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
Rabbitt, Hon. James (Yale-Lillooet) Minister of Labour and Consumer Services
Address in Reply 12082-5
Alcohol and drug program, New Westminster, funding for A.12616
Alcoholism, programs in hospitals 12400
Compensation Fairness Act, application of act A. 13183
Crown corporations, executives, salary increases A. 13182-3, A.13183
Davis, Jack, tribute to 12083
Drug and alcohol programs, funding for 12440
Economy of B.C. 12085
Forest Amendment Act (1991) 13040
Forest industry, contractors and subcontractors, equipment requirements 13040
Forest industry, contractors and subcontractors, protection for 13040
Forest industry, contractors and subcontractors, security of contracts 13040
Fraser, Alexander Vaughan, tribute to 12083
Goods and services tax and price of furniture and appliances A.13081
Handicapped, Air B.C. flights, access to A.12751
Handicapped, Time Air flights, access to 12751
Industrial Relations Act, success of 12085
International Woodworkers of America pension fund, funding of 12970
International Woodworkers of America pension funds, investment of in silviculture 12970
Job creation 12085
Labour and Consumer Services ministry, staff 12085
NDP administration, 1972-7512084
Ontario, deficit 12083
Ontario, taxation 12083
Pension benefits, guaranteeing of 12867
Pension Benefits Standards Act (Bill 6) 1R, 12195; 12867-8, 12873, 12960, 12961, 12962, 12963, 12963-4, 12964, 12966, 12967, 12968, 12969, 12969-70, 12970-1, 12971, 12972, 12973, 12974, 12975, 12976, 12977, 12978-9, 12979, 12981, 12982, 13108
Pension Benefits Standards Act, administration of, cost of 12867
Pension Benefits Standards Act, administration of, staff for 12962
Pension Benefits Standards Act, amendments to 12873, 12960
Pension Benefits Standards Act, definitions, omissions from 12960
Pension benefits standards advisory council 12867, 12967
Pension funds, protection of in bankruptcy cases 12977, 12981
Pension plan administrator, appointment of by minister 12960
Pension plan administrator, functions of 12969
Pension plan administrator, suspension or replacement of 12867, 12964
Pension plans, information re, access to 12972, 12973
Pension plans, investment policies 12969, 12970-1
Pension plans, investment policies, investments based on social responsibility 12969-70, 12970-1
Pension plans, membership in, eligibility for 12973, 12974
Pension plans, membership in, number of people covered 12867
Pension plans, membership in, termination of 12963
Pension plans, multi-employer plans, boards of trustees 12867
Pension plans, multi-employer plans, representation on boards of 12967, 12968
Pension plans, public plans, employer contribution 12976
Pension plans, public plans, funding of 12976
Pension plans, unfunded liabilities and change of ownership of business 12981
Pension standards 12085
Pension standards, coverage, home-based employees 12961
Pension standards, coverage, limits on 12961, 12962
Pension standards, coverage, low-income earners 12961
Pension surpluses, disputes re, arbitration of 12867, 12982
Pension surpluses, withdrawal of, moratorium on 12195, 12867, 12982, 13108
Pensions as deferred wages 12967, 12979
Pensions, contribution holidays, moratorium on 12195
Pensions, employees, contribution holidays 12978-9, 12979
Pensions, portability of 12195
Pensions, spouse, definition of and pensions 12963
Pensions, survivor benefits 12195, 12977
Pensions, vesting rights, requirements for 12195
Pensions, vesting rule for 12867
Reforestation, funding for 12085
Retirement savings plan 12085
Royal Oak Inn, employees' wages A. 12929
Select Standing Committee on Forests and Lands, work of 13040
Superintendent of pensions, duties 12964
Superintendent of pensions, powers 12964, 12965
Supply Act (No. 1) (1991) 12440
Williams, Robert Arthur, debating style 12083
Workers' Compensation Board, annual report tabled 11971
Yale-Lillooet constituency, description of 12082-3
Yale-Lillooet constituency, roads 12083
Racetracks (Horse-racing)
Delta site for (Clark) 12987 (Reid) 12985-6, 12987
Delta track, capital costs (Clark) 12987 (Marzari) 12995
Radiotherapy
Lung cancer patient, delay in treatment of, case cited (Perry) 12726-7
Treatment in Washington State (Clark) 12130 (Perry) 12009, 12376-7, 12377
Treatment in Washington State, costs to patients (Perry) 12755
Treatment in Washington State, role of Cancer Control Agency of B.C. in (Strachan) 12755-6
Treatment, information to doctors re (Perry) 12756
Waiting-time for (Perry) 12726-7
Radium Hot Springs, B.C.
Assistance to (Crandall) 12185
Rae, Angus J.
