Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 2nd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
February 13, 1984 to February 21, 1985
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
VIDO
See: Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization
Valhalla Provincial Park
Establishment of (Brummet) 3877 (Mitchell) 3876
Valley Echo, Invermere, B.C.
Mentioned: (Hanson) 4940
Valley Transport
Cowichan Valley transportation, funding for (Wallace) 3728
Vancouver, B.C.
Bill No. 1, An Act to Amend the Vancouver Charter, petition presented (Parks) 4346
Bill No. 2, An Act to Amend the Vancouver Charter, petition presented (Parks) 4347
Cambie Street bridge, cost of (Mowat) 3228
Charter, government by (Blencoe) 3966 (Chairman) 3966 (Cocke) 3975 (Ritchie) 3966
Chinatown community, tribute to (Barnes) 5087, 5088
City council, conduct of on occasion of H. Kissinger's visit (Mowat) 3456
City council, Expo 86 discouraged by (Rogers) 3605
Constituencies, basis of (Chabot) 4325, 4326, 4334 (Lauk) 4333 (Nielsen) 4329, 4330-1
Crime, increase in (Brown) 4234-5
Downtown eastside residents' problems (Blencoe) 4303-4
Easter Seal bus service, continuation of (Blencoe) Q. 4710 (Chabot) A. 4710
English-as-a-second-language students, percentage of school enrolment (Davis) 3826 (Stupich) 4395
Expo 86 Corp., appointees on board of (Richmond) 4216
Financial centre, possibility of (Phillips) 4116
Fire department, height and weight discrimination by (Gabelmann) 4579
Firefighters' strike in 1975, voting on (Gabelmann) 4162
Foreclosures in (Lauk) 3240
Hospital boards, amalgamation of (Dailly) 4756-7 (Nielsen) 4756, 4757
Hospitals in (Nielsen) 4339
Human Rights Act (proposed, 1983) , public reaction to (Mitchell) 4524
Immigrant settlement in (Lauk) 4414 (Macdonald) 4414
Job creation in (Mowat) 3456
Landlord and tenant arbitration hearings, number of (Hewitt) 4269
Landlord and tenant, small claims court cases in 1972 (Blencoe) 4275-6
Police, serving of summonses by (Macdonald) Q. 4189 (Smith) A. 4189-90
Port of, losses from longshoremen's collective agreement (Michael) 4181
Racial problems in (Lauk) 4414, 4509 (McClelland) 4583
Railway operational control building, construction of and updating of yards (Fraser, A.) 3507
Rent control abolition, rate of rent increases resulting from (Blencoe) 4309
Rental accommodation, Expo 86 period (Blencoe) 4294, 4303-4 (Mitchell) 4315
Rental accommodation, vacancy rate for (Blencoe) 4293
Schools, psychiatrists in (Brown) 4341
Social assistance payment to single person (Barnes) 3681
Taxi system in (Davis) 3970 (Ritchie) 3971
Trade and convention centre for (Phillips) 3568
Ward system for (Blencoe) 3965 (Cocke) 3975 (Lauk) 4830 (Reynolds) 3973
Vancouver, B.C. — Transit system
ALRT system, alternative to (Lauk) 3591
ALRT system, borrowing for (D’Arcy) 4065 (Skelly) 4429 (Waterland) 4430
ALRT system, cost of (Lauk) 4862 (Skelly) 4429
ALRT system, debt financing for (Davis) 3660
ALRT system, demonstration station opened (McCarthy) 3590
ALRT system, design of (Dailly) 3388
ALRT system, easement for at B.C. Place (Wallace) 4589
ALRT system, employment on (Curtis) 3606 (Dailly) 3503
ALRT system, extensions to (Bennett) A. 3822-3 (Davis) 3263, 3380 (McClelland) A. 3758 (Parks) 3250, 3466 (Reid) 3232
ALRT system, financing of (Barrett) 3508 (Davis) 3380
ALRT system, job creation by (Barrett) Q. 3900 (Brown) 3468 (Fraser, A.) 3506 (McCarthy) A. 3900 (McClelland) A. 4422 (Parks) 3560 (Reynolds) 3499
ALRT system, Metrotown station (Lauk) 3591 (McCarthy) 3590, 3725
ALRT system, opposition support for (Brown) 3291 (Lauk) 3591
ALRT system, sale of suggested (Barrett) 3508
ALRT system, television programs on (Howard) 4016
ALRT system, tourism potential of (Davis) 4229 (Richmond) 4230
ALRT system mentioned (Campbell) 4067 (Curtis) 3345 (Dailly) 4086 (Davis) 3379 (McCarthy) 3723 (Mitchell) 4979 (Mowat) 3229, 3456 (Passarell) 3723 (Parks) 3562 (Phillips) 4118 (Skelly) 3235
Dewdney, problems in after sale of Pacific Coach Lines (Pelton) 3583-4
Fares, increases in (Passarell) Q. 3676
Fares, proportion of costs paid by (Lauk) 3730 (Reid) 3730
Metro Transit Operating Co. chairman's conduct, effect on Vancouver public transit (Lauk) 3534-5
Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, effect of on small business (Nicolson) 4865
Safety on (Reid) 3281
See also: Metro Transit Operating Co.
