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From YouTube: APRIL 21 2021 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
C
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
Well,
the
premier
has
developed
a
bit
of
a
pattern.
He
makes
an
announcement
brags
about
it
for
a
few
years
and
then
fails
to
deliver
it.
The
people
of
surrey
were
promised
a
new
hospital,
but
there
are
zero
dollars
in
the
budget
this
year
for
that
project,
so
they
sneak
the
name
into
the
budget
and
they
just
skip
the
details.
Part.
C
In
fact,
the
ndp
is
so
fuzzy
on
this
project.
They
have
two
different
completion
dates
offered
up
in
the
budget,
which
tells
you
pretty
much
where
this
project
lies
on
the
priority
list,
as
the
ndp
continue
to
deal
with
surrey.
So
can
the
premier
tell
the
people
of
surrey
first
of
all,
why
there's
no
money
in
the
budget
this
year
for
that
project,
and
why
are
there
two
different
completion
dates
in
the
government's
own
documents?.
D
D
C
Let's
be
clear,
and
maybe
the
the
premier
should
get
his
facts
straight
after
years
of
ndp
neglect.
It
was
members
on
this
side
of
the
house
that
expanded
surrey,
memorial
and,
in
fact,
the
guru
nanak
emergency
department-
and
it
was
this
side
of
the
house
that
built
the
jim
patterson
outpatient
center.
C
This
site
actually
delivered
on
its
promises.
So
sadly,
that's
not
the
only
that's,
not
the
only
promise
that
the
premier
has
broken
when
it
comes
to
surrey,
and
I
quote,
we
have
to
have
a
total
removal
of
these
portables
over
the
next
four
years
and
start
by
reducing
them
by
half
in
the
first
two
years.
End
quote
well
that
was
five
years
ago
and
let's
see
what
the
premier's
managed
to
deliver.
Well
guess
what
that
hasn't
happened.
In
fact,
the
number
of
portables
has
actually
increased
by
over
30
percent.
C
So
neither
the
throne
speech
or
the
budget
make
any
reference
to
that
promise.
Once
again,
another
promise
made
bragged
about
and
disappears.
So
can
the
premier
stand
up
today
and
explain
to
the
parents,
the
teachers
and
the
residents
of
surrey?
What
happened
to
the
promise
he
made
four
years
ago
about
eliminating
portables.
D
B
D
D
D
D
E
E
D
B
F
F
Parents
want
to
be
assured
the
support
for
their
children,
who
may
have
fallen
slightly
behind,
remains
in
place,
and
what
does
this
premier
do?
He
cuts
55
million
dollars
from
the
budgets
of
school
boards.
Can
the
premier
tell
us
whether
custodians
or
learning
assistants
will
be
fired
because
of
his
budget
cuts.
A
Everything
to
them
looks
like
a
cut.
Mr
speaker,
we
have.
We
are
putting
more
into
the
education
system
this
year
than
we
ever
have
before
mr
speaker,
and
there's
more
support
for
for
pandemic,
for
making
sure
that
the
schools
are
clean,
that
our
children
are
safe,
that
the
teachers
are
safe
and
that
the
all
the
staff
in
in
school
districts
right
around
the
province
are
safe.
That's
been
a
priority
from
our
government
from
day
one
of
this
pandemic
and
it's
continuing
to
be
a
priority
for
us.
F
Well,
mr
speaker,
it
seems
this
government
is
predicting
a
return
to
normal
that
in
september,
everything
will
be
magically
better
staff
teachers
and
parents
want
to
know
that
schools
will
be
safe.
They
want
to
know.
Ppe
will
be
there,
that
staff
resources
will
be
there
and
that
the
government
has
their
back
and
in
school
district
61
victoria.
F
A
You
very
much,
mr
speaker
well
budget
2021
protects
people's
health
and
their
livelihoods,
and,
and
it
builds
on
the
resilience
of
british
columbians
the
resilience
that
we
have
seen
for
the
last
year.
It
has
been
absolutely
amazing
to
see
people
take
care
of
each
other
and
to
have
a
government
that
has
been
taking
care
of
british
columbians
since
this
pandemic
began.
