Province of British Columbia
34th Parliament, 1st Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 9, 1987 to March 11, 1988

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UA

See: United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry

UFAWU

See: United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union

Uhr, John

“Executive-Legislative Relations: Learning from Locke” quoted (Guno) 595

Unclaimed Money Act

Statement tabled (Couvelier) 94

Undertakers and undertaking

Funeral businesses in B. C., purchase of (Blencoe) Q. 2412 (Hanson, L.) A. 2412

Ontario, ban on telephone solicitations (Blencoe) Q. 2413 (Hanson, L.) A. 2413

Task force on funeral business (Hanson, L.) 1325, 1881, 2413 (Lovick) 1868, 1880-1

Telephone solicitation for funeral services (Blencoe) Q. 1324, Q. 1325, Q. 2412, Q. 2413 (Hanson, L.) A. 1325, A. 2412, A. 2413

Unemployment

Alberni constituency, unemployment (Skelly) 345, 1969

Atlin constituency, unemployment (Guno) 42-3

Budget and unemployment (Gran) 220 (Stupich) 190-1

Budget forecast re rate of (Brummet) 275 (Loenen) 240 (Lovick) 272 (Sihota) 211, 212 (Skelly) 345 (Stupich) 197

Economy of B.C. and unemployment (Lovick) 273

Great Britain, reference to unemployed (Rogers) A. 1013, 1027 (Rose) Q. 1013, 1027

Inflation, control over and unemployment (Rose) 2322

Japan, unemployment (Lovick) 272

Job opportunities (Skelly) 7

Jobs lost, 1979 to present (Williams) 147

Kamloops, unemployment (Harcourt) 1029 (Williams) 2223

Kootenays, unemployment (Edwards) 32 (Harcourt) 1029

Manitoba, unemployment (Harcourt) 1029

Nanaimo constituency, unemployment (Lovick) 117

Okanagan area, unemployment (Harcourt) 1029

Ontario, unemployment (Harcourt) 1029

Port Alberni, unemployment (Skelly) 345

Prince George, unemployment (Boone) 102 (Harcourt) 1029

Small towns, job opportunities (Williams) 2612, 2613

Social costs (Clark) 63

Statistics on, accuracy of (Harcourt) 1030

Surrey, unemployment (Smallwood) 88

Toronto area, unemployment (Williams) 2749

Training of unemployed (Fraser, R.) 2507-8

Unemployed, number of, 1975 to present (Stupich) 196, 197

Unemployment (Barnes) 3228-9 (Blencoe) 162-3 (Cashore) 83 (Chalmers) 71 (Clark) 63 (Hagen, A.) 111, 2423 (Harcourt) 99, 100, 1029-30, 1031, 2615 (Lovick) 271, 272-3 (McCarthy) 2617 (Miller) 221-2 (Rabbitt) 1193 (Serwa) 153 (Sihota) 36, 37-8, 211-2 (Skelly) 7-8, 24 (Smallwood) 8 (Vander Zalm) 8 (Williams) 150, 246-7, 2222

Unemployment insurance (Crandall) 234

Women, unemployment (Stupich) 200

Young people, unemployment (Clark) Q. 23, 63, 260 (Hagen, S.) 2503 (Harcourt) 99, 101, 1029 (Jones) 54 (Marzari) 2503 (Sihota) 37, 1193 (Skelly) 24 (Smallwood) 88 (Vander Zalm) A. 23 (Williams) 147, 247

Young people, Vernon youth's case cited (Harcourt) 1030

Unemployment Insurance Act (Canada)

Mentioned: (Edwards) 2258, 2259 (Skelly) 27

Unemployment Insurance Commission

See: Canada. Unemployment Insurance Commission

Unger, Ike

Hiring practices (Smallwood) Q. 448, 645, Q. 714, 2552

Mentioned: (Rose) 497

Unicorn Pub, Vancouver, B.C.

