Third Session, 42nd Parliament (2022)

Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services

Victoria

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Issue No. 57

ISSN 1499-4178

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Membership

Chair:

Janet Routledge (Burnaby North, BC NDP)

Deputy Chair:

Karin Kirkpatrick (West Vancouver–Capilano, BC Liberal Party)

Members:

Pam Alexis (Abbotsford-Mission, BC NDP)


Lorne Doerkson (Cariboo-Chilcotin, BC Liberal Party)


Megan Dykeman (Langley East, BC NDP)


Grace Lore (Victoria–Beacon Hill, BC NDP)


Harwinder Sandhu (Vernon-Monashee, BC NDP)


Mike Starchuk (Surrey-Cloverdale, BC NDP)


Ben Stewart (Kelowna West, BC Liberal Party)

Clerk:

Jennifer Arril



Minutes

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

8:15 a.m.

Douglas Fir Committee Room (Room 226)
Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Present: Janet Routledge, MLA (Chair); Karin Kirkpatrick, MLA (Deputy Chair); Lorne Doerkson, MLA; Megan Dykeman, MLA; Grace Lore, MLA; Harwinder Sandhu, MLA; Mike Starchuk, MLA; Ben Stewart, MLA
Unavoidably Absent: Pam Alexis, MLA
1.
There not yet being a Chair elected to serve the Committee, the meeting was called to order at 8:18 a.m. by the Clerk of Committees.
2.
Resolved, that Janet Routledge, MLA, be elected Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. (Harwinder Sandhu, MLA)
3.
Resolved, that Karin Kirkpatrick, MLA, be elected Deputy Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. (Ben Stewart, MLA)
4.
The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 8:20 a.m.
Janet Routledge, MLA
Chair
Jennifer Arril
Clerk of Committees

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2022

The committee met at 8:18 a.m.

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair

J. Arril (Clerk of Committees): Good morning, committee members.

As this is the first meeting of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services for the third session of the 42nd parliament, it is my honour as Clerk of Committees to oversee the election of Chair.

Do we have any nominations for Chair of the committee?

H. Sandhu: I nominate Janet Routledge.

J. Arril (Clerk of Committees): Janet, do you accept the nomination?

J. Routledge: I do.

J. Arril (Clerk of Committees): Any further nominations? Any further nominations? A third and final time.

The question is that Janet take the role as Chair of the committee.

Motion approved.

[J. Routledge in the chair.]

J. Arril (Clerk of Committees): Congratulations, Janet.

J. Routledge (Chair): Thank you.

Now we will elect a Deputy Chair.

Are there any nominations from the floor for the position of Deputy Chair?

B. Stewart: I’d like to nominate Karin Kirkpatrick, the member for West Vancouver–Capilano.

J. Routledge (Chair): Do you accept the nomination, Karin?

K. Kirkpatrick: Yes, Chair.

J. Routledge (Chair): Are there any other further nominations? A second time. For the third time, any further nominations?

Then the question is for Karin to take the role of Deputy Chair.

Motion approved.

J. Routledge (Chair): Welcome to the position.

Before we wrap up today, is there any other business for right now?

Okay, then I’ll seek a motion to adjourn.

Motion approved.

The committee adjourned at 8:20 a.m.