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From YouTube: MARCH 3 2021 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
1st Session
42nd Parliament
C
C
All
right,
let's
try
that
again.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
We
know
that
the
premier
is
sitting
on
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
in
unpaid
relief
funds
from
his
government's
botched
grant
program.
It
seems
that
his
incompetent
jobs
minister
can't
get
relief
to
those
who
need
it.
So
we
have
some
ideas
about
how
those
funds
could
be
used.
Those
for
some
desperately
needed
support,
22
community
hockey
teams
from
the
western
hockey
league
and
the
bc
hockey
league
have
written
to
the
premier
together.
C
They
are
asking
for
9.5
million
dollars
so
that
whl
teams
and
bc
hockey
league
teams,
like
the
premier's
own
victoria
grizzlies
and
my
prince
george
spruce
kings,
can
survive
without
fans
in
the
stands.
Simple
question,
hopefully
a
very
simple
answer:
will
the
premier
provide
bc's
local
hockey
teams
with
the
9.5
million
dollars
in
funding?
They
need
to
survive
the
hockey
season.
D
D
She
cheering
on
her
team
me
cheering
on
mine,
but
the
important
thing
for
both
of
us
was
to
see
young
people
learning
the
benefits
and
value
of
sport,
which
is
something
that
is
profoundly
important
to
me
and
to
I
believe,
all
members
of
this
house.
The
question
was
straightforward
and
I'll
do
my
level
best
to
give
a
straight
answer.
I
have
been
in
discussion
with
bchl
leadership,
we're
working
with
the
minister
responsible.
D
The
minister
is
here
to
answer
further
questions
on
this
issue.
We
are
not
yet
in
a
position
to
make
a
final
determination
on
the
funds
that
have
been
requested,
but
there
is
good
news,
although
both
the
member
and
I
talked
about
our
bchl
teams,
there
are
also
whl
teams
in
prince
george,
in
kamloops,
in
kelowna,
in
victoria
and
in
vancouver,
and
all
of
them
will
be
hitting
the
ice
again
very.
D
Very
soon,
that's
good
news
for
the
kids,
it's
good
news
for
the
teams,
and
we
can
do
that
according
to
dr
henry,
in
a
safe
and
effective
way,
there's
going
to
be
more
news
about
both
hockey
leagues.
They
provide
economic
benefits.
Certainly,
the
whl
restart
will
be
a
bonus
for
kamloops
and
kelowna,
but
it
will
also
be
a
difficult
time
for
those
teams
because
they
will
not
be
having
revenue
outside
of
those.
Two
cities
will
not
be
having
revenue
coming
in.
C
Having
said
that,
there
will
be
no
fans
in
the
stands
and
there
have
been
significant
economic
impacts,
and
I
know
the
premier
wouldn't
would
would
forgive
me
for
reminding
me
that
reminding
him
that
my
prince
george
spruce
king
swept
his
victoria
grizzlies
in
the
last
championship
that
we
saw
each
other
play
against,
so
the
bottom
line
is
and
the
premier's
aware
of
it
that
you
can't
have
a
league
without
teams
to
play
in
it,
and
it's
more
than
just
the
22
local
hockey
teams
from
local
football
teams,
like
the
langley
rams
to
baseball
teams
like
the
victoria
harbor
cats,
community
sports
teams
across
the
province
are
struggling
to
survive
without
funding
from
this
government.
C
D
We
have
done
what
we
can
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
framework
in
place,
so
those
organizations
can
engage
with
government.
As
I
said,
the
minister
of
tourism,
arts,
culture
and
sport
has
been
involved
in
those
discussions
with
the
two
leagues
that
we
talked
about
with
respect
to
hockey.
I
am
engaged
in
casual
discussions.
I
would
call
them
because
I'm
not
talking
about
money
with
these
organizations
but
with
others,
whether
it
be
junior
football,
whether
it
be
the
western
lacrosse
association
and
others.
D
I
appreciate
very
much
the
leader
of
the
opposition
raising
this
question
because
I
think
it's
another
one
of
those
times
when
we
can
all
say
yeah.
This
is
something
we
need
to
get
into.
