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From YouTube: AUGUST 13 2020 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
C
The
bc
business
council
released
their
own
plan
out
of
frustration
that
there
has
been
no
work
product
to
see
from
the
premier's
economic
recovery
task
force
and
what
the
head
of
the
bc
business
council
greg
davenaugh
had
to
say
was.
The
provincial
government
has
not
had
an
economic
recovery
strategy.
We've
had
a
health
recovery
strategy
masking
as
an
economic
strategy.
B
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
I
I
thank
the
leader
of
the
opposition
for
his
question.
Certainly,
we
have
been
going
through
an
extraordinary
time
here
in
british
columbia,
unprecedented
downturn
in
the
economy,
a
closure
of
many
sectors,
but,
unlike
other
parts
of
the
country,
we
were
able
to
keep
many
components
of
our
economy
going
and
moving
throughout
the
pandemic
and
we're
all
very
proud
of
the
work
that
our
frontline
workers
did,
whether
they
were
in
healthcare,
whether
they
were
in
keeping
our
supply
chains
going
making
sure
that
people
could
access
their
food.
D
D
So
we've
been
making
investments
systematically
over
the
past
number
of
months,
with
the
advice
and
counsel
of
the
economic
recovery
task
force
and
I'm
very
confident
that
the
3.5
billion
dollars
that
we
put
into
the
economy
over
the
period
of
a
number
of
months
and
the
now
2.5
billion
dollars
that
the
minister
of
finance
will
be
announcing
more
about
in
the
days
ahead.
Is
the
exact
exact
direction
that
the
economic
recovery
task
force
wanted
us
to
go
in.
D
The
members
mentioned
one
group,
the
business
council,
which
represents
the
largest
employers
in
the
province,
the
chamber
of
commerce
bc
chamber
of
commerce.
Was
there
the
boards
of
trade
from
our
two
major
cities,
the
federation
of
labor
representatives
of
the
not-for-profit
sector
from
the
creative
sector
and
also
indigenous
people?
D
In
addition
to
the
task
force,
we
invited
all
british
columbians
to
participate,
as
I
believe
we
should
we're
assembling
all
of
that
information,
focusing
on
making
sure
that
people
are
safe
in
their
communities
and
people
can
productively
get
back
into
the
economy,
and
I
believe,
we'll
see
more
fruit
from
that
labor.
Over
the
coming
days.
C
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
british
columbia
is
the
third
largest
province
in
canada.
Five
million
people,
the
three
other
large
provinces
all
have
announced
economic
recovery
plans,
quebec
on
june,
the
3rd
8
million
people
ontario
july,
the
6th
with
15
million
people
alberta
june
29th,
with
4
million
people.
C
Somehow
british
columbia
is
left
out
of
the
parade
and
another
one
of
the
members
of
the
premier's
economic
recovery
team.
Bridget
anderson
of
the
vancouver
board
of
trade.
Had
this
to
say,
we've
known
for
months
that
many
businesses
were
suffering
and
now
we're
starting
to
see
the
true
picture,
and
it
is
a
terrible
one.
Thousands
of
businesses
have
ceased
to
exist.
C
B
D
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker.
Well,
the
plan
has
been
evolving
from
the
beginning.
Again,
I
want
to
remind
all
members
of
this
house
if
the
people
of
british
columbia
are
not
confident
to
come
out
and
participate
in
the
economy,
then
they're
not
going
to
see
the
success
that
we
need
here
in
british
columbia.
That's
why
we
focused
on
keeping
people
safe.
That's
why
we
focused
on
making
sure
that
those
that
were
dislocated
do
you
want
to
hear
the
answer?
Remember.
Do
you
want
to
hear
the
answer?
D
Remember
honorable,
honourable
speaker,
it's
clear
that
the
official
opposition,
this
being
the
first
time
this
week
that
the
leader
of
the
opposition
has
stood
in
this
place
are
not
necessarily
interested
in
the
answers
that
I
want
to
give,
but
I
will
persist.
