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From YouTube: JULY 29 2020 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
C
You,
mr
speaker,
yesterday
I
visited
the
neighborhood
north
of
the
save
on
arena
here
in
victoria.
It's
neighborhood
the
premier
drives
through
every
day
on
his
way
to
work,
and
it's
a
neighborhood.
That's
in
a
very,
very
bad
state.
These
days,
three
motels
have
been
converted
to
supportive
housing,
but
it's
hardly
supportive.
C
C
C
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
I
do
understand
that
businesses
they
are
being
impacted
by
this
change
that
we've
had
to
make
as
a
result
of
covet.
Remember,
we
were
dealing
with
a
very
challenged
problem
at
on
a
number
of
sites
here
in
victoria
and
bc.
Housing
is
on
the
ground
working
directly
with
these
businesses
to
address
these
these
impacts.
A
But
again,
honorable
speaker,
we
need
to
remember
that
we
inherited
a
problem,
a
significant
problem,
because
the
previous
government
frankly
ignored
homelessness.
They
did
not
do
what
needed
to
be
done.
So
when
we
came
into
government
honorable
speaker,
we
we
were
really
clear
that
we
were
going
to
deliver
on
supportive
housing
for
people
around
this
province,
people
who
have
been
neglected,
and
in
just
over
two
years
we
have
housed-
and
I
just
double
checked
with
our
with
our
team:
we've
actually
housed
more
than
2500
people
now
have
a
roof
over
their
head.
A
Remember
they
used
to
be
in
ravines
and
they
used
to
be
in
parks
and
they
used
to
be
on
streets,
the
wally
strip
and
other
places.
We
have
moved
them
over
the
last
number
of
years.
Thousands
of
people
into
housing
and
honorable
speaker,
we
have
1100
more
of
these
homes
that
are
under
construction
around
the
province.
A
C
We
visited
seven
businesses
yesterday,
one
of
them
made
the
effort
to
go
and
talk
to
the
bc
housing
representative
at
the
paul's
motor
inn
and
was
told
well
they'll,
pass
it
up
the
line
and
see
what
happens.
The
other
six
have
had
no
contact
whatsoever
from
bc
housing.
There
is
no
attempt
whatsoever
to
work
with
the
businesses,
as
the
minister
just
said.
She
did
not
tell
us
the
truth.
C
C
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
I
have
to
say
what
a
delight
it
is
to
finally
hear
from
the
opposition
leader
that
he
actually
does
care
about
homeless
people
making
sure
that
they
have
supports
it's
about
time.
But
I
have
to
say
honorable
speaker
what
one
of
the
things
that
I
find
absolutely
frustrating
is
that
he
knows
full
well
and
his
party
knows
full
well.
A
I
think
all
the
members
of
the
house
know
full
well
how
important
it
is
that
we
work
together,
that
we
bring
people
together
to
address
a
significant
problem
and
we
are
working
with
the
folks
on
the
ground
bc.
Housing
is,
they
are
reaching
out
to
businesses
to
address
these
concerns.
But,
honorable
speaker,
you
have
to
take
my
word
for
it.
A
I
do
think
that
there
are
some
others
who
have
to
say
exactly
what
we
have
been
doing
around
the
province
to
deliver
on
supportive
housing
and
the
value
that
it
brings,
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
and
thank
a
number
of
the
the
members
in
the
house
who
have
spoken
out
and
recognized
the
value
it
brings.
So
we've
heard
certainly
from
the
member
from
penticton,
has
sort
of
acknowledged
the
value
that
supportive
housing
has
brought
to
his
community.
A
We
have
heard
from
the
member
from
cowichan
valley-
and
I
want
to
I
want
to
point
out
almost
honorable
chair,
I
we
you
know,
the
the
member
from
richmond
cell
center
took
the
time
to
write
a
letter
to
her
editor
around
the
value
that
supportive
housing
has
brought
to
her
community
in
richmond
and
recall.
A
I
want
all
the
members
to
recall
that
there
was
some
concern
and
about
the
challenges
that
come
with
having
supportive
housing
in
community,
and
you
know
this
is
what
the
member
from
richmond
south
sander
had
to
say.
She
said,
homelessness
is
not
something
any
of
us
would
wish
upon
our
friends
and
neighbors,
and
she
was
pointing
out
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
deliver
homes
to
people
in
need
enrichment.
A
We
all
need
to
a
place
to
lay
our
heads
at
night,
which
is
safe,
dry
and
sustainable.
