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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 24 2022 Statements Adam Olsen
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
saanich,
north
and
islands.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
151
years
ago
a
delegation
from
british
columbia
went
to
ottawa
to
negotiate
the
terms
of
our
province
joining
canada.
A
few
years
earlier,
amorticosmos
created
the
confederation
league.
A
key
goal
was
to
join
canada
and
to
establish
in
our
province
responsible
government,
meaning
where
the
cabinet
or
the
executive
is
responsible
to
the
people
through
an
elected
assembly,
while
a
form
of
representative
government
existed
in
the
colonies.
The
greatest
opponents
to
the
efforts
of
the
confederation
league
came
from
powerful,
unelected
members
of
the
colonial
government.
A
They
debated
the
idea
of
confederation
and
ignoring
opposition
decided
to
attempt
to
join
canada
without
responsible
government.
The
federal
government
disagreed
they.
Instead,
they
insisted
that
we
have
responsible
government
here
in
this
province
and
enticed
the
bc
delegation
with
pensions
for
those
unelected
members
who
would
lose
their
jobs
151
years
later.
We
must
be
remind.
We
must
be
mindful
that
our
responsibility
is
to
british
columbians
when
question
period
becomes
little
more
than
theater
and
second
reading
debates
or
performance
questions
go
unanswered.
A
Private
members
motions
are
never
voted
on
private
members
bills
languish
on
the
order
papers
with
no
debate
standing
committees
have
no
members
and
recommendations
on
committee
reports
collect
dust.
We
in
this
house
must
demand
better.
The
power
plays
in
this
chamber
do
little
to
serve
the
constituents
who
elect
us
to
this
democratic
institution.
They
are
indeed
as
self-serving
and
self-indulgent.
As
our
colonial
predecessors
were.
A
responsible
government
respects
the
processes
and
protocols
of
this
institution
when
this
assembly
abuses,
power,
undermining
and
eroding
the
dignity
and
integrity
of
this
democratic
institution.