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From YouTube: JULY 28 2020 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
C
President
kevin
pierce
tells
me
I
quote:
we
had
to
close
our
doors
on
march
16th
and
we
have
had
zero
revenue
for
the
past
18
weeks.
An
economic
recovery
plan
for
tourism
is
desperately
needed
now.
End
quote
so
to
the
minister
of
tourism.
What
is
she
waiting
for?
Is
she
waiting
for
businesses
like
land
sea
tours
to
go
broke.
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
I
thank
the
member
for
the
question.
We
know
how
hard
tourism
and
the
tourism
sector
has
been
hit,
particularly
businesses
like
lansi,
who
predominantly
rely
on
international
visitors,
and
so
the
operator
that
this
the
opposition
member
has
mentioned,
is
eligible
for
a
number
of
supports,
both
federal
and
provincial.
They
include
enhanced
commercial
rent
program
which
provides
up
to
75
rent
reduction
for
businesses.
D
They
can
qualify
for
deferred
taxes,
the
75
wage
subsidy
that
we
successfully
advocated
the
canadian
government
for
zero
interest
loans
for
small
and
medium-sized
businesses,
so
staff
in
my
ministry
have
reached
out
to
the
operator
that
the
member
mentioned
and
have
had
a
conversation
to
ensure
that
they
are
aware
of
all
the
supports
they
need
during
this
challenging
time,
and
we
know
that
there
is
more
to
do,
and
that
is
why
we
are
currently
working
on
our
economic
recovery
plan
and
consulting
with
industry
and
the
public
as
we
speak,
and
so
our
government
is
going
to
continue
to
work
closely
with
the
industry
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
provide
support
that
puts
people
in
businesses
first.
C
Well,
mr
speaker,
the
minister
seems
to
to
say
that
she's
listening,
it's
been
four
months.
Four
months
of
businesses
coming
to
the
government
asking
for
the
support
land
sea
tours
doesn't
need
rent
relief.
They
own
their
property
they've,
had
to
sell
their
office
their
shop,
their
yard
space
that
they've
operated
from
they've
also
had
to
start
selling
vehicles
just
to
keep
their
doors
open.
They
need
help
now
and
kevin
says,
as
I
quote,
the
bills
are
still
coming
in,
but
there's
no
money
coming,
I'm
baffled
by
the
delay
to
act
by
this
government.
C
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
to
the
member,
as
the
minister
of
finance
said,
I
believe
two
weeks
ago
now
everything
we
have
been
doing
here
in
our
province
surrounding
coved
19
has
been
a
plan.
D
We
put
a
plan
in
place
immediately
to
be
able
to
support
businesses
and
people
with
immediate
relief,
a
five
billion
dollar
plan
we
put
in
in
a
safe
restart
plan,
so
that
people
can
have
the
confidence
to
travel
around
the
province
and
go
back
outside
and
experience
these
tourism
operators
that
the
members,
mentioning
again
you
know
we
created
that
safe
restart
plan.
Everything
we
are
doing
here
in
bc
is
working
towards
keeping
people
safe
and
towards
economic
recovery,
and
so
to
the
member.
D
You
know
I
I've
got
a
quote
as
well.
Actually
it's
it's
from
a
business
in
her
writing.
Actually,
richard
valera,
the
park
director
of
horn
lake
caves
provincial
park
in
partsville
has
recently
been
accessing.
The
tourism
support,
resiliency
network
that
was
created
through
funding
from
the
province
and
richard
says,
the
biggest
benefit
of
the
vancouver
island
coastal
tourism.
D
Resiliency
program
was
having
the
assurance
that
I'm
not
alone,
that
someone
is
listening
and
that
someone
has
my
back
so
remember,
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
very
closely
with
the
sector
to
work
towards
economic
recovery,
together,
as
we
lay
out
our
1.5
billion
dollar
recovery
plan
and
we'll
continue
working
with
the
sector
hand-in-hand
as
we
move
towards
recovery.
Thank
you.
B
Member
parksville
qualicum
did
you
have
another
supplemental?
Thank
you.
We'll
move
on
to
columbia,
river
revelstoke.
