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From YouTube: OCT 24 2022 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
C
Mr
Speaker
every
day
there
is
another
Catch
and
Release
Horror
Story
Tyler
Newton
is
a
violent
prolific
offender
who
is
convicted
in
the
unprovoked,
Fatal
knife
attack
of
an
unsuspecting
stranger
on
a
bus.
This
is
a
dangerous
high-level
criminal,
high-risk
criminal,
currently
facing
charges
for
aggravated
assault
and
assault
with
a
weapon.
Newton
has
in
the
past
blatantly
and
repeatedly
disregarded
release
conditions,
but
shockingly
he
was
once
again
being
released
and
is
out
in
the
community.
C
On
the
weekend,
the
government
made
it
clear
that
the
crown
prosecutor
agreed
with
his
latest
release,
and
there
was
no
attempt
by
this
government
to
keep
him
in
custody
a
complete
indictment
of
the
incoming
soft
on
crime,
premier's
broken
system
Mr
Speaker
to
the
attorney
general.
Why
was
Tyler
Newton's
right
to
reoffend
more
important
to
this
NDP
government
than
the
right
of
the
community
to
be
safe,
foreign.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Speaker.
We
obviously
share
the
members
frustration
with
this
horrific
act.
We
share
the
understanding
that
this
cannot
continue
and
we
are
taking
concrete
steps
to
address
it,
not
just
within
the
prosecution
service
which,
as
the
member
knows,
is
an
independent
branch
of
government
making
daily
decisions.
500,
talented
people
who
choose
what
to
do
in
certain
circumstances
are
governed
by
the
criminal
law
of
Canada
and
the
Charter
of
Rights,
but
Mr
Speaker.
C
51
convictions
he's
described
in
parole
documents
as
someone
with
quote:
consistent
disregard
for
the
law,
pro-criminal
attitudes
and
values,
and
a
high
risk
and
high
needs
offender.
Who
is
not
mitigated
that
risk?
He
is
a
violent
prolific
offender
who
has
a
history
of
blatantly
violating
release
conditions.
Yet
he
faces
no
consequences.
He
is
being
released
again
because
of
the
incoming
soft
on
crime,
premier's
catch
and
release
program.
C
This
is
exactly
why
we
have
called
for
the
NDP
to
issue
a
directive
to
Crown
prosecutors
that
puts
the
rights
of
the
community
safety
ahead
of
the
criminal's
right
to
reoffend,
so
Mr
Speaker
to
the
attorney
general.
When
will
the
NDP
scrap
this
incoming
soft
on
crime,
premiers
catch
and
release
system
that
keeps
violent
prolific?
Offenders
like
Tyler
Newton
out
on
our
streets.
D
Attorney
general
well
I'd.
Thank
the
honorable
member
for
the
question.
We
are,
of
course,
examining
all
concrete
measures,
all
programs
that
might
make
a
difference.
Mr
Speaker.
As
the
member
knows,
we
commissioned
an
independent
report
that
made
28
recommendations.
Those
recommendations
are
being
examined
very
closely
to
see
if
we
can
come
up
with
a
comprehensive
response.
Mr
Speaker,
it's
important
that
we
know
that
social
Investments
need
to
be
made,
so
we
can
deal
with
the
offenders
as
individuals.
There
was
a
program
called
the
prolific
offenders.
D
Man
Management
program
that
managed
to
cut
this
repeat
offending
by
40
percent.
The
former
government
chose
to
cut
it.
We
have
reinstated
that
program,
Mr
Speaker.
In
addition,
there
are
a
number
of
important
programs
that
will
make
a
difference
on
the
street
peer-assisted
care
teams
with
mental
health
experts
to
try
to
deal
with
those
people
who
are
suffering
mental
health
or
the
consequences
of
addiction.
Mr
Speaker.
We
are,
we,
we
are
spending
up
to
104
14
million
dollars
in
the
last
budget
to
have
500
people
housed
in
complex
care.
D
Housing
which
you
is
is
something
that
was
recommended
by
the
experts.
We
also
are
making
sure
that
people
who
are
released
from
our
penal
institutions
have
wrap
around
services
for
not
just
30
days
in
the
past,
but
now
90
tape
90
days
and
for
every
single
Correctional
Facility
in
the
province.
