No. 77 ORDERS OF THE DAY OF THE Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

1.30 p.m.

ROUTINE BUSINESS


INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

1   Mr. Bains to introduce a Bill intituled Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Amendment Act, 2014.


STATEMENTS (STANDING ORDER 25b)

(Afternoon sittings: Monday and Wednesday)

(Morning sittings: Tuesday and Thursday)


ORAL QUESTION PERIOD

(30 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday and Wednesday)

(30 minutes, morning sittings: Tuesday and Thursday)


PRESENTING PETITIONS


READING AND RECEIVING PETITIONS


PRESENTING REPORTS


MOTIONS ON NOTICE

(See Schedule A — Government Motions)

(See Schedule D — Private Members’ Motions)


WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

(See Schedule B)


PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON NOTICE

24  Hon. N. Letnick to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 24) intituled Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014 to amend as follows:

SECTION 1, by adding the underlined text as shown:

1 Section 1 (1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 36, is amended by adding the following definitions:

“executive committee” means the executive committee of the commission established under section 10;

“panel” means a panel established under section 11;

“panel region” means a panel region established under section 4.1;

“zone” means a zone established under section 4.2.

SECTION 2, in the proposed section 4.3, by adding the underlined text as shown:

Exercising a power in Zone 2

4.3 When exercising a power under this Act in relation to land located in Zone 2, the commission must consider all of the following, in descending order of priority:

(a) the purposes of the commission set out in section 6;

(b) economic, cultural and social values;

(c) regional and community planning objectives;

(d) other prescribed considerations.

SECTION 4.1, by adding the following section:

4.1 Section 10 (3) is amended by striking out “The commission” and substituting “Subject to sections 11.1 and 11.2, the commission”.

SECTION 5, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the underlined text as shown:

5 Section 11 is repealed and the following substituted:

Panels

11 (1) A panel is established for each panel region.

(2) Each vice chair is the chair of the panel for the panel region in which he or she is resident.

(3) Each member of the commission other than the chair of the commission is a member of the panel for the panel region in which he or she is resident.

(4) The chair of the commission may designate a member of a panel for a panel region as acting chair of the panel in the absence of the chair of the panel.

Matters referred to panels

11.1(5)(1) Subject to subsections (6), (7) and (8) (2) to (4), the chair of the commission may refer any matter to a panel.

(6)(2) TheSubject to section 11.2, the chair of the commission must refer an application under section 17 (1) (b) or (c) or (3), 20 (3), 21 (2), 29 (1) or 30 (1) in relation to land located within a panel region to the panel established for the panel region.

(7)(3) If the commission decides to reconsider under section 33 a decision in an application referred to a panel under subsection (6)(2), the chair of the commission must refer the reconsideration of the original decision to the panel that made the original decision.

(8)(4) Subsections (5), (6) and (7) doThis section does not apply to the following:

(a) an application for which the power to decide has been delegated to a local government, first nation or authority under section 26;

(b) an application that the chief executive officer may approve under section 27;

(c) an application that the chief executive officer has refused under section 30.1;

(d) a reconsideration of a decision of a panel under section 33.1;

(e) an appeal under section 55.

(9)(5) A panel has all the powers, duties and functions of the commission in relation to an application or other matter referred to it, and a decision of a panel is for all purposes a decision of the commission.

Applications referred to the executive committee

11.2 (1) Subject to the regulations, if any, the chair of the commission may refer an application to the executive committee if he or she determines that any of the following apply:

(a) the application may be of provincial importance;

(b) the application raises an issue that is novel or is otherwise of general importance for the administration of the Act;

(c) the determination of the application may substantially affect more than one panel region.

(2) Without deciding an application referred to it under section 11.1 (1) or (2), a panel may refer the application to the executive committee.

(3) The executive committee has all the powers, duties and functions of the commission in relation to an application referred to it under this section, and a decision of the executive committee is for all purposes a decision of the commission.

SECTION 7.1, by adding the following section:

7.1 Section 43 (5) is repealed and the following substituted:

(5) The board must hold at least one public hearing with respect to the matter in each panel region.

SECTION 7.2, by adding the following section:

7.2 Section 44 is amended

(a) in subsection (3) by striking out “the board must give weight and substituting “in relation to land located in Zone 1, the board must give weight”, and

(b) by adding the following subsection:

(3.1) In making the recommendations referred to in subsection (2), in relation to land located in Zone 2, the board must give weight to the considerations set out in section 4.3 (a) to (d), in descending order of priority.

SECTION 7.3, by adding the following section:

7.3 Section 45 (2) is amended by striking out “Section 44 (3) applies” and substituting “Section 44 (3) and (3.1) applies”.

