Mr. Speaker: I invite Elder Butch Dick of the Songhees Nation to offer a blessing.

B. Dick: [Lək̓ʷəŋin̓əŋ was spoken.]

Good afternoon, my friends and family. My name is Yux’wey’lupton, in our language, and my English name is Butch Dick. It’s my honour today to be here with you.

I thank Premier Horgan for the invitation and, always, the recognition of the traditional territory of the Songhees Nation and Esquimalt Nation.

In our gatherings in our House, the blessing from the Elders is so vital to our ceremonies, and this House has many, many ceremonies. I think the Creator has to marvel at all the gifts that people bring to this House.

Today we ask the Creator to give us more light at the end of the trail to create hope for the people of not only British Columbia but Canada and the world. It seems like that hope is there, and we really understand what is happening in this world today.

[2:05 p.m.]

I think we all long for that closeness of friends and family and community. So we ask the Elders if they could give us the patience that they have. We ask the ancestors that are here for the wisdom that they have, because the world needs it at this point. And I lift up my hands to you, because words of prayer are a way of showing gratitude and encouraging each and every one.

We have a word in our language called Na’tsa’ maht — “one heart, one mind.” It seems like the world is calling for collaboration in a big way.

So Creator, I’d like you to smile down on this circle of people and give them the courage and the energy to approach a new reality.

I thank you for this opportunity to be here today, and I wish you well.

Hay’sxw’qa si’em. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker: Thanks, Elder Dick, for your blessings.

Hon. Members, Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor is in the precinct. Please remain seated while we wait for her arrival.

Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor requested to attend the House, was admitted to the chamber and took her seat on the throne.

Mr. Speaker: May it please Your Honour, the House of Assembly has elected me as their Speaker, though I am but little able to fulfil the important duties thus assigned to me. If, in the performance of those duties, I should at any time fall into error, I pray that the fault be imputed to me and not to the Assembly, whose servant I am, and who, through me, the better to enable them to discharge their duty to the Queen and country, humbly claim all their undoubted rights and privileges, especially that they may have the freedom of speech in their debates, access to Your Honour’s person at all seasonable times, and that their proceedings may receive from Your Honour the most favourable interpretation.

[2:10 p.m.]

Hon. D. Eby: Hon. Speaker, I am commanded by Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor to declare to you that she freely confides in the duty and attachment of the House of Assembly to Her Majesty’s person and government, and not doubting that their respective proceedings will be conducted with wisdom, temper and prudence, she grants, and upon all occasions will recognize and allow, their constitutional privileges.

I am commanded also to assure you that the assembly shall have ready access to Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor upon all seasonable occasions and that their proceedings, as well as your words and actions, will constantly receive from her the most favourable construction.

Speech from the Throne

Hon. J. Austin (Lieutenant-Governor): Good afternoon, friends. ÍY SȻÁĆEL NE SĆÁLEĆE.

We begin by acknowledging the Lək̓ʷəŋin̓əŋ peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, upon whose traditional lands we are gathered today.

We open the 42nd parliament at a difficult moment when the successes we have collectively achieved in flattening the COVID-19 infections curve in the spring stand in contrast with the toll exacted by the wave we now confront.

It is a long-standing tradition to begin a new session by memorializing prominent British Columbians who have passed away since the last Speech from the Throne. At this extraordinary time, it is appropriate to focus on the almost 500 British Columbians who have died from COVID-19.

We pause to mourn those who have passed, all of them taken from us by a virus that was unknown just one year ago. We acknowledge the grief the pandemic has caused all British Columbians, especially those who have lost someone they love.

We recognize the compounding effect of the pandemic on the parallel health emergency that is the opioid crisis. We mourn those we have lost to an increasingly toxic drug supply. They were our children, parents, sisters, brothers and neighbours, and their memory fuels our continued resolve to turn back the tide again, to save lives, to get people treatment and to end this terrible crisis.

