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From YouTube: JUNE 9 2021 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
C
C
This
is
the
promise
he
made
in
2017,
and
I
quote
the
ndp's
universal
10
a
day
daycare
plan
will
provide
families
with
immediate
relief.
End
quote,
except
as
we
all
know,
that
has
not
happened.
In
fact,
bc
has
some
of
the
highest
child
care
fees
in
the
country
and
they
increased
last
year
in
richmond
and
surrey,
for
example,
fees
went
up
almost
20
10
in
2020
through
two
elections
and
many
announcements,
parents
have
not
received
what
they
were
promised.
D
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
For
many
years,
parents
in
this
province
have
been
struggling
with
high
costs
of
child
care,
including
myself
as
a
mother
with
a
young
son
trying
to
find
affordable
high
quality
care
is
very
challenging
in
most
communities
across
bc,
and
we
have
been
doing
that
work
since
2017
to
put
together
a
comprehensive
plan
over
three
dozens
of
strategies
to
figure
out.
D
We
definitely
have
more
work
to
do,
but
currently
we
are
seeing
fees
going
down
as
cut
government
continue
to
work
with
local
partners
and
providers
and
early
childhood
educators
to
bring
a
quality,
affordable
system
for
bc
families.
When
the
other
side
of
the
house,
the
bc
liberals,
have
been
voting
against
our
plan.
Every
step
of
the
way.
C
C
This
is
a
two-term
government,
that's
had
four
years
and
they
haven't
delivered
on
a
promise.
This
premier
has
made
multiple
times
and
in
fact
the
premier,
who
is
a
serial
promiser,
had
all
the
answers.
All
the
answers
here
are
the
premier's
very
own
words
we're
going
to
get
going
right
away,
implementing
10
a
day
day
care
for
infant
and
toddler
programs
in
the
first
year,
end
quote:
maybe
the
minister
would
like
to
look
up
the
date
of
that
promise,
specifically
made
in
the
first
year.
C
Here
we
are
four
years
later
places
like
vancouver,
richmond,
burnaby
and
surrey
have
amongst
the
highest
fees
in
the
country
with
toddler
fees.
The
very
group
that
this
premier
promised
that
group
of
families
that
it
would
be
ten
dollars
a
day
in
the
first
year,
well,
their
their
fees,
can
reach
almost
two
thousand
dollars
a
month
and
that's
under
this
premier
and
that
minister
so
again
to
the
premier.
Will
he
get
up
today
apologize
to
the
families
that
have
been
waiting
for
more
than
four
years
for
him
to
deliver
on
his
election
promise?.
D
E
D
Like
this,
because
they've
ignored
the
child
care
crisis
for
16
long
years,
they've
allowed
fees
to
go
up,
and
one
year
they
even
deleted
some
of
the
child
care
subsidies
that
some
families
overnight
have
seen
fee
increase
of
a
hundred
two
hundred
dollars.
They
actually
allow
child
care
costs
to
go
up
and
ignore
the
child
care
crisis.
This
is
a
long-term
plan
to
build
a
new
social
program.
We've
committed
to
the
10
a
day
plan.
That's
a
10-year
plan.
D
We
are
well
underway
to
build
a
new
social
program
and
we
have
been
bringing
relief
to
families
every
single
week
and
this
year,
I'm
proud
that
we
are
going
to
more
than
double
the
prototype
site
that
will
bring
another
27
100
families
10
a
day.
Child
care
and
many
families
are
actually
paying
no
cost
child
care
at
all,
and
I'm
going
to
be
syllable
government.
They
do
not
have
this
and
we're
proud
of
the
record.
We're
proud
of
the
work
that
we're
doing.
I'm
not
going
to
take
any
lesson
from
the
bc.
F
You,
honorable
speaker,
the
premier,
made
a
very
straightforward
promise
to
implement
10
a
day
child
care
for
toddlers
in
his
first
year.
Instead,
this
is
what
the
canadian
center
for
policy
alternatives
said.
Richmond
bc
was
among
the
five
cities
with
the
highest
toddler
fees,
with
a
median
toddler
space
costing
thirteen
hundred
dollars.
