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
W.A.C. Bennett Dam
Mentioned: (Perry) 12256
Waddell, Ian
Mentioned: (Cashore) 13096
Wages — Minimum wage
Increase in, cost of (Janssen, G.) 13002, 13002-3
Level of (Miller) 13058
Wages — Women
Women's wages (Janssen, G.) 13217
Walbran Valley, B.C.
Mentioned: (Richmond) 13232
Walker, Douglas
Mentioned: (Rabbitt) 12616
Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.
Quoted (Boone) 12988
Mentioned: (Gabelmann) 12238 (Jacobsen) 12088
Wallace, G. Scott
Mentioned: (Jones) 12043
Walls, Douglas
Quoted (Boone) 12039
Walsh, Robert
Dismissal of (Fraser) A. 12824, 12883-4 (Sihota) Q. 12824
Dismissal of and resignation of Melville Couvelier (Johnston) A.12929 (Sihota) Q.12929
Mentioned: (Clark) 12929 (Fraser) 12929 (Sihota) 12927, 13007
War Measures Act (Canada)
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 13004
Warren, Philip
Mentioned: (Strachan) 12642
Washington (State)
Pollution, international commission on, proposal re (Cull) 12029 (Mercier) 12054 (Throne speech) 11933
Sales tax, level of (Michael) 12245
Shopping in Washington by B.C. residents. See entries under Shopping
Waste
See entries under Refuse and refuse disposal
Waste Management Act
Charges laid under act (Mercier) 12055
Mentioned: (Brummet) 12075 (Cashore) 12076
WasteLine B.C.
See entries under Expenditures, Public
Water
Contracts, hearings on policy (Parker) 12412 (Zirnhelt) 12412
Contracts, paper on, information re (Parker) 12411 (Zirnhelt) 12411
Export of (Cashore) 12076 (Clark) 12130 (Janssen, G.) 13215
Export of, environmental review of (Cashore) 12423
Export of, moratorium on licences for (Cashore) 12422-3
Export of, NDP policy on (Cashore) 12076
Export of, public hearings on (Cashore) 13195
Management of resource (Zirnhelt) 12161 100
Mile House water project (Zirnhelt) 13213 108
Mile Ranch, arsenic in water (Zirnhelt) 13213
Water export review committee, funding for (Cashore) 12423
Water export review committee, public hearings (Cashore) 12423 (Mercier) 12423
Water, Underground
Groundwater, level of (De Jong) 12902 (Strachan) 12902
Water Act
Review of (Cashore) 12423
Mentioned: (D’Arcy) 12224 (Mercier) 12423
Water supply
Funding for (D’Arcy) 12223-4 (Vant) 12021
Safe supply (D’Arcy) 12223-4 (Throne speech) 11933
Waterfowl
Nesting areas, protection of (Harcourt) 11957
Watersheds
Clearcutting of and floods (Barlee) 12175
Naramata watershed, use of for pastureland (Barlee) 12957 (Richmond) 12956-7, 12957
Use of for pastureland (Barlee) 12957 (Richmond) 12956-7, 12957 (Zirnhelt) 12956
Webber family
Housing for (Edwards) 13111, 13112, 13114 (Jacobsen) 13112, 13114
Weisgerber, Hon. Jack (South Peace River) Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
Address in Reply 12077-80
B.C. Hydro power, export of on long-term basis A. 12124
B.C. Hydro, Site C dam, review of and power exports A. 12124
Brummet, Anthony J., tribute to 12602-3
Davis, Jack, tribute to 12077
Debt, federal debt 12078
Debt, reduction in 12079
Delgam Uukw et al. v. the Queen, judgment in case 12078
Drugs, cost of to working poor 12632, 12633
Drugs, high-cost drugs, coverage for cost of 12631
Education ministry, estimates 12602-3
Electric powerline extension program, funding for 12418
Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ministry building, name for 12077
Estimates, debate on 13153
Finance and Corporate Relations ministry, estimates 12745-6, 12746-7
GAIN recipients, criminal injury awards to, policy on 13101, 13102
Health ministry, estimates 12630, 12631, 12632, 12632-3