We
need
to
make
sure
we
put
our
shoulder
to
the
wheel,
provide
the
resources
to
keep
these
organizations
going
until
they
can
get
back
on
their
feet
and
get
bums
in
seats.
I
thank
the
member
for
a
question
and
again,
if
there
are
further
questions,
I'm
sure
she
could
take
it
up
offline
or
further
through
question
period
with
the
minister
response.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
We
are
having
another
example
of
british
columbians
paying
the
price
for
the
premier's
incompetence
attraction
like
the
richmond
night
market
in
my
riding
are
going
into
a
second
summer
with
no
support
from
this
government.
Last
year
they
had
to
scrap
800
thousand
dollars
worth
of
memorabilia
due
to
the
council
2020
season.
E
D
Premiere
speaker
well
I'll,
certainly
again
take
issue
with
the
the
preamble
from
the
member.
I'm
sure
that
the
the
three
newly
elected
new
democrats
from
richmond
will
have
a
different
view
on
the
competence
of
the
government,
but
but
perhaps
in
her
isolation,
not
just
because
of
the
pandemic.
Because
of
the
absence
of
richmond
mlas.
To
talk
to.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
guess
I
took
a
note
from
the
premier,
so
here's
a
yet
another
example
of
the
previous
unacceptable
incompetence,
butcher
gardens
employs
over
500
people
during
the
summer,
but
they
rely
on
international
visitors.
We
are
going
into
our
second
summer
without
support
for
attraction
again.
My
question
to
the
premier:
how
many
of
these
events
must
shut
down
for
good
before
the
premier
will
be
competent
enough
to
act.
D
You,
honourable
speaker,
well,
I
know
my
spouse.
Ellie
has
visited
butchart
gardens
a
number
of
times
when
she's
been
able
to
do
that
to
keep
that
attraction
going.
Local
visitors
are
critically
important.
If
I
understand
the
member
from
richmond
correctly,
she
wants
us
to
open
up
the
border.
She
wants
us
to
invite
people
from
around
the
world
to
come
to
british
columbia
to
keep
these
tourism
operations
going.
That's
just
not
going
to
happen
honorable
speaker,
not
on
our
watch.
D
Now
again
had
the
members
started
with
a
more
appropriate
question,
but
how
can
we
work
together
to
address
these
issues
by
being
a
better
position
to
answer
it,
but
I
can
say
if
we've
now,
if
we're
degenerating
back
into
partisan,
partisan
hyperbole,
that
I
can
say
quite
confidently
that
the
minister
are
responsible
for
jobs.
Economic
recovery
and
investment
is
on
the
job,
we're
going
to
see
results
for
people
very
very
soon.
I
know
he's
going
to
be
up
any
minute
now
giving
it
right
back
to.
F
F
G
Thank
you
very
much
honorable
speaker,
the
member
will
know,
and
I
appreciate
her
question.
The
member
will
know
that
this
subject,
the
issue
of
the
impact
of
coven
19
as
long-term
impact
is
at
the
center
of
our
responses.
We've
had
many,
we
have
many
centers
of
excellence
that
are
supporting
people
who
are
addressing
copin
19,
and
the
point
she
makes
is
an
important
one
in
terms
of
both
immunization
and
in
terms
of
the
the
future
of
the
pandemic,
that
this
pandemic
has
had
a
profound
impact
on
people's
lives.
Those
who've
lost
their
lives.
G
Those
who've
got
sick
and
those
who
continue
to
deal
with
that,
and
so
those
issues
and
how
we
deal
with
those
issues,
is
something
that
has
been
repeatedly
reported
on
and
answered
to
by
dr
bonnie
henry
in
our
public
briefings
and
we'd,
be
very
happy
to
set
up
a
briefing
about
those
with
the
honorable
member.
G
So
she
can
get
a
sense
of
the
actions
we're
taking
in
support
of
people
who
are
who
are
dealing
with
the
long-term
effects
of
a
pandemic
and
of
a
virus
that
has
that
can
have
deep
impacts
on
people
of
all
ages.
