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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O'Connor, Caleb

Travel costs for, case cited (Boone) 12889 (Miller) 12892 (Strachan) 12889, 12892

Oak Bay, B.C.

University of Victoria, tax loss on (Cull) 12740

Oakalla Prison

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

Occupational training

Funding for (Boone) 12137 (D’Arcy) 12223 (Edwards) 12181 (Jones) 12298

Need for (Jones) 12298-9

Occupiers Liability Act

Mentioned: (Zirnhelt) 13212

Ocelot Industries Ltd.

Mentioned: (Parker) 12139

Offence Act

Mentioned: (Fraser) 12877 (Sihota) 12877

Offences against public safety

Law and order, enforcement of (Fraser) 12236

Office space, Government

See entries under British Columbia Buildings Corporation

Oil industry

See: Petroleum industry and trade

Oil spills

Persian Gulf spill, use of B.C. contingency plan for (Mercier) 12054

Task force on, work of (Mercier) 12054

Vancouver Island, west coast spill (Janssen, G.) 13215

Okanagan College

Student spaces, increase in (Dueck) 13184

Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 12192 (Michael) 11962 (Throne speech) 11935

Okanagan Lake, B.C.

Protection of (Messmer) 12042

Okanagan Similkameen Tourist Association

Okanagan Valley, B.C.

Lakes, protection of (Messmer) 12042

Water quality program (Jansen, J.) 12118

Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority

Establishment of (De Jong) 12038 (Messmer) 12041

Okanagan Wine Festival Society

Mentioned: (Messmer) 12041

Mentioned: (Messmer) 12041

Old age pension

Supplement (Jansen, J.) 12117

Supplement, indexing of and GAIN payments (Jacobsen) 12949 (Rose) 12949

Supplement, number of recipients (Rose) 12868

Ombudsman

Annual report tabled (Speaker) 12108

Children in care, report on (Jacobsen) 12445 (Smallwood) 12443, 12444, 12445

Children, services to, report on (Barnes) 12516 (Jacobsen) 12947 (Smallwood) 12933, 12934 (Strachan) 12818

Complaints to, number of (Cashore) 12394 (Jansen, J.) 12394

Court reporters, investigation into (Sihota) 12357

Crown counsel, report on (Fraser) 12689

Discretion to Prosecute Inquiry, recommendations (Clark) 12788 (Fraser) 12788, 12794 (Sihota) 12789, 12793, 12878, 12879, 12880, 12881

Eagle Rock Ranch, report on (Smallwood) 13041, 13043

Estimates, debate on (Cashore) 12394

Hepatitis B immunization, investigation into (Perry) 12385-6

Jurisdiction, extension of (Cashore) 12205, 12394 (Cull) 12066 (Jansen, J.) 12394 (Sihota) 12019

Justice system, inquiry into (Fraser) 12235

School District 36, block funding, investigation into (Reid) 12177-8

Staff (Cashore) 12205, 12394 (Jansen, J.) 12394

Work of, increase in (Cashore) 12205

Mentioned: (Barnes) 13064, 13069 (Clark) 12393 (Jacobsen) 13065 (Jones) 12566 (Sihota) 13044 (Smallwood) 12951, 13067, 13072, 13074 (Vant) 12338 (Veitch) 13079 (Weisgerber) 12393

Ombudsman Act

Proclamation of unproclaimed sections (Cashore) 12205 (Jansen, J.) 12394 (Sihota) 12019

100 Mile House, B.C.

Intermediate-care facility (Vant) 12021

Sewage lagoons, relocation of (Vant) 12021

Sewage spill (Zirnhelt) 12161

Water project (Zirnhelt) 13212

100 Mile House District Hospital, 100 Mile House, B.C.

Expansion of (Vant) 12021

108 Mile Ranch

Water, arsenic in (Zirnhelt) 13213

Omineca Express Eagle, Vanderhoof, B.C.

