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From YouTube: JUNE 16 2021 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
C
C
It
would
mean
the
premier
meant
what
he
said.
It
would
engage
all
of
us
in
this
absolutely
critical
path
to
reconciliation
so
to
the
premier.
Will
he
do
what
he
said?
He
would
make
sure
that
we're
bringing
resources
and
opportunity
to
the
table
and
commit
today
to
reactivating
the
standing
committee
on
aboriginal
affairs.
D
D
This
has
been
a
difficult
period,
as
the
member
has
pointed
out,
and
our
thoughts
are
with
the
people
who
are
grappling
with
the
implications
of
the
kamloops
residential
school.
D
I
I
think
that
the
house
unanimously
stood
up
and
supported
the
declaration
on
the
rights
of
indigenous
people
act
and
indicated
that
it
is
non-partisan
in
nature.
This
issue
involves
all
of
us.
My
door
as
minister
is
open
to
all
members
who
have
constructive
suggestions
and
how
we
can
work
together
to
address
this
challenge
of
reconciliation.
C
C
C
C
It
is
time
for
us
to
send
a
clear
message
to
create
a
place
where,
together
we
can
listen.
We
can
learn
and
do
the
work
that
tells
first
nations
in
british
columbia.
We
are
prepared
to
move
beyond
words
and
take
action.
So
will
the
premier
honor
the
commitment
that
he
made
to
move
beyond
words
to
take
action?
C
D
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I
much
appreciate
the
what
the
honorable
leader
of
the
opposition
has
said.
She
has
said
that
words
are
not
enough.
I
completely
agree.
She
asks
that
we
work
constructively
in
a
non-partisan
way.
I
think
that's
absolutely
true,
and
I
agree
with
her
as
well
that
this
issue
is
much
bigger
than
government
at
particular
government.
D
I
think
the
idea
of
a
standing
committee
on
the
legislature
on
aboriginal
affairs
being
reinvigorated
is
definitely
an
idea
worthy
of
consideration
and
we'll
ask
my
government
to
consider
that
as
we
go
forward,
but
a
standing
committee,
the
speaker
is
but
one
vehicle
to
do
the
work
of
which
the
honorable
member
has
spoken.
There
are
many
vehicles
that
we
need
to
work
on
together
to
achieve
reconciliation
and,
as
we
come
out
of
this
pandemic
together,
there
may
be
opportunities
for
a
more
normal
functioning
of
the
legislature
where
this
type
of
activity
would
be
appropriate.
D
E
E
E
E
D
Well,
through
you,
mr
speaker,
to
the
honorable
member
for
skina,
it
is
not
just
words.
These
are
not
empty
words.
Our
government
has
released
a
consultative
draft
to
just
on
friday
last,
a
consultative
draft
with
79
concrete,
achievable
actions
to
achieve
what
we
all
committed
to
in
this
place
when
the
declaration
of
the
rights
of
indigenous
peoples
act
was
enacted,
these
are
concrete
actions
in
social
areas
and
resource
areas
and
revenue
sharing.
D
The
government
has
spent
considerable
sums
of
money
on
housing,
for
example,
on
reserves,
something
which
is
not
done
in
other
parts
of
canada,
since
it's
primarily
a
federal
responsibility.
D
D
Whether
the
particular
vehicle
that's
been
proposed
by
the
member,
namely
resurrecting
and
reinvigorating
that
particular
committee
would
be
part
of
that
solution,
is
an
idea
that
is
worthy
of
consideration,
but
to
suggest
that
these
are
merely
words
is
a
complete
misstatement
of
what
this
government
has
done
successfully
and
will
continue
to
do
throughout
its.
D
E
E
E
E
E
E
I'm
hoping
the
premier
isn't
actually
delaying
the
announcement
simply
to
use
it
as
a
prop
when
he
goes
to
visit
lower
post
yeah.
Let
me
hear
your
groans
based
on
the
ministry's
response
to
what
I
just
asked
the
previous
question.
Let
me
hear
your
groans
because
I've
been
listening
to
this.
My
entire
life
politicians
making
promises
is
empty
speeches,
but
nothing
happens
unless
it's
for
a
political
agenda
that
doesn't
serve
aboriginal
interests.
E
E
E
D
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I
very
much
respect
the
member
friskina
and
the
pain
that
he
refers
to.
I
really
don't
believe
that
our
government
can
be
accused
of
really
wordsmithing
or
simply
making
political
statements
on
an
issue
like
this
there's,
no
there's.
No,
I
don't
think
there's
any
reasonable
suggestion
that
that
is
the
case.
We
acknowledge
the
healing
together
of
which
the
member
has
spoken.
D
We
have
been
in
touch,
for
example,
with
cookie
casimir
of
the
take
home,
shrapnel
people
who
has
apparently
working
on
submitting
a
budget
and
a
proposal
to
specifically
address
the
issue
of
the
kamloops
school.
We
are
listening
to
other
nations
who
have
come
forward
in
respect
of
this
particular
issue
of
bringing
home
the
lost
children
terms
of
a
call
for
action
71
to
76,
I'm
working
in
close
coordination
with
the
minister
mark
miller
at
the
federal
level
to
address
this
critically
important
issue.
