Fourth Session, 40th Parliament
OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(HANSARD)
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Afternoon Sitting Volume 31, Number 8
THE HONOURABLE LINDA REID, SPEAKER
ISSN 0709-1281 (Print) ISSN 1499-2175 (Online) PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Entered Confederation July 20, 1871)
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Her Honour the Honourable Judith Guichon, OBC
Fourth Session, 40th Parliament
SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Honourable Linda Reid
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Premier and President of the Executive Council...... Hon. Christy Clark Deputy Premier and Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing...... Hon. Rich Coleman Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation...... Hon. John Rustad Minister of Advanced Education...... Hon. Andrew Wilkinson Minister of Agriculture...... Hon. Norm Letnick Minister of Children and Family Development...... Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for TransLink...... Hon. Peter Fassbender Minister of Education...... Hon. Mike Bernier Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Core Review...... Hon. Bill Bennett Minister of Environment...... Hon. Mary Polak Minister of Finance...... Hon. Michael de Jong, QC Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations...... Hon. Steve Thomson Minister of Health...... Hon. Dr. Terry Lake Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism...... Hon. Teresa Wat Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour...... Hon. Shirley Bond Minister of Justice...... Hon. Suzanne Anton Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General...... Hon. Mike Morris Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction and Minister Responsible for the Liquor Distribution Branch...... Hon. Coralee Oakes Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation...... Hon. Michelle Stilwell Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services...... Hon. Amrik Virk Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure...... Hon. Todd Stone Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness...... Hon. Naomi Yamamoto
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Leader of the Official Opposition...... John Horgan Deputy Speaker...... Richard T. Lee Assistant Deputy Speaker...... Raj Chouhan Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole...... Pat Pimm Clerk of the Legislative Assembly...... Craig James Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees...... Kate Ryan-Lloyd Sessional Law Clerk...... Roderick MacArthur, QC Sergeant-at-Arms...... Gary Lenz ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS LIST OF MEMBERS BY RIDING
Anton, Hon. Suzanne (BC Liberal)...... Vancouver-Fraserview Abbotsford-Mission...... Simon Gibson Ashton, Dan (BC Liberal)...... Penticton Abbotsford South...... Dr. Darryl Plecas Austin, Robin (NDP)...... Skeena Abbotsford West...... Hon. Michael de Jong, QC Bains, Harry (NDP)...... Surrey-Newton Alberni–Pacific Rim...... Scott Fraser Barnett, Donna (BC Liberal)...... Cariboo-Chilcotin Boundary-Similkameen...... Linda Larson Bennett, Hon. Bill (BC Liberal)...... Kootenay East Burnaby–Deer Lake...... Kathy Corrigan Bernier, Hon. Mike (BC Liberal)...... Peace River South Burnaby-Edmonds...... Raj Chouhan Bing, Dr. Doug (BC Liberal)...... Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Burnaby-Lougheed...... Jane Jae Kyung Shin Bond, Hon. Shirley (BC Liberal)...... Prince George–Valemount Burnaby North...... Richard T. Lee Cadieux, Hon. Stephanie (BC Liberal)...... Surrey-Cloverdale Cariboo-Chilcotin...... Donna Barnett Chandra Herbert, Spencer (NDP)...... Vancouver–West End Cariboo North...... Hon. Coralee Oakes Chouhan, Raj (NDP)...... Burnaby-Edmonds Chilliwack...... John Martin Clark, Hon. Christy (BC Liberal)...... Westside-Kelowna Chilliwack-Hope...... Laurie Throness Coleman, Hon. Rich (BC Liberal)...... Fort Langley–Aldergrove Columbia River–Revelstoke...... Norm