Mentioned: Perry 12773
Rae, Robert Keith (Bob)
Mentioned: (Fraser) 11977, 12234 (Hanson, L.) 12241 (Jansen, J.) 12304, 12361, 12674, 12677 (Peterson) 13151 (Reynolds) 12292, 12293, 12296 (Strachan) 12146, 12149 (Veitch) 11990, 12228, 12229 (Weisgerber) 12079
Railroads
Rights-of-way, assessment of (Blencoe) 13159, 13162-3 (Clark) 13158 (Fraser) 13109, 13158, 13159, 13160, 13161, (Kempf) 13162 (Miller) 13159-60, 13160, 13160-1, 13161, 13162, 13163 (Sihota) 13159
Raine, Nancy Greene
Mentioned: (Serwa) 13214
Ranchers
Land use, conflicts re (Barlee) 12955
Range Act
Revision of (Barlee) 12955 (Miller) 12888 (Richmond) 12888, 12955 (Zirnhelt) 12887
Range Amendment Act, 1991
(Bill 5) (Minister of Forests) 1R, 12122; 2R, 12887-8; C, 12995-8; 3R, 12958; RA, 13269
Speakers: Barlee 12887, 12955, 12956, 12957, 12958; Miller 12888, 12955, 12956, 12957, 12957-8, 12958; Richmond 12887, 12888, 12955, 12955-6, 12956, 12956-7, 12957, 12958; Vander Zalm 12957; Zirnhelt 12887-8, 12956
B.C. Cattlemen's Association, consultation with (Richmond) 12956 (Zirnhelt) 12956
Coquihalla Highway, Okanagan connector and grazing licences (Richmond) 12957
Range Act, revision of (Barlee) 12955 (Miller) 12888 (Richmond) 12888, 12955 (Zirnhelt) 12887
Rangelands, use of, conflicts re (Barlee) 12955 (Zirnhelt) 12888
Tenure boundaries, changes in (Richmond) 12122
Tenure boundaries, changes in, appeals re (Barlee) 12887 (Miller) 12956, 12958 (Richmond) 12887, 12955, 12956, 12958
Tenure boundaries, changes in, compensation to tenure-holders for losses in (Barlee) 12887, 12956, 12958 (Miller) 12957, 12957-8 (Richmond) 12122, 12887, 12956, 12957, 12958 (Zirnhelt) 12888, 12956
Tenure boundaries, changes in, delegation of powers re (Barlee) 12887 (Miller) 12955, 12956 (Richmond) 12887, 12955-6 (Zirnhelt) 12887
Tenure boundaries, changes in, problems re (Barlee) 12955 (Richmond) 12955
Tenures, disposition of in cases of ownership changes (Richmond) 12887
Tenures, expropriation of for highways (Richmond) 12957 (Vander Zalm) 12957
Tenures, protection of (Richmond) 12122
Watersheds, Naramata watershed, use of for pastureland (Barlee) 12957 (Richmond) 12956-7, 12957
Watersheds, use of for pastureland (Barlee) 12957 (Richmond) 12956-7, 12957 (Zirnhelt) 12956
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 12783
Range Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1991
(Bill 9) (Minister of Forests) 1R, 12321
Rangelands
Range Amendment Act, 1991. See name of act
Tenure boundaries, changes in (Richmond) 12122
Tenure boundaries, changes in, appeals re (Barlee) 12887 (Miller) 12956, 12958 (Richmond) 12887, 12955, 12956, 12958
Tenure boundaries, changes in, compensation to tenure-holders for losses in (Barlee) 12887, 12956, 12958 (Miller) 12957, 12957-8 (Richmond) 12122, 12887, 12956, 12957, 12958 (Zirnhelt) 12888, 12956
Tenure boundaries, changes in, delegation of powers re (Barlee) 12887 (Miller) 12955, 12956 (Richmond) 12887, 12955-6 (Zirnhelt) 12887
Tenure boundaries, changes in, problems re (Barlee) 12955 (Richmond) 12955
Tenures, disposition of in cases of ownership changes (Richmond) 12887
Tenures, expropriation of for highways (Richmond) 12957 (Vander Zalm) 12957
Tenures, protection of (Richmond) 12122
Use of, conflicts re (Barlee) 12955 (Zirnhelt) 12888
Rankin, James
Quoted (Perry) 12765
Rape
Court cases, judges' remarks (Marzari) 12599-600 (Richmond) 12601
Date rape (Marzari) 11987-8
Date rape, Letendre case referred to (Marzari) 11987-8
Sentences in rape cases (Marzari) 12600
Rat Portage Hill road
Realignment of (Long) 12597
Reach Community Health Centre, Vancouver, B.C.
