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From YouTube: OCTOBER 26 2021 Statements Ian Paton
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
The
member
for
berkeley.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
rise
today
to
speak
of
the
recent
passing
of
a
beloved
constituent
elizabeth
toygo,
born
in
1933
elizabeth
and
her
family,
moved
from
vancouver
to
powell
river
at
an
early
age
in
high
school.
She
met
and
eventually
married
peter
toygo,
who
even
at
a
young
age,
was
like
elizabeth,
an
upstart
entrepreneur,
peter
and
elizabeth,
moved
the
family
to
tawassen
in
1964
and,
as
the
family
grew,
so
did
the
toygo
business
ventures
of
shadow
holdings,
including
white
spot
restaurants
and
many
other
real
estate.
A
Developments
due
to
peter's
senior's
untimely
passing
in
1993
elizabeth
became
not
only
the
matriarch
of
the
family,
but
she
also
became
chairperson
of
the
togo
family,
thriving
businesses
under
which
her
guidance
continued
to
thrive.
To
the
present
day,
elizabeth
toygo
was
a
wonderful
mother,
grandmother
and
great-grandmother.
She
was
welcoming.
She
was
funny.
She
was
a
generous
host,
a
great
philanthropist,
a
great
cookie
maker
and
a
tremendous
fan
of
the
family's
vancouver
giants
hockey
team.
A
But
more
than
anything,
she
was
a
class
act
who
somehow
managed
to
remember
all
29,
grandkids
and
great-grandkids
birthdays
and
made
each
and
every
one
of
them
feel
they
were
her
favorite.
She
also
made
a
special
point
of
taking
each
of
her
grandchildren
christmas
shopping
each
year.
Elizabeth
was
an
immensely
kind
and
generous
person.
She
gave
significant
contributions
to
many
charities,
including
cancer
research,
variety
club,
the
delta
hospital
found
out
foundation
and
a
historical
donation
which
resulted
in
the
peter
c
and
elizabeth
toygo
diagnostic
center
at
our
delta
hospital.
A
Her
kids
think
she
even
picked
up
the
phone
every
time
she
heard
sarah
mclaughlin's
melodramatic
singing
during
an
spca
commercial.
Mrs
toygo
was
the
glue
that
held
the
family
and
their
businesses
together.
She
was
an
extraordinarily
kind,
caring,
generous
and
selfless
person
with
a
great
sense
of
humor.
It's
been
an
honor
to
be
for
me
to
be
a
friend
of
the
toygos
and
on
behalf
of
delta
residents,
I
pay.
A
I
pass
along
my
condolences
to
elizabeth's
adult
children,
louise
greene
wendy,
toygo,
peter
and
leslie
toygo
roy
and
monica
toygo
ron
and
michelle
toygo
and
rick
toygo
her
grace
her
class.
Her
support
and
encouragement
her
constant
positivity
and,
above
all,
her
unconditional
love,
helped
shape
her
family's
lives
for
the
better.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,.