Province of British Columbia
34th Parliament, 3rd Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
March 16, 1989 to April 5, 1990

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VJT Investments Ltd.

Mentioned: (Williams) 6235

Valemount, B.C.

Family mental health counsellor (Dueck) 6404

Valhalla Provincial Park

Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 5922

Valhalla Wilderness Society

Map (Edwards) 7184

Valley Echo, Invermere, B.C.

Quoted (Vant) 6680

Valleyview Hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.

Geriatric patients, beds for, number of (Perry) 6396

Van Bruchem, Jan

Mentioned: (Read) 7455

Van Egdom, Heather

Care of, provision for (Dueck) 6106 (Richmond) 6107 (Smallwood) 6104, 6106, 8813

Press conference on (Dueck) 6106 (Smallwood) 6106

Visit to Legislature (Dueck) 6105 (Gran) 6107 (Perry) 6151

Mentioned: (Smallwood) 8810

VanCity Credit Union

See: Vancouver City Savings Credit Union

Vancouver, George

Diary quoted (Perry) 5883, 6188

Vancouver, B.C.

Air pollution (Long) 5715

Board of Parks and Recreation mentioned (Fraser, R.) 6799 (Williams) 6000

Cambridge overpass, closing of (Jones) 6845, 6846

Cassiar connector (Jones) 6845, 6845-6 (Kempf) 6692 (Peterson) 5804 (Vant) 6711, 6846, 6851

Cassiar connector mentioned (Kempf) 6690 (Lovick) 6738 (Rose) 6568 (Vant) 6816

Cassiar connector, property purchases for right of way (Clark) Q. 8421 (Vant) A. 8421

Cassiar connector, work on (Fraser, R.) 6799 (Vant) 6682, 6800

City caucus meeting, confidentiality of proceedings (Barnes) 6255

Coal Harbour, development of (McCarthy) 6029

Crab Beach, dumping of Expo land at site (Barnes) 8157, 8158 (Strachan) 8158

Crossroads facility (Mowat) 5869

Employees, severance pay (Couvelier) 5694

Exhibition Park, horse-racing, use for (Smith, B.R.) 7015, 7016

Exhibition Park mentioned (Gran) 6751

False Creek, east side, development of (McCarthy) 6029

False Creek, south side (McCarthy) 6028

Garbage, transport of to Cache Creek (Cashore) 6617 (Long) 6616

Growth of (Mowat) 5869

Hastings Park as site for horse racetrack (Peterson) 7048 (Ree) 6991, 7016, 7048-9 (Smith, B.R.) 7015, 7016

Hastings Park mentioned (Jones) 7234 (Williams) 5806

Hastings Street, traffic load and on-street parking (Vant) 6816

House prices (Barnes) 6173 (Blencoe) 7017 (Clark) 5782, 7103 (De Jong) 5818 (Loenen) 5615 (Perry) 6166 (Rogers) 5688-9

Housing crisis (Blencoe) 6633-4 (Clark) 7103, 7104, 7142, 8561 (Perry) 5884, 6166, 6636

Housing demolition control authority (Marzari) 5818

Housing demolition, prevention of (Perry) Q. 6080 (Richmond) A. 6080

Housing, land for public housing (Marzari) 6638

Housing, legislation on, proposals for (Johnston) 6637

Housing, real estate speculation (Barnes) 6174 (Rogers) 6170, 6171

Housing, task force on (Marzari) 6637

Housing units for sale (Williams) 6171-2

Land, value of (Williams) 5996

Multicultural activities (Mowat) 7325

New Brighton Park mentioned (Clark) 6605

Oak Street Bridge (Loenen) 5932

Oak Street Bridge, accidents (Loenen) 6726

Oak Street Bridge, divider for bridge (Loenen) 6726 (Vant) 6731

Oak Street Bridge, extra lanes for (Vant) 6731, 6800

Oak Street Bridge, morning traffic (Davidson) 6731 (Vant) 6731

Oak Street Bridge, sign at north end, removal of (Vant) 6800

Oak Street Bridge, surfacing of (Loenen) 6726

Oak Street Bridge, wheelchair ramp on north end (Loenen) 6726

Office buildings in downtown area (Perry) 6031

Pacific Plaza (Mowat) 5869

Pacific Spirit Park mentioned (Perry) 8333

Park for Nanaimo Street waterfront area, proposal re (Clark) 6605

Parks standard, hectares per population (Dirks) 6184

Planning, liveable region plan (Perry) 6031

Police Board mentioned (Harcourt) 8678

Portside Park, access to (Cashore) 8159

Portside Park mentioned (Barnes) 8157

Property assessments, capping of (Barnes) 6256 (Blencoe) 6634, 6635 (Johnston) A. 5800, 6256 (Marzari) 6638 (Mowat) Q. 5800

Property tax collection date, deferment of (Johnston) 8579, 8771

Property tax, proposal re (Johnston) A. 5847

Property taxes, commercial properties (Couvelier)A. 8002-3 (McCarthy) Q. 8002

Property taxes, increase in (Johnston) 6161

Property taxes, level of (Johnston) 6180, 6253 (Rogers) 6170

Property taxes, proposal re (Blencoe) Q. 5847

Property taxes, small business properties (Couvelier) A. 8082-3, A. 8143 (McCarthy) Q. 8082, Q. 8143

Real estate speculation (Barnes) 6174 (Rogers) 6170, 6171

Rental housing, condominium conversions (Blencoe) 6635 (Johnston) 6635

Rental housing, construction of (Blencoe) 7017-8

Rental housing, demolition of, proposal for moratorium on (Blencoe) 6634, 6635, 6636 (Perry) 6636-7 (Rogers) 6634

Rental housing, demolition of, representations to city council re (Perry) 8781 (Richmond) 8781

Rental housing, illegal suites (Marzari) 6638

Rental housing, Kerrisdale area demolitions (Harcourt) 8662 (Perry) 6636, 7937

Rental housing, Kitsilano area tenants, eviction of (Blencoe) 6833

Rental housing, loss of (Blencoe) 7017

Rental housing, shortage of (Marzari) 6637, 6638

Residential Property Tax Increase Limitation Act, 1989. See name of act

Robson Square, media centre (Barnes) 6362, 6364 (Smith, S.D.) 6363

Sewage disposal (Hanson, G.) 6639 (Long) 5715, 6446, 6616, 6618

Sewage, pollution of water (Gran) 5919

Sewage treatment, funding for (Clark) 5781

Sexual assault centre, calls to and staff (Sihota) 6471

Skeena Tunnel, closing of (Jones) 6845-6, 6846, 6847 (Vant) 6846, 6847

Stanley Park causeway (Fraser, R.) 6799

Stanley Park mentioned (Bruce) 6220

Stockholm, comparisons with (Bruce) 5891-2 (Janssen, G.) 5909

Streets, temporary closures (Mowat) 7325

Trees, powers re removal of (Mowat) 7325

Trimble Park mentioned (Perry) 7938

Ward system (Barnes) 6173 (Johnston) 6173

Vancouver, B.C. — Transit system

HandyDART service for preschool-age children (Johnston) 6566

History of LRT system (Harcourt) 6592

Vancouver Regional Transit Commission. See name of commission

See also: B.C. Transit; SkyTrain transit system

Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway

Mentioned: (Rogers) 6170

Vancouver Aquatic Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Ree) 5663

Vancouver Board of Trade

Mentioned: (Strachan) 8075 (Veitch) 7408

Vancouver Canucks

Calgary Flames, defeat of (Hanson, G.) 6115 (Loenen) 6114

Vancouver Charter

Mentioned: (Chairman) 8171 (Mowat) 5800, 5871 (Perry) 6080 (Smith, S.D.) 6674, 7112, 7113

Vancouver Charter, An Act to Amend

(Bill PR 402) (Mowat) 1R, 7325; report 7857

Buildings, boarding up of, cost of (Mowat) 7325

Vancouver, multicultural activities (Mowat) 7325

Vancouver streets, temporary closures (Mowat) 7325

Vancouver trees, powers re removal of (Mowat) 7325

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union

Employee, severance pay (Vander Zalm) 5739 (Williams) 5741, 5742

Mentioned: (Couvelier) 8469 (Michael) 5998, 6274

Vancouver Community College

Board members, basis for appointment of (Jones) 8388-9

Mentioned: (Jones) 8838

Vancouver Food Bank

Emergency appeal for donations (Clark) 5780

Vancouver Gear Works Ltd.

Mentioned: (Michael) 5980

Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.

Abortions, performance of (Perry) 6308

Accounts, investigation into (Dueck) 6418

Adolescent psychiatric unit, closing of (Perry) 6397

Psychiatric assessment unit, diversion of patients (Perry) 6397

Mentioned: (Clark) 6415, 6416 (Dueck) 6073, 6102, 6119, 6300, 7867 (Ree) 6368 (Vander Zalm) 5762

Vancouver Heights Citizens' Committee

Mentioned: (Jones) 6846

Vancouver Incest and Sexual Abuse Centre Inc., Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Smallwood) 8810

Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, B.C.