Lease arrangement (Lovick) Q. 2092 (McCarthy) A. 2092

Uniform Law Conference of Canada

Mentioned: (Dueck) 1885, 1993, 2461 (Smith, B.R.) 3196

Union agreements

See: Collective labour agreements

Union Bank of Switzerland

Mentioned: (Couvelier) 2193

Union of British Columbia Municipalities

Commercial vehicle licence program, responsibility for (Johnston) 2261

Liability insurance, self-insurance scheme for (Blencoe) 1222, 1223, 1360 (Harcourt) 1361 (Johnston) 1223 (Jones) 1359

Municipal Amendment Act (No. 1) , 1987, request for (Johnston) 1221

Sechelt Indian Government District Enabling Act, support for (Vander Zalm) 441

Mentioned: (Blencoe) 324, 326, 1872, 2261, 2352, 2906 (Chalmers) 300, 322 (Clark) 2205, 2207 (Couvelier) 186, 189, 2204, 2206, 2280, 3019, 3029 (De Jong) 86 (Johnston) 1182, 2261, 2263, 2267, 2268, 2906 (Jones) 1359, 2748 (Sihota) 2766, 2856, 2857 (Skelly) 26 (Vander Zalm) 176, 2837 (Veitch) 2855

Union Oil Co. of California

Mentioned: (Smallwood) 89

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry

Local 170 mentioned (Vant) 661

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1420, 1432

United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

Mentioned: (Fraser, R.) 709

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Apprentices (Hagen, A.) 672

Mentioned: (Clark) 1435, 1436

United Chinese Community Enrichment Service Society

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1864

United Church of Canada

Mentioned: (Cashore) 1935 (Harcourt) 1960, 1961, 2947 (Johnston) 270 (Lovick) 1872 (Skelly) 27

United Communications Research

Coquihalla Highway, survey on (Jones) 3410-1

United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union

Mentioned: (Guno) 3286 (Savage) 3285

United Mine Workers of America

Mentioned: (Hanson, L.) 1002 (Stupich) 575

United Mobile Home Owners' Association

Mentioned: (Sihota) 1334, 1335

United Nations

“Our Common Future” mentioned, quoted (Lovick) 1899 (Smallwood) 1895, 2083

UNCITRAL rules mentioned (Smith, B.R.) 1297

Mentioned: (Barnes) 1292 (Edwards) 3298 (Hanson, G.) 623 (Harcourt) 1829, 1830 (Skelly) 439, 440

United Native Nations

Mentioned: (Richmond) 2044

United States

Deficit (Rose) 136

Economy (Veitch) 227

Economy, use of as model for B.C. (Rose) 136, 230

Meeting with U.S. and Canadian officials (Rogers) 2576

Relations with (Throne speech) 5

State Governors, visit to B.C. (Rogers) 2576

Trade with (Rose) 229-30

United States — Industries

Relocation of in Deep South (Rose) 1494

United States. Agriculture, Department of

“Fuel Ethanol and Agriculture: An Economic Assessment” quoted (Clark) 2306

United States. Army

Mentioned: (Edwards) 1744

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Canadian Security Intelligence Service, information exchange with (Stupich) 1310

United States. Commerce, Department of

Mentioned: (Parker) 2943 (Rose) 230

United States. Congress

Mentioned: (Boone) 545 (Cashore) 731 (Dirks) 435 (Lovick) 2184 (Miller) 2939 (Rogers) 2577 (Rose) 2328 (Sihota) 252 (Strachan) 2160 (Stupich) 575 (Weisgerber) 3148

United States. Energy, Department of

Mentioned: (Dirks) 434, 435

United States. Environmental Protection Agency

Mentioned: (Smallwood) 1908, 2063 (Strachan) 1909 (Weisgerber) 3149

United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Order No. 256 (Clark) 2369 (Davis) 2369-70