D
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
I
need
to
correct
the
members
statement.
We
are
delivering
10
a
day:
child
care
and
affordable
child
care
to
10
thousands
of
families
who
are
benefiting
from
our
fee
reduction
program.
That's
not
income
tested
up
to
350
dollar
reduction
in
their
fees
for
the
first
time
in
bc,
history,
with
90
of
providers
joining
this
program,
we
are
delivering
affordable
child
care
benefit
to
eliminate
fees,
to
bring
fees
down
to
10
a
day
15
a
day
for
thousands
and
thousands
of
bc
families.
D
We
also
have
the
universal
child
care
prototype
site,
that's
already
bringing
tons
of
10
a
day
to
infant
taller
spaces,
three
to
five
spaces
and
all
the
variety
of
partners
that
we've
been
partnering
with,
and
if
the
opposition
member
doesn't
want
to
hear
from
families.
Let
me
tell
you-
and
this
is
I
quote-
from
an
immigrant
nada
who
shared
dear
premier.
I
am
writing
to
commend
your
government
for
taking
bold
actions
to
address
the
child
care
chaos
across
bc.
D
F
You,
mr
speaker,
I'm
not
sure
that
the
minister
understands
the
word
universal.
It
is
not
for
the
prototype
sites.
There
are
about
2500
prototype
pilot
sites
that
have
been
operating.
That
is
not
universal
child
care.
Universal
10
a
day
day
care
the
premier
promised
to
quote
create
22
000
new
spaces
by
the
third
year
of
the
program.
F
End
quote
that
is
create.
It
is
not
fun,
it
is
create,
but
he's
barely
opened
just
six
thousand
after
four
years
he
promised
ten
dollars
a
day
daycare
for
toddlers
in
the
first
year,
but
parents
are
paying
thousands
of
dollars
in
fees.
There
is
no
plan
for
the
premier
to
keep
his
word,
no
money
in
the
budget
to
actually
deliver
and
no
timelines
for
making
it
happen.
So
when
will
the
premier
deliver
on
his
10
a
day
daycare
promise.
D
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
I
understand
again
the
bc
liberals
have
no
experience
to
create
a
new
social
program.
They
have
no
idea
how
much
work
it
takes
to
build
a
new
universal,
inclusive,
early
learning
and
care
program
for
bc.
Families
we're
proud
that
we've
started
the
work
in
2017
we
pulled
together
the
childcare
bc
plan
to
lower
parent
fees,
accelerate
the
creation
of
spaces
and
also
to
support
the
workforce.
D
You
cannot
build
a
new
social
program
without
supporting
the
workforce
that
struggled
for
many
years
under
the
former
bc
liberal
government,
some
educators
even
had
their
wage
top
up
taken
away
from
the
bc
liberals
and
that
caused
some
centers
to
be
forced
to
be
close,
losing
their
staff
overnight
and
that's
the
be
syllables
record.
Our
record
is
to
continue
to
bring
affordable
child
care
to
bc
families.
We
are
proud
of
our
space
creation
program.
B
D
E
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
I'm
glad
to
hear
the
premier
will
today
be
finally
responding
to
the
deferrals
announced
by
the
pachidat.
Did
it
and
hawaii
at
first
nations
in
ferry
creek,
in
the
absence
of
leadership
from
this
government,
these
three
nations
have
stepped
forward
with
deferrals
on
all
growth
logging
in
their
territories,
very
amusing
to
the
members
of
government.
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
member
for
the
for
the
question.
I
I
just
need
to
clarify
some
of
the
mis
information
that
she
has
shared.
The
old
growth
strategic
review
was
very
clear
that
we
needed
the
government
needed
to
engage
in
those
really
critically
important
government-to-government
discussions
with
indigenous
nations
and
that's
what
we
have
been
doing.
G
That's
what
we
have
been
doing
with
nations
across
the
province
and
that's
what
we
have
been
doing
with
the
the
pachidad
with
the
hawaii,
with
the
did
a
dat
to
ensure
because
it
as
we
have
been
saying
this
is
not
about
the
government
making
deferrals.
