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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Ms. Kang.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
3 The Hon. M. Farnworth moved —
That this House hereby authorize 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 8 Members of the New Democratic Party and 8 Members of the BC Liberal Party and one member of the Green Party. 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 fourth session of the Forty-First Parliament, the Members of Section A shall be as follows: the Minister whose Estimates are under consideration and Jagrup Brar, Mitzi Dean, Bob D’Eith, Mable Elmore, Anne Kang, Rick Glumac, Rachna Singh, Simon Gibson, Jane Thornthwaite, Peter Milobar, Coralee Oakes, Mike Morris, Jordan Sturdy, Teresa Wat, Ellis Ross and Sonia Furstenau.
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.
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 | |||
| Chouhan 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 Malcolmson Furstenau Weaver Olsen |
| Nays — 40 | |||
| Cadieux de Jong Bond Polak Lee Stone Coleman Wat Bernier Thornthwaite |
Paton Ashton Barnett Yap Martin Davies Kyllo Reid Morris Stilwell |
Ross Oakes Johal Redies Rustad Milobar Sturdy Clovechok Shypitka Hunt |
Throness Tegart Stewart Sultan Gibson Foster Isaacs Letnick Thomson Larson |
And then the House adjourned at 11.53 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 and Section B of Committee of Supply.
(In Committee — Section B)
11 (S). Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $5,500,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2019.
14 (S). Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $7,900,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Attorney General, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2019.
18 (S). Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $19,900,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Children and Family Development, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2019.
Section B of Committee of Supply reported the Resolutions and completion of the supplementary estimates of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, Ministry of Attorney General and Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section A)
19 (S). Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $50,000,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Citizens’ Services, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2019.
21 (S). Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $32,400,000 be granted to Her Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2019.
Section A of Committee of Supply reported the Resolutions and completion of the supplementary estimates of the Ministry of Citizens’ Services and Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
By agreement, summary of debate of supplementary estimates passed in Section A (Ministry of Citizens’ Services and Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources) to be considered at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 5.31 p.m.
HON. DARRYL PLECAS, Speaker
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