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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 17 2022 Statements Todd Stone
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Opposition
house
leader
on
november
14th
british
columbia,
was
hit
with
an
unprecedented
weather
event,
causing
widespread
flooding
and
landslides
that
impacted
communities
throughout
the
coquihalla
and
fraser
valley,
regions,
people,
communities
and
companies
rose
to
the
occasion.
In
response
today,
I
rise
to
tell
one
of
those
many
stories:
trans
mountain,
their
employees
and
contractors
working
on
the
expansion
project
stepped
up
in
a
huge
way.
First
and
foremost,
they
did
all
they
could
to
ensure
british
columbians
didn't
run
out
of
fuel.
A
The
flooding
event
caused
a
precautionary
shutdown
of
the
pipeline,
which
lasted
21
days,
the
longest
period
in
trans
mountain's,
nearly
70-year
history.
It
took
hundreds
of
people
working
around
the
clock
to
repair
the
pipeline,
staring
down
treacherous
terrain,
damaged
roads,
changes
in
the
river
flow
and
adverse
weather
conditions.
To
ensure
british
columbians
could
access
the
fuel
they
depend
on.
The
prolonged
rainstorms
are
also
temporarily
shut
down
some
expansion
project
construction
sites,
so
contractors
were
redeployed
to
help
open,
bc's
damaged
highway
system.
A
Crews
and
heavy
equipment
already
staged
throughout
the
affected
corridor
turned
their
attention
from
twinning.
The
line
to
actively
assisting
the
ministry
of
transportation
to
get
the
roads
cleared.
Build
bridges
and
repair
culverts
in
large
part
to
trans
mountains,
help
the
coquihalla
was
reopened
in
record
time.
Nothing
short
of
extraordinary
trans
mountain
also
helped
the
communities
and
people
most
directly
affected
when
trans
mountains,
expansion
project
contractor
wasn't
clearing
roads
in
the
hope
region.
A
They
were
helicoptering
in
and
delivering
supplies
such
as
food
fuel,
water
and
blankets,
to
stranded
motorists
and
surrounding
indigenous
communities
in
bc's,
interior
trans,
mountain
crews
installed
matting
to
open
up
road
access
for
stranded,
cold
water
band
members.
They
delivered
food,
water
and
supplies,
a
10,
000
watt,
portable
light
plant
generator
and
100
gallons
of
fuel
to
the
new
hatch,
indian
band.
They
evacuated
numerous
indigenous
communities,
so,
mr
speaker,
to
everyone
at
trans
mountain.
Thank
you
for
stepping
up
to
help
rebuild
our
great
province.
Thank
you
for
your
grit.
Your
determination
and
your
generosity.