Vancouver Canucks
Mentioned: (McGeer) 5059
Vancouver Centre constituency
Population and representation of (Nielsen) 4329
Racial problems in (Lauk) 4509
Vancouver Charter
Acts to amend, petitions for the passing of presented (Parks) 4346, 4347
Amendments to (Lauk) 4830 (Pelton) 4830
Mentioned: (Lauk) 4318
The Vancouver Charter, Bill No. 1, An Act to Amend
(Bill PR401) (Parks) I R, 4503; 2R, 4830; C, 4830-1; 3R, 4831; RA, 4841
Speakers: Lauk 4830; Pelton 4830
Amendments in committee, Speaker's ruling (Speaker) 4835
Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders and Private Bills, report by (Pelton) 4503
Ward system, need for inclusion in bill (Lauk) 4830
The Vancouver Charter, Bill No. 2, An Act to Amend
(Bill PR403) (Parks) 1R, 4503
Vancouver Club, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Lauk) 5034
Vancouver College
Mentioned: (Lauk) 5034
Vancouver Community College
Education ministry, budgeting of funds by (Heinrich) 3762
Faculty association, president's letter to Education minister summarized (Rose) 3815
Foreign students, advertising for (Davis) 3827
Foreign students, fees paid by country of origin (Heinrich) 3828
Hearing-impaired, accommodation of (Heinrich) 3826
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 4960
Vancouver Community Legal Assistance Society
Residential Tenancy Act, brief on (Blencoe) 4359, 4361 (Hewitt) 4359
Vancouver East constituency
By-election, polling-day registrations (Chabot) 4902-3 (Hanson) 4902
Immigrant settlement in (Macdonald) 4413
Population and representation of (Nielsen) 4329
Vancouver Gay Community Centre
Mentioned: (Barnes) 4472 (Sanford) 4389
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Mowat) 3228
Vancouver Island, B.C.
Bus service, effect of Pacific Coach Lines sale on (Fraser, A.) A. 4114 (McCarthy) A. 4324-5 (Passarell) 3723 (Sanford) Q. 4113-4, Q. 4287-8
Coal-mines, reopening of (Rogers) 3733
Coal-mining industry, history of labour-management relations in (Wallace) 4728
Economy, diversification of (Gabelmann) 4223-4
Ferry service charges as highway toll (Hanson) 3554
Hazardous wastes, transportation of to mainland (Wallace) 3835
Highway 19, Parksville-Campbell River bypass (Sanford) 4071
Indians, meeting of representatives with RCMP (Smith)A. 4481
Industry, attraction of (Davis) 3920
Islands 86 tourism promotion (Wallace) 4225
Job creation (Blencoe) Q. 3822 (Hanson) 3554 (Heinrich)A. 3822
Land development on (Reynolds) 3972
Natural gas pipeline. See entries under Gas, Natural
Power transmission line. See entries under British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Tourism, potential for (Gabelmann) 3253-4, 4223-4 (Howard) 4227 (Richmond) 4224
Tourists, package tours for (Richmond) 4226 (Wallace) 4225-6
Unemployment, rate of (Blencoe) 3529, 3738, 3822
Wolf control program on (Brummet) 3830
Workers' Compensation Board service, northern district (Gabelmann) 4832
Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition
Press release on Human Rights Act quoted (Sanford) 4505, 4506
Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline
See entries under Gas, Natural
Vancouver Island North School District
See: School District 85
Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.
Cost of new building (Barrett) 3325
Mentioned: (Hanson) 4010
Vancouver Island West School District
See: School District 84
Vancouver-Little Mountain constituency
Description of (Mowat) 3226, 3228
Population and representation of (Nielsen) 4329
Vancouver Magazine
Mentioned: (Smith) 3760
Vancouver-Point Grey constituency
Population and representation (Nielsen) 4329, 4330
Vancouver Police Board
Document-serving by police, legal opinion sought on (Smith) A. 4189-90
Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre
Opening of (Smith) 4260, 4263 (Veitch) 4263
Vancouver Rape Crisis Centre
Mentioned: (Barnes) 4472 (Sanford) 4389, 4505
Vancouver Regional Transit Commission
Proposed regional transit authority (Passarell) 3732
Taxing power of (Lauk) 3732
Vancouver Rental Accommodation Grievance Board
Landlord and tenant cases, statistics for 1972 (Blencoe) 4276
Vancouver School Administrators' Association
Mentioned: (Dailly) 3395
Vancouver School District
See: School District 39
Vancouver South constituency
Population and representation of (Nielsen) 4329
Vancouver Status of Women
Mentioned: (Barnes) 4472
Vancouver Stock Exchange
Brokers and agents, licensing of (Gardom) 4823
Documents, processing of (Hewitt) 3978
Funds raised in 1983, destinations of (Howard) 4680
Investment in, wager re (Reynolds) 4995
Limited partnerships, listing of (Hewitt) 4085
Manipulation of (Lauk) 4992
Public image of (D’Arcy) 4994-5 (Hewitt) 4996 (Lauk) 4991, 4992, 4994 (McGeer) 4994 (Reynolds) 4995
Regulations, changes in (Hewitt) 4996
Regulation of (D’Arcy) 4823 (Hewitt) 3978 (Macdonald) 3978, 4823
Use of and economic activity (D’Arcy) 4995
Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
Food bank contributions, advertisement for (Gabelmann) 3251
Landlord and tenant mediation, editorial on (Blencoe) 4302
Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, comments on (Dailly) 4871-2
Rent control abolition, advertisement re (Mitchell) 4313
Victoria unemployment, story on (Blencoe) 3695-7
Quoted (Blencoe) 3695-7, 4293, 4295, 4301-2 (Brown) 4717-8 (Cocke) 3979-80 (Dailly) 4871-2 (Gardom) 3604 (Hanson) 4492, 4493, 4743 (Lockstead) 5062 (Macdonald) 3598 (Michael) 3523 (Mitchell) 4724 (Rose) 3278, 3282, 3774 (Stupich) 3357, 4713
Mentioned: (Barrett) 3323 (Bennett) 3336 (Blencoe) 4359 (Brown) 4336 (Chabot) 4368, 4371, 4601 (Curtis) 3608 (Gabelmann) 4859 (Hanson) 4368 (Hewitt) 3397, 3481 (Michael) 4181 (Nicolson) 3306, 3401, 3824, 4625, 4775, 4865 (Reynolds) 3303, 3500 (Sanford) 3483 (Stupich) 3356
Vancouver Townsite Renaissance Corp.
Mentioned: (Richmond) 5067, 5088
Vancouver Transition House, Vancouver, B.C.
Funding for and functions of (Brown) 3686-91 (McCarthy) 3690-1
Privatization of (McCarthy) 3667
Mentioned: (Barnes) 3720 (Blencoe) 3705 (Brown) 3471
Vancouver Vocational Institute
Courses terminated, letter from Education minister re (Rose) 3815
Vander Zalm, William N.
Career as Education minister recalled (Rose) 3764, 3765, Elderly, alleged attitude to (Lauk) 4318
Response to School District 49 letter quoted (Lockstead) 3818
Transit control by provincial government, initiation of (Passarell) 3731
Transit system management, effect of (Mitchell) 4879-80
Mentioned: (Barrett) 3321 (Blencoe) 3565 (Hanson) 4986 (Hon. member) 4977 (Lauk) 3591 (Mitchell) 3956 (Reid) 3232 (Reynolds) 3304, 3411, 3499 (Rose) 4977, 5076
Vanderhoof, B.C.
B.C. Buildings Corp. rental rates in (Chabot) 4022 (Kempf) 4022
Crown land plan (Brummet) 3886 (Kempf) 3882-4, 4432 (Waterland) 4435
Crown land plan, effect of on agriculture (Kempf) 3911-2
Land office, closing of (Kempf) 3884, 4022, 4023
Vanderhoof and District Chamber of Commerce
Wolf control, commendation of (Kempf) 3838
Vanply division of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
See entries under MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.
