No. 23 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

One-thirty o’clock p.m.

Prayers by Mr. D. Routley.

Order called for “Members’ Statements.”

The Hon. C. Clark (Premier) made a ministerial statement regarding the political situation in Ukraine.

Mr. Dix made a statement.

By leave, Mr. Weaver made a statement.

Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”

The Hon. S. Anton (Minister of Justice) tabled the British Columbia Utilities Commission Annual Report, 2012/2013.

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.

The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 5) intituled Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2014.

Bill (No. 5) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.

On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 4) intituled Park Amendment Act, 2014, a debate arose.

Mr. Chandra Herbert moved the following amendment —

That the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 4) intituled Park Amendment Act, 2014 be amended by deleting the word “now” and substituting “six months hence.”

The debate on the amendment continued.

The amendment on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 4) was negatived, on the following division:

Yeas — 32
Corrigan
Simpson
Horgan
Dix
Farnworth
Kwan
Ralston
Popham
Fleming
Conroy
Austin
Donaldson
Chandra Herbert
Macdonald
Karagianis
Eby
Mungall
Elmore
Heyman
Darcy
Krog
Robinson
Trevena
B. Routley
D. Routley
Simons
Fraser
Chouhan
Rice
Shin
Holman
Huntington
Nays — 41
Horne
Bing
Hogg
McRae
Stone
Fassbender
Wat
Thomson
Virk
Rustad
Wilkinson
Yamamoto
Hamilton
Reimer
Morris
Hunt
Sullivan
Cadieux
Lake
Polak
de Jong
Coleman
Anton
Bond
Bennett
Letnick
Barnett
Yap
Thornthwaite
Dalton
Plecas
Lee
Kyllo
Tegart
Michelle Stilwell
Throness
Larson
Foster
Bernier
Martin
Gibson

The debate resumed on the main motion.

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

(In Committee — Section A)


Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Advanced Education.

Report to be considered at the next sitting.

Committee to sit again at the next sitting.

And then the House adjourned at 6.57 p.m.

HON. LINDA REID, Speaker

NOTICE OF MOTIONS

Monday, March 10

7  Mr. Lee to move —

Be it resolved that this House encourage the Federal Government to secure free trade agreements in our priority markets in Asia.