Second Session, 42nd Parliament (2021)

Legislative Assembly Management Committee

Virtual Meeting

Friday, August 27, 2021

Issue No. 9

ISSN 1929-8676

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Membership

Chair:

Hon. Raj Chouhan (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly)

Members:

Michele Babchuk (North Island, BC NDP)


Garry Begg (Surrey-Guildford, BC NDP)


Stephanie Cadieux (Surrey South, BC Liberal)


Bob D’Eith (Maple Ridge–Mission, BC NDP)


Hon. Mike Farnworth (Port Coquitlam, BC NDP)


Sonia Furstenau (Cowichan Valley, BC Green Party)


Peter Milobar (Kamloops–North Thompson, BC Liberal)

Clerk:

Kate Ryan-Lloyd (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly)

CONTENTS

Approval of Agenda

Personnel Matters

Minutes

Friday, August 27, 2021

8:30 a.m.

Virtual Meeting

Members Present: Hon. Raj Chouhan, MLA (Speaker and Chair); Garry Begg, MLA; Stephanie Cadieux, MLA; Bob D’Eith, MLA; Hon. Mike Farnworth, MLA; Sonia Furstenau, MLA; Peter Milobar, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: Michele Babchuk, MLA
Legislative Assembly Officials Present: Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly; Jamie Hanly, Chief Human Resources Officer; Artour Sogomonian, Clerk Assistant, Parliamentary Services; Andrew Spence, Chief Information Officer; Hilary Woodward, Executive Financial Officer
1.
The Chair called the Committee to order at 8:35 a.m.
2.
Resolved, that the Committee approve the agenda, as circulated. (Stephanie Cadieux, MLA)
3.
Resolved, that the Committee meet in camera to consider personnel matters. (Sonia Furstenau, MLA)
4.
The Committee met in camera from 8:36 a.m. to 9:08 a.m.
5.
The Committee continued in public session at 9:08 a.m.
6.
Resolved, that the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation be recognized as a workplace day of commemoration on September 30, 2021, for all employee groups within the Legislative Assembly, treated as a statutory holiday for administrative purposes. (Hon. Mike Farnworth, MLA)
7.
The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 9:09 a.m.
Hon. Raj Chouhan, MLA
Speaker and Chair
Kate Ryan-Lloyd
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021

The committee met at 8:35 a.m.

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Approval of Agenda

Mr. Speaker: The first item on the agenda is approval of the agenda that was circulated. May I have a motion to approve the agenda as circulated, please.

S. Cadieux: So moved.

Motion approved.

Personnel Matters

Mr. Speaker: Then I have the next item on the agenda. Can we have a motion to proceed in camera to consider personnel matters, please.

S. Furstenau: So moved.

Motion approved.

The committee continued in camera from 8:36 a.m. to 9:08 a.m.

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Mr. Speaker: We are now in public session.

Okay. The committee has to deal with this motion. It says that the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation be recognized as a workplace day of commemoration on September 30, 2021, for all employee groups within the Legislative Assembly and treated as a statutory holiday for administrative purposes.

Hon. M. Farnworth: So moved.

Mr. Speaker: Anyone to second?

Motion approved.

Mr. Speaker: Any other business?

If not, a motion to adjourn.

Motion approved.

The committee adjourned at 9:09 a.m.

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