Fifth Session, 41st Parliament (2020)

Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act

Virtual Meeting

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Issue No. 3

ISSN 2563-4372

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Membership

Chair:

Nicholas Simons (Powell River–Sunshine Coast, NDP)

Deputy Chair:

Jas Johal (Richmond-Queensborough, BC Liberal)

Members:

Garry Begg (Surrey-Guildford, NDP)


Bowinn Ma (North Vancouver–Lonsdale, NDP)


Mike Morris (Prince George–Mackenzie, BC Liberal)


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


Ellis Ross (Skeena, BC Liberal)


Rachna Singh (Surrey–Green Timbers, NDP)


Michelle Stilwell (Parksville-Qualicum, BC Liberal)

Clerk:

Karan Riarh



Minutes

Thursday, August 13, 2020

8:00 a.m.

Virtual Meeting

Present: Nicholas Simons, MLA (Chair); Jas Johal, MLA (Deputy Chair); Garry Begg, MLA; Bowinn Ma, MLA; Mike Morris, MLA; Adam Olsen, MLA; Ellis Ross, MLA; Rachna Singh, MLA; Michelle Stilwell, MLA
1.
The Chair called the Committee to order at 8:03 a.m.
2.
Resolved, that the Committee meet in camera to discuss and plan the upcoming work of the Committee. (Ellis Ross, MLA)
3.
The Committee met in camera from 8:03 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.
4.
The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 9:05 a.m.
Nicholas Simons, MLA
Chair
Karan Riarh
Clerk to the Committee

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2020

The committee met at 8:03 a.m.

[N. Simons in the chair.]

Committee Workplan

N. Simons (Chair): Good morning, committee members. Welcome to the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act. Thank you for joining us early this morning. We have a planning session ahead of us.

I’d like to acknowledge that I speak to you from the territory of the Tla’amin people, who signed a treaty in the last…. I think it was five years ago. I guess we all acknowledge the territory where we are meeting from. I’m glad we’re all here this morning.

As this is a planning session, I seek a motion to move in camera.

Thank you. Ellis moved. Seconded by Rachna.

Motion approved.

The committee continued in camera from 8:03 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.

[N. Simons in the chair.]

N. Simons (Chair): We’re back in public session.

Thank you very much, Hansard.

Thank you very much to the Clerk to the Committee and members of the Police Act Reform Committee. Thank you for this discussion. I really look forward to our next one.

With that, I ask for a motion to adjourn.

Motion approved.

The committee adjourned at 9:05 a.m.