I
will
persist
to
get
through
the
challenges
of
only
a
dozen
hecklers,
only
a
dozen
hecklers
on
the
other
side.
Despite
that,
honorable
speaker,
they
don't
want
to
hear
about
2.5
billion
dollars
worth
of
economic
stimulus
that
will
be
coming
from
the
minister
of
finance.
C
C
C
That's
not
going
to
do
it.
Premier
health
is
one
of
20
ministries
in
your
government.
The
other
19
have
roles
to
play.
They've
got
to
be
out
there
establishing
consumer
confidence,
telling
people
that
it's
okay
to
participate
in
life,
again,
saving
thousands
of
more
businesses
from
insolvency
in
the
next
six
weeks.
B
D
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
again
I
thank
the
leader
of
the
opposition
for
his
participation
this
week
in
question
period.
We
have
been
we
have,
we
have
been
working,
we
have
been
working
diligently.
We
have
been
working
diligently
with
every
sector
to
ensure
that
we
can
have
a
secure
restart
of
the
economy,
focusing
on
people.
Honorable
members,
focusing
on
making
sure
that
people
in
every
corner
of
the
province
have
confidence
that
they
can
go
back
in
the
economy.
D
I
can
say
when
members
of
the
economic
recovery
task
force
and
and
myself
and
the
minister
of
finance,
the
minister
of
jobs
and
economic
competitiveness
were
meeting
weekly.
We
were
talking
about
how
we
could
kick-start
the
economy
by
providing
confidence
and
that
confidence
does
not
come
from
hectoring
from
the
opposition.
D
It
comes
from
the
cooperation
that
existed
until
just
recently
between
all
of
us
in
this
house,
with
one
common
purpose:
honorable
speaker,
one
common
purpose
to
lift
all
british
plumbings
up,
focusing
on
people
making
sure
that
every
corner
of
the
province,
every
element
of
the
economy
was
firing
on
all
cylinders.
That's
what
we've
been
working
on!
That's
what
the
minister
finance
has
been
doing
and
every
other
minister
of
this
government
with
great
success.
E
Well,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
Now.
Site
c
is
the
largest
capital
project
that
the
current
government
is
undertaking
in
our
province,
a
10-year
construction
schedule
and
therefore
deserving
of
significant
attention
and
oversight.
Only
a
few
weeks
ago,
the
minister
of
energy
and
minds
announced
serious
concerns
around
the
construction
of
the
site
c
dam
project.
E
Now,
mr
speaker,
the
former
minister,
the
member
of
nelson
creston,
had
confirmed
in
june
of
2017
that
sites
he
was,
and
I
quote
on
time
and
on
budget
end
quote
now.
We
see
the
current
minister
attempting
to
ship
the
blame
to
the
pandemic,
even
though
the
report
from
bc
hydro
covers
a
period
largely
before
kovid19
arrived
through
you
to
the
three
mr
speaker,
to
the
energy
minister
when
exactly
and
details
matter
here,
when
exactly
was
the
energy
minister
informed
by
bc?
Hydro,
the
both
the
project,
construction
schedule
and
cost
were
at
significant
risk.
F
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
it's.
It
is
useful
to
review
the
opposition's
record
when
they
were
in
government
on
site
c.
They
started
the
project
without
proper
oversight
and
without
a
credible
budget.
They
rushed
through
the
approval
of
the
design,
which
included
significant
geological
risks.
I'm
sure
they
will
remember
the
two
tension
cracks
that
occurred
under
their
government,
which
led
the
bc
hydro
to
announce
an
increasing
cost
and
construction
time.
F
In
november
of
2017.,
our
government
asked
the
bc
utilities
commission
to
review
the
project
and
they
found
that
it
was
already
over
budget
and
behind
schedule.
Let
me
quote
from
the
2017
bc
utilities
review.
The
bcuc
is
not
persuaded
that
the
site
c
project
will
remain
on
schedule
for
a
november
2024
in-service
date.
