Province of British Columbia
32nd Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
December 4th, 1980 to July 7th, 1981

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UBC

See: University of B.C.

UBCM

See: Union of B.C. Municipalities

UNESCO

See: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UTDC

See: United Transportation Development Corp.

Ucluelet, B.C.

Spring Cove road, paving of (Fraser) 5797 (Skelly) 5793

Unclaimed Money Act

Mentioned: (Curtis) 4416

Underdeveloped areas, Aid to

Appropriation, increase in (Wallace) 5221

Appropriation, 1980, expenditure of (Hewitt) 5221 (Wallace) 5221

Funds, applications for (Wallace) 5221

Program, report for (Hewitt) 5221 (Wallace) 5221

Projects assisted under program (Hewitt) 5221

Unemployment

Effect of on mortality, social problems (Stupich) 4424

Employment, increase in (Bennett) 6558

Increase in (Gabelmann) 4544

Increase in, forecast of (Stupich) 4424

Job creation, new jobs (Bennett) 6564 (Brummet) 4627 (Curtis) 4400, 4408 (Heinrich) 4315-6 (Levi) 4266 (McCarthy) 4458 (McClelland) 4439 (Phillips) 4276-7, 4278, 5824 (Ritchie) 4246 (Throne speech) 4218

Rate in B.C. (McCarthy) 4380

Rate in B.C., decrease in (Hewitt) 4301 (Phillips) 4278 (Strachan) 4254

Unemployment, Technological

Clerical workers, impact of technological revolution on (Brown) 5200, 5216

High-technology research, impact of on workforce (McGeer) 4802 (Nicolson) 4801

Insurance Corp. of B.C., redundant employees, retraining of (Brown) 5217

Microelectronics industry, development of and unemployment (Mitchell) 4386-7

Plywood and sawmill industries, technological change, inquiry into (Heinrich) 6485

Technological revolution, impact of (Hewitt) 5217

Women office workers, retraining of (Brown) 6468

Unger, Eldon

Mentioned: (Hanson) 4500, 4503, 5304, 5305 (Vander Zalm) 5310

Union Carbide Canada Ltd.

Mentioned: (Skelly) 6007

Union Club, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Lauk) 5449

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs

Medical care in remote areas, brief on (Cocke) 4245

Union of B.C. Municipalities

Mentioned: (Barber) 4838, 4844, 4849 (Barrett) 4895 (Chabot) 6119 (Fraser) 5701 (King) 5327 (Lockstead) 5529, 5698 (Rogers) 6060 (Vander Zalm) 4836, 5008, 5041, 6073, 6425

Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ

Lottery funds for (Hewitt) 5336

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 6408

Union Oil Co. of California

Mentioned: (Lockstead) 5530 (McClelland) 5534

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada

Mentioned: (Heinrich) 5929

United Church of Canada

Mentioned: (Bennett) 5617 (Hall) 5153 (Hewitt) 5221

United Community Services

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 4271

United Injured and Disabled Workers Association

Meeting with (Sanford) Q. 6354 (Heinrich) A. 6354

Membership, increase in (Sanford) 6431

Newsletter (Sanford) 6439

Workers' Compensation Board, commitment re inquiry into (Sanford) Q. 6353, Q. 6354 (Bennett) A. 6353 (Heinrich) A. 6354

Mentioned: (Sanford) 6438, 6446

United Keno Hill Mines Ltd.

Mentioned: (McClelland) 5489 (Passarell) 6043

United Leasehold Owners Association

Mentioned: (Lauk) 5097

United Mine Workers

Mentioned: (King) 4601

United Nations

Disabled persons' declaration quoted (Hanson) 6208

Mentioned: (Barnes) 4283 (Brown) 4295, 5678, 5680, 5681 (Brummet) 4230 (Curtis) 4405 (Gabelmann) 4954 (McCarthy) 4377, 4464 (Throne speech) 4218 (Williams) 6331

United Nations — General Assembly

Mentioned: (Skelly) 5476

United Nations Conference on Human Settlements

Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 4836

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Mentioned: (Skelly) 4591

United Native Nations

Local 143, request for group home for Lower Post (McCarthy) 5969 (Passarell) 5960

