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From YouTube: MAY 31 2021 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
C
D
D
C
We
all
know
that
the
damage
is
not
confined
to
one
community,
but
it
invokes
a
devastating
part
of
our
national
history
right
across
british
columbia
and
our
country,
families
are
feeling
devastation,
anger
and
hurt.
We
know
that
there
is
a
national
crisis
line
and
that
british
columbia
has
a
first
nations
and
indigenous
crisis
line
in
place.
D
Premier,
thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
again
I
thank
the
member
for
her
question
and
and
she's
absolutely
right
through
you,
honorable
speaker,
that
that
we
need
to
look
at
the
next
weeks
and
months
and
indeed
years
and
recommit
to
british
columbia,
the
true
story
of
who
we
are
how
we
got
here
and
where
we
collectively
want
to
go
together
when
we
unanimously
passed
the
un
declaration
on
the
rights
of
indigenous
people
by
bringing
in
dripa
in
this
institution,
we
sent
a
message
to
the
world
that
we
are
going
to
turn
history
upside
down,
return
resources
to
peoples
who
have
been
on
this
land
for
millennia,
we've
been
working
through
the
treaty
process,
we've
been
working
through
reconciliation
agreements,
we've
been
trying
to
build
capacity
on
a
whole
host
of
issues.
D
D
Those
survivors
who
are
living
today
with
a
rep
chief
harvey
from
the
upper
upper
upper
nikola
band,
who
I've
met
several
times,
to
hear
him
say
in
in
the
public
press
how
this
was
bringing
it
all
back
to
him
again,
friends
that
had
just
thought
they
thought
had
gone
home
that
didn't
go
home.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
to
the
premier
and
the
other
leaders
in
here
that
spoke
about
the
events
unfolding
in
kamloops.
Thank
you
for
your
words
and
with
all
due
respect.
E
The
confirmation
of
unmarked
grave
of
250
15
children
has
revived
memories
for
many
first
nations
people.
It
confirms
what
many
survivors
from
all
over
bc
from
203
bands
in
bc
have
long
said.
There's
a
multitude
of
children
who
never
made
it
home
for
most
of
the
history
of
these
schools.
The
practice
was
not
to
send
the
bodies
of
students
who
died
at
schools
to
their
home
communities.
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and,
as
I
said
to
in
response
to
an
earlier
question,
we're
working
with
the
showet
muk
and
the
takemlips
to
try
and
work
with
them
to
get
to
a
place
where
we
can
share
this
information
and
actually
return
people
to
their
traditional
territories,
and
I
appreciate
the
passion
with
which
the
member
brings
these
questions.
D
I
was
not
bringing
politics
in
at
any
time,
and
I
know
he
wasn't
either.
This
is
a
this
is
a
moment
for
british
columbia
to
understand
and
fully
absorb
the
magnitude
of
the
stain
of
residential
schools
on
all
of
our
history.
But
most
importantly,
as
my
friend
from
north
saanich
said,
this
is
an
opportunity
to
try
at
some
modest
way,
to
feel
the
pain
and
anguish
that
exists
in
indigenous
communities
right
across
this
province
right
across
this
country.
D
That's
what
we
can
hope
to
bring
from
this
if
we
are
non-indigenous,
but
as
representatives
in
this
place
collectively
we
shall
work
with
the
bands
in
kamloops
and
others
across
this
province
to
bring
true
reconciliation
to
bring
all
of
the
calls
to
action
which
were
put
together
not
by
by
us
but
by
the
truth.
Reconciliation
commission
make
sure
that
those
calls
to
action
are
real
substantive
and
have
an
impact
on
people's
lives.
That's
the
commitment
I
can
make
and
again
I
know
the
member
will
hold
me
to
that.
E
E
Children
from
all
over
bc
from
every
single
community
were
sent
to
residential
schools
all
across
bc
and
canada.
This
is
not
just
the
burden
of
the
camus
people
there
to
be
to
be
commanded
for
bringing
this
to
light
for
what
we
always
were
suspicious
about,
based
on
the
stories
of
people
like
my
parents,.
