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From YouTube: JULY 8 2020 Statements Jennifer Rice
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Thank
You
honorable
speaker
we're
facing
a
global
pandemic
not
seen
in
over
a
hundred
years,
and
while
we
have
all
witnessed
some
isolated
examples
of
selfishness
and
malice,
our
communities
have
overwhelmingly
demonstrated
solidarity
and
kindness.
Over
the
past
few
months
we
have
seen
diverse
and
creative
expressions
of
solidarity.
There
is
one
initiative
in
particular
which
I'd
like
to
recognize
here
in
the
North
Coast.
A
My
writing
has
some
of
the
most
remote
communities
in
the
province
and
the
isolation
and
lack
of
services
makes
our
communities
particularly
sensitive
to
the
potential
effects
of
a
local
outbreak
when
the
pandemic
began.
Health
providers
throughout
my
writing,
worried
about
the
lack
of
equipment
and
PPE
in
our
hospitals
and
clinics.
Seeing
this
vulnerability
for
his
community
in
Bella,
Coola
James
Hindley,
a
local
3d
printing
expert,
worked
together
with
local
doctors,
the
Bella
Coola
makerspace
and
a
global
online
community
of
creators
to
make
hundreds
of
face
shields
and
other
PPE
for
the
local
hospital
staff.
A
James
spent
hundreds
of
hours
using
3d
printers
at
the
communities
makerspace
and
on
his
living
room
floor
to
make
these
face
shields,
while
all
the
materials
were
donated
by
local
businesses.
Thanks
to
the
efforts
of
all
British
Columbians
and
his
own
community,
the
virus
has
not
entered
the
Central
Coast,
and
these
masks
haven't
had
to
be
used.
He
has
donated
over
50
masks
to
the
new
Ark
first
nation
to
stockpile
and
he
has
kept
another
200
masks
at
home
in
case
the
hospital
needs
them
for
a
future
outbreak
in
the
community.
A
James
Hindley
is
just
one
of
the
thousands
of
people
across
the
province
who
stepped
up
to
fight
this
pandemic
and
ensure
our
communities
remain.
Safe,
I
couldn't
be
prouder
of
his
work
and
that
of
all
British
Columbians,
who
have
come
together
at
a
distance
to
fight
this
pandemic
to
everyone
who
chose
solidarity
and
kindness
over
self-interest
and
despair
in
the
face
of
this
pandemic.
Thank
you.
You
are
all
heroes
in
my
book.