2016 Legislative Session: Fifth Session, 40th Parliament
HANSARD

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official report of

Debates of the Legislative Assembly

(hansard)

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Prorogation Sitting

Volume 41, Number 4

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

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2017

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.

Office of the Auditor General, Performance Audit Coverage Plan; Getting IT Right: Achieving Value from Government Information Technology Investments; Management of Mobile Devices: Assessing the Moving Target in B.C.; Workstation Support Services Contract: An Audit of Due Diligence; Product Stewardship: An Overview of Recycling in B.C.; An Audit of Community Gaming Grants; Follow-Up on the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry; and Progress Audit: Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project.

From the Office of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner, addendum to the opinion in the matter of applications by the MLA for Vancouver–Point Grey with respect to alleged contraventions of the Members’ Conflict of Interest Act by the Premier, the MLA for Westside-Kelowna.

Elections B.C., Annual Report 2015-2016 and Service Plan 2016-17–2018-19.

Legislative Assembly, Accountability Report 2015-16: A Report to British Columbians.

Office of the Merit Commissioner, Merit Performance Audit 2015-16, Upholding Fair Hiring in the BC Public Service.

Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, Annual Report 2015-16.

Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Investigation Report 16-07, lobbyist: Marnie Mitchell; Investigation Report 16-08, lobbyist: Kevin Brown; Investigation Report 16-09, lobbyist: Cam McAlpine; Investigation Report 16-11, lobbyist: Mark Jiles; and Reconsideration 16-07, lobbyist: Marnie Mitchell.

From the Representative for Children and Youth, A Tragedy in Waiting: How B.C.’s Mental Health System Failed One First Nations Youth; Too Many Victims: Sexualized Violence in the Lives of Children and Youth in Care; Last Resort: One Family’s Tragic Struggle to Find Help for Their Son; Ten Years of Advocacy: Representative’s Report Card — Annual Report 2015-16 and Service Plan 2016-17 to 2017-18; and Broken Promises: Alex’s Story.

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Motions Without Notice

RATIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP
OF SELECT STANDING
AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

Hon. M. de Jong: From time to time, when the House is not in session, it becomes necessary to alter the membership on the select standing committees and special committees that are undertaking work. When that happens, the hon. Opposition House Leader and I agree to those changes by virtue of an exchange of letters between us. The motion I seek leave to introduce and pass now would ratify those changes that have taken place over the course of the past number of months.

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, be ratified, setting forth the following changes to the membership of various Select Standing Committees and the Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner for the 5th Session of the 40th Parliament:

Melanie Mark, MLA shall replace Doug Donaldson, MLA, and Don McRae, MLA shall replace Hon. Donna Barnett, MLA as Members of the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth;

John Yap, MLA shall replace Hon. Donna Barnett, MLA as a Member of the Select Standing Committee on Health;

Dan Ashton, MLA shall replace Greg Kyllo, MLA as a Member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts; and

Leonard Eugene Krog, MLA shall replace Kathy Corrigan, MLA as a Member of the Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner.]

Motion approved.

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

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): Please be seated.

Madame Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, in closing this fifth session of the 40th parliament of British Columbia, on behalf of all British Columbians I note that in this session we enacted 27 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.

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[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: Thank you very much.

This House is prorogued until 2 p.m. today.

The House prorogued at 12:11 p.m.

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