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From YouTube: MAY 12 2022 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
D
Honorable
speaker,
the
member
was
there.
The
first
thing
I
said
in
answer
to
a
question
on
physician's
assistance
was
I'm
not
saying
I
said
on
the
record,
I'm
not
saying
that
care
is
better
and
that's
the
case.
In
fact,
family
practice.
Doctors
are
the
heart
and
the
foundation
of
our
primary
care
system.
Six
thousand
eight
hundred.
D
Over
the
last
number
of
years,
there
are
600,
more
family
practice,
doctors
in
bc
than
there
were
before
there
are
also-
and
we
talk
about
nurse
practitioners
who
have
also
a
very
significant
role,
400
more
nurse
practitioners,
and
they
are
working
together
to
provide
primary
care.
The
reason
you
know
that
I
don't
think
that
is,
I
didn't
say
it.
I
don't
believe
it
and
I
think
family
practice.
Doctors
do
an
extraordinary
job
in
bc,
particularly
during
this
period
of
pandemic,
when
we
transform
the
primary
care
system
together
to
continue
to
provide
service
for
people.
D
So,
let's
be
clear,
I've
said
virtually
every
day,
family
practice.
Doctors
are
critical
in
bc.
C
Well,
thank
you
very
much
to
the
minister,
and
we
should
be
perfectly
clear
about
who
heard
the
comments
and
what
how
they
were
said.
Doctors
were
watching
across
british
columbia
and
their
comments
were
based
on
what
they
heard,
not
what
I
heard
so
to
be
clear.
They
issued
the
statement.
They
took
the
rare
opportunity
to
issue
a
statement
about
what
this
minister
said.
After
watching
his
health
estimates,
doctors
are
upset
and
angry
about
what
they
heard.
C
This
minister
say,
as
dr
anna
woluk
says,
and
I
quote
the
minister's
comments
confirm
that
we
are
undervalued
as
people
and
as
physicians.
It's
an
actual
gut
punch.
End
quote
not
my
words
and
I
was
in
the
room
with
the
minister.
While
doctors
were
listening
and
sending
in
their
comments,
almost
a
million
people
in
british
columbia
do
not
have
a
doctor,
and
this
minister
continues
to
say:
everything's.
Okay,
doctors
are
closing
their
practices,
and
many
more
have
indicated
they
will
do
that
because
they
feel
undervalued.
D
Well,
thank
you
very
much
honorable
speaker
and
that
the
circumstance
the
the
leader
of
the
opposition
talks
about
an
attachment.
There
were
twice
as
many
unattached
people
in
2017,
as
in
2003
the
rate
of
an
attachment
increased
by
70
percent
in
that
period.
What
that
tells
you
is
that
that's
a
trend
over
a
period
of
time
only
once
in
those
14
years
did
did
attachment
get
less.
D
D
It's
why,
under
the
most
difficult
of
circumstances,
in
this
past
year,
the
year
ending
march
31st,
there
were
1.5
million
more
visits
than
there
were
before
the
pandemic,
in
spite
of
those
extraordinary
difficulties,
if
anything
tells
you
about
the
commitment
of
our
family
practice,
doctors
to
our
province
to
their
patients
into
our
health
care
system.
Is
that
and
I
and
the
government
will
continue
to
support
them.
E
Well,
thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
the
question
that
the
leader
of
the
opposition
has
asked
and-
and
and
I
will
do
so
again-
it
relates
to
the
words
of
this
health
minister
in
the
estimates
process
just
down
the
hall
from
here.
These
were
his
words
and
he
can
he
can
choose
to
to
deflect
around
that
here
this
morning
he
said
what
he
said
and
doctors
across
the
province
were
outraged.
E
So
the
questions
are
about
the
choice
of
words
and
whether
they
truly
reflect
how
this
minister
feels
about
family
doctors
and
their
role
in
our
health
care
system,
and
I
would
remind
the
minister
that
under
his
watch
one
in
five
british
columbians
don't
have
a
family
doctor.