E
Well,
thank
you
very
very
much.
Mr
speaker.
Wild
play
element
parks
typically
employs
around
270
people.
Over
a
72
hour
period.
They
were
reduced
to
five
people,
and
even
today,
this
business
can
only
operate
with
a
skeleton
team
of
staff.
Tom
benson,
the
co-founder
of
wild
play,
as
well
as
countless
other
struggling
tourism.
Businesses
are
asking
this
question
and
I
quote:
are
we
going
to
make
it
through
the
storm
end
quote
so
to
the
tourism
minister?
D
Sorry,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
so
our
government
does
have
a
plan.
We
have
our
provincially
coordinated
approach
to
recovery,
our
1.5
billion
dollar
recovery
plan
that
is
going
to
support
economic
resilience,
business
recovery,
it's
going
to
help
people
whose
livelihoods
have
been
impacted
by
the
pandemic.
D
So
I'm
going
to
continue
working
closely
with
industry
leaders
as
we
work
towards
recovery,
we're
going
to
continue
taking
actions
and
listening
and
addressing
their
needs,
whether
it
be
addressing
the
10
million
dollars
in
community
destination,
marketing
that
the
sector
was
asking
for
accelerating
disbursements
to
resort
municipalities,
whether
it
be
you
know,
providing
wholesale
liquor,
pricing
or
increased
access
to
patio
spaces.
D
We
are
listening
to
the
sector
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
closely
with
them
and
put
their
input
into
our
provincially,
coordinated
economic
recovery
plan
and
I'll
continue
to
advocate
for
the
tourism
sector.
As
a
part
of
that,
thank
you.
E
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I'm
sure
tom
is
going
to
find
a
lot
of
comfort.
In
those
words-
and
I
quote
the
only
way
we
can
prevent
generations
of
lost
economic
activity,
jobs
and
tax
revenues
is
by
acting
decisively
now.
End
quote:
those
are
the
words
of
vivek
sharma,
chairman
of
the
tourism
industry,
association
of
british
columbia.
E
D
Yes,
thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
to
the
member
you
know.
As
I
have
said,
our
government
has
put
plans
in
place.
We
put
in
a
plan
in
place
that
addressed
the
health
care
crisis,
a
plan
that
flattened
the
curve,
without
that
we
wouldn't
have
a
safe,
restart
plan
that
we
have
in
our
province
and
we
wouldn't
have
the
ability
to
go
support
those
local
tourism
operators.
D
Everything
we
are
doing
in
this
pandemic
is
working
closely
with
the
tourism
sector.
We've
been
able
to
provide
a
number
of
supports
to
date.
We
know
there
is
more
work
to
do
and
that's
why
we're
working
very
closely
with
the
sector
as
part
of
our
1.5
billion
economic
recovery
plan,
we're
getting
that
input
from
the
sector
as
well
as
the
public
and
we'll
continue
working
together
with
them
towards
recovery.
A
Mr
speaker,
in
the
last
few
years
there
have
been
substantial
mental
health
funding
commitments
made
by
the
provincial
and
federal
governments,
including
the
creation
of
the
bc
ministry
of
mental
health
and
addictions,
as
mandated
by
the
confidence
and
supply
agreement
even
still
in
canada.
Only
seven
percent
of
the
health
care
budget
is
dedicated
to
mental
and
behavioral
health.
A
As
a
result,
access
to
comprehensive
mental
health
care
and
addiction
support
often
depends
on
the
size
of
your
bank.
Account
data
clearly
shows
that
lack
of
access
to
mental
health
care
is
most
pronounced
in
those
with
lower
incomes,
fewer
years
of
education,
minority
groups
and
people
with
other
vulnerabilities.
A
Based
on
this
year's
budget
estimates,
it
appears
the
breakdown
seems
to
be
that
over
20
billion
dollars
is
being
spent
on
the
ministry
of
health
and
10
million
dollars
from
the
ministry
of
mental
health.
My
question
through
you,
honorable
speaker,
is
to
the
minister
of
finance.