Quoted (Hagen, A.) 12609

Omni-Script Services Ltd.

Contract to (Sihota) 12356

Contract to and Premier's conflict-of-interest guidelines (Sihota) 12356

Contract to, information re (Fraser) A. 12324 (Sihota) Q.12124

Status of as rollover pension firm (Gran) A. 12750 (Sihota) Q.12124, 12356, Q.12750

Ontario

Automobile purchases, rebate for (Fraser) 13074

Budget, Gordon Capital Corp. report referred to, quoted (Jansen, J.) 12672

Cabinet ministers, resignations and dismissals (Reynolds) 12292-3

Companies, relocation of in B.C. (Jansen, J.) A. 12499 (Peterson) Q.12499

Company officers and directors, laws re (Fraser) 12234

Credit rating for province (Couvelier) 12157 (Dirks) 12133, 12135 (Hagen, S.) 12190 (Jansen, J.) 12304, 12362 (Reid) 12177

Debt (Dueck) 12285 (Jansen, J.) 12304, 12362, 12674 (Johnston) 12106 (Savage) 12015 (Vant) 12020 (Weisgerber) 12078-9

Deficit (Bruce) 12671, 12675, 12676 (Crandall) 12185 (De Jong) 12272 (Dirks) 12133, 12135 (Fraser) 11976-7, 11980, 12233, 12234, 12685, 12798 (Hagen, S.) 12190, 12579, 12609 (Huberts) 11951 (Jacobsen) 12088, 13127 (Jansen, J.) 12112-3, 12304, 12672, 12680, 12803 (Johnston) 12106 (Kempf) 11952, 12678 (Messmer) 12042 (Michael) 12245 (Rabbitt) 12083 (Reid) 12089, 12176 (Reynolds) 12292 (Savage) 12015 (Smith) 12684 (Strachan) 12146, 12687 (Vander Zalm) 12162 (Vant) 12020 (Veitch) 11989, 12228-9 (Weisgerber) 12078

Deficit, basis for calculation of (Clark) 12673 (Jansen, J.) 12674

Deficit, impact of elsewhere (Bruce) 12671

Deficit, protest re (Dirks) A. 12110 (Mowat) Q. 12110

Economy of (Hanson, L.) 12242

Education, funding for (Bruce) 12699 (Hagen, S.) 12568, 12571-2, 12700

Government (Huberts) 11950

Government policy, setting of (Veitch) 12227

Housing starts (Bruce) 12676

Immigration to B.C. from (Michael) 11962

Labour policy (Peterson) 13151

Legislation (Jansen, J.) 12743

NDP government (Dirks) 12133 (Dueck) 12284 (Fraser) 11977, 12233, 12236 (Gran) 12993 (Hanson, L.) 12241 (Jacobsen) 12088-9 (Jansen, J.) 12680, 12743 (Parker) 12140 (Peterson) 12742-3, 13151 (Reid) 12177 (Reynolds) 12292-3 (Savage) 12015 (Strachan) 12514 (Vant) 12020 (Veitch) 11989-90, 12227, 12228-9 (Weisgerber) 12746

NDP transition team to (Fraser) 12750 (Hanson, L.) 12241 (Jansen, J.) 12304, 12746 (Johnston) 12750 (Peterson) 12260-1, 12742 (Reynolds) 12292 (Smith) 12267 (Strachan) 12515

NDP transition team to, allegation re (Gabelmann) 12238

Revenue, source of (Fraser) 12236 (Peterson) 12261

Spending policies, impact of (Couvelier) 12157-8 (Peterson) 12260 (Vander Zalm) 12162

Students, national assessment program, withdrawal from (Hagen, S.) 12513, 12515, 12519, 12521, 12539, 12547, 12700-1 (Strachan) 12514-5