Poverty
is
not
a
crime.
Mental
illness
is
not
a
crime.
Escaping
domestic
violence
is
not
a
crime.
We
can
offer
a
hand
up
to
people
who
struggle
every
day
she
went
on
honorable
speaker
to
say
we
have
a
glorious
opportunity
to
build
housing
that
matters,
and
she
said,
I
believe
the
heart
of
the
city
is
measured
by
how
we
treat
those
most
vulnerable.
A
I
believe
we
can
make
a
concrete
difference.
My
thanks
to
all
who
make
transitional
housing
a
reality
in
richmond.
So
I
want
to
take
a
moment
honorable
speaker,
to
to
thank
those
mlas
on
all
sides
of
the
house
who
have
been
advocates
for
making
sure
that
you
know
we
continue
to
do
this
work
we'll
continue
to
reach
out
to
businesses
that
have
been
impacted
to
address
the
impacts
to
resolve
some
of
the
challenges,
and
we
will
continue
to
move
ahead
to
deliver
on
this
critical
housing.
A
A
For
for
everybody
who
is,
is
struggling
around
this
pandemic
as
well.
C
C
C
Let
me
tell
you
the
story
that
happened
at
a
mechanics
shop
across
the
street
from
paul's
motor
inn.
Last
week,
one
of
the
mechanics
discovered
a
man
hidden
underneath
one
of
the
cars
he
asked
him
to
leave.
The
man
came
out
with
a
two
foot,
long
machete
threatened
his
life
and
chased
him
down
the
street.
C
This
by
any
standard
is
unacceptable,
and
so
I'm
turning
to
this
minister
in
this
government
and
saying
if
we
really
are
going
to
solve
this
problem
together,
let's
have
a
little
less
condescension
from
the
minister.
A
little
more
talk
about
those
supports
that
do
not
exist
at
these
three
motels
in
northern
victoria.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
Well
I
I
agree
with
the
the
leader
of
the
the
opposition
that
behavior
is
unacceptable
and
that
is
a
criminal
act,
and
I
would
imagine
that
police
would
be
called
and
honorable
speaker
what
I
find
really
disingenuous
and
really
frustrating
and
disheartening.
A
I
have
to
say
how
disheartening
it
is
is
when
the
opposition
suggests
that
there
are
no
supports,
and
so
when
they're
in
fact
there
are,
and
that
to
me,
is
really
problematic
and
it
really
creates
a
wedge
in
communities
and
using
it
on
the
backs
of
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
communities
and
that's
what
I
find
more
than
irritating.
I
find
it
disrespectful
and
really
troubling.
A
So
let
me
provide
an
example
if
the,
if
the
leader
of
the
opposition
can't
recall
when
his
member
from
kamloops
was
certainly
parading
around
the
suggestion
that
somehow
there
weren't
any
supports,
and
so
in
order
to
demonstrate
that
that
really
was
not
the
case,
alfred
activa
from
the
manager
of
operations
from
cmha,
one
of
the
providers
in
kamloops,
the
member
from
the
member
from
kamloops,
was
saying
that
there
aren't
enough.
A
A
We
have
support
staff
on
site,
doing
wellness
checks,
having
life
skills,
training
with
the
residents,
there's
employment
assistance.
We
have
referrals,
community
services,
support
groups
and
they
have
access
to
enrich
support
from
street
nurses
to
the
community
team
through
interior
health.
They
have
pharmacies
that
deliver
meds,
there's
intensive
case
management,
there's
home
support.
They
have
a
lot
of
wrap
around
services.
So,
honorable
speaker,
I
beg
to
differ
with
the
leader
of
the
opposition,
around
who's
being
disingenuous
right
now,.
D
D
This
government
has
totally
let
down
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
communities
and
people
who
need
our
help,
plus
the
small
businesses
who
provide
the
jobs
and
security
for
the
people
who
make
their
living
there.
Byron
looks
of
west
coast
appliances
said,
and
I
quote,
there
was
zero
communication
at
the
beginning,
and
there
still
is
no
plan.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
again
what
we're
hearing
from
the
opposition
suggesting
that
nothing
is
happening
really
really
really,
after
16
years
of
their
nothing
2
500
people
now
have
homes,
they're
getting
meals,
they're,
getting
access
to
services,
1100
more
coming
on
stream.
We
have
mayors
all
around
this
province
who
are
working
together
with
us
to
deliver
from
kamloops
in
kelowna.