This
program
will
be
applicable,
Mr
Speaker
when
they
were
in
government.
The
opposition
did
none
of
those
things.
We
intend
to
continue
doing
that
in
partnership
with
local
government
and
with
the
federal
government.
E
E
E
E
Is
it
possible
that
this
officer
was
killed
because
the
RCMP
has
a
racism
and
misogyny
problem
that
doesn't
protect
young
racialized
women
in
their
ranks?
What
does
stop
Asian
hate?
Look
like
inside
the
oldest
boys
club
in
KKK
Canada
end
quote
some
Legacy
Mr
Speaker.
Will
the
NDP
government
condemn
these
disgusting
comments
and
their
connection
to
Pivot
legal.
F
You,
honorable
speaker
and
I,
appreciate
the
the
question
from
The
Honorable
member.
Let
me
be
clear
that
individual,
whoever
they
are,
does
not
speak
for
anybody
on
this
side
of
the
house.
In
fact,.
F
F
What
I
can
tell
you,
though,
honorable
honorable
speaker,
is
that
we
have
an
attorney
general
who,
from
the
very
day
he
was
sworn
in,
started,
tackling
some
of
the
challenges
that
we've
been
facing
on
the
on
the
criminal
front
in
this
province,
whether
it's
money
laundering
which
went
on
this
province,
unchecked
honorable
speaker,
whether
it's
recognizing
after
discussions
with
mayors
that
there
needed
to
be
changes
that
there
that
that
what
was
happening
in
communities
was
working
together
with
Mayors
to
find
Solutions,
which
was
the
Lepard
Butler
report
of
which
28
recommendations.
F
Three
of
them
are
already
being
implemented,
honorable
speaker,
including
the
one
that
he
thinks
the
the
premier
designate,
does
not
approve
of
honorable
speaker,
we're
all
in
support
of
those
initiatives.
Every
single
one,
every
single
member
on
this
side
of
the
house
I
just
hope
that
that
side
of
the
house
will
be
on
on
support
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
foreign.
E
Well,
thank
you
Mr
Speaker,
but
the
reality
is
that
the
incoming
Premier
is
incredibly
close
to
Pivot
legal
and
he's
bragged
about
his
work
with
him
throughout
his
very
brief
campaign,
a
brief
campaign
that
he
didn't
actually
talk
about
the
Lepard
report.
So,
in
fact,
despite
what
the
solicitor
general
says,
this
side
of
the
house
and
the
public
don't
actually
know
what
the
premier
designate
thinks
now
about
the
prolific
offender
program.
E
E
Now
he's
asking
us
believe
the
incoming
Premier
and
it
sounds
like
the
solicitor
general
that
after
2
000
days
of
inaction,
he
will
do
something
in
the
next
hundred
days.
Let's
hope
it's
do
something
more
than
just
release
the
second
edition
of
how
to
sue
the
police
Mr
Speaker.
Why
doesn't
this
government
act
now,
instead
of
delaying
yet
another
hundred
days
for
political
reasons,
while
in
Vancouver
alone,
four
people
a
day
will
be
randomly
assaulted
in
that
same
time,
frame
and
and
the
premier
designates
failed
catch
and
release
system.
F
Solicitor
general.
Thank
you.
Honorable
speaker,
I
appreciate
the
question
from
the
member
I'll
just
make
a
few
brief
observations.
Honorable
speaker,
this
attorney
general
took
action
on
money
laundering
on
the
very
first
day
that
he
took
office.
F
Do
what
what
the
opposition
did
when
they
sat
on
this
side
of
the
house,
and
one
of
their
first
priorities
was
to
close
courthouses
around
the
around
the
province.
How
does
that
help
the
justice
system?
Honorable
speaker?
How
does
that
help
the
justice
system?
Did
he
cut
funding
to
to
to
sexual
assault
centers
to
community
organizations
that
supplies
bring
supports
to
victims?
Honorable
speaker
like
they
did
when
they
started
inside
the
house?
F
No
honorable
speaker,
we
saw
the
funding
for
those
things
increased
when
Mayors
came
and
said,
we've
got
problems
with
with
with
with
social
disorder
and
and
and
increasing
criminal
activity
in
our
streets.
