Emergency Management Oversight
Emergency orders review
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Good morning, everyone. I will call this meeting of the Select Committee on Emergency Management Oversight to order. We have the following members in the room: We have Mr. Bisson, Mr. Rakocevic and Ms. Hogarth. The rest of our good folks are on the line, as we see. We only have one committee member yet to join, who will probably be here shortly. Participating remotely, we have Mr. Bailey, Mr. Fraser, Ms. Martin, Mr. Oosterhoff, Ms. Park and Ms. Triantafilopoulos. We are also joined by staff from legislative research, as always, broadcast and recording, and House publications and language services. As we always say at every meeting, please speak slowly and clearly so that we can all pick it up and record it accurately. Please wait until you are recognized by the Chair before you start to speak, and please remember to unmute yourself before you begin speaking. As always, all comments by members should be directed through the Chair. Are there any questions? Seeing no questions, pursuant to the order of the House dated July 15, 2020, the select committee has been appointed to receive oral reports from the Premier or his designate or designates on any extension of emergency orders by the Lieutenant Governor in Council related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the rationale for those extensions. The Solicitor General, the Honourable Sylvia Jones, who has been designated by the Premier, appearing before us several times before, is with us here again today, via Zoom, to provide this committee with that report. So welcome, Minister. Per the motion, the committee is empowered to meet as follows: Similar to all of our other previous meetings, we have up to 30 minutes for the Premier or his designate to make an opening statement, up to 60 minutes for the members of the recognized parties to pose questions to the Premier or his designate in three rounds of 10 minutes for each party and up to 10 minutes for the independent member to pose questions of the Premier or his designate in two rounds of five minutes each. Similar to our previous meetings, following the Solicitor General’s remarks, we will proceed, then, in the question rotation as follows: up to 10 minutes to the official opposition, up to 10 minutes to the government and up to five minutes to the independent member. We’ll repeat that for the second round and then, in the third round, we will go 10 minutes to the official opposition and 10 minutes to the government. Are there any questions before we begin today? Seeing none, Solicitor General, please proceed with your introductory comments to this committee whenever you’re ready.
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