Administration of (Loenen) 5616, 5932

Expansion of (Rogers) 5689

Jet fuel, barging of. See entries under Jet planes Fuel

Public transit to (Harcourt) 6592 (Loenen) 6586, 6726

Runways, third runway (Perry) 5885 (Rogers) 5689 (Vant) 5621

Takeoffs, delays in (Loenen) 5932 (Rogers) 5689 (Vant) 5621

Upgrading of (Loenen) 5616 (Mercier) 5600 (Throne speech) 5587 (Vant) 5621

Use of, increase in (Reid) 5838

Mentioned: (Perry) 5884

Vancouver International Film Festival

Mentioned: (Johnston) 6565

Vancouver Island, B.C.

Brooks Peninsula-Estevan Point area (Gabelmann) 7416, 7808, 7809

Economic priorities for (Blencoe) 7736-7, 7736, 7802

Forest industry, logging plans, approval of (Gabelmann) Q. 7655 (Parker) A. 7655

Forest industry operations (Gabelmann) 7416 (Pullinger) 7415 (Reid) 7416

Forest industry operations, consultation with Tourism ministry re (Pullinger) 7415

Forest industry operations on west coast (Gabelmann) Q. 7655 (Parker) A. 7655

Natural gas pipeline. See entries under Gas, Natural

Oil spill on west coast. See entries under Oil spills

Tourist trade (Reid) 7415

Transit system for south island area (Bruce) 6570-1 (Johnston) 6572, 6573 (Sihota) 6572, 6572-3

Unemployment (Clark) 5780

Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act. See name of act

Vancouver Island-Coast and North Coast development regions

Estimates 7732, 7736-7, 7766-9, 7779-82, 7787-9, 7792-3, 7796-7, 7798-7804

Advisory council (Huberts) 7780 (Kempf) 7779, 7780

Committees, information re (Huberts) 7780 (Kempf) 7779, 7780

Committees, minutes of meetings, distribution of (Huberts) 7781 (Kempf) 7781

Committees, participation of MLAs in (Huberts) 7780 (Kempf) 7780, 7781

Contracts, minister of state's signing authority for (Huberts) 7800 (Marzari) 7800

Economic development (Huberts) 7768 (Lovick) 7768, 7769

Ferrochromium plant. See entries under Sherwood Metallurgical British Columbia Corp.

Minister of state for, powers of (Janssen, G.) 7792

Minister of state for, role of (Huberts) 7732 (Lovick) 7767-8, 7768

Programs for business and industry, access to and use of (Huberts) 7799, 7800 (Marzari) 7799, 7800

Symposium on value-added products (Huberts) 7802

Task forces (Huberts) 7732, 7768, 7780

Vancouver Island, economic priorities for (Blencoe) 7736, 7736-7, 7801-2

Vancouver Island Gas Co.

Mentioned: (Davis) 8760

Vancouver Island Haven Society

Funding for (Richmond) 8733

Vancouver Island Highway

See: Highway 19

Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act

(Bill 55) (Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) 1R, 7771; 2R, 8621-2, 8735-42; C, 8760-5; 3R, 8765; RA, 8841

Amdts: Sec. 1 (Davis) 8760, approved 8760; sec. 3 (Davis) 8760, approved 8760; sec. 8 (Davis) negatived 8764; sec. 9 (Davis) negatived 8764

Speakers: Clark 8739-40; Davis 7771, 8621-2, 8740-2, 8760, 8761, 8761-2, 8762, 8762-3, 8763, 8763-4, 8764; Edwards 8735-38, 8760, 8760-1, 8761, 8762, 8763, 8764

B.C. Hydro, Electric Plus program (Clark) 8739-40

B.C. Utilities hearings on economic impact (Edwards) 8736-7

Benefits of pipeline (Davis) 8742

Conversion costs (Clark) 8739 (Davis) 8763-4 (Edwards) 8763

Conversion costs, domestic users (Clark) 8739 (Davis) 8763-4 (Edwards) 8763

Conversion costs, industrial users (Clark) 8739

Conversion costs, pulp mills (Davis) 8763-4 (Edwards) 8763

Cost of pipeline (Clark) 8739 (Davis) 8621, 8741 (Edwards) 8737, 8738

Cost of pipeline, overrun on, funds for (Edwards) 8737

Environmental Impact (Davis) 8740-1 (Edwards) 8736

Expenditures on construction, information re (Davis) 8761-2 (Edwards) 8761

Federal funds for pipeline (Davis) 8621, 8741

Federal government, agreement with on construction of pipeline (Ree) 7771

Funding for pipeline (Davis) 8621-2, 8741 (Edwards) 8761

Gas distribution function of pipeline (Davis) 8760

Gas, price of (Davis) 8622

Gas, purchase of by major industries, provision for (Davis) 7771

Gas, royalty on (Davis) 8742

Gas supply for pipeline (Davis) 8741, 8764

New Democratic Party support for pipeline (Edwards) 8735

Oil tankers, safety of (Edwards) 8738

Pacific Coast Energy Corp., agreement with (Davis) 8761

Pacific Coast Energy Corp.'s investment in project (Clark) 8739 (Davis) 8742, 8764 (Edwards) 8764

Pipelines, federal funds for elsewhere (Davis) 8621

Pulp mills, acid rain in Strait of Georgia area (Davis) 8741

Rate for gas, government's powers re (Clark) 8740

Rate stabilization and future oil prices (Davis) 8740, 8741 (Edwards) 8737

Rate stabilization and gas prices (Davis) 8740 (Edwards) 8737

Rate stabilization fund (Clark) 8739 (Davis) 8740, 8762-3, 8763 (Edwards) 8736-8, 8762, 8763

Rate stabilization, information to public re (Davis) 8762 (Edwards) 8762

Rate stabilization, losses on (Clark) 8739

Return to province from pipeline (Davis) 8622

Route, B.C. Hydro right-of-way, use of (Edwards) 8736

Route, change in and added cost (Edwards) 8737

Route, Coquitlam watershed area (Davis) 8741 (Edwards) 8736

Route, MacKay report on (Davis) 8741

Subsidies to pipeline (Davis) 8622

Use of natural gas, environmental benefits (Davis) 8622

Vancouver Island, possible source of gas on island (Clark) 8740 (Edwards) 8739

Vancouver Island Princess (Vessel)

Mentioned: (Couvelier) 5770 (Reid) 7446

Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Victoria, B.C.

Escape (Ree) 5662-3

Escape, ombudsman's report on quoted (Sihota) 8759

Escape, public advisement of (Ree) A. 5692 (Sihota) Q. 5692

Escape, security measures (Ree) A. 5692 (Sihota) Q. 5692

Escape, tipoff re, action on (Ree) A. 5691 (Sihota) Q. 5692

Escape, tipoff re, apology for mistaken allegation (Sihota) 8760

Staff, Increase in (Ree) 5663, A. 5692 (Sihota) Q. 5692

Mentioned: (Hanson, G.) 7059 (Smith, S.D.) 8803

Vancouver log market

See entries under Lumber trade

Vancouver Multicultural Society

Funding for (Reid) 7434

Work of (Reid) 7433

Vancouver Natural History Society

Mentioned: (Perry) 6188

Vancouver Opera Association

Funding for (Hanson, G.) 6644

Vancouver Persons with AIDS Coalition

Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 7532

Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Co.

Mentioned: (Rose) 6567

Vancouver Port Corporation

Mentioned: (Barnes) 8157

Vancouver Regional Transit Commission

Fares, jurisdiction over (Johnston) 6588

Funding for (Smallwood) 6589

Handicapped, task force on needs of (Johnston) 6598

Meetings of (Johnston) 6584 (Rose) 6584

Stabilization fund (Johnston) 6575

Mentioned: (Johnston) 6131, 6587 (Lovick) 6654 (Smallwood) 6587

See also: Vancouver, B.C. -Transit system

Vancouver School Board

See entries under School District 39 (Vancouver)

Vancouver School District

See: School District 39 (Vancouver)

Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.