This
is
about
working
in
collaboration
with
indigenous
nations.
G
This
is
about
making
sure
that
when
we,
when
we
know
that
there's
old
growth
areas
that
that
potentially
should
be
deferred,
we
have
those
really
important
conversations
to
ensure
that
that
is
the
wishes
of
the
people
that
have
the
rights
entitled
to
that
land.
The
the
nations
whose
traditional
territory
it
sits
on.
G
So
we
have
been
doing
that
work
and
I
can
assure
the
minister,
the
member
that
we
will
be
making
announcements
soon,
and
I
am
very
happy
that
that
and
I'm
not
happy,
I'm
thrilled
that
we
were
able
to
have
those
really
difficult
conversations
over
the
over
months
with
with
many
different
people,
because
we
have
arrived
at
a
place
where
we
know
that
the
nations,
as
the
member
has
has
said
that
these
nations
have
said
they
would
like
these
areas
deferred.
Because
that's
what
the
process
is
about.
That's
how
this
should
work.
G
E
E
Earlier
this
session,
we
shared
statements
from
just
a
few
of
the
indigenous
leaders
calling
for
an
end
to
old
growth
logging
in
their
territories
directly
with
this
minister
and
premier.
Yet
nothing
has
changed.
Logging
continues
without
their
consent,
despite
this
government's
stated
promises
to
reconciliation
david
knox,
the
hereditary
chief
of
the
quakatool
was
on
cbc
just
this
week
talking
about
how
his
nation
has
called
on
the
premier
for
years
to
stop
old
growth
logging
in
their
territory,
and
they
continue
to
be
ignored.
E
E
G
We
have
already
started
that
work,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
the
member
knows
that
and-
and
the
member
is
also
right-
we
can't
pick
and
choose
when
it
comes
to
reconciliation,
how
we
feel
about
a
nation's
wishes
about
a
nation's
wants,
and
we
all
have
to
respect
that
and
we
all
have
to
work
with
those
nations
and-
and
I
too
would
like
to
quote
some
of
the
chiefs
and-
and-
and
one
thing
I
want
to
say-
is
that
I
you
know
the
the
the
counselor
chief
counselor
robert
dennis.
G
He
said
that
it
is
our
responsibility
to
take
care
of
our
land
for
future
generations.
We
are
the
decision
makers
and
he
goes
on
to
say
we
follow
the
guidance
of
our
elders
and
citizens
to
make
the
decisions
we
think
are
right.
We
are
asking
others
to
respect
that
process
and
follow
our
direction
on
our
territory.
Our
citizens
have
a
constitutionally
protected
right
to
manage
and
benefit
from
our
lands,
our
waters
and
resources,
and
so,
mr
speaker,
I
hope
that
people
will
respect
the
wishes
of
indigenous
nations.
G
I
hope
that
people
will
respect
the
words
of
the
chiefs,
who
have
said
please
work
with
us.
Please
respect
our
wishes
because
we
are
moving
forward
on
what
is
happening
with
old
growth
in
this
province.
We
are
moving
forward
because
we
know
that
we
need
to
implement
all
14
recommendations
from
the
old
growth
report.
We
know
that
we
are
committed
to
the
number
one
recommendation
of
ensuring
that
we
have
those
important
government-to-government
discussions
with
indigenous
nations
and
we
are
doing
this
right.
We
are
not
rushing
this.
H
H
H
I
the
increase
in
resources
to
the
bc
emergency
health
services,
the
rate
of
increase
two
and
a
half
times
would
have
been
put
in
place
by
the
previous
government
in
the
previous
four-year
period.
Honorable
speaker
is
an
indication
of
that
commitment,
the
283
positions
that
have
been
added
since
then.
The
collective
agreement
negotiated
with
qpp
local
873,
which
has
increased
the
number
of
permanent
positions
and
continue
to
do
so.
I
Paramedics
continue
to
support
them
as
they
address
the
extraordinary
challenges
ahead
of
them
and
continue
to
deliver
a
high
level
of
service
that
will
need
to
be
challenging
and
that's
why
we're
doing
what
we're
doing?