Does
the
minister
have
a
more
detailed
breakdown
of
the
percentage
of
the
bc
healthcare
budget
that
is
dedicated
to
mental
and
behavioral
health
care
delivery?.
F
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
we
are
working
very
hard
to
build
a
comprehensive
system
of
mental
health
and
addictions
care
in
the
province,
and
we
certainly
believe
that
we
need
to
get
to
a
place
where
mental
health
is
treated
in
the
same
way
that
physical
health
is.
We
have
not
had
a
system
that
does
that
and
we
have
a
long
way
to
go,
but
our
government
has
been
making
some
significant
investments.
We
spend
an
average
and
we
canvass
this
in
estimates.
F
An
average
of
2.5
billion
dollars
a
year
on
mental
health
and
substance
use
care
and,
in
addition,
that's
those
are
figures
from
from
last
year.
In
addition,
we
have
committed
74
million
dollars
to
new
initiatives
for
child
and
youth,
mental
health,
honorable
speaker,
and
that
includes
expanding
foundry
from
to
19
centers
we've
committed
to
across
the
province.
There
was
three
million
dollars
budgeted
for
foundry.
When
we
took
office
it
will
be
15
million
dollars
this
year.
F
Honorable
speaker,
five
times
as
much
and
the
member
used
the
term
access
to
care
should
not
depend
on
the
size
of
your
bank
account
and
he's
quoting
very
well
from
when
I
made
the
announcement.
F
A
10
million
dollar
announcement
last
fall
of
significant
investments
in
mental
health
and
addictions,
counseling
the
most
significant
investment
in
a
decade,
honorable
speaker,
and
we
believe
we
needed
to
build
access,
strengthen
access
to
counseling
on
the
ground
by
investing
in
community
agencies
at
no
cost
and
low-cost
counseling
with
those
funds
targeted
specifically
to
the
most
vulnerable
people
in
the
population.
F
A
third
of
those
agencies
who
received
that
funding
were
indigenous
organizations.
Honorable
speaker,
in
addition
to
some
of
those
things
we
have
we're
beginning
to
build
child
and
youth
mental
health
teams
in
our
school
district,
so
that
we
can
start
early
and
catch
small
problems
before
they
become
big
ones
in
the
ministry
of
education,
twelve
million
dollars
invested
in
school-based
mental
health
programs
and
the
ministry
of
advanced
education.
F
For
the
first
time
ever
honorable
speaker,
post-secondary
education,
students
have
access
to
24
7
phone
line
for
access
to
mental
health,
counseling
we're
just
getting
started.
Honorable
speaker,
we've
got
a
long
way
to
go.
We
had
a
big
mess
to
clean
up,
but
we're
on
the
road
and
we've
made
some
significant
progress
to
date,
but
we
absolutely
need
to
get
to
a
place
where
we
reduce
the
stigma
about
mental
health
and
addictions
and
where
we
get
to
a
place
where
we
treat
it
with
the
equity
with
physical
health
that
it
deserves.
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
minister
for
her
comprehensive
response
for
most
british
columbians.
Our
health
care
system
does
not
guarantee
access
to
specialized
evidence-based
mental
health
care
treatment.
Consequently,
our
walk-in
clinics
and
emergency
rooms
become
the
de
facto
provider
for
people
experiencing
mental
health
challenges.
A
A
As
the
minister
noted
yesterday,
four
out
of
five
people
killed
by
an
illicit
drug
poisoning
had
previously
been
in
contact
with
the
men
with
the
health
care
system,
most
likely
with
the
primary
care
system.
Gps
are
working
heroically
to
support
people
in
crisis,
but
they
are
inundated
and
in
need
of
additional
specialized
mental
health
resources.
A
Research
shows
that
when
patients
are
provided
with
brief
psychological
assessment
and
targeted
cognitive
and
behavioral
interventions,
their
conditions
improve
both
mentally
and
physically.
My
question
for
you,
honorable
speaker,
is
again
to
the
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions.
Does
the
minister
agree
that,
by
providing
a
level
of
mental
health
accessibility
similar
to
what
we
expect
for
physical
health,
we
can
better
create
health
outcomes
and
lower
medical
costs.
