Fourth Session, 41st Parliament

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS (HANSARD)

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Victoria Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Issue No. 22

SHIRLEY BOND, MLA, CHAIR

ISSN 1499-4259

MEMBERSHIP Public Accounts

Chair: Shirley Bond (Prince George–Valemount, BC Liberal)

Deputy Chair: Mitzi Dean (Esquimalt-Metchosin, NDP)

Members: Garry Begg (Surrey-Guildford, NDP) Rick Glumac (Port Moody–Coquitlam, NDP) (North –Lonsdale, NDP) Ralph Sultan (–Capilano, BC Liberal) Jane Tornthwaite (–Seymour, BC Liberal) John Yap (Richmond-Steveston, BC Liberal)

Clerk: Kate Ryan-Lloyd

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Page

Deliberations...... 577

MINUTES Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts

Tuesday, November 26, 2019 12:00 p.m. Douglas Fir Committee Room (Room 226) Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C.

Present: Shirley Bond, MLA (Chair); Mitzi Dean, MLA (Deputy Chair); Garry Begg, MLA; Rick Glumac, MLA; Bowinn Ma, MLA; Ralph Sultan, MLA; Jane Tornthwaite, MLA; John Yap, MLA

1. Te Chair called the Committee to order at 12:06 p.m. 2. Resolved, that the Committee meet in camera to consider its draf report on the appointment of an Acting Auditor General. (Mitzi Dean, MLA) 3. Te Committee met in camera from 12:06 p.m. to 12:38 p.m. 4. Te Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair at 12:38 p.m. Shirley Bond, MLA Kate Ryan-Lloyd Chair Acting Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019 Tat is moved by Mitzi, seconded by Jane.

Te committee met at 12:06 p.m. Motion approved.

[S. Bond in the chair.] Te committee continued in camera from 12:06 p.m. to 12:38 p.m. Deliberations [S. Bond in the chair.] S. Bond (Chair): I’ll call the meeting of the Select Stand- ing Committee on Public Accounts to order. I just want to S. Bond (Chair): Tank you very much for that work. thank you all very much. I know that you are busier than all I would now entertain a motion to adjourn this meeting get-out, trying to get through this last week. of the Public Accounts Committee. Just a reminder that we are in camera. Moved by Mitzi, seconded by Ralph.

Interjection. Motion approved.

S. Bond (Chair): Do we need a motion? All right. Te committee adjourned at 12:38 p.m. Could I have someone move that we move into an in-cam- era meeting?

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