F
You
ambrose
speaker
and
I
do
look
forward
to
a
briefing
and
I
will
ask
in
the
briefing
again
about
the
collection
of
data
around
people
who
are
experiencing
these
long-term
symptoms
and
where
that
data
is
publicly
available.
As
reported
in
the
new
york
time
covet
long-haul
patients
report,
a
stunning
array
of
mysterious
symptoms,
fatigue,
pain,
insomnia,
memory,
problems,
brain
fog,
and
this
should,
as
the
minister
point
out,
raise
important
questions
for
how
we
organize
our
coveted
policies
in
bc,
which
professions
are
prioritized
for
vaccination
and
the
level
of
risk
we
are
expecting.
F
Frontline
workers
to
take
younger
people
may
be
less
likely
to
die,
but
the
long-term
impacts
from
this
virus
are
not
always
trivial
for
health
care
workers
and
teachers
who
have
the
highest
number
of
work
safe
bc
covered
claims
respectively,
as
well
as
the
12
000
plus
recorded
cases
for
children
and
teenagers.
This
is
particularly
worrying.
My
question
again
is
for
you,
honourable
speakers,
to
the
minister
of
health.
G
Well,
as
the
member
will
know
that
we
have
established
three
specialty
clinics
in
british
columbia
to
address
the
needs
of
people
who
are
dealing
with
ongoing
effects
of
a
covet
19
infection
and
that
that
effort,
which
is
a
significant
effort
in
our
health
care
system,
is
something
that's
been
ongoing
for
some
time
be
happy
to
brief
the
member
on
it.
The
member
talks
about
immunization
clinics
and
the
decisions
that
will
be
made.
G
We've
made
it
very
clear
from
the
beginning
from
december,
in
our
briefing
then
january
and
briefing,
and
then
this
week
in
our
presentation
but
immunization
plans,
but
the
focus
of
our
effort
is
to
deal
with
those
who
are
most
vulnerable,
so
long-term
care
was
first
then
assisted
living
indig,
rural
and
remote
indigenous
communities
had
high
priority
in
that
healthcare
workers
who
serve
those
who
are
most
vulnerable
have
been
very
substantially
immunized.
G
These
are
how
the
reports
and
recommendations
are
made
by
the
bccdc
and
dr
henley,
based
on
the
evidence
of
what
would
have
the
most
positive
effect,
both
on
the
outcomes
of
people
and
and
on
the
outcome
of
the
pandemic
in
british
columbia
and
so
that
review,
and
that
ongoing
review
will
guide
us
as
we
use
potentially
other
vaccines.
What
could
it
be
astrazeneca
or
johnson,
johnson
or
others?
So
these
are
considerations.
Everything
we
do
is
based
on
the
evidence.
Every
person
who
is
immunized
is
followed
in
their
immunization
path.
H
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
we
have
a
yet
another
example
of
an
organization.
That's
been
left
flapping
in
the
wind
because
this
government
can't
seem
to
shoot
straight
when
it
comes
to
getting
supports
out
to
organizations
that
have
been
decimated
by
this
pandemic.
H
The
pacific
national
exhibition
is
a
beloved
summer
attraction
that
we
all
can
recall
time
spent
there
as
kids
or
taking
our
kids
there.
But
last
year
the
p
e
lost
almost
90
percent
of
its
revenue.
The
pandemic
has
led
to
a
hundred
full-time
staff,
layoffs
and
the
loss
of
4100
part-time
jobs
associated
with
the
p
e.
Yet
the
p
e
has
had
no
government
support.
I
Yeah,
thank
you
shaker,
and
I
thank
the
member
for
the
question
and
certainly
we
know
there's
many
businesses
that
are
struggling,
and
certainly
I
know
that
not
having
international
tourism
and
not
having
the
ability
for
businesses
to
attract
even
local
customers
has
been
hard
and
especially
for
some
of
our
tourism
operators.
Some
of
the
larger
tourism
operators.
I
I
know
that
the
minister
of
tourism,
arts
and
culture
has
been
engaging
with
them
about
the
challenges
they're
facing
and
how
we
can
navigate
that
and
support
them,
and
I
suspect,
she'll
have
more
to
say
on
that
very
soon.