Mentioned: (Perry) 12202
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
Mentioned: (Perry) 12012
Real estate sales tax
Crown land purchases, tax levy on improvements (Jansen, J.) 12747 (Miller) 12747
Evasion of (Clark) 12736 (Harcourt) Q. 12823 (Jansen, J.) 12736
Evasion of, corporate loophole (Clark) 12654
Evasion of, prevention of (Clark) 12736-7 (Jansen, J.) 12653
Exemption from, buyers with high-ratio mortgages (Jansen, J.) 12653
Exemption from, conservation covenants (Clark) 12654, 12738 (Jansen, J.) 12653, 12738, 12738-9
Exemption from, first-home buyers (Blencoe) 12654, 13093 (Clark) 12654 (Harcourt) Q. 12823 (Loenen) 12252 (Sihota) 12212
Exemption from, transfer of family farm (Clark) 12737 (Jansen, J.) 12653, 12737
Exemption from, transfer of principal residence (Clark) 12737-8 (Jansen, J.) 12653, 12738
“Fair market value”, definition of (Clark) 12737 (Jansen, J.) 12737
“Family farm corporation”, definition of (Clark) 12737 (Jansen, J.) 12737
Manitoba legislation on tax evasion (Clark) 12737 (Jansen, J.) 12737
Property Purchase Tax Amendment Act, 1991. See name of act
Property speculation, tax on (Dueck) 12285
Revenue (Smallwood) 12242
Tax (Clark) 12673 (Pullinger) 11967
Real property tax
Assessment commissioner, powers of (Fraser) 13163 (Lovick) 13163
Assessments, court decisions on (Fraser) 13161 (Miller) 13161
Business property tax, reduction in (Jansen, J.) 12115
Homeowner grant (Vant) 12021
Homeowner grant, increase in (Hagen, S.) 12191, 12484 (Jansen, J.) 12115 (Reid) 12179 (Weisgerber) 12080
Housing, innovations in and property tax (Loenen) 12251
Railway rights-of-way, assessment of (Blencoe) 13159, 13162-3 (Clark) 13158 (Fraser) 13158, 13159, 13160, 13161, 13162, 13163 (Kempf) 13162 (Miller) 13159-60, 13160, 13160-1, 13161, 13162, 13163 (Sihota) 13159
Rights-of-way, assessment of (Fraser) 13162 (Miller) 13162
Rural areas, industrial property, rate on (Jansen, J.) 12797 (Miller) 12797
Rural areas, tax rate and assessments (Jansen, J.) 12796 (Janssen, G.) 12796
Rural areas, tax rate and cost of services (Clark) 12796 (Jansen, J.) 12796
Rural areas, tax rate, increase in (Clark) 12795 (Janssen, G.) 12795 (Pullinger) 11967
Rural areas, tax rate, reduction in (Crandall) 12186 (Jansen, J.) 12115, 12795
Rural areas, tax rate, variations in (Jansen, J.) 12645, 12795, 12795-6, 12796, 12797 (Janssen, G.) 12795, 12796, 12797
School tax. See entries under Education — Finance
Rebbeck, Patricia
Mentioned: (Marzari) 12720, 12894 (Perry) 12721 (Strachan) 12720, 12894
Recreation
Outdoor recreation. See: Outdoor recreation
Recreational areas
Recreational resources, discussion paper on (Parker) 12411
Recreational resources, inventory of (Zirnhelt) 12411
Review of (Throne speech) 11933
Recycling (Waste, etc.)
Blue box program (Reynolds) 12989
Funding for (Cull) 13257
Increase in (Cull) 13257
Recycling (Boone) 12136 (Mercier) 12055 (Reynolds) 12989-90
Recycling hotline (Mercier) 12055
Red Cross Society
Mentioned: (Strachan) 12754
Red Door Housing Society
Rental project, subsidy for (Michael) 13026
Ree, Angus (North Vancouver-Capilano)
Select Standing Committee on Labour and Justice, members, attendance of Q.12928
Select Standing Committee on Labour and justice, report 13239
Referendums
Referendums (Johnston) 12106 (Throne speech) 11936
School districts' use of. See entries under School districts
Use of (Loenen) 12058-9 (Serwa) 12006 (Vander Zalm) 13222 (Vant) 12021
Use of in provincial election (D’Arcy) Q. 13240 (Veitch) A.13240
Reforestation
Forest resources development agreement. See name of agreement
Funding for (Jansen, J.) 12430 (Janssen, G.) 12313 (Miller) 12430 (Rabbitt) 12085 (Weisgerber) 12079
Monitoring of by Forests ministry (Perry) 13206
Reforestation (Brummet) 12069 (Harcourt) 11956 (Jansen, J.) 12118 (Michael) 11962 (Miller) 13191-2 (Perry) 12011 (Pullinger) 12302 (Vant) 12021
Seedlings, number available (Miller) Q. 12170, Q. 12170-1 (Richmond) A.12170
Seedlings, number required (Miller) Q. 12171 (Richmond) A.12171
Seedlings planted, number of (Michael) 12358, 12359
Seedlings planted, survival rate (Perry) 13206
Seedlings, production of (Clark) 12432 (Jansen, J.) 12432
Seedlings, shortage of (Hagen, A.) 12359 (Miller) 12270, 12327
Refugees
Immigrants to Canada, civil rights of (Vander Zalm) 12047, 12048
Refugees (Huberts) 11951
Refuse and refuse disposal
Burning of garbage (Reynolds) 12990
Consultation re (Cull) 12991 (Reynolds) 12992
Delta constituency, garbage dumps (Reid) 12354
Delta landfill (Reynolds) 12990
Garbage, reduction in production of (Cull) 12991
Municipal solid waste, reduction in (Mercier) 12055
Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale constituency, garbage dumps (Reid) 12354
Waste management system, need for (Pullinger) 12302
See also entries under names of cities, towns, etc.
