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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 25 2020 Statements Bob D'Eith
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Member
from
Maple
Ridge
mission,
Thank
You
honorable
speaker
today,
I
rise
on
the
house
to
recognize
the
2020
un
world
day
of
social
or
social
justice
that
was
last
Thursday,
Feb
21,
2008
equality
throughout
history
and
in
every
corner
of
the
world.
Social
and
economic
inequality
has
been
a
significant
threat
to
democracy
and
prosperity.
However,
the
gap
between
different
social
groups
in
our
times
has
reached
shocking
new
heights.
A
Oxfam's
report
this
year
on
global
wealth
disparities,
taught
us
that
the
world's
billionaires
or
the
thoth
total
of
2,100
people
have
the
same
wealth
as
the
bottom
4.6
billion
people.
Now,
of
course,
it
pains
me
to
say,
but
we
don't
have
to
look
far
beyond
our
borders
to
see
this
trend.
One
of
the
reasons
I
ran
was
because
of
social
justice.
A
One
of
the
reasons
that
I
ran
is
because
one
in
five
children
were
living
in
poverty
in
this
province
and
we
are
among
the
top
world's
top
50
economies
yet
think
about
that
one
in
five
honorable
speaker
now,
we
can
only
fight
these
trends
if,
as
government's,
we
work
for
the
one
hundred
percent
here
in
Canada
and
throughout
the
Western
world.
Economists
and
policymakers
thought
that,
by
cutting
taxes,
taxes
to
the
top
wealthy
people,
while
reducing
social
services
for
the
most
vulnerable,
with
boost
the
economy
and
reduce
poverty.
A
Instead,
we
got
levels
of
inequality
not
seen
in
a
century.
Austerity
has
also
done
incredible
damage
to
low-income
people
throughout
the
world.
These
damaging
economic
theories
have
made
it
so
that
many
wealthy
Western
countries
for
the
first
time
in
a
generation
are
having
their
the
children.
The
new
generation
is
having
a
lower
standard
of
living
than
their
parents
and
that's
unacceptable.
Honourable
speaker.
Bc,
however,
is
making
historic
social
investments,
while
remaining
the
only
province
in
Canada
with
a
triple-a
credit
rating.