Province of British Columbia
34th Parliament, 2nd 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
UBCM
See: Union of British Columbia Municipalities
UTDC
See: Urban Transportation Development Corporation
Unclaimed Money Act
Statement tabled (Couvelier) 4925
Underhill and Underhill
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 4644
Undertakers and undertaking
Funeral services, purchase of by American organizations (Blencoe) 4013
Legislation on (Blencoe) 4013-4 (Hanson, L.) 4002, 4015
Ontario legislation re (Blencoe) 4001, 4014
Phone solicitation by (Blencoe) 4001-2, 4013-5, 4015 (Hanson, L.) 4002, 4015
Phone solicitation by, letters quoted (Blencoe) 4001-2, 4013-4
Unemployment
Kamloops, unemployment (Clark) 3647 (Richmond) 3572, 3787 (Stupich) 3591, 3632
Nass Valley, unemployment (Guno) 3731
Ontario, unemployment rate (Guno) 3731 (Miller) 3714
Port Alberni area, unemployment (Skelly) 3566
Prince George, unemployment (Strachan) 3549
Unemployment (Barnes) 3763 (Brummet) 3555 (Cashore) 3546 (Couvelier) 3621, 3775 (Guno) 3731 (Hagen, A.) 3785, 4041 (Hagen, S.) 4042 (Harcourt) 5092 (Loenen) 3464 (Lovick) 3528 (McCarthy) 4481-2 (Miller) 3714 (Peterson) 3677 (Rabbitt) 3467 (Richmond) 3787 (Stupich) 3632
Wage increases and unemployment (Lovick) 3526
West Kootenays, unemployment (Clark) 3647 (Stupich) 3632
Young people, unemployment (Barnes) 3539, 4051 (Clark) 3647 (Hagen, S.) 4071 (Jones) 4071 (Marzari) 3581 (Williams) 4455
Unemployment insurance
See: Insurance, Unemployment
Unemployment Insurance Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Richmond) 3854
Unicorn Pub, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Williams) 4502, 4503
Union boards of health
Taxing powers (Boone) 5038, 5039 (Dueck) 5038
Union Carbide Corp.
Bhopal accident (Lovick) 5265
Union Gas Ltd.
Mentioned: (Davis) 5369
Union of British Columbia Municipalities
Pub plebiscites, guidelines for (Hagen, A.) 4687
Pubs, committee on (Hagen, A.) 4688
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 3497, 3498, 4083, 4901, 4911, 4929, 4931, 5096, 5097, 5098, 5281 (Cashore) 4220, 5511 (Couvelier) 4119 (Davidson) 3779 (Edwards) 4119 (Gran) 4931 (Hanson, L.) 4248, 5274, 5299 (Harcourt) 4909, 5096 (Johnston) 4927, 4932, 4934, 4937, 5279, 5281 (Jones) 4467, 4943, 5488, 5489 (Lovick) 4725 (McCarthy) 5291 (Sihota) 3479, 4091, 5097 (Smith, B.R.) 3901 (Strachan) 5511 (Vander Zalm) 5096, 5489
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry
Collective agreement (Clark) 3520
United Church of Canada
Mentioned: (Smallwood) 4603
United Communications Research Inc.