F
So
the
that's
that's
the
record
of
the
previous
government,
and
that
is
that's
the
factual
record.
That's
before
the
public.
At
this
time,.
E
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
the
bc
utilities
commission
actually
informed
government
that
they
had
choices,
and
it
was
this
government
that
made
the
decision
to
continue
construction.
It
was
also
this
government
put
that
put
in
place
the
oversight
board,
the
reported
directly
to
treasury
board
on
may
9th
of
2019.
E
The
member
for
nelson
creston
said,
and
I
quote,
site
c
reports
are
reviewed
and
approved
by
the
public
assurance
board,
which
is
accountable
to
government
and
reports
regularly
to
treasury
board.
End
quote
so
what
is
the
minister
saying
now
that
bc
hydro
has
been
concealing?
Information
has
kept
him
in
the
dark
that
he
was
not
aware
of.
The
scheduling
and
construction
cost
risks
at
site
c
until
his
presser
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
or
is
the
minister
and
his
government
saying
that
they
have
let
the
project
run
adrift
and
have
not
been
asking
appropriate
questions.
E
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
The
the
previous
government,
russia
recklessly
pushed
site
c
past
the
point
of
no
return,
and
indeed
the
then
premier
said
I
will
get
it
past
the
point
of
no
return.
They
refused
to
let
the
independent
energy
watchdog,
the
vc
utilities,
commission
review
the
project
they
signed
off
on
a
design
that
included
known
geological
risks
and
they
spent
billions
of
dollars
without
proper
oversight
in
their
efforts
to
push
this
project
past
the
point
of
no
return.
F
Our
government
has
been
clear.
Sightsee
is
not
a
project
we
would
have
started,
but
we
weren't
willing
to
ask
british
columbians
to
take
on
four
million
dollars
in
debt
with
nothing
in
return
because
of
the
choices
made
by
the
old
government,
there
were
cost
pressures
on
the
project
in
summer
2017,
but
we
had
been
managing
them.
We
are
now
facing
geological
risks
in
the
design
that
the
old
government
approved.
F
So
it's
important
to
remember
that
the
project
was
on
schedule
prior
to
the
covet
19
pandemic
in
march,
pc
hydro,
significantly
scaled
down
the
project
and
focused
only
on
essential
work
and
meeting
critical
milestones.
This
was
done
in
a
line
with
advice
in
the
provincial
health
officer
to
ensure
the
safety
of
workers
and
local
communities.
F
F
I'm
I've
been
clear,
I'm
concerned
with
the
reports
that
the
member
mentions
of
bc
hydro
recently
filed
with
the
utilities,
commission
and
bc
hydro,
has
an
initiated
a
re-based
landing
process
of
the
site
c
project
to
review
the
cost
and
time
required
to
complete
the
project.
I've
also
brought
on
mr
peter
millburn,
a
former
deputy
minister
as
a
special
adviser.
Mr
millburn
will
play
an
important
role
in
examining
the
project.
He
will
provide
me
and
our
government
with
independent
advice
and
a
fresh
perspective.
B
G
We
we
hope
that
the
fall
would
mark
the
beginning
of
the
end
of
the
coven
19
pandemic.
Public
health
officials
and
british
columbians,
though,
are
wary
of
the
possibility
of
a
second
wave.
Just
yesterday
we
had
an
announcement
of
85
new
cases.
That's
the
third
highest
single
day
jump
since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
there's
growing
tension
in
our
province,
around
kids,
going
back
to
school,
our
loved
ones
in
care,
homes,
the
fall
flu
season,
individuals,
financial
security
and
as
well
stalled
sectors
of
our
economy.
G
However,
we're
seeing
the
impact
of
the
lockdown,
particularly
on
the
mental
health
and
well-being
of
british
colombians.
My
question
is
for
the
premier,
few
people
could
have
predicted
this
pandemic
and
the
impacts
we've
experienced
as
we
go
into
the
fall
with
the
uncertainty
and
the
real
possibility
of
a
second
wave.
