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Review of the Members' Conflict of Interest
REPORT FIFTH SESSION THIRTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills Review of the Members’ Conflict of Interest Act MARCH 2013 March 14, 2013 To the Honourable Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia Honourable Members: I have the honour to present herewith the Report of the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills on its review of the Members’ Conflict of Interest Act (RSBC 1996, c. 287). The Report covers the work of this Committee from April 18, 2012 to March 13, 2013. Respectfully submitted, Colin Hansen, MLA Chair Table of Contents Composition of the Committee ............................................................................................ i Terms of Reference .............................................................................................................. ii Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. iii The Statutory Framework .................................................................................................... 1 The Consultation Process ..................................................................................................... 3 Part 1 – Scope of the Act ...................................................................................................... 3 Ethics and Integrity ..................................................................................................................................... -
OOP-2013-00348 Announcement of the Next Executive Council of B.C
Page 1 OOP-2013-00348 Announcement of the next Executive Council of B.C. Friday, June 7, 2013 - 2:00 p.m. Invitation List - Invitee Guests Bonnie Abram Scott Anderson Lyn Anglin Olin Anton Robert Anton Helen Armstrong Mike Arnold Mike Arnold Deb Arnott Peter Ashcroft Antonia Audette Dave Bedwell Cindy Beedie Dr. Deborah Bell Jim Belsheim Beth Bennett Glenn Berg Valerie Bernier Ben Besler John Bishop Peter Boddy Bill Bond Michael Brooks Richard Bullock Matt Burke Cindy Burton Sandy Butler Daniel Cadieux George Cadman Marife Camerino Karen Cameron Murray Campbell S 22 Clark Campbell S 22 S 22 S 22 Alicia Campbell Lee Campbell S 22 Clark Campbell Page 2 OOP-2013-00348 Announcement of the next Executive Council of B.C. Friday, June 7, 2013 - 2:00 p.m. Invitation List - Invitee Guests Resja Campfens Sandi Case Ken Catton Cindy Chan Pius Chan James Chase Michael Chiu J. Brock Chrystal Charlotte Clark Jonathan Clarke Anita Clegg Susan Clovechok Susan Clovechok Lynette Cobb Hilda Colwell Tom Corsie Wayne Coulson Sharon Crowson Warren Cudney Warren Cudney Michael Curtiss Marlene Dalton Brian Daniel Bette Daoust Bette Daoust Francois Daoust Francois Daoust Filip de Sagher Gabrielle DeGroot Marko Dekovic Nilu Dhaliwal Lysa Dixon Rada Doyle Wayne Duzita Urmila Dwivedi John Eastwood Vivian Edwards Scott Ellis Barbara Elworthy Mark Elworthy Evangeline Englezos Warren Erhart Ida Fallowfield Charlene Fassbender Mr. Steve Fassbender Mrs. Steve Fassbender Page 3 OOP-2013-00348 Announcement of the next Executive Council of B.C. Friday, June 7, 2013 - 2:00 -
December 2014 • Volume 54 • Number 11
ENJOY FREEDOM OF CHOICE WITH SHORETEL Economic PREMISES, HYBRID OR HOSTED PLATFORMS! Outlook Forum 2015 SYSTEMS INC. Contact us today to learn more: [email protected] See page 5 for more details “The Canada Line is a proud part of The Vancouver Board of Trade’s advocacy history.” VBOT President and CEO Iain Black, pg. 3 DECEMBER 2014 • VOLUME 54 • NUMBER 11 THIS ISSUE New BC Hydro CEO visits VBOT in New Year · 2 2015 Rix Awards 2015 Rix Awards · 3 Chair’s Message · 4 Announced Canada Line celebrates 200M passengers · 5 Board of Trade’s highest honour to be bestowed BCIT President makes upon Carole Taylor and Global BC pitch for partnerships · 6 Insights from WCBC’s new salary surveys · 7 Photo highlights · 8 SFU’s Beedie School of Business looks south · 10 @boardoftrade /VancouverBoardofTrade boardoftrade.com Full story on page 3 3 Fly on your schedule. Don’t let winter weather prevent you from getting to your destination. Charter a jet or helicopter with London Air Services. 604-272-8123 | 1-877-399-8123 www.londonair.com 2 events and speakers Sounding Board December 2014 Powering our province’s future New BC Hydro CEO gives first Vancouver Board of Trade address Jan. 21 B.C.’s population is growing, working to update the current ership roles in the public sector the B.C. Public Service, respon- and as the province grows, so system and invest in new sources and was an independent consul- sible for oversight of all aspects of does our need for energy. of power to meet future growth. -
5351 Camosun Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6N 2C4
