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From YouTube: MARCH 3 2022 Statements Rachna Singh
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
surrey,
green
timbers.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Just
this
past
weekend,
my
husband
and
I
were
having
a
conversation
about
a
historical
exhibition
he
recently
experienced
and
how
relevant
those
images
and
stories
still
are
today,
albeit
a
slightly
different
context.
This
exhibition
aptly
called
broken.
Promises
is
currently
installed
at
surrey,
museum,
a
display
co-curated
by
nikkei
national
museum,
royal,
british
columbia,
museum
and
the
landscapes
of
injustice,
research,
collective.
A
It
explores
the
stories
of
seven
families
of
japanese
origin
that
were
subjected
to
internment
during
world
war
ii,
unjustly
abducted
from
their
lives
that
they
had
built
just
like
everyone
around
them.
The
exhibition
is
a
poignant
reminder
of
what
follows
walls,
displacement
of
mass
of
people
being
just
one
of
them.
It
brought
me
to
realization
that
our
world
unfortunately,
has
never
been
without
war,
and
even
if
geographies
and
appearance
of
the
people
might
change
like
characters,
the
weight
and
trauma
they
carry
remains
the
same
and
the
heaviest
burden
of
each
violent
conflict.
A
No
matter
its
location
has
been
borne
by
the
common
people
of
that
place
with
faces
and
lives
just
like
us,
it
is
they
who
are
sent
to
battle.
They
who
suffer
from
the
violence
and
they
who
are
displaced
from
their
homes
as
we
look
on
today
towards
ukraine
with
utmost
concern,
like
we
have
towards
other
places
experiencing
violence,
as
our
hearts
again
go
out
to
the
people,
at
the
images
of
them
being
forced
to
lead
their
lives
and
loved
ones,
to
seek
refuge
and
safety
and,
as
our
prayers
again
carry
a
hope
for
peace.