What
will
his
government
do
differently
if
we're
forced
to
bring
back
more
severe
social
distancing
protocols.
B
D
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
I
thank
the
acting
leader
of
the
green
party
for
the
current
leader
interim
leader
of
the
green
party
for
the
question.
We
have
learned
a
great
deal
as
british
columbians
as
legislators
and
and
as
individuals
about
the
consequences
of
kobit,
19
and
a
global
pandemic.
We
are
a
small,
open
economy.
We
depend
on
trade,
we
depend
on
other
jurisdictions
being
as
robust
as
ourselves
and,
of
course,
in
a
global
pandemic.
D
We
worked
with
the
federal
government
to
establish
a
national
sick
leave
program
which
will,
as
we
go
into
the
fall
and
into
the
traditional
flu
season,
be
in
a
position
to
ensure
that
workers
will
not
put
their
colleagues
and
their
customers
at
risk
going
to
work
when
they're
sick
they'll
be
able
to
say
stay
at
home
with
some
economic
certainty
that
they
won't
be
penalized.
For
that,
we've
worked
on
ensuring
that
ppe
is
in
place,
significant
amounts
not
just
for
those
in
the
healthcare
sector,
but
in
every
sector,
including
education.
D
And,
although
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
this
week
about
the
education
restart
that
will
be
beginning
in
in
september
and
my
conversations
with
regular
families.
They
understand
the
challenges
we're
facing
and
you
articulated
them
very
well
in
your
question
and
I
think
all
of
us,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
understand
that
these
are
extraordinary
times,
and
that
requires
flexibility.
D
It
requires
cooperation
and,
by
and
large,
for
the
most
part,
all
of
us
in
this
place
have
been
cooperating
with
a
common
purpose
in
mind,
and
that
is
to
support
our
neighbors
to
support
our
constituents
to
lift
ourselves
up
so
that
we
can
come
out
of
this
stronger
than
we
went
in
what
does
the
the
fall
hold?
Honourable
member,
if
you
had
an
answer
to
that,
we
would
probably
be
moving
a
lot
faster
than
we
are
right
now.
G
Thank
you
to
the
premier
for
his
response.
Throughout
the
session,
the
bc
green
caucus
has
used
question
period
as
an
avenue
to
propose
and
bring
into
the
public
discourse
various
ideas,
programs
and
projects
that
could
benefit.
British
columbians
we've
asked
for
greater
transparency
and
accountability
in
our
senior
care
homes
to
protect
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
citizens.
G
We've
advocated
for
a
12-month
project
to
offer
mental
health
support
under
msp
to
help
british
columbians.
With
this
overwhelming
health
crisis,
we've
pushed
for
additional
support
for
child
care
centers
and
before
and
after
school
care
programs.
So
parents
can
go
back
to
work
without
worrying
about
the
safety
of
their
children.
G
In
the
passing
weeks,
we've
seen
some
of
the
challenges
of
partisan
politics.
Premier
mentioned
referred
to
it
earlier
in
his
responses,
but
we've
also
seen
the
power
of
working
together
and
we
remain
committed
to
collaborative
evidence-based
governance.
My
question
is
again
to
the
premier.
If
a
second
lockdown
occurs,
what
specific
changes
has
his
government
made
to
ensure
our
systems
and
structures
are
better
able
to
protect
the
mental
health
and
well-being
of
british
columbians
premier.
D
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker.
Well,
I
can
say
that
the
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions
has
opened
143
treatment
beds.
Since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
we
put
in
place
more
counseling
services
for
british
colombians
and
we're
working
diligently
to
make
sure
that
the
well-being
of
british
columbians,
whether
it
be
their
physical
health,
their
mental
health
or
their
economic
health
are
high
priorities
for
us,
because
people
are
the
economy
and
without
all
people
working
in
tandem
to
lift
us
all
up
we're
going
to
be
falling
behind.
D
I
do
know
that,
as
we
go
to
the
fall,
the
minister
of
health
public
health
officials
led
by
dr
bonnie
henry
we
meet
regularly.
We
discuss
trends,
we
look
at
other
jurisdictions.
We
look
at
other
other
approaches
from
people
in
other
parts
of
the
world.
How
are
they
addressing
these
issues?
We
take
advice
from
from
the
green
party.
We
take
advice
in
some
cases
from
the
the
official
opposition
and
we
most
assuredly
listen
to
people,
and
that
brings
us
back
to
the
k-12
restart.
We
know
that
school
is
fundamentally
important
to
our
young
ones.
D
It's
absolutely
critical,
and
now
we
have
to
find
a
way
to
continue
to
provide
that
service
for
children
and
for
families
in
a
way
that
is
safe.
That
requires
cooperation
that
requires
listening
to
everybody,
listening
to
everybody,
school
districts,
teachers,
parents
and
kids,
and
that's
what
we've
been
doing
and
I
think
that's
the
best
way
forward
of
a
member
continued
cooperation
and
collaboration
is
what
british
columbians
want
and
that's
what
we
intend
to
do.
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
like
to
thank
the
premier
for
that
segway
into
my
question
for
plans
which
we
seem
to
be
lacking
endlessly.
The
minister
of
education
has
had
five
months
to
plan
for
back
to
school,
but
so
far
he's
only
made
it
worse.
For
parents
he's
made
it
worse
for
teachers
he's
made
it
worse
for
school
districts
and
he's
made
it
worse
for
children.
A
First,
there
would
be
a
plan.
One
plan,
then
there's
60
plans.
All
the
students
would
be
in
class
on
september
8th.
Well,
then,
maybe
not
there'd
be
a
hybrid
model.
Now
then,
in
rare
cases
there
might
be
a
hybrid
model
and
then
maybe
more
students
would
be
in
the
hybrid
model.
After
all,
you
know.
I
bet
the
minister
of
education
is
wishing
he'd
actually
released
a
plan
on
the
29th.
A
All
of
the
posturing
for
the
minister
won't
change
the
fact
that
parents
still
have
no
idea
what
is
going
to
be
happening
in
september.
People
are
looking
for
leadership,
so
my
question
to
the
minister
of
education
is:
does
he
really
believe
that
waiting
to
tell
parents
until
august
26
is
fair
to
them
or
their
families.
D
B
D
D
There
are
as
many
ideas
for
what
will
work
as
there
are
people
honorable
member
and
the
best
way
to
come
to
consensus
is
to
listen
to
be
flexible
and
that's
what
the
minister
of
education
has
been
doing.
He's
been
listening
to
teachers
he's
been
listening
to
parents
he's
been
listening
to
the
people
in
fort
st
john
and
finding
out
that
what
they
need
is
not
the
same
as
the
people
in
parksville
and
that's
what
collaboration
is
all
about
working
together
to
create
plans
that
are
individually
focused
on
success
for
students
and
comfort
for
families.
A
A
A
plan
we've
had
five
months.
The
minister
has
said
this
over
over
and
over
again
that
he
has
been
planning
to
return
to
school
since
the
since
schools
were
suspended
in
march.
A
Well,
we
did
not
get
anything
on
july
29th
and
I'm
gonna
quote
one
family
here,
and
this
is
from
and
you're
right
premier.
I've
talked
to
many
many
families,
and
I
know
that
they've
reached
out
to
the
minister
as
well.
Both
my
husband
and
I
are
facing
unprecedented
work
schedules
in
september,
and
now
I
not
only
deal
with
my
work.
I
have
four
kids
at
home.
One
with
autism
and
my
children
are
in
grades,
2,
4,
5
and
seven.
A
I
am
not
a
teacher
and
I
have
no
child
care
for
our
kids.
End
quote
so.