Taxation (Bruce) 12671 (De Jong) 12038 (Hagen, S.) 12579 (Jansen, J.) 12304, 12652, 12674 (Johnston) 12287-8 (Rabbitt) 12083 (Veitch) 11989

Unemployment (Bruce) 12675, 12676 (Clark) 12681

Welfare payments, cost of (Jacobsen) 12384 (Marzari) 12384 (Veitch) 11989

Welfare rates (Jacobsen) 12089 (Serwa) 12999 (Veitch) 11990

Welfare recipients, mortgage payments for (Weisgerber) 13102

Welfare recipients, number of (Jacobsen) 12936, 13058 (Miller) 13058

Welfare system (Fraser) 12234 (Jacobsen) 12945, 13015 (Vander Zalm) 12953 (Weisgerber) 12745-6

Ontario Federation of Labour

Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 12515, 12519, 12521, 12547, 12700

Ontario Pay Equity Commission

Mentioned: (Gran) 13210 (Marzari) 13202

Ontario Teachers' Federation

Mentioned: (Hagen, S.) 12515, 12519, 12521, 12547, 12700

Open Learning Agency

Mentioned: (Parker) 12141


ORAL QUESTIONS

ADVANCED EDUCATION, TRAINING
AND TECHNOLOGY

B.C. post-secondary institutions and global competition (Dueck) A.12524 (Michael) Q.12524

Camosun College child care centres (Cull) Q.12663

Enrolment cuts at Vancouver Community College (Dueck) A.12751, A.12929 (Jones) Q.12751

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

Agriculture budget (Barlee) Q. 12123 (Chalmers) A. 12123

Okanagan representation on Agricultural Land Commission (Barlee) Q.12885 (Chalmers) A.12885

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

CLEU investigation of organized crime (Fraser) A. 12824 (Sihota) Q.12824

Confidentiality in Attorney-General's office (Fraser)A. 13007 (Sihota) Q. 13007

Dismissal of Attorney-General's executive assistant (Clark) Q. 12929 (Fraser) A. 12824, A. 12929 (Sihota)Q. 12824, Q. 12929

Disposition of Peden letter (Fraser) A.12927, A.12928 (Sihota) Q.12927, Q.12928

Extradition of man charged with child molestation in Chilliwack (Dueck) Q.12254 (Fraser) A.12254

Information leaks from the office of the Attorney General (Fraser) A.13079 (Sihota) Q.13079

Investigation of possible breach of Social Service TaxAct confidentiality provisions (Reynolds) Q. 12281 (Fraser) A.12281

Lottery grant to Eco-Clean (Fraser) A. 12124 (Sihota) Q.12066

Omni-Script Services Ltd. (Sihota) Q. 12124 (Fraser)A. 12324

Protection of witnesses to gang violence (Fraser) A. 11972 (McCarthy) Q.11972

Resignation of former Minister of Finance (Fraser) A. 13080 (Sihota) Q.13079

Restraining orders against abusive husbands (Fraser) A.12066, A.12124 (Marzari) Q.12066

Treatment of those found not guilty because of insanity (Fraser) A.12823 (Loenen) Q.12823

DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND TOURISM

DND contract for light wheeled vehicles (Dirks) A. 12690 (Serwa) Q. 12690

Free trade with Mexico (Boone) Q. 12524, Q. 12824 (Dirks) A. 12524, A. 12662, A. 12824 (Gabelmann) Q. 12661

Music '91 contracts (Dirks) A. 13081, A. 13240 (Pullinger) Q. 13081, Q.13240

Music '91 resignations (Dirks) A. 12323 (Pullinger) Q. 12323

Ontario deficit protest (Dirks) A. 12111 (Mowat) Q. 12111

Sales tax on imported goods (Clark) Q. 12690 (Dirks)A. 12690

EDUCATION

Dual entry in school system (Hagen, A.) Q. 12454, Q. 12455, Q. 12689 (Hagen, S.) A. 12454, A. 12455, A. 12689

