Third Session, 39th Parliament OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (hANSARD) Thursday, February 17, 2011 Afternoon Sitting Volume 20, Number 7 THE HONOURABLE BILL BARISOFF, spEAKER ISSN 0709-1281 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (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. Gordon Campbell Minister of Agriculture ............................................................................................................................................................Hon. Ben Stewart Attorney General and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation ........................................................ Hon. Barry Penner, QC Minister of Children and Family Development ....................................................................................................................Hon. Mary Polak Minister of Citizens' Services ............................................................................................................................................... Hon. Mary McNeil Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development ....................................................................................Hon. Stephanie Cadieux Minister of Environment ......................................................................................................................................................Hon. Murray Coell Minister of State for Climate Action ......................................................................................................................................Hon. John Yap Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for Small Business and Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Services .................................................................................................................................... Hon. Colin Hansen Minister of Forests, Mines and Lands ........................................................................................................................................... Hon. Pat Bell Minister of State for Mining ............................................................................................................................................Hon. Randy Hawes Minister of Labour ...................................................................................................................................................................... Hon. Iain Black Minister of Natural Resource Operations and Minister of Energy ..............................................................................Hon. Steve Thomson Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Minister Responsible for Housing ............................................Hon. Rich Coleman Minister of State for Building Code Renewal .......................................................................................................Hon. Naomi Yamamoto Minister of Science and Universities and Minister of Regional Economic and Skills Development .............................. Hon. Ida Chong Minister of Social Development ........................................................................................................................................ Hon. Kevin Krueger Minister of Tourism, Trade and Investment and Minister Responsible for the Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat and Minister of Education ................................................................................... Hon. Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ...................................................................................................................Hon. Shirley Bond LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Leader of the Official Opposition .....................................................................................................................................................Dawn Black Deputy Speaker .................................................................................................................................................................................... Linda Reid Assistant Deputy Speaker .............................................................................................................................................................Claire Trevena Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole .......................................................................................................................................... Harry Bloy Clerk of the Legislative Assembly...................................................................................................................E. George MacMinn, OBC, QC Clerk Assistant ..................................................................................................................................................................................Robert Vaive Clerk Assistant and Law Clerk................................................................................................................................................. Ian D. Izard, QC Clerk Assistant and Clerk of Committees ...............................................................................................................Craig H. James (on leave) Clerk Assistant and Acting Clerk of Committees ................................................................................................................. Kate Ryan-Lloyd Sergeant-at-Arms .................................................................................................................................................................................Gary Lenz ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS LIST OF MEMBERS BY RIDING Abbott, George (L) ................................................................................. Shuswap Abbotsford-Mission .............................................................Hon. Randy Hawes Austin, Robin (NDP) ................................................................................ Skeena Abbotsford South .....................................................................John van Dongen Bains, Harry (NDP) ....................................................................Surrey-Newton Abbotsford West ................................................................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 Burnaby–Deer Lake ................................................................... Kathy Corrigan Bennett, Bill (Ind.) ........................................................................Kootenay East Burnaby-Edmonds ......................................................................... Raj Chouhan Black, Dawn (NDP) ................................................................New Westminster Burnaby-Lougheed ............................................................................ Harry Bloy Black, Hon. Iain (L) ..................................................... Port Moody–Coquitlam Burnaby North .............................................................................. Richard T. Lee Bloy, Harry (L) ......................................................................Burnaby-Lougheed Cariboo-Chilcotin ........................................................................Donna Barnett Bond, Hon. Shirley (L) ...........................................Prince George–Valemount Cariboo North ................................................................................ Bob Simpson Brar, Jagrup (NDP) ................................................................ Surrey-Fleetwood Chilliwack ............................................................................................... John Les Cadieux, Hon. Stephanie (L) ................................................Surrey-Panorama Chilliwack-Hope .......................................................... Hon. Barry Penner, QC Campbell, Hon. Gordon (L) .........................................Vancouver–Point Grey Columbia River–Revelstoke .................................................. Norm Macdonald Cantelon, Ron (L).............................................................. Parksville-Qualicum Comox Valley.................................................................................... Don McRae Chandra Herbert, Spencer (NDP) ................................Vancouver–West End Coquitlam–Burke Mountain .....................................................Douglas Horne Chong, Hon. Ida (L)..................................................... Oak Bay–Gordon Head Coquitlam-Maillardville............................................................... Diane Thorne Chouhan, Raj (NDP) ........................................................... Burnaby-Edmonds Cowichan Valley ................................................................................ Bill Routley Coell, Hon. Murray (L) ....................................Saanich