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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers by Ms. Dean.
The Hon. D. Plecas (Speaker) tabled the following documents:
Auditor General Report, An Independent Audit of Commercial Vehicle Safety, December 2018;
Auditor General Report, Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan for Financial Statement Fiscal Years Ending 2020, 2021 and 2022;
Auditor General Report, Independent Audit of Capital Asset Management in BC Hydro, December 2018;
Auditor General Report, Master Supplier File Maintenance, January 2019;
Auditor General Report, Rate-regulated Accounting at BC Hydro, February 2019;
Auditor General Report, The Short Term Illness and Injury Plan, January 2019;
Elections BC Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2018 Referendum on Electoral Reform, December 20, 2018;
Representative for Children and Youth Report, Alone and Afraid, Lessons Learned from the Ordeal of a Child with Special Needs and His Family, December 2018; and
Auditor General Report, Performance Audit Coverage Plan, 2019/20–2021/22.
By leave, the Hon. M. Farnworth moved —
The written agreement between the Government House Leader, the Official Opposition House Leader, and the Third Party House Leader, dated January 11, 2019, be ratified, setting forth the following substitution in the membership list for the Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner for the third session of the Forty-first Parliament:
Doug Routley shall replace Ravi Kahlon as a Member and Convener of the Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner.
Motion agreed to.
The Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of the Province, having entered the House, took her seat on the Throne and was pleased to deliver the following gracious speech:
Honourable Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly:
In closing this third session of the Forty-first Parliament of British Columbia, on behalf of all British Columbians, I note that in this session we enacted 56 bills covering areas of substance and importance to the people of British Columbia. 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. D. Eby (Attorney General) then said:
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 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:
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project Plan: Trans-Canada Highway 1 R.W. Bruhn Bridge and Approaches, December 11, 2018;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project Plan: Highway 1 – Quartz Creek Bridge No. 1607 Replacement and Four-Laning, December 11, 2018;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project Plan: Highway 97 Williams Lake Indian Reserve to Lexington Road, December 10, 2018;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project Plan: Stone Creek to Williams Road Four-Laning, December 4, 2018;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project Plan: Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project, December 11, 2018;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project Plan: Broadway Subway Project, December 11, 2018;
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Major Capital Project Plan: Highway 1 – Illecillewaet Four-Laning and Brake Check Improvements, August 3, 2018;
Provincial Health Officer Annual Report, Taking the Pulse on the Population, An Update on the Health of British Columbians; and,
Capital Project Plan, Lions Gate Hospital – New Acute Care Facility, July 2018.
And then the House prorogued at 10.13 a.m.
HON. DARRYL PLECAS, Speaker
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