E
E
D
Speaker
and
I
very
much
thank
the
member
for
skeena
for
his
question
and
the
way
he
presented
it,
I
will
commit
to
this
house
that
working
with
the
schweppe
and
the
temelops,
whatever
steps
we
can
take,
whatever
resources
need
be
brought
to
bear
working
with
indigenous
nations
across
this
province
to
see
what
we
can
do
to
bring
all
these
things.
Together.
D
It's
not
there.
It
will
be,
and
with
his
help
and
with
the
help
of
other
members
of
this
house,
I'm
confident
that
we
can
bring
together
a
plan
that
all
of
us
can
be
proud
of
as
a
modest
step
to
address
the
challenges
that
have
been
in
place.
Long
before
many
of
us
came
to
this
house.
Certainly
that
does
not
relieve
our
obligation
to
do
everything
we
can
going
forward
to
make
sure
that
we
can
do
redress
appropriately
and
that's
what
we
will
do.
F
I
came
equipped
today
with
a
different
question
about
a
different
subject,
but
my
hope
is
is
that
this
can
be
the
response
to
these
stories
over
the
weekend
can
be
not
just
a
response
from
the
ministers,
but
also
a
response
from
this
legislative
assembly,
and
we
we
have
the
ability
to
do
that.
F
Today,
I'd
like
to
add
that
there's
a
significant
amount
of
federal
money
on
the
table
money
that
bc
could
use
to
conserve
these
forests
and
support
communities
through
transition.
Federal
government
has
put
2.3
billion
dollars
on
the
table
to
expand
protected
areas,
and
that
could
be
a
game
changer.
Mr
speaker,
if
the
ndp
chooses
to
take
it
through
you
to
government,
my
question
is
the
minister
of
force.
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
I
thank
the
member
for
his
question
and
it's
very
true.
He
knows
full
well
that
I'm
intimate
with
the
area
fairy
creek
and
and
environs
it's
my
home
community.
I
know
it
intimately.
I
also
know
the
pachidats
and
I
also
know
the
huayat
and
I
know
the
diddat
and
it
is
their
territory.
We've
talked
about
this
in
this
legislature.
At
this
time.
More
than
ever,
we
need
to
acknowledge
their
rights
entitled
to
that
territory
and
sovereignty,
in
my
opinion,
over
those
lands.
D
Having
said
that,
and
I
got
a
a
movement
from
the
member-
and
I
I
look
forward
to
perhaps
a
discussion,
either
in
here
or
offline
about
that,
but
specifically
to
the
question
about
federal
resources.
I
too
have
been
hearing
of
promises
of
federal
resources.
I've
been
asking
about
those
federal
resources
and
I'm
hopeful
that
they
will
turn
up,
but
I've
heard
of
federal
resources
in
the
past
as
well,
and
they
have
not
shown
up.
I
do
understand
that
there
are
opportunities
here.
F
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
and
appreciate
the
the
premier
highlighting
the
complexity
of
the
situation
that
we
have
in
these
particular
areas.
F
Although
I
think
that
it's
fair
to
say
that
the
response
of
british
columbians,
the
response
of
people
on
southern
vancouver
island
to
ferry,
creek
or
to
specific
locations
is
actually
a
response
about
the
protection
of
these
last
remaining
ecosystem.
These
last
remaining
endangered
ecosystems,
the
the
the
protection
of
the
of
old
growth,
and
you
know
the
federal
government
put
2.3
billion
dollars
in
their
budget
and
it
may
or
may
not
be
there
and
may
or
may
not
be
available
immediately,
but
in
the
recent
bc
budget
there
wasn't
anything,
no
money.
F
Tj
watt
from
the
ancient
forest
alliance
says
because
the
federal
investment
the
bc
ndp
has
been
handed
the
keys
to
ensure
that
much
of
the
grandest
most
endangered
old
growth
forest
can
be
protected.
The
federal
government
is
going
to
have
the
money
on
the
table.
Is
the
bc
government
going
to
chase
that
money
down
again?
My
question
is
to
the
minister
of
forests.
D
Premier,
thank
you
humble
speaker,
and
my
colleague
will
know
that
it
was
this
government
that
appointed
the
old
growth
commission
and
we
were
happy
to
receive
the
report
and,
in
fact
so
happy
that
we
said
we
would
embrace
all
of
the
recommendations
and
implement
them.
