Province of British Columbia
33rd Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 11, 1986 to June 17, 1986

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VMD

See: Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd.

Valemount, B.C.

Diagnostic and treatment centre (Strachan) 7404

Valleyview Funeral Home, Kelowna, B.C.

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 8324

Valleyview Hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7658

Value-added tax

Bureaucracy for (Nicolson) 8721

Calculation of (Nicolson) 8721

Exemptions (Curtis) 8722

Federal proposal for (Curtis) 8409 (Davis) 8409

Impact of on small retailer (Cocke) 8722 (Nicolson) 8721

Opposition to (Curtis) 8722

Sales tax and value-added tax in B.C. (Curtis) 8722

Use of (Davis) 7518

VanCity

See: Vancouver City Savings Credit Union

Vancouver, B.C.

Banking centre, development of (Curtis) 7443

Cambie Street bridge (Reid) 7692

Cambie Street bridge and SkyTrain transit system (Davis) 7918

Cambie Street bridge, land at bridgehead (Williams) 7916

Centennial celebration (Mowat) 7319

Chinatown, impact of Expo 86 on (Barnes) 8652

Construction projects, job creation (Richmond) 7844-5

Cordova Street station sod-turning (Johnston) 7942

Cruise ship facility (Fraser, R.) 8731 (Richmond) 7844, 7854, 8750

Downtown area, absentee landlords (Williams) 7915

Downtown east side, lodging-house tenants (Blencoe) 7637

Financial centre, development of (Curtis) 7443, 7448 (Davis) 7377 (Veitch) 7325, 8352

Housing conditions, downtown east side (Blencoe) 7333

Housing, vacancies (Ritchie) 7424-5

Landbank policy (Davis) 7914 (Ritchie) 7916

Marine Way, rebuilding of (Fraser, A.) 8573

Mount Pleasant area, problems (Barnes) 8719-20 (Cocke) 8720 (Smith) 8720

Police, costs of (Lauk) 8479

Port (Curtis) 7443

Property endowment fund (Davis) 7914-5 (Williams) 7913, 7914

Property endowment fund, origin (Davis) 7914 (Williams) 7913-4

Property endowment fund, use of (Mowat) Q. 7822 (Ritchie) A. 7822, 7913, 7914, 7915 (Williams) 7913, 7914

Property taxes, increase in (Mowat) Q. 7822 (Ritchie) A. 7822

Redevelopment of downtown area (Richmond) 8706

Revenue-sharing grant to (Ritchie) 7822, 7912-3

Staff, tribute to (Williams) 7913

Taxation, level of (Ritchie) 7914

Transit stations, acquisition of land in area of (Davis) 7914-5 (Williams) 7916

Unemployment (Gabelmann) 7503

Vancouver Downtown Eastside Relocation Task Force. See name of task force

Vancouver, B.C. — Convention centre

See entries under Canada Harbour Place, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver, B.C. — Transit system

B.C. Hydro surcharge (Cocke) 8535 (McCarthy) 8535 (Stupich) 7461

Bus service, east side (Lauk) 8327 (Reid) 8327

Bus service for Expo visitors (McCarthy) 8483

Buses and SkyTrain transit system (Cocke) 8534 (McCarthy) 8534

Buses, hiring of additional drivers (Reid) 8326, 8327

Buses, part-time operators (McCarthy) 8511 (Reid) 8511

Buses, two-way telephone service (McCarthy) 8511 (Reid) 8511

Cost of, Vancouver's share (Stupich) 7461

Cost-sharing formula (McCarthy) 8483

Fares (McCarthy) A. 7453 (Stupich) 7461 (Williams) Q. 7453

Fares, subsidization for working poor (Lauk) 8327

Loop system in downtown area, proposal for (William) 7915

Handicapped, transit service for (Barnes) 8524 (McCarthy) 8524

SkyTrain. See name of transit system

Stations, acquisition of land in area of (Davis) 7914-5 (Williams) 7916

Subsidization of (Reid) 8327

Surrey, park-and-ride facility (Johnston) 8508-9, 8591 (McCarthy) 8509 (Reid) 8591

See also: Fraser Valley, B.C. — Transit system

Vancouver and District Public Housing Tenants' Association

Mentioned: (Barnes) 7358

Vancouver Board of Trade

Mentioned: (Curtis) 8345

Vancouver Bottlers Ltd.

