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From YouTube: MAY 12 2021 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
A
This
is
what
a
teacher
in
new
hazelton
has
to
say,
and
I
quote
it's
hard
to
learn
when
you're
hungry
and
our
students
are
better
able
to
concentrate
and
learn
when
their
tummy
is
not
the
principal
issue
on
their
minds.
End
quote,
so.
Will
the
premier
today
do
the
right
thing
and
reinstate
funding
for
this
absolutely
important
program
that
his
minister
was
so
rightly
proud
of
yesterday?
Will
he
do
that
immediately.
C
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
and
thank
you
to
the
official
opposition
for
bringing
this
topic
up
again.
It's
a
great
day
when
agriculture
makes
its
way
into
the
legislative
chamber,
I
would
like
to
say
that
we
are
really
proud
of
that
program.
It
does
a
lot
of
great
work
in
british
columbia.
C
I
have
to
say
that
the
request
for
the
funding
came
in
this
year
and
the
association
had
provided
two
options
for
funding
that
had
to
be
looked
at
in
the
context
of
the
implications
that
the
pandemic
has
had
on
the
program,
and
I
am
happy
to
say
that
the
consideration
is
it's
under
active
consideration
by
the
minister
of
health,
but
I
have
often
expressed
my
support
for
this
program,
and
I
know
the
minister
of
health
also
supports
it.
I
think
we
should
have
some
news
soon.
A
Well,
thank
you
very
much
and
while
the
I'm
sure
that
british
columbians
are
happy
to
hear
the
minister
of
agriculture
supports
a
fantastic
program
like
this.
What
they
want
to
hear
from
the
minister
of
agriculture
is
a
yes
and
that
the
money's
going
to
get
out
the
door
since
it's
already
past
the
deadline.
A
Yesterday
the
minister
said
in
her
glowing
reviews
we
will
be
looking
at
ways
to
support
this
type
of
program.
End
quote,
so
it
seems
pretty
clear
that
the
premier
doesn't
intend
to
keep
the
existing
program.
This
is
a
program
run
in
british
columbia
by
4,
000
volunteers.
A
It
has
the
support
of
teachers
and
parents
across
constituencies,
including
stakin.
Let
me
share
this
quote
with
the
premier.
The
gettnyau
school
is
heavily
in
support
of
the
bc
school
fruit
and
vegetable
nutritional
program,
and
we
hope
to
see
it
fully
funded
for
years
to
come.
End
quote
well.
Instead
of
funding
vegetables
for
students,
the
premier
gave
his
office
a
4
million
dollar
raise,
which
is
more
than
the
cost
of
this
program.
A
So
yesterday
the
minister
implied
that
there
would
be
discussion,
and
today
she
confirmed
that
it
is
time
for
the
minister
to
stop
with
the
glowing
recommendations
and
actually
do
something
pretty
straightforward,
say:
yes,
reinstate
the
funding
for
the
program
and
do
it
today.
Will
the
premier
stand
up
and
do
that
today.
C
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
thanks
again
for
the
enthusiastic
question,
it's
hard
not
to
be
glowing
about
products
that
get
rolling
in
our
province
and
distributed
in
every
region,
including
into
the
school
system.
As
I
said,
there
is
currently
they
are
in
analyzing
the
request,
but
I
did
say
that
we're
looking
at
ways
of
supporting
many
programs.
This
is
just
one
program
that
is
run
by
volunteers.
C
That
brings
the
topic
of
agriculture
right
into
the
heart
of
classrooms,
they're
all
run
by
incredible
volunteers
like
teachers
and
parents
and
students,
and
so
as
we
look
at
this
request.
We're
also
considering
other
other
programs
that
we
can
take
on.
I'm
really
excited
to
be
able
to
have
the
opportunity
to
work
with
the
minister
of
education
as
we
look
at
other
options
as
well.
So,
as
I
said,
it's
under
active
consideration
and
I
think
we'll
have
some
good
news
soon.
D
Well,
thanks
honorable
speaker,
the
minister
conveniently
overlooks
the
fact
that
the
society
was
told
no,
they
weren't
told
it
was
under
active
consideration.