The
member
will
know
that
there
were
significant
deferrals,
some
200
000
hectares
immediately,
because
there
had
been
discussions
with
indigenous
nations
about
that
and
approval
and
in
fact,
requests
were
made
to
do
so
on
the
other
areas
like
fairy
creek.
D
That
discussion
had
yet
to
take
place
and
is
ongoing.
I
again,
I
I
appreciate
the
members
passion.
I
am
passionate
about
old
trees
and
I
this
will
come
as
no
surprise
to
anyone
who
knows
me
no
surprise
whatsoever,
but
there
are
complex
issues.
The
member
understands
that
I
know
members
from
the
official
opposition
understand
that,
if
we're
going
to
make
a
seismic
change
in
how
forestry
is
done,
we
need
to
have
buy-in
from
everyone.
D
That's
why
tomorrow
the
minister
of
forest
and
I
will
be
issuing
an
intentions
paper
that
will
lay
out
not
just
how
we
will
address
old
growth,
but
how
we
will
address
forestry
across
the
province.
The
time
is
now
to
take
action
when
the
public's
attention
to
these
issues,
as
is
at
its
highest.
There
have
been
times
in
our
history
when
forestry
has
been
neglected
and
forgotten,
it
is
certainly
not
being
neglected
and
forgotten
today.
That
is
a
good
thing
in
my
mind.
D
We
need
to
take
the
opportunity
that
this
moment
in
time
presents
to
us
a
very
capable
report
lauded
by
all
those
who've
had
the
opportunity
to
read
it
and
the
government's
committed
to
implementing
it.
I
think
the
stars
are
aligning
we're
going
to
have
good
news
tomorrow
on
the
intentions
paper
and
more
good
news
about
old
growth
logging
on
maker
island
later
this
summer,.
A
B
Let
me
just
begin
by
saying
to
everyone
that
I
hope
that
they
have
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
accessibility
week,
national
accessibility
week,
which
is
obviously
trumpeted
across
the
country
and
in
particular
in
british
columbia,
as
we
become
more
aware
of
the
accessibility
issues
and
the
barriers
that
we
need
to
remove
in
order
for
everyone
to
be
able
to
live
in
the
most
inclusive
life
in
british
columbian
society,
and
I
want
to
just
thank
the
member
for
surrey
south,
in
particular
for
her
advocacy
in
this
role
for
many
years,
and
I
just
want
to
recognize
her
work
when
it
comes
to
specific
issues
around
investments
in
research.
B
I
would.
I
would
suggest
that
my
ministry
doesn't
engage
in
that
particular
type
of
activity,
but
so
so
I
would
direct
her
question
elsewhere,
but
I'm
pleased
that
she's
recognizing
and
recognizes
the
importance
of
all
british
columbians
to
pay
attention
to
accessibility
week
this
year.
A
I'll
thank
the
minister
for
his
kind
words
but
appreciate
if
he
doesn't
have
the
answers.
Perhaps
he
should
not
be
the
one
taking
the
questions.
The
premier
should
be
aware
that
the
praxis
spinal
cord
institute's,
a
global
leader
in
research
on
all
things,
spinal
cord
injuries,
including
treatments
for
pressure
sores
they
are
based
in
vancouver.
A
The
organization
has
had
its
base
operational
funding
of
3.3
million
dollars
a
year
provided
by
the
bc
government,
since
it
was
founded
in
2010.,
their
funding.
Renewal
request
has
been
with
government
for
the
past
year,
but
two
months
into
this
new
fiscal
year,
praxis
has
not
heard
if
their
funding
will
be
renewed.
A
D
Premiere,
the
member
will
know
that
she
and
I
actually
met
when
neither
one
of
us
well.
Neither
one
of
us
were
in
this
house.
We
were
working
with
rick
hansen,
to
raise
awareness
of
spinal
cord
injury
and
to
bring
forward
fundraising
opportunities
for
the
very
research
that
she's
talking
about.
So
I
know
certainly
her
focus
on
this.
I
know
that's
a
passion
of
mine
as
well,
and
I'll
go
back
and
I
apologize
for
pushing
it
to
nick.
D
It
was
pardon
me
to
the
minister
responsible,
but
I
I
interpreted
it
to
be
a
question
on
accessibility,
not
on
research.