It's
not
words,
mr
speaker.
There's
a
budget
available.
D
We
are
working
to
stand
standing
by
for
specific
requests
from
different
nations
and
we
will
take
them
as
they
come
forward,
but
only
taking
our
lead
from
those
particular
nations,
all
of
whom,
in
the
diversity
of
the
indigenous
community
in
british
columbia,
will
have
a
different
path
forward
and
we
want
to
be
respectful
of
that.
We
believe
that
concrete
actions
are
required.
D
I
very
much
reject
the
idea
that
this
is
rhetoric
or
that
it's
words,
I
think
the
actions
we
have
taken
as
a
government
since
2017
inside
and
outside
the
declaration
of
rights
of
indigenous
people
act
show
we
are
putting
the
resources
there
to
deal
with
the
legacy
of
colonialism.
That
is
reflected
in
the
indian
act,
and
we
need
to
make
concrete
changes
in
our
system
of
government
as
a
province
to
address
those
realities.
F
F
Honourable
speaker,
this
government
likes
to
say
that
bc
has
the
best
climate
plan
in
north
america.
They
sell
british
columbians
the
idea
that
we're
somehow
climate
leaders,
and
yet
they
pump
billions
of
dollars
into
the
fossil
fuel
sector,
which
is
making
it
impossible
to
meet
our
climate
targets.
F
Meanwhile,
the
united
states
is
eliminating
fossil
fuel
subsidies
altogether,
replacing
them
with
clean
energy
incentives.
The
reason,
according
to
the
u.s
treasury,
the
subsidies
they
said,
undermine
energy
independence,
undermine
the
fight
against
climate
change
and
harm
air
and
water
quality
in
communities.
F
G
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
leader
of
the
third
party
for
her
question.
I'm
very
proud
of
the
work
our
government
has
done.
The
green
caucus
and
the
former
member
for
oak
bay,
gordon
head,
did
when
it
came
to
creating
clean
bc.
Together,
we
developed
the
strongest
climate
action
plan
in
north
america.
G
G
My
mandate
from
the
premier
provides
direction
to
me
to
undertake
a
comprehensive
review
of
bc's
oil
and
gas
royalty
system,
an
action
that
the
old
government
refused
to
take.
This
review
will
be
done
to
ensure
the
system
meets
our
goals
for
economic
development,
a
fair
return
on
our
resources
and
continued
environmental
protection.
F
F
F
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
leader
of
the
third
party
for
her
question.
I'm
afraid
the
minister,
the
member
has
mischaracterized
the
way
the
program
works,
and
that
is
disappointing.
G
Credits
are
not
paid
or
owed
by
the
government
to
producers
they
partially
reduce
royalties
that
must
be
paid
when
production
occurs,
but
to
speak
to
the
review,
which
is
underway,
the
ministry
has
commissioned
an
independent
review
of
the
royalty
system
that
will
be
undertaken
by
two
experts
from
academia
and
will
be
released
publicly
once
complete.
G
The
report
will
examine
how
the
royalty
system
works
today
and
consider
whether
it
is
positioned
to
achieve
bc's
goals
into
the
future
after
the
independent
review
is
made
public.
The
ministry
will
conduct
public
outreach
to
ensure
all
british
columbians
have
a
say
about
the
future
of
resource
development
in
our
province.
After
collecting
public
input,
the
ministry
will
review
the
royalty
system
to
ensure
it
meets
vc's
goals
for
economic
development,
a
fair
return
on
our
resources
and
environmental
protection.
H
Randy
williams,
the
president
of
anavets
in
british
columbia,
has
written
another
letter
to
the
premier,
and
I
quote,
all
16
of
our
units
in
bc
have
endured
exactly
the
same
financial
stresses
as
the
legion
during
our
periods
of
mandated
shutdowns.
As
we
struggle
to
pay
operating
expenses,
insurance
premiums
and
property
taxes.
H
A
H
H
The
cost
to
treat
the
anivets
equally
as
the
legions
is
under
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
while
it's
great
that
the
minister
has
given
us
words
that
he's
looking
at
others,
randy
williams,
the
president
of
the
anavets
in
bc,
has
written
in
his
letter
quote.
Both
entities
provide
invaluable
contributions
and
assistance
and
a
support
to
our
esteemed
veterans
to
so
so
to
only
choose
one
rather
than
both
to
receive.
The
funding
is
essentially
saying
our
members
and
services
are
not
as
worthy
or
valuable
in
your
government's
opinion
and
thought
process.
H
A
You,
honorable
speaker,
and
I
appreciate
the
members-
got
a
piece
of
paper
that
he's
got
a
read
off
of,
but
I
just
gave
him
an
answer
which
is
there's
other
organizations
as
well,
that
haven't
requested
dollars
that
are
serving
veterans.
We
have
proactively
reached
out
to
them
to
assess
their
needs
to
ensure
that
we
can
support
as
many
organizations
as
we
can.