They
were
told
no
there's
no
funding
this
year.
I
I
actually
don't.
I
don't
understand
it.
D
I
mean:
is
the
government
out
looking
to
create
problems?
It's
working,
mr
speaker,
and
you
know
what
occurred
to
me.
Why
we're
asking
this
question
yesterday
and
today
is
because,
when
the
society
made
their
application
in
february
again
in
march
and
in
april,
and
in
may
no
one
in
the
government
stood
up
to
defend
the
children
that
they
are
feeding.
D
Not
the
minister
of
education,
not
the
minister
of
health,
not
the
minister
of
agriculture,
not
the
minister
of
children
and
families
and
the
premier.
Well,
we
know
what
the
premier
had
already
decided.
He
was
going
to
take
the
four
million
dollars
and
hire
some
spin
doctors
for
his
own
office.
Mr
speaker
members,
a
former
premier
friend
of
the
premiers,
I
I
think
I
believe
dan
miller
once
taught
me
told
me
he
said
when
you're
in
government,
you
got
to
know
when
to
hold
them
and
know
when
to
fold
them.
D
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Thank
you
to
the
member
again
for
a
very
enthusiastic
question.
The
member
doesn't
have
to
convince
me
about
the
value
of
this
program,
nor
does
he
have
to
convince
our
government.
We
support
programs
like
this.
This
is
a
excellent
program
that
gets
fruit
and
vegetables
into
classrooms
around
the
province.
C
I
have
to
say,
though,
that
obviously
this
has
been
a
different
year
when
the
association
came
forward
with
its
request,
it
offered
two
different
options.
Those
options
are
being
analyzed.
We
do
know
that
there's
still
one
million
dollars
left
from
last
year
that
they
have
so
all
of
that
information
is
being
looked
at
and
we
should
have
some
news
soon.
D
Speaker,
the
the
minister
pretends
pretends
that
the
government
didn't
say
to
the
society:
there's
no
money.
She
knows
what
the
budget
for
this
program
is.
She
knows
that
it
costs
between
three
and
four
million
dollars
and
that
translates
into
80
cents
per
child
per
month
across
british
columbia.
She
didn't
say
to
the
society
we're
thinking
about
it,
and
we
want
to
talk
to
you
about
some
refinements.
D
The
government
said
no,
and
the
government
knew
that
may
10
was
a
hard
deadline
when
the
society
has
to
say
to
their
suppliers.
We
no
longer
are
able
to
take
your
products.
We
are
no
longer
able
to
distribute
them
to
children
right
across
british
columbia.
The
minister
and
the
government
are
being
way
too
cute.
Mr
speaker,
this
is
hardly
the
hardest
decision
for
a
government
to
make
at
this
time.
Will
the
minister
will
the
premier
stand
up?
E
E
E
E
What
we
should
be
doing
is
setting
up
a
proactive
mental
health
care
system
that
ensures
everyone
can
get
the
help
when
they
need
it.
What
is
needed
is
a
culturally
appropriate
youth,
specific
youth-friendly,
voluntary
detox,
intensive
care
management,
day
treatment
and
community
residential
treatment
system.
My
question
is
to
the
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions.
F
Premier,
thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
I
I
appreciate
the
position
of
the
member,
but
I
profoundly
disagree
with
it.
Judy
darcy,
the
first
ever
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions
in
this
country,
worked
tirelessly
with
all
corners
of
this
house.
Jane
thornthwaite,
former
member
from
north
vancouver
seymour
former
chair
of
the
children
and
youth
committee,
worked
collaboratively
to
bring
forward
something
for
the
green
party.
Perfection
is
always
the
enemy
of
progress.
F
E
Well,
it
reminds
me
of
last
summer
conversation
that
we
had
bill
22
faced
strong
opposition,
and
yet
it
was
politicized.
It
was
the
bc
greens,
just
as
we
saw
here
today.
The
bc
greens
were
the
ones
that
were
standing
up
against
this
bill.
The
bc
greens
and,
as
I
said
to
the
premier
in
his
office,
we're
only
raising
the
significant
concerns
of
a
wide
variety
of
stakeholders
that
were
speaking
out
against
bill
22,
but
yet
only
the
bc.
