Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 23, 1983 to February 9, 1984
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
VISTA program
Mentioned: (Skelly) 2179
Valhalla Provincial Park
Establishment of (Brummet) 2898, 2901 (Mitchell) 2902 (Nicolson) 71
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 73 (Throne speech) 6
Valhalla Wilderness Society
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 71
Valley Copper Mines Ltd.
Development project (D’Arcy) 962
Valpy, Michael
Mentioned: (Bennett) 1193
Vancouver, B.C.
Board of Parks and Recreation (Hanson) 1639 (Lauk) 863, 864 (Mowat) 53 (Rose) 1741 (Skelly) 1719
Cassiar Street link. See entries under Highway 401
Chinatown area, freeway (Barnes) 1878
City council (Barnes) 103 (Barrett) 465 (Blencoe) 128 (D’Arcy) 423-4 (Mowat) 53
City employees, collective bargaining (Dailly) 1752-3
Credit rating of city (Blencoe) 699, 1294, 1974 (D’Arcy) 961 (Lauk) 1001
False Creek area, development of (Lauk) 866
Odessa trip, expenditure on (Reid) Q. 365 (Ritchie) A. 365
Office space, construction of (Johnston) 516-7 (Reid) 493, 494 (Stupich) 518, 519
Police chief, salary level (Macdonald) 1726-7
Public Sector Restraint Act, resolution re quoted (Nicolson) 1757
Recreational facilities (Mowat) 53
Regional planning function (Blencoe) 476
Stadium. See B.C. Place Stadium, Vancouver, B.C.
Ward system (Barnes) 548, 549, 550 (Nicolson) 71 (Rose) 1304
Vancouver, B.C.--Convention centre
Construction of (Phillips) 2829
Vancouver, B.C.-Transit system
ALRT system (Barnes) 1878 (Brown) 3123 (Bennett) 81 (Dailly) 437 (D’Arcy) 1858, 2560 (Fraser, A.) 87, 974, 3123 (Hanson) 2364 (Hewitt) 247 (Johnston) 60 (Lauk) 318, 863, 864-5, 1818-9 (Lea) 44 (Michael) 775 (Mowat) 53 (Phillips) 110 (Reid) 37-8, 277 (Reynolds) 184-5 (Richmond) 112 (Ritchie) 45, 47 (Rose) 115, 3075 (Segarty) 123 (Stupich) 1065
ALRT system, Annacis area bridge (Davis) 3117
ALRT system, borrowing for (D’Arcy) 1988 (Mitchell) 1972
ALRT system, capacity of (McCarthy) 131
ALRT system, cost of (Cocke) 97 (Dailly) 24, 3073 (Lauk) 1818-9 (Reid) 38
ALRT system, Dunsmuir Tunnel (McCarthy) 131
ALRT system, expropriation for (Lauk) Q. 1023 (McCarthy) A. 1023
ALRT system, extension of to Coquitlam (Parks) 232 (Rose) 118
ALRT system, extension of to Pitt River (Pelton) 32
ALRT system, extension of to Port Moody (Rose) 3127-8
ALRT system, extension of to Surrey (Davis) 70 (Johnston) 59 (Parks) 232 (Reid) 38, 3121 (Ritchie) 47
ALRT system, extensions (Lauk) 1819 (Reynolds) 185
ALRT system, Grandview-Woodlands area overpass (Barnes) 1880, 1881
ALRT system, job creation (Campbell) 100 (McCarthy) 131, 2914 (McClelland) 65 (Parks) 232
ALRT system, manufacture of in B.C. (Reynolds) 184 (Ritchie) 47
ALRT system, stations (McCarthy) 131
Buses, purchase of (Ritchie) 45
Regional transit commission (McCarthy) 2914
Vancouver Better Business Bureau
Consumer problems, arbitration service for (Hewitt) 2848
Vancouver Board of Trade
Mentioned: (Johnston) 967 (Reynolds) 708
Vancouver C's
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 184
Vancouver Canucks
Mentioned: (Passarell) 2780
Vancouver Charter
Amendments to (Barnes) 550 (Gardom) 550
Replacement of (D’Arcy) 2505
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 695, 699 (Hanson) 1639 (Rose) 1741 (Skelly) 1719
Vancouver Community College
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 1377, 3172
Vancouver Daily Province, Vancouver, B.C.
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Eye-care clinic (Throne speech) 7
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 3135 (McCarthy) 209 (McClelland) 3137 (Nielsen) 3074, 3078
Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Davis) 3116 (Reid) 497
Vancouver Island, B.C.
