Yukon.

• Date: 22 June 2020
• Author: Kolody, Linda

2020 Spring Sitting

The 2020 Spring Sitting of the Third Session of the 34th Legislative Assembly began on March 5. Although it was anticipated that the 2020 Spring Sitting would comprise 30 sitting days, in light of the evolving coronavirus pandemic situation, on March 19 the House considered and carried a special adjournment motion. The special adjournment Order, adopted notwithstanding a rule stipulating that a Sitting must be a minimum of 20 days, provided for the House on its rising that day to stand adjourned until October 1, 2020.

Pursuant to an Order of the House adopted last November, the Assembly had been scheduled to stand adjourned during what would otherwise have been a sitting week (March 16-19, 2020) due to the Arctic Winter Games (to have been held in Yukon this year). However, following the cancellation of the Arctic Winter Games on March 7 due to coronavirus concerns, on March 10, the House...