As
a
budget
question,
I
will
go
back
and
talk
to
the
minister
of
finance
and
the
ministry
of
health,
where
I
believe
the
dollars
initially
come
from
and
see
where
we
can
get
to
and
I'll
come
back
to
the
minister
directly
on
earth.
The
member
directly
on
that
question.
G
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
just
to
follow
up
on
my
my
colleague's
question.
Praxis
has
not
heard
anything
from
the
government
about
about
the
fate
of
their
funding.
Funding
has
been
provided
to
this
organization
since
2010
and
needs
to
be
renewed
this
year
or
should
have
already
been
renewed.
The
future
of
this
organization
is
at
risk.
G
G
D
I
thank
you.
I
thank
the
member
for
the
question
and,
as
I
said
to
his
colleague,
I
will
go
back
to
the
minister
of
finance
minister
of
health,
find
out
the
status
of
the
the
funding
and
I'll
get
back
to
the
member
for
surrey,
south.
I'm
sure
she'll
pass
it
on
to
you.
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Thank
you.
Premier.
There
are
six
thousand
people
that
live
in
bc
with
spinal
cord
injuries.
In
fact,
hundreds
of
people
each
year
get
a
catastrophic
injury
like
this.
These
injuries
cost
over
370
million
dollars
each
year.
G
So
I
guess
to
follow
up
on
my
previous
question
regarding
getting
us
the
answers
that
we're
looking
for.
Will
the
premier
also,
while
he's
having
that
conversation
direct
his
minister
to
immediately
work
with
praxis
and
to
ensure
that
they
receive
long-term,
sustainable
funding
that
they
need
to
carry
on
their
work.
H
H
B
Minister
of
jobs,
economic
recovery
and
innovation.
Thank
you
all
speaker
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
As
never
knows,
we
canvassed
this
in
great
length
during
the
third
reading
that
similar
to
the
the
previous
government
when
they
created
the
bc
immigrant
investment
fund,
they
chose
not
to
put
it
under
foi
rules
at
that
time.
I
suspect
they
did
that
because
they
heard
similar
concerns
from
the
private
sector,
about
sensitive
commercial
information
and
and
how
that
would
be
handled
and
made
public.
B
That
being
said,
the
letter
has
been
received.
We
are
engaging
with
those
in
the
private
sector,
those
in
the
investment
community
to
assess
what
the
views
are
and
and
we'll
have
more
information
once
those
consultations
are
done.
H
You,
mr
speaker,
well,
this
is
a
premier
who
promised
a
transparent
government
who
is
now
asking
to
spend
a
half
a
billion
dollars
on
a
high
risk
venture
capital
scheme,
no,
no
public
access
to
the
business
plan
for
nbc,
no
public
access
to
impact
scorecards
on
each
investment
and
no
subjecting
nbc
to
freedom
of
information
legislation
in
british
columbia.
H
B
Minister
of
jobs
and
economic
recovery,
thankful,
speaker
and
again,
I
think,
he's
a
little
rich
from
this
member,
giving
lessons
on
fois
to
anyone,
but
that
I
will
take
his
question
on
notice
as
I've
already
shared
with
them
multiple
times
that
we
have
taken
advice
from
those
in
the
private
sector.
They've
said
that
there
are
some
concerns.
B
We've
seen
the
letter
that's
been
received
just
recently
from
the
independent
office,
we're
going
to
continue
to
consult
with
them
and
also
consult
with
the
private
sector
to
ensure
that
all
the
issues
that
they
may
have
have
been
addressed
and
we'll
have
more
information
on
that.
In
a
timely
future
opposition
house,
leader.
I
I
The
the
citizen
services
minister
was
questioned
on
this
in
estimates,
while
that
bill
was
still
in
front
of
this
house,
and
the
premier
was
asked
about
this
several
weeks
ago.
It's
not
that
complicated
of
a
concept.
I
The
conflict
of
interest,
commissioner,
makes
it
very
clear
in
his
letter
that
nbc,
the
500
million
dollar
investment
scheme
should
be
subject
to
freedom
of
information
and
in
fact
the
premier
committed
to
looking
at
that
letter
and
making
a
decision
quickly.
