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
GATT
See: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Patient, wheelchair for (Perry) 12908
G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, Quesnel, B.C.
New wing (Vant) 12021
Space, use of (Strachan) 12627 (Zirnhelt) 12627
GST
See entries under Sales tax
Gabelmann, Colin S. (North Island)
B.C. Forest Resources Commission, report 12239
Budget debate 12237-40
Budget stabilization fund, establishment of 12237
Economy of B.C. 12238-9
Estimates, debate on remaining estimates 13134
Fantasy Garden World Inc., sale of, role of William N. Vander Zalm in, cabinet's knowledge of 13226, 13228-9, 13269
Fisheries, industry-stakeholder sessions, participation of B.C. in 13063
Fishing industry and free trade agreement 13063
Forest industry, government policy on 12239
Free trade agreement 12239-40
Free trade in Europe 12239-40
Legislature, heckling 12239
Legislature, recess until July 2, amdt. negatived 13156
Legislature, televising of proceedings 12417
MLAs, ethics and conflict of interest, inquiry into matters on order paper 13226, 13228-9, 13269
Mexico, election of Carlos Salinas de Gortari 12240
Mexico, free trade agreement with 12239-40
Mexico, free trade agreement with, advice to federal government re Q. 12662
Mexico, free trade agreement with, government position on Q. 12661
Mexico, free trade agreement with, submissions from public re Q. 12662
Ontario, NDP transition team to, allegation re 12238
Perry, Thomas L., conflict of interest in role as Health critic, allegation re 12373
Saskatchewan, budgets, balanced budgets 12237, 12238
Select Standing Committee on Ethical Conduct and Conflict of Interest, inquiry 13226-9, 13269
Supply Act (No. l) (1991) 12373
Supply, interim supply 13189
Tribute to (Gran) 11998
Gaglardi, P.A. (Phil)
Quoted (Marzari) 12997
Mentioned: (Lovick) 12940, 12942 (Smith) 12268
Gair, Lou
Mentioned: (Parker) 12141
Galiano Island, B.C.
Dionisio Point area, park for (Parker) 12415
Gallagher, Paul
Mentioned: (Jones) 12399
Gallagher, Romayne
Meeting with Hon. Bruce Strachan (Perry) 12845 (Strachan) 12846
Game wardens
See: Conservation officers
Gandhi, Rajiv
Death of (Harcourt) 12109 (Johnston) 12109
Gangs
Deportation of gang members (Messmer) 12042
Prosecution of (Jansen, J.) 12118 (Throne speech) 11935
Witnesses in prosecution of, protection for (Fraser) A. 11972 (McCarthy) Q.11972
Youth gangs (Barnes) 12054, 12516-7 (Clark) 12448
Ganong, Joyce
Mentioned: (Perry) 12846 (Strachan) 12467, 12846
Gardner, Booth
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 11959
Garry, John
Mentioned: (Cashore) 13240, 13252 (Cull) 13197 (Mercier) 13253
Gary Hankin and Associates
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 12295
Gas, Natural
Research on (Edwards) 12062-3
Vancouver Island gas distribution, administration of, funding for (Edwards) 12420 (Weisgerber) 12420
Vancouver Island gas, rate stabilization, funding for (Edwards) 12420
Vancouver Island gas, rates (Weisgerber) 12421
Vancouver Island pipeline, hookups for customers (Edwards) 12418, 12418-9, 12421 (Weisgerber) 12418, 12419
Gas, Natural — Pipelines
Pipeline extension program (Edwards) 12181, Q. 12217 (Michael) 12245 (Weisgerber) A. 12217 (Zirnhelt) 13213
Pipeline extension program, funding for (Edwards) 12418 (Weisgerber) 12418 (Zirnhelt) 12160
Vancouver Island pipeline (Fraser) 11978-9 (Mercier) 12054 (Michael) 11964, 12245 (Reynolds) 12296 (Weisgerber) 12077-8, 12217
