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From YouTube: MAY 18 2022 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
C
C
Well,
mr
speaker,
what's
mammoth?
Is
the
stupidity
of
the
ndp
government
spending
a
billion
dollars
on
a
new
vanity
museum
that
nobody
asked
for
or
wants,
and
I
can't
help
but
notice
the
deafening
silence
over
on
the
government
benches
now,
they're,
usually
so
quick
to
get
on
social
media,
but
they've
now
fallen
remarkably
silent,
they're
always
there
to
personally
attack
me.
They
are
very
quick
on
their
social
media,
but
I
found
it
interesting
that
only
two
only
two
ndp
mlas
besides
the
premier
and
the
minister,
have
said
anything
about
this
museum.
C
Where
is
the
chorus
of
support
from
the
surrey
mlas
for
goodness
sakes?
Where
is
the
capital
region
ndp
mlas?
Why
aren't
they
out
on
social
media
celebrating
this
wonderful
billion
dollar
boondoggle
of
our
premier?
So
my
question,
my
question
to
the
premier
is
pretty
straightforward:
will
he
listen
to
the
opposition
and
the
overwhelming
public
opposition
and
scrap
his
ridiculous
vanity
museum
project.
D
It
is
nice
to
have
a
vote
of
confidence
for
the
cultural
sector
from
the
creative
sector
from
the
leader
of
the
official
opposition
today,
as
we're
celebrating
creative
bc
and
the
creative
industries
here
in
british
columbia.
D
I'll
remind
remind
the
member
because
again,
it
always
surprises
me
that
he
was
a
finance
minister
for
a
period
of
time
and
had
I
known
his
ineptitude
on
these
matters,
I
would
have
pressed
him
harder
in
question
period,
but
the
the
first,
the
first
record
of
the
royal
bc
museum
coming
before
cabinet
was
not
in
2017,
not
2018
or
2019
was
in
2006
because
of
seismic
concerns.
D
It
was
revisited
again
and
it
revisited
again
in
2013
again
in
2014
again
in
2015
and
finally-
and
this
is
the
part
that
I
think
is
important-
honorable
speaker
in
2017,
the
then
finance
minister,
the
member
for
for
abbotsford
west
after
five
visits
to
treasury
board,
advised
the
the
minister
of
the
day
to
return
with
a
capital
plan
for
the
precinct
by
september,
30th
2017..
Now
he
didn't
make
that
meeting
arnold
speaker,
but
we
did
and
we
took.
E
E
D
D
I
appreciate
that
the
leader
of
the
opposition
wants
to
come
in
the
guy
that
gets
big
things
done
and
comes
start
dismantling,
big
things.
This
big
thing
honorable
speaker
started
its
trajectory
in
2006
and
had
they
taken
the
effort
at
that
moment,
any
of
the
other
visits
to
treasury
board.
We
wouldn't
be
having
this
conversation
because
it
would
be
done
by
now.
B
C
Well,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker,
and
I'm
so
pleased
to
see
the
enthusiastic
banging
of
the
desks
on
the
government
side
because,
no
doubt
that'll
be
reflected
in
a
whole
bunch
of
social
media
tweets
about
what
a
great
investment
this
is
of
taxpayer
dollars,
what
great
priority
prioritization
this
will
be,
and
I
can't
wait.
I'm
looking
forward
to
all
those
wonderful
tweets
that
will
be
coming
forward.
E
C
C
Today
of
all
days
on
international
museum
day,
the
minister
wants
to
shut
down
a
perfectly
good
museum
that
achieves
95
approval
ratings
from
visitors
from
around
the
world,
and
she
wants
to
lay
off
hundreds.
The
premier
wants
to
laugh.
Hundreds
of
employees
shut
down.
This
facility
create
a
giant
gaping
hole
with
a
chain
link
fence
around
it
for
the
next
eight
years.
C
Is
when
they
get
to
come
to
the
capitol
and
go
through
this
amazing
facility,
the
royal
bc
museum
of
which
we're
all
so
proud,
and
imagine
this
that
the
tourism
sector,
that
only
now,
after
two
challenging
challenging
years,
are
finally
getting
back
on
their
feet.
And
what
does
this
government
want
to
do?
Shut
it
down
in
september,
leave
it
with
a
gaping
hole
and
a
chain
link
fence
for
eight
years,
so
that
they
can
blow
a
billion
dollars
on
a
new
building
that
nobody
wants.
C
E
C
C
E
D
D
B
C
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
you
know,
mr
speaker,
it
is
interesting
that
the
premier
does
everything
tap
dancing
around
all
these
other
fascinating
issues
without
addressing
the
issue
that
I
keep
asking
him
about,
which
is
his
billion
dollar
boondoggle.
