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From YouTube: MARCH 4 2021 Statements Mable Elmore
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
1st Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Honorable
speaker,
our
dear
friend,
marcelina
perdido
aguilar
was
looking
forward
to
her
retirement
and
spending
more
time
with
her
husband
and
grandchildren.
Instead,
her
life
was
cut
tragically
short,
when
a
drunk
driver
hit
her
car
in
north
vancouver
tuesday
night.
She
died
soon
after
and
her
husband
leo
remains
in
critical
condition.
A
Lina
as
she's
fondly
called,
was
kind,
caring,
principled
and
fearless.
She
was
a
doting
mother
and
grandmother,
an
active
union
member
community
organizer
and
a
part
of
our
bc
ndp
family.
In
order
to
provide
for
her
family,
she
made
the
difficult
decision
to
leave
her
young
son,
leomar
and
husband
behind
in
the
philippines,
to
work
in
hong
kong
and
then
canada
as
a
caregiver
in
the
1990s,
her
daughter-in-law
jovi
recounts.
A
How
lena
was
a
very
devoted
and
loving
mother
and
grandmother
her
granddaughter
pia
says
she
will
miss
lena
reading
to
her
every
day
and
she
will
also
be
terribly
missed
by
her
grandson,
pio
jovi
recounts,
helena's
passion
was
the
community.
Jovi
says
that
the
family
is
overwhelmed
and
moved
with
so
much
support
from
people
contacting
them
to
tell
them
how
lena
changed
their
lives.
Lena
was
an
active
bc,
geu
member
of
local
303
and
an
early
childhood
educator.
A
She
was
also
part
of
filipino
community
groups,
like
the
sanchez
mira
and
grupo
ilocano
association
of
bc,
where
her
husband
leo
is
a
director
and
she
was
an
organizer
with
my
grantee
bc.
A
community
group
that
works
to
empower
migrant
workers,
linda
lina,
was
a
sunday
school
teacher,
a
part
of
a
community
of
faith
and
also
a
very
gifted
crafter
and
enjoyed
making
making
crafts.
A
But
she
was
more
than
a
member
of
these.
In
other
groups.
Lena
was
a
community
leader,
in
the
kindest,
truest
and
best
sense.
She
volunteered
in
local,
provincial
and
federal
campaigns,
and
she
was
a
member
of
the
executive
for
the
bc
ndp
in
burnaby
north.
She
sided
with
the
oppressed
and
with
workers
and
migrant
workers,
her
love
for
them
lives
in
our
hearts
and
in
our
commitment
to
also
continue
in
the
struggle
for
a
just
world,
she
encouraged
all
of
us
to
follow
her
legacy.