This
is
one
message
that
echoes
so
many
concerned:
scared
families
across
the
province,
whether
it's
child
care
or
after
school
or
returning
to
work.
Why
is
the
minister,
why
is
this
government
leaving
it
until
august
26
to
get
a
plan
out
to
families.
B
D
Honorable
speaker,
and
with
respect
to
the
family
that
the
honourable
member
cites,
I
absolutely
understand
the
anxiety
and
apprehension
that
that
family
and
countless
families
across
british
columbia
are
feeling
the
start
of
the
school
year
in
a
normal
year
is
apprehensive
for
many
families.
The
challenges
that
the
member
outlined
exists
in
a
pandemic
and
outside
of
a
pandemic.
The
challenges,
of
course,
will
not
be
resolved
with
accusations
and
criticism.
It
will
be
resolved
with
cooperation
and
collaboration,
and
that's
exactly
what
we're
doing
now.
D
I
appreciate
I
appreciate
the
leader
of
the
opposition
would
want
us
to
table
a
plan
so
that
he
could
immediately
criticize
it.
We
have
been
working
with
the
people
who
deliver
education
in
british
columbia,
the
vice
principals,
the
principals,
the
school
trustees,
the
duly
elected
school
trustees,
who
want
to
have
input
into
how
services
are
delivered
in
their
community
and
the
families.
D
The
families
that
are
concerned
about
their
children
want
to
know
that
everyone's
behind
them
and
that's
what
we're
doing
the
minister
of
education
has
been
focusing
on
bringing
people
together,
finding
the
best
way
forward
to
have
a
mix
of
in-class
and
virtual
education
for
the
hundreds
of
thousands
of
students
in
british
columbia.
That
is
not
good
enough
for
the
official
opposition
because
they
got
nothing
else
to
do
but
complain.
H
Well,
thank
you
very
much
honorable
speaker
and
it
doesn't
matter
how
much
the
premier
stands
and
attempts
to
bluster
and
create
an
answer.
Today.
Our
job
is
to
bring
the
concerns
of
parents
to
the
legislature
and
that's
exactly
what
we
are
doing
today.
They
are
real
and
they
are
significant
concerns.
H
Parents
have
been
counting
down
the
days
on
their
calendars
to
the
beginning
of
school.
Well,
apparently,
the
minister
of
education
hasn't
been
parents
know
that
september
is
coming
and
they've
tried
to
start
their
planning.
They've
looked
for
child
care,
they're,
trying
to
arrange
after
school
care,
they're
talking
to
their
bosses
about
what
a
return
to
work
would
look
like,
and
the
key
to
all
of
that
is
knowing
that
their
children
would
be
back
in
class,
but
instead
of
putting
parents
at
ease,
the
minister
has
actually
made
it
worse
every
day,
something
changes.
B
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and
I
thank
the
member
for
her
question
and
again
I
will
repeat
what
we've
been
saying
for
a
number
of
weeks.
Now
there
is
apprehension
within
the
community.
There
is
concern
within
parent
communities
within
the
education
sector
about
how
we
will
proceed
in
a
global
pandemic.
I
don't
sometimes
I
think
you
forget
about
that.
D
Honorable
members,
we
are
in
a
global
pandemic
where
circumstances
are
changing
by
the
day,
and
I
know
with
absolute
certainty,
even
though
there's
anxiety
in
the
community,
the
vast
majority
of
parents
understand
that
we
will
have
to
work
together
with
teachers
with
child
care
providers
with
others
in
the
community
to
make
sure
that
we
can
deliver
this
vitally
important
service.
That's
what
we've
been
focused
on
by
and
large,
we've
had
cooperation
and
collaboration
throughout
this
house.
To
do
that.
Today
is
not
one
of
those
days.
H
Well,
you
know
the
premier,
I
am
positive,
and
the
minister
have
heard
from
parents
all
across
british
columbia
and
to
suggest
that
there
is
a
plan
that
is
comprehensive
and
understandable
is
simply
not
true.
