Kids under 16 will still be able to work in their parents91裸聊视频� store, referee soccer games or help out on the farm as the B.C. government develops new rules restricting them to 91裸聊视频渓ight work,91裸聊视频� Labour Minister Harry Bains says.

The NDP and B.C. Greens used their bare majority in the legislature to reject a B.C. Liberal bid to keep the minimum working age at 12, which Bains called an international disgrace for the province among international labour organizations.

Bains said the list of jobs that children aged 13 and 14 are allowed to do is being developed, and cabinet will order it via regulations. He was peppered with examples of children sorting clothes in a sporting goods store, picking berries, and babysitting.

91裸聊视频淔or goodness sake, we train kids as young as 11 to babysit,91裸聊视频� B.C. Liberal MLA Todd Stone said. 91裸聊视频淲e say to that 11-year-old, that 12-year-old, 91裸聊视频楪o and take a course. Here91裸聊视频檚 the course that provides you with the life skills91裸聊视频�.91裸聊视频�

Delta South B.C. Liberal Ian Paton sparked an angry response when he recounted his youthful job experience on farms. Paton pleaded with Bains to 91裸聊视频渟tand behind this amendment with the South Asian community that know it91裸聊视频檚 important to keep their kids out of the bad end of town, keep their kids out of gangs and whatnot, to give them the opportunity to work and get a job even at age 12, 13, 14 and 15.91裸聊视频�

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B.C. Green MLA Adam Olsen called the comments and the B.C. Liberal proposal 91裸聊视频渄isgusting,91裸聊视频� and Nanaimo-North Cowichan NDP MLA Doug Routley was ejected from the chamber. Paton later withdrew his comments.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e talking about how we need to get this country back to the way it is, make it great again,91裸聊视频� Olsen said. 91裸聊视频淭he fact of the matter is that this province has been called a pariah by those around the world for moving the age of work so low.91裸聊视频�

B.C. Liberal MLA John Martin questioned the definition of 91裸聊视频渉azardous work,91裸聊视频� which is 91裸聊视频渓ikely to be harmful to the health, safety or morals of a person under 16 years of age.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲hat morals?91裸聊视频� Martin asked. 91裸聊视频淲hose morals?91裸聊视频�

Bains said it refers to areas involving liquor and adult entertainment, and he is following the conventions of the International Labour Organization.

Asked repeatedly to define 91裸聊视频渓ight work91裸聊视频� suitable for children under 16, Bains said: 91裸聊视频淔or example, a clerk in an office or a retail store; a delivery person for small goods and merchandise for a retail store, delivering flyers, newspapers, handbills; certain duties in the restaurant food service industry 91裸聊视频� a host, hostess, cashier, dishwasher, busing tables, a server or waiter providing customer service, assembling food orders and cleaning.91裸聊视频�

Bains said the full list of permitted work will be developed in consultation with industries, and cabinet will approve the regulations before they take effect.

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