British Columbia Hansard — 12 February 2026, p.m., Issue 116 (43rd Parliament, 2nd Session)

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Second Session, 43rd Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES (HANSARD) Thursday, February 12, 2026 Afternoon Sitting Issue No. 116 THE HONOURABLE RAJ CHOUHAN, SPEAKER ISSN 1499-2175

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Entered Confederation July 20, 1871) LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Her Honour the Honourable Wendy Cocchia, CM, OBC Second Session, 43rd Parliament SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Honourable Raj Chouhan EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Premier and President of the Executive Council ................................................................................................... Hon. David Eby, KC Minister of State for Local Governments and Rural Communities .......................................................... Hon.

Brittny Anderson Minister of Agriculture and Food ..............................................................................................................................Hon. Lana Popham Attorney General and Deputy Premier ............................................................................................................... Hon. Niki Sharma, KC Minister of Children and Family Development ......................................................................................................Hon.

Jodie Wickens Minister of Citizens’ Services ......................................................................................................................................Hon. Diana Gibson Minister of Education and Child Care ............................................................................................................................Hon. Lisa Beare Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness ................................................................................ Hon.

Kelly Greene Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions .................................................................................................................... Hon. Adrian Dix Minister of Environment and Parks .................................................................................................... Hon. Laanas / Tamara Davidson Minister of Finance ......................................................................................................................................................Hon.

Brenda Bailey Minister of Forests .......................................................................................................................................................... Hon. Ravi Parmar Minister of Health ........................................................................................................................................................Hon. Josie Osborne Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs ...........................................................................................................Hon.

Christine Boyle Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation ........................................................................Hon. Spencer Chandra Herbert Minister of Infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................. Hon. Bowinn Ma Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth ...................................................................................................................... Hon.

Ravi Kahlon Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies .................................................................. Hon. Rick Glumac Minister of Labour .............................................................................................................................................. Hon. Jennifer Whiteside Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals .....................................................................................................................Hon.

Jagrup Brar Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills ........................................................................................Hon. Jessie Sunner Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General ........................................................................................................ Hon. Nina Krieger Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services ........................................................................ Hon.

Terry Yung Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction ...............................................................................Hon. Sheila Malcolmson Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport ............................................................................................................. Hon. Anne Kang Minister of Transportation and Transit ................................................................................................................ Hon.

Mike Farnworth Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship ............................................................................................... Hon. Randene Neill Minister Without Portfolio ..............................................................................................................................................Hon.

Grace Lore LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Official Opposition ......................................................................................................................................Trevor Halford Leader of the Third Party .................................................................................................................................................Jeremy Valeriote Deputy Speaker ......................................................................................................................................................................

Mable Elmore Assistant Deputy Speaker .................................................................................................................................................Lorne Doerkson Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole ......................................................................................................................George Anderson Clerk of the Legislative Assembly....................................................................................................................................Kate Ryan-Lloyd Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel ......................................................................................................................Seunghee Suzie Seo Deputy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly...............................................................................................................

Artour Sogomonian Clerk of Committees .............................................................................................................................................................. Jennifer Arril Committee Clerk ......................................................................................................................................................................

Karan Riarh Committee Clerk .........................................................................................................................................................................Darryl Hol Senior Legal Counsel .................................................................................................................................................................Hayley Hill Sergeant-at-Arms ..................................................................................................................................................................

Ray Robitaille Director of Hansard Services .......................................................................................................................................D’ Arcy McPherson Legislative Librarian ...............................................................................................................................................................Peter Gourlay

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS BY PARTY BC NDP Anderson, Hon. Brittny ........................................... Kootenay Central Anderson, George ................................................ Nanaimo-Lantzville Arora, Rohini ....................................................................Burnaby East Bailey, Hon. Brenda ................................Vancouver–South Granville Beare, Hon.

Lisa .......................................Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Begg, Garry .................................................................Surrey-Guildford Blatherwick, Jennifer ....................................Coquitlam-Maillardville Boyle, Hon. Christine .............................Vancouver–Little Mountain Brar, Hon. Jagrup ......................................................Surrey-Fleetwood Chandra Herbert, Hon. Spencer ..................... Vancouver–West End Chant, Susie .............................................

