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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 24 2020 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
D
Well,
yesterday,
we
learned
that
Vancouver
based
tech
resources
cancelled
their
twenty
billion
dollar
frontier
mine
project,
saying
that
they
could
see
no
constructive
path
forward
for
this
project.
This
mine
represents
over
thirty
five
hundred
person
years
of
employment
in
British
Columbia.
These
are
well-paying
family,
supporting
jobs
in
places
like
North
Vancouver
that
vanished
overnight.
D
C
B
And
I
thank
I
thank
the
member
for
question
and
I
hope
that
she's
had
the
opportunity
to
read
the
very
thoughtful
letter
put
out
by
Dawn
Lindsay,
the
president
and
CEO
of
tech.
After
making
the
decision
to
step
away
from
the
frontier
project,
I
think
that
it
should
be
required
reading
for
all
members
of
this
place
and
he
went
on
at
some
length
to
talk
about
the
divides
within
communities
that
will
not
be
addressed
in
the
shadow
of
regulatory
processes.
B
I'll
read
just
an
expert
honorable
speaker
Frontier,
however,
has
surfaces
a
broader
debate
over
climate
change,
Canada's
role
in
addressing
it.
It
is
our
hope
that
withdrawing
from
the
process
will
allow
Canadians
to
shift
to
a
larger
and
more
positive
discussion
about
the
path
forward.
Ultimately,
that
should
take
place
without
a
looming
regulatory
decision.
He
concludes
by
saying
the
following:
the
promise
of
Canada's
potential
will
not
be
realized
until
governments
can
reach
agreement
around
how
climate
policy
considerations
will
be
addressed
in
the
context
of
future
responsible
energy
use.
B
Without
clarity
on
this
critical
question,
the
solution
that
we
face
at
frontier
will
be
faced
by
future
projects
and
that
will
make
it
more
difficult
to
attract
investment.
And
to
that
quote,
the
member
will
also
know
that
that
blackrock,
one
of
the
largest
private
sector
equity
funds
in
the
world
has
made
a
shift
towards
low-carbon
investments,
made
a
shift
towards
responsible
uses
of
capital
to
build
the
economy.
We
need
in
our
future.
I
commend
mr.
Lindsay
for
his
long
sighted
view
on
frontier,
which
was
a
project
that
was
about
a
10-year
horizon
and
I.
B
D
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
appreciate
the
Premier's
response
and
in
fact,
of
course,
I've
read
the
letter.
It's
clear
that
some
members
of
his
government
have
not
or
did
not
to
celebrate
the
demise
of
the
potential
of
3500
person.
Hours
of
employment
in
British
Columbia
is
irresponsible.
From
our
perspective.
That's
not
the
first
time
there
are
10,000
jobs
in
British
Columbia
in
oil
and
gas
development,
10,000
jobs.
So
it's
not
the
first
time
the
parliamentary
secretary
has
attacked
these
family
supporting
jobs
on
November,
the
28th
2019.
She
said
and
I
quote.
D
We
need
to
escape
the
systemic
clutches
of
oil
and
gas.
End
quote:
that
is
exactly
the
view
of
the
us-based
stand:
dot
Earth
organization
who
are
today
hiring
a
senior
oil
and
gas
campaigner
to
do
what
to
stop
oil
and
gas
development
in
British
Columbia.
Do
the
views
of
the
parliamentary
secretary
and
of
stand
dot
earth
reflect
the
views
of
this
government
premier.
B
D
Well,
thank
you
very
much
and
I
think
that
the
premier,
then,
is
fully
aware
of
the
fact
that
perhaps
he
needs
to
have
a
conversation
with
members
on
that
side
of
the
house
about
the
history
that
he
just
recalled
here
in
the
house.
But
it
goes
further
than
that.
Mr.
speaker,
the
Environment
Minister
had
dinner
with
members
of
Stan
daughters,
who
were
present
at
the
anti
pipeline
strategy
group
meeting
on
Bowen
Island.
