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From YouTube: JUNE 14 2021 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well
for
months,
the
people
who
work
in
the
tourism
industry
have
been
telling
the
premier
to
take
the
threat
of
american
cruise
ships
permanently
bypassing
our
ports
seriously,
but
the
premier
dismissed
it.
He
said
it
would
never
happen.
In
fact
he
called
it
a
blip,
and
now
he
says-
and
I
quote
this
new
overture
by
the
junior
center
from
utah
senator
from
utah
is
certainly
a
complicating
factor
to
be
sure,
but
not
one
that
we
could
have
predicted
and
not
one
that
I
was
aware
of
until
late
yesterday.
A
End
quote
well
frankly
to
the
premier
that
just
doesn't
cut
it.
The
opposition
told
him
the
industry
told
him
and
in
fact
the
americans
told
him
he
needed
to
do
something
about
it.
So
can
the
premier
stand
up
today
and
tell
us
what
exactly
he
is
doing
to
clean
up
the
mess
that
he
created
on
this
file.
D
Premier
well,
thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
I
see
that
the
official
opposition
continues
down
a
path
of
just
condemning
and
complaining
about
absolutely
everything
under
the
sun.
Even
if
it's
legislation
passed
in
other
jurisdictions,
I
mean
it's
tough
enough,
honorable
speaker
to
get
them
to
agree
with
the
progressive
positive
legislation
happening
in
this
place,
but
yet
they
now
are
the
only
people
in
canada
that
are
focused
on
the
senate
and
the
congress
in
the
united
states
on
issues.
Quite
frankly
that
are
not
yet
active.
D
The
canadian,
the
u.s
center
for
disease
control
is
working
with
the
cruise
industry
to
put
in
place
processes
and
procedures
to
protect
the
traveling
public.
I
think
I'm
pretty
sure
honorable
speaker,
I
might
be
wrong
on
this,
but
I'm
pretty
confident
that
the
official
opposition
understands
that
the
borders
are
controlled
and
regulated
by
the
federal
government.
The
issues
with
respect
to
boarding
or
disembarking
in
canada
are
the
responsibility
of
the
federal
government.
Now
I'm
not
seeing
any
shocking
surprise
on
any
faces
over
there,
so
I
think
they
get
it.
So
what
have
we
been
doing?
D
This
is
a
pattern,
honourable
speaker.
They
ask
a
question
and
then
they
heckle
echo
heckle
without
getting
the
answer.
I
spoke
to
the
sponsoring
minister
of
the
bill
that
passed.
She
confirmed
that
it
will
sunset
when
the
borders
open.
She
confirmed
that
the
relationships
between
alaska
and
british
columbia
are
strong.
I
work
with
the
governor
of
oregon.
Pardon
me,
washington,
all
the
time
and,
more
importantly,
honorable
speaker,
the
minister
of
transportation,
the
minister
of
tourism
are
working
with
the
sector
to
prepare
for
the
reopening
of
british
columbia.
D
There's
a
note:
here's
a
note:
there
are
no
cruise
ships
today.
There
will
be
no
cruise
ships
tomorrow,
but
we're
preparing
for
that
day
when
the
borders
open,
and
we
can
welcome
british
columbians
welcome
people
back
to
british
columbia,
and
I
will
just
quote
donna
spalding
from
the
cruise
lines,
international
association
who
says
that
victoria
is
a
marquee
destination.
D
A
A
This
issue
was
brought
to
his
attention
and
there
was
absolutely
blank
stares
on
the
faces
of
both
him
and
his
minister
when
we
raised
this
issue
with
him
months
ago.
In
fact,
this
is
a
premier
who
refused
to
do
anything.
In
fact,
he
said-
and
I
quote
he
that
bc
is
in
a
good
place
on
this
file,
and
this
is
just
a
new
and
I
quote,
wrinkle.
A
Well,
let's
talk
about
quotes
how
about
ian
robertson,
the
ceo
of
the
greater
victoria
harbor
authority-
and
I
quote
it's
more
than
a
wrinkle-
I
absolutely
think
more
could
have
been
done
and
the
premier
should
have
reached
out,
but
there
was
no
communication
with
the
premier
and
the
industry.