Vancouver Island pipeline, construction costs in crossing of strait (Cashore) 12420-1 (Weisgerber) 12421
Vancouver Island pipeline, construction costs in watershed areas (Cashore) 12420 (Weisgerber) 12420
Vancouver Island pipeline, construction costs, overrun on (Cashore) 12420, 12421 (Clark) 12422 (Edwards) 12182 (Weisgerber) 12077, 12420, 12421
Vancouver Island pipeline, construction costs, overrun on and rates (Edwards) Q. 12499, Q. 12500 (Weisgerber) A. 12499, A.12499-500
Vancouver Island pipeline, construction problems, stream crossings (Cashore) 12421 (Weisgerber) 12421
Vancouver Island pipeline mentioned (Jansen, J.) 12361
Vancouver Island pipeline, pipeline extensions, funding for (Edwards) 12418, 12419 (Weisgerber) 12418, 12419
Vancouver Island pipeline route, consultation re (Edwards) 12420 (Weisgerber) 12420
Vancouver Island pipeline, special warrant funds for (Edwards) 12419 (Weisgerber) 12419
Gasoline
Coupon promotions, use of (Michael) 12196, 12246
Payment for in cash, proposal re (Michael) 12196, 12246
Price of (Barlee) 12175-6
Price of and oil companies' profits (Barlee) 12175-6, Q.12886
Price of and tourist industry (Michael) 12196
Price of in U.S. (Barlee) 11981 (Michael) 12195-6
Gasoline — Taxation
Abolition of, proposal re (Michael) 12196, 12197, 12245-6
Increase in (Clark) 12196
Increase in, Gordon Campbell's proposal re (Hanson, L.) A. 12886 (Loenen) Q. 12886 (Reynolds) 12991
Level of (Barlee) 11981, 12175
United States, taxation, level of (Michael) 12196
Gaudet, Cheryl
Mentioned: (Perry) 12203
Gazette, Montreal, P .Q.
Mentioned: (Reynolds) 12295
Geen, Gerald
Mentioned: (Chalmers) 12405
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Apple marketing agency and GATT (Chalmers) 12405
Fish-processing industry and GATT (Dirks) 12988
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 12240 (Hanson, G.) 12276 (Richmond) 13250
General Motors Corp.
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 12240 (Veitch) 11991
George Derby Centre, Burnaby, B.C.
Food served to patients (Hagen, A.) 12920-1 (Strachan) 12921
George Massey Tunnel
See entries under Highway 99
George P. Vanier Secondary School, Courtenay, B.C.
Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 12193
Georgetti, Ken
Mentioned: (Gran) 12220 (Hagen, S.) 12561
Georgia basin area
See entries under Strait of Georgia
Georgia Basin Commission Act (Proposed)
Mentioned: (Cull) 12029, 13198
Geriatrics
Geriatric care (Perry) 12704
Psychiatrists, training of (Strachan) 12705
Getz, Leon
Mentioned: (Smith) 12266
Ghangass, Baksho
Mentioned: (Perry) 12820
Gibran, Kahlil
Quoted (Cashore) 12860
Gibson, Gordon F.
Mentioned: (Jones) 12043
Gibsons, B.C.
Bypass, funding for (Long) 12597
Ferry mentioned (Lovick) 13166
Gifted children
Funding for (Hagen, A.) 12509 (Hagen, S.) 12509
Gilchrist, Iris
Mentioned: (Johnston) 12400
Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en peoples
Land claims case (Harcourt) 11957
Land claims case, judgment referred to (Guno) 12291
Land claims case mentioned (Weisgerber) 12078
See also: Delgam Uukw et al. v the Queen
Glendale Lodge, Victoria, B.C.
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 12918 (Strachan) 12637
Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ont.
Quoted (Jacobsen) 12088-9 (Messmer) 10243 (Weisgerber) 12746
Mentioned: (Dirks) 12133 (Fraser) 11980, 12234 (Hanson, L.) 12242 (Jansen, J.) 12666 (Miller) 12797 (Strachan) 12514 (Vander Zalm) 12164 (Weisgerber) 13102
Goar, Carol
Quoted (Reid) 12093
Golden, B.C.
