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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Slater.
The Hon. K. Heed (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:
Keith Bracken
Administrator
The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 7) intituled Police (Misconduct, Complaints, Investigations, Discipline and Proceedings) Amendment Act, 2009 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Victoria Law Courts,
September 14, 2009
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.”
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 4) intituled Wills, Estates and Succession Act, a debate arose.
Bill (No. 4) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
By leave, 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 20 Members, being 12 Members of the B.C. Liberal Party and 7 Members of the New Democratic Party and one Independent. 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 first session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament, the Members of Section A shall be as follows: the Minister whose Estimates are under consideration and Messrs. Dalton, Hogg, Les, Hayer, Horne, Lake, Lee, Letnick, and Ms. Cadieux, McIntyre, Thornthwaite, and Messrs. Bains, Chouhan, Farnworth, Fraser and Mmes. Corrigan, D. Black and Hammell and Ms. Huntington.
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.
Motion agreed to.
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion “That the Speaker do now leave the Chair” for the House to go into Committee of Supply.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Ms. Conroy, the debate 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.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion “That the Speaker do now leave the Chair” for the House to go into Committee of Supply.
The debate continued.
The House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas—45 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Polak Yamamoto Krueger Bennett Stilwell | Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Lekstrom Penner Heed | de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Falcon Coleman Thomson Yap Cantelon Les | Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—27 | |||
| S. Simpson Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham | Austin Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan | Bains Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Herbert Krog | Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons |
And then the House adjourned at 6.12 p.m.
HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker
Monday, September 21
8 Mr. van Dongen to move —
Be it resolved that this House support the actions of this government to fight gang violence and urge all federal parties to continue to implement BC’s recommendations to strengthen the Criminal Code of Canada.
9 Mr. Lee to move —
Be it resolved that this House support the Asia-Pacific Initiative to build economic prosperity through increased trade and investment opportunities with emerging global economies, such as China, India, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia.
10 Mr. Howard to move —
Be it resolved that this House support the government’s efforts to eliminate federal restrictions on international air travel and pursue Open Skies agreements to allow international air carriers to freely transport passengers and cargo to and from Canadian airports of their choice.
Tuesday, September 22
11 Mr. Brar to move —
Be it resolved that this House urge the Federal Government to develop and approve a strategy similar to Australia, United States and several European nations to fast-track approval of enough non-adjuvant H1N1 vaccine much earlier to priority groups, including children, pregnant women and people living in remote and isolated settings, to ensure these citizens are immunized in the month of October rather than delaying until November.
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