No. 59 ORDERS OF THE DAY OF THE Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Thursday, May 3, 2007

1.30 p.m.

ROUTINE BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

1   Ms. James to introduce a Bill intituled Parliamentary Calendar Act, 2007.

2   Ms. Kwan to introduce a Bill intituled Residential Tenancy Act Amendment Act, 2007.

3   Mr. Hawes to introduce a Bill intituled Mission Foundation Amendment Act, 2007.

4   Mr. Robertson to introduce a Bill intituled Small Business Fairness and Protection Act.


STATEMENTS (STANDING ORDER 25b)

(Afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)


ORAL QUESTION PERIOD

(30 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)


PRESENTING PETITIONS


READING AND RECEIVING PETITIONS


PRESENTING REPORTS


MOTIONS ON NOTICE

(See Schedule A — Government Motions)
(See Schedule D — Private Members’ Motions)


WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

(See Schedule B)


PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON NOTICE

20  Mr. Cubberley to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 20) intituled School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act, 2007, to amend as follows:

Section 41 is deleted.

27  The Hon. J. Les to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 27) intituled Business Practices and Consumer Protection (Payday Loans) Amendment Act, 2007, to amend as follows:

SECTION 4, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:

Payout of balances on cash cards

112.09 (1) If in respect of a payday loan the payday lender issues a cash card to the borrower, the borrower is entitled to be paid in cash the amount of the balance of credit remaining on the card in either of the following circumstances:

(a) the balance of credit remaining on the cash card is less than the prescribed amount;

(b) the payday loan has been repaid by the borrower and the cash card has expired.

(2) If the borrower is entitled to be paid a balance under subsection (1) and returns the cash card to the payday lender, the payday lender must pay the balance immediately on demand by the borrower or by the director.

(3) On return of a cash card under this section, the payday lender must immediately give the borrower a receipt for the cash card and the receipt must specify the amount paid to the borrower.

(4) Subject to and in accordance with the regulations, the balance of credit remaining on an expired cash card issued to a delinquent borrower may be applied by the payday lender as payment towards the payday loan.

(5) In subsection (5) subsection (4), “delinquent borrower” means a borrower who fails to repay a payday loan by the end of the payday loan term under the loan agreement.

35  The Hon. J. Les to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 35) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2007, to amend as follows:

SECTION 42 (c), in the proposed section 86 (3) of the Motor Vehicle Act, by adding the text shown as underlined:

(3) In this section:

“lessee” means a person who leases or rents a motor vehicle from a lessor for any period of time;

“lessor” means the following:

(a) subject to paragraph (b), a person who, under an agreement in writing and in the ordinary course of the person’s business, leases or rents a motor vehicle to another person for any period of time;

(b) if the lessor referred to in paragraph (a) has assigned the agreement, the assignee;

“owner”

(a) includes a purchaser of a motor vehicle who is in possession of the motor vehicle under a contract of conditional sale by which title to the motor vehicle remains in the seller, or the seller’s assignee, until the purchaser takes title on full compliance with the contract,

(b) if a purchaser of a motor vehicle is in possession of the motor vehicle, does not include the seller of that motor vehicle under a contract of conditional sale described in paragraph (a) or the assignee of that seller, and

(c) does not include a lessee of a motor vehicle who is in possession of the motor vehicle under an agreement in writing with the owner, whether or not the lessee may become its owner in compliance with the agreement.


ORDERS OF THE DAY


COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY

Report of Resolutions passed in Committee of Supply

SECTION A: 6th, 7th, 12th, 14th and 28th of March, 18th and 23rd of April, 1st and 2nd of May.

Outstanding Summaries of Estimates — Section A

Ministry of Advanced Education.

Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.

Ministry of Education.

Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance.

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services.

Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.

Ministry of Small Business and Revenue.

Ministry of Transportation.


PRIVATE MEMBERS’ TIME

(Monday morning only)
(See Schedule D)


PUBLIC BILLS AND ORDERS AND GOVERNMENT MOTIONS ON NOTICE

COMMITTEE

Committee—

Bill (No. 18) intituled Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing.

Committee—

Bill (No. 20) intituled School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Education and Deputy Premier and Minister Responsible for Early Learning and Literacy. (Section 18.)

Committee—

Bill (No. 21) intituled Teaching Profession (Teacher Registration) Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Education and Deputy Premier and Minister Responsible for Early Learning and Literacy.

ADJOURNED DEBATE ON SECOND READING

Adjourned Debate on Second Reading—

Bill (No. 22) intituled Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Education and Deputy Premier and Minister Responsible for Early Learning and Literacy. (The Hon. C. Richmond adjourned the debate.)

SECOND READING

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 1) intituled An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 17) intituled Enforcement of Canadian Judgments and Decrees (Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement) Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 23) intituled Knowledge Network Corporation Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Advanced Education and Minister Responsible for Research and Technology.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 25) intituled Labour and Citizens’ Services Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Labour and Citizens’ Services.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 26) intituled Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 27) intituled Business Practices and Consumer Protection (Payday Loans) Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 28) intituled Securities Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 29) intituled Adult Guardianship and Planning Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 30) intituled Finance Statutes (Innovative Clean Energy Fund) Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 31) intituled Human Rights Code (Mandatory Retirement Elimination) Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 32) intituled Assessment Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Small Business and Revenue and Minister Responsible for Deregulation.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 33) intituled Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 34) intituled Homeowner Protection Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 35) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.

Second Reading—

Bill (No. 36) intituled Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Transportation.


PRIVATE BILLS


REFERRED TO SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, ETHICAL CONDUCT, STANDING ORDERS AND PRIVATE BILLS

Bill (No. Pr 401) intituled Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences Act, PRINTED. Mr. Cantelon.


PUBLIC BILLS IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE MEMBERS

(See Schedule D)


ADJOURNED DEBATE ON OTHER MOTIONS

E. GEORGE MacMINN, Q.C.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly