Province of British Columbia
34th Parliament, 5th Session
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
May 7, 1991 to June 27, 1991

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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

Role of (Smith) 12100, 12266

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