Procedure and House Affairs committee  Very importantly, we all had a common goal. The first common goal was that we were in the middle of the pandemic and that whatever special measures had to be met, we wanted to do so effectively in the House of Assembly and to meet the requirements of the Province of Newfoundlan

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To be quite honest, we haven't had to have a substantive vote, if I can say that. We've been trying to work through things collaboratively. We talk to each other and find the best means and mechanisms to move forward. It's basic collaboration. We haven't had a split vote or even

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, we're about to do that. Come Tuesday of next week, we're going to go back to normal business. The order paper that we concluded with will come back again next week, so we'll be having at least the next two weeks of regular business.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it will not be under the new standing orders as yet because we're still in deliberations, but we will be respectful, obviously. We've made modifications to our House of Assembly. Now that we're at alert level 3 instead of alert level 5, we're able to fit more people in and th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There will be adaptations.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely, a couple of months.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, it's about that level of co-operation and discussion. When we have a report, we bring it to our individual caucuses, or the independents review it to make sure they are in agreement with how we can progress, and then we come back as a committee and make final decisions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For a hybrid model, if we're doing it virtually we have WebEx. That's the platform we've chosen. For procedural decisions, we're discussing whether that would be a voice vote or a hand signal button. On substantive issues, it will be a divisional vote. There has been no determin

Procedure and House Affairs committee  And I miss her.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We've had some debate and discussion and, Omar, you're absolutely correct that, should there be a public health emergency, should there be a second wave or a requirement, we want to make sure that we, as an assembly, could come together. We want to make sure our Parliament could

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We've been meeting sometimes twice a week, but most often once a week. We've had five meetings and are about to have our sixth. It's done on a co-operative schedule check of each other's calendars to see how we can fit in as much as possible. We've been working through those iss

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They're all in camera. We're just meeting as a group to figure out the rules of the House of Assembly so we can meet in public.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When it came to the House of Assembly for a decision in early May, we set a date of July 1. We will meet that date or table the report earlier. We have one final thing to solve, which is the voting issue, but we're making good progress on that. I would think within the next coupl

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly it is important that we have the opportunity to be scrutinized and questioned. That is part of the responsibilities of the legislature.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have had great co-operation from all members of the House of Assembly. As I said, we have the Progressive Conservatives, the NDP and two independents, and I deal directly with all of them, as House leaders and as independents, to ensure that we have clear discussions and clear