SECTION 8 (a), by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the underlined text as shown:

(a) in subsection (2) by adding the following paragraphs:

(c.1) prescribing additional considerations that the commission must consider in Zone 2;

(c.2) for the purposes of section 5, either or both of the following:

(i) prescribing criteria a person must meet to be considered a resident of a panel region;

(ii) conferring a discretion on the chair or another body or person for the purpose of determining whether, or the date on which, a person meets or ceases to meet the criteria to be considered a resident of a panel region;

(e.1) respecting considerations that the chair of the commission must consider in making a determination under section 11.2 (1);

(e.2) specifying applications and types of applications that

(i) are or are not of provincial importance for the purposes of section 11.2 (1) (a),

(ii) do or do not raise an issue that is novel or is otherwise of general importance for the administration of the Act for the purposes of section 11.2 (1) (b), or

(iii) do or do not substantially affect more than one panel region for the purposes of section 11.2 (1) (c);

(e.1e.3) prescribing the timing, content, form and manner of providing information under section 12;

(e.2e.4) prescribing additional information required under section 12;

(e.3e.5) prescribing the making of certain information public, and the manner of making it public;

(r) defining a word or expression used but not defined in this Act;

(s) respecting any other matter for which regulations are contemplated by this Act. ,

SECTION 9, in the proposed sections 2 to 5, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the underlined text as shown:

Island Panel Region

2 For the purpose of section 4.1 (b), the Island Panel Region consists of the geographic area of British Columbia within the boundaries of the following regional districts, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 2014:

(a) Alberni Clayoquot Regional DistrictRegional District of Alberni-Clayoquot;

(b) Capital Regional District;

(c) Comox Valley Regional District;

(d) Cowichan Valley Regional District;

(e) Mount Waddington Regional DistrictRegional District of Mount Waddington;

(f) Nanaimo Regional DistrictRegional District of Nanaimo;

(g) Powell River Regional District;

(h) Strathcona Regional District.

Kootenay Panel Region

3 For the purpose of section 4.1 (c), the Kootenay Panel Region consists of the geographic area of British Columbia within the boundaries of the following regional districts, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 2014:

(a) Central Kootenay Regional DistrictRegional District of Central Kootenay;

(b) East Kootenay Regional District Regional District of East Kootenay;

(c) Kootenay Boundary Regional DistrictRegional District of Kootenay Boundary;

(d) the part of Columbia-Shuswap Regional Distinct that is south and east of a line commencing at the intersection of latitude 50˚ 52' 58.23" north and longitude 117˚ 30' west and proceeding due north to the intersection of latitude 51˚ 45' north and longitude 117˚ 30' west and then proceeding due east and terminating at latitude 51˚ 45' north and longitude 116˚ 57' 40" west.

North Panel Region

4 For the purpose of section 4.1 (d), the North Panel Region consists of the following:the geographic area of British Columbia within the boundaries of the following regional districts, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 2014:

(a) Bulkley-Nechako Regional District;

(b) Fraser-Fort George Regional District;

(c) Kitimat-Stikine Regional District;

(d) Northern Rockies Regional District;

(e) Peace River Regional District;

(f) Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District;

(g) Stikine Regional District.

(a) the geographic area of British Columbia within the boundaries of the following regional districts and regional municipalities, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 2014:

(i) Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako;

(ii) Regional District of Fraser-Fort George;

(iii) Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine;

(iv) Northern Rockies Regional Municipality;

(v) Peace River Regional District;

(vi) Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District;

(b) all the land in British Columbia that is not within the boundaries of a regional district or a regional municipality, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 2014.

Okanagan Panel Region

5 For the purpose of section 4.1 (e), the Okanagan Panel Region consists of the geographic area of British Columbia within the boundaries of the following regional districts, as those boundaries existed on January 1, 2014:

(a) Central Okanagan Regional DistrictRegional District of Central Okanagan;

(b) North Okanagan Regional DistrictRegional District of North Okanagan;

(c) Okanagan-Similkameen Regional DistrictRegional District of Okanagan-Similkameen;

(d) Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, except the part of Columbia-Shuswap Regional District that is south and east of a line commencing at the intersection of latitude 50˚ 52' 58.23" north and longitude 117˚ 30' west and proceeding due north to the intersection of latitude 51˚ 45' north and longitude 117˚ 30' west and then proceeding due east and terminating at latitude 51˚ 45' north and longitude 116˚ 57' 40" west.


ORDERS OF THE DAY

Throne speech debate

(Hon. T. Lake adjourned the debate.)


Committee of supply

Report of Resolutions passed in Committee of Supply

SECTION A: March 6, 11, 24, 25, 27, 31, April 3, 7, 9, 28, May 1, 5, 6, 12, 14.

Outstanding Summaries of Estimates — Section A

Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.

Ministry of Advanced Education.

Ministry of Agriculture.

Ministry of Children and Family Development.

Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.

Ministry of Education.

Ministry of Energy and Mines.

Ministry of Environment.

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Ministry of International Trade.

Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training.

Ministry of Natural Gas Development.

Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation.

Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services.

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.


PRIVATE MEMBERS’ TIME

(Monday morning only)

(See Schedule D)


PUBLIC BILLS AND ORDERS AND GOVERNMENT MOTIONS ON NOTICE

ADJOURNED DEBATE ON SECOND READING

Adjourned Debate on Second Reading —

Bill (No. 24) intituled Agricultural Land Commission Amendment Act, 2014, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Agriculture. (Ms. James adjourned the debate on the amendment — referral to Committee.)

Adjourned Debate on Second Reading —

Bill (No. 25) intituled Port Metro Vancouver Container Trucking Services Continuation Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour. (Ms. Trevena adjourned the debate.)

SECOND READING

Second Reading —

Bill (No. 1) intituled An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Justice.


PRIVATE BILLS


PUBLIC BILLS IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE MEMBERS

(See Schedule D)


ADJOURNED DEBATE ON OTHER MOTIONS

CRAIG JAMES
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly