nurses
Mentioned: (Brown) 1251
Vietnam
Medical aid for Vietnamese children (Cocke) 1351-2, 1352 (Dailly) 1352 (Gibson) 1332 (McClelland) 1226 (Sanford) 1245-6, 1331-2
Medical aid for Vietnamese children, committee on (Bennett) 1331 (Cocke) 1351, 1353, 1415 (Dailly) 1352 (McCarthy) A. 1142, 1415-6 (Sanford) Q. 1142, 1246, 1331, 1333-4, 1415
Villa Royale, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Barber) 2488
Vision
Vision task force, report (McClelland) 1758
Visiting housekeepers
Emergency homemaker services (Brown) 1614
Homemaker service (Lockstead) 311-2 (McClelland) 1757 (Stephens) 98 (Throne speech) 2 (Vander Zalm) 342
Homemaker service agencies, client hours (McClelland) 1809
Homemaker service, assessment teams (Lockstead) 312
Homemaker service, charge for (McClelland) 1801 (Wallace) 1801, 1802
Homemaker service, employment in (McClelland) 216 (Vander Zalm) 115-6
Homemaker service, wages (Jordan) 116-7 (Lockstead) 311
Homemakers, long-term care programme, f coding of (McClelland) 1786
Visits of state
Visitors to province (Throne speech) 2
Vitamins
Megavitamin therapy, study of (Dailly) 1781 (McClelland) 1782
Sales tax on (Mussallem) 744-5 (Skelly) 781
Vlahovic, Jack
Teamster hearings, report on (Gibson) Q. 335, 1597 (Williams) A. 335, 1600
Mentioned: (Williams) 1600
Vocational Counselling Service
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1410
Vocational education
Secondary school students (McGeer) 1930
Southeastern B.C., vocational education opportunities (Bawtree) 602
Unemployment, role in (Gibson) 69
Vocational guidance
Children, disadvantaged, and career counselling (Brown) 2004-5 (McGeer) 2015
Vogel, Bill
Mentioned: (Davidson) 15
Vogel, Richard
Involvement with Coal Harbour Maritime Leasing Ltd. (Lauk) Q. 1574 (Lockstead) Q. 1540 (Gardom) A. 1540
Involvement with lakex Mines (Lauk) Q. 1541 (Lockstead) Q. 1540 (Gardom) A. 1540
RCMP activities, remarks re (Gardom) 911 (Lauk) 2052-3, 2054 (Macdonald) 885, 911, 2049
Salary (King) 1075
Tribute to (Garden) 2038
Mentioned: (Gardom) 2677 (Macdonald) 2039
Volkswagen Canada Ltd.
Plant construction in B.C. (Gibson) Q. 2187
Mentioned: (Lauk) 2500
Volrich, Jack
Mentioned: (Lauk) 2469
Vrlak Robinson Advertising Ltd.
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 1305