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From YouTube: JULY 21 2020 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
C
You,
mr.
speaker
and
sadly,
for
the
second
time
in
less
than
a
month,
21
industry
groups,
representing
the
majority
of
employees
in
British
Columbia,
have
written
to
this
government
saying
that
tens
of
thousands
of
small
businesses
are
now
seeing
jobs
put
at
risk.
They
right
and
I
quote.
We
urged
your
government
to
do
no
harm
and
set
aside
any
measures
that
increase
costs,
regulatory
burden,
uncertainty
but
you're,
ignoring
the
advice
of
BC's
business
leaders,
owners
operators
and
those
responsible
for
employing
most
British
Columbians
end
quote
so
to
the
premier.
C
D
Thank
your
speaker
and
I
thank
the
leader
of
the
Opposition
for
his
question.
I
did
receive
a
copy
of
a
letter
from
a
number
of
business
groups
talking
about
legislation.
That's
currently
before
the
house
that
will
amend
the
Workers
Compensation
Act.
We
believe
those
changes
are
modest.
We
are
certain
that
those
changes
will
not
lead
to
premium
increases
for
businesses
in
the
short
term
and
what
it
will
do
is
provide
more
assistance
for
injured
workers,
something
that
hasn't
happened
in
20
years.
C
The
Prima
continues
to
defy
reality
three
weeks
ago.
He
stubbornly
refused
to
accept
common
sense
and
the
issue
of
severance
pay
and
finally
beat
a
retreat
when
it
became
clear.
His
position
was
completely
untenable.
This
time
the
business
community
writes
snide
quote,
the
government's
economic
recovery
plan
is
still
unknown
and
bill.
23
measures
call
into
question
the
sincerity
of
our
government's
commitment
to
listen
to
British
Columbians,
particularly
small,
medium
and
large
business
employers.
End
quote,
so.
D
At
no
time
did
they
increase
in
any
way
benefits
for
workers.
So
what
we
see
with
this
act
is
a
modest
change
and
it's
been
debated
where
it's
I
believe
we're
going
into
committee
stage
on
the
bill.
The
member
can
certainly
participate
fully
in
that
debate.
If
he
chooses
to
what
we've
done
is
increased
benefits
for
workers
without
it
having
any
cost
to
business.
Premiums
remain
the
same.
This
year
premium
reign
limits
seen
next
year.
There
was
a
consultation
with
mr.
Parr.
We
looked
at
all
the
recommendations.
Mr.
D
Parr
brought
forward
any
recommendations
that
would
have
an
adverse
impact
on
business.
We
put
to
one
side,
but
we're
not
going
to
leave
workers
at
risk.
I
appreciate
the
the
member
from
the
other
side
understands
this.
The
economy
is
about
people.
If
you
write
the
check
or
you
cash
the
check,
you
need
to
work
together,
business
and
workers.
That's
what
this
bill
will
do.
That's
what
the
workers
compensation
Act
was
designed
to
do.
E
Remember:
Richmond
Queensboro,
Thank
You.
Mr.
speaker,
the
Prima's
speaks
about
modest
changes,
but
those
so-called
modest
changes
have
you
know:
United
21
organizations
representing
various
sectors
in
our
economy,
representing
hundreds
of
thousands
of
workers
and
they've
all
United
together.
The
July
20th
letter
to
the
labor
minister
lays
out
the
threat
this
government
poses
to
economic
recovery
in
stark
terms.
Mr.
speaker,
they
write
quote.
Instead
of
holding
the
line
on
further
business
costs
and
regulatory
enactments,
you
are
doubling
down
on
increasing
business
costs
and
adding
uncertainty
to
bc's
investment,
climate
and
quote
to
the
Labor
Minister.
E
F
You
and
it
was,
and
the
member
for
well
knows,
for
too
many
years,
the
workers
and
their
families
have
been
complaining
that
the
workers
compensation
system
isn't
fair,
isn't
working
for
them.
So
what
we
are
doing
is
taking
some
important
steps
to
modernize
the
Workers
Compensation
Act,
ensuring
workers
and
their
family
get
the
support
they
need,
while
keeping
premiums
wrong.
E
Thank
You
mr.
speaker,
there's
enough
uncertainty
in
the
world
today
because
of
kovat
economic
recovery
and
how
we
handle
economic
recovery
is
so
very
important
right
now.
It's
NDP
policy
that
is
concerning
these
businesses.