Adding
ambulance
paramedics,
adding
cars,
adding
resources
to
rural
communities
and
continuing
to
do
so
consistent
with
a
collective
agreement
that
we
negotiate
with
our
ambulance
paramedics
to
improve
service
in
every
part
of
british
columbia.
H
Well,
while
we're
hearing
about
these
amazing
things
from
the
minister,
someone
is
actually
calling
911
and
believing
that
help
is
going
to
arrive
and
arrive
in
a
timely
fashion,
and
it's
not
arriving
you
see
when
you're
lying
on
the
ground
with
a
broken
hip.
Nobody
cares
who's
in
government,
they
care
about
the
the
service
that
they
receive
and
here's
the
thing
the
people
on
the
ground.
The
people
who
are
doing
their
best
to
help
british
columbians
in
need
have
a
very
different
perspective
than
the
ministers.
H
H
We
have
calls
holding
four
hours
hours
and
we
just
can't
get
there
end
quote:
here's
a
paramedic
who
knows
the
delays,
aren't
a
blip
and
have
life
and
death
consequences,
and
I
quote:
people
are
dying,
that's
the
long
and
short
of
it
that
people
are
dying
and
we're
just
not
sure
who
has
to
die
for
it
to
change
end
quote
so
again
to
the
premier.
Will
he
take
responsibility
and
fix
this
crisis
with
the
ambulance
system.
I
Speaker,
that
is
precisely
what
we're
doing,
and
it's
precisely
because
it's
so
important
to
people
that
we
added
resources
during
colbit
19
for
rural
and
remote
communities,
in
particular
air
ambulance,
resources,
helicopter
resources,
resources
on
the
ground
to
improve
wait
times
is
why,
since
2017
for
the
most
serious
of
calls
wait
times
have
come
down
in
a
very
challenging
time,
but
I
appreciate
every
day
the
work
of
our
ambulance
paramedics,
I
celebrate
it.
I
recognize
it.
I
admire
it
and
I
support
it
by
providing
the
resources
necessary.
I
The
member
will
know
that
in
one
fiscal
year
the
previous
government
provided
a
0.6
actual
lift
to
the
ambulance
service
and
naturally
that
left
challenges.
I
am
not
saying
honorable
speaker
that
everything
the
previous
government
did
was
bad.
Minister
george
abbott,
for
example,
established
the
community
paramedicine
program
program
that
I
have
dramatically
increased
since
I've
become
minister
of
health.
Congratulations,
but
I
am
saying
that
providing
a
two
and
a
half
times
rate
of
increase
in
resources.
The
ambulance
service
demonstrates
the
premier's
commitment
to
our
ambulance
paramedics
and
is
consistent
with
the
commitments
we've
made.
I
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well
with
all
due
respect
to
the
minister
of
health,
when
someone
is
in
pain
when
they're
desperate
for
medical
attention,
they
really
don't
care
in
that
moment
which
government
did
what,
when
and
where
they
don't
care
about
partisan
politics.
A
A
I
The
member
will
know
that
we
review
every
case
where
there's
deficient
deficiencies
in
health
services,
and
he
will
know
that
this
is
what
inspires
us
inspires
us
to
give
ambulance
paramedics,
their
full
bargaining
rights
back,
inspired
us
to
work
with
them
to
increase
the
number
of
ambulance
paramedics
positions
since
fall,
283
100,
283,
full-time
positions
established
it's
for
this
very
reason:
to
give
our
ambulance
paramedics
support
on
the
ground
to
do
the
work
that
we
all
need
them
to
do.
Remember
it's
absolutely
right!
I
It's
something
that
we've
said
consistently
something
that
the
premier
said-
and
I
said
at
the
moment
when
you
need
an
ambulance.
That
service
is
the
most
important
service.
A
government
can
provide-
and
it's
important
that
it's
there.
So
we
recognize
when
there
are
extraordinary
challenges
and
events
happen
that
we
have
to
address
those.
But
I
also
would
say
this.
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well
indeed,
first
responders
are
saying
the
resources
that
they
have
is
not
enough.