A
G
G
Over
900
people
have
died
since
safe
supply
measures
were
promised
by
this
government
in
september,
and
that
number
is
only
current
to
the
end
of
february,
and
yet,
in
this
budget,
we've
known
see
no
directive.
That
government
is
following
up
on
that
commitment
to
provide
alternatives
to
an
elicit
and
poisonous
street
supply
experts
and
drug
user
advocates
are
distraught,
that
this
government's
budget
has
gone
back
on
their
promise
to
implement
regulated,
safe
supply.
My
question,
honourable
speaker,
through
you,
is
to
the
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
The
that
british
columbia
is
leading
the
country
in
providing
prescription
alternatives
safe
for
supply
is,
is
something
that
that
we
are
leading
the
country
on
that.
There
has
been
a
400
percent
increase
in
people
that
have
been
prescribed
safe
supply
since
the
pandemic
began,
ism
has
saved
lives,
and
yet
the
death
toll
has
been
terrible.
E
There
are
the
announcement
ahead
of
the
budget
the
week
before
the
budget
of
45
million
dollars
to
continue
to
implement
the
life-saving
harm,
reduction
and
substance
support
substance.
Use
supports
which
again
have
saved
lives
during
a
terrible
year
of
loss
of
life
is
something
that
we
wanted
to
signal
early
so
that
those
on
the
front
line
were
able
to
able
to
to
continue
and
expand
on
those
new
measures.
E
There
are
items
in
the
budget
for
for
continuing
to
separate
people
from
the
toxic
drug
supply
from
the
mass
poisoning.
That's
happening
across
british
columbia
and,
and
I
can
say,
with
absolute
confidence
and
convey
to
those
who
have
been
advocating
for
a
continued
expansion
of
safe
supply,
that
there
is
budget
provision
for
them
and
and
I'll
be
talking
with
stakeholders.
In
the
coming
days
about
the
continued
expansion
and
the
deepening
commitment
of
our
government
to
leave
the
country
and
to
to
separate
people
from
the
toxic
drug
supply.
During
a
terrible
public
health.
G
G
G
We
need
proactive
measures
that
are
combined
with
long-term
solutions.
My
question,
honourable
speaker,
is
again
to
the
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions.
She
says
that
there
will
be
funds
in
the
budget.
Can
she
provide
specific
details
about
what
we
can
expect
to
see
for
funding
regulated
safe
supply
in
this
province
immediately.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Anybody
that's
watching.
I
want
you
to
know
that,
in
addition
to
prescribed
safer
supply,
our
commitment
as
exhibited
in
the
budget
half
a
billion
dollars
of
mental
health
and
addiction
support
it's
unprecedented
in
british
columbia's
history
and
on
responding
to
the
overdose
crisis.
It
includes
building
new
treatment
beds.
It
includes
standing
up
additional
supervised
consumption
sites
across
the
continuum
of
care.
We
are
working
on
every
front
and
working
hard
here
are
the
specifics
on
prescribed,
safer
supply.
E
22.6
million
dollars
over
three
years
includes
leveraging
existing
programs
creating
new
programs
to
provide
expanded
regional
access
hubs,
ongoing
evaluation
of
implementation
and
clinical
impacts
on
the
health
and
safety
of
patients
and
development
of
critical
clinical
protocols
and
guidance
based
on
emerging
evidence
and
again
to
those
who
have
been
advocating
and
doing
the
very
hard
work
of
developing
protocols.
The
first
in
canada
I'll
be
in
touch
with
them
in
coming
days
about
the
specifics
of
how
that
budget
commitment
will
be
spent.
H
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Yesterday
we
saw
a
completely
botched
budget
put
forward
by
the
premier,
there's
no
real
support
for
businesses,
no
support
for
workers
that
are
impacted
by
this
pandemic.
We've
all
heard
the
stories
it's
too
bad.
The
premier
is
not
listening
to
the
people
of
british
columbia
right
now.