Just
three
weeks
ago,
this
very
Labor
Minister
was
once
again
had
to
walk
it
back
because
these
various
business
organizations
spoke
up.
So
not
only
does
this
government
black
a
business
plan,
but
this
Labor
ministers
policies
are
actually
making
things
work.
Worse.
E
Here's
another
gem
from
the
letter,
mr.
speaker
quote:
there
was
no
consultation
on
bill,
23
measures
in
the
context
of
kovat
19.
It
is
ill-timed,
ill-considered
and
ignores
broad-based
and
repeated
requests
from
the
business
community
to
do
no
harm
end
quote
again
to
the
minister.
Why
is
he
throwing
an
anchor
instead
of
a
lifeline
to
thousands
of
small
businesses
across
BC
Minister
of
Labour?
Mr.
F
Speaker,
it
is
amazing
one
day
to
stand
up
here
say
we
do
too
much
consultation
on
the
other
side
and
they
stand
up
next
day.
We
haven't
done
enough.
We
have
consulted
four
different
reports
were
commissioned.
All
of
them
were
consulted.
All
the
stakeholders
were
consulted.
Jeff
power
went
out
and
consulted
exactly
the
changes
that
we
are
talking
about
here.
Let's
talk
about
some
of
those
change,
mr.
F
speaker,
allowing
WorkSafeBC
to
provide
preventive
medical
treatment
which
could
save
money
in
a
long
term
to
the
system,
strengthen
the
ability
of
WorkSafeBC
to
investigate
workplace
safety,
infractions,
enhancing
workers,
health
and
safety,
our
workplaces,
giving
injured
workers
and
their
families
a
greater
voice
through
victim
impacts.
Mr.
speaker,
these
changes
are
modest,
but
they
are
important
to
support
the
workers
who
need
help
at
the
time
when
they
need
it.
Mr.
speaker,
at
the
same
time,
we
are
enhancing
health
and
safety
of
workers
at
workplaces.
I
hope
all
of
us
can
agree
with
that,
but
mr.
F
G
Thank
You,
honourable
speaker,
yesterday,
the
minister
of
forest
lands,
natural
resource,
acknowledge
that
there
is
quote
a
need
for
stronger
steps
to
protect
biodiversity
and
to
support
workers
and
communities
dependent
on
the
forest
resource.
He
promised
that
this
government
is
taking
a
science-based
approach
to
this
issue.
Today,
I'd
like
to
canvass
with
the
Minister
of
Environment
what
the
science
is
actually
saying
about
this
government's
current
approach
to
old-growth.
G
Very
recently,
three
independent
scientists
released
a
report
titled
a
last
stand
for
biodiversity
using
the
government's
own
data.
These
researchers
have
analyzed
the
current
state
of
old-growth
in
British
Columbia,
and
what
did
they
find
that
the
current
levels
of
protection
for
old
forests
and
BC
are
so
low
that
they
actually
don't
support
biodiversity?
The
status
quo
quote,
puts
biodiversity,
ecological
integrity
and
resilience
at
high
risk.
Today.
G
H
H
I
think
it's
very
clear
both
from
my
colleague
Minister
forest
lands
and
natural
resource
operations
and
rural
development
activities,
and
answer
yesterday
that
that
his
focus
on
the
important
role
of
old
forests
for
a
multitude
of
values,
including
biodiversity,
led
him
and
led
our
government
to
appoint
the
panel
to
do
the
review.
As
he
answered
yesterday.
H
He
is
very
much
in
the
process
of
reviewing
the
report,
which
included
a
significant
submission
from
the
independent
report
by
three
three
forest
researchers
that
the
member
references,
I've
engaged
with
the
minister
in
discussion
about
the
old-growth
panel's
report
about
the
report
of
the
independent
scientists
about
his
thoughts
going
forward.
I
joined
the
minister
and
meetings
with
concerned
environmental
organizations
to
talk
about
their
ideas,
as
well
as
the
review
process
that
the
minister
is
undertaking.
I'm,
confident
that
the
minister's
response
to
these
reports
will
be
meaningful
and
help
us
chart
a
path
forward.
G
You,
honourable
speaker,
and
while
all
of
this
review
and
the
panelists
is
that
doing
their
work,
unfortunately,
old
forests
are
disappearing
and
they're
disappearing
forever.
