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From YouTube: APRIL 26 2021 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
D
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
it's
been
a
week
with
the
premier
taking
zero
accountability
for
the
confusion
and
anxiety
that
he
caused
with
his
botched
rollout
of
the
travel
restrictions
in
british
columbia.
How
bad
was
it,
mr
speaker?
Well,
it
was
so
bad
that
the
key
people
responsible
for
implementing
these
orders
on
the
ground
are
still
confused
about
how
they
will
be
enforced.
One
week
after
it
was
announced,
rob
farrer
bc.
D
Director
of
the
national
police
federation
said,
and
I
quote
well,
there
was
sort
of
a
quasi
announcement
about
roadblocks
and
audits
and
stopping
the
public
and
determining
if
they're,
leaving
their
health
zone
and
we've
had
a
week
of
people
trying
to
figure
out
exactly
what
that
means.
End
quote
so
the
premier
has
his
opportunity
today
because
he's
been
mia
since
he
made
the
announcement.
Maybe
he
can
stand
up
today
and
tell
british
columbians
exactly
exactly
what
information
a
person
is
expected
to
provide
when
they
are
stopped
at
a
roadblock.
E
I
would
have
thought
that
that
being
able
to
have
a
discussion
and
a
bit
of
runway,
so
people
can
understand,
what's
expected
of
them.
The
minister
of
public
safety
did
that
very
clearly
last
week
and
we'll
be
doing
more
as
the
week
unfolds,
but
with
respect
to
e-division,
for
example,
the
head
for
the
rcmp
here
in
british
columbia,
fully
supportive
of
making
sure
that
they
do
everything
that
they
can
to
keep
people
safe,
making
sure
that
they
do
everything
they
can
to
do
so.
E
That
does
not
make
racialized
communities
feel
like
they've
been
put
upon.
We've
gone
as
far
as
we
possibly
can
to
make
sure
people
understand
that
this
is
not
to
be
punitive.
This
is
to
protect
people.
This
is
saying
forcefully
with
orders
to
back
it
up
that
it's
time
for
british
columbians
to
stay
home
four
more
weeks
and
we
will
have
achieved
significant
immunity
through
the
immunization
program.
So
we
can
have
a
safe
summer,
and
I
know
the
leader
of
the
opposition
supports
that.
D
D
And,
let's
be
clear,
most
british
colombians,
including
the
opposition,
would
be
happy
to
have
a
definitive
position
if
they
could
figure
out
exactly
what
the
premier
was
talking
about.
There
is
confusion
across
british
columbia,
so
let's
just
remind
the
premier
what
happened
last
monday,
he
stood
up,
he
messed
up
and
he
disappeared.
D
So
let's
be
clear
here
is
what
the
premier
said
his
words
not
mine.
This
is
what
he
said,
and
I
quote
this
will
be
conducted
through
random
audits.
Roadside
stops
for
all
travelers,
not
just
a
few
travelers
and
again
they
will
be
random.
End
quote
once
again,
premier
made
an
announcement
caused
mass
confusion
and
then
disappeared.
D
Let
me
repeat
that
as
harsha
walia
of
the
bc
civil
liberties
association
said
not
the
ndp,
not
the
bc,
liberal
opposition,
the
bc
civil
liberties
association
said,
and
I
quote
it
is
alarming
that
we
now
have
three
public
announcements
in
the
span
of
one
week
about
increased
police
enforcement
powers,
but
we
still
do
not
have
the
details
and
the
public
still
has
no
answers
about
what
precisely
to
expect
end
quote.
So
the
members
opposite,
they
can
laugh
and
giggle
all
they
want.
D
That
is
what
bc
civil
liberties
are
concerned
about,
and
it
is
up
to
this
premier
to
get
on
his
feet
today
and
he
should
start
with
an
apology
to
british
columbians
for
the
mess
he
created.
So
let's
try
it
again.
Could
the
premier
explicitly
tell
british
columbians
exactly
what
information
will
be
required
because
no
one's
been
able
to
figure
it
out
since
his
botched
announcement.
E
Premiere
well,
thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
I
I
always
worry
when
the
leader
of
the
opposition
gets
so
exercised
about
what
are
pretty
basic
premises.
On
monday,
I
said
by
the
end
of
the
week,
we
would
have
orders
in
place
to
ensure
that
we
were
restricting
travel
between
health
authorities.
What
did
we
do
by
the
end
of
the
week,
the
the
member
for
poor
coquitlam,
the
member
of
public
safety,
mr
republican,
stood
up
and
told
people.
This
is
how
we're
going
to
proceed,
and
he
said
at
that
point.
