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From YouTube: OCT 26 2022 Statements Lorne Doerkson
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Well,
thank
you
Mr
Speaker
recently
I
was
at
an
event
with
a
hundred
people
in
attendance,
most
of
them
from
the
ranching
families.
In
my
community
it
was
gut-wrenching
to
hear
from
person
after
person
who
told
me
about
the
hardships
they're
facing
due
to
the
impact
of
wildfires
in
our
region.
We
are
just
over
a
year
removed
from
the
devastating
wildfires
of
2021,
but
for
so
many
people,
recovery
from
those
fires
has
just
begun.
A
In
fact,
far
too
many
people
are
still
struggling
to
get
by
after
the
catastrophic
fires
of
the
2017
season,
let
alone
2021.
You
see
the
impacts
of
wildfires
last
for
years,
Mr
Speaker,
it's
not
just
a
matter
of
putting
out
the
fire
and
doing
some
cleanup.
It
can
take
years
for
land
to
be
productive
again
after
it's
been
burned,
I
know
a
local
family
who
has
had
to
lease
rangeland
as
far
away
as
Dawson
Creek,
because
theirs
is
no
longer
usable.
A
It's
important
to
understand
the
complexities
of
what's
actually
going
on
on
the
ground
and
the
scale
of
the
losses
that
are
being
endured.
Mr
Speaker
lives
have
been
lost.
Some
human
and
many
animals,
whole
ecosystem
ecosystems,
have
been
destroyed,
communities,
hollowed
out
and
Landscapes
changed
every
time,
I
hear
from
constituents
about
the
recovery
process.
They
ask
me
the
same
thing:
where
is
the
support
we've
been
promised?
Where
is
the
help
that
we
desperately
need
to
get
back
on
our
feet
to
protect
our
livelihoods,
our
families
and
our
land?
Something
needs
to
change.
A
Something
more
needs
to
be
done
to
support
those
impacted
by
natural
disasters,
because
recovery
is
not
simple
or
short
term.
We
must
realize
that
recovery
is
an
ongoing,
often
long-term
process
and
people
need
support
every
single
step
of
the
way
and
we
all
have
a
responsibility
to
ensure
it's
provided.
Thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,.