Second Session, 42nd Parliament (2021)

Special Committee to Review Provisions of the Election Act

Virtual Meeting

Friday, June 11, 2021

Issue No. 8

ISSN 2563-8491

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Membership

Chair:

Jagrup Brar (Surrey-Fleetwood, BC NDP)

Deputy Chair:

Peter Milobar (Kamloops–North Thompson, BC Liberal Party)

Members:

Brittny Anderson (Nelson-Creston, BC NDP)


Greg Kyllo (Shuswap, BC Liberal Party)


Ronna-Rae Leonard (Courtenay-Comox, BC NDP)


Andrew Mercier (Langley, BC NDP)


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

Clerk:

Susan Sourial


CONTENTS

Deliberations


Minutes

Friday, June 11, 2021

9:00 a.m.

Virtual Meeting

Present: Jagrup Brar, MLA (Chair); Peter Milobar, MLA (Deputy Chair); Brittny Anderson, MLA; Greg Kyllo, MLA; Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA; Andrew Mercier, MLA; Adam Olsen, MLA
1.
The Chair called the Committee to order at 9:05 a.m.
2.
Resolved, that the Committee meet in camera to consider its review of the administration of annual allowance payments to eligible political parties. (Brittny Anderson, MLA)
3.
The Committee met in camera from 9:06 a.m. to 10:29 a.m.
4.
The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 10:30 a.m.
Jagrup Brar, MLA
Chair
Susan Sourial
Clerk Assistant, Committees and Interparliamentary Relations

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2021

The committee met at 9:05 a.m.

[J. Brar in the chair.]

Deliberations

J. Brar (Chair): Good morning, committee members. I would like to call the meeting to order.

First of all, I would like to acknowledge that I am joining today’s meeting from the traditional territories of Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen First Nations, and I would urge the members to reflect upon the territory that you are on today.

Could I have motion to go in camera, please?

B. Anderson: I will move that motion.

Motion approved.

The committee continued in camera from 9:06 a.m. to 10:29 a.m.

[J. Brar in the chair.]

J. Brar (Chair): Thank you, Members, for a fulsome discussion today on the issues we are dealing with in this committee, and that is whether the allowance to political parties should continue after 2022 and, if yes, then how much and how long it should be.

Thanks for the discussion. We will come back and meet again at a future date to talk about the recommendations again.

Before I ask for a motion to adjourn the meeting, is there anybody else who wants to say anything? None.

I need a motion to adjourn the meeting.

Adam, seconded by Brittny.

Motion approved.

The committee adjourned at 10:30 a.m.