While COVID-19 threatens people of all ages, our elders are especially at risk. Seniors infected by COVID-19 are more likely to end up in the hospital and, sadly, much more likely to die from it than younger people.

Those whose health is most endangered by this global pandemic are the same people who have already been through their share of hard times. They faced challenges they did not always choose, but they carried on with an eye towards a better future. Now it falls to us to do the same. This moment calls on all of us to show resiliency, to look out for each other, as those who came before us did.

We did not choose the challenge of COVID-19, but we are meeting it. Health care providers have worked themselves to exhaustion and put themselves at risk to care for others. So many other workers have kept our supply chains running and food on our shelves. Teachers and educational support staff are keeping our classrooms and child care centres open so that children can continue to learn, grow and make connections with friends.

Most of all, ordinary British Columbians have made extraordinary efforts and sacrifices to keep their community safe. Overwhelmingly, British Columbians have united behind front-line caregivers and workers and continued to reject those who would divide us. Already we can see the signs of better days ahead, as science and research lead the way with new treatments and vaccines.

As we gather here today, we recommit to putting our shoulders to the wheel and working together to make those better days a reality as quickly as possible for everyone.

Focusing now on beating the virus will allow British Columbia to move as quickly as possible to address our economic recovery. By investing in people, strengthening communities and supporting jobs and growth in a clean energy future, we can build a recovery for everyone. All will be guided by this government’s core principles, including climate action and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

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Nothing is more important than the health of your family. While the scale of COVID-19 means that we use numbers to understand its spread, behind those numbers are real people and real families — families grieving a parent or grandparent who died without their children by their bedside to comfort them; others unable to find solace in the rights, sacraments or ceremonies of mourning. Even for those who recover, COVID-19 can mean weeks of pain, fear and uncertainty.

Your government’s priority in the fight against COVID-19 has been and will remain protecting people’s health.

In the spring, government acted decisively. In a matter of weeks, the government of British Columbia worked with the federal government to quickly close the border with the United States; addressed outbreaks in long-term care by limiting workers to one facility and providing supports for safer visits for families; acted to provide appropriate care in Indigenous, rural and remote communities; postponed non-urgent surgeries to prepare for the initial surge of hospitalizations; secured the large amounts of personal protective equipment our front-line workers need to keep our health system safe; and worked with public health officials to implement a strategic testing and contact tracing strategy to limit outbreaks as they emerged.

In the early fall, your government rolled out additional plans, including hiring 7,000 new front-line health care workers, including health care aides, to help ensure seniors get the high-quality care they need and deserve and hiring approximately 1,000 people to work as contact tracers to help stop further spread in the community.

The steps taken so far have saved lives. However, as we face the latest wave of COVID-19, we must do even more. In the months ahead, your government will build on the measures already in place. Some programs will be extended or expanded and new ones launched. First and foremost, we will continue to support people, communities and businesses to implement whatever public health protections are necessary to address outbreaks.

Preparations are underway for when a vaccine is available. The focus will be on distributing it to British Columbians quickly and safely, beginning with those most at risk.

A new Hospital at Home initiative is ramping up across the province that allows patients to receive medical services in their own homes, helping to reduce congestion in hospitals.

Your government will also move ahead with a health care plan based on three main goals: faster care, so patients will have shorter wait times for the care they need; care closer to home, so more people will be able to receive care in their local community or even at home; and more personalized care, to make it simpler and less stressful for patients and their families to navigate the health care system.

Your government will take action on faster care by adding more MRI machines in high-demand areas to reduce wait times; training, recruiting and certifying more skilled health care professionals; and bringing in new approaches to build on the success of our surgical renewal plan and an increase in diagnostic procedures.

Government will ensure that patients get care closer to home by delivering ten more community-based urgent primary care centres in more communities and building and modernizing hospitals. Your government will develop more personalized health care by expanding primary care networks and refocusing on rural health care. It will also work with health employees and unions to hire a workforce that better represents the communities it serves.

