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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Gibson.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The Hon. L. Reid (Speaker) tabled the Auditor General Report, Progress Audit: Credit Union Supervision in British Columbia, July 2016.
The Hon. S. Anton (Minister of Justice) tabled the following documents:
BC Human Rights Tribunal Annual Report, 2015-2016; and,
Elections BC Discussion Paper: Disclosure of Political Contributions, May 2016.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
17 The Hon. S. Anton (Minister of Justice) moved —
Be it resolved that —
1. The salary for full-time Judicial Justices for April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 be 4.9% higher than the salary in effect from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013;
2. Commencing April 1, 2014 ad hoc Judicial Justices shall receive the same per diem rate as the per diem Judicial Justices; and,
3. That #1 and #2 replace the salary provisions contained in the resolution of the Legislative Assembly respecting the 2010 Judicial Justices Compensation Commission recommendations and the resolution of the Legislative Assembly respecting the 2013 Judicial Justices Compensation Commission recommendations which were adopted by the Legislative Assembly on May 30, 2011, and March 24, 2014, respectively.
A debate arose.
Motion agreed to.
Bill (No. 28) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016 was committed.
Mr. Eby moved a proposed amendment to section 1 of Bill (No. 28) which was defeated, on division.
Mr. Eby moved a proposed amendment to section 1 (618) of Bill (No. 28) which was defeated, on division.
Mr. Eby moved a proposed amendment to section 1 (621) of Bill (No. 28) which was defeated, on division.
Mr. Eby moved a proposed amendment to section 3 (2.01) of Bill (No. 28) which was defeated on the following division:
| Nays — 41 | |||
| Lee Sturdy Bing Hogg Yamamoto Michelle Stilwell Fassbender Oakes Wat Thomson Virk | Rustad Wilkinson Sultan Hamilton Reimer Ashton Hunt Cadieux Lake Polak | de Jong Clark Coleman Anton Bond Bennett Letnick Bernier Barnett Yap | Thornthwaite McRae Plecas Kyllo Tegart Throness Martin Larson Foster Gibson |
| Yeas — 31 | |||
| Hammell Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Dix Ralston | Corrigan Popham Austin Chandra Herbert Karagianis Eby Mungall Mark | Bains Elmore Wickens Shin Heyman Darcy Donaldson Krog | Trevena D. Routley Macdonald Rice Holman B. Routley Huntington |
Mr. Eby moved a proposed amendment to section 3 (2.01) of Bill (No. 28) which was defeated on the following division:
| Nays — 42 | |||
| Lee Sturdy Bing Hogg Yamamoto Michelle Stilwell Fassbender Oakes Wat Thomson Virk | Rustad Wilkinson Sultan Hamilton Reimer Ashton Hunt Cadieux Lake Polak de Jong | Clark Coleman Anton Bond Bennett Letnick Bernier Barnett Yap Thornthwaite | McRae Plecas Kyllo Tegart Throness Martin Larson Foster Gibson Huntington |
| Yeas — 30 | |||
| Hammell Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Dix Ralston | Corrigan Popham Austin Chandra Herbert Karagianis Eby Mungall Mark | Bains Elmore Wickens Shin Heyman Darcy Donaldson | Krog Trevena D. Routley Macdonald Rice Holman B. Routley |
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.58 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Bill (No. 28) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016 was again committed.
Mr. Eby moved a proposed amendment to section 3 (2.02) of Bill (No. 28) which was defeated, on division.
Ms. Popham moved a proposed amendment to section 3 (2.01) of Bill (No. 28) which was defeated, on division.
Bill (No. 28) reported complete without amendment.
On the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 28) the House divided.
Motion agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:
| Yeas — 66 | |||
| Lee Sturdy Bing Hogg Yamamoto Michelle Stilwell Stone Fassbender Oakes Wat Thomson Virk Rustad Wilkinson Sultan Hamilton Reimer | Ashton Hunt Sullivan Cadieux Lake Polak de Jong Clark Coleman Anton Bond Letnick Bernier Barnett Yap Thornthwaite McRae | Plecas Kyllo Tegart Throness Hammell Farnworth Horgan James Dix Ralston Corrigan Popham Huntington Martin Larson Foster | Karagianis Eby Mungall Elmore Wickens Shin Heyman Darcy Donaldson Krog Trevena D. Routley Gibson Chouhan Holman B. Routley |
Bill (No. 28) was read a third time and passed.
The Speaker declared a short recess.
Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor having entered the House, and being seated in the Chair —
Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees, read the titles to the following Acts:
Bill (No. 27) Human Rights Code Amendment Act, 2016.
Bill (No. 28) Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act, 2016.
Her Honour was pleased in Her Majesty’s name to give assent to the said Acts.
The said assent was announced by Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees, in the following words:
“In Her Majesty’s name, Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor doth assent to these Acts.”
Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor was then pleased to retire.
The Hon. M. de Jong moved —
That the House, at its rising, do stand adjourned until it appears to the satisfaction of the Speaker, after consultation with the Government, that the public interest requires that the House shall meet, or until the Speaker may be advised by the Government that it is desired to prorogue the Fifth Session of the Fortieth Parliament of the Province of British Columbia. The Speaker may give notice that she is so satisfied or has been so advised and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice, and, as the case may be, may transact its business as if it has been duly adjourned to that time and date; and
That, in the event of the Speaker being unable to act owing to illness or other cause, the Deputy Speaker shall act in her stead for the purpose of this order.
Motion agreed to.
And then the House adjourned at 5.40 p.m.
HON. LINDA REID, Speaker
Monday, October 3
18 Mr. Yap to move —
Be it resolved that this House recognize the benefits that derive from lowering trade barriers both nationally and internationally.
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