Votes -- Nos. 19 and 20 -- Monday, March 1, 2004 -- Ten o'clock a.m.

2004 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 37th Parliament

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Nos. 19 and 20

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Monday, March 1, 2004

Ten o'clock a.m.

Prayers by Mr. Bloy.

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Order for "Private Members' Statements" called.


67 By leave, the House resumed the adjourned debate on Motion 67 with respect to the high school completion rate for Aboriginal students.

The debate continued.

On the motion of Mr. Wilson, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.


3 By leave, Mr. Cobb moved--: Be it resolved that this House supports initiatives to promote the safety of Canadian beef and to the reopening of the world's borders to our beef products.

A debate arose.

On the motion of Mr. MacKay, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

And then the House adjourned at 11.55 a.m.

Monday, March 1, 2004

Two o'clock p.m.

The Hon. T. Christensen (Minister of Education) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:

Iona Campagnolo
Lieutenant Governor

The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 12) intituled Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.

Government House,
February 26, 2004.

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 "Members' Statements."

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Bill (No. 10) intituled Ministerial Accountability Bases Act, 2003-2004 was committed, reported complete without amendment, and by leave, read a third time and passed.

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

The debate continued.

The House divided.

Motion agreed to on the following division:

YEAS -- 55
Falcon Coell Les Chong Brice Cheema Hansen Bell Barisoff van Dongen Bray Roddick Wilson Masi	Lee Murray Plant Christensen Abbott Coleman Penner Cobb Jarvis Orr Hogg Nuraney R. Stewart Hunter	Chutter Long Mayencourt Trumper Johnston Bennett Belsey Krueger McMahon Hayer Stephens Locke Nijjar Bhullar	Wong Visser Lekstrom MacKay Halsey-Brandt K. Stewart Bloy Suffredine Whittred Sultan Sahota Hawes Manhas
NAYS -- 2
MacPhail	Kwan

And then the House adjourned at 6.01 p.m.

CLAUDE RICHMOND, Speaker

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