North Vancouver–Seymour Choi, Paul ..................................................Burnaby South–Metrotown Chouhan, Hon. Raj ................................. Burnaby–New Westminster Chow, George ....................................................Vancouver-Fraserview Davidson, Hon. Tamara / Laanas ...........North Coast–Haida Gwaii Dhir, Sunita .............................................................Vancouver-Langara Dix, Hon. Adrian .................................................. Vancouver-Renfrew Eby, Hon. David, KC .......................................

Vancouver–Point Grey Elmore, Mable ................................................. Vancouver-Kensington Farnworth, Hon. Mike .................................................Port Coquitlam Gibson, Hon. Diana ........................................Oak Bay–Gordon Head Glumac, Hon. Rick ...................................... Port Moody–Burquitlam Greene, Hon. Kelly ..............................................Richmond-Steveston Higginson, Stephanie ........................................Ladysmith-Oceanside Kahlon, Hon. Ravi .............................................................. Delta North Kang, Hon.

Anne ......................................................... Burnaby Centre Krieger, Hon. Nina ...............................................Victoria–Swan Lake Lajeunesse, Dana ..............................................Juan de Fuca–Malahat Lore, Hon. Grace .................................................Victoria–Beacon Hill Ma, Hon. Bowinn ................................... North Vancouver–Lonsdale Malcolmson, Hon. Sheila .........................Nanaimo–Gabriola Island Morissette, Steve ...................................................Kootenay Monashee Neill, Hon. Randene ............................

Powell River–Sunshine Coast Osborne, Hon. Josie ....................................... Mid Island–Pacific Rim Parmar, Hon. Ravi ...............................................Langford-Highlands Phillip, Joan / Amshen .....................................Vancouver-Strathcona Popham, Hon. Lana ........................................................ Saanich South Rotchford, Darlene ...............................................Esquimalt-Colwood Routledge, Janet .............................................................Burnaby North Sandhu, Harwinder ......................................................

Vernon-Lumby Shah, Amna ............................................................. Surrey City Centre Sharma, Hon. Niki, KC ....................................... Vancouver-Hastings Sunner, Hon. Jessie ....................................................... Surrey-Newton Toporowski, Debra / Qwulti’stunaat .......................Cowichan Valley Whiteside, Hon. Jennifer ...................New Westminster–Coquitlam Wickens, Hon. Jodie ............................. Coquitlam–Burke Mountain Yung, Hon.

Terry .................................................Vancouver-Yaletown CONSERV ATIVE PARTY OF BC Banman, Bruce .......................................................... Abbotsford South Bhangu, Harman .................................................. Langley-Abbotsford Bird, Rosalyn .............................................

Prince George–Valemount Block, Lynne ..............................................West Vancouver–Capilano Chan, Hon ..................................................................Richmond Centre Chapman, Brent .................................................................Surrey South Clare, Sheldon .................................... Prince George–North Cariboo Davis, Pete ..................................................................Kootenay Rockies Day, Brennan ...........................................................

Courtenay-Comox Dew, Gavin ..................................................................Kelowna-Mission Dhaliwal, Mandeep .......................................................... Surrey North Doerkson, Lorne .....................................................

Cariboo-Chilcotin Gasper, Reann .......................................................Abbotsford-Mission Giddens, Kiel ..............................................Prince George–Mackenzie Halford, Trevor ......................................................Surrey–White Rock Hartwell, Sharon ..............................................Bulkley Valley–Stikine Hepner, Linda ................................................Surrey–Serpentine River Kindy, Anna ........................................................................North Island Kooner, Steve ............................................Richmond-Queensborough Loewen, Kristina ..........................................................

Kelowna Centre Luck, Tony ..........................................................................Fraser-Nicola Maahs, Heather ......................................................... Chilliwack North McCall, Macklin .........................................West Kelowna–Peachland McInnis, Scott ......................................... Columbia River–Revelstoke Milobar, Peter ............................................................

Kamloops Centre Mok, Lawrence ...........................................................Maple Ridge East Neufeld, Korky ............................................................Abbotsford West Neufeld, Larry ...........................................................Peace River South Paton, Ian ..............................................................................Delta South Rattée, Claire .................................................................................Skeena Rustad, John ...................................................................Nechako Lakes Stamer, Ward .........................................Kamloops–North Thompson Tepper, Br yan ............................................................

