Third Session, 39th Parliament

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Monday, October 3, 2011 Morning Sitting Volume 24, Number 6

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ISSN 0709-1281 PROVINCE OF (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. Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance...... Hon. Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation...... Hon. Minister of Advanced Education...... Hon. Minister of Agriculture...... Hon. Don McRae Minister of Children and Family Development...... Hon. Mary McNeil Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development...... Hon. Minister of Education...... Hon. George Abbott Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Housing...... Hon. Minister of Environment...... Hon. Dr. 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. Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government...... Hon. Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Attorney General...... Hon. Minister of Social Development...... Hon. Minister of State for Multiculturalism...... Hon. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure...... Hon.

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Leader of the OfficialO pposition...... Deputy Speaker...... Assistant Deputy Speaker...... Dawn Black Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole...... Douglas Horne Clerk of the Legislative Assembly...... Craig James Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees...... Kate Ryan-Lloyd Clerk Assistant...... Robert Vaive Law Clerk and Clerk Assistant...... Ian D. Izard, QC Clerk Assistant...... Roderick MacArthur, QC Clerk Consultant...... E. George MacMinn, OBC, QC Sergeant-at-Arms...... Gary Lenz ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS LIST OF MEMBERS BY RIDING

Abbott, Hon. George (L)...... Shuswap Abbotsford-Mission...... Austin, Robin (NDP)...... Skeena ...... 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 –Deer Lake...... Bennett, Bill (L)...... Kootenay East Burnaby-Edmonds...... Raj Chouhan Black, Dawn (NDP)...... New Westminster Burnaby-Lougheed...... Hon. Harry Bloy Bloy, Hon. Harry (L)...... Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North...... Richard T. Lee Bond, Hon. Shirley (L)...... Prince George–Valemount Cariboo-Chilcotin...... Brar, Jagrup (NDP)...... Surrey-Fleetwood Cariboo North...... Bob Simpson Cadieux, Hon. Stephanie (L)...... Surrey-Panorama Chilliwack...... Cantelon, Ron (L)...... Parksville-Qualicum Chilliwack-Hope...... , QC Chandra Herbert, Spencer (NDP)...... –West End Columbia River–Revelstoke...... Norm Macdonald Chong, Hon. Ida (L)...... Oak Bay–Gordon Head Comox Valley...... Hon. Don McRae Chouhan, Raj (NDP)...... Burnaby-Edmonds Coquitlam–Burke Mountain...... Douglas Horne Clark, Hon. Christy (L)...... Vancouver–Point Grey Coquitlam-Maillardville...... Diane Thorne Coell, Murray (L)...... Saanich North and the Islands Cowichan Valley...... Coleman, Hon. Rich (L)...... Fort Langley–Aldergrove Delta North...... Guy Gentner Conroy, Katrine (NDP)...... Kootenay West Delta South...... Vicki Huntington Coons, Gary (NDP)...... North Coast Esquimalt–Royal Roads...... Maurine Karagianis Corrigan, Kathy (NDP)...... Burnaby–Deer Lake Fort Langley–Aldergrove...... Hon. Rich Coleman Dalton, Marc (L)...... Maple Ridge–Mission Fraser-Nicola...... Harry Lali de Jong, Hon. Michael, QC (L)...... Abbotsford West Juan de Fuca...... Dix, Adrian (NDP)...... Vancouver-Kingsway Kamloops–North Thompson...... Hon. Dr. Terry Lake Donaldson, Doug (NDP)...... Stikine Kamloops–South Thompson...... Elmore, Mable (NDP)...... Vancouver-Kensington –Lake Country...... Falcon, Hon. Kevin (L)...... Surrey-Cloverdale Kelowna-Mission...... Hon. Steve Thomson Farnworth, Mike (NDP)...... Port Coquitlam Kootenay East...... Fleming, Rob (NDP)...... Victoria–Swan Lake Kootenay West...... Katrine Conroy Foster, Eric (L)...... Vernon-Monashee Langley...... Hon. Mary Polak Fraser, Scott (NDP)...... Alberni–Pacific Rim Maple Ridge–Mission...... Gentner, Guy (NDP)...... Delta North Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows...... Michael Sather