(Hansard)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1996
Afternoon
Volume 2, Number 24
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The House met at 2:06 p.m.
G. Brewin: I'm pleased to introduce to the House, and have you all join me in welcoming, two people who are visiting here from the United States: David Riehle and Gladys Mackenzie. David represents the United Transportation Union, Local 650 in Minneapolis, and Gladys is a member of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. They've just come from a major convention in Cleveland, Ohio, where a labour party was founded with over 1,300 delegates from 46 states. Will the House please make them welcome.
G. Campbell: As you know, every year the Legislative Assembly tennis team gives the press gallery a lesson in humility, and this year was no exception. We managed to totally annihilate them, in spite of the fact that they consistently broke the rules.
Two visitors in the gallery today, Mr. Chuck Johnstone and Jack Hutton, make a significant contribution to the tournament, in addition to tournament sponsors SHL Computer Innovations Inc., who are the experts in information technology and keep track of how much we defeat the press by. Providence Farm at Cowichan Bay is a non-profit society that assists mentally handicapped kids. They have a fundraising event the Friday before the tournament and have raised about $60,000 over the years to assist the expenses of running Providence Farm. The South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club, a fine establishment which is the oldest lawn tennis club in North America, has also donated for us. It has its 110th anniversary next year, when once again the Legislative Assembly will wipe the press gallery in their tennis activities.
I hope that the Legislature will give a great round of applause to both Mr. Johnstone and Jack Hutton, because it's one of the few times in the year that we really do get to show the press what we think of them.
The Speaker: I had anticipated that the Leader of the Opposition was going to ask the Speaker to send a note of condolences,
Hon. G. Clark: Today, we have some very special visitors in the members' gallery: His Excellency Takashi Tajima is the newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Canada. We had a very productive and pleasant meeting this morning, when our conversation included, of course, the upcoming APEC leaders' meeting to be held in Vancouver in November of 1997. The ambassador is accompanied by his wife, Hiroko Tajima, and Yasip Nozaka, consul general of Japan in Vancouver, and his wife, Chiyomi Nozaka. Please join me in giving them a warm welcome.
G. Campbell: I know that all members of this House encourage the young people of the province to get involved in public life regardless of which party, and I am pleased to say that today in this House we have Ms. Fiona McFarlane, who is the financial chair for the Young Liberals. I hope the House will make her welcome.
D. Symons: I'd like the House to welcome my son Eric Symons; his wife, Angela Symons; and our three grandchildren: Jeffrey, Dylan and Nicholas Symons. It's Eric's first opportunity to watch his father and to see what I do over here in the five years that I've been an MLA.
T. Stevenson: In the gallery today are my partner, the Rev. Gary Paterson, of Ryerson United Church in Vancouver, and also my daughter Zoe. I ask the House to join me in welcoming them.
Hon. J. MacPhail: It's with great pleasure I note that on the floor of the Legislature today we are visited by a person who has probably sat on the floor of this Legislature almost as long as some of us here, and longer than lots: Ian Horne. He was the Clerk of the House for many, many years, and it's a great honour to have him join us today on what portends to be an auspicious occasion. I would ask the House to make him welcome.
The Speaker: For members' information, it's 20 years, just to be specific.
M. Coell: I have a number of friends in the gallery that I wish to introduce today.
An Hon. Member: Sure, sure.
M. Coell: Many of you wonder if I have any friends, I'm sure.
Mrs. Susan Bremner, who is the mother of Erin Bremner, one of our Pages, joins us today. Also, friends of mine, Brian and Allyson Innes from Saanich South, are accompanied by their son, Sean, who will be making an appearance maybe later today or tomorrow morning.
I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize the accomplishment of the Victoria Little League senior girls' softball team -- at Layritz. Their star pitcher is Stephanie Obara, who is the daughter of our caucus receptionist, Michele Obara. They are in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at the World Series. Could we congratulate them, as they're doing very well.
