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From YouTube: APRIL 5 2022 Statements Janet Routledge
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
burnby
north.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
rise
to
honor.
The
life
of
my
friend,
michael
goldrick,
michael
died
in
burnaby
last
december,
only
blocks
away
from
where
he
was
born.
88
years
ago.
He
received
his
bachelor
of
commerce
from
ubc,
his
master's
from
queens
and
his
phd
from
the
london
school
of
economics.
A
A
He'd
been
a
logger
in
bc,
a
kitchen
helper
on
cross-country
trains
and
a
laborer
in
the
canadian
arctic
building
the
dew
line
michael
understood
the
struggles
of
working
people
while
teaching
a
course
on
municipal
politics.
He
was
challenged
by
one
of
his
students
to
get
out
of
the
ivory
tower
and
do
politics
in
the
real
world.
So
michael
ran
in
the
toronto
municipal
election
and
with
this
student
as
part
of
his
campaign
team,
he
won.
This
student
went
on
to
earn
his
own
phd
with
michael
serving
as
a
thesis
advisor.
A
This
student
was
jack
layton,
perhaps
michael's
biggest
achievement
as
an
alderman
was
the
st
lawrence
market.
Housing
development.
Even
in
1972
there
was
a
critical
shortage
of
affordable
housing
in
toronto.
Michael
took
steps
to
secure
a
public
land
bank
and
to
create
dedicated
space
for
affordable
housing.
St
lawrence
market
became
the
single
largest
redevelopment
site
in
the
center
of
any
north
american
city
in
the
20th
century,
when
michael
retired
and
moved
home
to
burnaby,
he
continued
to
be
a
mentor.