Mentioned: (Passarell) 6285

United States — Atomic Energy Commission

Mentioned: (Davis) 4819

United States — Civilian Conservation Corps

Mentioned: (Barrett) 6396

United States — Coast Guard

Mentioned: (Hanson) 4314

United States — Congress

Hearings quoted (Wallace) 5316

Mentioned: (Mitchell) 4387

United States — Environmental Protection Agency

Mentioned: (Nicolson) 5723, 5724

United States — Health, Education and Welfare, Department of

Mentioned: (Barrett) 4524 (Wallace) 6483

United States — Labour, Department of

Mentioned: (Mitchell) 4387

United States — Securities and Exchange Commission

Mentioned: (Davis) 5772 (Howard) 4565 (Passarell) 5564 (Skelly) 4250

United States — Senate

Mentioned: (Levi) 6203, 6206

United States — Transportation, Department of

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mentioned (Hall) 5193

United States Animal Health Association

Mentioned: (Hewitt) 5171

United States Supreme Court

Mentioned: (Mair) 4357

United Steelworkers of America

Statement quoted (Passarell) 6433

United Transportation Development Corp.

Vancouver transit system, contract for (Lauk) 4892

Mentioned: (Dailly) 4889 (Lauk) 4890 (Vander Zalm) 4885, 4889, 4891

United Way

Brief on day care quoted (Dailly) 5935

Report quoted (Gabelmann) 5935

Mentioned: (Brown) 4491, 4492, 5895, 5962, 5963 (Dailly) 4454, 5936 (Gabelmann) 4273 (McClelland) 6013

Universities and colleges

College boards, appointments to (Lauk) 5654 (Smith) 5655

College boards, government control over (Lauk) 5653

College budgets, formula for (Lauk) 5653 (Smith) 5655

College councils, abolition of and creation of single board, proposal for (Smith) 5655

College councils, review of functions of (Smith) 5589

College students, cost-of-living problems for (D’Arcy) 4640

Colleges and institutes, appropriation for (Curtis) 4409 (Strachan) 4473

Colleges and institutes, operating budgets, increase in (Smith) 5589, 5624

Colleges and institutes, travel, office and furniture appropriation, reduction in (Lauk) 5657

Colleges and institutes, travel, office and furniture expenses, increase in (Lauk) 5656-7

Colleges, asbestos hazard, possibility of (Hanson) 5656

Colleges, enrolment statistics, problems with (Sanford) 5618

Colleges, flexibility and changes in programs (Smith) 5624

Colleges, funding of (Lauk) 5652, Q. 5988 (Smith) 5654-5, A. 5988

Colleges, living allowances for students (Smith) 5624 (Wallace) 5624

Colleges, programs, changes in (Smith) 6427

Colleges, regional, initiation of by Social Credit Party government (Bennett) 4532

Colleges, school boards' role in (Lauk) 5652-3, 5654

Colleges, student fees, percentage of operating costs (Smith) 5655

Colleges, vocational education (Davis) 4820

Colleges, women's access programs (Brown) 5635 (Lauk) 5641 (Smith) 5637

Colleges, women's access programs, funding of (Brown) 5635, 5652 (Smith) 5589, 5652

Disabled, access to educational institutions (Hanson) 5659 (Smith) 5659

Discovery parks at universities (Davis) 4820

Interior of province, post-secondary educational facilities (Bennett) 4531

Ontario college system (Davis) 4819

Private post-secondary institutions, aid to (Bennett) 5617

Universities, enrolment, decline in (Davis) 4818 (Lauk) 4795

Universities, foreign students (Brown) 4820

Universities, funds for, increase in (Davis) 4818 (McGeer) 4786

Universities, tuition fees (McGeer) 4786, 4821

Universities, tuition fees, elimination of, proposal for (McGeer) 4798

Universities, tuition fees, foreign students (Davis) 4819-20

Universities, tuition fees, indexing of (Stupich) 6081

Universities, tuition fees, level of (Davis) 4819

Universities, tuition fees, percentage of operating costs (Davis) 4819

University education, availability of (Lauk) 4798-9

University graduates, employment of in fields unrelated to studies (Lauk) 4797 (McGeer) 4798

University graduates, fields of study and employment opportunities (McGeer) 4821

University residences, funds for (McGeer) 4798

University students, postgraduate work, emphasis on (Lauk) 4797

Vancouver Island colleges, cooperative investigation into enrolment, course completion (Sanford) 5616 (Smith) 5618

Universities Council of B.C.

