Member for richmond north center, anyone who is a fan of films has undoubtedly seen the impact of vancouver or hollywood north on the big screen in one way or another. Sometimes vancouver's influence on the world's blockbuster movie is obvious. It's a curse of being blessed with so much beautiful scenery, but sometimes the influence in films and tv is less obvious, but still great. Nonetheless, the arts and visual effects of a film are what separate a timeless classic from a frog. They are what help us get lost in the story, characters and well before us.

Metro, vancouver, has built and asked and entertainment industry that has become a stable of both our economic and cultural identity, but we did not earn this reputation overnight.

It's thanks to our incredible post-secondary institutions that we are able to produce some of the most talented and inspired visual artists, and I was so pleased to learn that many next generation positioners are going to come for my own riding of richmond north center opportunities to learn the skills needed to pursue a career in game development, visual effects and animation will be expanded and enhanced by new collaboration between quantum polytechnic university and the center for entertainment asked nearly 300.

Students will transfer from vancouver to contrary in may, and the university aims to steadily increase the number of seats. It is a landmark achievement to see such an amazing program come to kpu so that we can continue to train and produce artists and industry leaders of the highest caliber here in our own backyard.

I would like to congratulate and thank the staff and faculty at kpu and the center for entertainment, ask and welcome the many students to richmond who are about to pursue their dreams of a long and exciting career in our film and video game industries together, kpu enrichment will help ensure bc remains a leader in the world's arts and entertainment industry. Thank you, mr speaker.