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From YouTube: OCTOBER 18 2021 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
B
B
But
when
it
comes
to
implementation,
this
premier
rolls
out
the
plan
and
then
fails
to
deliver
what
we're
seeing
is
a
slow,
overly
bureaucratic,
uncoordinated
rollout,
a
patchwork
across
health
authorities,
and
you
can
imagine
my
shock
when
in
a
free
fraser
health
document,
it
was
confirmed
a
timeline
for
when
booster
shots
may
take
place.
I
quote:
we
expect
that
all
eligible
residents
and
tenants
will
be
offered
a
third
dose
by
mid-december
end
quote.
B
That
is
simply
unacceptable
and
the
premier
knows
it
outbreaks
and
tragedies
are
mounting
across
the
province,
including
at
willingdon
care
center
in
burnaby.
Mid-December
is
not
good
enough
for
frail
elderly
british
colombians,
our
seniors
need
protection
and
they
need
it
now.
So
will
the
premier
get
up
today
and
assure
british
columbians
and
their
families
that
frail
elderly
british
colombians
will
receive
their
booster
shot
immediately,
not
by
mid-december.
C
Thank
you
very
much
honorable
speaker.
As
the
member
will
know,
a
number
of
british
columbians
have
started
to
get
booster
shots
since
the
middle
of
september.
Based
on
the
recommendation
from
the
national
advisory
committee
on
immunization
on
september
13th,
we
decided
we
started
to
immunize
the
extremely
vulnerable
about
15
000
people
in
that
category.
On
september,
the
28th
the
day
that
the
national
advisory
committee
on
immunization
recommended
that
we
proceed
in
long-term
care.
We
started
the
process
of
immunizing
people
in
long-term
care.
C
C
So
far
about
62
care
homes
across
all
health
authorities
have
been
immunized
with
a
third
dose
of
booster
dose
and
60
000
british
colombians,
I
received
either
a
dose
to
complete
their
course
their
original
course
in
the
case
of
the
extremely
immunocompromised
60
000
or
in
the
second
category
of
moderately
immunocompromised
and
the
third
category
in
long-term
care.
That's
60
000,
in
addition,
honorable
speaker
to
the
4.133
million
british
columbians,
who
of
course
have
received
their
first
dose
of
a
coven
19
vaccine.
B
Well,
thank
you
very
much
to
the
minister.
Those
words
are
cold
comfort
for
families
who
are
deeply
concerned
about
their
frail
elderly
loved
one
who
may
have
to
sit
in
long-term
care,
not
my
words
fraser
health
authorities,
words
and
wait
for
their
booster
shot
and
in
fact
we
know
that
the
majority
of
of
residents
in
long-term
care
and
assisted
living
received
their
second
dose
in
february.
B
So
the
wait
is
too
long
and
the
minister
knows
it
and
the
minister
can
reference
nasi
all
he
wants.
Let's
look
at
what
this
note
from
fraser
health
actually
says.
The
national
advisory
committee
on
immunization
warns
that
delaying
the
third
dose
will
increase
the
period
during
which
individuals
may
have
reduced
protection
reduced
protection.
B
So
perhaps
the
premier
can
get
up
and
answer
the
question.
Let's
look
at
saskatchewan,
they
started
their
booster
shots
in
septem
on
september,
7th
alberta
started
on
september,
the
1st
ontario
started
in
august
and
they
have
provided
third
doses
to
96
percent
of
long-term
care
residents.
And
what
do
we
find
here
in
british
columbia,
a
message
that
says?
Actually
you
might
have
to
wait
until
mid
december.
B
This
is
not
a
supply
issue.
We
know
that
the
government
has
the
supply
necessary.
It
is
a
failure
to
organize
the
rollout.
So,
let's
be
clear,
frail
elderly
british
columbians
need
and
deserve
protection.
Will
the
premier
stand
up
today
and
commit
that
frail
elderly
residents
in
long-term
care
and
assisted
living
will
receive
their
booster
shots
immediately?
It
is
all
hands
on
deck.
Time
is
of
the
essence.
C
Minister
of
health,
thank
you
honorable
speaker,
and
I
agree.
It
is
a
priority
for
all
those
in
long-term
care
and
assisted
living
to
receive
a
booster
shot
of
a
covid19
vaccine
and
that's
precisely
what
we're
working
to
do:
62
care
homes
already
and
more
every
day,
working
systematically
through
the
care
homes.
Those
are
not
the
only
people
who
require
a
booster
dose
as
the
member
will
know
are
extremely
immunocompromised.
C
Population
was
recommended
on
september
13th.
I
believe
we
proceeded
and
the
vast
majority
of
them
have
already
received
their
dose
that
15
000
people
over
60
000
people
have
received
booster
dose
of
a
cova-19
vaccine
and,
as
the
member
also
knows,
with
respect
to
many
of
the
innovations
that
have
been
done
to
protect
long-term
care
in
bc
from
the
single
site
order
to
the
to
the
5
000
workers
that
have
been
hired
to
supplement
people
in
long-term
care.
