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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LIFE program

See: Local Initiatives for Employables program

Labour and Consumer Services, Ministry of

Staff (Rabbitt) 12085

Labour laws and legislation

Legislation in B.C. (Pullinger) 11967

Labour-management relations

See: Industrial relations

Lafortune, Cathy

Quoted (Perry) 12259

Laing and Cruickshank

Mentioned: (Smith) 12266

Laissez-faire

Free enterprise (Blencoe) 13004 (Johnston) 12106

Lakehead University

Mentioned: (Strachan) 12833

Lali, Harry

Mentioned: (Sihota) 12341

Lam, Hon. David See-Chai

See: Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. David See-Chai Lam

Lampert, Jerry

Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 11949

Land Title Act

Mentioned: (Jansen, J.) 12739

Land Title Amendment Act, 1990

Changes to (Fraser) 12786

Land Title Amendment Act, 1"I

(Bill 2) (Attorney-General) 1R, 12023; 2R, 12786-7; C, 12873-4; 3R, 12874; RA, 13269

Speakers: Fraser 12786, 12787, 12874; Rose 12873-4; Sihota 12786-7, 12874

Conveyancing, documents, standardized form for (Fraser) 12786

Conveyancing, language used in (Sihota) 12786-7

Conveyancing, legal fees for (Sihota) 12787

Conveyancing, procedure in (Sihota) 12786

Land Title Amendment Act, 1990, changes to (Fraser) 12786

Land titles, conveyancing documents (Fraser) 12023

Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 12783

Land titles

Land Title Amendment Act, 1991. See name of act

Land use

Commission for, proposal re (Kempf) 13242

Conservation covenants, exemption of from property purchase tax (Clark) 12654, 12738 (Jansen, J.) 12653, 12738, 12738-9

Farmland, preservation of (Chalmers) 12404 (Rose) 12404

Forest industry, land use planning in (Richmond) 12596

Planning (Miller) 13245 (Zirnhelt) 12035

Planning, public participation in (Zirnhelt) 12595-6, 12597

Planning, role of Indians in (Richmond) 12597 (Zirnhelt) 12596

Planning, strategic planning process (Zirnhelt) 12596

Policy on (Edwards) 12062, 12180 (Mercier) 12054 (Zirnhelt) 12033

Proposals for (Zirnhelt) 12032

Provincial land use strategy (Zirnhelt) 12596, 13211-2

Transportation and land use problems (Smith) 12099

Wildlife-agriculture conflict (Crandall) 12185

Lands and Parks, Ministry of

Appropriation for, 1991-92 fiscal year (Edwards) 12183

Programs, local programs (Zirnhelt) 12411

Staff, reduction in (Cashore) 12414

Lane Appraisals Ltd.

Mentioned: (Perry) 12906

Lane, David K.

Letter quoted (Perry) 12814

Political affiliation (Perry) 12905 (Strachan) 12906

Mentioned: (Perry) 12813 (Strachan) 12907, 12919

Langan, Joy

Mentioned: (Reid) 12353, 12500

Langara Island, B.C.

Mentioned: (Miller) 12405, 12406

Langford sign shop

See: Tran Sign Corp. Ltd.

Langley, B.C.

Growth of (Gran) 12220

Social programs (Peterson) 12261

Langley School District

See: School District 35 (Langley)

Last, Ken

Tribute to (Strachan) 12627

Lastman, Mel

Quoted (Weisgerber) 12746

Laughren, Floyd

Mentioned: (Fraser) 11980 (Hanson, L.) 12241 (Jansen, J.) 12362, 12672 (Veitch) 11989, 12228, 12229

