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From YouTube: MAY 18 2021 Statements Adam Walker
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
parksville
qualicum.
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker.
Every
year,
around
this
time,
volunteers,
all
over
vancouver
island,
come
together
loppers
in
hand
on
a
crusade
to
protect
our
natural
environment
rain
or
shine
along
busy
roadsides
and
abandoned
clearings.
They
cut
broom
in
bloom
to
make
way
for
native
species
and
natural
revegetation
in
1849.
A
Walter
calhoun
grant
the
first
western
land
owner
on
vancouver
island
purchased,
100
acres
of
land
in
what
is
now
known
as
suke
harbour
that
spring
grant
left
scotland
by
ship
via
panama
and
upon
his
arrival
at
clover
point
here
in
victoria,
he
shot
what
he
believed
to
be
a
wild
buffalo
to
the
consternation
of
locals,
who
recently
lost
their
cow.
This
was
the
first
of
his
several
miscalculations.
A
Another
notable
error
was
grant
introduced
scotch
broom
to
his
farm
in
memory
of
his
homeland.
This
plant
is
incredible:
broom
is
drought,
tolerant
with
the
help
of
rhizobium
bacteria.
It
fixes
its
own
nitrogen
in
the
soil.
It
thrives
in
poor
soil,
lowering
the
ph
and
depleting
it
of
phosphorus,
which
dramatically
impacts
the
ability
of
native
species
to
recolonize.
A
One
plant
can
produce
18
000
seeds,
which
can
last
for
up
to
30
years
in
the
soil,
and
it
spreads
quickly.
This
month
is
may,
or
this
month
of
may
is
invasive
species
action
month
and
in
my
hometown,
broombusters
is
taking
action.
Volunteers
have
taken
up
the
challenge
to
rid
our
natural
environment
of
the
scourge
and
are
having
fun
in
the
process.
The
trick
to
cut
broom
is
to
cut
it
in
bloom,
just
below
the
soil
level,
killing
the
plants
and
preventing
the
further
spread
of
seeds
with
the
house.