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Thursday, March 6, 2008
10 a.m.
1 Mr. Wyse to introduce a Bill intituled British Columbia Rail Corridor Safety Act, 2008.
2 Mr. Brar to introduce a Bill intituled Ensuring Fairness for Income Assistance Recipients and Low Wage Earners Act, 2008.
3 Ms. James to introduce a Bill intituled Community Care and Assisted Living Act Amendment Act, 2008.
4 Mr. Puchmayr to introduce a Bill intituled Mineworkers Safety Act, 2008.
5 Mr. Puchmayr to introduce a Bill intituled Farm Workers Fairness Act, 2008.
(Afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)
(30 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
(See Schedule A — Government Motions)
(See Schedule D — Private Members’ Motions)
(See Schedule B)
2 The Hon. C. Taylor to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 2) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2008, to amend as follows:
SECTION 64, by deleting the text shown as struck out:
64 Section 2 (2) is amended
(a) in paragraph (g) (ii) by striking out “ securities corporation, ” and substituting “ securities corporation and is not a specified investment business, as defined in section 248 (1) of the federal Act,” and by striking out “securities for a prescribed purpose,” and substituting “prescribed securities,”, and
(b) by adding the following paragraph:
(r.1) providing, to a non-resident person, prescribed management services that are directly related to the business operations of the non-resident person; .
SECTION 121.1, by adding the following section:
121.1 The transfer referred to in section 9 (4) (a) of the Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act, as enacted by this Act, is deemed to have been made from Vote 41 (S) of Supplementary Estimates, 2007-2008 on March 31, 2008.
SECTION 125, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
Item |
Column 1 Provisions of Act |
Column 2 Commencement |
48 |
Section 113 |
By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council March 31, 2008 |
53.1 |
Section 121.1 |
March 31, 2008 |
(Hon. G. Hogg adjourned the debate.)
(Monday morning only) (See Schedule D)
Committee —
Bill (No. 2) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Finance.
Committee —
Bill (No. 5) intituled Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2007-2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
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. 7) intituled Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Community Services and Minister Responsible for Seniors’ and Women’s Issues.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 8) intituled Forests and Range Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing.
(See Schedule D)
37 The Hon. M. de Jong moved —
Be it resolved that this House hereby authorizes the Committee of Supply for this Session to sit in two sections designated Section A and Section B; Section A to sit in such Committee Room as may be appointed from time to time, and Section B to sit in the Chamber of the Assembly, subject to the following rules:
1. The Standing Orders applicable to the Committee of the Whole House shall be applicable in both Sections of the Committee of Supply save and except that in Section A, a Minister may defer to a Deputy Minister to permit such Deputy to reply to a question put to the Minister.
2. All Estimates shall stand referred to Section A, save and except those Estimates as shall be referred to Section B on motion without notice by the Government House Leader, which motion shall be decided without amendment or debate and be governed by Practice Recommendation #6 relating to Consultation.
3. Section A shall consist of 18 Members, being 11 Members of the B.C. Liberal Party and 7 Members of the New Democratic Party. In addition, the Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole, or his or her nominee, shall preside over the debates in Section A. Substitution of Members will be permitted to Section A with the consent of that Member’s Whip, where applicable, otherwise with the consent of the Member involved. For the fourth session of the Thirty-eighth Parliament, the Members of Section A shall be as follows: the Minister whose Estimates are under consideration and Messrs. Bennett, Cantelon, Hayer, Horning, Jarvis, Lee, Lekstrom, and Nuraney, and Ms. McIntyre, and Roddick and Messrs. Bains, Chouhan, Cubberley, Evans, Farnworth, Fraser and Ms. Conroy.
4. At fifteen minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the House, the Chair of Section A will report to the House. In the event such report includes the last vote in a particular ministerial Estimate, after such report has been made to the House, the Government shall have a maximum of eight minutes, and the Official Opposition a maximum of five minutes, and all other Members (cumulatively) a maximum of three minutes to summarize the Committee debate on a particular ministerial Estimate completed, such summaries to be in the following order:
(1) Other Members;
(2) Opposition; and
(3) Government.
5. Section B shall be composed of all Members of the House.
6. Divisions in Section A will be signalled by the ringing of the division bells four times.
7. Divisions in Section B will be signalled by the ringing of the division bells three times at which time proceedings in Section A will be suspended until completion of the division in Section B.
8. Section A is hereby authorized to consider Bills referred to Committee after second reading thereof and the Standing Orders applicable to Bills in Committee of the Whole shall be applicable to such Bills during consideration thereof in Section A, and for all purposes Section A shall be deemed to be a Committee of the Whole. Such referrals to Section A shall be made upon motion without notice by the Minister responsible for the Bill, and such motion shall be decided without amendment or debate. Practice Recommendation #6 relating to Consultation shall be applicable to all such referrals.
9. Bills or Estimates previously referred to a designated Committee may at any stage be subsequently referred to another designated Committee on motion of the Government House Leader or Minister responsible for the Bill as hereinbefore provided by Rule Nos. 2 and 8. (Mr. Routley adjourned the debate.)
E. GEORGE MacMINN, Q.C.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
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