Laurentian University

Mentioned: (Strachan) 12833

Lauria, Anita

Quoted (Veitch) 12228

Lautens, Trevor

Mentioned: (Reid) 12616

Law enforcement

Law and order, enforcement of (Fraser) 12236 (Guno) 12290

Law Reform Commission of British Columbia

See: British Columbia Law Reform Commission

Law reporters

See: Court reporters

Lawrence family

Mentioned: (Barlee) 12387

Laxton, John

Mentioned: (Reynolds) 12296

Lea, Graham

Mentioned: (Michael) 11964

Lead-acid batteries

See: Storage batteries

Learning Disabilities Association of British Columbia

Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 13176

Leblanc, Nic

Quoted (Serwa) 12006

Lecky, Robin

Mentioned: (Dirks) 12323

Leete, Stanley

Quoted (Perry) 12761

Legal aid

Battered women, legal aid for (Marzari) 11987

Contracts during Legal Services Society strike, information re (Lovick) 12408

Funding for (Harcourt) 11960 (Jansen, J.) 12407

Legal aid (Barnes) 12735

Restriction on, proposal re (De Jong) 12736

Tariff (Jansen, J.) 12407, 12408 (Lovick) 12407, 12408

Legal Services Society

Annual reports tabled (Fraser) 12001

Mentioned: (Janssen, G.) 13218 (Lovick) 12408

Legislation

Bills, debate on, use of standing order 81 (Miller) 12327

NDP proposals for (Blencoe) 12103-4 (Clark) 12132

Private members' bills (Cashore) 12074

Legislature

Adjournment, date and time for (Richmond) 13082

Closure, use of (Chairman) 13134 (Rose) 13133, 13135, 13142

Committee system, use of (Loenen) 12059 (Perry) 12256 (Rose) 12007 (Serwa) 12006 (Sihota) 12019 (Zirnhelt) 12158

Cost of (Gran) 12783

Debate in (Loenen) 12059

Heckling (Gabelmann) 12239

Private members' day (Rose) 12006-7

Recess until July 2, amdt. negatived (Gabelmann) 13156 (Miller) 13155

Role of (Loenen) 12058

Rules, change in (Loenen) 12058 (Rose) 12006-7

Seating arrangement (Pullinger) 11965

Sessions, fixed schedule for (Loenen) 12059 (Serwa) 12006

Sittings, night sittings (Clark) 12782-3 (Cull) 12852-3 (D’Arcy) 12853 (Fraser) 12781-2, 12852 (Gran) 12783 (Hagen, A.) 12783-4 (Pullinger) 12780-1 (Rose) 12778, 12779, 12851-2 (Strachan) 12784 (Vander Zalm) 12780, 12853

Standing order 35, debate (Rose) 12007

Televising of proceedings (Gabelmann) 12417 (Gran) 13210 (McCarthy) 12416 (Reynolds) 12417 (Smith) 12416 (Speaker) 12779 (Weisgerber) 13153, 13154

Votes, free votes (Loenen) 12059 (Serwa) 12006, 12007-8 (Sihota) 12019

Legislature — Committees

See: Select standing committees; also committees by name, e.g. Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts

Legislature — Members

Capital city allowance, donation of to charity (Michael) 13026 (Serwa) 13029

Conflict of interest (Bruce) 11985

Conflict of interest, financial benefits (Sihota) 12018

Conflict of interest, legislation on (Harcourt) 11960 (Sihota) 12017, 12017-8

Constituencies, apportionment of by gender (Smith) Q.13241 (Veitch) A.13241

Ethical conduct and financial disclosure, standards for (Harcourt) 13238

Ethics and conflict of interest, inquiry into matters on order paper (Gabelmann) 13226, 13228-9, 13269 (Richmond) 13226, 13229, 13269

Ethics, proposal for committee on (Lovick) 11993

Financial disclosure statements, filing of (Marzari) 12153

Investigation of, special prosecutor for (Clark) 12788-9

Newspapers, provision of to MLAs (Vander Zalm) 12164

Plaques on government projects (Pullinger) 11968

Private MLAs, role of (Loenen) 12060

Role of (Smith) 12098-9

Select Standing Committee on Ethical Conduct and Conflict of Interest, mandate of (Cull) 11937-8 (Harcourt) 11939 (Johnston) 11939 (Richmond) 11939-40 (Sihota) 11938

Tennis tournament with press gallery (Bruce) 12453

Women MLAs (Marzari) 13202

Legislature — Procedure

Standing order 81, use of (Miller) 12327

Lehman Bros. and Kuhn Loeb Inc.