G. Plant: I am absolutely delighted to be able to welcome today three very good friends and constituents of mine from Richmond-Steveston: Frank Mackleston, Allan Parker and John Yap. I ask the House to make them welcome.
E. Gillespie: I would like the House to join me in welcoming today the Comox Valley community health council delegation, which is part of the Upper Island regional health board delegation that's here to meet with
An Hon. Member: The RAT team.
E. Gillespie: ...Regional Assessment Team. Joining us today we have Al Whiteford, chair of the community health council for the Comox Valley, and Caryl Harper, the transition coordinator. Would the House please make them welcome.
I. Chong: Joining us in the gallery today is a constituent of mine and an elected member of local government. Cheryle Scott is a councillor for the Corporation of the District of Oak Bay. Would the House please make her welcome.
F. Gingell: I would like to add my welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Nozaka, and take this opportunity to advise Mr. Nozaka that if all goes well, as we all think that it will, I'll be available for bridge on Tuesday night.
G. Robertson: With us today, and I am really pleased they are here, are members from the Upper Island regional
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health board. We have with us today Keith Hudson, chair of the regional board; Garth Sheane; Ed Dahl; Joyce Wilby; and Dora Nicinski. They are all community health council representatives. I would like to thank them for all the fine work they are doing, and I ask that the House please join me in welcoming them today.
The Speaker: Members, may I simply take this opportunity briefly to advise you all that on adjournment today, there will be a brief reception in the Ned DeBeck Lounge. I hope all members will attend. Please feel free to bring staff and guests.
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USE OF FOREST RENEWAL REVENUES
G. Campbell: On a number of occasions over this session, the government has said that no one on this side of the House could ever find anything that's good or that's done well on that side of the House. Today I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge, to recognize, and even to applaud the efforts of at least one member on that side of the House.
I want to congratulate and applaud the courageous and bold actions of the member for Columbia River-Revelstoke. You look perplexed, hon. Speaker. I'll get to it in a minute.
On July 24, that courageous member decided to take on the Premier, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Forests, in actually speaking up for his constituents. The member wrote, and I quote: "I believe that Forest Renewal money is there for the land base. It's there for streambed repair. It's there for our children and their children. This is a long-term investment not to be used for short-term financial difficulties."
My question is to the Minister of Forests. Will you listen to your back bench, do what's right, and protect all the funds in Forest Renewal B.C. for the communities of British Columbia? [Applause.]
The Speaker: For our guests in the chamber who weren't aware of what's happening, you should know that this is called question period.
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: Yes, it is wonderful to see the conversion on that side of the House.
Is it in order, hon. Speaker, that we put the motion again to support the forest renewal plan? Can they vote again, hon. Speaker?
This government, this minister, is pleased to listen to our back bench, to listen to the people -- and when we agree with them, even the opposition. But in this case, informed or misinformed, we will listen to everyone and every view about Forest Renewal B.C.
G. Campbell: I am staggered that the Minister of Forests would suggest that one of his own backbenchers is misinformed about what is taking place with Forest Renewal. It is not just the member for Columbia River-Revelstoke. The member for Alberni, the government Whip -- and no one would question that he is not as eloquent as the member for Columbia River-Revelstoke -- summed up his position and his community's position quite well when he said to his local paper: "I don't think we should take money from Forest Renewal for that."
The question I have to the Minister of Forests, hon.
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: Let me repeat how wonderful it is to see the support for the program. I have to keep saying that, because I still don't believe it. When they had their chance to support the program, they didn't. Let me remind the opposition that there are communities in this province that are more stable today because of that program. We are doubling the expenditures. This government intends to protect the integrity of the forest renewal program, and that includes a rainy-day fund. We know revenues are going to drop off some time, but the money will be there to be spent in the communities. Every cent of that money, with the exception of some research dollars, will be spent in the communities from which that money comes.
G. Campbell: What we are looking for is the conversion of that side of the House, where the government actually does what it promised the people of British Columbia it was going to do. The minister has informed this House that this is only a decision of the Forest Renewal board. In fact, he informed the House that this decision was driven by the chair and the president of Forest Renewal B.C. The chair of Forest Renewal B.C. has said: "We are pushing the government to promise they won't dip into the fund."