E
F
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and,
and
I
was
a
12
year
old
drug
user,
and
I
wasn't
reading
statutes
at
the
time.
I
don't
think
that
anyone
who's
using
drugs
as
a
youth
is
concerned
about
the
debates
in
this
legislature.
I
don't
think
the
parents
of
children
using
drugs
are
particularly
concerned
about
the
debates
in
this
legislature.
They
want
all
of
us
to
get
our
act
together
and
protect
young
people.
The
direction
to
the
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions
is
to
consult,
and
she
has
been
doing
that.
F
Premiere,
thank
you
speaker
and,
as
I
said
to
an
earlier
question
in
this
regard,
we
have
been
following
the
direction
of
public
health
officials
in
the
bc
center
for
disease
control.
We've
been
doing
that
from
the
beginning
to
good
effect.
Here's
some
data
for
the
member
today,
2.16
million
british
columbians,
have
received
the
first
dose
of
vaccine
over
over
50
percent
of
british
columbians
eligible
have
had
their
first
dose.
That's
positive
news
for
the
future.
I
stand
behind
dr
henry.
F
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
I
won't
quote
the
pho,
but
I
will
quote
the
premier,
because
last
year
he
told
british
columbians,
and
I
quote,
children
are
not
transmitters
of
kovid
end
quote,
but
the
leaked
data
from
fraser
health
clearly
shows
that
student-to-student
transmission
is
the
greatest
concern
and
occurred
in
the
majority
of
identified
cases.
H
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
The
member
will
know
on
april
15th
because
her
caucus
received
a
detailed
briefing
about
this,
as
did
the
green
party
caucus
and
many
other
people
that
dr
bonnie
henry
presented
on
april.
15Th
modeling
dot,
dot
data
with
respect
to
to
school
cases,
both
in
fraser
health
for
the
period
in
2021,
in
vancouver
coastal
health
for
the
period
in
2020,
subsequently,
fraser
health
provided
that
data
to
superintendents
and
posted
it
publicly
on.
I
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
another
day.
Another
leak,
the
premier
buried
a
report
on
covid
19
and
long-term
care
homes
and
called
an
election
frontline
workers
at
the
bc
cdc
felt
they
had
to
leak
the
information
last
week,
and
now
it's
happened
again
with
fraser
health
school
data.
The
leaked
data
shows
that
surrey
had
the
highest
number
of
coveted
outbreaks
at
schools
and
also
had
the
highest
number
of
variants
of
concern.
I
H
The
provincial
health
officer
on
april,
the
15th
provided
a
briefing
to
people
across
british
columbia.
It
was
done
on
provincial
television
and
it
was
made
available
to
everyone.
The
member
talks
about
previous
reports
and,
frankly,
a
report
that
was
concluded
after
the
election
could
not
have
been
provided
before
the
election.
So
with
great
respect,
I
think
that
what's
important
right
now
is
that
we
focus
on
what
fraser
health
is
focusing
on,
which
is
immunizing
people
in
surrey
and
dealing
with
issues
of
transmission.
H
The
extraordinary
effort
that's
been
made
just
in
the
last
week,
never
mind
over
the
period
of
the
pandemic
by
healthcare
workers
and
staff
and
fraser
health
is
something
to
be
recognized
today.
People
across
bc,
over
50
percent
of
adults
across
bc,
will
have
been
immunized
by
the
by
were
immunized
by
the
end
of
day
yesterday,
and
that
includes
in
both
local
health
areas
in
surrey.
There
are
efforts
across
the
community
health
service
area
in
sincert
to
especially
hot
spots,
to
raise
levels
of
immunization.
That's
precisely
what
we're
doing
and
we're
doing
it.
H
Working
with
mlas
on
all
sides
of
the
house,
working
with
community
groups
working
with
gurdwaras
working
with
mosque
working
with
everyone
across
the
community
and
those
efforts,
those
efforts
that
have
registered
a
half
a
million
people
in
nine
days
have
been
led
by
the
premier
and
those
are
the
right
efforts
for
us
to
do
right.
Now.
People
need
to
get
registered,
they
need
to
get
vaccinated
and
all
of
us
need
to
follow.
