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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Bryan Tepper.
The Hon. Niki Sharma (Attorney General and Deputy Premier) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 7) intituled Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
March 12, 2025.
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.
On the motion of John Rustad, Bill (No. M 206) intituled Interpretation (Pacific Daylight Time) Amendment Act, 2025, was introduced, read a first time, and 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.”
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion “That the Speaker do now leave the Chair” for the House to go into Committee of Supply.
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 — 44 | |||
| Sturko Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld |
Van Popta Dew Gasper K. Neufeld Day Block Bhangu Paton Boultbee Chan Toor |
Hepner Giddens Rattée Davis McInnis Bird Luck Stamer Maahs Tepper Mok |
Wilson Clare Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Chapman McCall Kealy Armstrong Brodie |
And then the House adjourned at 11.58 a.m.
One 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 of Committee of Supply.
Bill (No. 4) intituled Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025, was committed.
Clause 1 and clause 2 of Bill (No. 4) passed.
Steve Kooner moved a proposed amendment to clause 3 of Bill (No. 4) which was defeated, on division.
Clause 3 of Bill (No. 4) passed, on division.
Clause 4 of Bill (No. 4) passed.
Steve Kooner moved a proposed amendment to clause 5 of Bill (No. 4) which was defeated on the following division:
| Nays — 47 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick 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 — 38 | |||
| Sturko Kindy Warbus Banman Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta Dew |
Gasper K. Neufeld Day Block Bhangu Paton Boultbee Chan Toor Hepner |
Giddens Rattée Davis McInnis Bird Luck Stamer Maahs Tepper |
Mok Wilson Clare Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Chapman McCall |
Clause 5 of Bill (No. 4) passed, on division.
Clauses 6 through 38 of Bill (No. 4) passed.
Steve Kooner moved a proposed amendment to clause 39 of Bill (No. 4) which was defeated 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 — 38 | |||
| Sturko Kindy Warbus Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta |
Dew Gasper K. Neufeld Day Block Bhangu Paton Boultbee Chan Toor |
Hepner Giddens Rattée Davis McInnis Bird Luck Stamer Maahs |
Tepper Mok Wilson Clare Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Chapman McCall |
Clause 39 and clause 40 of Bill (No. 4) passed.
Steve Kooner moved a proposed amendment to add clause 40.1 to Bill (No. 4) which was defeated, on division.
Clause 41 and the title of Bill (No. 4) passed.
Bill (No. 4) reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
Order called for Committee of Supply.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section B of Committee of Supply.
(In Committee — Section B)
Section B of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section A)
Section A of Committee of Supply reported progress of the estimates of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport.
Report to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 5.23 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
Tuesday, April 1
Peter Milobar to introduce a Bill intituled Carbon Tax (Repeal) Act, 2025.
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