Hon. Speaker, on this side of the House, we are going to push the government to promise they won't dip into the fund as Roger Stanyer said. My question to the Minister of Forests is simply this. He is not paying attention to his back bench. He is not paying attention to the communities of British Columbia. Will he at least pay attention to the chairman of Forest Renewal and not touch Forest Renewal funds?
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: This government will listen to the people of British Columbia when they tell us to create jobs. What's happening? Jobs are up -- 85 percent of the
Interjections.
The Speaker: Members, please. Excuse me, members. I do want to recognize the member and allow him to pose the question. For a quieter question, the member for West Vancouver-Garibaldi.
T. Nebbeling: Totally quiet, because we're going to set the record straight, Mr. Speaker. The Minister of Forests just stated that all the reports say there are more jobs in British
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Columbia. He only looks at the good stuff, because the jobs in the forest industry are seriously down, and that's what we're talking about: jobs in the forest industry.
Interjections.
The Speaker: Order, members, please. I do want to hear the question.
T. Nebbeling: ...and regional districts in every corner of this province are outraged by this government's attempt once again to try to rip off the forest renewal fund in a very pitiful attempt to cover their deficit.
The Speaker: Is there a question?
T. Nebbeling: Oh, the question is coming, Mr. Speaker, and it's coming fast. Community leaders from Surrey to Smithers, from Cranbrook to Port Alberni, are saying: "Please, NDP government, keep your fingers out of the forest renewal fund." My question to the minister: is the minister ready to finally listen to the people of the communities of British Columbia, the people we represent, and stop planning the plundering of Forest Renewal B.C.?
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: I'm reminded that those members over there appeal to this side of the House, and when you add up what they're asking for, they want over $2 billion more spent on highways. But they haven'
Interjections.
The Speaker: Members, members.
Interjections.
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: It was a very confused question.
The Speaker: The member for West Vancouver-Garibaldi on a supplemental.
T. Nebbeling: I will make this one short. Yes, $2 billion was promised, and $2 billion we will fight for.
Community leaders -- and now we're talking about real leaders -- across this province know full well that there is no surplus in Forest Renewal. Every dime is to go back into the land. Nobody is fooled by this NDP doubletalk. Let me quote the mayor of Fort St. James: "We are now, quite frankly, appalled that consideration could be given to utilizing dollars." My question to the Minister of Forests once again: will he for once take the opportunity today to commit to this House that he will
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: The question is will I defend the integrity, I think, not the betrayal. That member wanted me to defend a betrayal, and I can't. What I can say is that the integrity of the fund for forest renewal will be defended. We have said that we will create a $2 billion fund, and we will defend the expenditure of that fund, and we will defend the increase of that funding in that member's riding this year and next year. It's going to double this year.
Some Hon. Members: Oh, double!
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: Double. That critic on that side of the House, that member, has suggested that the number of jobs in the forest industry has gone down. He's wrong. The number of jobs in the forest industry has increased by 15,000, and we have the vision and the courage to say that this will rise to 21,000 more jobs by the year 2000.
R. Neufeld: My question is to the Attorney General. It is our understanding that legal aid is not available for adoption services. June 1996 meeting notes from a section within the B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association state: "Legal aid coverage for adoptions for same-sex individuals will be available after November 4, 1996, with the agreement of the Legal Services Society." Does the Attorney General support the fact that legal aid coverage will be available for same-sex couples, but not for heterosexual couples wishing to adopt?
Hon. U. Dosanjh: Hon. Speaker, the Legal Services Society is independent under the statute, and they make their own policy. Let me say that as the Minister Responsible for Human Rights, I will support no discrimination.
C. Hansen: I find it surprising to hear the Minister of Forests talking about integrity on the NDP side of the House, because we have not seen that in this session. But he did talk about jobs.