Provincial
health
guidance
and
orders.
I
Well,
government
is
certainly
playing
catch-up
on
surrey.
This
leaked
data
also
showed
that
surrey
had
the
most
significant
burden
of
school
exposure
notifications
in
isolation
orders
and
what
did
the
premier
give
them?
Pop-Up
clinics
and
a
hunger
games
vaccination
plan
parents
want
to
know
that
their
kids
will
be
safe
at
school,
and
they
need
transparency
from
this
premier
in
this
government.
As
terry
mooring
says,
the
leak
shows
quote
the
opposite
of
what
we
were
told.
H
Honorable
speaker,
the
provincial
health
officer
and
our
public
health
officials
in
both
anchor
coastal
and
fraser
health,
have
done
extensive
work
and
the
public
was
briefed
on
that
work
and
further
details
were
provided
to
superintendents
and
posted
publicly
earlier
this
week.
The
situation
insert
and
we
present
data
around
fraser
health
every
single
day.
It
shows
that
since
since
last
year,
in
the
middle
of
last
year,
fraser
health
overtook
vancouver
coastal
health
as
the
center
of
the
pandemic
in
terms
of
cases,
and
that
case
has
been
made
and
demonstrated
in
data
throughout
that
time.
H
Over
the
last
week,
people
in
the
hundreds
of
thousands
in
fraser
health
have
been
immunized,
and
the
reason
is
that
we
have
an
extraordinary
team
of
people,
and
now
we
have
this
supply
of
vaccine
and
those
efforts
are
going
to
continue.
Syria
is
obviously
amongst
large
communities
in
british
columbia,
our
top
priority,
and
that
is
reflected
in
our
actions
in
what
has
occurred
in
this
time,
and
I
I
appreciate
the
support
of
the
honorable
member
for
those
efforts.
I
know
she
does,
and
I
know
that
members
on
all
sides
of
the
house
support
them.
J
J
K
K
I
would
say
that,
with
respect
to
the
information
that
has
been
provided,
both
in
vancouver
coastal
health
as
a
result
of
their
analysis
done
with
respect
to
in-school
transmission
and
the
information
done
by
the
fraser
health
authority,
both
studies,
which
were
presented
to
the
public
in
in
the
april
15th
modeling
update
by
dr
henry
that
information
has
has
demonstrated
in
fact
that
our
school
safety
plans
are
working.
K
We
know
that
in
the
case
of
fraser,
where
we
have
seven
in
surrey,
rather
in
particular,
we
have
77
000
students
attending
school
in
surrey.
We
have
10
000
staff
working
across
that
health
authority,
and
we
know
that
across
that
that
district,
one
percent
of
the
population,
the
in-school
population
tested
positive
and
the
really
good
news
coming
out
of
that
study
is
that
87
of
covet
cases
that
showed
up
in
school
in
fact
were
acquired
elsewhere.
K
K
What
that
really
important
work
that
our
health
authorities
have
done
demonstrates
is
that,
in
fact,
our
safety
plans
are
working
and
they're
working
because
of
the
extraordinary
efforts
of
teachers
and
educational
assistants
and
custodians
and
principals
and
superintendents
and,
of
course,
kids
themselves,
who
are
all
in
working
hard
to
ensure
that
we're
keeping
our
schools
safe
so
that
kids
can
continue
to
learn
in
school.
Thank
you.
J
J
K
K
With
respect
to
keeping
kids
safe,
I
can
tell
you
that
we
work
every
single
day
with
our
partners
in
the
education
system
and
also
with
our
partners
in
the
bccdc
with
medical
school
health
officials
in
the
in
the
health
authorities
and
those
those
individuals
are
working
together
at
our
provincial
steering
committee,
where
in
fact,
we
met
that
in
fact
met
earlier
this
week
and
reviewed
the
information
that
had
come
out
of
fraser
people
in
leadership.
K
Positions
in
the
education
system
have
direct
access
to
our
public
health
officials,
and
our
response
across
all
health
authorities
is
led,
in
fact,
by
public
health,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
Work
continue
to
communicate,
continue
to
work
across
all
sides,
all
with
all
with
all
of
our
partners
to
ensure
the
safety
of
schools.
