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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 20 2020 Statements Mitzi Dean
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Remember,
first
squat:
our
chosen
path
here
shoot
familiar
calls
we
all
here
at
a
hockey
game,
boys
and
girls,
but
in
March
2019,
the
capital
regional
district
was
hearing
less
from
girls.
Their
enrollment
had
declined
by
one-third
over
the
previous
four
seasons.
In
contrast,
in
Saanich
the
autumn
division
director
was
charged
with
building
a
female
hockey
program
and
from
2015
to
2018.
It
was
the
fastest
growing
female
hockey
program
in
the
whole
of
BC.
A
It
was
thanks
to
Ian
Fleetwood,
a
neurosurgeon
at
Victoria
General
Hospital
and
clinical
associate
professor
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
a
dad
of
two
who'd
been
a
coach
or
assistant
coach
with
17
teams
across
Canada,
while
developing
this
program
in
identified
several
barriers
that
were
making
hockey
programs
for
girls
not
as
accessible.
He
recognized
that
our
dedicated
all-female
minor
hockey
association
was
the
way
to
go.
He
found
help
and
while
the
initial
effort
to
launch
a
female
minor
hockey
association
failed,
they
persisted
and
were
successful.
A
In
2019,
the
Capital
Region
female
minor
hockey
association
has
registered
217
players,
including
79
girls,
who
are
new
to
hockey.
Female
registration
in
the
CRD
has
grown
by
one
quarter
and
the
Association
hosted
14
teams
in
its
inaugural
season,
doubling
the
number
of
local
teams.
The
goal
of
the
Association
is
to
guarantee
that
any
girl
can
play
hockey
on
an
all-female
team,
regardless
of
geography,
skill
level
or
financial
need.
I've
watched
their
games
and
been
in
the
locker
room.
The
girls
are
building
leadership,
mentorship
friendship
and
having
fun.