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One-Thirty o’clock p.m.
Prayers by Mr. Foster.
The Hon. B. Barisoff (Speaker) tabled the Auditor General 2009/2010 Report 7: The PARIS System for Community Care Service: Access and Security.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
By leave, the Hon. M. de Jong moved —
That effective immediately, the Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia be amended as follows for the duration of the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament, which commenced on February 9, 2010:
1. That Standing Order 2 (1) is deleted and the following substituted:
Sittings
Daily sittings.
2. That Standing Order 3 be deleted and the following substituted:
Hour of interruption.
subject to the provisions of Standing Order 2 (2) (b).
Motion agreed to.
The Hon. M. de Jong presented the First Report of the Special Committee of Selection, which read as follows:
First Report
Douglas Fir Committee Room,
Parliament Buildings,
February 10, 2010
Mr. Speaker:
The Special Committee of Selection appointed on February 9, 2010 to prepare and report lists of members to compose the Committees of this House reports that the following is the list of members to compose the Select Standing Committees and Special Committees for the present Session:
Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs — Don McRae (Convener), Donna Barnett, Dr. Terry Lake, John Slater, John Les, Gordon Hogg, Bob Simpson, Harry Lali, Doug Routley and Scott Fraser.
Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth — Joan McIntyre (Convener), Marc Dalton, Jane Thornthwaite, Stephanie Cadieux, John Rustad, Douglas Horne, Maurine Karagianis, Leonard Krog, Mable Elmore and Nicholas Simons.
Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations — Ralph Sultan (Convener), Harry Bloy, Pat Pimm, Joan McIntyre, Rob Howard, Gordon Hogg, John Horgan, Gary Coons, Harry Bains and Vicki Huntington.
Select Standing Committee on Education — Gordon Hogg (Convener), Richard T. Lee, Jane Thornthwaite, Marc Dalton, Dave S. Hayer, Rob Howard, Robin Austin, Diane Thorne, Dawn Black and Michael Sather.
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services — John Les (Convener), John van Dongen, Don McRae, Norm Letnick, John Rustad, Jane Thornthwaite, Doug Donaldson, Bruce Ralston, Michelle Mungall and Bill Routley.
Select Standing Committee on Health — Stephanie Cadieux (Convener), Ron Cantelon, Dave S. Hayer, Don McRae, Dr. Terry Lake, Donna Barnett, Adrian Dix, Sue Hammell, Jagrup Brar and Raj Chouhan.
Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives — Dr. Terry Lake (Convener), Eric Foster, Dave S. Hayer, John Slater, Richard T. Lee, Pat Pimm, Jenny Kwan, Rob Fleming, Mike Farnworth and Katrine Conroy.
Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills — Norm Letnick (Convener), Eric Foster, Harry Bloy, Pat Pimm, Donna Barnett, John Slater, Rob Fleming, Mike Farnworth, Jenny Kwan and Katrine Conroy.
Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts — Bruce Ralston (Convener), Douglas Horne, John Les, John Rustad, Norm Letnick, Joan McIntyre, Richard T. Lee, Ralph Sultan, Rob Howard, Spencer Herbert, Kathy Corrigan, Lana Popham, Shane Simpson, Guy Gentner and Vicki Huntington.
Special Committee to Appoint an Information and Privacy Commissioner — Stephanie Cadieux (Convener), John Les, Rob Howard, Leonard Krog and Doug Routley.
Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act — Ron Cantelon (Convener), Eric Foster, Douglas Horne, Marc Dalton, Ralph Sultan, Harry Bloy, Stephanie Cadieux, Doug Routley, Harry Lali, Guy Gentner, Katrine Conroy and Jenny Kwan.
Hon. Michael de Jong, MLA,
Chair and Government House Leader
The Report was taken as read and received.
By leave of the House, the Hon. M. de Jong moved that the Report be adopted.
Motion agreed to.
By leave, the Hon. M. de Jong moved —
That a Special Committee be appointed to select and unanimously recommend to the Legislative Assembly, the appointment of an Information and Privacy Commissioner, pursuant to Section 37 (1) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSBC 1996, c. 165) and that the Special Committee so appointed shall have the powers of a Select Standing Committee and is also empowered:
(a) to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the committee;
(b) to sit during any period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
(c) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and
(d) to retain such personnel as required to assist the Committee;
and shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon the resumption of the sitting of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.
Motion agreed to.
By leave, the Hon. M. de Jong moved —
That a Special Committee be appointed to review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSBC 1996 c. 165) pursuant to section 80 of that Act, and that the Special Committee so appointed shall have the powers of a Select Standing Committee and is also empowered:
(a) to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee;
(b) to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
(c) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient;
(d) to conduct public consultations by any means the Committee considers appropriate, including but not limited to public meetings and electronic means; and
(e) to retain personnel as required to assist the Committee;
and shall report to the House by May 31, 2010; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.
Motion agreed to.
By leave, the Hon. M. de Jong moved —
That the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth be appointed to be empowered to foster greater awareness and understanding among legislators and the public of the BC child welfare system, and in particular to:
1. Be the committee that receives and reviews the annual service plan from the Representative for Children and Youth (the “Representative”) that includes a statement of goals and identifies specific objectives and performance measures that will be required to exercise the powers and perform the functions and duties of the Representative during the fiscal year;
2. Be the committee to which the Representative reports, at least annually;
3. Refer to the Representative for investigation the critical injury or death of a child; and
4. Receive and consider all reports and plans delivered by the Representative to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
In addition to the powers previously conferred upon Select Standing Committees of the House, the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth be empowered:
(a) to appoint of their number, one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee;
(b) to sit during a period in which the House is adjourned, during the recess after prorogation until the next following Session and during any sitting of the House;
(c) to adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and
(d) to retain personnel as required to assist the Committee;
and shall report to the House as soon as possible, or following any adjournment, or at the next following Session, as the case may be; to deposit the original of its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly during a period of adjournment and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, the Chair shall present all reports to the Legislative Assembly.
Motion agreed to.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
Mr. Horne moved, seconded by Mr. Lake —
We, Her Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Session assembled, beg leave to thank Your Honour for the gracious Speech which Your Honour has addressed to us at the opening of the present Session.
A debate arose.
The debate continued.
Ms. Corrigan reserved her right to raise a matter of privilege.
On the motion of the Hon. M. Coell, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 6.52 p.m.
HON. BILL BARISOFF, Speaker
Monday, March 1
1 Ms. McIntyre to move —
Be it resolved that this House celebrate the success of the athletes, organizers and volunteers of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and wish the same success for the upcoming Paralympics.
2 Ms. Barnett to move —
Be it resolved that this House support the Government’s call for a “One Project, One Process” approach to environmental assessments and the creation of a unified federal-provincial review process that does away with the redundancy and unnecessary costs in these assessments.
3 Mr. Rustad to move —
Be it resolved that this House recognize the importance of clean energy and support the development of new independent power production in bioenergy, run-of-river, wind, geothermal, tidal, wave and solar energy as well as the strengthening of BC Hydro and the optimization of existing facilities.
4 Mr. Horne to move —
Be it resolved that this House support the creation of the New West Partnership with Alberta and Saskatchewan which will foster free trade, investment and labour mobility through the development of unified and mutually beneficial purchasing, procurement and licensing opportunities.
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