US EditionB.C. Tories Say NDP Government Should Have Fallen because of Blurred Zoom Screen
- In late May 2025, Rick Glumac, B.C.'s minister of state for trade, participated remotely by casting an online ballot during the confidence motion concerning Bill 14 put forward by the government.
- Conservative Leader John Rustad argued the vote should not have counted because Glumac’s blurred Zoom background breached rules against virtual backgrounds.
- NDP house leader Mike Farnworth countered that Glumac's face was clearly visible and the blurred background was a common practice distinct from virtual backgrounds.
- Rustad argued that without the inclusion of Glumac’s online vote and the deciding vote cast by Speaker Raj Chouhan, the Opposition would have secured a narrow 46-45 victory, leading him to call for the election campaign to begin on Thursday.
- This dispute underscores tensions over remote voting rules but the complaint about Glumac’s vote was dismissed by NDP as “nonsense.
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B.C. Tories say NDP government should have fallen because of blurred Zoom screen – Energeticcity.ca
VICTORIA — If it were up to B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad, British Columbians would have found themselves at the start of an election campaign Thursday — because of a blurred Zoom screen. Rustad says Speaker Raj Chouhan shouldn’t have counted an online vote on Wednesday night by Rick Glumac, minister of state for trade, arguing the blurred background of his screen violated the legislature’s prohibition against virtual backgrounds. The vot…
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