Staff with BC Ferries are bracing for the busiest long weekend of the year, after a summer of delays, cancellations and communication problems.
More than 580-thousand passengers and 210-thousand vehicles are expected to travel with B-C Ferries between today and Tuesday.
BC Ferries says it has pulled out all the stops to ensure smoother sailing this weekend.
Passengers are being urged to travel during off-peak times.
Health Minister Adrian Dix says it's a "great day," as the new site will be a full-service acute care hospital and integrated health-care campus with a capacity for 548 beds.
Ahmed Hussen, federal families, children and social development minister, says the 10-year, $517-million Canada-B.C. Housing Benefit will provide financial assistance to top up monthly rent payments for those who can't make ends meet.
The charity said it would therefore decline the requests to testify. Monday's motion was originally put forward by the Conservatives, and amended by the NDP to set a deadline of Friday.
Dix says the "enormous" response today reflects the significant support for vaccination in the province.
The committee members will also ask Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan back to clarify what opposition members say are contradictions between his testimony and that of former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne.
The remaining 465,000 shots are expected from Moderna, as the pharmaceutical firm steps up its delivery schedule from once every three weeks to once every two.