Province of British Columbia
34th Parliament, 4th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
April 5, 1990 to March 22, 1991
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
Valcourt, Bernard
Mentioned: (Hanson, G.) 11296, 11297, 11298 (Savage) 11297
Valhalla Provincial Park
Road access to (Dirks) 8977
Valhalla Wilderness Society
Mentioned: (Messmer) 11608
Valley Echo, Invermere, B.C.
Quoted (Perry) 11428
Valley Link road
Funding for (Janssen, G.) 11017
Valleyview Hospital, Coquitlam, B.C.
Mentioned: (Cashore) 10906
Van, Jim
Pacific National Exhibition board members, calls to (Pullinger) Q. 10908 (Sihota) Q. 10858, Q. 10859
VanCity Credit Union
Mentioned: (Williams) 10171, 10173
Vancouver, George
Bicentennial (Guno) 9374-5 (Serwa) 9375, 9573-4
Survey ship, replica of (Serwa) 9574
Vancouver, B.C.
Air pollution (Clark) 9072 (Cull) 9328 (Fraser) 9247 (Perry) 11190
Arbutus Corridor (McCarthy) 8933 (Mowat) 9040
Bridges, earthquake resistance (Fraser) A. 9500 (McCarthy) Q. 9500
Cambie Bridge, construction of (Harcourt) 9264, 11464-5 (Vander Zalm) 11464
Cambie Bridge, cost of (Harcourt) 11465
Cassiar connector mentioned (Couvelier) 9058 (Crandall) 9337
Champlain Heights development (Harcourt) 9265
“Clouds of Change,” task force report mentioned (Perry) 9733, 11190, 11386
Crab Beach, soil analysis (Cashore) 8944-5
Credit rating (Harcourt) 9264
Cruise-ship passengers. See entries under Cruise ships
Dragon Boat Festival mentioned (McCarthy) 8936
False Creek Flats, use of for housing (Williams) 11203
Financial centre (Veitch) 10745
Financial centre and closing of financial institutions (Couvelier) 10172 (Williams) 10169-71, 10172
Growth of, problems re (Cull) 11179
Harbour, environmental protection of (McCarthy) 8935
Harbour, pollution of (Fraser) 8898, 8899
Hastings Park mentioned (Reid) 10765
Housing needs, forecast re (Blencoe) 9841
Municipal employees, consultation with (Miller) 11511-2
Oak Street Bridge mentioned (Vander Zalm) 11024
Pacific Spirit Park, anniversary ceremony (Marzari) 9190
Pacific Spirit Park, government action on (Harcourt) 10842
Pacific Spirit Park, NDP policy on review of (Davis) 10839 (Harcourt) 10841
Pacific Spirit Park mentioned (Throne speech) 8850
Pollution problems (Cull) 9831
Population growth (Cull) 9830
Port, development of (McCarthy) 8934-5
Property assessments, capping of (Clark) 10900
Property endowment fund (Couvelier) 9347 (Harcourt) 9265
Property, value of (Williams) 9463
REAL Women mail-out; reference in to Vancouver (Pullinger) Q. 9150
Rent increases (Marzari) 9808
Rental housing, construction of, forecast re (Blencoe) 9841
Rental housing, demolition of (Perry) 8915-6
Rental housing, vacancy rate. See entries under Rental housing
Sewage disposal (Dueck) 9140 (Reynolds) 9034
Sewage disposal, Annacis Island plant, upgrading of (Hagen, A.) 10441 (Reynolds) 10441
Sewage disposal, cost of per capita (Reynolds) 10432
Sewage disposal, Iona treatment plant (Reid) 10433
Sewage disposal, secondary treatment (Reynolds) 10433
Sewage, pollution of beaches in area (Reid) 10433
Stanley Park mentioned (Mowat) 11386
Stanley Park, seal enclosure (Marzari) 9192
Stanley Park Zoo mentioned (Vander Zalm) 10326
Streets, temporary closures (Mowat) 11383
Transportation corridors (Jones) 11015
Trees, protection of (Perry) 8915, 10033, Q. 10249 (Vander Zalm) A.10249
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act (No. 1) , 1990. See name of act
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1990. See name of act
Vancouver, B.C. — Transit system
Arbutus corridor, use of (McCarthy) 8933
Buses, wheelchair lifts (Mowat) 11025-6
Richmond, transit route to (McCarthy) 8933
Transit routes, public consultation re (Johnston) A. 10378-9 (Mowat) Q. 10378
See also: SkyTrain transit system
Vancouver Board of Trade
Mentioned: (Couvelier) 9252, 9350 (Harcourt) 10755 (Lovick) 11684 (Rabbitt) 9236
Vancouver Charter
Amendments to (Hanson, L.) 10898, 10899, 11191 (Perry) 10033, Q.10249 (Vander Zalm) A.10249
Amendments to in third session of Legislature (Perry) 8915-6
School Amendment Act, 1990, and charter (Brummet) 9490
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act (No. 1) , 1990. See name of act
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1990. See name of act
Mentioned: (Cull) 9586, 11179 (Marzari) 9377 (Perry) 11190, 11191 (Smith) 9782
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act (No.1) , 1990
(Bill Pr402) (Mowat) 1R, 10691; report 10889; 2R, 11383; C, 11383; 3R, 11383; RA, 11638
Speakers: Mowat 11383; Perry 11383
Indy 500 race, opposition to (Perry) 11383