I want to ask the Minister of Employment and Investment about a situation that took place a few years ago. In May 1995, the NDP Premier of Saskatchewan, Roy Romanow, announced a $5 million forgivable loan to Intercontinental Packers Ltd. conditional on the creation of 400 jobs in that province. I have confidential Saskatchewan cabinet documents that show that the NDP government in Saskatchewan knew at the time that it would result in the closure of the Olympic Fine Meats plant in Vancouver and the direct loss of 400 jobs in this province.
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Their documents say: "As the jobs to be created in Saskatchewan equal the jobs lost in Vancouver, the trick will be to talk about jobs without bringing attention to the Vancouver operation." These documents show that the NDP government in Saskatchewan knew they were contravening the agreement on internal trade. Will the minister condemn the actions of the Saskatchewan government and immediately refer this complaint to the internal trade secretariat?
Hon. D. Miller: The member opposite is a little bit out of date. Had he done his homework, he would have realized that British Columbia has already launched proceedings under the internal trade agreement. We have already had an exchange of information with the province of Saskatchewan, and that issue is moving forward, unlike the job-poaching that's taking place in the Liberal administration in New Brunswick, where they are stealing jobs from British Columbia and paying $11,000 per job. I wish that the Liberal opposition would be as vociferous in dealing with other Liberal administrations across this country.
We have taken action on the Saskatchewan issue. It is in process, and I said more than many months ago that we will pursue this through the internal trade agreement. We will always move to protect jobs here in British Columbia from the kind of poaching that other provinces might contemplate.
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The Speaker: The bell terminates question period.
J. Wilson: I rise to table correspondence from 28 municipalities and regional districts and a number of forest industry associations, regarding Forest Renewal B.C.
K. Krueger: I have the honour to present a petition on behalf of some constituents of mine concerned about the state of health care in the North Thompson Valley. The petition is to the Hon. Legislative Assembly of the province of British Columbia in Legislature assembled:
"We, the undersigned constituents of the Kamloops-North Thompson constituency, were promised a new health care facility by our former MLA Mr. Fred Jackson and your government. Being now informed that the government's commitment to this facility is under review, we are most concerned. This is our formal petition that the government of the province of British Columbia proceed expeditiously with the funding and construction of this long-awaited and badly needed facility."
Hon. A. Petter: I'm pleased to table the annual report of the Pacific Racing Association for the period ended January 31, 1996; the report of the Crown Proceeding Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995; the report of guarantees and indemnities, authorized and issued for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996; and the statement of unclaimed money deposits for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996.
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: Hon. Speaker, I ask leave to move a motion.
Leave granted.
Hon. D. Zirnhelt: Hon. Speaker, by leave I move that in addition to the powers previously conferred upon the Select Standing Committee on Forests, Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, the committee be empowered: (a) to appoint one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the committee; (b) to 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) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and (d) to retain such personnel as required to assist the committee; and that it shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following session, as the case may be, to deposit the originals of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment, and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.
Motion approved.
Hon. J. MacPhail: I ask leave to make a motion, hon. Speaker.
Leave granted.
Hon. J. MacPhail: I move that the reports of the auditor general of British Columbia, deposited with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment during the first session of the thirty-sixth parliament be deemed referred to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, and that in addition to powers previously conferred upon the said committee, that the committee be empowered: (a) to appoint of their number one or more subcommittees, and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the committee; (b) to 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; and (c) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and that it shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following session, as the case may be, to deposit the originals of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment, and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.
On the motion.
G. Wilson: Speaking to the motion, there were three points I wanted to make.
I think it appropriate, as we are moving to this most positive step, to make comment and have on the record the able and incredible chairmanship that the Public Accounts Committee has had over the last four or five years. The Public Accounts Committee is an extremely important and most valuable committee for all members of this Legislative Assembly and for the people of British Columbia. It is a testament to his skill and abilities that the Chair has been able to move this committee ahead and to be able to do much good work. I'm delighted that the government has opted to have this committee sit out of session.