E
E
Forward
with
with
enforcement
measures
next
week
now,
I
appreciate
I
appreciate
that
the
the
bc
lovers
want
to
rush
to
the
end
of
the
mandate,
but
we
want
to
slowly
and
methodically
bring
british
cormiers
along
and
if,
if
the
group
on
that
side,
if
the
group
on
that
side
is
so
obtuse
that
they
don't
understand
more
details
coming
on
friday
and
when
the
when,
when
those
views
come
forward
on
friday,
that's
not
good
enough
either.
We
want
to
go
now
now
now
now
hurry
up
and
wait.
That's
the
leader
of
the
official
opposition
speaker.
E
What
we
have
been
doing
for
the
past
14
months
is
listening
to
british
columbians.
We've
been
listening
to
public
health
officials
as
we
lay
out
a
plan
to
get
all
of
us
together
through
this
now.
I
appreciate
that
must
be
very
vexing
for
those
in
a
diminished
size
on
the
other
side
of
the
legislature.
So
we
on
this
side
are
focusing
on
people
making
sure
they're
safe
and
we'll
never
apologize
for.
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
So
here
is
more
mess
and
confusion
from
this
premier.
A
week
ago,
the
premier
and
noms,
I
quote,
we
have
been
working
to
reduce,
in
fact
to
eliminate
hotel
and
campground
bookings
from
people
outside
a
particular
area.
End
quote:
tyson
thomason
manager,
qp
for
windshield
park
in
the
fraser
hill
region,
took
the
premier
at
his
wood
and
canceled
dozens
of
bookings
of
people
in
vancouver.
F
A
A
By
doing
the
right
thing
by
making
sure
that
people
that
are
coming
to
visit
his
business,
his
community
are
local
that
they're
not
traveling
from
out
of
out
of
the
health
zones
that
have
been
announced
that
they
weren't
traveling
from
out
of
province.
That
business
owner
should
be
applauded.
A
Today
we
were
announced
75
million
dollars
additional
dollars
to
support
businesses,
and
part
of
that
is
dollars
that
are
available
for
hotels,
resorts
businesses
that
the
member
I
just
mentioned
that
are
doing
the
right
thing
that
are
ensuring
that
people
from
outside
their
jurisdiction
don't
come
so
where
the
dollars
are
available
for
them,
so
that
they
have
the
support
to
offset
some
of
the
costs
that
they
would
have
incurred
by
that.
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I'm
afraid
the
minister
hasn't
really
responded
to
the
question.
I
guess
we
need
the
premier
to
respond
to
that.
So
on
friday
the
minister
of
public
safety
said,
I
quote,
the
tourism
sector
is
cancelling
reservations
from
out
of
area
people
that's
taking
place.
End
quote
the
very
next
day
brian
pilberm
of
the
bc
hotel
association
said,
and
I
quote
originally
we
are
asked
that
we
would
be
calling
people
and
cancelling
their
reservation.
F
A
We're
grateful
for
them
to
step
up
and
say
you
know
what
we're
going
to
take
proactive
action
to
work
with
the
minister
of
tourism,
arts
and
culture
to
work
with
the
solicitor
general
to
ensure
that
their
members
are
following
the
rules
and
in
many
cases,
as
the
members
mentioned,
cancelling
all
their
bookings.
We
know
that
comes
with
a
financial
impact
on
the
world
speaker.
We
respect
that.
That's
why
we
announced
the
additional
25
25
000
after
twenty
thousand
dollars
for
hotels
that
have
stepped
up
to
take
this
action
to
keep
our
communities
safe.
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
British
columbia
has
a
stockpile
of
2.7
million
rapid
tests.
Those
tests
produce
results
in
30
minutes
out
of
those
tests,
we've
used
twenty
four
thousand.
It's
less
than
one
percent
in
this
period
is
critical.
As
this
third
wave
with
multiple
variants
of
concern
spreading
like
wildfire
around
the
province,
we've
only
used
one
percent
of
the
rapid
tests
available
to
us.
My
question
almost
speaker
is
to
the
minister
of
health.
H
Well,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
to
the
member
for
his
question.
Our
our
policy
with
respect
to
rapid
testing
has
been
determined
by
the
public
health
experts.
We
use
to
guide
this
policy
when
we
receive
rapid
tests
originally
from
the
federal
government
in
november.
We
move
to
have
them
validated,
because
the
federal
government
doesn't
have
the
ability
to
do
that.
We
did
more
than
40
pilot
projects
and
then
we
established
a
policy
for
their
use.