Indy 500, sponsorship of by Molson Brewery B.C. Ltd. (Perry) 11383
Vancouver streets, temporary closures (Mowat) 11383
Vancouver Charter Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1990
(Bill Pr404) (Mowat) 1R, 10691; 2R, 11384-5; C, 11385-6; 3R, 11386; RA, 11638
Speakers: Cull 11384; Jones 11384; Marzari 11384-5; Mowat 11384, 11386; Perry 11385-6, 11386
Day care, Vancouver, levy on capital projects, provision for (Jones) 11384 (Marzari) 11384 (Mowat) 11384
Real estate development, cost of growth (Cull) 11384
Real estate development, development cost charges, level of (Cull) 11384
Trees, Vancouver parks board tree program (Mowat) 11386
Trees, Vancouver trees, protection of (Jones) 11384 (Marzari) 11385 (Mowat) 11384, 11386 (Perry) 11385
Vancouver Club
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 9242
Vancouver Community College
Labour dispute (Jones) Q. 9199, 9436, 9437 (Strachan)A. 9199, 9437
Labour dispute and UIC-sponsored students (Jones)Q. 9198, 9436 (Strachan) A. 9198-9
Mentioned: (Fraser) 9411 (Loenen) 9274 (Perry) 9731 (Strachan) 9424, 9583, 9745 (Veitch) 10759
Vancouver District Parent Representatives
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 9363
Vancouver East constituency
Education, funding for (Clark) 9397
Vancouver Exhibition Association
Mentioned: (Reid) 10765
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Incinerator (Reynolds) 10398
Smokers, provision for (Jansen, J.) 10945
Urinals, reusable urinals (Jansen, J.) 9309 (Perry) 9284
Mentioned: (Barnes) 9117 (Davidson) 11426 (Jansen, J.) 10495 (Mowat) 9041 (Perry) 9067, 9285, 11426, 11430, (Rose) 11434 (Sihota) 9043
Vancouver Incest and Sexual Abuse Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Funding for (Smith) 10715
Vancouver International Airport
Air traffic (McCarthy) 8935
Expansion of (Veitch) 10745
Jurisdiction over (McCarthy) 8935
Revenue (McCarthy) 8935
Transit route to (McCarthy) 8933
Mentioned: (Loenen) 8999
Vancouver International Wine Festival
Mentioned: (Jacobsen) 11305
Vancouver Island, B.C.
Ferry links to (Davis) 9013
Vancouver Island Cooperative Pre-School Association
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 9447
Vancouver Land Corp.
Rental housing; construction of (Dueck) 9811, 9843 (Marzari) 9808-9
Vancouver log market
See entries under Lumber trade
Vancouver Medical Association
Mentioned: (Perry) 9283
Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association
Mentioned: (Serwa) 9574
Vancouver Regional Transit. Commission
Mentioned: (Johnston) 11015
Vancouver South constituency
Description of (Fraser) 8900
Vancouver Stock Exchange
Carter-Ward affair (Clark) 10191-4, 10196-7, 10197-8 (Couvelier) 10194 (Sihota) 10195-6
Exchange contracts, trading in (Couvelier) 10695 (Sihota) 10696
Members, disciplinary measures (Mercier) 10068
Members no longer registered, powers re (Clark) 11004 (Mercier) 11003
Opposition MLAs, dinner for (Clark) 10191 (Gran) 10149 (Reynolds) 10362 (Weisgerber) 10191
Regulatory actions (Clark) 10191-2, 10204
Stocks, blue-chip stocks (Couvelier) 10172
Mentioned: (Barnes) 9126 (Hon. member) 9145 (Rose) 9532 (Sihota) 9145 (Strachan) 10544
Vancouver Stock Exchange Amendment Act, 1990
(Bill Pr401) (Mercier) 1R, 10067-8; report 10889; 2R, 11003-4; C, 11047-8; 3R, 11048; RA, 11638
Speakers: Clark 11003-4; Mercier 11003
Vancouver Stock Exchange, members, disciplinary measures (Mercier) 10068
Vancouver Stock Exchange, members no longer registered, powers re (Clark) 11004 (Mercier) 11003
Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.
Quoted (Bruce) 9298-9 (Cashore) 9305, 9826, 11136 (Gran) 9201 (Hagen, A.) 11650 (Harcourt) 9263, 9472 (Jansen, J.) 11466 (Jones) 9310 (Loenen) 11748, 11749 (Lovick) 9268 (Marzari) 9233, 10658 (Miller) 9389, 10289, 10803, 10881 (Perry) 10160 (Rabbitt) 9235-6 (Reynolds) 9033, 9034, 10362 (Rose) 9185 (Serwa) 9535 (Sihota) 9459, 10215, 11574 (Vander Zalm) 9320 (Veitch) 9342 (Williams) 9010, 11459 (Zirnhelt) 9290
Mentioned: (Cashore) 9306 (Clark) 8980, 11545 (Cull) 8938, 9921, 11545 (Dueck) 9288 (Hagen, A.) 11651 (Jacobsen) 8860 (Jones) 9413, 9653 (Perry) 10161, 10666, 11421 (Rabbitt) 9257 (Reynolds) 10264 (Richmond) 10794, 10916, 11441, 11650 (Sihota) 9456, 10164, 10167 (Smith) 11704 (Strachan) 9437, 9654 (Vander Zalm) 9047, 9048, 11652, 11653, 11654 (Vant) 10164 (Williams) 9722, 10164, 10165, 10166
Vancouver Technical Secondary School, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Williams) 9010
Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Impact of (McCarthy) 8935
Vancouver Women Against Violence Against Women, Vancouver, B.C.
