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One-thirty o’clock p.m.
Prayers by Mr. Krog.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The Hon. C. Richmond (Minister of Employment and Income Assistance) presented a petition regarding smoking areas in Royal Canadian Legions.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 39) intituled Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 2007.
On the motion of the Hon. M. de Jong that the debate on second reading of Bill (No. 39) be adjourned to the next sitting of the House, the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas—39 | |||
| Falcon Reid Coell Ilich Chong Christensen Les Richmond Bell Krueger |
Roddick Hayer Jarvis Whittred Cantelon Thorpe Hagen Oppal de Jong Taylor |
Bond Hansen Abbott Penner Neufeld Coleman Hogg Sultan Bennett Lekstrom |
Mayencourt Polak Hawes Yap Bloy MacKay Black McIntyre Rustad |
| Nays—28 | |||
| S. Simpson Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston B. Simpson |
Cubberley Hammell Coons Thorne Simons Lali Routley |
Fraser Horgan Gentner Dix Trevena Karagianis Evans |
Krog Chudnovsky Chouhan Wyse Macdonald Conroy Sather |
Bill (No. 46) intituled First Nations Education Act was committed and reported complete without amendment.
On the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 46) the House divided.
Motion agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:
| Yeas—64 | |||
| Falcon Reid Coell Ilich Chong Christensen Les Richmond Bell Krueger Roddick Hayer Jarvis Whittred Cantelon Thorpe |
Hagen Oppal de Jong Taylor Bond Hansen Abbott Penner Neufeld Coleman Hogg Sultan Bennett Mayencourt Polak S. Simpson |
Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston B. Simpson Cubberley Hammell Coons Thorne Simons Lali Routley Fraser Hawes Yap |
Bloy Horgan Gentner Dix Trevena Karagianis Evans Krog Chudnovsky Chouhan Wyse Macdonald Conroy Black McIntyre Rustad |
Bill (No. 46) read a third time and passed.
Bill (No. 45) intituled Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act was committed.
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 6.28 p.m.
HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker
Thursday, November 29
Mr. Macdonald to introduce a Bill intituled Independent Procedures Act, 2007.
Mr. Sather to introduce a Bill intituled Drinking Water Protection Amendment Act, 2007.
Thursday, November 29
85 Mr. Robertson to move—
That car sharing cooperatives be recognized by this House as an affordable and environmentally responsible way for people to have access to vehicles, and that the government must find ways to encourage their role in BC’s transportation market.
86 Mr. Wyse to move—
Be it resolved that the BC Legislative Assembly seek a posthumous pardon from the Federal Parole Board and ultimately the Federal Minister of Justice for each of the six chiefs of the Tsilqhuot’in hanged as a result of the Chilcotin War of 1864.
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