Variety Club of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Brummet) 3854
Variety Clubs International
Telethon, funds raised (Brown) 4891 (McCarthy) 4890-1
Veitch, Elwood (Burnaby-Willingdon)
Attorney-General ministry, estimates 4262-3
B.C. Hydro revenue, loss of due to pulp and paper industry dispute 4185
Canadian Paperworkers' Union, 1984 lockout and strike 4184-6
Canadian Paperworkers' Union, secondary picketing by 4186
Collective Bargaining Continuation Act, A.B. Macdonald quoted re 4185
Collective Bargaining Continuation Act, C.S. Gabelmann's opposition to 4185
Collective Bargaining Continuation Act, NDP introduction of 4184
Collective Bargaining Continuation Act, R. Brown's opposition to 4185
Collective Bargaining Continuation Act, terms of 4184-5
Collective Bargaining Continuation Act, W.S. King quoted re 4184-5
Government leadership 4184
Industrial disputes in 1975, resolution of by legislation 4185
Intergovernmental Relations ministry, estimates 4838
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, closing of and replacement planning 4262
Natural resources development, NDP policy on 4185
New Democratic Party, leadership of 4184
Pulp and Paper Collective Bargaining Assistance Act 4184-6
Pulp and paper industry dispute 4184-6
Pulp and paper products, reliability of export delivery 4186
Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada, secondary picketing by 4186
Secondary picketing, pulp and paper industry dispute 4186, 4192
The 1200 Days: A Shattered Dream quoted 4185
Verigin, John J.
Trial of (Nicolson) 4405
Vermont
Log homes, tax exemptions on (Passarell) 3888, 3889
Vernon, B.C.
Airport, location and upgrading of (Campbell) 4067-8 (Fraser, A.) 4068
Highway to, construction of four-lane highway (Campbell) 4067 (Fraser, A.) 4068
Sewage system, provincial funds for (MacWilliam) Q. 4968 (Ritchie) A. 4968-9
Solid wastes, recycling of (Brummet) 3854
Vernon-to-Nakusp minibus service (Campbell) 4068 (Fraser, A.) 4068
Veterans
Canadian war allowance recipients, homeowner grants for (Blencoe) 4587 (Ritchie) 4586, 4588
Veterans' Land Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Mitchell) 4210
Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization
Grant to (Schroeder) 3910
Via Rail Canada Inc.
Expo 86, contract to exhibit at (Richmond) 4218
Mentioned: (Hanson) 3555 (Richmond) 4214
Vickers, David
Construction industry, support for fair wages in (Cocke) 4700
Non-unionized companies, support for right to bid on government projects (Michael) 4697
Mentioned: (Cocke) 3449 (Segarty) 3436 (Veitch) 4185
Victoria, B.C.
Apartment buildings, conversion of from rentals to strata title (Blencoe) 4294
Beaches, pollution of (Blencoe) 3845-6 (Brummet) 3846-7
Chemical spills, potential for in high-tech industries (Wallace) 3869
Constituencies, population and representation of (Chabot) 4325 (Nielsen) 4329, 4330, 4331
Convention centre, funding for (Blencoe) 3657 (Curtis) 3657
Convention centre proposal (Blencoe) 3531
Corrections branch programs, changes in (Brown) 4246 (Smith) 4246
Crime prevention award to (Smith) 4237
Depressed area, federal declaration of as (Hanson) 3556
Document-serving in, statistics on (Smith) 4236
Elective surgery, beds for (Blencoe) 4344 (Nielsen) 4344
Fernwood neighbourhood pub proposal (Blencoe) 3996
Fire regulations for older buildings in (Blencoe) 3953-4 (Ritchie) 3953-4
Hospital boards, amalgamation of (Dailly) 4756-7 (Nielsen) 4128, 4756, 4757
Housing vacancy rates in (Blencoe) 4295
Human Rights Act (proposed, 1983) , public reaction to in (Mitchell) 4524
Landlord and tenant arbitration hearings, number of (Hewitt) 4269
Landlord and tenant, small claims court cases in 1972 (Blencoe) 4275-6
Marine education institute for (Blencoe) 3563
New business in (Reynolds) 3972, 3973
Poverty in (Blencoe) 3695-8 (McCarthy) 3698
Rental accommodation, Expo 86 period (Mitchell) 4315
Research and development, potential for (Blencoe) 3531
School board chairman quoted re White Paper on education (Rose) 3768
Sewage treatment plant, need for (Blencoe) 3845-7 (Brummet) 3856 (Mitchell) 3855-6
Songhees housing project (Brummet) 3874
Soup kitchens in (Blencoe) 3695-7
Unemployment in (Blencoe) 3298, 3527, 3529, 3562, 3655-6, 3738, Q. 3822 (Cocke) 3976 (Hanson) 4867
Victoria West neighbourhood pub (Blencoe) 3995
Waste material, use of for energy production (Wallace) 3753
Victoria, B.C. — Transit system
Metro Transit Operating Co. labour dispute, effect of on small business (Nicolson) 4865
Safety in (Reid) 3281
See also: Metro Transit Operating Co.