A
Honorable
speaker,
we're
proud
on
this
out
of
the
house
that
we
have
the
highest
per
capita
supports
for
people
and
businesses
in
this
country
and
and
we're
going
to
work
with
all
the
organizations
that
need
supports
to
find
ways
to
ensure
that
they
can
have
the
dollars
they
need,
and
we
also
continue
to
talk
to
the
federal
government
as
well,
because
we
believe
veterans
affairs,
canada
has
can
do
more
as
well
to
support
the
important
work
that
our
veterans
organizations
do
here
in
british
columbia.
I
I
The
premier
then
goes
and
bungles
this
file
by
playing
jurisdictional
games,
but,
mr
speaker,
he
did
finally
decide
to
announce
a
program.
I
He
unveiled
the
program
and
he
said-
and
I
quote
it's
attractions
like
the
pne
that
we
had
in
mind
when
we
developed
the
program.
This
was
designed
for
the
pne
end
quote:
those
are
the
premier's
words
and
then
the
premier
botched
it.
It
turns
out
that
the
p
e
is
not
qual,
does
not
qualify
for
the
funding
in
this
program.
I
So
can
the
premier
please
tell
us
why
he
designed
a
program
to
help
out
events
like
the
p
e,
only
to
then
develop
criteria
for
which
events
like
the
p
e
can't
meet.
J
J
We
worked
with
industry
leaders,
targeted
funding
up
to
a
million
dollars
for
some
folks
up
to
500
million
dollars
for
others
in
rural
communities,
up
to
500
million
dollars
for
tour
bus
operators,
and
here
the
ministry
is
reviewing
applications
as
we
speak
with.
You
know,
good
news
to
come,
hopefully
in
in
july-
well
definitely
in
july
that
that
was
the
announcement
that
remained,
but
I
just
want
to
put
it
on
the
record
political
speaker,
because
the
liberals
like
to
kind
of
play
their
games
with
tech
technicalities.
J
There's
the
peony
fair,
there's
a
play
like
amusement
park,
let's,
let's
emphasize
amusement
park,
because
this
anchor
attraction
was
intended
for
amusement
parks
and
big
things
that
you
can't
move
and
good
news
is
going
to
come
in
the
coming
weeks
and
I'm
very
proud
of
that
announcement
that
remain
with
the
premier.
Thank
you
so
much
to
the
members
opposite
for
the
question.
It's
one
thing
that
we've
done
in
addition
to
the
other
efforts
that
we've
put
out
there
to
provide
relief
to
the
the
tourism
sector
that
have
been
hit
by
this
global
pandemic.
I
Well,
where
to
begin
with
that,
mr
speaker,
good
news
is
yet
to
come.
Just
like,
I
suppose,
what's
happening
in
bc's
cruise
ship
sector.
This
minister
kept
saying
good
news
is
coming.
Good
news
is
coming
and
she
says
it
all
of
the
time
here
we
here
here.
We
we
have
a
minister
who
says
one
thing
and
does
another
when,
when
creating
programs,
should
they
announce
a
program
that
they
say
is
intended
for
events
like
the
pne
only
to
then
have
eligibility
criteria
that
the
p
e
can't
meet?
I
That's
not
a
technicality.
It's
also
not
a
technicality
that
that
this
government
is
number
eight
in
the
country
at
getting
direct
grants
and
relief
out
to
businesses
and
and
organizations.
That's
not
a
technicality,
mr
speaker.
This
is
another
attempt
by
of
the
of
this
premier
who
has
a
pattern
of
showing
up
making
a
splashy
announcement
and
then
he
disappears
and
the
minister
can
do
her
darndest
to
rewrite
history
like
claiming
that
this
particular
fund
was
never
intended
to
support
events
like
the
pne.
I
This
from
shelly
frost
the
president
of
the
p
e,
and
I
quote,
the
bc
anchor
attraction
program,
excluded
applications
from
events
and
festivals.
As
a
result,
the
p
e
was
not
able
to
apply
for
support
for
the
largest
part
of
our
business.
The
pne
fair
during
the
program
launch
the
premier
said
this
program
was
designed
to
support
organizations
like
the
p
e.
However,
we
were
disappointed
that
the
most
significant
part
of
our
business
is
not
eligible
end
quote
so
again
to
the
premier.
Why
did
he
say?
J
Incredible
speaker,
what
we've
done
is:
we've
worked
with
the
tourism
sector.
We
took
council
for
those
that
worked
in
the
tourism
industry.
What
we
announced
was
50
million
dollars
to
support
anchor
attractions
across
the
ecosystem.
That's
in
addition
to
the
4100
tourism
tourism,
businesses
that
received
a
grant
grants,
not
loans,
which
was
also
a
call
to
action.
J
We've
met
with
the
peony,
we
value
the
peony.
I've
been
going
to
the
peonies,
since
I
was
a
kid
there's
more
to
the
peony
just
than
the
peony
fair,
there's
playground,
the
playland
and
they're
all
grounds,
but
that's
the
part
that
the
member
opposite
wants
to
dismiss
and
overlook.
I've
talked
to
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
vancouver.
I've
talked
to
my
federal
counterparts
about
supporting
the
p
e
and
us
working
together
all
hands
on
all
levels
of
government
working
together.