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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 24 2022 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
C
C
C
D
Mr
speaker,
we've
updated
reporting
requirements
requirements
around
this
to
be
in
line
with
other
provinces.
All
the
other
provinces
have
this
and
we're
we've
done
this
in
order
to
be
in
line
with
other
provinces,
but
I
also
want
to
say,
mr
speaker,
you
know
we're
also
seeing
in
terms
of
the
used
car
business
you
know
significant
shifts
in
in
in
buying
and
purchasing
of
of
used
vehicles.
D
In
fact,
mr
speaker
we're
seeing
a
real
shift
in
people
being
interested
in
electric
vehicles,
and
that's
why,
mr
speaker,
you
know
we
eliminated
the
pst
on
used
evs
on
ucvs,
mr
speaker,.
D
In
fact,
in
fact,
mr
speaker,
two-thirds
of
canadians
want
their
next
vehicle
to
be
an
ev,
and
this
is
again
helping
people
to
make
the
right
choice.
In
fact,
mr
speaker,
what
I
want
to,
I
want
to
point
out
that
the
automotive
retailers
association,
you
know,
applauds
our
announcement
to
remove
the
pst
on
used
zero
emission
vehicles.
They
say
that
this
will
help
make
the
shift
to
the
electric
more
affordable
for
all
british
columbians,
mr
speaker
and
that's
work
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
do.
C
C
That's
a
pretty
life-changing
amount
of
money
for
most
people
in
british
columbia
that
twenty
thousand
dollars.
But
let's
look
at
a
real
example:
let's
look
at
a
real
example
of
what
real
families
trying
to
buy
a
good
reliable
used
vehicle
to
get
around
with
their
families
in
british
columbia
are
now
facing.
C
Under
this
minister's
tax
changes,
there's
a
2014
dodge
caravan
listed
in
surrey,
it's
about
150,
000
kilometers.
We
just
looked
it
up.
It's
now
worth
around.
Ten
thousand
dollars
probably
was
worth
around
six
not
too
long
ago,
but,
as
we
know,
prices
have
increased
the
tax
increase
on
that
vehicle.
With
this
tax
policy
change.
C
D
Mr
speaker,
this
is
about
bringing
us
in
line
with
the
rest
of
canada.
We
were
lagging
behind,
but
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
clearly,
the
member
doesn't
understand
the
difference
between
a
tax
rebate
and
removing
the
pst
on
an
ev.
He
thinks
it's
a
tax
rebate.
This
is
much
more
different
than
that.
Mr
speaker,
this
is
about
removing
the
pst
on
used
zevs,
that's
a
significant
difference
for
people
who
want
to
make
a
difference
to
protect
the
environment
and
to
switch
over
to
electric
vehicles.
E
D
D
There
is
an
expectation
that
all
of
my
colleagues
will
stick
to
their
budgets.
Mr
speaker,
we
are
hanging
on
to
that
component.
Part
of
of
the
of
the
holdback,
but
I
want
to
say,
mr
speaker,
you
know
the
deficit
hold
back.
Measures
really
do
send
the
wrong
the
wrong
message.
You
know
the
the
member
talked
about.
You
know
what
using
using
the
this
measure
as
a
way
to
do
accountability.
Well,
I
have
to
say,
mr
mr
speaker,
you
know
when
they.
D
E
E
I
have
the
budget,
it's
it's,
not
actually
the
budget
that
she
delivered
this
week.
It's
the
budget
she
delivered
a
year
ago
and
on
page
33
it
says
this:
the
path
to
balanced
budgets.
The
province
will
be
working
over
the
coming
months
to
finalize
a
specific
timeline.
To
return
to
balance,
the
specific
timeline
approach
and
plan
will
be
presented
in
budget
2022.
E
Mr
speaker,
contrary
to
the
assurances
that
the
ndp
of
the
ndp
this
minister
and
this
government
are
committing
this
province
to
permanent
and
ongoing
deficits
and
all
of
the
pain
all
of
the
pain
that
that
will
ultimately
impose
on
future
generations,
and
why
are
they
doing
it
I'll
tell
you
why
they're
doing
it
I'll
tell
you
why
they're
doing
it,
because
it's
easy
it's
easy
and
they
know
they
won't
be
around
to
clean
up
the
mess
because
they
never
are.
Mr
speaker.
E
It's
not
just
the
premier
and
the
ministers
who
are
being
rewarded
for
this
great
leap
backwards
into
budgeting
unaccountability.
Mr
speaker,
in
july
2017
the
premier's
chief
of
staff,
jeff
meigs,
signed
on
for
195
thousand
dollars
by
ordering
council
dated
december
17
2021.
E
Just
a
few
months
ago,
mr
meg's
maximum
salary
was
increased
from
195
thousand
dollars
to
299
thousand
dollars
299.
At
a
time.
Mr
speaker,
when
british
columbians
are
paying
more
for
groceries,
they're
paying
more
for
gas
they're
paying
more
for
vehicles,
they're
paying
more
for
homes
and
in
a
budget
where
the
government
is
adding
to
that
burden
with
new
taxes
and
charges.