But
we
do
appreciate
the
member
raising
that
concern.
It's
something.
We've
heard
we've
been
engaging
with
them
for
months
now
to
make
sure
that
we
understand
fully
the
challenges
they
face
now,
as
well
as
the
challenges
they
face,
going
forward
coming
out
of
the
pandemic.
H
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well
simply
put
words
are
not
good
enough
in
in
can
talking
about
continued
engagement
is,
is
not
good
enough.
Saying
that
you've
been
working
on
it
for
months
is
is
not
good
enough.
Mr
speaker,
this
is
a
minister
that
established
a
300
million
dollar
program
six
months
ago
and
has
only
managed
to
push
50
million
dollars
out
the
door.
That's
incompetent.
H
This
is
a
minister
that
refuses
to
loosen
up
the
eligibility
criteria
so
that
this
these
dollars,
the
very
dollars
that
are
there
to
help
organizations
who
need
it,
businesses
that
need
it.
I
get
that
support.
That's
incompetent,
mr
speaker,
there's
a
few
more
examples
of
organizations
that
desperately
need
help
have
been
hit
hard
by
the
pandemic
and
are
again
struggling
because
of
this
government's
incompetence.
The
vancouver
art,
gallery's
revenue,
has
fallen
by
75
percent
science.
World's
revenue
is
down
85
percent.
H
The
vancouver
aquarium
was
forced
to
close
and
needs
funds
to
feed
its
animals.
These
attractions
are
struggling.
These
attractions
are
struggling
while
the
premier,
the
minister
of
jobs,
the
minister
of
tourism,
the
government
generally
does
nothing
to
support
them.
So
my
question
again
to
the
premier
is:
will
the
premier
provide
the
supports
that
are
so
desperately
needed
by
all
of
these
organizations
so
that
they
can
make
it
not
just
through
this
fiscal
year
but
well
into
the
future
and
be
enjoyed
by
british
columbians
from
across
the
province.
I
I
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker.
Obviously,
his
incompetence
is
a
bit
of
a
hard
thing
for
him
to
deal
with
honorable
speaker.
We
know
it's
a
tough
time.
We
know
it's
difficult
times
for
businesses.
We
know
it's
tough
times
for
our
tourism
operators,
when
you
can't
have
international
tourists
come
in
and
your
business
relies
on
that.
It's
certainly
a
challenge
for
businesses
on
our
speaker
now
the
member
wants
to
continue.
Maybe
he
wants
to
hear
more
about
his
incompetence.
I
Now,
if
he
wants
to
keep
going,
I
can
keep
going
on
this
because
I
got
a
long
list,
but
I'll
talk
about
honorable
speaker
I'll
talk
about
I'll
talk
about
the
businesses
that
are
struggling
right
now,
speaker.
We
know
it's
a
difficult
time.
We
know
if
you
can't
have
international
tourists
here
you
we
know,
even
if
you
can't
have
domestic
tourism
here,
that
these
businesses
are
struggling.
We
know
that
there's
grants
available
for
many
businesses
that
have
less
than
149
employees.
They
can
apply.
Many
are
employing
applying
over
60
of
the
dollars.
I
Honorable
speaker,
thank
you
over
60
of
the
businesses
that
have
applied
for
the
grant
so
far
have
been
tourism
operators,
money's
going
out
the
door
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
with
the
larger
operators
that
have
over
149
employees
to
both
work
with
them
on
the
challenges
they're
facing
now
as
well,
how
they
can
be
successful
in
the
years
ahead.
J
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
We
have
another
example
of
british
columbians,
paying
the
ultimate
price
for
this
government's
incompetence,
communities
like
williams,
lake
host,
stampedes
and
festivals,
that
bring
in
economic
activity
and
help
to
celebrate
our
local
culture.
Sadly,
the
williams
lake
stampede
had
to
cancel
their
event
last
year
and
may
not
be
able
to
open
again
this
year.
The
question
of
the
premier
is:
will
he
commit
to
providing
some
relief
to
these
struggling
community
events.
I
Minister,
thank
you
honorable
speaker
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
asking
his
first
question
and
welcome
to
this
house
honorable
speaker.
