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From YouTube: FEBRUARY 22 2022 Statements Fin Donnelly
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
cookerton
burke
mountain
mr
speaker:
what
a
year
three
state
of
emergencies,
two
of
them
climate
related
20
years
ago,
scientists
warned
us
this
would
happen
now.
It's
happening
with
increased
frequency
and
severity.
Last
summer,
wildfires
in
bc's
interior
raged
burning,
the
community
of
litton
to
the
ground.
A
heat
dome
killed,
hundreds
of
people
in
the
lower
mainland
in
november,
mudslides
and
floods,
devastated
farms
and
livelihoods
in
the
fraser
valley
and
elsewhere
in
bc.
A
A
We
must
help
those
who
require
assistance,
but
I
think
these
tragedies
also
offer
us
an
opportunity
to
pause
and
ask
how
can
we
best
prevent
future
disasters
like
these
from
happening
again
or
at
the
very
least?
How
can
we
reduce
the
impacts
of
future
extreme
weather
events,
which
we
know
will
happen
with
even
greater
frequency
and
severity?
A
One
way
to
do
this,
mr
speaker,
is
to
employ
nature-based
solutions
in
the
rebuilding
effort.
Let's
work
with
nature,
not
against
it.
Earlier
this
year,
our
government
launched
a
consultation
process
to
gather
ideas
for
bc's.
First
ever
watershed
security
strategy
and
fund.
I
encourage
all
british
columbians
to
provide
their
input
on
how
we
can
protect
and
restore
bc's
watersheds.