So
this
really
matters
instead
of
instead
of
focusing
on
action
to
ensure
that
we
don't
lose
any
more
doctors.
E
E
So
once
again
I
will
I
will.
I
will
point
out
another
statement
for
this
for
this
minister.
This
one
is
from
the
bc
family,
doctors
association
in
direct
response
to
the
minister's
words
yesterday-
and
I-
and
I
quote,
such
comments
are
disheartening
and
divisive.
Bc's
primary
care
crisis
will
not
be
solved
by
fostering
an
us
versus
them.
Culture
end
quote
so
again
to
the
minister
of
health.
Will
he
stop
with
this
divisive
rhetoric
and
folk
on
focus
on
the
action
required
so
that
british
columbians
have
a
family
doctor
when
and
where
they
need?
One.
D
Oh
honorable,
speaker,
it's
unusual.
When
you
get
criticized
for
comments,
they
don't
quote
the
comments
which
are
which
are
pretty
straightforward
and
consistent
with
what
I've
said
for
a
long
time.
I
think
what
family
practice
doctors
in
bc
want
is
to
promote
team-based
care.
I
know
this
because,
in
our
in
our
core
family
practice
and
primary
care
initiative,
primary
care
networks,
we've
handed
the
responsibility
for
the
recommendations
and
the
frame
of
primary
care
networks
and
communities
to
family
practice.
D
Doctors,
just
as
an
example
160
of
the
people
that
have
been
hired
on
the
direction
and
recommendation
of
family
practice.
Doctors
have
supported
patients
on
issues
of
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
care.
Why?
Because
that
assists
first
of
all
in
getting
people
access
to
the
best
possible
care
and
it
reflects
what
family
practice
doctors
are
dealing
with
in
communities.
D
We
are
working.
What
is
clear-
and
this
is
clear
for
doctors
and
nurse
practitioners
and
nurses
and
allied
health
workers,
all
of
them
work
in
primary
care.
Is
that
we're
living
in
a
moment
where
the
complexity
of
cases
has
increased
and
therefore
the
system
we
have
in
place?
The
system
we've
had
in
place
for
a
long
time
the
fee
for
service
system,
which
depends
on
volume,
is
not
well
suited
to
dealing
with
the
increasing
challenges
doctors
face.
This
is
particularly
true
of
young
doctors.
E
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Well,
let's,
let's
take
this
back
up
a
level
under
this
minister's
watch
an
additional
200
000
british
columbians
are
unattached
to
family
physicians,
there's
nearly
one
million
british
climates
now
without
a
family
doctor
in
communities
all
across
this
province.
So
the
actions
that
this
that
this
minister
have
taken
to
this
point
are
inadequate.
E
It's
not
working
and
more
british
climbings.
Thousands
more
are
at
risk
of
also
finding
themselves
in
the
situation
of
not
having
a
family
doctor
unless
this
minister
starts
taking
the
actions
that
are
going
to
fix
that-
and
this
is
why
his
comments
yesterday,
which
again
he
chose
not
to
to
address
his
his
his
his
words
yesterday.
His
words
are
so
critically
important
in
this
discussion.
E
He
needs
to
acknowledge
the
the
disrespect
that
we're
in
those
words,
and
he
has
an
opportunity
to
do
so
here
this
morning,
dr
yvette
lou
is
an
award-winning
family
physician
from
vancouver
and
here's.
What
what
this
doctor
had
to
say
about
the
minister's
words
yesterday
and
I
quote
very
disappointed
that
the
health
minister
does
not
understand
and
appreciate
the
value
of
family
physicians,
end
quote
or
how
about
how
about
this
family,
doctor
gareth
mannheimer,
who
calls
the
minister's
comments,
and
I
quote
unfortunate
and
deeply
disparaging.
E
D
Minister
of
health,
honourable
speaker,
I
celebrate
the
work
of
family
practice
doctors
every
day
I
celebrate
the
work
of
nurses
every
day
in
the
gallery
or
not,
and
I
do
celebrate
the
work
of
nurse
practitioners,
which
is
the
core
of
the
particular
answering
question.