Thank
you
for
raising
the
concerns
that
he
has
in
his
community
with
the
rodeo.
I've
had
the
privilege
of
attending
that
rodeo
and
it's
a
fantastic
event
and
draws
people
from
throughout
the
region
and
outside
of
the
country
as
well.
I
We
know
it's
a
challenging
time,
but
with
the
rodeo
having
been
cancelled,
I'm
happy
to
meet
with
the
member,
and
even
with
the
minister
of
tourism,
arts
and
culture,
to
engage
with
the
rodeo
to
see
how
again
we
can
support
them
in
the
current
challenges
they're
facing,
as
well
as
how
they
see
their
economic
recovery
going
forward.
J
I
think
these
groups
would
like
engagement
from
our
government
is
what
we
need
help
on
right
now,
yet
another
a
couple
of
examples
of
this
government's
incompetence.
Communities
like
cornell,
have
had
to
cancel
billy
barca
days
now
for
two
years
in
a
row
they
just
made
the
announcement.
Recently
armstrong
has
had
to
cancel
the
in
interior
provincial
exhibition
and
stampede
last
year
and
may
not
open
in
2021.
J
I
Thank
you
again
to
the
member
for
the
question
and
his
question
was
that
that
these
organizations
want
to
engage
with
government
and
that's
what
I'm
offering
I'm
offering
to
join
him.
If
you
would
like
to
engage
with
those
organizations,
honorable
speaker,
it's
a
challenging
time.
I
think
public
knows
when
you
can't
have
international
tours
here
when
you
can't
have
people
traveling
to
other
communities
to
visit
and
also
attend
these
important
events
that
we
all
love
to
attend.
It's
a
challenge.
I
A
A
Mr
speaker,
we
have
more
examples
of
british
columbians,
paying
the
ultimate
price
for
this
premier
and
this
government's
incompetence.
One
in
four
art
workers
lost
their
job
last
year,
and
groups
are
in
desperate
need
of
support.
Art
societies
across
the
province
are
facing
another
year
of
almost
no
revenues.
Organizations
like
island,
mountain
arts
in
my
riding
theaters
and
independent
cinemas
are
begging
this
government
for
assistance.
A
I
You
speaker
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question
happy
to
engage
with
the
member
regarding
the
theater
in
her
community
that
wants
to
access
funding.
We've
had
theaters
that
have
applied
and
received
money.
I
know
that
a
theater
and
trail
just
recently
got
money
and
they
sent
me
a
really
lovely
note
about
how
the
dollars
have
helped
their
business
and
how
their
how
they
see
their
future.
Now
because
of
the
dollars,
and
so
I
would
say,
the
member,
if
they
have
less
than
149
employees,
they
certainly
can
apply.
A
Well,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
Well
perhaps
the
minister
should
give
the
same
advice
to
his
own
ministers.
Anna
rose
carico
of
the
red
gate,
art
society
says:
venues
like
hers
might
not
be
able
to
stay
afloat
financially
and
she's
in
a
minister's
own
backyard.
So
perhaps
the
minister
could
actually
go
and
help
their
own
constituents
and
do
their
job.
She
says,
and
I
quote,
the
venues
that
have
the
ability
to
survive
are
the
ones
that
are
going
to
have
money.
A
The
smaller,
more
local
venues
will
have
to
shut
down
end
quote
so
hey
if
the
arts
minister
won't
act
and
the
jobs
minister
won't
act,
will
the
premier
step
up
or
let
arts
societies
close
for
good.
I
Thank
you
speaker.
The
member
may
be
aware
that
there's
25
million
dollars
part
of
stronger
bc
for
the
bc
arts
council.
That
directly
supports
these
organizations.
The
member
may
want
to
direct
the
concerned
groups
to
that
point
of
money
that
the
arts
council
has
available
part
of
stronger
bc.
I
We
also
had
millions
of
dollars
available
for
theaters
and
other
or
organizations
of
that
kind
that
want
to
pivot
and
do
some
infrastructure
upgrades
to
their
facilities,
so
those
dollars
are
available
if
the
member
would
like
she
could
reach
out
and
we
can
get
her
direct
contacts
for
the
businesses,
so
she
can
help
them
in
our
community.