D
B
D
Let's
hear
what
laura
goo,
the
economist
with
social
bank
had
to
say
about
this
budget.
The
budget
confirmed
the
province's
fiscal
resilience
facing
the
the
past
year's
health
crisis
and
natural
disasters.
D
D
F
F
We've
heard
the
strong
opposition
to
this
plan,
and
we
know
that
indigenous
leaders
are
taking
control
of
child
welfare,
making
much
of
what
mcfd
does
redundant
nash
advanced.
This
theory
quote
faced
with
a
loss
of
power
in
coming
years.
They
want
to
centralize
all
services
for
children
with
special
needs
in
their
own
buildings,
with
greater
roles
for
their
own
staff.
End
quote:
nash
continues
quote
instead
of
more
buildings
and
wait
lists
and
more
policies
about
how
to
manage
those
wait.
Lists
mcfd
should
increase,
increase
the
reach
of
individual
funding
for
more
children.
F
Instead
of
trying
to
tear
some
families
down,
they
could
build
up
more
families
and
quote
mr
speaker
through
you
to
the
minister
of
children
and
family
development.
Why
hasn't
she
listened
to
these
parents,
and
rather
than
entrenching
bureaucracy,
increase
the
funding
to
directly
support
families
of
neurodiverse
children.
H
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
I
would
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
everybody
is
aware
that
the
new
services
in
the
new
system
that's
going
to
be
delivered
provincially
to
support
all
children.
Youth
with
support
needs
is
going
to
be
delivered
by
community
agencies,
agencies
who
know
their
community
and
who
know
how
to
deliver
services
to
families
in
their
communities.
H
B
F
Classic
response
said:
child
welfare
in
this
province
is
to
find
a
broken
plan
from
somewhere
else
and
try
it
here
to
see.
If
we
can
make
it
work,
the
new
plan
to
grow
the
ministry
of
children
and
families
won't
be
in
place
until
2025.
Mr
speaker,
there
are
a
lot
of
concerns
about
a
lack
of
clarity
on
the
plan.
It
seems
like
this
ministry
hasn't
mapped
out
how
the
system
works
and
is
instead
leaving
families
in
the
dark.
F
Mr
speaker,
in
other
jurisdictions,
who've
moved
to
family
hubs,
model
they've
done
it
as
a
way
to
keep
costs
down.
Julia
boyle,
the
executive
director
of
autism
bc,
said
quote:
one
only
needs
to
look
at
ontario
where
social
services
minister
todd
smith,
recently
announced
their
hub-based
model
failed,
and
they
need
to
go
back
and
redesign
their
approach.
F
In
the
absence
of
a
substantial
increase
in
funding
and
service
providers,
the
mcfd
is
likely
to
rely
on
gatekeeping
procedures
and
quote
mr
speaker.
While
children
are
suffering,
this
minister
of
children
and
families
is
engaged
in
bureaucratic,
shuffling
the
minister
says
children
need
more
services,
but
must
fund
and
deliver
it
not
spend
millions
of
dollars,
reorganizing
and
disrupting
services
to
our
children.
H
H
H
Speaker
we're
investing
in
early
implementation
areas
and
will
continue
working
with
service
providers
and
community
agencies
as
we
make
that
transformation.
We
are
a
different
government
here
in
british
columbia.
We
listen
to
british
columbian
families.
What
our
values
are
to
make
the
choices
of
investing
in
children
and
youth.
Our
government
makes
the
choices
of
investing
in
families,
unlike
other
governments
and,
unlike
the
other
side,
when
they
were
in
government.
I
I
The
government
has
bundled
along
failing
to
communicate
to
farmers,
ranchers
and
small
business
owners
who
are
at
risk
of
losing
precious
water
rights
in
this
province.
The
ndp
has
simply
failed
to
properly
reach
out
to
those
who
are
being
impacted.
The
latest
numbers
show
that
only
one
in
five
historical
groundwater
users
has
actually
applied
for
continued
use.
Mr
speaker,
that
means
thousands
of
people
could
lose
access
to
water
in
this
province.
I
and
colleagues
have
written
to
the
ministry.
I
J
There
have
been
some
extensions
of
the
deadline
and,
and
we
found
that
people
said,
and
people
that
are
working
like
we've
worked
with
the
bc.
Cattlemen's
association,
the
bc,
groundwaters
association,
the
bc
agriculture
council,
to
encourage
their
members
to
sign
up,
and
one
thing
that
the
people
from
these
industry
organizations
told
us
is
that
people
expect
us
to
just
keep
delaying
the
obvious.
Just
keep
delaying
that
we're
going
to
implement
this,
and
so
we
have
reached
out
to
people.
We
have
sent
out
packages
to
mla's
offices.
J
We
have
sent
out
many
many
support
to
people.
We
have
hired
additional
people
to
help
people
with
the
application
process.
