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From YouTube: JULY 13 2020 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
B
Purchase
that
Paulette
Falls
Motor
Inn
not
to
house
the
homeless
and
at-risk
individuals
here
in
Victoria,
cliff
lair,
owns
Paul's
diner
and
he
rents
the
space
for
his
diner
within
paul's
Motor
Inn.
Now
the
announcement
of
the
government's
purchase
came
as
a
complete
surprise
to
cliff.
There
was
no
warning,
there
was
no
consultation,
and
so
overnight
this
organic
diner
that
cliff
and
his
partners
have
worked
so
hard
to
build,
has
gone
up
in
smoke
if
cliff
was
standing
here
right
now.
B
This
is
the
question
that
he
would
pose
to
the
minister
of
housing
and
I
quote
our
opportunity
to
operate
a
viable
business
was
taken
away
from
from
us.
The
minute
your
government
became
our
landlords.
It's
not
fair
that
my
staff
and
I
should
be
made
to
suffer
as
a
result
of
this
decision.
What
are
you
going
to
do
to
fix
this
end?
Quote
Minister.
C
Mr.
speaker
and
I
think
it's
really
important
to
recognize
that
we
are
in
a
Anna
kovat
situation
that
requires
a
quick
movement,
quick
action
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
opportunity
for
those
who
are
most
vulnerable
in
our
communities,
to
have
the
opportunity
for
quarantine
and
for
a
safe
place
to
rest.
Their
heads,
honourable
speaker,
and
this
the
opportunity
to
purchase
this
hotel
among
other
hotels,
is
part
of
a
government
response
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
opportunity
to
house
people
who
desperately
need
it.
B
You,
mr.
speaker,
well,
the
minister
talks
about
collaboration,
a
lot,
in
fact,
in
our
estimates
last
week
she
must
have
mentioned
the
word
about
200
times,
but
apparently
collaboration
doesn't
extend
to
small
businesses
that
are
impacted
by
her
decisions.
The
Housing
Minister's
decision
has
actually
killed,
20
jobs
and
has
left
cliff
and
his
partners
heavily
in
debt
crime
has
spiked
on
the
property.
No
one
wants
to
visit
this
this
area
anymore
and
there's
really
no
path
forward.
B
This
organic
diner
to
resume
its
its
operations
again
cliff
had
had
this
to
say
and
I
quote
so
far.
The
only
solution
that's
been
offered
for
us
is
writing
off
a
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
renovations,
killing
twenty
good
local
jobs
and
giving
up
on
our
dream
that
we
all
worked
so
hard
to
achieve.
If
the
government
doesn't
fix
this,
it
will
ruin
us
and
quote
so
again
to
the
minister
of
housing.
What
is
she
going
to
do
to
make
things
right
for
cliff
and
his
partners,
minister.
C
Thank
you
very
much
mr.
speaker
and,
like
I,
said
before
as
a
government,
our
response
is
to
help
those
who
have
been
severely
impacted
by
kovat
and,
as
I
said
before
in
this
house
and
in
this
chamber,
is
that
we
have
moved
very
quickly
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
opportunities
for
these
folks.
The
hotel
did
come
up
for
sale.
C
I
want
to
remind
the
member
that
it
was
up
for
sale,
and
so
we
purchased
it
so
that
we
can
do
more
with
this
property
and
I
want
to
point
out,
honourable
speaker
that
we
actually
had
one
of
the
local
physicians,
the
addictions
physician
who
talked
about
how
people
are
stabilizing,
how
it
is
making
a
difference
for
those
who
absolutely
desperately
need
these
homes.
And
these
supports.
B
Well,
thank
you
and
mr.
speaker,
a
simple
phone
call.
An
attempt
on
the
part
of
the
minister,
the
minister's
office
BC
housing
to
reach
out
to
this
small
business
would
have
been
I,
think
the
least
that
they
could
have
done
to
give
them
a
heads
up
as
to
this
purchase.
