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From YouTube: AUGUST 12 2020 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
C
C
D
Thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question,
mr
speaker
and
as
the
member
well
knows,
our
guidelines
that
were
released
on
july
29th,
which
were
an
update
of
the
plan
that
we
released
earlier
in
the
spring,
are
comprehensive.
They
were
developed
by
the
bc
center
for
disease
control.
They
were
developed
under
the
guidance
and
direction
of
dr
bonnie
henry
and
the
provincial
health
office.
They
were
also
done
in
consultation
with
every
leading
organization
and
representation
from
all
the
professions
that
deliver
education
in
british
columbia.
D
D
We
have
education
teams
on
the
ground
in
communities
right
around
british
columbia,
working
within
the
guidelines
that
were
released
by
the
bccdc
in
the
ministry
of
education,
and
you
know
I
would
ask
the
member
to
to
talk
to
people
like
his
superintendent
in
his
own
school
district,
to
talk
about
the
confidence
about
how
they
will
be
working
with
their
learning
teams
to
welcome
families
and
kids
safely
back
into
school
to
orient
staff
on
the
guidelines
to
redesign
schools
because
they
it
will
be.
It
will
not
look
as
it
did
before
this
pandemic.
D
It
has
to
be
safe.
It
has
to
meet
the
very
stringent
tests
of
the
guidelines
and
look
as
we've
explained.
Districts
around
the
province
are
offering
the
same
kinds
of
choices
and
options
to
parents
and
families
that
that
they
always
do.
There
is
robust,
distributed
learning
programs
around
british
columbia.
There
are
56
of
them
that
are
delivered
by
the
public
education
system.
There
are
other
choices
that
parents
can
access
as
well
and
and
and
district
leaders
and
learning
teams
around
british
columbia
are
working
on
exactly
that.
D
They're
working
on
how
to
accommodate
families,
because
that
not
every
family
situation
is
is
the
same
and
and
that's
the
hard
work
that's
happening
by
the
dedicated
professionals
around
british
columbia
right
now,
they're
beginning
to
communicate
elements
and
information,
that's
important
to
parents
and
kids
and
to
their
staff.
D
As
we
speak,
you've
seen
lots
of
information
coming
out
and
just
in
different
districts
right
now,
they're
required
to
submit
their
plans
to
the
ministry
and
have
those
approved.
Those
will
be
approved
and
posted
later.
This
month
and
and
and
districts
are
working
with
families
to
make
sure
that
everybody
has
access
to
a
safe
education
come
to
september.
C
C
This
would
have
been
a
lot
simpler
for
the
ministry
if
they
had
actually
released
a
real
plan
on
the
29th
of
july,
which
didn't
happen
and
one
of
the
callers
last
night,
and
I
cannot
remember
the
gentleman's
name-
was
just
as
beside
himself
that
the
government
would
release
a
plan
that
actually
wasn't
a
plan
and
now
we're
dealing
with
all
the
problems
that
we
have
today.
On
august
10th,
the
minister
said
that
we
want
to
have
a
common
approach
and
proceed
as
an
entire
school
system
to
have
consistency.
End
quote
yet.
C
Today
he
announced
that
some
schools
will
have
a
hybrid
learning
and
some
will
not
there's
no
consistency
from
one
day
to
the
next
there's,
always
a
new
something
coming
along.
When
is
the
minister
going
to
show
some
leadership?
When
is
the
minister
going
to
take
responsibility
and
give
parents
clear
answers?
C
Parents
need
to
plan,
they
need
to
arrange
child
care,
they
need
to
arrange
after
school
care.
Parents
need
to
know
if
their
children
will
have
the
option
of
a
hybrid
system,
because
finding
all
this
out
on
august
26th
is
too
late.
So
I
asked
the
question
again:
will
parents
have
the
option
of
a
hybrid
learning
system,
minister
of
education.
