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From YouTube: OCTOBER 5 2021 Statements Ellis Ross
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
skinner,
over
a
hundred
years
ago,
buddha
appeared
to
an
elderly
villager
in
a
dream
and
told
him
to
hold
the
fire
dragon
dance
to
drive
away
a
plague.
It
succeeded
and
people
began
to
believe
that
the
fire
dragon
dance
could
drive
away.
Bad
luck
and
disease
thus
began
the
tradition
of
the
fire
dragon.
A
The
rebirth
of
the
fire
dance
was
an
exciting
event
for
the
member
from
the
chaco
lakes
and
myself
to
witness,
but
we
were
also
there
to
support
the
initiative
to
designate
chinatown
as
a
unesco
world
heritage
site
watching
the
ancient
ceremony
brought
a
sense
of
familiarity
to
me.
The
desire
and
interest
placed
on
reviving
and
preserving
cultural
heritage
is
something
that
first
nations
have
been
trying
to
address
for
decades,
but
my
biggest
takeaway
were
the
comments
on
racism.
A
A
It
actually
means
addressing
all
the
treatments
that
all
ethnic
minorities
faced
in
the
building
of
this
country,
but
also
share
a
history
of
perseverance
and
honoring.
Those
who
made
that
difficult
walk
towards
acceptance.
I
fully
support
china's
designation
as
another
steps
towards
not
only
recognizing
our
our
history
but
embracing
our
future
together
as
canadians.
A
I
also
want
to
thank
the
member
from
vancouver
fraserview,
who
actually
mentioned
myself
and
the
member
from
the
chaco
lakes
as
being
members
of
the
audience
sitting
out
there
in
the
crowd
on
the
ground,
I
might
add,
which
was
actually
interesting
to
witness
the
whole
ceremony
as
well
as
thanking
vancouver
council
lisa
dominato
for
explaining
to
me
the
whole
history
of
the
fire
dragon
festival
in
the
first
place.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.