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Monday, April 14, 2025
10 a.m.
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(See Schedule A — Government Motions)
(See Schedule D — Private Members’ Motions)
(See Schedule B)
5 The Hon. Brenda Bailey to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 5) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2025, to amend as follows:
CLAUSE 25, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the underlined text as shown:
25 Section 131 (1) is amended by adding the following paragraphs:
(a) in subsection (1), by adding the following paragraphs:
(j) prescribing as an eligible apprenticeship program an apprenticeship program designed to certify or license an individual in a trade prescribed in respect of British Columbia for the purposes of the definition of “eligible apprentice” in section 127 (9) of the federal Act;
(k) for the purposes of section 120, establishing requirements for an eligible apprenticeship program as level 1 apprenticeship requirements;
(l) for the purposes of section 120, establishing requirements for an eligible apprenticeship program as level 2 apprenticeship requirements. , and
(b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following:
(2) In making regulations under subsection (1) (d) to (g), (k) and (l), the Commissioner of Income Tax may do one or more of the following:
(a) establish different requirements for different
(i) eligible recognized programs,
(ii) eligible training programs, and
(iii) eligible apprenticeship programs;
(b) define classes of eligible recognized programs, eligible training programs and eligible apprenticeship programs and make different regulations for different classes of those programs;
(c) adopt a level of requirements established by SkilledTradesBC for an eligible recognized program, eligible training program or eligible apprenticeship program
(i) in whole, in part or with any changes considered appropriate, and
(ii) as it stands at a specific date, as it stands at the time of adoption or as amended from time to time.
7 The Hon. Niki Sharma to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 7) intituled Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, to amend as follows:
CLAUSE 3, by adding the underlined text as shown:
Amending regulatory provisions
3 (1) In this section:
“agreement” means an agreement or arrangement relating to trade entered into under section 5 (a) (i) of the Ministry of International Business and Immigration Act on or after March 3, 2025;
“authorizing enactment” means an enactment under which a regulatory authority may make a regulatory provision;
“regulatory authority” means a person or other body, whether or not a governmental entity and including any other prescribed person or body, that has, by an enactment, been granted authority to enact a regulatory provision related to any of the following:
(a) the establishment of standards or certification requirements relating to goods or services;
(b) the assessment of goods or services against established standards or certification requirements;
(c) the official recognition that a good or service meets established standards or certification requirements;
“regulatory provision” means a bylaw, rule, resolution, practice, policy, standard, procedure, measure or other record that
(a) is made under an authorizing enactment, and
(b) affects or may affect the trade in goods or supply of services into British Columbia.
(2) A regulatory authority’s ability under an authorizing enactment to make a regulatory provision includes the power to
(a) amend the regulatory provision to make it comply with this Part, the regulations made under this Part or an agreement, and
(b) repeal the regulatory provision if it does not comply with this Part, the regulations made under this Part or an agreement.
(3) The minister charged with the administration of the Act under which a regulatory provision is made
(a) may request the regulatory authority to amend the regulatory provision to make it comply with this Part, the regulations made under this Part or an agreement and, in doing so, may provide directions as to how the regulatory provision should read or what it should or should not contain, or
(b) may request the regulatory authority to repeal the regulatory provision.
(4) If the regulatory authority does not comply with a request made under subsection (3) within 60 days after the date of the request, the requesting minister may, by order, do one or more of the following:
(a) make a regulatory provision that complies with this Part, the regulations made under this Part or an agreement;
(b) amend a regulatory provision to make it comply with this Part, the regulations made under this Part or an agreement;
(c) repeal a regulatory provision that does not comply with this Part, the regulations made under this Part or an agreement.
(5) A regulatory provision made or amended under subsection (2) (a) or (4) (a) or (b) prevails if there is a conflict or inconsistency between
(a) the regulatory provision made or amended under subsection (2) (a) or (4) (a) or (b), and
(b) a bylaw, rule, resolution, practice, policy, standard, procedure, measure or other record made under the applicable authorizing enactment.
(6) This section prevails if there is a conflict or inconsistency between
(a) this section, and
(b) any other enactment or any other record of, or applicable to, a regulatory authority.
(7) A request made under subsection (3) must be published as soon as practicable by the minister on a publicly available website.
CLAUSE 6, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the underlined text as shown:
Definitions for this Part
6 In this Part:
“government procurement entity” means
(a) a government organization, as defined in the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, other than a corporation or organization that is excluded from this definition by regulation under section 11 of this Act, and
(b) a corporation or organization that is included in this definition by regulation under section 11;
“government procurement entity” means a government organization, as defined in the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act;
“procurement”, in relation to the procurement of goods or services, includes sourcing, selecting, receiving and contracting for goods or services and other steps taken to acquire goods or services;
“protected person” means the following:
(a) a government procurement entity;
(b) a person who is a member, director, officer or employee of a government procurement entity.
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Procurement directives
7 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may issue directives in relation to the procurement of goods or services by the government or government procurement entities.
(2) This section applies despite sections 4 and 4.1 of the Financial Administration Act.
(3) If there is a conflict or inconsistency between an enactment and a directive issued under subsection (1), the directive prevails.
(4) A government procurement entity must comply with a directive of the Lieutenant Governor in Council issued to the government procurement entity.
(5) A directive issued under subsection (1) must be published as soon as practicable by the minister on a publicly available website.
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General powers respecting directives
10 (1) In issuing a directive under this Part, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may do one or more of the following:
(a) delegate a matter in person;
(a) delegate a matter to
(i) a minister,
(ii) a person who is employed in the government, or
(iii) a person who is a member, director, officer or employee of a government procurement entity;
(b) confer a discretion on a person;
(b) confer a discretion on
(i) a minister,
(ii) a person who is employed in the government, or
(iii) a person who is a member, director, officer or employee of a government procurement entity:
(c) establish terms and conditions;
(d) provide for exemptions;
(e) establish or define classes of government procurement entities, procurements, goods, services, circumstances, matters or other things;
(f) make different directives in relation to different ministries, government procurement entities, procurements, goods, services, circumstances, matters or other things, or different classes of government procurement entities, procurements, goods, services, circumstances, matters or other things.
(2) A directive issued on or before June 30, 2025 under this Part may be made retroactive to February 1, 2025 or a later date and, if made retroactive, is deemed to have been issued on the specified date.
CLAUSE 11, by deleting clause 11.
CLAUSES 19 to 26, by deleting clauses 19 to 26.
CLAUSE 29, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the underlined text as shown:
Repeal
29 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the following are repealed on May 28, 20272026:
(a) Part 1;
(b) sections 6, 7, and 10 and 11;
(c) Part 3;.
(d) sections 19 to 24.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, repeal a provision of this Act referred to in subsection (1) (a) to (d)(c) on a date earlier than May 28, 20272026.
(3) Unless earlier repealed, a regulation made under this Act is repealed on May 28, 20272026.
(Hon Chan adjourned the debate.)
Estimates.
SECTION A: March 31, April 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10.
SECTION B: April 1, 10.
(Monday morning only)
(See Schedule D)
Committee —
Bill (No. 7) intituled Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Deputy Premier.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 1) intituled An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Deputy Premier.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 5) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2025, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Finance.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 9) intituled Health Care Costs Recovery Amendment Act, 2025, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health.
(See Schedule D)
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