Parents
understand
the
need
for
this
for
students
to
return
to
class,
and
so
does
the
opposition.
H
H
Will
all
students
have
access
to
a
hybrid
model?
Why
did
the
minister
cut
12
million
dollars
out
of
distance
learning
for
the
fall?
Why
can't
he
tell
students
the
day
that
school
will
start?
That's
what
parents
are
asking
and,
frankly
to
the
premier,
they
expect
answers.
The
minister's
inability
to
plan
has
left
parents
in
a
lurch.
H
So
to
the
premier
who
just
yesterday
said
at
the
end
of
the
day
the
decisions
rest
with
me
and
my
government.
This
mess
is
on
his
shoulders.
So
can
he
actually
stand
up
today
and
tell
parents
that
he
thinks
it's
fair,
that
they're
going
to
have
to
wait
until
august
26
to
reveal
details
about
a
return
to
school.
D
Premier,
thank
you
honorable
speaker,
and
I
again
I
thank
the
the
member
for
her
question.
Listen,
we.
We
all
understand
the
importance
of
education
to
our
kids,
to
our
communities
to
our
economy.
We
all
understand
that
we
are
in
a
global
pandemic.
At
least
I
thought
we
all
understood
that
we
all
understand
that
we
need
to
ensure
that
parents,
that
trustees,
that
that
administrators
and
most
importantly,
teachers
and
other
support
staff
within
the
school
community
are
all
on
the
same
page.
D
These
are
disparate
people,
and
I
and
I
appreciate
that
the
opposition
didn't
pay
a
lot
of
attention
to
education
other
than
through
the
courts
over
their
time
in
government,
but
we're
trying
to
bring
everyone
together
to
have
a
genuine
discussion
about
how
best
to
deliver
services
in
communities.
That's
what
we've
been
doing,
the
only
jurisdiction,
only
jurisdiction
in
north
america
that
had
kids
back
in
classrooms
in
june,
so
that
we
could
shape
out
where
we're
going
to
go
in
september.
D
That
puts
us
light
years
ahead
of
every
other
jurisdiction
in
the
country,
and
I
don't
know
if
you've
been
paying
any
attention.
Honorable
members,
but
just
to
the
south
of
us
just
to
the
south
of
us,
there
is
absolute
chaos
when
it
comes
to
delivering
education
services
in
the
united
states.
Here
in
british
columbia,
we
continue
to
work
every
day
with
the
providers
of
education,
the
kids
who
need
it
and
the
parents
who
are
waiting
for
it.
That's
the
appropriate
way
forward.
I
thought
you
would
see.
I
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
For
months
now,
we've
been
highlighting
in
this
house
and
outside
this
house
how
much
worse
homelessness
has
been
getting
in
communities
right
across
british
columbia.
Small
business
is
being
broken
into
daily
small
businesses,
worrying
about
the
safety
of
their
employees
and
their
customers.
I
I
Just
steps
from
this
legislature
in
beacon
hill
park
is
an
encampment
which
is
getting
worse
and
worse
by
the
day.
It
is
in
the
heart
of
the
minister
of
finances
riding
she
has
the
ability
to
do
something
about
it
and
she's
choosing
not
to
do
anything
about
it.
Mr
speaker,
just
a
further
a
few
blocks
away
in
downtown
victoria,
there
is
a
rapidly
deteriorating
situation
because
of
the
the
the
government's
disaster
which
they
call
the
the
hotel
acquisition
program.
It's
been
a
disaster.
I
People
are
running
around
with
machetes
businesses
being
broken
into
personal
safety
being
threatened.
Presumably,
the
premier
and
a
whole
truckload
of
cabinet
ministers
and
ndp
mlas
drive
right
through
this,
this
area
every
single
day,
and
they
choose
not
to
do
anything
about
it.