Hammell, Sue (NDP)...... Surrey–Green Timbers ...... Leonard Krog Hansen, Colin (L)...... Vancouver-Quilchena Nanaimo–North Cowichan...... Doug Routley Hawes, Randy (L)...... Abbotsford-Mission Nechako Lakes...... Hayer, Dave S. (L)...... Surrey-Tynehead Nelson-Creston...... Michelle Mungall Heed, Kash (L)...... Vancouver-Fraserview New Westminster...... Dawn Black Hogg, Gordon (L)...... Surrey–White Rock North Coast...... Gary Coons Horgan, John (NDP)...... Juan de Fuca North Island...... Horne, Douglas (L)...... Coquitlam–Burke Mountain –Lonsdale...... Hon. Naomi Yamamoto Howard, Rob (L)...... Richmond Centre North Vancouver–Seymour...... Jane Thornthwaite Huntington, Vicki (Ind.)...... Delta South Oak Bay–Gordon Head...... Hon. Ida Chong James, Carole (NDP)...... Victoria–Beacon Hill Parksville-Qualicum...... Karagianis, Maurine (NDP)...... Esquimalt–Royal Roads Peace River North...... Krog, Leonard (NDP)...... Nanaimo ...... Hon. Blair Lekstrom Krueger, Kevin (L)...... Kamloops–South Thompson Penticton...... Hon. Bill Barisoff Kwan, Jenny Wai Ching (NDP)...... Vancouver–Mount Pleasant Port Coquitlam...... Lake, Hon. Dr. Terry (L)...... Kamloops–North Thompson Port Moody–Coquitlam...... Vacant Lali, Harry (NDP)...... Fraser-Nicola Powell River–Sunshine Coast...... Nicholas Simons Lee, Richard T. (L)...... Burnaby North Prince George–Mackenzie...... Hon. Pat Bell Lekstrom, Hon. Blair (L)...... Peace River South Prince George–Valemount...... Hon. Shirley Bond Les, John (L)...... Chilliwack Richmond Centre...... Letnick, Norm (L)...... Kelowna–Lake Country Richmond East...... Linda Reid MacDiarmid, Hon. Dr. Margaret (L)...... Vancouver-Fairview Richmond-Steveston...... Macdonald, Norm (NDP)...... Columbia River–Revelstoke Saanich North and the Islands...... McIntyre, Joan (L)...... West Vancouver–Sea to Sky Saanich South...... Lana Popham McNeil, Hon. Mary (L)...... Vancouver–False Creek Shuswap...... Hon. George Abbott McRae, Hon. Don (L)...... Comox Valley Skeena...... Robin Austin Mungall, Michelle (NDP)...... Nelson-Creston Stikine...... Doug Donaldson Penner, Barry, QC (L)...... Chilliwack-Hope Surrey-Cloverdale...... Hon. Kevin Falcon Pimm, Pat (L)...... Peace River North Surrey-Fleetwood...... Jagrup Brar Polak, Hon. Mary (L)...... Langley Surrey–Green Timbers...... Popham, Lana (NDP)...... Saanich South Surrey-Newton...... Harry Bains Ralston, Bruce (NDP)...... Surrey-Whalley Surrey-Panorama...... Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Reid, Linda (L)...... Richmond East Surrey-Tynehead...... Dave S. Hayer Routley, Bill (NDP)...... Cowichan Valley Surrey-Whalley...... Bruce Ralston Routley, Doug (NDP)...... Nanaimo–North Cowichan Surrey–White Rock...... Gordon Hogg Rustad, John (L)...... Nechako Lakes Vancouver-Fairview...... Hon. Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid Sather, Michael (NDP)...... Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows Vancouver–False Creek...... Hon. Mary McNeil Simons, Nicholas (NDP)...... Powell River–Sunshine Coast Vancouver-Fraserview...... Simpson, Bob (Ind.)...... Cariboo North Vancouver-Hastings...... Shane Simpson Simpson, Shane (NDP)...... Vancouver-Hastings Vancouver-Kensington...... Slater, John (L)...... Boundary-Similkameen Vancouver-Kingsway...... Adrian Dix Stewart, Ben (L)...... Westside-Kelowna Vancouver-Langara...... Dr. Stilwell, Dr. Moira (L)...... Vancouver-Langara Vancouver–Mount Pleasant...... Jenny Wai Ching Kwan Sultan, Ralph (L)...... West Vancouver–Capilano Vancouver–Point Grey...... Hon. Christy Clark Thomson, Hon. Steve (L)...... Kelowna-Mission Vancouver-Quilchena...... Thorne, Diane (NDP)...... Coquitlam-Maillardville Vancouver–West End...... Spencer Chandra Herbert Thornthwaite, Jane (L)...... North Vancouver–Seymour Vernon-Monashee...... Trevena, Claire (NDP)...... North Island Victoria–Beacon Hill...... van Dongen, John (L)...... Abbotsford South Victoria–Swan Lake...... Rob Fleming Yamamoto, Hon. Naomi (L)...... North Vancouver–Lonsdale West Vancouver–Capilano...... Yap, John (L)...... Richmond-Steveston West Vancouver–Sea to Sky...... Joan McIntyre Vacant...... Port Moody–Coquitlam Westside-Kelowna......

