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One-thirty o’clock p.m.
Prayers and Reflections by the Hon. Sheila Malcolmson.
On the motion of Gavin Dew, Bill (No. M 221) intituled Short-Term Rental Accommodations 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.
On the motion of Gavin Dew, Bill (No. M 222) intituled Short-Term Rental Accommodations Amendment Act (No. 2), 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.
On the motion of Elenore Sturko, Bill (No. M 223) intituled Interpretation Amendment Act (No. 2), 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.
On the motion of Jordan Kealy that a bill intituled Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Statute Repeal Act be introduced and read a first time, the House divided.
Motion negatived on the following division:
| Nays — 48 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick Routledge Chant Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson |
Parmar Sunner Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Sandhu Begg Higginson Phillip Lajeunesse Choi |
Rotchford Elmore Morissette Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Greene Whiteside |
Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson Gibson Glumac Arora Shah Chow Dhir Valeriote Botterell |
| Yeas — 43 | |||
| Wilson Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld |
Van Popta Dew Clare K. Neufeld Bhangu Paton Gasper Chan Toor Hepner Giddens |
Rattée Davis McInnis Bird McCall Stamer Day Tepper Mok Maahs Williams |
Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Luck Block Brodie Armstrong Kealy Sturko Boultbee |
On the motion of Tara Armstrong that a bill intituled Post-Secondary Institutions Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Prohibition Act be introduced and read a first time, the House divided.
Motion negatived on the following division:
| Nays — 50 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick Routledge Chant Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson Parmar |
Sunner Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Sandhu Begg Higginson Phillip Lajeunesse Choi Rotchford Elmore |
Morissette Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Greene Whiteside Boyle Ma |
Yung Malcolmson Gibson Glumac Arora Shah Chow Dhir Valeriote Botterell Sturko Boultbee |
| Yeas — 41 | |||
| Wilson Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld |
Van Popta Dew Clare K. Neufeld Bhangu Paton Gasper Chan Toor Hepner |
Giddens Rattée Davis McInnis Bird McCall Stamer Day Tepper Mok |
Maahs Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Luck Block Brodie Armstrong Kealy |
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A and Section C of Committee of the Whole.
Bill (No. 20) intituled Construction Prompt Payment Act was again committed.
Clause 41 of Bill (No. 20) passed.
On clause 42 of Bill (No. 20).
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered later today.
By leave, Larry Neufeld presented a petition regarding emergency health care services in Tumbler Ridge.
Bill (No. 20) intituled Construction Prompt Payment Act was again committed.
Clause 42 of Bill (No. 20) passed nemine contradicente on the following division:
| Yeas — 87 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick Routledge Chant Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson Parmar Sunner Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Sandhu Begg Higginson Phillip |
Lajeunesse Choi Rotchford Elmore Morissette Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Greene Whiteside Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson Gibson Glumac Arora Shah |
Chow Dhir Wilson Kindy Milobar Rustad Banman Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta Clare K. Neufeld Bhangu Paton Gasper Chan Toor Hepner Giddens Rattée |
Davis McInnis Bird McCall Stamer Tepper Mok Chapman Maahs Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Luck Block Valeriote Botterell Brodie Armstrong Kealy Sturko Boultbee |
On clause 43 of Bill (No. 20).
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered later today.
(In Committee — Section A)
Bill (No. 31) intituled Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, was again committed.
Jeremy Valeriote moved a proposed amendment to clause 2 of Bill (No. 31) which was defeated on the following division:
| Nays — 5 | |||
| Brar Chandra Herbert |
Lajeunesse |
Dix |
Shah |
| Yeas — 4 | |||
| L. Neufeld |
Mok |
Williams |
Valeriote |
Clause 2 of Bill (No. 31) passed on the following division:
| Yeas — 5 | |||
| Popham Dix |
Yung |
Gibson |
Shah |
| Nays — 4 | |||
| L. Neufeld |
Mok |
Williams |
Valeriote |
Clauses 3 through 5 and the title of Bill (No. 31) passed.
Section A of Committee of the Whole reported Bill (No. 31) intituled Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, complete without amendment.
