Votes -- Nos. 49 and 50 -- Tuesday, April 24, 2007 -- Ten o'clock a.m.

2007 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 38th Parliament

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Nos. 49 and 50

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Ten o'clock a.m.

Prayers by Mr. Simons.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Order for Committee of Supply called.

Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of Supply.

The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 20) intituled School (Student Achievement Enabling) Amendment Act, 2007.

The debate continued.

On the motion of Mr. Sather, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

(In Committee -- Section A)

Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Report to be considered at the next sitting.

Committee to sit again at the next sitting.

And then the House adjourned at 11.54 a.m.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

One-Thirty o'clock p.m.

The Hon. R. Thorpe (Minister of Small Business and Revenue and Minister Responsible for Deregulation) 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. 32) intituled Assessment Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,
April 23, 2007.

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."

Mr. Fraser presented a petition regarding antifreeze containing ethylene glycol.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

49 The Hon. M. de Jong moved--: Be it resolved that in the spirit of the Province's New Relationship with the First Nations and Aboriginal people, the Legislative Assembly accept and adopt the 2001 Report of the Speaker's Advisory Panel titled "A Review of the Depiction of Aboriginal Peoples in the Artworks of the Parliament Buildings" and refer this matter to the Legislative Assembly Management Committee for implementation of the report's recommendation.

A debate arose.

Motion agreed to on the following division:

YEAS -- 68
Falcon Reid Coell Ilich Chong Christensen Les Richmond Bell Krueger van Dongen Roddick Hayer Lee Nuraney Whittred Horning	Cantelon Thorpe Hagen Oppal de Jong Campbell Bond Hansen Abbott Penner Neufeld Coleman Hogg Sultan Hawkins Bennett Mayencourt	Polak Brar S. Simpson Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston B. Simpson Cubberley Hammell Coons Thorne Simons Fraser Hawes Yap	Bloy Horgan Lali Dix Trevena Robertson Karagianis Krog Austin Chudnovsky Chouhan Wyse Sather Macdonald Conroy McIntyre Rustad
NAYS -- 3
Jarvis	Lekstrom	MacKay

And then the House adjourned at 6.33 p.m.

HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Wednesday, April 25

50 Mr. Brar to move--: Be it resolved that this House recommend the construction of the Ambulatory Care Facility in Surrey to begin in 2007 as recommended by the Fraser Health Authority and announced by the Minister of Health, rather than delaying the construction to 2008 as announced by the Premier; and,; Be it further resolved that the construction of the Ambulatory Care Facility be completed by 2009 as recommended by the Fraser Health Authority and accepted by the Minister of Health, rather than delaying it to 2010 as recently announced by the Minister of Health.

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