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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Mr. Hunt.
The Hon. D. Eby (Attorney General) 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 Sheriff Amendment Act, 2017 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
October 20, 2017.
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. A. Dix (Minister of Health) 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. 10) intituled Health Professions Amendment Act, 2017 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
October 17, 2017.
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.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The Hon. D. Plecas (Speaker) tabled the Auditor General Report, An Independent Audit of Grizzly Bear Management, October 2017.
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.
Bill (No. 5) intituled Constitution Amendment Act, 2017 was again committed.
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Finance.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.56 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.
Bill (No. 5) intituled Constitution Amendment Act, 2017 was again committed.
In consideration of a proposed amendment by Mr. Rustad on the Order Paper to section 3 of Bill (No. 5), the Committee divided.
The amendment was defeated on the following division:
| Nays — 43 | |||
| Kahlon Begg Brar Heyman Donaldson Mungall Bains Beare Chen Popham Trevena | Sims Chow Kang Simons D’Eith Routley Ma Elmore Dean Routledge Singh | Leonard Glumac Darcy Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Eby Dix Ralston | Mark Fleming Conroy Fraser Chandra Herbert Rice Krog Furstenau Weaver Olsen |
| yeas — 39 | |||
| Cadieux Rustad Bond de Jong Coleman Kyllo Stone Bernier Wat Johal | Hunt Barnett Tegart Martin Throness Davies Sullivan Polak Morris Stilwell | Ashton Oakes Thomson Sturdy Ross Isaacs Milobar Thornthwaite Clovechok Yap | Redies Paton Gibson Sultan Shypitka Reid Letnick Larson Foster |
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 6) intituled Electoral Reform Referendum 2018 Act, a debate arose.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Mr. Gibson, 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 Finance.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 6.22 p.m.
Hon. Darryl Plecas, Speaker
Wednesday, October 25
8 The Hon. D. Eby (Attorney General) to move —
Be it resolved that pursuant to section 6 (2) of the Judicial Compensation Act, the Legislative Assembly:
a. reject the following recommendations of the Report of the 2013 Judges Compensation Commission as laid before this Assembly on September 18, 2017 as unfair and/or unreasonable for the reasons outlined in Government’s Proposed Reconsidered Response to the Report of the 2013 Judges Compensation Commission filed in this House; and
b. set the remuneration, allowances or benefits that are to be substituted for the rejected recommendations;
as follows:
1. The recommended salary for puisne judges for April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 of $241,500 is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 is set at $244,889.
2. The recommended salary for puisne judges for April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 of $245,122, an increase of 1.5%, is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016 is set at $248,562, which is a 1.5% increase on the substituted salary for fiscal year 2014/15.
3. The recommended salary for puisne judges for April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 of $250,024, an increase of 2.0%, is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 is set at $252,290, which is a 1.5% increase on the substituted salary for fiscal year 2015/16.
4. The recommended increase in the pension accrual rate for judges from 3% to 3.25% effective April 1, 2014 is rejected. The pension accrual rate is set at 3%.
5. Recommendation 5 that, effective April 1, 2014, government take steps to continue judges as active members in the Public Service Pension Plan to age 75 is accepted in part. Recommendation 5(d), to the extent that it applies to any retroactive measures, including return of pension payments, making back-contributions, or making interest payments, is rejected.
That the Legislative Assembly accept the remaining recommendations contained in the report.
9 The Hon. D. Eby (Attorney General) to move —
Be it resolved that pursuant to section 6 (2) of the Judicial Compensation Act, the Legislative Assembly:
a. reject the following recommendations of the Report of the 2016 Judicial Compensation Commission as laid before this Assembly on September 18, 2017 for the reasons outlined in Government’s Proposed Response to the Report of the 2016 Judicial Compensation Commission in Respect of Provincial Court Judicial Justices filed in this House; and
b. set the remuneration, allowances or benefits that are to be substituted for the rejected recommendations;
as follows:
1. The recommended salary for April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 of $125,000 is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 is set at $118,000.
2. The recommended salary for April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 of $126,875 is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 is set at $120,000,
3. The recommended salary for April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 of $128,778 is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 is set at $122,000.
4. The recommended reimbursement of 100% of participation costs incurred by the Judicial Justices Association of British Columbia is rejected. The Association will be reimbursed according to the formula established in the Judicial Compensation Act, which is 100% of costs up to $30,000 and two-thirds of costs between $30,000 and $150,000.
That the Legislative Assembly accept the remaining recommendations contained in the report.
10 The Hon. D. Eby (Attorney General) to move —
Be it resolved that pursuant to section 6 (2) of the Judicial Compensation Act, the Legislative Assembly:
a. reject the following recommendations of the Report of the 2016 Judicial Compensation Commission as laid before this Assembly on September 18, 2017 for the reasons outlined in Government’s Proposed Response to the Report of the 2016 Judicial Compensation Commission in Respect of Provincial Court Judges filed in this House; and
b. set the remuneration, allowances or benefits that are to be substituted for the rejected recommendations;
as follows:
1. The recommended salary for puisne judges for April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 of $273,000 is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 is set at $262,000.
2. The recommended salary for puisne judges for April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 of $277,095 is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019 is set at $266,000.
3. The recommended salary for puisne judges for April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 of $281,251 is rejected. The salary for April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 is set at $270,000.
4. The recommended reimbursement of 100% of participation costs incurred by the Provincial Court Judges Association of British Columbia is rejected. The Association will be reimbursed according to the formula established in the Judicial Compensation Act, which is 100% of costs up to $30,000 and two-thirds of costs between $30,000 and $150,000.
That the Legislative Assembly accept the remaining recommendations contained in the report.
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