Votes -- Nos. 101 and 102 -- Tuesday, October 29, 2002 -- Two o'clock p.m.

2002 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 37th Parliament

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Nos. 101 and 102

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Ten o'clock a.m.

Prayers by Mr. Mayencourt.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Bill (No. 63) intituled Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002 was again committed, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.

Bill (No. 66) intituled Public Sector Employers Amendment Act, 2002 was committed.

Section 14.2 contained within section 5 of Bill (No. 66) passed, on division.

Bill (No. 66) was reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.

And then the House adjourned at 11.43 a.m.

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Two o'clock p.m.

Order called for "Members' Statements."

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

By leave, the Hon. G. Plant (Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations) tabled a document entitled Response to the Judicial Justice Compensation Committee Report 2002 Report to the Attorney General pursuant to section 32.1 of the Provincial Court Act.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

On the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 64) intituled Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2002, the House divided.

Motion agreed to on the following division:

YEAS -- 71
Falcon Coell Hogg L. Reid Halsey-Brandt Hawkins Whittred Cheema Hansen J. Reid Bruce Santori van Dongen Barisoff Nettleton Roddick Wilson Masi	Lee Thorpe Hagen Murray Plant Campbell Collins Clark Bond de Jong Stephens Abbott Coleman Chong Penner Jarvis Anderson Harris	Nuraney R. Stewart Bell Chutter Long Mayencourt Trumper Johnston Bennett Belsey Hayer Christensen Krueger McMahon Bray Les Locke Nijjar	Bhullar Wong Visser Lekstrom MacKay Cobb K. Stewart Bloy Suffredine Brice Sultan Hamilton Sahota Hawes Kerr Manhas Hunter
NAYS -- 2
MacPhail	Kwan

Bill (No. 64) read a third time and passed.

Bill (No. 62) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2002 was again committed.

In consideration of a proposed amendment by Ms. Kwan on the Order Paper to section 10 of Bill (No. 62), the Committee divided.

The amendment was defeated on the following division:

YEAS -- 2
MacPhail	Kwan
NAYS -- 68
Falcon Coell Hogg L. Reid Halsey-Brandt Hawkins Whittred Hansen J. Reid Bruce Santori van Dongen Barisoff Nettleton Roddick Wilson Masi	Lee Thorpe Hagen Murray Plant Campbell Collins Clark Bond de Jong Stephens Abbott Coleman Chong Penner Jarvis Anderson	Harris Nuraney R. Stewart Bell Chutter Long Mayencourt Johnston Bennett Belsey Hayer Christensen Krueger McMahon Bray Les Locke	Nijjar Bhullar Wong Visser Lekstrom MacKay Cobb K. Stewart Bloy Suffredine Brice Sultan Hamilton Sahota Hawes Manhas Hunter

In consideration of section 10 of Bill (No. 62) the Committee divided as follows:

YEAS -- 68
Falcon Coell Hogg L. Reid Halsey-Brandt Hawkins Whittred Hansen J. Reid Bruce Santori van Dongen Barisoff Nettleton Roddick Wilson Masi	Lee Thorpe Hagen Murray Plant Campbell Collins Clark Bond de Jong Stephens Abbott Coleman Chong Penner Jarvis Anderson	Harris Nuraney R. Stewart Bell Chutter Long Mayencourt Johnston Bennett Belsey Hayer Christensen Krueger McMahon Bray Les Locke	Nijjar Bhullar Wong Visser Lekstrom MacKay Cobb K. Stewart Bloy Suffredine Brice Sultan Hamilton Sahota Hawes Manhas Hunter
NAYS -- 2
MacPhail	Kwan

Bill (No. 62) was reported complete with amendment, and by leave, read a third time and passed.

Bill (No. 65) intituled Community Services Interim Authorities Act was committed, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.

And then the House adjourned at 5.59 p.m.

CLAUDE RICHMOND, Speaker

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Thursday, October 31


44 The Hon. G. Plant to move--: That the Legislative Assembly reject four of the recommendations of the Judicial Justice Compensation Committee 2002 Report to the Attorney General, as laid before this Assembly May 13, 2002, for reasons outlined in the document entitled, Response to the Judicial Justice Compensation Committee 2002 Report to the Attorney General filed in this House October 29, 2002, pursuant to section 32.1 (12) of the Provincial Court Act.; (1) The recommendation for a salary increase of 5.5%, which would have paid judicial justices a full-time salary of $77,935 for the 2003 calendar year, is rejected as unreasonable and unfair. The substitute provision for the salary for judicial justices will be $73,872 in 2003, a 0% increase over the salary for 2002.; (2) The recommendation for a salary increase of 9%, which would have paid judicial justices a full-time salary of $84,949 for the 2004 calendar year, is rejected as unreasonable and unfair. The substitute provision for the salary for judicial justices will be $73,872 in 2004, a 0% increase over the salary for 2003.; (3) The recommendation for a $1000 Professional Allowance is rejected as unreasonable.; (4) The recommendation that the term of office for judicial justices be raised from 65 to 70 years is rejected as unreasonable.

That the Legislative Assembly accept the remaining recommendations contained in the Judicial Justice Compensation Committee 2002 Report to the Attorney General.

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