Returning
to
the
scientists
report,
they
found
again
using
the
government's
own
data
that
less
than
one
percent
of
our
total
forest
area
in
BC
is
made
up
of
quote
big
tree
forest.
These
are
the
forests
that
people
think
of
when
they
think
about
old-growth.
They
are
highly
productive
ecosystems,
they
produce
majestic
trees
and
they
provide
unique
rare
habitats,
but
they
have
almost
vanished.
G
To
quote
the
authors,
these
ecosystems
are
effectively
the
white
rhinos
of
old-growth
forests.
They
are
almost
extinguished
and
will
not
recover
from
logging.
We
don't
get
a
second
chance
at
this.
If
this
government
is
truly
committed
to
protecting
biodiversity,
they
will
to
stop
the
bleed
in
these
rare
old
forests.
My
question
to
you,
honorable
speaker,
is
again
to
the
Minister
of
Environment
and
climate
change
strategy.
Will
he
work
with
his
cabinet
colleagues
to
put
a
moratorium
on
logging,
our
last
remaining
productive
old-growth
in
British,
Columbia
Minister.
H
You
very
much
honorable
speaker
and
thank
you
also
to
the
member
for
the
question.
Our
government
is
very
committed
to
protecting
biodiversity
and
finding
a
way
forward
that
is
respectful
of
workers
of
communities
of
indigenous
nations
and
of
the
flora
and
fauna
which
provide
such
an
important
set
of
ecological
services
to
all
of
us
and
which
ensure
that
the
water
we
drink
and
the
air
we
breathe
and
the
abundance
of
life
around
us
maintains
the
biodiversity.
That's
so
critical
for
all
of
us
going
forward.
H
That's
why
we've
been
reviewing
and
working
with
environmental
groups
and
others
on
different
ways
to
improve
species
at
risk
as
we
move
toward
legislation,
we're
taking
some
significant
policy
measures,
including
consistent
implication
of
mitigating
and
offsetting
measures
for
development
activities,
as
well
as
renewal
of
our
approach
to
prioritizing
and
listing
of
species
at
risk.
We're
also
working
with
the
federal
government
and
indigenous
nations.
We
protect
it,
rare
inland
temperate
rainforest
and
the
dark
woods.
Conservation
Area
with
the
federal
government
and
the
Nature
Conservancy
of
Canada
working
with
my
colleague,
the
Minister
of
Forests.
H
We
protected
from
further
logging,
the
Skagit
Valley
doughnut
hole
and
we've
also
protected
habitat
for
other
species
at
risk
by
by
moratoria
and
set
asides
and
conservancies.
My
colleague,
the
Minister
of
forest
lands
and
natural
resources.
I
know
because
I
talked
to
him
on
a
regular
basis,
is
applying
himself
to
ensuring
that
the
report
is
considered
and
implemented
in
a
meaningful
way,
including
measures
that
need
to
be
taken
in
the
short
term,
as
well
as
measures
in
the
long
term.
H
He's
doing
that
in
a
way
that
is
respectful
of
government-to-government
relationships
and
and
true
consultation
he's
doing
that
in
a
way.
That's
respectful
of
workers
and
communities
and
he's
doing
that
in
a
way
that
will
guarantee
that
we
have
good
protections
and
good
protection
of
biodiversity
and
rare
species,
including
old-growth
forests.
Going
forward.
I
Thank
you
very
much
mr.
speaker
and
the
Labor
Minister.
His
answer
is
so
far
today.
It
feels
like
he's
just
reading
his
answers
from
Hansard
from
three
weeks
ago,
when
he
eventually
walked
back
that
failed
plan
for
the
business
community
as
well.
The
reality,
mr.
speaker,
is
that
the
business
community,
including
members
of
the
premiers
own
task
force,
are
pleading
with
US
government
to
do
no
harm.
In
fact,
they
sent
a
letter
yesterday.
That
was
nine
pages
long.
This
is
not
just
a
quick
little
note
that
they
scratched
out
with
some
objections.
I
It's
nine
pages
they
were
eight
and
I
quote,
simply
put
now
is
not
the
time
to
add
more
costs
and
uncertainty
to
bc's
workers,
compensation
system
and
quote
so
again
to
the
Labor
Minister.
Why
is
the
Labor
Minister
so
intent
on
adding
costs
and
uncertainty
which
will
put
thousands
of
jobs
at
risk
when
the
twenty-one
signatories
are
very
clearly
signaled?