He
said.
Look
we
want
to
work
with
you
on
what
potential
Solutions
are.
That's
why
that
report
was
commissioned.
That's
why
those
recommendations
were
put
in
place.
That's
why
recommendations
are
being
implemented,
and
one
of
the
key
things
in
that
report
is.
There
needs
to
be
changes
at
the
federal
level.
F
We
made
sure
that
that
was
put
on
front
and
center
on
the
agenda
in
Halifax
with
Justice
ministers
from
right
across
the
province.
Honorable
speaker
so
I
know.
One
thing:
I'll
put
my
money
on
the
incoming
Premier
when
it
comes
to
dealing
with
Law
and
Order
and
ensuring
our
streets
are
safe
than
anything.
G
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
Bill
C
22
is
making
its
way
through
the
federal
House
of
Commons
right
now.
The
goal
of
this
legislation
is
to
ensure
that
people
with
disabilities
are
not
living
below
the
poverty
line,
but
the
federal
minister
of
disability
and
inclusion,
Carla
qualtro,
says
it
may
be
a
year
or
more
before
the
benefits
to
people
with
disabilities
start
to
arrive.
G
In
an
interview
over
the
weekend,
Minister
cultural
indicated
that
she
is
encouraging
the
provinces
to
step
up
and
fill
the
Gap
to
ensure
that
funding
to
people
with
disabilities
is
there
so
that
nobody
has
to
be
poor
because
they
are
disabled.
My
questions
are
used
to
the
minister
of
Social
Development
and
poverty
reduction.
Will
he
step
up
and
immediately
raise
the
rates
for
people
with
disabilities,
so
they
are
no
longer
forced
to
live
below
the
poverty
line.
H
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
I
truly
appreciate
getting
a
question
to
deal
with
issues
around
poverty
in
this
province,
not
because
there's
not
more
work
to
do,
but
it
gives
me
an
opportunity
to
say
how
much
we've
done
already
and
shows
as
an
example
how
much
more
work
we
plan
to
do
to
address
the
ongoing
issues.
But,
as
we
all
know,
this
is
the
government
that
introduced
the
poverty
reduction
strategy.
H
It
included
a
number
of
measures
across
government
to
address
the
issue
that
had
been
ignored
under
the
previous
government
when
it
comes
to
supporting
people
who
are
living
with
disabilities.
I'm
proud
to
say
that
this
was
the
government
that
introduced
the
accessible
BC
Act.
This
is
the
government
that
reversed
a
trend
from
the
previous
government
of
not
increasing
disability
assistance
rates.
We've
been
we've
increased
disability
assistance
rates
three
times
in
five
years
and
yes,
we
have
more
work
to
do
with
respect
to
the
federal
government
legislation.
We
have
a
lot
of
questions
about
it.
H
G
Thank
you,
honorable
sphere,
be
cold
comfort
for
people
with
disabilities
to
hear
about
how
much
has
been
done
already.
Let
me
speak
really
plainly.
The
current
disability
assistance
program
undermines
the
human
rights
of
British
Columbians
with
disabilities
across
this
province.
Many
who
rely
on
disability
benefits
are
living
in
abject
poverty.
G
In
my
constituency,
we've
heard
dozens
of
stories
from
people
with
disabilities
who
are
forced
to
make
impossible
choices
on
a
daily
basis,
choosing
between
paying
their
bills
or
their
rent,
buying,
groceries
or
buying
medications.
When
one
of
my
constituents
was
evicted
through
no
fault
of
her
own,
she
was
unable
to
afford
the
increased
Market
rental
rates
and
could
not
access
timely
support
through
BC
housing.
G
The
cost
of
living
is
breaking
records,
rent
food
fuel
prices,
medication,
people
everywhere
are
struggling
to
stay
afloat
and
for
people
with
disabilities
they're
expected
to
live
on
sixteen
thousand
three
hundred
dollars
a
year.
My
question
is
to
the
minister
of
Social
Development
poverty
reduction.
Will
he
increase
disability
rates
above
the
poverty
line
in
BC.
H
I
thank
the
member
for
the
question
again
and
our
goal
is
to
continually
improve
the
system
of
supports
for
people
in
this
province.
