Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 11, 1986 to June 17, 1986
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
AIDS
See: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
ALDA
See: Agricultural Land Development Act
ALR
See: Agricultural land reserve
ALRT transit system
See: SkyTrain transit system
AMSSA
See: Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies
ANUGA
Food trade show (Schroeder) 7312, 7313
ARDSA
See: Agriculture and rural development subsidiary agreement
ASEP
See: Assistance to small enterprise program
Aalto, Alvar
Mentioned: (Williams) 7778
Abbotsford, B.C.
Enzyme extraction company (Kempf) 7417
Transit system (McCarthy) 8532
Abbotsford Christian School, Abbotsford, B.C.
Mentioned: (Ritchie) 7991
Abbotsford School District
See: School District 34 (Abbotsford)
Abella, Rosalie
Report mentioned (Brown) 7876
Abercrombie, Robin
Report mentioned (Brummet) 8165, 8166 (Lockstead) 8169 (Skelly) 8166
Aberhart, William
Mentioned: (Stupich) 8262
Abfam Enterprises Ltd.
B.C. Hydro rates to (Howard) 8298-9
Wood waste, power generation from (Howard) 8299 (Heinrich) 8300
Abortion
Abortions (Dailly) 7682 (Nielsen) 7683
Older women, abortions (Dailly) 7684 (Nielsen) 7683
Pro-choice stand on (Dailly) 7684
Accidents
Compensation for (Macdonald) 7570
Compensation in no-fault system (Lank) 7575
Compensation schemes, administrative tribunal costs (Lauk) 7575, 7576
Insurance awards, future income loss (Lauk) 7575-6
Legal costs in suits (Macdonald) 7571
New Zealand scheme for compensation (Macdonald) 7570, 7572
Tort liability system (Macdonald) 7571-2
See also: Disasters
Accidents, Motor vehicle
See: Traffic accidents
Accountants (Chartered) Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill 29) (Attorney-General) 1R, 8209
Accountants (Management) Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill PR401) (Reynolds) 1R, 8102
Acid rain
Acid rain in B.C. (Wallace) 8082
Agreement on (Pelton) 8031-2
Control of (Throne speech) 7272
International Joint Commission action on (Pelton) 7399
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Blood screening for (Nielsen) 7658
Children in school system (Dailly) 7684-5 (Nielsen) 7685
Number of cases (Nielsen) 7685
Patients, hospital care for (Dailly) 7684 (Nielsen) 7685
Research on (Dailly) 7684 (Nielsen) 7685
St. Paul's Hospital, treatment of patients (Nielsen) 7658, 7685
Testing and counselling centre (Nielsen) 7658, 7685
Testing for, federal role in (Dailly) Q. 7554 (Rogers) A. 7554
Testing lab in B.C. (Dailly) Q. 7554 (Rogers) A. 7554
Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7735
Acupuncture
Committee on (Nielsen) 7730
Practice of (Cocke) 7729-30
Treatment (Rose) 7733
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
(Moved) Reynolds 7280-6; seconded Passarell 7286-8; approved 7435. Amdt. (Howard) 7352, negatived 367
Speakers: Barnes 7358-62; Brummet 7429-31; Cocke 7431-5; Dailly 7373-6; Davis 7376-9; Fraser, A. 7362-5; Gabelmann 7425-9; Hewitt 7354-8; Howard 7351-4; Kempf 7409, 7415-8; Lauk 7314-7; Lea 7391-5; Lockstead 7400-3; Macdonald 7309-11; McGeer 7337-40; MacWilliam 7406-8; Michael 7305-9; Mitchell 7395-7; Mowat 7317-20; Nicolson 7418-22; Nielsen 7388-91; Parks 7343-4, 7348-51; Passarell 7286-8; Pelton 7397-9; Reynolds 7280-6; Ritchie 7422-5; Rose 7379-83; Schroeder 7311-4; Segarty 7368-9, 7371-3; Skelly 7289-7301, 7365-7; Strachan 7403-6; Stupich 7320-4; Veitch 7324-6; Wallace 7340-3; Williams 7335-7
Adoption
Adoptees, information provided to (Nielsen) 7645
Adoption information register (Brown) 7621 (MacWilliam) 7645, 7646 (Nielsen) 7621, 7645-6
Program, review of (Nielsen) 7621
Special needs children, subsidization of (Brown) 7619, 7654 (Nielsen) 7620, 7646-7
Advertising, Government
See: Government advertising
Advisory Committee on Cultural Heritage
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 8525
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies
Funding for (Barnes) 8526
McCarthy, G.M., meeting with (Barnes) 8526, 8533 (McCarthy) 8533
Affordable Housing Advisory Association
Mentioned: (Ritchie) 7424, 7923, 7929
Afton Mines Ltd.
