Nos. 98 and 99 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Ten o’clock a.m.

Prayers by Mr. Krog.

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.

On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 36) intituled School Amendment Act, 2012, a debate arose.

The debate continued.

On the motion of Mr. Sather, 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 Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Report to be considered at the next sitting.

Committee to sit again at the next sitting.

And then the House adjourned at 11.54 a.m.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

One-thirty o’clock p.m.

By leave, the Hon. C. Clark (Premier) moved —

That Mr. Rick Hansen be permitted to address this Assembly from the Bar of the House.

Motion agreed to.

Mr. Rick Hansen was conducted to the Bar of the House.

The Hon. C. Clark (Premier) made a statement regarding the 25th anniversary of the Man in Motion World Tour.

Mr. Dix made a statement.

Mr. Rick Hansen addressed the Legislative Assembly.

The Hon. S. Bond (Minister of Justice and 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. 41) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2012 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Vancouver Law Courts,

May 1, 2012.


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 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. 36) intituled School Amendment Act, 2012.

The debate continued.

The House divided.

Motion agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:

Yeas—72
Rustad
McIntyre
Reid
Thomson
Lekstrom
Yap
Yamamoto
McNeil
Lake
MacDiarmid
McRae
Stilwell
Letnick
Barnett
Lee
Sultan
Dalton
Hawes
Coell
Krueger
Heed
Cadieux
Polak
Bell
Coleman
Falcon
Bond
de Jong
Abbott
Hansen
Les
Hayer
Bloy
Cantelon
Bennett
Pimm
Hogg
Howard
Thornthwaite
S. Simpson
Corrigan
Farnworth
Ralston
Kwan
Lali
Austin
Conroy
Brar
Donaldson
Stewart
Foster
Hammell
Trevena
Elmore
Bains
Mungall
Karagianis
Chandra Herbert
Krog
Popham
Fraser
B. Routley
Macdonald
Coons
B. Simpson
van Dongen
Horne
Slater
Black
Thorne
Gentner
Sather

Bill (No. 36) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.

On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 37) intituled Animal Health Act, a debate arose.

On the motion of Ms. Popham, 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 Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Report to be considered at the next sitting.

Committee to sit again at the next sitting.

By notice from Mr. Sultan to the Table, notice to introduce a Bill intituled Family Compensation Act Amendment Act, 2011 was withdrawn from the Order Paper.

And then the House adjourned at 6.25 p.m.

HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker