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From YouTube: DECEMBER 14 2020 Statements Ellis Ross
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
1st Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
skena-
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
rise
in
this
house
today
to
speak
to
the
decline
of
our
coal
stocks
here
in
bc.
Our
declining
salmon
stocks
have
been
a
case
of
great
concern
for
many
different
interest
groups,
be
it
first:
nations,
sports,
fishermen,
commercial
fishermen
or
advocacy
groups
for
a
year.
Scientists
have
struggled
to
identify
the
root
cause
of
the
decline
in
sediment
stocks
in
the
urban
rivers
and
emits
the
body
of
water
diluted
with
thousands
of
various
particles
and
chemical
agents.
A
Reading
how
scientists
were
able
to
focus
in
and
identify
one
agent
as
a
root
cause
out
of
a
mixture
of
thousands
of
perceived
causes
and
issues.
I
couldn't
help
but
draw
parallels
between
this
approach
to
environmental
assessment
and
adversity
law
from
2004
to
2017.
The
21st
nations
bans
the
lng
industry.
Both
levels
of
government
started
off
the
sea
of
the
theory
of
case
law,
and
environmental
assessments
could
be
translated
into
an
elegy
export
industry.
A
It
was
extremely
difficult
and
frustrating,
but
the
parties
kept
at
it
and
we
finally
got
lng
off
the
ground
officially
in
2017.
This
is
the
effort
that's
needed
today,
if
we're
going
to
pinpoint
more
issues
affecting
salmon
stocks,
because
it
becomes
apparent
pretty
quickly
that
issues
can
get
pretty
complicated,
but
also
that
there
can
be
many
parties
at
the
table
that
want
relevant
issues
answered
within
the
same
topic.
A
We've
taken
many
steps,
but
there's
still
a
long
way
to
go.
So
as
we
congratulate
these
research
scientists
put
this
amazing
step
forward,
preserving
our
cold
stocks.
I
hope
that
we
can
take
the
same
approach
to
the
mining
route,
environmental
issues
that
we
all
share
a
commonality
with
issues
that
we
all
can
take
as
unified
british
columbians,
so
we
can
contribute
to
better
today
and
tomorrow.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.