So,
let's
be
clear,
the
premier
can
bluster
all
he
wants
over
there,
but
what
he
did
was
ignore
the
warnings
he
ignored.
A
The
proposals
of
technical
stops
that
would
have
safeguarded
our
cruise
ship
industry,
and
where
did
he
hear
that
first
on
this
side
of
the
legislature,
he
insist
instead
chose
to
actively
mock
us
actions
and
those
people
who
tried
to
warn
him?
What
did
he
say?
Never
going
to
happen
not
going
to
pass
not
going
to
be
signed
off
by
the
president
of
the
united
states?
C
D
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
again
I'll
just
confirm
for
those.
On
the
other
side,
there
are
no
cruise
ships
going
up
and
down
the
coast
of
north
america
today
and
there
won't
be
for
the
foreseeable
future.
Prior
to
the
pandemic,
700
000
people
came
to
victoria
on
a
cruise
ship,
a
million
people
came
to
vancouver
on
a
cruise
ship.
This
is
all
very
positive
news
and
it
is
not
at
risk.
It
is
suspended
because
we're
in
a
global
pandemic,
like
some
days,
I
think,
we're
living
in
a
crazy
universe
where
only
the
bc.
D
Liberals
think
that
we
can
snap
our
fingers
and
the
world
will
be
healed.
A
global
pandemic
will
be
over
and
we
will
be
welcoming
everyone
to
british
columbia.
That
will
happen
when
it
is
safe
to
do
so.
I
I
I
seriously
honorable
speaker.
I
am
perplexed
at
the
fixation
of
the
people.
On
the
other
side,
when
we
are
doing
the
technical
work,
we
we
wrote
to
the
federal
government
asking.
D
To
the
federal
government
doing
that
I
talked
to
the
prime
minister
about
the
borders
on
a
weekly
basis.
Honourable
speaker,
perhaps
I'll
tie
in
the
minister,
the
leader
of
the
opposition,
after
the
call
on
on
thursday
I'll,
let
her
know
when
the
borders
are
going
to
be
opening
that
sort
of
dialogue
used
to
be
in
this
place
until
something
happened
over
there.
Maybe
it's
the
leadership
campaign.
I
don't
know,
but
thank
goodness,
thank
goodness.
We've
got
eight
members
of
reasonable
questions
from
the
leader
of
the
opposition.
Eight
more
months.
F
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker.
Well,
the
female
have
the
goal
to
tell
us
that
he
talked
to
the
alaskan
delegation.
He
only
talked
to
them
when
the
legislation
were
isn't
a
bit
too
late.
It
is
really
hard
to
take
this
premier
seriously
after
he
has
repeatedly
bungled
this
issue.
His
tourism
minister
rejected
a
briefing
from
the
crew
sector
and
instead
accused
opposition
of
fear
mongering.
F
She
said
the
ndp
was,
I
quote,
arrogant
in
our
confidence.
End
quote
instead
of
arrogance,
the
cruel
saturn
needs
clear
answer
about
when
or
even
if
they
can
expect
the
business.
Once
again,
this
mess
is
clearly
the
premier's
fault.
Can
the
premier
confirm
what
steps
is
now
taking
to
clean
up
his
own
mess.
D
Premiere,
thank
you
honorable
speaker
again,
canadian
federalism
is
a
complicated
subject.
I
appreciate
that
the
federal
government
is
responsible
for
the
borders.
The
federal
government
has
a
division,
transport,
canada
that
regulates
people
coming
in
and
out
of
our
ports,
and
they
have
determined
that
the
cruise
ship
industry
will
be
suspended
until
february
of
2022,
not
the
provincial
government,
not
the
municipal
government
of
victoria,
not
the
municipal
government's
in
prince
rupert,
the
federal
government.
D
Three
out
of
the
four
members
from
that
community
are
sitting
on
this
side
of
the
house,
because
the
people
of
richmond
understand
that
a
progressive
positive
government
starts
with
having
progressive
positive
ideas,
not
hanging
on
and
weaponizing
an
issue.
That
is
a
federal
issue.
Honorable
speaker,
we
have
been
working
to
try
and
break
this
log
jam
trying
to
get
a
way
forward.
I
spoke
to
the
met
the
the
senator
who
sponsored
the
bill.