Mentioned: (Huberts) 11951

Leslie, Graham

Breach of Promise referred to, quoted (Boone) 12040 (Lovick) 11995

Mentioned: (Boone) 12138

Lester, Peter

Mentioned: (Fraser) 13160 (Miller) 13160

Letendre, Melvin

Judgment in Letendre case referred to, quoted (Marzari) 11987, 12410, 12600

Leung, Faye

Mentioned: (Janssen, G.) 13215

Levi, Norman

Mentioned: (Reid) 12089 (Vant) 12021

Lewis, David

Quoted (Rose) 12868

Lewis, Donald

Death of (Throne speech) 11931

Li Ka-shing

Mentioned: (Barlee) 11981, 12176

Licensed practical nurses

See: Nurses

Licensed Practical Nurses' Association of British Columbia

Mentioned: (Perry) 12910

Lien, Edward

Mentioned: (Brummet) 12072 (Clark) 12379 (Cull) 12508 (Strachan) 13181

Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. David See-Chai Lam

Letter to from Michael Harcourt quoted (Clark) 12309-10

Speech from the Throne 11931-6

Mentioned: (Savage) 12013

Life Line Society

Funding for (Smallwood) 12243

Limitation Act

Mentioned: (Marzari) 11987

Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C.

Smoking, area for (Perry) 12640

Mentioned: (Jones) 12900 (Perry) 12815 (Strachan) 12716, 12809, 12816, 12901

Lippman, Walter

The Public Philosophy quoted (Loenen) 12060

Liquor control and licensing branch

Licences, policy on (Pullinger) 11966

Liquor licences

See entries under Liquor control and licensing branch

Literacy

Adult literacy rate in B.C. (Hagen, S.) 12191

High-school graduates, illiteracy (Reid) 12093

Illiteracy, social costs (Jones) 12045

Programs, funding for (Dueck) 12399 (Jones) 12045, 12325, 12398-9, 13184

Provincial Literacy Advisory Committee, recommendations (Jones) 12045

Lithotripter

Mobile facility for interior, north (Perry) 12775-6 (Strachan) 12776, 12777 (Vander Zalm) 12776

Litton Industries Inc.

Mentioned: (Rose) 12969, 12971

Lloyd, Woodrow

Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 12237

Lo, Franklin

Tribute to (Strachan) 12472

Loans, Government

See: Government lending

Local Initiatives for Employables program

Benefits of (Jacobsen) 12941-2

Funding for (Jacobsen) 12939 (Lovick) 12939

Information re (Jacobsen) 12939-40, 12940 (Lovick) 12939, 12940

Program (Jacobsen) 12941, 12998 (Janssen, G.) 13001, 13002 (Lovick) 12942 (Marzari) 12997

Local transit

Seattle transit system (Loenen) 12059

Transit system, debate on (Clark) 13144-5

Loenen, Nick (Richmond)

Address in Reply 12058-60

Budget debate 12249-52

Cabinet, powers of 12059

Cabinet, role of 12060

California, voters' initiatives 12059

Campbell, Gordon, Greater Vancouver Regional District, chairmanship of Q.12455

Education, funding for 12058, Q.13182

Elections, fixed date for 12059

Expo land, cleanup of, dumping of soil in Richmond Q. 12024

Gasoline tax increase, Gordon Campbell's proposal re Q.12886

Government, problems of 12058

Home-ownership, Greater Vancouver area 12250

Home-ownership, promotion of 12249-51

House construction, building permits, delays in 12250

House construction, Richmond, development costs 12250

Housing, affordable housing 12251

Housing, grow-home concept 12251

Housing, immigrant investors, investment in housing 12252

Housing, innovations in and property tax 12251

Immigration to B.C. 12250

Insane, criminal and dangerous, release of Q. 12823

Legislature, committee system, use of 12059

Legislature, debate in 12059

Legislature, role of 12058

Legislature, rules, change in 12058

Legislature, sessions, fixed schedule for 12059

Legislature, votes, free votes 12059

MLAs, role of private MLAs 12060

Mental health care system, funding for 11974

Mental health, research, funding for 11974

Mental illness, community resource kit 11974

Mental illness, incidence of 11974

Mentally ill, services to 11974

Mortgages, interest rates, subsidization of 12252

Poll tax 12251

Premier, powers of 12059

Public housing units, sale of to tenants 12251-2

Real estate sales tax, exemption from, first-home buyers 12252

Referendums, use of 12058-9

Seattle transit system 12059

SkyTrain transit system, route to Richmond 12059

Zoning, local government's powers, use of 12251

Log exports

See entries under Forest industry

Logging

Equipment, import of (Clark) 13145

Horse logging (Zirnhelt) 12035

Logging income, definition of (Jansen, J.) 12645

Logging Tax Act

Mentioned: (Jansen, J.) 12645

Long, Gus

Mentioned: (Perry) 12012

Long, Harold (Mackenzie)