G
G
We
see
the
prime
minister
standing,
I
think,
in
front
of
canadians
just
a
week
and
a
half
ago,
or
so
talking
about
the
need
to
use
rapid
tests
in
ontario.
So
we
have
a
the
the
prime
minister
of
this
country
extolling
the
benefits
of
rapid
tests.
We
see
in
the
united
kingdom
that
they're
offering
twice
weekly
rapid
tests
and
they've
identified
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
covet
19
cases
through
the
use
of
these
rapid
tests.
G
In
fact,
the
uk
government
is
framing
the
rapid
test
as
an
essential
element
to
their
response
to
coven
19
and
the
eventual
re
complete
reopening
of
their
of
their
country
and
of
their
economy.
We
have
2.7
million
rapid
tests
at
our
disposal
is
governments
sitting
on
them.
These
tests
have
been
arriving
since
october,
as
the
minister
responded,
according
to
our
federal
government,
and
yet
only
13
of
those
tests
have
been
distributed
and
only
one
percent
of
those
tests,
mr
speaker,
have
been
used.
My
question
honorable
speaker
is
again
to
the
minister
of
health.
G
H
Honorable
speaker
there's
a
lot
to
unpack
there,
but
I
would
say
this
that,
over
the
over
the
past
over
the
past
year,
our
policy
with
respect
to
specific
issues
such
as
testing
has
been
guided
by
public
health.
I
appreciate
the
advice
of
the
prime
minister,
but
I
appreciate
even
more
the
advice
of
the
epidemiologists
of
the
bc
center
for
disease
control.
H
I
would
further
say
honorable
speaker
that
the
test
that
the
member
refers
to
in
the
united
kingdom
home-based
tests
are
not
licensed
in
canada
as
of
yet
finally,
I'd
say
this:
that
rapid
testing
is
will
and
is
playing
a
role.
The
member
wants
to
know
where
the
policy
is
the
policy
was
delivered
provided
to
him
on
march,
the
4th
of
this
year.
It's
clearly
on
public
view.
It's
been
guided
by
public
health
direction
and
I
think
it's
the
right
approach.
I
I
British
columbians
frankly
have
no
idea
what
the
premier
was
talking
about
and
neither
do
the
police
brian
solvay,
president
of
the
national
police
federation,
says,
and
I
quote,
we
are
opposed
to
this
proposal
as
there
is
a
risk
of
public
backlash.
Legal
ambiguity
and
risk
of
exposure
and
possible
infection
due
to
the
continuing,
slow
immunization
rollout
for
police.
End
quote
so.
My
question
to
the
premier
is
this:
what
information
does
a
person
need
to
provide
at
a
roadblock
and
will
they
be
turned
away
if
they
can't
prove
that
they
are
traveling
for
essential
reasons?.
J
Speaker,
I
think
the
the
member
for
the
the
question
what
was
made
clear
on
friday
was
that
the
details
and
further
information
would
be
coming
out
later
this
week
in
terms
of
what
is
going
to
be
required.
What
I
can
tell
you,
what
I
can
tell
you
is
that
we
have
been
working
very
clearly.
J
We
have
been
working
very
clear
closely
with
the
police
agencies,
both
municipal
and
rcmp,
division,
on
how
the
how
the
kind
of
enforcement
would
take
place.
What
would
be
required
and
the
right
approach
to
do
that
and
what
we've
made
clear
is
we
want
to
get
it
done
right
so
to
the
police
they're
acutely
aware
of
all
the
issues.
J
When
that's
done,
then
we
will
have
an
announcement,
but
what
I
can
tell
you
right
now
is
that
enforcement
has
already
been
taking
place
and
we've
seen
how
it
works
this
weekend,
for
example,
with
the
ferries
police
were
in
attendance
when
required,
and
it
went
quite
smoothly.
There
were
a
number
of
people
turned
back.
What's
also
been
clear.
Is
that
this
isn't
about?
You
know
all
over
the
place.
This
is
about
key
checkpoints,
in
particular
in
the
hope
area,
where
the
number
one
is
the
member
quite
rightly
knows,
and
I
know
he's
driven
it.
J
I
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
I
appreciate
the
highways
geography
lesson
from
the
the
solicitor
general,
but
the
the
fact.
The
matter
is
this.
The
premier
made
this
announcement
a
week
ago,
a
week
ago
he
said
there
were
going
to
be
roadblocks.
The
solicitor
general
then
stood
in
this
house
last
thursday
and
said
just
wait.
Just
wait.
The
details
are
coming
tomorrow.
I
Solicitor
general
then
holds
his
his
press
conference
last
friday
and
the
reality
is,
we
still
don't
have
all
the
details.