That
is
exactly
what
will
happen
with
bill.
23.
F
Minister
of
Labour
mr.
speaker,
for
the
reasons
that
have
been
canvassed
here.
Our
approaches
has
been
very
measured
and
called
a
significant
review
by
mr.
Parr.
We
decided
not
to
proceed
but
with
all
of
the
mr.
powers
recommendations.
In
fact,
if
we
did,
it
would
have
a
cost
700
million
dollars
to
the
WC
B's
Accident
Fund,
because
of
Cova
19
because
of
circumstances
we
are
going
through.
We
decided
not
to
proceed
with
those
recommendations.
We
put
them
aside.
Mr.
F
speaker,
as
I
said
before,
our
approach
is
fair
to
businesses,
who
will
not
see
increase
in
their
premiums
in
a
short
term
as
a
result
of
this
bill,
but
also,
mr.
speaker
is
fair
to
the
workers,
who
have
not
seen
any
improvement
in
the
workers
compensation
system
in
20
years.
In
fact,
mr.
speaker
striking
the
right
balance,
businesses
will
continue
to
receive
subsidy
on
their
premiums,
paying
only
dotter
55.
Then
the
cost
is
dollar
67.
I
Thank
you
very
much
mr.
speaker,
I'm,
assuming
it
wouldn't
surprise
me
that
the
Minister
seems
to
think
that,
because
businesses,
remittances
have
gone
down,
they're
saving
money,
but
the
remittances
have
gone
down
because
they
don't
have
employees
working
right
now
they
have
no
payroll
to
remit
against.
At
a
time
when
hundreds
of
thousands
of
British
Columbians
have
lost
their
jobs.
This
government
is
making
things
members.
I
Mr.
speaker,
I
seem
to
struck
a
nerve
there
and
I
quote
about
how
they're
making
things
worse.
These
addict
again
from
the
nine
page
letter,
these
added
costs
will
impact
businesses
of
all
size
and
their
ability
to
restart
rehire
and
contemplate
new
investment
in
the
province.
Ultimately,
additional
costs
through
bill
23
will
harm
people
from
all
walks
of
life
who
have
lost
or
are
on
the
brink
of
losing
their
livelihoods
and
quote.
This
is
the
second
time
in
three
weeks
that
the
minister
is
failing
to
listen
to
small
businesses
and
putting
their
jobs
at
risks.
F
Speaker,
let's
talk
about
who
are
we
actually
talking
about
here?
These
are
our
frontline
workers.
These
are
the
people
working
in
health
care.
These
are
the
people
that
are
working
in
a
grocery
stores,
cleaners,
construction
workers,
doctors,
nurses,
care
aides,
mrs.
speaker:
these
are
the
people
that
they
and
all
of
us
stand
at
seven
o'clock
every
night
and
support
them
for
the
work
that
they
do.
F
Missing
again
mr.
speaker,
true
to
their
form,
we're
proud
of
the
work
that
we
are
doing
proud,
that
we
are
taking
a
major
approach
due
to
the
the
circumstances
that
we
have
support.
The
workers
enhance
their
health
and
safety
at
the
same
time,
provide
them
support
when
they
become
sick
or
injured
at
workplace.
It's
a
balanced
approach
and
keeping
businesses,
premiums
low
and
stable
Mr
Speaker
I,
don't
know
what
else
is
what
is
called
balance
that
says
that
exactly
is
the
balanced
approach.
A
Well,
to
be
clear,
this
is
a
pattern
for
the
Labor
Minister.
He
rejected
the
request
to
extend
the
temporary
layoff
extension
and
he
was
called
out
for
it
now.
Job
creators
are
saying
in
a
nine
page
document
and
I
quote:
there
was
no
consultation
in
the
context
of
kovat
19
calling
into
question
the
sincerity
of
your
government's
commitment
to
listen
Minister.
This
has
been
a
recurring
challenge
with
your
approach.
End
quote
so
to
the
Labor
Minister.
Those
aren't
my
words.
Those
are
the
words
of
job
creators
across
the
province.
A
F
Of
Labour
mr.
speaker,
when
Cova
19
hit,
we
all
understood
that
we
need
to
act
quickly
and
we
did.
The
Minister
of
Finance
came
up
with
a
five
billion
dollar
aid
package,
1.8
billion
dollars
to
the
businesses,
700
million
dollars
in
tax
break
in
tax
breaks
to
the
property
taxes
to
business.