D
D
He
may
wish
to
review
the
superintendent
of
surrey
today
who
began
to
share
some
of
their
learning
plans
about
delivering
hybrid
education
at
the
senior
secondary
level
that
is
outlined
by
the
document
that
was
released
by
dr
bonnie
henry
and
myself,
that
was
based
on
input
from
school
and
education
leaders
around
the
province.
So
this
is
not
new.
He
should
familiarize
himself
with
the
plan
before
he
attacks
it.
Quite
frankly,
because
we
have
updated
a
plan
that
was
successful
in
june
to
do
what
no
other
province
did,
which
was
to
reopen
schools
around
british
columbia.
E
E
Non-Plan
confusion
from
this
government
is
making
things
worse
and
today,
it's
even
worse
and
it's
driving
parents
crazy
with
worry
every
day,
there's
a
new
announcement,
which
is
adds
to
the
confusion,
stress
and
anxiety
of
parents,
students
as
well
as
teachers,
ashley
johnson
from
port
coquitlam,
told
us,
and
I
quote:
I'm
a
mom
of
two
kids.
My
father
has
had
cancer
twice
so
by
sending
my
kids
back
to
school,
I'm
cutting
off
my
family
support,
which
I
need,
as
I
am
a
single
parent
trying
to
work.
I'm
really
confused.
E
D
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Maybe
let
me
deal
with
off
the
top.
The
member
characterized
a
new
announcement.
Every
day
there
has
been
one
since
july
29th,
and
that
was
the
one
that
was
done
in
full
consultation
with
the
steering
committee
that
is
guiding
the
safe
return
to
bc
schools,
and
that
was
done
by
me
today
and
it
was
based
on
the
logistics
around
implementing
a
safe
return
to
school,
and
it
was
done
with
the
consultation
and
advice
with
every
major
stakeholder
in
the
bc
education
system.
D
We
said
that
these
guidelines
are
out
there
for
suggestion.
We
have
a
steering
committee
that
is
dynamic
and
working
on
a
daily
basis.
With
these
plans,
we
have
learning
teams
around
the
province,
including
that
members
district
working
within
those
guidelines
to
communicate
information
on
a
timely
basis
to
parents.
Now,
specifically
to
the
concerns
of
her
constituent,
I
presume
around
the
request
to
have
an
accommodation
of
some
kind.
We
understand
that
families
do
have
different
situations.
D
Some
of
them
have
immuno-compromised
family
members,
and
I
would
urge
and
dr
bonnie
henry-
and
I
urge
this
on
july,
29th-
that
families
in
that
situation
should
be
working
with
their
local
physician
and
working
with
principals
and
vice
principals
to
have
an
accommodation
and
a
learning
plan
that
works
for
that
student
and
for
that
family.
That's
something
that
is
available
in
a
non-pandemic
time.
But
it's
critically
important
at
this
time,
as
we
safely
restart
schools
in
september,
and
that's
exactly
what
is
available
now
for
families
that
are
considering
what
their
options
are
for
september.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Minister,
hundreds
of
parents
attended
the
town
hall
last
night
with
my
colleague.
They
are
worried.
They
are
confused.
They're
frustrated
they've
got
anxiety
that
on
top
of
the
pandemic
and
to
make
things
even
more
stressful
for
ashley,
her
daughter
is
in
a
cross-catchment
school
due
to
daycare,
and
she
is
worried
that
she
will
lose
her
replacement
if
there
isn't
virtual
instruction
available
from
that
school.
E
D
Mr
speaker,
we
have
a
plan,
and
I
know
the
opposition
was
able
to
be
briefed
in
detail
about
it
by
dr
bonnie
henry
herself
last
week.
So
I
hope
the
information
that
was
relayed
on
the
venue
that
she
described
yesterday
did
exactly
that
and
gave
accurate
information.
D
The
member
will
know
that
school
boards
are
vital
partners
of
the
education
system.