Regina v. Alcaraz
Mentioned: (Sihota) 12357
Regina v. Hartman
Mentioned: (Sihota) 12358
Regional and Economic Development, Ministry of
Staff and space, use of (Janssen, G.) 13217
Regional planning
Regional planning (Cull) 13201
Regionalization of province
See: Development regions
Registered Nurses' Association of British Columbia
Mentioned: (Cashore) 12391 (Perry) 12008, 12910
Reichardt, Joan
Mentioned: (Perry) 12621, 12622
Reichert, Kelly
Peden, George, actions on letter of (Clark) Q. 12928, Q.12929 (Fraser) A.12929
Reid, Graham
Mentioned: (Clark) 13182
Reid, Patrick
Mentioned: (Michael) 11962, 12j46
Reid, Tony
Mentioned: (Jacobsen) 12088
Reid, William E. (Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale)
Achievement tests, Canadian students, comparisons with students elsewhere 12093
Address in Reply 12089-93
B.C. Steamship Company (1975) Ltd., loss on operation of 12355
Brummet, Anthony J., tribute to 12603
Budget debate 12176-80
Census-takers, employment of political candidates Q.' 12500
Charges laid against and withdrawal of (Brummet) 12209
Civil service, wage settlements, limits on 12178
Civil service, wages, level of and private sector wages 12178
Cloverdale Fall Fair, visitors to 12180
Coastal waters, protection of 12179
Compensation Fairness Act, purpose of 12178
Coquihalla Highway, revenue generated 12354
Debt 12092
Deficit, 1991-92 fiscal year 12176
Dropout rate 12093
Education, funding for 12001-2, 12003, 12177
Education ministry, estimates 12552, 12553, 12553-4, 12556-7, 12603
Education system 12001, 12091-2, 12093
Education system elsewhere, problems 12092
Education system, graduates' criticisms of 12091
Employment Plus program 12936
Exhibition Park, use of as park 12986
Expo 86, success of 12090
Expo land, cleanup of, dumping of soil in Richmond 12354
Expo land, sale of 12090
Garbage dumps, Delta constituency 12354
Garbage dumps, Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale constituency 12354
Hartley, Bill, dismissal of as census-taker 12500
Hartley, Bill, employment of as census-taker and NDP candidature 12353, 12356
Health care, funding for 12177
Health ministry, estimates 12715
Highways maintenance, privatization of 12179
Homeowner grant, increase in 12179
Horsey, Mike, tribute to 12732
Hospital for Cloverdale area 12664, 12715
Illiteracy, high-school graduates 12093
Mentally handicapped, employment programs for 12936
Mentally ill, housing for 12179
Music '91, benefits of 12179-80
Music '91, corporate sponsors 12732
Music '91, entertainers 12179, 12732
Music '91, program 12179-80
Music '91, purpose of 12731
Music '91, Victoria event, participants 12731
Ontario, credit rating for province 12177
Ontario, NDP government 12177
Pacific National Exhibition buildings, replacement for 12985
Pacific National Exhibition, Cloverdale, relocation to 12986
Pacific National Exhibition, future of 12985-6, 12987
Private schools, public education system, savings in cost of 12553
Private schools, students, number of 12553
Privatization benefits fund earnings, use of 12179
Privatization benefits fund, homeowners, assistance to 12178
Privatized companies, hiring of employees by 12353
Prosecution of, decision on (Sihota) 12790-1
Racetrack, Delta site for 12985-6, 12987
Riverview Hospital, sale of, use of funds 12179
Sales tax, policy on collection of at U.S. border Q. 12454
School District 34, teachers' actions re students' marks 12178
School District 36, budget 12003, School District 36, capital expenditures 12178-9
School District 36, funding for, block funding, referral of to ombudsman 12177-8
School District 36, funding for, capital funds 12091
School District 36, portables 12091
School District 36, pupil-teacher ratio 12003
School District 36, special-needs programs, audit of 12553-4
School District 36, teachers' actions re Year 2000 program 12092
School District 36, teachers, salaries 12091, 12177
School District 61, teachers, salaries 12002, 12177
School districts, referendums, use of 12553
School districts, special-needs programs, audit of 12553
Schoolchildren, enrolment, funding for 12556-7
Schoolchildren, special-needs programs, audit of 12553
Sihota, Moe, correspondence, use of MLA letterhead for Q. 12616
SkyTrain transit system, Coquitlam, extension to 12354
SkyTrain transit system, extensions 12090, 12354
Social Credit Party, election victories 12089
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates 12936
Teachers, salaries 12002, 12003, 12090-1, 12091, 12092-3, 12177-8
Teachers, salaries, settlements and ability to pay 12552
Tran Sign Corp. Ltd., success of 12354
Vancouver, garbage disposal sites 12354
Victoria, sewage disposal 12355
Victoria, tourists, number of 12355
WasteLine B.C. 12178
Woodlands, sale of, use of funds 12179
Rent
Income tax reduction for low-income renters.
