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Fourth Session, 40th Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Morning Sitting Volume 23, Number 8 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 Fourth 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. Andrew Wilkinson 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 Thomson Minister of Health ...............................................................................................................................................................Hon. Dr. Terry Lake Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for Asia Pacific 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. Michelle Stilwell Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens' Services ................................................................................................ Hon. Amrik Virk Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ......................................................................................................................Hon. Todd Stone LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Official Opposition ...................................................................................................................................................John Horgan Deputy Speaker .............................................................................................................................................................................Douglas Horne Assistant Deputy Speaker ............................................................................................................................................................... Raj Chouhan Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole ............................................................................................................................................ Pat Pimm Clerk of the Legislative Assembly ................................................................................................................................................... Craig James Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees ................................................................................................................................. Kate Ryan-Lloyd Sessional Law Clerk ............................................................................................................................................. Loredana Catalli-Sonier, 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–Pacific 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 Throness Coleman, Hon. Rich (BC Liberal) ...........................Fort Langley–Aldergrove Columbia River–Revelstoke .................................................. Norm Macdonald Conroy, Katrine (NDP) .............................................................. Kootenay West Comox Valley.....................................................................................Don McRae Corrigan, Kathy (NDP) ..................................................... Burnaby–Deer Lake Coquitlam–Burke Mountain .....................................................Douglas Horne Dalton, Marc (Ind.) ......................................................... 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