Province of British Columbia
34th Parliament, 5th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
May 7, 1991 to June 27, 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
AIDS
See: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AVIS
See: Association for Visually Impaired Students
AZT
See entries under Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Abbotsford, B.C.
Hospital, construction of (De Jong) 12272
Abbotsford Air Show Society
Tradex centre (De Jong) 12272
Abbotsford School District
See: School District 34 (Abbotsford)
Abortion
Abortion (Vander Zalm) 12725-6
Access to (Harcourt) Q. 13007, Q. 13239 (Marzari) 11985, 13204 (Perry) 12722 (Strachan) A. 13007, A. 13239
Clinics, funding for (Marzari) 12719 (Perry) 12721, 12722, 12726 (Strachan) 12719, 12721, 12722, 12724
Cost of procedure (Perry) 12723 (Strachan) 12723
Cumberland diagnosis and treatment centre, performance of abortions (Perry) 12721, 12722, 12723 (Strachan) 12722
Funding for (Clark) 12131 (Perry) 12722, 12723-4 (Strachan) 12723
Hospital boards refusing provision of (Marzari) 12719 (Strachan) 12719
Provision of, government policy on (Marzari) 12719 (Strachan) 12719
Provision of, NDP policy on (Perry) 12722 (Vander Zalm) 12725
Access for All program
See entries under Universities and colleges
Access to government information
See entries under Government information
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
(Bill 12) (Provincial Secretary) 1R, 13079
Bill, exposure bill (Veitch) 13079
Government information, access to (Veitch) 13079
Government records, personal information in, corrections to (Veitch) 13079
Information and privacy commissioner, appointment of (Veitch) 13079
Personal information, protection of (Veitch) 13079
Achievement tests
B.C. students, comparisons with students elsewhere (Hagen, S.) 12191
Canadian students, comparisons with students elsewhere (Reid) 12093
National assessment program (Hagen, A.) 12515 (Hagen, S.) 12515
National assessment program, Ontario's withdrawal from (Hagen, S.) 12513, 12515, 12539, 12547, 12700-1 (Strachan) 12514-5
National assessment program, Quebec's participation in (Strachan) 12514
National mathematics test, standing of B.C. students (Brummet) 12570-1
NDP policy on (Strachan) 12514-5
Standardized tests in Ontario (Brummet) 12070
Acob, Constanty
Mentioned: (Strachan) 12474
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS disease (Boone) 12523-4
AZT, coverage of cost of (Boone) 12039, 12040, 12136, 12138 (Throne speech) 11934
Education program (Strachan) 12523
Government policy on (Cull) 12029
Incidence of (Smallwood) 13053-4 (Strachan) 12523
Needle-exchange program (Perry) 12008
Pamphlet series (Strachan) 12523
Patients infected through transfusions, compensation to (Perry) 12259 (Strachan) 12628 (Zirnhelt) 12627-8, 12628
Prevention and treatment (Strachan) 12457
Provincial AIDS strategy program (Jansen, J.) 12386 (Strachan) 12457
Provincial Advisory Committee on AIDS, report (Strachan) 12460
Quesnel case cited (Perry) 12259
Virus antibody testing (Strachan) 12523
Young people in care, education re AIDS for (Smallwood) 13013, 13014
Mentioned: (Parker) 12142 (Perry) 12008, 12770 (Smallwood) 12081 (Strachan) 12458
Acropolis Manor, Prince Rupert, B.C.
