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From YouTube: MAY 12 2022 Statements Adam Olsen
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
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He
covered
the
election
of
the
first
indigenous
man
as
mla
and
67
years
later,
the
first
indigenous
woman.
He
saw
the
elections
of
the
first
black
men
and
women,
the
first
indo-canadian,
the
first
province's
woman
premier,
the
first
indo-canadian
premier,
the
first
social
credit
government,
the
first
ndp
government,
the
first
greens
in
all
he
covered
21
parliaments,
jim,
came
to
british
columbia
in
1948.
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He
arrived
on
the
train
to
reach
the
west
coast
after
terrible
floods
of
that
year.
In
the
fraser
valley,
he
was
24
years
old,
with
a
wife,
a
toddler
of
18
months
and
a
second
child
due
in
six
weeks
when
he
first
arrived
in
victoria,
although
he
had
papers
as
a
precision
machinist,
the
only
work
he
found
was
driving
this
city's
garbage
scout
from
the
inner
harbor
past
the
legislature,
buildings
and
out
to
sea
to
dump
the
overnight
refuse.