Simple
things
like
if
a
ticket
is
issued
are
drivers
required
to
immediately
turn
around
and
and
go
back
home.
We're
told
that
question's
been
asked.
We're
told
that
we
have
to
wait
more
time
this
week
to
to
get
an
answer.
What
grounds
would
initiate
a
police
officer
to
pull
over
a
vehicle?
I
That's
a
pretty
simple
basic
question:
we've
we've
asked
it
and
we're
being
told
we've
got
to
wait
as
more
work
is
done
on
this.
Mr
speaker,
british
columbians
are
rightfully
confused
and
they're.
Rightfully
frustrated
and
again
this
speaks
to
a
pattern
of
the
premier
going
out
and
announcing
stuff
and
then
others
having
to
try
and
come
in
and
make
sense
of
it
for
british
columbians
ralph
kaiser's.
I
The
president
of
the
bc
police
association
said
this
and
I
quote:
it
puts
policing
in
a
very
tough
position,
and
I
say
that
because
again,
we're
not
supposed
to
be
doing
random
and
arbitrary
stops
police
checks.
But
now
the
government
is
wanting
us
to
do
it.
End
quote
so
again
to
the
premier.
Can
the
premier
tell
british
columbians
why
he
just
blurted
out
a
half-baked
idea
without
first
consulting
the
police.
J
Safety.
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
I
appreciate
the
members
question
and
I'm
glad
that
he
doesn't
need
a
geography
lesson.
I
just
hope
this
weekend
he
doesn't
need
a
speeding
reminder.
The
speeding
levels.
J
Now,
having
said
that,
honorable
speaker
look,
I
appreciate,
I
appreciate,
I
appreciate
the
members
question
and
we've
been
really
clear.
This
is
not
about
arbitrary
or
random,
stops
what
it
is
about,
what
it
is
about
and
the
prede
the
primer
also
made
it
clear,
which
is,
which
is
a
members.
C
J
I
also
said
what
the
announcement
is,
and
I
explained
that
there
would
be
details
on
the
enforcement
side
coming
out
later
this
week
and
that's
exactly
what's
going
to
happen.
We
have
been
working
very
closely
with
the
police
on
this.
The
people
who
make
the
operational
decisions
because
I'll
remind
the
member.
It's
not
the
solicitor
general
that
directs
the
operations
of
the
police.
It
is
the
police
and
they
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
going
to
do
it
right.
We
want
to
make
sure
it's
going
to
be
done
right.
J
K
Memphis,
mr
speaker,
the
the
only
thing
becoming
clear,
I'm
afraid,
is
the
reputation
that
the
the
premier
is
acquiring
steadily
acquiring
for
causing
confusion.
Look
on
on
monday.
He
said
this
three
times.
Road
checks,
he
said
will
be
random.
In
my
mind.
He
said
it's
random,
we're
going
to
be
randomly
checking
and
then
just
a
few
days
later,
on
friday,
the
solicitor
general
minister
for
public
safety
steps
forward
and
says
well
they're,
not
road
they're,
not
roadblocks,
they're,
not
road
checks
and
they're,
not
random.
E
About
premiere,
thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and
it's
good.
I
guess
I
got
the
member
between
his
testimony
to
have
the
question
today.
E
It
is
it
is.
It
is
clear
it
is
clear.
C
K
Thanks,
mr
premier
and
I'm
I'm
thrilled
to
know
that
the
premier
wasn't
offended
that
I
seated
way
at
the
commission,
so
his
attorney
general
could
give
testimony
as
well.
K
Look
people
police,
don't
seem
to
know
what
the
premier
was
talking
about.
Last
monday,
health
officials
didn't
seem
to
know
what
the
premier
was
talking
about
when
the
premier,
what
the
premier
was
talking
about
when
he
made
his
announcement
last
monday.
But
most
importantly,
mr
speaker,
british
columbians,
didn't
know
what
the
premier
was
talking
about
when
he
made
his
announcement.
We
are
in
the
third
wave
of
a
pandemic,
lives
are
at
stake
and
people's
individual
freedoms
are
being
curtailed.
K
E
Premiere.
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker.
I
demand
you
stand
up
and
give
me
an
answer.
I
demand
you
sit
down
and
not
give
any
answers.
I
think
that
I
think
that
summarizes
the
bc
liberal
opposition.
Honorable
speaker.
We
demand
to
know
something,
we're
not
sure
what
it
is,
but
we
want
to
know
it
right
now.