Mentioned: (Clark) 6830

Vancouver South constituency

Sikhs (Fraser, R.) 6441

Vancouver Stock Exchange

Archer Communications Inc., press release re (Clark) 7634

Board of governors (Couvelier) 7666

Board of governors, appointment of additional governors (Couvelier) 8636-7 (Rose) 8637

Board of governors, disclosure requirement for (Davidson) 7624

Board of governors, number of governors (Clark) 8692 (Couvelier) 8692

Board of governors, second board added (Couvelier) 6804

Carter-Ward companies, action re (Sihota) Q. 6805

Cleanup of (Sihota) Q. 6835

Criticisms of (Couvelier) 8637-8 (Rose) 8637

Deregulation of (Clark) 5618

Financial situation, allegation re (Williams) 8471

First Vancouver Securities Inc., purchase of seat (Clark) Q. 6460, 6475, 6804 (Couvelier) A. 6460

Forbes 1974 article on (Clark) 7598 (Couvelier) 7595, 8638

Forbes, Barron's articles on exchange (Couvelier) 7626 (Davidson) 7623

Foreign investment on exchange (Clark) 7665

Foreign trading, increase in (Couvelier) 7626

Government investment in (Clark) Q. 6835 (Vander Zalm) A. 6835-6

Hong Kong exchange, trading linkages with (Couvelier) 5766

Inquiry into by committee of Legislature, proposal for (Couvelier) A. 6881-2, A. 6882 (Harcourt) Q. 6881, Q. 6882

Investors (Couvelier) 7624

Listings, blue-chip stocks (Clark) 8406 (Couvelier) 8408

Marcos, Ferdinand, purchase of seat on exchange (Clark) 5618

Money laundering, allegations re (Clark) 7593-4, 7631, 7658 (Couvelier) 6882, 7596

Operations (Clark) 7598, 7600 (Couvelier) 7597, 7599

Operations, cleanup of (Clark) Q. 6804 (Couvelier)A. 6804, A. 6805, A. 6806, A. 6835

Operators, reference to as “scumbags” (Couvelier)A. 6881 (Harcourt) Q. 6881 (Sihota) 6835

Pension funds, investment of on exchange (Clark) 7665, 8406, 8472 (Couvelier) 8408, 8471, 8472 (Rose) 8400, 8402 (Williams) 8471

Regulation of (Clark) 5618, 7621, 7626 (Couvelier) 7599, 7625, 7626 (Davidson) 7623, 7623-4, 7625

Regulations, cost of compliance with (Davidson) 7623, 7625

Role of (Clark) 7665

Seat, sale of to foreign company (Clark) 7629 (Couvelier) 7629

Stock issues, warrants, use of (Clark) 7595 (Couvelier) 7597

Stocks listed, requirement for quarterly reports (Davidson) 7623, 7625

Trading, U.S. origin of (Couvelier) 7599

Value of (Clark) 7600 (Couvelier) 7599, 7600

Venture capital market (Davidson) 7623

Mentioned: (Cashore) 7736 (Clark) 6474, 7621, 7622, 7623, 7656, 7665, 7726 (Couvelier) 7657, 8692, 8695 (Hagen, S.) 6883 (Janssen, G.) 7015 (Mercier) 5595 (Rabbitt) 5902 (Rose) 7545 (Sihota) 5851, 6887, 7336, 7616, 7658

Vancouver Stock Exchange Act

Amendment to (Couvelier) 8636

Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.

Advertisement in, cost of (Hagen, S.) 8365

Quoted (Boone) 6398 (Cashore) 5988, 7541 (Clark) 7593 (Davidson) 7779 (Edwards) 5926 (Harcourt) 5605 (Jones) 8323, 8365, 8367 (Loenen) 5931, 8705 (Lovick) 5807 (McCarthy) 6212, 6213, 6214 (Miller) 5832, 5833, 5834, 6600, 7254, 7257, 7259, 8511, 8590, 8595 (Perry) 8256, 8780-1, 8781 (Rose) 5950, 6583 (Sihota) 6979, 7614 (Veitch) 5645, 7640

Mentioned: (Boone) 6912 (Brummet) 7510 (Cashore) 6401, 6507, 7773, 8222 (Clark) 7656 (Davidson) 7467 (Davis) 8477 (Gabelmann) 6150 (Hanson, G.) 7250 (Harcourt) 5999, 8670 (Loenen) 5616 (Long) 6582 (Lovick) 6808 (Michael) 6237, 6238, 6239 (Miller) 7704, 8594, 8646 (Perry) 6189, 6407, 6545, 7779 (Pullinger) 7415 (Richmond) 8717 (Strachan) 5999, 8108 (Williams) 5799, 6235, 8477, 8730

Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Mowat) 5870

Vancouver Vocational Institute, Vancouver, B.C.

Mentioned: (Rose) 8336

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

Mentioned: (Smallwood) 8711

Vancouver-Little Mountain constituency

Health care facilities (Mowat) 5869

Vancouver-Point Grey constituency

By-election (Harcourt) 6194-5 (Lovick) 5697

Vancouver-Richmond Association for Mentally Handicapped People

Mentioned: (Smallwood) 8814

Vandenburg, Ray

Mentioned: (Darks) 7921

Vander Zalm, Hon. William N. (Richmond) Premier and President of Council

AIDS prevention video, decision on, A. 8081

AIDS prevention video, showing of to community leaders 8669

Address in Reply 5759-62

Agricultural land reserve, land removed from (Clark) 5619

Agriculture and Fisheries ministry, estimates 7255-6

Agriculture, extension services to industry 7256

Agriculture industry in B.C. 7256

Alcohol and drug abuse, TRY program commended 6942

Alcoholism, prevention and treatment, community involvement in 6942

Alcoholism, prevention and treatment, contracting out of 6942, 6949

Alcoholism, prevention and treatment, funding for 6942

Alcoholism, prevention and treatment, staffing for at regional level 6948

B.C. Ferry Corporation vessels, construction of, A. 6632

B.C. Place, Expo land, cleanup of, responsibility for, A. 5799

B.C. Place, Expo land sale agreement, knowledge of, A. 5799

B.C. Place, Expo land sale agreement, tabling of in House, A. 5800

B.C. Place, Expo land sale, price and debt on site, A. 5799

B.C. Place, Expo land, sale process, A. 5799

B.C. Trade Development Corporation board, appointments to 6769

B.C. Trade Development Corporation board, members, number of 6769

B.C. Trade Development Corporation, grants and loans and GATT provisions 6772

Budget, balanced budget 5761, 5959, 8657, 8658

Budget debate 5959-61

Budget, Pemberton Securities analysis of quoted 5961

Budget stabilization fund 5959

Cariboo College, degree-granting status 8658

Cass-Beggs, David, severance pay 5693

Civil service employees, senior employees with false credentials, government actions on, A. 7481

Civil service, federal penitentiary guards, reduction in, A. 6411

Civil service, federal, proposal for reduction in, A. 6410

Colleges, degree-granting status 5761

Concord Pacific Developments Ltd. project, employment on 5799

Corporations, taxation, level of in B.C. 5960

Credit rating of province 8657, 8658, 8664

Debt 5961

Debt, federal, interest on 6411

Debt, interest payments on 5960

Debt, reduction in 8658

Delta Media Services Ltd., pub referendums, conduct of, A. 7100

Development regions, regionalization of province 5760, 6164, 8658, 8663, 8676

Dioxins, reduction in 8657

Drug abuse, prevention and treatment, community involvement in 6942

Drug abuse, prevention and treatment, contracting out of 6942, 6949

Drug abuse, prevention and treatment, funding for 6942

Drug abuse, prevention and treatment, staffing for at regional level 6948

Economy of B.C. 5760, 6943, 7856, 8657

Education, funding for 5761, 5960

Education system 5761, 8658

Elderly, federal services for, reduction in 6411

Electoral boundaries, examination of by Select Standing Committee on Labour, Justice and Intergovernmental Relations 7525

Electoral reform, commitment re, A. 7525 (Hanson, G.) 7384

Employment, jobs in B.C., new jobs 5760, 8657

Employment, task force on employment and training 5760

Environmental protection, legislation 5761

Environmental protection, round table, establishment of 8657

Environmental protection, standards, enforcement of 8657

Everywoman's Health Centre, blockade of, actions of Joe Borowski, A. 6760

Everywoman's Health Centre, funding for, A. 5604

Export sales, Asia, exports to 8657

Export sales, United States, exports to 8657, 8658

Exxon Valdez, repairs to 5914

Exxon Valdez, safe transit of 5914

Fish-processing industry in B.C. 6675, A. 8801, A. 8802

Fish-processing jobs in B.C., protection of, A. 6369, A. 6370

Fish-processing regulations, change in and B.C. industry, A. 6369

Fisheries, decisions on B.C. fishery, role of government in, A. 6675

Fisheries resource, management of 7255

Fishing, drift-net fishing 6208, 7255

Fishing, drift-net fishing, agreement with U.S. and Japan on, A. 6674

Fishing, drift-net fishing, lost nets 6208

Fishing, nets at mouth of rivers 7255

Forest industry, revenue to province, collection of, A. 6039

Forest Industry, Williams Lake chipboard plant 8663

Forest Resources Commission, establishment of 8658, 8666

Fraser, Alexander Vaughan, absence from opening of Legislature 5590

Fraser, Alexander Vaughan, message to members quoted 5590

Fraser, Alexander Vaughan, tribute to 6701

GAIN program, rates, level of and poverty line 7856

Gardner, Booth, meeting with 5740

Giordano, Charles, discussions with, A. 7100

Goldschmidt, Neil, meeting with 5740

Government accomplishments to date 5759-60

Government employees, severance pay policies 5693

Government, open government, A. 7450

Government, size of, reduction in 6949

Greenhouses, Langley operation 7256

Greenhouses, pest control 7256

Greenhouses, vegetable production 7256

Hanson, Hon. Lyall, resignation of for role in Knight Street Pub affair, A. 7071

Harcourt, Michael F., principal secretary's lawsuit 5693, 8665

Health care, funding for 5762

Health care system 5762

Health ministry, appropriation, 1989-90 fiscal year 5960

Health-care facilities, Richmond 5759

Herring roe, processing of 6369

Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel 5759

Highway 99, Richmond area, widening of 5759

Housing 5760

Housing speculation, tax on, proposal re 6915, 6916, 6917

Immigrants, statement re (Gabelmann) 7724

Immigration agreement with federal government, proposal for 8672

Immigration, federal jurisdiction over 8673

Immigration to B.C. 5760

Income tax, rate in B.C. 5960

Indians, federal programs for, reduction in personnel for, A. 6411

Indians, land claims 6225-6, 8665, 8665-6, 8677

Industrial Relations Act, day of protest against act 8672

Industrial Relations Act, New Democratic Party's alternative bill to 6943, 6944

Industrial Relations Act, success of 6943

Industries, new industries 5760

Industry, sustainable development 8666

Ingenika Indian band, meeting re future of, participation in, A. 6910

Interest rates, increase in 5761

Investment in B.C. 8657

Justice Reform Committee, recommendations 8658

Kingcome Inlet, visit to (Harcourt) 8061

Knight Inlet, visit to (Guno) 5720

Knight Street Pub affair, Lyall Hanson's condoning of actions of Bert Hick, A. 7099

