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From YouTube: AUGUST 13 2020 Statements Janet Routledge
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
rise
today
to
speak
about
nanaimo
nanaimo,
its
history
reads:
the
history
of
british
columbia,
the
history
of
working
people,
the
history
of
the
labor
movement
and
I'd
like
to
speak
briefly
about
one
particular
incident.
133
years
ago
on
may
3rd
1887,
when
148
men
who
were
working
in
a
coal
mine,
the
number
one
coal
mine
in
nanaimo,
died
in
an
explosion.
That
was
a
time
when
nanaimo
had
little
more
than
2
000
people
as
a
population.
A
So
it
was
a
very
significant
blow
to
the
community
and
it
is
memorialized
today
and
the
real
subject
of
what
I'm
going
to
speak
about.
Is
the
south
end
community
association
formed
in
1978
some
91
years
later
by
some
of
the
direct
descendants,
children
and
even
some
of
the
people
who
were
present
that
day
and
this
group
is
a
community
group
that
is
engaged
that
is
propelling
this
community
forward.
A
Just
like
the
lives
of
working
people,
the
lives
of
the
south
end
have
been
challenged
by
the
same
factors:
uneven
employment,
uneven
income
and
and
a
lot
of
challenges.
But
it
is
the
strength
of
the
community
that
brought
people
back
to
do
a
miner's
picnic
that
has
gone
on
for
a
quarter
of
a
century,
establish
a
food
forest,
establish
art,
cans,
garbage
cans
that
are
artistic
and
improve
the
community
they're
involved
in
community
engagement
with
the
in
consultation
with
the
city.
They
have
a
great
partnership
with
sunema
first
nations.
A
They
have
contributed
with
a
neighborhood
plan.
This
is
a
great
group
chaired
by
sydney
robertson
with
members
sandy
mcclellan,
star,
fox
blake,
mcguffey,
catherine,
jane
hazel
elite
bothers
petra
sokour
and
michelle
crowley
among
others.
It's
a
really
fantastic
group
that
speak
today
to
the
same
fiber
and
character
that
was
present
in
nanaimo
those
133
years
ago.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.