D
She's,
a
neighbor
of
ours
from
alaska,
positive
discussion,
sunset
clause
is
there
to
protect
everybody
up
and
down
the
coast
and
guess
what
the
industry
is
championing:
victoria
vancouver
and
prince
rupert
as
marquee
destinations.
I
don't
know
why
that's
not
good
enough
for
the
people
on
that
side,
but
I
guess
another:
three
and
a
half
years
of
opposition
and
lame
questions
is
not
much
to
get
up
in
the
morning.
For.
F
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
for
the
premier
to
keep
saying
that
it's
a
federal
jurisdiction
doesn't
cut
it.
Doesn't
he
understand
that
the
delegation,
the
alaskan
delegation,
has
been
copy
to
the
premier
asking
for
technical
stop
and
this
tourism
minister?
When
we
raise
this
issue,
she
doesn't
have
a
clue
what
technical
thought
was
about
if
we
have
could
have
responded
and
urged
the
federal
government
photographer
was
waiting
for
us
to
say
yes
to
technical
stall.
F
The
minister
of
tourism
claiming
all
hands
are
on
deck,
but
couldn't
say
what
anyone
was
doing
now.
We
know
why
the
pre
the
province
didn't
work
with
the
alaskans.
The
premier
didn't
work
with
anyone
in
the
file
until
it
was
way
too
late.
On
friday,
the
premier
said,
I
quote,
I
don't
regret
not
yelling
nada
at
people
who
would
not
have
been
listening.
End
quote
so.
Instead,
he
did
nothing
and
bc
faces
a
real
crisis
that
is
of
the
premise
making.
D
Again,
honorable
speaker,
the
federal
government
closed
our
borders
and
at
that
time
we
were
unanimous
in
support
of
that
position,
because
covid
19
was
a
global
pandemic
that
would
have
had
an
ad
a
negative
effect,
not
just
on
the
cruise
ship
sector,
but
our
entire
economy.
Everyone
supported
that
and
we're
continuing
to
work
to
find
a
safe
way
to
reopen
our
borders,
and
part
of
that
will
include
our
marine
borders
that
the
member
refers
to
the
technical
stop
she's
asking
about.
We
said
to
the
federal
government.
D
Honorable
speaker
now
I
appreciate
the
member
for
kamloops
a
lot
of
cruise
ships
go
through
kamloops.
I
understand
that
he
would
be
concerned
about
this.
I
live
in
victoria.
I
understand
the
importance
of
the
cruise
industry
to
british
columbia,
perhaps
better
than
many
of
the
people
on
that
side
of
the
house.
We're.
G
G
The
report's
recommendations
of
more
training
and
more
conversations
are
just
more
of
the
status
quo
that
is
failing
indigenous
children
and
families.
They
don't
go
far
enough
to
ensure
that
children
won't
experience
the
same
as
sky.
The
consultation
draft
of
the
action
plan
on
the
declaration
on
the
rights
of
indigenous
peoples
act
was
released
on
friday.
G
None
of
the
actions
in
the
plan
are
surprising.
These
are
all
actions
that
we've
been
talking
about
for
years.
The
plan
calls
for
the
province
to
at
minimum,
reduce
the
number
of
indigenous
children
in
care,
support,
family
preservation
and
to
create
long-term
change
for
indigenous-led
child
care.
My
question
honorable
speaker
is
to
the
minister
of
children
and
family
development.
G
H
I
would
also
like
to
thank
the
representative
for
this
report
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
the
family
and
friends
and
everyone
who
was
involved
in
this
amazing
young
person's
life
for
stepping
forward
and
sharing
their
stories
and
helping
us
understand
her
story
as
well.
I
agree
with
the
member
and
I
agree
with
the
representative
that,
on
top
of
what
we're
already
doing,
we
have
to
do
more
to
ensure
that
children
and
youth
from
indigenous
communities
are
no
longer
over
represented
in
the
system.
H
Since
we
formed
government
in
2017,
it
has
been
a
priority
of
ours
to
directly
tackle
and
address
the
over-representation
of
indigenous
children
and
youth
in
the
child
welfare
system,
working
with
indigenous
communities
and
indigenous
nations,
to
make
sure
that
we
can.
We
can
achieve
that.
