2002 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 37th Parliament

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Official Report of

DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

(Hansard)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2003

Morning Sitting

Volume 10, Number 17

CONTENTS

Routine

Proceedings

Page

Tabling Documents

Managing Contaminated Sites on Provincial

Lands , Auditor General report No. 5, 2002-03

Review of Estimates Related to Vancouver's Bid to Stage the 2010 Olympic Winter

Games and Paralympic Winter Games , Auditor General report

No. 6, 2002-03

Building Better Reports: Our Review of the 2001-02 Reports of

Government , Auditor General report No. 7, 2002-03

Follow-up of Performance Reports , Auditor General report No. 8, 2002-03

Motions without Notice

Amendment to sessional order

Hon. G. Collins

Prorogation Address

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2003

The House

met at 10:03 a.m.

Prayers.

Tabling Documents

Mr.

Speaker: Hon. members, I have the honour to present the following documents:

the auditor general 2002-03 report No. 5, Managing Contaminated Sites on

Provincial Lands ; the auditor general 2002-03 report No. 6, Review of

Estimates Related to Vancouver's Bid to Stage the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and

Paralympic Winter Games ; the auditor general 2002-03 report No. 7,

Building Better Reports: Our Review of the 2001-02 Reports of Government ;

and the auditor general 2002-03 report No. 8, Follow-up of Performance

Reports .

[1005]

Hon. G.

Collins: I have the honour to present the report of the Crown Proceeding Act

for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002, in accordance with

section 15(2) of

that act.

Motions without Notice

Hon. G.

Collins: With leave, I move the motion in the hands of the Clerk and the

opposition regarding amendments to the standing orders. For the information of

members, this is the sessional order implementing the fixed parliamentary

calendar and, with the exception of the new dates for this calendar year, is

identical to the motion moved and passed unanimously by the House last year.

Leave

granted.

AMENDMENT TO SESSIONAL ORDER

Hon. G.

Collins: I move the motion, Mr. Speaker.

[That the

standing orders of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia be amended

as follows for the duration of the fourth session of the thirty-seventh

parliament, commencing February 11, 2003:

1. That standing order 2 be deleted and

the following substituted therefor:

Sittings

Daily sittings.

(1) The time for the ordinary

meeting of the House shall, unless otherwise ordered, be as follows:

Monday:

Two

distinct sittings:

a.m. to 12 noon

p.m. to 6 p.m.

p.m. to 9 p.m. effective March 3, 2003

Tuesday:

Two

distinct sittings:

a.m. to 12 noon

p.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday:

2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

p.m. to 9 p.m. effective March 3, 2003

Thursday:

Two

distinct sittings:

10 a.m. to 12 noon

p.m. to 6 p.m.

(2) (

a) During the

fourth session of the thirty-seventh parliament, unless otherwise ordered,

the House shall meet:

(

i) from February 11, 2003 to May 29, 2003 inclusive

and

(ii)

from October 6, 2003 to November 27, 2003 inclusive

(

b) The House shall stand adjourned during the weeks of March 17, April 14 and

21, May 19, October 13 and November 10, 2003.

2. That standing order 3 be

deleted and the following substituted therefor:

Hour of interruption.

3. If at the hour of 6 p.m. (or 9

p.m. after March 3, 2003) on any Monday; 6 p.m. on Tuesday; 6 p.m. (or 9

p.m. after March 3, 2003) on Wednesday; or 6 p.m. on Thursday, the business

of the day is not

concluded and no other hour has been agreed on for the

next sitting, the Speaker shall leave the chair:

On Monday until 10 a.m. Tuesday

On Tuesday until 2 p.m. Wednesday

On Wednesday until 10 a.m. Thursday

On Thursday until 10 a.m. Monday

subject to the provisions of standing order 2(2)(b).

3. That standing order 25 be deleted and the following

substituted therefor:

Routine Business

Daily routine.

25. The daily routine business of

the House shall be as follows:

Prayers (morning or afternoon sitting)

Introduction of bills

Statements (standing order 25b)

(afternoon sittings)

Oral question period (15 minutes,

afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)

_____

Presenting Petitions

Reading and Receiving Petitions

Presenting Reports by Committees

_____

Motions on Notice

Written Questions on Notice

Proposed Amendments on Notice

Orders of the Day.

The order of business for

consideration of the House day by day, after the above routine, shall,

unless otherwise ordered, be as follows:

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Monday

10 a.m. to 12 noon

(Private Members' Time)

Private Members' Statements

(10 a.m.)