Look
it's
called
comfort
to
the
restaurant
sector.
That
was
banking
on
new
supports
new
supports
to
make
it
through
the
coveted
restrictions.
H
A
Protecting
people's
health,
protecting
their
livelihoods
and
mr
speaker
building
out
and
preparing
for
a
recovery
that
we
know
is
coming.
We
know
it's
coming
because
we
have
a
vaccine
rollout
that
is,
that
is
playing
out.
That
is
making
a
difference
for
british
columbians
and
mr
speaker,
I
I
want
to
remind
everybody
that
that
we
have
been
in
this
pandemic
for
for
over
a
year
and
we've
always
been
there
to
support
british
columbians
to
date.
Mr
speaker,
we
offered
just
to
remind
everyone:
a
thousand
dollars.
A
A
Benefit
has
that
was
received
by
over
two
and
a
half
million
british
columbians.
Mr
speaker,
we've
had
business
supports
the
small
and
medium-sized
business
grant
program
that
is
helping
people
and
those
in
the
tourism
industry.
They
can
they're
eligible
for
up
to
forty
five
thousand
dollars
to
help
make
the
difference
to
help
provide
a
bridge
until
better
days
ahead.
Mr
speaker,
there's
absolutely
a
lot
more
in
this
budget.
I
know
we're
going
to
be
getting
more
questions
and
I
look
forward
to
that.
Coming
up.
H
Would
have
been
nice
if
the
finance
minister
actually
talked
about
this
budget.
Everything
she
just
talked
about
was
last
year
stuff
that
all
three
parties
in
this
house
work
together
to
try
to
help
people
in
the
covid
crisis
and
again
the
government
failed
to
even
get
that
money
out
the
door.
Then
we're
talking
about
people
who
are
in
crisis
now
they're
still
in
crisis,
because
this
government
failed
to
help
them
when
this
house
worked
together.
H
For
that
exact
reason,
the
circuit
breaker
grant
was
originally
supposed
to
support
a
three-week
shutdown
that
three
weeks
is
actually
ending.
This
week,
the
shutdown
now
has
been
extended
for
possibly
two
months,
if
not
more
shutting
down
businesses
putting
more
people
out
of
work
again,
the
minister
avoided
completely
the
question
the
minister.
The
premier
are
sitting
on
a
billion
dollars
of
unallocated
funding,
which
is
20
times
what
the
circuit
breaker
grant
is.
H
A
And
and
the
impact
and
the
savings
that
are
going
to
be
going
to
businesses
a
result
of
that
investment.
Mr
speaker,
again
again,
mr
speaker,
we
are
continuing
to
listen
to
businesses.
I
know
that
my
colleague,
the
minister
for
small
business
has
been
has
been
engaging
with
the
the
businesses
that
are
most
impacted.
We
have
been
there.
We
have
demonstrated
our
commitment
to
the
business
community
to
be
there
for
them
we're
going
to
keep
being
there
for
them.
Mr
speaker,
that's
our
commitment
to
them.
I
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well
only
in
ndp
land
would
they
celebrate
taking
two
years
essentially
to
get
critical
supports
out
to
businesses
that
are
struggling,
because
that's
what's
going
to
happen
here,
the
the
the
dollars
in
the
in
the
bc
recovery
grant
and
the
circuit
breaker
grant.
These
were
dollars
that
were
approved
over
a
year
ago.
I
The
programs
were
established
just
before
the
last
election
that
the
premier
felt
necessary
to
call
and
and
we're
sitting
here
today
and
they're
they're
they're
they're,
so
excited
about
their
progress
that
they've
had
to
push
the
program
out
by
an
extra
year,
because
they
can't
figure
out
how
to
get
money
out
the
door.
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
if
the
small
business
owners,
those
restaurant
tours
those
in
the
service
industry,
those
hospitality,
businesses,
those
tourism
businesses,
those
hard-working
british
columbians
around
the
province
could
hear
the
members
opposite
laughing
today
when
we're
asking
critical
questions
about
what
this
government
is
doing
and
what
they're
not
doing
to
support
small
business,
I
think
they'd
be
pretty
darn
disappointed
in
their
government.
