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Two o'clock p.m.

Prayers by Mr. Coleman.

The Hon. J. Pullinger (Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:

Garde B. Gardom
Lieutenant Governor

The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 9) intituled Tourism British Columbia Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House
March 26, 1997.

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 "Oral Questions by Members."

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

By leave, on the motion of Hon. J. MacPhail, seconded by Mr. Farrell-Collins, it was Ordered--

That this House authorizes and instructs the Speaker to have the Standing Orders of the House reprinted in gender-neutral language.

Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion "That the Speaker do now leave the Chair" for the House to go into Committee of Supply.

The debate continued.

50   Mr. Anderson moved, seconded by Mr. Krueger--

That the amendment moved by Mr. Abbott and seconded by Ms. Hawkins be amended by deleting all words after "But the House regrets" and adding the following:

"That the government has included in its forecasts and its public statements an intention to dramatically worsen the gambling situation in British Columbia, to strive for revenue which will likely be substantially exceeded by attendant social costs, including gambling addiction, crime, abuse, poverty, family breakdown, bankruptcies, destruction to small business, and drains on the healthcare, social services, public safety and education systems by expanding the venues of gambling to include slot machines, destination resort casinos and many others, and to override the will of the electorate as frequently documented by this same government."

The debate on the sub-amendment continued.

The House divided.

The sub-amendment was negatived on the following division:

Yeas -- 34
Dalton Gingell Reid Farrell-Collins Plant Sanders Hurd Stephens de Jong	Coell Anderson Nebbeling Whittred van Dongen Thorpe Penner Weisgerber G. F. Wilson	J. D. Wilson Reitsma C. Clark Symons Hawkins Abbott Jarvis Weisbeck	Chong Coleman Nettleton Masi McKinnon Krueger Barisoff Neufeld

Nays -- 37
Evans Zirnhelt McGregor Boone Hammell Streifel Pullinger Farnworth Kwan Waddell	Calendino Stevenson Bowbrick Goodacre Giesbrecht Walsh Kasper Orcherton Hartley	Priddy Petter G. Clark Dosanjh MacPhail Cashore Ramsey Brewin Sihota	Randall Sawicki Lali Doyle Gillespie Robertson Smallwood Conroy Janssen

The debate was resumed on the amendment.

On the motion of Mr. G. F. Wilson, the debate on the amendment was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

And then the House adjourned at 5.56 p.m.

DALE LOVICK, Speaker

MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS

The Committee will meet at 9.30 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, April 3, in the Douglas Fir Room (Room 226).

Business: Committee's Report to the House -- deliberations continued.

I. Waddell, Chair
H. Lali, Deputy Chair

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