Mentioned: (Parks) 7351

Vancouver Canucks

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 7855

Vancouver Centre constituency

Voters, omissions from voters' list (Hanson) 8498

Vancouver Charter

Section 143 mentioned (Mowat) 7754 (Ritchie) 7754

Mentioned: (Barnes) 7779, 7924 (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) 7923

Vancouver Children's Festival

Funds for travel to (MacWilliam) 8758

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union

Ethical Growth Fund certificates (Veitch) 8357, 8365

Small business, assistance to (McClelland) 8457 (Williams) 8456, 8458

Small businesses assisted, cases cited (Williams) 8456

Mentioned: (Skelly) 8276 (Williams) 8441

Vancouver Club, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Rose) 8090, 8091

Vancouver Coalition Against Pornography

Mentioned: (Brown) 8700

Vancouver Community College

Grant to (Rose) 8587

Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 7740, 7768 (MacWilliam) 7762 (Rose) 7331, 7768

Vancouver Custom Transit Society

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 8524

Vancouver Downtown Eastside Relocation Task Force

Establishment of (Ritchie) 7883, 7923 (Rose) 7925

Members (Barnes) 7926 (Cocke) 7925 (Ritchie) 7929 (Rose) 7926, 7927

Purpose (Barnes) 7926 (Rose) 7925, 7928, 7929

Report (Ritchie) 7929

Report quoted, mentioned (Kempf) 8189, 8201

Vancouver East constituency

NDP nomination meeting, allegations re (Parks) Q. 7821 (Segarty) A. 7821

Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Kidney lithotripter (Nielsen) 7659, 7678, 7707

Mentioned: (Nielsen) 7659, 7664 (Ree) 7722

Vancouver Institute

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 8222

Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, B.C.

Highway signs for (Fraser, A.) 8560 (Michael) 8559

Mentioned: (Curtis) 7443

Vancouver Island, B.C.

Electricity rate (Brummet) 8162, 8165, 8168 (Davis) 8162 (Hanson) 8161 (Mitchell) 7395 (Skelly) 8163, 8164, 8165, 8166 (Stupich) 7321-2

Electricity rate reduction, use of savings (Skelly) 8163-4, 8165

Forest industry, wood-processing (Gabelmann) 8310 (Heinrich) 8310

Highway, construction of and economy (Gabelmann) 7807

Immigration to (Michael) 7698

Job creation (Gabelmann) 7807

Municipalities, revenue-sharing funds (Howard) 7918 (Mitchell) 7921 (Ritchie) 7918

Natural gas pipeline. See entries under Gas, Natural

Petroleum and Natural Gas (Vancouver Island Railway Lands) Act. See name of act

Roads, expenditures on (Fraser, A.) 7452 (Mitchell) 7584 (Sanford) 7452, 7486

Unemployment (Cocke) 7519 (Gabelmann) 7503, 7807 (Sanford) 7485 (Stupich) 7467

Vancouver Island North School District

See: School District 85 (Vancouver Island North)

Vancouver Island Real Estate Board

Booklet quoted (Sanford) 7485

Vancouver Island West School District

See: School District 84 (Vancouver Island West)

Vancouver-Little Mountain constituency

Voters, omissions from voters' list (Hanson) 8497

Vancouver Magazine Service Ltd.

Expo 86 products and local suppliers (Blencoe) 8755-6, 8757 (Richmond) 8756

Vancouver Multicultural Society

Mentioned: (Barnes) 8527

Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Hanson) 7794

Vancouver Regional Transit Commission

Fares, increase in (McCarthy) A. 7453 (Williams) Q. 7453

Vancouver School District

See: School District 39 (Vancouver)

Vancouver Status of Women Council

Mentioned: (Brown) 7875

Vancouver Stock Exchange

Mentioned: (Macdonald) 7311, 8469 (Smith) 8108 (Veitch) 8687

Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.