This
is
part
of
a
long
history
and
legacy
of
over-involvement
of
the
government
in
the
lives
of
indigenous
children
and
youth
in
care.
H
We've
changed
budgets
and
we
have
changed
provincial
legislation
to
make
sure
that
we're
achieving
that
goal
and
specifically
to
supporting
nations
exercising
their
jurisdiction
so
that
they
can
take
care
of
their
children
and
and
their
children
are
not
overrepresented
in
the
child
welfare
system.
We
are
working
with
nations
and
with
communities,
and
we
had
started
this
work
in
previously
under
provincial
legislation
and
regulation.
H
G
You,
mr
speaker,
and
I'm
encouraged
by
at
least
the
second
half
of
that
answer.
I
think
it
gets
to
the
gets
to
the
point.
The
report
states
that
sky
had
a
total
of
18
social
workers
from
when
she
first
came
into
care
until
her
death
12
years
later,
that's
more
than
one
social
worker
a
year
for
the
duration
of
her
life.
G
G
The
provincial
government
has
committed
through
the
action
plan
that
was
released
on
friday,
to
change
the
system
of
care,
and
the
minister
spoke
to
that.
The
third
action
of
the
draft
action
plan
is
to
develop
a
bc
specific
fiscal
framework
that
supports
indigenous
jurisdiction
over
child
and
family
services.
G
We
need
to
ensure
that
that
new
system
provides
the
stability
for
children,
that
the
current
system
failed
to
provide
for
sky.
A
stable
system
requires
stable
funding,
not
just
this
year
and
next,
but
every
year
going
forward.
My
question
honorable
speaker
is
to
the
minister
of
children
and
family
development.
What
work
has
the
ministry
done
to
prepare
a
sustainable
fiscal
framework
to
support
indigenous
jurisdiction
over
child
and
family
services?.
H
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
thank
you
again
to
the
member.
This
matter
is
a
high
priority
top
priority
for
our
ministry.
As
I
said
earlier
on,
for
far
too
long,
there
has
been
an
over-involvement
of
government
in
the
lives
of
indigenous
children
and
youth
and
over-representation
of
indigenous
children
and
youth
in
care.
Honourable
speaker,
we
need
to
be
working
in
partnership
with
indigenous
communities
and
indigenous
partners,
and
we
are
starting
that
work
and
we've
already
taken
steps,
and
we
know
that
there's
a
lot
more
to
do.
H
We
change
provincial
legislation
to
be
able
to
allow
social
workers
to
reach
out
to
community
and
ask
communities.
Is
there
an
anti?
Is
there
a
grammar?
Is
there
someone
who's
able
to
take
care
of
an
indigenous
child
or
youth
while
we
work
out
a
long
term
plan,
hopefully
rehabilitation
back
to
family,
because
we
know
honourable
speaker,
that
keeping
indigenous
children
and
youth
connected
to
family
and
community
and
culture
is
leading
to
better
outcomes
for
them,
and
we
are
trending
now
that
we're
getting
lower
numbers
of
indigenous
children,
youth
coming
into
care.
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well
earlier
in
question
period,
we
we
we
saw
some
energy
from
the
premier
on
the
tourism
sector.
If
only
we'd
have
seen
that
energy
eight
months
ago,
that
the
the
tour,
the
cruise
ship
sector
wouldn't
be
in
the
crisis
that
it
is
today
the
the
the
premier,
the
premier,
should
have.
B
He
should
have
been
all
over
the
cruise
ship
sector
from
day
one
and
that
was
as
of
last
october,
but
instead
of
standing
up
for
our
tourism
sector,
the
premier
went
and
called
a
an
unnecessary
panda
pandemic
election,
which
essentially
froze
froze
government
for
a
number
of
months,
and
now
the
premier
says
he
couldn't
possibly
have
predicted
what
has
happened
in
vc's
cruise
ship
sector.
Ian
robertson
from
the
victoria
harbor
authority
says,
and
I
quote
there
is
always
that
risk.
That's
how
things
become
permanent.
B
D
Premiere
well,
thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and
I'm
sure
the
member
from
kamloops
will
know
that
the
two
acts
in
question
in
the
united
states
are
over
100
years
old
and
it's
not
surprising
that
the
united
states
senate
wants
to
modernize
some
of
its
archaic
practices.