K
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
we
have
yet
again
another
example
of
this
premier's
incompetence
and
his
minister's
incompetence
when
it
comes
to
distributing
the
funds
that
this
assembly
unanimously
approved
almost
12
months
ago
now
that
are
still
sitting
there
and
since
we're
hitting
year-end,
it's
critical
that
these
dollars
get
out
the
door,
especially
for
agencies
that
don't
currently
qualify.
Many
local
bc,
museums,
for
example,
don't
qualify
they're,
run
by
non-profits
they're,
not
able
to
access
the
small
business
recovery,
grants
that
are
out
there
and
they
could
be
closing
for
good.
K
I
You,
honorable
speaker
and
the
member
has
his
timelines
mixed
up
as
he'll
know
that
this
program
was
launched
in
late
october.
We
made
significant
changes
to
the
program
on
december
21st.
Since
then,
we've
seen
significant
increase
in
applications.
We've
seen,
51
million
dollars
go
out
to
small
businesses
that
helps
30
000
employees.
I
33
businesses
in
his
community
he'll
be
happy
to
learn,
have
gotten
that
money,
and
that
means
a
lot
to
33
businesses
in
his
community,
and
I
know
that
33
is
a
maybe
a
small
number
to
those
that
live
in
vancouver,
but
it's
significant
in
smaller
towns
throughout
the
in
the
province.
So
I'll
say
to
the
member
that
the
pandemic
has
shifted
throughout
the
last
year
and
so
of
our
supports.
I
We've
been
nimble
all
the
way
through
the
process
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
be
nimble,
and
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
engage
with
organizations
that
don't
fall
below
the
149
employees
mark
and
we're
going
to
work
with
them
to
find
supports
on
not
only
how
they
can
survive
now,
but
also
how
they
can
go
forward.
K
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
That's
that's
very
concerning,
and
it
highlights-
and
I
know
the
premier
and
the
mutual
admiration
society
on
the
other
side
of
the
house
doesn't
like
to
hear
the
word
incompetent
today,
so
blundering
bungling,
amateurish
and
capable
inept
clumsy.
You
name
it.
That
was
highlighted
in
that
last
answer
by
the
minister.
K
It
hasn't
gone
out
the
door,
we're
asking
the
minister
in
the
premier
questions
about
agencies
that
don't
even
qualify
and
if
they
can
still
get
help,
and
the
minister
goes
back
to
prepared
speaking
notes
about
businesses
were
not
even
asking
about.
The
question
was
about
museums
that
don't
qualify
for
any
grants.
K
K
K
When
is
that
money
going
to
go
up
to
these
groups
you're
sitting
on
it?
There's
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
sitting
there
as
we
approach
the
fiscal
year
end
at
the
end
of
this
month
that
hasn't
gone
out
to
these
groups?
When
will
they
get
an
answer
that
they're
going
to
survive
or
they
have
to
close
for
good.
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
I
I
will.
I
will
say
that
I
was
just
asked
a
question.
I
won't
thank
him
for
doing
so,
but
I
will
say
to
to
the
house
for
and
particularly
to
the
official
opposition
for
the
line
of
questioning
today,
they've
identified
a
whole
host
of
agencies,
businesses
operations
that
are
struggling.
We
get
that
because
it's
happening
in
our
constituencies
as
well,
57
of
them
on
this
side,
30
on
that
side
of
the
house
87,
it's
not
one
way
or
the
other
here,
honorable
speaker,
it's
all
british
colombians.
D
Now
we
put
10
billion
together,
collectively
put
10
billion
dollars
into
the
bc
economy
between
budgets,
unprecedented
that
money
is
spent.
Remember
it's
spent,
and
you
know
it
is
the
funds
that
we
have
available
have
been
targeted
to
small
and
medium-sized
businesses,
have
members
small
and
medium-sized
businesses
and
what
we
are
doing
now
in
cooperation,
the
minister
of
jobs,
the
minister
of
tourism,
is
reaching
out
to
the
very
organizations
that
you've
articulated
saying.
How
can
we
make
this
work
for
you?