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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Ms. Merrifield.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Order called for “Private Members’ Statements.”
1 Ms. Rice moved —
Be it resolved that this House support the government’s continued actions to protect the health and livelihoods of all British Columbians as we fight the second wave of COVID-19.
A debate arose.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Ms. Lore, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 12.01 p.m.
One-thirty o’clock p.m.
On the motion of Ms. Cadieux, Bill (No. M 203) intituled Equal Pay Reporting Act 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 Hon. S. Robinson (Minister of Finance) tabled the Province of British Columbia Consolidated Revenue Fund Guarantees and Indemnities Approved for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2020.
By leave, the Hon. L. Beare moved —
That a Special Committee be appointed to review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165) pursuant to section 80 of that Act.
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 Committee considers appropriate;
d) adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and,
e) retain such personnel as required to assist the Special Committee.
That the Special Committee submit a report, including any recommendations respecting the results of the review, to the Legislative Assembly within one year of this motion being adopted by the House; and shall deposit the original 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.
That the said Special Committee be composed of the following Members: Rick Glumac (Convener), Susie Chant, Janet Routledge, Henry Yao, John Rustad, Tom Shypitka, and Adam Olsen.
Motion agreed to.
The Hon. R. Chouhan (Speaker) tabled the Ombudsperson Special Report No. 46, Complaint Handling Guide, Setting up Effective Complaint Resolution Systems in Public Organizations, December 2020.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 3) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020.
The debate continued.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, division on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 3) was deferred to later 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.
On the motion of Mr. Brar, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
The House recessed until 6.10 p.m.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, the House proceeded to deferred divisions.
The motion for second reading of Bill (No. 3) intituled Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 was agreed to on the following deferred division:
| Yeas — 55 | |||
| Farnworth Alexis Anderson Babchuk Bailey Bains Beare Begg Brar Chandra Herbert Chant Chen Chow Conroy |
Coulter Cullen Dean D’Eith Dix Donnelly Dykeman Eby Elmore Fleming Glumac Greene Heyman Kahlon |
Kang Leonard Lore Ma Malcolmson Mark Mercier Osborne Paddon Popham Ralston Rankin Rice Robinson |
Routledge Routley Russell Sandhu Sharma Simons Sims A. Singh R. Singh Starchuk Walker Whiteside Yao |
| Nays — 29 | |||
| Milobar Ashton Banman Bernier Bond Cadieux Clovechok Davies |
de Jong Doerkson Halford Kirkpatrick Kyllo Lee Letnick |
Merrifield Morris Oakes Paton Ross Rustad Shypitka |
Stewart Stone Tegart Wat Wilkinson Furstenau Olsen |
Bill (No. 3) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
And then the House adjourned at 6.27 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
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