Fair
enough.
The
marketplace
tells
people
that
british
columbia
is
a
good
place
to
come
to
people
who
sell
tickets
and
and
passage
on
cruise
ships
want
to
do
that.
The
industry
wants
to
come
here
eight
months
ago,
as
the
member
goes
back
eight
months
ago.
How
could
we
have
predicted?
D
This
would
have
been
a
problem.
It
was
pretty
easy
to
predict.
The
borders
were
closed.
Even
liberals
could
have
understood
that
that
would
have
a
negative
impact
on
tourism
that
would
have
had
a
negative
impact
on
the
cruise
ship
sector.
But
here's
the
good
news,
honorable
speaker
and
of
course
it's
good
news.
That's
perpetuating
on
this
side
of
the
house,
because
we're
focused
on
a
positive
step
forward.
Today
we
announced
going
to
step
two
on
our
restart
plan
lauded
by
industry,
lauded
by
the
tourism
sector
and
in
another
two
weeks
as
we
go
through.
D
Another
incubation
period
we're
gonna,
probably
move
to
stage
three,
which
will
mean
even
more
opportunity
for
people
to
come
to
british
columbia
to
see
the
splendor
here
to
maybe
maybe
if
cruise
ships
are
running
again
and
again.
This
is
this:
is
the
us
center
for
disease
control
that
are
putting
these
these
restrictions
in
place?
It's
not
me,
honorable,
speaker,
pardon
me,
it's
not
this
government,
it's
someone
else,
and
I
appreciate
it's
easy
to
blame
me
for
all
of
the
problems
in
the
world,
bring
it
on.
I'm
happy
to
hear
from
you
remember.
B
Well,
news
flash
for
the
premier:
it
is
your.
It
is
the
premier's
job
to
defend
the
the
the
the
thousands
and
thousands
of
british
clemens
who
work
in
the
cruise
ship
sector.
B
It
is
the
premier's
job
to
stand
up
for
for
the
for
the
sector
and
everybody
who
works
in
it.
The
premier
has
been
sleeping
at
the
switch.
He
was
first
notified
of
of
the
the
issues
that
were
were
building
in
the
cruise
ship
sector.
The
the
concerns
that
the
alaskan
delegation
in
particular
had
eight
months
ago
and
any
any,
and
he
did
nothing
at
that
time.
B
He
did
nothing
up
until
literally,
it
seems
days
days
ago,
he's
put
the
entire
cruise
ship
sector
in
british
columbia
at
grave
risk,
and
while
the
the
premier
was
pretending
that
everything
was
fine
in
the
sector
last
friday,
industry
experts
had
had
differing
views
of
the
state
of
the
sector.
The
very
next
day
the
premier
was
contradicted
by
ian
robertson
of
the
victoria
harbor
authority.
B
Ian
robertson
said,
and
I
quote,
I'm
incredibly
concerned
this
was
always
my
fear
that
this
legislation,
while
being
talked
about
as
being
temporary,
could
become
permanent.
Quite
honestly,
I
don't
think
government.
Both
the
provincial
and
federal
level
took
this
seriously
enough
when
this
all
started
end
quote
so
again.
The
question
to
the
premier
is
this:
will
the
premier
do
at
least
one
thing
right
and
tell
british
columbia's
british
claimants
what
he's
doing
besides
shrugging
and
hoping
to
protect
the
thousands
of
cruise
ships
sector
cruise
ship
sector,
jobs
that
are
at
risk
because
of
his
inaction?.
D
Premier,
thank
you
speaker.
Well
again,
the
port
authorities
are
federal
jurisdiction.
Mr
robertson
was
appointed
by
the
federal
government.
I
would
have
thought
that
he
could
have
reached
out
to
the
people
who
closed
the
borders
and
asked
him
about
reopening
them.
That's
what
I
would
have
done
if
I
was
a
federal
appointee
and
I've
done
that
anyway,
honorable
speaker,
because
I
believe
british
columbians
when
we're
ready
to
open
up
our
borders.
E
E
He
has
also,
by
the
way,
been
wrong
every
step
of
the
way
he
has
been
wrong,
every
step
of
the
way
and
the
price
will
be
paid
by
those
working
in
nbc's
tourism
sector
in
the
cruise
ship
sector.
