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ORDERS OF THE DAY — Continued
No. 8 — Wednesday, February 20, 2013 — 1.30 p.m.
(Monday morning only)
Second Reading —
Bill (No. M 201) intituled Government Advertising Act, 2013, NOT PRINTED. Mr. Dix.
2 Mr. Fleming moved —
Be it resolved that this House urge the Government of British Columbia to immediately withdraw from the 2010 Environmental Assessment Equivalency Agreement, signed between the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office and the National Energy Board, in order to take back provincial jurisdiction over the Enbridge Northern Gateway environmental review to ensure that the environmental, social and cultural interests of British Columbians are heard and protected. (Mr. Hawes adjourned the debate.)
1 Ms. Mungall to move —
Be it resolved that this House act immediately to establish a needs-based, non-repayable student grant program as a way to allow young people to access advanced education across B.C.
3 Mr. Pimm to move —
Given the significant international potential for British Columbia’s natural gas and the new jobs and increased provincial revenue this demand will create, be it resolved that this House fully support this important sector and encourage its growth.
4 Mr. Farnworth to move —
Be it resolved that this House recognizes wrestling as one of the original sports of the Olympics and as a sport that is engaged in by thousands of young people in British Columbia and across Canada, and that this House condemns the decision to eliminate wrestling as an Olympic sport by the IOC and further that this House demands the Canadian Olympic Committee to vigourously oppose this decision and to let both the Canadian Olympic Committee and the IOC know of this House’s displeasure with the decision to drop wrestling as an Olympic sport.
5 Ms. Trevena to move —
Be it resolved that this House acknowledges the unacceptably high numbers of Aboriginal children in government care and be it further resolved that this House agrees to work collaboratively to significantly lower those numbers.
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