Keeping seniors safe and allowing them to live with the dignity and independence they deserve are top priorities for your government. Government will continue to make the investments needed to deliver better care for seniors and stability and safety for long-term care workers.

When COVID-19 hit, B.C. was an economic leader in Canada. Our province saw robust growth, rising wages and unemployment at or near the lowest in Canada for two years running. Balanced budgets and a triple-A credit rating put us in an enviable fiscal position. Over the same time, government made significant investments to benefit British Columbian families, communities and businesses and to help make life more affordable for people.

Building affordable housing helps more families find good places to live while helping businesses attract and retain talent.

Investments in child care give children a good start in life while creating jobs and allowing more people to join the workforce.

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Fixing roads and bridges shortens commute times and makes life safer while creating jobs and helping B.C. businesses get their goods to market.

The same applies to the investments and the necessary public health measures that keep people safe during a pandemic. These actions do not restrict economic activity. They are the tools government can use to foster it. In short, healthy people are necessary for a healthy economic recovery.

Your government acted quickly to support people during the pandemic. More than 600,000 workers received help from a $1,000 emergency benefit. More than 86,000 renters got the peace of mind that came with temporary rent relief and protection from the threat of eviction. More than 200,000 people on disability and income assistance received crisis supplements. Eighty percent of B.C. families got more money in their pockets thanks to a doubling of the enhanced climate action tax credit.

During this first phase, your government’s interventions were focused on helping people observe health restrictions without fear of losing their incomes or homes. Businesses received help through property tax cuts, deferred tax payments and B.C. Hydro rate relief. These measures have helped protect jobs and businesses. Among the largest provinces in Canada, B.C. has the highest job recovery rate of pre-pandemic employment levels. But as with fighting the virus itself, now is the time to redouble our efforts.

This fall your government released a robust economic recovery plan. Eligible businesses are already receiving direct support from the plan’s various measures, including the small business recovery grant, the increased employment incentive and the PST rebate on machinery and equipment. These supports provide direct funding to hard-hit businesses, making it easier for them to invest in the people and capital needed to recover.

In the short term, government will support businesses, jobs and incomes in several ways: give most British Columbian households direct financial assistance and help support economic activity during the recovery with the B.C. recovery benefit; reward eligible businesses for hiring; help thousands of people upscale or rescale and find in-demand jobs in the post-COVID-19 economy; make it easier for companies to bet on themselves and increase productivity by rebating the PST on capital investments like machinery and equipment; and give renters a bit more financial breathing room.

Protecting incomes and businesses will help us realize a strong economic recovery. Other actions will too. Your government will ramp up investments in transportation and infrastructure, which will stimulate growth during the recovery period and benefit British Columbians through shorter commute times and greener transportation.

Expanding child care and early learning is another strong economic development policy. By creating jobs and allowing more parents to work, child care counts as strategic economic infrastructure every bit as much as roads and highways. In the months ahead, your government will provide millions of dollars to child care providers to help them deliver COVID-19-safe care and millions more to school boards and health authorities for renovations to create more spaces.

This moment calls for action. The way to get through this difficult time is by following the same approach we used during the first wave, by listening to the experts, supporting health care workers on the front lines and taking care of each other. This government pledges to be there for British Columbians for the long haul. Soon Members of the Legislative Assembly will be asked to vote for the appropriation of funds to make the plans outlined above a reality.

Representing British Columbians in the Legislature is a privilege and a responsibility, never more so than at a moment like this.

To the members of the Legislature, may your commitment to the well-being of all British Columbians guide and inspire your work.

I add to this my personal thanks, my gratitude and my deepest respect to all of you for the many sacrifices that you make for the privilege of serving us.

ENÁN U HE’LEȻ NE SĆÁ LE ȻENS Á TSĆÁ. I feel so very proud of the work that you do all together.

HÍSW̱ḴE. Merci. Thank you.

Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor retired from the chamber.

[2:25 p.m.]

[Mr. Speaker in the chair.]