The second issue that bears notice, I think, is the fact that there is currently a document that purports to amend the legislation governing the auditor general. I see that there is an opportunity for subcommittees of the Public Accounts to be struck. At that point, I hope that we have an opportunity for members on that subcommittee to take seriously some of the recommendations with respect to the auditor general so that we may, on behalf of all British Columbians, find the best way of accounting for and auditing the public accounts of the province.
With that, hon. Speaker, I strongly endorse this motion and congratulate the government for introducing it.
Motion approved.
Hon. J. MacPhail: I call Committee of Supply.
The House in Committee of Supply B; G. Brewin in the chair.
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Vote 39: minister's office, $462,000 -- approved.
Vote 40: ministry operations, $6,811,166,017 -- approved.
Vote 41: vital statistics, $7,992,122 -- approved.
Hon. A. Petter: I move that the committee rise and report resolutions.
Motion approved.
The House resumed; the Speaker in the chair.
The committee reported resolutions.
The Speaker: When shall the report be considered?
Hon. A. Petter: Forthwith, hon. Speaker.
The Speaker: Please proceed.
Hon. A. Petter: I move that the reports of resolutions from the Committees of Supply on July 18, 22, 23, 25, 30 and 31, and August 1, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14 and 15 be now received, taken as read, and agreed to.
Motion approved.
Hon. A. Petter: I move that there be granted from and out of the consolidated revenue fund the sum of $20,254,065,118. This sum includes that authorized to be paid under section 1 of the Supply Act (No. 1), 1996, and is granted by Her Majesty towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997.
Motion approved.
Hon. A. Petter presented a message from His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor: a bill intituled Supply Act, 1996-97.
Hon. A. Petter: This supply bill is introduced to provide supply for government programs for the 1996-97 fiscal year. The amount requested is that resolved by vote in Committees of Supply after consideration of the estimates. The House has already received, taken as read and agreed to the report of resolutions from the Committees of Supply and, in addition, has resolved that there be granted from and out of the consolidated revenue fund the necessary funds towards defraying the charges and expenses of the public service of the province for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1997. It is the intention of the government to proceed with all stages of the supply bill this day. I move first reading.
Bill 18 introduced, read a first time and ordered to proceed to second reading forthwith.
Hon. A. Petter: I move that the bill now be read a second time.
The Speaker: Hon. members, please remain in your seats for just a moment until the bill is circulated.
Now that you have the bill before you -- Supply Act, 1996-97 -- which has been introduced and read a first time, the basic question here which the Chair has to consider is whether or not this bill can indeed be advanced more than one stage at this time. An examination of the Journals and Hansard of this House discloses various and, frankly, somewhat inconsistent procedures surrounding introduction and passage of supply bills. Because of the importance of this process, and for the guidance of the House, the Chair wishes to make some observations relating to the closing of estimates and the final supply act.
Hon. members will be aware that the final supply act is unique in its nature, being founded on the financial resolutions which are passed by this House immediately upon completion of the estimates process. The first of those resolutions is the motion that the resolutions from the Committee of Supply be now received, taken as read and agreed to. Upon passage of this motion, a second motion is moved that there be granted from and out of the consolidated revenue fund the amounts as authorized by resolutions passed in Committee of Supply, which include the amounts authorized by earlier, interim supply acts.
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Immediately following the acceptance by the House of the two resolutions above-mentioned, the supply act itself is introduced to the House for first reading. At this point, it must be emphasized that the final supply act is an administrative act only, confirming and appropriating the grants previously agreed to by the motions above-described. This House has spoken clearly on this matter, and I refer hon. members to the debates of this House to be found in Hansard of July 26 and 27, 1993.