See entries under Income tax
Rental housing
Elderly women, basement suites for (Serwa) 13029
Esquimalt project, funding for (Sihota) 13034
Increase in supply of (Throne speech) 11934
Low-income-earners, rental housing for (Jacobsen) 12931
Rental supply program (Blencoe) 13125 (Jacobsen) 13021
Rental supply program, Esquimalt project (Jacobsen) 13035
Rental supply program, funding for (Jacobsen) 13022
Rental supply program, new units, number of (Blencoe) Q.12254, 12447, 13023, 13024 (Jacobsen) A. 12254, 12447, 13021, 13023, 13024
Rental supply program projects in interior (Jacobsen) 13027-8
Rental supply program projects, municipal approval for (Jacobsen) 13023 (Serwa) 13029-30
Rental supply program units, rent subsidization (Jacobsen) 13027 (Michael) 13026-7
Salmon Arm, vacancy rate (Michael) 13026
Secondary suites (Jacobsen) 13030 (Serwa) 13029
Shortage of, cases cited (Sihota) 13033
Social housing. See entries under Public housing
Units, size of (Jacobsen) 13033
Vacancy rates (Clark) 12131
Vancouver demonstration project (Jacobsen) 13099
Victoria area projects (Jacobsen) 13034 (Sihota) 13035
Victoria, vacancy rate (Jacobsen) 13034 (Sihota) 13034, 13035
Zoning for, bonus zoning (Blencoe) 13097-8
Rentals Mediator, An Act to Provide for (Proposed)
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 12104
Renter's tax reduction
See entries under Income tax
Research
Research and development (Edwards) 12062
Resource Recovery International
Business plans of (Cashore) Q. 12566 (Mercier) A. 12566
Hazardous waste facility, approval for (Cashore) Q. 12566 (Mercier) A.12566
Responsibility
Responsibilities and obligations (Serwa) 13051
Revenue
Ontario revenue, source of (Fraser) 12236
Reduction in, 1990-91 fiscal year (Jansen, J.) 12114
Source of (D’Arcy) 12223 (Fraser) 12236 (Peterson) 12261
Revenue Sharing Act
Mentioned: (Jansen, J.) 12741
Revenue-sharing fund
See entries under Municipal finance
Reynolds, John D. (West Vancouver-Howe Sound)
Brewin, John, bankruptcy 12294
Budget debate 12292-7
Burns Bog landfill, charge for use of 12990
Civil service, employees, severance payments to 12674
Clark, Glen, sales tax payments, confidentiality of information re, breach of 12293
Cypress Bowl Recreations Ltd., privatization of Cypress Bowl 12670
Estimates, debate on 12296, 13147
Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates 12669, 12669-70, 12673-4, 12676
Garbage disposal, burning 12990
Garbage disposal, Delta landfill 12990
Gasoline tax, increase in, Gordon Campbell's proposal re 12991
Greater Vancouver Regional District, waste, disposal of 12990
Greater Vancouver Regional District, waste, reduction in amount of 12989-90
Hayes, James, settlement with 12669, 12673
Hayes, James, suit for wrongful dismissal 12294, 12673
Hertzog, Stuart, income tax, payment of 12294
Legislature, televising of proceedings 12417
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline 12296
New Democratic Party, election candidates 12296-7
Ontario, cabinet ministers, resignations and dismissals 12292-3
Ontario, deficit 12292
Ontario, NDP government 12292-3
Ontario, NDP transition team to 12292
Perry, Thomas L., conflict of interest in role as Health critic, allegation re 12375-6, 12376
Pezim, Murray, NDP, donation to 13098
Poole, David, settlement with 12667
Privatization, success of 12670
Privilege — Clark, Glen, question re sales tax payments by Fantasy Garden World Inc. 12167-8
Recycling 12989-90
Recycling, blue box program 12989
Richmond, waste disposal, facilities for special waste 12990
S&S Stores Ltd., report on business dealings of 12295
Sales tax, payment of, confidentiality of information re, possible breach of Q.12281
Sihota, Bachittar Singh, business dealings of 12295
Sihota, Moe, charges against, recommendation re laying of 12294
Sihota, Moe, foreclosure actions against 12295
Sihota, Moe, laying of charges against William Reid 12294
Sihota, Moe, S&S Investments Ltd., business dealings of 12295
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates 13098, 13099
Supply Act (No. 1) (1991) 12375-6, 12376
Supply Act (No.1) , 1991, debate on 13147
Thomas, Peter, B.C. Housing Management Commission, chairmanship of 13098, 13099
Vancouver, waste, disposal of 12990
Victoria, sewage disposal 12992
Victoria, zoning for low-cost housing 13098, 13099
Waste management, consultation re 12992
Williams, Robert Arthur, credit union, chairmanship of 12295-6
Williams, Robert Arthur, Victoria tax payment, delinquency in 12294
Rhodes, Frank
Mentioned: (Lovick) 11993, 12197
Rice, Norman
Mentioned: (Harcourt) 11959
Richard Blanshard Building, Victoria, B.C.
Smoking ban, enforcement of (Perry) 12618 (Strachan) 12618
Richardson, Blair
Mentioned: (Perry) 12845
Richmond, Hon. Claude H. (Kamloops) Minister of Forests
B.C. Cattlemen's Association, consultation with 12956
B.C. Forest Resources Commission, work of 13249
Child molesting, sentences in court cases 12600-1
College of Teachers of B.C., jurisdiction of 12994
Coquihalla Highway, Okanagan connector and grazing licences 12957
Davis, Jack, tribute to 11940
Dueck, Peter A., Advanced Education, Training and Technology, appointment as minister of 12306
Earth First, actions of A.12123
Education ministry, estimates, debate on 13187
