Votes -- No. 14 -- Wednesday, April 5, 2000 -- Two o'clock p.m.

2000 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 36th Parliament

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No. 14

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Wednesday, April 5, 2000

Two o'clock p.m.

Prayers by the Hon. C. McGregor.

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

The Hon. G. Bowbrick (Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology and Minister Responsible for Youth) 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 a Bill (No. 6) intituled Tuition Fee Freeze Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,
April 4, 2000

Bill introduced and read a first time.

By leave, Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading later today.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the Address in Reply to the Speech of His Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the opening of the Session.

The debate continued.

On the motion of the Hon. J. Pullinger, the debate was adjourned until later today.

On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 6) intituled Tuition Fee Freeze Act, a debate arose.

The debate continued.

The House divided.

Motion agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:

YEAS -- 63
Evans Doyle McGregor Sawicki Kwan Lali Hammell Pullinger Bowbrick Mann Brewin Boone Orcherton Calendino Zirnhelt Randall Robertson	Cashore Conroy Smallwood MacPhail Petter Lovick Priddy Ramsey G. F. Wilson Farnworth Waddell Stevenson Gillespie Streifel Walsh Kasper	G. Clark Giesbrecht Whittred Hansen C. Clark Plant L. Reid Neufeld Coell Chong Sanders Jarvis Anderson Nettleton Penner Goodacre	Weisbeck Hogg Hawkins Coleman Stephens J. Reid Krueger Thorpe Symons van Dongen Barisoff Roddick McKinnon Dalton Janssen

Bill (No. 6) read a second time.

By leave, Bill (No. 6) Tuition Fee Freeze Act was committed, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.

Order for Private Members' Statements called.

And then the House adjourned at 7 p.m.

BILL HARTLEY, Speaker

NOTICE OF BILLS

Monday, April 10

Mr. Hansen to introduce a Bill intituled Community Health Assets Protection Act.

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Monday, April 10


7 Mr. Hansen to move in amendment, seconded by Mr. Penner--: "We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, in session assembled, beg leave to thank Your Honour for the gracious speech which Your Honour has addressed to us at the opening of the present session," be amended by adding the following:; "But this assembly regrets that the Throne Speech fails to address the need for balanced budgets and economic stability; that this government refuses to take the steps necessary to end the fastest growing debt service costs of any province in Canada; and that this government is eroding the economic viability of this Province and it has again failed miserably in outlining a responsible economic plan to ensure the future prosperity of British Columbia and its people."

8 Mr. Clark to move--: That this House condemns Alberta's proposed Health Care Protection Act for allowing private, for-profit health facilities and undermining the fundamental principles of Canadian Medicare.

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