High school (Crandall) 12185
Golf courses
Agricultural land, use of (Cashore) 12075
Assistance to (Messmer) 12041
Order-in-council re, rescinding of (Cashore) 12075
Good, Bill
Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 12548
Goodman, George
Mentioned: (Peterson) 12475
Goods and services tax
See entries under Sales tax
Gordon Capital Corp.
Report quoted (Jansen, J.) 12672
Government
Accountability of (Marzari) 12151-2
Consultation by (Huberts) 11950
Problems of (Loenen) 12058
Size of and individual freedom (Jacobsen) 12088
Telephone calls to re complaints (D’Arcy) 12224
Government advertising
Advertisements (Pullinger) 12346
Expenditure on (Boone) 12137 (Clark) 12129
Reduction in (Harcourt) Q.12823
Restriction on (Blencoe) Q. 12663 (Johnston) A. 12663-4
Restriction on and “B.C. Reports” (Blencoe) Q. 12617 (Veitch) A.12617
Government aircraft
Logs (Gran) 11999
Use of (Perry) 12466 (Sihota) 13150-1
Use of by Hon. Rita Johnston (Janssen, G.) 13217 (Sihota) 13150-1
Use of by ministers (Perry) 12257
Use of in Social Credit Party leadership campaign (Gran) A.12689 (Rose) Q.12689
Government automobiles
See: Automobiles, Government
Government Expenditures Restraint Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Lovick) 12713
Government grants
See: Subsidies
Government information
Access to (Jones) 12565-6 (Veitch) 13079
Access to and protection of privacy (Jones) 12565-6
Access to, denial of, provision for review of (Jones) 12566
Access to, proposal re (Jones) Q. 12691
Electronic retrieval of (Smith) 12099
Freedom of information (Jones) 12043-4 (Smith) 12099
Freedom of information, legislation on (Couvelier) 12155 (Harcourt) 11960 (Jansen, J.) 12410 (Jones) 12043 (Sihota) 12019 (Throne speech) 11935
Freedom of information, legislation on elsewhere (Jones) 12044
Freedom of information, legislation on, funding for administration of (Jones) 12325, 12410
Information and privacy commissioner, appointment of (Veitch) 13079
Personal information, protection of (Veitch) 13079
Government lending
Loan programs, review of (Dirks) 12438 (Janssen, G.) 12438 (Throne speech) 11932
Loans and grants, freeze on (Clark) 13145 (Janssen, G.) 12142, 12313, 13217, 13218
Loans, applications for, processing of (Dirks) 12438 (Janssen, G.) 12438
Loans, eligibility for, criteria for (Miller) 12438
Loans, monitoring of (Clark) 12127
Low-interest loan assistance revolving fund (Jansen, J.) 12655
Small business loans program, applications, processing of (Boone) 12436 (Dirks) 12436
Small business loans program, moratorium on (Boone) 12226, 12436
Small business loans program, review of (Dirks) 12436
Surrey-Newton constituency loan (Janssen, G.) 12142
Government loans
See: Government lending
Government Management Services, Ministry of
Mailing costs, information re (Gran) A.12692
Mailing of partisan material, policy on (Gran) A. 12692 (Rose) Q. 12661
Government purchasing
Bidding process (Blencoe) 12103
Local purchases (Janssen, G.) 13216-7
Queen's Printer, purchase of forms in U.S. (Gran) A. 12255, A.12282 (Janssen, G.) Q.12254-5, Q.12282
Tendering on government projects (Harcourt) 11960
Government records
See: Public records
Government spending
See: Expenditures, Public
Government spending policy
Spending, limit on (Jansen, J.) 12114
See also: Expenditures, Public
Grace Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Perry) 12009, 12820
Grain
Growers, GRIP agreement (De Jong) 12038
Gran, Hon. Carol (Langley) Minister of Women's Programs and Government Services and Minister Responsible for Families
Address in Reply 11995-9
B.C. Buildings Corporation, annual report tabled 13269
B.C. Hydro directorship, allegation re use of influence (Harcourt) 11939 (Sihota) 11938
B.C. Teachers' Federation, role of 12993
Budget debate 12219-22
Camosun College day care centre, funding for A. 12663
Civil service, contract employees and pay equity 12427-8
Civil service, contract personnel, employment of 12428
Civil service, pay equity program 11996, 12220, 12427, 12682
Civil service, privatized employees, pension benefits A.12750
Civil service, wage settlements, level of 12220
Day care 13210
Day care, funding for 11996, 12221-2
Debt 12219
Education, funding for 12220
Education, importance of 12220-1
Elections, campaign contributions, disclosure of 12993
Equal pay for equal work and labour unions 12427
Family, support services for 11997, 12221-2
Family violence, services to victims 11997
Family violence, task force on 11997
Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates 12682
Government aircraft, logs 11999
Government aircraft, use of in Social Credit Party leadership campaign A.12689
Government Management Services ministry, mailing of partisan material, policy on A. 12692
Health care system 12221
Hospitals, administrators, salary increases 13211
Johnston, Hon. Rita, education 11996
Johnston, Hon. Rita, tribute to 11996
Langley, growth of 12220
Legislature, cost of 12783
Legislature, sittings, night sittings 12783
Legislature, televising of proceedings 13210
Mailing costs, information re A.12692
Maternity leave, length of 11997
Medical Services Plan of B.C. premiums, increase in 12221
New Democratic Party, Waffle Manifesto 12219, 12220
Office space, vacant space A. 12692, A. 12886
Omni-Script Services Ltd., status of as rollover pension firm A. 12750
Ontario, NDP government 12993
Pay equity, Ontario 13210, 13211
Pension Benefits Standards Act 12974-5
Pensions, retirement savings plan 12974-5
Physicians, advertisements re health care system 12221
Poverty, children in poverty 13210
Privatization benefits fund, earnings, use of 12221
Privatization benefits fund, funds, use of 12429, 12430
Privilege — Pullinger, Jan, statement re Women's Pro grams ministry's tour of province 12351
Queen's Printer, forms, purchase of in U.S. A. 12255, A.12282
Retirement savings plan, consultation re 11997, 12429
Retirement savings plan, cost of 12428-9
Retirement savings plan, funding for 12221, 12429, 12430
School District 35, teachers' salaries 12220
School districts, administration costs 12221
Social programs, funding for 12221
Supply Act (No. 1) (1991) 12425, 12426, 12427, 12427-8, 12428, 12428-9, 12429, 12430
Supply Act (No. 2) (1991) 13209-11
Task Force on Child Care, recommendations, implementation of 12426
Teachers, unionization of 12221
Teenagers, murder, incidence of 11997
University of B.C. employee, harassment of A.12691
University of B.C. employee's attendance at NDP event A.12662
Vander Zalm, William N., tribute to 11996
Victoria Women's Transition House video, distribution of 12426
Violence, women victims, funding for services for 12425
Wife abuse, abusers, services to 11997
Wife abuse, victims, services to 11997
Williams, Robert Arthur, resignation, reason for 11998
Williams, Robert Arthur, tribute to 11997-8
Women, health clinic at Shaughnessy site 13211
Women in poverty 13210
Women, pay equity program 13210-1
Women, services for, funding for 12425
Women's centres 13210
Women's centres, funding for 13209
Women's Programs ministry, expenditures 12426
Women's Programs ministry, office space, vacant space on Hornby Street A.12886-7
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Mentioned: (Miller) 13031
Granny Y's Infant and Toddler Child Day Care, Vancouver, B.C.
