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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Krog.
On the motion of Mr. Dix, Bill (No. M 234) intituled Medicare Protection Public Access Act, 2007 was introduced, read a first time, and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Bill (No. 45) intituled Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act was again committed and reported complete without amendment.
On the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 45), the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas—63 | |||
| Falcon Reid Coell Chong Christensen Les Richmond Bell Krueger Roddick Hayer Jarvis Whittred Cantelon Thorpe Hagen | 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 Puchmayr Lali Routley Fraser Hawes Yap Bloy | Horgan Gentner Dix Trevena Bains Karagianis Krog Chudnovsky Chouhan Wyse Macdonald Conroy Black McIntyre Rustad |
| Nays—2 | |||
| Lekstrom | MacKay | ||
Bill (No. 45) read a third time and passed.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the amendment to the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 43) intituled Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007.
The debate on the amendment continued.
On the motion of Mr. Chudnovsky, the debate on the amendment was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 11.58 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
On the motion of Mr. Sather, Bill (No. M 235) intituled Drinking Water Protection Amendment Act, 2007 was introduced, read a first time, and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
On the motion of Mr. B. Simpson, Bill (No. M 236) intituled Public Interest Protection Act, 2007, was introduced and read a first time.
Mr. B. Simpson asked leave of the House pursuant to Standing Order 81 to permit the Bill to proceed through all stages in one day.
Leave was not granted.
Bill (No. M 236) 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. C. Taylor (Minister of Finance) tabled the Report of Guarantees and Indemnities Authorized and Issued for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007.
Mr. Simons presented a petition regarding safety issues on Highway 101 on the Sunshine Coast.
Mr. Simons presented a petition regarding meat inspection regulations.
Ms. Conroy presented a petition regarding Tree Farm Licence No. 23.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the amendment to the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 43) intituled Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007.
The debate on the amendment continued.
Mr. Gentner reserved his right to raise a matter of privilege.
The debate on the amendment continued.
Pursuant to an Order of the House adopted November 26, 2007, all necessary questions for the disposal of the various stages of Bill (No. 43) were put.
The amendment to the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 43) was negatived.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 43), the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas—36 | |||
| Falcon Reid Coell Chong Christensen Les Richmond Bell Krueger | Roddick Hayer Jarvis Whittred Cantelon Hagen 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 Puchmayr Lali | Routley Fraser Horgan Gentner Dix Trevena Bains | Robertson Karagianis Krog Chouhan Wyse Macdonald Conroy |
Bill (No. 43) was read a second time.
Bill (No. 43) was committed.
The title of Bill (No. 43) passed, on division.
The motion that the Committee rise, and report Bill (No. 43) complete without amendment passed, on division.
Bill (No. 43) was reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed, on division.
The Speaker declared a short recess.
His Honour the Lieutenant Governor having entered the House, and being seated in the Chair—
E. George MacMinn, Q.C., Clerk of the House, read the titles to the following Acts:
Bill (No. 45) Maa-nulth First Nations Final Agreement Act.
Bill (No. 46) First Nations Education Act.
Bill (No. 43) Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Amendment Act, 2007.
Bill (No. 44) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act.
His Honour was pleased in Her Majesty’s name to give assent to the said Acts.
The said assent was announced by E. George MacMinn, Q.C., Clerk of the House, in the following words:
“In Her Majesty’s name, His Honour the Lieutenant Governor doth assent to these Acts.”
His Honour the Lieutenant Governor was then pleased to retire.
The Hon. M. de Jong moved—
That the House, at its rising, do stand adjourned until it appears to the satisfaction of the Speaker, after consultation with the Government, that the public interest requires that the House shall meet, or until the Speaker may be advised by the Government that it is desired to prorogue the Third Session of the Thirty-eighth Parliament of the Province of British Columbia. The Speaker may give notice that he is so satisfied or has been so advised and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice, and, as the case may be, may transact its business as if it has been duly adjourned to that time and date; and
That, in the event of the Speaker being unable to act owing to illness or other cause, the Deputy Speaker shall act in his stead for the purpose of this order.
Motion agreed to.
And then the House adjourned at 4.44 p.m.
HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker
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