First Session, 42nd Parliament (2021)
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services
Virtual Meeting
Monday, February 22, 2021
Issue No. 11
ISSN 1499-4178
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Membership
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Chair: |
Janet Routledge (Burnaby North, BC NDP) |
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Deputy Chair: |
Ben Stewart (Kelowna West, BC Liberal Party) |
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Members: |
Pam Alexis (Abbotsford-Mission, BC NDP) |
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Lorne Doerkson (Cariboo-Chilcotin, BC Liberal Party) |
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Megan Dykeman (Langley East, BC NDP) |
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Greg Kyllo (Shuswap, BC Liberal Party) |
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Grace Lore (Victoria–Beacon Hill, BC NDP) |
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Harwinder Sandhu (Vernon-Monashee, BC NDP) |
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Mike Starchuk (Surrey-Cloverdale, BC NDP) |
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Clerk: |
Jennifer Arril |
Minutes
Monday, February 22, 2021
2:00 p.m.
Virtual Meeting
Chair
Clerk of Committees
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2021
The committee met at 2:07 p.m.
[J. Routledge in the chair.]
Deliberations
J. Routledge (Chair): I will entertain a motion to move in camera.
M. Dykeman: So moved.
Motion approved.
The committee continued in camera from 2:08 p.m. to 2:55 p.m.
[J. Routledge in the chair.]
Committee Report to the House
STATUTORY OFFICERS BUDGET REPORT
J. Arril (Clerk of Committees): If members are prepared, I can share my screen that will show the first motion and then if one member could read the motion to put it on the table and, Chair, of course, to oversee that motion. There will be a second motion, as well, for members’ consideration. I will show the first motion first.
M. Dykeman: I will move the motion, please.
J. Arril (Clerk of Committees): Megan, could you please read the motion into the record.
M. Dykeman: Absolutely. I move:
[That the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services approve and adopt the report entitled Annual Review of the Budgets of Statutory Offices as amended today and further, that the Committee authorize the Chair and Deputy Chair to work with Committee staff to finalize any further editorial changes to complete the supporting text.]
Motion approved.
J. Arril (Clerk of Committees): I will now screen share the second motion. This one is with respect to the Chair’s presentation of the report. If one of the members could read that onto the record.
J. Routledge (Chair): Go ahead, Pam.
P. Alexis: I move:
[That the Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services deposit a copy of the report entitled Annual Review of the Budgets of Statutory Offices with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly; and further, that upon resumption of the sittings of the House, or at the next following session, the Chair present the report to the Legislative Assembly at the earliest available opportunity.]
Motion approved.
J. Routledge (Chair): I think we are about ready to wrap up this meeting.
Before we wrap it up, I want to thank everyone. We are a new committee, and a lot of us have been working hard to get up to speed. I am very proud that all of us have taken our role so seriously and been so committed to it and worked so hard. I think we’ve found a really important balance between respecting the independence of the independent officers and, at the same time, being conscious of our responsibility with regard to public spending. Thank you for that.
I will entertain a motion to adjourn.
Motion approved.
The committee adjourned at 2:59 p.m.