The
increases
that
we
implemented,
affecting
people
on
income,
assistance
and
disability
assistance,
we're
welcomed.
We
did
not
claw
back
any
of
the
benefits
that
people
received
during
the
pandemic.
Unlike
any
other
problems,
we
were.
H
We
were
well
known
to
have
provided
the
most
support
for
people
in
the
province
of
any
other
jurisdiction
in
Canada,
and
that
is
the
that
is
well
documented
and
in
fact
our
approach
will
be
to
continue
to
take
steps
necessary
to
address
the
gaps
and
I
acknowledge
that
there
are
challenges.
People
are
living
with
challenges
because
of
a
worldwide
inflation.
We
understand
that
that's
impacting
everybody
and
that's
why
we
will
be
continuing
to
find
ways
to
ensure
that
people
living
on
disability
or
on
income
assistance
have
the
supports
they
need
from
this
government.
A
Over
15
months
ago,
the
health
Minister
announced
he
would
improve
ambulance
response
times.
Things
have
gotten
worse,
not
better.
When
Surrey
resident
Allen
Allison
Dorchester
suffered
a
spiral
fracture,
she
was
forced
to
lay
on
the
ground
in
excruciating
pain,
waiting
for
an
ambulance
for
four
hours.
A
She
was
lying
in
pain,
screaming
in
agony,
while
her
family
pleaded
on
the
phone
for
help.
Our
Health
Care
system
has
collapsed,
and
stories
like
this
are
happening
every
day.
There
needs
to
be
accountability
and
that
accountability
needs
to
start
at
the
top.
Will
this
health
Minister
do
the
right
thing
and
resign.
I
I
to
give
the
largest
increases
of
any
era
of
Health
Care
other
than
mental
health
and
addictions
to
the
ambulance
service.
The
ad
ambulance,
paramedics,
to
increase
training,
to
increase
the
number
of
ambulances
to
increase
the
number
of
dispatchers,
all
of
which
we
have
done
what
we
are
also
seeing
in
this
period
of
two
Public
Health
emergencies
is
a
dramatic
increase
in
the
number
of
ambulance.
Calls,
in
fact,
honorable
speaker,
the
increase
in
the
last
few
years.
What
are
called
purple
and
red
calls?
I
The
most
serious
calls
has
increased
by
27
percent
dramatically,
above
indeed,
four
times
more.
What
one
would
expect
with
respect
to
the
increase
in
population
growth
and
an
aging
population
I
think
our
ambulance
paramedics
do
an
extraordinary
job
and
we
need
to
continue
to
take
action
to
address
the
situation
everywhere
in
BC
and
I
want
to
express,
of
course,
honorable
speaker
when
people
hear
about
cases
where
people
didn't
respond
quickly
enough.
We
appreciate
that
and
we
respond
and
we
investigate
those
cases.
I
A
You
Mr
Speaker,
and
nobody
is
disputing
the
job
that
is
being
done
by
the
paramedics
in
this
province.
What
people
are
taking
exception
with
is
the
job
that
is
being
done
by
this
health
minister
minutes
matter
and
in
British
Columbia.
When
you
need
an
ambulance
and
call
9-1-1,
you
should
be
comforted
by
the
fact
that
that
ambulance
will
show
up
in
a
timely
manner,
and
that
was
not
the
case
for
a
woman
who
collapsed
with
a
seizure
in
Surrey
at
the
Shoppers
Drug
Mart
on
the
weekend.
A
Instead,
when
her,
when
her
friend
called
9-1-1
to
report
a
stroke,
it
took
an
ambulance
over
an
hour
to
get
her
and
get
her
to
the
ICU
day
after
day.
We
hear
stories
about
this
Health
Care,
System,
collapsing
accountability
starts
at
the
top
and
I
will
say
it
again.
Will
this
Minister
do
the
right
thing
be
accountable
and
resign.
I
Health
honorable
speaker,
I,
would
say
honorable
speaker
that
what
we
need
is
a
government
that
supports
our
Ambulance
Service
and
that's
what
we
have
clinical
speaking
in
2010
under
a
previous
Health
Minister.
Now
the
leader
of
the
opposition,
they
Stripped
Away
in
an
action
frankly
of
political
retaliation,
the
right
of
ambulance,
paramedics
to
bargain
and
support
one
another.