Mentioned: (Jones) 5491
United Nations
Mentioned: (Cashore) 3814 (Gabelmann) 4992, 5141 (Rose) 4867 (Smallwood) 3612, 5256 (Williams) 5339
United States
Canadian investment in (McCarthy) 4528 (Michael) 4527 (Rose) 4529
Exports to (Michael) 4527, 4528
Forest policy (Parker) 4762 (Williams) 4762
Market economy (Rose) 4522, 4529
Trade legislation (Richmond) 3573
Trade with (Dirks) 3590
United States. Agriculture, Department of
Mentioned: (Rose) 4523
United States. Army Corps of Engineers
Columbia River Treaty reservoirs, management of (Edwards) Q. 3461
Mentioned: (Edwards) 4251, 4666, 4667 (Strachan) 4666, 4667
United States. Atomic Energy Commission
Mentioned: (Strachan) 4604
United States. Commerce, Department of
Mentioned: (Michael) 4527 (Williams) 4489
United States. Congress
House Ways and Means Committee mentioned (Williams) 4517
Mentioned: (Couvelier) 5520 (Smith, B.R.) 3600 (Williams) 4517
United States. Forest Service
Mentioned: (Parker) 4762
United States. Navy
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 3708
United States. Securities and Exchange Commission
Mentioned: (Couvelier) 5520 (Sihota) 4171
United States. Senate
Mentioned: (McCarthy) 4526 (Rose) 4525
United Way
Mentioned: (Loenen) 5174
Universities and colleges
College boards, appointment of (Rose) 4058
College boards, election of (Marzari) 5190
College boards, role of (Lovick) 3697
College pension plan, compulsory enrolment provisions (Veitch) 5177
College pension plan, funding of (Veitch) 5177
College programs, cutbacks in (Hagen, A.) 3492
College system in B.C. (Hagen, S.) 4060, 5190
Colleges and institutes, funding for (Bruce) 3666 (Clark) 3649-50 (Couvelier) 3623 (D’Arcy) 3669-70 (Edwards) 3773 (Fraser, R.) 3681 (Gran) 3713 (Guno) 3733 (Hagen, A.) 3664-5 (Hagen, S.) A. 3859, 4057-8 (Harcourt) 3708, 4065 (Jones) 3652 (Lovick) 3697 (Marzari) 3727, Q. 3720, Q. 3859, 4031, 4048, 4057, 5189 (Smallwood) 3769 (Stupich) 3630 (Throne speech) 3457 (Vander Zalm) A. 3720 (Vant) 3730 (Veitch) 3704
Colleges, budgets (Marzari) 5189
Colleges, business development centres (Hagen, S.) 4058
Colleges, enrolment, overcrowding (Marzari) 5190
Colleges, five-year plans (Marzari) 5189
Colleges, funding for and economy (Hagen, S.) 5190 (Marzari) 5190
Colleges, funding for and enrolment (Hagen, S.) 5190 (Marzari) 5189 (Rose) 4058
Colleges, funding for and new programs (Hagen, A.) 4043
Colleges, funding for, capital funds for (Hagen, S.) 4070
Colleges, funding for, formula for (Marzari) 5189
Colleges, government policy on (Marzari) 3582-3
Colleges, instructors, workload (Edwards) 4075
Colleges, Medical Services Plan premium costs (D’Arcy) 3669
Colleges, planning for, use of committees (Marzari) 5190
Colleges, privatization of courses (Hagen, S.) 4060 (Marzari) 4060
Colleges, programs, cutbacks in (Marzari) 4078
Colleges, student registrations, duplication in (Hagen, S.) 4059 (Rose) 4059
Colleges, students, part-time students (Marzari) 3728
Colleges, students turned away (Clark) 3649-50 (Hagen, A.) 4044 (Hagen, S.) 4059 (Marzari) 4031, 4059 (Rose) 4058 (Smallwood) 3769
Colleges, task force on funding and enrolment (Hagen, A.) 3859 (Hagen, S.) 4058, 4059, 4060 (Marzari) 4057, 4059-60
Colleges, task force on, proposal for (Hagen, S.) 4077 (Marzari) 4077
Colleges, tuition fees (Marzari) 4048, 4056