Education funding (Hagen, S.) A. 13182, A. 13183 (Loenen) Q.13182 (Peterson) Q.13183

Funding cuts to rural schools (Hagen, A.) Q. 12455 (Hagen, S.) A.12455

Review of the Year 2000 program (Hagen, A.) Q. 12110 (Hagen, S.) A.12110

ENERGY, MINES AND
PETROLEUM RESOURCES

Long-term Hydro exports (Edwards) Q. 12124 (Weisgerber) A.12124

Power- and gas-line extension program (Edwards) Q. 12217 (Weisgerber) A.12217

Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline (Edwards) Q. 12499 (Weisgerber) A.12499

ENVIRONMENT

Dumping of soil from Expo site (Cashore) Q. 12066, Q. 12067, Q. 12216, Q. 13008, Q. 13239 (Loenen) Q. 12024 (Mercier) A. 12024, A. 12066, A. 12067, A. 12217, A.13008, A.13239

Environment ministry regulations (Cashore) Q. 12215 (Mercier) A.12216

Expo lands (Cashore) Q.13080 (Mercier) A.13080

Former chairman of Hazardous Waste Management Corporation (Mercier) A. 12216, A. 12280, A. 12281 (Sihota) Q.12216, Q.12280, Q.12281

Hazardous Waste Management Corporation (Mercier) A.12498, A.12499 (Sihota) Q.12498, Q.12499

Inland water projects (Cashore) Q.12215 (Mercier) A. 12215

Nitrate traces in Fraser Valley wells (Mercier) A. 12067 (Peterson) Q.12067

Public hearings on Kemano project (Boone) Q. 12067 (Pullinger) Q. 12068

RRI plans for Richmond waste disposal site (Cashore) Q.12566 (Mercier) A.12566

Soil from Expo site (Cashore) Q. 12216 (Mercier) A. 12216

FINANCE AND CORPORATE RELATIONS

Census appointment (Jansen, J.) A. 12500 (Reid) Q. 12500

Fantasy Garden World Inc. sales tax (Jansen, J.) A. 12068 (Clark) Q.12068

Goods and services tax on books (Jansen, J.) A. 12663 (McCarthy) Q. 12663

Government borrowing (Clark) Q. 12169, Q. 12170, Q. 12253 (Jansen, J.) A.12169, A.12170, A.12253

Investigation of possible breach of Social Service TaxAct confidentiality provisions (Reynolds) Q. 12281 (Jansen, J.) A.12281

Medical Services Plan premiums (Harcourt) Q. 12322 (Jansen, J.) A.12322

Pension plan for doctors (Harcourt) Q.12321 (Jansen, J.) A.12321

Provincial debt (Harcourt) Q. 12109 (Jansen, J.) A. 12109

Relocation of Toronto companies to B.C. (Jansen, J.)A. 12499 (Peterson) Q. 12498

Sale of Fantasy Garden World Inc. (Clark) Q. 12023 (Jansen, J.) 12023

Sales tax on imported goods (Jansen, J.) A. 12454 (Reid) Q.12454

Silver Drake Resources (Jansen, J.) A. 12068 (Sihota) Q.12025, Q.12068

Value-for-money auditing (Harcourt) Q. 12109 (Jansen, J.) A.12109

FORESTS

BCTV series on Swedish forestry (Richmond) A. 13008 (Smith) Q.13007

Earth First organization (Crandall) Q. 12123 (Richmond) A.12123

Forestry memorandum of understanding (Richmond)A. 11946 (Vant) Q. 11946

Seedlings for reforestation (Miller) Q.12170, Q.12171 (Richmond) A.12170, A.12171