As
I
celebrate
the
work
of
family
practice
doctors,
I
think
that
that
reflects
the
views
of
people
who
actually
practice
medicine
vc,
who
want
to
see
the
development
of
team-based
care.
As
you'll
recall.
Honorable
speaker,
other
efforts
have
been
tried.
The
member
talks
about
one
in
five.
D
It
was
one
in
five
at
the
end
of
14
years
of
liberal
government,
one
in
five.
That
was
the
level
of
an
attachment,
and
that
and
it
started
in
that
case
at
one
in
ten,
and
it
went
to
one
and
five
in
14
years
as
long
and
there's
no
other
source
of
statistics.
That's
from
the
canadian,
a
community
health
survey.
They
started
a
program
called
gp
for
me
that
was
supposed
to
address
it.
Things
got
worse
and
then
they
abandoned
that
program
and
nothing
happened.
So
what
did
we
do?
D
We
started
a
program
to
develop
primary
care
networks
to
promote
community
health,
centers,
to
train
more
doctors
in
residency
programs
to
support
and
train
more
nurse
practitioners
and
to
build
out
team-based
care
so
that
healthcare
providers
would
work
together
to
the
to
the
extent
of
their
skills
and
that
process
has
been
led
and
supported
by
family
doctors.
I
support
family
doctors
every
day.
I
respect
their
role
and
I
respect
it
so
much
so
that
they've
been
key
partners
in
every
aspect
of
primary
care
reform.
A
A
The
minister
of
mental
health
and
addictions
knows
as
much
because
in
2016
as
a
federal
ndp
mp,
she
criticized
sites
he
for
going
through
without
consideration
to
the
impacts
of
indigenous
women
and
girls.
Six
years
later,
this
government
has
doubled
down
on
site
c
coastal,
gasoline
and
others
while
doing
little
to
address
this
violence.
A
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
thank
you
to
the
minister
for
the
response.
June
of
last
year,
this
government
had
put
just
5.5
million
dollars
on
the
table
to
support
community
safety
plans
commemorating
the
women
and
girls
who
were
murdered
and
get
this
training
their
own
public
service.
This
was
as
a
result
of
the
national
plan
for
missing
and
murdered
indigenous
women
and
girls
5.5
million
dollars.
Frankly,
mr
speaker
is
the
equivalent
to
lost
change
in
a
coach
to
this
government.
F
Mister
well
again,
I
thank
the
honorable
member
for
drawing
attention
to
this
difficult
issue.
In
fact,
across
every
week
across
british
columbia,
there
are
an
estimated
1
000
physical
or
sexual
assaults
against
women
and,
as
a
member
would
know,
indigenous
women
and
girls
are
disproportionately
targeted
by
that.
Our
government
has
supported
the
moose
side
campaign
since
the
previous
government,
as
well
since
2011
and
our
government
has
provided
almost
three
million
dollars
and
worked
with
the
federal
government
to
provide
four
million
more
and
urge
them
to
find
funding
in
the
private
sector.
F
There's
much
work
to
do
to
dismantle
systemic
racism.
Our
government
is
committed
to
that
in
a
variety
of
actions
and
in
part
we
do
so
through
the
support
of
we
have
given
to
provide
a
secure
and
stable
funding
for
sexual
assault.
Centers
committed
22
million
dollars
to
do
so.
Mr
speaker,
there
are
an
array
of
initiatives
through
many
ministries
to
address
the
scourge
of
racism
and
systemic
violence
against
indigenous
women
and
girls.
G
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
As
a
shortage
of
baby
formulas
sweeping
across
north
america,
parents
are
already
seeing
empty
shelves
here
in
bc.
Michelle
wazlishin
of
the
retail
council
of
canada
says
in
a
quote
specialized
baby
formulas
that
do
not
have
substitutions
have
been
have
been
impacted
for
the
past
nine
months.
End
quote:
parents
want
to
know
what
is
being
done
to
protect
our
international
supply
chain
and
ensure
they
can
feed
their
newborn
children.
