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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Kiel Giddens.
The Speaker made a statement honouring the victims of the tragedy at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver.
The House observed a moment of silence.
The Hon. Mike Farnworth moved —
That, notwithstanding Standing Order 2 (1), the House stand adjourned until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
Motion agreed to.
And then the House adjourned at 10.06 a.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
Wednesday, April 30
19 The Hon. Mike Farnworth to move —
That a Special Committee to Review the Lobbyists Transparency Act be appointed to review the Lobbyists Transparency Act (S.B.C. 2001, c. 42), pursuant to section 11.1 of the 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 Special Committee considers appropriate;
d. adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and,
e. retain personnel as required to assist the Special Committee.
That the Special Committee report to the House by May 4, 2026, and that during a period of adjournment, the Special Committee deposit its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, or in the next following Session, as the case may be, the Chair present all reports to the House.
That the Special Committee be composed of the following Members: Steve Morissette (Convener), Rosalyn Bird, Paul Choi, Kiel Giddens and Harwinder Sandhu.
20 The Hon. Mike Farnworth to move —
That the Sessional Order adopted by the House on March 12, 2025, enabling concurrent proceedings of the House, be discharged.
And that, for the remainder of the current Session:
GENERAL
1. Certain proceedings of the House may be undertaken in three sections, designated Section A, Section B and Section C, to be subject to the rules that follow.
2. Section A and Section C sit in such committee room as may be designated from time to time, and Section B sit in the Legislative Chamber.
3. Section A, Section B and Section C be authorized to examine all Estimates, and for all purposes be deemed to be the Committee of Supply, and that the Standing Orders relating to the consideration of Estimates in the Committee of Supply and to Committees of the Whole House be applicable to such proceedings, save and except that, during proceedings in Committee of Supply in Section A and Section C, a Minister may defer to a Deputy Minister to permit such Deputy to reply to a question put to the Minister.
4. Section A, Section B and Section C be authorized to consider bills at committee stage after second reading thereof, and for all purposes be deemed to be a Committee of the Whole House, and that the Standing Orders relating to the consideration of bills in a Committee of the Whole House be applicable to such proceedings.
5. Estimates or bills may be considered in the order determined by the Government House Leader and may at any time be subsequently referred to another designated Section, as determined by the Government House Leader in accordance with Standing Order 27 (2).
COMPOSITION
6. The Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole or their designate preside in Section A and Section C.
7. Section A and Section C consist of 12 Members, not including the Chair, being six Members of the B.C. NDP Caucus, five Members of the Conservative Party of British Columbia Caucus and one Member of the B.C. Green Party Caucus.
8. The Members of Section A be: the Minister whose Estimates are under examination or who is in charge of the bill under consideration and Rohini Arora, Hon. Ravi Parmar, Janet Routledge, Harwinder Sandhu, Amna Shah, Amelia Boultbee, Gavin Dew, Steve Kooner, Lawrence Mok, David Williams and Rob Botterell.
9. The Members of Section C be: the Minister whose Estimates are under examination or who is in charge of the bill under consideration and Hon. Adrian Dix, Stephanie Higginson, Hon. Sheila Malcolmson, Steve Morissette, Hon. Niki Sharma, Heather Maahs, Macklin McCall, Larry Neufeld, Ian Paton, Donegal Wilson and Jeremy Valeriote.
10. Substitutions for Members of Section A and Section C be permitted with the consent of the Member’s Caucus Whip.
11. Section B be composed of all Members of the House.
DIVISIONS
12. When a division is requested in Section A, the division bells shall be rung four times, and the division shall proceed in accordance with Standing Order 16.
13. When a division is requested in Section B, the division bells shall be rung three times, at which time proceedings in Section A and Section C shall be suspended, and the division shall proceed in accordance with Standing Order 16.
14. When a division is requested in Section C, the division bells shall be rung five times, and the division shall proceed in accordance with Standing Order 16.
15. If a division is underway in Section A or Section C at the time that a division is requested in Section B, the division in Section B be suspended until the completion of the division in Section A or Section C.
REPORTING
16. At 15 minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the House, the Chair of Section A and Section C shall report to the House.
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