SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
2011 Legislative Session: Fourth Session, 39th Parliament
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES
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SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES |
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
8:30 a.m.
Birch Committee Room
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Present: Douglas Horne, MLA (Chair); Doug Donaldson, MLA (Deputy Chair); Mable Elmore, MLA; Pat Pimm, MLA; Bruce Ralston, MLA; Dr. Moira Stilwell, MLA; Jane Thornthwaite, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: Bill Bennett, MLA; Dave S. Hayer, MLA; Bill Routley, MLA
1. There not yet being a Chair elected to serve the Committee, the meeting was called to order at 8:33 a.m. by the Deputy Chair.
2. Resolved, that Douglas Horne, MLA, be elected Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (Bruce Ralston, MLA).
3. Resolved, that the Chair and Deputy Chair form a subcommittee to consider the 2013 Budget Consultation Process and report back to the Committee. (Bruce Ralston, MLA).
4. The Clerk to the Committee provided an update on the appointment of an audit firm for the Office of the Auditor General.
5. Resolved, that the Chair and Deputy Chair form a subcommittee to consider an RFP process for an audit firm for the Office of the Auditor General and report back to the Committee.
6. The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 8:36 a.m.
| Douglas Horne, MLA Chair |
Susan Sourial |
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The printed version remains the official version.
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012
Issue No. 69
ISSN 1499-416X (Print)
ISSN 1499-4178 (Online)
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Election of Chair |
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Formation of Subcommittee |
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Office of the Auditor General and Budget Consultations: Appointment of Audit Firm |
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Chair: |
* Douglas Horne (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain BC Liberal) |
Deputy Chair: |
* Doug Donaldson (Stikine NDP) |
Members: |
Bill Bennett (Kootenay East BC Liberal) |
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* Mable Elmore (Vancouver-Kensington NDP) |
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Dave S. Hayer (Surrey-Tynehead BC Liberal) |
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* Pat Pimm (Peace River North BC Liberal) |
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* Bruce Ralston (Surrey-Whalley NDP) |
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Bill Routley (Cowichan Valley NDP) |
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* Dr. Moira Stilwell (Vancouver-Langara BC Liberal) |
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* Jane Thornthwaite (North Vancouver–Seymour BC Liberal) |
* denotes member present |
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Clerk: |
Susan Sourial |
Committee Staff: |
Byron Plant (Committee Research Analyst) |
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012
The committee met at 8:33 a.m.
[D. Donaldson in the chair.]
Election of Chair
D. Donaldson (Deputy Chair): We have three agenda items today, and the first agenda item is the election of Chair. I'll call for nominations for the position of Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
B. Ralston: I nominate Doug Horne.
D. Donaldson (Deputy Chair): Bruce Ralston nominates Doug Horne.
Any other nominations? Hearing any further nominations? Hearing any further nominations?
B. Ralston: Three times.
D. Donaldson (Deputy Chair): Hearing any further nominations?
Congratulations. Doug Horne, you're now Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, as elected by the committee.
[D. Horne in the chair.]
D. Horne (Chair): Thank you. I think we're going to have a really brief meeting.
Formation of Subcommittee
D. Horne (Chair): The next thing I'm going to propose is that we create a subcommittee to deal with the planning for the upcoming budget consultation process, comprised of myself and the Deputy Chair.
B. Ralston: So moved.
Motion approved.
Office of the Auditor General
and Budget Consultations:
Appointment of Audit Firm
D. Horne (Chair): I guess the last issue is the auditor for the Auditor General. Basically, I guess we need a motion.
B. Ralston: Is there a recommendation?
S. Sourial (Committee Clerk): We have the auditor for this year. The committee approved a motion at its last meeting to reappoint Grant Thornton. They will be sending a revised letter of engagement since the Chair of the committee has changed.
However, the one thing the committee still needs to do is to develop an RFP. It's pursuant to section 23 of the Auditor General Act that the committee appoints an auditor for the duration of a parliament. The last time we did that was in 2005. Grant Thornton was, I guess, the winner of the RFP process, and that lasted for four years, so 2009. Since 2009 the committee has been reappointing Grant Thornton.
There's an opportunity now to go through the RFP process again and appoint them for a four-year or five-year process. That's perhaps something where, again, we can set up a subcommittee to see the next steps.
B. Ralston: Can I move that we delegate it to the same subcommittee of the Chair and the vice-Chair to consider and report back?
D. Horne (Chair): Any discussion?
Motion approved.
D. Horne (Chair): Any other business?
B. Ralston: Motion to adjourn.
Motion approved.
The committee adjourned at 8:36 a.m.
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