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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Ms. Malcolmson.
The Hon. D. Eby (Attorney 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 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
February 25, 2020.
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 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 Chow Kang Simons D’Eith Sims Routley Ma Elmore Dean Routledge |
Singh Darcy Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Eby Dix Ralston Mark |
Fleming Conroy Fraser Chandra Herbert Rice Malcolmson Leonard Glumac Furstenau Olsen Weaver |
| Nays — 39 | |||
| Cadieux de Jong Bond Polak Wilkinson Lee Stone Coleman Kyllo Bernier |
Thornthwaite Paton Ashton Barnett Yap Martin Davies Reid Sullivan Morris |
Stilwell Ross Oakes Johal Rustad Milobar Sturdy Clovechok Shypitka Hunt |
Throness Tegart Stewart Sultan Foster Gibson Letnick Thomson Larson |
And then the House adjourned at 11.41 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
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 Government Caucus, 8 Members of the Official Opposition Caucus, and 1 member of the Third Party Caucus. 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 fifth 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, Rick Glumac, Jinny Sims, Rachna Singh, Dan Ashton, Peter Milobar, Ben Stewart, Jordan Sturdy, Ralph Sultan, Steve Thomson, Jane Thornthwaite, John Yap, 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 ministry Estimate, after such report has been made to the House, the Government shall have a maximum of seven minutes, the Official Opposition a maximum of four minutes, the Third Party a maximum of two minutes, and all other Members a maximum of one minute cumulatively to summarize the Committee debate on a particular ministry Estimate completed. Such summaries shall be in the following order:
(1) Other Members;
(2) Third Party;
(3) Official Opposition; and
(4) 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 sections 2 and 8 of this Order.
Motion agreed to.
Order called for Committee of Supply.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of Supply.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 7) intituled Arbitration Act, a debate arose.
Bill (No. 7) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 10) intituled Municipal Affairs and Housing Statutes Amendment Act, 2020, a debate arose.
The debate continued.
The House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 42 | |||
| Chouhan Kahlon Begg Brar Heyman Mungall Bains Beare Chen Popham Trevena |
Chow Kang Simons D’Eith Sims Routley Ma Elmore Dean Routledge Singh |
Darcy Simpson Robinson Farnworth Horgan James Eby Dix Ralston Mark |
Fleming Conroy Chandra Herbert Rice Malcolmson Leonard Glumac Furstenau Olsen Weaver |
| Nays — 34 | |||
| Cadieux de Jong Polak Lee Stone Kyllo Bernier Thornthwaite Paton |
Ashton Barnett Yap Martin Davies Reid Sullivan Morris Stilwell |
Ross Oakes Rustad Milobar Sturdy Clovechok Shypitka Hunt |
Tegart Stewart Sultan Foster Gibson Letnick Thomson Larson |
Bill (No. 10) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
The Hon. S. Robinson reserved her right to raise a matter of privilege.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 3) intituled Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2020, a debate arose.
Bill (No. 3) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
Mr. Stone withdrew his comments of earlier today.
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.
On the motion of the Hon. C. Trevena, 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 Tourism, Arts and Culture.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 5.40 p.m.
HON. DARRYL PLECAS, Speaker
Monday, March 2
Ms. Polak to introduce a Bill intituled Name Amendment Act, 2020.
Monday, March 2
3 Mr. D’Eith to move —
Be it resolved that this House support the government’s actions taken to reduce economic inequality and increase affordability, thereby lifting people out of working poverty and lowering the number of people living paycheque to paycheque.
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