Nos. 11 and 12 VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE Legislative Assembly of British Columbia First Session of the Forty-third Parliament

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Ten o’clock a.m.

Prayers and Reflections by Korky Neufeld.

Order called for “Members’ Statements.”

Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”

The Hon. Raj Chouhan (Speaker) tabled the Auditor General Report, Child Care Licensing Capacity, February 2025.

The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”

On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 4) intituled Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025, a debate arose.

On the motion of the Hon. Brenda Bailey, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

And then the House adjourned at 11.52 a.m.

Thursday, February 27, 2025

One 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. 4) intituled Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025.

The debate continued.

Peter Milobar moved the following amendment —

That the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 4) intituled Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025, be amended by deleting the word “now” and substituting “six months hence.”

The amendment on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 4) was negatived on the following division:

Nays — 48
Lore
G. Anderson
Blatherwick
Elmore
Sunner
Toporowski
B. Anderson
Neill
Osborne
Brar
Davidson
Kahlon
Parmar
Gibson
Beare
Chandra Herbert
Wickens
Kang
Morissette
Sandhu
Krieger
Chant
Lajeunesse
Choi
Rotchford
Higginson
Routledge
Popham
Dix
Sharma
Farnworth
Eby
Bailey
Begg
Greene
Whiteside
Boyle
Ma
Yung
Malcolmson
Chow
Glumac
Arora
Shah
Phillip
Dhir
Valeriote
Botterell
Yeas — 41
Sturko
Kindy
Milobar
Rustad
Banman
Wat
Kooner
Halford
L. Neufeld
Van Popta
Dew
Gasper
K. Neufeld
Brodie
Block
Bhangu
Paton
Boultbee
Chan
Toor
Hepner
Giddens
Rattée
Davis
Armstrong
McInnis
Bird
Luck
Stamer
Maahs
Tepper
Mok
Wilson
Kealy
Clare
Day
Williams
Loewen
Dhaliwal
Chapman
McCall

The debate resumed on the main motion.

The debate continued.

On the motion of Susie Chant, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

By notice from the Members, Kiel Giddens and Jody Toor exchanged places on the List of Precedence for Private Members’ Business.

And then the House adjourned at 5.19 p.m.

HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker

NOTICE OF BILLS

Tuesday, March 4

John Rustad to introduce a Bill intituled Free Trade and Mobility Within Canada Act, 2025.

Jody Toor to introduce a Bill intituled Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health Strategy Act.