Surrey-Panorama Toor, Jody ............................................................Langley-Willowbrook Van Popta, Misty..............................................Langley–Walnut Grove Warbus, Á’a:líya ..............................................Chilliwack–Cultus Lake Wat, Teresa .........................................................Richmond-Bridgeport Williams, David ...............................................Salmon Arm–Shuswap Wilson, Donegal ............................................Boundary-Similkameen BC GREEN PARTY Botterell, Rob .......................................Saanich North and the Islands Valeriote, Jeremy .....................................

West Vancouver–Sea to Sky INDEPENDENT Armstrong, Tara .....................Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream Boultbee, Amelia .............................................Penticton-Summerland Brodie, Dallas .................................................... Vancouver-Quilchena Kealy, Jordan ............................................................. Peace River North Sturko, Elenore ......................................................... Surrey-Cloverdale PARTY STANDINGS Total seats – 93 BC NDP – 47 | Conservative Party of BC – 39 | BC Green Party – 2 | Independent – 5

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RIDINGS A Abbotsford-Mission ........................................................Reann Gasper Abbotsford South ........................................................... Bruce Banman Abbotsford West .............................................................Korky Neufeld B Boundary-Similkameen .............................................Donegal Wilson Bulkley Valley–Stikine ............................................... Sharon Hartwell Burnaby Centre ...........................................................Hon.

Anne Kang Burnaby East ......................................................................Rohini Arora Burnaby–New Westminster .................................. Hon. Raj Chouhan Burnaby North ..............................................................Janet Routledge Burnaby South–Metrotown .................................................. Paul Choi C Cariboo-Chilcotin .......................................................Lorne Doerkson Chilliwack–Cultus Lake .............................................. Á’a:líya Warbus Chilliwack North ..........................................................

Heather Maahs Columbia River–Revelstoke ...........................................Scott McInnis Coquitlam–Burke Mountain .............................. Hon. Jodie Wickens Coquitlam-Maillardville .................................... Jennifer Blatherwick Courtenay-Comox ............................................................ Brennan Day Cowichan Valley ....................... Debra Toporowski / Qwulti’stunaat D Delta North ................................................................Hon.

Ravi Kahlon Delta South ...............................................................................Ian Paton E Esquimalt-Colwood ................................................Darlene Rotchford F Fraser-Nicola .......................................................................... Tony Luck J Juan de Fuca–Malahat ...............................................Dana Lajeunesse K Kamloops Centre ............................................................. Peter Milobar Kamloops–North Thompson .........................................

Ward Stamer Kelowna Centre ........................................................... Kristina Loewen Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream ......................Tara Armstrong Kelowna-Mission ..................................................................Gavin Dew Kootenay Central ............................................ Hon. Brittny Anderson Kootenay Monashee ....................................................Steve Morissette Kootenay Rockies................................................................... Pete Davis L Ladysmith-Oceanside ........................................

Stephanie Higginson Langford-Highlands ................................................ Hon. Ravi Parmar Langley-Abbotsford ....................................................Harman Bhangu Langley–Walnut Grove ..............................................Misty Van Popta Langley-Willowbrook ............................................................ Jody Toor M Maple Ridge East ............................................................Lawrence Mok Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows ........................................Hon. Lisa Beare Mid Island–Pacific Rim ........................................ Hon.

Josie Osborne N Nanaimo–Gabriola Island ..........................Hon. Sheila Malcolmson Nanaimo-Lantzville ................................................. George Anderson Nechako Lakes ....................................................................John Rustad New Westminster–Coquitlam .................... Hon. Jennifer Whiteside North Coast–Haida Gwaii ............Hon. Laanas / Tamara Davidson North Island ........................................................................Anna Kindy North Vancouver–Lonsdale .....................................Hon.

Bowinn Ma North Vancouver–Seymour ...............................................Susie Chant O Oak Bay–Gordon Head ......................................... Hon. Diana Gibson P Peace River North ..............................................................Jordan Kealy Peace River South ............................................................Larry Neufeld Penticton-Summerland .............................................. Amelia Boultbee Port Coquitlam ................................................. Hon. Mike Farnworth Port Moody–Burquitlam ........................................Hon.

