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From YouTube: OCT 31 2022 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
C
C
Yet
there
have
been
no
consequences
for
these
attacks,
which
come
on
top
of
the
escalating
violence
and
disorder
that
we
see
in
communities
right
across
British
Columbia
as
a
result
of
the
behavior
of
prolific
offenders,
apparently
under
the
NDP,
the
rule
of
law
no
longer
matters.
So
when
is
this
attorney
general
going
to
take
some
action
so
that
people
in
our
Province
can
begin
to
feel
safe
again.
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and
I.
Thank
the
member
for
her
question.
D
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
point
out
when
she
makes
an
outrageous
statement
that
we
don't
take
Public
Safety
seriously,
that
she
should
know
that,
in
the
case
of
the
events
that
took
place
up
on
the
pipeline,
Morris
River
last
fall
and
the
reprehensible
and
Despicable
attack
on
the
police
vehicles
that
took
place
just
recently
that
there
is
an
ongoing
RCMP
investigation
into
that.
D
Member
knows
that
and
the
police
are
doing
everything
they
can
to
ensure
that
those
responsible
for
those
acts
are
brought
to
Justice
and
charged
and
prosecuted
investigations.
Don't
just
happen
with
a
wave
of
a
wand
or
a
flick
of
a
switch.
They
need
to
be
thorough
and
comprehensive
to
put
together
a
strong
case
and
to
somehow
suggest
that,
because
the
police
have
yet
to
lay
charges
or
conclude
their
investigation,
that
that
does
not
matter
to
government
or
that
is
being
dismissive
of
Public
Safety
is
erroneous,
and
the
member
should
know
that.
C
Every
single
day
in
this
house
and
in
British
Columbia,
there
is
one
serious
issue
after
another
and
in
fact
we
have
an
attorney
general
that
continues
to
fail
to
do
his
job.
Let's
talk
about
his
record
when
it
comes
to
the
job
that
he's
done
his
mou,
with
only
the
wetsoa
and
hereditary
Chiefs,
we've
heard
very
little
about
any
progress
that
he
has
made.
C
He
was
paid
a
hundred
and
forty
two
thousand
dollars
as
a
facilitator,
and
apparently
that
was
a
complete
waste
of
money
and
his
soft
on-prime
approach
has
done
nothing
more
than
emboldened
criminals
in
British
Columbia.
Frankly,
he
has
been
hopeless
on
this
file
and
it
is
time
that
he
stepped
up
and
did
his
job.
So
a
simple
question
to
the
attorney
general:
when
will
violent
criminals
who
are
causing
Havoc
start
to
fail,
feel
consequences
again
in
British
Columbia.
E
Attorney
general,
thank
you
very
much,
Mr
Speaker.
We
are,
of
course
working
with
the
woodsowitin.
We
have
tried
to
get
them
to
agree
to
with
the
federal
government
to
attend
a
summit.
We
continue
to
hope
that
that
will
take
place.
Mr
Speaker.
The
root
of
this
problem
is
the
member
well
knows,
is
the
decision
of
the
Supreme
Court
in
the
delgumuka
stay
away
case,
a
case
which,
with
which
we've
been
working
with
the
hereditary
Chiefs
and
the
whitsoiten,
as
well
as
the
other
members
elected
Chiefs
of
the
whitsoitan
for
many
years.
E
It's
no
secret
to
this
house
that
there's
great
disagreement
on
the
issue
of
the
pipeline.
Notwithstanding
that
we
are
trying
to
find
a
way
forward
using
a
memorandum
of
understanding
approach,
and
we
will
continue
to
try
to
get
those
negotiations
concluded
in
the
interests
of
everyone
in
this
province.
A
B
E
Mr
Speaker
I
Thank,
The
Honorable
member
for
her
question
on
Friday
I
had
the
opportunity,
after
question
period
to
speak
to
Mr,
Lepard
and
I
can
confirm
that
we
are
very
much
on
the
same
page.
My
counterparts
and
other
provinces
agree
that
repeat
violent
offenders.