We
restored
it.
Honorable
speaker
in
2017,
30
percent
of
ambulance
paramedics
were
full-time.
I
That
number
is
now
55,
we've
dramatically
increased
resources
and
the
number
of
ambulances
and
the
level
of
training
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
it.
We
have
been
working
hard
with
our
ambulance
paramedics
with
our
dispatchers
and
with
our
team
to
do
exactly
that.
I
think
what
the
public
wants
is
action
honorable
speaker
and
that's
what
we'll
continue
to
provide.
B
J
J
Every
single
part
of
our
Health
Care
system
is
in
crisis,
but
there's
no
accountability
from
this
minister
and
if
he
keeps
his
job,
it's
obviously
more
of
the
same
from
the
soon-to-be
Premier
who
has
yet
to
have
a
single
idea
on
Health
Care,
Mr
Speaker.
He
has
been
campaigning
for
months
and
hasn't
presented
a
single
Health
policy
idea,
not
one.
J
Meanwhile,
the
system
collapses
and
people
are
suffering
on
Saturday
hundreds
gathered
on
the
front
lawn
of
this
legislature
as
people
came
to
talk
to
family
doctors
and
get
advice
providing
field
medicine
under
a
tent
like
something
out
of
a
war
zone.
That
should
not
be
the
state
of
our
medical
system,
Mr
Speaker.
It's
absolutely
unacceptable.
J
I
Minister
of
Health,
thank
you
very
much.
Honorable
speaker,
I
would
say
honorable
speaker
that
what
people
require
is
the
kind
of
commitment
to
Public
Health
Care
that
the
government
has
shown.
I
will
speak
here
from
the
time
I've
been
minister
of
Health
to
the
present.
There
are
38
000,
more
people
working
in
the
Health
Care
system,
not
as
the
leader
of
the
opposition,
calls
them
bureaucrats,
but
nurses
and
doctors
and
Health
Sciences
professionals
delivering
a
high
level
of
care
and
service.
I
We
are
in
the
midst
of
two
Public
Health
emergencies
in
BC,
the
overdose
Public
Health,
Emergency
and
covid-19,
which
continue
to
profoundly
affect
our
system.
In
spite
of
that,
honorable
speaker,
for
example,
in
the
last
recorded
week,
the
end
of
September,
we
completed
7
200
surgeries
in
that
week,
which
is
a
record
for
that
week
in
the
history
of
British
economy.
I
We
continue
to
deliver
a
high
level
of
service
and
there
are
challenges
and
that's
why,
in
the
area
of
primary
care,
because
I
think
that's
what
the
member
was
talking
about
in
his
question,
that
means
providing
new
to
practice
contracts
that
have
been
welcomed
by
resident
doctors
in
BC
and
signed
in
record
numbers.
Honorable
speaker,
it
means
working
with
the
doctors
of
BC
to
change
the
way
in
which
we
we
pay
doctors
remunerate
doctors
in
BC,
so
that
patients
can
get
better
access
to
care.
I
It
means
raising
standards
and
long-term
care
from
a
record
of
abject
failure.
Honorable
speaker,
to
a
record
where
we
meet
the
standards,
we
as
a
government
set
an
honorable
speaker.
It
means
treating
health
care
workers
with
respect
everywhere,
see
and
allowing
health
care
workers
who've
worked
decades
in
the
Health
Care
system,
in
many
cases
to
get
again
get
access
to
pensions.
That
is
a
record
in
which
we
can
be
proud
in.
Our
determination
is
to
continue
to
make
Improvement
to
face
the
current
challenges
of
Public
Health
emergencies
facing
our
health
care.
System.
K
We've
heard
story
after
Story
day
after
day
of
people
who
are
telling
us
and
I
know
that
members
on
the
opposite
side
of
this
house
are
hearing
it
too.
They
have
never
seen
it
this
bad.
That's
under
this
Minister's
watch
and
let's
just
look
at
some
of
the
items
on
the
list.
We
have
a
million
people
in
British
Columbia
who
don't
have
a
doctor.
K
Dozens
of
Specialists
sent
this
Minister
a
letter
and
he
was
warned
that
there
are
massive
delays
in
patient
referrals
for
specialists.