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 8556, 8602
Aged
Abuse of (Nielsen) 7675
Accommodation for (Nielsen) 7708
Age group, 60 to 64, financial problems (Brown) 7654 (Dailly) 7639
Bus passes (McCarthy) 8535
Continuing care services (Nielsen) 7660
Day-care centres, funding for (Brown) 7654
Deinstitutionalization of (Blencoe) 7705-6, 7707 (Nielsen) 7708
Health care, advances in (Nielsen) 7707
Health care costs (Blencoe) 7707 (Nielsen) 7706
Health of, exercise needs (Nielsen) 7706
Heirs, proposal for payments by (Cocke) 7456
Homemaker services for (Blencoe) 7705-6
Institutionalization of (Nielsen) 7706
Services to, appropriation for (Brown) 7535, 7599, 7600-1 (Dailly) 7639 (Nielsen) 7639
Sexual abuse of (Howard) 7674 (Nielsen) 7675
Task force on (Blencoe) 7705, 7706, 7732
Transit fares (McCarthy) 8535
Aged — Housing
Chronic-care homes, need for (Rose) 8199
Granny cottages (Kempf) 8200 (Rose) 8199
Housing (Kempf) 8180 (Mitchell) 7397
Property tax deferment program (Curtis) 7449
Reverse mortgages (Cocke) 7456-7 (Davis) 7379, 7456, 7457, 8192
Reverse mortgages elsewhere (Davis) 7450
Reverse mortgages, government role in (Cocke) 7456-7 (Davis) 7456, 7457
Reverse mortgages, income tax on (Davis) 7456
Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters. See name of program
Agent Orange
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 7327, 7328
Agricultural credit
Debt, financing of by chartered banks (Sanford) 8666
Interest payments (Sanford) 8666
Interest reimbursement program (MacWilliam) 8691-2 (Sanford) 8667, 8675 (Waterland) 8670
Agricultural labourers
Women farmworkers, employment standards for (Brown) 7879 (Segarty) 7879
Workplace safety (Gabelmann) 7873 (Segarty) 7874
Agricultural Land Commission
Mentioned: (Fraser, A.) 8579 (Kempf) 8250 (Sanford) 8667, 8668 (Waterland) 8676
Agricultural Land Commission Act
Mentioned: (Stupich) 8669
Agricultural Land Development Act
Loans under act, eligibility for (Sanford) 8696 (Waterland) 8697
Agricultural land reserve
Additions to, kinds of land (Sanford) 8668
Edenbank land, removal of (Sanford) 8668 (Wallace) 8679 (Williams) 8681-2
Environment and Land Use Committee exclusions (MacWilliam) 8686 (Sanford) 8668, 8675-6 (Waterland) 8670
Establishment of (Skelly) 8789
Exclusions from (MacWilliam) 8686 (Sanford) Q. 7555, 8667, 8675-6 (Wallace) 8679 (Waterland) A. 7555, 8670, 8676 (Williams) 8681
Exclusions from, ELUC hearings on (Sanford) Q. 7555 (Waterland) A. 7555
Saanich Peninsula land, retention of (Waterland) 8676
South Delta Baptist Church, land for (Sanford) 8667-8
Agricultural produce
See: Farm produce
Agriculture
Economic problems (Sanford) 8666
Employment in (Wallace) 8678
Exchange rate and industry (Wallace) 8680
Free trade and agriculture (Davis) 8622 (McGeer) 8624, 8630 (MacWilliam) 8631, 8632, 8692 (Sanford) Q. 7691, 8449, 8550-1, 8630, 8669, 8670-1, 8675, 8677 (Skelly) 8275, 8276 (Stupich) 8450 (Wallace) 8680, 8681 (Waterland) A. 7691, 8670, 8692 (Williams) 8614, 8617-8, 8632, 8682
