Votes -- No. 20 -- Wednesday, April 12, 2000 -- Two o'clock p.m.

2000 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 36th Parliament

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No. 20

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Wednesday, April 12, 2000

Two o'clock p.m.

Prayers by Mr. Krueger.

The Hon. A. Petter (Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Human Rights) 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. 5) intituled Holocaust Memorial Day Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,
April 5, 2000

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.

By leave, Mr. Campbell made a statement.

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

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.

The House divided.

Motion agreed to on the following division:

YEAS -- 38
Evans Doyle McGregor Sawicki Kwan Lali Hammell Pullinger Mann Brewin Boone	Orcherton Calendino Zirnhelt Randall Robertson Sihota Cashore Conroy Smallwood Miller	MacPhail Dosanjh Petter Lovick Priddy Ramsey G. F. Wilson Farnworth Waddell	Stevenson Gillespie Streifel Walsh Kasper G. Clark Giesbrecht Goodacre Janssen
NAYS -- 33
Whittred Hansen C. Clark Campbell Farrell-Collins de Jong Plant Abbott Neufeld	Coell Chong Sanders Jarvis Anderson Nettleton Penner Weisgerber	Weisbeck Nebbeling Hogg Hawkins Coleman J. Reid Krueger Thorpe	Symons van Dongen Barisoff J. Wilson Roddick Masi McKinnon Dalton

Order for Private Members' Statements called.

And then the House adjourned at 6.54 p.m.

BILL HARTLEY, Speaker

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Monday, April 17


9 The Hon. J. Pullinger to move--: Be it resolved that this House, mindful of the pain caused to persons who are gay and lesbian and their families by statements that stereotype and denigrate those citizens, recognises that as legislators we share an obligation and a duty to promote full equality and respect for all citizens, including gays and lesbians.

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