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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Hamilton.
The Hon. B. Bennett (Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Core Review) 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. 8) intituled Mines Amendment Act, 2016 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
February 2, 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.
The Hon. P. Fassbender (Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for TransLink) 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. 17) intituled Local Elections Campaign Financing (Election Expenses) Amendment Act, 2016 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
February 19, 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. Weaver, Bill (No. M 204) intituled Profits of Criminal Notoriety 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. L. Reid (Speaker) tabled the following documents:
Registrar of Lobbyists Investigation Report 15-05, Lobbyist: Blair Lekstrom, September 24, 2015;
Registrar of Lobbyists Investigation Report 15-06, Lobbyist: Blair Lekstrom, September 24, 2015;
Registrar of Lobbyists Investigation Report 15-07, Lobbyist: Blair Lekstrom, September 24, 2015; and,
Registrar of Lobbyists Reconsiderations 15-05, 15-06 & 15-07, Lobbyist: Blair Lekstrom, February 17, 2016.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion “That the Speaker do now leave the Chair” for the House to go into Committee of Supply.
The House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 44 | |||
| Lee Sturdy Bing Yamamoto Michelle Stilwell Stone Fassbender Oakes Wat Thomson Virk |
Rustad Wilkinson Morris Pimm Sultan Hamilton Reimer Hunt Sullivan Cadieux Lake |
Polak de Jong Clark Coleman Bond Bennett Bernier Barnett Yap Thornthwaite McRae |
Plecas Kyllo Tegart Throness Martin Larson Foster Dalton Gibson Moira Stilwell Huntington |
| Nays — 27 | |||
| Simpson Farnworth James Dix Ralston Corrigan Fleming |
Popham Austin Chandra Herbert Fraser Karagianis Eby Mungall |
Bains Wickens Shin Heyman Darcy Krog Trevena |
D. Routley Chouhan Rice Holman B. Routley Weaver |
By leave, the Hon. M. de Jong moved —
Be it resolved that this House hereby authorizes the Committee of Supply for this Session to sit in two sections designated Section A and Section B; Section A to sit in such Committee Room as may be appointed from time to time, and Section B to sit in the Chamber of the Assembly, subject to the following rules:
1. The Standing Orders applicable to the Committee of the Whole House shall be applicable in both Sections of the Committee of Supply save and except that in Section A, a Minister may defer to a Deputy Minister to permit such Deputy to reply to a question put to the Minister.
2. All Estimates shall stand referred to Section A, save and except those Estimates as shall be referred to Section B on motion without notice by the Government House Leader, which motion shall be decided without amendment or debate and be governed by Practice Recommendation #6 relating to Consultation.
3. Section A shall consist of 17 Members, being 10 Members of the B.C. Liberal Party and 6 Members of the New Democratic Party and one Independent. In addition, the Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole, or his or her nominee, shall preside over the debates in Section A. Substitution of Members will be permitted to Section A with the consent of that Member’s Whip, where applicable, otherwise with the consent of the Member involved. For the fifth session of the Fortieth Parliament, the Members of Section A shall be as follows: the Minister whose Estimates are under consideration and, Don McRae, Marvin Hunt, John Yap, Jordan Sturdy, Dan Ashton, Wm. Scott Hamilton, Darryl Plecas, Gordon Hogg, Jane Thornthwaite, Harry Bains, Shane Simpson, Mike Farnworth, Maurine Karagianis, Sue Hammell, Kathy Corrigan, and Vicki Huntington.
4. At fifteen minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the House, the Chair of Section A will report to the House. In the event such report includes the last vote in a particular ministerial Estimate, after such report has been made to the House, the Government shall have a maximum of eight minutes, and the Official Opposition a maximum of five minutes, and all other Members (cumulatively) a maximum of three minutes to summarize the Committee debate on a particular ministerial Estimate completed, such summaries to be in the following order:
(1) Other Members;
(2) Opposition; and
(3) Government.
5. Section B shall be composed of all Members of the House.
6. Divisions in Section A will be signalled by the ringing of the division bells four times.
7. Divisions in Section B will be signalled by the ringing of the division bells three times at which time proceedings in Section A will be suspended until completion of the division in Section B.
8. Section A is hereby authorized to consider Bills referred to Committee after second reading thereof and the Standing Orders applicable to Bills in Committee of the Whole shall be applicable to such Bills during consideration thereof in Section A, and for all purposes Section A shall be deemed to be a Committee of the Whole. Such referrals to Section A shall be made upon motion without notice by the Minister responsible for the Bill, and such motion shall be decided without amendment or debate. Practice Recommendation #6 relating to Consultation shall be applicable to all such referrals.
9. Bills or Estimates previously referred to a designated Committee may at any stage be subsequently referred to another designated Committee on motion of the Government House Leader or Minister responsible for the Bill as hereinbefore provided by Rule Nos. 2 and 8.
Motion agreed to.
And then the House adjourned at 11.58 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
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.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 10) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2016, a debate arose.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Mr. Bains, 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 Environment.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 5.53 p.m.
HON. LINDA REID, Speaker
Tuesday, March 1
Mr. D. Routley to introduce a Bill intituled Government Records Accountability Act, 2016.
Monday, February 29
6 Mr. Fleming to move —
Be it resolved that this House consider referring the issue of the impacts of class size and composition on the learning outcomes of British Columbia’s students to the Select Standing Committee on Education.
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