Review the Police Complaint Process — Issue No. 2 — Wednesday, February 27, 2019 (HTML)

Special Committee to Review the Police Complaint Process

Victoria

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Issue No. 2

ISSN 1499-4275

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Membership

Chair:	Rachna Singh (Surrey–Green Timbers, NDP)
Deputy Chair:	Mike Morris (Prince George–Mackenzie, BC Liberal)
Members:	Garry Begg (Surrey-Guildford, NDP)
	Adam Olsen (Saanich North and the Islands, BC Green Party)
	Ellis Ross (Skeena, BC Liberal)
Clerk:	Susan Sourial

CONTENTS

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair

Committee Draft Workplan, Witness List and Meeting Schedule

Minutes

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

9:00 a.m.

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

Present: Rachna Singh, MLA (Chair); Mike Morris, MLA (Deputy Chair); Garry Begg, MLA; Adam Olsen, MLA; Ellis Ross, MLA

There not yet being a Chair elected to serve the Committee, the meeting was called to order at 9:02 a.m. by the Clerk Assistant, Committees and Interparliamentary Relations.

Resolved, that Rachna Singh, MLA, be elected Chair of the Special Committee to Review the Police Complaint Process. (Garry Begg, MLA)

Resolved, that Mike Morris, MLA, be elected Deputy Chair of the Special Committee to Review the Police Complaint Process. (Adam Olsen, MLA)

Resolved, that the Committee meet in camera to review its draft work plan, expert witness list and proposed meeting schedule. (Mike Morris, MLA)

The Committee met in camera from 9:03 a.m. to 9:47 a.m.

The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 9:48 a.m.

Rachna Singh, MLA
Chair

Susan Sourial
Clerk Assistant — Committees and Interparliamentary Relations

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The committee met at 9:02 a.m.

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair

S. Sourial (Clerk Assistant, Committees and Interparliamentary Relations): Good morning, Members. As this is our first meeting of the committee in the fourth session, our first order of business is the election of a Chair. Do I have any nominations?

G. Begg: I nominate Rachna Singh.

S. Sourial (Clerk Assistant): Garry has nominated Rachna Singh.

Do you accept?

R. Singh: I do. Thank you so much.

S. Sourial (Clerk Assistant): Any further nominations? Any further nominations? Seeing none, all those in favour?

Motion approved.

[R. Singh in the chair.]

S. Sourial (Clerk Assistant): Congratulations, Madam Chair.

R. Singh (Chair): Thank you so much.

Now on the agenda, we have to elect the Deputy Chair. Any nominations?

A. Olsen: I’ll nominate Mike Morris.

R. Singh (Chair): Any more nominations?

Seeing none, congratulations, Mike.

M. Morris (Deputy Chair): Thank you.

Committee Draft Workplan,
Witness List and Meeting Schedule

R. Singh (Chair): It is my suggestion…. What I have is item No. 3, the review of committee draft workplan. We have to find out the dates and also the names of the expert witnesses. If the committee is agreeable, we can do this in camera.

I would need a motion.

M. Morris (Deputy Chair): Motion to go in camera.

Motion approved.

The committee continued in camera from 9:03 a.m. to 9:47 a.m.

[R. Singh in the chair.]

R. Singh (Chair): We are out of camera. Now I need a motion to adjourn.

This meeting is adjourned.

We’ll get together. Our next meeting is April 1.

Thank you so much.

The committee adjourned at 9:48 a.m.

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