People
out
on
bail
is
an
issue
across
this
country.
An
unintended
consequence
of
federal
bail
reforms
and
Supreme
Court
decisions
to
clarify
the
dotted
Mr
Lepard
commented
on
was
for
total
remand
populations,
not
the
specific
to
people,
who'd
committed,
repeat
violent,
offenses,
more
recent
statistics.
E
Canada
data
in
fact
shows
that
fully
half
of
the
provinces
and
territories
have
fewer
people
in
remand
than
before
the
pandemic
repeat
violent.
Offenses
are
an
issue
across
Canada
and
Mr
Speaker.
The
conservative
Manitoba
Justice
Minister
Kelvin
gertson,
said
after
after
our
meetings
and
Halifax,
the
following,
the
Manitoba
government
came
with
a
clear
message
that
too
many
violent
offenders
are
being
granted
bail.
Only
to
then
victimize
someone
else
while
on
bail.
I
was
pleased
that
all
provinces
agreed
that
there
needs
to
be
changes
to
Federal
bail
Provisions
in
order
to
protect
our
communities.
Mr
Speaker.
E
This
is
a
problem
that
has
to
be
addressed
on
a
national
basis.
We
are
doing
so
working
on
determined
to
get
the
federal
government
to
step
up
and
do
their
part
in
bail
reform
and
address
this
issue,
just
as
we
are
working
closely
with
local
governments
to
make
sure
we
have
the
supports
needed,
the
enforcement
measures
necessary
to
take
concrete
action.
They'll
be
announced,
there'll,
be
discussion
later
with
our
colleagues
across
government,
so
we
can
have
an
olive
government
response
and
things
will
be
announced
shortly.
A
Last
week
in
Victoria,
a
woman
was
sitting
in
the
living
room
of
her
own
home
when
rocks
smashed
through
her
window
hitting
and
cutting
her
face
in
another
violent
random
attack
and
on
the
weekend
in
Vancouver,
five
people
were
stabbed
in
less
than
an
hour.
A
man
was
slashed
in
the
face,
and
another
victim
in
Chinatown
was
attacked
by
a
stranger
with
a
knife.
Since
the
incoming
soft
on
crime,
Premiere
was
named,
Premier
designate,
nearly
50
people
have
been
the
victims
of
random
violent
attacks
in
Vancouver.
D
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
It's
funny
I
hear
across
the
way
commenting
because
I
stood
up
and
it's
funny
because
the
member
across
the
way
was
complaining
the
other
day
that
I
don't
stand
up.
So
you
know
I,
guess
you
can't
keep
the
opposition
happy
honorable
speaker
anyway,
I
thank
the
The
Honorable
member
for
her
question
and
I
want
to
point
out
a
number
of
things
that
first
off
we
take
this
issue
incredibly
seriously.
D
That's
why
we
work
with
local
government
to
put
together
the
Le
Park
report
to
put
in
place
what
additional
recommendations
that
government
could
be
initiating
to
deal
with
the
situation,
because
it
is
unacceptable
that
there
are
random
stranger
attacks
and
police
are
doing
everything
that
they
can
to
deal
with
that
at
the
same
time,
what
we
have
also
seen
and
that
we
don't
that
we
recognize
that
these
types
of
crimes
that
we're
seeing
involve
often
people
with
mental
and
health
substance,
abuse,
addictions
and
violent
criminal
records.
That's
one
stream!
D
They
made
a
series
of
arrests
and
charges
relation
to
that
to
those
events,
but
what
we
also
want
to
do
honorable
speaker,
is
that
we
can
change
the
laws,
see
changes
in
the
laws
that
have
brought
unintended
consequences
that
make
it
that
made
it
difficult
to
deal
with
some
of
those
violent
offenders
that
concern
all
of
us
in
this
house.