Health ministry, estimates, debate on 13153-4
Homeowner grant, increase in 12080
Indians, health of 12630
Indians, health problems, research on 12630
Indians, health services agreement, proposal re 12631
Indians, land claims, settlement of 12078
Kemano power project, federal interference in 12124
Legislature, televising of proceedings 13153, 13154
Mining industry 12077
Natural gas pipeline extension program A. 12217
Natural gas pipeline extension program, funding for 12418
Natural gas, Vancouver Island, distribution of, funding for 12420
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline 12077-8, 12217
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, construction costs 12420, 12421
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, construction costs, overrun on 12077, 12420, 12421, A. 12499, A. 12499-500
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, construction problems 12421
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline extensions, funding for 12418, 12419
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, hookups for customers 12418, 12419
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline route, consultation re 12420
Natural gas, Vancouver Island pipeline, special warrant funds for 12419
Natural gas, Vancouver Island, rates 12421, A. 12499, A.12499-500
Nisga'a people, health care services 12631
Nisga'a Tribal Council, land claims, agreement re 12078
Ontario, debt 12078-9
Ontario, deficit 12078
Ontario, NDP government 12746
Ontario, welfare recipients, mortgage payments for 13102
Ontario, welfare system 12745-6
Pacific Coast Energy, pipeline construction, recouping of loss on A.12499-500
Petroleum industry 12077
Pharmacare program, refunds, delays in 12632
Pharmacy computer network, development of 12632
Reforestation, funding for 12079
Sick, treatment, travel costs for 12079-80
Social Services and Housing ministry, estimates 13101-2
Supply Act (No. 1) (1991) 12369, 12393, 12418, 12419, 12419-20, 12420, 12421
Welfare
Guaranteed Available Income for Need program. See name of program
Weller, Geoffrey
Publications (Miller) 12833 (Strachan) 12834
Tribute to (Parker) 12141 (Strachan) 12833
Mentioned: (Miller) 12834 (Vant) 12021
Welsh, Ed
Mentioned: (Perry) 12772, 12773
West, Nathanael
A Cool Million mentioned (Miller) 13055
West Coast Environmental Law Association
Mentioned: (Cashore) 12005 (Clark) 12738
West Coast General Hospital, Port Alberni, B.C.
Deficit (Janssen, G.) 12843 (Strachan) 12843
Funding for (Janssen, G.) 12803, 12843-4 (Strachan) 12844, 12845
West Fraser Mills Ltd.
Mentioned: (Vant) 12021
Westar Timber Ltd.
Carnaby sawmill, sale of and tree-farm licence (Kempf) 13246
Debt (Miller) 13245-6
Harvesting practices (Kempf) 13246 (Miller) 13243, 13245, 13247
Hazelton mill, sale of and tree-farm licence No. 51 (Kempf) 13242, 13244
Investments (Miller) 13246
Kispiox timber supply area, harvesting practices (Kempf) 13246 (Miller) 13243
Kitwanga mill, closing of (Miller) 12272
Sawmills, sale of (Miller) 12271, 12432, 13232, 13246 (Richmond) 13233
Tree-farm licences, transfer of (Miller) 13246
Mentioned: (Kempf) 13233 (Miller) 13243
Western Canada Games, 1995, Abbotsford, B.C.
Mentioned: (Throne speech) 11936
Western Canada Water Enterprises Inc.
Contract, revenue to province (Zirnhelt) 12411
Mentioned: (Parker) 12411
Western Capital Trust Co.
Mentioned: (Miller) 12271, 13190
Western Communities, B.C.
Light rapid transit for (Sihota) 12212
Sewage treatment (Sihota) 12212
Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Vancouver, B.C.