Estimates, debate on 13082, 13134, 13135
Fantasy Garden World Inc., sale of, role of William N. Vander Zalm in, cabinet's knowledge of 13229, 13269
Fletcher Challenge Canada Ltd., sawmills, sale of 13233
Forest Amendment Act, 1991 (Bill 13) 1R, 12985; 13039, 13040-1, 13110
Forest and range resource program, report tabled 12526
Forest industry, annual allowable cut 13233
Forest industry, contractors and subcontractors, contracts 12985, 13039
Forest industry, contractors and subcontractors, protection for 13039
Forest industry, contractors and subcontractors, treatment of 13249
Forest industry employees, protection of A.12123
Forest industry, employment in, jobs lost, government action on 13232
Forest industry, harvesting practices, abuses 13249
Forest industry products, European ban on B.C. products 13250
Forest industry, tenure, panel on 13249
Forest industry, timber, shortage of 13233
Forest industry, value of 13249
Forest industry, value of, evaluation methods 13249
Forest renewal plan, expenditure of funds for A. 12122-3
Forest renewal plan, funding for A.12122
Forestry practices, Sweden, TV program on A. 13008
Forests ministry, annual report tabled 12689
Health ministry, estimates, debate on 12914, 12921, 13187
Health ministry, vote 38, motion that the question be now put 12922
Land use planning in forest industry 12596
Land use planning, role of Indians in 12597
Legislature, adjournment, date and time for 13082
Lumber trade, U.S., memorandum of understanding A.11946
Lumber trade, U.S., memorandum of understanding, meeting on 13250
Lumber trade, U.S., memorandum of understanding, problem of 13249-50
Lumber trade, U.S., memorandum of understanding, renegotiation of 13250
MLAs, ethics and conflict of interest, inquiry into matters on order paper 13226, Naramata watershed, use of for pastureland 12956-7, 12957
Pulpwood products, European ban on B.C. products 13250
Range Act, revision of 12888, 12955
Range Amendment Act, 1991 (Bill 5) 1R, 12122;12887, 12888, 12955, 12955-6, 12956, 12956-7, 12957, 12958
Range Amendment Act (No. 2) , 1991 (Bill 9) 1R, 12321
Rangelands, tenure boundary changes 12122, 12955
Rangelands, tenure boundary changes, appeals re 12887, 12955, 12956, 12958
Rangelands, tenure boundary changes, compensation to tenure-holders for losses in 12122, 12887, 12956, 12957, 12958
Rangelands, tenure boundary changes, delegation of powers re 12887, 12955-6
Rangelands, tenures, expropriation of for highways 12957
Rangelands, tenures, ownership changes 12887
Rangelands, tenures, protection of 12122
Rape, court cases, judges' remarks 12601
Reforestation, seedlings, number available A.12170
Reforestation, seedlings, number required A.12171
Royal commission on forest industry, proposal for 13248
Sawmills, overcapacity 13233
Select Standing Committee on Ethical Conduct and Conflict of Interest, inquiry 13226, 13229-30, 13269
Select Standing Committee on Ethical Conduct and Conflict of Interest, mandate of 11939-40
Select Standing Committee on Ethical Conduct and Conflict of Interest, meeting of 13009
Select Standing Committee on Forests and Lands, work of 13041
Select Standing Committee on Health, Education and Social Services, meetings of 13082
Select Standing Committee on Labour and justice, meeting of 12913
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, meeting of 13179
Silviculture, appropriation for, underspending of A. 12525, A.12525-6
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates, debate on 13082, 13187
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates, debate on, closure 13133
Special Committee of Selection, report 12713
Supply Act (No. 2) , 1991 (Bill 16) 1R, 13142; 13187-8, 13232, 13232-3, 13248-50
Supply Act (No. 2) , 1991, motion that the question be now put 13218, 13266
Supply, interim supply 13189
Teachers, certification review tribunal, establishment of 12994
Teachers, code of ethics for professional conduct 12994
Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 1991 (Bill 14) 1R, 12994
Thomas, Peter, B.C. Housing Management Commission, chairmanship of 13094
Tiananmen Square massacre, anniversary of 12497
Tree-farm licences, moratorium on issuance of 12876
Tsitika Valley, land use plan for 12597
Watersheds, use of for pastureland 12956-7, 12957
Westar Timber Ltd., sawmills, sale of 13233
Women, treatment of in courts 12601
Woodlot licences 13110
Woodlot licences, definition of under Forest Act 12985
Woodlot licences, requirements to be met by licensees 13039
Woodlots program, expansion of 13110
Woodlots, silvicultural activities on 12985
Richmond, B.C.
Expo land, cleanup of, dumping of soil (Cashore) Q. 12066, 12075, Q. 12216-7, Q. 12524, Q. 13008, 13193, 13194 (Cull) 12991, 13197, 13257 (Loenen) Q. 12024 (Mercier) A. 12024, A. 12066, A. 12217, A. 13008, 13195-6, 13252-3 (Reid) 12354 (Vander Zalm) 13266
Expo land dump site, use of (Cashore) 13194
House building, development costs (Loenen) 12250
Meeting, June 19, attendance of Environment ministry officials (Cashore) Q. 12567 (Mercier) A.12567
Transit to (Smith) 12450 (Vander Zalm) 13266
Waste disposal, facilities for special waste (Mercier) 13254 (Reynolds) 12990
Richmond Farmers' Institute, Richmond, B.C.
Mentioned: (Cashore) 12067
Richmond General Hospital, Richmond, B.C.
