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Official Report of Debates (Hansard) Fifh Session, 41st Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES (HANSARD) Friday, August 14, 2020 Afernoon Sitting Issue No. 360 THE HONOURABLE DARRYL PLECAS, SPEAKER ISSN 1499-2175 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Entered Confederation July 20, 1871) LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Her Honour the Honourable Janet Austin, OBC Fifth Session, 41st Parliament SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Honourable Darryl Plecas EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Premier and President of the Executive Council ............................................................................................................... Hon. John Horgan Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance............................................................................................................................Hon. Carole James Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training..................................................................................................... Hon. Melanie Mark Minister of Agriculture.........................................................................................................................................................Hon. Lana Popham Attorney General.................................................................................................................................................................Hon. David Eby, QC Minister of Children and Family Development ............................................................................................................ Hon. Katrine Conroy Minister of State for Child Care......................................................................................................................................Hon. Katrina Chen Minister of Citizens’ Services...................................................................................................................................................Hon. Anne Kang Minister of Education ............................................................................................................................................................ Hon. Rob Fleming Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ..................................................................................................... Hon. Bruce Ralston Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy.............................................................................................Hon. George Heyman Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development ..............................................Hon. Doug Donaldson Minister of Health .....................................................................................................................................................................Hon. Adrian Dix Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation .........................................................................................................Hon. Scott Fraser Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness.............................................................................Hon. Michelle Mungall Minister of State for Trade...............................................................................................................................................Hon. George Chow Minister of Labour ...................................................................................................................................................................Hon. Harry Bains Minister of Mental Health and Addictions............................................................................................................................ Hon. Judy Darcy Minister of Municipal Afairs and Housing.................................................................................................................. Hon. Selina Robinson Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General ........................................................................................................... Hon. Mike Farnworth Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction..............................................................................................Hon. Shane Simpson Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.....................................................................................................................................Hon. Lisa Beare Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure................................................................................................................ Hon. Claire Trevena LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Ofcial Opposition................................................................................................................................Andrew Wilkinson, QC Leader of the Tird Party .................................................................................................................................................................Adam Olsen Deputy Speaker................................................................................................................................................................................ Raj Chouhan Assistant Deputy Speaker............................................................................................................................................................. Simon Gibson Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole ................................................................................................................ Spencer Chandra Herbert Clerk of the Legislative Assembly ........................................................................................................................................... Kate Ryan-Lloyd Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel.............................................................................................................................. Seunghee Suzie Seo Clerk Assistant, Parliamentary Services........................................................................................................................... Artour Sogomonian Clerk Assistant, Committees and Interparliamentary Relations ..............................................................................................Susan Sourial Senior Research Analyst.................................................................................................................................................................Jennifer Arril Senior Research Analyst................................................................................................................................................................... Karan Riarh Acting Sergeant-at-Arms..................................................................................................................................................................Greg Nelson ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS LIST OF MEMBERS BY RIDING Ashton, Dan (BC Liberal) ......................................................................... Penticton Abbotsford-Mission............................................................................Simon Gibson Bains, Hon. Harry (NDP)................................................................ Surrey-Newton Abbotsford South....................................................................... Hon. Darryl Plecas Barnett, Donna (BC Liberal) .....................................................Cariboo-Chilcotin Abbotsford West...................................................................... Michael de Jong, QC Beare, Hon. Lisa (NDP)..............................................Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Boundary-Similkameen...................................................................... Linda Larson Begg, Garry (NDP) .......................................................................Surrey-Guildford Burnaby–Deer Lake.......................................................................Hon. Anne Kang Bernier, Mike (BC Liberal) .........................................................Peace River South Burnaby-Edmonds................................................................................Raj Chouhan Bond, Shirley (BC Liberal)...........................................Prince George–Valemount Burnaby-Lougheed.................................................................... Hon. Katrina Chen Brar, Jagrup (NDP).......................................................................Surrey-Fleetwood Burnaby North ................................................................................. Janet Routledge Cadieux, Stephanie (BC Liberal)........................................................ Surrey South Cariboo-Chilcotin .............................................................................Donna Barnett Chandra Herbert, Spencer (NDP) .......................................Vancouver–West End Cariboo North.................................................................................... Coralee Oakes Chen, Hon. Katrina (NDP)...................................................... Burnaby-Lougheed Chilliwack ............................................................................................... John Martin Chouhan, Raj (NDP) .................................................................Burnaby-Edmonds Chilliwack-Kent ...............................................................................Laurie Troness Chow, Hon. George (NDP).................................................Vancouver-Fraserview Columbia River–Revelstoke ......................................................... Doug Clovechok Clovechok, Doug (BC Liberal) ..................................Columbia
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