First Session, 42nd Parliament (2021)

Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services

Virtual Meeting

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Issue No. 12

ISSN 1499-4178

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Membership

Chair:

Janet Routledge (Burnaby North, BC NDP)

Deputy Chair:

Ben Stewart (Kelowna West, BC Liberal Party)

Members:

Pam Alexis (Abbotsford-Mission, BC NDP)


Lorne Doerkson (Cariboo-Chilcotin, BC Liberal Party)


Megan Dykeman (Langley East, BC NDP)


Greg Kyllo (Shuswap, BC Liberal Party)


Grace Lore (Victoria–Beacon Hill, BC NDP)


Harwinder Sandhu (Vernon-Monashee, BC NDP)


Mike Starchuk (Surrey-Cloverdale, BC NDP)

Clerk:

Jennifer Arril



Minutes

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

8:00 a.m.

Virtual Meeting

Present: Janet Routledge, MLA (Chair); Ben Stewart, MLA (Deputy Chair); Pam Alexis, MLA; Lorne Doerkson, MLA; Megan Dykeman, MLA; Harwinder Sandhu, MLA; Mike Starchuk, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: Greg Kyllo, MLA; Grace Lore, MLA
1.
The Chair called the Committee to order at 8:06 a.m.
2.
Resolved, that the Committee meet in camera to consider the appointment of an auditor to audit the Office of the Auditor General. (Pam Alexis, MLA)
3.
The Committee met in camera from 8:06 a.m. to 8:25 a.m.
4.
The Committee continued in public session at 8:25 a.m.
5.
Resolved, that the committee confirm BDO Canada LLP as the independent auditor to audit the financial statements and the appropriateness and reliability of the performance information contained in the annual report of the Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021. (Ben Stewart, MLA)
6.
The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 8:26 a.m.
Janet Routledge, MLA
Chair
Jennifer Arril
Clerk of Committees

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021

The committee met at 8:06 a.m.

[J. Routledge in the chair.]

Deliberations

J. Routledge (Chair): The first thing…. I’ll entertain a motion to move in camera.

P. Alexis: So moved.

J. Routledge (Chair): I see it moved and seconded.

Motion approved.

The committee continued in camera from 8:06 a.m. to 8:25 a.m.

[J. Routledge in the chair.]

Vote on Appointment of Audit Firm
for Office of the Auditor General

J. Routledge (Chair): Thank you, everyone. We have a motion.

Ben, would you like to make the motion?

B. Stewart (Deputy Chair): Yes, I would. Thank you, Chair.

The motion is that the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services confirm BDO Canada LLP as the independent auditor to audit the financial statements and the appropriateness and reliability of the performance information contained in the annual report of the Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

Motion approved.

J. Routledge (Chair): Thank you, everyone.

Now I’ll entertain a motion to adjourn.

Motion approved.

The committee adjourned at 8:26 a.m.