5351 Camosun Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6N 2C4 January 6, 2006 The Honourable Colin Hansen BY FAX MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena 5640 Dunbar Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6N 1W7 Dear Mr. Hansen: Re: November 17, 2005 Meeting at Quilchena Elementary School I would like to thank you, both personally and on behalf of our PAC, for initiating and attending the above-noted meeting with elementary school PAC representatives in Vancouver-Quilchena. We believe meetings such as these are an excellent opportunity for MLAs to gain a sense of opinion and issues in their constituencies. We hope you left the meeting with a new sense of what parents are experiencing in their children’s schools. From a PAC perspective, we found it enlightening to discover and perhaps reinforce that our concerns are not in isolation and that parents, in fact, share many of the same issues. We do hope that you have been able to act upon our requests to take our concerns to the Minister of Education. To refresh your recollection of our discussions during the meeting, the following is a list of comments and questions we specifically asked you to take to the Minister: We hope that the education roundtable will indeed be a step in the right direction to repair damaged relationships among some education stakeholders. The views of parents in our corner of the city are not well-represented by BCCPAC, even though they are the parent voice given a place at the roundtable. Should providing suitable, safe playgrounds be a function of government funding since play is -
Provincial Legislatures
PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES ◆ PROVINCIAL & TERRITORIAL LEGISLATORS ◆ PROVINCIAL & TERRITORIAL MINISTRIES ◆ COMPLETE CONTACT NUMBERS & ADDRESSES Completely updated with latest cabinet changes! 86 / PROVINCIAL RIDINGS PROVINCIAL RIDINGS British Columbia Surrey-Green Timbers ............................Sue Hammell ......................................96 Surrey-Newton........................................Harry Bains.........................................94 Total number of seats ................79 Surrey-Panorama Ridge..........................Jagrup Brar..........................................95 Liberal..........................................46 Surrey-Tynehead.....................................Dave S. Hayer.....................................96 New Democratic Party ...............33 Surrey-Whalley.......................................Bruce Ralston......................................98 Abbotsford-Clayburn..............................John van Dongen ................................99 Surrey-White Rock .................................Gordon Hogg ......................................96 Abbotsford-Mount Lehman....................Michael de Jong..................................96 Vancouver-Burrard.................................Lorne Mayencourt ..............................98 Alberni-Qualicum...................................Scott Fraser .........................................96 Vancouver-Fairview ...............................Gregor Robertson................................98 Bulkley Valley-Stikine ...........................Dennis -
Debates of the Legislative Assembly
4th Session, 37th Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) Tuesday, April 29, 2003 Morning Sitting Volume 14, Number 10 THE HONOURABLE CLAUDE RICHMOND, SPEAKER ISSN 0709-1281 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Entered Confederation July 20, 1871) LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Honourable Iona Campagnolo 4TH SESSION, 37TH PARLIAMENT SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Honourable Claude Richmond EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Premier and President of the Executive Council..........................................................................................................Hon. Gordon Campbell Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations................................................................................................... Hon. Greg Halsey-Brandt Deputy Premier and Minister of Education .........................................................................................................................Hon. Christy Clark Minister of Advanced Education............................................................................................................................................Hon. Shirley Bond Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries..................................................................................................................Hon. John van Dongen Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations.................................................................................. Hon. Geoff Plant Minister of Children and Family Development..................................................................................................................Hon. -
Order in Council 557/2001
PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No? 557 , Approved and Ordered JUN -52001 Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Exec- , utive Council, orders that (a) all previous designations of officials pursuant to section 9 (2) of the Constitution Act are rescinded, and (b) the designations in the Schedule to this order are made. ng M ber of the Executive Council (This part is for administrative purposes only and i n t part of the der.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section:- Constitution Act, s. 9 Other (specify):- t June 5, 2001 683/2001/13/ca SCHEDULE 1 From among those persons appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to compose the Executive Council, the following persons are designated as officials with portfolio and the portfolio designated for each official is that shown opposite the name of the official: The Honourable Gordon Campbell Premier The Honourable Shirley Bond Advanced Education The Honourable John van Dongen Agriculture, Food and Fisheries The Honourable Geoff Plant Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations The Honourable Gordon Hogg Children and Family Development The Honourable George Abbott Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services The Honourable Rick Thorpe Competition, Science and Enterprise The Honourable Christy Clark Education and Deputy Premier The Honourable Richard Neufeld Energy and Mines The Honourable -
Legislative Reports
Legislative Reports government’s budget for not shar- evening. Even a brief power outage ing the $1.3 billion resources with that dimmed the lights in the As- average Saskatchewan families. The sembly did not curtail his stamina NDP identified four areas that to continue. Mr. Yates concluded could have been addressed, includ- his remarks by moving an amend- ing immediately doubling property ment to extend the sitting hours to tax relief, doubling the number of 1:00 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays new training seats, investing in af- and Wednesdays. fordable housing programs and The Opposition’s successful ef- funding green initiatives to help the forts to delay implementation of the Saskatchewan province meet its climate change extended sitting hours prompted targets. the Government to give notice of he Assembly returned for a Thebudgetdebatewascon- their intent to move closure on the Tshortened spring session on cluded on April 3rd with the As- motion at the earliest opportunity March 10th. Members first paused sembly defeating the Opposition on April 8th. The Opposition House to reflect on the passing of nine for- amendment and adopting the bud- Leader Len Taylor responded by mer Members over the previous get motion. raising a question of privilege on year and to adopt motions of condo- the decision to invoke closure. The Extended Hours Motions lence for each. Subsequent days basis of his submission was that were devoted to considering sup- changes to the standing orders of After growing concerned that there plementary estimates and moving parliaments were traditionally only were insufficient sitting hours to forward on the government’s legis- implemented after opposition par- complete its agenda before the lative agenda. -
The Politics of Consumption Tax Reform
Playing with Fiscal Fire: The Politics of Consumption Tax Reform by Matthew Lesch A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Political Science University of Toronto © Copyright by Matthew Lesch 2018 Playing with Fiscal Fire: The Politics of Consumption Tax Reform Matthew Lesch Doctor of Philosophy Political Science University of Toronto Abstract 2018 Drawing on the case of consumption tax reform, this dissertation investigates the varying capacity of governments to enact and institutionalize ―general-interest reforms‖ (Patashnik 2003). The study advances a two-stage theory of policy reform. The first part explains why some governments, in spite of the political risks, decide to pursue general-interest reforms. In this first stage, two variants of policy learning—rational learning and emulation—are proposed to explain policy uptake. The second stage of the theory builds on policy feedback scholarship (Pierson 1993;Mettler and SoRelle 2014), claiming that the durability of a reform hinges on policy design. It proposes that governments can prompt various policy feedback effects through policy design and communications. Such efforts can shape the political incentives and perceptions of interest groups, opposition parties and voters at key junctures in the policy process. The study illustrates the analytic value of this approach through two distinct but complementary empirical strategies. First, through comparative case analysis using mainly qualitative techniques of elite interviews and document analysis, it compares the varying experiences of two Canadian provincial governments— Ontario and British Columbia (BC)—with value-added tax (VAT) reform. While each government chose to pursue VAT reform in the late 2000s, only in the case of Ontario was it successfully implemented while the BC government was forced to reverse its policy decision. -
Kelowna Capital News - No Escaping a Year of Government Regulation
