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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. MacKay.
The Hon. R. Neufeld (Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Steven L. Point
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 20) intituled Oil and Gas Activities Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
April 7, 2008.
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.
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.
Bill (No. 15) intituled Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2008 was again committed.
Mr. Horgan moved a proposed amendment to section 14 of Bill (No. 15) which was defeated on the following division:
| Yeas—27 | |||
| Hammell S. Simpson Fleming Farnworth Kwan Ralston Cubberley | Austin Thorne Simons Puchmayr Fraser Wyse Sather | Horgan Gentner Dix Trevena Macdonald Karagianis Evans | Krog Robertson Chouhan Coons Routley Conroy |
| Nays—36 | |||
| Coell Ilich Christensen Richmond Bell van Dongen Les Roddick Hayer | Lee Jarvis Nuraney Cantelon Thorpe Hagen Oppal de Jong Campbell | Taylor Bond Hansen Penner Neufeld Coleman Hogg Sultan Lekstrom | Mayencourt Polak Hawes Yap Bloy MacKay Black McIntyre Rustad |
Bill (No. 15) was reported complete without amendment.
On the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 15) the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas—40 | |||
| Coell Ilich Chong Christensen Richmond Bell van Dongen Les Roddick Hayer | Lee Jarvis Nuraney Whittred Cantelon Thorpe Hagen Oppal de Jong Campbell | Taylor Bond Hansen Abbott Penner Neufeld Coleman Hogg Sultan Bennett | Lekstrom Mayencourt Polak Hawes Yap Bloy MacKay Black McIntyre Rustad |
| Nays—29 | |||
| Hammell S. Simpson Fleming Farnworth Kwan Ralston Cubberley Austin | Brar Thorne Simons Puchmayr Fraser Wyse Sather | Horgan Gentner Dix Trevena Bains Macdonald Karagianis | Evans Krog Robertson Chouhan Coons Routley Conroy |
Bill (No. 15) was read a third time and passed.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 16) intituled Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act, a debate arose.
Mr. Horgan moved the following amendment —
That the Bill be not now read a second time but that the subject matter of Bill 16 be forwarded to the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives to discuss the implications of this Bill as it relates to issues of food security, sustainability and secrecy.
The debate on the amendment continued.
On the motion of Mr. Horgan, the debate on the amendment was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
(In Committee — Section A)
12. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $2,251,994,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Advanced Education, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2009.
Section A of Committee of Supply reported the Resolution and completion of the estimates of the Ministry of Advanced Education.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
By agreement, summary of debate of estimates passed in Section A (Ministry of Advanced Education) to be considered at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.58 a.m.
One-Thirty o’clock p.m.
The Hon. G. Abbott (Minister of Health) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Steven L. Point
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 21) intituled Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2008 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
April 7, 2008.
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.
The Hon. G. Abbott (Minister of Health) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Steven L. Point
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 22) intituled Health Care Costs Recovery Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
April 7, 2008.
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.”
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.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 19) intituled Electoral Districts Act, a debate arose.
Bill (No. 19) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the amendment to the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 16) intituled Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act.
The debate on the amendment continued.
The House divided.
The amendment was negatived on the following division:
| Yeas—30 | |||
| Hammell S. Simpson Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Cubberley | Austin Brar Thorne Simons Puchmayr Fraser Wyse Sather | Horgan Gentner Dix Trevena Bains Macdonald Karagianis | Evans Krog Robertson Chudnovsky Chouhan Coons Routley |
| Nays—40 | |||
| Coell Ilich Chong Christensen Richmond Bell Krueger van Dongen Les Roddick | Hayer Lee Jarvis Nuraney 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 |
The debate resumed on the main motion.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Mr. Puchmayr, 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 Agriculture and Lands.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 6.22 p.m.
HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker
Wednesday, April 9
53 Mr. Hawes to move —
Be it resolved that this House support the concept of independent power projects to help achieve electricity self-sufficiency in British Columbia by 2016 through continuing to support environmentally-friendly run-of-river hydroelectric projects as it has for two decades.
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