Now
he
talks
about
doctors,
anytime,
but
listen.
This
is
from
oh,
you
might
want
to
listen
to
this
part.
C
I'm
certain
so
this
is
actually
from
page
238
of
the
minister
of
health's
estimates
binder,
I'm
pretty
certain
that
that
would
be
accurate
and
actually
what
it
shows
is
unattached.
Patience
in
2016-17
was
746
thousand
990.
It's
increased
by
over
200
000.
Since
then,
that's
from
your
own
minister
of
health.
E
E
C
Interestingly,
that
minister
also
sits
on
treasury
board
and
presumably
was
part
of
the
approval
decision
process
for
this
billion
dollar
doll
billion
dollar
boondoggle
vanity
museum
project.
So
I
want
that
minister
to
stand
up
here
today
and
defend
how
she
can
strip
away
funding
for
parents
with
autistic
children,
while
she
votes
herself
and
her
colleagues,
a
20
thousand
dollar
undeserved,
pay,
raise
and
votes
to
approve
a
billion
dollar
vanity
museum
project.
G
Well,
the
opposition
knows
that
that
isn't
how
budgeting
works.
Honourable
speaker,
what
we're
doing
is
building
a
system
across
the
whole
of
the
province,
that's
based
on
the
needs
of
children
and
youth.
We've
heard
for
far
too
long
from.
G
As
we
build
a
needs-based
system,
honourable
speaker,
we're
not
going
to
leave
children
behind
not
being
able
to
access
services
that
are
locked
behind
a
diagnosis,
we're
going
to
be
serving
more
children
based
on
their
needs
and
will
be
serving
their
needs
earlier.
That's
absolutely
critical,
honourable
speaker,
because
otherwise
too
many
children,
if
they're
waiting
for
a
diagnosis
or
if
they're
unable
to
get
services,
are
missing,
really
important
milestones
and
early
stages
of
that
development.
That
can
have
a
really
devastating
effect.
A
Well,
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
to
the
minister
that
just
spoke.
What
will
happen
what's
having
a
devastating
effect
is:
is
her
decision
the
minister's
decision
to
tear
down
an
existing
individualized
system
that
parents
of
autistic
children
have
been
pleading
with
her
to
not
touch
what
she
should
do
is
she
should
take
that
system
the
foundation
that's
there
and
she
should
expand
it
to
all
of
the
children.
A
That's
clearly
not
going
to
happen.
The
ndp
could
have
used
a
portion
of
this
money
to
fund
that
school.
That
would
be
helpful
with
the
crisis
that
we
have
in
healthcare
at
the
moment.
How
about
this
residents
in
surrey
could
get
a
new
maternity
ward,
which
they've
now
since
learned
that
the
ndp
aren't
actually
going
to
include
in
the
the
the
new
surrey
hospital
or
or
how
about
this.
The
government
could
fund
over
6
000
new
nursing
seats,
to
address
the
massive
shortage
of
nurses
that
we
have
all
over
british
columbia.
A
Another
good
use
of
dollars,
mr
speaker,
but
instead
they
they
are,
are
choosing
to
spend
a
billion
dollars
on
a
vanity
museum
project
in
the
premier's
backyard.
So
will
the
premier
kill
this
project?
Scrap
it.
Do
a
modest
refurbishment
if
necessary,
but
scrap
this
project
and
invest
in
priorities
that
british
clemens
actually
need
across
this
province.
D
Premier,
thank
you
humble
speaker,
the
vancouver
st
paul's
replacement
project.
The
business
plan
was
approved
by
the
bc
liberals
in
2002,
and
then
they
made
eight
announcements
about
replacing
the
saint
paul's
hospital
until
2017
when
they
announced
a
pre-business
plan.
Now
I
don't
know
how
you
go
after
all
that
period
of
time,
from
a
business
plan
to
a
pre-business
plan,
with
the
only
thing
to
show
for
it
a
stack
of
press
releases.
What
are
we
doing
honorable
speaker
across
the
province
we're
building
a
hospital.
D
Well,
they
came
back
with
a
better
plan.
They
came
back
with
a
better
plan
and
we
spent
five
years
five
years,
developing
a
business
plan
and
we
announced
it
on
friday.
We're
proceeding
with
it,
because
it's
a
long-term
vision
for
british
columbia.
The
people
on
the
other
side
of
the
house
are.
This
is
one
thing
only
throwing
rocks
we're
interested
in
building
british
columbia
and
that's
exactly
we're
going
to
keep
on
doing.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker.