Donations to, private sector donations (Serwa) 3694 (Throne speech) 3457 (Veitch) 3704
Economy and post-secondary education (Marzari) 3582
Faculty, age of (Marzari) 3727
Faculty, retirement of (Marzari) 3727
Faculty, retirement plan for (Marzari) Q. 3570, 4031 (Savage) A. 3570
Faculty, salary levels (Hagen, S.) 4070 (Harcourt) 4064
Funding for and matching grants (Hagen, S.) A. 4292 (Jones) Q. 4291, Q. 4292
Funding for, operating grants under NDP (Jones) 4072
Funding for, private sector funding (Stupich) 3593
Funding for, source of funds (Harcourt) 4063-4
Planning for (Hagen, S.) A. 4512 (Jones) Q. 4512 (Marzari) 3727, 4031-2
Post-secondary education, funding of and Meech Lake accord (Clark) 5543 (Marzari) 5546
Post-secondary education, quality of (Marzari) 4078
Post-secondary institutions, establishment of under NDP (Edwards) 4075 (Hagen, S.) 4071
Private colleges, tuition fees (Marzari) 3728
Student housing, funding for (Hagen, S.) 4074 (Jones) 4074
Students, access to post-secondary education (Boone) 4060-1 (Hagen, S.) 4061, 4062 (Harcourt) 4063, 4064-5 (Marzari) 4059, 4077 (Serwa) 3694
Students, out-of-province students (Fraser, R.) 3505
Students, participation rate in post-secondary education (Boone) 3576 (Brummet) 4341 (Clark) 3649 (Hagen, S.) 4072 (Jones) 4072, 4330, 4341, 4342 (Marzari) 4077 (Stupich) 3630
Task force on post-secondary education (Hagen, S.) 4030
Universities, access to, committee on (Hagen, S.) 4061
Universities, donations to (Couvelier) 3623 (Hagen, S.) 4030
Universities, funding for (Bruce) 3666 (Couvelier) 3623 (Gran) 3713 (Harcourt) 3708, 4065 (Marzari) 3727, 4031, 4048 (Stupich) 3630 (Throne speech) 3457 (Vander Zalm) 5289 (Vant) 3730 (Veitch) 3704
Universities, funding for and economy of B.C. (Hagen, S.) 4076-7 (Marzari) 4076
Universities, funding for, capital funds (Hagen, S.) 4070, 4810
Universities, funding for, federal funds (Hagen, S.) 4073 (Jones) 4073
Universities, military research contracts (Hagen, S.) A. 5251, A. 5252 (Marzari) Q. 5251 (Rose) Q. 5252
Universities, military research, government policy on (Hagen, S.) A. 5251 (Marzari) Q. 5251
Universities, morale (Marzari) 4077
Universities, ten-year plan for (Hagen, S.) 4070
Universities, tuition fees (Hagen, S.) 3492, 4071 (Jones) 4071
Universities, tuition fees, Ontario (Hagen, S.) 4071 (Jones) 4071
University in interior (Harcourt) 4064
University in north (Boone) 4061 (Hagen, S.) 4061-2 (Harcourt) 4064 (Parker) 3494
University in Prince George (Boone) 3576, 5040 (Strachan) 3550
University libraries, sale and leaseback of (Boone) 5352 (Couvelier) 5354 (Hagen, A.) 5355 (Hagen, S.) A. 4810 (Marzari) Q. 4809-10, 5517
See also: Students
Universities Council of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Marzari) 3727
University Advisory Council
Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 4077
University Endowment Lands
Jansen report, recommendations (Marzari) O. 5048 (Veitch) A. 5048
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 4590 (Johnston) 4900, 4906, 4907 (Stupich) 4223
University Foundations Act
Mentioned: (Couvelier) 3623 (Serwa) 3694
University Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Formation of (Mowat) 5001-2
Savings effected (Mowat) 5002
Shaughnessy Hospital, amalgamation with (Mowat) 5001-2