Knight Street Pub, liquor licence application, alleged political interference in, A. 7070, A. 7071, A. 7379, A. 7481

Knight Street Pub, liquor licence application, Bert Hick's press conference statement re, A. 7070

Knight Street Pub, liquor licence application, conversation with Attorney-General re, A. 7714

Knight Street Pub, liquor licence application, investigations into 8661

Knight Street Pub, liquor licence application, Premier's office, actions by, A. 8725

Knight Street Pub, liquor licence application, questions re (Harcourt) Q. 7148

Knight Street Pub, ombudsman's report on 7070, 7071, 7099, 7481

Komagata Maru incident 7455-6, 7455

Komagata Maru incident, commemoration of, petition re 8803

Labour and Consumer Services ministry, estimates 6914, 6914-5, 6916-7, 6917, 6918, 6942-3, 6943-4, 6948-9

Land values, quoted on (Clark) 8562

Legislature, televising of proceedings, A. 6178

Local government, government's attitude to 8664

Log market, Vancouver, investigation into, A. 6633

Lunney, Dennis, severance pay 5739

McLachlin, Beverley M., Supreme Court of Canada, appointment to 5777

Malaspina College, degree-granting status 8658

Meat-packing plant, Vanderhoof 8677

Mental health services, funding for, A. 6718

Milk, government's loan offer to dissident producers, role in (Clark) 7273, 7274

Milk, industrial milk quota 7255-6

Mulroney, Brian, letter quoted 5914

Multiculturalism 8671

Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, benefits of 5761

Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, construction of, A. 7071

Nechako and Northeast development region meetings, Jack Kempf's participation in 8676

Nemetz, Nathaniel T, inquiry into severance pay and pensions 8670

New Democratic Party 5762

New Democratic Party, policies, cost of 5960-1

North Atlantic Treaty Organization 7481, 7482

Northern Development Council, meeting with 8671

Offshore oil drilling, moratorium on, A. 5740

Oil spill, Alaska, visit to site of 5761-2, 5946 (Clark) 5778 (Loenen) 8095 (Reid) 5840 (Sihota) 5841

Oil tankers, dangers of 5946

Okanagan College, degree-granting status 8658

Oliver, industries 5760

Parks 5762

Pests, biological control of 7256

Polar 8 project, contract for B.C. shipyard, A. 6632, A. 6633

Polar 8 project, Frank Rhodes' trip to Ottawa re, A. 6675

Polar 8 project, status of project, A. 6675, A. 7071

Poole, David, resignation of A. 5651, A. 5693

Poole, David, severance pay and pension, A. 5651, A. 5652, A. 5693, A. 5739, 8670

Poole, David, severance pay and possible litigation, A. 5739

Poole, David, severance pay, auditor-general's report on 8670

Post-secondary education, access to 8658

Poverty line 7856

Powder Mountain Resorts Ltd., ski facility development, proposal for, A. 6131

Premier's office, estimates 8657-9, 8659-60, 8660-1, 8660, 8661, 8663-4, 8665-6, 8669, 8670, 8671, 8672, 8673, 8676-7

Premier's office, reorganization of 8658

Principal group of companies, remarks re investors in (Sihota) 7332

Private schools 5960

Privilege — basis for petition re Komagata Maru 8803

Property tax, Vancouver, protection of elderly homeowners 6164

Real estate speculation, tax on 6164, 6165

Rental housing, shortage of 5760

Residential Property Tax Increase Limitation Act (1989) 6163-5

Residential Property Tax Increase Limitation Act, 1989, Vancouver city council request for act 6164

Richmond constituency, residents 5759

Richmond, transit system 5759

Richmond, transportation problems 5759

Royal Commission on Education recommendations, implementation of 8658

Royal Commission on Education recommendations, implementation of, funding for 5960

Royal Commission on Education, report commended 5761

Royal commission on forestry, establishment of, A. 5604

Sales tax, federal goods and services tax, government's position on, A. 5915, A. 5916, A. 6341-2, A. 6342

Sales tax, level of 5960

Salmon, landing requirement 6369

School District 38 (Richmond) , schools 5759

School tax 6163

Schoolchildren, lunches 7856

SeaBus ferry system, construction of third ferry for, A. 6633

Select Standing Committee on Forests and Lands, activating of, A. 6633

Select standing committees, appointment of 5591

Social Services and Housing ministry, appropriation, 1989-90 fiscal year 5960

Spetifore property, agricultural land reserve, exclusion from, A. 8357, A. 8500, A. 8584-5, 8659-60

Spetifore property, Delta residents' vote on, A. 8501

Strikes and lockouts, days lost 6943

Student aid program, funding for 6943

Sullivan, Barry, tribute to 5761

Switzerland, trip to (Messmer) 5680 (Smith, B.R) 5705

Task Force on the Environment and the Economy, establishment of 5761

Task Force on the Environment and the Economy, recommendations 8657

Tenants, evicted tenants, assistance to 6914-5

Tenants, eviction notices to, NDP proposal re 6916

Tenants, eviction of, discomfort fee, NDP proposal re 6916-7, 6917 3

Richter, stomach bitters plant, Oliver 5760

Toigo, Peter, discussions with re Delta Media Services Ltd., A. 7100

Tourism and Provincial Secretary ministry, estimates 7455-6, 7457, 7459, 7460

Trade Development Corporation Act 6769, 6772

Transportation and Highways ministry, appropriation, 1989-90 fiscal year 5960

Unemployment, rate 8657

United States Air Force, low-level flights over B.C., A. 6249, A. 6345, A. 7481-2, A. 7481, A. 7525-6

Universities, funding for 5761, 5960

Universities, spaces, increase in number of 5761

University Endowment Land Park Act 6191-2, 6225-6

University Endowment Land Park Act, bill, second reading six months hence 6191-2

University Endowment Lands, housing proposal during NDP administration 6225

University Endowment Lands, Musqueam Indian band claim to 6225-6

University Endowment Lands, Musqueam Indian band claim to and transfer of land 6191

University Endowment Lands, park, establishment of 5762, 6191-2, 6225, 6226

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union employee, severance pay 5739

Vancouver Stock Exchange, government investment in, A. 6835-6

Westwood land, offers for, tabling of, A. 7248, A. 7524

Westwood land, sale of, cash offers, A. 7523, A. 7524

Westwood land, sale of, confidentiality agreement, A. 7248

Westwood land, sale process, A. 7247-8

Westwood land, social housing, land for, A. 6537

Women, minister of state responsible for women's issues, A. 6178

Wood waste, electric power generation, Williams Lake project 8663

Vanderhoof, B.C.

