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From YouTube: JULY 15 2020 Statements Janet Routledge
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Remember,
Burnaby
North,
Thank
You
mr.
speaker
living
room.
Art
in
the
heights
brings
my
community
together
once
a
year.
Local
artists
turn
a
private
home
into
an
art
gallery
for
one
evening
this
year,
covet
19
kept
us
from
gathering
in
the
same
house,
so
the
organizers
exercise
their
imaginations
as
true
artists
and
created
something
new
living
room.
Art
in
the
heights
went
virtual.
It
was
the
poet
Shelley
who
said,
poets
are
the
unacknowledged
legislators
of
the
world
200
years
later.
I
would
say:
creative
artists
are
the
unacknowledged
legislators
of
the
world.
A
They
are
not
afraid
of
a
blank
canvas
they
put
brush
to
paper
aim
a
camera
pick
up
a
musical
instrument
to
create
something
new
and
beautiful
I
see
a
parallel
between
the
imaginative
work
of
artists
and
the
work
we
do
as
legislators.
Our
job
is
to
create
a
more
beautiful
society,
but
how
can
we,
if
we
can't
imagine
what
a
better
society
might
look
like
imagination,
is
a
learnable
skill.
We
wouldn't
tell
a
two-year-old
to
stop
trying
to
walk
and
talk
because
they're
not
very
good
at
it.
A
Would
we
yet
how
many
of
us
declare
that
we
don't
have
an
artistic
bone
in
our
bodies
as
we
slowly
emerge
from
the
pandemic
and
try
to
rebuild
our
economy,
we
need
to
hone
our
imaginations,
otherwise
we
will
be
tempted
to
return
to
the
way
things
used
to
be,
but
those
ways
did
not
work
for
everyone.
The
old
normal
left
too
many
people
out
in
the
cold,
literally
scrambling
to
make
a
living,
exhausted,
disillusioned,
disconnected
if
the
pandemic
has
taught
us
anything.