That's
where
school
services
are
delivered,
family
connections
are
worth
their
local
school
and
there
are
a
lot
of
parents
who
yes,
they're
looking
for
information
about
where
their
kid
will
be
placed
and
what
options
they
want
to
make
for
their
family
and
they
are
getting
that
information
from
school
districts
and
those
plans
are
being
developed.
Now,
we've
given
the
types
of
timelines
and
flexibilities
for
districts
to
be
able
to
provide
the
services
that
their
families
need.
D
School
districts
are
in
the
business
of
serving
families
and
kids.
They
want
to
keep
families
who
have
different
circumstances
and
different
situations
connected
to
their
school
system
and
connected
to
their
local
school,
in
whatever
way
they
can
and
provide
those
kinds
of
options
that
the
member
has
described
and
that's
what's
happening
on
the
ground
in
the
bc
school
system.
F
F
This
is
inaccurate.
We
all
know
that
site
c
was
not
past
the
point
of
no
return
when
the
ndp
took
office.
It
was
this
government
that
decided,
in
spite
of
the
evidence,
to
proceed
with
the
project
in
2017,
the
bc
utilities
commission
found
that
we
could
cancel
site
c
and
replace
the
electricity
with
renewables,
including
wind
and
solar,
at
the
same
or
lower
cost
to
british
columbians
and
now
three
years
later,
site
c
is
facing
even
more
massive
cost
overruns
and
delays
than
were
predicted.
F
G
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
the
host
leader
of
the
third
party
for
her
question.
The
old
government
was
indeed
and
in
fact,
committed
to
pushing
this
project
past
the
point
of
no
return.
They
said
so
explicitly.
They
also
refused
to
let
the
bc
utilities
commission
review
site
c
before
they
recklessly
signed
off
on
it.
We
asked
the
bcuc
to
conduct
a
review
of
the
project
when
we
formed
government
and
we
carefully
considered
their
report
and,
as
we
said
at
the
time,
our
government
was
forced
to
make
a
decision
looking
forward,
not
backwards.
G
We've
been
clear
that
site
c
is
not
a
project
we
would
have
started,
but
we
weren't
prepared
to
ask
british
columbians
to
immediately
take
on
four
billion
dollars
in
debt
with
nothing
in
return.
This
would
have
badly.
This
would
have
affected
badly
needed
investments
in
schools,
hospitals
and
other
important
infrastructure.
G
We
have
been
left
to
manage
the
project
in
the
best
interests
of
british
columbians,
and
this
is
what
we
will
continue
to
do.
We
knew
there
were
cost
pressures
and
risks
on
the
site
c
project.
When
we
formed
government,
the
covet
19
pandemic
has
dramatically
added
to
these
challenges
in
march
bc,
hydro
significantly
scaled
down
the
project
and
focused
only
on
essential
work
and
meeting
critical
milestones.
G
G
While
this
work
is
underway,
bc,
hydro
will
conduct
their
re-baselining
analysis
of
the
project,
and
mr
milburn
will
work
with
bc.
Hydro
on
the
project
assurance
board
to
review
the
measures
the
project
has
in
place.
He
will
provide
an
important
role
in
examining
the
project
and
provide
me
and
our
government
with
independent
advice
and
a
fresh
perspective.
F
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
so
let's
step
back
and
assess
this
situation.
The
minister
will
not
provide
a
price
tag
and
the
bad
news
from
site
c
continues
to
pile
up
tension,
cracks,
landslides,
ongoing
problems
with
the
diversion
tunnels
and
the
latest
bc.
Hydro
report
tells
us
even
more
of
the
geotechnical
problems,
there's
a
stability
problem
under
the
foundations
for
the
powerhouse,
the
spillways
and
the
dam
itself,
and
nobody
knows
what
it
will
take
or
how
much
it
will
cost
to
fix.