Macdonald Conroy, Katrine (NDP)...... Kootenay West Comox Valley...... Don McRae Corrigan, Kathy (NDP)...... Burnaby–Deer Lake Coquitlam–Burke Mountain...... Vacant Dalton, Marc (BC Liberal)...... Maple Ridge–Mission Coquitlam-Maillardville...... Selina Robinson Darcy, Judy (NDP)...... New Westminster Cowichan Valley...... Bill Routley de Jong, Hon. Michael, QC (BC Liberal)...... Abbotsford West Delta North...... Wm. Scott Hamilton Dix, Adrian (NDP)...... Vancouver-Kingsway Delta South...... Vicki Huntington Donaldson, Doug (NDP)...... Stikine Esquimalt–Royal Roads...... Maurine Karagianis Eby, David (NDP)...... Vancouver–Point Grey Fort Langley–Aldergrove...... Hon. Rich Coleman Elmore, Mable (NDP)...... Vancouver-Kensington Fraser-Nicola...... Jackie Tegart Farnworth, Mike (NDP)...... Port Coquitlam Juan de Fuca...... John Horgan Fassbender, Hon. Peter (BC Liberal)...... Surrey-Fleetwood Kamloops–North Thompson...... Hon. Dr. Terry Lake Fleming, Rob (NDP)...... Victoria–Swan Lake Kamloops–South Thompson...... Hon. Todd Stone Foster, Eric (BC Liberal)...... Vernon-Monashee Kelowna–Lake Country...... Hon. Norm Letnick Fraser, Scott (NDP)...... Alberni–Pacific Rim Kelowna-Mission...... Hon. Steve Thomson Gibson, Simon (BC Liberal)...... Abbotsford-Mission Kootenay East...... Hon. Bill Bennett Hamilton, Wm. Scott (BC Liberal)...... Delta North Kootenay West...... Katrine Conroy Hammell, Sue (NDP)...... Surrey–Green Timbers Langley...... Hon. Mary Polak Heyman, George (NDP)...... Vancouver-Fairview Maple Ridge–Mission...... Marc Dalton Hogg, Gordon (BC Liberal)...... Surrey–White Rock Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows...... Dr. Doug Bing Holman, Gary (NDP)...... Saanich North and the Islands Nanaimo...... Leonard Eugene Krog Horgan, John (NDP)...... Juan de Fuca Nanaimo–North Cowichan...... Doug Routley Hunt, Marvin (BC Liberal)...... Surrey-Panorama Nechako Lakes...... Hon. John Rustad Huntington, Vicki (Ind.)...... Delta South Nelson-Creston...... Michelle Mungall James, Carole (NDP)...... Victoria–Beacon Hill New Westminster...... Judy Darcy Karagianis, Maurine (NDP)...... Esquimalt–Royal Roads North Coast...... Jennifer Rice Krog, Leonard Eugene (NDP)...... Nanaimo North Island...... Claire Trevena Kyllo, Greg (BC Liberal)...... Shuswap North Vancouver–Lonsdale...... Hon. Naomi Yamamoto Lake, Hon. Dr. Terry (BC Liberal)...... Kamloops–North Thompson North Vancouver–Seymour...... Jane Thornthwaite Larson, Linda (BC Liberal)...... Boundary-Similkameen Oak Bay–Gordon Head...... Dr. Andrew Weaver Lee, Richard T. (BC Liberal)...... Burnaby North Parksville-Qualicum...... Hon. Michelle Stilwell Letnick, Hon. Norm (BC Liberal)...... Kelowna–Lake Country Peace River North...... Pat Pimm Macdonald, Norm (NDP)...... Columbia River–Revelstoke Peace River South...... Hon. Mike Bernier McRae, Don (BC Liberal)...... Comox Valley Penticton...... Dan Ashton Martin, John (BC Liberal)...... Chilliwack Port Coquitlam...... Mike Farnworth Morris, Hon. Mike (BC Liberal)...... Prince George–Mackenzie Port Moody–Coquitlam...... Linda Reimer Mungall, Michelle (NDP)...... Nelson-Creston Powell River–Sunshine Coast...... Nicholas Simons Oakes, Hon. Coralee (BC Liberal)...... Cariboo North Prince George–Mackenzie...... Hon. Mike Morris Pimm, Pat (BC Liberal)...... Peace River North Prince George–Valemount...... Hon. Shirley Bond Plecas, Dr. Darryl (BC Liberal)...... Abbotsford South Richmond Centre...... Hon. Teresa Wat Polak, Hon. Mary (BC Liberal)...... Langley Richmond East...... Hon. Linda Reid Popham, Lana (NDP)...... Saanich South Richmond-Steveston...... John Yap Ralston, Bruce (NDP)...... Surrey-Whalley Saanich North and the Islands...... Gary Holman Reid, Hon. Linda (BC Liberal)...... Richmond East Saanich South...... Lana Popham Reimer, Linda (BC Liberal)...... Port Moody–Coquitlam Shuswap...... Greg Kyllo Rice, Jennifer (NDP)...... North Coast Skeena...... Robin Austin Robinson, Selina (NDP)...... Coquitlam-Maillardville Stikine...... Doug Donaldson Routley, Bill (NDP)...... Cowichan Valley Surrey-Cloverdale...... Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Routley, Doug (NDP)...... Nanaimo–North Cowichan Surrey-Fleetwood...... Hon. Peter Fassbender Rustad, Hon. John (BC Liberal)...... Nechako Lakes Surrey–Green Timbers...... Sue Hammell Shin, Jane Jae Kyung (NDP)...... Burnaby-Lougheed Surrey-Newton...... Harry Bains Simons, Nicholas (NDP)...... Powell River–Sunshine Coast Surrey-Panorama...... Marvin Hunt Simpson, Shane (NDP)...... Vancouver-Hastings Surrey-Tynehead...... Hon. Amrik Virk Stilwell, Hon. Michelle (BC Liberal)...... Parksville-Qualicum Surrey-Whalley...... Bruce Ralston Stilwell, Dr. Moira (BC Liberal)...... Vancouver-Langara Surrey–White Rock...... Gordon Hogg Stone, Hon. Todd (BC Liberal)...... Kamloops–South Thompson Vancouver-Fairview...... George Heyman Sturdy, Jordan (BC Liberal)...... West Vancouver–Sea to Sky Vancouver–False Creek...... Sam Sullivan Sullivan, Sam (BC Liberal)...... Vancouver–False Creek Vancouver-Fraserview...... Hon. Suzanne Anton Sultan, Ralph (BC Liberal)...... West Vancouver–Capilano Vancouver-Hastings...... Shane Simpson Tegart, Jackie (BC Liberal)...... Fraser-Nicola Vancouver-Kensington...... Mable Elmore Thomson, Hon. Steve (BC Liberal)...... Kelowna-Mission Vancouver-Kingsway...... Adrian Dix Thornthwaite, Jane (BC Liberal)...... North Vancouver–Seymour Vancouver-Langara...... Dr. Moira Stilwell Throness, Laurie (BC Liberal)...... Chilliwack-Hope Vancouver–Mount Pleasant...... Vacant Trevena, Claire (NDP)...... North Island Vancouver–Point Grey...... David Eby Virk, Hon. Amrik (BC Liberal)...... Surrey-Tynehead Vancouver-Quilchena...... Hon. Andrew Wilkinson Wat, Hon. Teresa (BC Liberal)...... Richmond Centre Vancouver–West End...... Spencer Chandra Herbert Weaver, Dr. Andrew (Ind.)...... Oak Bay–Gordon Head Vernon-Monashee...... Eric Foster Wilkinson, Hon. Andrew (BC Liberal)...... Vancouver-Quilchena Victoria–Beacon Hill...... Carole James Yamamoto, Hon. Naomi (BC Liberal)...... North Vancouver–Lonsdale Victoria–Swan Lake...... Rob Fleming Yap, John (BC Liberal)...... Richmond-Steveston West Vancouver–Capilano...... Ralph Sultan Vacant...... Coquitlam–Burke Mountain West Vancouver–Sea to Sky...... Jordan Sturdy Vacant...... Vancouver–Mount Pleasant Westside-Kelowna...... Hon. Christy Clark
Party Standings: BC Liberal 48; New Democratic 33; Independent 2; Vacant 2
CONTENTS
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 Afternoon Sitting
Page
Tabling Documents...... 10223 Office of the Auditor General,The Status of Government’s General Computing Controls: 2014, December 2015 Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, report,B.C. Adoption Update, January 2016 Representative for Children and Youth and Ministry of Children and Family Development, joint special report, The Placement of Children and Youth in Care in Hotels in British Columbia, January 2016 Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C., Investigation Report 15-13, lobbyist: Dave Kennedy, December 23, 2015 Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C.,Investigation Report 15-12, lobbyist: Peter Walters, December 17, 2015 Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C.,Investigation Report 15-11, lobbyist: Sarah Beuhler, October 14, 2015 Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists for B.C.,Investigation Report 15-10, lobbyist: Robert Lindstrom, October 20, 2015 Legislative Assembly of B.C., accountability report, 2014-15
Motions Without Notice...... 10223 Ratification of membership of select standing and special committees Hon. M. de Jong
Prorogation Address...... 10223
10223
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016 Marvin Hunt, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Morris, MLA as Convener of the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations; and The House met at 12:02 p.m. Laurie Throness, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Bernier, MLA as a member of the Select Standing Committee on Crown [Madame Speaker in the chair.] Corporations.]