Mayor's letter quoted (Kempf) 8675

Meat-packing plant. See entries under Meat industry and trade

Nechako River bridge, replacement of (Kempf) 6698, 6715, 6721 (Vant) 6698, 6714, 6721, 6722

Pulp mill. See entries under Pulp mills

Vant, Hon. Neil (Cariboo) Minister of Transportation and Highways

Address in Reply 5620-2

Air transport assistance program 6679, 6686

Aiyansh, bridge, construction of 6729

Alex Fraser Bridge, expansion of to six lanes 6728, 6813, 6816

Alex Fraser Bridge, interchange, north end of bridge 6812, 6813

Alex Fraser Bridge, landscaping, north end of bridge 6728

Appointment with, requests for (Kempf) 6690, 6691

Appointments, arrangements for 6691

Ashcroft, bridge problem 6795

Automobile driving in winter, safety education program 6681

Automobiles, number of 5621

Avalanches, control of and highways maintenance contracts 6808-9, 6809

Bamfield, west side, road for 6698

Belcarra, road, designation of as secondary Highway 6814

Belcarra, road, upgrading of 6816

Bikeway, Highway 17A as route to ferry 6818

Bikeway, Vancouver-Hope route, use of Highway 7 6819

Bikeways, provision of 6818, 6819

Bikeways, use of road shoulders 6818

Blackdome Exploration Ltd., operations 5622

Bob Quinn Airport, construction of 6729

B.C. Ferry Corporation, annual report tabled 8057

B.C. Ferry Corporation, costs, increase in 6679

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Departure Bay terminal, fuel spill, cleanup bill for 6840

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Departure Bay terminal, upgrading of 6679

B.C. Ferry Corporation, federal subsidy 6693, 6694, 6697, 6712

B.C. Ferry Corporation, officials' trip to Scandinavia 6829-30, 6830

B.C. Ferry Corporation, passengers, provision for handicapped 6856

B.C. Ferry Corporation, revenue 6679

B.C. Ferry Corporation, sailings, number of 6838

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Saltspring Island terminal, consultation re, A. 5846, 6841

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Saltspring Island terminal, decision on, A. 5845, A. 5846

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Saltspring Island terminal, feasibility study 6841

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Saltspring Island terminal, Isabella Point 6840-1

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Scandinavia, officials' trip to 6829-30, 6830

B.C. Ferry Corporation, schedule, summer schedule 6838

B.C. Ferry Corporation, subsidy 6839

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Swartz Bay terminal, parking 6857

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Swartz Bay terminal, upgrading of 6679

B.C. Ferry Corporation, terminals, benefits of to local areas 6839

B.C. Ferry Corporation, terminals, improvements to 6679

B.C. Ferry Corporation, terminals, municipal services, payment for 6839-40

B.C. Ferry Corporation, terminals, traffic patrols 6840

B.C. Ferry Corporation, traffic 5621, 6679

B.C. Ferry Corporation vessels, construction of 5621, A. 6676, 6679, A. 6720, 6831, 6857

B.C. Ferry Corporation vessels, design of, A. 6676, 6829, 6857

B.C. Ferry Corporation vessels, design of during NDP administration 6856

B.C. Place, Expo land sale, payment, for A. 5847

B.C. Railway, annual report tabled 6676

B.C. Railway, Budd cars fleet, additions to 6821

B.C. Railway, consolidated financial statements tabled 7715

B.C. Railway, debt, reduction in 6678

B.C. Railway, flatcars, purchase of 6678

B.C. Railway, income 6678

B.C. Railway, North Vancouver yard, development program 6679

B.C. Railway, passenger traffic, increase in 6821

B.C. Railway, rail and tie replacement program 6679

B.C. Railway, Seton Lake tunnel 6678

B.C. Railway, steel-tie plant, Squamish 6678

Burnaby, Hastings-Gaglardi Way connector 6847

Burnaby, North Road-Gaglardi Way, work on 6846, 6847

C&C Wood Products Ltd., products 5622

Canadian Pacific Railway, Mt. Macdonald tunnel 6799-6800

Cariboo constituency, mining industry 5622

Cariboo development region, university for 8319

Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co., bleaching process changeover 5622

Caribou Road Services Ltd., employees, number of 6810

Carrier Lumber Ltd., beetle-killed pine, use of 5621-2

Castlegar airport, night-landing facilities 6853

Castlegar-Robson ferry 6843, 6854

Coastwise shipping, federal subsidy, use of 6693

Commissioner Inquiry into the Coquihalla and Related Highway Projects, recommendations 5621, 6683, 6728, 6732

Coquihalla Highway, benefits of 5621

Coquihalla Highway, cost of 6709

Coquihalla Highway, expenditures on 6706

Coquihalla Highway, fatalities, number of lives saved 6709

Coquihalla Highway, Okanagan connector 6682, 6707

Coquihalla Highway, Okanagan connector, cost of per kilometre 6721, 6722

Coquihalla Highway, Okanagan connector, day-labour work on 6795

Coquihalla Highway, Okanagan connector, Hamilton Hill project 6795

Coquihalla Highway, phase 2, cost of per kilometre 6722

Coquitlam, Johnson-Mariner connection, work on 6846

Cyclists, injuries, fatalities 6818

Dangerous goods, shipment of by road, routes for 6827

Deficit, federal deficit 5620

Delcan Corp., transportation study, content 6684, 6685, 6686

Delcan Corp., transportation study, cost of 6684

Delcan Corp., transportation study mentioned 6706, 6709, 6817, 6824, 6846

Delcan Corp., transportation study, Transportation and Highways ministry staff contribution to 6685

Delcan Corp., video 6684, 6706

Delcan Corp., video, use of 6685, 6686

Development regions, transportation committees 6844, 6852

Digby Island road, relocation of 6851

Duffy Lake road, work on 6796

Dust control, sodium lignosulphonate, use of, A. 8655

Environment ministry, estimates 8319

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, Budd cars, repair of 7609

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, dayliner service, A. 7609, A. 8315-6, A. 8316

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, dayliner service, traffic 8316

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, representations re to National Transportation Agency, A. 7609