Unless
we
don't
like
what
we
hear
and
then
we
want
you
to
sit
down
honorable
speaker,
we
have
been
talking
about
movement
of
people
and
physical
distancing
for
14
months
in
this
province
and
across
this
country.
E
I
appeal
to
premiers
across
the
country
to
say
to
their
citizens.
Please
stay
home.
We've
been
talking
to
british
columbia's
about
staying
close
to
their
neighborhood,
staying
within
their
bubble
for
months
and
months
and
months.
The
only
people
that
are
resisting
this
good
advice
from
public
health
officials
is
the
official.
C
L
White
rock,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
I
think
the
premier
needs
to
answer
for
for
this.
When
the
government
defunded
pathways
recovery
center,
the
premier
and
his
minister
tried
to
deflect
the
blame.
Wasn't
our
call
entirely
a
decision
of
interior
health?
In
fact,
the
minister
said
the
following:
the
interior
health
authority
assures
us
that,
when
the
existing
contract
with
pathways
ends
on
may
31st,
there
will
be
no
disruption
in
service
for
people
that
are
reliant
on
it.
Well,
here's
a
problem.
L
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
The
most
unfortunate
part
of
that
question
is
that
it
spreads
misinformation.
First
of
all,
pathways
did
not
operate
any
recovery
beds
in
penticton.
B
Secondly,
interior
health
has
stood
up
just
in
the
last
two
months:
20
interior
health,
youth
treatment
beds,
part
of
our
doubling
of
youth
treatment
across
british
columbia
and
has
stood
up
27
new
adult
beds,
just
in
the
last
two
months,
funded
by
the
province
implemented
by
interior
health.
Harm
reduction
is
a
focus
of
our
government,
but
absolutely
building
more
treatment.
L
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
This
government
and
interior
health
are
opening
treatment
and
recovery
beds.
We've
opened
them
already,
27
adult
20
youth,
just
in
the
last
couple
of
months
and
just
last
week
as
part
of
our
historic
half
a
billion
dollar
investment
in
mental
health
and
addiction
services,
we
announced
another
almost
200
treatment
beds,
which
will
partly
be
funded,
which
is
part
of
our
half
a
billion
dollar
commitment
to
further
furthering
the
continuum
of
care
that
people
need
both
for
mental
health
and
addictions.
B
B
The
article
has
been
updated-
and
I
am
re-uh
reaffirmed
by
island
health
and
by
this
employee
in
particular,
that
they
agree
with
the
province
and
with
addiction
specialists
across
bc
that
we
need
to
invest
across
the
full
continuum
of
care
and
treatment
and
recovery
beds
are
an
important
part
of
that.
Thank
you.
M
Opposition
house
leader,
thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
the
confusion
lies
when
the
minister
stands
in
this
house
and
says:
hands
off.
It's
all
interior
health
authorities,
interior
health
authorities,
in
charge
of
this,
I'm
just
the
minister,
just
the
minister,
a
minister
whose
budget
has
stayed
static
this
year,
while
the
premier's
budget
for
his
office
has
gone
up
by
30
percent,
but
just
the
minister
nonetheless.
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
As
I
have
said
in
the
house
many
times,
interior
health
has
assured
me
that
there
will
be
no
loss
of
care
as
a
result
of
interior
health
choosing
not
to
renew
the
contract
or
pathways.
As
I've
said
before
in
the
house,
interior
health
assures
me
that
this
is
part
bringing
services
in-house
and
inside.
The
primary
care
system
is
intended
to
broaden
the
range
of
supports
and
broaden
the
regional
reach
of
supports.
B
They
say
it's
better
for
for
patient
care
when
they're
accessing
mental
health
and
addiction
supports,
and
that's
what
it
is,
that
we're
working
towards
as
a
province.
Building
that
continuum
of
care
and
having
people
be
able
to
access
mental
health
and
addiction
support
on
a
level
that's
equal
to
physical
care.
An
example
is
all
the
urgent
primary
care
centers
that
our
government
has
opened
across
the
province
where
people
can
get
seven
day
a
week,
immediate
access
to
mental
health
and
addiction
support.
B
In
march
in
interior
health,
we
funded
20
new
residential
treatment
and
recovery
beds
for
youth.
We
have
opened
our
funded
publicly
funded
27,
adult
treatment
and
recovery
beds
in
interior
health
and
interior
health
is
innovating
in
particular,
with
integrated
treatment
teams.
Nowhere
else
in
the
province
is
doing
this
yet
or
where
workers
go
out
and
meet
individuals
where
they're
at
where
they
can
receive
addiction,
treatment
and
recovery
treatment
where
they're
at
where
in
the
past
they
might
not
have
been
able
to
access
it.