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From YouTube: JUNE 17 2021 Statements Andrew Mercier
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
a
few
months
ago
I
had
my
first
week
here
at
the
legislature
on
the
precinct
grounds
and
on
my
way
to
find
my
spacious
and
well-lit
basement
office.
Underneath
the
library
stacks
I
got
lost
and
I
stumbled
on
a
room
full
of
wide-eyed
and
engaged
young
people.
This
year's
interns
from
the
government
caucus
now
I'll
confess,
mr
speaker,
that
at
first
I
approached
them
with
a
sense
of
confidence.
A
I
thought
they'd
be
excited
to
meet
a
new
government
mla
a
parliamentary
secretary,
and
you
know
I
so
I
engaged
with
them
and
we
we
had
a
brief
conversation.
My
confidence
quickly
turned
to
surprise,
as
I
realized
how
accomplished
they
already
are
at
such
a
young
age
and
the
big
plans
and
ambitions
they
have
with
their
lives
and
that
sense
of
surprise
quickly
turned
into
a
dawning
horror.
A
So
I
quickly
tried
to
assert
myself
as
the
head
of
the
pack
and
made
stopping
in
to
visit
them
on
a
weekly
basis,
a
part
of
my
repertoire
and
paying
tribute
with
gifts.
Now
I
realized
I
can't
compete
with
the
vancouver
island
mlas.
My
colleagues
from
the
island
have
much
greater
access
to
the
legislature
in
these
times,
so
I
began
making
elaborate
distractions,
so
I
could
use
a
dry
erase
marker
to
remove
points
from
my
colleagues,
the
premier,
the
minister
for
municipal
affairs,
the
member
for
parksville,
qualcomm
and
others.
A
So
I
hope
I've
ended
up
with
a
respectable
tally
at
the
end
of
the
day.
But
you
know
I've
learned
a
valuable
lesson
from
this
group,
mr
speaker,
and
that's
underneath
every
successful
caucus
is
a
basement
filled
with
interns.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
ari
and
zad
rachel,
mcmillan
kate,
olivares,
cala,
bryson
and
gabriel.
Call
me
ray-ray
martz
thanks.