Mr.
speaker
defer
taxes
defer
taxes,
WCB
has
allowed
them
to
defer
their
premiums
for
six
months
without
interest
or
penalty.
They
have
waive
premiums
for
certain
employers
as
well
and
mr.
speaker.
F
They
are
making
decision
that
the
business
will
continue
to
get
a
subsidized
weight,
cost
dollar
sixty
seven
versus
dollar
55
that
they
continue
to
pay.
And
mr.
speaker,
this
is
the
right
balance.
We
must
improve
the
health
and
safety
of
workplace.
We
also
must
support
them
when
they
are
injured.
Mr.
speaker,
what
they
are
talking
about
is
if
a
nurse
or
a
curate
contacted
Cova,
19
and
Weber
is
mr.
speaker
that
that
that
she
does
not
need
support
by
improving
the
workers
compensation
system.
Member,
that's
exactly
what
we
are
doing.
F
A
You
very
much
mr.
speaker,
well,
hundreds
of
employers
across
British
Columbia
are
saying
to
this
Minister
that
they
have
concerns
that
they
want
him
to
listen
to
and
let's
be
clear,
this
government
has
not
yet
articulated
a
jobs
plan,
no
economic
recovery
strategy,
and
on
top
of
that,
we
now
have
the
Business
Council,
the
BC
Chamber
of
Commerce,
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade,
the
retail
Council
Kofi,
the
tourism
industry
and
many
others.
All
saying
the
same
thing
that
this
Labor
Minister
is
making
things
worse.
A
The
bottom
line
is
this
bill
and
again
I
quote
from
their
nine
page
letter
to
the
Labor
Minister.
The
bill
and
I
quote
calls
into
question
whether
you
are
interested
in
facilitating
a
lasting
economic
recovery
for
all
British
Columbians
end
quote
so
perhaps
to
the
premier.
When
is
this
government
going
to
respond
to
these
significant
concerns?
Put
forward
a
jobs
plan
instead
of
putting
thousands
of
BC
jobs
at
risk?.
F
Speaker
if
we
look
at
what's
in
the
bill
that
they
are
talking
about,
for
example,
diagnostic
of
preventive
treatment
before
WCB
decision.
In
some
cases,
workers
may
require
diagnosis,
to
prevent,
with
treatment
before
WCB
decide
on
their
claim.
Providing
such
health
care
service
on
a
timely
basis,
including
before
decision,
is
made
because
it
could
become
a
serious
illness
for
that
worker.
Also,
it
could
cost
a
system
more
money.
So
this
is
this.
One
is
striking
a
right
balance
trying
to
help
the
worker
at
the
same
time
when
they
need
it
and
mr.
J
J
But
does
the
Labour
Minister
understand
how
fragile
the
economic
situation
is
in
British
Columbia?
Does
he
understand
how
many
businesses
are
hanging
on
by
their
fingernails
and
how
the
decision
about
whether
to
rehire
an
employee
or
shut
the
doors
forever
or
hanging
in
the
balance?
Mr.
speaker
and
now,
instead
of
offering
a
helping
hand,
he
decides
now,
when
those
small
family-owned
businesses
are
at
their
most
vulnerable,
to
impose
additional
uncertainty
to
impose
additional
costs,
it
has
become
a
Rick
in
theme
with
this
Labor
Minister.
Why
does
he
insist
mr.
F
When,
when
the
business
is
when
the
businesses
are
going
through
tough
times,
because
because
of
over
19,
the
government
acted,
five
billion
dollar
aid
package,
deferred
taxes,
cut
taxes,
mr.
speaker
and
1.5
billion
dollar
set
aside
for
economic
recovery,
we
fully
understand
the
economic
challenges
the
business
are
going
through.
That's
why
all
those
support
system
was
in
place
in
a
timely
fashion,
but,
mr.
speaker
also,
we
need
to
understand
that
the
workers
also
need
support
during
these
tough
times.
Their
health
and
safety
cannot
be
compromised.
Their
health
and
safety
matter
be
enhanced.
F
They
need
support
when
they
become
sick
at
workplace.
Mr.
speaker,
this
system
is
20-year.
Members
has
not
seen
any
improvement
is
twenty
years,
so
they
need
our
support
as
well.
Mr.
speaker,
that's
why
we
need
not
go
with
the
recommended
changes
between
mr.
paws
recommendations.
Those
were
costly.