Funding for (Sihota) 10708 (Smith) 10715
van der Hoop, John Peter
Mentioned: (Marzari) 10700
Vander Zalm, Lillian (Mrs. William N. Vander Zalm)
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 11651 (Harcourt) 10614
Vander Zalm, Hon. William N. (Richmond) Premier and President of the Council
Abortion, access to A. 9896
Abortion, access to, referendum on A. 8928
Abortion, Criminal Code, reinstatement in A. 9754
Abortion, Criminal Code, reinstatement in, communications with Ottawa re A. 9753
Abortion, federal legislation, opinion on A. 9754
Abortion, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital referendum on A. 8878
Abortion, Special Advisory Panel on Ethical Issues in Health Care, report, release of A.11267, A.11267-8
Address in Reply 9047-51
Agricultural land reserve, land removed from (Clark) 11582
Air ambulances, staffing of by paramedics A. 10247, A. 10248
Alex Fraser Bridge, north end, signs 11025
Attorney-General, independence of A.11047
B.C. Ferry Corporation, super-ferries, construction of in B.C. A.11269
B.C. Forest Resources Commission, establishment of 11448
B.C. Lottery Fund, advisory committee on grants A. 10326
B.C. Lottery Fund, advisory committee on grants, members A.10325
B.C. Lottery Fund, grants, guidelines for A.10325-6
B.C. Round Table on Environment and Economy, establishment of 11447-8
Budget, balanced budget 9319
Budget debate 9319-21
Budget, government advertisements re A. 9323-4
Budget, Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C.'s analysis of 9321
Budget, Investment Dealers' Association of Canada's analysis of 9321
Budget, Peat Marwick Thorne's analysis of 9319
Cabinet Committee on Sustainable Development, establishment of 11448
Cambie Bridge, construction of 11464
Canada, powers, centralization and decentralization of 11860
Carmanah Valley, logging of, NDP resolution on 9048-9
Carmanah Valley, park status for 9049
Civil service, deputy ministers, wage levels 11754
Civil service, pay equity program and Compensation Fairness Act 11753
Civil service, political appointees, wage increases for 11754
Civil service, wage settlements, limit on 11751
Compensation Fairness Act 11750-5, 11853-4
Conflict of interest, allegation re (Jones) 8976
Constitution of Canada and aboriginal rights A. 10541-2
Constitution of Canada, changes to, agreement on 9497
Constitution of Canada, changes to, provision for referendum on 11766-7
Constitution of Canada, changes to, requirement for referendum on 11671
Constitution of Canada, committee on 11859
Constitution of Canada, public consultation on, provision for A.10541
Constitutional Amendment Approval Act (Bill 81) 1R, 11671;11766-7, 11859-60
Debt, reduction in 9321, 9323, 11449
Dubas, Stan, travel expenses, investigation into, references to 11451-2
Dueck, Hon. Peter A., travel expenses, comptroller-general's report on A. 9927
Dueck, Hon. Peter A., travel expenses, inquiry into A. 9927
Economy of B.C. 9050-1, 11448-9
Education, funding for 9047-8, 9051
Education, funding for, block funding 9048
Education, funding for, McMath commission recommendation 9048
Environment ministry, estimates 10431
Environment ministry, laboratory services, privatization of A. 9501
Environmental protection, expenditures on 11448
Europe, 1989 trip to, information re expenses (Vander Zalm) 11456, 11457 (Williams) 11456, 11457
Europe, 1989 trip to, payment of expenses 11458 (Harcourt) 11461 (Williams) 11458, 11459
Europe, 1989 trip to, purpose of 11455, 11456 (Williams) 11455, 11456
Expo land, costs, reporting of A. 9324
Expo land, development of site 9121
Expo land, ministerial responsibility for A. 10248
Expo land, price for A. 9122
Exports to Pacific Rim countries 11451
Fantasy Garden World Inc., ownership of and possible conflict of interest, investigation mentioned (Clark) 11690 (Hagen, A.) 11649
Fantasy Garden World Inc, ownership of, letter re referred to, quoted (Hagen, A.) 11650, 11651
Fantasy Garden World Inc., ownership of, statements re 11652-4
Fantasy Garden World Inc., sale of, RCMP investigation into, allegations re 11841
Federal expenditures in area of provincial jurisdiction, agreement re 10540-1
Federal-provincial relations, negotiations re provincial jurisdiction 10539
Federal transfer payments 9049
First Nations Congress, attendance at A. 10734, A. 10735 (Harcourt) Q.10734
Fiscal policy, federal fiscal policy 9672
GAIN recipients, women, remarks re 9900-1
GO B.C., funds, distribution of, laying of charges by RCMP A. 9025, A. 9026, A. 9079, A. 9080
GO B.C., Semiahmoo House Society, funds for A. 8878
Globe '90, conference, western Premiers' meeting 9498
Goldschmidt, Neil, dinner with 10494
Goods and services tax 9672
Goods and services tax, alternative to, proposal re 8862, 8952
Goods and services tax, collection of, bureaucracy for 8953
Goods and services tax elsewhere 8952
Goods and services tax, evasion of 8953
Goods and services tax, evasion of, case cited 8953
Goods and services tax, government policy on 8862
Goods and services tax, level of, increases in future 8952
Goods and services tax, opposition to 8952-3, 9051, 11448
Goods and services tax, Senate vote on 8952
Goods and services tax, Sweden 8952
Government aircraft, logs, tabling of A.10200
Government aircraft, use of by ministers on July 26, 1989 A.10493
Government, consultation by 11447
Gulf War, Canada, participation of 11766
Health care, funding for 9051
Highway 19, upgrading of 9047
Highway 91, Richmond east-west freeway, traffic 11024
Highway 97, Winfield area, properties along Highway 11025
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel, addition to 11024
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel, problems re 11023-4
