Second Session, 41st Parliament

(2018) OFFICIAL REPORT

OF DEBATES

(HANSARD)

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Morning Sitting

Issue No. 74

ISSN 1499-2175

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CONTENTS

Tabling Documents

Office of the Auditor General, performance audit coverage plan,

2017-18–2019-20

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

2018-19–2020-21

Office of the Ombudsperson, special report, Stem to Stern: Crown Land

Allocation and the Victoria International Marina , January

Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, report, B.C.

Adoption and Permanency Options Update

Motions Without Notice

Committee membership changes

Hon. M. Farnworth

Prorogation Address

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The House met at 10:05 a.m.

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Prayers.

Tabling Documents

Mr. Speaker: Hon. Members, I have the honour to present the following documents:

Auditor General report, Performance Audit Coverage Plan,

2017-18–2019-20 ; secondly, Auditor General report, Financial

Statement Audit Coverage Plan, 2018-19–2020-21 ; thirdly,

Ombudsperson’s special report No. 39, Stem to Stern: Crown Land

Allocation and the Victoria International Marina , January 2018; and

lastly, Representative for Children and Youth report, B.C. Adoption and

Permanency Options Update , December 2017.

Motions Without Notice

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP CHANGES

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

[That the written agreements between the Government House Leader,

Hon. Mike Farnworth, MLA, the Opposition House Leader, Michael de Jong,

MLA and the Third Party House Leader, Sonia Furstenau, MLA, dated

November 30 and December 14, be ratified, setting forth the following

substitutions in the membership lists for the Select Standing Committee

on Crown Corporations and the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary

Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills for the 2nd

Session of the 41st Parliament:

Jordan Sturdy, MLA shall replace Mike Morris, MLA, and Rachna Singh,

MLA shall replace Mable Elmore, MLA, as Members of the Select Standing

Committee on Crown Corporations; and

Mike Morris, MLA shall replace Jordan Sturdy, MLA as a Member of the

Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct,

Standing Orders and Private Bills.]

Leave granted.

Motion approved.

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

remain seated 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.

[10:10 a.m.]

Prorogation Address

Hon. J. Guichon (Lieutenant-Governor): Hon. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, in closing this

second session of the 41st parliament of British Columbia, on behalf of all

British Columbians, I note that in this session we enacted 16 bills covering

areas of substance and importance to the people of the 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 retired from the chamber.

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Hon. D. Eby: 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 p.m. today, and this Legislative Assembly is hereby

prorogued accordingly.

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

The House prorogued at 10:15 a.m.

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