United States. Food and Drug Administration

Mentioned: (Rose) 2725

United States. Forest Service

Timber sales (Parker) 2232

Mentioned: (Kempf) 2226 (Parker) 2227

United States. Housing and Urban Development, Department of

Mentioned: (Couvelier) 2756

United States. National Labour Relations Board

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1557

United States. Securities and Exchange Commission

Mentioned: (Sihota) 2128

United States. Senate

Report quoted (Weisgerber) 3148

Senate Judiciary Committee mentioned (Cashore) 731

Mentioned: (Cashore) 731 (Sihota) 1240 (Stupich) 575

United Steelworkers of America

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 1385 (Guno) 659 (Hanson, L.) 1002 (Rabbitt) 106, 631

Universities and colleges

Administration of, centralization of (Marzari) 2492

Appropriation for, 1987-88 fiscal year (Chalmers) 322 (Couvelier) 186 (Hanson, L.) 258 (Johnston) 270

Business corporations, joint projects with (Lovick) 1194 (Marzari) 1190 (Mercier) 1189

Business development centres (Hagen, S.) 2489

College students, average age (Hagen, S.) 2497

Colleges and institutes, appropriation for (Hagen, S.) 2489, 2503

Colleges and institutes, funding for (Serwa) 306, 319 (Strachan) 339

Colleges and institutes in B.C. (Hagen, S.) 2489 (Marzari) 59

Colleges, boards, appointment of (Edwards) 2499 (Hagen, S.) 2497 (Lovick) 2501

Colleges, boards, appointments to (Clark) Q. 2091 (Edwards) 2499 (Hagen, S.) A. 2091, 2501, 2980 (Marzari) 2979-80 (Skelly) 2823

Colleges, boards, election of (Clark) Q. 2091 (Hagen, S.)A. 2091 (Jones) 52 (Marzari) 2496, 2497

Colleges, boards, native representation on (Guno) Q. 2091 (Hagen, S.) A. 2091

Colleges, enrolment (Hagen, S.) 2489

Colleges, instructors, age of (Edwards) 2497 (Hagen, S.) 2492

Colleges, instructors, hiring of (Edwards) 2498

Colleges, Ontario system (Lovick) 2502

Colleges, outreach programs (Marzari) 2496

Colleges, relationship with local industry (Hagen, A.) 2838

Colleges, role of (Hagen, S.) 2496, 2502 (Lovick) 2502 (Marzari) 2496

Colleges, students turned away (Hagen, S.) 2958 (Harcourt) 2951

Colleges, university transfer programs (Edwards) 2498 (Hagen, S.) 2489, 2499

Colleges, women's centres (Hagen, A.) 2517 (Hagen, S.) 2517 (Smallwood) 2518

Funding for (Campbell) 96, Q. 620 (Chalmers) 71 (Hagen, 8.) 109, A. 620, 692, 2976 (Huberts) 121 (Maraari) 59, 338 (Serwa) 152 (Stupich) 141 (Throne speech) 4 (Vant) 16 (Weisgerber) 13

Okanagan university, proposal for (Serwa) 152

Post-secondary education in B.C. (Hagen, S.) 2487 (Marzari) 2974

Problems (Harcourt) 2951

Prince George area students, university transfers (Strachan) 340

Prince George area university, proposal for (Boone) 103-4, 923

Research, commercial spinoffs (Hagen, S.) 109, 2489, 2513 (Marzari) 1190

Rural students, access to post-secondary education (Boone) 103 (Miller) 67 (Weisgerber) 13

Special advanced education initiatives, funding for (Chalmers) 322 (Couvelier) 186

Students, access to post-secondary education (Hagen, S.) 110 (Lovick) 2977 (Miller) 67, 2977 (Rose) 2978 (Weisgerber) 13

Students, cooperative programs for (Hagen, A.) 2505 (Hagen, S.) 2505

Students, education credit bank for (Hagen, A.) 2975 (Hagen, S.) 2943, 2956, 2976

Students, participation rate in post-secondary education (Edwards) 2497-8 (Fraser, R.) 2500 (Hagen, S.) 110, 2498, 2503, 2975 (Marzari) 2491, 2503 (Miller) 67, 2510 (Rose) 2978 (Weisgerber) 13 (Williams) 2970