Highway 99, George Massey Tunnel, signage at south end 11024
Highway 99, Oak Street Bridge area, barrier on Highway 11024
Highway 99, Oak Street Bridge area, signage 11024
Highway 99, Peace Arch-Vancouver section, maintenance of 11023
Highway signs, size of 11024-5
Highways, condition of, tidiness 11023
Highways, landscaping and beautification of 11025
Hospitals, administrators, salaries 11754
Housing, Burnaby development during New Democratic Party administration 8859
Housing, construction of during New Democratic Party administration 8858-9
Housing, Esquimalt, rental housing project 9050
Housing, New Democratic Party program 9050
Housing, task force on 11448
Human Resources ministry, term as minister 9899-9900
Immigrants to B.C. 9051
Immigration, provincial jurisdiction over 10540
Indians, aboriginal title issue, settlement of, federal role in 11886
Indians, consultation with 11448
Indians, federal funds for programs A. 9593-4, A. 9594
Indians, meetings with (Weisgerber) 10822
Industries, prevention of plant closures 11687-9
Infant development program 9900
Initiatives for Strengthening the Family program 9960
Interest rates, federal policy on 9497, 9672
Investigation into activities of, stepping aside pend ing outcome of (Harcourt) Q. 11879, Q. 11880 (Vander Zalm) A.11879
Job creation, new jobs 9050-1, 9321, 11449
Job Protection Act 11687-9
Kamloops building, lease of to B.C. Hydro (Clark) 11582 (Sihota) 11626
Kaon project 9497
Kelowna, airport, road to Vernon 11025
Kempf, J.J., comptroller-general's report on A. 10584
Labour relations in B.C. 9049
Legislature, televising of proceedings A. 10201
Legislature, televising of proceedings and Nova Scotia ruling A.10201
Lorimer, James, travels with 11451, 11454
MLAs, ethics, allegations re 8853
Meech Lake accord, agreement on 10201-3
Meech Lake accord, agreement on, copy tabled 10201
Meech Lake accord, agreement on, process used 10202
Meech Lake accord, failure of, comments re A. 10540-1
Meech Lake accord, Hon. M.B. Couvelier's remarks re A. 9926
Meech Lake accord, public input 10202
Meech Lake accord, Quebec and distinct-society clause 10202-3
Meech Lake accord, report on 10538-9
Ministers, conflict-of-interest guidelines for 11452, 11453
Ministers, resignations of 11451, 11463
Ministers, travel by 11451
Ministers, travel by, guidelines for 11452, 11453
Mulroney, Brian, letter to quoted (Dirks) 11244
Municipal government, freedom of information, proposal re (Jones) 11484
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline 9048
New Democratic Party administration, environmental issues 10431
New Democratic Party, press releases 8853, 8878, A. 8929
Nurses, government policy on A.10831
Ontario, deficit 11750
Opposition, presence of in House 11023
Parliamentary secretaries, conflict-of-interest guidelines for 11452
Parton, Nicole, commission on women's issues, appointment to A.10663
Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken, manufacturing in B.C., proposal re 11456
Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken, products 11457, 11458
Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken, Vander Zalm, Hon. WN., meetings with company 11456, 11457, 11458 (Williams) 11456, 11457
Physicians, incomes 11753
Physicians, pension plan for A.11671, 11752-3
Post-secondary education 9051
Post-secondary education, Access for All program 9051
Premier's office, estimates 11446-50, 11451-2, 11452, 11453, 11454, 11455, 11456, 11457, 11458, 11459, 11460, 11461, 11463-4
Premier's office, restructuring of 11447
Privatization 9543
Privatization, cost of A. 9501
Privatization, future action on A. 9543
Privatization, government policy on A. 9120-1
Privilege — Vander Zalm, WN., statements re ownership of Fantasy Garden World Inc. 11652-4
Property rights 11885-8
Property Rights Act 11885-8
Property rights and rental housing 11887
Property rights and South Moresby National Park Reserve 11886
Property rights in constitution of Canada 11886-7
Property tax, hearings on 11448
Property tax, reduction in 11449
Psychiatric nurses, labour dispute, settlement of A. 10907
Public Sector Collective Bargaining Disclosure Act, repeal of 11853-4
Quebec, Allaire report 11860
Quebec, “sovereignty-association,” use of term A. 10541
REAL Women, Fantasy Garden World, visit to A. 9150
REAL Women, Tourism ministry mail-out of newsletter to members 9175
Referendums 11448
Referendums, position on use of (Hagen, A.) 9358
Reforestation 9048
Reforestation, expenditures on 11448
Reid, William E., conduct of as minister Q. 8879
Rental housing, construction of 9050
Rental housing, discrimination against children A. 9122, A. 9151
Rhodes, Frank, tribute to 11447
Right of property, Charter of Rights and Freedoms and property rights 11886-7
Royal Commission on Education (1987) , work of 11447
Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs (1990) , establishment of 9048, 11447
Sales tax, reduction in 11449
School District 38, referendum A. 9054
School districts, referendums on spending, use of 9047-8
School principals, salaries 11754
School superintendents, salaries 11754
School tax, reduction in 11449
Select Standing Committee on Finance, Crown Corporations and Government Services, goods and services tax, proposal re 8862
Select Standing Committee on Health, Education and Social Services, housing, proposal re 8858-9
Select Standing Committee on Standing Orders. Private Bills and Members' Services, privileges and ethics, proposal re 8853
Select standing committees, appointment of 8852
Senate, election of B.C. appointment to A. 10614, 11448
Senate, reform of 10201-2, 10202, 10614
Separatism, reference to A. 9925 (Gabelmann) Q. 9925
Small business 9049
Small business, task force on, report of 11448
