The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."
Garde B. Gardom,
Lieutenant Governor
Government House,
April 29, 1996.
Ordered, that the Message, and the Estimates accompanying same, be referred to the Committee of Supply.
The Hon. E. Cull (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations) moved, seconded by the Hon. A. Petter (Minister of Health and Minister Responsible for Seniors and Minister Responsible for Intergovernmental Relations), "That the Speaker do now leave the Chair" for the House to go into Committee of Supply.
A debate arose.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Ms. Pullinger that the debate be adjourned until the next sitting, the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
YEAS -- 40Ramsey Perry Petter Janssen Streifel Kasper Barlee Jackson Sihota Marzari Lovick Sawicki Boone B. Jones Pullinger Charbonneau Hammell Lortie Randall Lord Evans Giesbrecht Farnworth Hartley Cashore Miller Conroy Lali Zirnhelt Cull Doyle Schreck Pement Dosanjh Edwards Copping O'Neill MacPhail Gabelmann Krog NAYS -- 23
Dalton Stephens Tanner de Jong Reid Weisgerber Jarvis Neufeld Campbell Hanson Anderson Blencoe Farrell-Collins Serwa Symons Chisholm Hurd Wilson K. Jones Warnke Gingell Tyabji van Dongen
The debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
The Hon. E. Cull (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Garde B. Gardom,
Lieutenant Governor
Government House,On the motion of the Hon. E. Cull (Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations) Bills (Nos. 2, 3 and 4) were introduced and read a first time.
April 29, 1996.
Bills (Nos. 2, 3 and 4) Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
And then the House adjourned at 12.02 p.m.
EMERY O. BARNES, Speaker