Fourth Session, 42nd Parliament (2024)
OFFICIAL REPORT
OF DEBATES
(HANSARD)
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Afternoon Sitting
Issue No. 376
ISSN 1499-2175
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CONTENTS
Elections B.C., report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Langford-Juan de Fuca and
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant |
Office of the Merit Commissioner, merit performance audit report, 2022-23 |
Office of the registrar of lobbyists, Determination Decision 23-03,
Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia, |
Office of the registrar of lobbyists, Reconsideration 23-03, designated filer: Walt Judas, December 20, 2023 |
Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, report, Missed
Opportunities: A Review of the Use of Youth Justice
|
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The House met at 12:03 p.m.
[The Speaker in the chair.]
Prayers and reflections: J. Phillip.
The Speaker: Thank you, Member.
Everyone, welcome. Good to see you all. Happy faces. That’s good.
Tabling Documents
The Speaker: Hon. Members, I have the honour to table the following reports.
The first one is the Elections B.C. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2023 Langford–Juan de Fuca and Vancouver–Mount Pleasant By-elections.
The next one is the Merit Commissioner, Merit Performance Audit Report: Upholding Fair Hiring in the B.C. Public Service, 2022-23.
The registrar of lobbyists — Determination Decision 23-03, Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia, designated filer Walt Judas, September 7, 2023; and Reconsideration Report 23-03, Determination Decision 23-03, designated filer Walt Judas, December 2023.
Representative for Children and Youth, Missed Opportunities: A Review of the Use of Youth Justice Resources, January 2024.
Hon. Members, Her Honour 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. Austin (Lieutenant-Governor): ÍY SȻÁĆEL NE SĆÁLEĆE..
Hon. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, in closing this fourth session of the 42nd parliament of British Columbia on behalf of all British Columbians, I note that in this session, we enacted 49 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.
[The Speaker in the chair.]
Hon. N. Sharma: Hon. 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.
The Speaker: The House is prorogued until 2 p.m. today.
The House prorogued at 12:11 p.m.