Third Session, 41st Parliament

(2019) OFFICIAL REPORT

OF DEBATES

(HANSARD)

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Morning Sitting

Issue No. 195

ISSN 1499-2175

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CONTENTS

Tabling Documents

Office of the Auditor General, An Independent Audit of Commercial Vehicle

Safety , December 2018

Office of the Auditor General, financial statement audit coverage plan for

financial statement fiscal years ending in 2020, 2021 and 2022

Office of the Auditor General, Independent Audit of Capital Asset Management

in B.C. Hydro , December 2018

Office of the Auditor General, Master Supplier File Maintenance , January

Office of the Auditor General, Rate-regulated Accounting at B.C. Hydro ,

February 2019

Office of the Auditor General, Short Term Illness and Injury Plan ,

January 2019

Office of the Auditor General, performance audit coverage plan, 2019-20–2021-22

Office of the 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

Elections B.C., report of the Chief Electoral Officer, 2018 referendum on electoral reform, December 20, 2018

Motions Without Notice

Membership change to Merit Commissioner Appointment

Committee

Hon. M. Farnworth

Prorogation Address

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The House met at 10:04 a.m.

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Prayers.

[10:05 a.m.]

Tabling Documents

Mr. Speaker: Members, I have the honour to present a number of reports,

including:

An Independent Audit of Commercial Vehicle Safety , December

2018; Financial Statement Audit Coverage Plan for Financial Statement

Fiscal Years Ending in 2020, 2021 and 2022 ; Independent Audit

of Capital Assessment Management in B.C. Hydro , December 2018;

Master Supplier File Maintenance , January 2019;

Rate-regulated Accounting at B.C. Hydro , February 2019;

Short Term Illness and Injury Plan , January 2019.

Elections B.C., Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2018

Referendum on Electoral Reform , December 20, 2018.

Alone and Afraid: Lessons Learned from the Ordeal of a Child with

Special Needs and His Family , December 2018, from the Office of the

Representative for Children and Youth.

Auditor General report, Performance Audit Coverage Plan,

2019-20–2021-22 .

Motions Without Notice

MEMBERSHIP CHANGE TO MERIT

COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT

COMMITTEE

Hon. M. Farnworth: By leave, I move:

[That 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.]

Leave granted.

Motion approved.

Mr. Speaker: Hon. Members, the Lieutenant-Governor is in the precinct. Please

remain in your seats 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): Pray be seated, everyone. It’s wonderful to see you all here on this

crazy, snowy but actually very beautiful day.

[10:10 a.m.]

Hon. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, in closing this

third session of the 41st 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 retired from the chamber.

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Hon. D. Eby: Mr. Speaker, Members of the Legislative Assembly, it is Her Honour the

Lieutenant-Governor’s will and pleasure that the Legislative Assembly be

prorogued until two o’clock today, and this Legislative Assembly is hereby

prorogued accordingly.

Mr. Speaker: This House is prorogued until 2 p.m. today.

The House prorogued at 10:13 a.m.

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