F
And
today
the
ccpa
reported
according
to
federal
data
over
10
000
fracking-related
earthquakes
have
happened
in
the
peace
river
region
in
a
space
of
two
years,
where
site
c
sits
further
endangering
this
project
government's
financial
capacity
will
be
strained
for
years
to
come
due
to
covid19,
and
yet
this
government
wants
to
forge
ahead
and
sink
unlimited
money
into
this
project.
Instead
of
helping
british
columbians
it's
time
to
act
on
the
calls
for
responsible
governance,
it's
time
to
take
responsibility
for
their
actions,
it's
time
to
cancel
site
c.
F
G
The
the
issue
of
cost
and
schedule
is
a
topic
that
I
am
deeply
concerned
about
after
the
reports
that
were
released
weeks
ago
and
that's
the
reason
why
I've
asked
peter
milburn
and
his
role
as
special
advisor
to
work
with
bc,
hydro,
and
I
think
it's
important
when
we
look
back
at
site
c
project
when
it
was
when
we
first
formed
government
in
2017,
it
was
facing
cost
pressures
and
risks.
G
This
includes
reviewing
the
cost
and
time
required
to
complete
the
maining
main
work
for
the
project,
but
that
work
is
not
yet
complete.
That
will
help.
When
we
get
it
it
will
help
our
government
understand
the
true
impact
the
pandemic
has
had
on
the
on
the
budget,
and
I
expect
to
be
able
to
provide
an
update
on
cost
projections
later.
This
fall
and
the
the
member
also
mentions.
G
If
I
might
mr
speaker,
the
projects,
the
issues
are
raised
in
a
recent
report
released
today,
bc
hydro
works
closely
with
seismic
hazard
specialists
and
researchers
to
review
brown
motion
data
in
the
region.
It's
important
to
remember
that
when
we
first
formed
government
we
knew
british
columbians
had
concerns
about
hydraulic
fracturing.
That's
why
we
asked
an
independent
scientific
panel
to
look
at
the
role
of
hydraulic
fracturing
and
how
it
relates
to
seismic
events,
impacts
on
water
quality
and
fugitive
methane
emissions
last
spring.
G
The
panel
provided
their
report
to
our
government,
I'm
pleased
to
say,
we've
already
implemented
a
number
of
their
recommendations.
For
example,
we've
introduced
new
mapping
zones
that
are
likely
to
experience
greater
ground
motion
from
seismic
events.
We
will
continue
to
work
hard
on
implementing
these
recommendations
as
well.
B
H
I
Health,
thank
you
very
much.
Honorable
speaker.
The
member
continues
to
make
assertions
not
supported
by
the
facts.
He's
made
them
for
a
number
of
days.
Now
he
made
an
allegation
of
illegal
activity,
which
was
false,
which
is
demonstrated
to
be
false,
and
yet
he
continues
on
normal
speaker
and
I
think
he
owes
an
apology
to
a
growing
list
of
people.
Yesterday,
for
example,
he
attacked
he
claimed.
I
The
activities
of
a
person
in
india
were
contrary
to
the
laws
of
british
columbia
and,
of
course,
we've
reviewed
that
because
people
in
the
ministry
of
health
have
nothing
to
better
to
do
than
to
follow
up
on
the
reckless
and
false
allegations
of
the
member
and
and
and
here's
what
we
found.
Honourable
speaker,
that
this
individual
is
not
providing
direct
support
for
service
to
death
tickets.
Oh
no,
no,
access
to
clinical
systems,
no
access
to
remotely
view
screens
or
systems
and
no
access
to
private
medical
or
personal
information.
I
So
the
member
now
has
made
false
claims
on
multiple
continents,
and
I
think
we
can
move
off
this
file.
H
I
want
to
thank
the
minister
not
responsible
for
citizen
services
for
once
again
ignoring
my
question
once
again.
A
question
to
the
minister
of
citizen
services
has
any
health
authority
in
bc
upon
learning
about
ntt
data's,
move
to
use
foreign
employees,
ask
the
service
provider
to
cease
and
desist
minister
of
health.
