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
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