Residents with psychogeriatric problems (Miller) 12891-2, 12892 (Strachan) 12892
Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton
Quoted (Loenen) 12059
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
(Moved) Huberts 11949-51; (seconded) Kempf 11951-3. Approved 12108. Amdt. (Cull) 12031, negatived 12049
Speakers: Barlee 11980-1; Barnes 12051-4; Blencoe 12102-5; Boone 12038-40; Bruce 11981-5; Brummet 12069-73; Cashore 12073-7; Cull 12028-31; De Jong 12036-8; Edwards 12060-3; Fraser 11976-80; Gran 11995-9; Guno 12085-7; Hagen, A. 12055-8; Harcourt 11953, 11955-61; Huberts 11949-51; Jacobsen 12087-9; Johnston 12105-8; Jones 12043-6; Kempf 11951-3; Loenen 12058-60; Lovick 11992-5; Marzari 11985-8; Mercier 12054-5; Messmer 12040-3; Michael 11962-5; Miller 12095-8; Perry 12010-3; Pullinger 11965-9; Rabbitt 12082-5; Reid 12089-93; Savage 12013-5; Sihota 12015-9; Smallwood 12080-2; Smith 12098-102; Vander Zalm 12046-9; Vant 12019-22; Veitch 11988-92; Weisgerber 12077-80; Zirnhelt 12031-6
Administrative courts
Adoption
Adoptees and birth parents, counselling for (Jacobsen) 12785
Adoptees' birth name, disclosure of (Cashore) 12856, 12861 (Jacobsen) 12856
Adoptees' medical history, information re (Cashore) 12866 (Hagen, A.) 12856 (Jacobsen) 12857, 12866
Adoptees, number of (Serwa) 12859
Adoption Amendment Act, 1991. See name of act
Birth fathers, search for (Jacobsen) 12866 (Marzari) 12865-6
Birth parents, adoptee's search for, case cited (Barnes) 12865
Birth parents, right of access to information re (Cashore) 12859-60 (D’Arcy) 12857, 12857-8 (Jacobsen) 12857, 12858 (Serwa) 12859
Ontario reunion registry (Jacobsen) 12860
Registration and search services, fee for (Jacobsen) 12785
Reunion registry, active registry (Jacobsen) 12593, 12785, 12931 (Smallwood) 12785
Reunion registry, expansion of (Jacobsen) 12593
Reunion registry, information in (Cashore) 12856 (Jacobsen) 12856
Reunion registry, information in, delays in access to (Cashore) 12860 (Jacobsen) 12860
Reunion registry, open registry (Jacobsen) 12785 (Smallwood) 12785
Reunion registry, passive registry (Cashore) 12861 (Hagen, A.) 12862 (Jacobsen) 12785, Reunion registry, provision for protection of privacy (Jacobsen) 12593, 12785
Reunion registry, searches for birth relatives (Cashore) 12861-2 (Hagen, A.) 12862-3, 12864 (Jacobsen) 12862, 12863, 12864
Reunion registry, veto rights (Cashore) 12861 (Jacobsen) 12858, 12861
Reunion registry, veto, use of (Cashore) 12863 (Hagen, A.) 12862 (Jacobsen) 12862, 12863, 12864
Reunion registry, volume of work (Jacobsen) 12859 (Serwa) 12859
Reunions, procedure in (Cashore) 12861 (Jacobsen) 12861
Reunions with birth parents, delays in (Cashore) 12860, 12863-4
Reunions with birth parents, use of go-between (Cashore) 12863
Adoption Amendment Act, 1991
(Bill 11) (Minister of Social Services and Housing) 1R, 12593; 2R, 12785-6; C, 12855-66; 3R, 12867; RA, 13269
Speakers: Barnes 12865; Cashore 12855, 12856, 12859-60, 12860, 12860-1, 12863, 12863-4, 12866; D'Arcy 12857, 12857-8, 12858; Hagen, A. 12856, 12860, 12861, 12861-2, 12862, 12862-3, 12864; Jacobsen 12785, 12855, 12855-6, 12856, 12857, 12858, 12859, 12860, 12861, 12862, 12863, 12864, 12864-5, 12865, 12866; Marzari 12865-6; Serwa 12858-9; Smallwood 12785
Adoptees and birth parents, counselling for (Jacobsen) 12785
Adoptees' medical history, information re (Cashore) 12866 (Hagen, A.) 12856 (Jacobsen) 12857, 12866
Adoptees, number of (Serwa) 12859
Birth fathers, search for (Jacobsen) 12866 (Marzari) 12865-6
Birth name, disclosure of (Cashore) 12856, 12861 (Jacobsen) 12856
Birth parents, adoptees' reunions with, delays in (Cashore) 12860, 12863-4
Birth parents, adoptees' reunions with, use of go-between (Cashore) 12863
Birth parents, adoptee's search for, case cited (Barnes) 12865
Birth parents, right of access to information re (Cashore) 12859-60 (D’Arcy) 12857, 12857-8 (Jacobsen) 12857, 12858 (Serwa) 12859