D
C
D
Ironic,
how
how
facts
actually
upset
the
other
side?
Let's
see
what
that
organization
is
saying
on
their
website.
Here
is
the
job
posting
on
their
Us
website
and
I
quote.
Campaigns
have
focused
on
have
focused
on
stopping
the
transmat
and
pipeline
the
tech
frontier
mine.
In
the
coming
months
we
will
expand
to
stop
the
growth
of
fracking
and
LNG
in
British.
Columbia
end
quote
well,
the
Minister
of
the
Environment
didn't
want
to
get
up
last
week.
It's
his
chance
today
to
stand
up
and
unequivocally
reject,
stand,
otters
american-led
campaign
to
stop
BC
energy
development
preview.
B
B
I've
been
missing,
honor
the
speaker
that
cut
and
thrust
the
back
and
forth
about
the
policy,
ideas
and
the
challenges
of
the
21st
century.
How
can
we
make
life
better
for
British
Columbians?
According
to
Liberals
honourable
speaker,
don't
tweet
your
thoughts
and
don't
have
dinner
with
anybody.
It
hasn't
been
approved
by
the
Politburo
on
that
side
of
the
phone.
E
B
Thank
You
honorable
speaker,
my
goodness,
oh
my
goodness,
Kamloops
is
erupting
over
there
when,
when
an
industry,
leader
of
the
stature
of
Dawn
Lindsay,
reflects
on
all
of
us
taking
a
pause
and
looking
for
it.
How
do
we
bring
the
new
generation
oftentimes
reflected
in
represented
by
the
member
for
North
Vancouver
Lonsdale?
How
do
we
bring
the
new
generation
into
sync
with
the
old
generation?
How
do
we
all
move
together
collectively
find
action
by
helping
the
most
aggressive
climate
plan
in
North,
America.
B
Find
a
way
forward,
so
companies
like
Blackrock
can
invest
in
British
Columbia
because
we
have
a
plan
to
address
climate
over
the
long
term
and,
most
importantly,
honorable
speaker
and
I
thought
everyone
in
this
house
was
with
us
on
this,
but
I
guess
they're,
not
addressing
reconciliation
and
ensuring
that
we
recognize
indigenous
peoples
was
something
that
we
all
embraced
just
a
few
months
ago.
I
don't
know
what
happened.
It
seemed
to
be
backslider.
A
Thank
You
mr.
speaker,
it
has
been
now
three
weeks
since
the
blockades
to
paralyze
our
economy
started.
There
are
vessels
sitting
today
empty
on
the
BC
south
coast,
as
ships
await
cargo
from
the
Port
of
Vancouver.
Local
exporters
are
unable
to
move
their
products
to
their
global
customers,
and
this
is
an
unprecedented
hit
to
BC
businesses
and
BC
families
and
BC
jobs
in
North.
Vancouver
tech
resources
had
shut
down
its
Neptune
shipping
terminal
for
five
months,
impacting
hundreds
of
jobs,
many
of
them
on
the
North
Shore
so
to
the
jobs
Minister.
C
B
Maybe
it
might
be
coherent
to
the
people
of
British
Columbia.
With
respect
to
the
members
question,
I
can
say
that
over
the
past
seven
days,
I've
been
in
intense
discussions
with
premiers
across
the
country,
the
most
significant
blockades,
of
course,
being
in
Ontario
and
Quebec
that
are
having
an
impact
on
the
Port
of
Vancouver
and
vessels
that
are
now
harbored
all
the
way
out
through
the
Strait
of
Juan
de
Fuca,
we're
working
with
the
prime
minister
we're
working
with
the
federal
government
to
make
sure
there's
a
way
forward
as
I
understand
it.
B
A
You
these
problems
are
not
going
to
go
away
without
action
from
this
government.
The
economic
damage
has
been
done,
mr.
speaker,
for
every
one
day
that
cargo
has
been
delayed
due
to
blockades.