Grant to (Strachan) 12202
Mentioned: (Perry) 12201
Western Silvicultural Contractors' Association
Mentioned: (Perry) 13206
Western Star Trucks Inc.
National Defence contract, bid on (Dirks) A. 12690 (Serwa) Q. 12690
Westwood Plateau, Coquitlam, B.C.
See entries under Coquitlam, B.C.
Whistle Blowers' Protection Act (Proposed)
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 12103
White, Bob
Mentioned: (Veitch) 12228
Whitfield, Michael F.
Wife abuse
Abusers, prosecution of (Marzari) 11986-7
Abusers, services to (Gran) 11997
Court cases (Marzari) 11987
Government advertisement re (Marzari) 11985
Incidence of (Marzari) 11985-6, 12408
Police, training of to deal with (Marzari) 12449
Prevention of (Marzari) 12154
Restraining orders for victims (Fraser) A. 12124 (Marzari) 11987, Q.12066, 12154, 12408
Victims, legal aid for (Marzari) 11987
Victims, services to (Gran) 11997 (Marzari) 11985-6, 11987
Victims, services to, funding for (Gran) 12425 (Jansen, J.) 12409 (Marzari) 12409, 12425-6 (Pullinger) 11968, 12303
Wilderness areas
Recreation routes, protection of (Zirnhelt) 13212-3
Recreational use of (Zirnhelt) 13212-3
Recreational use of and liability (Zirnhelt) 13212
Wildlife habitat
See: Habitat (Ecology)
Wildlife management
Advisory committee on (Crandall) 12595
Objectives, determination of (Crandall) 12594
Policy, public involvement in setting of (Crandall) 12594 (Edwards) 12594-5
Williams, L. Allan
Employment of, information re (Clark) 12401, 12401-2, 12402 (Johnston) 12401, 12402
Role of (Clark) 12401, 12401-2 (Johnston) 12401, 12402
Mentioned: (Jones) 12043 (Sihota) 12789, 12790
Williams, Robert Arthur
Credit union, chairmanship of (Reynolds) 12295-6
Debating style (Rabbitt) 12083 (Richmond) 11944
Resignation of (Gran) 11998 (Richmond) 11944
Tribute to (Clark) 11944 (Gran) 11997-8 (McCarthy) 11944-5 (Miller) 12095 (Rose) 11945
Victoria tax payment, delinquency in (Reynolds) 12294
Mentioned: (Fraser) 11977, 12233 (Rose) 12068 (Strachan) 12195
Williams family
Mentioned: (Barlee) 12387
Williams Lake, B.C.
Extended-care facility (Vant) 12021
Water supply (Vant) 12021
Williams Lake Tribune, Williams Lake, B.C.
Quoted (Vant) 12020
Wills, Jamie
Cigarette sales, stand on (Perry) 12618 (Strachan) 12619
Wilson, Bertha
Quoted (Marzari) 12600
Wilson, Juanita
Heart surgery, case cited (Perry) 12754-5
Wilson, Michael
Mentioned: (Dirks) 12824, 12989 (Richmond) 13250
Windermere Valley, B.C.