Family maintenance enforcement program, waiting list for services of (Smallwood) 12785
Ontario reunion registry (Jacobsen) 12860
Reunion registry, active registry (Jacobsen) 12593, 12785 (Smallwood) 12785
Reunion registry, expansion of (Jacobsen) 12593
Reunion registry, information in (Cashore) 12856 (Jacobsen) 12856
Reunion registry, information in, delays in access to (Cashore) 12860 (Jacobsen) 12860
Reunion registry, open registry (Jacobsen) 12785 (Smallwood) 12785
Reunion registry, passive registry (Cashore) 12861 (Hagen, A.) 12862 (Jacobsen) 12785, Reunion registry, provision for protection of privacy (Jacobsen) 12593, 12785
Reunion registry, registration and search services, fee for (Jacobsen) 12785
Reunion registry, searches (Hagen, A.) 12864 (Jacobsen) 12864
Reunion registry, searches for birth relatives (Cashore) 12861-2 (Hagen, A.) 12862-3 (Jacobsen) 12862, 12863
Reunion registry, veto rights (Cashore) 12861 (Jacobsen) 12858, 12861
Reunion registry, veto, use of (Cashore) 12863 (Hagen, A.) 12862 (Jacobsen) 12862, 12863, 12864
Reunion registry, volume of work (Jacobsen) 12859 (Serwa) 12859
Reunions, procedure in (Cashore) 12861 (Jacobsen) 12861
Superintendent of family and child service, powers, delegation of (Cashore) 12855 (Jacobsen) 12855, 12855-6
Mentioned: (Gran) 13211 (Strachan) 12784
Adult Care Facilities Licensing Board
Mentioned: (Strachan) 12921
Advanced Education, Training and Technology, Ministry of
Annual report tabled (Hagen, S.) 12255
Appropriation, 1990-91 fiscal year, underspending of (Cull) 12336 (Hagen, A.) 12317
Education ministry funds to (Hagen, A.) 12494 (Hagen, S.) 12484, 12494
Agassiz-Harrison School District
See: School District 76 (Agassiz-Harrison)
Aged
Abuse of (Hagen, A.) 12849 (Jansen, J.) 12117 (Parker) 12141 (Strachan) 12849
Abuse of, committee on (Strachan) 12456-7
Poverty (Rose) 12868
Seniors Showcase '90 mentioned (Strachan) 12849
Services to (Barnes) 12265 (Strachan) 12456-7
Services to, funding for (Boone) 12136 (Clark) 12131 (Edwards) 12183
Toward a Better Age report mentioned (Strachan) 12849
Aged — Housing
Cariboo, housing for elderly (Zirnhelt) 13107
Federal funds for (Jacobsen) 13107
Housing for elderly (Cull) 12031
Housing for elderly women (Serwa) 13029
Projects (Jacobsen) 13107
Agricultural industry
See entries under Agriculture
Agricultural labourers
Women, employment standards for (Marzari) 13203
Agricultural Land Commission
Commission (De Jong) 12038
Decisions, appeals to cabinet (Perry) 13208
Decisions, reversal of (Cashore) 12075
Funding for (Chalmers) 12404
Land use commission, proposal re (Kempf) 13242
Okanagan representative on (Barlee) Q. 12885 (Chalmers) A.12885
Strengthening of (Harcourt) 11957
Agricultural land reserve
Chalmers, Hon. Larry, view of on ALR (Chalmers) 12404 (Clark) 12404
Exclusions from (Barlee) 12174 (Perry) 12011
Exclusions from during NDP administration (Michael) 11963
Exclusions from, Kelowna golf courses (Barlee) Q. 12885
Preservation of (Harcourt) 11957 (Perry) 12011
Agricultural price supports
Subsidies (Brummet) 12209-10
Agricultural Use of Farmland, An Act to Ensure (Proposed)
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 12103
Agriculture
Financial programs relating to, review of (Chalmers) 12405
Funding for (Barlee) 0.12123 (Chalmers) A.12123
Industry, impact of free trade agreement on (Barlee) 12174-5 (De Jong) 12038
Industry in B.C. (Barlee) 11980, 12174 (Messmer) 12040-1 (Michael) 12330 (Perry) 12011
Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of
Annual report tabled (Chalmers) 12255
Appropriation, 1990-91 fiscal year, underspending of (Barlee) Q. 12123, 12174 (Chalmers) A.12123
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of
Appropriation, 1991-92 fiscal year (Barlee) 12174
Air — Pollution
Coastal area, international commission on, proposal re (Mercier) 12054 (Throne speech) 11933
Lower mainland area, air quality (Cashore) 12076, 12203 (Perry) 13207
Vancouver, air quality (Cull) 13198
Air B.C.
Handicapped, access to flights for (Barlee) Q. 12454, Q. 12454-5 (Rabbitt) A. 12751
Airplane ambulances
Charter aircraft, expenditures on (Clark) 12129 (Perry) 12838 (Strachan) 12838
Use of (Strachan) 12458
Akande, Zanana
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 12293
Alberni constituency
Roads and bridges (Janssen, G.) 13216
Alberta
Welfare recipients, number of (Jacobsen) 13058
Alcohol-Drug Education Service, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Perry) 12619
Alcoholic beverages
Pregnant women, consumption by (Perry) 12619, 12756 (Strachan) 12619, 12757
Tax on, increase in and revenue return (Miller) 12797-8
Warning signs, bylaws re (Perry) 12619 (Strachan) 12619
Warning signs re (Perry) 12756 (Strachan) 12757
Alcoholism
Health ministry funds for (Perry) 12764-5
Hospital patients, chemical dependency resource team for (Perry) 12763-4 (Strachan) 12764
Hospital patients' records, retention of (Perry) 12764 (Strachan) 12765
Hospitals, programs in (Boone) 12440 (Rabbitt) 12400
Maiya House, funding for (Pullinger) 11969
New Westminster student program, funding for (Hagen, A.) 0.12616 (Rabbitt) A.12616
Prevention of (Boone) 12439 (Perry) 12008-9
Thornton report on (Perry) 12260
Vernon treatment centre (Perry) 12764
Alex Fraser Bridge
Mentioned: (Marzari) 12995 (Reid) 12986 (Reynolds) 12296
Algard Investments Ltd.
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 12295
Alienation of people
See: Social isolation
Allen, Don
Mentioned: (Perry) 12845
Allen, Woody
Quoted (Fraser) 11977 (Kempf) 11951
Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada
Mentioned: (Perry) 13225
Aluminum Co. of Canada Ltd.
Kemano power project, federal interference in (Weisgerber) 12124
Kemano power project, hearings on (Boone) Q. 12067 (Pullinger) Q. 12068
Kemano power project mentioned (Cashore) 12076
Mentioned: (Parker) 12139
Ambulance service
See entries under British Columbia Ambulance Service
Ambulances, Air
See: Airplane ambulances
Anahim Lake, B.C.
Ambulance service personnel (Strachan) 12628 (Zirnhelt) 12628
Counsellor for, proposal re (Jacobsen) 13106 (Zirnhelt) 13106
Social problems (Zirnhelt) 13105-6
Ancil, Ray
Quoted (Perry) 12704
Anderson, David A.
Report (Fraser) 11978
Mentioned: (Cashore) 12206 (Harcourt) 11959
Anderson, George
Mentioned: (Strachan) 12024, 12025
Anderson, Gerald (Gerry)
Mentioned: (Smith) 12268
Anderson, Laura
Quoted (Marzari) 11986
Anderson Lake, B.C.
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 11957
Andrews, Bill
Mentioned: (Cashore) 12005
Angus, Rob
Quoted (Guno) 12291
Anka, Paul
Mentioned: (Reid) 12179
Anorexia
See entries under Appetite disorders
Apartment and Commercial Incinerators, An Act to Phase Out (Proposed)
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 12103
Appetite disorders
Incidence of (Marzari) 12718 (Strachan) 12718
Treatment for (Marzari) 12718 (Strachan) 12718-9
Apples
Growers, payment to (Brummet) 12071
National marketing agency and GATT (Chalmers) 12405
National marketing agency, proposal for (Chalmers) 12405 (Rose) 12405
Price for (Brummet) 12209
Apprentices
Apprenticeships (Jones) 12299
Funding for (Jones) 12298
Aquaculture
Industry (Janssen, G.) 13216
Arbutus Society for Children
Parents' Advisory Committee mentioned (Jacobsen) 12954
Mentioned: (Cull) 12030, 12471
Armstrong-Spallumcheen School District
See: School District 21 (Armstrong-Spallumcheen)
Art
Art-based industries (Hanson, G.) 12276
Government's collection of (Hanson, G.) 12276
Artibise, Alan
From Desolation to Hope mentioned (Cull) 13199
Artists
Status of in B.C. (Hanson, G.) 12276
Arts
Schools, enrolment in cultural subjects (Rose) 12702
Asbestos
Schools, removal from (Hagen, A.) 12537
Asia-Pacific area
See: Pacific Rim
Asia-Pacific Institute
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 11957
Asiaworld (Canada) Development Corp.