G
D
Minister
of
health,
thank
you
very
much,
honourable
speaker,
and
this
issue
is
a
critical
one
for
the
health
of
children
in
bc.
I
appreciate
the
honourable
member
raising
it
and
yes,
the
government
is
engaged
on
this
issue
as
we
have
been
through
the
pandemic.
The
member
will
recall,
on
occasion,
special
flights
being
chartered
in
bc
by
the
ministry
of
health
to
ensure
that
children
get
access
to
what
they
need
and
we're
continuing
to
pursue
those
efforts.
D
It's
an
important
and
critical
thing
we
have
seen
over
the
last
number
of
years,
particularly
since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
some
of
our
traditional
suppliers,
including
in
the
united
states,
restricting
access
to
essential
items.
It
reminds
us
of
the
need
to
build
our
domestic
domestic
supplies
of
vital
resources
and
we'll
need
to
work
together
with
the
government
of
canada
to
do
this,
but
the
government
is
engaged
at
all
levels
in
trying
to
support
and
and
support
the
health
of
children.
As
we
were
during
the
pandemic,
we
took
specific
action.
D
H
Thank
you,
speaker,
transit
users
in
the
sea
to
sky
are
suffering
from
a
transit
strike
entering
into
its
fifth
month
with
no
end
in
sight.
Six
weeks
ago
I
asked
the
minister
of
labor
to
step
in
so
people
can
get
where
they
need
to
go,
but
nothing's
happened.
He
hasn't
done
a
thing
if
this
was
happening
in
the
premier's
backyard
or
the
labor
minister's
backyard
or
the
transportation
minister's
backyard.
I
Thank
you
onward,
speaker,
and
I
I
want
to
thank
the
the
member
for
raising
this
issue
and
I
share
the
concern
with
the
member
the
impact
this
strike
is
having
on
the
people
of
cedar
sky
corridor,
and
we
talked
about
this
numerous
times.
J
K
You,
honorable
speaker,
I
thank
the
member
for
the
question
and
I
shared
exactly
the
same
concern
as
the
the
member
did
when
I
heard
that
this
in
fact
had
taken
place.
This
was
a
decision
made
by
the
council
of
litton
is
not
something
that
I
would
have
done.
The
council
written
does
make
these
decisions.
Remember
they
don't
come
and
ask
the
problems
for
permission,
and,
quite
frankly,
I
find
it.
K
I
found
it
mind-boggling,
but
that's
what
in
fact
took
place,
but
I'd
also
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
also
let
the
member
know
that
residents
are
able
to
return
to
their
property.
What
they
do
have
to
do
is
to
check,
with
the
the
city
of
clinton,
make
sure
that
there
is
protection
bridge
protective
gear.
Currently,
there
is
significant
debris.
K
Removal
underway
province
is
working
very
closely
with
the
insurance
industry
dealing
with
those
residences
who
have
insurance
and
making
it
clear
that
the
province,
as
I
have
said
repeatedly
in
this
house,
is
paying
for
the
costs
associated
with
the
archaeology
work
that
we
want
that
done
as
quickly
as
possible,
so
that
people
can
get
back
and
and
and
rebuild.
But
the
reality
is
this.
That
was
a
decision
made
by
the
the
city
of
litton,
and
it's
not
one
that
I
would
have
made.
As
I
said,
I
share
your
concerns
about
that
as
well.
L
L
Fifty
percent
of
cases
are
taking
over
six
months
to
resolve
and
complex
files
are
taking
upwards
of
a
year
and
a
half
a
year
and
a
half
before
an
officer
is
even
assigned
to
the
file.
This
is
hurting
employers
and
employees
who
are
waiting
for
resolution
of
their
problems
and
can't
get
it
from
this
government.
I
Thank
you
onward,
speaker.
Let's
be
clear.
The
backlog
at
the
employment
standard
branch
always
existed
under
their
watch
and
exist.
Today.
I
I
I
You
know
stack
of
papers,
you're
on
your
own,
go
resolve
yourself,
we're
taking
action,
we're
taking
action
members
we
have.
