Fourth Session, 40th Parliament

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS (HANSARD)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE

Victoria Thursday, February 12, 2015 Issue No. 10

MIKE MORRIS, MLA, CHAIR

ISSN 2292-8111 (Print) ISSN 2292-812X (Online)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE

Victoria Thursday, February 12, 2015

Chair: (Prince George–Mackenzie BC Liberal)

Deputy Chair: (Vancouver–West End NDP)

Members: Dr. Doug Bing (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows NDP) Scott Fraser (Alberni–Pacific Rim NDP) Wm. Scott Hamilton (Delta North BC Liberal) Dr. Darryl Plecas (Abbotsford South BC Liberal) Jane Jae Kyung Shin (Burnaby-Lougheed NDP) Jackie Tegart (Fraser-Nicola BC Liberal)

Clerk: Susan Sourial

CONTENTS

Special Committee to Review the Independent Investigations Office

Thursday, February 12, 2015

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Election of Chair and Deputy Chair...... 135

Committee Report to the House...... 135

MINUTES SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE

Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:00 a.m. Douglas Fir Committee Room Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Present: Mike Morris, MLA (Chair); Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA (Deputy Chair); Dr. Doug Bing, MLA; Scott Fraser, MLA; Wm. Scott Hamilton, MLA; Dr. Darryl Plecas, MLA; Jane Jae Kyung Shin, MLA; Jackie Tegart, MLA

1. There not yet being a Chair elected to serve the Committee, the meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m. by the Committee Clerk.

2. Resolved, that Mike Morris, MLA, be elected Chair of the Special Committee to Review the Independent Investigations Office. (Jackie Tegart, MLA)

3. Resolved, that Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA, be elected Deputy Chair of Special Committee to Review the Independent Investigations Office. (Scott Fraser, MLA)

4. Resolved, that the Committee meet in-camera to consider its draft report. (Wm. Scott Hamilton, MLA)

5. The Committee metin-camera from 8:01 a.m. to 8:33 a.m.

6. The Committee continued in public session at 8:33 a.m.

7. Resolved, that the Special Committee to Review the Independent Investigations Office approve and adopt its report as amended today and further, that the Committee authorize the Chair and Deputy Chair to work with com- mittee staff to finalize any minor editorial changes to complete the supporting text. (Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA)

8. Resolved, that the Chair of the Special Committee to Review the Independent Investigations Office present the Committee’s report to the Legislative Assembly at the earliest available opportunity. (Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA)

9. The Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 8:34 a.m.

Mike Morris, MLA Susan Sourial Chair Committee Clerk

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015 [M. Morris in the chair.]

The committee met at 8 a.m. M. Morris (Chair): We’re back in the public domain here again. Election of Chair and Deputy Chair We have two motions to present on the floor here. The first motion is to adopt the report as amended. S. Sourial (Committee Clerk): Good morning, com- mittee members. As this is our first meeting in the fourth Committee Report to the House session and we don’t yet have a Chair or a Deputy Chair, our first order of business is to elect a Chair. Do I have S. Chandra Herbert (Deputy Chair): I move that any nominations? the Special Committee to Review the Independent Investigations Office approve and adopt its report as J. Tegart: I would nominate Mike Morris. amended today and, further, that the committee author- ize the Chair and the Deputy Chair to work with com- S. Sourial (Committee Clerk): Okay. Jackie has nom- mittee staff to finalize any minor editorial changes to inated Mike. Any further nominations? Any further complete the supporting text. nominations? Any further nominations? Seeing none, Mike, do you accept? J. Tegart: I’ll second. M. Morris: I do. M. Morris (Chair): Thank you, Jackie. And the second motion. [M. Morris in the chair.] S. Chandra Herbert (Deputy Chair): I move that M. Morris (Chair): Our next order of business is the the Chair of the Special Committee to Review the election of the Deputy Chair. Do I hear any nominations for Deputy Chair? Independent Investigations Office present the commit- tee’s report to the Legislative Assembly at the earliest S. Fraser: I would nominate Spencer Chandra Herbert. available opportunity.

M. Morris (Chair): Do I hear a seconder? Any fur- M. Morris (Chair): Darryl seconds. ther nominations? Any further nominations? No further Thank you very much. That concludes…. nominations? I nominate Spencer Chandra Herbert as the Deputy S. Chandra Herbert (Deputy Chair): Should we vote Chair. on those motions?

S. Chandra Herbert (Deputy Chair): Thank you. M. Morris (Chair): Yes, that’s a good idea. All in favour of those motions? M. Morris (Chair): Now we’ll have a motion to go in camera, if we could. Motions approved.

S. Hamilton: So moved. M. Morris (Chair): Great. Thanks very much, again, for everybody’s help. This meeting is concluded. The committee continued in camera from 8:01 a.m. to 8:33 a.m. The committee adjourned at 8:34 a.m.

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