Rick Glumac Powell River–Sunshine Coast ............................. Hon. Randene Neill Prince George–Mackenzie ...............................................Kiel Giddens Prince George–North Cariboo ......................................Sheldon Clare Prince George–Valemount ...............................................Rosalyn Bird R Richmond-Bridgeport .......................................................... Teresa Wat Richmond Centre .................................................................. Hon Chan Richmond-Queensborough ............................................

Steve Kooner Richmond-Steveston ...............................................Hon. Kelly Greene S Saanich North and the Islands ....................................... Rob Botterell Saanich South ......................................................... Hon.

Lana Popham Salmon Arm–Shuswap ................................................David Williams Skeena ..................................................................................Claire Rattée Surrey City Centre ...............................................................Amna Shah Surrey-Cloverdale .......................................................... Elenore Sturko Surrey-Fleetwood ....................................................... Hon. Jagrup Brar Surrey-Guildford .................................................................

Garry Begg Surrey-Newton ........................................................ Hon. Jessie Sunner Surrey North ............................................................Mandeep Dhaliwal Surrey-Panorama ..............................................................Br yan Tepper Surrey–Serpentine River ................................................

Linda Hepner Surrey South ..................................................................Brent Chapman Surrey–White Rock .......................................................Trevor Halford V Vancouver-Fraserview .....................................................George Chow Vancouver-Hastings ........................................ Hon. Niki Sharma, KC Vancouver-Kensington ...................................................Mable Elmore Vancouver-Langara .............................................................Sunita Dhir Vancouver–Little Mountain ............................. Hon.

Christine Boyle Vancouver–Point Grey .........................................Hon. David Eby, KC Vancouver-Quilchena ......................................................Dallas Brodie Vancouver-Renfrew ................................................... Hon. Adrian Dix Vancouver–South Granville ................................ Hon. Brenda Bailey Vancouver-Strathcona ..................................... Amshen / Joan Phillip Vancouver–West End .......................Hon. Spencer Chandra Herbert Vancouver-Yaletown ..................................................Hon.

Terry Yung Vernon-Lumby ....................................................... Harwinder Sandhu Victoria–Beacon Hill ................................................. Hon. Grace Lore Victoria–Swan Lake ................................................Hon. Nina Krieger W West Kelowna–Peachland ..........................................Macklin McCall West Vancouver–Capilano ................................................Lynne Block West Vancouver–Sea to Sky ...................................... Jeremy Valeriote

CONTENTS Thursday, February 12, 2026 Afternoon Sitting Page Blessings and Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................. 4793 Jeannie George Mary Ann Thomas Speech from the Throne ................................................................................................................................................. 4793 Hon. Wendy Cocchia (Lieutenant Governor) Introduction and First Reading of Bills ........................................................................................................................ 4794 Bill 1 —

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament Hon. Niki Sharma Motions ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4794 Appointment of Deputy Speaker Hon. Mike Farnworth Appointment of Assistant Deputy Speaker Á ’a:líya Warbus Appointment of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Hon. Mike Farnworth Printing of Votes and Proceedings Hon. Niki Sharma Appointment of Select Standing Committees Hon.

David Eby Motions Without Notice ................................................................................................................................................. 4795 Adjournment of Tuesday Morning Sitting Hon. Mike Farnworth

4793 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2026 The House met at 2:02 p.m. [The Speaker in the chair.] The Speaker: Good afternoon, everyone. Please stand. We invite Councillor Jeannie George of the Songhees Nation to begin our proceedings today. Blessings and Acknowledgements Jeannie George: [lək̓ ʷəŋən was spoken.] My honourable friends, my name is Jeannie George. I’m from here in lək̓ ʷəŋən. Thank you for coming here. Welcome to the home territory of the lək̓ ʷəŋən People. On behalf of the Songhees Nation, we send our deepest condolences to Tumbler Ridge and surround them with our love and our prayers and our strength.

