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
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.
Lysyk, Kenneth M.
Court case, judgment in referred to (Marzari) 12600