Votes - No. 4 - Friday, March 24, 1995

1995 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 35th Parliament

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No. 4

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Friday, March 24, 1995

Ten o'clock a.m.

Prayers by Mr. Fox.

Ms. Brewin requested that the Speaker convey the best wishes of the Legislative Assembly to Ms. Silken Laumann.

The Speaker advised that he would convey these wishes on behalf of the Legislative Assembly.

On the motion of Mr. Streifel, Bill (No. M 201) intituled Dual Elected Office Prohibition Act was introduced, read a first time, and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.

On the motion of Mr. Schreck, Bill (No. M 202) intituled An Act to Promote the Reuse of Construction and Demolition Materials was introduced, read a first time, and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.

On the motion of Ms. Hammell, Bill (No. M 203) intituled An Act to Designate a Provincial Heritage Site at the Inaugural Plantation at Green Timbers was introduced, read a first time, and Ordered to be placed on the orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.

On the motion of Mr. Krog, Bill (No. M 204) intituled Libel and Slander Amendment Act, 1995 was introduced, read a first time, and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading after today.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the Address in Reply to the Speech of His Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the opening of the Session.

The debate continued.

On the motion of Mr. K. Jones, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

And then the House adjourned at 12.30 p.m.

EMERY O. BARNES, Speaker

NOTICE OF BILLS

Monday, March 27

Mr. Dosanjh to introduce a Bill intituled An Act to Amend the Document Disposal Act.

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Monday, March 27

72 Mr. Dosanjh to move--: Be it resolved that this House urge the Vancouver City Council to use the legislated powers provided to it by this Assembly in 1993, to put a ward system in place for the 1996 election to recognize the view of Vancouver voters in three plebiscites.

73 Ms. Pullinger to move--: Be it resolved that this House, mindful that the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges at Nanoose Bay are used mostly by American Armed Forces to test torpedoes and other anti-submarine warfare technology, strongly urge the Government of Canada not to renew their lease in 1996 and to convert this test range to peaceful purposes for the benefit of the people of the Mid-Island Region, British Columbia and Canada.

74 Ms. Brewin to move--: Be it resolved that this House, recalling that the Victoria Commonwealth Games was the first major international multi-sport event in which disabled athletes participated as full members of their national teams, strongly urge the Government of Malaysia to recognize the rightful place of disabled athletes in competitive sport and support their full inclusion in the XVI Commonwealth Games in 1998.

75 Mr. Schreck to move--: Be it resolved that this House, in this 50th anniversary year of VE-Day, call upon the Governments of Canada and the United Kingdom to negotiate a reciprocal agreement on social security that would include provision for the payment of indexed British old-age pensions to eligible Canadian residents on the same basis as U.K. residents.

76 Mr. Schreck to move--: Be it resolved that this House is of the opinion that education funding must be directed, as much as possible, to children in the classroom and reject the practice of large payouts by school boards to administrators for unused sick leave or for paid leaves of absence.

Tuesday, March 28

77 Mr. Chisholm to move, in amendment, seconded by Mr. Tanner --: "We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, in Session assembled, beg leave to thank Your Honour for the gracious Speech which your Honour has addressed to us at the opening of the present Session," be amended by adding the following: ". . . but this assembly regrets that this government is not putting an end to the policies and the tax grabs that are hurting ordinary British Columbians; that this government in the 41 months that it has been in office has created a debt that has the fastest growing debt service costs of any province in Canada and, even now, in the Speech from the Throne, that this government refuses to take the steps necessary to cut spending and stop hiding from the citizens of this province the amount of waste it generates; and furthermore, that this government fails miserably again in outlining a responsible economic plan to ensure the future prosperity of ordinary British Columbians while it continues to overtax all working families and pour money into the mismanagement of education and health programs which deprive students, patients and other ordinary British Columbians of a future with real, sustainable jobs and services."

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