E
Mr
speaker,
he
he
says
at
one
point:
we've
been
working
quietly
behind
the
scenes,
well,
apparently
more
quietly
than
he
wants
to
admit,
because
when
we
foied
those
agencies
at
the
federal
level,
including
transport,
canada,
and
when
we
foi
the
provincial
government
to
determine
exactly
what
records
exist
of
the
contacts
he
claims
to
have
been
made
defending
the
interests
of
bc's
tourism
sector.
E
Do
you
know
what
we
come
up
with
nothing,
nothing
about
the
letter
in
february
about
the
legislation
that
the
premier
said
could
never
pass
and
now
we're
on
to
a
second
piece
of
legislation
that
threatens
to
make
it
a
permanent
state
of
affairs.
How
does
the
premier
want
british
columbians
have
to
have
any
confidence
whatsoever
that
they
can
a
believe
him
or
b
trust
him
to
defend
their
interests
when
there
isn't
a
single
record,
a
single
record
of
contact
between
his
office,
his
government
and
those
federal
authorities
that
he
insists
are
responsible
for
this.
D
D
What
we
have
been
doing
is
focusing
on
what
british
columbians
want
us
to
focus
on
protecting
communities,
people
and
businesses
as
we
come
through
a
global
pandemic.
I
I
don't
I
feel
like
I
have
to
highlight
that
honorable
speaker,
it's
as
if
you
haven't
been
on
the
same
planet
or
they
have
not
been
on
the
same
planet
as
the
rest
of
us
on
this
side
of
the
house.
D
Honorable
speaker,
there
are
no
crows
cruise
ships
going
up
and
down
the
coast
of
north
america
right
now
and
there
won't
be
in
the
foreseeable
future,
but
that
has
not
stopped
us
from
engaging
with
the
industry
engaging
with
the
federal
government
and
getting
to
a
place
as
we
go
from
stage
two
which
we
announced
today.
I
thought
that
might
have
been
a
cause
for
celebration
on
the
other
side,
but
no
good
news
from
that
side.
Only
negativity,
the
nabobs
of
negativity
are
alive
and
well
in
british
columbia
and
they
all
sit
over
there.
E
Well,
thank
you
spiro
agnew,
mr
speaker.
The
story's
changing
as
it
has
throughout
this
sad
episode
in
in
our
history.
The
premier
began
the.
E
Began
when
we
raised
this
issue
in
the
house
sounding
the
the
warning
he
began
by
saying
even
a
temporary
measure
had
no
chance
of
passing
the
u.s
congress.
Then
it
passed.
Oh,
he
said.
That's
not
a
big
deal.
They'll,
never
ever
consider
making
something
like
that
permanent.
E
E
It
matters
a
lot,
mr
speaker
and
the
premier
needs
to
be
answerable
for
the
fact
that,
despite
claiming
after
the
fact
that
he
and
his
government
have
been
lobbying
on
behalf
of
this
sector,
there's
not
a
single
record
not
from
his
office,
not
from
his
government,
not
from
the
federal
authorities,
not
from
transport
canada,
not
a
single
record
that
reinforces
or
supports
the
story
that
the
premier
is
trying
to
tell
british
columbians
need
to
know
what
this
government
has
been
doing
to
defend
their
interests
of
a
multi-billion
dollar
industry,
and
so
far
all
the
premier
has
had
to
offer
are
insults
and
dismissive
comments
and
he's
got
to
do
better
than
that
in
this
house.
D
Premiere
after
after
a
deluge
of
insults
from
the
opposite
side,
I
will
again
go
back
to
the
basic
principles.
Honorable
speaker,
the
sponsor
of
the
bill
that
did
pass
in
the
us
is
a
neighbor
of
ours.
Senator
murkowski
from
this
great
state
of
alaska.
I've
had
a
good
discussion
with
her
about
what
her
plans
would
be
for
the
legislation
she
told
me
it
will
sunset
when
the
borders
open
or
when
we
get
to
february.
D
Whichever
comes
first,
I
would
suggest
honorable
speaker
that
the
vast
majority
of
british
columbians
that
aren't
looking
desperately
for
something
to
do
for
a
half
an
hour
during
question
period
are
good
with
that
the
sponsor
is
a
neighbor
to
the
south
of
us
in
washington.