On the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 31) the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 46 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick Routledge Chant Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson |
Parmar Sunner Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Sandhu Begg Higginson Phillip Lajeunesse Choi |
Rotchford Elmore Morissette Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Greene |
Whiteside Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson Gibson Glumac Arora Shah Chow Dhir |
| Nays — 46 | |||
| Wilson Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta |
Dew Clare K. Neufeld Bhangu Paton Gasper Chan Toor Hepner Giddens Rattée Davis |
McInnis Bird McCall Stamer Day Tepper Mok Chapman Maahs Williams Loewen |
Dhaliwal Doerkson Luck Block Valeriote Botterell Brodie Armstrong Kealy Sturko Boultbee |
The Speaker announced that the votes being equal, and given that Bill (No. 31) had passed earlier stages of consideration by the House with a majority of votes, he cast his vote in favour of the motion.
Bill (No. 31) read a third time and passed.
(In Committee — Section C)
Bill (No. 25) intituled Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, was committed.
Clause 1 of Bill (No. 25) passed on the following division:
| Yeas — 6 | |||
| Routledge Davidson |
Kang Choi |
Boyle |
Botterell |
| Nays — 3 | |||
| McCall |
Maahs |
Luck |
|
Clause 2 of Bill (No. 25) passed on the following division:
| Yeas — 6 | |||
| Routledge Kahlon |
Whiteside Boyle |
Malcolmson |
Botterell |
| Nays — 3 | |||
| L. Neufeld |
McCall |
Maahs |
|
Clause 3 of Bill (No. 25) passed.
Tony Luck moved a proposed amendment to clause 4 of Bill (No. 25) which was defeated, on division.
On clause 4 of Bill (No. 25).
Section C of Committee of the Whole reported progress on Bill (No. 25) intituled Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered later today.
Committee to sit again later today.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of the Whole.
Bill (No. 20) intituled Construction Prompt Payment Act was again committed.
On clause 43 of Bill (No. 20).
The Committee rose, reported progress and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
(In Committee — Section A)
Bill (No. 25) intituled Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, was again committed.
Clause 4 of Bill (No. 25) passed on the following division:
| Yeas — 6 | |||
| Popham Boyle |
Yung Gibson |
Shah |
Botterell |
| Nays — 3 | |||
| Mok |
Williams |
Luck |
|
Clauses 5 through 8 of Bill (No. 25) passed.
On clause 9 of Bill (No. 25).
Section A of Committee of the Whole reported progress on Bill (No. 25) intituled Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, and asked leave to sit again.
Bill to be considered at the next sitting.
Committee to sit again at the next sitting.
And then the House adjourned at 6.49 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
Thursday, November 20
Dallas Brodie to introduce a Bill intituled National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Repeal Act.
Dana Lajeunesse to introduce a Bill intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025.
Monday, November 24
Sheldon Clare to introduce a Bill intituled Insurance (Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2025.
Jeremy Valeriote to introduce a Bill intituled Business Practices and Consumer Protection (Greenwashing Prevention) Amendment Act, 2025.
Thursday, November 20
71 Á’a:líya Warbus to move —
That Motion 16 be amended by adding “review of the” before the word “speculation” and deleting all words after “tax” and substituting therefor the following: “for inequities and urgent improvements.”
72 The Hon. Mike Farnworth to move —
That a Special Committee on Police Complaints be appointed to conduct an audit respecting the outcome or resolution of randomly selected complaints and investigations, pursuant to section 51.2 of the Police Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 367).
That the Special Committee have 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 personnel as required to assist the Special Committee.
That the Special Committee report to the House within one year of its appointment, and that during a period of adjournment, the Special Committee deposit its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, or in the next following Session, as the case may be, the Chair present all reports to the House.
That the Special Committee be composed of the following Members: Elenore Sturko (Convener), Garry Begg, Steve Kooner, Macklin McCall and Darlene Rotchford.
73 The Hon. Mike Farnworth to move —
That Elenore Sturko and Jennifer Blatherwick be removed as members of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
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