Thomson takes on speaker role.

The KelownaMission MLA is refusing to speculate on what happens next.
Former Liberal cabinet minister Steve Thomson has been acclaimed as the new speaker of the B.C. legislature.
The Kelowna-Mission M-L-A is refusing to speculate on what happens next.
Thomson says he's excited to be speaker -- but he's not expected to remain in the job long as the Liberal minority government could be defeated in a confidence vote next week.