Radiologists
then
spoke
up
and
you
know
what
they
said.
I
know
the
minister
knows
that
they
are
expecting
a
tsunami
of
late
stage,
cancer
cases,
not
my
words,
the
words
of
Radiologists
and
Specialists,
not
to
mention
nurses,
who
are
exhausted,
they
are
burnt
out
and
they
are
demoralized
and
every
single
day
when
this
Minister
gets
up
and
refuses
to
acknowledge
that
every
single
piece
of
our
health
care
System
is
in
crisis.
K
That's
on
his
watch.
That
is
his
responsibility
and
every
time
he
tries
to
look
in
the
rearview
mirror
he
should
look
in
the
mirror.
It
is
up
to
this
Minister
today
to
acknowledge
the
failure
to
deal
with
specific
actions
in
the
Health
Care
system.
So
will
the
minister
have
the
courage
to
do
the
right
thing
today
to
stand
up
and
acknowledge
the
mess
that
our
Health
Care
system
is
in
under
his
watch?
Do
the
right
thing
and
resign.
I
Thank
you
very
much,
honorable
chair
and
I
I
think
I
would
say
a
couple
of
things.
Firstly,
as
I've
said,
I
don't
know
a
dozen
two
dozen
times
in
this
house.
I
The
member
talks
about
Radiology
in
2016-17,
there
were
174
000,
MRI
exams
in
BC,
174
000
and
the
northern
Health
30
were
the
honorable
member
lives.
There
were
22
per
thousand.
That
was
a
third
as
much
as
Ontario.
That
was
their
record.
What
have
we
done
honorable
speaker?
Well
in
that
health
authority
we've
more
than
doubled?
It
that's
what
we
did
and
that
helped.
I
K
Thank
you
very
much,
I'm,
not
sure
what
the
minister
then
is
saying
to
specialists
in
British
Columbia,
who
are
concerned
that
people
will
die
on
a
wait
list.
That's
what
they
said.
Radiologists
said
that
people
will
find
out
too
late
that
they
have
late
stage
cancer
and
have
the
likelihood
of
dying
in
British
Columbia,
because
they
cannot
access
medical
imaging.
K
K
Here's
what
the
organizer
of
the
rally
said
on
the
weekend
and
the
minister
can
stand
up
and
simply
pass
the
numbers
along.
These
are
real
people
with
real
issues
that
he
continues
to
ignore.
Here's.
What
the
rally
organizer
said
and
I
quote.
We
are
frustrated
to
continue
to
see
this
crisis
go
unabated
by
this
government.
We
need
change
now.
End
quote:
the
change
should
start
at
the
top.
British
Columbia
cannot
afford
more
of
the
same.
Will
the
minister
do?
I
More
more
thoughtful
comments
from
the
opposition
Health
leader,
honorable
speaker,
I
I,
just
want
to
say
that
when
we
talk
about
the
numbers
of
people
who
received
more
care
since
2017.,
it's
made
a
real
difference
in
lies,
I
I
understand
the
opposition
would
be
uncomfortable
with
the
fact
that
on
MRIs
and
CT
scans
we
are
near
the
bottom
of
the
problem.
I
It's
Radiologists
we're
talking
about
Radiologists,
honorable,
speaker
and,
and
they
and
everyone
else
would
would
acknowledge
that
when
you
go
from
the
bottom
of
the
country
to
the
top
of
the
country
in
comparing
with
other
jurisdictions,
when
you
go
from
174
000
MRI
exams
to
296,
when
you
add
17
new
MRI
machines
to
the
public
system.
Honorable
speaker,
when
you
add
honorable
speaker,
Medical,
Imaging,
I,
don't
think
a
Radiologists.
All
of
that
work
done
by
our
extraordinary
Radiologists
in
BC,
174
000
exams
to
296
every
one
of
those
exams.
I
Every
single
one
is
important
to
patients.
Honorable
speaker,
every
one
of
them
is
important
to
Radiologists.
We've
delivered
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
more
than
they
were
in
2017.
Honorable
speaker,
we
went
from
near
the
bottom
to
near
the
top,
and
that
demonstrates
our
commitment
to
Public
Health
Care
responses.