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Twelve o’clock p.m.
Prayers by Mr. Kyllo.
The Hon. L. Reid (Speaker) tabled the following documents:
Auditor General Performance Audit Coverage Plan 2016/17 – 2018/19;
Auditor General Report: Getting It Right: Achieving Value from Government Information Technology Investments, October 2016;
Auditor General Report: Management of Mobile Devices: Assessing the Moving Target in B.C., October 2016;
Auditor General Report: Workstation Support Services Contract: An Audit of Due Diligence, November 2016;
Auditor General Report: Product Stewardship: An Overview of Recycling in B.C., November 2016;
Auditor General Report: An Audit of Community Gaming Grants, December 2016;
Auditor General Report: Follow-Up on the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, December 2016;
Auditor General Report: Progress Audit: Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project, February 2017;
Conflict of Interest Commissioner Addendum to the Opinion dated May 4, 2016 in the matter of applications by David Eby, MLA (Vancouver-Point Grey) with respect to alleged contraventions of the Members’ Conflict of Interest Act by the Honourable Christy Clark, MLA (Westside-Kelowna) and Premier of British Columbia, August 9, 2016;
Elections BC Annual Report 2015/16 and Service Plan 2016/17 – 2018/19;
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Accountability Report, 2015-16, A Report to British Columbians, December 2016;
Merit Commissioner, Merit Performance Audit, Upholding Fair Hiring in the BC Public Service, 2015/16, November 2016;
Police Complaint Commissioner Annual Report, 2015/2016;
Registrar of Lobbyists Investigation Report, 16-07, Lobbyist: Marnie Mitchell, June 2, 2016;
Registrar of Lobbyists Investigation Report 16-08, Lobbyist: Kevin Brown, October 11, 2016;
Registrar of Lobbyists Investigation Report: 16-09, Lobbyist: Cam McAlpine, November 10, 2016;
Registrar of Lobbyists Investigation Report 16-11, Lobbyist: Mark Jiles, October 11, 2016;
Registrar of Lobbyists Reconsideration 16-07, (Investigation Report 16-07), Lobbyist: Marnie Mitchell, November 29, 2016;
Representative for Children and Youth Investigative Report, A Tragedy in Waiting: How B.C.’s Mental Health System Failed One First Nations Youth, September 2016;
Representative for Children and Youth Report: Too Many Victims, Sexualized Violence in the Lives of Children and Youth in Care, An Aggregate Review, October 2016;
Representative for Children and Youth Report: Last Resort: One Family’s Tragic Struggle to Find Help for Their Son, October 2016;
Representative for Children and Youth Annual Report 2015/16 and Service Plan 2016/17 to 2017/18, 10 Years of Advocacy, Representative’s Report Card; and,
Representative for Children and Youth Report, Broken Promises Alex’s Story, February 2017.
By leave, the Hon. M. de Jong moved —
That the written agreements between the Government House Leader, the Hon. M. de Jong and the Opposition House Leader, Mr. Farnworth 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 fifth session of the Fortieth Parliament:
Melanie Mark, MLA shall replace Doug Donaldson, MLA, and Don McRae, MLA shall replace the Hon. D. Barnett, MLA as Members of the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth;
John Yap, MLA shall replace the Hon. D. 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 agreed to.
The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of the Province, having entered the House, took her seat on the Throne and was pleased to deliver the following gracious speech:
Madame Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly:
In closing this fifth session of the Fortieth 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 was then pleased to retire.
The Hon. S. Anton (Minister of Justice) then said:
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 2:00 p.m. today, and this Legislative Assembly is hereby prorogued accordingly.
The following reports were received by the Office of the Clerk during adjournment:
Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch Annual Report REVISED, 2014-2015;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project: George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project, Budget Transparency and Accountability Act Disclosure;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project: Highway 1 – Lower Lynn Improvements Project, Budget Transparency and Accountability Act Disclosure;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project: Highway 1 – Salmon Arm West, Budget Transparency and Accountability Act Disclosure;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project: Highway 99 – Ten Mile Slide Budget Transparency and Accountability Act Disclosure;
Provincial Health Officer’s Annual Report: Is “Good”, Good Enough? The Health & Well-Being of Children & Youth in BC, November 2016;
Quarterly Report (First), September 2016;
Quarterly Report (Second), November 2016; and,
Summary of Ministerial Accountability for Operating Expenses (for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2017), Revised Schedule F, July 18, 2016.
And then the House prorogued at 12.11 p.m.
HON. LINDA REID, Speaker
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