D
As
I've
said
before,
The
Honorable
member,
we
have
reverse
illness
when
it
comes
to
Firearms
we'd
like
to
see
that
on
other
kinds
of
weapons
as
well,
that
people
engage
in
violent
attacks
on
people
and
we
are
determined
to
make
that
happen
just
as
we're
determined
to
make
sure
that
there's
the
supports
in
place
to
deal
with
the
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
problems
that
people
are
facing.
Honorable
speaker,
it
is
a
comprehensive
approach.
F
You,
honorable
speaker
last
week,
the
incoming
Premier
said
and
I
quote:
we
cannot
continue
to
subsidize
fossil
fuels.
We
cannot
continue
to
expand
fossil
fuel
infrastructure
and
hit
our
climate
goals.
End
quote
this
seems
like
a
pretty
clear
statement,
honorable
speaker,
but
I
would
like
to
get
it
on
the
record
in
the
house
through
you
to
the
minister
of
Mines.
Can
he
assure
the
public
that
there
will
be
no
Phase
2
expansion
of
LNG
Canada.
G
You
very
much
Mr
Speaker.
In
fact,
our
government
eliminated
the
largest
fossil
fuel
subsidy
in
BC,
the
Deep
Well
royalty
program.
We've
also
eliminated
other
outdated
and
efficient
programs
such
as
the
marginal
well,
the
ultra
marginal
well,
the
low
productivity,
well
rate
production
and
the
clean
growth
infrastructure,
royalty
programs,
those
those
royalty
programs
have
been
eliminated
and
in
fact,
that
that
was
noticed
and
we
received
some
recognition
from
the
members
of
the
public.
This
one
may
be
familiar.
G
Let
me
read
it
and
I'll
identify
the
person
afterwards
kudos
to
the
ministry
of
energy
mines
and
low
carbon
innovation
of
the
BC
NDP
for
eliminating
the
Deep
Well
royalty
Credit
in
BC.
This
was
the
most
egregious
BC
liberal
oil
and
gas
sector
handout.
Bc
ever
saw
literally
BC
gave
out
more
credits
than
in
earned
in
royalties.
That
was
Andrew
Weaver
on
Twitter
May,
23,
2022.
F
Speaker,
I
guess
some
things
never
get
tired
for
this
government.
However,
what
they
aren't
tired
of
is
not
answering
questions
apparently
I
didn't
ask
about
oil
and
gas
subsidies.
I
asked
about
whether
LNG
Canada
will
be
expanding
into
phase
two,
which
would
be
entirely
contrary
to
what
their
incoming
Premier
has
said
on
the
record,
which
is,
we
cannot
continue
to
expand
fossil
fuel
infrastructure
and
hit
our
climate
goals.
Let's
see
what
others
are
saying
about
this
government's
climate
record
last
week
they
got
an
F
on
their
Climate
Change
Report.
F
They
have
known
who
the
incoming
Premier
will
be
for
months.
They
all
support
them.
Surely
they
should
be
able
to
answer
the
straightforward
question
about
his
priorities
and
I'm
assuming
their
government
priorities,
but
perhaps
because
this
government
is
meeting
with
the
owners
of
LNG
Canada
regularly
and
LNG
Canada
very
much
intends
to
expand
to
phase
two
of
its
plant,
despite
the
fact
that
LNG
Canada
will
make
it
impossible
for
us
to
meet
our
targets,
despite
the
fact
that
this
province
is
experiencing
climate
crises
on
all
fronts.
F
G
G
Our
role
is
not
only
to
work
with
LNG
projects
on
their
permit
requests,
but
importantly,
to
ensure
that
these
projects
benefit
all
British
Columbians
by
providing
jobs
and
training
opportunities
for
the
people
who
call
British
Columbia
home,
providing
British
Columbians
with
a
fair
return
on
our
resources,
respecting
and
forming
meaningful
Partnerships
with
First
Nations
and
meeting
world-class
standards
and
best
practices
for
Environmental
Protection,
and
by
that
I
mean
our
clean
BC
program.
No
project
will
proceed
unless
it
fits
within
the
emission
Target
set
out
by
Clean
DC.