Funding for (Jacobsen) 13122 (Marzari) 13121-2
Grants, Government
See: Subsidies
Grapes
Growers, assistance to (Messmer) 12041 (Perry) 13208
Gravel
Royalties, collection of (Clark) 12127
Grawemeyer award
Recipient of (Dueck) 12825 (Jones) 12825
Gray, Brien
Mentioned: (Peterson) 12743
Great Britain. House of Commons
Mentioned: (Rose) 12006
Greater Vancouver Mental Health Service Society
Mentioned: (Strachan) 12707, 12752
Greater Vancouver Regional District
Recycling program (Cull) 13200
Sewage disposal (Mercier) 13264-5 (Strachan) 13259
Sewage disposal, meeting re (Mercier) 13253
Transportation plan (Throne speech) 11933
Waste, disposal of (Reynolds) 12990
Waste, reduction in amount of (Reynolds) 12989-90
Greater Victoria Hospital Society
Fairfield laundry operation (Strachan) 12324
Laundry services contract (Perry) 12637, 12638-9, 12756-7 (Strachan) 12637-8, 12639
Laundry services contract, cost of (Perry) Q. 12255, 12258 (Strachan) A.12255
Mentioned: (Cull) 12472 (Strachan) 12471
Greater Victoria School District
See: School District 61 (Greater Victoria)
Grenfell, Sir Wilfred
Mentioned: (Dueck) 12287
Grey, Deborah
Quoted (Serwa) 12006
Griffen Laboratories Corp.
Sale of (Jansen, J.) 12745
Groundwater
See: Water, Underground
Group homes
Employees, wages, level of (Smallwood) 12671
Location of (Jacobsen) 13108 (Miller) 13108
Location of, Shuswap area case cited (Jacobsen) 13108
Problems (Hagen, A.) 13017 (Jacobsen) 13019
Problems, cases cited (Hagen, A.) 13019
Growth and Opportunities B.C. program
Establishment of (D’Arcy) 12729
Funds, use of (Long) 12730
Victoria, funds for (Long) 12730
Mentioned: (Long) 12729
Guaranteed Available Income for Need Act
Quoted (Smallwood) 13116
Guaranteed Available Income for Need program
Abuse of (Jacobsen) 13091-2
Applicant for, case cited (Rose) 13090-1
Applicants for (Jacobsen) 13091
Appropriation for, 1990-91 fiscal year, overspending of (Jansen, J.) 12382, 12383-4 (Marzari) 12382
Appropriation for, 1991-92 fiscal year (Jansen, J.) 12116-7
Benefits, information to recipients re (Jacobsen) 13052-3 (Janssen, G.) 13052, 13053
Eligibility for (Jacobsen) 13104
Federal funds, limits on and immigrants to B.C. (Jacobsen) 13104 (Miller) 13104
Federal role in determination of benefits (Jacobsen) 13101
Investigators, funding for (Lovick) 12408
Judicial review, case cited (Smallwood) 13115, 13116
Judicial reviews, cost of (Jacobsen) 13117 (Smallwood) 13117
Judicial reviews, information re (Jacobsen) 13114, 13115 (Smallwood) 13114, 13115, 13115-6
Judicial reviews, number of (Jacobsen) 13116
Judicial reviews, use of (Jacobsen) 13115, 13117
Privatization of (Lovick) Q.12749-50, Q.12750
Program, suggestions from public re (Jacobsen) 12944
Rates and benefits, total value of (Jacobsen) 13050-1 (Janssen, G.) 13050
Rates, increase in (Smallwood) 13014
Rates, level of (Barnes) 12054 (Jacobsen) 12447 (Smallwood) 12447
Rates, review of (Jacobsen) 12949 (Rose) 12949, 12950
Rates, setting of (Jacobsen) 13058 (Miller) 13058
Recipient, eviction of, case cited (Barlee) 13102
Recipients, criminal injury awards to, policy on (Barlee) 13100, 13101, 13102 (Jacobsen) 13100-1 (Weisgerber) 13101, 13102
Recipients, dental care (Smallwood) 12243
Recipients, dental care, funding for (Jacobsen) 12447 (Marzari) 12153 (Smallwood) 12447
Recipients, earnings exemption (Barlee) 13101 (Blencoe) 13005 (D’Arcy) 12223 (Jacobsen) 12938-9, 12950, 13050, 13091, 13100-1 (Rose) 13092 (Smallwood) 12938, 12950, 12950-1
Recipients, earnings exemption, increase in (Jacobsen) 13015 (Smallwood) 13014
Recipients, employment for in low-paying jobs (Janssen, G.) 13001, 13002
