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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 19 2020 Statements Spencer Chandra Herbert
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Number
Vancouver
West,
End,
Thank
You,
honorable
speaker,
it
was
a
time
when
silence
equaled
death.
It
was
a
time
when
you
had
to
act
up
otherwise,
you'd
be
forgotten.
It
was
a
time
when
this
legislature
was
debating
quarantine,
II
people
living
with
hiv/aids,
primarily
gay
men.
The
remark
at
the
time
was
put
them
away
on
an
island
to
die
out
of
that
time
came
remarkable
things.
A
Remarkable
people
standing
up
to
make
incredible
differences
out
of
that
time
was
born
an
organization
which
is
marking
its
closure
this
year,
sadly,
but
also
marking
its
closure
with
pride
because
they
fulfilled
their
mission.
I
speak
of
what
began
as
the
BC
persons
with
AIDS
coalition,
which
became
BC
persons
with
AIDS
Society,
which
became
positive
living
BC.
A
This
organization
started
by
Kevin
Brown
and
a
team
of
volunteers
and
true
active
community
supporters
first
found
themselves
out
of
AIDS
Vancouver
working
together,
but
they
faced
such
hatred
and
discrimination
from
including
their
own
government
that
they
had
to
be
more
active.
They
had
to
step
out
of
the
confines
of
AIDS
Vancouver
and
find
their
voice
as
people
living
with
AIDS
their
mantra.
A
Julio
Montana,
which
has
changed
the
face
of
AIDS
across
the
entire
world
and
in
some
ways,
has
led
to
the
upcoming
closure
of
positive
living
BC,
because
AIDS
has
changed
they're
now
living
people
with
full
lives,
full
supportive
lies
as
healthy
individuals
in
embraced
by
their
communities
and
I
want
to
thank
everybody
who
put
their
time
their
life,
their
money
behind
positive
living,
BC,
BC
PWA.
You
made
a
difference.
You
made
a
better
world.
Thank
you.