N.S. Legislature moves to hybrid sitting after MLAs, staffer test positive for COVID-19
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Less than a week into the spring session, the Nova Scotia Legislature has moved to a hybrid sitting after multiple cases of COVID-19 at Province House.
MLAs unanimously agreed Tuesday to allow the 55 members of the legislature to attend either in person or by a secure computer link.
There have been at least five cases of COVID-19 confirmed at Province House, including four MLAs and a staffer, since the sitting started last Thursday.
PC House leader Kim Masland asked for a change to the rules after several days of negotiating with the opposition house leaders.
Masland told the House the ongoing pandemic "necessitates special measures to conduct the spring 2022 sitting of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and a hybrid fashion consisting of both physical and virtual participation."
At least 15 MLAs must be in the chamber at the same time for work to proceed.
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