Mr. Speaker: Hon. Members, in order to prevent mistakes, I have obtained a copy of Her Honour the Lieutenant-Governor’s speech.

General Election Results

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly: Hon. Members, pursuant to Section 147 of the Election Act, I have received two reports from the Chief Electoral Officer certifying the results of the provincial general election held on October 24, 2020. The first letter, dated November 17, 2020, certified 86 members, and the second letter, dated November 20, 2020, certified the results of the West Vancouver–Sea to Sky electoral district that was subject to judicial recount.

Accordingly, the members of the 42nd Parliament of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia are as follows.

[2:30 p.m.]

Electoral District	Elected Member	Political Party Affiliation
Abbotsford-Mission	Pam Alexis	B.C. NDP
Abbotsford South	Bruce Banman	B.C. Liberal Party
Abbotsford West	Michael de Jong	B.C. Liberal Party
Boundary-Similkameen	Roly Russell	B.C. NDP
Burnaby–Deer Lake	Anne Kang	B.C. NDP
Burnaby-Edmonds	Raj Chouhan	B.C. NDP
Burnaby-Lougheed	Katrina Chen	B.C. NDP
Burnaby North	Janet Routledge	B.C. NDP
Cariboo-Chilcotin	Lorne Doerkson	B.C. Liberal Party
Cariboo North	Coralee Oakes	B.C. Liberal Party
Chilliwack	Dan Coulter	B.C. NDP
Chilliwack-Kent	Kelli Paddon	B.C. NDP
Columbia River–Revelstoke	Doug Clovechok	B.C. Liberal Party
Coquitlam–Burke Mountain	Fin Donnelly	B.C. NDP
Coquitlam-Maillardville	Selina Robinson	B.C. NDP
Courtenay-Comox	Ronna-Rae Leonard	B.C. NDP
Cowichan Valley	Sonia Furstenau	B.C. Green Party
Delta North	Ravi Kahlon	B.C. NDP
Delta South	Ian Paton	B.C. Liberal Party
Esquimalt-Metchosin	Mitzi Dean	B.C. NDP
Fraser-Nicola	Jackie Tegart	B.C. Liberal Party
Kamloops–North Thompson	Peter Milobar	B.C. Liberal Party
Kamloops–South Thompson	Todd Stone	B.C. Liberal Party
Kelowna–Lake Country	Norm Letnick	B.C. Liberal Party
Kelowna-Mission	Renee Merrifield	B.C. Liberal Party
Kelowna West	Ben Stewart	B.C. Liberal Party
Kootenay East	Tom Shypitka	B.C. Liberal Party
Kootenay West	Katrine Conroy	B.C. NDP
Langford–Juan de Fuca	John Horgan	B.C. NDP
Langley	Andrew Mercier	B.C. NDP
Langley East	Megan Dykeman	B.C. NDP
Maple Ridge–Mission	Bob D’Eith	B.C. NDP
Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows	Lisa Beare	B.C. NDP
Mid Island–Pacific Rim	Josie Osborne	B.C. NDP