H
Mr
Speaker
last
week
we
learned
from
the
minister
of
Tourism
that
the
premier
desident
has
abruptly
slammed
the
door
on
the
indigenous-led
2030
Olympic
bid.
The
first
of
its
kind
in
the
world
blindsided
is
how
Chief
Wayne
Sparrow
of
the
musgrim
nation
describes.
The
decision
to
the
minister.
When
did
the
premier
designate,
make
his
decision
to
kill
this
indigenous-led
Olympic
bid
and
why
weren't
First
Nations
allowed
to
meet
with
the
next
Premier
before
he
made
his
decision.
I
Thank
you,
honorable,
speaker
and
I
want
to
begin
my
answer
by
first
thanking
the
four
first
host
Nations,
as
well
as
the
Olympic
Committee
here
in
Canada.
They
mounted
what
is
an
incredible
bid.
The
first
First
Nations
LED
bid
and
it's
a
model
that
truly
deserves
to
be
applauded,
and
one
that
I
hope
the
ioc
takes
a
look
at
moving
forward.
I
know
the
nations
are
extraordinarily
disappointed.
I
This
was
a
difficult
decision
we
were
asked
by
the
committee
after
we
received
their
proposal
just
a
few
weeks
ago
to
provide
a
letter
of
support
to
move
forward
into
the
next
targeted
dialogue
for
the
Olympics
after
cabinet
reviewed
that
proposal.
We
ultimately
decided
that
the
costs
and
the
risks
compared
with
the
benefits,
as
well
as
the
priorities
that
our
government
is
focused
on,
like
Health
Care,
like
Public
Safety,
like
education,
we
ultimately
decided
this
wasn't
the
right
time
to
pursue
the
bid
and
I
know
that's
extraordinarily
disappointing
to
the
nation.
I
We
are
sitting
here
in
in
Victoria
right
now,
so
I
did
meet
with
the
Nations
on
Monday
to
relay
cabinet's
decision
and
offered
a
further
follow-up
meeting
to
the
Nations.
To
talk
through
the
decision,
if
they
wish
and
I
I
remain
excited
to
work
with
them
on
all
aspects
of
reconciliation.
Moving
forward.
H
B
H
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I
think
it's
important,
though
Mr
Speaker,
to
understand
why
the
incoming
Premier
wouldn't
even
meet
with
the
four
host
First
Nations,
leading
the
bid
prior
to
killing
the
bid.
It
was
highly
disrespectful
not
to
do
so.
Counselor
Wilson
Williams
of
the
Suquamish
Nation
calls
it
a
kick
in
the
teeth
and
says
quote:
we
were
suffocated
in
a
true
Colonial
process.
End
quote
again
to
the
tourism
Minister.
When
did
the
premier?
Doesn't
it
make
his
decision
and
why
didn't
he
even
respond
to
the
first
Nations
requesting
a
meeting.
I
I
We
received
the
host
proposal
in
the
past
two
weeks.
Cabinet
reviewed
that
proposal
and
cabinet
made
a
decision
that,
ultimately,
the
two
billion
dollars
in
direct
costs
and
risks
were
just
far
too
great
and
that
we
would
not
be
able
to
pursue
the
bid
at
this
time.
I
relate
that
information
to
the
Nations
and
have
provided
an
opportunity
for
them
to
meet
with
me
in
person
to
discuss
that
if
they
wish
and
I'll
continue
to
work
with
those
Nations
moving
forward,
we're
doing
work
on
reconciliation.
Every.
B
I
Day
in
our
government,
whether
that
means
the
historic
event
we
had
last
week
here
in
the
legislature
where
we
returned
remove
the
barriers
for
jurisdictions
for
children
and
families
to
be
covered
by
the
Nations.
You
know
these.
This
is
work,
we're
doing
every
single
day,
honorable
speaker
and
we're
going
to
keep
doing
that.
J
Yeah,
thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Speaker!
Well,
it's
it's
outrageous
in
these
very
simple
questions
to
hear
the
minister
respond
by
essentially
refusing
to
to
acknowledge
that
what
we're
at
we're
getting
at
here
is:
when
did
the
premier
designate
make
the
decision
to
cancel
this
project
it
is.