Thank
you
very
much.
Honorable
speaker.
L
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well
yesterday
the
premier
claimed
that
he
made
no
direction
regarding
the
sharing
of
data.
In
fact,
he
said,
and
I
quote,
the
data
issue
was
in
the
hands
of
the
bc.
Cdc
at
no
time
did
I
direct
them
to
do
anything.
End
quote
well,
mr
speaker,
the
premier
could
have
directed
them
to
release
the
information
at
any
time.
Of
course,
the
premier
could
have
also
directed
the
poverty
reduction
minister
to
end
the
claw
back,
but
he's
just
one
member
at
the
cabinet
table.
L
I
guess
he
could
have
directed
the
ag
minister,
the
health
minister,
education
minister,
to
not
cut
the
funding
of
the
fruit
and
vegetable
program,
but
the
premier
did
know
how
to
direct
staff.
Mr
mr
speaker,
when
he
made
sure
that
his
office
was
directed
to
get
an
extra
four
million
dollars,
he
could
have
some
spin
doctors
to
work
on
upcoming
photo
ops
for
the
premier.
Instead,
the
premier
has
choices.
The
premier
could
have
released
the
data
instead,
he
has
chosen
not
to.
F
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
for
the
party
that
took
away
bus
passes
from
people
with
disabilities.
They
actually
did
that
on
the
speaker.
They
actually
did
that
we
increased
income,
assistance
and
disability
rates
by
the
largest
amount
in
history
in
this
budget,
and
we
have
been
following
the
lead
of
public
health
officials
through
the
gravest
time
in
our
province's
history,
because
it
was
the
right
thing
to
do
at
no
time
did
I
direct
anyone
to
withhold
anything.
F
F
But
the
reality
is
british
colombians
are
thankful
that
we're
almost
at
the
end
of
the
gravest
year
in
our
history,
because
we've
been
collaborating
and
working
cooperatively
across
sectors
across
industries
to
make
sure
that
all
british
columbians
can
be
safe
and
when
we
come
out
of
this
pandemic,
we're
stronger
than
we
went
in
it.
That's
why
we're
on
this
side
of
the
house
and
that's
why
you're
on
that
side
of
the
house.
L
B
L
Well,
mr
speaker,
the
premier
seems
to
be
missing
the
point
he
could
have
directed
that
the
data
be
released
instead
of
being
hidden
for
the
last
14
months
as
community
groups,
parents,
other
agencies
have
been
looking
for
the
data
the
media
have
been
looking
for
the
data,
in
fact
I'll
remind
the
premier,
mr
speaker,
what
he
said
last
august,
because
he
seems
to
always
forget
the
promises
and
commitments
he
makes.
It
seems
last
august.
L
Funny
yesterday
he
wanted
to
make
sure
everyone
knew
he
doesn't
direct
anyone
to
do
anything.
It
seems
in
his
government
again.
Frontline
workers
are
feeling
like
they
have
to
leak
information,
because
this
premier
is
choosing
to
hide
the
information
so
instead
of
cheap
shots
at
people
that
work
in
this
building,
perhaps
the
premier
could
actually
answer
a
question
up
front
for
once.
Why
is
he
hiding
information
and
will
he
stop
hiding
data
moving
forward.
F
Premiere,
thank
you.
Honourable
speaker,
and
again.
Public
health
officials
led
by
dr
bonnie
henry,
have
been
briefing
british
columbians
every
day
for
15
months
we've
been
laying
out
laying
out
data
on
outbreaks,
in
particular
parts
of
the
province,
and
we've
been
managing
that
the
data
in
and
of
itself
is
not
a
tool
for
anything
other
than
better
outcomes
for
people.
We
use
the
data
to
deliver
health
services
for
people
now.
F
I
know
that
for
the
official
opposition,
and
particularly
the
opposition
house
leader,
it's
just
a
club
to
beat
someone
over
the
head
with,
but
for
pr
professionals
in
the
health
sector.
The
data
informs
how
they
respond
to
situations.
That's
how
it
should
be.
Thank
goodness
we're
here
to
make
sure
that.