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One-thirty o’clock p.m.
Prayers and Reflections by the Hon. Bowinn Ma.
The Hon. Garry Begg (Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 12) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2025, and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
April 14, 2025.
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
On the motion of John Rustad that Bill (No. M 212) intituled Income Tax (Grocery Rebate Guarantee) Amendment Act, 2025, be introduced and read a first time, the House divided.
Motion agreed to on the following division:
| Yeas — 90 | |||
| G. Anderson Blatherwick Elmore Sunner Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Davidson Kahlon Parmar Gibson Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Morissette Sandhu Krieger Chant Lajeunesse Choi |
Rotchford Higginson Routledge Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Begg Greene Whiteside Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson Chow Glumac Arora Shah Phillip Dhir Sturko |
Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta Dew Gasper K. Neufeld Day Block Bhangu Paton Boultbee Chan Toor Giddens |
Rattée Davis McInnis Bird Luck Stamer Maahs Tepper Mok Clare Wilson Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Chapman McCall Valeriote Botterell Kealy Armstrong Brodie |
| Nays — 1 | |||
| Hepner |
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Bill (No. M 212) 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.
Leave not granted for Linda Hepner to correct her vote regarding the division taken on the introduction and first reading of Bill (No. M 212).
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
Amna Shah rose on a point of order regarding comments made by the Member for Langley-Walnut Grove during Oral Question Period.
The Speaker stated that he would take the matter under advisement.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of the Whole.
The Chair made a statement reminding Members of the rule of relevancy with respect to second reading of Bill (No. 5) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2025.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 5) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2025.
The debate continued.
Misty Van Popta withdrew comments with respect to the point of order raised by Amna Shah.
John Rustad moved the following amendment —
That the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 5) intituled Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2025, be amended by deleting all the words after “that” and substituting therefor the following: “Bill (No. 5) not be read a second time until the House amends the basic personal income tax credit provided in section 4.3 (1.1) of the Income Tax Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 215) to $22,462.”
A debate arose on the amendment.
The debate on the amendment continued.
On the motion of Sheldon Clare, the debate on the amendment was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
(In Committee — Section A)
Bill (No. 7) intituled Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act was again committed.
A proposed amendment by Steve Kooner to clause 3, as amended, of Bill (No. 7) was ruled out of order.
Clause 3, as amended, of Bill (No. 7) passed on the following division:
| Yeas — 7 | |||
| Kahlon Morissette |
Higginson Routledge |
Popham Sharma |
Botterell |
| Nays — 5 | |||
| Kooner Dew |
Boultbee |
Mok |
Williams |
A proposed amendment by Steve Kooner to clause 4 of Bill (No. 7) was ruled out of order.
Clause 4 of Bill (No. 7) passed on the following division:
| Yeas — 7 | |||
| Blatherwick Neill |
Davidson Parmar |
Routledge Sharma |
Botterell |
| Nays — 5 | |||
| Kooner Dew |
Boultbee |
Mok |
Williams |
A proposed amendment by Gavin Dew to clause 5 of Bill (No. 7) was ruled out of order.
Clause 5 of Bill (No. 7) passed.
A proposed amendment by the Hon. Niki Sharma (Attorney General and Deputy Premier) on the Order Paper to clause 6 of Bill (No. 7) passed.
Steve Kooner moved a proposed amendment to clause 6, as amended, of Bill (No. 7) which was defeated on the following division:
| Nays — 7 | |||
| Kang Sandhu |
Choi Routledge |
Popham Sharma |
Botterell |
| Yeas — 5 | |||
| Kooner Dew |
Boultbee |
Mok |
Williams |
Clause 6, as amended, of Bill (No. 7) passed.
A proposed amendment by the Hon. Niki Sharma (Attorney General and Deputy Premier) on the Order Paper to clause 7 of Bill (No. 7) passed.
On clause 7, as amended, of Bill (No. 7).
Section A of Committee of the Whole reported progress on Bill (No. 7) intituled Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act 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 8.58 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
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