But
apparently
the
minister
seems
quite
disinterested
in
worrying
about
the
impacts
of
her
decisions
on
small
businesses.
Cliff
cliff
owns
three
other
restaurants
and
bakeries
in
Victoria,
and
rightfully
so
he's
worried
about
the
the
exposure
of
this
situation
to
his
his
other
operations.
B
To
quote
cliff.
If
this
government
doesn't
address
our
losses,
we
run
the
real
risk
of
having
to
close
our
other
locations,
which
will
put
another
35
local
jobs
and
the
families
that
depend
them
at
risk
and
quote
so
again
to
the
minister
of
housing.
The
minister's
decision
has
already
killed
20
and
now
risks
putting
dozens
more
out
of
work.
What
is
she
going
to
do
to
fix
the
situation
so
that
cliff
and
his
partners
don't
lose
everything.
C
You
very
much
mr.
mr.
speaker,
well
I
want
to
assure
the
member
that,
when
we
made
these
purchases,
which
are
which
happened
confidentially
because
they
are
land
purchases,
I
think
that's
important
to
recognize.
We
reached
out
to
all
of
the
tenants
in
all
of
our
purchases
and
encouraged
them
to
continue
operating
their
businesses,
and
we
will
certainly
maintain
their
leases
and
we
engage
with
that.
We
certainly
engage
with
them
around
next
steps.
C
D
Queensboro
Thank
You
mr.
speaker
last
Friday.
The
minister
said
that
BC
housing
is
budgeting
on
continuing
to
receive
lease
revenue
from
the
businesses
located
and
recently
purchased
hotel
sites.
This
justice
doesn't
work
for
these
businesses
and
not
just
for
Paul's
diner
as
well.
Local
Victoria
salon
all
about
hue
hair
design
discovered
through
the
media
that
their
leased
property
located
in
the
former
Comfort
Inn
had
been
acquired
as
a
shelter.
Most
the
salons
clients
have
canceled
their
appointments
after
their
business
suffered
water
damage
from
a
fire
in
one
of
the
units.
D
C
You
very
much
mr.
speaker.
Well,
we
also
know
that
we've
had
some
significant
challenges
because
a
previous
government
continued
to
ignore
homeless
people.
They
did
that.
Oh
look!
Listen
to
them!
Now,
honourable
speaker
now
suddenly
they're
paying
attention,
they
ignored
a
problem
that
was
growing
and
growing
and
growing
and
our
speaker.
We
took
significant
steps
when
we
became
government
and
we're
continuing
to
take
significant
steps.
There
are
many
who
are
very
proud
of
the
fact
and
I'm
very
proud
of
the
fact
that
we
moved
hundreds
and
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
people
into
stable
housing.
C
D
Thank
You
mr.
speaker,
these
businesses
will
not
survive
an
DP
policy.
That's
fact
the
minister
has
been
derelict
in
her
duties
and
let
me
give
you
an
example:
the
salons
owner
Lindsey
price
says
the
first
interaction.
The
first
interaction
she
had
with
a
representative
of
BC
housing
was
that
it
was
a
construction
worker.
She
encountered
boarding
up
her
shops
window,
for
quote
safety
reasons.
End
quote.
Imagine
that
the
next
day,
a
BC
housing
representative
tried
to
entice
them
to
continue
operating
their
business
out
of
the
now
shelter
to
quote
Lindsay.
D
C
You
very
much
mr.
speaker.
Well,
you
know
what
drives
small
business
out
of
business.
It's
the
fact
that
they
completely
continue
to
ignore
continue
to
ignore
homelessness,
as
it
was
growing
under
their
watch
honorable
speaker
we're
cleaning
up
their
mess,
we're
going
to
continue
doing
what
we
need
to
do
to
house
the
most
vulnerable
to
bring
in
the
supports
that
they
need.
Oh
listen
to
them,
honourable
speaker.
