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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Ms. Thornthwaite.
The Hon. M. de Jong (Minister of Finance) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Judith Guichon
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 14) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
February 15, 2016.
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. Simpson, Bill (No. M 203) intituled Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2016 was introduced, read a first time, and 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 Hon. M. de Jong (Minister of Finance) tabled the Summary of Ministerial Accountability for Operating Expenses (for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2016), Revised Schedule F, December 16, 2015.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the amendment to the motion “That the Speaker do now leave the Chair” for the House to go into Committee of Supply.
The debate on the amendment continued.
On the motion of the Hon. R. Coleman, the debate on the amendment was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 11.53 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the amendment to the motion “That the Speaker do now leave the Chair” for the House to go into Committee of Supply.
The debate on the amendment continued.
Mr. Weaver moved —
That the amendment moved by Ms. Mungall and seconded by Mr. Farnworth be sub-amended by adding the following: “and in order to ease the burden facing these families, support rolling the currently regressive and unfair MSP premiums into the income tax system in a revenue-neutral manner to create a progressive health care levy.”
The House divided.
The sub-amendment was negatived on the following division:
| Nays — 43 | |||
| Lee Sturdy Bing Yamamoto Michelle Stilwell Stone Fassbender Oakes Wat Thomson Virk |
Rustad Wilkinson Morris Pimm Sultan Hamilton Reimer Ashton Hunt Sullivan Cadieux |
Lake de Jong Coleman Anton Bond Bennett Letnick Bernier Barnett Yap Thornthwaite |
McRae Plecas Kyllo Tegart Throness Martin Larson Foster Dalton Gibson |
| Yeas — 30 | |||
| Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Dix Ralston Corrigan |
Fleming Popham Conroy Austin Chandra Herbert Fraser Eby Mungall |
Mark Bains Elmore Wickens Shin Heyman Darcy |
Krog D. Routley Chouhan Rice Holman B. Routley Weaver |
The debate resumed on the amendment.
The House divided.
The amendment was negatived on the following division:
| Nays — 39 | |||
| Lee Bing Yamamoto Michelle Stilwell Stone Fassbender Oakes Wat Thomson Virk |
Rustad Wilkinson Morris Pimm Sultan Hamilton Reimer Ashton Hunt Sullivan |
Cadieux Lake Anton Bond Bennett Letnick Bernier Barnett Yap Thornthwaite |
Plecas Kyllo Tegart Throness Martin Larson Foster Dalton Gibson |
| Yeas — 27 | |||
| Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Ralston Corrigan |
Fleming Popham Conroy Austin Chandra Herbert Fraser Eby |
Mungall Bains Elmore Shin Darcy Krog D. Routley |
Chouhan Rice Holman B. Routley Huntington Weaver |
The debate resumed on the main motion.
On the motion of Ms. Shin, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 6.24 p.m.
HON. LINDA REID, Speaker
Thursday, February 25
Mr. Weaver to introduce a Bill intituled Profits of Criminal Notoriety Act, 2016.
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