Nanaimo	Sheila Malcolmson	B.C. NDP
Nanaimo–North Cowichan	Doug Routley	B.C. NDP
Nechako Lakes	John Rustad	B.C. Liberal Party
Nelson-Creston	Brittny Anderson	B.C. NDP
New Westminster	Jennifer Whiteside	B.C. NDP
North Coast	Jennifer Rice	B.C. NDP
North Island	Michele Babchuk	B.C. NDP
North Vancouver–Lonsdale	Bowinn Ma	B.C. NDP
North Vancouver–Seymour	Susie Chant	B.C. NDP
Oak Bay–Gordon Head	Murray Rankin	B.C. NDP
Parksville-Qualicum	Adam Walker	B.C. NDP
Peace River North	Dan Davies	B.C. Liberal Party
Peace River South	Mike Bernier	B.C. Liberal Party
Penticton	Dan Ashton	B.C. Liberal Party
Port Coquitlam	Mike Farnworth	B.C. NDP
Port Moody–Coquitlam	Rick Glumac	B.C. NDP
Powell River–Sunshine Coast	Nicholas Simons	B.C. NDP
Prince George–Mackenzie	Mike Morris	B.C. Liberal Party
Prince George–Valemount	Shirley Bond	B.C. Liberal Party
Richmond North Centre	Teresa Wat	B.C. Liberal Party
Richmond-Queensborough	Aman Singh	B.C. NDP
Richmond South Centre	Henry Yao	B.C. NDP
Richmond-Steveston	Kelly Greene	B.C. NDP
Saanich North and the Islands	Adam Olsen	B.C. Green Party
Saanich South	Lana Popham	B.C. NDP
Shuswap	Greg Kyllo	B.C. Liberal Party
Skeena	Ellis Ross	B.C. Liberal Party
Stikine	Nathan Cullen	B.C. NDP
Surrey-Cloverdale	Mike Starchuk	B.C. NDP
Surrey-Fleetwood	Jagrup Brar	B.C. NDP
Surrey–Green Timbers	Rachna Singh	B.C. NDP
Surrey-Guildford	Garry Begg	B.C. NDP
Surrey-Newton	Harry Bains	B.C. NDP
Surrey-Panorama	Jinny Sims	B.C. NDP
Surrey South	Stephanie Cadieux	B.C. Liberal Party
Surrey-Whalley	Bruce Ralston	B.C. NDP
Surrey–White Rock	Trevor Halford	B.C. Liberal Party
Vancouver-Fairview	George Heyman	B.C. NDP
Vancouver–False Creek	Brenda Bailey	B.C. NDP
Vancouver-Fraserview	George Chow	B.C. NDP
Vancouver-Hastings	Niki Sharma	B.C. NDP
Vancouver-Kensington	Mable Elmore	B.C. NDP
Vancouver-Kingsway	Adrian Dix	B.C. NDP
Vancouver-Langara	Michael Lee	B.C. Liberal Party
Vancouver–Mount Pleasant	Melanie Mark	B.C. NDP
Vancouver–Point Grey	David Eby	B.C. NDP
Vancouver-Quilchena	Andrew Wilkinson	B.C. Liberal Party
Vancouver–West End	Spencer Chandra Herbert	B.C. NDP
Vernon-Monashee	Harwinder Sandhu	B.C. NDP
Victoria–Beacon Hill	Grace Lore	B.C. NDP
Victoria–Swan Lake	Rob Fleming	B.C. NDP
West Vancouver–Capilano	Karin Kirkpatrick	B.C. Liberal Party
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky	Jordan Sturdy	B.C. Liberal Party