It
takes
three
days
to
get
black
back
to
normal
terminals,
on
Vancouver
Island,
Prince
Rupert,
the
North
Shore
downtown
Vancouver,
and
the
Fraser
River
in
Surrey
have
all
been
affected.
Over
two
million
dollars
in
wages
have
already
been
lost
in
Prince
Rupert
alone,
and
there's
only
13,000
people
that
actually
live
there.
B
Previously,
on
the
speaker
and
again,
I
thank
the
member
for
her
newfound
concern
about
shipping
industries
and
the
impacts
on
the
on
the
economy
here
in
British,
Columbia
and
right
across
the
country.
These
are
these
are
national
challenges.
Honourable
speaker,
these
are
national
challenges
and
what
we've
seen
at
the
national
level
is
an
unprecedented
coming
together
of
people
from
different
political
perspectives.
B
That
they've
happened
to
have
different
needs
in
their
various
communities,
with
one
purpose
in
mind,
open
up
the
economy
continue
dialogue,
not
throw
everything
I'm,
not
that
baby
out
with
the
bathwater,
which
would
be
the
BC
liberal
approach.
It's
getting
a
little
bit
difficult.
We
should
stop
now
and
put
our
hands
up.
Quite
the
contrary
on
the
speaker.
We
need
to
work
together
for
a
way
forward,
United
across
the
country.
It's
a
shame.
We
can't
be
united
in
this
house.
F
Leader
third
party
Thank
You
mr.
speaker,
two
weeks
ago,
the
government
released
its
economic
framework
that
supposedly
provides
an
organizing
framework
for
the
work
of
this
government.
In
the
section
in
investments
in
technology
and
innovation,
it
states
that
the
government
quote
will
contribute
more
than
700
million
dollars
to
technology
programming,
including
in
technology
focused,
educational
programs,
tax
credits,
programming
for
technology
companies,
incubator
and
accelerator
programs
delivered
by
innovate,
BC
by
the
innovate,
BC
crown
corporation
technology
focused
procurement
opportunities
and
the
development
of
innovation
clusters.
F
G
G
Honorable
speaker,
it's
really
amazing
to
see
the
work
that
british
columbians
are
doing
and
what
they're
offering
the
world
and
I'm
very
proud
to
be
involved
in
what
they're
doing
as
the
minister
responsible
for
technology
in
terms
of
the
members
question
the
the
incentives
and
the
work
that
we're
doing
as
government
to
support
this
industry
and
what
it's
able
to
do
is
very
numerous,
and
he
mentioned
the
digital
media
tax
credit.
That
is
something
that
we
are
very
proud
of.
F
F
F
G
G
G
G
And
that
has
created
over
a
thousand
family
supporting
jobs
right
here
in
BC
honorable
speaker
to
help
connect
communities
and
businesses.
We
are
investing
50
million
dollars
to
expand
high-speed
Internet
to
more
than
four
hundred
and
seventy
nine
rural
and
indigenous
communities
to
enable
them
to
participate
in
today's
economy,
and
we
are
providing
17
million
dollars
over
the
next
five
years
to
establish
the
quantum
algorithms
Institute.
Honourable
speaker,
we
are
doing
so
much
for
the
tech
sector.
G
We
have
so
many
opportunities
to
support
them
and
I
heard
many
of
what
those
opportunities
have
done
for
small
businesses
startups.
How
they're
scaling
up
in
my
tours
of
them,
whether
it
be
in
Nelson
or
in
Vancouver,
honourable
speaker,
I,
would
love
I
would
love
to
give
the
member
a
full
list.
I,
don't
think
question
periods,
long
enough,
I,
don't
think
he's
going
to
hear
it
with
all
the
heckling
going
on
either.
Honourable
speaker.
C
H
Speaker,
my
my
question
is
for
the
Minister
of
Agriculture.
