Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would be the same as we do for any other person or organization or group. We do have the ability to enforce public health measures. We have not taken an enforcement-first approach in British Columbia. We do encourage and believe that most people are doing the right thing. It w

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a very challenging question. I don't have an answer to that. I know that a lot of polling is happening. There are many different reasons why people didn't vote. I have no specific knowledge that people were not voting because they felt it was unsafe.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a very good question—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They were important in the context that we were in, where some people quite rightly had concerns about going out with their past experience of waiting in lines and being in contact with people during an election. Yes, I believe they were important options.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It is accurate. We follow-up every single case of COVID-19 in the province and our contact tracing, so we have a sense of where people have been exposed. There have been no reports provided to me from anywhere in the province that people have been exposed at election events.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I was appointed as the provincial health officer in February 2018.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it's unlimited. My position is an independent position, but it's an order in council position, so I serve at the pleasure.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. My predecessor was in it for almost 20 years.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They were guidelines, but they were aligned with the guidance that we're providing in B.C. There were, for example, public health orders that had to be followed with regard to gatherings. The maximum was 50 if you were in a space that allowed for physical distancing. There were a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We didn't do a formal inspection, for example, but we were monitoring how campaigns were being run to see if there was anything. As well, we have a complaints-based process, so if the public had concerns about things that were happening, we received emails or phone calls about th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I cannot say that it was in complete adherence, because I didn't measure completeness, but we did not receive a large number of complaints. We understood that the campaigns were run in accordance with the guidelines, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can say quite perfectly, no. We have been monitoring that carefully. We were looking for any challenges that arose. We had contact with the electoral offices about that and we have had no concerns with the conduction of the voting.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They reached out to my office in March, and we met. One of my colleagues, Dr. Brian Emerson, was the primary contact, and we had discussions with them by phone and email at least weekly through this entire period. They had very detailed plans and thought through concerns in some

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We had an opportunity to do that if it were needed and we provided advice. I voted, so we were certainly aware, but we didn't do formal inspections.