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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
1.30 p.m.
(Afternoon sittings: Monday and Wednesday)
(Morning sittings: Tuesday and Thursday)
(30 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday and Wednesday)
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(See Schedule A — Government Motions)
(See Schedule D — Private Members’ Motions)
(See Schedule B)
12 Bryan Tepper to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 12) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2025, to amend as follows:
CLAUSE 3, by adding the underlined text as shown:
3 Section 25 is amended
(a.01) by repealing subsection (1.1) and substituting the following:
(1.1) For the purposes of subsection (1), an applicant must provide the following:
(a) the address of the applicant’s primary residence in British Columbia, subject to subsection (1.02), or unless another address is prescribed by regulation;
(b) documentary proof satisfactory to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia of the applicant’s identity.
(1.02) For the purposes of subsection (1.1) (a), if an applicant is employed or holds an appointment as any of the following, the applicant may provide the applicant’s work address in British Columbia instead of the address of the applicant’s primary residence in British Columbia:
(a) a provincial constable, special provincial constable, designated constable, municipal constable, special municipal constable, auxiliary constable, enforcement officer;
(b) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police;
(c) a Crown counsel;
(d) a judge, judicial justice, or justice of the peace;
(e) any other position or office prescribed by regulation.
(a) by repealing subsection (3) (a) and (b) and substituting the following:
(a) if required by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, submit to one or more of the following:
(i) a knowledge test;
(ii) a road test;
(iii) a road signs and signals test,
(b) if required by the superintendent, submit to one or more of the following:
(i) a vision test;
(ii) a medical examination;
(iii) other examinations or tests, other than as set out in paragraph (a), ,
(b) by adding the following subsection:
(8.01) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the issuance of a driver’s licence to a person who is a novice driver of one or more categories of motor vehicles, including regulations prescribing a minimum waiting period before the person to whom the licence is issued may
(a) submit to an examination under this section, if required by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, with respect to the person’s ability to drive or operate a motor vehicle, or
(b) if an examination is not required, apply under this section for another class of driver’s licence. ,
(c) by repealing subsection (8.1) and substituting the following:
(8.1) For the purposes of subsections (8) (d) and (8.01), the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia may
(a) approve driver education courses given by a driver training school licensed under the regulations, and
(b) reduce the minimum waiting period prescribed under those subsections for persons who have successfully completed a driver education course approved under paragraph (a). ,
(d) by repealing subsection (10) (f) and substituting the following:
(f) establish the period of time during which a requirement, restriction or condition, imposed under this subsection or under subsection (10.1), (10.101) or (10.11), is to apply, and ,
(e) in subsections (10.1), (10.101) and (10.11) (a) by striking out “on a class of driver’s licence, or on the drivers’ licences of persons who hold a licence to drive a motor vehicle of a specified category,” and substituting “on a class of driver’s licence, or on the driver’s licences of any class of persons,”, and
(f) by adding the following subsections:
(10.12) For the purposes of subsection (10) (f), the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia may
(a) approve driver education courses given by a driver training school licensed under the regulations, and
(b) reduce the period of time prescribed under that provision for persons who have successfully completed a driver education course approved under paragraph (a).
(10.13) The period of time referred to in subsection (10) (f) may be determined by reference to one or more of the following:
(a) the length of time a person has held a valid driver’s licence issued under this Act or in another jurisdiction;
(b) a person’s driving record, if any, from this or any other jurisdiction;
(c) other prescribed considerations.
(10.14) For the purposes of a regulation under subsection (10) (f), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may do one or more of the following:
(a) delegate to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia the power to determine whether a class of driver’s licence issued by another jurisdiction is similar to a class of driver’s licence prescribed under this Act;
(b) delegate to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia the power to determine whether an offence under a law of another jurisdiction is similar to
(i) an offence under this Act, or
(ii) a motor vehicle related Criminal Code offence;
(c) confer a discretion on the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia with respect to a matter described in paragraph (a) or (b).
14 Trevor Halford to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 14) intituled Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, to amend as follows:
CLAUSE 8, by deleting the text shown as struck out:
(8) This Division applies in relation to a prescribed level 3 streamlined project. (MOVED.)
14 Tara Armstrong to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 14) intituled Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, to amend as follows:
CLAUSE 14, by adding the underlined text as shown:
Application of Environmental Assessment Act
14 The Environmental Assessment Act does not apply in relation to the following streamlined projects:
(a) the selected wind energy projects;
(b) the North Coast Transmission Line project;
(c) a wind energy project that is prescribed for the purposes of this section;
(d) any of the following electric transmission line projects that is prescribed for the purposes of this section:
(i) a project to upgrade, construct or operate electric transmission lines, or related facilities, from around Terrace to around Bob Quinn Lake, Prince Rupert, Ridley Island or Kitimat;
(ii) another electric transmission line project that is related to the North Coast Transmission Line project.
(e) a natural resource development project or class of natural resource development projects that may be prescribed for the purposes of this section, where the Lieutenant Governor in Council is satisfied that the environmental effects of the project or class of projects are well understood, have been credibly assessed by the proponent or applicable regulator, and will be managed in accordance with environmental standards and best practices substantially similar to those applied to comparable projects or classes of projects within British Columbia.
14 Jordan Kealy to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 14) intituled Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, to amend as follows:
CLAUSE 15, by removing subsection 2:
15 (1) In this section:
“Act” means the Agricultural Land Commission Act;
“agricultural land reserve” has the same meaning as in section 1 (1) of the Act;
“non-farm use” has the same meaning as in section 1 (1) of the Act;
“soil or fill use” has the same meaning as in section 1 (1) of the Act.
(2) Subject to the regulations, the regulator may permit, with or without limits or conditions, any of the following for the purposes of facilitating the carrying out of a streamlined project:
(a) a non-farm use or soil or fill use of land in the agricultural land reserve;
(b) a subdivision of land in the agricultural land reserve.
(3) Sections 20 (1) [non-farm use] and 20.3 (1) [soil or fill use] of the Act do not apply in relation to a use of land that is permitted under
(a) subsection (2) (a) of this section, or
(b) the regulations.
(4) Sections 18 (5), 19 (2) and 21 (1) [subdivision] of the Act do not apply in relation to a subdivision of land if the subdivision is permitted under
(a) subsection (2) (b) of this section, or
(b) the regulations.
(5) Section 7 (5) and (6) [power of commissioner to subdelegate] of the primary Act applies in relation to a power referred to in subsection (2) of this section.
15 Dallas Brodie to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 15) intituled Infrastructure Projects Act, to amend as follows:
CLAUSE 20, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the underlined text as shown:
Engagement with Indigenous peoples
20 A regulation under section 18 or an order under section 19 may not bc made in relation to provisions of an enactment respecting engagement with Indigenous peoples, as defined in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
20 This Act will prevail to the extent that there is any conflict with the provisions of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
(Hon Chan adjourned the debate.)
Estimates.
SECTION A: March 31, April 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 29, 30, May 5, 6, 8, 13.
SECTION B: April 1, 10, May 1, 6.
(Monday morning only)
(See Schedule D)
Report —
Bill (No. 5) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2025, REPRINTED. Hon. Minister of Finance.
Report —
Bill (No. 7) intituled Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, REPRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Deputy Premier.
Committee —
Bill (No. 14) intituled Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions. (Clause 7 stood down. Amendment to clause 8.)
Committee —
Bill (No. 15) intituled Infrastructure Projects Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Infrastructure. (Clause 4.)
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. 9) intituled Health Care Costs Recovery Amendment Act, 2025, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 10) intituled Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Deputy Premier.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 12) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2025, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
(See Schedule D)
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