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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Milobar.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the Address in Reply to the Speech of Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the opening of the Session.
The debate on the amendment resumed.
The debate on the amendment continued.
On the motion of the Hon. M. Polak, the debate on the amendment was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 11.52 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the Address in Reply to the Speech of Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor at the opening of the Session.
The debate on the amendment resumed.
The debate on the amendment continued.
The House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 44 | |||
| Darcy Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Dix Ralston Mark Fleming Conroy | Chandra Herbert Chow Ma Leonard Fraser Rice Eby Mungall Chen Bains Elmore | Kang Popham Trevena Donaldson Krog Heyman Routley Simons Beare Sims Dean | Routledge Singh Glumac Chouhan Kahlon Begg Brar D’Eith Weaver Furstenau Olsen |
| Nays — 42 | |||
| Kyllo Milobar Larson Foster Stilwell Oakes Letnick Wat Johal Sturdy Rustad | Ross Morris Barnett Clovechok Isaacs Hunt Gibson Ashton Davies Paton Throness | Shypitka Plecas Cadieux Stone Polak de Jong Clark Coleman Wilkinson Reid | Bond Bernier Sullivan Lee Tegart Yap Redies Sultan Thornthwaite Martin |
The Speaker stated that as the amendment to the motion for the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne has been adopted, it now becomes a formality that the House dispose of the motion for the Address in Reply as amended. Accordingly, the question is on the motion as amended.
The main motion, as amended, was agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 44 | |||
| Darcy Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Dix Ralston Mark Fleming Conroy | Chandra Herbert Chow Ma Leonard Fraser Rice Eby Mungall Chen Bains Elmore | Kang Popham Trevena Donaldson Krog Heyman Routley Simons Beare Sims Dean | Routledge Singh Glumac Chouhan Kahlon Begg Brar D’Eith Weaver Furstenau Olsen |
| Nays — 42 | |||
| Kyllo Milobar Larson Foster Stilwell Oakes Letnick Wat Johal Sturdy Rustad | Ross Morris Barnett Clovechok Isaacs Hunt Gibson Ashton Davies Paton Throness | Shypitka Plecas Cadieux Stone Polak de Jong Clark Coleman Wilkinson Reid | Bond Bernier Sullivan Lee Tegart Yap Redies Sultan Thornthwaite Martin |
Resolved, We, Her Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Session assembled, beg leave to thank Your Honour for the gracious Speech which Your Honour has addressed to us at the opening of the present Session.
But Your Honour’s present government does not have the confidence of this House.
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 first session of the Forty-first Parliament of the Province of British Columbia. The Speaker may give notice that he 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 his stead for the purpose of this order.
Motion agreed to.
And then the House adjourned at 5.26 p.m.
HON. STEVE THOMSON, Speaker
Tuesday, July 4
3 Mr. Foster to move —
Be it resolved that this House supports respecting our parliamentary traditions and conventions, which provide stability for our province and ensure citizens of British Columbia that they can be confident in the institutional integrity of this House.
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