Free trade and job loss in agriculture (Sanford) Q. 7691
Free trade negotiations and support programs (MacWilliam) 8692 (Waterland) 8676
Free trade negotiations, sectoral advisory committee for agriculture (Sanford) 8630
Free trade, studies on impact of (MacWilliam) 8692 (Sanford) 8669
Industry in B.C. (MacWilliam) 8686 (Sanford) 8666-7, 8668-9 (Waterland) 8665
Promotion of, funds for (McCarthy) 8494
Support programs (Waterland) 8670
Agriculture and Food, Ministry of
Estimates 8665-71, 8675-86, 8691-8
Speakers: Brown 8693, 8693-4; Cocke 8679-80, 8682; Lockstead 8682-4, 8684, 8685; MacWilliam 8686, 8691-2, 8692, 8693; Sanford 8665-9, 8670-1, 8675-6, 8677, 8694, 8695-6, 8696-7, 8697, 8697-8; Wallace 8677-9, 8680-1; Waterland 8665, 8669-70, 8676-7, 8684, 8684-5, 8585-6, 8692, 8693, 8694, 8694-5, 8696, 8697; Williams 8681-2
Appropriation, 1986-87 fiscal year (Curtis) 7445 (Sanford) 8666
Field operations, cuts in (Sanford) 8667
Minister's office, vote reduced by $1 M. (Sanford) 8677, negatived 8682
Special warrant, use of (Sanford) 7565 (Waterland) 7565
Staff, appropriation for (Sanford) 8697 (Waterland) 8697
Agriculture and rural development subsidiary agreement
Program (Sanford) 8668, 8697-8
Mentioned: (Pelton) 8084
Air — Pollution
Sawmill waste, burning of (Nicolson) 7327-8 (MacWilliam) 7330 (Wallace) 7328
See also: Acid rain
Air B.C.
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 7285
Airport assistance program
See: Local airport assistance program
Alaska
B.C.-Alaska boundary (Hanson) 8213
Alaska Highway
See: Highway 97
Alberta
Employment opportunities (Fraser, R.) 7743 (Nicolson) 7742
Alberta Teachers' Association
Publication quoted (Hewitt) 8122
Albion, B.C.
Ferry (Pelton) 7399
Alcan
See: Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Alcoholism
Costs of (Howard) 7675
Liquor advertising, educational ads (Howard) 7676-7
Treatment of, expenditures on (Howard) 7675
Young people, alcohol problems (Dailly) 7455
Aldrin
Dangers of (Wallace) 8718
Alert Bay, B.C.
Municipality, problems (Gabelmann) 7426, 7900
Alex Fraser Bridge
See Annacis bridge entries under Fraser River, B.C.
Alfalfa
Crop loss, compensation for (Michael) Q. 8297 (Waterland) A. 8297
Alice Arm, B.C.
Access road (Fraser, A.) 8600 (Lockstead) 8599
Aliens
Grace Hospital births to non-citizens (Davis) 7679 (Nielsen) 7679
Landed immigrant, right to government employment (Gabelmann) 7832
Medical coverage (Cocke) 7700-1, 7702 (Davis) 7677-8 (Nielsen) 7678-9, 7701
Medical coverage, federal role in (Nielsen) 7679, 7701
Medical coverage, private insurance policies (Cocke) 7701-2 (Nielsen) 7701
Status of, federal action re (Cocke) 7701 (Nielsen) 7701
Students, health care coverage for (Cocke) 7700 (Dailly) 7705 (Davis) 7677-8
Allan, Richard
Quoted (Williams) 8618
Mentioned: (Sanford) 8450, 8669
Allan, Ted
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 7474
Allen Paper Stock Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 8418
Allende, Salvador
Mentioned: (Cocke) 8747
Allison, Harold
Mentioned: (Sanford) 8667
Alto Utilities Ltd.