They
would
much
rather
so
division
in
communities
rather
than
bring
communities
together,
build
them
up
together,
so
that
we
can
actually
make
a
change
in
people's
lives.
E
Under
this
act,
anyone
using
groundwater
for
anything
other
than
other
than
household
use
is
required
to
obtain
a
water
license
and
pay
nominal
water
fees
and
rentals
license
the
licensing
ground
water
uses,
use,
establishes
equity
between
surface
water
and
ground
water
users
and
gives
certainty
to
licensees
for
their
continued
use
and
helps
the
government
understand
how
much
water
is
being
used.
However,
since
the
Act
came
into
effect
in
early
2016,
only
4,000
applicants
have
been
received
by
the
ministry
and
there
are
an
estimated
20,000
existing
non-domestic
groundwater
users
in
BC.
E
My
question
through
you,
honorable
speakers
to
the
Minister
of
forest
lands,
natural
resource
operations
and
Rural
Development.
The
deadline
for
applications
is
March
1st
2022.
At
the
current
pace,
your
government
will
only
receive
applications
from
25%
of
users,
meaning
that
many
will
be
legally
required
to
stop
diverting
and
using
water
and,
in
many
cases,
shut
down
their
businesses.
On
that
day,
what
resources
is
his
ministry
using
to
assure
there
is
an
uptake
in
the
licensing
and
protection
of
non
residential
water
users.
F
Thank
You
honourable
Thank
You
honourable
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
important
question
and
around
water
use
and
groundwater
use
survey
has
taken
many
measures
to
reach
out
to
those
unwell,
'z
and
using
groundwater
to
encourage
them
to
register.
We've
made
many
efforts
and
we're
taking
efforts
through
social
media
through
direct
contact
through
advertising
campaigns.
We
have
extended
the
deadlines
and
increased
our
performance
as
in
getting
direct
contact
and
pointing
out
that
it's
in
the
users
best
interest
to
register
their
use.
F
This
becomes
an
important
record
for
future
applications
on
the
same
ground,
water
systems,
and
it
also
is
encouraged
by
waiving
the
fees
that
will
come
into
effect
for
those
water
users
if
they
don't
apply
before
the
deadline
so
we're
taking
it
very
seriously.
We've
extended
the
deadline
because
we
realized
the
efforts
within
our
ministry
weren't,
getting
the
results
that
we
wanted
and
we've
we've
adjusted
are
reaching
out
to
the
users
to
encourage
them
to
register.
E
You
honorable
speaker
I
appreciate
that
the
Minister
recognizes
the
importance
of
this.
However,
the
trajectory
for
only
having
25
percent
of
users
registered
by
the
deadline
is
not
a
positive
one
for
the
province
or
for
certainty
that
business
is
going
to
need
in
order
to
know
that
users
of
non-residential
users
of
water
will
be
able
to
turn
on
their
taps
after
this
act
comes
into
full
force.
E
Equally
worrying
is
a
lack
of
progress
on
the
submitted
applications
of
the
4,000
submitted
so
far
fewer
than
1,000
have
been
processed.
So
my
questions
for
you
again,
honourable
speaker,
is
to
the
Minister
forest
lands,
natural
resource
operations
and
Rural
Development.
What
is
his
exact
plan
to
get
this
Act
enacted?
How
many
new
staff
have
been
applied
to
this
and
what
are
the
exact
resources
that
have
been
put
towards
ensuring
that
this
water
licensing
happens?
Minister.
F
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
again
thank
you
to
the
members.
Water
usage
across
the
province
is
an
incredibly
important
issue,
especially
as
we
see
the
impacts
of
climate
change
and
generally
more
people
accessing
not
just
groundwater,
but
surface
water
as
well.
For
a
variety
of
reasons,
we
have
increased
our
allotment
of
staff
on
this
topic.
