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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Ms. Alexis.
The Hon. S. Robinson (Minister of Finance) 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. 6) intituled Home Owner Grant Amendment Act, 2021 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
February 24, 2021.
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. S. Robinson (Minister of Finance) 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. 8) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
February 24, 2021.
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.”
By leave, the Hon. M. Farnworth moved —
That a Special Committee to Appoint an Ombudsperson be appointed to select and unanimously recommend to the Legislative Assembly the appointment of an individual as Ombudsperson, pursuant to section 2 of the Ombudsperson Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 340).
That the Special Committee have all the powers of a Select Standing Committee and in addition be empowered to:
a) appoint of its number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Special Committee and to delegate to the subcommittees all or any of its powers except the power to report directly to the House;
b) sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
c) adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and,
d) retain such personnel as required to assist the Special Committee.
That the Special Committee report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; and deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment, and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.
That the Special Committee be composed of Janet Routledge (Convener), Jagrup Brar, Fin Donnelly, Bruce Banman, and Teresa Wat.
Motion agreed to.
By leave, the Hon. M. Farnworth moved —
That, pursuant to section 215.03 of the Election Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 106), a Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Election Act be appointed to conduct a review of the annual allowance paid to political parties under section 215.02 of the Act, including, but not limited to, a review of the following:
1. Whether an annual allowance paid to political parties should be continued to be paid after 2022.
2. If an annual allowance to political parties is to be continued,
a) the amount of the annual allowance, and,
b) the number of years the annual allowance is to be paid.
That the Special Committee have all the powers of a Select Standing Committee and in addition be empowered to:
a) appoint of its number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Special Committee and to delegate to the subcommittees all or any of its powers except the power to report directly to the House;
b) sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
c) conduct consultations by any means the Special Committee considers appropriate;
d) adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and,
e) retain such personnel as required to assist the Special Committee.
That the Special Committee report to the House within six months of this motion being adopted by the House, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; and shall deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment, and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.
That the Special Committee be composed of Jagrup Brar (Convener), Brittny Anderson, Ronna-Rae Leonard, Andrew Mercier, Greg Kyllo, Peter Milobar and Adam Olsen.
Motion agreed to.
The Hon. R. Chouhan (Speaker) tabled the Auditor General Report on Financial Audit Work for the 2019/20 Fiscal Year, March 2021.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
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. S. Robinson, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 7) intituled Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021, a debate arose.
On the motion of Mr. Stewart, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 11.57 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 7) intituled Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021.
The debate continued.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, division on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 7) was deferred to later today.
The House recessed until 6.10 p.m.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, the House proceeded to deferred divisions.
The motion for second reading of Bill (No. 7) intituled Tenancy Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 was agreed to nemine contradicente on the following deferred division.
| Yeas — 82 | |||
| Farnworth Alexis Anderson Babchuk Bailey Bains Beare Begg Brar Chandra Herbert Chant Chen Chow Conroy Coulter Cullen D’Eith Dix Donnelly Dykeman Eby |
Elmore Fleming Glumac Greene Heyman Horgan Kahlon Kang Leonard 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 Milobar Ashton Banman Bernier Bond Cadieux Clovechok Davies |
de Jong Doerkson Halford Kirkpatrick Kyllo Lee Merrifield Morris Oakes Paton Ross Rustad Shypitka Stone Sturdy Tegart Wat Wilkinson Furstenau Olsen |
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.
And then the House adjourned at 6.26 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
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