Welcome
The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services is one of 10 permanent committees of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
The Committee holds an annual public consultation on the provincial budget. The Budget 2023 Consultation was held between May 30 and June 24, 2022. Thank you to everyone who participated. The Committee will release its report with recommendations in August.
Visit the Budget Consultation website for full details.
The Committee also reviews and considers the annual reports, service plans and budget estimates of B.C.'s nine statutory offices.The Committee released its report titled, Interim Report on Statutory Offices, summarizing the offices’ financial and operational updates on June 2, 2022.
Terms of Reference
On February 17, 2022, the Legislative Assembly agreed that the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services be empowered to:
Examine, inquire into and make recommendations with respect to the budget consultation paper prepared by the Minister of Finance in accordance with section 2 of the
Budget Transparency and Accountability Act (S.B.C. 2000, c. 23) and, in particular, to:
conduct public consultations across British Columbia on proposals and recommendations regarding the provincial budget and fiscal policy for the coming fiscal year by any means the Committee considers appropriate; and
prepare a report no later than November 15, 2022, on the results of those consultations.
Consider and make recommendations on the annual reports, rolling three-year service plans and budgets of the statutory officers, namely, the:
- Auditor General;
- Chief Electoral Officer;
- Conflict of Interest Commissioner;
- Human Rights Commissioner;
- Information and Privacy Commissioner;
- Merit Commissioner;
- Ombudsperson;
- Police Complaint Commissioner; and
- Representative for Children and Youth.
Inquire into and make recommendations with respect to other matters brought to the Committee's attention by any of the aforementioned statutory officers.
That the Committee be designated as the Committee referred to in sections 19, 20, 21 and 23 of the Auditor General Act (S.B.C. 2003, c. 2) and that the report in section 22 of the Auditor General Act (S.B.C. 2003, c. 2) be referred to the Committee.
That the Committee be designated as the Committee referred to in sections 47.02 and 47.03 of the Human Rights Code (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 210).
That, in addition to the powers previously conferred upon the Select Standing Committees of the House, the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services be empowered to:
- appoint of its number one or more subcommittees and to refer to such subcommittees any of the matters referred to the Committee and to delegate to the subcommittees all or any of its powers except the power to report directly to the House;
- 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;
- adjourn from place to place as may be convenient; and
- retain personnel as required to assist the Committee.
That the Committee report to the House as soon as possible; and that during a period of adjournment, the Committee deposit its reports with the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, and upon resumption of the sittings of the House, or in the next following Session, as the case may be, the Chair present all reports to the House.
Related Links
Committee Reports
| https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/committees-reports/121 | | 2022-06-02T07:00:00Z | <a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/42nd-parliament/3rd-session/fgs/reports/FGS_SO-Spring-Update-Report_43-3_2022-06-02.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="/_layouts/15/IMAGES/icpdf.png" />PDF</a> | | 1 | Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services |
Committee Documents
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Meeting Documents
| Meeting: Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services | https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/committees-calendar/20220505-Finance-0800 | Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services | <p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/42nd-parliament/3rd-session/fgs/2022-05-05/EBC_2022-04_Supplementary-Funding-Request.pdf" target="_blank">Elections BC report, <em>Supplementary Funding Request: 2022 Vancouver-Quilchena By-election</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/42nd-parliament/3rd-session/fgs/2022-05-05/EBC_2022-04_Supplementary-Funding-Request_Correspondence.pdf" target="_blank">Correspondence from Elections BC to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, April 7, 2022</a></p> | | | | 5/5/2022 3:00:00 PM | Meeting: Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services | | | |
| Meeting: Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services | https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/committees-calendar/20220427-Finance-0800 | Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services | <p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/42nd-parliament/3rd-session/fgs/RCY_Budget-Update.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Representative for Children and Youth: <em>Budget Update, April 2022, Fiscal Years 2022/23 to 2024/25</em></a></p><p><a href="/content/CommitteeDocuments/42nd-parliament/3rd-session/fgs/2022-04-27/OAGBC_Supplementary-Budget-Submission-2022-23.pdf" target="_blank">Office of the Auditor General of BC: <em>Supplementary Budget Submission 2022/2023, Proposal for Leading Workplace Strategy</em></a></p> | | | | 4/27/2022 3:00:00 PM | Meeting: Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services | | | |
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