F
I
will
be
boosting
up
efforts
to
ensure
people
come
into
compliance
and
register
their
groundwater
use
and
again
I
just
want
to
emphasize
honorable
speaker,
that's
in
the
users
best
interest
to
establish
the
use
that
they
have
in
that
groundwater
and
therefore
protect
their
use
into
the
future.
Thank
you
remember.
G
You,
mr.
speaker,
well,
the
issue
of
water
licenses,
of
course,
is
only
one
piece
that
the
Green
Party
House
leader,
has
raised
who's
a
second
piece,
and
the
minister
alluded
to
it
a
moment
ago,
and
that
is
that
the
registration
of
domestic
wells
is
also
lagging
far
behind
mind
you,
mr.
speaker,
this
is
three
years
three
years
of
this
government's
tenure.
I
want
to
know
at
this
point
three
years
in.
Why
has
the
minister
only
just
now
seem
to
come
to
the
realization
that
he
needs
to
add
more
staff
to
get
this
done?
Minister.
F
Well,
thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and,
and
thank
you
again
and
I'm
glad
to
see
so
many
questions
on
an
important
topic
in
BC
and
that's
the
domestic,
the
use
of
groundwater
for
domestic
consumption
since
becoming
government.
As
I
said,
we
realized
that
the
previous
efforts
of
the
past
government
at
the
member
represented
weren't
good
enough,
and
so
we
took
measures
right
away
to
try
to
improve
the
registration
of
groundwater
usage.
When
that
became
apparent
quite
quickly
that
we
weren't
going
to
be
getting
enough
take
of
registering
groundwater
wells,
then
we
took
measures
immediately.
F
We
extended
the
deadline,
we
improved
outreach
communication
to
the
users
of
the
groundwater
and
in
order
to
ensure
that
they
understood
the
benefits,
we're
taking
an
approach
that
involves
education
and
and
that's
what
we
plan
on
doing
in
order
to
get
full
compliance
and
compliance
by
the
deadline.
Thank.
G
You,
mr.
speaker,
well,
the
water
sustainability
Act
provides
government
with
new
powers
to
control
water
usage
in
times
of
drought
and
scarcity.
Government
can
take
some
really
dramatic
action
and
Wells
registered
for
domestic
use,
of
course,
would
be
prioritized,
but
here's
the
risk
if
domestic
wells
are
not
registered,
they
are
at
risk
of
losing
their
right
to
use
water.
We
want
to
know
what
specific
action
the
Minister
plans
to
take
going
forward
in
order
to
ensure
that
these
rights
to
water
use
are
protected,
not
the
actions
that
they
thought.
G
F
Take
you,
honourable
speaker,
once
again,
we
value
water
in
this
province
to
such
a
phenomenal
degree.
It's
it's
so
important
for
all
aspects
of
how
we
conduct
ourselves
and
that's
why
it's
important
for
people
with
groundwater
wells
to
and
and
I
have
a
groundwater
well
that,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
but
people
with
groundwater
wells
to
register
their
usage
for
a
non
domestic
consumption,
and
so
we
are
taking
measures
and
we
have
taking
measures
and
we
do
have
dedicated
staff
working
on
this.
F
We've
taken
ongoing
measures,
including
presentations
at
conferences,
including
emails
to
stakeholders,
including
information,
our
informational
articles
and
trade,
publications
and
open
houses.
So
a
suite
of
tools
and
it's
a
public
education
in
order
to
get
people
to
comply
by
the
deadline
and
that
being
March
1st
at
2022.
So
we
have
still
some
time
to
to
make
sure
that
we
get
that
compliance
rate
as
high
as
it
can
be.
H
Thank
your
wonderful
speaker,
British
Columbians
want
to
know
what
the
term
24/7
wraparound
support
means.
It's
physicians
or
sorry,
British
communes
know
what
the
term
24/7
wraparound
support
means.
It's
physicians,
nurse
practitioners,
clinical
staff
and
outreach
workers
who
are
on
site
and
available
when
needed,
24/7.
