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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Pimm.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Order called for “Private Members’ Statements.”
12 By leave, Mr. Austin moved —
Be it resolved that this House recognize the importance of public libraries and the crucial services they provide as literacy is the underpinning of all learning.
A debate arose.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Mr. Les the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 11.57 a.m.
One-Thirty o’clock p.m.
The Hon. M. de Jong (Attorney General) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:
Lance Finch
Administrator
The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 12) intituled Ombudsman Amendment Act, 2009 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Vancouver Law Courts,
October 5, 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.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
By leave, the Hon. M. de Jong moved —
That effective immediately, the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia be amended as follows for the duration of the First Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament, which commenced on August 25, 2009:
1. That Standing Order 2 (1) is deleted and the following substituted:
Sittings
Daily sittings.
2. That Standing Order 3 be deleted and the following substituted:
Hour of interruption.
Motion agreed to.
By leave, the Hon. M. de Jong moved —
That a Special Commitee be appointed to review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSBC 1996 c. 165) pursuant to section 80 of that Act, and that the Special Committee so appointed shall have the powers of a Select Standing Committee and is also empowered:
(a) to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee;
(b) to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
(c) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient;
(d) to conduct public consultations by any means the Committee considers appropriate, including but not limited to public meetings and electronic means; and
(e) to retain personnel as required to assist the Committee;
and shall report to the House by May 31, 2010; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.
That the said Special Committee is to be composed of Ron Cantelon (Convenor), Eric Foster, Douglas Horne, Marc Dalton, Ralph Sultan, Harry Bloy, Stephanie Cadieux, Doug Routley, Harry Lali, Guy Gentner, Katrine Conroy and Jenny Kwan.
Motion agreed to.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Order called for Committee of Supply.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of Supply.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 8) intituled Strata Property Amendment Act, 2009.
The debate continued.
Mr. Ralston moved the following amendment —
That the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 8) intituled Strata Property Amendment Act, 2009 be amended by deleting the word “now” and substituting therefor the words “six months hence.”
The debate on the amendment continued.
The amendment on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 8) intituled Strata Property Amendment Act, 2009 was negatived, on the following division:
| Nays—45 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger Bennett |
Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Lekstrom 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 |
| Yeas—32 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham |
B. Simpson Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne Horgan |
Bains Dix Mungall Macdonald Corrigan Herbert Krog Gentner |
Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Coons Sather Trevena Huntington |
The debate continued.
Bill (No. 8) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
Bill (No. 2) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act (No. 2), 2009 was again committed.
Section 13 of Bill (No. 2) passed, on division.
Section 14 of Bill (No. 2) passed, on division.
Section 15 of Bill (No. 2) passed, on division.
Section 17 of Bill (No. 2) passed, on division.
Bill (No. 2) was reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
Bill (No. 5) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2009 was committed.
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Forests and Range.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 6.25 p.m.
HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker
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