Editor's letter quoted, referred to (McGeer) 7542, 7543, 7545

Quoted (Brown) 8768 (Dailly) 8240 (Kempf) 7417 (Lank) 7314 (Lockstead) 8684 (McGeer) 7339, 7340 (Nicolson) 7776, 8289 (Reynolds) 7527, 7853 (Rose) 7768, 7957, 8110, 8270 (Skelly) 7291-2 (Stupich) 8262, 8264, 8265

Mentioned: (Barnes) 8297, 8320 (Brown) 7535, 7601 (Fraser, A.) 8240 (Gabelmann) 7827 (Hanson) 8535 (Kempf) 7823 (Lank) 7314 (Lea) 8627 (Lockstead) 8555 (McClelland) 8104 (Macdonald) 8469, 8470 (McGeer) 7545, 8627, 8633, 8647 (MacWilliam) 8304, 8692 (Nicolson) 7540, 7742, 7771 (Nielsen) 7386 (Richmond) 7844 (Rose) 8415 (Sanford) 8396 (Segarty) 7372 (Williams) 8403, 8648

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Funds for (McCarthy) 8481

Vancouver Taxi Owners' Association

Taxicabs, licensing of (Davis) 7696-7 (Fraser, A.) 7696

Vancouver Women's Health Collective, Vancouver, B.C.

Funding for (Brown) 7724, 7725 (Nielsen) 7724

Visit to (Brown) 7725 (Nielsen) 7726

Work of (Brown) 7724, 7725

Vanden, Bernard E.

Letter quoted (Skelly) 7291-2

Vander Zalm, William N.

Mentioned: (Brown) 7598, 7653 (Gabelmann) 8011 (Hanson) 7501 (McGeer) 8630 (Rose) 7838, 7954, 7955, 7971, 8109, 8111

Vanier Hall, Prince George, B.C.

Mentioned: (Strachan) 7405

Veitch, Hon. Elwood (Burnaby-Willingdon) Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs

Address in reply 7324-6

Automobile repairs, dishonest practices 8355

Beer, cost of 8357

B.C. Memorial Society, membership list 8325

Budget debate 7579-81

Burnaby, provincial-municipal partnership agreement 7581

Cemeteries division, work of 8352

Chem-tec Laboratories, investigation into A. 8688

Companies, incorporations 7579, 8352

Congratulated on appointment to cabinet (Fraser, A.) 7363 (Kempf) 7415 (Segarty) 7368

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, estimates 8351-3, 8354-5, 8357-8, 8358-9, 8360, 8363, 8365, 8366-7, 8368, 8369

Consumer and Corporate Affairs ministry, work of 8352-3

Consumer and Corporate Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 1986 (Bill 35) 1R, 8565