H
But
despite
promises
of
24/7
service,
that's
not
what
government
is
delivering
to
sites
all
around
the
Lower
Mainland
last
Friday,
the
Minister
confirmed
quote:
there
are
no
clinicians
on
site,
that's
a
different
level
of
service,
but
there
is
someone
on
site
who
will
sit
down
and
have
a
cup
of
tea
and
listen
and
pote.
Does
the
minister
understand
that
a
cup
of
tea
will
not
advocate
Li
meet
the
complex
and
unique
needs
of
this
vulnerable
population.
C
You
very
thank
you
very
much
that
mr.
speaker,
it
wasn't
clear
if
it
was
to
me
or
to
the
Minister
of
mental
health
and
addiction,
so
I
wanted
to
get
some
clarity
so
I
again,
I
want
to
I
want
to
point
out
to
to
all
the
members
and
I
and
what's
interesting
as
I
was
listening
to
the
quote,
I'm
thinking,
you
know
that's
a
little
bit
out
of
context
honorable
speaker
in
terms
of
what
we
talked
about
on
Friday.
C
So
let
me
correct
the
record
here
in
the
house
so
that
all
members
can
hear
exactly
what
I
talked
about.
What
I
talked
about
was
the
fact
that
we
have
a
very
well-trained,
very
well
educated
staff,
24/7,
some
of
whom
will
be
nurses,
nurse
practitioners,
physicians,
as
well
as
support
workers,
honourable
speaker
and
I
I,
think,
is
important
for
people
to
understand
what
a
support
worker
is
and
I
have
a
job
posting.
Actually.
C
Honourable
speaker,
that
comes
from
one
of
the
projects,
a
supportive
housing
housing
project
in
Vancouver,
and
they
have
actually
a
job
posting
right
now
for
the
midnight
to
noon
shift.
Honourable
speakers,
so
that
sort
of
the
overnight
part
and
I
think
that
we
can
all
agree
that
that's
I
think
the
part
that
the
members
are
raising.
What
I
think
is
a
divisive
issue
about,
but
I
think
it's
important
that
British
Columbians
and
the
members
opposite
understand
what
that
means
when
we're
talking
about
a
support
worker.
H
H
Residents
in
Yaletown
are
frustrated
with
an
increase
of
open
drug
use,
needles
and
playgrounds,
aggressive,
behavior,
break-ins
and
violence.
When
I
asked
about
the
400%
increase
in
crime,
the
Minister
dismissed
it
telling
me
quote
that
just
means
that
people
are
making
phone
calls
and
most
often
it
is
not
a
crime.
It's
just
a
concern.
End
quote:
why
is
the
minister
dismissing
the
legitimate
concerns
being
raised
by
residents
and
businesses
about
the
increase
in
crime
Minister.
C
You
very
much
mr.
speaker
well.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
say
that
those
24/7
support
workers,
the
ones
that
we
all
banged
our
pots
and
pans
for
for
all
of
those
many
days.
Those
are
the
people
that
being
disrespected
by
the
people,
opposite
honorable
speaker,
they're,
doing
tremendous
work
and
to
suggest
that
they're
not
qualified
to
support
people
I
think
is
disrespectful
honorable
speaker.
Secondly,
honorable
speaker
I
want
to
say
that
that
we
have
done
dozens
of
these
supportive
housing
programs
right
around
the
province.
C
Honorable
speaker,
over
the
last
number
of
years,
we've
housed
thousands
of
people
and
at
the
beginning,
when
we
first
when
we
first
bring
these
online,
there
is
a
bit
of
an
unsettled
time
and
we
know
that
and
we've
and
we've
seen,
we
have
seen-
calls
go
up
to
police
requests
because
people
are
concerned,
but
what
we've
also
done?
Honorable
speakers
we've
seen
from
the
evidence
that
actually
crime
doesn't
go
up.