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, right-of-way, use of 8316

Forest resource development agreement, benefits of 5621

Forest resource development agreement, second agreement 5621

Fort St. James, North Road accidents, insurance coverage for 6788

Fort St. James, North Road, status of as public road 6788

Francois Lake Road, Stellaquo Indian band, negotiations with 6788

Fraser, Alexander Vaughan, tribute to 5620, 6701-2

Fraser River, Richmond, middle arm crossing 6728

Gabriola Island, Berry Point Road, upgrading of 6828

Gabriola Island, bridge 6800, 6827, 6828, 6829

Gabriola Island, ferry terminal 6800, 6827, 6828

George Massey Tunnel, three-laning, northbound traffic 6812

George Massey Tunnel, three-laning, southbound traffic 6731

George Massey Tunnel, traffic control system 6812

George Massey Tunnel, traffic diversion, sign for 6812

Gibraltar Mines Ltd., collective agreement 5622

Gold Rush Trail, route, promotion of 6824

Greenville-Kincolith road, funding for 6729

Helipads, assistance for 6851

Highway 1, Burnaby freeway, work on 6682

Highway 1, Cassiar connector-Port Mann Bridge section, additional lanes 6848

Highway 1, Hope, work on Fraser Bridge 6791

Highway 1, Hope-Cache Creek section, sign policy 5721

Highway 1, lower mainland area, work on 6682

Highway 1, Port Mann interchange 6817

Highway 1, Richmond, directional sign for 6728

Highway 1, Rogers Pass, construction of 6799

Highway 3, expenditures on, decisions re 6843

Highway 3, Grand Forks area, work on fee-for-service basis 6809

Highway 3, Hope-Princeton Highway, signs 6824

Highway 3, Hope-Princeton Highway, traffic 6824

Highway 3, Hope-Princeton Highway, upgrading of 6795, 6854

Highway 3, Hope-Princeton Highway, Whipsaw Creek area, work on 6795, 6824, 6854

Highway 3, logo for 6824

Highway 3, work on 6844, 6854

Highway 4, hump area, three-laning of 6850

Highway 7A, three-laning of 6817

Highway 7A, widening of 6816

Highway 16, accident statistics 6720

Highway 16, Engen overpass, construction work on 6714, 6720, 6721, 6722

Highway 16, federal funds for 6691

Highway 16, Hagman Hill, construction work on 6714, 6720

Highway 16, ice fall accident 6714, 6851

Highway 16, Kamloops north section, improvements to 6706

Highway 16, Meanwhile Corner, reconstruction of 6714, 6720

Highway 16, northern Trans-Canada Highway, designation as part of 6691

Highway 16, Prince George-Prince Rupert section, funding for 6711, 6713, 6721

Highway 16, Prince Rupert area bluff, removal of 6851

Highway 16, Skeena River area, improvements to 6711

Highway 16, Stellako River bridge, replacement of 6722

Highway 16, Suicide Corner, reconstruction of 6714, 6720

Highway 16, work on 6691

Highway 16, Yellowhead Highway, symbol for 6824

Highway 17, signs 5721

Highway 19, alternative route, construction schedule, A. 5798, 6842

Highway 19, alternative route, construction work in 1989 6730

Highway 19, alternative route, contracts 6683, 6706

Highway 19, alternative route, design of 6683

Highway 19, alternative route, funding for, A. 5798, 6706, 6849

Highway 19, four-laning of 6849

Highway 19, Ladysmith area, construction work, A. 7378

Highway 19, Nicol Street in Nanaimo, improvements to 6709

Highway 19, Parksville-Qualicum area, bypass 6842

Highway 19, sign policy 5721

Highway 37, Blue River bridge, construction of 6730

Highway 37, bridges, construction of 6730

Highway 37, French Creek bridge, construction of 6730

Highway 37, Meziadin junction north section, work on 6730

Highway 37, Ningunsaw Pass area avalanche 6730, 6808

Highway 37, paving of 6729

Highway 37, work on 6730

Highway 37A, avalanche control 6808, 6809

Highway 37A, Bear Pass, avalanches 6809

Highway 37A, Meziadin junction-Stewart section, avalanches 6730, 6808

Highway 37A, paving of 6729

Highway 43, proposal re 6844

Highway 91, completion of 6682, 6728

Highway 97, Begbie summit, work on 6706

Highway 97, Penticton-Vernon section, four-laning of 6682

Highway 99, Brohm Ridge area, work on 6683

Highway 99, Vancouver-Whistler sea-to-sky project, work on 6682-3

Highway signs, funding for new signs 6823

Highway signs, gas station signs 6824-5

Highway signs, Highway 1, Fraser Canyon section, pilot project 6822

Highway signs, Highway 19 pilot project 6822

Highway signs, policy on 5720-1, 6678, 6728, 6822, 6823, 6826

Highway signs, unauthorized signs 6826

Highway signs, “Welcome to British Columbia” signs 6825

Highways, Anahim Lake contractor, employees 6811

Highways camp, Meziadin Lake, trailer court development, A. 6343

Highways, Cariboo constituency roads, percentage paved 6714

Highways, condition of and liability in accidents 6800, 6801, 6802, 6807

Highways, condition of, contractors' performance bonds 6807

Highways, condition of, information on 6682, 6807

Highways, condition of, responsibility for 6807

Highways, construction and rehabilitation, employment in 6678, 6705

Highways, construction and rehabilitation, need for 6706

Highways, construction of, cost of per kilometre 6706

Highways, construction of, funding for 6678, 6706, 6706-7

Highways, contract area 1, auditor-general's report on 6786

Highways, contract area 1, material used, quantities 6808

Highways, contract area 9, work on fee-for-service basis 6809

Highways, contract area 22, bidding on subcontract 6791

Highways, contract area 22, subcontract 6790-1, 6790, 6791

Highways, contract areas, contracts 6681, 6755

Highways, contract areas, cost over contract period 6680, 6753, 6755

Highways, contract areas, number of 6820

Highways, contract areas, subcontracting 6790

Highways contract, Grand Forks area road clearing, A. 6343

Highways contracts, monitoring of 6681

Highways contracts, work on fee-for-service basis 6809

Highways costs, Coopers and Lybrand Ltd. report on 6680

Highways employees, placement of non-privatized employees 6819

Highways equipment, sale of, prices for 6813

Highways equipment, valuation of 6813, 6814

Highways, maintenance of, Cariboo Observer poll on 6821

Highways, maintenance of, contractors, employee groups 6679, 6800

Highways, maintenance of, contractors' liability insurance requirement 6797, 6800

Highways, maintenance of, contractors, private contractors 6679

Highways, maintenance of, contractors, union contractors 6799, 6800

Highways, maintenance of, contracts for 6813

Highways, maintenance of, cost of monitoring contractors' work 6793, 6794

Highways, maintenance of, cost of under privatization 6784

Highways, maintenance of, costs in past 6783-4, 6785-6, 6786, 6792

Highways, maintenance of, day-labour program 6795

Highways, maintenance of, materials used, quantities 6808

Highways, maintenance of, privatization of 6679-80

Highways, maintenance of, privatization of and safety, A. 5918

Highways, maintenance of, privatization of, impact on local communities 6811

Highways, maintenance of, privatization of, public opinion poll on 6681

Highways, maintenance of, privatization of, savings 6680-1, 6753, 6757, 6784

Highways, maintenance of, standards for 6755, 6756, 6796

Highways, Omineca constituency roads, percentage paved 6714

Highways, Prince Rupert constituency roads, percentage paved 6714

Highways, privatized employees, employment status of 6810

Highways redevelopment program 5621

Highways, shop facilities, use of 6819-20

Highways, truck damage to 6854

Housing starts 5620

Indian reserves, remarks re (Guno) 5720

Iskut, road to Wrangell 6730

Kettle Valley Railway, rail line, closing of 6796

Lady Rose, subsidy for 6697

Lady Rose, transportation service 6698

Langley, 200th Street, widening of 6801

Lions Gate Bridge, rehabilitation work on 6800

Masset airport, improvements to 6851

Mosquito Creek Gold Mining Co. Ltd., operations 5622

Motorcycles, use of bus lanes 6731

Nass Valley road, dust control 6729

National Transportation Week, declaration of 7186

North coast shipping, federal subsidy 6693, 6697

Oak Street Bridge, divider for bridge 6731

Oak Street Bridge, extra lanes 6731, 6800

Oak Street Bridge, morning traffic 6731

Oak Street Bridge, sign at north end, removal of 6800

Omineca Princess, emergency operation of 6741

Omineca Princess, standby crew 6787-8 105

Mile House Elementary School, addition to 5622

Pass Creek Road, work on 6854

Pine, beetle-killed pine, use of 5621-2

Population of B.C., increase in 5620

Prince Rupert, bypass 6851

Prince Rupert, ferry dock 6851

Queen Charlotte Islands, dangerous cargo, transport of 6693-4, 6694, 6695

Quesnel River Pulp Co., pulp mill 5622

Reforestation, Cariboo, NSR land 5621

Richmond, Dinsmore Bridge 6728

School Act, second reading, amendment to 8025

School bus accident, Slocan Park area 6797

School buses, accidents, determination of liability in 6800, 6801, 6802, 6807

Schools, construction of, funding for 5622

SkyTrain transit system, ridership and travel by freeway 6817

Speed limits, increase in, A. 5965-6, A. 6343

Speed limits, Sicamous area 6343

Spetifore property, development of and impact on George Massey Tunnel, A. 7944

Squilax Bridge, replacement of 6685

Stella Road connection, completion of 6722, 6733, 6737

Stones Bay Road, improvements to 6722

Takla Lake school, construction of 5622

Trail Municipal Airport, runway extension 6853-4

Trail, West Trail approach, funding for 6854

Tran Sign Corp. Ltd., success of 6823

Transportation and Highways ministry, accounting procedures 6683, 6728

Transportation and Highways ministry, annual report, 1986-87 fiscal year, tabled 5592

Transportation and Highways ministry, annual report, 1987-88 fiscal year, tabled 8057

Transportation and Highways ministry, appropriation, 1989-90 fiscal year 6678, 6720

Transportation and Highways ministry, Coopers and Lybrand Ltd., payment to 6754

Transportation and Highways ministry, decisionmaking process 6688, 6688-9, 6691, 6733

Transportation and Highways ministry, decisionmaking, role of transportation committees in 6732, 6844

Transportation and Highways ministry, equipment, lease of 6680

Transportation and Highways ministry, equipment, sale of 6680

Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 6678-83, 6684, 6685, 6686-7, 6686, 6687, 6687-8, 6688-9, 6688, 6690, 6691-2, 6691, 6692, 6693-4, 6694, 6695, 6696, 6697, 6698-9, 6698, 6705-7, 6709, 6711-2, 6714-5, 6720, 6721, 6722, 6724, 6728, 6730, 6731, 6732, 6733, 6736, 6737, 6738, 6738-9, 6739, 6740, 6741, 6753-4, 6753, 6754, 6755, 6756, 6757, 6758, 6783-4, 6785, 6785-6, 6786, 6787-8, 6790-1, 6790, 6791, 6792, 6793, 6794, 6795-6, 6797, 6799-6800, 6801, 6802, 6807, 6808, 6808-9, 6809, 6810, 6811, 6812, 6813, 6814, 6816-7, 6817, 6818, 6819-20, 6819, 6820, 6821, 6822-3, 6823-4, 6823, 6824, 6824-5, 6825, 6826, 6827-8, 6827, 6828, 6829, 6829-30, 6830, 6831, 6837, 6838, 6839-40, 6840-1, 6840, 6842, 6843, 6844, 6844-5, 6846, 6847, 6848, 6849, 6850, 6851, 6852, 6853-4, 6854, 6856, 6857

Transportation and Highways ministry, planning department 6687

Transportation and Highways ministry, staff expertise 6686, 6687

Transportation and Highways ministry, votes, reduction in number of 6736

Transportation and Highways ministry, votes, transfer of money between subvotes 6732, 6736, 6738, 6740

Transportation committees, development regions 6682

Transportation committees, development regions, appointments to 6688, 6690, 6692

Transportation, consultation re 5622

Transportation plan, development of 6682, 7186

Transportation, secretariat for 6687-8, 6688

Trendline Industries Ltd., employees' contract 6680

Trucks, extended-length trucks, pavement damage 6827

Trucks, industrial routes for 6827

Trucks, municipalities, compensation for truck traffic costs 6827

University of B.C., travel time to 6816

Vancouver, Cassiar connector 6846

Vancouver, Cassiar connector, funding for 6711, 6851

Vancouver, Cassiar connector, property purchases for right of way, A. 8421

Vancouver, Cassiar connector, work on 6682, 6800

Vancouver, Hastings Street, traffic load and onstreet parking 6816

Vancouver International Airport, takeoffs, delays in 5621

Vancouver International Airport, third runway 5621

Vancouver International Airport, upgrading of 5621

Vancouver, Skeena Tunnel, closing of 6846, 6847

Vanderhoof, Nechako River bridge, replacement of 6698, 6714, 6721, 6722

Via Rail, passenger rail service, abolition of, impact of, A. 8316

Via Rail, passenger rail service, representations to Ottawa re 6821

Wartsila Marine Inc., ferry, design contract for, A. 6676

Wartsila Marine Inc., Vancouver office 6856

Western Transportation Advisory Council, annual general meeting 5620, 5621

Westwood land, development of and transportation infrastructure 6846

Wood waste, electric power generation, Williams Lake project 8319

Vantreight, Ian

Mentioned: (Reid) 5838

Vantreight, G.A., and Sons

Mentioned: (Reid) 5838

Vaseux Lake, B.C.

