SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
9 a.m.
Douglas Fir Committee Room
Parliament Buildings, Victoria
2005 Legislative Session: First Session, 38th Parliament
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
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SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 |
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Present: Blair Lekstrom, MLA (Chair); Maurine Karagianis, MLA (Deputy Chair); Harry Bloy, MLA; Dave S. Hayer, MLA; Gordon Hogg, MLA; Leonard Krog, MLA; Richard T. Lee, MLA; Nicholas Simons, MLA; John Yap, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: Jenny Wai Ching Kwan, MLA
1. The Chair called the Committee to order at 9:07 a.m.
2. The Chair provided an update on the work of the Sub-committee with
regards to the Request for Proposal (RFP) process for the audit of the Office of
the Auditor General.
3. Resolved, that the Committee adopt the revised RFP as circulated and
proceed with its public release. (Maurine Karagianis, MLA)
4. Resolved, that the Committee meet in-camera to review the preliminary
draft report. (Dave S. Hayer, MLA)
5. The Committee met in-camera from 9:09 a.m. to 9:55 a.m.
6. The Committee recessed from 9:55 a.m. to 10:26 a.m.
7. The Committee met in-camera from 10:26 a.m. until 12:11 p.m.
8. The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 12:12 p.m.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2005
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| Chair: | * Blair Lekstrom (Peace River South L) |
| Deputy Chair: | * Maurine Karagianis (Esquimalt-Metchosin NDP) |
| Members: | * Harry Bloy (Burquitlam L) * Dave S. Hayer (Surrey-Tynehead L) * Gordon Hogg (Surrey–White Rock L) * Richard T. Lee (Burnaby North L) * John Yap (Richmond-Steveston L) * Leonard Krog (Nanaimo NDP) Jenny Wai Ching Kwan (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant NDP) * Nicholas Simons (Powell River–Sunshine Coast NDP) * denotes member present |
| Clerk: | Kate Ryan-Lloyd |
| Committee Staff: | Jonathan Fershau (Committee Research Analyst) |
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2005
The committee met at 9:07 a.m.
[B. Lekstrom in the chair.]
B. Lekstrom (Chair): Good morning, members. I would like to call the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services meeting to order and welcome everybody here. There has been a draft report circulated, which is the culmination of the work of the committee to date. We do have a significant amount of work to do on that today, but prior to dealing with that — for which I believe we should be in camera…. It does house the recommendations that we're looking at putting forward.
Prior to moving into camera, I would like to deal with an issue that your subcommittee has dealt with, which is the request for proposals for the Office of the Auditor General. We met with Mr. Craig James. We have gone through this. I believe we circulated the full document to all of the members. We have had no feedback, so it will be the intent that this request for proposals goes out tomorrow, I believe, or as soon as possible. But I did want to give the members the opportunity if they had any questions on that RFP at this time.
Seeing none, I would like to thank both John and Maurine, who are members of the subcommittee. It was an interesting event for us to be able to look at that document and go through it. We made some very minor changes, but it's going to move ahead.
With that, could I have a motion from the committee to adopt that and put it forward?
Motion approved.
B. Lekstrom (Chair): We will forward that RFP out.
Is there any other business to be brought before we move into camera at this point? We will rise and report out following the in-camera session, at which time we can deal with new business as well.
A motion to go in camera to discuss the draft report and recommendations for the committee.
We will now go in camera.
The committee met in camera from 9:09 a.m. to 12:11 p.m.
B. Lekstrom (Chair): We will now reconvene in the public portion of our meeting, having discussed the draft report and the committee's recommendations and built upon what we've got before us.
I look forward to Monday's meeting. I think we have made a lot of progress, and I want to thank the members for their input. As well, we will continue to work on this with Jonathan and the members of the committee.
With that, I believe we have concluded the business that was on the agenda. I'm going to look to members to see if there's any new business to be brought before the committee this morning.
D. Hayer: I've just got a question. My understanding is this report is still confidential and cannot be going anywhere else. At one time in the past, people have talked about the report before it was out — right?
B. Lekstrom (Chair): Yeah, this is….
D. Hayer: I just want to make sure — we have new members on the committee — so everybody understands it.
B. Lekstrom (Chair): It is very clear. This is a confidential report at this time. It is a draft report that we are working on. It will become public the day we report to the Legislative Assembly, as we have been asked to do by them. Until then, I encourage all members to make sure they understand the confidentiality of this.
D. Hayer: I move we adjourn.
B. Lekstrom (Chair): Motion to adjourn is in order. It's been moved, and we stand adjourned.
The committee adjourned at 12:12 p.m.
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