Tourist trade, west coast, development of (Gabelmann) 3120
Transportation policy for (Fraser, A.) A. 2169 (Sanford) Q. 2169, 2890
Tunnel link to mainland, proposal for (Lauk) 318
Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Expenditures on (Barrett) 1600
Mentioned: (Hanson) 3140
Vancouver Island West School District
See: School District 84
Vancouver-Little Mountain constituency
Description of (Mowat) 52
Social Credit Party election platform (Mitchell) 1743, 1744
Vancouver School District
See: School District 39
Vancouver South constituency
Description of (Fraser, R.) 13
Vancouver Stock Exchange Act for, new act (D’Arcy) 2851
B.C.-based companies, trading of (D’Arcy) 2851
Documents, processing of (Hewitt) 2847
Economic development and exchange (D’Arcy) 2851
Government's trusteed funds, investment of (D’Arcy) 2853, 2856 (Hewitt) 2855
Level of activity (D’Arcy) 1569, 1630, 1716, 1718, 1988-9, 2852-3 (Rose) 2027
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 2302 (Hewitt) 816 (Howard) 529, 530 (Speaker) 839
Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
Quoted (Barnes) 2916, 2917, 2918 (Barrett) 827, 828, 830, 832, 835, 2223 (Blencoe) 485, 486, 487, 685, 686 (Brown) 2989 (Cocke) 2198 (Dailly) 1421, 1423 (Fraser, R.) 216 (Heinrich) 2267 (Howard) 2126 (Johnston) ) 517, 967, 968 (Kempf) 984 (Lauk) 862 (Lea) 380 (Lockstead) 2191, 2192, 2348, 2349, 2772, 2773 (McClelland) 2254 (Macdonald) 2182 (Passarell) 369, 1320, 2380 (Reynolds) 181, 306, 307, 537 (Rose) 116, 453, 454, 1606, 3193 (Sanford) 502 (Segarty) 784 (Skelly) 1808, 1873 (Stupich) 1014, 1933, 2097, 2216, 2218, 2281, 2954 (Wallace) 1437
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1456 (Barrett) 829, 836 (Blencoe) 488, 2973 (Brown) 35, 409, 2018, 2087, 2993 (Cocke) 905 (Davis) 401 (Gabelmann) 1620, 2233, 3118, 3133 (Hanson) 2208 (Heinrich) 1367 (Howard) 406, 1329, 2127 (Lauk) 2006 (Lea) 380 (McGeer) 854 (Nicolson) 655, 1896, 2009 (Passarell) 2777 (Reynolds) 305 (Rose) 1427 (Sanford) 3130 (Skelly) 214, 445, 1981, 2067 (Stupich) 1088 (Waterland) 2553
Vancouver Transition House, Vancouver, B.C.
Funding for (Brown) 976
Work of (Brown) 978
Vancouver Whitecaps
Mentioned: (Barnes) 106 (Rose) 1605
Vancouver Women's Health Collective, Vancouver, B.C.
Funding for (Brown) 976, 3091 (Campbell) 908 (Dailly)Q. 815 (Nielsen) A. 815, 3091
Purpose of (Campbell) 908
Vander Zalm, William N.
Quoted (Blencoe) 2808 (Lauk) 862
Teachers, treatment of (Blencoe) 310-1
Thanked (Reid) 37
Tribute to (Johnston) 59
Mentioned: (Barnes) 1879 (Blencoe) 481 (Cocke) 522 (Dailly) 1374 (Gabelmann) 891 (Hanson) 1481, 1867 (Howard) 1239 (Lauk) 223, 864 (Lea) 628, 663, 1824, 2408 (Lockstead) 547 (McCarthy) 128, 131 (Macdonald) 541, 1591, 1595, 1727 (Michael) 2808 (Mitchell) 900, 1517 (Passarell) 1854 (Rose) 1527, 1607 (Sanford) 628 (Skelly) 1873, 2420 (Wallace) 645, 1238, 1533
Van Doren, Mark
Man's Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof mentioned, quoted (Dailly) 1056, 1057
Vandusen Gardens, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Mowat) 52
Vegetables
Production of in north (Passarell) 3099 (Schroeder) 3099
Veitch, Elwood N. (Burnaby-Willingdon)
Auditor-general, appointment to committee of selection for (Gardom) 597
Auditor-general, duties 1080
Automobile manufacturers, losses 1938
Budget debate 1035-8
Chair, government Whip acting as Deputy Speaker (Howard) 1484
Coal, northeast, benefit of 1037
College and Institute Amendment Act (1983) 1395-6, 1400, 1401
College and Institute Amendment Act, 1983, definitions, repeal of 1395
College councils, control of, criticism re 1401
College councils, elimination of 1395-6, 1400
College councils, elimination of, savings effected 1400
Colleges, administration of, number of committees involved 1400
Compensation Stabilization Amendment Act (1983) 1936-9
Democracy, evolution of 1036
Educational system, cost of, salaries, wages 1938
Expenditures, restraint on, reaction to 1036
Expenditures, restraint on, Social Credit Party election platform 1035, 1038
Fryer, John, criticism of 1936
Government, growth of 1937
Health care system, cost of, salaries, wages 1938
Inflation, problem of 1937
Inflation rate, decline in 1938
Job creation 1037
Legislature, debate in House 1035
Life, analogy drawn to Great Barrier Reef 1036
Morrison, Erma P., reappointment of as auditor-general 1080
Morrison, Erma P., tribute to 1080
New Democratic Party, policies of 1937
Public service employees, compensation levels, employers' ability to pay 1936, 1937, 1938
Public service employees, number of 1036-7
Public service employees, productivity, increase in 1937, 1938
Public service employees, proportion of workforce 1938
Small business, tax levels and public service salaries 1938
Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor-General, report 1080-1
Taxation, dependency on in free world 1036
Teachers, salaries, increase in 1037
Veitch, Sheila (Mrs. Elwood N.)