I
That
being
said,
he
has
put
a
plan
in
front
of
british
columbians
that
grows
the
size
of
government
massively
and
in
fact
you
know
one
can
only
be
astounded
when
you
look
at
the
budget
documents
and
you
see
on
page
34,
and
you
see
it
clearly
indicated
that
the
government
is
basing
its
recovery
on
taxpayer-funded
public
sector
jobs
which
have
increased
by
60
000
positions.
I
Over
the
past
year.
You
heard
that
right,
60
000
positions
in
one
year.
Meanwhile,
the
private
sector
is
still
trying
to
recover
43
000
jobs
that
are
are
lost
today
compared
to
one
year
ago.
So
my
question
to
the
premier
is
this:
will
the
premier
immediately
table
in
this
house
a
private
sector
jobs
plan.
A
You
very
much,
mr
speaker,
well
it's
it's
so
interesting
to
listen
to
the
members
of
the
other
side,
sort
of
jump
around
with
with
their
anxiety
and
their
stress,
mr
speaker,
because
they
seem
to
sort
of
forget
they
seem
to.
A
That
it's
really
important,
I
think,
to
listen
to
what
others
are
saying.
So
I
want
to.
I
want
to
note
that
precisely
so,
I
want
to
note
a
story
board
of
trade
has
said.
We
were
happy
to
hear
that
there
are
financial
commitments
in
the
service
plan
for
trade
and
industry,
development,
small
business
and
economic
development,
and
the
strategic
investment
fund
called
nbc.
A
This
is
from
the
surrey
board
of
trade.
They
like
what
they
heard,
mr
speaker,
they
value
what
they
heard.
Mr
speaker,
on
the
other.
On
the
other
hand,
the
members
opposite
they're
just
grasping
at
straws,
mr
speaker,
because
they
don't
like
it
that
the
business
community
is
happy
with
the
what
what
their
what
we
are
presenting
in
our
budget.
I
In
fact,
53
of
british
columbians
aren't
sure
or
they're
200
away
from
from
from
paying
their
bills
at
the
end
of
the
month,
mr
speaker
and
we
hear
today
dismissive
responses
from
the
minister
of
finance
about
anxiety
and
stress
your
darn
rights.
British
columbians
have
a
lot
of
anxiety
and
stress
because
this
government
hasn't
stepped
up
to
support
them.
Now,
mr
speaker,
the
the
minister
responsible
for
the
the
minister.
I
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
The
the
minister
responsible
for
economic
recovery
actually
got
no
new
funding
in
his
budget
in
order
to
help
businesses
in
need.
Clearly,
his
ministry
is
not
a
priority
for
the
premier
and
in
addition
to
that,
despite
women
and
youth
being
impacted
most
by
this
pandemic,
the
premier
has
no
jobs
plan
for
them
either.
This
is
something
that
we've
been
calling
for
for
months.
A
You
very
much,
mr
speaker.
Well
it's
it's
interesting
to
listen
to
the
member's
opposite
talk
with
such
disdain
for
teachers
and
health
care
workers
in
our
provinces.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
It's
really
it's
really.
I
guess
I
guess
disappointing
that
that
we
get
heckled
every
time
we
try
to
answer.
You
know
a
particular
question.
It's
very
very
disappointing,
and
I
want
to
point
out,
mr
speaker,
that
that,
in
this
budget
you
see
tremendous.
A
A
In
this
budget,
mr
speaker,
we
are
investing
heavily
in
youth
of
british
columbia,
with
co-op
opportunities
with
job
training,
with
upskilling
opportunities,
30
micro,
credentialing
programs.
Mr
speaker,
we
know
that
youth
have
been
hit
hard
in
this
pandemic
and
that's
why
we
are
investing
in
them
and
for
women.
We
continue.
We
have
tripled
the
child
care
budget,
since
we
formed
government,
mr
speaker,
but
that's
the
biggest
difference
for
women.
