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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by the Hon. Kelly Greene.
On the motion of Dallas Brodie that a bill intituled Land Acknowledgement Prohibition Act be introduced and read a first time, the House divided.
Motion negatived on the following division:
| Nays — 85 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick Routledge Chant Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson Parmar Sunner Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Sandhu Begg Higginson Phillip |
Lajeunesse Choi Rotchford Elmore Morissette Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Greene Whiteside Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson Gibson Glumac Arora |
Shah Chow Dhir Wilson Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta Dew Clare K. Neufeld Paton Gasper Chan |
Toor Hepner Giddens Davis McInnis Bird McCall Stamer Day Tepper Mok Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Luck Block Valeriote Botterell Sturko Boultbee |
| Yeas — 5 | |||
| Bhangu Maahs |
Brodie |
Armstrong |
Kealy |
On the motion of Ward Stamer, Bill (No. M 217) intituled Dashboard Camera Requirement for Commercial Vehicle Enforcement 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 House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
48 The Hon. Mike Farnworth moved —
That the written agreement between the Government House Leader, the Official Opposition House Leader, the Third Party House Leader, and the Fourth Party House Leader, dated September 4, 2025, be ratified, confirming the following membership changes effective September 12, 2025:
That Darlene Rotchford and Dallas Brodie be added as members of the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth, for the First Session of the Forty-third Parliament.
Motion agreed to.
67 The Hon. Mike Farnworth moved —
That Rosalyn Bird replace Heather Maahs as a member of the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth; and,
That Kristina Loewen and Qwulti’stunaat / Debra Toporowski be added as members of the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth.
Motion agreed to.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of the Whole.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 31) intituled Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, a debate arose.
On the motion of the Hon. Adrian Dix, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
(In Committee — Section A)
Bill (No. 17) intituled Intimate Images Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, was again committed.
On a proposed amendment by Misty Van Popta to clause 7 of Bill (No. 17).
Section A of Committee of the Whole reported progress on Bill (No. 17) intituled Intimate Images Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, 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 11.56 a.m.
One o’clock p.m.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of the Whole.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 31) intituled Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Stephanie Higginson, the debate was adjourned to later today.
(In Committee — Section A)
Bill (No. 17) intituled Intimate Images Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, was again committed.
A proposed amendment by Misty Van Popta to clause 7 of Bill (No. 17) was defeated.
Clauses 7 through 9 of Bill (No. 17) passed.
A proposed amendment by Steve Kooner to add clause 9.1 to Bill (No. 17) was defeated.
Clause 10 of Bill (No. 17) passed.
A proposed amendment by Misty Van Popta to clause 11 of Bill (No. 17) was moved, and by leave, withdrawn.
A proposed amendment by Misty Van Popta to clause 11 of Bill (No. 17) passed.
Clause 11, as amended, of Bill (No. 17) passed.
Clause 12, clause 13 and the title of Bill (No. 17) passed.
Section A of Committee of the Whole reported Bill (No. 17) intituled Intimate Images Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, complete with amendment.
Bill (No. 17) as reported to be considered at the next sitting after today.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of the Whole.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 31) intituled Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025.
On the motion of Kiel Giddens, the debate was adjourned to later today.
(In Committee — Section A)
Bill (No. 18) intituled Sexual Violence Policy Act was again committed.
A proposed amendment by Bryan Tepper to add clause 10.1 to Bill (No. 18) was ruled out of order.
Clauses 11 through 17 and the title of Bill (No. 18) passed.
Section A of Committee of the Whole reported Bill (No. 18) intituled Sexual Violence Policy Act complete without amendment.
On the motion for third reading of Bill (No. 18), the House divided.
Motion agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:
| Yeas — 87 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick Routledge Chant Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson Parmar Sunner Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Sandhu Begg Higginson Phillip |
Lajeunesse Choi Rotchford Elmore Morissette Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Greene Whiteside Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson Gibson Glumac Arora Shah |
Chow Dhir Wilson Kindy Warbus Banman Wat Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Clare K. Neufeld Bhangu Paton Gasper Chan Toor Hepner Giddens Rattée Davis |
McInnis Bird McCall Stamer Day Tepper Mok Maahs Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Luck Block Valeriote Botterell Brodie Armstrong Kealy Sturko Boultbee |
Bill (No. 18) read a third time and passed.
Pursuant to Sessional Order, order called for Section A of Committee of the Whole.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 31) intituled Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025.
On the motion of Scott McInnis, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
(In Committee — Section A)
Bill (No. 21) intituled Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, was committed.
Clauses 1 through 5 of Bill (No. 21) passed.
On clause 6 of Bill (No. 21).
Section A of Committee of the Whole reported progress on Bill (No. 21) intituled Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, 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 5.21 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
Monday, October 27
Rob Botterell to introduce a Bill intituled Residential Tenancy Amendment Act, 2025.
Tuesday, October 28
Hon Chan to introduce a Bill intituled Mobility Affordability Act, 2025.
Tuesday, October 28
7 Heather Maahs to ask the Hon. Minister of Education and Child Care the following questions: —
1. What is the Ministry’s estimate of the number of additional child care spaces expected to be created through the expansion of child care on school grounds beyond the changes made under the Education Statutes Amendment Act, 2020?
2. How many new child care spaces were created through the New Spaces Fund and the Start-Up Grant program using Government of Canada Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CW‑ELCC) funding during the 2022/23 fiscal year?
3. How many new child care spaces were created through the New Spaces Fund and the Start-Up Grant program using Government of Canada Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CW‑ELCC) funding during the 2023/24 fiscal year?
4. How many new child care spaces were created through the New Spaces Fund and the Start-Up Grant program using Government of Canada Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CW‑ELCC) funding during the 2024/25 fiscal year?
5. Since the signing of the Canada-British Columbia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement in 2021, how many Action Plans — including all formal, draft, interim, amended, supplemental or otherwise unplanned or ad hoc submissions — have been submitted by the province to the government of Canada; and of these, how many were approved, how many were rejected and how many were amended at the request of either party?
6. What were the dates of submission, approval, amendment or rejection for each Action Plan or related submission described in question 5?
7. Section 5.1 of the Canada-British Columbia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement requires the province to publicly release its Action Plans. Why have the Action Plans for fiscal years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 not been publicly released, and when will each be made public?
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