Nos. 49 and 50 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Ten o’clock a.m.

Prayers by Mr. Donaldson.

The Hon. M. de Jong (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) 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. 14) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2010 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,

April 27, 2010.


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 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 amendment to the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 9) intituled Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act.

The debate on the amendment continued.

On the motion of Ms. McIntyre, the debate on the amendment was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

(In Committee — Section A)

34. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $380,357,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Forests and Range, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2011.

35. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $50,605,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Forests and Range, Integrated Land Management Bureau, to 31st March, 2011.

36. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $51,720,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Forests and Range, Direct Fire, to 31st March, 2011.

53. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $3,839,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Other Appropriations, Forest Practices Board, to 31st March, 2011.


Section A of Committee of Supply reported the Resolutions and completion 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.

By agreement, summary of debate of estimates passed in Section A (Ministry of Forests and Range) to be considered at the next sitting.

And then the House adjourned at 11.57 a.m.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

One-Thirty o’clock p.m.

The Hon. B. Penner (Minister of Environment) 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. 15) intituled Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act, 2010 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,

April 27, 2010.


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.”

Ms. Karagianis apologized to the House for having released a draft committee document before it had been distributed to all committee members.

The Hon. P. Bell (Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau) tabled the Forest Appeals Commission Annual Report, 2009.

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 amendment to the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 9) intituled Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act.

The debate on the amendment continued.

Pursuant to the time allocation resolution adopted by the House on April 26, 2010, the Speaker took the Chair and put the question on the amendment to the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 9) intituled Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act. Upon the voice vote being taken the Speaker announced the Nays have it. A division was called.

The Speaker made the following statement:

Honourable Members:

I have heard the call for a division and I note that the resolution under which we are currently operating suggests that while a division is certainly callable on the second reading of the Bill, all other motions, which would include the current amendment motion, will be taken in accordance with Practice Recommendation No. 1, which permits the vote to be noted as “on division.” In the absence of any objection, I am prepared to allow the request for a standing division to proceed on the clear understanding that this does not constitute a binding precedent in other circumstances.

The Government indicated they had no objection to a standing vote.

The House divided.

The amendment was negatived on the following division:

Yeas—35
S. Simpson
D. Black
Fleming
Farnworth
James
Ralston
Popham
B. Simpson
Austin
Karagianis
Brar
Hammell
Lali
Thorne
D. Routley
Horgan
Bains
Dix
Mungall
Chouhan
Macdonald
Corrigan
Chandra Herbert
Krog
Simons
Gentner
Elmore
Donaldson
Fraser
B. Routley
Conroy
Coons
Sather
Trevena
Huntington
Nays—48
Horne
Letnick
McRae
Stewart
I. Black
Coell
McNeil
Chong
Polak
Yamamoto
Bell
Krueger
Bennett
Stilwell
Hawes
Hogg
Thornthwaite
Hayer
Lee
Barnett
Bloy
Reid
Thomson
Lekstrom
Penner
de Jong
Campbell
Hansen
Bond
MacDiarmid
Abbott
Falcon
Coleman
Yap
Heed
Cantelon
Les
Sultan
McIntyre
Rustad
Cadieux
van Dongen
Howard
Lake
Foster
Slater
Dalton
Pimm

The debate resumed on the main motion.

On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 9) intituled Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act, the House divided.

Motion agreed to on the following division:

Yeas—48
Horne
Letnick
McRae
Stewart
I. Black
Coell
McNeil
Chong
Polak
Yamamoto
Bell
Krueger
Bennett
Stilwell
Hawes
Hogg
Thornthwaite
Hayer
Lee
Barnett
Bloy
Reid
Thomson
Lekstrom
Penner
de Jong
Campbell
Hansen
Bond
MacDiarmid
Abbott
Falcon
Coleman
Yap
Heed
Cantelon
Les
Sultan
McIntyre
Rustad
Cadieux
van Dongen
Howard
Lake
Foster
Slater
Dalton
Pimm
Nays—35
S. Simpson
D. Black
Fleming
Farnworth
James
Ralston
Popham
B. Simpson
Austin
Karagianis
Brar
Hammell
Lali
Thorne
D. Routley
Horgan
Bains
Dix
Mungall
Chouhan
Macdonald
Corrigan
Chandra Herbert
Krog
Simons
Gentner
Elmore
Donaldson
Fraser
B. Routley
Conroy
Coons
Sather
Trevena
Huntington

Bill (No. 9) read a second time and upon the motion by Hon. C. Hansen (Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier) to move the Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today, a division was called.

Mr. Speaker ruled that the motion to refer the Bill to the Committee of the Whole for consideration at the next sitting after today is administrative in nature and not subject to debate, amendment or division.

On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 11) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010, a debate arose.

On the motion of Mr. Krog, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

(In Committee — Section A)

13. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $2,114,060,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2011.


Section A of Committee of Supply reported the Resolution and completion of the estimates of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development.

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 and Labour Market Development) to be considered at the next sitting.

And then the House adjourned at 6.24 p.m.

HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker

NOTICE OF BILLS

Thursday, April 29

Ms. Karagianis to introduce a Bill intituled First Nations Heritage Protection and Conservation Act, 2010.