J
It
is
out
an
outrageous
assertion
that
the
that
the
premier
designate
had
nothing
to
do
with
this,
just
like
he
had
nothing
to
do
with
rigging
the
ndp's
leadership
race
or
nothing
to
do
with
ripping
four
days
out
of
the
Parliamentary
calendar
members.
J
It's
it
just
doesn't
pass
the
smell
test
at
all
to
to
the
to
the
member's
opposite.
A
prior
prior
to
this
decision,
First
Nations
had
actually
written
to
the
incoming
Premier.
They
wrote
to
him
and
urged
urged
him
to
meet
with
them,
to
discuss
any
concerns
that
he
might
have
with
the
bid
and
the
respect
that
they
were
shown
by
the
incoming
Premier
was
not
to
get
back
to
them,
not
to
meet
them
and
then
to
have
the
rug
pulled
out
from
underneath
them.
J
First
Nations
don't
want
to
actually
hear
from
the
tourism
minister.
They
want
a
meeting
with.
They
wanted
a
meeting
with
the
incoming
Premier.
They
want
to
hear
from
the
incoming
premier
Mr
Speaker,
but
given
given
the
the
incoming
premier's
radical
past,
it's
it's
no
surprise
that
he
decided
to
kill
this
indigenous-led
Olympic
bid.
He
sided
with
anarchists,
trying
to
disrupt
the
2010
games
and
boasted
about
his
quote:
resistance
to
the
oppressive
Olympic
agenda.
End
quote:
he
was
even
fear-mongering
that
the
Olympics
back
then
would
turn
BC
into
quote
a
police
state.
J
I
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and
I
I
reject
every
premise
that
the
member
just
spoke
of.
I
And
in
fact,
it
makes
me
a
little
sad
and
a
little
a
little
worried
actually
too,
because
I
clearly
don't
understand
how
the
BC
liberals
operate
and
how
they
would
operate
a
government,
because
here
in
our
government
this
is
a
cabinet
decision.
This
isn't
a
top-down
decision.
This
is
a
cabinet
system.
I
You
this
is
a
cabinet
level
decision.
We
were
asked
by
the
Nations
to
provide
a
letter
of
support
for
November.
That
is
the
timeline
we
were
working
on
as
the
next
checkpoint
to
move
into
targeted
dialogues
with
the
international
Olympic
Committee
cabinet
reviewed
the
host
proposal.
Ultimately,
we
had
to
take
a
look
at
whether
the
costs
and
the
and
the
risks
of
over
2
billion
dollars
could
weigh
in
with
the
benefits,
as
well
as
the
priorities
that
we
have
in
government.
I
We've
made
very
clear
commitments
to
the
people
of
British
Columbia
about
the
things
we
need
to
focus
on,
like
Health
Care,
like
education
like
housing
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
on
those
things,
we're
also
going
to
continue
to
work
alongside
All
Nations,
on
reconciliation
across
this
province,
whether
it
be
you
know,
doubling
forestry
revenues
being
shared
with
First
Nations
as
part
of
our
co-developed
new
Forest
history,
Revenue
sharing
model,
whether
it
be
sharing
gaming,
grant
money,
seven
percent
350
million
dollars
already
shared
with
the
Nations.
I
J
Well,
Mr
Speaker.
When
it
comes
to
reconciliation,
this
government
always
has
the
right
words.
They
always
know
what
to
say
publicly,
but
then,
when
what
happens
behind
closed
doors
is
certainly
not
a
demonstration
of
what
reconciliation
is
all
about.
First
Nations
pursued
this
bid.
It
was
the
first
indigenous-led
Olympic
Games
bid
in
the
world,
and
they
were
LED
down
a
a
path
by
this
by
this
government
for
over
a
year.
J
But
while
the
incoming
Premier
made
time
to
Dornoch
for
the
NDP
mayor
of
Vancouver,
he
delayed
killing
the
indigenous
lead
bit
until
after
the
Municipal
elections.