Shaughnessy site, hospice (Dueck) 5147, 5148
University of British Columbia
Chem-physics building (Hagen, S.) 4073
Faculty, retirement of and Charter of Rights (Marzari) Q. 3570 (Savage) A. 3570
Forest research facility (Bruce) 3667 (Chalmers) 3660 (Couvelier) 3625 (Jansen) 3646
Land offer to (Marzari) Q. 5040
Medical school, number graduating (Boone) 5156 (Dueck) 5157, 5158
Physiotherapists, training of (Boone) 5040 (Dueck) 5040
School of community and regional planning mentioned (Cashore) 4354
TCMTB, research on (Hanson, L.) 3995 (Lovick) 3994-5
TRIUMF. See: Tri-University Meson Facility
Mentioned: (Boone) 4956 (Brummet) 4442, 4451 (Campbell) 3948 (Clark) 4889 (Crandall) 3699 (Dueck) 4984, 5026, 5403 (Edwards) 4624 (Hagen, A.) 4957 (Hagen, S.) 4030, 4062, 4070, 4074, 4292 (Hanson, G.) 5237, 5239 (Hanson, L.) 3943, 3986 (Harcourt) 4064, 4065 (Jones) 4991 (Marzari) 4031, 4074 (Miller) 4160, 4800 (Mowat) 4312 (Parker) 4736 (Peterson) 4692 (Rose) 4845 (Skelly) 3673 (Smith, B.R.) 3735, 4579 (Strachan) 4627, 4632 (Vander Zalm) 3616 (Vans) 3730 (Weisgerber) 3544
University of Calgary
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 4957
University of Florida
Mentioned: (Guno) 4826 (Smallwood) 4677
University of Minnesota
Mentioned: (Strachan) 3772
University of Oregon
Mentioned: (Barnes) 4836
University of Regina
Mentioned: (Sihota) 4861
University of Saskatchewan
Mentioned: (Rose) 4873
University of Toronto
Mentioned: (Cashore) 5565
University of Victoria
Commonwealth Games, facilities for (Huberts) 3606
Engineering faculty, co-op program (Fraser, R.) 3504-5
Enrolment, increase in (Harcourt) 4063
Faculty, retirements (Harcourt) 4064
Fees, level of (Harcourt) 4063
Funds, funding needed (Harcourt) 4064
Funds, source of (Harcourt) 4063
Health information system, grant for development of (Dueck) 4976 (Reid) 3487 (Throne speech) 3457
Students, out-of-town students (Hagen, S.) 4070
Tularemia bacteria research and protection of public (Dueck) A. 5291 (Marzari) Q. 5251,
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 4654, 4921 (Bruce) 4007 (Brummet) 4441 (Clark) 5543 (Crandall) 3699 (Dueck) 5291 (Gran) 4164 (Hagen, A.) 4957 (Hagen, S.) 4062, 4074 (Jones) 4291 (Lovick) 4689 (Marzari) 3727 (Parker) 3494 (Rabbitt) 3467 (Serwa) 3694 (Sihota) 5363 (Smallwood) 4677, 4828 (Strachan) 4162
Unmarried mothers
Child maintenance, applications for (Smith, B.R.) 5395
Family Relations Amendment Act, 1988. See name of act
Family support homemaker services for (Marzari) 3827 (Richmond) 3827
GAIN recipients, assistance to (Smith, B.R.) 5395
Homes for (Cashore) 3740, 4127 (Dueck) 3767 (Edwards) 3773 (Richmond) 3781, 3824 (Smallwood) 3611 (Vander Zalm) 5505
Homes for, funding for (Cashore) 3850 (Marzari) 5505 (Richmond) 3850
Homes for, number of participants (Marzari) 3825 (Richmond) 3825
Support, basis for (Smith, B.R.) 5395
Support protections, transfer of to Family Relations Act (Smith, B.R.) 5287
Support services for (Marzari) 3825 (Richmond) 3781, 3824
Unwanted pregnancy
See: Pregnancy, Unwanted
Unwed mothers
See: Unmarried mothers
Upper Island Health Unit
Speech therapy, waiting-list for (Gabelmann) 5041, 5041
Upper Levels Highway
See: Highway 1
Uranium
Boundary-Similkameen constituency, vote on uranium mining (Harcourt) Q. 4621, 5091-2 (Vander Zalm) A. 4621
