1998/99 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 36th Parliament

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No. 164

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Monday, April 26, 1999

Two o'clock p.m.

Prayers by Mr. Nettleton.

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

The Hon. G. F. Wilson (Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Minister Responsible for British Columbia Ferries) tabled the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs Annual Report, 1997/1998.

Mr. Kasper presented a petition from residents of the Malahat-Juan de Fuca area regarding the aerial spraying of Foray 48B.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion "That the Speaker do now leave the Chair" for the House to go into Committee of Supply.

The debate continued.

On the motion of Ms. Chong, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

The Speaker declared a short recess.

His Honour the Administrator having entered the House, and being seated in the Chair--

E. George MacMinn, Q.C., Clerk of the House, read the title to the following Act:

His Honour was pleased in Her Majesty's name to give assent to the said Act.

The said assent was announced by E. George MacMinn, Q.C., Clerk of the House, in the following words:

"In Her Majesty's name, His Honour the Administrator doth assent to this Act."

His Honour the Administrator was then pleased to retire.

And then the House adjourned at 5.49 p.m.

GRETCHEN MANN BREWIN, Speaker

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Wednesday, April 28

 

  63  Mr. Campbell to move in amendment, seconded by Mr. Plant--

Be it resolved that the motion "That the Speaker do now leave the Chair" for the House to go into Committee of Supply, be amended by adding the following: "But the House regrets that the government has presided over successive downgrades to BC's credit rating; the government has not balanced the budget in eight years; the government has brought BC Ferries to the brink of bankruptcy with its fast ferry program; the government has wasted billions of dollars on the Skeena Cellulose bailout, Nisga'a propaganda, inoperable minibuses, assorted union sweetheart deals, and numerous other boondoggles; the government has committed millions of dollars of taxpayers' money to the Vancouver Convention Centre, without knowing what the project will cost or how taxpayers will pay for it; the government has failed to keep its promise to create jobs under the Jobs and Timber Accord and has threatened the survival of forest-dependent communities around the province; the government has constantly broken its legislative commitment to homeowners, renters and small businesses by arbitrarily cutting municipal grants by almost $800 million in seven years; the government has signed Skytrain contracts which have been kept secret from taxpayers and will add billions of dollars in unnecessary costs to the project; the government has allowed surgical wait lists to grow and health care to deteriorate, particularly in rural regions; the government has failed to adequately protect children and implement the recommendations of the Gove Commission; the government has failed to protect Burns Bog, while giving a $25 million loan to a private company for the development of a theme park in that fragile ecosystem; the government's economic mismanagement has made BC the only province to suffer a drop in private sector investment from 1992 to 1999, and has caused an unprecedented exodus of people, jobs and companies from BC; the government has increased taxpayer-supported debt by 133% since 1991 and that this government is in a state of disarray and utterly incapable of restoring confidence in our economy and governing generally."

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