Credit unions, requirements for inquiries into 8529

Cultural heritage 7326

Debtor assistance program 8352

Economic growth, forecast re 7581

Economic renewal 7579, 8352

Economy of B.C. 7579-80

Excellence in Education fund 7326

Financial institutions, disclosure of insurance coverage 8357, 8365

Financial institutions, uninsured deposits 8354-5

Fitness spas, sale of life memberships 8354

Funeral directors, telephone soliciting by 8325

Gasoline, price reduction A. 7632

Gasoline tax, level of 7515

Grape growers, prices paid to 8369

Grapes, replanting of 8353

H.S. Recreations Ltd., liquor licence A. 7908

Investment in B.C. 7325-6, 7581

Investors, protection of 7325-6

Job creation 7581

Job creation, private sector 7325

Landlord-tenant disputes, arbitration of 8365, 8366

Landlord-tenant relations, responsibility for A. 7347

Landlord's obligation 8368

Liability insurance, cost of A. 7475

Liquor advertising 8358

Liquor Control and Licensing Act, amendment to 7973

Liquor licence, Okanagan waterslide A. 7908

Liquor revenue 8353

Liquor revenue, use of 8357

Liquor sales, Legion establishments A. 8130

Liquor sales policy, changes in 8353

Liquor, Sunday sales 7973, 8357

Marketplace, role of in society 8351

Mobile-home parks, shortage of 8360

Mobile-home parks, zoning for 8360

Motor dealer licensing branch, work of 8352

Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline 7325

New Cinch Uranium Ltd., RCMP investigation into 8687-8

New Cinch Uranium Ltd., stock dealings, investigation into A. 8687-8

New Cinch Uranium Ltd., stop-trading order A. 8687-8

“Perspectives for Growth in British Columbia's Financial Sector” 8354, 8365

Rental accommodation, vacancy rate 8365

Residential tenancy branch services, user fee 8368

Residential tenancy branch, work of 8353

Securities Act 8352

SkyTrain transit system, Burnaby Metrotown 7580-1

SkyTrain transit system, cost of 7580

Small business, liability insurance A. 8235

Socialism 7324-5

South Africa, wines A. 8713, A. 8714, A. 8736

Superintendent of financial institutions 8352

Teachers' Investment and Housing Cooperative inquiry, petition re A. 8529

Travel assurance fund 8352

Travel services program 8352

Vancouver apartment house tenants, eviction of A. 7779

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, Ethical Growth Fund certificates 8357, 8365

Vancouver financial centre, development of 7325, 8352

Victoria Mortgage Corp., advertising 8355

Victoria Mortgage Corp., investigation into 8355, 8363

Willroy Mines Ltd., suit against New Cinch Uranium Ltd. 8687

Wine advertisement, transit shelters A. 7822

Wine, billboard advertising of 8357-8

Wine, standards for grape content 8368, 8369

Wine surcharge, amount collected 8368

Veitch, Sheila (Mrs. Elwood)

B.C. Parole Board, appointment to (Macdonald) Q. 7631, Q. 7632 (Smith) A. 7632

Venner, T.S. (Tom)

Mentioned: (Smith) 8466

Venture capital corporations

Corporations (Curtis) 7444, 7447 (Lea) 7559 (McClelland) 8422 (Ritchie) 7422 (Throne speech) 7268

Export-oriented service corporations (Curtis) 7447

Program (McClelland) 8457

Vernon, B.C.

Bankruptcies (MacWilliam) 7408

Building permits (MacWilliam) 7407

East Vernon Road right-of-way, problem re (Fraser, A.) 8578 (MacWilliam) 8577-8

Economic activity (MacWilliam) 7931, 7945

Poison Park bridge, work on (Fraser, A.) 8578, 8579 (MacWilliam) 8578, 8579

Sewage, land disposal (MacWilliam) 8083-4 (Pelton) 8084

Sewage treatment plant, cost of (MacWilliam) 8075

Shopping mall expansion (Ritchie) 7422 32nd Street extension, work on (Fraser, A.) 8578-9 (MacWilliam) 8578

Tourist information centre, staff (MacWilliam) 8758

Unemployment (MacWilliam) 8012

Waste management plan (MacWilliam) 8075, 8083 (Pelton) 8063, 8075, 8084

Vernon Daily News, Vernon, B.C.

Quoted (MacWilliam) 8012

Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Vernon, B.C.

Mentioned: (MacWilliam) 7672

Vernon School District

See: School District 22 (Vernon)

Victoria, B.C.

Blanshard Street, six-laning of (Fraser, A.) 8549

Convention centre (Curtis) 7443 (Mowat) 7319 (Reynolds) 7903

Employment, new jobs (Reynolds) 7284

McKenzie Avenue, construction of (Fraser, A.) 8549

McKenzie Avenue, overpass at Burnside (Blencoe) 8583 (Fraser, A.) 8584

Sewage, air pollution (Cocke) 8064 (Pelton) 8064

Sewage disposal (Blencoe) 7944, 8445-6, 8447 (Brummet) 8446 (Ritchie) 7944

Sewage disposal, Clover Point outfall (Pelton) 8065

Sewage disposal, Macaulay Point outfall (Hanson) 8060, 8061 (Pelton) 8060, 8060-1, 8065

Sewage treatment (Blencoe) 8058-9, 8059-60, 8061 (Brummet) 8446-7 (Cocke) 8063-4 (Hanson) 8060, 8061 (MacWilliam) 8062 (Pelton) 8059, 8060, 8061 (Reid) 8055-6

Trolley-car proposal for downtown area (Williams) 7911

Unemployment (Gabelmann) 7503

Victoria, B.C. — Convention centre

Expo 86 legacy funds for (Hewitt) 8728

Victoria College

Mentioned: (Rose) 7769

Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Cocke) 7688 (Nielsen) 7664, 7687

Victoria Gerontology Association

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 7733

Victoria International Airport

Mentioned: (Veitch) 8353

Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd.

