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Debates of the Legislative Assembly Fourth Session, 39th Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) Monday, May 7, 2012 Aft ernoon Sitting Volume 37, Number 2 THE HONOURABLE BILL BARISOFF, SPEAKER ISSN 0709-1281 (Print) ISSN 1499-2175 (Online) PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Entered Confederation July 20, 1871) LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR His Honour the Honourable Steven L. Point, OBC Fourth Session, 39th Parliament SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Honourable Bill Barisoff EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Premier and President of the Executive Council ..............................................................................................................Hon. Christy Clark Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance ............................................................................................................................Hon. Kevin Falcon Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation ...........................................................................................................Hon. Mary Polak Minister of Advanced Education .................................................................................................................................Hon. Naomi Yamamoto Minister of Agriculture ........................................................................................................................................................... Hon. Don McRae Minister of Children and Family Development ................................................................................................................ Hon. Mary McNeil Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development .................................................................................................. Hon. Ida Chong Minister of Education .........................................................................................................................................................Hon. George Abbott Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing.........................................................................Hon. Rich Coleman Minister of Environment ....................................................................................................................................................Hon. Dr. Terry Lake Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations......................................................................................Hon. Steve Th omson Minister of Health .................................................................................................................................................... Hon. Michael de Jong, QC Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation ................................................................................................................................... Hon. Pat Bell Minister of State for Multiculturalism ........................................................................................................................................Hon. John Yap Minister of Justice and Attorney General............................................................................................................................Hon. Shirley Bond Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government ................................................................Hon. Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid Minister of Social Development .................................................................................................................................Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ................................................................................................................Hon. Blair Lekstrom LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Offi cial Opposition ......................................................................................................................................................Adrian Dix Deputy Speaker .................................................................................................................................................................................... Linda Reid Assistant Deputy Speaker ..................................................................................................................................................................Dawn Black Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole ...................................................................................................................................Douglas Horne Clerk of the Legislative Assembly ................................................................................................................................................... Craig James Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees ................................................................................................................................. Kate Ryan-Lloyd Sessional Law Clerk ...................................................................................................................................................Roderick MacArthur, QC Clerk Consultant ..............................................................................................................................................E. George MacMinn, OBC, QC Sergeant-at-Arms .................................................................................................................................................................................Gary Lenz ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS LIST OF MEMBERS BY RIDING Abbott, Hon. George (BC Liberal) .......................................................Shuswap Abbotsford-Mission .......................................................................Randy Hawes Austin, Robin (NDP) ................................................................................ Skeena Abbotsford South .....................................................................John van Dongen Bains, Harry (NDP) ....................................................................Surrey-Newton Abbotsford West ...................................................... Hon. Michael de Jong, QC Barisoff , Hon. Bill (BC Liberal) ...........................................................Penticton Alberni–Pacifi c Rim ..........................................................................Scott Fraser Barnett, Donna (BC Liberal) ...............................................Cariboo-Chilcotin Boundary-Similkameen .....................................................................John Slater Bell, Hon. Pat (BC Liberal) .................................... Prince George–Mackenzie Burnaby–Deer Lake ...................................................................Kathy Corrigan Bennett, Bill (BC Liberal) .............................................................Kootenay East Burnaby-Edmonds ......................................................................... Raj Chouhan Black, Dawn (NDP) ................................................................New Westminster Burnaby-Lougheed ............................................................................ Harry Bloy Bloy, Harry (BC Liberal) .....................................................Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North ..............................................................................Richard T. Lee Bond, Hon. Shirley (BC Liberal) ...........................Prince George–Valemount Cariboo-Chilcotin ........................................................................Donna Barnett Brar, Jagrup (NDP) ................................................................ Surrey-Fleetwood Cariboo North ................................................................................ Bob Simpson Cadieux, Hon. Stephanie (BC Liberal) .................................Surrey-Panorama Chilliwack ............................................................................................... John Les Cantelon, Ron (BC Liberal) ............................................. Parksville-Qualicum Chilliwack-Hope ........................................................................................Vacant Chandra Herbert, Spencer (NDP) .................................Vancouver–West End Columbia River–Revelstoke ..................................................Norm Macdonald Chong, Hon. Ida (BC Liberal) ....................................Oak Bay–Gordon Head Comox Valley...........................................................................Hon. Don McRae Chouhan, Raj (NDP) ...........................................................Burnaby-Edmonds Coquitlam–Burke Mountain .....................................................Douglas Horne Clark, Hon. Christy (BC Liberal) .................................Vancouver–Point Grey Coquitlam-Maillardville............................................................... Diane Th orne Coell, Murray (BC Liberal) ..............................Saanich North and the Islands Cowichan Valley ................................................................................ Bill Routley Coleman, Hon. Rich (BC Liberal) .......................... Fort Langley–Aldergrove Delta North ......................................................................................Guy Gentner Conroy, Katrine (NDP) .............................................................. Kootenay West Delta South ...............................................................................Vicki Huntington Coons, Gary (NDP) .........................................................................North Coast Esquimalt–Royal Roads .....................................................Maurine
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