The general rule applicable to bills requiring three readings on different days does not apply to the final supply act for the reason that this act is squarely founded upon resolutions from the Committee of Supply to which the House has previously agreed. In this regard, I refer hon. members to Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice, seventeenth edition, at page 771, and I quote from this authority in part as follows:
"All grants of supply voted by the Committee of Supply in respect of whateverestimate... after being covered by grants of ways and means, require to be authorized bylegislation.... It will be remembered that such bills are exempt from the operation of the 10 o'clock rule, and that the practice of the House which forbids the transaction of more than one stage of financial business on the same day is so far relaxed in their case as to allow the committee and subsequent stages to be taken on the same day."
In light of the authorities quoted, it is the Chair's view that, quite apart from the operation of standing order 81, the final supply act, being only an administrative act founded on resolutions passed by the House, may be advanced one or more stages in one day.
The Chair also observes that the unique wording of our standing order 81 permits a bill to be read twice or thrice or advanced two or more stages in one day on "urgent or extraordinary occasions." It could be logically argued that the final supply act is a unique or extraordinary bill, being founded on resolutions already agreed to by the House. As such, this would permit the supply act to qualify for three readings on one day under the authority of standing order 81.
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In light of the findings stated above, it becomes unnecessary to make this determination.
B. Penner: Mr. Speaker, I wonder if you could just repeat that.
The Speaker: Touché, Mr. Member. I'm often tempted to say that in question period.
Hon. A. Petter: I'm sure all members appreciate that timely announcement and ruling. I move that the bill now be read a second time.
This supply bill is the second and final for the fiscal year 1996-97, the first having been passed on June 27, 1996, when the Legislative Assembly authorized appropriations for a period of five months. This bill, which is in the general form of previous years' final supply bills, requests a total supply of $20,254,065,118 for voted expenditures, as outlined in the schedule to this bill. Finally, I point out the requirement for passage of the supply bill in order to provide for the expenditures of the government for the 1996-97 fiscal year.
I move second reading of Bill 18.
Motion approved.
Bill 18, Supply Act, 1996-97, read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole House for consideration forthwith.
The House in committee on Bill 18; G. Brewin in the chair.
Section 1 approved.
Schedule approved.
Preamble approved.
Title approved.
Hon. A. Petter: I move that the committee rise and report the bill complete without amendment.
Motion approved.
The House resumed; the Speaker in the chair.
Bill 18, Supply Act, 1996-97, reported complete without amendment, read a third time and passed.
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The Speaker: Members, I am advised that His Honour the Administrator's arrival is imminent. I ask members to please remain in their seats for a few moments until he arrives.
His Honour the Administrator entered the chamber and took his place in the chair.
Clerk of the House:
Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act, 1996
In Her Majesty's name, His Honour the Administrator doth assent to this bill.
Supply Act, 1996-97
In Her Majesty's name, his Honour the Administrator doth thank Her Majesty's loyal subjects, accept their benevolence and doth assent to this bill.
His Honour the Administrator retired from the chamber.
[The Speaker in the chair.]
Hon. J. MacPhail: Hon. Speaker, before I move the motion, I would like to thank you for doing an admirable job in the first session of the thirty-sixth parliament. I would also like to say thank you to each and every member whose first session this was. Congratulations to everyone. It was, I think, certainly one of the best sessions, with a great deal of expertise brought to it.
I would also just like to wish on behalf of you, hon. Speaker, and of everyone in the chamber that hon. members go home, spend time with their loved ones and come back ready to do it at another day. And please, watch out for the photo radar. [Laughter.] I'm sorry that the member for Esquimalt-Metchosin is not here to hear that warning.
With that, hon. Speaker, I move that the House at its rising do stand adjourned until it appears to the satisfaction of the Speaker, after consultation with the government, that the public interest requires that the House shall meet or until the Speaker may be advised by the government that it is desired to prorogue the first session of the thirty-sixth parliament of the province of British Columbia. The Speaker may give notice that he is so satisfied or has been so advised, and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and, as the case may be, may transact its business as if it had been duly adjourned to that time and date. And moreover, in the event of the Speaker being unable to act owing to illness or other cause, the Deputy Speaker shall act in his stead for the purposes of this order.
Motion approved.
The House adjourned at 3:11 p.m.