In
fact,
in
the
Marple
area,
crime
actually
went
down
honorable
speaker
because
we
follow
the
trends
we
follow.
What's
going
on
and
honorable
speaker.
C
I
You
mr.
speaker,
well,
I
visit
downtown
Vancouver
because
simply
moving
people
into
hotels
without
proper
on-site
services
solves
nothing
and
the
NDP
clearly
don't
have
community
buy-in.
There.
I
was
on
the
conference,
call
with
Vancouver
residents
like
Mike
or
miles
mitten
s'en,
and
he
told
me
and
I
quote:
there's
a
tipping
point
where
people
go
from
being
willing
to
put
up
with
issues
in
their
community
to
a
point
of
boiling
over
end
quote
so
again
to
the
minister
of
housing.
I
C
You
very
much
mr.
speaker
and,
like
I,
said
all
of
our
programs
have
on-site
services
and
again
I
find
a
very
disrespectful
of
the
members
to
suggest
somehow
that
the
professionals
that
work
there
24/7
are
somehow
not
professionals
we.
These
are
the
people
who
have
put
their
lives
on
the
line
during
a
covin
response
to
make
sure
that
people
were
safe.
I
am
sure
all
of
these
members
were
out
on
their
porches
banging
their
pots
and
pans.
C
I
Mr.
speaker,
what
the
minister
doesn't
understand
is
that
we
do
respect
these
workers.
The
fact
is:
they're,
just
not
there
all
the
time
without
the
wraparound
support,
the
NDP
are
simply
warehousing
people
shockingly
in
September
2017,
when
this
Minister
was
first
appointed
minister
of
housing.
She
said
when
referring
to
the
lack
of
services
and
I
quote:
8x8
rooms
are
not
going
to
address
homelessness
and
it's
not
where
people
can
get
the
services
that
they
need
so
that
they
can
become
contributing
members
of
society.
End
quote.
That
is
the
minister's
words.
I
C
You,
mr.
speaker,
we
started
doing
that
back
in
2017,
honourable
speaker
and
I'm
very
proud
of
the
fact
that
we
started
that
program.
The
member
is
referring
to
a
sorrows.
Honourable
speaker,
those
are
eight
by
eight
rooms.
We're
not
doing
that.
We're
not
that's
what
we're
providing
in
our
in
our
supportive
housing
modular
program.
That's
not
at
all
what
we're
providing!
In
fact,
people
have
their
own
washrooms.
Honourable
speaker,
the
dignity
of
a
washroom
is
what
people
now
have
access
to
the
dignity
of
three
meals
a
day,
honourable
speakers,
what
they
have
access
to.
C
They
have
the
opportunity
to
receive
the
supports
the
counseling,
the
medical
services
and
the
medication
services
that
they
don't
normally
get
under
the
previous
government.
Honourable
speaker,
we
have
made
significant
progress.
Honourable
speaker,
is
there
more
to
do
absolutely
and
I
look
forward
to
continuing
to
deliver
for
the
people
of
this
province.
J
You,
mr.
speaker,
well,
mr.
speaker,
it's
not
just
Yaletown
that
is
experiencing
these
situations.
It's
not
just
the
Lower
Mainland
that
is
experiencing
this.
It's
the
same
story
in
West,
Victoria
Street
in
Kamloops
on
Friday.
The
minister
admitted
that
the
24/7
clinical
wraparound
supports
and
services
that
people
rightly
expect
just
aren't
there.
She
has
fear
very
clearly
said
that
there
were
no
clinicians
on
site
and
only
someone
to
quote
have
a
cup
of
tea
and
quote
to
the
Housing
Minister,
the
businesses
and
residents
around
the
West
Victoria
Street
corridor
and
countless
have
had
enough.
C
Speaker,
it's
so
interesting
to
hear
how
things
get
taken
out
of
context.
There
aren't.
We
have
really
made
some
significant
progress,
in
fact,
even
in
the
members
own
own
writing.
