2007 Legislative Session: Third Session, 38th Parliament
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
MINUTES AND HANSARD


MINUTES

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Wednesday, October 31, 2007
2:30 p.m.
Douglas Fir Committee Room
Parliament Buildings, Victoria

Present: Bill Bennett, MLA (Chair); Bruce Ralston, MLA (Deputy Chair); Harry Bloy, MLA; Randy Hawes, MLA; Dave S. Hayer, MLA; John Horgan, MLA; Jenny Wai Ching Kwan, MLA; Richard T. Lee, MLA; Bob Simpson, MLA

Unavoidably Absent: Iain Black, MLA

1. The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:50 p.m.

2. The Committee met in-camera to deliberate upon its Report to the House on the matter of its pre-budget consul-tation process.

3. The Committee met in public session.

4. The Committee adjourned at 4:04 p.m.

Bill Bennett, MLA 
Chair

Craig James
Clerk Assistant and
Clerk of Committees


The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.
The printed version remains the official version.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
(Hansard)

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 
FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007

Issue No. 63

ISSN 1499-4178



CONTENTS

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Proceedings 1619


 
Chair: * Bill Bennett (East Kootenay L)
Deputy Chair: * Bruce Ralston (Surrey-Whalley NDP)
Members:    Iain Black (Port Moody–Westwood L)
* Harry Bloy (Burquitlam L)
* Randy Hawes (Maple Ridge–Mission L)
* Dave S. Hayer (Surrey-Tynehead L)
* Richard T. Lee (Burnaby North L)
* John Horgan (Malahat–Juan de Fuca NDP)
* Jenny Wai Ching Kwan (Vancouver–Mount Pleasant NDP)
* Bob Simpson (Cariboo North NDP)

    * denotes member present

                                                                       

Clerk: Craig James
Committee Staff: Jonathan Fershau (Committee Research Analyst)
   

[ Page 1619 ]

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007

          The committee met at 2:50 p.m.

           [B. Bennett in the chair.]

           B. Ralston (Deputy Chair): I move that we recess for 20 minutes to consider the report that's just been presented moments ago.

           Motion approved.

           B. Bennett (Chair): We will reconvene here at ten after three. We're in recess until 3:10.

          The committee recessed from 2:51 p.m. to 3:23 p.m.

           [B. Bennett in the chair.]

           B. Bennett (Chair): Can I have a motion to go in camera?

           Motion approved.

          The committee continued in camera from 3:23 p.m. to 4:03 p.m.

           [B. Bennett in the chair.]

           B. Bennett (Chair): Okay. We're in open session, on the air.

           R. Hawes: I was only going to mention that I will send you the ones that I felt should be added. I was going to suggest that they do the same.

           B. Bennett (Chair): Okay.

           R. Hawes: The ones you want added — give them to him so that these two can vet them.

           B. Bennett (Chair): And you guys will do the same, Harry, Richard and Dave — okay?

           A Voice: Okay.

           J. Horgan: We're all throwing our stuff to Bruce and Bill.

           B. Bennett (Chair): Motion to adjourn.

          The committee adjourned at 4:04 p.m.


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