SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
2010 Legislative Session: Second Session, 39th Parliament
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
9:00 a.m.
Douglas Fir Committee Room
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Present: John Les, MLA (Chair); Norm Letnick, MLA; Don McRae, MLA; Michelle Mungall, MLA; Bruce Ralston, MLA; John Rustad, MLA; Jane Thornthwaite, MLA; John van Dongen, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: Doug Donaldson, MLA (Deputy Chair); Bill Routley, MLA
1. There not yet being a Chair elected to serve the Committee, the meeting was called to order at 9:04 a.m. by the Clerk Assistant and Committee Clerk.
2. Resolved, that John Les, MLA, be elected to serve as Chair (Don McRae, MLA).
3. Resolved, that Doug Donaldson, MLA, be elected to serve as Deputy Chair (Bruce Ralston, MLA).
4. The Committee discussed preparations for the Budget 2011 Consultation Process.
5. The Committee adjourned at 9:07 a.m. to the call of the Chair.
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REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
(Hansard)
select standing committee on
Finance and Government Services
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Issue No. 19
ISSN 1499-4178
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Election of Chair and Deputy Chair |
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Prebudget Consultation Process |
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Chair: |
* John Les (Chilliwack L) |
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Deputy Chair: |
Doug Donaldson (Stikine NDP) |
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* Norm Letnick (Kelowna–Lake Country L) |
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* Don McRae (Comox Valley L) |
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* John Rustad (Nechako Lakes L) |
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* Jane Thornthwaite (North Vancouver–Seymour L) |
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* John van Dongen (Abbotsford South L) |
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* Michelle Mungall (Nelson-Creston NDP) |
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* Bruce Ralston (Surrey-Whalley NDP) |
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Bill Routley (Cowichan Valley NDP) |
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* denotes member present |
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Clerk: |
Kate Ryan-Lloyd |
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
The committee met at 9:04 a.m.
Election of Chair and Deputy Chair
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Clerk Assistant and Committee Clerk): Good morning, everyone. As this is the first meeting of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services for the present session, the first item of business is the election of a Chair to serve the committee. I open the floor to nominations to the position of Chair.
D. McRae: I nominate John Les.
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Committee Clerk): Thanks, Don.
John, would you accept nomination?
J. Les: Certainly.
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Committee Clerk): Are there any further nominations? Any further nominations? Any further nominations? Seeing none, I'll put the question.
Motion approved.
[J. Les in the chair.]
J. Les (Chair): Thank you.
The other election we must have is for the position of vice-Chair. I'm open to nominations.
B. Ralston: I nominate Doug Donaldson.
J. Les (Chair): Doug Donaldson is nominated.
Anyone else, for the first, second and third time? Hearing none, I declare Doug Donaldson elected vice-Chair.
Prebudget Consultation Process
J. Les (Chair): The only other thing I want to discuss just briefly is that, of course, we don't have a whole lot to do until the middle of September, when the first quarterly report comes out and the budget discussion document is published by the Ministry of Finance.
Generally speaking, I thought we should try to get going as quickly as possible after that in going to a variety of communities around the province — perhaps a little broader selection than we had the opportunity to do last year.
When Doug gets back, between he, Kate and I, we'll try to put together a preliminary agenda, perhaps by the end of June at the latest, that we will circulate to see what your pleasure is.
Perhaps one that we should try to nail down — and it's only a suggestion on my part — is that during the week of UBCM, which I believe is in Whistler this year, I thought we might take, for example, the Tuesday afternoon and convene a hearing there. There are probably some mayors of small communities and the like that would appreciate the opportunity. If that's generally acceptable, I would propose that we do that.
J. Thornthwaite: What day is that?
J. Les (Chair): It's Tuesday the….
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Committee Clerk): That would be the 28th of September. The convention is scheduled from Monday, September 27, through Friday, October 1.
J. Thornthwaite: The 28th, you said?
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Committee Clerk): Yes. So the proposal would be on the Tuesday, September 28.
J. Les (Chair): That will allow Kate, then, to book a hearing room and to contact UBCM to let them know that we will be doing that.
B. Ralston: Do you remember when we had…? There was one year when it was in Kelowna or Penticton. Did we get many people?
A Voice: No, we didn't.
J. Les (Chair): I'm suggesting we do, perhaps, the afternoon — not a whole day or anything like that.
B. Ralston: Okay. I don't think there was much interest. Maybe they weren't notified.
J. Les (Chair): Well, that's why I say we should actually give Kate the go-ahead now — so she can contact UBCM, so they can pass on to their membership that that opportunity is there.
Of course, members will individually be responsible for making their bookings, arrangements there for hotels and the like, as you normally, probably, would be doing anyway for that conference.
Michelle, you arrived just in time to adjourn.
M. Mungall: Best time to come to a meeting.
J. Les (Chair): Exactly.
J. Rustad: Motion to adjourn.
J. Les (Chair): Motion to adjourn has been made by John.
Motion approved.
The committee adjourned at 9:07 a.m.
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