2005 Legislative Session: 1st Session, 38th Parliament


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No. 12

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia


Wednesday, September 21, 2005


Two o'clock p.m.

Prayers by Mr. Krog.

The Hon. C. Hansen (Minister of Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:

Lance Finch
Administrator

The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 6) intituled Northern Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2005 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Vancouver Law Courts,
September 20, 2005.


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. C. Hansen (Minister of Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:

Lance Finch
Administrator

The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 7) intituled North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Vancouver Law Courts,
September 20, 2005.


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. C. Hansen (Minister of Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:

Lance Finch
Administrator

The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 8) intituled Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Vancouver Law Courts,
September 20, 2005.


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. K. Falcon (Minister of Transportation) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:

Iona Campagnolo
Lieutenant Governor

The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 9) intituled Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2005 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,
September 21, 2005.


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 "Members' Statements."

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

The Hon. R. Thorpe (Minister of Small Business and Revenue) presented the Property Assessment Appeal Board Annual Report, 2004.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 5) intituled Supply Act (No. 2), 2005, a debate arose.

The debate continued.

Bill (No. 5) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.

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.

 
82  Mr. Robertson moved, seconded by Mr. Farnworth--
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 Finance Minister's choice to provide a significant tax cut to large corporations at a time when corporate savings are at historically high levels and at the same time families are spending more than they earn to simply get by and whereas the government could have made the choice to provide more relief to families through fee reductions and program enhancements."

The debate on the amendment continued.

The House divided.

The amendment was negatived on the following division:

 
YEAS -- 29

S. Simpson
Evans
Fleming
James
Kwan
Brar
B. Simpson
Cubberley
Hammell
Coons
Thorne
Simons
Puchmayr
Gentner
Routley
Fraser
Horgan
Lali
Trevena
Bains
Robertson
Karagianis
Krog
Austin
Chudnovsky
Chouhan
Sather
Macdonald
Conroy

NAYS -- 39

Reid
Coell
Ilich
Christensen
Les
Richmond
Bell
van Dongen
Roddick
Hayer

Lee
Jarvis
Nuraney
Whittred
Horning
Cantelon
Thorpe
Hagen
Oppal
de Jong

Campbell
Taylor
Bond
Hansen
Abbott
Penner
Neufeld
Hogg
Sultan
Hawkins

Krueger
Lekstrom
Mayencourt
Polak
Hawes
Yap
MacKay
McIntyre
Rustad

The debate was resumed on the main motion.

On the motion of the Hon. S. Bond, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

And then the House adjourned at 5.48 p.m.

BILL BARISOFF, Speaker


NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Thursday, September 22

 
83  Mr. Sather to move--
Be it resolved that this House support the international Declaration on the Principles of Parks.

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