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From YouTube: NOVEMBER 20 2019 Statements Jackie Tegart
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
41st Parliament
NOVEMBER 20 2019 Statements Jackie Tegart
A
Remember
for
Frazer
Nicola!
Thank
you.
Mr.
speaker,
I
am
born
in
the
watershed
of
the
niccola
River,
along
with
thousands
of
others
of
my
species.
Who
am
I.
I
hang
around
for
a
couple
of
years
to
build
strength
and
agility.
For
my
next
phase
of
my
life,
what
am
I
I
leave
the
niccola
watershed
swim
down
to
join
the
Thompson
river
in
Spence
bridge,
join
the
Thompson
down
to
the
Fraser
and
go
out
to
the
Pacific
Ocean.
Have
you
guessed?
A
Who
I
am
yet
I'm,
not
cute
and
cuddly
like
a
polar
bear
or
a
grizzly
bear
I'm,
fierce
and
mighty?
You
don't
see
pictures
of
me
on
protest
signs
or
postcards,
but
you
should
because
I
am
an
iconic
species
in
British
Columbia
and
my
species
is
in
trouble.
I
am
a
mighty
Thompson,
River,
steelhead
and
I
am
here
to
tell
you
if
something
isn't
done
soon.
I
won't
be
around
in
the
future.
When
I'm
born
I'm
surrounded
by
thousands
of
fish.
A
Just
like
me,
we
make
an
arduous
journey
to
the
Pacific
Ocean
and
when
we
return
to
our
spawning
grounds
back
up
the
Fraser
into
the
Thompson
and
back
to
the
niccola
watershed,
there
are
only
80
of
us
left.
We
run
the
gauntlet
through
Vancouver
harbour
into
the
Fraser
River,
where
we
encounter
gill
net
fishing
after
being
caught
once
I
am
hurt,
but
after
the
third
and
fourth
time
I
am
exhausted
and
I
wonder
if
I
can
make
the
journey
home
into
the
Thompson
I
go
pass.
A
Fishermen
who
traveled
from
all
over
the
world
to
catch
and
release
me
into
the
niccola
and
Coldwater
watershed
to
spawn
and
then
start
the
journey
again.
I'm
doing
my
part
to
sustain
my
species,
but
I
am
in
desperate
need
of
assistance
from
all
of
you.
I
feel
like
no
one
cares,
I
feel
like
I'm,
forgotten,
I
feel
caught
in
political
games,
I
am
being
man
into
extinction.