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Province of British Columbia
1st Session, 36th Parliament
INDEX
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)
June 25, 1996 to March 24, 1997

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Hansard Sittings by Page Number

Vacation B.C.

Tourism promotions (Miller) 1827-8, 1857 (Reitsma) 1827-8

van Dongen, John (Abbotsford)

Abbotsford constituency, issues and concerns 172-4
Agricultural industry, environmental issues 664
Agricultural Land Commission annual reports, content 620-1, 657-8
Agricultural Land Commission, auditor general's recommendations, implementation 623
Agricultural Land Commission, conservation covenants 658-9
Agricultural Land Commission, direct-farm-marketing policy 658
Agricultural Land Commission, funding to administer forest land reserve 659
Agricultural Land Commission, involvement in Iberg farm and B.C. Gas case 621-2
Agricultural Land Commission, local government role 658
Agricultural Land Commission, performance bonds and reclamation work 621-2
Agricultural Land Commission, policy on second dwellings on farmland 622-3
Agricultural Land Commission, regulations, regional needs 621
Agricultural Land Commission, restrictive covenants, use 659
Agricultural land development assistance program, cancellation 665
Agricultural land reserve, changes 623
Agricultural land reserve, development rights on ancient subdivisions 656-7
Agricultural land reserve, protection 623-4
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, auditing methods 661
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry budget, grants and contributions 660
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, corporate review, status 662
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, dairy branch 661
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, estimates debate 599-603, 620-3, 651-2, 656-65, 689-92, 699, 705, 1014
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, funding 32-3
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, funding for Forest Land Commission 659
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, involvement in government program review 34
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, operating costs 33, 660
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, programs 661-2
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, staffing 661-2
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food ministry, work with farmers on environmental issues 662
Agriculture industry, Abbotsford area operations 172
Agriculture industry, competitiveness 599-600, 663
Agriculture industry, costs 599
Agriculture industry, Fraser Valley industry, importance to B.C. economy 172
Agriculture industry issues, funding for improvements 765-6
Agriculture industry, manure application in Fraser Valley, study 765-6
Agriculture industry, subsidization 663-4, 1014
Agriculture industry, waste management, assistance for small operators 760
Agriculture, right-to-farm legislation, implementation 664-5, 1014
Agriculture, sustainable farming groups, Agriculture ministry involvement 665
Agrifood industry, role in economy 663
Agrifood policy, review 662-3, 1014
AirCare program 1144-5
AirCare program, contract with Ebco-Hamilton 1145-6
AirCare program, increase in vehicle inspection charge 1146, 1175
AirCare program, staff 1175
Alaska salmon fishery, industry practices 200
Aquaculture industry, environmental assessment review 33-4
Aquaculture industry, environmental impact report 691-2
Aquaculture industry, foreshore leases, application and renewal process 876-7
Aquaculture industry, foreshore leases, owners' rights 878
Aquaculture industry in B.C. 692
Attorney General ministry, estimates debate 428-30
B.C. Federation of Agriculture, concerns re future of agriculture 663
B.C. Hydro, role in development of energy options 1576-7
B.C. Transportation Financing Authority projects, capital projects and priorities 1144
Budget, 1996-97 budget, goals 173
Budget debate 172-4
Budget process 2035
Burrard Thermal power station, natural gas supply line 1576-7
Buy B.C. program, budget 660-1
Buy B.C. program, status 689
Buy B.C. program, use of logo by producers 689
Chilliwack River, gravel and silt buildup 756
Chilliwack River, inclusion in Fraser Basin Management Board report 755
Coldstream Ranch land use, Agricultural Land Commission discussions 656
Colony Farm, land use plans 651-2
Crown corporations, accountability 2038-9
Crown Corporations Committee, establishment 389-90
Crown Corporations Committee, meeting 2037, 2039-40
Crown Corporations Committee, role 2038
Crown corporations, Saskatchewan committee 2038
Crown corporations secretariat, staffing 2039
Dairy industry regulations, role of local government 765
Debt servicing costs 173
Education funding, learning-disabled students, assessment 1557-8