Universities, autonomy of (Hagen, S.) 2520 (Marzari) 2520

Universities, budgets, five-year plan for (Hagen, S.) 2494

Universities, capital requirements (Hagen, S.) 2975 (Marzari) 2974

Universities, degree programs, approval requirement for (Marzari) 2562

Universities, faculty (Hagen, S.) 2492

Universities, faculty, age of (Hagen, S.) 2493, 2975 (Marzari) 2492, 2974

Universities, faculty leaving B.C. (Marzari) 2493-4

Universities, faculty positions, applicants for (Hagen, S.) 2492, 2493, 2494

Universities, faculty, retirements (Marzari) 2978

Universities, faculty salaries (Marzari) 2491

Universities, federal funds for (Hagen, S.) 2493 (Marzari) 2493

Universities, funding for (Hagen, S.) 2492 (Marzari) 2491, 2494, 2514 (Rose) 800 (Serwa) 306, 319 (Williams) 148

Universities, funding for, allocation of grants (Hagen, S.) 2519, 2520

Universities, graduates, quality of (Hagen, S.) 2492

Universities in B.C. (Hagen, S.) 2488-9 (Vander Zalm) 177

Universities, planning, long-term planning (Hagen, S.) 2975 (Marzari) 2974

Universities, research and corporate cost-sharing (Hagen, S.) 2495 (Marzari) 2494

Universities, research grants for (Hagen, S.) 2493 (Marzari) 2494

Universities, research work (Hagen, S.) 2489, 2513 (Marzari) 2490

Universities, role of (Marzari) 2490

Universities, tuition fees (Hagen, S.) 2503 (Marzari) 2503

University Foundations Act. See name of act

University in interior, need for (Boone) 2948 (Edwards) 2948 (Hagen, A.) 2949 (Harcourt) 2951

University in north, establishment of (Marzari) 2503

University-industry liaison offices, work of (Hagen, S.) 2513

University research, companies resulting from (Hagen, S.) 2489, 2513

Universities Council of British Columbia

Abolition of (Hagen, S.) 2519 (Jones) 52 (Marzari) 2519

Annual report tabled (Hagen, S.) 2537

Establishment of (Hagen, S.) 2519 (Marzari) 2519-20

Role of (Hagen, S.) 2519 (Marzari) 2492

Mentioned: (Campbell) 620 (Chalmers) 2987 (Hagen, S.) 2490 (Marzari) 2491, 2494, 2514, 2980

Universities, Science and Communications, Ministry of

Annual report, 1984-85 fiscal year, tabled (McCarthy) 787

University Act

Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 2957 (Jones) 1082 (Marzari) 2974, 2979, 2981

University Advisory Council

Establishment of (Hagen, S.) 620, 2490, 2519

University representation on (Hagen, S.) 2519, 2520-1

Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 2981

University Amendment Act, 1987

(Bill 32) (Minister of Advanced Education and Job Training) 1R, 2490-1; 2R, 2519-21; C, 2562; 3R, 2562; RA, 2626

Speakers: Hagen, S. 2519, 2562; Jones 2520, 2562; Marzari 2519-20, 2562

Degree programs, approval requirement for (Marzari) 2562

Joint Board of Teacher Education, abolition of (Hagen, S.) 2491, 2519

Teacher education, school trustees' representation (Hagen, S.) 2520, 2562 (Jones) 2520, 2562

Universities, autonomy of (Hagen, S.) 2520 (Marzari) 2520

Universities Council, abolition of (Hagen, S.) 2519 (Marzari) 2519

Universities Council, establishment of (Hagen, S.) 2519 (Marzari) 2519-20

Universities Council, role of (Hagen, S.) 2519

Universities, funding for, allocation of grants (Hagen, S.) 2519, 2520

University Advisory Council, establishment of (Hagen, S.) 2490, 2519

University Advisory Council, university representation on (Hagen, S.) 2519, 2520-1