High school for area (Crandall) 12185
Wine industry
Assistance to (Messmer) 12041
Industry (Messmer) 12041
Witherspoon, Sandi
Mentioned: (Perry) 12202
Witnesses
Protection of (Fraser) A. 11972, 11979 (McCarthy) Q. 11972 (Messmer) 12042
Women
Alcohol and drug treatment programs for (Pullinger) 11968
Courts, treatment of women in (Marzari) 12410, 12599-600, 12601 (Richmond) 12601
Courts, treatment of women in, cases cited (Marzari) 12600
Health centre at Shaughnessy site (Gran) 13211 (Strachan) 12457
Income security for (Marzari) 13202-3
Poverty, women in (Gran) 13210 (Marzari) 13000
Programs for (Perry) 13208
Services for, funding for (Gran) 12425 (Marzari) 12425
Violence against. See entries under Wife abuse
Women's centres (Gran) 13210
Women's centres, funding for (Gran) 13209 (Janssen, G.) 13217 (Zirnhelt) 13211
Women's issues (Marzari) 13202
Women — Wages
See: Wages — Women
Women Against Violence Against Women
Funding for (Bruce) 11984-5 (Pullinger) 11968
Mentioned: (Marzari) 11986
Women in business
Assistance to (Throne speech) 11934
Small business loans program, cancellation of (Boone) 12226
Small business, women in (Marzari) 13000
Women's Programs, Ministry of
Establishment of (Huberts) 11950
Expenditures (Gran) 12426
Funding for (Marzari) 12154
Office space, vacant space on Hornby Street (Gran) A. 12886-7 (Marzari) Q. 12886
Tour of province, correction to statement re (Pullinger) 12351
Tour of province, expenditure on (Pullinger) 12346
Wood chips
Export of (D’Arcy) 12224
Price of (Boone) 12225
Supply of, oversupply (Boone) 12225
Wood-pulp industry
Europe, ban on B.C. pulpwood products (Richmond) 13250
West Kootenay industry (D’Arcy) 13197
See also: Pulp mills
Wood waste
Disposal of (D’Arcy) 13197
Use of (D’Arcy) 13197
Woodlands, New Westminster, B.C.
Downsizing of and staff numbers (Jacobsen) 13067, 13076 (Smallwood) 13072-3, 13073
Funding for (Jacobsen) 13131
Patients, community-based care for (Jacobsen) 13073, 13075 (Smallwood) 13072-3
Patients, number of (Hagen, A.) 13017 (Jacobsen) 13018
Sale of (Hagen, A.) 12249
Sale of, use of funds (Boone) 12136 (Hagen, A.) 12249, 13019 (Jansen, J.) 12117 (Janssen, G.) 12144 (Reid) 12179 (Rose) 12392 (Strachan) 12705
Site, use of (Hagen, A.) 13017, 13019 (Jansen, J.) 12392
Mentioned: (Barnes) 12709 (Hagen, A.) 12918 (Jacobsen) 12353
Woodlots
Extension services for owners (Miller) 13110
Licences (Miller) 13110 (Richmond) 13110
Licences, definition of under Forest Act (Richmond) 12985
Licences, requirements to be met by licensees (Miller) 13039 (Richmond) 13039
Program, expansion of (Miller) 13110 (Richmond) 13110
Silvicultural activities on (Richmond) 12985
Woodruff, Kent
Work of (Rabbitt) 13040 (Richmond) 13041
Woodsworth, James S.
Mentioned: (Rose) 12868
Woodward Stores Ltd.
Mentioned: (Rose) 12869
Woolley, H. Ewart
Quoted (Perry) 12842
Workers Compensation Act
Amendment to (Fraser) 13109
Mentioned: (Fraser) 12994 (Sihota) 13187
Workers' Compensation Board
Annual report tabled (Rabbitt) 11971
Medical review panels, access to (Fraser) 13109
Mentioned: (Hagen, A.) 12537 (Michael) 11963 (Sihota) 13148, 13187
Workers Compensation Protection, An Act to Extend (Proposed)
Mentioned: (Blencoe) 12104
Working mothers
See: Mothers — Employment
World Commission on Environment and Development
Endorsement of (Harcourt) 11957
Recommendations (Perry) 13208
Report mentioned (Parker) 12412
Mentioned: (Perry) 12011 (Serwa) 13213
World Environment Day
Celebration of (Cull) 12502 (Mercier) 12502
World Health Organization
Mentioned: (Jansen, J.) 12384, 12391 (Perry) 12770, 12772
Woycik, Bill
Tribute to (Strachan) 12472-3
Wright, Charles
Mentioned: (Strachan) 12770
Wright, Joanne L.
Mentioned: (Perry) 12625
Wu, Gordon
Case cited (Perry) 12753
Wyman, Robert
Mentioned: (Edwards) 12124