Mentioned: (Vander Zalm) 12125
Askov, Elijah
Supreme Court of Canada decision in case mentioned (Fraser) 11979
Assessment Act
Amendments to (Fraser) 13106 (Miller) 13160 (Sihota) 13159
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 13162 (Fraser) 12994, 13158 (Lovick) 13164
Assessment and Property Tax Reform Act (No. 2) , 1990
Mentioned: (Fraser) 12994
Assessment Authority of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Janssen, G.) 12796 (Miller) 13160
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
Mentioned: (Jacobsen) 12954
Association for Visually Impaired Students
Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 12511 (Perry) 12772
Association of British Columbia School Superintendents
Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 12579
Association of Vancouver Island Municipalities
Mentioned: (Lovick) 11993, 12197
Asthma
Research on (Perry) 12625 (Strachan) 12625
Atlantic
Quoted (Loenen) 12251
Atlin constituency
Representation for (Guno) 12085
Attorney-General
Executive assistant to, role of (Fraser) 12884
Role of (Sihota) 12789-90
Attorney-General, Ministry of
Annual report tabled (Fraser) 12001
Appropriation, 1991-92 fiscal year (Jansen, J.) 12117
Confidential information, leak of (Fraser) A. 13007, A. 13079 (Sihota) Q.13007, Q.13079
Auditing
Government operations, auditing of (Smith) 12100
Auditor-general
Activities of (Smith) 12267
Annual report quoted (Marzari) 12330, 13089 (Perry) 13205, 13206
Annual report tabled (Jansen, J.) 12065
Appropriation for, 1991-92 fiscal year (Smith) 12450
Budget stabilization fund, analysis of (Clark) 12230
Estimates, debate on (Clark) 12393
Expo land, sale of, report on (Clark) 12127
Family maintenance enforcement program, audit of, proposal re (Marzari) 12409
Forests ministry, report on (Boone) 12200 (Miller) 12098, 12268, 13188, 13190 (Perry) 12258, 13206 (Pullinger) 12301, 12345 (Zirnhelt) 12161
Industrial incentive fund loans, audit of (Marzari) 12331
Lottery Fund grant process, review of (Veitch) 12615
Pensions, report on (Perry) 12258-9
Quoted (Jansen, J.) 12305
Report (Smith) 12100-1
Transportation and Highways ministry, reports on (Pullinger) 12599
Value-for-money auditing (Harcourt) Q. 12109 (Jansen, J.) A. 12109, 12450 (Marzari) 12330-1 (Smith) 12100, 12450
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 12247 (Janssen, G.) 12313 (Lovick) 13170 (Sihota) 13168 (Smallwood) 12935, 13066, 13072, 13074, 13152 (Zirnhelt) 12334
Automobile accidents
See: Traffic accidents
Automobile tires
See: Tires, Rubber
Automobiles — Motors — Exhaust gas
AirCare program (Mercier) 12055
Emission-testing facilities, cost of (Clark) 12794, 12795 (Jansen, J.) 12794, 12795
Emission-testing, fee for (Clark) 12795 (Jansen, J.) 12795
Emission-testing, lower mainland (Boone) 12136 (Cashore) 12206 (Jansen, J.) 12118
Emission-testing revenue, use of (Clark) 12794 (Jansen, J.) 12645, 12794
Automobiles, Government
Purchase of (Clark) 12368 (Jansen, J.) 12368
Avenel, Gerard
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 12913
Axworthy, Lloyd
Mentioned: (Michael) 12245
Aykroyd, Colin
Mentioned: (Rabbitt) 12961 (Rose) 12976