A
We
have
a
mayor
here
in
victoria
who
is
looking
for
more
opportunities
to
deliver
for
that
kind
of
housing
we
have
in
abbott.
Third,
we
have
in
chilliwack.
We
have
all
of
these
problems.
In
richmond
we
have
been
going
full
steam
ahead
to
deliver
for
people
who
have
been
ignored
by
the
other
side.
I
have
to
tell
you,
mr
speaker,
if
the
other
side
had
done
the
bare
minimum,
the
bare
minimum
we
wouldn't
be
where
we
are
right
now.
This
is
about
us
playing
catch
up
and
we're
going
to
keep
doing
what
we're
doing.
D
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
think
it's
time
that
the
minister
actually
went
and
visited
some
of
these
areas
in
all
across
british
columbia.
The
situation
is
so
bad
that
these
businesses
are
losing
customers
because
they
no
longer
feel
safe
shopping.
There.
Many
businesses
spend
an
hour
before
opening
each
day.
Cleaning
up
garbage,
discarded
needles,
human
feces
and
urine
at
one
small
business
we
visited
yesterday
was
a
young
man
going
through
the
garbage,
and
then
there
was
another
one
that
we
saw
right
in
front
of
us
running
across
the
street.
He
almost
got
run
over.
D
D
This
government
has
been
a
complete
failure
for
people
like
this
young
man
left
to
scrounge
around
in
garbage
bins.
This
is
in
the
middle
of
the
day,
and
the
premier
acknowledged
the
other
day.
His
failures-
and
I
quote:
it's
not
just
victoria
and
vancouver
where
the
challenges
with
homelessness
occurs.
D
D
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
I
find
it
fascinating
that
that
here
we
are
and
and
the
opposition
finally
decided
to
take
a
look
at
what
their
inactivity
has
done
and
how
it's
impacted
people.
Finally,
I
can
tell
the
members
opposite
and
all
the
members
of
the
house
that
when
I
first
became
minister,
the
very
first
thing
I
did
was
look
at
the
tent
city
that
that
grew
under
their
watch
at
sugar
mountain.
A
I
went
to
the
wally
strip
that
grew
under
their
watch
and
the
first
thing
we
did
as
government
was
put
programs
in
place,
bring
housing
online.
We
moved
170
people
off
the
wally
strip
over
three
days.
That's
we
moved
them
and
we
got
to
give
them
supports.
Their
lives
are
changed.
We
did
the
same
thing
in
in
part
in
parts
of
vancouver,
we've
done
it
in
kelowna,
we've
done
it
in
abbotsford,
we've
done
it
in
chilliwack.
We've
done
it
in
in
I'm
trying
to
think
there's.
So
many
in
vancouver.
A
We've
done
it
in
here
on
the
island.
We
have
way
so
much
more
to
do.
Honorable
speaker,
no
one
is
denying
that
we
have
fixed
everything.
You
can't
fix
16
years
of
bad
in
three.
Do
we
have
more
to
do?
Honourable
speaker,
we
absolutely
do.
No
one
is
denying
that
and
I
look
forward
to
keep
doing
the
things
that
we've
been
doing
because
we're
making
a
difference
in
people's
lives
and
we
need
to
be
working
together
in
communities
and
there
are
so
many
that
are
happy
to
work
with
us.
A
The
members
opposite
aren't
that
interested
fair
enough,
but
we
have
mayors
and
we
have
business
improvement
associations.
We
have
the
north,
the
north
shore,
business
improvement
association
and
in
kamloops
we
have
student
groups
that
are
eager
to
work
with
us.
We
have
church
groups
that
are
eager
to
work
with
us.
A
We
know
that
there
are
people
in
communities
right
around
the
province
that
want
to
work
in
partnership
with
us
to
deliver
for
people
it's
hard
to
do
it's
hard
work,
honorable
speaker,
we're
bringing
everything
we
have
to
build
community
for
those
who
are
most
vulnerable.
I'm
excited
to
keep
doing
the
work.
It
is
hard
work,
and
I
know
that
with
the
non-profit
sector,
with
all
of
the
partner
groups,
we're
going
to
keep
delivering
and
making
a
difference
for
these
people's
lives.
E
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker.
Current
data
ranks
anxiety
and
depression
as
the
sixth
leading
reason
people
visit
their
primary
care
providers,
and
that
was
before
covid19.
As
we
discussed
on
monday,
a
mental
health
shadow
pandemic
looms
with
heavy
workloads
and
rapid
patient
turnover.