Education, Skills and Training ministry, estimates debate 1557-8
Employment and Investment ministry, estimates debate 1576-7
Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, estimates debate 755-6, 759-60, 764-6, 795-8, 839, 876-80, 979-80
Environment, Lands and Parks ministry, regional operations, performance measuring 798
Environmental Appeal Board, legislation governing board, revision 797-8
Family law, family court counsellors 429-30
Fish farm workers, unionization 692
Fish farming, moratorium 877
Fish stock conservation, federal role 1862
Fisheries, allocations 602-3
Fisheries, provincial role in federal matters 600-2, 1014
Fisheries, resource management 601-2
Fisheries, salmon fishery, protection 200
Fisheries, salmon fishery, stewardship issues 606
Fisheries, sport fishing industry, support 33
Fisheries, threatened species of freshwater fish 880
Fishing industry, changes 600
Fishing industry, transition assistance for commercial fishers 33
Floods, incidence 755
Forest Renewal B.C. projects, contracting process 839
4-H Club, funding 661
Government accountability 173-4
Government ministers, incentives for budget savings 2035-6
Government operations, federal-provincial duplication 390
Government program review 173-4
Government spending, capital spending freeze and review 173
Grazing enhancement special account, projects 689
Grazing leases, cattle industry concerns 659
Green Plan, agriculture funding 665
Groundwater legislation, implementation 765
Habitat conservation fund, use of funds for crop damage by problem wildlife 795
Heiltsuk Indian band, input into foreshore lease application 879-80, 979-80
Highway 1, No. 1 Road level crossing 1144
Highways, weight of vehicles and damage to roads 1143-4
Koeye River Lodge, foreshore lease application 878-80, 979-80
Labour ministry, estimates debate 1680-2
Land use, foreshore leases and licences 979-80
Legal aid, Abbotsford case 57
Legal aid, eligibility 430
Legal aid, expenditure per capita 56-7
Legal aid, mediation requirement 57
Legal Services Society expenditures on legal aid, federal-provincial cost-sharing agreement 430
Legal Services Society, funding allocations 428
Legal Services Society, mediation services, availability 429
Legal Services Society operations, evaluation 429-30
Log salvage on Fraser River, case of Vancouver Airport area burning 760
MSA hospital construction project, NDP government action 173
MSA hospital, planning stage, continuation 388
New Brunswick legal aid services, comparison with B.C. 429
NDP government, review of programs 2035
NDP government, review of programs, debate in Legislature 2036
NDP government, structural changes 2036
Nicomen Island dike, funding 755
Okanagan Valley Tree Fruit Authority, programs 699
Pacific Salmon Treaty, effectiveness 200
Partners in Progress program 33, 690
Politicians, role of elected officials in delivery of government services 173-4
Premier's Office and Ministry Responsible for Youth, estimates debate 2035-40
Provincial emergency program, funding for damaged property 64
Roberts Bank backup lands, farm leases 656
Salmonid enhancement program 690
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts report, recommendations 174
Shellfish industry, water quality issues 878
Skeena River fish resource, allocation 603
Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, estimates debate 1860-2
Small Business, Tourism and Culture ministry, role in interministry committee on fishing allocation issues 1861
Sport fishing industry, allocation issues and fishing lodges 1860-2
Sport fishing industry, management issues 690-1
Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, debate 32-4, 56-7, 64
Tax levels 2037
Throne speech debate 388-90
Tourism industry, tourism resource planning 1861
Transportation and Highways ministry, estimates debate 1143-8, 1175
Tree fruit industry, assistance 599-600
Trucking industry, competitiveness 1143-4
Vernon sewer project, non-use 798
Wages, fair-wage policy, impact 173
Waste management, interministry coordination on septic regulations 662
Water quality in Fraser Valley 764
Water quality standards 765
Well licensing 764
Wildlife control, Environment ministry action 795
Wildlife, problem wildlife, impact on agriculture industry 795-6
Wood waste, permits for disposal in landfills 759-60
Workers Compensation Board adjudicators, decision-making powers 1682
Workers Compensation Board, customer surveys 1681-2
Workers Compensation Board, financial statement, cash payouts 1682
Workers Compensation Board, nature of offices 1682
Workers Compensation Board, review of operations 388-9
Workers Compensation Board, service quality 1680-1
Workers Compensation Board, small business project, status 1682
Workers Compensation Board, staff 389
Workers Compensation Board, staff performance, measurement 1681
Workers' compensation, long-term disability cases 1680-1

Vancouver, B.C.

