1998/99 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 36th Parliament
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Nos. 220 and 221
OF THE
Thursday, July 8, 1999
Ten o'clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Coleman.
The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."
Order for Committee of Supply called.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section B of Committee of Supply (estimates of the Office of the Premier).
(In Committee -- Section B)
Section B of Committee of Supply reported progress.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.58 a.m.
Thursday, July 8, 1999
Two o'clock p.m.
The Hon. U. Dosanjh (Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Garde B. Gardom, Q.C. Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 97) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1999 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
July 8, 1999
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The Hon. U. Dosanjh (Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Garde B. Gardom, Q.C. Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 96) intituled Electoral Districts Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
July 6, 1999
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The Hon. U. Dosanjh (Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Immigration) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Garde B. Gardom, Q.C. Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 100) intituled Definition of Spouse Amendment Act, 1999 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
July 8, 1999
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The Hon. J. MacPhail (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, Q.C. Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 94) intituled Fee Statutes Amendment Act, 1999 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
July 5, 1999
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The Hon. J. Pullinger (Minister of Human Resources) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Garde B. Gardom, Q.C. Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 98) intituled Cooperative Association Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
July 7, 1999
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."
The Hon. M. Farnworth (Minister of Employment and Investment) tabled the following:
Ministry of Employment and Investment Annual Report, 1997/98; and
British Columbia Utilities Commission, Annual Report, 1998.
Mr. Thorpe presented the Fifth Report of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts for the Third Session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament.
Resolved, That the Report be taken as read and received.
By leave of the House, Mr. Thorpe moved that the Rules be suspended and the Report adopted.
Motion agreed to.
The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."
Order for Committee of Supply called.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section B of Committee of Supply (estimates of the Office of the Premier).
(In Committee -- Section B)
Mr. Campbell moved that the sum provided for in Vote 9 be reduced to the amount of $1.
Motion defeated on the following division:
| YEAS -- 25 | |||
| Whittred Campbell Farrell-Collins de Jong Plant Abbott Neufeld |
Coell Chong Jarvis Anderson Nettleton Penner |
Weisbeck Nebbeling Hogg Coleman Stephens Krueger |
Thorpe Symons van Dongen Barisoff Dalton J. Reid |
NAYS -- 37 |
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| Evans Zirnhelt McGregor Kwan G. F. Wilson Hammell Boone Streifel Pullinger Lali |
Orcherton Stevenson Calendino Walsh Randall Gillespie Robertson Cashore Conroy |
Priddy Petter Miller G. Clark Dosanjh Sihota Lovick Ramsey Farnworth |
Waddell Smallwood Sawicki Bowbrick Kasper Doyle Giesbrecht Goodacre Janssen |