Smith, Hon. S.D.B., actions of A.11045, A.11046
Smith, Hon. S.D.B., actions of as Attorney-General, review of A.11047
Smith, Hon. S.D.B., conversations, contents of taped conversations, E.J. Hughes's action on A.11045
Social programs, accountability for 9901
Social programs, funding for 9321, 11449
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates 9899-9900, 9900-1, 9960
Socialism elsewhere 9050
Steveston Highway, traffic access to 11024
Supply Act (No. 1) (1990) 9160-1, 9174, 9175-6
Supply, interim supply bill, amount of 9160-1
Sweden, problems 9050
Tanker traffic, moratorium on increase in, proposal for 9048
Tankers, tug escort in Vancouver harbour 9048
Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste Management, recommendations, implementation of 11448
Task Force on the Environment and the Economy, work of 11447
Taxation 11752
Taxation, increase in under NDP administration 9049, 9320-1
Taxation, rate; freeze on 11916-7
Taxpayer Protection Act 11916-7
Tourism ministry, mail-out service 9174, 9175
Tran Sign Corp. Ltd., privatization and sign contract A. 9501
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 11023-5
Transportation, Freedom to Move program 9051, 11448
Travel logs, tabling of (Harcourt) Q. 10735
Tree-fruit industry 9497
Trees, municipalities' right to control destruction of A.10787
Unemployment, rate 11449
Union Club, membership in and decision on women as members A. 9122
Vancouver Charter, amendments to A.10249
Vancouver, trees, protection of A. 10249
Vant, Neil, children, trip to Vanderhoof airshow A. 10494
Water, export of, correspondence with California centres re A.11796
Western Premiers' Conference, report on 9497-8
Women's programs ministry, mandate of, 11447
World Economic Forum, 1989, Davos, Switzerland, attendance at 11455, 11456
Van Egdom, Heather
Mentioned: (Smallwood) 10518, 11246
Van Rheenen, Peter
Mentioned: (Perry) 11432
Vant, Neil (Cariboo)
Address in Reply 8946-8, 8966-7
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., oriented strand board plant 8967
Anahim Lake, road to Highway 16 8947
Bowron Lake Provincial Park, timber blowdown Q. 9973, 11607
B.C. Round Table on Environment and Economy, establishment of 8946
Cariboo constituency, parks 8947
Cariboo constituency, roads 8947, 11022
Cariboo constituency, tourist industry 8947
Cariboo constituency, tourist routes 8947
Cariboo Log Builders' Association, industry 8947
Cariboo North constituency, boundary with Cariboo South constituency, location of 10087-8, 11379-80, 11382
Cariboo regional development advisory council, work of 10527
Caribou, protection of 8947
Chabot, James Roland, death of 8946
Chilcotin, logging operations, blockade of Q. 9851
Children, trip to Vanderhoof airshow (Vander Zalm)A. 10494 (Williams) Q. 10494
Churn Creek bridge, work on 11022-3
Colleges, degree-granting status 8948
Conservation officer, Anahim Lake 8947
Democracy 8992
Economy of B.C. 8967
Education, funding for 9463, 9470, 9471
Electoral Districts Act 10087-8, 11379-80, 11382
Electric power, wood waste, power generation from 8948
Environmental protection, government role in 8946
Estimates, debate on 9135
Fibreboard industry, Williams Lake plant 8948
Forest industry, small business forest enterprise program 8947-8
Forest industry, timber, allocation of 8947-8
Forest land use 8967
Forest resource development agreement, second agreement 8947
Fraser, Alexander Vaughan, death of 8946
Fraser, Alexander Vaughan, tribute to 8946
Haisla Indian band, land claims 10523
Hayes, Jim, settlement with Q. 9798
Hazardous waste management corporation 8947
Health care, funding for 9135
Highway 20, Cariboo Flats-Nimpo Lake section, paving of 11022
Highway 20, Cariboo Flats-Piper Lake section, paving of 11022
Highway 97, 100
Mile House-Crystal Springs section, width of 11023
Highway 97, damage to, rutting 11023
Indians, aboriginal title 8967
Indians, cut-off lands, settlement of 8967, 10522, 10523
Indians, land claims 10523
Indians, population 10522
Indians, programs for 10522
Interior University Society, grant to 11773
Mines, development review process 8947
Native Affairs ministry, establishment of 10522
NW Energy Corp., B.C. Hydro, agreement with 8948
NW Energy Corp., thermoelectric facility 11773
New Democratic Party, constituency organizations, executives 8967
New Democratic Party, trade unions, resolution on 8992
Noranda Mines Ltd., Boss Mountain mine 8947
Parks ministry, estimates 11607
Parks, timber blowdowns Q. 9973
Premier's Advisory Council on Native Affairs, establishment of 10522
Prince George, population, growth in 10527
Privilege — children's flight to Vanderhoof, allegation re 10495 (Speaker) 10519
Pulpwood area No. 19, negotiations re 8967
Reforestation 8947
Regional development 8948
Regionalization of province 11773, 11774
Royal Commission on Education (1987) , recommendations, implementation of, funding for 9471
School Amendment Act (1990) 9463-4, 9470-1
School District 27, funding per pupil 9471
School District 27, school tax 9463
School districts, budgets, supplementary budgets 9463
School districts, referendums on spending, use of 9471
Social Credit Party, Cariboo constituency association executive 8967
Supply Act (No. 1) (1990) 9134-6
Teachers, salaries 9471
Toosey Indian band, local justice council 10522
Tourist trade, regional tourism strategy 11774
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates 11022-3
University in north 8948
University of Northern British Columbia Act 10527-8
University of Northern B.C., establishment of 11773
Wells area, lead and arsenic residues, action on Q. 11047
Wolves, Quesnel highlands, wolf-kill program 8947
Wood waste, feasibility study 11773
Variety's Child Development Centre, Surrey, B.C.
