Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 23, 1983 to February 9, 1984

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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.

Quoted (Stupich) 2286, 2287

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