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From YouTube: APRIL 25 2022 Statements Doug Rougtley
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
I
I'm
very
pleased
to
be
able
to
speak
today
and
share
with
the
members
an
experience
I
had
last
friday
in
nanaimo
when
I
was
invited
to
the
a
ceremony
honoring,
a
new
totem
pole
at
the
tilikum
leyland
friendship
center,
and
this
mr
speaker
was
the
most
moving
ceremony.
A
As
this
poll
was
meant,
is,
is
standing
in
honor
of
missing
and
murdered
indigenous
women
and
girls,
and
the
beautiful
pole
of
first
of
an
indigenous
matriarch
blanketed
in
white,
with
a
copper
pin
joining
the
blanket,
the
pin
signifying
the
possession
of
knowledge
and
wealth
and
the
wealth
of
knowledge
standing
with
an
eagle
above
her
head
lifting
her
spirit
into
the
world
to
which
she's
gone
and
out
of
the
suffering.
A
So
mr
speaker
was
so
moving
to
attend
this
ceremony,
I
was
invited
by
a
most
wonderful
person
order
of
bc,
recipient
grace
nielsen
an
absolutely
spectacular
person
who
has
done
so
much
for
urban
indigenous
people
through
the
friendship
center,
but
also
first
throughout
bc.
She
was,
she
established
the
first
aboriginal,
the
first
dedicated
indigenous
health
center,
the
first
indigenous
adult
basic
education
program
and
the
first
indigenous
traditional
elder
and
youth
housing
project
in
bc.
So
it's
with
such
honor
that
I
was
able
to
attend
this
ceremony
and
grace
is
a
most
wonderful
person.