A speaker has finally been named to the BC Legislature...but it’s anyone's guess how long he’ll stay on for. Steve Thomson, BC Liberal MLA and former Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources was elected for the job this morning but he may only have the job for the next week or so. Meanwhile, today's Throne Speech is all about promises that may not even see the light of day. Large carrots were dangled by Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, which included a number of familiar key planks from the NDP and Green party platforms during the election campaign. Among them, scraping tolls on the Port Mann and Golden Ears, increasing the carbon tax, and a minister of state for mental health and addiction.