Today,
dispatchers
are
saying
they
see
it
every
single
day.
There
aren't
enough
resources
in
the
system
and,
of
course,
british
columbians
who
have
to
suffer
a
horrific
experience
like
this
or
see
their
loved
one
go
through.
This
are
saying
that
there
is
not
enough
resources
in
the
system,
so
much
more.
That
needs
to
be
done.
A
A
The
system
isn't
working,
troy
clifford,
president
of
the
ambulance,
paramedics
of
bc,
says
long
wait
times
for
people
in
emergency
situations
are
becoming
more
common,
and
I
quote
we're
seeing
that
more
and
more
where
people
are
waiting
for
ambulances
for
extended
periods
of
time,
and
especially
in
public
places
like
that.
That
can
be
a
real
challenge.
A
It
really
is
becoming,
sadly
a
norm.
End
quote
when
you're
crying
out
in
pain
when
your
life
is
at
risk.
You
don't
want
to
hear
anyone
say
that
this
is
a
blip
in
the
system
and
that
it
doesn't
happen
that
often
it
has
happened
happening
increasingly
to
far
too
many
british
columbians
so
again
to
the
premier.
I
Honorable
speaker,
I
hesitate
to
even
use
the
term
blip
because
I
don't
believe
it's
ever
come
from
me.
It's
only
been
used
by
the
opposition.
I
think,
given
the
seriousness
of
the
issues,
that
that
kind
of
tactic
isn't
isn't
up
to
the
level
of
what
we
should
expect
in
this
debate
in
this
discussion,
what
we've
tried
to
do
and
what
we
have
done,
the
increase
in
the
support,
the
resources
for
the
ambulance
service.
Since
I
beat
him,
minister
of
health
and
average
7.96
significantly.
I
We
are
in
the
midst
of
two
public
health
emergencies,
and
this
has
put
qualitatively
not
just
quantitatively
in
terms
of
the
number
of
calls
received
by
ambulance
paramedics
who
qualitatively
presented
extraordinary
challenges
to
ambulance
paramedics
on
the
ground,
and
I
have,
and
our
task
is
to
provide
them
with
the
support
they
need
to
continue
to
do
their
work
and
to
recover
when
they
deal
with
challenges,
two
to
provide
more
cars
and
more
resources,
and
we're
doing
that
and
we're
continuing
to
do
that.
I
think
that's
the
way.
I
As
legislators
we
can
respond
by
providing
the
resources
necessary.
The
member
may
say
that
the
source
resources
are
insufficient,
but
they
are
the
rate
of
increase
two
and
a
half
times
what
it
is
under
the
level
of
the
previous
government.
We
have
to
continue
to
provide
this
investment
because
the
challenge
is
facing
our
ambulance
system,
our
first
responders
out.
There
are
real
and,
of
course,
we
think
every
day,
and
I
know
they
think
bc.
I
J
Thanks
honorable
speaker,
well,
well,
here's
the
problem,
the
government,
the
premier,
the
minister,
need
to
acknowledge
and
then
address
the
situation's
getting
worse,
not
better.
These
horror
stories
are
occurring
with
greater
regularity,
not
less
regularity.
Mr
speaker,
these
are
real
people,
they
are
in
real
distress
and
they
need
some
real
action
to
make
the
situation
better.
J
For
an
ambulance
to
attend
and
one
woman
elsewhere
with
a
pancreatic
attack,
I'm
told
who
has
waited
over
nine
hours
nine
hours
for
an
ambulance
to
attend.
I
I
Do
we
need
to
do
more?
Of
course
we
do
and
we're
working
to
do
that
every
day,
continuing
to
hire
people
through
this
fall
consistent
with
a
collective
agreement
that
we
jointly
put
together
with
our
ambulance,
paramedics,
designed
to
improve
the
quality
of
work
and
the
quality
of
service
we
give
to
people
across
bc.
This
is
a
problem
that
we
have
been
working
on
with
dedication
with
commitment
and
are
going
to
continue
to
do
so
because
we
believe
in
the
importance
of
the
ambulance
service.