I
Honorable
speaker,
the
member
has
made
repeated
false
claims.
He
refuses
to
apologize
for
claims
that
have
been
demonstrated
to
be
false
and
it's
hard
to
know
where
to
go
from
there.
He
has
specifically
asserted
that
information,
personal
health
information
of
british
columbians
went
outside
the
province.
That
is
false,
it
is
totally
false,
and
yet
he
continues
to
make
the
assertion
he's
made.
I
The
assertion
that
people,
the
principal
services
authority,
the
ministry
of
health
and
others
have
engaged
in
illegal
and
unethical
activities
he's
made
that
on
the
record
and
it
is
false
and
the
time
has
come,
I
think
time
has
come
for
the
members
simply
to
apologize
to
the
people
of
bc
for
wasting
the
time
in
this
legislature
and
refusing,
by
the
way,
to
inform
himself
as
to
the
realities
of
this
contract.
I
repeatedly
offered
him
briefings
on
said
subject.
J
Well
thanks,
mr
speaker,
maybe
the
time
has
come
for
a
minister
who
is
simply
interested
in
sidestepping
this
issue
to
get
out
of
the
way
and
allow
the
minister,
whose
statutory
responsibility
is
to
protect
the
privacy
of
richard
to
indicate
how
she
has
been
protecting
the
privacy
of
british
columbians
I'll,
ignore
the
insults
from
the
minister
of
health
who
continues
to
insult
the
opposition
for
doing
its
job
in
ensuring
that
the
government
is
doing
its
job
in
protecting
the
privacy
of
british
columbians.
It's
a
an
important
question.
J
I
Well,
honorable
speaker,
I
have
no
interest,
as
the
member
knows,
in
insulting
the
opposition.
What
I
find
frankly
unacceptable
is
repeated
false
claims.
Two
days
ago,
the
member
and
the
member
of
richmond
queensborough
made
allegations
of
illegal
activities
they're
not
making
those
today
because
they
know
they're
false
honourable
speakers,
and
yet
they
don't
apologize,
and
this
is,
I
think,
conduct
that
is
reflects
them.
So
it
is
their
conduct
that
I
find
unacceptable.
I
It's
their
conduct
of
making
smears
without
foundation
and
without
evidence.
Honourable
speaker,
honorable
speaker,
if
there
was
a
breach,
honourable
speaker
of
the
health
information,
british
columbus,
there
would
be
an
obligation
to
report
that
to
the
office
of
the
information
private
sector,
commissioner,
but
since
there's
been
no
breach.
Honourable
speaker,
there's
been
no
report
and
there's
no
evidence
of
such
a
breach.
The
very
things
the
member
has
been
saying
in
the
last
two
days
is
he
saying
that
he's
continuing
to
make
those
specific
allegations,
even
though
they
have
been
proven
to
be
false?
I
Is
he
going
to
continue
to
do
that
in
this
legislature?
Are
we
going
to
have
continue
to
have
david
day
after
day
of
this,
where
members
make
claims
that
are
untrue,
and
then
they
don't
come
back
and
apologize
when
they're
established
to
be
true,
if
the
member
thinks
that
that's
appropriate
behavior
or
if
he
feels
insulted
by
me,
commenting
on
it
and
I
I'm
afraid,
that's
too
bad.
J
J
This
work
we
know
as
a
fact
was
carried
out
by
staff
located
outside
of
the
country
in
the
united
states
and
india.
Mr
speaker,
exposing
the
private
medical
records
of
british
columbians
to
foreign
access
a
few
moments.
I
will,
on
behalf
of
the
opposition,
the
member
for
richmond
queensborough
table
the
letter
that
is
being
sent
to
the
privacy
commissioner
to
ask
for
a
formal
investigation
to
this
matter,
but
I'll
give
the
the
ministers
the
government,
anyone
in
the
government
one
last
opportunity
to
do
the
right
thing
and
confirm
and
I'll
ask
this.