Rail
blockades
are
having
a
direct
impact
on
BC
farmers,
we're
hearing
about
beef
producers
who
are
losing
orders
to
South
American
producers,
poultry
producers,
who
aren't
being
able
to
get
product
into
the
into
the
stores,
grocery
stores,
feed
companies
for
both
poultry,
dairy
and
actually
pork
producers,
who
have
a
very
limited
supply
left.
The
Minister
received
a
letter
last
week
from
the
animal
nutritional
Association
of
Canada,
which
reminded
her
and
us
that
500
poultry
producers
depend
on
feed
mills
in
British.
H
Columbia
500
dairy
producers
are
relying
on
feed
mills.
The
Lower
Mainland
Mills,
combined
manufacturing
deliver
more
than
3000
tonnes
of
feed
daily
to
area
farms
of
this
tonnage.
The
vast
majority
of
ingredient
inputs
are
delivered
to
the
valley
by
rail.
My
question
to
the
minister
is
what
contingency
planning
has
the
government
undertaken
to
address
the
impacts
of
these
blockades
and
the
real
impacts
they're
having
on
farmers
and
who
is
going
to
cover
the
additional
costs
incurred
as
a
result
of
these
blockades?
H
I
Thank
You
mr.
speaker,
and
thank
you
for
the
question.
It's
a
very
important
question.
We
are
keeping
in
contact
with
our
stakeholders
around
the
province
to
keep
on
top
of
which
suppliers
and
which
producers
may
be
coming
into
a
difficult
situation
due
to
the
stalling
of
goods
being
delivered.
We
are
in
constant
conversations
and
we
are
hopeful
that
we
will
see
our
the
flow
of
goods
start
to
happen
soon.
I
But
I
can
tell
the
member
that
we
are
in
constant
contact
with
not
just
our
farmers
and
our
feed
producers
and
suppliers,
but
also
our
processors
and
one
conversation
that
we've
been
in
contact
with
since
the
beginning
is
one
of
our
chicken
processors,
and
so
we
have
managed
to
find
an
alternative
route
to
get
chicken
through
to
customers.
But
those
are
conversations
that
we
hope
will
have
less
of
in
the
next
coming
weeks.
I
H
The
sad
irony
is
that
the
feed
mills
want
to
use
BC
product
to
produce
the
feed
that
our
producers
require,
and
they
can't
get
it
millions
of
dollars.
Our
worth
of
grains
are
languishing
on
side
tracts
in
rail
cars
that
haven't
been
able
to
to
move
one
of
those
as
stakeholders,
Clearbrook
grain
and
milling
company.
That's
been
operating
for
upwards
of
70
years
in
the
Fraser
Valley
has
written
to
the
minister
and
has
alerted
the
the
government
to
the
the
following.
He
says
this.
H
The
road
and
rail
blockages
are
affecting
my
ability
to
produce
feed
for
BC
farm
animals
and
pets,
not
to
mention
the
additional
cost
that
will
be
borne
by
all
of
us
in
the
added
costs
for
price
of
goods
and
lost
wages.
So
again,
can
the
minister
assure
the
house
and
the
thousands
of
producers
around
British
Columbia
that
there
is
a
contingency
plan
in
place
that
will
service
the
needs
of
our
agri-food
sector?
H
I
You,
mr.
speaker
and
I
agree
with
the
member
it's
of
great
concern
to
us
as
well,
but
as
we
keep
in
touch
with
our
stakeholders,
we
are
aware
of
any
of
the
blockages
that
are
affecting
say
our
producers
in
the
Fraser
Valley.
So
we
know
that
our
producers
of
chickens
turkeys,
beef
producers
are
our
dairy
cows.
They
all
need
a
consistent
supply
of
feed
and
we
know
more
and
more
they're
looking
for
that
feed
to
come
from
British
Columbia.
So
we
are
doing
our
best
to
work
with
our
agriculture
community.
I
J
Thank
You
mr.
speaker,
it's
it's
not
just
the
illegal
blockades
that
are
causing
damage
to
our
provincial
economy.
