That the motion for second reading of Bill 22, intituled Education Improvement Act, be amended by deleting all the words following the word "That" and substituting therefore the following: "[That] it is not in the best interests of the education system in British Columbia for the government to legislate teachers back to work when an independent mediator could be appointed by the government and the Labour Relations Board to resolve the collective bargaining dispute without legislation.
Under the rules of the BC Legislature - debate begins again for the 82 MLA's (NDP/BC Liberal/Ind) on the amendment to Bill 22 and unless the BC Liberals plan to invoke closure next week - it will be impossible to pass the Bill by next Thursday as George Abbott hoped would occur in his comments to provincial media, earlier today. Note - each member has 30 minutes to speak to the amendment. Debate is on-going today on the amendment until 6:00pm today and then resumes next Monday afternoon, with subsequent debate periods on the amendment Tuesday morning/afternoon, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning/afternoon when the BC Legislature will rise on Thursday, March 15th for a 10 day spring break recess and the BC Legislature will then resume on Monday, March 26th
If/when the amendment is defeated - then the following MLA's may continue to speak to 2nd Reading of Bill 22 (when the BC Legislature returns to that debate), please note that John Horgan says that BC Liberal Gov't House Leader Rich Coleman has informed him that no other BC Liberal MLA's will be speaking to 2nd Reading of Bill 22:
MLA
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Party
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John Horgan (resuming debate)
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BC NDP
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Michelle Mungall
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BC NDP
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Maurine Karagianis
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BC NDP
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Mike Farnworth
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BC NDP
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Rob Fleming
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BC NDP
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Ben Stewart
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BC Liberal
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Doug Horne
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BC Liberal
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Eric Foster
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BC Liberal
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John Slater
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BC Liberal
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John van Dongen
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BC Liberal
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Kash Heed
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BC Liberal
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Gordon Hogg
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BC Liberal
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Murray Coell
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BC Liberal
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Marc Dalton
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BC Liberal
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Linda Reid
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BC Liberal
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Ralph Sultan
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BC Liberal
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Joan McIntyre
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BC Liberal
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Richard T. Lee
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BC Liberal
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Norm Letnick
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BC Liberal
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Colin Hansen
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BC Liberal
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John Yap
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Mike De Jong, QC
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Don McRae
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Shirley Bond
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BC Liberal
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Hon. (Dr). Margaret McDiarmid
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Kevin Falcon
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Ida Chong
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Rich Coleman
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Pat Bell
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Mary Polak
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Naomi Yamamoto
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Blair Lekstrom
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Stephanie Cadieux
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Steve Thomson
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BC Liberal
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Hon. Christy Clark
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BC Liberal
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Vicki Huntington
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Independent
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1 comment:
Thank you!!
From a parent of two children with special needs and a teacher of those too young to speak up for themselves
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