Silviculture funding (Miller) Q.12122, Q.12525 (Richmond) A.12122, A.12525

HEALTH AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE
FOR SENIORS

Abortion services (Harcourt) Q. 13007, Q. 13239 (Strachan) A.13007, A.13239

Funding for Pap tests (Boone) Q. 12024, Q. 12025 (Strachan) A.12024, A.12025

Hospital laundry services contracts (Perry) Q. 12255 (Strachan) A.12324

Medical Services Plan premiums (Harcourt) Q. 12322 (Jansen, J.) A.12322

Salaries of hospital administrators (Clark) Q. 13182 (Perry) Q. 13181 (Strachan) A.13181, A.13182

Tobacco industry lobby (Perry) Q.12217 (Strachan) A. 12217

LABOUR AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Closure of Royal Oak Inn (Huberts) Q. 12929 (Rabbitt) A.12929

Flight access for physically challenged (Barlee) Q. 12454 (Rabbitt) A.12751

Funding for alcohol and substance abuse prevention program (Hagen, A.) Q.12616 (Rabbitt) A.12616

GST on furniture and appliances (Peterson) Q. 13081 (Rabbitt) A.13081

Salary increases for Crown corporation employees (Clark) Q.13183 (Rabbitt) A.13183

LANDS AND PARKS

Expo lands (Cashore) Q. 13080 (Parker) A.13080

Heli-ski industry safety standards (Parker) A. 12067 (Pullinger) Q.12067

Royal Vancouver Yacht Club parking lot (Marzari) Q. 13081 (Parker) A.13082

Soil from Expo site (Cashore) Q. 13009

MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS,
RECREATION AND CULTURE

Chair of Greater Vancouver Regional District (Loenen) Q.12455 (Bruce) A.12455

Preservation of W.A.C. Bennett home (Bruce) A. 13009 (Serwa) Q.13009

NATIVE AFFAIRS

First Citizens' Fund (Hanson, G.) Q. 12024 (Savage) A.12024

First Citizens' Fund loans (Savage) A. 13008 (Zirnhelt) Q.13008

Sechelt Indian land claims (Long) Q.13240

PREMIER

Access to government information (Jones) Q. 12691

Access to report alleging media bias against government (Johnston) A.12825 (D’Arcy) Q.12825

Dumping of soil from Expo site (Cashore) Q.12524

Enrolment cuts at Vancouver Community College (Jones) Q.12567

Free trade with Mexico (Boone) Q. 12749, Q. 12824 (Johnston) A.12749

Government advertising (Blencoe) Q. 12663 (Johnston) A.12663

Government borrowing (Clark) Q. 12169, Q. 12253 (Johnston) A.12253

Labour and Justice Committee meeting (Ree) Q. 12928

Medical Services Plan premiums (Harcourt) Q. 12322 (Johnston) A.12322

Police communications system (Sihota) Q. 12662

Privatization (Johnston) A. 12749 (Lovick) Q.12749

Provincial taxation levels (Harcourt) Q. 12823 (Johnston) A.12823

Public Accounts Committee meeting (Johnston) A. 12750, A. 12927 (Jones) Q.12927 (Marzari) Q. 12750

Resignation of former Minister of Finance (Johnston) A.12111 (Sihota) Q.12111

Sale of Fantasy Garden World Inc. (Clark) Q. 11945, Q. 11946, Q. 11947, Q. 11971, Q. 11972 (Johnston) A. 11945, A.11946, A.11947, A.11972, A.11973 (Sihota) Q.11945, Q.11946, Q.11947, Q. 11973

Sheriff service cutbacks (Messmer) A. 12691 (Sihota) Q.12690

PROVINCIAL SECRETARY AND
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR
MULTICULTURALISM AND IMMIGRATION

Apportioning of legislative constituencies by gender (Smith) Q.13241 (Veitch) A.13241

