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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. B. Routley.
The Hon. G. Abbott (Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:
Lance Finch
Administrator
The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 18) intituled Haida Gwaii Reconciliation Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Vancouver Law Courts,
April 28, 2010.
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.
On the motion of Mr. Horgan, Bill (No. Pr 401) intituled Horizons Unbound Rehabilitation and Training Society (Corporate Restoration) Act, 2010 was introduced, read a first time, and Ordered referred to the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills.
On the motion of Mr. Hogg, Bill (No. Pr 402) intituled Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 2010 was introduced, read a first time, and Ordered referred to the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Order called for Committee of Supply.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of Supply.
Bill (No. 9) intituled Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act was again committed.
Section 19 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 20 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
In consideration of section 21 of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—44 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell |
Krueger Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Barnett Bloy Thomson Lekstrom |
Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Falcon Coleman Yap Cantelon Les |
Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—35 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan Bains |
Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog Simons Gentner |
Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons Trevena Huntington |
In consideration of section 22 of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—45 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Thomson |
Lekstrom Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Coleman Yap Cantelon Les |
Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—35 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan Bains |
Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog Simons Gentner |
Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons Sather Huntington |
In consideration of section 23 of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—45 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Thomson |
Lekstrom Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Coleman Yap Cantelon Les |
Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—35 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan Bains |
Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog Simons Gentner |
Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons Sather Huntington |
Section 24 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 25 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 26 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 27 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 28 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
In consideration of section 29 of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—47 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Thomson Lekstrom |
Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Falcon Coleman Yap Cantelon Les Sultan |
McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm Huntington |
| Nays—34 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan Bains |
Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog Simons |
Gentner Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons Sather |
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.56 a.m.
One-Thirty o’clock p.m.
The Hon. B. Barisoff (Speaker) advised the House of the death of Dean Edward Smith, a former Member and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
The Hon. B. Barisoff (Speaker) tabled the Auditor General April 2010 Report 1: IT Continuity Planning in Government.
The Hon. P. Bell (Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for the Integrated Land Management Bureau) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:
Lance Finch
Administrator
The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 21) intituled Forestry Service Providers Protection Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Vancouver Law Courts,
April 29, 2010.
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.
The Hon. C. Hansen (Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:
Lance Finch
Administrator
The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 19) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Vancouver Law Courts,
April 29, 2010.
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.
The Hon. M. de Jong (Attorney General) presented to the Speaker a Message from His Honour the Administrator, which read as follows:
Lance Finch
Administrator
The Administrator transmits herewith Bill (No. 20) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Vancouver Law Courts,
April 29, 2010.
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.”
Order called for Committee of Supply.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of Supply.
Bill (No. 9) intituled Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act was again committed.
Section 30 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 31 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 32 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 33 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 34 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 35 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 36 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 37 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
In consideration of section 38 of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—45 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Thomson |
Lekstrom Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Coleman Yap Cantelon Les |
Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—33 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan |
Bains Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog |
Simons Gentner Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Sather |
In consideration of section 39 of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—45 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Thomson |
Lekstrom Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Coleman Yap Cantelon Les |
Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—33 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan |
Bains Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog |
Simons Gentner Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Coons Sather |
Section 40 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 41 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 42 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 43 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 44 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 45 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 46 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
In consideration of section 47 of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—45 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Thomson |
Lekstrom Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Coleman Yap Cantelon Les |
Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—34 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham Austin |
Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan Bains Dix |
Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog Simons Gentner |
Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons Sather Huntington |
Section 48 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 49 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 50 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 51 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 52 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 53 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
Section 54 of Bill (No. 9) passed, on division.
In consideration of section 55 of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—46 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Thomson Lekstrom Penner |
de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Falcon Coleman Yap Cantelon Les Sultan |
McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm Huntington |
| Nays—35 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan Bains |
Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog Simons Gentner |
Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons Sather Trevena |
The Chair made the following statement:
Honourable Members:
Pursuant to an Order of the House adopted Monday, April 26, 2010, and the agreement announced by the Speaker on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, all necessary questions for the disposal of committee stage of Bill (No. 9) will be now put.
In consideration of sections 56 through 213 and the title of Bill (No. 9) the Committee divided as follows:
| Yeas—45 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Thomson Lekstrom |
Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Falcon Coleman Yap Cantelon Les |
Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—36 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan Bains |
Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog Simons Gentner |
Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons Sather Trevena Huntington |
Bill (No. 9) reported complete without amendment.
On the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 9), the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas—46 | |||
| Horne Letnick McRae Stewart I. Black Coell McNeil Chong Polak Yamamoto Bell Krueger |
Bennett Stilwell Hawes Hogg Thornthwaite Hayer Lee Barnett Bloy Reid Thomson Lekstrom |
Penner de Jong Hansen Bond MacDiarmid Abbott Falcon Coleman Yap Cantelon Les |
Sultan McIntyre Rustad Cadieux van Dongen Howard Lake Foster Slater Dalton Pimm |
| Nays—36 | |||
| S. Simpson D. Black Fleming Farnworth James Kwan Ralston Popham B. Simpson |
Austin Karagianis Brar Hammell Lali Thorne D. Routley Horgan Bains |
Dix Mungall Chouhan Macdonald Corrigan Chandra Herbert Krog Simons Gentner |
Elmore Donaldson Fraser B. Routley Conroy Coons Sather Trevena Huntington |
Bill (No. 9) read a third time and passed.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 11) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2010.
Bill (No. 11) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
The Speaker declared a short recess.
His Honour the Lieutenant Governor having entered the House, and being seated in the Chair —
E. George MacMinn, Q.C., Clerk of the House, read the title to the following Act:
Bill (No. 9) Consumption Tax Rebate and Transition Act.
His Honour was pleased in Her Majesty’s name to give assent to the said Act.
The said assent was announced by E. George MacMinn, Q.C., Clerk of the House, in the following words:
“In Her Majesty’s name, His Honour the Lieutenant Governor doth assent to this Act.”
His Honour the Lieutenant Governor was then pleased to retire.
And then the House adjourned at 6.00 p.m.
HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker
Monday, May 3
9 Ms. D. Black to move —
Be it resolved that this House debate the importance of post-secondary education and skills training to ensure that British Columbians have the skills and abilities to excel in tomorrow’s green economy.
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