Kelowna Capital News - No escaping a year of government regulation Powered by SAVE THIS | EMAIL THIS | Close No escaping a year of government regulation B.C. premier Gordon Campbell became such a strong symbol for the frustration over implementation of the harmonized sales tax that he was forced to tender his resignation as premier . http://www.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?e...n%2Fkelownacapitalnews%2Fnews%2F112740829.html (1 of 16) [10/01/2011 12:05:57 PM] Kelowna Capital News - No escaping a year of government regulation Sean Connor/Capital News Published: December 31, 2010 11:00 PM When it came to regulation in 2010, nothing came close to creating the controversy that the Harmonized Sales Tax did. The tax, a blending of the former seven per cent provincial sales tax and the five per cent GST into a single new 12 per cent sales tax, raised the ire of hundreds of thousands of B.C. residents even before it came into effect July 1. FightHST, an organization fronted by former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm, circulated petitions in a bid to force the government to scrap the tax, which is applicable to many items and services previously excluded from the old provincial sales tax. That means a myriad of items and services, including such things as restaurant meals, funerals and some previously exempt children’s clothes, are now seven per cent more expensive. The petitions attracted 700,000 signatures, more than the 10 per cent of eligible voters in each riding in B.C. required to have the petitions accepted by Elections B.C. -
Regional Council Information Package August 18Th , 2006
RegionalRegional CouncilCouncil InformationInformation PackagePackage August 18th , 2006 Whilst August yet wears her golden crown, Ripening fields lush- bright with promise; Summer waxes long, then wanes, quietly passing Her fading green glory on to riotous Autumn. - Michelle L. Thieme, August's Crown There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart. ~Celia Thaxter In summer, the song sings itself. ~William Carlos Williams COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKAGE ITEMS & ARTICLES AVAILABLE IN THIS ISSUE OF CIP SOURCE TOPIC PAGE Title Page 1 CIP ARTICLES - Table of Contents 2-3 Regional Council Calendar 4 UBCM Letter Re: Business Case - Full Time Funded 5-8 Coordinator for the BC Municipal Safety Association Ida Chong, Minister of Letter Re: Approval of Applications for 9-10 Community Services Infrastructure Planning Grants - Stormwater Master Plan, Sewer System Master Plan Letter Re: Meeting Request Form for UBCM 11-12 Convention, Oct. 23-27, Victoria Office of the Premier News Release Re: Premier Announces Cabinet 13-14 Changes Partnerships British Invitation Re: Reception to Provide an Update 15 Columbia on Current Projects, Sept. 7, Tiki Room, Fort Nelson Hotel Karma Pratt, Invitation Re: US Ambassador Luncheon, 16 Duke Energy Sept. 19th, Fort St. John MFA Notice Re: 2007 Financial Forum/ AGM Call for 17 Topics, March 14-15, 2007, Vancouver FCM Member’s Advisory Re: Invitation to Comment - 18 Federal Infrastructure Investments Tourism BC Inform Bulletin Re: Top 11 Round QSR Scores 19 City of Williams Lake Letter Re: US/ Canada Softwood Lumber -
Top Ten Takeaways from Interviews with the Architects of British Columbia’S Carbon Tax Sources
the solutions series HOW to ADOPT a WINNING CARBON PRICE Top Ten Takeaways from Interviews with the Architects of British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Sources All of our interviews were conducted Policy Developers confidentially, and we assured Gordon Campbell* Premier, Province of British Columbia interviewees that their specific Tim Lesiuk comments would not be attributed British Columbia Climate Action Secretariat to them by name. However, some Carole Taylor* participants opted to put some or all of Finance Minister, Province of British Columbia their comments “on the record.” Twelve Chris Trumpy* Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance, of our interviews were conducted by Province of British Columbia phone and one by email. Graham Whitmarsh* Head, Climate Action Secretariat, Province of British Columbia Expert Commentators Ross Beaty Executive Chairman, Alterra Power Christy Clark Current Premier of British Columbia (interview conducted by email) Spencer Chandra Hebert Current New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and Official Opposition Environment Spokesperson Jock Finlayson Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer, Business Council of British Columbia Pamela Goldsmith-Jones* Mayor, District of West Vancouver Kathryn Harrison Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia Matt Horne Associate Director (British Columbia), Pembina Institute Mary Polak Current Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia and Minister of the Environment, Province of British Columbia *Title as of 2008, when the carbon tax was introduced. 2 Introduction British Columbia’s carbon tax was North America’s first economy-wide carbon pricing policy when it was introduced in 2008. It remains the continent’s strongest carbon-pricing initiative today, and has been recognized the world over for the effectiveness of its design.