Rate increase application (MacWilliam) 8100-1
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Power projects, property tax on (D’Arcy) 8155
Water licence fee (Brummet) 8157 (D’Arcy) 8158 (Williams) 8407
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 7493, 7494 (Howard) 8299
Aluminum industry and trade
Aluminum products development council, establishment of (Howard) 8187
Amax of Canada Ltd.
Kitsault mine, closing of (Skelly) 7292
Ambulances
Ambulance service (Nielsen) 7660
Ambulance service, appropriation (Cocke) 7519, 7520 (Dailly) 7662 (Nielsen) 7663, 7720
Cruising between calls (Cocke) Q. 8687 (Nielsen) A. 8687
Expo 86, ambulance attendants (Cocke) 7730-1 (Nielsen) 7719, 7731 (Sanford) 7719, 7719-20
Service, cutback in (Cocke) 8537
Vehicles, new design for (Nielsen) 7660
Anderson, Ronald
Mentioned: (Gardom) 8740
Andrews, Jancis
Mentioned: (Brown) 8700
Anglo-Canadian Telephone Co.
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 7420, 8622
Anmore Camplands Inc.
Water licence (Pelton) 8089 (Rose) 8088, 8089
Annacis Island bridge
See entries under Fraser River, B.C.
Annuities
Annuitants, protection of annuities' funds (Stupich) 8519
Anthony, Earl
Mentioned: (Pelton) 8032
Anthony, Wayne
Letter quoted (Ritchie) 7424
Anthony Island, B.C.
Heritage site, status as (Pelton) 8074
Apartment houses
Vancouver tenants, eviction of (Barnes) Q. 7779 (Veitch) A. 7779
Applebaum, Louis
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 8133
Applegath, Albert
Mentioned: (Macdonald) 7311, 8469, 8470, 8610 (Veitch) 8688
Apples
Export of (Schroeder) 7312
Apprentices
Apprenticeship program (Curtis) 7445 (Gabelmann) 7429, 7816 (Segarty) 7816
Apprenticeship system elsewhere (Dailly) 7454
Cooperative apprenticeship training program (Gabelmann) 7834
Apsey, T. Michael
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 8281, 8376 (Howard) 8277, 8278 (Stupich) 8657 (Williams) 7337, 8314, 8318
Aqua-West Exhibitions Ltd.
Grant to (Lockstead) 8684 (Waterland) 8684-5
Aquaculture
Coastal management plan (Hanson) Q. 8530 (Waterland) A. 8530
Coastal planning commission, proposal for (Lockstead) 8684, 8685
Employment in industry (Curtis) 7444
Foreshore, conflict re use of (Waterland) 8685
Industry (Curtis) 7444 (Hanson) Q. 8530 (Michael) 7308 (Throne speech) 7271 (Waterland) A. 8530, 8665
Leases (Lockstead) 7401-2
Leases, processing of applications (Lockstead) 8052, 8053 (Pelton) 8052, 8053-4
Licences, moratorium on (Lockstead) 8684, 8685 (Waterland) 8684
Mariculture program (Kempf) 8180
Ministerial jurisdiction over industry (Lockstead) 8052 (Pelton) 8052
Revenue (Curtis) 7444
Sales tax exemption for equipment (Curtis) 8397
Technology, research and development (Pelton) 8031
Wood Bay fish farm (Lockstead) 7402, 8683, 8685
See also: Fish-culture
Arbitration and award
Arbitration centre, Vancouver (Smith) 7753 (Throne speech) 7270
Arbitration, use of (Smith) ) 8080
Awards, enforcement of (Smith) 8081
Commercial Arbitration Act. See name of act
Courts, intervention of (Smith) 8080
Courts, powers of (Smith) 8081
International Commercial Arbitration Act. See name of act
Rules for arbitration (Smith) 8080
UNCITRAL law (Smith) 8080, 8081
United Nations convention on arbitral awards (Smith) 8080
United States, international arbitrations (Smith) 8080
Architects Act
Mentioned: (Smith) 8553
Argentina
Sanctions during Falklands war (Barnes) 8741 (Skelly) 8745
Armed forces
Retired personnel, rights re unemployment insurance (Mitchell) 7457-8, 7458 (Sanford) 7458
Armitage, Andrew
Appointment of (Nielsen) 7596
Responsibilities (Nielsen) 7615
Armstrong, B.C.
