2011 Legislative Session: Fourth Session, 39th Parliament
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Debates of the Legislative Assembly

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Morning Sitting

Volume 40, Number 4

ISSN 0709-1281 (Print)
ISSN 1499-2175 (Online)

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The House met at 10:03 a.m.

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Prayers.

Tabling Documents

Mr. Speaker: Hon. Members, I have the honour to present the following: annual report 2011-2012 and service plan 2012-2013–2014-2015, Office of the Auditor General, the Representative for Children and Youth, Elections B.C.

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Auditor General reports. Report No. 3, July 2012, The Status of IT Controls in British Columbia's Public Sector: An Analysis of Audit Findings; report No. 4, July 2012, Audits of Two P3 Projects in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor; report No. 5, July 2012, Audit of the Legislative Assembly's Financial Records; report No. 6, October 2012, Follow-up Report: Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports; report No. 7, December 2012, Observations on Financial Reporting: Summary Financial Statements, 2011-2012; report No. 8, December 2012, Summary Report: Results of Completed Projects and Other Matters; report No. 9, January 2013, Securing the JUSTIN System: Access and Security Audit at the Ministry of Justice.

Registrar of Lobbyists annual report 2011-2012; Investigation Report 12-15, Lobbyist: Jay Hill, July 2012; Reconsideration 12-01 (Investigation Report 12-15), Lobbyist: Jay Hill, December 2012; Lobbying in British Columbia: The Way Forward — Report on Province-wide Consultations and Recommendations for Reform, January 2013.

Representative for Children and Youth, Trauma, Turmoil and Tragedy: Understanding the Needs of Children and Youth at Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm — An Aggregate Review, November 2012; Who Protected Him? How B.C.'s Child Welfare System Failed One of Its Most Vulnerable Children, February 2013.

Ombudsperson special report No. 34, September 2012, Open Meetings: Best Practices Guide for Local Governments; public report No. 49, February 2013, No Longer Your Decision: British Columbia's Process for Appointing the Public Guardian and Trustee to Manage the Financial Affairs of Incapable Adults.

Elections B.C., Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Port Moody–Coquitlam and Chilliwack-Hope By-elections, April 2012.

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, 2011-2012 Annual Report.

Legislative Assembly Management Committee, Annual Report 2009-2011.

Merit Commissioner, Upholding Fair Hiring in the B.C. Public Service: 2011-2012 Annual Report.

Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, 2011 Annual Report.

Motions Without Notice

RATIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP
OF SELECT STANDING
AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Hon. M. de Jong: Mr. Speaker, in a few moments this session of the Legislative Assembly will prorogue, and all the committees I'm about to refer to will temporarily cease to exist. I've provided to my friend the Opposition House Leader and, I think, all the independent members of the Legislature a copy of the motion.

The motion seeks to validate three agreements that were arrived at, relating as follows: to all of the select standing committees, effective September 17, 2012, and this relates to membership on those committees; a second written agreement between the Government and Opposition House Leaders relating to membership substitution for the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, effective November 5, 2012; and a third written agreement between the two House Leaders relating to membership substitution for the Special Committee to Inquire into the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons and to Audit Selected Police Complaints that was effective January 18, 2013.

I'm happy to read the motion into the record, if members wish. On the other hand, I'm also happy to table it on the basis that it has been provided to all members and ask for member support.

By leave, I move:

[That the written agreement between the Government House Leader, Michael de Jong, MLA and the Opposition House Leader, John Horgan, MLA, be ratified, setting forth that the following Members comprise the membership of the following parliamentary committees of the Legislative Assembly for the 4th session of the 39th Parliament, effective September 17, 2012:

Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth — Joan McIntyre (Chair), Claire Trevena (Deputy Chair), Sue Hammell, Randy Hawes, Gordon Hogg, Douglas Horne, Leonard Krog, Kevin Krueger, Richard T. Lee and Nicholas Simons

Select Standing Committee on Health — Mary McNeil (Convener), Mike Farnworth (Deputy Chair), Harry Bloy, Ron Cantelon, Katrine Conroy, Guy Gentner, Colin Hansen, Dave S. Hayer, Richard T. Lee, Doug Routley, and John Rustad

Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services — Douglas Horne (Chair), Gary Coons, Marc Dalton, Mable Elmore, Dave S. Hayer, John Les, Pat Pimm, Bruce Ralston, Bill Routley, and John Slater

Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills — Colin Hansen (Chair), Harry Lali (Deputy Chair), Donna Barnett, Jagrup Brar, Murray Coell, Mike Farnworth, Randy Hawes, Jenny Wai Ching Kwan, Mary McNeil, and Jane Thornthwaite
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Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts — Bruce Ralston (Chair), Douglas Horne (Deputy Chair), Spencer Chandra Herbert, Kathy Corrigan, Eric Foster, Guy Gentner, Randy Hawes, Kash Heed, Vicki Huntington, Kevin Krueger, John Les, Joan McIntyre, Lana Popham, John Rustad and Shane Simpson

Special Committee to Appoint an Auditor General — Eric Foster (Chair), Kathy Corrigan (Deputy Chair), Blair Lekstrom, John Les, and Bruce Ralston

Special Committee to Inquire into the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons and to Audit Selected Police Complaints— Murray Coell (Chair), Kathy Corrigan (Deputy Chair), Eric Foster, Gordon Hogg, Leonard Krog, John Slater, and Joe Trasolini.

And further, that the second written agreement between the Government House Leader, Michael de Jong, MLA and the Opposition House Leader, John Horgan, MLA, be ratified, setting forth the following membership list to include a substitution to the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts for the 4th session of the 39th Parliament, effective November 5, 2012:

Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts— Bruce Ralston (Chair), Douglas Horne (Deputy Chair), Spencer Chandra Herbert, Kathy Corrigan, Eric Foster, Guy Gentner, Colin Hansen, Randy Hawes, Vicki Huntington, Kevin Krueger, John Les, Joan McIntyre, Lana Popham, John Rustad and Shane Simpson.

And further, that the third written agreement between the Government House Leader, Michael de Jong, MLA and the Opposition House Leader, John Horgan, MLA, be ratified, setting forth the following membership list to include a substitution to the Special Committee to Inquire into the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons and to Audit Selected Police Complaints for the 4th session of the 39th Parliament, effective January 18, 2013:

Special Committee to Inquire into the Use of Conducted Energy Weapons and to Audit Selected Police Complaints — Murray Coell (Chair), Kathy Corrigan (Deputy Chair), Ron Cantelon, Eric Foster, Gordon Hogg, Leonard Krog, and Joe Trasolini.]

Mr. Speaker: Leave is required.

Leave granted.

Motion approved.

Mr. Speaker: Hon. Members, the Lieutenant-Governor is in the precinct. Please remain seated while we await her arrival.

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Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor requested attendance to the House, was admitted to the chamber and took her seat on the throne.

Prorogation Address

Hon. J. Guichon (Lieutenant-Governor): Pray be seated.

Mr. Speaker, Members of the Legislative Assembly, in closing this fourth session of the 39th parliament of British Columbia, I commend you on what you have accomplished during this session. On behalf of all British Columbians, I wish to express my appreciation for the care and attention you have given to your deliberations and the service you have provided to our great and beautiful province.

I now relieve you of your duties.

Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor retired from the chamber.

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Hon. S. Bond: Mr. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, it is Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor's will and pleasure that the Legislative Assembly be prorogued until two o'clock today. This Legislative Assembly is hereby prorogued accordingly.

Mr. Speaker: The House is prorogued until two o'clock this afternoon.

The House prorogued at 10:15 a.m.

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