Party Standings: Liberal 48; New Democratic 34; Independent 2; Vacant 1

CONTENTS

Monday, October 3, 2011 Morning Sitting

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Introductions by Members...... 7897

Tabling Documents...... 7897 Office of the Auditor General, 2010/11 Annual Report and 2011/12-2013/14 Service Plan Office of the Auditor General, report No. 3, Status of Enterprise Risk Management in the Government Ministries of British Columbia Office of the Auditor General, report No. 4, An Audit of the Environmental Assessment Office's Oversight of Certified Projects Office of the Auditor General, report No. 5, British Columbia Coroners Service Office of the Auditor General, report No. 6, Observations on Financial Reporting Elections B.C., Annual Report 2010-2011 Elections B.C., Discussion Paper: Internet Voting, August 2011 Elections B.C., Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Recall Petitions, November 15, 2010-April 30, 2011 Elections B.C., Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Vancouver–Point Grey By-Election, May 11, 2011 Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, 2010-2011 Annual Report Office of the Merit Commissioner, Annual Report 2010-2011 — Upholding Fair Hiring in the B.C. Public Service Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, 2010 Annual Report Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, Annual Report, April 1, 2010-March 31, 2011 Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, So Many Plans, So Little Stability: A Child's Needs for Security Office of the Representative for Children and Youth, Isolated and Invisible: When Children with Special Needs Are Seen but Not Seen, June 2011

Prorogation Address...... 7897

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011 2011 — Upholding Fair Hiring in the B.C. Public Service; Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner, Annual The House met at 10:03 a.m. Report 2010; Representative for Children and Youth, Annual Report, April 1, 2010-March 31, 2011; So Many [Mr. Speaker in the chair.] Plans, So Little Stability: A Child's Needs for Security; Isolated and Invisible: When Children with Special Needs Prayers. Are Seen but Not Seen, June 2011. Hon. Members, if you'd remain in your seats. The Introductions by Members Lieutenant-Governor is in the precinct.

M. Karagianis: In the time-honoured habit of this His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor entered the House, I would like to introduce my newest grand- chamber and took his seat on the throne. daughter, Alexandra Makana Gamracy, who was born to my son and his wife, and her sister Maxine. I would Prorogation Address like the House to please make her welcome. She is one week old. Hon. S. Point (Lieutenant-Governor): Mr. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, in closing the Hon. R. Coleman: In the spirit of the member op- third session of the 39th parliament of British Colum- posite, I'd also like to introduce my new granddaughter bia, I wish to commend you on the accomplishments to the House. Her name is Josephine Annabelle Johnson. of the past year. This session has seen the passage of She was born a couple of weeks ago, and she came out at measures of wide-ranging and significant importance to 11 pounds, two ounces. the people of our province. On behalf of all British Col- [1005] umbians, I wish to express my appreciation for the care and attention you've given to your deliberations. I now Tabling Documents relieve you of your duties. But don't go far. [Laughter.]

Mr. Speaker: Hon. Members, I have the honour to His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor retired from present the following reports: the Office of the Auditor the chamber. General, Annual Report 2010-2011 and Service Plan [1010] 2011-12–2013-14; report 3, Status of Enterprise Risk Management in the Government Ministries of British [Mr. Speaker in the chair.] Columbia; report 4, An Audit of the Environmental Assessment Office's Oversight of Certified Projects; re- Hon. S. Bond: Mr. Speaker and Members of the port 5, British Columbia Coroners Service; report 6, Legislative Assembly, it is His Honour the Lieutenant- Observations on Financial Reporting; Elections B.C., Governor's will and pleasure that the Legislative Annual Report 2010-2011; Discussion Paper: Internet Assembly be prorogued until 2 p.m. today, and this Voting, August 2011; Report of the Chief Electoral Officer Legislative Assembly is hereby prorogued accordingly. on Recall Petitions, November 15, 2010-April 30, 2011; Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the Vancouver– Mr. Speaker: Hon. Members, this House is prorogued Point Grey By-Election, May 11, 2011; Office of the until two o'clock this afternoon. Information and Privacy Commissioner, Annual Report 2010-2011; Merit Commissioner, Annual Report 2010- The House prorogued at 10:11 a.m.

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