F
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
I
don't
think
there's
any
question
that
that
is
a
goal
that
we
share.
It's
going
to
take
us
a
while
to
get
there
an
honorable
speaker,
we're
very
proud
in
canada
to
say
that
we
have
a
universal
health
care
system,
but
the
reality
is
that,
at
a
federal
level,
mental
health
and
substance
use
is
not
integrated
into
universal
medicare.
The
way
that
it
should
be.
F
So
we
continue
to
press
the
federal
government
for
further
investments,
because
it
is
absolutely
the
case
that
too
often
people
have
to
pay
privately
for
access
to
care.
They
have
to
pay
for
psychologists
at
the
tune
of
150
250
an
hour.
They
have
to
pay
privately
for
access
to
addiction
care.
So
we
are
strengthening
the
public
parts
of
the
system.
F
While
we
continue
to
press
the
federal
government
to
to
treat
mental
health
and
substance
use
truly
as
part
of
universal
medicare
in
this
country,
but
I
I
would
also
note
honorable
speaker
that
we
are
integrating
mental
health
and
substance
use
into
primary
care.
We've
heard
the
minister
of
health
announce
in
one
community.
F
After
another
new
urgent
and
primary
care,
centers
new
mental
health,
new
primary
care
networks-
and
we
are-
we-
are
integrating
mental
health
and
substance
use
professionals
into
those
teams
in
fraser
northwest
division
of
family
practice
where
I
live,
the
first
division
of
family,
the
first
primary
care
network
that
was
announced,
there's
a
team
of
five
mental
health
and
substance
use
professionals
attached
to
that
team.
So
we
want
to
reduce
the
stigma.
We
want
to
expand
access
through
the
public
health
care
system.
Do
we
have
a
ways
to
go?
G
Queensborough.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Tomorrow
is
the
deadline
for
the
government's
fall
education
plan
and
so
far
the
government
has
done
all
it
can
to
make
sure
parents
have
no
idea
what
to
expect.
On
one
day
the
minister
of
education
says
students
can
expect
to
be
back
in
class
full-time.
Then,
the
next
day
the
premier
says
parents
should
have
a
plan
b
question
to
the
premier.
Will
he
lay
out
a
clear
plan
tomorrow
that
doesn't
force
parents
to
come
up
with
their
own
alternative
plan?
H
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
We
were
one
of
the
only
jurisdictions
in
north
america
to
be
able
to
reopen
schools
safely
in
june,
and
that
is
a
testament
to
the
teaching
profession,
support
staff,
principals
and
vice
principals,
parent
organizations,
first
nations,
everyone
involved
in
the
education
system
and
what
we
will
update
the
public
about
tomorrow
and
parents
are
eagerly
awaiting.
This
is
an
update
to
a
plan
that
we
developed
and
released
in
may
15th.
H
So,
as
you've
heard
dr
bonnie
henry
say
on
many
occasions,
we
learned
a
lot
from
the
june
restart.
We
learned
how
to
do
that
safely.
We
want
to
return
to
in-class
instruction
in
british
columbia
and
we
should
this
jurisdiction
is
in
the
top
percentage
in
the
world
who
have
safely
managed
the
pandemic.
The
social
and
emotional
costs
of
a
long
suspension
of
learning
plays
a
heavy
toll
on
families
and
children,
and
that's
what
we
will
do.
H
We
will
outline
that
safely
tomorrow
and
we
will
do
so
on
a
collaborative
model
of
having
developed
a
safe
plan
to
return
to
schools.
In
september
the
premier
commented,
and
rightly
so-
that
we
do
not
know
where
this
pandemic
will
go
in
british
columbia
or
anywhere
in
the
world.
So
we
have
to
have
a
nimble
plan,
and
I
say
this
to
the
member:
we
have
to
have
a
nimble
plan
that
is
regionally
sensitive.
Perhaps
that
follows
the
health
and
scientific
advice
of
dr
bonnie
henry.