Hon. D. Eby: I move that the certificates of the Chief Electoral Officer of the results of the election of members be entered upon the Journals of the House.

Motion approved.

Introduction and
First Reading of Bills

BILL 1 — AN ACT TO ENSURE
THE SUPREMACY OF PARLIAMENT

Hon. D. Eby presented a bill intituled An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament.

[2:35 p.m.]

Hon. D. Eby: I move that Bill 1, intituled An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, be introduced and read a first time now.

Motion approved.

Hon. D. Eby: The introduction of this bill expresses the established right of parliament, through its elected members, to deliberate independently of the Sovereign. As such, it is an important part of our parliamentary democratic process. It is a right that was first asserted by the Parliament at Westminster in the year 1603, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

I move that the bill be placed on the orders of the day for second reading at the next sitting of the House after today.

Bill 1, An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, introduced, read a first time and ordered to be placed on orders of the day for second reading at the next sitting of the House after today.

Motions Without Notice

SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR PROCEEDINGS
OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Hon. M. Farnworth: By leave, I move the adoption of the sessional order establishing special procedures respecting the regulation of the conduct of proceedings of the Legislative Assembly in exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, a copy of which has been distributed to the House Leaders of the recognized caucuses.

Leave granted.

[GENERAL

1. That, as an exercise of the Legislative Assembly’s exclusive right to regulate its own internal affairs as they relate to its legislative and deliberative functions, including control over the conduct of its proceedings, the use of videoconferencing technology be authorized to enable all Members to be present in the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly through remote participation, counting toward quorum, while other Members continue to be present physically in the Legislative Chamber, thereby enabling hybrid proceedings of the House.

2. That Zoom be approved as the videoconferencing technology platform for the purposes of supporting hybrid proceedings of the House.

SITTING SCHEDULE

3. That, notwithstanding Standing Order 2 (2) (a) and unless otherwise ordered, the House sit the weeks of December 7 and 14, 2020.

QUORUM AND ATTENDANCE

4. That Members who are participating in the House’s proceedings by the approved videoconferencing technology be counted as present for the purposes of the quorum of ten Members, as set out in section 42 of the Constitution Act (R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 66) and Standing Order 6, and for the purposes of determining a majority of votes as set out in section 43 of the Constitution Act.

5. That Members who are participating in the House’s proceedings by the approved videoconferencing technology must have the audio and video functions enabled with their face clearly visible in order to be counted towards quorum, to participate in debate, and to vote.

VOTING AND DIVISIONS

6. That, notwithstanding Standing Order 16:

(1) When the Speaker puts the question, no further debate on the question shall be permitted.

(2) When a division is requested, it shall be deferred until 15 minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the sitting during which the division is requested. If there are less than 30 minutes remaining prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the sitting during which the division is requested, then it shall stand deferred until 15 minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the afternoon sitting of the following sitting day.

(3) Notwithstanding Standing Order 25 and subsection (2) of this order, if a division is requested during a morning sitting, it shall stand deferred until the afternoon sitting of the same day.

(4) If a division is requested in a Committee of the Whole, the clause of the bill under consideration shall be postponed, and the division shall be deferred in accordance with subsection (2) of this order.

(5) If a division is requested in the Committee of Supply, Section B, the division shall be deferred in accordance with subsection (2) of this order.

(6) If a deferred division is scheduled to take place during a sitting, the Speaker shall ring the bells and recess the proceedings 30 minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the sitting. At 20 minutes prior to the ordinary time fixed for adjournment of the sitting, the Speaker shall call the House back to order. No longer than 5 minutes thereafter, the Speaker shall again state the question.

(7) If a division is deferred in a Committee of the Whole or the Committee of Supply, Section B, the House shall resolve itself into the appropriate Committee prior to the ringing of the bells and recess set out in subsection (6) of this order.

(8) No Member shall enter or leave the Legislative Chamber or connect to or disconnect from the approved videoconferencing technology after the final statement of the question until the division has been fully taken, and every Member present shall vote.

(9) When two or more deferred divisions are to be taken during a sitting, the divisions shall be taken in succession in the order they were deferred.

(10) During a sitting at which a deferred division is to take place, no motion to adjourn the House shall be in order until after that vote and the conclusion of any consequential business that must be disposed of. If successive divisions are scheduled, the House shall sit beyond the ordinary time of adjournment until the conclusion of all divisions and until other business consequential to the division has been disposed of.

(11) Divisions are not permitted on a motion that a committee rise and report, and on a routine motion moved by the Government House Leader or their designate that the House adjourn.

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS

7. That any Standing Order requiring that a document be “handed in” or “laid upon the Table” or transmitted by other similar physical means be interpreted to include the transmission of a document by approved electronic means.

8. That the transmission of a document by the Office of the Clerk to all Members by electronic means constitute for all purposes the distribution and delivery of that document, regardless of whether a Member has received the document.

9. That, notwithstanding Standing Order 25B (2) and the usual practices of the House, at least two hours prior to the scheduled start of a sitting of the House, the Whips shall provide to the Office of the Speaker a list and, if applicable, the sequence, of Members wishing to make an introduction or to participate in an item under Routine Business.