In
fact,
we
had
to
change
the
we
had
to
change
the
application
process
because
it
was
so
complicated
when
it
was
first
implemented
in
2016..
We
have
heard
from
people
like
the
bc
government.
J
They
don't
want
to
hear
the
answer
they.
We
have
heard
from
people
like
the
bc,
cattlemen's
association,
that
it
is
far
simplified
now
the
process,
so
we
are
still
working
on
that.
We
have
people
helping
them
to
do
that.
We
are
finding
that
the
majority
of
people
who
are
the
big
users
are
saying
they
are
going
to
sign
up.
We
are
hoping
that
they
will
do
that.
We
understand
the
issues
and
we
are
working
on
it.
K
K
In
fact,
in
2015
the
previous
government
created
the
foundry
program
to
provide
mental
health
care
substance
use
services
and
family
peer
supports
for
youth
aged
12
to
24
in
physical
locations
all
across
british
columbia.
Now
even
the
ndp
agreed
with
the
positive
impact
that
these
physical
foundry
centers
have
had
on
our
youth
and
and
and
expanded
the
program
post
2017.
K
However,
despite
the
mental
health
and
wellness
needs
of
our
youth
being
greater
today
than
ever
before,
imagine
our
shock
to
find
in
this
budget
that
the
centers
that
were
supposed
to
open
this
year
have
been
delayed
to
2025
and
the
four
new
centers
that
were
supposed
to
open
next
year.
Well,
they're,
just
not
in
the
budget
at
all.
A
A
These
are
centers
physical
centers,
where
young
people
can
can
be
connected
with
primary
care
with
sexual
care,
with
substance
use,
support
with
mental
health
counseling
also
during
the
pandemic,
moved
in
an
unprecedented
way
to
offer
virtual
foundry
supports
and
there's
a
foundry
bc
app
young
people
can
get
same-day
crisis
help
or
even
next
day,
counseling
so
locations
in
the
works
are
burns.
Lake,
comox
valley,
cranbrook,
langley,
squamish,
surrey,
port,
hardy
williams,
lake
all
announced
all
underway
for
implementation.
A
Last
year's
budget
it
funded
four
more
foundries.
We
are
working
with
the
people
with
lived
and
lived
experience
on
the
ground
to
identify
those
next
locations.
Nothing
has
changed
from
last
year's
budget
about
the
timing
of
those
openings.
We've
got
more
centers
coming
up
where
young
people
will
be
able
to
walk
in
and
then
four
more
locations
that
will
be
announced
in
the
future.
K
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
well
to
the
minister
and
no
one
believes
anything.
You
just
said
the
the
what
you've
said
does
not
line
up
with.
What's
actually
in
your
your
ministry's
service
plan
or,
what's
actually
in
the
budget,
look
you
know,
I'm
happy,
I'm
happy
to
walk,
walk
the
minister
through,
through
her
own
service
plan,
the
the
service
plan
from
from
last
year,
on
page
10,
page
10
laid
out
the
targets
it
laid
out,
the
targets
for
for
for
new
physical
foundry
centers.
K
K
End
quote,
I
mean
there
was
great
great
reason
for
optimism,
despite
the
fact
that
communities
like
kamloops
and
nanaimo
have
been
passed
over
in
six
consecutive
budgets
now
kamloops,
the
community
I
represent,
is
the
largest
city
outside
of
the
lower
mainland
that
doesn't
have
a
foundry,
and
regrettably,
there
doesn't
appear
to
be
a
path
for
for
the
city
of
kamloops
to
have
one
anytime
soon
so
again
to
the
minister,
with
the
mental
health
needs
of
of
youth
being
more
acute,
more
prevalent
in
communities
across
the
problem,
more
more
so
than
ever
before.
A
B
A
A
And
the
timeline
for
the
foundries
that
were
the
eight
locations
that
are
in
the
works
funded
during
our
previous
term
of
government
under
my
predecessor,
the
first
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions,
judy
darcy,
those
haven't
been
able
to
open
during
the
pandemic
at
the
pace
that
we
wanted.
Nothing
has
changed
in
our
funding
commitment
and
the
service
plan
represents
what
we
think
is
the
the
outside
time
that
we
would
be
able
to
open
them,
but
the
funding
is
there
and
if
we
can
accelerate
beyond
the
service
plan,
we
absolutely
will.
A
G
G
B
A
Mr
speaker,
the
crisis
of
mental
health
and
substance
use
facing
families
and
young
people
in
british
columbia
has
never
been
worse
and
there
has
never
been
so
much
invested
in
this
system
and
nothing
has
changed
in
our
budget
commitment
in
our
budget
commitment
that
nothing
has
changed.
97
million
dollars
invested
in
last
years.
B
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
The
systems
changed
in
implement
integrated
child
and
youth
teams
has
never
been
done
before
and
we
will
not
lead
families
astray
about
the
complication
of
putting
those
teams
together
and
we
will
get
them
up
and
running
as
soon
as
we
can,
and
that
is
the
commitment
of
our
budget
and
of
my
service
plan.