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 181
Vesak, Ted
Quoted (Brown) 809 (Lockstead) 723, 724, 725
Tribute to (Lockstead) 723
Veterans' Land Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Stupich) 1243
Vice, Ann
Mentioned: (Gardom) 3166
Vickers, David
Arbitration award quoted (Gabelmann) 2035
Mentioned: (Hon. member) 3056 (Johnston) 967 (Reynolds) 155
Vickrey, William
General and Specific Financing of Urban Services mentioned (Blencoe) 1133
Victoria, B.C.
Budget (Blencoe) 691
Capital Region Economic Development Commission (Blencoe) 127, 476
Convention centre (Bennett) A. 81 (Blencoe) Q. 81 (Brummet) 140
Downtown properties, problem re (Blencoe) 1118-9
Economy (Hanson) 988-91
Electric power, co-generation proposal (Blencoe) 2889-90
Fire department, duties of deputy chief (Hanson) 1689, 1690
Fort Street property sale (Blencoe) 1118, 1120, 1126, 1134
Harbour area, lease fees (Blencoe) 1075
Highway 1, location of (Mitchell) 2403
Industrial property, tax rate for (Ritchie) 614
Industry (Hanson) 989-90
Industry, city's policy on (Blencoe) Q. 917, 1075 (Chabot) 881, A. 917 (Hanson) 988
Inner Harbour property, tax rate on (Blencoe) 622
Inner Harbour, residential developments (Blencoe) 622
Lime Bay shake mill lease (Blencoe) 1075
Property tax, 1983-84 fiscal year (Blencoe) 691
Public Sector Restraint Act, effect of (Lea) 1748
Regional planning function (Blencoe) 476
Tillicum Mall, construction of (Blencoe) 475-6, 484 (Hanson) 1866 (Mitchell) 1232, 1234
Tourist attractions, government funds for (Brummet) 140
Tourist trade (Hanson) 989
Victoria, B.C.-Transit system
Regional transit commission (McCarthy) 2914
Victoria Better Business Bureau
Consumer problems, arbitration service for (Hewitt) 2848
Victoria Boys' and Girls' Club
Mentioned: (Smith) 3017
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 440
Victoria constituency
New Democratic Party, alleged support for (Brummet) 140
New Democratic Party majority, increase in (Blencoe) 124, 125
Victoria Diversion Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Funding of (Blencoe) 3015 (Smith) 3015
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Board (Blencoe) Q. 367 (Nielsen) A. 367
Costs per patient day (Nielsen) 2051
Design of (Nielsen) 3079
Digital radiography facilities (Throne speech) 7
Location of (Cocke) 3077
Management of (Blencoe) Q. 366 (Nielsen) A. 366-7
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 1202 (Hanson) 1641 (Throne speech) 7
Victoria Labour Council
Mentioned: (Chabot) 917
Victoria School District
See: School District 62
Victoria Times, Victoria, B.C.
Quoted (Chabot) 917 (Stupich) 2285, 2286
Victoria Volunteer Bureau
Funding for (Barnes) Q. 1256 (McCarthy) A. 1256
Videotapes
Pornographic material, problem re (Brown) 2992
Regulatory system re content (Smith) 2992, 2993
Viney, K., Contracting Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Johnston) 59
Violence
Family, violence in, increase in (Brown) 300, 978
Visiting housekeepers
Home care service, cutback in (Cocke) 3075-6
Vocational education
High-technology education (Rose) 1403
Job training (Gabelmann) 3132 (McClelland) 3136
TRAC program (Brummet) 142 (Nicolson) 2010
Vogel, Richard
Tribute to (Smith) 2987
Mentioned: (Cocke) 265 (Lauk) 3070
Volunteer social welfare organizations
See: Charitable societies
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Printing of (Chabot) 8
Quoted (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 1979
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 421 (Howard) 1327, 1329 (Lauk) 1568 (Ree) 1804
Vrlak, Valerie
Tourism ministry employment (Cocke) Q. 391 (Richmond) A. 391
Vrlak Robinson Advertising Ltd.
Auditor-general's report (Cocke) Q. 391, Q. 428 (Richmond) A. 391, A. 428
Documents, accounts, possible destruction of (Barrett) Q. 469 (Cocke) Q. 469
Ownership of (Cocke) Q. 392
Political contributions, information re (Barrett) Q. 701 (Chabot) A. 701
Social Credit Party election headquarters, work in (Cocke)Q. 428 (Bennett) A. 428