Coronavirus
is
having
an
immense
impact
on
the
entire
world
economy
and
as
a
small
jurisdiction
that
is
dependent
on
trade
to
sustain
the
economy.
British
Columbia
is
vulnerable.
We
already
seen
layoffs
and
major
interruptions
to
the
import
and
export
of
goods
export
of
goods.
Here
in
British
Columbia
can
the
Minister
of
State
for
trade.
Tell
us
what
steps
the
provincial
government
has
taken
to
mitigate
the
impact
on
trade.
E
We
are
changing
our
ways
of
trade
in
terms
of
the
trade
investment
office,
we're
going
to
be
relocating
them
in
our
Canadian
embassies
and
now
consulate.
This
will
serve
us
better
as
we
expand
into
other
trade
agreements
such
as
the
CP
TPP,
for
example.
So
we're
working
hard
in
terms
of
diversifying
our
trade
with
Europe
with
career
and
now
with
the
new
CPT
PP.
J
J
Question
here
is
the
headlines
for
the
Financial
Times.
Within
the
last
hour.
Us
stocks
have
worst
day
worst
day
in
two
years
as
coronavirus
spheres
spread.
It
goes
on
to
say
the
Dow
Jones
Industrial
Average
had
more
than
1,000
points.
Today,
UK
stocks
have
their
worst
day
in
five
years
stocks
in
Italy
worst
trading
day
since
2016
mr.
speaker
in
the
new
york
times.
In
the
last
hour,
they
quote,
goldman
sachs,
say:
quote:
economists
said:
goldman
sachs
were
expecting
first
quarter.
J
Domestic
growth
of
2%,
as
recently
as
late
january,
have
been
steadily
lowering
their
estimate,
which
fell
to
one
point,
two
percent
on
Monday.
This
is
all
because
of
the
coronavirus.
Mr.
speaker,
this
is
the
largest
economy
in
the
world.
Here
we
have
a
small
sub
national
economy
in
size,
British,
Columbia
trade,
it's
very
important
and
you
can
see
the
impact
it's
having
on
the
United
States.
You
can
imagine
what
impact
it
would
have
here
on
British
Columbia
here
on
the
west
coast.
J
We
have
40
ships
at
this
hour
that
are
not
moving,
meaning
we're
not
sending
BC
Goods
out
of
the
province.
We're
also
told
that
no
ships
are
coming
in
from
other
jurisdictions
due
to
the
corona
virus
outbreak.
Trade
is
a
vital
part
of
our
economy
and
British
Columbians
are
rightfully
fearful
of
the
potential
for
layoffs
and
shortages
that
are
coming.
So,
let's
try
this
again.
Can
the
minister
state
of
trade
tell
us
what
specific
steps
the
province
is
taken?
Not
just
watching
to
ensure
British
Columbia
is
protected
from
the
pending
fallout
Minister
of
Health.
C
K
F
K
Think
at
its
core,
this
issue,
the
issue
around
kovat
19
around
the
novel
coronavirus,
is
both
a
health
issue.
It
has
enormous
implications
for
people
around
the
globe
and
it
has
profound
economic
consequence
and
as
a
potential
for
profound
economic
consequences
and
and
honorable
speaker,
I'm,
very
proud
of
the
actions
that
we
are
taking
as
a
jurisdiction,
as
leaders
in
the
world
to
address
the
health
consequences
which
also
have
profound
trade
consequences.
That's
what
it
says.
E
K
K
So
that
people
understand
the
effort,
that's
been
put
forward
and
our
understanding
of
the
consequences
of
this,
not
just
for
human
health,
but
for
the
economy
as
a
whole.
It's
why
British
Columbia
has
done,
for
example,
for
the
BC
Centre
for
Disease
Control
1000
tests,
1000
tests,
when
you
put
that
in
context,
honourable
speaker,
across
the
United
States
of
America
they've
done
537
tests.
It's
because
of
that
acted
that
impact
the
impact
on
human
health
and
the
impact
on
economies
which
we
know
is
existing.