Mentioned: (Clark) 12130 (Perry) 12620, 12753
Richmond School District
See: School District 38 (Richmond)
Richter, Frank
Mentioned: (Barlee) 12387
Ritchie, Cedric
Quoted (Boone) 12988
Rivers
Projects with environmental impact, review of (Cashore) Q.12215 (Mercier) A.12215
Riverview Hospital, Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Downsizing of (Perry) 12703-4, 12704 (Strachan) 12703, 12705, 12752
Downsizing of, impact of in Surrey (Smallwood) 12807
Education outreach program (Strachan) 12705
Geriatric care (Perry) 12704
Replacement for (Jansen, J.) 12391, 12392
Sale of, consultation re (Cashore) 12207
Sale of, use of funds (Boone) 12136 (Cashore) 12206 (Jansen, J.) 12117 (Janssen, G.) 12144 (Reid) 12179 (Rose) 12392 (Strachan) 12705
Site, use of (Jansen, J.) 12392
Mentioned: (Barnes) 12709 (Cull) 12030 (Hagen, A.) 12918 (Jacobsen) 12353, 13075 (Perry) 11974, 11975, 12706 (Smallwood) 12081, 12811, 13075, 13132 (Strachan) 12710, 12811
Roadblocks
Use of by Indians. See entries under Indians
Roads
Alberni constituency roads (Janssen, G.) 13216
Cariboo constituency roads, work on (Zirnhelt) 12333
Construction of, monitoring of (Clark) 12127
Expenditures on, Social Credit Party constituencies (Pullinger) 12598
Maintenance of, privatization of (Lovick) 11994 (Michael) 11964 (Reid) 12179 (Vander Zalm) 12163
Resource roads, planning of (Zirnhelt) 12035
Secondary roads, funding for upgrading of (Zirnhelt) 12160
Yale-Lillooet constituency roads (Rabbitt) 12083
Roberts, Kim
Mentioned: (Perry) 12841, 12842
Roberts, Stanley Carl
Death of (Strachan) 12888, 12905
Death of, case cited (Clark) 12130 (Perry) 12840-1
Death of, coroner's report on (Perry) 12841, 12842, 12915 (Strachan) 12841, 12842, 12919
Death of, coroner's report on quoted (Perry) 12904
Death of, coroner's report on, recommendations (Perry) 12904-5, 12905 (Strachan) 12905
Roberts family
Mentioned: (Perry) 12842
Robson, Leslie
Tribute to (Cashore) 12073
Rock v. Rock
Mentioned: (Sihota) 12358
Rogers, Robert G.
Mentioned: (Miller) 12271
Rogers, Hon. C. Stephen (Vancouver Sourth) Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
See also: Speaker; Speaker and Deputy Speaker; Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Rulings and statements
Rose, Mark W. (Coquitlam-Moody)
Apples, national marketing agency, proposal for 12405
Bank of B.C., pension fund surplus 12871
Bennett, W.A.C., Social Credit Party government, anniversary of forming of 12689
Canada Pension Plan, history of 12968
Census, Dewdney constituency assistant, employment of as census-taker Q.12500
Civil service, contract personnel and pay equity 12427
Civil service, contract personnel, employment of 12428
Civil service, contract personnel, expenditures on 12428
Colony Farm, future of 12392
Consultants, expenditures on 12428
Councils, advisory councils, role of 12966
Davis, Jack, tribute to 11940
Dominion Stores Ltd., pension fund, court case re 12870-1
Education ministry, estimates 12491, 12502-3, 12702
Elderly in poverty 12868
Employment Standards Act, administration of act, staff for 12962
Equal pay for equal work and labour unions 12427
Estimates, debate on 12364, 12365, 12778-9, 13082, 13137, 13142
Farm income insurance program, funding for 12404-5
Farmland, preservation of, responsibility for 12404
GAIN, applicant for, case cited 13090-1
GAIN rates, review of 12949, 12950
GAIN recipients, earnings exemption 13092
GAIN recipients receiving old age pension supplement and GAIN payments 12949
Government aircraft, use of in Social Credit Party leadership campaign Q.12689
Government Management Services ministry, mailing of partisan material, policy on Q. 12661
Hansard, electronic Hansard, coverage of debate 13137, 13138, 13139
Land Title Amendment Act (1991) 12873-4
Legislature, closure, use of 13133, Legislature, committee system, use of 12007
Legislature, private members' day 12006-7
Legislature, rules, change in 12006-7
Legislature, sittings, night sittings 12778, 12779, 12851-2
Legislature, standing order 35, debate 12007
Mentally ill, housing for 12392
Old age pension, supplement, number of recipients 12868
Pension benefits, level of for women pensioners 12871
Pension Benefits Standards Act 12868-72, 12958-60, 12960-1, 12961, 12962, 12964, 12966-7, 12967, 12967-8, 12968-9, 12970, 12971, 12971-2, 12972, 12972-3, 12973-4, 12975, 12976, 12977, 12977-8, 12979, 12981, 12981-2, 12982, 12982-3, 13108-9
Pension Benefits Standards Act, amendments to 12872, 12959
Pension Benefits Standards Act, definitions, omissions from 12959-60, 12961, 12962
Pension benefits standards advisory council, members 12967
Pension benefits standards advisory council, role of 12966-7
Pension funds, protection of in bankruptcy cases 12871, 12977, 12981
Pension plan administrator, appointment of by minister 12960
Pension plan administrator, functions of 12968-9
Pension plan administrator, suspension or replacement of 12964
Pension plans, information re, access to 12972, 12972-3
Pension plans, information re, provision of to beneficiaries 12971
Pension plans, investment policies 12870, 12969, 12970, 12971
Pension plans, investment policies, investments based on social responsibility 12969, Pension plans, membership in, eligibility for 12973-4
Pension plans, membership in, number of people covered 12868
Pension plans, membership in, part-time employees 12869-70
Pension plans, membership in, termination of 12963
Pension plans, multi-employer plans, representation on boards of 12967, 12968
Pension plans, public plans, employer contribution 12976
Pension plans, public plans, funding of 12976
Pension plans, unfunded liabilities and change of ownership of business 12981
Pension standards, coverage, home-based employees 12961
Pension standards, legislation elsewhere 12869
Pension surpluses, controversy over 12868
Pension surpluses, disputes re, arbitration of 12981-2
Pension surpluses, use of by employers 12959
Pension surpluses, withdrawal of, moratorium on 12982, 13108-9
Pensions (Smith) 12980
Pensions as deferred wages 12868, Pensions, employees, contribution holidays 12977-8, 12979
Pensions, employers, contribution holidays 12870, 12871
Pensions, indexing of 12870, 12872
Pensions, portability of 12870
Pensions, spouse, definition of and pensions 12871, 12964
Pensions, vesting rule for 12870, 12982-3
Retirement savings plan 12975
Retirement savings plan, consultation re 12429
Retirement savings plan, cost of 12428
Retirement savings plan, legislation on 12429
Riverview Hospital, sale of, use of funds 12392
School courses, enrolment in cultural subjects 12491, 12502-3, 12702
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates 12948-9, 12949, 12950, 13090-1, 13092, 13133-4
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates, debate on, closure 13133, 13135
Superintendent of pensions, duties 12964
Superintendent of pensions, powers 12964
Supply Act (No. 1) (1991) 12364, 12364-5, 12392, 12402-3, 12427, 12428, 12429
Supply Act (No. 2) , 1991, funds, use of 13231
Supply, interim supply bill, amount of 12364
Unemployment insurance recipients, statements signed by 13092
Woodlands, sale of, use of funds 12392
Ross, R.J.