B.C. Lottery advertisement (Cull) Q.12887 (Veitch) A. 12887

Government advertising restriction (Blencoe) Q. 12617 (Veitch) A. 12617

Lottery grants (Clark) Q. 12615 (Veitch) A.12615

Referendum questions (D’Arcy) Q. 13240 (Veitch) A. 13240

Use of MLA letterhead (Reid) Q. 12616 (Veitch) A. 12616

Voter registration (Hanson, G.) Q. 12323 (Veitch) A. 12323

SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOUSING

Bible Fellowship Housing Society (Jacobsen) A. 12453, A. 12525 (Sihota) Q. 12453, Q.12525

CMHC Mortgage coverage (Jacobsen) A. 12499 (McCarthy) Q.12499

Completion of rental housing units (Blencoe) Q. 12254 (Jacobsen) A.12254

SOLICITOR-GENERAL

Child safety (McCarthy) Q.12170 (Messmer) A.12170

Criminal injury compensation for sexual abuse victims (Marzari) Q.12123 (Messmer) A.12171

Disposition of Peden letter (Messmer) A. 12928 (Sihota) Q.12928

Police communications system (Sihota) Q. 12662 (Messmer) A.12662

TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS

Contractual obligations of Stena Line (Blencoe) Q. 12455 (Hanson, L.) A.12455

Increase in gasoline tax (Barlee) Q.12886 (Hanson, L.) A.12886 (Loenen) Q.12886

Island Highway expansion plans (Couvelier) Q.13081 (Hanson, L.) A.13081

SkyTrain operational problems (Hanson, L.) A. 12567 (McCarthy) Q.12567

Victoria-to-Seattle ferry service (Blencoe) Q. 12567 (Hanson, L.) A.12567

WOMEN'S PROGRAMS AND GOVERNMENT
SERVICES AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE
FOR FAMILIES

Criminal injury compensation for sexual abuse victims (Marzari) Q. 12123

Government forms printed in U.S. (Gran) A.12255, A. 12282 (Janssen, G.) Q.12254, Q.12282

Government rental of office space (Clark) Q. 12691 (Gran) A.12692, A.12886 (Marzari) Q.12886

James Tyhurst case (Vant) Q. 12662, Q. 12691 (Gran)A. 12662, A.12691

Mailing of partisan material from minister's office (Rose) Q. 12661 (Gran) A.12661, A.12692

Omni-Script Services Ltd. (Gran) A. 12750 (Sihota) Q. 12124, Q.12750

Use of government aircraft (Gran) A. 12689 (Rose) Q. 12689


Order of British Columbia

Awarding of (Throne speech) 11931

Orders of the Day of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Mentioned: (Edwards) 13179 (Fraser) 12876 (Hagen, A.) 13175 (Rose) 12006 (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) 12224

Orleans family

Mount Layton Hotsprings development (Parker) 12140

Orthopedic apparatus

Braces for children, Pharmacare coverage for (Cull) 12030

Committee on (Cull) 12473-4, 12474 (Strachan) 12474

Pharmacare coverage for (Cull) 12473-4, 12474 (Strachan) 12474, 12474-5

Orthotics

See: Orthopedic apparatus

Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary

Quoted (Rabbitt) 12969

Outdoor recreation

Recreation routes, protection of (Zirnhelt) 13212-3

Wilderness areas, recreational use of (Zirnhelt) 13212-3

Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia

Recommendations (Zirnhelt) 13212

Owen' Stephen

Discretion to Prosecute Inquiry mentioned (Fraser) 11979 (Sihota) 12111 (Throne speech) 11935

Discretion to Prosecute Inquiry, recommendations (Clark) 12788 (Fraser) 12788, 12794 (Sihota) 12789, 12793, 12878, 12879, 12880, 12881

Mentioned: (Clark) 12788 (Fraser) 12689, 12788, 12794, 12880, 12929 (Sihota) 12789, 12791, 12792, 12878, 12879, 12880

See also entries under Ombudsman

Oxford Child Development Centre, Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Mentioned: (Cashore) 13097

Oxygen therapy

Pharmacare coverage for out-of-province purchases (Perry) 12635-6, 12636 (Strachan) 12636