That
was
a
few
weeks
ago.
So
again
to
the
premier
is
nbc.
I
Well,
the
premier
seems
to
think
it
was
days
ago,
I'd
remind
the
premier
we
actually
weren't
in
the
legislature
last
week.
So
it's
been
a
couple
of
weeks
again,
not
a
complicated
ask
by
the
conflict
of
interest.
Commissioner,
has
the
premier
made
his
decision
on
whether
or
not
the
mbc
investment
scheme
will
be
subject
to
con
freedom
of
information.
J
The
minister
of
jobs,
economic
development
and
investment
has
been
quite
clear
that
transparency
and
accountability
is
going
to
be
critical
for
this
organization,
and
inbc's
legislation
requires
those
annual
reports
and
its
performance
on
these
investments,
and
the
ministers
then
has
to
table
the
reports
to
the
legislative
attempt
assembly
and
make
the
reports
now
make
those
reports
public.
Now
the
members
are
referring
back
to
the
immigration
fund
and
and
the
jobs
minister
has
made
it
very
clear
that
there's
a
continuation
of
this
fund
and
that
we
put
it
the
appropriate
measures
in
place.
J
In
fact,
I
have
a
letter
here
from
2010
from
the
previous
minister
of
citizen
services
that
in
fact
outlines
that
to
respect
legal
confidentiality
agreements
in
place
with
fund
managers
operating,
and
it
goes
on
to
say
that
the
fund
transparencies
achieved
through
operational
reporting
under
the
bciif
annual
report.
I'd
also
like
to
clarify
that
the
source
of
the
bcif's
capital
fund
is
not
taxpayer
funds,
but
rather
sourced
from
immigrant
investors
through
a
federal
program.
The
key
there
being
honorable
speaker
is
that
public
transparency
is
through
the
annual
reporting.
J
Now
this
was
a
decision
made
by
the
the
previous
minister
of
citizen
services.
When
asked
about
the
immigration
fund,
we
are
working
with
the
privacy
commissioner.
The
the
jobs
minister
is
ensuring
that
the
accountability
and
transparency
is
embedded
in
this
fund
through
annual
reporting
and
we're
going
to
continue
on
that
good
work.
I
I
This
is
about
the
conflict
of
interest,
commissioner,
saying
that
we
should,
or
the
privacy
commissioner
saying
that
we
should
have
nbc
500
million
dollar
investment
scheme
subject
to
foi.
I
So
I
guess
the
question
to
the
minister
of
citizen
services
is:
has
the
minister
of
citizen
services,
given
that
it's
her
responsibility
to
make
sure
there
is
freedom
of
information,
access
on
all
a
wide
range
of
issues
based
on
the
letter
from
the
commissioner,
it
seemed
that
the
the
citizen
services
minister
actually
was
wanting
this
to
fall
into
freedom
of
information
based
on
the
wording
in
the
letter.
Did
the
minister
of
citizen
services
advocate
for
nbc
to
be
subject
to
foi,
or
did
she
turn
the
blind
eye
to
the
request
from
the
commissioner.
J
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and,
and
it's
great
I
have
another
letter
from
2010
here
from
the
previous
minister
of
citizen
services
that
very
clearly
outlines
in
response
to
the
to
the
request
of
the
information
and
privacy,
commissioner
of
the
time
that
the
process
for
adding
new
or
existing
entities,
let's.
J
With
the
ministry
responsible
submitting
a
request
and
once
the
request
is
received,
it
would
be
included
in
the
ministerial
regulation
for
such
purposes
and
that
it
would
be
a
broad
overreach
for
the
minister
of
service
and
citizen
services
to
go
against
the
the
jobs
ministry
of
the
time
now
again
to
the
members.
Opposite,
we've
been
consulting
the
minute,
minister
of
jobs,
has
been
consulting
with
community.
We
have
met
with
the
privacy
commissioner.
J
We
have
ensured
that
all
the
transparency
and
accountability
are
in
place
and-
and
I
think
it's
just
really
important
to
actually
restate
what
the
previous
minister
of
services
and
services
said-
that
public
transparency
is
achieved
through
operational
reporting
under
the
annual
report.
That
is
what
we
are
doing.
Honorable
speaker.
Thank
you.