Eurasian water milfoil problem (Barlee) 8106, 8107 (Strachan) 8106

Vasquez, Leandro

Mentioned: (Clark) 7602, 7629

Vaughan-Thomas, Terry

Mentioned: (Guno) 7037, 7039

Vedal, Sverre

Mentioned: (Janssen, G.) 6429, 6430

Vegetables

Free trade agreement and vegetable-growing industry (Savage) 7175

Vehicle management branch

Crown corporation vehicles, management of (Michael) 5979

Federal vehicles, management of (Michael) 5979

Government vehicles, management of (Michael) 5967

Mentioned: (Rose) 5972

Veitch, Hon. Elwood N. (Burnaby-Willingdon) Minister of Regional Development

Address in Reply 5641-6

Aquaculture industry, capitalization 7572

B.C. Lottery Corporation, head office, location of in Kamloops 7644

Burnaby, Metrotown 5642

Business information centres, role of 7638

Century House, lottery grant to 7678

Community Organizations for Economic Development program 7639, 7682

Consultants, employment of 7667

Crown corporations, establishment of, NDP policy on 5644

Delcan Corp., transportation study 5646, 7678

Development regions and social development 7679

Development regions, committees, task forces 7638

Development regions, consultants, funding for 7667

Development regions, regional plans, coordination of 7643

Development regions, regionalization of province 5643, 5643-6, 7637, 7638, 7639, 7648-9

Development regions, regionalization of province, NDP proposal for 5644

Development regions, seed capital program 7682

Development regions, seed capital program, funding for 7640, 7666

Development regions, seed capital program funds, access to 7682

Development regions, transportation committees 7638, 7648, 7675

Development regions, transportation plan, development of 5646, 7638-9, 7671

Economic and regional development agreement 7680

Economic and regional development agreement, funding for 7680

Economic and regional development agreement, loans, approval process for 7681

Economic and regional development agreement, loans, summary of 7682

Economic and regional development agreement, new agreement 7687

Economic decisions, regionalization of 7637-8

Economic development 7670

Economic development liaison officer, application for position of 7674-5

Economic Development ministry, annual report, 1987-88 fiscal year tabled 8653

Economy of B.C. 5643-4, 5643, 7637

Employee Investment Act (Bill 32) 1R, 7200, 7406-9, 7411-2, 7558, 7559, 7560-1, 7560, 7561, 7562, 7563, 7563-4, 7564, 7565, 7566, 7567, 7568, 7569, 7569-70, 7570, 7570-1, 7571, 7572, 7572-3, 7573-4, 7573, 7574, 7575, 7575-6, 7576, 7577-8, 7577, 7578

Employee investment programs, administrator, decisions of 7575-6

Employee investment programs, administrator, powers 7561, 7568, 7578

Employee investment programs, administrator, status of as government employee 7558

Employee participation in management 7407

Employee share ownership program participants, number of 7565

Employee share ownership program tax credit, repayment of 7562

Employee share ownership, Toronto Stock Exchange study 7407

Employee stock ownership program 7200, 7406-7

Employee stock ownership program, annual meetings 7561

Employee stock ownership program, companies invested in, size of 7559, 7560

Employee stock ownership program, educational program 7408

Employee stock ownership program, eligibility of privatized companies 7563, 7564

Employee stock ownership program, employee organizations 7559

Employee stock ownership program, federal tax concessions for investors 7412, 7559, 7566

Employee stock ownership program, funding for 7640

Employee stock ownership program investors leaving B.C. 7558

Employee stock ownership program investors, protection of 7409

Employee stock ownership program investors, provincial income tax credit 7407

Employee stock ownership program investors, requirement for B.C. residency 7560, 7561

Employee stock ownership program participants, number of 7409

Employee stock ownership program, revenue loss on 7409, 7564

Employee stock ownership program shares, redemption of 7563

Employee stock ownership program shares, sale of 7561, 7562

Employee stock ownership program shares, value of 7562

Employee stock ownership program shares, voting rights 7561

Employee stock ownership program, studies for start-ups, costs of 7409

Employee stock ownership program, tax credits, limit on 7408-9

Employee venture capital corporations 7200, 7407

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, administrator's powers re 7568, 7570, 7570-1, 7571

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, Canadian ownership 7571

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, eligibility of 7569, 7575, 7576

Employee venture capital corporations, investments in aquaculture 7569-70, 7572

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, losses 7575

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, requirements re 7408, 7568

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, restrictions on 7408, 7567, 7574

Employee venture capital corporations, investors, number of 7567

Employee venture capital corporations, investors, provincial income tax credit 7408

Employee venture capital corporations, job creation 7407, 7412

Employee venture capital corporations, registration of plans 7575, 7577

Employee venture capital corporations, share ownership, requirement re 7567

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, depreciation of 7577

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, listing of on stock exchange 7566, 7567

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, payment for 7408

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, retention of 7408, 7577

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, sale of and requirement for repayment 7577

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, tax credits for, limitation on 7566

Employee venture capital corporations, size of, minimum size 7408

Employee venture capital corporations, start-up costs 7566

Employee venture capital corporations, trustees 7568

Employment Investment Act, submissions re 7408

Environment ministry, status of 5642

Federal government, negotiations with 7559

FMC of Canada, Prince George hydrogen peroxide plant 5644, 7639, 7648, 7668, 7669

Forest resource development agreement, second agreement 7686, 7687

Government agents, funding for 7642, 7643

Government agents, motor vehicle branch services, provision of 7638

Government agents, New Westminster agent 7679

Government, agents, services, expansion of 7638, 7642, 7679

Government agents, staff, increase in 7642, 7643, 7667

Government agents, vital statistics, responsibility for 7638

Gregory Forest Products Ltd., assistance to 7648

Industrial development assistance program, funding for 7682

Industrial development, infrastructure for, funding for 8139-40

Industrial development subsidiary agreement, funding for and loans made 7681

Industry, assistance to 5642

Industry, sustainable development 7637

Inflation rate, Toronto area 5643

Interest rates, increase in 5643

Jobs, increase in number of 7639

Kemano 2 power, use of 7649, 7651, 7674

Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, replacement for 5642

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., Richmond plant, expansion of 7639

Mainland-Southwest development region, economic development officers 5645-6

Mainland-Southwest development region, meetings 5645

Mainland-Southwest development region, programs 5645

Mainland-Southwest development region, transportation planning committee 7678, 7679

Mainland-Southwest development region, transportation requirements 7678

Manufacturing industry, funding for 7640

Mines, access roads, loan program for 7640

Mitsubishi Canada Ltd., chopstick plant 7639

Movie making, Mission studio ranch 5644

Nechako and Northeast development region, transportation committee, membership in 7648

New Democratic Party administration, 1972-75 5642

Northern B.C., health services 7671-2

Northern B.C., social and cultural facilities 7671

Northern Development Council, meeting of 7674

Oliver, schnapps factory 5644

Ontario, economy of 5643

Prince George Wood Preserving Ltd., project 7648

Property rights, NDP stand on 6215

Pulp mill, Chetwynd 7639

Pulp mills, Vanderhoof mill, construction of 7649, 7651, 7674

Pulp mills, Vanderhoof mill, environmental issues 7674

Quebec Solidarity Fund, success of 7407

Regional and Economic Development Act (Bill 84) 1R, 8419

Regional development 7572

Regional Development ministry, estimates 7637-40, 7642-3, 7643, 7644, 7647-9, 7649-50, 7651, 7666, 7666-7, 7667, 7667-8, 7669, 7670, 7671-2, 7674-5, 7678-9, 7680-1, 7681, 7682, 7683, 7683-4, 7684, 7685, 7686, 7687

Sechelt, Hillside industrial park 5644

Sherwood Metallurgical British Columbia Corp., ferrochromium plant 5644, 7639

Small business, assistance to 5642

Small business, funding, access to 7682

Small business incentive program 7638, 7682

Small business incentive program, funding for 7680-1, 7682

Small business incentive program, loans 7640

Small business venture capital program 7638

Small manufacturers' incentive program, funding for 7682

Steel mill, coal supply for 6035-6

Steel mill, environmental standards for 6035, 6036

Steel mill, environmental survey report 8000

Steel mill, feasibility study for 6035-6

Steel mill, funding for 6036

Steel mill, job creation 6035

Strategic Infrastructure Development Fund Act (Bill 74) 1R, 8139-40

Three Buoys Houseboat Builders Ltd., failure of 7683

Three Buoys Houseboat Builders Ltd., loan to 7683, 7683-4, 7684

Tourism incentive program, funding for and loans made 7680

Transportation plan, development of 7671

University Endowment Land Park Act 6215-7

University Endowment Lands, housing proposal during NDP administration 6216

University Endowment Lands, park, establishment of 6215, 6216, 6216-7

University Endowment Lands, park, transfer ceremony 6215

Women, minister of state responsible for women's issues 5642

Woodland Windows Ltd., project 7648

Ventilators, Pulmonary

See: Respirators

Venture capital

Employee Investment Act. See name of act

Employee venture capital corporations (Veitch) 7200, 7407

Employee venture capital corporations, administrator, powers of (Boone) 7568, 7570, 7571, 7577 (Clark) 7568, 7575, 7576 (Veitch) 7568