The Speaker: Thank you very much for opening our proceedings. It’s a great honour that you have grounded us to these lands. Thank you so much. On behalf of all the members here in the House, I want to acknowledge that we are gathering on the unceded, traditional territory of the lək̓ ʷəŋən-speaking People, known as Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. Thank you so much. həysxʷ q̓ ə. Now I invite Elder Mary Ann Thomas of the Esquimalt Nation to offer a prayer. [2:05 p.m.] Mary Ann Thomas: [Hul’q’umi’num’ was spoken.] My borrowed name is Mary Ann Thomas from Esqui - malt Nation.

Today I’m really honouring our Speaker and each and every one of you to Esquimalt Nation territory. I really welcome you, and my heart goes out to each and every one. For the tragic…. You know, the Creator is really tell - ing us something. Our prayers…. For each and every one of us, we need to really look at each other and walk, hand in hand, because the prayer, it helps us. It takes the stress away here. T’I’wi’ulh helps us. Like if we want something, we’ve got to work for it. We’ve got to earn it. Our prayers coming today reach out to all the ones that are in sorrow.

Each community goes through all this in our home town. I just really wanted to honour this home, honouring the Speaker’s home, because, you know, this is where we deal with everything — honouring each and every one of you, wherever you come from, that we’re uniting today, showing the old people that we can walk together. In our prayers that will reach all wherever, everybody needs that help. You and I are precious, from our parents, grandparents. I really lift up my hands to each and every one of you — the field you’re working, working for the people. You know, I honour this home.

Just like in our reserve, we honour the longhouse, where we do baptizing. We do marriages. When we have to bring people together, it’s where we talk about things and move on. We have every - body involved with what we do, just like today. I really thank the Speaker for bringing us all together, to bring the blessing of this meeting today. You know, things are short- ened, but we’re honouring where the people are suffering. We all go through that when we lose a loved one. We keep the good memories and are honest with ourselves, with the people in your community, because that love is the greatest thing in life.

There is no room for anger, no room for judgment. That makes the problem bigger. When we look at each other and accept each other, hand in hand, working, you accomplish things, your dreams being met. I welcome each and every one of you in this beautiful home. When I come in here, I always ask the old people — sʔəlʔéləxʷ, the ancestors: “Can I come into your home to meet all our brothers and sisters?” Life’s too short to be having any enemies. We’ve got to love each other — love each other, help each other, forgive each other. There’s nothing there to be stumbled on, be - cause the day is so alive.

The sun sets down. It’s the end of the day. We pray for tomorrow. Huy ch q’u siem. The Speaker: Thank you, Elder Thomas, on behalf of all the Legislature members. We are always very apprecia - tive for you to come here and for your blessings. Thank you so much. [2:10 p.m.] I also, on behalf of all members of the Legislative As - sembly, would like to welcome many friends, family and guests joining us today. Thank you for being here with us this afternoon. We will now wait for Her Honour the Lieutenant Gov - ernor to come to the House.

Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor requested to attend the House, was admitted to the chamber and was pleased to deliver the following gracious Speech from the Throne. Speech from the Throne Hon. Wendy Cocchia (Lieutenant Governor): Please be seated, everyone. Today I bring this message from the throne and from the sacred territories of the lək̓ ʷəŋən, Songhees and Esqui- malt People with respect, compassion and sympathy. We begin this session with heavy hearts, following the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge. Our thoughts are with the victims, the loved ones and a tight-knit community suffering unimaginable pain.

We hold them in our pray - ers and stand with them in their grief. Today the people of

4794 B ritish Columbia Debates T hursday, February 12, 2026 Tumbler Ridge are wrapped in the care and compassion of an entire province and a country that mourns alongside them. We are profoundly grateful to the first responders, the health care workers, the teachers and the school workers whose courage and swift action helped save lives. Their service reflects the very best of our province. In times of sorrow, British Columbians come together. May we carry that spirit forward, supporting the com - munity and one another in the days and months ahead.

If I may just take a moment, on a personal note, like His Majesty King Charles, Her Majesty the Queen and Her Excellency Mary Simon, I wish to add my personal mes - sage of deep love and support to everyone in the commun- ity of Tumbler Ridge and that is affected by this tragedy. [2:15 p.m.] As a mother, it’s absolutely impossible to comprehend the pain and the sorrow that people are experiencing. No - body thinks for a moment that you will send your child or your loved one off in the morning and that they will not return. My heart aches for everyone in this situation.