I
I
I
The
assertions
yesterday
made
by
the
members
are
false
and
yes,
of
course,
we
followed
up
on
them
in
detail,
just
in
case
honorable
speaker,
the
allegations
they
made
on
monday.
They
made
a
press
release
outside
this
house,
accusing
individuals
of
illegal
activity
and
that's
what
the
member
for
abbotsford
west
did,
but
when
they,
when
they're
arguing.
Oh,
we
feel
hurt
by
the
fact
that
you're
calling
out
our
false
allegations
remember
what
they
said,
and
I
I
I
just.
I
I
just
find
it
unbelievable
that
with
no
evidence
with
no
information
they're,
not
even
defending
honorable
speaker
what
they
asserted
on
monday
and
tuesday
today
in
this
house,
they're,
not
even
defending
honorable.
I
I
I
think
that
it's
fair
to
say
honorable
speaker,
that
this
has
been
a
complete
and
utter
waste
of
time.
What
might
be
a
better
use
of
time,
because
there
is
are
important
issues
related
to
contracts
and
health
information
is
for
the
members
of
the
opposition,
should
they
should
they
have
any
interest
in
the
facts
to
get
briefed
and
I've
always
been
willing
to
offer
that
to
members
of
the
opposition
on
really
any
issue
within
within
the
health
area.
I
As
members
know,
I
believe
every
member
in
this
house
has
a
role
to
play,
but
when
you
make
a
false
allegation-
and
it's
shown
to
be
false-
I
think
I
think
it's
time
in
this
house
for
members
of
the
liberal
party
and
maybe
the
leader
of
the
opposition,
to
stand
up
and
apologize
to
the
people,
the
parental
health
services
authority,
the
people
at
ntt,
canada,
the
people
in
the
ministry
of
health-
and
you
know
if
he
feels
like
it
me
honorable
speaker
for
the
conduct
under
his
direction
this
week
of
his
members
in
this
legislature,.
K
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Instead
of
fixing
the
problem
of
homelessness,
the
minister
of
housing
has
made
the
situation
worse.
Brian
dobbs
owns
a
business
near
the
former
howard
johnson's
hotel
in
vancouver
and
says
he
has
not
heard
from
bc
housing
or
the
bc
government
he's
seen
things
deteriorate
drastically
quote.
K
Employees
no
longer
want
to
work
at
this
location
due
to
unsafe
conditions,
cars,
vandalized
and
hotel
residents
aggressively
coming
into
our
establishment
and
threatening
staff.
End
quote
brian
and
his
employees
have
to
deal
with
this
every
single
day
to
the
minister
of
housing.
When
will
she
stop
making
the
situation
worse
and
start
providing
proper
support
for
everyone.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
we
all
can
appreciate
how
kovid
has
created
stress
for
everybody.
It's
created
stress
for
families.
It's
created
stress
for
business
owners,
I'm
not
sure
how
to
keep
things
going
because
of
of
the
the
impact
on
our
economy.
It's
also
created
stress
for
housing
providers
and
for
shelters
and
for
homeless
people.
It's
created
stress
right
across
the
spectrum
and
we
have
a
choice.
A
Honorable
speaker,
we
have
a
choice
of
either
housing
people
where
they
can
get
supports
where
they
can
rest
their
head,
where
they
can
have
access
to
people
who
can
make
sure
that
they
are
eating
properly
taking
medication,
accessing
health
appointments
and
getting
a
better
grip
on
their
lives
or
honorable
speaker
that
the
other
choice
was
to
leave
people
to
leave
people
without
any
supports
to
leave
people
without
a
roof
over
their
head
to
leave
people
without
any
decent
meals,
and
that
to
me,
honourable
speaker
was
really
the
choice
that
was
before
us
as
a
government.