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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by the Hon. Sheila Malcolmson.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Order called for “Private Members’ Statements.”
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. M 202) intituled Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act, a debate arose.
The debate continued.
Pursuant to Standing Order 25, division on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. M 202) was deferred until 30 minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment.
And then the House adjourned at 11.51 a.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The Hon. Ravi Kahlon (Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs) tabled the Islands Trust Annual Report, 2023/24.
The Hon. Brenda Bailey (Minister of Finance) tabled the following documents:
Province of British Columbia Consolidated Revenue Fund Guarantees and Indemnities Approved for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2024;
Statement of 2023/24 Borrowings Pursuant to Section 56 of the Financial Administration Act, Schedule A and Schedule B; and,
Province of British Columbia Forty-eighth Annual Report pursuant to the Public Service Benefit Plan Act, Year Ended March 31, 2024.
The Hon. Sheila Malcolmson (Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction) tabled the TogetherBC: British Columbia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Report, 2023.
The Hon. Spencer Chandra Herbert (Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport) tabled the BC Arts Council Annual Report, 2023/2024.
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.
The House divided.
Motion agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:
| Yeas — 91 | |||
| 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 |
Sturko Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell 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 Valeriote Botterell |
Bill (No. 4) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after 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.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Hon Chan, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
Pursuant to Standing Order 25, in consideration of second reading of Bill (No. M 202) intituled Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act, the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 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 |
| Nays — 42 | |||
| Sturko Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld |
Dew Gasper 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 Doerkson Chapman McCall |
Bill (No. M 202) read a second time and Ordered committed to the Select Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Bills.
And then the House adjourned at 6.12 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
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.
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