Again, we send our deep appreciation to the first respond - ers and health care workers. When Mayor Darryl Krakowka was asked, many times, “How can we help?” he said, so many times: “You can of - fer a hug.” I think that that is very wise, because at a time of deep grief, often we retreat and we withdraw. But what often helps the healing process, as well, is connectivity. I want the people of Tumbler Ridge to know, unequivo- cally, that we are always here for you, and we will always have a hug waiting for you.

Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor retired from the chamber. [2:20 p.m.] [The Speaker in the chair.] The Speaker: Hon. Members, in order to prevent mis - takes, I have obtained a copy of Her Honour the Lieuten - ant Governor’s speech. Introduction and First Reading of Bills BILL 1 —

AN ACT TO ENSURE THE SUPREMACY OF PARLIAMENT Hon. Niki Sharma presented a bill intituled

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament. Hon. Niki Sharma: I move that Bill 1, intituled

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, be introduced and read a first time now. The introduction of this bill prior to consideration of the throne speech expresses the established right of par - liament, through its elected members, to deliberate in - dependently of the Sovereign. As such, it is an important part of our parliamentary democratic process. It is my honour as Attorney General and Deputy Pre - mier to introduce this bill of historic and symbolic im - portance at the opening of each new session. Motion approved. Hon.

Niki Sharma: I move that the bill be placed on the orders of the day for second reading at the next sitting of the House after today. Motion approved. Motions APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY SPEAKER Hon. Mike Farnworth: I move, seconded by the mem - ber for Chilliwack–Cultus Lake electoral district: [That Mable Elmore , member for Vancouver-Kensington electoral district, be appointed Deputy Speaker for this ses - sion of the Legislative Assembly.] Motion approved.

APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT DEPUTY SPEAKER Á’a:líya Wa rbus: I move, seconded by the member for Port Coquitlam electoral district: [That Lorne Doerkson, member for Cariboo-Chilcotin elec - toral district, be appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker for this session of the Legislative Assembly.] Motion approved. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY CHAIR, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Hon.

Mike Farnworth: I move, seconded by the mem - ber for Chilliwack–Cultus Lake electoral district: [That George Anderson , member for Nanaimo-Lantzville electoral district, be appointed Deputy Chair of the Commit- tee of the Whole for this session of the Legislative Assembly.] Motion approved. PRINTING OF VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS Hon. Niki Sharma: I move: [That the Votes and Proceedings of this House be printed, being first perused by the Hon. Speaker, and that he do ap - point the printing thereof, and that no person but such as he shall appoint do presume to print the same.] Motion approved.

Thursday, February 12, 2026 B ritish Columbia Debates 4795 APPOINTMENT OF SELECT STANDING COMMITTEES Hon. David Eby: I move: [That the Select Standing Committees of this House, for the present Session, be appointed for the following purposes: 1. A boriginal Affairs; 2. A griculture, Fish and Food; 3. C hildren and Y outh; 4. Cr own Corporations; 5. Education; 6. Fin ance and Government Services; 7. Health; 8. P arliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct and Standing Orders; 9.

Pu blic Accounts; which said Committees shall severally be empowered to examine and inquire into all such matters and things as shall be referred to them by this House, and to report from time to time their observations and opinions thereon, with power to send for persons, papers, and records, and that a Special Committee be appointed to prepare and report with all con - venient speed lists of members to compose the above Select Standing Committees of this House under Standing Or - der 68 (1), t he Committee to be composed of the Hon. Mike Farnworth (Convener), Hon.

Ravi Parmar , Janet Routledge, Garry Begg, Amna Shah, Á ’ a:líya Warbus, Jody Toor, Rosalyn Bird and Rob Botterell.] Motion approved. Motions Without Notice ADJOURNMENT OF TUESDAY MORNING SITTING Hon. Mike Farnworth: I move: [That, notwithstanding Standing Order 2 (1), t he House stand adjourned until 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.] Motion approved. Hon. Mike Farnworth moved adjournment of the House. The Speaker: This House stands adjourned until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The House adjourned at 2:25 p.m.

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