Prayers. Motion approved.
Tabling Documents Madame Speaker: Hon. Members, the Lieutenant- Governor is in the precinct. Please remain seated while Madame Speaker: Hon. Members, I have the honour we await her arrival. to present the following reports. [1205] B.C. Auditor General, The Status of Government’s General Computing Controls. Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor requested to at- Representative for Children and Youth, B.C. Adoption tend the House, was admitted to the chamber and took Update; joint special report of the Representative for her seat on the throne. Children and Youth and the Ministry of Children and Family Development, The Placement of Children and Prorogation Address Youth in Care in Hotels in British Columbia. Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Investigation Hon. J. Guichon (Lieutenant-Governor): Thank you. Report 15-13, lobbyist: Dave Kennedy; Investigation Be seated. Report 15-12, lobbyist: Peter Walters; Investigation Report Madame Speaker and Members of the Legislative 15-11, lobbyist: Sarah Beuhler; Investigation Report 15-10, Assembly, in closing this fourth session of the 40th par- lobbyist: Robert Lindstrom. liament of British Columbia, on behalf of all British Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Account Columbians I note that in this session we enacted 42 ability Report 2014-15. bills, covering areas of substance and importance to the Thank you, Members. people of this province. I wish to express my appreciation for the care and attention you have given to your delib- Motions Without Notice erations and the service you have provided to our great and beautiful province. RATIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP I now relieve you of your duties. “Splendor sine occasu.” OF SELECT STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor retired from the chamber. Hon. M. de Jong: By leave, I move: [That the written agreements between the Government House [Madame Speaker in the chair.] Leader, Hon. Michael de Jong, MLA, and the Opposition House Leader, Mike Farnworth, MLA, effective January 7, 2016 and Hon. S. Anton: Madame Speaker and Members of the January 27, 2016 be ratified, setting forth the following changes to the membership of various Select Standing Committees for Legislative Assembly, it is Her Honour the Lieutenant- the 4th Session of the 40th Parliament: Governor’s will and pleasure that the Legislative Assembly Jackie Tegart, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Morris, MLA, as be prorogued until 2 p.m. today, and this Legislative a Member of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Assembly is hereby prorogued accordingly. Government Services; John Martin, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Morris, MLA as a Madame Speaker: Hon. Members, this House is pro- Member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts; Jackie Tegart, MLA, shall replace Hon. Mike Bernier, MLA as rogued until 2 p.m. today. Convener of the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs; The House prorogued at 12:10 p.m.
Errata
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 (Volume 24, Number 8), page 7858. An error occurred in the report of Mr. Donaldson’s remarks in estimates debate on the Ministry of Children and Family Development. The member’s identifier and first paragraph were omitted at the [1525] time line: “D. Donaldson: Let’s get to the 200 people. I’d like to pursue a little bit more on the representative's underburn numbers, but if there’s time I’ll come back to that. Let’s get to the 200 apparently new hires.” The on-line versions of the transcript have been corrected.
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