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Parents
want
clarity,
they've,
gotten
clarity
from
governments
in
alberta,
members,
ontario,
quebec
and
saskatchewan,
and
I
remind
this
minister
that
when
the
opposition
started
pushing
on
this
question,
he
said
late
july,
but
prior
to
that
the
announcement
was
going
to
be
made
in
late
august.
That's
what
he
said
and
that's
what
the
ministry
has
been
stating.
So
this
plan
is
being
made
up
as
we
go
along
parents
understand
there
is.
G
There
is
more
than
one
potential
scenario
for
september
mr
speaker,
but
government
has
had
months
to
plan
for
these
scenarios
and
give
parents
options
not
to
tell
parents
that
they're
on
their
own
here's.
What
julie
in
the
premier's
own
constituency
said
quote,
I'm
so
annoyed
by
this.
No
premier,
you
actually
have
to
find
a
plan
b.
End
quote
so
again
to
the
premier,
who
has
been
sowing
confusion
every
time
he
speaks
tomorrow.
Can
parents
expect
to
be
provided
with
a
clear
roll
out
options
for
what
schools
will
look
like
in
the
fall
minister
of.
H
Education,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I
know
the
member
opposite
is
familiar
with
the
plan
that
we
rolled
out
in
may.
I
believe
he
may
have
even
returned
his
own
children
to
school
in
in
june,
but
200
000
children
did
return
to
school
in
british
columbia,
and
that
has
given
us
very,
very
valuable
lessons
about
how
to
have
schools
reopen
safely,
how
to
physically
lay
out
space
in
schools.
We
have
had
jurisdictions
to
the
south
of
us
across
the
country.
H
Look
to
british
columbia's
restart
plan
which
we
developed
in
april
and
may
and
return
to
school
in
june.
That
will
be
updated
and
released
to
the
public
tomorrow.
The
members
incorrect
ontario
has
not
released
a
plan,
yet
they
are
waiting
for
it.
What
ontario
does
have,
though,
because
they
haven't
followed
the
collaborative
way
forward
that
british
columbia
has
they
have
lawsuits
on
their
hands,
and
I
think
this,
the
members
opposite
will
be
well
familiar
with
lawsuits
between
employee
groups
in
the
education
sector
and
the
government.
That
is
not
a
way
forward.
H
That
is
not
a
way
to
give
clarity
to
parents
about
their
expectations,
and
we
are
going
to
do
that.
Mr
speaker,
we
have
worked
with
parents
every
step
of
the
way.
The
bc
confederation
and
parent
advisory
councils
supported
our
stage
3
plan
in
june.
They
will
support
our
plan
moving
forward.
We
will
communicate
with
parents
and
everybody
that
relies
on
the
education
system
effectively,
and
we
will
do
so
on
a
science-based
way
forward
and
that
will
be
done
by
dr
bonnie
henry.
The
ministry
of
education
in
the
ministry
of
health
under
their.
I
Member,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
You
know
school
is
a
little
over
a
month
away
and
parents
are
worried
and
rightly
so,
concerned
and
need
plans.
One
parent
danny
writes,
and
I
will
quote
this
is
infuriating
to
me.
This
is
a
total
slap
in
the
face
to
parents,
especially
single
parents.
Putting
this
on
parents
is
ridiculous.
I
End
quote,
mr
speaker,
that
frustration
and
desire
to
know
everything
is
under
control
is
common
from
fort
st
john
to
fernie
to
fernwood.
Mr
speaker,
families
and
teachers
are
looking
for
guidance
and
support.
Not
some
flippant
flippant
remarks.
My
question
to
the
premier:
will
he
commit
that
tomorrow's
plan
will
clearly
lay
out
all
of
the
options
for
this
fall.
H
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
I
understand
that
everybody
in
british
columbia,
in
every
walk
of
life
and
relying
on
any
public
service
in
british
columbia,
wants
certainty
in
these
uncertain
times,
and
that
is
why
our
school
system
responded
so
well
in
a
collaborative
way
to
be
able
to
do
what
no
other
jurisdiction
in
north
america
was
able
to
do,
which
was
to
reopen
schools
safely.
We
did
that
working
with
parent
organizations.
H
We
did
that
working
with
frontline
teachers
and
support
staff
principals
and
vice
principals,
superintendents
first
nations,
education
officials.
