Fourth Session, 41st Parliament (2019)

Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations

Victoria

Monday, February 25, 2019

Issue No. 14

ISSN 1499-4194

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Membership

Chair:

Bowinn Ma (North Vancouver–Lonsdale, NDP)

Deputy Chair:

Stephanie Cadieux (Surrey South, BC Liberal)

Members:

Spencer Chandra Herbert (Vancouver–West End, NDP)


Jas Johal (Richmond-Queensborough, BC Liberal)


Ravi Kahlon (Delta North, NDP)


Peter Milobar (Kamloops–North Thompson, BC Liberal)


Adam Olsen (Saanich North and the Islands, BC Green Party)


Rachna Singh (Surrey–Green Timbers, NDP)


Jordan Sturdy (West Vancouver–Sea to Sky, BC Liberal)

Clerk:

Susan Sourial



Minutes

Monday, February 25, 2019

8:00 a.m.

Douglas Fir Committee Room (Room 226)
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Present: Bowinn Ma, MLA (Chair); Stephanie Cadieux, MLA (Deputy Chair); Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA; Jas Johal, MLA; Peter Milobar, MLA; Adam Olsen, MLA; Rachna Singh, MLA; Jordan Sturdy, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: Ravi Kahlon, MLA
1.
There not yet being a Chair elected to serve the Committee, the meeting was called to order at 8:04 a.m. by the Clerk Assistant, Committees and Interparliamentary Relations.
2.
Resolved, that Bowinn Ma, MLA, be elected Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations. (Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA)
3.
Resolved, that Stephanie Cadieux, MLA, be elected Deputy Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations. (Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA)
4.
Resolved, that the Committee meet in camera to deliberate on its draft report on ride-hailing. (Rachna Singh, MLA)
5.
The Committee met in camera from 8:06 a.m. to 10:23 a.m
6.
The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 10:23 a.m.
Bowinn Ma, MLA
Chair
Susan Sourial
Clerk Assistant — Committees and Interparliamentary Relations

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The committee met at 8:04 a.m.

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair

S. Sourial (Clerk Assistant, Committees and Interparliamentary Relations): Good morning, committee members. As it’s the first meeting of the committee for the fourth session, the first order of business is election of the Chair. Are there any nominations?

S. Chandra Herbert: I’d like to nominate Bowinn Ma.

S. Sourial (Clerk Assistant): Any further nominations? Any further nominations?

Seeing none, do you accept?

B. Ma: I accept.

Motion approved.

[8:05 a.m.]

[B. Ma in the chair.]

B. Ma (Chair): Wonderful. Good morning, everybody. I’m glad to see all of you. We’re, of course, on the traditional territories of the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, land of the Lkwungen-speaking people.

Our second order of business today is to select a Deputy Chair. Do I have any nominations from the floor?

S. Chandra Herbert: I’d love to nominate Stephanie Cadieux.

B. Ma (Chair): Are there any other nominations? Are there any nominations from the floor?

Seeing none, Stephanie, do you accept?

S. Cadieux: Thank you, yes.

B. Ma (Chair): Wonderful.

Motion approved.

B. Ma (Chair): Welcome to the Deputy Chair once more, Ms. Cadieux.

Deliberations

B. Ma (Chair): Going back to our agenda now…. We fortunately don’t have to start over all of the work as well. We can continue where we are. The next item on the agenda is report deliberations, to be done in camera.

Do I have a motion to move in camera?

R. Singh: So moved.

Motion approved.

The committee continued in camera from 8:06 a.m. to 10:23 a.m.

[B. Ma in the chair.]

B. Ma (Chair): We are now on the record.

We have a motion to adjourn. Is there a seconder?

Motion approved.

B. Ma (Chair): Thank you so much for your work, everybody.

We stand adjourned until 8 a.m. on Monday, March 4.

The committee adjourned at 10:23 a.m.