Second Session, 40th Parliament
OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(HANSARD)
Monday, October 6, 2014 Aft ernoon Sitting Volume 14, Number 6
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
Second 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. Amrik Virk Minister of Agriculture ...... Hon. Norm Letnick Minister of Children and Family Development ...... Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development ...... Hon. Coralee Oakes Minister of Education ...... Hon. Peter Fassbender 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 Th omson Minister of Health ...... Hon. Dr. Terry Lake Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for Asia Pacifi c Strategy and Multiculturalism ...... Hon. Teresa Wat Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour ...... Hon. Shirley Bond Minister of State for Tourism and Small Business ...... Hon. Naomi Yamamoto Minister of Justice ...... Hon. Suzanne Anton Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation...... Hon. Don McRae Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services ...... Hon. Andrew Wilkinson Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ...... Hon. Todd Stone
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Leader of the Offi cial Opposition ...... John Horgan Deputy Speaker ...... Douglas Horne Assistant Deputy Speaker ...... Raj Chouhan Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole ...... Marc Dalton 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–Pacifi c 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, 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 Th roness Coleman, Hon. Rich (BC Liberal) ...... Fort Langley–Aldergrove Columbia River–Revelstoke ...... Norm Macdonald Conroy, Katrine (NDP) ...... Kootenay West Comox Valley...... Hon. Don McRae Corrigan, Kathy (NDP) ...... Burnaby–Deer Lake Coquitlam–Burke Mountain ...... Douglas Horne 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 Th ompson ...... Hon. Dr. Terry Lake Fleming, Rob (NDP) ...... Victoria–Swan Lake Kamloops–South Th ompson ...... Hon. Todd Stone Foster, Eric (BC Liberal) ...... Vernon-Monashee Kelowna–Lake Country ...... Hon. Norm Letnick Fraser, Scott (NDP) ...... Alberni–Pacifi c Rim Kelowna-Mission ...... Hon. Steve Th omson 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 Horne, Douglas (BC Liberal) ...... Coquitlam–Burke Mountain Nechako Lakes ...... Hon. John Rustad Hunt, Marvin (BC Liberal) ...... Surrey-Panorama Nelson-Creston ...... Michelle Mungall Huntington, Vicki (Ind.) ...... Delta South New Westminster ...... Judy Darcy James, Carole (NDP) ...... Victoria–Beacon Hill North Coast...... Jennifer Rice Karagianis, Maurine (NDP) ...... Esquimalt–Royal Roads North Island ...... Claire Trevena Krog, Leonard Eugene (NDP) ...... Nanaimo North Vancouver–Lonsdale ...... Hon. Naomi Yamamoto Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (NDP) ...... Vancouver–Mount Pleasant North Vancouver–Seymour ...... Jane Th ornthwaite Kyllo, Greg (BC Liberal) ...... Shuswap Oak Bay–Gordon Head ...... Dr. Andrew Weaver Lake, Hon. Dr. Terry (BC Liberal) ...... Kamloops–North Th ompson Parksville-Qualicum ...... Michelle Stilwell Larson, Linda (BC Liberal) ...... Boundary-Similkameen Peace River North ...... Pat Pimm Lee, Richard T. (BC Liberal) ...... Burnaby North Peace River South ...... Mike Bernier Letnick, Hon. Norm (BC Liberal) ...... Kelowna–Lake Country Penticton...... Dan Ashton Macdonald, Norm (NDP) ...... Columbia River–Revelstoke Port Coquitlam ...... Mike Farnworth McRae, Hon. Don (BC Liberal) ...... Comox Valley Port Moody–Coquitlam ...... Linda Reimer Martin, John (BC Liberal) ...... Chilliwack Powell River–Sunshine Coast ...... Nicholas Simons Morris, Mike (BC Liberal) ...... Prince George–Mackenzie Prince George–Mackenzie ...... Mike Morris Mungall, Michelle (NDP) ...... Nelson-Creston Prince George–Valemount ...... Hon. Shirley Bond Oakes, Hon. Coralee (BC Liberal) ...... Cariboo North Richmond Centre ...... Hon. Teresa Wat Pimm, Pat (BC Liberal) ...... Peace River North Richmond East ...... Hon. Linda Reid Plecas, Dr. Darryl (BC Liberal) ...... Abbotsford South Richmond-Steveston ...... John Yap Polak, Hon. Mary (BC Liberal) ...... Langley Saanich North and the Islands ...... Gary Holman Popham, Lana (NDP) ...... Saanich South Saanich South ...... Lana Popham Ralston, Bruce (NDP) ...... Surrey-Whalley Shuswap ...... Greg Kyllo Reid, Hon. Linda (BC Liberal) ...... Richmond East Skeena ...... Robin Austin Reimer, Linda (BC Liberal) ...... Port Moody–Coquitlam Stikine ...... Doug Donaldson Rice, Jennifer (NDP) ...... North Coast Surrey-Cloverdale ...... Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Robinson, Selina (NDP) ...... Coquitlam-Maillardville Surrey-Fleetwood ...... Hon. Peter Fassbender Routley, Bill (NDP) ...... Cowichan Valley Surrey–Green Timbers ...... Sue Hammell Routley, Doug (NDP) ...... Nanaimo–North Cowichan Surrey-Newton ...... Harry Bains Rustad, Hon. John (BC Liberal) ...... Nechako Lakes Surrey-Panorama ...... Marvin Hunt Shin, Jane Jae Kyung (NDP) ...... Burnaby-Lougheed Surrey-Tynehead ...... Hon. Amrik Virk Simons, Nicholas (NDP) ...... Powell River–Sunshine Coast Surrey-Whalley...... Bruce Ralston Simpson, Shane (NDP) ...... Vancouver-Hastings Surrey–White Rock ...... Gordon Hogg Stilwell, Michelle (BC Liberal) ...... Parksville-Qualicum Vancouver-Fairview ...... George Heyman Stilwell, Dr. Moira (BC Liberal) ...... Vancouver-Langara Vancouver–False Creek ...... Sam Sullivan Stone, Hon. Todd (BC Liberal) ...... Kamloops–South Th ompson Vancouver-Fraserview ...... Hon. Suzanne Anton Sturdy, Jordan (BC Liberal) ...... West Vancouver–Sea to Sky Vancouver-Hastings ...... Shane Simpson Sullivan, Sam (BC Liberal) ...... Vancouver–False Creek Vancouver-Kensington ...... Mable Elmore Sultan, Ralph (BC Liberal) ...... West Vancouver–Capilano Vancouver-Kingsway...... Adrian Dix Tegart, Jackie (BC Liberal) ...... Fraser-Nicola Vancouver-Langara ...... Dr. Moira Stilwell Th omson, Hon. Steve (BC Liberal) ...... Kelowna-Mission Vancouver–Mount Pleasant ...... Jenny Wai Ching Kwan Th ornthwaite, Jane (BC Liberal) ...... North Vancouver–Seymour Vancouver–Point Grey ...... David Eby Th roness, Laurie (BC Liberal)...... Chilliwack-Hope Vancouver-Quilchena ...... Hon. Andrew Wilkinson Trevena, Claire (NDP) ...... North Island Vancouver–West End ...... Spencer Chandra Herbert Virk, Hon. Amrik (BC Liberal) ...... Surrey-Tynehead Vernon-Monashee ...... Eric Foster Wat, Hon. Teresa (BC Liberal) ...... Richmond Centre Victoria–Beacon Hill ...... Carole James Weaver, Dr. Andrew (Ind.) ...... Oak Bay–Gordon Head Victoria–Swan Lake...... Rob Fleming Wilkinson, Hon. Andrew (BC Liberal) ...... Vancouver-Quilchena West Vancouver–Capilano ...... Ralph Sultan Yamamoto, Hon. Naomi (BC Liberal) ...... North Vancouver–Lonsdale West Vancouver–Sea to Sky ...... Jordan Sturdy Yap, John (BC Liberal) ...... Richmond-Steveston Westside-Kelowna ...... Hon. Christy Clark
Party Standings: BC Liberal 49; New Democratic 34; Independent 2
CONTENTS
Monday, October 6, 2014 Aft ernoon Sitting
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Tabling Documents ...... 4511 Offi ce of the Auditor General, Follow-Up Report, Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from Recent Reports, June 2014 Offi ce of the Auditor General, annual report, 2013-14 Offi ce of the Auditor General, fi nancial statements, 2013-14 Offi ce of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, annual report, 2013-14 Offi ce of the Ombudsperson, annual report, 2013-14 Offi ce of the Police Complaint Commissioner, annual report, 2013-14 Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, annual report, 2013-14 Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Investigation Report 14-01, lobbyist: Michael Klassen, March 14, 2014 Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Reconsideration 14-03, lobbyist: Michael Klassen Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Investigation Report 14-03, B.C. Federation of Labour, designated fi ler: James Sinclair, March 14, 2014 Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Reconsideration 14-01, B.C. Federation of Labour, designated fi ler: James Sinclair Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Investigation Report 14-09, lobbyist: William Belsey, June 4, 2014 Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Reconsideration 