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From YouTube: JUNE 10 2021 Statements Ronna-Rae Leonard
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
court
nicole,
marx,
honorable
speaker,
I'd
like
to
address
the
house
and
praise
of
some
unsung
heroes
here
in
the
legislature,
pre-kova
19
pandemic.
When
87
mlas
arrive
on
a
monday
morning,
they
were
assured
that
there
was
no
need
to
adjust
their
microphones.
In
fact,
don't
do
it.
Cameras
were
at
the
ready
behind
the
curtain
like
the
wizard
of
oz.
The
people
of
hansard,
with
the
greatest
precision
have
for
decades
recorded
the
words
and
the
sights
and
sounds
of
democracy
at
work.
A
Now
you
may
be
picturing
this
great
chamber
in
the
legislature,
but
one
also
has
to
go
beyond
these
marble
walls
down
the
halls
to
the
douglas
fir
and
birch
wood
paneled
rooms
for
more
activity
that
must
be
recorded
all
at
the
same
time
as
budgets
are
explored
and
bills
are
debated
and
when
committees
go
on
tour,
to
engage
with
british
columbians
where
they
live.
The
folks
from
hansard
are
up
late
at
night
and
are
hard
at
work
in
the
early
hours
of
the
morning.
A
Long
before
the
first
words
are
recorded
for
posterity,
they
build
up
and
break
down
the
sound
and
video
systems
multiple
times
a
day
and
find
ways
to
connect
with
victoria.
To
be
sure,
everything
is
transcribed
accurately
and
in
context
first
into
the
blues
or
draft
and
finally,
into
a
polished,
complete
record
ready
to
share
with
the
world
testament
to
a
transparent
and
functioning
democracy
when
the
pandemic
hit,
and
we
were
all
sent
home
hansard
kept
on
the
job
to
find
new
ways
to
bring
us
all
together,
so
democracy
could
continue
to
function.
A
The
hybrid
session
is
a
confusing
array
of
in-person
and
virtual
appearances
on
screen.
Yet
hansert
makes
a
second
and
the
whole
show
a
work
of
art
while
we
tear
our
hair
out
over
I.t
challenges,
hansard
never
lets
us
down.
I
want
to
thank
mike
and
amanda,
and
simon
and
the
whole
crew,
that's
down
working
in
front
of
all
those
screens
and
really
say.
Let's
please
let
the
whole
house
appreciate
the
work
that
they
do
to
support
us.