J
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
This
two-term
government
is
abandoning
families
and
working
mothers
at
an
astonishing
rate
in
2017.
This
premier
promised
10
a
day
daycare,
and
this
promise
was
the
underpinning
of
the
child
care
bc
plan.
Then
he
promised
it
again
and
yesterday
we
saw
his
incompetence
on
full
display.
J
All
that's
been
referenced
in
this
budget
is
to
convert
more
spaces
that
already
exist
into
the
pilot
program,
no
new
spaces.
According
to
sharon,
gregson
from
the
10
a
day
day
care
coalition,
this
budget
did
not
quote
deliver
the
system,
bc,
families
and
educators
were
promised
in
the
recent
election.
J
A
You
very
much,
mr
speaker
well,
but
they
start
heckling
before
I
even
start
answering
I
mean
this
is
sort
of
getting
a
little
bit.
Maybe
you
know
they'll
have
the
answer
or
maybe
they
prefer
to
hear
it.
A
J
A
A
J
You,
mr
speaker,
I
find
that
an
interesting
answer
considering
the
fee
cap
that
was
recently
imposed
on
the
child
care
providers,
which
is
one
of
the
biggest
things
to
push
down
ece
salaries,
so
that
is
going
you're
gonna
have
to
make
up
for
the
four
dollars
an
hour.
The
premier
made
a
promise
of
250
million
in
new
spending
on
child
care
each
year
he
committed
to
a
separate
capital
program
for
day
cares,
and
instead
this
premier
has
delivered
233
million
dollars
over
three
years.
That's
83
million
dollars,
not
250..
J
A
A
And
I'm
happy
to
say
with
this
budget,
mr
speaker,
we
are
helping
almost
2
000,
more
families,
access
supported
child
development
programs
and
that's
going
to
make
a
real
difference
for
those
families
that
have
children
with
special
needs
in
in
in
child
care
in
the
child
care
system.
Mr
speaker,
that's
going
to
make
a
difference
for
these
families
because
we
care
about
families,
we
care
about
children,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
there
for
women
to
work
and
contribute
to
the
economy
and
participate
in
our
economic.
K
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
it's
it's
very
interesting.
Listening
to
the
the
avoidance
of
the
questions
today
by
the
minister
of
finance,
mr
speaker,
and
it's
interesting
how
the
language
has
changed,
how
they
don't
really
want
to
talk
about
universal
10
day
day
care
anymore.
They
don't
want
to
talk
about
numbers.
They
talk
about
doubling
a
doubling
a
doubling
of
a
failed
target
already.
K
That
was
only
a
few
thousand
spaces
when
it
should
have
been
fully
implemented
by
now
from
a
promise
made
twice
by
this
premier
over
the
last
four
years,
the
ndp
have
only
opened
10
percent
of
the
promises,
the
spaces
they
promised.
That
means
a
doubling
gets
you
to
20
of
your
promise
after
five
years.
It's
not
good
enough,
there's
still
eighty
percent
of
the
public
looking
for
the
child
care.
They
were
promised
by
this
premier,
not
once
but
twice
a
couple
of
quotes.
This
provincial
budget
does
not
deliver
on
promises
of
child
care.
K
That's
from
paul
kershaw.
Today's
bc
budget
has
thrown
cold
water
on
the
good
child
care
news.
We
heard
from
the
federal
government.
That's
from
the
coalition
of
child
care,
advocates
finance
minister
robinson's.
First
budget
does
not
deliver
the
system.
Bc's
families
and
educators
are
promised
in
the
recent
election
coalition
of
child
care
advocates.
Bc's
government
must
now
improve
on
its
lackluster
2021
budget.
K
A
You
very
much,
mr
speaker,
what
well
our
government's
child
care
bc
plan
began
with
a
historic
2
billion
investment
for
childcare
in
the
first
two
years
and
when
you're
building
a
system,
mr
speaker,
it
does,
it
does
take
some
time
for
sure
and
and
doubling
the
and
over
and
over
36
000
members.
36
000
families
now
receive
child
care
for
ten
dollars
for
ten
dollars
a
day
or
less.