C
D
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
with
all
due
respect
to
the
minister.
If
it's
such
a
priority,
why
will
it
take
to
december
to
help
these
vulnerable
people?
We
all
know
many
vulnerable
british
colombians
started
receiving
their
second
dose
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
That
was
well
well
over
six
months
ago.
D
C
Minister
of
health-
oh
honorable
speaker,
as
I
said
in
the
answer
to
the
first
question,
honorable
speaker,
people
across
the
long-term
care
sector
across
long-term
care
and
assisted
living
will
receive
their
booster
zos
well
in
advance
of
december,
so
that
is
not
correct,
and
that
is
not
not
the
situation
that
we're
facing
to
date.
62
care
homes
have
been
immunized
in
the
in
this
effort.
In
addition,
honorable
speaker,
I
just
say
I
was
asked
questions
directly
and
I'm
answering
those
questions
directly.
C
They
will
be
done
before
then.
That
is
what
I'm
saying
and
well
honorable
speaker.
People
in
care
homes
across
british
columbia
know
that
they
have
the
protection
that
every
worker
in
a
care
home
now
is
vaccinated.
That
is
not
without
its
challenges,
as
all
members
of
the
house
know
is
why
bc
was
first
first
to
do
that.
First,
to
do
single
site
has
provided
extraordinary
resources
and
long-term
care,
and,
as
the
seniors
advocate
report
state
has,
I
think,
compared
to
the
other
equivalent
jurisdictions
in
the
country,
the
best
record
of
protecting
seniors.
C
D
The
minister
and
this
government
need
to
get
on
the
same
page
as
the
health
authorities,
because
the
problem
is,
everybody
is
getting
a
different
message.
No
wonder
people
are
confused,
no
wonder
seniors
and
family
members
in
this
province
are
worried.
And,
frankly,
you
know,
this
government
lost
the
public's
trust
on
this
issue.
After
burying
the
ers
in
ernst
and
young
reports,
with
their
response
to
deaths
and
long-term
care.
D
Frankly,
people
don't
trust
the
message
that's
coming
from
this
government,
because
it's
always
changing
and
never
the
same.
There's
a
tragedy
unfolding
right
now,
as
we've
been
talking
about
in
the
willington
care
center,
where
at
least
10
deaths
have
been
reported
so
far,
10
people
have
died.
Those
are
families
affected.
These
are
people
that
we're
talking
about
not
just
deaths.
These
are
these
are
people
the
head
of
the
bc
care
provider
says,
and
I
quote:
if
the
residents
there
had
had
their
booster,
when
alberta
and
ontario
were
given
out
their
boosters,
it's
highly
probable.
D
This
would
not
have
happened.
We're
heart
sick
because
we've
been
asking
the
ministry
of
health
about
boosters
since
the
1st
of
september
end
quote
so
to
the
premier.
Why
again,
can
we
not
do
this
now?
Why
are
they
failing
the
seniors
around
the
province
and
specifically
now
at
the
wellington
care
center.
C
Honourable
speaker,
I
think
members
will
know
that
obviously
clovid
19
is
devastating
in
long-term
care.
It's
why,
from
march
of
2020,
our
government
has
led
on
this
question.
Our
public
health
officer
has
led
on
this
question.
Why
we've
had,
I
think,
compared
to
other
jurisdictions,
including
the
jurisdictions
that
have
been
used
as
examples
here
in
this
house,
the
best
record
in
responding,
and
that
doesn't
mean
honorable
speaker
that
there
hasn't
been
extraordinary
loss,
an
extraordinary
tragedy
that
everyone
involved
feels
every
single
day.
C
It's
why
we
put
in
place
a
single
site
order
to
protect
people
in
long-term
care?
Why
we
insured
before
all
those
jurisdictions
that
were
mentioned
here,
that
long-term
care
contracted
long-term
care
homes
had
access
to
ppe
and
it's?
Why
we're
ensuring
today
that
everyone
will
be
vaccinated
everyone
in
long-term
care
and
assisted
living
that
priority,
and
that
announcement
was
made
and
initiated
the
day.
The
nasty
made
the
recommendation
the
day
and
62
care
homes
have
been
already
received
that
vaccination
and
more
to
come
every
day.
C
E
F
You,
honourable
chair,
I
think,
there's
been
quite
a
dramatic
shift
in
government's
philosophy
around
housing
since,
since
our
our
casa
agreement
with
the
green
party
that
brought
the
ndp
into
government
in
2017..
F
Now
that
shift
was
a
shift
from
seeing
housing
as
purely
a
market-driven
commodity
to
seeing
housing
as
a
human
right,
and
that
shows
up
in
a
number
of
aspects
of
our
work
from
our
response
to
encampments
to
the
speculation
tax
which
says,
if
you're
holding
housing
empty,
you
should
pay
more
because
that
is
costing
the
system
more.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and,
as
I
think
everybody
in
this
house
knows,
we
have
been
languishing
in
a
housing
crisis
since
the
2017
election
and
this
morning,
when
I
opened.