Recipients, employment programs for (Jacobsen) 12940, 12941, 12942, 12944, 13059, 13127, 13128, 13129 (Lovick) 12939, 12940, 12941, 12942, 12944, 12945 (Marzari) 12997 (Smallwood) 12933-4, 13127, 13127-8, 13128-9, 13129 (Vander Zalm) 12953
Recipients, employment programs for and number of recipients (Lovick) 12944
Recipients, employment programs for and workfare (Jacobsen) 12944
Recipients, employment programs for, evaluation of (Jacobsen) 12942 (Lovick) 12942
Recipients, employment programs for, federal funds for (Jansen, J.) 12117
Recipients, Hon. Norman Jacobsen's letter to (Jacobsen) 12930, 12943, 12943-4, 13013 (Lovick) 12943, 12944
Recipients, information re, confidentiality of (Jacobsen) 13119, 13120 (Smallwood) 13119, 13120
Recipients, job-hunting requirement for (Marzari) 12331
Recipients, maintenance payments to and GAIN payments (Jacobsen) 12950 (Smallwood) 12950
Recipients, mothers of young children, employment for (Jacobsen) 13048 (Smallwood) 13048
Recipients, number of and unemployment rate (Jacobsen) 12997 (Janssen, G.) 13052 (Marzari) 12997, 13000
Recipients, number of, comparisons with elsewhere (Jacobsen) 13058
Recipients, number of, increase in (Clark) 12131 (Jacobsen) 13057 (Miller) 13057 (Smallwood) 12242
Recipients, old age supplement, indexing of and GAIN payments (Jacobsen) 12949 (Rose) 12949
Recipients, record-keeping on (Smallwood) 12446
Recipients, right to appeal delivery of services (Smallwood) 13014
Recipients, Vancouver area, number of (Michael) 13100
Recipients, women (Marzari) 13000
Recipients, women, case cited (Jacobsen) 13001
Recipients, women, programs for (Jacobsen) 12935, 13001 (Janssen, G.) 13001 (Marzari) 13204
Recipients, young people (Miller) 12098, 13054
Shelter allowance, use of (Jacobsen) 13102
Tribunals, employment of lawyers (Jacobsen) 13118 (Smallwood) 13118
Tribunals, information re (Jacobsen) 13118
Unemployment insurance regulations, change in and GAIN (Jacobsen) 12382-3, 12383, 12930, 12997, 13057, 13127 (Janssen, G.) 13003 (Smallwood) 13126
Guno, Larry (Atlin)
Address in Reply 12085-7
Atlin constituency, representation for 12085
British Columbia, problems 12086
Budget debate 12289-92
Correctional centres, construction of 12289
Correctional institutions, personnel, training for 12290
Crime rate, increase in 12290
Dease Lake airport, night use of 12086
Deficit, 1991-92 fiscal year 12290
Delgam Uukw et al. v. the Queen, judgment in case 12291
Earthquakes, preparedness for 12086
Education ministry, estimates 12587, 12588, 12697
Education system, centralization of 12587
Federal Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs 12087
Indian Affairs department, powers of 12087
Indians, House of Commons seats for 12086
Indians, prisoners, number of 12087, 12289
Indians, rights of 12291-2
Indians, roadblocks, use of 12291
Iskut Valley, mine access road 12086
Law and order, enforcement of 12290
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, replacement for 12289
Mammography screening program 12086
Marshall, Donald, case referred to 12087
Native Affairs ministry, appropriation, 1991-92 fiscal year 12291
Nisga'a people, culture and traditions 12291-2
Nisga'a people, law of 12292
Northerners, needs of 12290
Public health, service in north 12086
Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs, establishment of 12086
School District 87, Dease Lake facilities, funding for 12697
School District 87, funding for 12588
School District 92, Nisga'a language and culture program 12086, 12587
Sick, treatment, travel costs for 12290
Tahltan Indian people, territory, land use 12086
Tahltan Indian people, territory, mineral developments 12086
Tahltan Indian people, training, funding for 12086
Taxation rate, freeze on 12290