Gps
cannot
be
expected
to
carry
the
burden
of
the
mental
health
crisis
alone
to
get
additional
psychological
care.
As
the
minister
noted
yesterday,
people
often
have
to
pay
out
of
pocket,
and
even
then
mental
health
treatment
is
poorly
integrated
into
our
universal
health
care
system,
leading
to
worse
outcomes
and
higher
costs.
E
We
can't
wait
for
the
federal
government
to
solve
our
problems
when
there
are
solutions
available
to
us
in
province,
because
every
dollar
spent
on
mental
health
care
saves
our
medical
system
at
least
double
that
one
solution
is
to
better
integrate
primary
care
psychologists
into
primary
care
clinics,
despite
their
mental
health
expertise.
Psychologists
are
currently
ineligible
to
provide
their
services
through
msp.
My
questions
for
you,
honourable
speakers,
to
the
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions.
F
We
believe
they
need
to
step
up
to
the
plate,
but
we're
not
waiting
for
them,
and
that's
why
we
were
very
excited
to
partner
with
dr
lutz
and
the
bc
psychological
association
early
on
in
the
pandemic,
where
they
stood
up,
250
psychologists
to
support
people
who
are
struggling
with
mental
health
issues.
We
also
partnered
with
canadian
mental
health
association
bc
with
foundry
bc
and
with
49
community
agencies
across
the
province
that
we've
to
whom
we
provided
funding
to
be
able
to
provide
no
cost
or
low-cost
counseling
to
thousands
of
british
columbians.
F
And
we
know
how
important
this
is
honorable
speaker,
because
all
of
the
surveys
and
the
polling
indicate
that
the
pandemic
has
had
a
significant
impact
on
people's
mental
health,
and
it
will
continue
to
that's
why
I
spoke
about
it.
An
echo
pandemic
earlier
in
the
week
nearly
half
of
british
columbians
report
that
their
mental
health
is
worsening
and
and
so
that
that
means
that
we
have
focus
programs
to
support
mental,
to
support
people
who
are
working
on
the
front
lines
of
health
care.
F
It's
especially
have
an
impact
also
on
young
people
and
on
seniors
and
we're
working
right
now
in
our
ministry.
Honourable
speaker,
on
what
further
supports
we
need
to
provide
for
people
who
are
struggling
with
mental
health
issues,
we're
hearing
from
many
of
our
partners,
including
the
bc
psychological
association,
and
we
look
forward
to
further
discussions
in
order
to
make
decisions
about
what
we
need
to
do
going
forward
to
support
people
through
this
pandemic
and
beyond.
E
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
I
appreciate
the
minister's
response.
However,
patchwork
of
programs
and
services
is
different
from
integrating
mental
health
care
right
into
our
universal
health
care
system,
which
is
what
we're
advocating
for
is
dr
leslie
lutz
professor
of
psychology
at
ubc,
okanagan
and
executive,
with
the
bc
psychological
association
has
advised
funding.
This
pilot
project
would
truly
begin
to
change
the
way
that
we
treat
mental
health
in
our
province.
E
The
project
itself
is
not
entirely
untested.
In
ontario,
a
group
of
psychologists
and
family
physicians
secured
funding
that
established
a
practice
model
based
on
collaboration
between
family,
physicians
and
psychologists
and
over
12
months
period.
The
data
collected
shows
showed
impressive
results.
E
F
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
thank
you
again
to
the
member
and
the
member,
the
leader
of
the
the
third
sorry,
the
house
leader
for
the
third
party,
knows
very
well
my
commitment
and
this
government's
commitment
to
get
to
a
place
where
we
have
equity
between
physical
health
and
mental
health.
I
do
you
know.
F
We
certainly
welcome
the
proposal
from
the
bc
psychological
association
and
we
will
be
engaging
with
them
further,
as
we
will
be
engaging
with
a
number
of
our
partners
who
also
have
proposals
and
absolutely
we
need
to
go
beyond
the
kind
of
system
that
we
inherited.
That
is
very
much
a
patchwork
system,
and
that's
why
we
intervened
very
quickly
as
a
government
when
the
pandemic
hit.
Within
two
weeks,
we
stood
up.
F
Programs
worked
with
the
bc
psychological
association,
but
also
worked,
very
importantly,
with
foundry
bc,
which
we
were
expanding
to
19
locations
across
the
province.
Thousands
of
people
have
accessed
those
services.
The
canadian
mental
health
association
we've
significantly
expanded
support
to
them
over
the
past
few
years
and
supported
them
to
stand
up
virtually
and
they
have
reached
thousands
more
people
than
they
reached
than
they
reached
before.
