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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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

Quoted (Barber) 613, 614, 615

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

Budget debate 337-43, 592-5

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)

Address in reply 168-73, 492

Auditor-general, appointment of 170

B.C. Hydro, Province questions re operations, A. 622

Budget debate 353-6, 562

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

Economy of B.C. 169-70, 354-5

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