Operation of (Blencoe) 8459-60 (McClelland) 8460

Problems (Mitchell) 7390

Victoria Mortgage Corp.

Advertising (Veitch) 8355

Debentures, renewal of (Lauk) 8353, 8355

Investigation into (Blencoe) 8363 (Lauk) 8353-4 (Veitch) 8355, 8363

Investors, information to re lack of insurance (Lauk) 8354

Mentioned: (Lauk) 8355

Victoria Plywood Cooperative

Problems (Mitchell) 7396

Mentioned: (McClelland) 8460 (Ritchie) 7422

Victoria Times, Victoria, B.C.

Quoted (Stupich) 8260, 8261

Mentioned: (Kempf) 7533 (Lockstead) 8599

Videomatica Ltd.

Fees for classification of videotapes (Brown) 8700 (Lauk) 8699, 8701

Videotapes

Distribution, regulation of (Smith) 8295

Guidelines for, publication of (Lauk) 8701 (Smith) 8702

Material exempted under Motion Picture Act, 1986 (Smith) 8701-2

Material prohibited under Motion Picture Act, 1986 (Brown) 8702 (Lack) 8702 (Smith) 8295, 8698, 8701

Material to be classified (Smith) 8698, 8701

Motion Picture Act, 1986. See name of act

Regulation of (Smith) 8698

Retailers, licensing of (Smith) 8698-9, 8704

Reviewing, fee for (Brown) 8700 (Lauk) 8699, 8701 (Smith) 8701

View Royal, B.C.

Highway, widening of (Mitchell) 7583-4

Violence

Family violence (Throne speech) 7271

Visiting housekeepers

Homemaker service, appropriation for (Blencoe) 7705 (Brown) 7704 (Nielsen) 7704-5, 7706

Homemaker service, hours of service (Nielsen) 7705

Homemaker service, need for (Nielsen) 7704, 7704-5

Payment to, level of (Brown) 7703 (Nielsen) 7704

Services to individuals, case cited (Brown) 7703 (Nielsen) 7704

Services to individuals, cutback in (Brown) 7703

Vancouver homemaker service, budget overrun (Brown) 7704 (Nielsen) 7704

Visits of state

Entertainment of visitors, expenditures on (McCarthy) 8515 (Williams) 8515

Royal visit, arrangements for (McCarthy) 8137-8 (Macdonald) 8136-7, 8138

Royal visit, state dinner guest list (McCarthy) 8137 (Macdonald) 8137, 8138

Vital statistics

Report tabled (Nielsen) 7737

Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 1986

(Bill 2) (Minister of Health) 1R, 8283

Vocational education

Colleges, job-training courses (Fraser, R.) 7768-9 (Rose) 7768

Denmark, training and future needs (Davis) 7747

Federal funds for (Curtis) 7445 (Fraser, R.) 7740

Institutes, enrolment (Fraser, R.) 7739

Retraining of workforce (Skelly) 7844

Subsidization of on-the-job training (Segarty) 7815

TRAC program mentioned (Rose) 8027

Training and future needs (Davis) 7746, 7749 (Rose) 7748

Vohradsky, W.

Mentioned: (Williams) 7336

The Voice of the Cerebral Palsied of Greater Vancouver

Mentioned: (Barnes) 8324

Volrich, Jack

Mentioned: (Lauk) 8727

Volunteer Recognition Week

Mentioned: (McCarthy) 8482

Volunteer social welfare organizations

See: Charitable societies

Volunteers in sports

See: Sports

Vortek Industries Ltd.

Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 7740, 7785

Voters, Registration of

Polling-day registrations (McCarthy) 8493 (Ree) 8509

Registration cards, availability of to organizations (Hanson) Q. 7348 (Howard) Q. 7348 (McCarthy) A. 7413

Registration cards, distribution of (Hanson) 8490-1, 8497 (McCarthy) 8493

Registration of voters (Hanson) 8103, 8490 (McCarthy) 8497 (Ree) 8509-10

Voters' list, confirmation re additions to (Hanson) 8486

Voters' list, omissions from (Hanson) Q. 7347, 8490, 8535 (McCarthy) A. 7347-8

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Printing of (McCarthy) 7272

Mentioned: (Brown) 8768 (Brummet) 8772 (Howard) 8764

Voting age

See entries under Elections