Hansard — Tuesday, February 9, 2016 p.m. — Volume 31, Number 8 (HTML)

2015 Legislative Session: Fourth Session, 40th Parliament
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official report of

Debates of the Legislative Assembly

(hansard)

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Afternoon Sitting

Volume 31, Number 8

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


CONTENTS
Page
Tabling Documents	10223
Office of the Auditor General, The Status of Government’s General Computing Controls: 2014, December 2015
Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, report, B.C. Adoption Update, January 2016
Representative for Children and Youth and Ministry of Children and Family Development, joint special report, The Placement of Children and Youth in Care in Hotels in British Columbia, January 2016
Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C., Investigation Report 15-13, lobbyist: Dave Kennedy, December 23, 2015
Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C., Investigation Report 15-12, lobbyist: Peter Walters, December 17, 2015
Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C., Investigation Report 15-11, lobbyist: Sarah Beuhler, October 14, 2015
Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C., Investigation Report 15-10, lobbyist: Robert Lindstrom, October 20, 2015
Legislative Assembly of B.C., accountability report, 2014-15
Motions Without Notice	10223
Ratification of membership of select standing and special committees
Hon. M. de Jong
Prorogation Address	10223

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The House met at 12:02 p.m.

[Madame Speaker in the chair.]

Prayers.

Tabling Documents

Madame Speaker: Hon. Members, I have the honour to present the following reports.

B.C. Auditor General, The Status of Government’s General Computing Controls.

Representative for Children and Youth, B.C. Adoption Update; joint special report of the Representative for Children and Youth and the Ministry of Children and Family Development, The Placement of Children and Youth in Care in Hotels in British Columbia.

Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Investigation Report 15-13, lobbyist: Dave Kennedy; Investigation Report 15-12, lobbyist: Peter Walters; Investigation Report 15-11, lobbyist: Sarah Beuhler; Investigation Report 15-10, lobbyist: Robert Lindstrom.

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Accountability Report 2014-15.

Thank you, Members.

Motions Without Notice

RATIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP
OF SELECT STANDING
AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Hon. M. de Jong: By leave, I move:

[That the written agreements between the Government House Leader, Hon. Michael de Jong, MLA, and the Opposition House Leader, Mike Farnworth, MLA, effective January 7, 2016 and January 27, 2016 be ratified, setting forth the following changes to the membership of various Select Standing Committees for the 4th Session of the 40th Parliament:

Jackie Tegart, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Morris, MLA, as a Member of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services;

John Martin, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Morris, MLA as a Member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts;

Jackie Tegart, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Bernier, MLA as Convener of the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs;

Marvin Hunt, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Morris, MLA as Convener of the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations; and

Laurie Throness, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Bernier, MLA as a member of the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations.]

Motion approved.

Madame 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 to attend the House, was admitted to the chamber and took her seat on the throne.

Prorogation Address

Hon. J. Guichon (Lieutenant-Governor): Thank you. Be seated.

Madame Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, in closing this fourth session of the 40th parliament of British Columbia, on behalf of all British Columbians I note that in this session we enacted 42 bills, covering areas of substance and importance to the people of this province. 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. “Splendor sine occasu.”

Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor retired from the chamber.

[Madame Speaker in the chair.]

Hon. S. Anton: Madame 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 2 p.m. today, and this Legislative Assembly is hereby prorogued accordingly.

Madame Speaker: Hon. Members, this House is prorogued until 2 p.m. today.

The House prorogued at 12:10 p.m.

Errata

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 (Volume 24, Number 8), page 7858. An error occurred in the report of Mr. Donaldson’s remarks in estimates debate on the Ministry of Children and Family Development. The member’s identifier and first paragraph were omitted at the [1525] time line: “D. Donaldson: Let’s get to the 200 people. I’d like to pursue a little bit more on the representative's underburn numbers, but if there’s time I’ll come back to that. Let’s get to the 200 apparently new hires.” The on-line versions of the transcript have been corrected.

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