Downtown revitalization (Michael) 7928
Government funds for (Michael) 7307
Hospital facility (Michael) 7702
Arnold, Leslie
Appointment of (Nielsen) 7596
Responsibilities (Nielsen) 7615
Arnold and Porter
Mentioned: (Heinrich) 8281, 8566
Arnott, Monty
Mentioned: (Nicolson) 7328, 7329
Arrow Lakes, B.C.
Fisheries mitigation project (D’Arcy) 8093
Forest companies, access to timber (MacWilliam) 8307
Forest district, fires (MacWilliam) 8308
Forest district, provision for firefighting (Heinrich) 8300-1 (Nicolson) 8288
Arrow Lakes School District
See: School District 10 (Arrow Lakes)
Art schools
Art school in interior, proposal for (Fraser, R.) 7778 (Nicolson) 7777-8 (Williams) 7778
Arts
See: Culture
Aspen
Use of (McClelland) 8104, 8105
Aspinall, Craig
Contract (Hanson) 8491-2
Mentioned: (Hanson) 8486 (McCarthy) 8492
Asseltine, Bob
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 7459
Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils
Mentioned: (Strachan) 7405
Assembly of First Nations
Mentioned: (Gardom) 7520
Assessment Act
Amendments to (Curtis) 8333
Assessment Amendment Act, 1986
(Bill 7) (Minister of Finance) 1R, 7450; 2R, 8330-4; C, 8340-3; 3R, 8343; RA, 8792
Speakers: Curtis 8330-1, 8333-4, 8340, 8341, 8341-2, 8342; D'Arcy 8332-3; Davis 8331-2; Mitchell 8341, 8342; Wallace 8340, 8340-1, 8341; Williams 8331
Assessment, market value as basis for (Curtis) 8330
Assessment of non-conforming property, acreage limit (Curtis) 8342 (Mitchell) 8341
Assessment of non-conforming property, provision for elderly owners (Williams) 8331
B.C. Hydro generating facilities, property tax on (Curtis) 8333 (D’Arcy) 8332-3
Coal off-loading facilities, assessment of (Davis) 8332
Forest land, assessment of private land (Curtis) 8330, 8333, 8340 (Wallace) 8340, 8341 (Williams) 8331
Forest land, college extension service proposal re (Williams) 8331
Forest land, definition of managed land (Curtis) 8340 (Wallace) 8340
Forest land, plans requirement for managed land (Curtis) 8341
Forest land, tax rate on managed land (Curtis) 8330 (Williams) 8331
Industrial properties, assessment of (Curtis) 8330, 8333 (Davis) 8331-2
Machinery and equipment, property tax exemption (Curtis) 8330 (Davis) 8331
Mineral deposits, property tax exemption (Curtis) 8330
Pipelines and powerlines, assessment of (Curtis) 8330 (Davis) 8332
Powell River, loan to municipality (Curtis) 8333
Recreational land improvements, assessment of (Curtis) 8334 (D’Arcy) 8332
Rural properties, taxation for partial year (Curtis) 8334
Transportation and rights-of-way, assessment of (Curtis) 8330
Assessment Appeal Board of B.C.