Employee venture capital corporations, assets, limit on (Clark) 7410

Employee venture capital corporations, companies invested in (Clark) 7410 (Veitch) 7408

Employee venture capital corporations, federal tax concessions for (Clark) 7566

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, administrator's powers re (Boone) 7568, 7570, 7571 (Clark) 7575 (Veitch) 7568, 7570-1, 7570, 7571, 7575

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, amount of equity (Clark) 7567, 7574 (Veitch) 7567, 7574

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, Canadian ownership (Miller) 7571 (Veitch) 7571

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, eligible investments (Clark) 7568-9, 7569, 7575, 7576 (Veitch) 7569, 7575, 7576

Employee venture capital corporations, investments in aquaculture (Clark) 7569, 7570, 7573 (Miller) 7571 (Veitch) 7569-70, 7572

Employee venture capital corporations, investments, requirements re (Clark) 7568 (Veitch) 7408, 7568

Employee venture capital corporations, investors, number of (Clark) 7567 (Veitch) 7567

Employee venture capital corporations, job creation (Clark) 7410 (Veitch) 7407, 7412

Employee venture capital corporations, plans, registration of (Boone) 7577 (Veitch) 7577

Employee venture capital corporations, provincial income tax credit (Veitch) 7408

Employee venture capital corporations, revenue loss on (Clark) 7567

Employee venture capital corporations, share ownership, requirement re (Clark) 7567 (Veitch) 7567

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, depreciation of (Miller) 7577 (Veitch) 7577

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, listing of on stock exchange (Clark) 7566, 7567 (Veitch) 7566, 7567

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, payment for (Veitch) 7408

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, retention of (Clark) 7577 (Veitch) 7408, 7577

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, sale of (Veitch) 7577

Employee venture capital corporations, shares, tax credits for (Clark) 7566 (Veitch) 7566

Employee venture capital corporations, size of, minimum size (Veitch) 7408

Employee venture capital corporations, start-up costs (Clark) 7566 (Veitch) 7566

Employee venture capital corporations, trustees, appointment of (Clark) 7568 (Veitch) 7568

Vernon, B.C.

Sewage disposal (Serwa) 5733

Vernon jubilee Hospital, Vernon, B.C.

Board's decision on provision of abortions (Sihota) 6528 (Smith, S.D.) 6518

Verrin, James

Decision mentioned (Lovick) 7823

Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc.

Mentioned: (Clark) 6831 (Sihota) 6855 (Vant) 6856

Via Rail

Passenger rail service, abolition of, impact of (Lovick) Q. 8316 (Vant) A. 8316

Passenger rail service, representations to Ottawa re (Lovick) 6820, 6821 (Vant) 6821

Mentioned: (Bruce) 6571 (Lovick) 7609 (Perry) 8257 (Pullinger) 7414 (Vant) 7609, 8316

Vickers, Margaret

Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 8337

Vickers, Matt

Mentioned: (Strachan) 8074

Victim Assistance Services, Vernon, B.C.

Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 6513

Victim Support Services, Golden. B.C.

Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 6513

Victims of crimes

Assistance program (Sihota) 6346 (Smith, S.D.) 6330, 6334, 6526

Assistance program, funding for (Gran) 6478

Assistance to (Smith, B.R.) 5954, 7052 (Smith, S.D.) 6334

Burr, Raymond, work in support of victim services (Smith, B.R.) 7052

Compensation for (Couvelier) 5769 (Smith, B.R.) 5954

Fines, surcharge, use of fund (Sihota) 7214 (Smith, S.D.) 7214

Sexual assault centres, areas without services of (Rose) 6473, 6473-4 (Sihota) 6471, 6472, 6484, 6512 (Smith, S.D.) 6472, 6473

Sexual assault centres, calls to (Sihota) 6471, 6513

Sexual assault centres, funding for (Rose) 6472, 6473, 6474 (Sihota) 6471-2, 6472, 6512 (Smith, S.D.) 6472, 6473, 6474, 6513

Sexual assault centres, staff (Sihota) 6471

Sexual assault victims, assistance to (Sihota) 6347

Sexual assault victims, services for (Rose) 6472, 6473, 6474 (Sihota) 6470-2, 6472 (Smith, S.D.) 6472, 6473, 6474, 6513, 6526

Toll-free phone number for (Smith, S.D.) 6330

Victims' Rights and Services Act

Proclamation of (Smith, S.D.) 6334

Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 6330, 7112

Victoria, B.C.

Beacon Hill Park mentioned (Hanson, G.) 6639, 6640

Economy (Smith, B.R.) 5706

House prices (Blencoe) 7017

Sewage disposal (Blencoe) 8254, 8254-5 (Hanson, G.) 5727-8, 6639-40 (Johnston) 6640 (Kempf) 8229-30

Sewage disposal, federal funds for (Hanson, G.) 5728, 6639

Sewage disposal, funding for (Blencoe) 8254, 8255 (Hanson, G.) 5728, 6640 (Johnston) 6640 (Sihota) 6607

Sewage disposal, planning grant for (Strachan) 8254

Shelbourne Street, traffic load (Hanson, G.) 6818-9

Songhees condominiums, price of (Williams) 6263

Songhees land, cost of per condominium unit (Williams) 6263

Songhees land, lot 7, development costs (Michael) 6034, 6233

Songhees land, lot 7, price for (Michael) 6238 (Williams) 6264

Songhees land, lot 7, sale of (Michael) 6034, 6233 (Williams) 6020-1

Songhees land mentioned (Couvelier) 5765 (Michael) 6243 (Vander Zalm) 5760

Songhees land, sale of (Clark) 6291 (Michael) 5968

Songhees land, Standard Trust Co. profit on (Barlee) 6266 (Williams) 6264

Unemployment (Reid) 5838-9

Victoria, B.C. — Convention centre

Lottery funds for (Michael) 5984

Victoria, B.C.-Transit system

Bus drivers, divorce rate (Rose) 6574

Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway right-of-way, use of (Bruce) 6570-1 (Johnston) 6572 (Sihota) 6572, 6572-3

Ridership (Rose) 6641

Victoria Chamber of Commerce

Mentioned: (Harcourt) 7102

Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Imaging equipment, dispute re use of (Blencoe) Q. 8358 (Dueck) A. 8358

Mentioned: (Dueck) 6317 (Michael) 5968

Victoria Health Project

Funding for (Dueck) 6072, 6143 (Hagen, A.) 6143

Operation of (Couvelier) 5768 (Dueck) 6072-3

Project (Dueck) 6072-3 (Loenen) 5949

Quick response team (Dueck) 6420, 6421

Mentioned: (Dueck) 6074, 6099, 6120, 6424 (Hagen, A.) 6553, 7851

Victoria Highway Maintenance Corp.

Mentioned: (Vant) 6680

Victoria Hospital Society

Vi-care program mentioned (Dueck) 6120

Victoria Plywood Ltd.

Mentioned: (Parker) 8577

Victoria Times, Victoria, B.C.

Mentioned: (Michael) 5863

Victoria Women's Transition House, Victoria, B.C.

Funding for (Richmond) 8733

Mentioned: (Smith, S.D.) 6513

Video tapes

Adult film and videos, authority to seize (Ree) 8819-20, 8819, 8820 (Sihota) 8819, 8820

Stores, showing of adult movies in booths (Ree) 8820 (Sihota) 8820

Viking Highway

Proposed project (Gabelmann) 6743-4

Village Green, Surrey, B.C.

Tenants, eviction of (Smallwood) 6614

Vincent, Wayne

Sentence for assault, case cited (McCarthy) 6452

Vink, Dick

Mentioned: (Williams) 6666

Violence

Women, violence against (Pullinger) 7013

See also: Family violence

Vital statistics division

Annual report tabled (Dueck) 8804

Information, access to, outlets for (Dueck) 6084

Vocational training

See: Occupational training

Voles

Habitat for (Savage) 7226

Volkoff, George

Mentioned: (Perry) 6187

Volrich, Jack

Mentioned: (Davidson) 7778

Volunteer Recognition Week

Mentioned: (Loenen) 5947

Volunteers

Work of (Loenen) 5930

Voters, Registration of

Election day registrations (Hanson, G.) 7382

Enumeration forms, inclusion of social insurance number (Fraser, R.) Q. 6938

Enumerators, supervisor of, hiring of person over 65 (Pullinger) Q. 6938

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Printing of (Reid) 5590

Quoted (Speaker) 6612

Mentioned: (Strachan) 5610

Vrlak Robinson Hayhurst Communications Ltd.

Role of in privatization initiatives (Clark) 6287 (Michael) 6287