Mr
speaker,
and
of
course
this
is
happening
we
we
know
as
well
in
the
minister
of
housing
zone
riding
in
coquitlam,
the
problem
there
is
getting
worse
and
worse
by
the
day
now
quote:
we
are
tax,
paying
citizens
trying
to
raise
a
family
and
being
held
hostage
in
our
own
community.
I
This
is
not
what
a
young
child
needs
to
be
experiencing.
Something
needs
to
be
done
to
protect
the
community.
End
quote,
mr
speaker:
those
are
the
words
of
rob
lewis
who
lives
just
down
the
street
from
an
ndp
hotel,
that's
warehousing
homeless,
people
in
coquitlam
for
rob
and
his
neighbors.
The
situation
is
coquitlam
is
getting
worse
and
worse
by
the
day
so
to
the
minister
of
housing.
I
When
will
the
minister
provide
the
24
7
on-site
support
so
desperately
needed
to
help
our
vulnerable
and
at-risk
citizens
get
better,
and
when
will
she?
When
will
the
premier?
When
will
this
government
start
listening
to
small
businesses
and
communities
who
are
being
negatively
affected
by
this
government's
actions
on
this
file?.
J
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
member
opposite
for
the
question.
Members
opposite
have
been
raising
these
issues
about
homelessness
and
the
overdose
crisis
over
the
last
number
of
weeks,
and
I
don't
need
to
speak
on
the
minister
of
housing's
behalf,
but
I
think
every
member
of
this
house
knows
that
this
government
has
made
historic
investments
in
ending
homelessness
and
in
building
the
supports
that
people
need
who
are
struggling
with
mental
health
and
addictions.
An
honorable
speaker,
honorable
speaker.
It
is
absolutely
true.
J
An
honorable
speaker,
it
is
absolutely
true
that
many
of
the
people
who
are
homeless
and
that
we
have
been
working
to
house
are
struggling
with
mental
health
and
addictions,
and
the
the
leader
of
the
opposition
in
his
heckling
earlier
said
no
plan
for
the
overdose
crisis
either.
Honorable
speaker
well,
let
me
be
very
clear.
J
We
know
that
this.
We
know
that
the
spike
in
overdoses
we
know
the
overdose
deaths
were
going
down
under
the
previous
government's
watch.
They
were
going
up
beginning
in
2012.
The
numbers
went
up
for
five
years,
the
next
year
they
went
up
and
then
under
our
watch
we
began
to
bring
them
down
and
other
speaker.
I
want
to
read
you
a
quote
members.
B
J
Want
to
read
a
quote
honorable
speaker:
there's
no
question
that
during
covet
in
particular,
the
illicit
drug
supply
has
become
increasingly
dangerous
because
what
is
actually
in
these
drugs.
What
they're
laced
with
you
just
really
don't
know
covet,
has
just
introduced
a
tremendous
amount
of
additional
uncertainty.
We're
hearing
that
from
frontline
workers
we're
hearing
that
from
law
enforcement.
J
I
do
believe
that
that's
factually
accurate,
that's
not
a
quote
from
me.
Honorable
speaker,
that's
a
quote
from
the
member
from
kamloops
south
thompson
to
the
media
and
his
community
within
the
last
couple
of
days
since
covet
19
hit,
we
have
been
working
at
breakneck
speed,
honorable
speaker,
and
we
are
the
only
province
that
has
been
responding
across
the
continuum,
both
with
harm
reduction
with
access
to
a
safe
supply
of
prescription,
alternatives
to
separate
people
from
the
poison
drug
supply,
and
also
with
treatment
beds.
J
Honorable
speaker
100
with
the
recent
announcements,
150
adult
treatment
beds
and
today
honorable
speaker,
the
biggest
investment
ever
in
youth
treatment
beds
in
the
history
of
this
province,
123
new
beds
on
top
of
20
new
ones
in
chilliwack,
an
honorable
speaker
under
that
government's
watch,
youth
treatment
beds
actually
went
down
the
same
year.
A
public
health
emergency
was
declared,
so
we,
this
is
something
we
need
to
be
working
on
together.