14-04, lobbyist: William Belsey Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Investigation Report 14-05, lobbyist: Cynthia Burton Shore, March 14, 2014 Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists, Reconsideration 14-02, lobbyist: Cynthia Burton Shore Offi ce of the Representative for Children and Youth, Finding Forever Families: A Review of the Provincial Adoption System Offi ce of the Representative for Children and Youth, investigative report, Children at Risk: Th e Case for a Better Response to Parental Addiction Offi ce of the Representative for Children and Youth, annual report, 2013-14, and service plan, 2014-15 to 2015-16
Motions Without Notice ...... 4511 Ratifi cation of membership of select standing committee Hon. M. de Jong
Prorogation Address ...... 4511
4511
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2014 Michael Farnworth, MLA, be ratified, setting forth that the following Members comprise the membership of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services for Th e House met at 12:03 p.m. the 2nd session of the 40th Parliament, eff ective September 5, 2014: Dan Ashton, (Chair), Eric Foster, Simon Gibson, Scott [Madame Speaker in the chair.] Hamilton, George Heyman, Gary Holman, Carole James, Mike Morris, Jane Jae Kyung Shin, and John Yap] Prayers. [1205] 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. Auditor General of British Columbia — Follow-Up Report, Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor requested to at- Updates on the Implementation of Recommendations from tend the House, was admitted to the chamber and took Recent Reports; Annual Report 2013-14; Financial State- her seat on the throne. ments 2013-14. [1210] Information and Privacy Commissioner — 2013-14 Annual Report. Prorogation Address Offi ce of the Ombudsperson — 2013-2014 Annual Report. Offi ce of the Police Complaint Commissioner — Annual Hon. J. Guichon (Lieutenant-Governor): Madame Report 2013-2014. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, in Offi ce of the Registrar of Lobbyists — Annual Report closing this second session of the 40th parliament of 2013-2014; Investigation Report 14-01, lobbyist: Michael British Columbia, I note that in this session we enacted Klassen, March 14, 2014; Reconsideration 14-03, lobbyist: 26 bills, covering areas of substance and importance to Michael Klassen; Investigation Report 14-03, B.C. Feder- the people of British Columbia. ation of Labour, designated fi ler: James Sinclair, March 14, On behalf of all British Columbians, I wish to express 2014; Reconsideration 14-01, B.C. Federation of Labour, my appreciation for the care and attention you have given designated fi ler: James Sinclair; Investigation Report 14-09, to your deliberations and the service you have provided lobbyist: William Belsey, June 4, 2014; Reconsideration to our great and beautiful province. I now relieve you of 14-04, lobbyist: William Belsey; Investigation Report 14-05, your duties. "Splendor sine occasu." lobbyist: Cynthia Burton Shore, March 14, 2014; Recon- sideration 14-02, lobbyist: Cynthia Burton Shore. Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor retired from Representative for Children and Youth — Finding Forever the chamber. Families: A Review of the Provincial Adoption System; inves- tigative report, Children at Risk: Th e Case for a Better Response [Madame Speaker in the chair.] to Parental Addiction; 2013-14 Annual Report and 2014- 15 to 2015-16 Service Plan. Hon. S. Anton: Madame Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, it is it is Her Honour the Lieutenant- Motions Without Notice Governor's will and pleasure that the Legislative Assembly be prorogued until 1:30 p.m. today, and this Legislative RATIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP Assembly is hereby prorogued accordingly. OF SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE Madame Speaker: Hon. Members, this House is pro- Hon. M. de Jong: Madame Speaker, by leave, I move: rogued until 1:30 p.m. [Th at the written agreement between the Government House Leader, Michael de Jong, MLA and the Opposition House Leader, Th e House prorogued at 12:13 p.m.
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