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From YouTube: JUNE 15 2021 Statements Ben Stewart
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
kelowna
west.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
It's
a
great
honor
to
rise
today
in
this
house
and
remember
the
life
of
an
incredible
canadian
with
deep
roots
in
west
kelowna.
Tetsuo
atani
was
born
in
euclid
bc
in
1939.,
his
father
tycho
was
a
successful
commercial
fisherman,
a
second
generation
canadian
and
homeowner.
Unfortunately,
this
did
not
stop
the
canadian
government
from
labeling
ted's
family
and
all
the
other
japanese
canadians
as
enemy
aliens.
A
Following
the
attacks
on
pearl
harbor
in
1941.,
much
of
ted's
childhood
was
spent
in
internment
camps
at
hastings
park
in
east
lillowitz
and
then,
when
they
were
allowed
to
the
atani
family
decided
to
move
to
west
bank
on
dauben
road.
Just
down
from
my
constituency
office
takeo
grew
vegetables.
Mother
sumaco
worked
for
the
reese
family
at
the
family,
packing
house
ted
always
looked
for
ways
to
get
involved
in
his
community
and
he
decided
to
one
of
the
few
groups
that
would
allow
him
to
be
a
member
was
the
cadets.
A
He
spoke
of
the
program
as
giving
him
a
sense
of
belonging
in
a
place
and
at
a
time
when
it
was
difficult
for
him
to
find
one.
This
decision
ended
up
shaping
the
rest
of
ted's
life
after
the
cadets
he
went
on
with
37
years
of
service
in
the
canadian
armed
forces
he
served
with
nato
was
involved
in
peacekeeping
and
humanitarian
missions
across
the
world
and
was
awarded
the
order
of
military
merit
in
1994..
A
He
then
retired
from
the
military
and
went
on
to
a
successful
26
year.
Humanitarian
career
with
the
red
cross
and
a
few
years
ago
was
inducted
into
the
order
of
canada
and
the
headline
in
the
local
newspaper
once
shunned
by
canada.
Ted
tani
is
now
amongst
the
honored
canada's
honored
elite,
and
I
just
want
to
read
a
clip
from
the
governor
general
ted.
Taney
is
a
role
model
of
service
to
people
in
crisis
around
the
world.
A
Following
a
distinguished
military
career,
he
became
an
advisor
to
the
pearson
peacekeeping
center,
where
he
drew
on
his
own
experiences
to
help
design
peacekeeping
training
courses
conducted
by
the
center
around
the
world,
a
committed
humanitarian
that
led
responses
to
natural
disasters,
including
earthquakes,
floods
that
ravaged
pakistan
in
the
last
decade,
and
he
was
a
senior
volunteer
in
the
international
red
cross
and
crescent
red
crescent
movement.
So
ted's
life
is
a
story
that
looks
like
somebody
that
dedicates
oneself
to
service,
despite
having
every
reason
to
bear
resentment
towards
canada.
A
He
chose
to
spend
his
life
serving
his
country
and
working
to
improve
the
lives
of
people
around
the
world.
His
life
and
legacy
is
remembered
by
his
community
wife
and
author,
francis
bing
of
hundred
mile
nancy
of
108
mile
and
burl
sister-in-law
berlitani
of
kelowna
in
kelowna
west,
an
example
of
dedication,
resilience
and
commitment
from
which
we
can
all
learn.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.