Action plan for street youth services (Streifel) 485
Bridge crossings, adequacy (Dalton) 309-10
Courthouse, security project (Dosanjh) 419
Downtown east side job creation program (Weisbeck) 284
Neighbourhood constituencies See Ward system below
Regionalization of area police forces (Dosanjh) 507, 522 (Weisgerber) 507
Sewer and water district debt, assumption by Municipal Finance Authority (Gingell) 14
Stanley Park, preservation (Stevenson) 281
Ward system for city
- information process for citizens (Abbott) 1030 (Miller) 1030
- petition tabled (Kwan) 531
- public support (Doyle) 1584
Ward system referendum
- determination of majority vote (Abbott) 926-7, 1029-31 (Farrell-Collins) 929-30 (Hansen) 1031 (Miller) 926, 934-5, 1029-31 (Waddell) 928 (Wilson, G.) 932-3
- legislation See Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 1996
- provincial government involvement, concerns (Abbott) 926-8, 1028-30 (Anderson) 931 (Coell) 932 (de Jong) 930-1 (Farrell-Collins) 929-30 (Gingell) 933-4 (Hansen) 928-9, 1031 (Miller) 1028-31 (Reitsma) 931-2 (Wilson, G.) 932-3
- provincial government involvement, Union of B.C. Municipalities reaction (Abbott) 928 (Coell) 932 (de Jong) 930 (Farrell-Collins) 930 (Miller) 934 (Wilson, G.) 933
- referendum (Wilson, G.) 1032

Vancouver Charter

Authority to introduce ward system (Abbott) 927
Cited in Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (Abbott) 1045-6 (Sihota) 1046
Provisions re building inspections (Abbott) 1702, 1732-3, 1950-1 (Miller) 1732-3

Vancouver Community College

King Edward campus, immigrant settlement program (Anderson) 464-5 (Dosanjh) 464-5

Vancouver International Airport

Revenue to subsidize other B.C. airports (Clark, G.) 1961 (Miller) 1743 (Neufeld) 1961

Vancouver Island Gas Co.

Financial settlement (Gingell) 101

Vancouver Island Highway

See

Highway 19

Vancouver Island land use plan

Completion (Clark, C.) 85 (Ramsey) 85

Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act

Amendment (Dosanjh) 936
Special Direction, expiry date (Farrell-Collins) 1043-5 (Miller) 1043-5 (Plant) 1043-4

Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline project

See

Oil and gas industry

Vancouver Island regional library board

Funding (Miller) 1783 (Reitsma) 1783

Vancouver Port Corporation

Roberts Bank terminal project See Roberts Bank

Vancouver Pretrial Services Centre

Emergency simulation incident (Dosanjh) 355, 526-7 (Plant) 355, 526-7
Emergency simulation incident, corrections branch report tabled (Dosanjh) 620

Vancouver Regional Transit Commission

Buses, purchase and financing (Miller) 1868 (Symons) 1868
Cost per ride and per service-hour (Miller) 1868 (Symons) 1868
Funding from local tax sources (Miller) 1868 (Symons) 1868
Vehicles (Miller) 1870 (Symons) 1869-70

Vancouver Stock Exchange

Public governor as chair (Gingell) 1187 (Petter) 1187
Report tabled re exchange contributions to provincial economy (Petter) 1538

Vancouver Sun

Article quoted re Cypress Park user fees (Penner) 943
Article quoted re teachers' contract (Sanders) 1439
Article re Indian land claims costs (Cashore) 1765
Article re Nisga'a treaty (Plant) 1849

Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre

Expansion proposal (Chong) 1863 (Miller) 1863

Vancouver Wharves Ltd.

