SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
2015 Legislative Session: Fourth Session, 40th Parliament
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS | |
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
12:00 p.m.
Douglas Fir Committee Room
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.
Present: Bruce Ralston, MLA (Chair); Sam Sullivan, MLA (Deputy Chair); Kathy Corrigan, MLA; Simon Gibson, MLA; George Heyman, MLA; Marvin Hunt, MLA; Greg Kyllo, MLA; Mike Morris, MLA; Linda Reimer, MLA; Ralph Sultan, MLA; Laurie Throness, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: David Eby, MLA; Vicki Huntington, MLA; Lana Popham, MLA; Selina Robinson, MLA
1. There not yet being a Chair elected to serve the Committee, the meeting was called to order at 12:02 p.m. 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. (George Heyman, MLA)
3. Resolved, that Sam Sullivan, MLA, be elected Deputy Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts. (Linda Reimer, MLA)
4. Resolved, that a Sub-committee on Agenda and Procedure be comprised of Chair, Bruce Ralston, MLA, the Deputy Chair, Sam Sullivan, MLA, Mike Morris, MLA and George Heyman, MLA. (Mike Morris, MLA)
5. The Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees provided the Committee with information on the annual Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees conference, to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, August 23 to 25, 2015.
6. The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 12:04 p.m.
| Bruce Ralston, MLA Chair | Kate Ryan-Lloyd |
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015
Issue No. 17
ISSN 1499-4240 (Print)
ISSN 1499-4259 (Online)
CONTENTS | |
Page | |
Election of Chair and Deputy Chair | 661 |
Election of Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure | 661 |
Other Business | 661 |
Chair: | Bruce Ralston (Surrey-Whalley NDP) |
Deputy Chair: | Sam Sullivan (Vancouver–False Creek BC Liberal) |
Members: | Kathy Corrigan (Burnaby–Deer Lake NDP) |
David Eby (Vancouver–Point Grey NDP) | |
Simon Gibson (Abbotsford-Mission BC Liberal) | |
George Heyman (Vancouver-Fairview NDP) | |
Marvin Hunt (Surrey-Panorama BC Liberal) | |
Vicki Huntington (Delta South Ind.) | |
Greg Kyllo (Shuswap BC Liberal) | |
Mike Morris (Prince George–Mackenzie BC Liberal) | |
Lana Popham (Saanich South NDP) | |
Linda Reimer (Port Moody–Coquitlam BC Liberal) | |
Selina Robinson (Coquitlam-Maillardville NDP) | |
Ralph Sultan (West Vancouver–Capilano BC Liberal) | |
Laurie Throness (Chilliwack-Hope BC Liberal) | |
Clerk: | Kate Ryan-Lloyd |
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015
The committee met at 12:02 p.m.
Election of Chair and Deputy Chair
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees): Good afternoon, committee members. As this is the first meeting of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts for the current fourth session of this parliament, the first item on the agenda is the election of the Chair. I would like to open up the call for nominations to that position.
G. Heyman: I nominate Bruce Ralston.
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Clerk of Committees): Thank you, George.
Are there any further nominations?
Do you accept the nomination, Mr. Ralston?
B. Ralston: I do.
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Clerk of Committees): I will now put the question.
Motion approved.
[B. Ralston in the chair.]
B. Ralston (Chair): The next item of business is the election of a Deputy Chair. We’re now open for nominations.
L. Reimer: I’d like to nominate Sam Sullivan.
B. Ralston (Chair): Do you accept, Sam? Okay.
Any further nominations? Any further nominations? No further nominations.
Motion approved.
Election of Subcommittee
on Agenda and Procedure
B. Ralston (Chair): The next item on the agenda is the appointment of a subcommittee on agenda and procedure. I’m proposing the following members to sit on the subcommittee: myself, Sam Sullivan as Deputy Chair, Mike Morris and George Heyman.
Is there a motion to approve the constitution of the committee with those members on it?
Motion approved.
B. Ralston (Chair): Any other business?
Other Business
K. Ryan-Lloyd (Clerk of Committees): Just one brief announcement. For the information of members, the annual Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees conference will be held this year in Winnipeg, Manitoba, from August 23 to 25, if members have an interest in attending. I know the Chair has attended in previous years, as has the Deputy Chair. If members have an interest in receiving further details about the program, please don’t hesitate to contact any of us.
B. Ralston (Chair): Is there a motion, then, to adjourn?
Motion approved.
The committee adjourned at 12:04 p.m.
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