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Mentioned: (Skelly) 4847 (Strachan) 3516
Victoria City Rowing Club
B.C. Lottery Fund, grant application to (Blencoe) 4020
Victoria constituency
Population and representation of (Nielsen) 4330
Victoria Gazette, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Brown) 3582
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Board, amalgamation of with Royal Jubilee Hospital board (Dailly) 4756-7 (Nielsen) 4756, 4757
Fair, Jim, dismissal of (Dailly) Q. 3288 (Nielsen) A. 3288-9
Staff, shortage of (Wallace) 3315-6
Mentioned: (Michael) 3295
Victoria Law Centre
Mentioned: (Brown) 3580
Victoria Plywood Ltd.
Closing of (Skelly) 4429 (Waterland) 4456
Former employees, social assistance for (McCarthy) A. 4854 (Mitchell) Q. 4854
Proposed purchase of by former employees, government financial assistance for (Mitchell) Q. 4854
Purchase of by Pacific Logging Co. Ltd., reason for (Mitchell) 4451
Victoria School District
See: School District 61
Victoria Times, Victoria, B.C.
Quoted (Hanson) 5012 (Lauk) 5033 (Mitchell) 4724
Mentioned: (Hanson) 5013
Victoria Transition House, Victoria, B.C.
Human Resources ministry funding for (Blencoe) 3705 (McCarthy) 3705
Videotapes
Pornographic material, B.C. exports to Ontario (Brown) 4265 (Smith) 4266
Regulatory system re content of (Brown) 4265, 4820
Visiting housekeepers
Home care service, cutback in (Cocke) 4123, 4125-6 (Nielsen) 4124
Vital Statistics Act
Birth certificates for adopted children, registration of adoptive parents (Dailly) 4814 (Nielsen) 4814
Birth registration, amendment of forms for (Dailly) 4814 (Nielsen) 4814
Vital statistics branch
Deceased persons, distribution of lists of (Blencoe) 4343 (Nielsen) 4343
Director of, responsibility of for recording surname changes (Nielsen) 4808
Wills, registration of (Blencoe) 4343 (Nielsen) 4343
Vocational education
Job training (Pelton) 3257
Reduced funding for (Rose) 3815
Vogel, Richard H.
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. libel of (Nielsen) 3423
Mentioned: (Gardom) 3367, 3602 (Macdonald) 3605 (Reynolds) 3303
Volkmann, Henry
Mentioned: (Segarty) 4829
Voluntary social welfare organizations
See: Charitable societies
Voters, Registration of
Eligibility, citizenship (Fraser, R.) 4899
Enumeration of voters (Chabot) 4907-8, 4908, 4959 (Hanson) 4907 (MacWilliam) 4953
Polling-day registrations (Brown) 4903 (Chabot) 4901, 4902-3, 4903 (Dailly) 4596 (Hanson) 4901 (Mitchell) 4904
Publicizing of and time period for (Dailly) 4596
Registration of voters (Chabot) 4901 (Hanson) 4901, 4902
Registration period during election, reduction of (Chabot) 4595, 4600 (Dailly) 4596
Voters, eligibility of at deputy returning officer's discretion (Wallace) 4599
Voters' list, computerization of (Chabot) 4600
Voters' list, preparation of (Chabot) 4600, 4902 (Wallace) 4599
Voters, proof of eligibility (Dailly) 4596
Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Printing of (Chabot) 3218
Mentioned: (Pelton) 4913
Vrlak, Valerie
Tourism ministry employment of (Cocke) 4218 (Richmond) 4218
Vrlak Robinson Advertising Ltd.
Accounting records of (Richmond) 4221
Financial control of (Bennett) A. 4386 (Hanson) Q. 4386
Tourism ministry advertising accounts, RCMP investigation of (Smith) 4209-10
Tourism ministry, continuing use by (Cocke) 4218 (Richmond) 4218
Tourism ministry, money overpaid by recovered (Cocke) 4221 (Richmond) 4219-20, 4222