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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Mr. Doerkson.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The Hon. N. Sharma (Attorney General) tabled the following documents:
Property Assessment Appeal Board Annual Report, 2022; and,
British Columbia Utilities Commission Annual Report, 2021/22.
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 C of Committee of Supply.
Bill (No. 16) intituled Supply Act (No. 1), 2023, was committed.
Clauses 1 through 4, the preamble and the title of Bill (No. 16) passed.
Bill (No. 16) reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
Bill (No. 15) intituled Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2023, was committed.
Clauses 1 through 3 and the title of Bill (No. 15) passed.
The motion that the Committee rise and report Bill (No. 15) complete without amendment was agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:
| Yeas — 75 | |||
| Chandra Herbert Babchuk Lore Malcolmson Beare Kang Ma Heyman Osborne Bains Dean Bailey Mercier A. Singh Routledge Starchuk Rice D’Eith Leonard |
Chow R. Singh Whiteside Farnworth Kahlon Conroy Sharma Dix Robinson Fleming Alexis Rankin Popham Simons Elmore Glumac Routley Yao Donnelly |
Dykeman Sims Greene Anderson Chant Russell Sandhu Chen Begg Paddon Walker de Jong Doerkson Milobar Stone Bond Halford Ross Oakes |
Bernier Paton Davies Sturdy Clovechok Morris Sturko Kirkpatrick Merrifield Lee Wat Stewart Shypitka Ashton Banman Letnick Olsen Rustad |
Bill (No. 15) reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Education and Child Care.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section C)
Section C of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 11.59 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 C of Committee of Supply.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 13) intituled Pay Transparency Act, a debate arose.
The debate continued.
Bill (No. 13) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 11) intituled Election Amendment Act, 2023.
The debate continued.
Bill (No. 11) 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. 12) intituled Intimate Images Protection Act, a debate arose.
The debate continued.
Bill (No. 12) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
Bill (No. 14) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes (Modernization) Amendment Act, 2023, was committed.
On clause 1 of Bill (No. 14).
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Education and Child Care.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section C)
18. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding $1,912,095,000 be granted to His Majesty to defray the expenses of Ministry of Children and Family Development, Ministry Operations, to 31st March, 2024.
Section C of Committee of Supply reported the Resolution and completion of the estimates of the Ministry of Children and Family Development and further reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
By agreement, summary of debate of estimates passed in Section C (Ministry of Children and Family Development) to be considered at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 6.26 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
Wednesday, March 29
Mr. Olsen to introduce a Bill intituled North-Island Coast Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2023.
Wednesday, March 29
38 The Hon. R. Kahlon to move —
That Adam Olsen be removed as a member of the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fish and Food.
Thursday, March 30
1 Mr. Olsen to ask the Hon. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General the following questions: —
1. The RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group (C‑IRG) pulls resources from local detachments from across British Columbia. Can the Minister provide a detailed breakdown of its understanding of both the financial resources, personnel and other resources that have been diverted from local detachments and other branches of police?
2. A member of the public pursued a freedom-of-information request with the RCMP and was told that they could not receive budgets of the C‑IRG because “The C‑IRG falls under a larger section which does budget reporting, but the C‑IRG itself does not have its own separate budget, nor do its own budget reporting.” Can the Minister provide a) his understanding of the structure of C‑IRG; b) the sections it falls under; c) the budgets it falls under; and, d) a breakdown of how much funding is allocated to units connected to C‑IRG?
3. What is the role of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General in directing, overseeing and/or managing operations of C‑IRG?
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