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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Ms. Bond.
The Hon. M. Farnworth (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Janet Austin
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 13) intituled Community Safety Amendment Act, 2019 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
March 28, 2019.
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. C. James (Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Janet Austin
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 26) intituled Financial Services Authority Act, 2019 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
April 1, 2019.
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.”
Ms. Polak presented a petition regarding banning smoking in multi-unit dwellings.
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 third reading of Bill (No. 10) intituled Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019, a debate arose.
Mr. Weaver moved the following amendment —
That the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 10) intituled Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 be amended by deleting all the words after “that” and substituting the following:
“Bill (No. 10) not be read a third time now but that the subject matter be referred to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.”
The amendment on the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 10) intituled Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 was negatived on the following division:
| Nays — 76 | |||
| 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 Cadieux de Jong Bond Polak Lee Stone Coleman Wat Thornthwaite Paton Barnett Yap Martin Davies Kyllo Sullivan |
Reid Morris Oakes Johal Redies Milobar Sturdy Clovechok Shypitka Hunt Throness Tegart Stewart Sultan Gibson Foster Isaacs Letnick Larson |
| Yeas — 3 | |||
| Furstenau |
Weaver |
Olsen |
|
The debate resumed on the main motion.
On the motion of Mr. Olsen, 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 Jobs, Trade and Technology.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.52 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.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 10) intituled Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019.
Mr. Olsen moved the following amendment —
That the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 10) intituled Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 be amended by deleting the word “now” and substituting “six months hence.”
The amendment on the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 10) intituled Income Tax Amendment Act, 2019 was negatived on the following division:
| Nays — 76 | |||
| 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 Cadieux de Jong Bond Polak Lee Stone Coleman Wat Thornthwaite Paton Barnett Yap Martin Davies Kyllo Sullivan |
Reid Morris Oakes Johal Redies Milobar Sturdy Clovechok Shypitka Hunt Throness Tegart Stewart Sultan Gibson Foster Isaacs Letnick Larson |
| Yeas — 3 | |||
| Furstenau |
Weaver |
Olsen |
|
The debate resumed on the main motion.
The Speaker made the following statement:
Honourable Members:
I wish to state for clarity that the Chair has been fairly lenient with the third reading debate that took place on Bill (No. 10) today. As the Deputy Speaker noted earlier, debate at third reading is not common practice in our House, though it is a decisive stage in the legislative process, and Members are within their right to speak on debate on a motion for the third reading of a bill, and to propose certain amendments at this stage of a bill’s consideration.
I wish to affirm that the direction provided by the Deputy Speaker earlier today was correct. Parliamentary Practice in British Columbia, 4th edition, states at page 220 that, “Debate on third reading is limited to matters which are contained in the Bill.”
This is also reinforced in other procedural authorities. Erskine May, 24th edition, states at page 595, “Debate on third reading, however, is more restricted than on the earlier stage, being limited to the contents of the bill …”.
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, 3rd edition, states at page 792, “Debate at this stage of the legislative process focuses on the final form of the bill.”
The Deputy Speaker properly upheld this recognized practice.
HON. DARRYL PLECAS, Speaker
The House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 76 | |||
| 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 Cadieux de Jong Bond Polak Lee Stone Coleman Wat Thornthwaite Paton Barnett Yap Martin Davies Kyllo Sullivan |
Reid Morris Oakes Johal Redies Milobar Sturdy Clovechok Shypitka Hunt Throness Tegart Stewart Sultan Gibson Foster Isaacs Letnick Larson |
| Nays — 3 | |||
| Furstenau |
Weaver |
Olsen |
|
Bill (No. 10) read a third time and passed.
Order called for Committee of Supply.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section B of Committee of Supply.
(In Committee — Section B)
Section B of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 5.47 p.m.
HON. DARRYL PLECAS, Speaker
Monday, April 8
6 Mr. Milobar to move —
Be it resolved that this House agrees that increased non revenue-neutral carbon tax and higher gasoline prices make life more expensive for British Columbians.
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