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
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.
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
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
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.
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