Activities (Miller) 1655 (Nettleton) 1655

Vancouver-Burrard constituency

Issues and concerns (Stevenson) 279-81

Vancouver-Fraserview constituency

Capital projects (Waddell) 176
Nature of community (Waddell) 174

Vancouver-Hastings constituency

Description (MacPhail) 243-4

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant constituency

Issues and concerns (Kwan) 347-8

Vaseux Lake

Silting problem (Barisoff) 755 (Ramsey) 755

Vaudreuil, Matthew

Death (McKinnon) 471

Vavenby, B.C.

Vavenby-Birch Island road, status of bridge (Boone) 1058 (Krueger) 1058

Venture capital

Employee venture capital corporations
- investor tax credit (Dosanjh) 936
- payments to investment protection account payment (Miller) 1034 (Plant) 1034

Venture Training program

Impact of Employment Standards Act (Sanders) 1704-7 (Sihota) 1706-8

Vernon and District Association for the Mentally Handicapped

Petition tabled re payment of wages in work programs (Sanders) 1667

Vernon, B.C.

Sewer project, non-use (van Dongen) 798

VICLAS

See

under

Crime and criminals

Victims of Crime Act

Provisions, impact on other legislation (Dosanjh) 509 (Plant) 509
Purpose of legislation (Dosanjh) 416

Victoria, B.C.

Bicycle lanes on roads (Boone) 1109
Regionalization of area police forces (Dosanjh) 507, 522 (Weisgerber) 507
Victoria accord, projects, progress to date (Coleman) 1634-5 (Miller) 1635 (Truss) 1635

Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, B.C.

Pediatric intensive care unit (Hawkins) 1935 (MacPhail) 1935
Pediatric services (Chong) 267

Victoria Line Ltd.

Annual report, 1995, tabled (Miller) 1994
Business plan (Symons) 1422
Employee wage levels (Miller) 1624 (Symons) 1624
Funding (Symons) 39
Review of company (Miller) 39
Ridership (Miller) 42 (Symons) 42
Seattle-Victoria service
- comparison with midcoast service (Miller) 1612 (Symons) 1612
- current and future operation of service (Miller) 1622-4 (Symons) 1622-4
- future (Miller) 807 (Symons) 807
Service while company for sale (Chong) 1864 (Miller) 1864

Victoria This Week

Quoted re school technology plans (Symons) 1478

Victoria-Beacon Hill constituency

Issues and concerns (Brewin) 252-4, 253-4

Victoria-Hillside constituency

Issues and concerns (Orcherton) 128-31

Violence

Children Who Witness Abuse program See name of program
Family violence
- central registry of protection orders and peace bonds (Dosanjh) 502 (Stephens) 502
- federal legislation (Hammell) 592-4 (Stephens) 592
- incidence among Indians, prevention programs (Hammell) 595 (Stephens) 595
- procedures for handling of incidents (Dosanjh) 501-2 (Stephens) 501-2
- Saskatchewan legislation (Hammell) 593-4 (Stephens) 592-4
- social costs (MacPhail) 1939-40 (Stephens) 1938-9
- victim assistance (Stephens) 593-4
Programs for assaultive men (Hammell) 595-6 (Stephens) 595-6
Stalking See Crime and criminals
Stopping the Violence program See name of program
Violence against women
- Changing the Landscape: Ending Violence, Achieving Equality report quoted (Stephens) 592
- legislation (Hammell) 592-4 (Stephens) 592-4, 1011
- prevention (Hammell) 592-4, 1012 (Stephens) 593, 1011
- remedies (Dosanjh) 501-3 (Stephens) 501-3
- victim support services (Hammell) 563-4, 595, 1012 (Stephens) 595, 1011
- violence against women in relationships, granting of restraining orders (Dosanjh) 506 (Weisgerber) 505-6
- violence against women in relationships, policy (Dosanjh) 501-3 (Stephens) 501-3
Violence on television (Sihota) 1474
Violent crime See Crime and criminals
Youth violence, prevention (Hammell) 596-7 (Stephens) 596-7

Volunteers

B.C. Games for Athletes with a Disability (Krueger) 342 (McGregor) 342
Contribution of service clubs to communities (Coleman) 1760-2
Service clubs (Coleman) 1761-2 (Smallwood) 1761-2
Volunteerism (Coleman) 182-3

Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of B.C.

Printing (Dosanjh) 7

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