2013 Legislative Session: Fifth Session, 39th Parliament

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

MINUTES AND HANSARD


MINUTES

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

12:00 noon

Douglas Fir Committee Room
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Present: Bruce Ralston, MLA (Chair); Kathy Corrigan, MLA; Colin Hansen, MLA; Vicki Huntington, MLA; Kevin Krueger, MLA; John Les, MLA; Lana Popham, MLA; John Rustad, MLA

Unavoidably Absent: Douglas Horne, MLA (Deputy Chair); Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA; Eric Foster, MLA; Randy Hawes, MLA; John Horgan, MLA; Joan McIntyre, MLA; Shane Simpson, MLA

1. There not yet being a Chair elected to serve the Committee, the meeting was called to order at 11:59 am by the Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees.

2. Resolved, that Bruce Ralston, MLA, be elected Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts. (John Rustad, MLA).

3. Resolved, that Douglas Horne, MLA, be elected Deputy Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Kathy Corrigan, MLA).

4. The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 12 noon.

Bruce Ralston, MLA 
Chair

Kate Ryan-Lloyd
Deputy Clerk and
Clerk of Committees


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REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
(Hansard)

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013

Issue No. 24

ISSN 1499-4240 (Print)
ISSN 1499-4259 (Online)


CONTENTS

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair

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Chair:

* Bruce Ralston (Surrey-Whalley NDP)

Deputy Chair:

Douglas Horne (Coquitlam–Burke Mountain BC Liberal)

Members:

Spencer Chandra Herbert (Vancouver–West End NDP)


* Kathy Corrigan (Burnaby–Deer Lake NDP)


Eric Foster (Vernon-Monashee BC Liberal)


* Colin Hansen (Vancouver-Quilchena BC Liberal)


Randy Hawes (Abbotsford-Mission BC Liberal)


John Horgan (Juan de Fuca NDP)


* Vicki Huntington (Delta South Ind.)


* Kevin Krueger (Kamloops–South Thompson BC Liberal)


* John Les (Chilliwack BC Liberal)


Joan McIntyre (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky BC Liberal)


* Lana Popham (Saanich South NDP)


* John Rustad (Nechako Lakes BC Liberal)


Shane Simpson (Vancouver-Hastings NDP)


* denotes member present

Clerk:

Kate Ryan-Lloyd




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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013

The committee met at 11:59 a.m.

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair

K. Ryan-Lloyd (Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees): Good afternoon, Members, and welcome to the first meeting of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts for the current fifth session of the 39th parliament. As the committee has not yet convened and there has not yet been a member elected to serve as your Chair, I'd like to open the floor to nominations to the position of Chair.

J. Rustad: I move Bruce Ralston as Chair.

K. Ryan-Lloyd (Clerk of Committees): Thank you.

Are there any other nominations? Any other nominations? Any other nominations?

Mr. Ralston, would you accept nomination?

B. Ralston: I do.

K. Ryan-Lloyd (Clerk of Committees): Okay. With that, I will put the question to the committee.

Motion approved.

[B. Ralston in the chair.]

B. Ralston (Chair): The election of the Deputy Chair is the next order of business. Are there nominations for the position of Deputy Chair?

K. Corrigan: I nominate Doug Horne.

B. Ralston (Chair): Douglas Horne has been nominated. Are there any further nominations? Any further nominations? Any further nominations?

Douglas Horne, do you accept? I think he does.

Motion approved.

B. Ralston (Chair): Is there a motion to adjourn?

Thanks very much for coming.

The committee adjourned at 12 noon.


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