We
knew
times
are
tough
for
businesses.
That's
why?
Mr.
speaker,
we
do
not
proceed
with
them
all.
What
we
are
proceeding
with
is
is
a
measured
approach
where
workers,
health
and
safety
will
be
improved.
F
J
Here's
what
he's
being
told
you
are
doubling
down
on
increasing,
fixed
and
variable,
variable
business
costs
and
adding
uncertainty
to
B
C's
investment
climate.
Your
bill
will
undermine
employers
trying
to
survive
and
rehire
people.
Mr.
speaker,
when
is
the
last
time
we
have
seen
groups
representing
the
vast
majority
of
workers,
employees
in
British
Columbia
come
together
to
deliver
this
kind
of
condemnation
of
this
Labor
Minister
well,
actually
was
only
two
or
three
weeks
ago.
Mr.
speaker,
what
is
it
about
the
current
situation?
J
The
current
public
health
uncertainty,
the
current
economic
fragility
that
exists
today
that
convinced
this
Labor
Minister.
That
now
is
the
perfect
time
to
introduce
measures
that
will
negatively
impact
businesses
of
all
sizes
and
their
ability
to
restart
rehire
and
make
further
investments
in
BC
when
we
need
it
most.
F
You
on
my
speaker
and
if
you
take
a
look,
what
the
employers
have
been
getting
support
from
the
government
from
works
ABC.
They
have
allowed
them
to
defer
their
premiums
for
six
months
and
they
will
continue
to
get
subsidised
premium.
Mr.
speaker,
dollar,
sixty
seven
cost
$2
fifty
won't
buy
what
they
pay.
They
will
continue
to
enjoy
that
subsidy
as
a
result
of
workers.
Compensation
accident
fun.
Mr.
speaker,
but
at
the
same
time
we
must.
We
must
support
the
workers
that
we
support
at
7
o
clock
every
day.
F
I,
don't
know
why
they
cannot
stand
up
and
say
to
those
workers.
We
are
showing
that
support
with
our
accent
in
this
house,
and
they
are
denying
the
support
that
they
need.
Mr.
speaker
when
they
need
the
WCB
system.
They
are
saying
no
to
that
Mr
Speaker.
We
are
proud
of
the
work
we
are
doing
to
support
those
workers,
their
health
and
safety
at
work
places
at
the
same
time,
keeping
employers,
premiums,
low
and
stable
Mr
Speaker
I
think
once
once
I'm
asking
mr.
F
speaker
that
they
will
stand
up
and
say
to
those
workers
at
this
promise
who,
who
are
important.
Hagen
that
we
love
our
economy,
mr.
speaker,
that
we
support
you,
we
we
support
your
health
and
safety.
Mr.
speaker,
that's
what's
needed
from
all
of
us
during
the
tough
times
that
we
are
going
through,
but
no
true
to
their
form.
They
showed
total
disinfect
to
the
workers,
mr.
speaker,
and
as
a
result
of
last
I've,
seen
it
last
12
to
16
years
total
contempt
towards
our
working
people.
F
K
95%
of
the
job
losses
have
been
in
the
private
sector
and
they
are
struggling
to
recover,
but
instead
of
helping,
this
government
is
taking
actions
that
took
quote
business
leaders.
Business
owners
will
undermine
the
employers
trying
to
survive
and
rehire
people
bill.
23
is
ill
typed
ill-considered
and
ignores
broad-based
and
repeated
requests
from
the
business
community
to
do
no
harm
end
quote
to
the
Labor
Minister
through
you,
mr.
speaker,
he
has
a
choice.
Will
he
choose
to
save
thousands
of
jobs
or
pull
and
pull
this
legislation.
F
Speaker,
that's
why,
right
from
the
beginning,
when
this
pandemic
hit
government
moved
quickly,
that's
why
there's
a
1.5
billion
dollars,
1.5
billion
dollar,
set
aside
to
to
restart
our
economy.
That's
why?
Mr.
speaker,
we
did
not
shut
the
economy,
as
other
jurisdictions
did
so
that
keep
those
people
employed,
mr.
speaker,
but
mr.
speaker,
they
are
forgetting
one
key
part
of
the
economy.
That
is
people
that
of
those
are
the
workers.
Mr.
speaker,
who
helped
move
that
economy
along
mr.
speaker.
They
need
our
support.
They
also
need
make
sure
that
a
health
and
safety
is
protected.