Groundwater, uranium in (Strachan) 4680
Mining of (Boone) 4955
Mining of, moratorium on (Davis) A. 4965 (Harcourt) Q. 4620 (Smallwood) Q. 4965 (Vander Zalm) A. 4620
Mining of, plebiscite on (Harcourt) 5138 (Vander Zalm) 5140
Mining of, requirements to be met (Vander Zalm) 5140
Rock Creek area (Smallwood) 4680
Urban Transit Authority
Mentioned: (Couvelier) 4211
Urban Transportation Development Corporation
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 4941
Urbanization
Northern residents, moving of to urban areas (Guno) 3733
User charges
Elderly, fee increase for (Jones) 3653
Environment and Parks ministry, fees and permits, revenue (Smallwood) 4602 (Strachan) 4602
Health services, user fees for (Boone) 3678, 3680
Increase in (Clark) 3647 (Couvelier) 3626 (D’Arcy) 3671 (Hanson, G.) 3711 (Harcourt) 3707, 3708 (Mercier) 3672 (Savage) 3651-2 (Skelly) 3673 (Stupich) 3631, 4097
Revenue (Stupich) 3631
Setting of fees, responsibility for (Couvelier) 4099-4100
User fees (Brummet) 3761 (Couvelier) 3776, 4099 (Edwards) 3772-3 (Lovick) 3696 (Sihota) 3690 (Smallwood) 3769
User fees
See: User charges
UtiliCorp United Inc.
B.C. Hydro Mainland Gas division, bidding on (Clark) 4292
West Kootenay Power and Light Co. Ltd., purchase of (Clark) 3519
Mentioned: (Edwards) 5255 (Hanson, G.) 5262 (Williams) 5398
Utilities Commission Act
Mentioned: (Clark) 5198, 5467 (Davis) 5407 (Strachan) 4925
Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 1988
(Bill 46) (Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) 1R, 4948; 2R, 5408-12; C, 5472-3; 3R, 5527; RA, 5530
Amdts: Sec. 5 (Davis) 5472, 5474, approved 5473; sec. 8 (Davis) 5473, 5474, approved 5473
Speakers: Clark 5408-10, 5472, 5473; Davis 5408, 5411-2, 5472; Edwards 5410-1
B.C. Hydro, Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd., cooperation with (Davis) 5411
B.C. Hydro, electric power, wheeling of (Davis) 5408
B.C. Hydro, electricity rates (Davis) 5411
B.C. Hydro, export company, establishment of (Clark) 5409 (Davis) 5411
B.C. Hydro, export company, function of (Davis) 5411
B.C. Hydro, natural gas, wheeling of (Davis) 4948, 5408
B.C. Hydro, power, export of (Clark) 5409 (Davis) 5411
B.C. Hydro, power, export of and price (Clark) 5409-10
B.C. Hydro, power, export of, private sector power (Clark) 5410 (Davis) 5411
B.C. Hydro, power projects, overbuilding (Davis) 5411
B.C. Hydro, privatization of (Clark) 5409
B.C. Hydro, Transalta Utilities Corp., cooperation with (Davis) 5411
B.C. Utilities Commission, powers (Davis) 4948, 5408
California, electric power generation (Clark) 5410
Electric power, co-generation, promotion of (Clark) 5409
Electric power, coal-fired thermal power (Clark) 5409
Electric power lines, regulation of (Davis) 5408
Electric power, Pacific Northwest, cost of power (Davis) 5411
Electric power, private power generation (Edwards) 5410
Electric power producers, regulation of small producers (Clark) 5472 (Davis) 5472
Electric power projects, certificates, requirements re (Davis) 5408
Electric power, small projects, promotion of (Clark) 5409
Electric power, wood waste, power generation from (Clark) 5409
McDonald Ranch and Lumber Ltd., power project (Edwards) 5410
Minister's powers under act (Edwards) 5410
Mentioned: (Clark) 5445