What
is
unbelievable
here
is
to
see
just
how
tone
deaf
this
premier
has
actually
become
to
actually
think
against
the
crisis
in
healthcare.
That's
impacting
communities
everywhere
in
the
province
to
actually
think
that,
while
we
have
the
highest
gas
prices
ever
highest,
housing
costs
ever
affordability,
challenges
that
everyone's
facing
that
now
would
be
a
good
time
to
approve
a
billion
dollar
vanity
project
in
his
backyard
to
to
build
a
new
museum
when
the
existing
one
could
be
refurbished
for
a
much
lower
cost
is
unbelievable!
A
Let's
bring
it
back
to
to
what
real
people
are
feeling
around
the
province
to
the
premier
last
weekend,
adrian
mccauley
and
her
sick
newborn
son
were
literally
evicted
from
royal
inland
hospital
and
they
were
diverted
167
kilometers
away
to
kelowna.
That's
because
royal
inland
had
no
nurses
available
to
work
in
the
pediatric
weekend
for
the
entire
weekend.
A
A
Of
course,
we
just
thought
we
were
going
to
be
moved
into
another
room
in
the
same
hospital,
but
then
she
let
us
know
that
they're
that
there
was
nowhere
to
put
us
and
they
had
to
transfer
us
to
kelowna.
That's
what's
happening
in
our
health
care
system.
That's
the
backdrop
to
a
one
billion
dollar
vanity
museum
project
decision,
which
this
premier
has
made
so
again
to
the
premier.
Will
he
scrap
this
ill-conceived
one
billion
dollar
vanity
museum
project
that
he's
clearly
doing
for
his
something
to
do
with
his
legacy?
B
H
Honorable
speaker,
there
was
a
decision
made
by
the
staff,
the
frontline
staff
at
the
royal
inland
hospital
to
close
the
portion
of
the
maternity
unit
for
good
reason.
Last
week,
people
had
called
in
sick
and
they
have
obligations
to
minimum
levels
of
care
to
keep
people
safe,
and
so
they
were
acting
professionally
and
in
the
interests
of
all
their
patients,
and
so
whether
this
is
an
appropriate
subject
to
rant
and
rave
about
in
question
period.
H
It's
hard
to
say
the
opposition
gets
to
choose
its
questions,
but
I
would
say
this:
we
were
last
in
canada
and
registered
nurses.
When
I
became
minister
of
health,
we've
led
canada,
new
nurses,
honourable
speaker,
the
largest
layoff
of
nurses,
ever
anywhere
in
british
columbia
ever
in
canada,
took
place
in
2002.
Who
did
it?
They
did.
H
H
Honorable
speaker,
what
we
need
and
what
we're
taking
is
action
leading
the
country
leading
the
country,
new,
registered
nurses,
adding
lpn
positions,
adding
an
career
assistance
program.
That's
had
thousands
of
new
healthcare
workers,
adding
602
nursing
seats
across
the
province,
breaking
down
barriers
for
internationally
educated
nurses.
That's
action!
All
they
have
is
talk.
Honorable.
F
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker.
British
columbians
are
making
themselves
clear
that
they
want
government
to
focus
on
the
basic
needs
of
people,
especially
when
those
needs
are
not
being
fully
met.
In
the
wake
of
the
news
out
of
the
u.s
supreme
court.
A
few
weeks
ago,
all
members
in
this
legislature
stood
to
reaffirm
the
rights
of
people
to
make
decisions
regarding
their
own
reproductive
health
care.
F
The
question
of
abortion
is
not
in
debate
here,
but
the
question
of
access,
certainly
is:
there
are
only
a
few
abortion
providers
in
british
columbia.
Most
abortions
are
illegal.
In
the
state
of
texas,
a
person
has
to
travel
hundreds
of
kilometers
out
of
state
for
an
abortion,
maybe
a
three
and
a
half
hour
drive,
but
if
you
live
on
haida
gwaii,
for
example,
you'll
need
to
travel
much
further
26
hours
to
vancouver
to
access
abortion
services.
F
Members
of
the
government
have
made
it
very
clear
that
they
support
abortion
services
as
part
of
necessary
health
care
in
british
columbia,
but
those
services
are
clearly
not
equal
equally
available
to
everybody
in
bc.
My
question
through
you,
honourable
speakers,
to
the
premier:
what
is
he
doing
to
improve
equity
of
access
to
abortion
services
in
british
columbia.
