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Fourth Session, 40th Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (HANSARD) Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Afternoon Sitting Volume 30, Number 5 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 and Minister Responsible for TransLink ................ Hon. Peter Fassbender Minister of Education ............................................................................................................................................................Hon. Mike Bernier 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 Justice ...............................................................................................................................................................Hon. Suzanne Anton Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction and Minister Responsible for the Liquor Distribution Branch ........................................................................................................Hon. Coralee Oakes 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 Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness .................................................................................................................... Hon. Naomi Yamamoto LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Official Opposition ...................................................................................................................................................John Horgan Deputy Speaker .............................................................................................................................................................................. Richard T. Lee 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 ...................................................................................................................................................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–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, Hon. 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 ....................................................................Vacant 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