We
did
that
in
british
columbia
and
as
you've
heard
and
as
the
members
heard
dr
bonnie
henry
say
there
were
very
valuable
lessons
in
that
restart
that
will
serve
us
well
for
a
strong
start
in
in
september.
Those
details
will
be
available
tomorrow.
It's
an
update
of
our
may
15th
plan
and
the
member
the
member
is
the
member
is
welcome.
H
The
member
is
welcome
to
have
a
briefing
I
want
to
offer
him
as
much
information
as
possible.
We
offered
him
a
briefing
on
june
11th.
We
offered
him
a
briefing
again
on
june
18th.
We
didn't
get
a
reply.
He
wrote
a
letter
to
me.
I
understand
on
july
6th
it
my
office
is
a
hundred
yards
from
his.
It
was
never
delivered
to
my
office,
but
I
did
find
the
letter
on
twitter.
H
So
I
thank
him
very
much
for
that,
but
look
if
he
wants
to
have
specific
information
in
a
detailed
briefing,
because,
as
we
work
with
everybody
in
the
k-12
education
sector,
it
includes
him-
we've
invited
him.
He
can
take
up
the
offer
for
the
provincial
health
office
if
he
doesn't
want
a
briefing
from
my
office,
the
bc
center
for
disease
control,
but
we
want
to
move
forward
and
give
accurate
information
in
a
pandemic.
I
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
you
know
speaking
of
broken
promises.
You
know
the
minister
did
promise
weekly
updates
on
april
9th
and
I
only
did
receive
a
few
phone
calls
so
anyways
I'm
not
going
to
go
on
there.
You're
right,
though,
we
did
learn
a
lot
from
june
and
the
bctf
actually
also
learned
a
lot.
They
actually
found
that
only
half
of
the
teachers
felt
safe
during
the
premier's
trial
run
earlier,
and
a
lot
of
it
was
around
the
accessibility
of
ppe.
I
Parents
want
to
know
that
their
kids
are
going
to
be
safe.
They
also
want
to
know
that
teachers
and
staff
are
going
to
be
safe
at
the
school.
So
another
simple
question
to
the
premier,
or
possibly
the
minister,
will
he
be
dumping
all
of
these
extra
costs
on
local
school
districts
and
teachers
or
willie
social
leadership
and
provide
the
funding
for
ppe.
This
fall.
H
Well,
mr
speaker,
as
I've
said
in
previous
answers,
we
have
involved
the
bc
teachers
federation
at
the
highest
level
of
developing
the
health
and
safety
protocols
that
will
guide
a
safe,
restart
to
schools
that
was
done
in
may.
We
reopened
schools.
In
june,
there
was
a
lot
of
fear
and
anxiety
from
teachers.
91
of
professional
teachers
in
british
columbia
returned
to
the
classroom.
In
june,
we
made
accommodations
for
additional
ones.
We
are
working
with
the
bc
teachers
federation.
H
Today
they
are
on
our
steering
committees
and
working
groups,
develop
all
the
protocols
that
will
be
related
to
the
safe
reopening
of
schools.
I
am
in
regular
communication
with
the
bc
teachers
federation,
including
just
yesterday,
meeting
with
their
executive
again.
So
what
I
can
say
is
that
we
have
worked
collaboratively
with
the
bc
teachers
federation.
It's
refreshing
to
even
hear
the
opposition
quote
the
bctf
I
think,
outside
of
a
court
filing,
if
I
may
say,
but
the
difference
is
working
with
them
and
that's
what
makes
a
safe
reopening
of
schools
possible.
H
It's
why
we
had
a
safe
reopening
in
june.
It's
why
dr
bonnie
henry
has
been
profiled
around
the
world.
In
part
because
she
was
able
to
reopen
schools
in
british
columbia,
which
is
in
this
corner
of
north
america,
the
only
place
that
was
able
to
do
so
in
june,
and
that
is
our
plan
moving
forward-
is
to
update
those
health
and
safety
protocols
to
safely
have
a
restart
with
kids
back
in
school
for
in-class
instruction
in
september.