H
H
We've
demonstrated
that
and
continued
to
demonstrate
that
many
times
and
with
respect
to
the
access
to
abortion
act
which
people
in
british
columbia
will
know,
came
into
force
in
1994
and
has
been
used
through
regulation
to
expand
the
protection
for
abortion
services
in
this
community
in
terms
of
access
to
mifi
jamison,
where
british
columbia
led
the
country
and
everyone
followed
in
providing
that
access
access.
It
has
meant
everything
to
women
in
every
part
of
the
province
who
need
who
needed
access
to
those
services.
It
gave
them
access
and
then
agency
and
them
control.
F
Thank
you,
honourable
speaker,
and
I
do
not
doubt
the
commitment
that
this
government
and
the
minister
have
to
ensuring
that
those
services
are
available,
but
the
barriers
to
access
are
real.
If
somebody
has
to
travel
for
26
hours,
the
cost
of
that
travel
is
an
incredible
barrier.
H
Of
health,
thank
you
very
much,
and
that
has
been
our
commitment
and
it's
made
a
real
difference
in
people's
lives.
We
don't
talk
about
it
a
lot.
These
are
issues
of
importance
to
women
and
individual
women
as
well.
Don't
talk
about
it
perhaps
enough,
but
the
changes
that
we
brought
in
to
give
access,
for
example,
to
vimpi
jamiso,
have
given
real
options
to
women.
H
It's
seen
an
actual
reduction
in
the
number
of
surgical
abortions,
as
as
women
have
been
able
to
access
my
fujimeso
in
our
province
with
first
dollar
coverage
put
in
place
before
the
system
was
even
ready
to
do
it
because
of
our
commitment
to
it,
and
I'm
proud
honorable
speaker
that
other
jurisdictions
in
canada
have
followed
they've
all
followed
because
it
was
the
right
thing
to
do.
Extending
extending
access
to
abortion
is
important.
It's
fundamental!
It's
not
just
a
right.
It's
not
a
right!
I
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
speaker
well
as
uncomfortable
as
it
might
be,
for
the
premier.
His
priorities
are
painfully
clear
to
british
columbians
massive
pay
raises
for
himself
and
for
his
cabinet
and
a
billion
dollar
vanity
museum
project
that
absolutely
no
one
was
asking
for.
The
doctors
of
bc
have
put
out
a
statement
after
their
meeting
with
the
premier
saying
significant
additional
funding
is
needed
and
it
is
needed
now.
I
J
I
B
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and
the
minister
of
health,
and
I
had
a
very
productive
meeting
with
the
leadership
of
the
doctors
of
bc
yesterday
to
set
a
path
forward
for
a
positive
outcomes
to
the
challenges
they
face.
The
member
will
know
that
we
are
in
bargaining
with
the
entire
public
service,
which
includes
those
who
deliver
health
services
as
positions,
whether
they
be
particular
services
or
general
practitioners,
and
we're
hard
at
work.
D
Doing
that
again,
the
minister
and
I
had
some
good
suggestions
from
the
doctors
of
bc
and
we
set
a
path
forward,
but
we
all
agreed-
and
I
and
I'd
like
to
reiterate
that
I
know
we
on
this
side
of
the
house-
feel
this
way
is
that,
if
we're
going
to
address
the
challenges
of
health
care
that
have
become
glaringly
obvious,
as
we
come
out
of
a
global
pandemic,
we
need
the
federal
government
to
be
partners
in
health
care.
Again.
D
The
canada
health
transfer
has
been
the
fundamental
issue
on
the
table
for
premiers
for
the
five
years
that
I've
been
in
this
job.
It
continues
to
be
our
number
one
issue
and
we
are
engaged
with
the
federal
government
on
that
matter
at
this
very
moment,
and
it's
interesting
that
when
the
leader
of
the
opposition
was
the
minister
of
finance,
he
was
singular.
D
The
issues
in
pei
are
not
dissimilar
to
the
ones
here.
The
issues
in
saskatchewan
are
not
similar
to
the
ones
in
manitoba,
and
only
only
a
federal
government.
That's
focused
on
a
new
vision
for
health
care
can
get
us
out
of
this
mess.
I'm
hopeful
that
they'll
join
with
the
rest
of
us
and
get
on
that
as
quickly
as
possible.
J
Thank
you
honorable
speaker,
one
of
this
premier's
biggest
election
promises
to
surrey
was
to
eliminate
portables
in
the
first
few
four
years
of
his
mandate.
Not
only
has
the
number
of
siri
portables
increased
by
10,
but
the
premiere
design.
J
D
Premiere,
thank
you,
honest
speaker
and
I'll,
forgive
the
member
for
not
having
a
clear
understanding
of
the
record
of
her
party
when
they
were
in
power
because
she
wasn't
here.
But
when
it
comes
to
seismic.