B.C. Ferry Corporation, borrowing power, increase in 13165

B.C. Ferry Corporation, route 17, ferries for, proposal re 12598

B.C. Ferry Corporation, route 17, relocation of ferry to Powell River 12597-8, 12599, 13165

B.C. Ferry Corporation, route 17, relocation of ferry to Powell River, expenditures on 13165

B.C. Ferry Corporation, route 7, ferry for 12597

Gibsons, bypass, funding for 12597

GO B.C. funds for Victoria 12730

GO B.C. funds, use of 12730

Highway 101, upgrading of 12597

Lottery grants, criteria for 12729

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1991) 13165

Powell River General Hospital therapy pool, lottery funds for 12730

Rat Portage Hill, realignment of road 12597

Sechelt, Highway 12597

Sechelt Indian band, land claims, negotiations re Q. 13240

Sechelt Indian band, lottery grant to 12730

Supply Act (No. 2) (1991) 13264, 13265

Victoria, sewage disposal 13264-5

Long-term care of the sick

Facilities in smaller communities (Miller) 12890 (Strachan) 12890-1

Funding for (Strachan) 12891

Intermediate-care facilities, decisions on (Jansen, J.) 12387

Intermediate-care facilities, nutrition standards for patients (Hagen, A.) 12918

Kaslo, intermediate-care facility for (Barlee) 12387, 12389 (Jansen, J.) 12387 (Perry) 12386-7, 12388, 12621 (Strachan) 12622

Kaslo, Victorian Hospital, intermediate-care beds (Perry) 12622 (Strachan) 12622

Keremeos, intermediate-care facility for (Barlee) 12387-8, 12389, 12626, 12626-7, 12634 (Perry) 12757 (Strachan) 12626, 12627, 12634

Parksville-Qualicum area facility (Janssen, G.) 12844 (Strachan) 12481, 12716, 12845

Patients in long-term care facilities, equipment for (Perry) 12909-10 (Strachan) 12910

Patients with mental problems (Miller) 12892 (Strachan) 12893

Port Alberni, intermediate-care home (Janssen, G.) 12145

Queen Charlotte Islands, extended-care facility (Miller) 12890, 12891 (Strachan) 12892

Long-Term Care Week

Celebration of (Hagen, A.) 12501 (Strachan) 12500-1

Lottery Act

Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 12729

Lottery funds

See entries under British Columbia Lottery Fund

Lottery grants branch

Report tabled (Veitch) 12565

Lougheed, Peter

Mentioned: (Clark) 11944

Lougheed Highway

See: Highway 7

Lovastatin

Cost of (Perry) 12378

Lovelace, Chris

Mentioned: (Perry) 12908 (Strachan) 12459, 12754, 12894

Lovick, Dale (Nanaimo)

Address in Reply 11992-5

Ambulance attendants, training of 12480

Ambulances, equipment for 12480

Assessment commissioner, powers of 13163

Bowen Island — Sunshine Coast, fast-ferry proposal for 12197-8, 12199

B.C. Ferry Corporation, borrowing power, increase in 13164, 13164-5, 13165, 13165-6, 13167, 13170

B.C. Ferry Corporation, borrowing power, increase in, use of borrowed funds 13164, 13164-5

B.C. Ferry Corporation debt and provincial debt 13167

B.C. Ferry Corporation debt, statement re in Public Accounts balance sheet 13170

B.C. Ferry Corporation, funding for, capital funds 13165-6

B.C. Ferry Corporation, Horseshoe Bay terminal, expansion of 13166

B.C. Ferry Corporation, route 17, relocation of ferry to Powell River 11993, 12197, 13167

B.C. Ferry Corporation, traffic 11993

B.C. Ferry Corporation vessels, number of 11993

B.C. Ferry Corporation vessels, passenger-only ferry proposal 13167

Budget, criticisms of 12188

Budget debate 12187-9

Budget Measures Implementation Act (1991) 12648

Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1991, notwithstanding clause, use of 12648