Mentioned: (Perry) 12764
Rotary Club
Mentioned: (Brummet) 12210
Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
See: British Columbia Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
Royal Bank of Canada
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 13125 (Reynolds) 12295
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Mentioned: (De Jong) 12735 (Fraser) 12883, 12929 (Jansen, J.) 12796 (Messmer) 12691 (Reynolds) 12294 (Richmond) 13229 (Sihota) 12662, 12790, 12879 (Smallwood) 12243 (Speaker) 13229
Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, B.C.
Cardiovascular surgery unit, opening of (Perry) 12369, 12372, 12468-9
Visit to (Strachan) 12620
Mentioned: (Jansen, J.) 12371 (Perry) 12013 (Smallwood) 12817, 13083 (Strachan) 12617, 12811, 12846
Royal Commission on Education (1958)
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 12562
Royal Commission on Education (1987)
Establishment of (Brummet) 12071
Recommendations, implementation of (Hagen, A.) 12247
Recommendations, implementation of, funding for (Brummet) 12569 (Hagen, A.) 12247-8, 12416, 12417, 12494, 12543-4, 12544, 12544-5, 12546, 12547, 12547-8, 12549, 12562, 12697, 12698, 12699 (Hagen, S.) 12484, 12494, 12544, 12545, 12546, 12547, 12561, 12586, 12697-8, 12698, 12698-9
Recommendations, implementation of, review of (Hagen, A.) 12559-60 (Hagen, S.) 12561
Report (Hagen, A.) 12055-6
Report quoted (Brummet) 12570 (Hagen, A.) 12056
Mentioned: (Barnes) 12264, 12517 (Brummet) 12571 (Clark) 12129 (Cull) 12031, 12489 (Edwards) 12181 (Hagen, A.) 12003, 12317, 12485, 12529 (Hagen, S.) 12191, 12483, 12513, 12602, 12605 (Jones) 12494 (Marzari) 12518, 12606 (Pullinger) 12303 (Reid) 12091, 12092, 12177-8 (Zirnhelt) 12571
Royal commission on forest industry (Proposed)
Proposal for (Richmond) 13248
Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs (1990)
Establishment of (Guno) 12086 (Parker) 12142 (Strachan) 12148, 12464
Hearings (Perry) 12461
Purpose of (Strachan) 12634
Report (Cull) 12029 (Lovick) 12478 (Strachan) 12478 (Throne speech) 11934 (Zirnhelt) 12033
Work of (Perry) 12008 (Strachan) 12456
Mentioned: (Jansen, J.) 12115, 12116, 12916 (Perry) 12009, 12012, 12385, 12392, 12393, 12623, 12642, 12704, 12819, 12832, 12841, 12847, 12909, 12910 (Smallwood) 12081, 12805 (Strachan) 12459, 12908, 12909
Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, B.C.
Beds, staff and services, petition re (Perry) 12068 (Smith) 12101
Friends of Royal Inland Hospital mentioned (Perry) 12068 (Smith) 12101
Mentioned: (Clark) 12130 (Perry) 11975 (Strachan) 12716, 12717
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C.
Heart surgery facilities (Strachan) 12458, 12469-70
Mentioned: (Boone) 12440 (Perry) 12470, 12764, 12765 (Vander Zalm) 12758
Royal Oak Inn, Victoria, B.C.
Employees' wages (Huberts) Q. 12929 (Rabbitt) A. 12929
Royal Roads Military College
Facilities, use of (Sihota) 12219
Future of (Sihota) 12218-9
Mentioned: (Sihota) 12218
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Vancouver, B.C.
Parking-lot, approval for (Marzari) Q. 13081-2 (Parker) A.13082
Royal Victoria Cruise Lines
Ogden Point lease (Blencoe) 12913
Rubber tires
See: Tires, Rubber
Rugman, Alan
Mentioned: (Michael) 12524
Running
Challenge (Perry) 12195
Rural property tax
See entries under Real property tax
Russell and DuMoulin
Attorney-General, legal opinion to (Fraser) A. 13080 (Sihota) Q.13080
Ryan, Don
Mentioned: (Guno) 12291 (Hon. member) 12291
Rybczynski, Witold
Quoted (Loenen) 12251