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Debates of the Legislative Assembly Third Session, 39th Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (hANSARD) Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Afternoon Sitting Volume 22, Number 9 THE HONOURABLE BILL BARISOFF, spEAKER ISSN 0709-1281 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Entered Confederation July 20, 1871) LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR His Honour the Honourable Steven L. Point, OBC Third 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 Attorney General ........................................................................................................................................................... Hon. Barry Penner, QC 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 Thomson Minister of Health .................................................................................................................................................... Hon. Michael de Jong, QC Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation ................................................................................................................................... Hon. Pat Bell Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government ..............................................................................Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General .................................................................................................................Hon. Shirley Bond Minister of Social Development and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism ............................................................ Hon. Harry Bloy Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ................................................................................................................Hon. Blair Lekstrom LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Official 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...................................................................................................................E. George MacMinn, OBC, QC Clerk Assistant ..................................................................................................................................................................................Robert Vaive Clerk Assistant and Law Clerk................................................................................................................................................. Ian D. Izard, QC Clerk Assistant and Clerk of Committees ...............................................................................................................Craig H. James (on leave) Clerk Assistant and Acting Clerk of Committees ................................................................................................................. Kate Ryan-Lloyd Sergeant-at-Arms .................................................................................................................................................................................Gary Lenz ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS LIST OF MEMBERS BY RIDING Abbott, Hon. George (L) ........................................................................ 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 (L)............................................................................Penticton Alberni–Pacific Rim .......................................................................... Scott Fraser Barnett, Donna (L) ................................................................Cariboo-Chilcotin Boundary-Similkameen .....................................................................John Slater Bell, Hon. Pat (L) ..................................................... Prince George–Mackenzie Burnaby–Deer Lake ................................................................... Kathy Corrigan Bennett, Bill (L) .............................................................................Kootenay East Burnaby-Edmonds ......................................................................... Raj Chouhan Black, Dawn (NDP) ................................................................New Westminster Burnaby-Lougheed ...................................................................Hon. Harry Bloy Black, Iain (L) .............................................................. Port Moody–Coquitlam Burnaby North .............................................................................. Richard T. Lee Bloy, Hon. Harry (L) ............................................................Burnaby-Lougheed Cariboo-Chilcotin ........................................................................Donna Barnett Bond, Hon. Shirley (L) ...........................................Prince George–Valemount Cariboo North ................................................................................ Bob Simpson Brar, Jagrup (NDP) ................................................................ Surrey-Fleetwood Chilliwack ............................................................................................... John Les Cadieux, Hon. Stephanie (L) ................................................Surrey-Panorama Chilliwack-Hope .......................................................... Hon. Barry Penner, QC Cantelon, Ron (L).............................................................. Parksville-Qualicum Columbia River–Revelstoke .................................................. Norm Macdonald Chandra Herbert, Spencer (NDP) ................................Vancouver–West End Comox Valley...........................................................................Hon. Don McRae Chong, Hon. Ida (L)..................................................... Oak Bay–Gordon Head Coquitlam–Burke Mountain .....................................................Douglas Horne Chouhan, Raj (NDP) ........................................................... Burnaby-Edmonds Coquitlam-Maillardville............................................................... Diane Thorne Coell, Murray (L) ..............................................Saanich North and the Islands Cowichan Valley ................................................................................ Bill Routley Coleman, Hon. Rich (L) ........................................... Fort Langley–Aldergrove Delta North ......................................................................................Guy Gentner Conroy, Katrine (NDP) .............................................................. Kootenay West Delta South ...............................................................................Vicki
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