J
J
K
Thank
you.
Honorable
speaker,
we
have
been
working
hard
with
the
sector
with
child
care
providers
with
parents
to
ensure
that
child
care
can
safely
operate,
and
also
thanks
to
our
public
health
and
dr
henry
and
her
team
that
we
have
ensured.
K
Child
care
can
safely
operate
and
they
have
been
doing
this
pandemic
and
we
do
know
that
there
are
going
to
be
more
parents
returning
to
work
and
also
we
are
seeing
more
child
care
because
of
the
support
from
our
temporary
emergency
funding
that
has
supported
over
4
500
child
care,
centers
to
stay
open
and
with
a
lot
of
spaces
available
being
able
to
serve
essential
services,
workers
and
other
parents.
Returning
to
work.
We
are
seeing
more
centers
opening
and
we're
expecting
more
centers
opening.
K
We
are
currently
seeing
a
preliminary
number
of
about
over
85
percent
of
child
care,
centers
that
are
open
and
receiving
our
temporary
emergency
funding
and
we'll
continue
to
monitor
that,
and
we
do
need
to
remember
that
child
care
sector
was
neglected
for
many
many
years
and
we
have
been
working
hard
since
2017
to
make
sure
we
have
a
childcare
bc
plan
to
support
and
accelerate
the
creation
of
spaces
to
support
the
workforce
and,
at
the
same
time,
support
affordability.
Thank
you.
J
J
K
Thank
you
again,
honorable
speaker
wow.
It
is
very
encouraging
to
hear
the
member
opposite
talking
about
child
care,
but
that's
remember.
The
child
care
crisis
has
existed
for
many
many
years
and
we
have
been
working
really
hard
since
2018
to
start
a
salary,
the
creation
of
spaces
to
support
the
workforce
and
also
to
support
parents
with
their
child
care
needs,
and
we
have
been
planning
since
day.
One
of
this
pandemic.
K
Before
and
after
school
care,
which
has
worked
really
well
during
the
pandemic,
we'll
monitor
the
situation,
we'll
work
with
parents
and
we
do
encourage
parents
to
look
online
and
look
for
information
about
public
health
and
safety,
and
also
our
matching
system
and
as
a
mother
with
a
young
child.
I
know
how
parents
have
struggled
with
child
care
in
this
problem
for
many
years
and
we're
committed
to
continue
to
provide
that
support.
L
Well,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
it's
time
this
minister
did
something
other
than
monitor.
It
is
time
for
action.
Working
parents.
Mothers
in
particular,
are
facing
the
prospect
of
not
being
able
to
go
back
to
work
because
they
can't
find
child
care.
We
know
that
women
have
already
been
especially
hard
hit
by
the
economic
impacts
of
covid19.
L
The
unemployment
rate
for
women
in
bc
is
up
from
4.7
in
january
to
13.4
in
june.
Well,
while
the
premier
seems
to
think
it's
up
to
parents
to
have
a
plan
b,
it
is
this
minister's
job
to
stop
monitoring
and
ensure
that
families
have
the
child
care
support.
They
require
so
a
very
simple
question
to
the
minister
of
state
for
child
care.
It's
her
job,
it's
not
up
to
parents
alone,
as
the
premier
suggested.
What
is
her
plan
for
a
part-time
return
to
school
in
september?.
K
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
we
have
been
working
hard,
as
I
mentioned,
to
the
member
opposite.
The
child
care
crisis
has
been
there
for
years
with
parents
not
being
able
to
find
the
services
they
need
and
as
a
mother
with
a
young
child.
I
know
how
that
feels
when
you're
unable
to
find
child
care
services-
and
I
continue
to
know
how
that
feels
when
I'm
trying
to
find
before
and
after
school
care
and
summer
break
here
for
my
son
and
why
we
have
been
working
closely
with
the
sector.
K
And
I
just
want
to
end
with
a
quick
quote
that
we
receive
from
a
child
care
owner.
Who's
talked
about
how
our
government,
action
and
open
plans
to
that
has
supported.
Parents
need
for
child
care.
Sorry,
honorable
speaker,.