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