Mentioned: (Reid) 10519
Vegetables
Fraser Valley area, crop loss (Savage) 11290
Free trade agreement, impact of on vegetable-growing industry (Barlee) 11276 (Savage) 11276
Vehicle inspection
See: Automobiles — Inspection
Veitch, Hon. Elwood N. (Burnaby-Willingdon) Minister of International Business and Immigration; Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations*
Address in Reply 8916-20
Advanced Education, Training and Technology ministry, appropriation for 11763, 11871
Agent General Act, repeal of 9781, 10249, 10256
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., oriented strand board plant, announcement re 10618
B.C. Business Network, work of 10744
B.C. Trade Development Corporation, programs 10744
B.C. Trade Development Corporation, travel agent for corporation 10761, 10762
B.C. Trade Development Corporation, travel agent for corporation's clients 10761, 10762
B.C. Trade Development Corporation, work of 10745
Budget 9341-2
Budget, balanced budget, requirement re 11863, 11924
Budget debate 9341-3
Budget, 1991-92 fiscal year A.11701, A. 11901
Budget stabilization fund, abolition of 11863, 11871
Budget Stabilization Fund Act, repeal of 11863
Budget stabilization fund, funds A.11641, A.11641-2
Budget stabilization fund, funds, transfer of to general revenue 11863
Burnaby, council, expenditures 11921-2
Burnaby, transportation needs 8916
Canadian International Development Agency, work with 10758
Cariboo constituency, by-election period, ministers' visits to constituency 10618-9, 10620
Civil service, collective agreements, number of subject to Compensation Fairness Act 11819-20, 11825
Civil service, collective bargaining and Compensation Fairness Act 11707, 11708
Civil service, collective bargaining, time-frame for renegotiation of agreements 11851
Civil service, Compensation Fairness Act, employees covered by 11707
Civil service, Compensation Fairness Act, retroactivity of 11707
Civil service, compensation fairness commissioner, budget 11833
Civil service, compensation fairness commissioner, decisions of, appeals 11849, 11852
Civil service, compensation fairness commissioner, powers of 11846, 11848, 11849
Civil service, compensation fairness commissioner, powers of re bargaining units 11836
Civil service, compensation fairness commissioner, role of 11640
Civil service, compensation fairness commissioner, salary of 11833
Civil service, compensation fairness commissioner, special commissioners 11833
Civil service, compensation fairness commissioner, staff, number of 11826, 11833, 11834
Civil service, compensation plans, filing of 11834
Civil service, contractors, employees of and Compensation Fairness Act 11830
Civil service, employees, reclassification of and Compensation Fairness Act 11851
Civil service, federal employees and Compensation Fairness Act 11852, 11853
Civil service, pay equity program and Compensation Fairness Act 11706-7, 11764, 11800, 11814, 11815, 11816, 11817, 11818, 11818-9, 11827, 11828, 11829
Civil service, pay equity program, completion of 11818
Civil service, pay equity program, funding for 11828
Civil service, personal service contracts and Compensation Fairness Act 11829
Civil service, productivity, increase in and Compensation Fairness Act 11851
Civil service, senior managers, compensation for 11707, 11852
Civil service, skill shortages and ability to pay 11801, 11802, 11802-3, 11806, 11807
Civil service, wage increases for political appointees A.11642
Civil service, wage settlements above ability to pay, source of funds for 11807, 11808
Civil service, wage settlements and ability to pay 11809
Civil service, wage settlements and private sector wages 11706, 11764, 11804
Civil service, wage settlements, guidelines for 11706
Civil service, wage settlements, requirement for approval of 11707
Civil service, wages and benefits, cost of 11705-6
Civil service, wages, limit on increase in 11640
Civil service, women employees, pay equity plans 11640
Civil service, working conditions and Compensation Fairness Act 11837, 11838
Civil service, workplace safety and Compensation Fairness Act 11837
Class size, teachers' negotiations re 11811
Colleges, employees of and Compensation Fairness Act 11835
Community care facilities, employees of and Compensation Fairness Act 11820, 11825
Compensation Fairness Act (Bill 82) 1R, 11640; 11705-8, 11763-6, 11800, 11800-1, 11801, 11802, 11802-3, 11803, 11803-4, 11804, 11804-5, 11806-7, 11807, 11808f 11809, 11810-1, 11811, 11812, 11812-3, 11813, 11814, 11815, 11816, 11817, 11818, 11818-9, 11819, 11819-20, 11820, 11820-1, 11821, 11822, 11823, 11825, 11826, 11826-7, 11827, 11828, 11828-9, 11829, 11829-30, 11830, 11831, 11832-3, 11833, 11834, 11835, 11836, 11837, 11838, 11844, 11845, 11845-6, 11846, 11847, 11847-8, 11848, 11849, 11850, 11850-1, 11851, 11852, 11853
Compensation Fairness Act, ability to pay, definition of 11850
Compensation Fairness Act, ability to pay, determination of 11834, 11835
Compensation Fairness Act, guidelines under act 11819
Compensation Fairness Act, public service, level of and ability to pay 11812-3
Compensation Fairness Act, purpose of 11708, 11832
Compensation Fairness Act, regulations attached to act 11851
Compensation Fairness Act, retroactivity of, provision for 11707, 11847, 11847-8, 11848, 11849
Compensation stabilization program 8917
Consultants and Compensation Fairness Act 11829-30
Coquihalla Highway, traffic 11810
Corporations, taxation, changes to 11829
Corporations, taxation, NDP policy on increase in 11870
Day care facilities, employees of and Compensation Fairness Act 11820, Debt 11927
Debt including Crown corporation debt 11927
Debt, interest on 11872, 11926
Debt reduction plan, requirement re 11840, 11863
Deficit, 1990-91 fiscal year A. 11641
Deputy ministers, salary increases A.11642
Education, export of 10759
Education ministry, appropriation for 11763, 11871
Engineers, consulting engineers, offshore contracts, promotion of 10744
Environmental protection products and services, export of 10745
European Economic Community, trade alliance 10749
Exell, Oksana, present employment 10757
Exell, Oksana, work of 10757
Expenditures, 1991-92 fiscal year, authority for A. 11901
Expenditures and gross provincial product 11925
Expenditures, authority for A.11902
Expenditures, Public, revenue and expenditures 11924
Expenditures, restriction on 11840
Expo 86, history of 8917
Export loan guarantee program 10744
Export sales, cooperative overseas market development program, status of 10757