The
reality
is,
he
made
his
position
clear
as
a
radical
protester
of
the
2010
games
at
that
time,
while
anarchists
engaged
in
rioting,
looting,
property
damage
and
assaulting
police
officers,
the
incoming
Premier
stood
by
them
and
actually
gave
them
legal
advice
on
how
to
sue
the
police.
J
He
even
called
for
a
boycott
of
Olympic
sponsors
and
described
the
games,
as
quote
a
spectacle
that
will
turn
our
city
into
a
near
police
state.
End
quote
so
again
a
simple
question
to
the
minister
of
Tourism.
Can
the
minister
tell
this
house
if
the
incoming
Premier
continues
to
boycott
anything
related
to
the
Olympics
and
is
that
why
he
refused
to
even
meet
with
First
Nations
prior
to
pulling
the
rug
out
from
onto
them
with
respect.
I
K
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
Well,
that's
certainly
not
nonsense.
All
one
needs
to
do
is
look
that
up
and
and
we'll
find
quotes
all
over
now.
This
is
so
disrespectful.
First
Nations
have
put
so
much
work
years
of
work
into
this
indigenous-led
Olympic
bid
the
first
of
its
kind
in
the
world.
The
minister
herself
says
it's
exceptional,
it's
amazing,
yet
the
anti-olympics
premier
didn't
even
give
them
an
opportunity
to
be
at
the
table
and
has
refused
to
answer
any
questions
about
his
decision.
K
I
Thank
you,
speaker,
I
understand
how
deeply
disappointed
the
nations
are.
This
was
an
exciting
bid
and
I
absolutely
applaud
the
four
nations,
as
well
as
the
Canadian
Olympic
Committee,
on
the
work
that
they've
done
over
this
past
year.
This
is
truly
a
remarkable
model.
It's
something
that
should
you
know,
should
be
recognized
and
used
again
by
the
Olympic
Committee.
Moving
forward.
Ultimately
cabinet
was
asked
to
make
a
decision
for
November.
We
were
provided.
I
The
host
proposal
in
the
past
few
weeks,
cabinet
reviewed
that
proposal
and
we
had
to
take
a
look
at
the
costs
and
the
benefits
the
risks
to
the
province,
and
ultimately,
we
decided
it
was
simply
not
the
right
time
we're
going
to
continue
our
work
on
reconciliation.
We
are
moving
forward
on
important
areas
all
across
our
government,
whether
that
be
investing
in
language,
revitalization
and
protection,
whether
that
be
increasingly
indigenous
graduation
rates
for
for
Education,
whether
that
be
sharing
our
Gaming
revenue
and
and
Forestry
revenues.
L
L
L
Mr
Speaker
the
NDP
have
earned
the
title
for
being
the
most
secretive
government
in
Canada
and
nobody
believes
their
claims
as
to
why
this
decision
was
made.
It
was
me,
let's
be
clear,
by
a
radical
incoming
Premier
because
of
his
dislike
of
the
oppressive
Olympics.
In
his
words,
because,
let's
be
clear,
Mr
Speaker
of
how
we
got
to
this
point,
the
outgoing
dreamer,
the
outgoing
creamer
actually
met
with
the
proponents
of
this
indigenous-led
Olympic
did
at
the
front
end.
They
left
that
meeting
feeling
they
had
his
support
and
encouragement
to
pursue
the
bid.
L
L
E
A
L
I
Thank
you,
chair
and,
and
I
I,
really,
don't
know
how
much
clearer
I
can
make
it
to
the
opposition.
I
I
Thank
you
and
we
ultimately
made
the
decision
that
we
were
unable
to
support
the
games
at
this
time.
We
are
going
to
continue
to
work
alongside
the
Nations
as
we
move
forward
we're
going
to
continue
to
to
support
reconciliation
in
all
ways
across
the
government
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
support
and
take
a
look
at
bids
as
they
come
forward
for
international
sporting
events,
because
that's
how
we
operate.