Report tabled (Curtis) 7280
Mentioned: (Curtis) 8333, 8410
Assessment Authority of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Curtis) 8340, 8341
Assistance to small enterprise program
Hidden Valley sawmill, case cited (Wallace) 8431
Loans (Wallace) 8431
Associated Chambers of Commerce of Vancouver Island
Mentioned: (Sanford) 8548
Association of British Columbia Drama Educators
Mentioned: (Strachan) 7405
Association of Threatened Single-Industry Towns
Mentioned: (Lockstead) 8140
Association of Vancouver Island Municipalities
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 7932 (Mitchell) 7584 (Sanford) 7486, 8548 (Skelly) 7290
Atlin constituency
Continuance of (Passarell) 7288
Atlin Indian band
Hunting by band, statement re (Passarell) 8051
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
Mentioned: (Davis) 8592
Attorney-General, Ministry of
Estimates 8466-80
Speakers: Barnes 8473-5; Cocke 8477; Dailly 8470-2, 8473, 8476-7; Lauk 8466, 8466-7, 8467, 8468, 8478, 8479, 8479-80; Macdonald 8469, 8470; Nicolson 8478, 8479; Rose 8475-6, 8476; Smith 8466, 8467, 8468, 8469, 8469-70, 8470, 8472-3, 8473, 8475, 8476, 8477, 8477-8, 8478, 8479, 8480
Annual report, 1984-85 fiscal year tabled (Smith) 8792
Appropriation, 1986-87 fiscal year (Curtis) 7445
“Child Sex Abuse Policy for the Ministry of the Attorney General, April 1985” quoted (Wallace) 7641
Crown prosecutions, expenditures on (Lank) 7566
Programs, advertising of (McCarthy) 8494
Special warrant, use of (Curtis) 7566 (Lauk) 7566
Mentioned: (Lauk) 8478
Auditor-general
Estimates 8748
Establishment of position of (Bennett) 8787
Resignation of (Speaker) 7907
Special committee to appoint an auditor-general (Gardom) 8790
Special warrant, use of (Curtis) 7564 (Lauk) 7564
Work of (Curtis) 8405 (Williams) 8405
Mentioned: (Skelly) 8788
Australia
Australian accord (Parks) 7348
Auto Pact
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8631 (McGeer) 8624
Automobile accidents
See: Traffic accidents
Automobile drivers
Driving schools, insurance coverage (Cocke) 8572 (Nielsen) 8565
Automobile drivers' licences
Saferway Driver Training School, testing by (Fraser, A.) A. 7554 (Lockstead) Q. 7554
Automobile seatbelts
Seatbelts for children (Fraser, A.) 8575 (Rose) 8575
Automobiles
Defective vehicles on road (Blencoe) 8583 (Cocke) 8572
Exhaust emissions, testing of (Pelton) 8465
Foreign cars, price of parts for (Lauk) 8354
Import of (Rose) 8629
Automobiles — Inspection
Commercial vehicles, inspection of (Dailly) 8240, 8562, 8563 (Fraser, A.) A. 7633, 8562 (Lockstead) Q. 7632-3
Commercial vehicles, reinspection approval (D’Arcy) 8569 (Fraser, A.) 8570
Inspection service, NDP policy on (Dailly) 8561
Inspection service, restoration of (Blencoe) 8584 (Cocke) 8572 (Dailly) Q. 8150, 8239-40, 8561-2, 8563 (Fraser, A.) 8584
Inspection stations, jobs (Mitchell) 8603-4
Inspections by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Cocke) 8572 (Dailly) 8563 (Fraser, A.) 8563
MLAs' cars, testing stickers (Michael) 8561
Mechanical defects, police action re (Blencoe) 8584 (Cocke) 8572 (Dailly) 8563 (Fraser, A.) 8563 (Mitchell) 8604
Automobiles — Maintenance and repair
Repairs, dishonest practices (Lauk) 8354 (Veitch) 8355
Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association
Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8631
Axworthy, Lloyd
Mentioned: (McGeer) 8624