Export sales, Partners in Export seminar, MLA's name on advertisements 10746
Export sales, promotion of 10743-5
Exports and value of dollar 8919, 11871
Exports, manufactured products 10743
Exports, sawmill packages 10744
Exports to European Economic Community 8920, 10743
Exports to Korea 10754
Exports to Pacific Rim countries 10249, 10743
Exports to Thailand 10754, 10754-5
Exports to United States 10743
Federal fiscal policy 8918
Federal transfer payments 9341
Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, annual report, fiscal year 1989-90, tabled 11745
Food, export of, promotion of 10745
Free trade advisory seminars and workshops 10744
GAIN program, rates 9343
Gasoline, taxation rate, freeze on 11863
Gasoline, taxation rate, freeze on and increase 11915
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Uruguay round 10747, 10749
Goods and services tax 11922
Goods and services tax and exports 8918-9
Goods and services tax, collection of, cost of 8919
Goods and services tax, New Zealand 8919
Government aircraft, Cariboo constituency, by-election period, flights to during time of 10618-9, 10620
Government aircraft, use of by ministers during NDP administration 10499
Government aircraft, use of by ministers, 1988 statement re 10505 (Sihota) 10503 (Williams) 10499, 10501
Government Management Services ministry, estimates 10499, 10500, 10505, 10618-9, 10620-1, 10624
Government purchasing, federal contracts, BID B.C. program 10744
Group homes, employees of and Compensation Fairness Act 11822, 11825, 11826, 11826-7
Harcourt, Michael F., air travel expenses 10624
Health ministry, appropriation for 11763, 11871-2
Highway 1, Burnaby area, extra lanes 8916
Hospitals, administrators, salaries 11803
Immigrant investors 10743, 10745
Immigrant investors, projects initiated by 10743
Immigrants from Hong Kong, professional skills 10760
Immigrants, settlement problems 10251
Immigrants to B.C., cost of 10760
Immigrants to B.C., number of 10760
Immigrants to Quebec, cost of 10760
Immigration agreement with federal government 10250, 10251, 10759-60
Immigration, provincial role in 10250
Immigration Week, celebration of 10744
Industry, high-tech industry 8920
Industry, new industry in B.C. 10250
Inflation, effects of 8918-9
Interest rate and economy of B.C. 8918, 8919
Interest rate and exports 8918
Interest rate, level of 8918
International Business and Immigration ministry, annual reports tabled 11912
International Business and Immigration ministry, estimates 10743-5, 10745, 10746, 10746-7, 10747-8, 10748, 10748-9, 10749-50, 10750, 10751, 10751-2, 10753, 10754, 10754-5, 10756, 10757, 10758, 10759, 10759-60, 10760, 10760-1, 10761, 10761-2, 10762
International Business and Immigration ministry, functions of 10249, 10250
International Business and Immigration, Ministry of, Act (Bill 37) 1R, 9781;10249-50, 10251
International Business and Immigration ministry, offices 10250
Investment, foreign investment in B.C. 10249-50
Investment in interior areas, promotion of 10744
Japan, free trade agreement with 10749, 10750
Japan, trade relations with 10749-50
Job creation, new jobs 9341
Kimberley, financial problems 9342
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, removal of from Burnaby 8916
Lumber trade, softwood lumber agreement memorandum, withdrawal of A.11350
Medical Services Plan of B.C., premiums, exemption of from freeze 11914-5, 11916, 11917
Medical Services Plan of B.C., premiums, level of 11914-5
Mexico, farmworkers, temporary work permits for A. 10614
Mexico, free trade agreement with A. 10613, 10747
Motor fuel tax rate, freeze on 11863
Moving-picture industry, revenue to province 10744
Munich, trade promotion office 10744, 10751, 10754
Municipalities, local government emergency account 9342
New Democratic Party, policies 9342
Office space, increase in during NDP administration 11764
Ontario, deficit 11641, 11708, 11764, 11802, 11804, 11872
Ontario, economy 11871
Ontario, rent controls 11764
Ontario, unemployment 11919
Orcatron Manufacturing Ltd., sales of 10752
Partners in Export seminar in Cranbrook 10745
Pescod, Stephen, salary, increase in A. 11642
Physicians, pension plan for A. 11672
Plywood, exports to Europe, standards 10747
Privatization, program 9342
Property tax rate, exemption of from tax freeze 11920
Property tax, tax freeze, exemption from 11863
Quebec, immigration and culture policy 10251
Raychem Canada Ltd. factory, opening of 10743-4
Regionalization of province 11832
Royal Commission on Education, recommendations, implementation of 8919
San Francisco, Canadian consulate, closing of, government action on A.11046
School District 68, teachers, negotiations re number of special-needs children per class 11837, 11838
School districts, budgets and compensation plans 11845, 11845-6, 11846
School districts, referendums, use of to increase ability to pay 11801, 11803-4
School tax, exemption of from tax freeze 11920
School tax rate 11863
Small business, taxation of 11914
Singapore, trade promotion office, opening of 10744
Social programs, funding for 9341, 11803
Social Services and Housing ministry, appropriation 11763
Steel mill for B.C. 10753
Supply, interim supply bill A. 11902, A. 11903
Taiwan, B.C. Trade Development Corporation office 10750, 10751
Taiwan, relationship with 10751
Taiwan, trade promotion office, status of 10750
Taiwan, trade with 10753
Taxation, increase in under NDP administration 9342-3
Taxation, level of in B.C. 11914
Taxation, rate, freeze on 11840, 11863, 11870, 11914-5, 11916
Taxation, rate, freeze on, exemptions from 11863
Taxpayer Protection Act (Bill 92) 1R, 11840; 11863-4, 11870-2, 11914-5, 11915, 11916, 11917, 11919, 11920, 11921-2, 11923, 11924, 11925, 11926, 11927, 11927-8, 11928, 11928-9
Teachers, salaries, use of referenda for payment of 11803-4
Teachers, working conditions and Compensation Fairness Act 11837, 11838, 11844
Television shows filmed in Vancouver, cancellation of A.10248
Thailand, trade promotion office for, proposal re 10754, 10754-5
Tobacco, tax on 11863
Trade promotion offices, mandate of 10751-2, 10756
University in north 8917
Vancouver, financial centre 10745
Vancouver International Airport, expansion of 10745
Water, export of and free trade agreement A. 11703-4
Water, export of, return on A.11747
World Economic Forum, 1989, Davos, Switzerland, delegation to 10744
Yanow, Robert, status of A.11703
*Appointed Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations March 7, 1991.
