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