Civil service, contract personnel, employment of 12433-4, 12434

Civil service, contract personnel, employment of, savings on 12744-5

Civil service, contract personnel, expenditures on 12434, 12435

Civil service, contract personnel, information re contracts 12435

Civil service employees, number of 12434

Civil service, professional services, expenditures on 12434, 12744

Compensation Fairness Act and collective bargaining 11995

Constitution of Canada, referendum on 13223

Coquihalla Highway, cost of, overrun on 11994

Deficit 1991-92 fiscal year 12187, 12648

Economy of B.C. and recession 12189

Education, privatization of Q.12750

Employment, JobTrac program 12941

Employment programs, evaluation of 12942

Estimates, debate on 12364

Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates 12744-5

Finance and Corporate Relations ministry staff, increase in 12434

Freedom to Move special account, funding for 12189

GAIN investigators, funding for 12408

GAIN program, privatization of Q.12749-50, Q.12750

GAIN recipients, employment programs for 12939, 12940, 12941, 12942, 12944, 12945

GAIN recipients, employment programs for and number of recipients 12944

GAIN recipients, employment programs for, evaluation of 12942

GAIN recipients, Hon. Norman Jacobsen's letter to 12943, 12944

Health care, federal transfer payments 12713

Health care system, privatization of Q.12749

Health care user fee, Quebec 12713-4

Health care user fees 12713, 12713-4

Health, government policy on 12478

Health ministry, estimates 12477-8, 12479, 12480, 12713, 12713-4, 12714, 12715-6, 12716-7, 12717

Highway 19, alternative route, cost of 11994

Highway 19, consultation re 12189

Highway 19, funding for 12189

Highway 19, work on southern end of 13166

Highways, funding for public relations 12189

Highways maintenance, privatization of 11994

Hospitals, funding for, funding formula 12714

Indians, reserve land, public utilities on 13170-1

Individual Opportunities Plan, program 12940

Island Development Group, fast ferry service, proposal for 12198

LIFE program 12939, 12940, 12942

LIFE program, funding for 12939

Legal aid, contracts during Legal Services Society strike 12408

Legal aid, tariff 12407, 12408

MLAs, ethics, proposal for committee on 11993

Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) (1991) 13163, 13163-4, 13164, 13164-5, 13165, 13165-6, 13167, 13170, 13170-1

Myalgic encephalomyelitis, research on 12479

Myalgic encephalomyelitis, treatment for 12480

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, funding for 12714, 12715-6, 12716-7, 12717

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, quick-response program, funding for 12480-1

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, surgery, waiting-list for 12715, PREP program 12940

Politicians, public perception of 11993

Privatization, government's plan for Q. 12749, Q. 12750

Privatization, savings as result of 11994

Provincial Alliance of Businessmen, program 12940

Public Sector Collective Bargaining Disclosure Act, repeal of 11995

Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs, report 12478

Select Standing Committee on Constitutional Matters and Intergovernmental Relations, hearings 13223-4

Select Standing Committee on Constitutional Matters and Intergovernmental Relations, preliminary report, date for 13223

Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates 12939, 12940, 12941, 12942, 12943, 12944, 12945, 13015, 13015-6, 13111

Special warrants, use of 12363

Suicide, counselling and assistance for survivors 13015

Suicide, ministerial responsibility for problem 13015-6

Supply Act (No. 1) (1991) 12363, 12364, 12407, 12408, 12433-4, 12434, 12434-5, 12435, 12449

Supply, interim supply bill, reason for 12363

Taxation rate, freeze on 12188, 12648

Throne speech, content 11992

Transportation 11993-4

Unemployment problem 12188

Victoria-Seattle car ferry service Q.12111

Welfare recipients, number of and employment programs 12944

Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre, Burnaby, B.C.

Replacement for (Guno) 12289 (Jansen, J.) 12117-8

Lue, Elizabeth

Mentioned: (Perry) 12753

Lumber trade

Log market. See entries under Forest industry

U.S., memorandum of understanding (Boone) 12138, 12200, 12225 (Johnston) 12289 (Kempf) 12200, 13244 (Miller) 13243 (Richmond) A. 11946, 13249-50 (Throne speech) 11932-3 (Vant) Q. 11946

U.S., memorandum of understanding and free trade agreement (Boone) 12225

U.S., memorandum of understanding and revenue to province (Kempf) 13246

U.S., memorandum of understanding, meeting on (Richmond) 13250

U.S., memorandum of understanding, renegotiation of (Richmond) 13250

Lundin, Steve R.

Quoted (Guno) 12291, 12292

Lysyk, Kenneth M.

Court case, judgment in referred to (Marzari) 12600