Public Bills in the hands of Private

Members

Private Members' Motions

Private Bills

Public Bills and Orders and Government

Motions on Notice

No division, on orders of the day, will

be taken in the House or in Committee of the Whole during private members'

time, but where a division is requested, it will be deferred until 30

minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the House on the

Monday, unless otherwise ordered.

Monday (afternoon), Tuesday, Wednesday and

Thursday

(Government Days)

Throne Speech Debate

Budget Debate including Committee of

Supply

Public Bills and Orders and Government

Motions on Notice

Private Bills

Public Bills in the hands of Private

Members

Adjourned debate on other motions

4. That standing order 25a be repealed and the

following substituted therefor:

Private Members' Statements

Private Members' Statements.

25a.

(1) Every Monday at 10

a.m. four private members may make a statement, notice of which has been

tabled no later than 6 p.m. the preceding Wednesday.

(2) The order in which such statements

are to be called shall be determined by lot by the Speaker, before appearing

on the orders of the day.

(3) The time allocated on Monday for

statements and discussion thereon shall not exceed one hour, and the time

for each statement shall be limited to 15 minutes as follows:

Proponent: maximum of seven minutes

Any other members: maximum of five minutes

Proponent in reply: maximum of three minutes

(4) Private members' statements shall

not be subject to amendment, adjournment or vote.

(5) Statements and discussions under

this standing order:

(

a) shall be confined to one matter;

(

b) shall not revive discussion on a matter which has been discussed in the

same session;

(

c) shall not anticipate a matter which has been previously appointed for

consideration by the House, in respect to which a notice of motion has been

previously given and not withdrawn;

(

d) shall not raise a question of privilege.

5. That new standing order 25b be adopted:

Statements

Statements.

25b. Three private members

shall be permitted a two-minute statement each day immediately prior to oral

question period, subject to the following guidelines:

(1) A member desiring to make a

statement shall so advise his or her Whip 24 hours prior to the relevant day

the statement is to be made.

(2) Party Whips shall confer to settle

the names of the three members who will be recognized for

"Statements" for the following sitting day and shall advise the

Speaker by noon of the day in question as to

who has been selected, together

with the topic of the statement.

(3) Statements under this standing order

shall be subject to the ordinary parliamentary rules of decorum and debate.

6. That standing order 27(2) and (3) be amended by deleting

the word "Friday" wherever stated and substituting "Monday

morning" so that it reads as follows:

Government orders.

(2) Whenever government

business has precedence, government orders may be called in such sequence as

the government thinks fit, and the government may place government orders at

the head of the list on every sitting except Monday morning.

Urgent government business.

(3) Notwithstanding standing

orders 25, 25a and 27(2), urgent government business may, with the consent

of the Speaker, be considered on Monday morning and given priority over any

other business.

7. Oral question period Friday.

47b.

This standing order is repealed.

8. That new standing order 81.1 be adopted:

81.1

(1) When a minister of the

Crown, from his or her place in the House, states that there is agreement

among the representatives of all parties to allot a specified number of days

or hours to the proceedings

at one or more stages of any public bill, the

minister may propose a motion, without notice, setting forth the terms of

such agreed allocation; and the motion shall be decided forthwith, without

debate or

amendment.

(2) A minister of the Crown who, from

his or her place in the House, has stated that an agreement could not be

reached under the provisions of section (1) of this standing order in

respect of proceedings at

one or more stages of a public bill, may propose

without notice a motion for the purpose of allotting a specified number of

days or hours for the consideration and disposal of proceedings at one or

more

stages of a public bill. The motion shall be decided forthwith, without

debate or amendment. Any proceedings interrupted pursuant to this

section of

this standing order shall be deemed adjourned.]

Motion

approved.

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Mr.

Speaker: Hon. members, the Lieutenant-Governor is in the precincts and asks

that the members remain seated.

Her Honour

the Lieutenant-Governor entered the chamber and took her place in the chair.

Prorogation Address

Hon. I.

Campagnolo (Lieutenant-Governor): Pray be seated. Mr. Speaker and Members of

the Legislative Assembly, in closing the third session of the thirty-seventh

parliament of British Columbia, I wish to commend you on the accomplishments of

the past year. This session has seen the passage of measures of wide-ranging and

significant importance to the people of the province. On behalf of all British

Columbians, I wish to express my appreciation for the care and the attention that you have

given to your deliberations. I now relieve you of your duties.

Her Honour

the Lieutenant-Governor retired from the chamber.

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[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Hon. G.

Plant: Mr. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly,

it is Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor's will and pleasure that the

Legislative Assembly be prorogued until 2 p.m. today, and this Legislative

Assembly is hereby prorogued accordingly.

The House

prorogued at 10:11 a.m.

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