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One-thirty o’clock p.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Mr. Letnick.
The Hon. K. Conroy advised the House of the death of William “Bill” King, a former Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The Hon. S. Robinson (Minister of Finance) tabled the Statement of 2019/20 Borrowings Pursuant to Section 56 of the Financial Administration Act, Schedule A and Schedule B.
The Hon. R. Chouhan (Speaker) tabled the following documents:
Human Rights Commissioner, Laying the Foundations, Annual Report, 2019/20 and Service Plan, 2020/21–2022/23;
Report pursuant to the COVID-19 Related Measures Act (S.B.C. 2020, c. 8) regarding Order in Council No. 620, Attorney General, December 15, 2020; and,
Merit Commissioner Merit Performance Audit Report, 2019/20, Upholding Fair Hiring in the BC Public Service, December 2020.
The Hon. M. Farnworth on behalf of the Hon. G. Heyman (Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy) tabled the CleanBC Climate Change Accountability Report, 2020.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Bill (No. 3) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 was again committed.
Clause 3 of Bill (No. 3) passed, on division.
Bill (No. 3) reported complete without amendment.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, division on the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 3) was deferred to later today.
The Hon. S. Robinson (Minister of Finance) moved —
That this House forthwith resolve itself for this Session into a committee to consider the supply to be granted to Her Majesty.
Motion agreed to.
The Hon. S. Robinson (Minister of Finance) moved —
That the Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor presented to this House on December 8, 2020 and the Supplementary Estimates No. 3, Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2021, accompanying the same be referred to the Committee of Supply.
Motion agreed to.
Order called for Committee of Supply.
(In Committee)
Committee of Supply reported progress of the supplementary estimates of Other Appropriations, Contingencies (All Ministries): Pandemic Response and Economic Recovery.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
The House recessed until 6.40 p.m.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, the House proceeded to deferred divisions.
The motion for third reading of Bill (No. 3) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 was agreed to on the following deferred division:
| Yeas — 52 | |||
| Farnworth Alexis Anderson Babchuk Bailey Bains Beare Begg Brar Chandra Herbert Chant Chen Chow |
Conroy Coulter Cullen Dean D’Eith Dykeman Eby Elmore Fleming Greene Heyman Kahlon Kang |
Leonard Lore Ma Malcolmson Mark Mercier Osborne Paddon Popham Ralston Rankin Rice Robinson |
Routledge Routley Russell Sandhu Sharma Simons Sims A. Singh R. Singh Starchuk Walker Whiteside Yao |
| Nays — 29 | |||
| Milobar Ashton Banman Bernier Bond Cadieux Clovechok Davies |
de Jong Doerkson Halford Kirkpatrick Kyllo Lee Letnick |
Merrifield Morris Oakes Paton Rustad Shypitka Stewart |
Stone Sturdy Tegart Wat Wilkinson Furstenau Olsen |
Bill (No. 3) read a third time and passed.
And then the House adjourned at 6.53 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
Monday, December 21
2 Ms. Wat to move —
Be it resolved that this House support providing all British Columbians with the supports they need to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
3 Ms. Bailey to move —
Be it resolved that this House support the actions taken by the Government of British Columbia to increase supply and housing affordability for renters.
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