Votes -- No. 17 -- Monday, April 10, 2000 -- Two o'clock p.m.

2000 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 36th Parliament

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No. 17

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Monday, April 10, 2000

Two o'clock p.m.

Prayers by Mr. Thorpe.

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

The Hon. C. Evans (Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries) reserved his right to raise a matter of privilege with respect to comments made in Question Period.

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.


7 Mr. Hansen moved, 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."

During the debate on the amendment, Mr. Thorpe reserved his right to raise a matter of privilege with respect to comments made by the Member for Powell River-Sunshine Coast.

The debate on the amendment continued.

The House divided.

The amendment was negatived on the following division:

NAYS 35
Whittred Hansen C. Clark Campbell Farrell-Collins de Jong Plant Abbott L. Reid		Neufeld Coell Chong Sanders Jarvis Anderson Nettleton Penner Weisgerber		Weisbeck Nebbeling Hogg Hawkins Coleman Stephens J. Reid Krueger Thorpe		Symons van Dongen Barisoff J. Wilson Roddick Masi McKinnon Dalton

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

The debate was resumed on the main motion.

On the motion of the Hon. D. Lovick, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

And then the House adjourned at 5.38 p.m.

BILL HARTLEY, Speaker

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