Mentioned: (McGeer) 4807

Universities, Science and Communications, Ministry of

Estimates 4786-8, 4794-4812, 4814-29

Speakers: Barber 4809-11, 4826-7; Brown 4820-1; Cocke 4807, 4822; Davis 4818-20; Kempf 4803-4; King 4824-5; Lauk 4788, 4795-7, 4798-4800, 4816, 4817, 4822, 4823, 4824, 4827-8, 4828-9; Lea 4825-6; Leggatt 4809; McGeer 4786-8, 4794, 4798, 4802-3, 4803, 4807-8, 4809, 4811-2, 4815-6, 4816-7 4821-2, 4822-3, 4824, 4825, 4828; Mitchell 4804-6; Mussallem 4806-7; Nicolson 4800-2; 4803, 4816, 4828; Ritchie 4808-9, 4816; Wallace 4814-5

Administration, appropriation, increase in (Lauk) 4817

Building occupancy charges, increase in (Barber) 4826 (King) 4824-5 (Lauk) 4824 (Lea) 4825-6 (McGeer) 4825

Building occupancy, source of space (Barber) 4826-7

Communications system development and regulation branch, appropriation, increase in (Lauk) 4823

Computer and consulting charges, appropriation, increase in (Lauk) 4827-8, 4828 (McGeer) 4828 (Nicolson) 4828

Computer projects (McGeer) 4828

Minister's office, appropriation, increase in (Lauk) 4816 (McGeer) 4817

Staff, housing of, consolidation of accommodation (Barber) 4826 (King) 4828 (Lea) 4825, 4826 (McGeer) 4824, 4825

Telecommunications services branch, advertising appropriation, increase in (Lauk) 4822 (Lea) 4823 (McGeer) 4823-4

Travel, appropriation, increase in (Lauk) 4816, 4817

University Hospital, Edmonton, Alta.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 6214

University of B.C.

Employees, commuting to Fraser Valley communities (Gabelmann) 6229, 6239

Faculty of agriculture, fieldwork (McGeer) 4815

Faculty of agriculture, relocation of in lower mainland, proposal for (Ritchie) 4808-9

Faculty of agriculture, women students (Hewitt) 5228 (Wallace) 5228

Faculty positions, effect of house prices on possible applicants (Gabelmann) 6229

TRIUMF. See Tri-Universities Meson Facility

Mentioned: (Barrett) 5763, 6503 (Brown) 4856; 5897, 5953, 6149, 6384, 6571 (Cocke) 5031, 6124 (Curtis) 4411 (Davis) 4818, 4819, 4820, 5711 (Gabelmann) 6229 (Hewitt) 5168 (Howard) 5573 (Hyndman) 5437 (King) 4681, 6350 (Lauk) 4323, 4824, (Levi) 5396, 5422 (McClelland) 6013 (McGeer) 4787, 798 (Mitchell) 5358 (Mussallem) 5859 (Nicolson) 4802 (Ritchie) 4388 (Smith) 4989 (Wallace) 5123, 5624 (Williams) 6387 (Wolfe) 5297

University of B.C. Endowment Lands

Cooperative housing, proposals for (Chabot) 6242 (Gabelmann) 6239

Faculty, staff members, land for housing (Chabot) 6242

Improvements, payment for (Curtis) 5790 (Nicolson) 5790

Municipal status, proposal for (Chabot) 6242 (Gabelmann) 6239

Regional park, establishment of (Chabot) 6242

University of B.C. Medical School

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, average patient-days, September, October (Cocke) 4243

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, construction of (Cocke) 6136-9

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, emergency facilities, use of (Cocke) 6138 (Nielsen) 6140

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, importance of (Mussallem) 6140

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, intensive-care unit, use of (Cocke) 4243

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, location of (Cocke) 6139

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, open house (Cocke) 5752

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, operating costs per patient-day (Cocke) 6138

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, scanners (Cocke) 4243

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, staff (Cocke) 4243

Health Sciences Centre Hospital staff, facilities, tribute to (Nielsen) 6140

Health Sciences Centre Hospital, use of (Cocke) 6136-9 (Nielsen) 6140

Health Sciences Centre Hospital mentioned (Cocke) 4485

University of Manitoba

Mentioned: (McClelland) 6013

University of Toronto

Mentioned: (Levi) 6247 (McGeer) 4807

University of Victoria

Engineering faculty, proposal for (Mussallem) 4806

Optometry school, proposal for (Barber) 6220

Mentioned: (Barber) 5007, 5075, 5373 (Brown) 5962 (Cocke) 6138 (Davis) 4818, 4819 (Hanson) 5303 (Levi) 4264 (McCarthy) 5947 (McGeer) 4794, 4798 (Nicolson) 4816 (Wallace) 4433

University of Washington

Mentioned: (Levi) 6206

University of Washington Hospital, Seattle, Wash.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 6137

Unruh, M.

Mentioned: (Kempf) 6349

Upper Island Union Board of Health

Hiring freeze, effect of (Gabelmann) 6215

Quoted (Gabelmann) 6158

The Upper Islander, Campbell River, B.C.

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 6036

Upper Levels Highway

See: Highway 1

Uranium

Moratorium on exploration and mining (McClelland) 6605 (Passarell) 6604

Placer Development Ltd., Atlin mine, uranium production (Passarell) 6042

Sale of by Premier on visit to Commission of the European Communities (Barrett) 6555

Transportation of through province, government action on (Rogers) 6000 (Skelly) 5999

Transportation, storage, provincial policy on (Skelly) 6000

Uranium Exploration and Mining, An Act to Prevent. See name of act

Uranium Exploration and Mining, An Act to Prevent

(Bill M201) (Passarell) 1R, 4307; 2R, 6604-5

Speakers: McClelland 6605; Passarell 6604-5

Amax of Canada Ltd. disposal of uranium in ocean (Passarell) 6605

Moratorium on uranium exploration and mining (McClelland) 6605 (Passarell) 6604

Placer Development Ltd., uranium production and storage (Passarell) 6605

Urban Transit Authority

Appropriation (Vander Zalm) 4837, 4998

Borrowing power, increase in (Stupich) 6533

Bus passes for elderly, handicapped (Brown) 4861-2

Bus passes for elderly, handicapped, transferability of (Brown) 4861-2 (Vander Zalm) 4862

Changes in, need for (Barber) 4845

Custom transit, funds for, transfer of from Human Resources ministry (Lorimer) 4992-3

Establishment of (Bennett) 6572-3 (Curtis) 4405-6 (Throne speech) 4220

Secretary, issuing of bus passes by (Brown) 6533

Structure of (Barber) 4845, 4846, 4852 (Lorimer) 4992

Mentioned: (Barber) 4880, 4900, 5816 (Brown) 4855, 6572, 6575 (Curtis) 5674 (Hanson) 4503 (Lauk) 4466 (Stupich) 5758, 6103, 6178 (Vander Zalm) 4834, 4835, 4855, 5040

Urban Transit Authority Act

Mentioned: (Barber) 4871 (Lauk) 4466 (Mussallem) 4887 (Vander Zalm) 4897

Urban Transit Fund

Transit funding, increase in (Curtis) 4406

Urea formaldehyde

School District 88, urea formaldehyde in portables (Smith) 5848

School insulation, presence in (Cocke) Q. 5890 (Lauk) Q. 5546 (Smith) A. 5848, A. 5990

Use in wallboard in portable classrooms (Nielsen) 6205

Use of for home insulation (Passarell) 6043 (Rogers) 6045

Use of for home insulation, case cited (Lorimer) 6217-8

Use of for home insulation, federal-provincial cost-sharing arrangement for removal of (Hall) Q. 6354 (Gardom) A. 6355

Use of for home insulation, health hazard (Levi) 6202-3 (Mussallem) 6207

Use of for home insulation, National Research Council report quoted (Levi) 6202

Use of for home insulation, testing for hazardous conditions (Levi) 6203-4, 6206 (Nielsen) 6204-5

Use of for home insulation, Vancouver case cited (Levi) 6202-3

Utah Development Co.

Coal tax, royalties, study on (Phillips) 5874-5

Utah Mines Ltd.

Discharge of effluent by, 1971 hearings on (Hall) 4320

Rupert Inlet water, loss of life-sustaining value, payment for (Skelly) 6001

Rupert Inlet, tailings in inlet (Gabelmann) 5525, 6037 (McClelland) 5522-3, 5528 (Passarell) 5506, 5517 (Sanford) 4597

Mentioned: (Chabot) 6289 (Sanford) 6288

Utilities Commission

See: British Columbia Utilities Commission

Utilities Commission Act

Amendments to (D’Arcy) 5581 (Davis) 5500 (McClelland) 5501

Criticisms of (D’Arcy) 5580

Mentioned: (Howard) 4328, 5537 (Lockstead) 5528 (McClelland) 5485, 5539 (Macdonald) 4610 (Strachan) 4254