We
have
a
new
24
7
advanced
student
helpline
for
students
in
post-secondary
education,
never
existed
before
in
the
province.
F
Honorable
speaker,
programs
like
confident
parents,
thriving
kids
delivered
by
cmhj,
are
reaching
more
people
than
they
ever
have
before
and
we
are,
and
we
have
a
really
really
solid
project
happening
with
safe
care
bc.
Cmha
and
frontline
healthcare
workers
and
their
unions
speak
to
ensure
that
people
on
the
front
lines
who
have
been
bearing
a
lot
of
the
brunt
of
this,
including
the
mental
health
impacts,
get
the
support
that
they
need.
So
and
just
this
week,
honorable
speaker,
we
opened
the
royal
columbian
hospital.
F
Mental
health
and
substance
use
wellness
center,
a
significant
addition
to
the
continuum
of
care.
Thank
you
and
honorable
speaker.
We've
got
more
announcements
to
come
in
the
coming
days,
but
I
know
that
the
leader
of
I
know
that
both
the
opposition
and
the
third
party
will
welcome
I'm
sure
and
we
we
look
forward
to
hearing
a
positive
response
to
those
upcoming
announcements.
B
G
You
speaker,
I
must
say
this:
is
I've
been
here
seven
years
almost
eight
years
on,
and
this
has
set
a
new
record.
We've
just
finished
three
questions
and
there's
only
four
minutes
left
in
question
period.
I'm
not
so
sure
this
is
the
way
this
place
is
supposed
to
function,
and
I'm
a
little
disappointed
in
my
colleagues
for
for
taking
that
up
and
shoving
me
to
the
to
the
last
couple
of
minutes
of
question
period.
Here.
G
It's
unfortunate
the
answers
were
not
not
targeted
and
the
questions
were
rambling,
in
my
view,
anyway,
as
more
and
more
evidence
about
the
role
that
mass
can
play
in
reducing
that
spread
of
covet,
19
has
emerged.
Growing
numbers
of
jurisdictions
have
adopted
laws
making
face,
masks
mandatory
in
all
scenarios
where
it
will
be
difficult
for
people
to
remain
physically
different
distant.
Just
last
week,
honorable
speaker,
france,
introduced
measures
mandating
masks
in
all
enclosed
public
spaces
across
the
pond.
G
A
recent
poll
from
angus
reid
has
found
that
there
is
broad
provincial
support
for
rules
that
would
make
mass
mandatory
in
public
spaces,
with
over
70
percent
of
british
columbians
in
favor
of
the
changes,
and
although
not
all
members
of
the
public
would
be
able
to
adhere
to
these
rules
due
to
underlying
physical
or
mental
health
conditions.
The
vast
majority
of
the
public
would
be
able
to
follow
them
with
relatively
few
personal
costs.
G
So
my
question
through
you
honorable
speakers
to
the
minister
of
health,
given
the
evidence
in
favor
of
universal
wearing
of
mass
and
the
broad
public
support
for
such
a
measure,
will
this
government
implement
a
law
or
public
health
order
that
makes
mass
mandatory
in
all
indoor
and
crowded
spaces
outside
people's
homes?
And
if
not,
why
not?.
H
Thank
you
very
much,
honorable
speaker.
I
want
to
start
by
expressing
my
appreciation
to
the
member
for
oakway
gordon
head
for
his
consistent
and
thoughtful
support
for
public
health
measures
during
this
pandemic
is
much
appreciated,
and
I
thank
him
for
his
questions.
He
will
know
that
dr
henry
has
answered
this
specific
question
a
number
of
times
in
the
past
few
weeks.
Let's
see
how
I
do
honorable
speaker,
you'll
know
that
in
july
we
understand
right
now,
quite
a
bit
about
community
transmission
of
covid19.
H
It's
why
we've
taken
specific
public
health
measures,
for
example,
public
health
measures
to
deal
with
houseboats
to
deal
with
temporary
accommodations
to
deal
with
with
rental
accommodations
and
resorts
to
deal
indeed
with
bars
and
with
with
the
nightclubs
and
even
with
strip
joints.
Honourable
speaker
and
specific
steps
to
deal
with
what
is
a
significant
issue
in
agricultural
industry.
H
Dr
henry
doesn't
believe-
and
I
don't
believe
at
this
time.
