2002 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 37th Parliament
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Nos. 118 and 119
OF THE
Thursday, November 21, 2002
Ten o'clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Anderson.
The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."
Bill (No. 70) intituled Residential Tenancy Act was again committed.
A proposed amendment by Ms. Kwan on the Order Paper to section 43 (1) of Bill (No. 70) was defeated on the following division:
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YEAS -- 2 |
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| MacPhail | Kwan | ||
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NAYS -- 50 |
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| Falcon Hogg Halsey-Brandt Hawkins Whittred Cheema Hansen Bruce Santori van Dongen Barisoff Roddick Masi |
Lee Hagen Murray Plant Collins de Jong Nebbeling Stephens Coleman Chong Penner Jarvis Anderson |
Orr Nuraney Brenzinger R. Stewart Chutter Long Mayencourt Johnston Bennett Christensen Krueger McMahon |
Bray Les Locke Nijjar Bloy Suffredine Brice Sultan Sahota Hawes Kerr Hunter |
A proposed amendment by Ms. Kwan on the Order Paper to section 43 (2) of Bill (No. 70) was defeated on the following division:
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YEAS -- 2 |
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| MacPhail | Kwan | ||
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NAYS -- 50 |
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| Falcon Hogg Halsey-Brandt Hawkins Whittred Cheema Hansen Bruce Santori van Dongen Barisoff Roddick Masi |
Lee Hagen Murray Plant Collins de Jong Nebbeling Stephens Coleman Chong Penner Jarvis Anderson |
Orr Nuraney Brenzinger R. Stewart Chutter Long Mayencourt Johnston Bennett Christensen Krueger McMahon |
Bray Les Locke Nijjar Bloy Suffredine Brice Sultan Sahota Hawes Kerr Hunter |
In consideration of section 43 of Bill (No. 70) the Committee divided as follows:
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YEAS -- 50 |
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| Falcon Hogg Halsey-Brandt Hawkins Whittred Cheema Hansen Bruce Santori van Dongen Barisoff Roddick Masi |
Lee Hagen Murray Plant Collins de Jong Nebbeling Stephens Coleman Chong Penner Jarvis Anderson |
Orr Nuraney Brenzinger R. Stewart Chutter Long Mayencourt Johnston Bennett Christensen Krueger McMahon |
Bray Les Locke Nijjar Bloy Suffredine Brice Sultan Sahota Hawes Kerr Hunter |
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NAYS -- 2 |
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| MacPhail | Kwan | ||
A proposed amendment by Ms. Kwan on the Order Paper to section 46 (4) was defeated, on division.
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.59 a.m.
Thursday, November 21, 2002
Two o'clock p.m.
Order called for "Members' Statements."
Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."
Mr. Nuraney presented the Report of the Special Committee to Appoint a Police Complaint Commissioner.
The report was taken as read and received.
By leave of the House, Mr. Nuraney moved that the Report be adopted.
Motion agreed to.
By leave, Mr. Nuraney moved--
That this House recommend to Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor the appointment of Mr. Dirk Ryneveld as a statutory Officer of the Legislature, to exercise the powers and duties assigned to the Police Complaint Commissioner for the province of British Columbia pursuant to Part 9 of the Police Act [RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 367.
The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."
Bill (No. Pr 403) intituled Hansler Ozone Canada Inc. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2002, was committed, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
Bill (No. Pr 404) intituled Gold Standard Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2002, was committed, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
Bill (No. 74) intituled Forest and Range Practices Act was read a third time and passed.
Bill (No. 72) intituled Lobbyist Registration Amendment Act, 2002, was committed, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
Bill (No. 77) intituled Acting Police Complaint Commissioner Continuation Act was committed, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
Bill (No. 76) intituled College of Applied Biology Act was committed, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 75) intituled Forest Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002, a debate arose.
Bill (No. 75) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
Bill (No. 73) intituled Community Care and Assisted Living Act was committed.
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
The Speaker declared a short recess.
Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor having entered the House, and being seated in the Chair --
Robert Vaive, Esq., Clerk Assistant, read the title to the following Acts:
Bill (No. 68) Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2002.
Bill (No. 69) Open Learning Agency Repeal Act.
Bill (No. 72) Lobbyists Registration Amendment Act, 2002.
Bill (No. 73) Community Care and Assisted Living Act.
Bill (No. 74) Forest and Range Practices Act.
Bill (No. 76) College of Applied Biology Act.
Bill (No. 77) Acting Police Complaint Commissioner Continuation Act.
Bill (No. Pr 403) Hansler Ozone Canada Inc. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2002.
Bill (No. Pr 404) Gold Standard Resources Ltd. (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2002.
Her Honour was pleased in Her Majesty's name to give assent to the said Acts.
The said assent was announced by Ian D. Izard, Esq., Law Clerk and Clerk Assistant in the following words:
"In Her Majesty's name, Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor doth assent to these Acts."
Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor was then pleased to retire.
And then the House adjourned at 5.55 p.m.
CLAUDE RICHMOND, Speaker
NOTICE OF MOTIONS
Tuesday, November 26
PUBLIC WRITTEN QUESTIONS
The Hon. C. Clark replied as follows:
Thank you for your question regarding class sizes.
As you know, the School Act was amended in January 2002 to make class size a matter of public policy and enshrined class size limits in legislation.
For the first time in B.C.'s history, there are caps on individual classes and district-wide averages. Individual primary classes cannot exceed 22 students for kindergarten and 24 students for grades 1-3. District wide class size averages have been restricted to 19 students in kindergarten, 21 students in grades 1-3 and 30 students in grades 4-12.
By the Prince Rupert School District's own declaration, class sizes are well within both the class size restrictions for individual primary classes and district wide averages. The school district has reported class size averages across the district to be the following: 16.8 students in kindergarten, 20.9 students in Grades 1-3, 23.3 students in Grades 4-7, and 22.7 students in Grades 4-12.
There is no provision in the legislation for calculating averages for parts of the district or for individual schools. As well, school districts have been given the flexibility to decide appropriate class sizes on a school-by-school, class-by-class basis, provided they adhere to legislated class size limits. School districts make these decisions based on the best interests of students in their schools.
Our number one goal for the education system is to improve individual student performance -- and that's what we're focusing on. We believe class size is only one component of student achievement.
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