10. That, notwithstanding the usual practices of the House, any Member who intends to move a motion in amendment to a bill at committee stage, of which notice is not typically required, should provide at least one hour of notice to the Office of the Clerk prior to introducing that motion in the House to ensure the electronic distribution of that motion to all Members forthwith after it is moved.

SPEAKER’S DISCRETION

11. That, for greater certainty, the Speaker be empowered to exercise discretion on the applicability of Standing Order 17A as it may relate to the facilitation of participation of Members in proceedings of the House.

12. That, for greater certainty and further to Standing Order 19 and Standing Order 20, the Speaker be empowered to intervene on any matter of decorum on the Speaker’s own initiative or on a point of order raised by a Member, including by muting a Member’s microphone and excluding Members from the sitting in cases of serious misconduct.

13. That the Speaker be empowered to exercise discretion in the interpretation of the provisions of any Standing Order requiring Members to stand or speak in their assigned place as this requirement may relate to Members participating via the approved videoconferencing technology and to Members participating in person in the Legislative Chamber.

14. That the Speaker be empowered to exercise discretion, in consultation with the House Leaders or the Whips, in the interpretation of any provision of the Standing Orders or this order that may require leniency or alteration in order to allow all Members to be able to fully exercise their duties and rights in the proceedings of this House conducted in a hybrid manner.

OTHER

15. That, should any provision contained in this order be inconsistent with the Standing Orders, the provision in this order prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

16. That this order expire on December 31, 2020.]

Motion approved.

Motions

APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY SPEAKER

Hon. M. Farnworth: I move, seconded by the member for Kamloops–North Thompson electoral district:

[That Spencer Chandra Herbert, Member for Vancouver–West End Electoral District, be appointed Deputy Speaker for this Session of the Legislative Assembly.]

Motion approved.

APPOINTMENT OF
ASSISTANT DEPUTY SPEAKER

P. Milobar: I move, seconded by the member for Port Coquitlam electoral district:

[That Norm Letnick, Member for Kelowna–Lake Country Electoral District, be appointed Assistant Deputy Speaker for this Session of the Legislative Assembly.]

Motion approved.

APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY CHAIR,
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Hon. M. Farnworth: I move, seconded by the member for Kamloops–North Thompson electoral district:

[That Ronna-Rae Leonard, Member for Courtenay-Comox Electoral District, be appointed Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole for this Session of the Legislative Assembly.]

Motion approved.

PRINTING OF Votes and Proceedings

Hon. D. Eby: I move:

[That the Votes and Proceedings of this House be printed, being first perused by the Speaker, and that he do appoint the printing thereof, and that no person but such as he shall appoint do presume to print the same.]

Motion approved.

[2:40 p.m.]

APPOINTMENT OF
SELECT STANDING COMMITTEES

Hon. J. Horgan: I move:

[That the Select Standing Committees of this House for the present Session, be appointed for the following purposes:

1. Aboriginal Affairs;

2. Education;

3. Finance and Government Services;

4. Health;

5. Public Accounts;

6. Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills;

7. Crown Corporations;

8. Children and Youth;

9. Agriculture, Fish and Food;

and further that a Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives be appointed for the present Parliament,

which said Committees shall severally be empowered to examine and inquire into all such matters and things as shall be referred to them by this House, and to report from time to time their observations and opinions thereon, with power to send for persons, papers, and records, and that a Special Committee be appointed to prepare and report with all convenient speed lists of members to compose the above Select Standing Committees of this House under Standing Order 68 (1), the Committee to be composed of the Hon. M. Farnworth (Convener), Lisa Beare, Bob D’Eith, Garry Begg, Michele Babchuk, Niki Sharma, Peter Milobar, Stephanie Cadieux, Doug Clovechok, and Sonia Furstenau.]

Motion approved.

Hon. M. Farnworth moved adjournment of the House.

Motion approved.

Mr. Speaker: This House stands adjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.

The House adjourned at 2:41 p.m.