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Debates of the Legislative Assembly Fift h Session, 39th Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) Th ursday, March 14, 2013 Morning Sitting Volume 44, Number 6 THE HONOURABLE BILL BARISOFF, 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 Fifth 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 Energy, Mines and Natural Gas and Minister Responsible for Housing .............Hon. Rich Coleman Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation ............................................................................................................ Hon. Ida Chong Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism and Minister of State for Seniors ........................................................................................................................................................Hon. Ralph Sultan Minister of Agriculture ........................................................................................................................................................Hon. Norm Letnick Minister of Children and Family Development .......................................................................................................Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Minister of Citizens' Services and Open Government ........................................................................................................Hon. Ben Stewart Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development ................................................................................................Hon. Bill Bennett Minister of Education ............................................................................................................................................................. Hon. Don McRae Minister of Environment ....................................................................................................................................................Hon. Dr. Terry Lake 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. Margaret MacDiarmid Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour ............................................................ Hon. Pat Bell Minister of State for Small Business ............................................................................................................................Hon. Naomi Yamamoto Minister of Justice ...................................................................................................................................................................Hon. Shirley Bond Minister of Social Development ...................................................................................................................................Hon. Dr. Moira Stilwell Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ......................................................................................................................Hon. Mary Polak LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Offi cial Opposition ......................................................................................................................................................Adrian Dix Deputy Speaker .................................................................................................................................................................................... Linda Reid Assistant Deputy Speaker ..................................................................................................................................................................Dawn Black Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole .......................................................................................................................................... Harry Bloy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly ................................................................................................................................................... Craig James Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees ................................................................................................................................. Kate Ryan-Lloyd Sessional Law Clerk ...................................................................................................................................................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, George (BC Liberal) .................................................................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 (BC Liberal) ...........................................................Penticton Alberni–Pacifi c Rim ..........................................................................Scott Fraser Barnett, Donna (BC Liberal) ...............................................Cariboo-Chilcotin Boundary-Similkameen .....................................................................John Slater Bell, Hon. Pat (BC Liberal) .................................... Prince George–Mackenzie Burnaby–Deer Lake ...................................................................Kathy Corrigan Bennett, Hon. Bill (BC Liberal) ...................................................Kootenay East Burnaby-Edmonds ......................................................................... Raj Chouhan Black, Dawn (NDP) ................................................................New Westminster Burnaby-Lougheed ............................................................................ Harry Bloy Bloy, Harry (BC Liberal) .....................................................Burnaby-Lougheed Burnaby North ..............................................................................Richard T. Lee Bond, Hon. Shirley (BC Liberal) ...........................Prince George–Valemount Cariboo-Chilcotin ........................................................................Donna Barnett Brar, Jagrup (NDP) ................................................................ Surrey-Fleetwood Cariboo North ................................................................................ Bob Simpson Cadieux, Hon. Stephanie (BC Liberal) .................................Surrey-Panorama Chilliwack ............................................................................................... John Les Cantelon, Ron (BC Liberal) ............................................. Parksville-Qualicum Chilliwack-Hope ......................................................................Gwen O'Mahony Chandra Herbert, Spencer (NDP) .................................Vancouver–West End Columbia River–Revelstoke ..................................................Norm Macdonald Chong, Hon. Ida (BC Liberal) ....................................Oak Bay–Gordon Head Comox Valley...........................................................................Hon. Don McRae Chouhan, Raj (NDP) ...........................................................Burnaby-Edmonds Coquitlam–Burke Mountain .....................................................Douglas Horne Clark, Hon. Christy (BC Liberal) .................................Vancouver–Point Grey Coquitlam-Maillardville............................................................... Diane Th orne Coell, Murray (BC Liberal) ..............................Saanich North and the Islands Cowichan Valley ................................................................................ Bill Routley Coleman, Hon. Rich (BC Liberal) .......................... Fort Langley–Aldergrove Delta North ......................................................................................Guy Gentner Conroy, Katrine (NDP) .............................................................. Kootenay West Delta South ...............................................................................Vicki Huntington Coons, Gary (NDP) .........................................................................North
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