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From YouTube: MAY 19 2021 Statements Karin Kirkpatrick
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
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A
Child
care
providers,
day
care
operators,
early
childhood,
educators
and
other
day
care
workers
play
a
crucial
role
in
our
children's
development.
They
help
lay
the
foundation
for
education
and
discovery
for
the
rest
of
a
child's
life.
I'm
going
to
borrow
parts
of
a
poem
I
found
by
stephanie
staples
called
a
tribute
to
early
childhood
educators,
dear
child
care
worker.
Forgive
me
I've
been
very
neglect.
You
see
I'm
wrapped
up
in
my
own
world
and
it's
a
bit
of
a
wreck.
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Forgive
me
for
grabbing
my
child
and
not
stopping
to
say
how
many
things
I
should
thank
you
for
each
day
for
taking
my
child,
leaving
me
guilt-free
for
instilling
the
values
that
are
important
to
me
for
cleaning
up
spills
and
wiping
up
messes
for
cleaning
the
boo-boos
and
bearing
my
stresses
for
putting
up
with
the
sneasels
the
dribbles
and
cries
for
staying
here
late.
When
I
get
stuck
in
traffic,
I
know
your
job
is
quite
undervalued,
quite
under
appreciated
and
quite
under
salaried.
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So
my
only
guess
is
you
do
what
you
do
for
the
love
of
the
kids
who
also
love
you.
Thank
you
for
being
my
daily
right
arm
and
keeping
my
children
away
from
all
harm
for
caring
and
loving
and
sharing,
and
more
for
all
that
you
do.
I
thank
you
some
more.
So
the
poem
is
light,
but
the
job
is
not
investing
in
a
system
that
values
and
supports
its
child
care
providers
is
critical
to
high
quality
and
accessible
child
care
systems.
A
Caring
for
children
can
be
exhausting
as
well
as
rewarding,
but
with
many
caring
professions
we
sometimes
rely
too
heavily
on
a
person's
altruistic
commitment
to
their
job.
So,
mr
speaker,
I'd
like
to
thank
all
of
the
dedicated
people
of
british
columbia
who
are
committed
to
the
care
and
safety
of
our
young
people.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.