The
community
of
transmission
in
bc
justifies
a
mandatory
mass
mandate
not
at
this
time,
and
we
think
that
it
would
not
be
justified
in
light
of
the
significant
challenges
in
both
putting
it
into
place
and
the
very
significant
exemptions
which
I
know
the
member
would
understand
that
would
be
required
to
do
so.
He
also
knows,
honourable
speaker,
I
know
we
have
a
little
bit
of
time.
H
He
and
I
so
for
these
questions
so
I'll
just
give
him
a
little
bit
more
information
that
maths
are
well
very
important
in
terms
of
the
hierarchy
of
measures
we
can
take
is
less
effective
than
physical,
distancing
and
barriers
and
administrative
measures.
But
that
said,
honorable
speaker,
dr
henry
recommends,
and
I
recommend
wearing
non-medical
masks
in
circumstances
where
physical
distancing
cannot
be
maintained.
I
wear
a
mask
in
stores,
I
wear
a
mask
in
grocery
stores.
I
wear
a
mask
on
public
transit.
G
G
I
would
like
to
thank
the
minister
for
his
response,
and
I
I
do
appreciate
government's
reservations
about
imposing
a
law
that
would
make
past
mass
compulsory
and
government
should
be
commended
for
the
job
done
so
far
in
limiting
the
spread
of
covet
19.
but
lurking.
G
One
study,
for
example,
that
I
referred
to
earlier
in
in
statements
today
shows
that,
with
even
with
a
fifty
percent
efficiency,
instead
of
a
ninety
five
percent
type
efficiency
of
most
most
masks,
you
still
get
a
lower
r
rate
number
than
you
would
without
wearing
mass
and
since
enforcing
regulations.
Around
mandatory
masks
is
frankly
impossible
for
any
government
to
handle
by
itself.
Many
jurisdictions
have
appealed
to
the
private
sector
to
help
these
rules
like
in
quebec,
for
example,
where
periodic
inspections
happen
in
place
and
an
instance
where
individuals
or
businesses
are
caught.
G
The
authorities
have
typically
beaten
power
to
apply
fines,
so
my
question
through
you,
honorable
speaker,
is
once
more
to
the
minister
of
health.
If
government
does
so
choose
to
take
this
public
mandate
to
require
masks,
how
do
they
plan
to
implement
and
enforce
said
rules
in
the
province
of
british
columbia?
H
Well,
thank
you
honorable
speaker
as
noted,
and
this
is
the
strong
view
of
public
health
of
dr
henry.
It's
my
strong
view
that,
at
the
moment,
a
mandatory
mandate
for
mass
is
not
required
is
not
desirable
in
british
columbia.
For
some
of
the
reasons
that
we
have
discussed
at
length
and
I'm
happy
to
continue
to
discuss,
because
I
think
it's
an
issue
of
public
interest
and
debate.
I
applaud
people
who
take
the
steps,
because
I
think
it's
an
act
of
respect
to
wear
non-medical
masks,
especially
in
areas
where
physical
distancing
can't
be
maintained.
H
That
is
vital
importance
and
it
is
part
of
our
collective
response
to
covet
19..
What
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
in
bc
is
follow
the
science
and
follow
the
evidence
in
our
pandemic.
Yes,
what
happens
in
quebec
and
what
happens
in
france
and
what
happens
in
alberta
is
important,
but
one
of
the
reasons
we've
been
successful
in
bc
is
a
determination
also
to
follow
our
own
bc
course
to
deal
with
our
own
bc.
Cam
pandemic
that
led
to
our
response
and
our
single
site
order
in
long-term
care.
H
It
led
to
our
action
different
from
other
jurisdictions
in
dealing
with
temporary
foreign
workers
in
agriculture.
I
think
these
sorts
of
steps,
which
demonstrate
a
commitment
to
public
health
and
just
stopping
the
breaking
the
chains
of
transmission
have
been
what
have
made
us
successful.
I
want
to
say
this.
I
appreciate
the
comments
of
the
honourable
member,
and
I
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
thank
all
the
members
of
the
house.
These
people
have
consistently
made
positive
suggestions
been
supportive.
H
This
has
been
our
response,
our
collective
response
to
the
covet
19
pandemic,
and
it
has
been
successful
so
far,
I
think,
with
with
extraordinary
challenges
and
with
some
considerable
losses,
but
we
need
to
continue
to
do
this
together.
There
are
weeks
and
months
and
maybe
years
to
come,
and
that
will
require
generosity
and
sp
and
positive
spirit
together
to
continue
to
do
that.