We
have
added
14
million
when
we
form
government
to
add
more
resources,
35
new
officers
and
as
of
last
year,
we
added
another
24
on
temporary
basis
and
more
are
coming,
because
we
are
committed
to
make
sure
that
the
workers
who
need
help
when
they
feel
that
they
are
that
their
rights
have
been
violated.
They
get
the
help
when
they
need
it
in
a
timely
fashion.
We're
committed.
M
Thank
you
so
much
honorable
speaker.
Well,
the
ndp
has
now
confirmed
that
their
consultation
exercises
on
their
clawback
of
autism
funding
were
nothing
but
a
sham.
This
week
the
minister
charged
ahead
and
ignored
parents
by
issuing
a
request
for
proposals
for
the
new
hub
model
that
will
begin
next
year.
This
rfp
all
but
confirms
that
parents
won't
have
access
to
the
same
level
of
service
which
will-
and
I
quote,
shift
away
from
the
concept
of
one-to-one
intervention.
N
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
It
is
very
important
to
be
listening
to
families
and
we've
been
engaging
formally
with
families
since
2019,
and
the
ministry
has
been
hearing
for
years.
Honourable
speaker,
for
many
families
that
the
current
approach
of
patchwork
access
to
services
leaves
far
too
many
children
behind
we're
going
to
continue
listening
to
families
and
service
providers
and
community
agencies
and
indigenous
communities,
as
we
as
we
work
on
the
early
implementation
and
as
we
continue
forward
with
provincial
implementation
into
2024
as
well.
O
O
People
have
been
asking
for
help
now
and
they're,
not
seeing
it
from
this
government.
In
fact,
the
only
measure
this
government
has
done
to
try
to
bring
in
affordability
in
the
last
while
was
cabinet
making
sure
they
gave
themselves
a
retroactive.
Twenty
thousand
dollar
pay
raise,
while
the
rest
of
british
columbians
are
desperately
waiting
help.
O
Three
weeks
ago
now
the
premier
was
very
clear.
He
said
he
directed
the
finance
minister
to
quote
bring
forward
initiatives
to
assist
with
inflation.
End
quote
that
was
three
weeks
ago
now.
Price
has
gone
up.
Another
on
gas
alone
has
gone
up,
another
20
cents,
a
liter.
In
that
three
weeks,
can
the
finance
minister
give
an
update
on
when
exactly
those
inflation
fighting
initiatives
will
be
announced.
New
inflation
fighting
initiatives.
P
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker,
and
I
appreciate
the
members,
the
members
question
and
you
know,
as
a
government,
we
recognize
the
challenges
for
british
columbians,
particularly
in
the
in
in
certainly
in
recent
months.
We
also
need
to
be
clear
that,
as
people
were
coming
out
of
the
pandemic,
as
things
are
starting
to
open
up
that
the
increase
in
inflation,
the
increase
in
gas
costs
and
increase
in
food
costs
is
hurting.
P
Those
who
are
who
are
most
vulnerable,
mr
speaker,
but
I
also
think,
mr
speaker,
we
need
to
sort
of
recognize,
significant
steps
that
we
have
been
taking
and
that
we
are
continuing
to
take
mr
speaker
and
I,
and
I
I
think
mr
speaker
around
how
much
more
difficult
it
would
be
for
british
columbians
if
we
hadn't
been
taking
the
steps
that
we've
been
taking
over
the
last
five
years,
and
I
think
mr
speaker
about
based
on
just
some
rough
calculations,
that
british
columbian
families
and
I'm
thinking
you
know,
let's
think,
of
a
family,
perhaps
in
surrey,
mr
speaker,
what
what
would
be
happening
to
that
family.
P
B
P
And
and
and
free
transit
for
children,
mr
speaker,
so
when
I
just
just
just
that
summary,
mr
speaker,
that's
seventy
four
hundred
dollars
a
year
in
people's
focus.
Oh
oh
and
I
see
bc.
Let's
not
forget
that.
I
forgot
that,
mr
speaker,
not
only
not
only
are
they
paying
20
less
in
their
annual
insurance.