Venture Technologies Inc.
Computer products for disabled (Mowat) 9042
Vernon, B.C.
Slide in area, investigation into (Miller) 10884 (Richmond) 10884
Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc.
Assistance to (Smith) 11673-4
Federal assistance to (Sihota) 11675 (Smith) 11674
Finances, reorganization of, court's decision on (Sihota) 11674-5 (Smith) 116734
. Jobs, protection of (Sihota) 11674 (Smith) 11697
Loan guarantee (Brummet) 11669
Mentioned: (Sihota) 11269
Via Rail
Service, cuts in (Pullinger) 11328
Mentioned: (Miller) 10374
Vickers, David
Mentioned: (Sihota) 10861
Victims of crimes
Compensation to (Clark) 11110, 11111 (Fraser) 11097, 11111
Victor Brodeur School, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Sihota) 9456
Victoria, B.C.
Beaches, pollution of (Cull) 8989
Conference centre mentioned (Vander Zalm) 10326
Fire hall, Yates Street, safety of (Cull) 9603
Homeless people found dead (Clark) 9071
“James Bay 1990", report quoted (Hanson, G.) 9902-3
James Bay parking-lots, use of for housing (Hanson, G.) 9902-3
Oak Bay, pollution (Cull) 9327-8
Pollution problems (Cull) 9831
Population growth (Cull) 9830, 11178, 11179
Quadra and McKenzie intersection, upgrading of (Cull) 10205
Regional planning for area (Cull) 11204
Rental housing, proposed projects (Peterson) 9231
Rental housing, vacancy rate. See entries under Rental housing
Sewage, air-borne coliform (Hanson, G.) 10435
Sewage disposal (Clark) 9072 (Hanson, G.) 10434-5, 10435 (Reynolds) 10435 (Sihota) 9220
Sewage disposal, cost of per capita (Reynolds) 10432
Sewage disposal, federal funds for (Couvelier) 11910 (Cull) 11909 (Hanson, G.) 10435 (Reynolds) 10435
Sewage disposal, funding for (Couvelier) 11910 (Cull) 8936, 9327, 10433, Q. 11880, 11909 (Reynolds) 10434 (Serwa) A.11880
Sewage disposal, meeting with Washington State officials re (Peterson) Q. 11880 (Serwa) A. 11880
Sewage disposal permit, fee for (Gabelmann) 10436 (Reynolds) 10436
Sewage in Clover Point area water (Hanson, G.) 10434
Sewage, treatment of (Cull) Q.11747 (Serwa) A.11747
Shelbourne Street housing project (Blencoe) 9838
Songhees land, development plan for (Blencoe) 9840
Songhees land mentioned (Dueck) 9839, 9843
Songhees land, use of for housing (Blencoe) 9837, 9840, 11256, 11257 (Parker) 11256, 11257 (Williams) 11259
Transportation planning (Cull) 11012
Visions Victoria conference mentioned (Cull) 11204
Victoria, B.C. — Transit system
Corridors, preservation of (Johnston) 11014, 11033
Light rapid transit (Blencoe) 11039 (Cull) 11013 (Johnston) 11033-4
Light rapid transit, report on (Cull) 11013 (Johnston) 11014 (Sihota) 11033
Light rapid transit, subsidy for (Cull) 11013
Regional planning for (Cull) 11014
Transit in greater Victoria (Cull) 11012-4, 11014 (Johnston) 11014, 11015
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 9034
Victoria Child Sexual Abuse Society, Victoria, B.C.
Funding for (Smith) 10715
Victoria Health Project
Funding for (Cull) 8938, Project (Couvelier) 9059
Work of (Cull) 11251 (Loenen) 11252
Mentioned: (Cull) 11252 (Perry) 9284
Victoria Lumber Co. Ltd.
Mentioned: (Janssen, G.) 11610
Victoria Regional Transit Commission
Mentioned: (Johnston) 11014, 11033
Victoria Senior Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Cull) 9602
Victoria Times, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Williams) 9010
Victoria West Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Cull) 9584
View Royal Elementary School, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Cull) 9584
View Towers, Victoria, B.C.
Rent increases (Cull) 9053
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 10044
Viking Highway
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 11040
Violence
Television, movies, violence in (Barnes) 9205
Violence in the family
See: Family violence
"Vision 2001"
Report (Reynolds) 10391, 10392
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 10406
Visits of state
Visitors to B.C. (Throne speech) 8847
Vista
Mentioned: (Clark) 9579
Vital statistics
Services (Jansen, J.) 11401
Vocational education
Vocational training in B.C. (Marzari) 10082
Women. See entries under Women — Education
Work experience for students, funding for (Zirnhelt) 9292
Vogel, Hunter
Death of (Gran) 9149 (Rose) 9149
Tribute to (Rose) 9149
Voice of Women
Mentioned: (Pullinger) 9173
Volrich, Jack
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 10224
Volunteers
Role of (Bruce) 9302
Voters, Registration of
Election-day registration of voters, provision for (Sihota) 10245-6
Federal enumeration (Sihota) 10089
Federal voter list (Hanson, G.) 10358
Motor vehicle branch offices, voter list, proposal re (Hanson, G.) 10359
Provision for (Strachan) 10358-9
Registration of voters (Smallwood) 10090
Voter list, omissions from (Hanson, G.) 10357
Voting
Section 80, voting under section (Sihota) 10088-9, 10245-6
Voting age (Harcourt) 8882 (Sihota) 10089, 10245 (Smallwood) 10090
Voting age
See entries under Voting
Vrlak, Steve
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 10397