University of B.C. student loan fund, repeal of (Hagen, S.) 2419, 2519

University Endowment Land Amendment Act, 1987

(Bill 46) (Minister of Municipal Affairs) 1R, 2031; 2R, 2521; C, 2561-2; 3R, 2562; RA, 2626

Speakers: Johnston 2521; Marzari 2521

Community plan (Marzari) 2521

Land use, regulation of (Johnston) 2521

University Endowment Lands

Boundaries (Marzari) Q. 1621 (Parker) A. 1621

Community plan (Marzari) 2521

Land use, regulation of (Johnston) 2031, 2521

Park boundaries (Marzari) 58

Park status (Campbell) 95

Mentioned: (Johnston) 2267, 2268

University Foundations Act

(Bill 57) (Minister of Advanced Education and Job Training) 1R, 2491; 2R, 2521; C, 2562-3; 3R, 2563; RA, 2626

Speakers: Fraser, R. 2562, 2563; Hagen, S. 2521, 2562, 2563; Marzari 2521, 2563

Foundations, establishment of (Hagen, S.) 2491

Foundations' investment policies (Hagen, S.) 2563 (Marzari) 2521

Foundations, role of (Hagen, S.) 2521

Gifts, income tax deduction for (Fraser, R.) 2562, 2563 (Hagen, S.) 2562, 2563

University of Alberta

Mentioned: (Edwards) 2377, 3121

University of British Columbia

Arts administration, degree program in (Hagen, S.) 2489

Arts and humanities (Campbell) 97

Asian Centre (Campbell) 96

Chem-physics building (Hagen, S.) 2958, 2975

Comox Valley Ready-Mix Ltd. concrete sale to (Sihota) 2701 (Smith, B.R.) 2705, 2705-6

Computer systems research, funds for (Hagen, S.) 2489

Environmental Laboratory, sale of (Harcourt) 2726, 2755 (Strachan) 2727

Kaon factory. See: Kaons

Research (Campbell) 96 (Hagen, S.) 2488

Research, companies resulting from (Hagen, S.) 2489, 2513 (Marzari) 1190

Research funds (Lovick) 1194, 1195 (Marzari) 1190

Spector, Norman, position at university (Rose) 800-1

Student loan fund, repeal of (Hagen, S.) 2491, 2519

Tribute to (Vander Zalm) 177

Mentioned: (Boone) 1828 (Campbell) 95, 96, 97, 98, 3275 (Cashore) 459 (Chalmers) 2986 (Clark) 260 (Couvelier) 250 (Dueck) 2429, 2479 (Gabelmann) 481 (Hagen, S.) 2490, 2495, 2976 (Harcourt) 2607, 2951 (Johnston) 270 (Jones) 1083, 2124 (Kempf) 2250 (Loenen) 1939 (Lovick) 3427 (McCarthy) 2617 (Marzari) 59, 681, 2491, 2496, 2645, 2974 (Mercier) 45 (Mowat) 2642 (Parker) 3044 (Rose) 774 (Smith, B.R.) 2706 (Strachan) 771 (Vant) 17, 1599 (Williams) 245, 246, 600, 707, 2229, 2240, 2241, 3042, 3051, 3259

University of British Columbia Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Shaughnessy Hospital, agreement with (Dueck) 2982 (Marzari) 2982

Mentioned: (Stupich) 141 (Throne speech) 5 (Weisgerber) 14

University of British Columbia Law Review

Mentioned: (Smith, B.R.) 1219

University of Calgary

Mentioned: (Edwards) 1744

University of Florida

Mentioned: (Sihota) 252

University of Guelph

Mentioned: (Rose) 2324

University of Michigan

Mentioned: (Strachan) 2011

University of Saskatchewan

Extension program (Edwards) 2497

University of Toronto

Mentioned: (Cashore) 2047 (Clark) 2365 (Lovick) 519 (Smith, B.R.) 587

University of Victoria

Alma Mater Society (Blencoe) 3117

Enrolment (Hagen, S.) 2975

Forestry science, funds for, (Hagen, S.) 2489

Library operating budget (Marzari) 2974

Scholarship funds, administration of (Hanson, G.) 1321

Students, cooperative program for (Hagen, S.) 2505

University of Victoria Foundation Act, 1979, Amendment Act, 1987. See name of act

Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 78 (Hagen, S.) 2493, 2495, 2956 (Hanson, G.) 296, 3072, 3146 (Harcourt) 2951, 2995 (Huberts) 120, 3146 (Jones) 1083 (McCarthy) 2617 (Marzari) 2491 (Miller) 67, 942, 3186 (Sihota) 928, 1227, 1396, 2701, 2907, 2919 (Smith, S.D.) 1005 (Williams) 1953, 1954

University of Victoria Foundation Act, 1979, Amendment Act, 1987

(Bill PR406) (Huberts) 1R, 875; report 1011; 2R, 1321; C, 2080; 3R, 2080; RA, 2090

Speakers: Hanson, G. 1321

University of Victoria scholarship funds, administration of (Hanson, G.) 1321

Unmarried mothers

Support for (Barnes) 3215

Uphill, Tom

Mentioned: (Edwards) 32

Upper Arrow Lake ferry

Passengers and vehicles, 1983 to present (Michael) A. 711 (Stupich) Q. 711

Uranium

Assaying for (Smallwood) 2383

Contamination, testing for (Smallwood) 2068, 2069 (Strachan) 2068

Demonstration re. See entries under Parliament buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Deposits outside designated areas (Smallwood) Q. 330

Deposits, surface deposits (Smallwood) 1308

Effects of (Dueck) 2480 (Smallwood) 2480

Exploration, regulations re (Dueck) 2480 (Smallwood) 1308 (Strachan) 1309

Mine development proposals, review of (Strachan) 1309

Minerals found in association with, development of (Strachan) 1309

Mining (Serwa) 153

Mining, moratorium on (Davis) 2383 (Smallwood) 89, 1310, 2068, Q. 2150 (Strachan) 1309 (Vander Zalm) A. 2150

Mining, Salmon Arm area (Smallwood) 89

New Mexico, management of uranium hazard (Smallwood) 1309

Presence of, checking for (Davis) 2384 (Smallwood) 2383

Presence of, identification of high-incidence areas (Davis) 2385 (Smallwood) 1309, 2385

Problem, interministerial consultation re (Smallwood) 2385

Regulations (Davis) 356, A. 448, 2383 (Mercier) Q. 448 (Smallwood) Q. 330, 1308, 2383, 2384, 2385 (Strachan) A. 330, 1309 (Vander Zalm) 2151

Watersheds, contamination of (Smallwood) 1308, 1309, 1310, 2480

Well water, presence in (Smallwood) 2069

Zoning of province, proposal re (Smallwood) 1309

Urban Development Institute

Mentioned: (Johnston) 1182

Urban Native Indian Education Centre

Federal funding for, representations re (Harcourt) Q. 1209 (Rogers) A. 1209

Urban Transit Authority

Mentioned: (Jacobsen) 145

Utah Mines Ltd.

Mentioned: (Davis) 1024, 1025

UtiliCorp United Inc.

Overcharge to Missouri customers (Clark) Q. 2411, Q. 2412 (Vander Zalm) A. 2411-2

Rates to Kootenay area customers (Clark) Q. 2412 (Vander Zalm) A. 2412

West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., purchase of (Clark) 64, 1011, 1191, 1192 (Davis) 1191-2 (Dirks) 40 (Serwa) 153 (Skelly) 26

Mentioned: (Davis) 1029 (Harcourt) 2411

Utilities

See: Public utilities

Utilities Commission Act

Mentioned: (Clark) 1011 (Strachan) 1896

Utilities Commission of British Columbia

See: British Columbia Utilities Commission