State
governor
inslee
also
understands
that
the
extraordinary
relationship
we
have
in
british
columbia.
Thank
you,
says
the
member
from
the
other
side.
Thank
you
for
bringing
up
the
issues
that
you
asked
me
to
bring
up.
You
asked
me
what
I
did
on
speaker.
I've
talked
to
our
neighbors.
D
I
said
we
need
to
keep
these
things
going.
They
agree
with
that.
Honorable
speaker
and
I'll
remind
the
members
that
that
the
member
for
campbell
south
was
talking
about
eight
months
ago.
I
remember
18,
15
months
ago,
cruise
ships
tied
up
in
san
francisco,
with
not
anyone
allowed
to
get
off
them
because
we're
in
a
global
pandemic.
They
seem
to
have
forgotten
that
part
of
the
equation.
D
Honorable
speaker,
this
is
a
serious
business
and
what
we
have
going
for
us
is
british
colombia
not
left
not
right,
not
government,
not
opposition,
but
a
spectacular
as
the
industry
says,
marquee
destination,
so
the
governor
from
utah
may
have
a
trouble
with
a
hundred
year
old
bill
in
his
jurisdiction,
fair
enough
change.
It
that's
what
you
should
do.
What
we
should
do
here
in
british
columbia
is
celebrate,
how
fortunate
we
are
to
have
a
robust
tourism
industry.
That's
going
to
come
roaring
back
the
minute.
D
We
open
up
the
doors
and,
quite
honestly
on
speaker
as
of
tomorrow.
We
can
travel
all
over
this
province
each
and
every
one
of
us.
That's
good
news.
We
should
be
celebrating
the
fact
that
the
reopening
starts
tomorrow
and
the
future
is
great
for
british
columbians,
maybe
not
for
bc.
Liberals,
but
it's
right
for
british
columbians,
that's
for
sure.
I
Mr
speaker,
all
we've
heard
today
from
the
primer
is
just
bluster.
Eight
months
ago
the
alaskan
delegation
wrote
to
the
prime
minister
and
copied
the
premier
on
that
letter.
What
was
the
premier
doing?
He
was
in
the
middle
of
an
unnecessary
snap
election
in
the
pandemic
and
what
happened
from
there
was
this
government
failed
to
correspond
with
that
alaskan
delegation.
I
So
we
know
the
alaskans
wrote
multiple
letters
asking
for
us
to
work
together
and
the
response
for
the
premier
was
silence.
We
know
the
tourism
minister
was
offered
a
briefing
and
only
relatedly
after
being
publicly
shamed
accepted
one
from
the
industry.
We
know
the
premier
didn't
believe
the
alaskans
could
get
the
votes
to
pass
the
temporary
measure.
His
record
is
to
ignore
ridicule
and
belittle
now
he
has
put
thousands
of
jobs
at
risk.
I
Watching
and
bugling
seems
to
be
have
been
the
only
thing
that
this
creamer
knows
how
to
do.
He
has
personally
managed
to
threaten
tens
of
thousands
of
jobs
and
seems
unclear
about
how
bad
the
damage
is.
If
the
current
measures
become
permanent
victoria
would
be
hit
the
hardest.
Its
sizable
cruise
ship
business
is
primarily
based
on
being
a
port
of
call,
rather
than
a
home
port
like
vancouver,
and
the
premier's
response
to
the
jobs
of
these
workers
being
threatened
were
in
good
shape.
No
one
thinks
we're
in
good
shape,
except
the
premier.
I
D
Premiere.
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
I
don't
know
if
that
was
a
question
or
the
opening
speech
on
a
leadership
campaign,
but
I'm
grateful
that
the
member
for
langara
got
to
his
feet
to
ask
a
question
that
was
consistent
with
what
we've
heard
from
the
opposition
today
invective
insult
ridicule
about
an
issue,
that's
critically
important
to
all
of
us
absolutely,
but
let's
put
it
into
some
context,
let's
put
it
into
some
context
again:
news
flash
for
languera
global
pandemic,
not
a
lot
of
cruise
shipping
going
on
borders
closed
not
by
this
side,
but
from
that
side.