In
fact,
there
was
an
editorial
around
Kamloops.
That
said,
and
I
quote
at
the
end
of
the
editorial,
we
are
seeing
the
fruits
of
that
labor,
meaning
our
labor
now
and
will
continue
to
witness
serious
progress
on
the
issue.
C
J
Mr.
speaker,
maybe
the
the
minister
could
recite
from
the
newspapers
in
Kamloops
about
the
attack
on
the
security
guard
that
was
hired
as
a
result
of
what
was
going
on
in
the
West
Victoria
Street
corridor,
the
71
year
old,
retired
gentleman
that
was
doing
a
side
job
who
got
attacked
and
put
in
hospital
with
charges
pending
now
against
the
person
that
attacked
them.
That
was
the
minister's
response
when
the
community
started
to
rise
up
on
the
issues.
The
issues
of
concerns
we're
raising
today
are
real
there
from
the
community.
Mr.
J
speaker,
there,
what
we're
hearing
from
our
own
constituents
and
the
minister
is
dismissing
them
out
of
hand
by
saying
we're,
trying
to
be
divisive,
we're
simply
bringing
forward
what
people
are
calling
for,
and
what
they're
calling
for
is
what
the
minister
promised
with
her
multiple
different
times
that
she
is
talked
about.
24/7
supports.
So
again,
when
is
the
minister
going
to
provide
on-site
proper
supports
and
services
that
the
communities
were
led
to
believe
by
this
Minister?
They
would
be
getting.
C
Thank
you
very
much.
Honorable
speaker,
we
have
24/7
supports
for
people.
On-Site
I
think
what
the
members
keep
referring
to
is.
They
would
prefer
to
go
back
to
the
old
days
when
we
institutionalize
people,
because
that's
what
they're
describing
honorable
speaker
and
it's
not
how
we
operate
and
I
know
that
they're
moaning
and
groaning
over
there,
honourable
speaker,
but
they
know
full
well
that
what
we've
been
doing
is
housing
people
and
giving
them
the
supports.
K
Mr.
speaker,
back
in
March,
the
legislature
approved
five
billion
dollars
for
economic
recovery,
and
yet
here
we
are
16
weeks
later
and
not
a
dime
of
that
money
has
been
spent
on
a
tourism
industry.
That's
in
crisis,
other
provinces
have
a
plan
and
they're
spending
money
on
tourism
recovery,
but
not
here
in
British
Columbia.
In
fact,
the
minister
of
tourism
said
on
Friday.
I
quote:
what
we're
going
to
do
is
continue
listening
and
developing
a
plan.
End
quote
so
to
the
Minister
of
Tourism.
L
Kew,
honourable
speaker
and
I
thank
the
member
for
the
question.
We
did
very
thoroughly
talk
about
this
on
Friday
and,
as
I
said
to
the
member,
you
know,
we've
done
a
number
of
provided
a
number
of
supports
for
the
tourism
industry
to
date,
such
as
the
10
million
dollars
we
provided
to
the
CDM
OHS
so
that
they
are
able
to
welcome
visitors
all
across
the
province
now
that
were
in
three
of
our
recovery.
So
what
we?
What
the
member
and
I
talked
about
on
Friday
was
very
clear.
L
We
work
closely
with
the
sector
we've
been
able
to
provide.
You
know
some
pieces
are
really
today
to
a
sector.
That's
been
extremely
hard
hit
by
the
covet
pros
pandemic
and
we're
gonna
keep
working
with
this
sector
as
we
work
towards
recovery.
There's
an
ongoing
process
going
on
we're
out
just
talking
to
sectors
all
across
the
province,
we're
talking
to
all
British
Columbians
to
see
what
they
want.
British
Columbia
to
look
like
and
move
towards
in
recovery
and
I'm
gonna
keep
working
very
closely
with
the
tourism
sector
to
address
their
needs.
Thank
you.