►
From YouTube: FEB 14 2023 Question Period
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
C
C
In
the
premier's
rhetoric,
an
actual
results
when
it
comes
to
crime
and
social
disorder,
the
explosion
of
violence
that
began
during
his
time
as
a
soft
on
crime
attorney
general
continues
to
wreak
havoc
in
communities.
Last
month,
we've
seen
example
after
example,
in
Burnaby
a
woman
savagely
attacked
and
left
seriously
injured
on
the
sidewalk
in
an
unprovoked
attack
in
New
Westminster.
A
vicious
random
attack
with
a
stun
gun
sent
a
victim
to
hospital
and
in
Vancouver
an
armed
criminal
who
was
on
bail,
tried
to
enter
a
bar
in
on
Granville
with
a
firearm.
C
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and
I
thank
the
member
for
her
question
and
what
I
can
tell
the
honorable
member
is
is
that
ever
since,
taking
over
as
attorney
general
and
then
as
Premier,
our
Premier
has
done
an
amazing
job
in
terms
of
bringing
forward
initiatives
that
are
going
to
deal
with
some
of
the
challenges
that
we're
facing
in
communities.
D
So
an
expansion
of
the
car
program,
the
creation
of
peer
assisted
care
teams,
so
that
they
can
defuse
situations
and
not
necessarily
have
a
police
officer
attend
a
situation
whereby
a
a
mental
health
worker
may
be
the
more
appropriate
response,
freeing
up
police
to
be
able
to
do
additional
duties
on
additional
work
in
in
key
critical
areas
around
safety.
At
the
same
time,
we've
made
it
clear
that
we
want
to
see
changes
done
at
the
federal
level
in
terms
of
the
the
bail
situation.
D
Honorable
member,
the
attorney
general
and
the
premier
have
spoken
with
the
Minister
of
Justice
and
the
Prime
Minister.
On
that
the
federal
Justice
Minister
has
indicated
a
willingness
to
look
at
and
to
make
changes
to
the
to
the
bail
conditions
that
unintended
consequences
from
Bill
75.
Honorable
speaker
there's
a
significant
amount
of
work
being
done
by
the
premier
by
this
government
on
this
side
of
the
house
to
keep
our
streets
safe.
C
It's
absolutely
ridiculous
for
me
to
actually
hear
the
words
amazing
come
out
of
someone
in
this
room's
mouth
when
I
know
that
people
have
received
a
pipe
to
the
side
of
the
head
been
stabbed
in
the
throat
trying
to
deliver
food
in
Vancouver.
You
know
what
it's
results
that
matter
and
it's
been
announcement
after
announcement,
an
initiative,
announcements
and
you
know
what
it's
results
and
what
people
see
that
actually
matter.
Last
week,
another
senior
was
the
victim
of
a
vicious
random
attack
in
Chinatown.
D
Dr
Premier,
thank
you,
honorable
speaker
and
again
I
thank
the
member
for
the
question
and
I
will
take
this
opportunity
because
she
is
new
in
the
house
to
remind
her
of
the
initiatives
that
this
government
has
undertaken
under
the
six
years
that
we
have
been
in
power.
Honorable
speaker,
initiatives.
D
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
you
know
I
always
find
it
interesting
that
whenever
I'm
about
to
let
them
know
the
facts,
they
don't
want
to
hear
it.
They
start
they
start
to
get
all
agitated.
Honorable,
speaker
and
I
can
understand
that
and
I
can
understand
that
honorable
speaker,
because
when
you
look
the
largest
single
investment
in
the
largest
single
investment
in.
B
D
History
of
this
province,
honorable
speaker,
the
largest
investment
inflation
in
the
history
of
this
product,
which
nobody
on
that
side
of
the
house,
honorable
speaker,
did
when
they
sat
on
this
side
of
the
house.
Honorable
speaker,
the
member
members,
the
first,
the
first
277
to
277
positions
to
be
filled.
Honorable
speaker,
this
government
is
funding
them
on.
D
B
D
Forensic
Firearms
to
to
crack
down
on
gang
activity,
honorable
speaker
all
of
those
initiatives
done
by
this
government
16
years.
They
had
to
do
that
and
they
failed
every
single
time.
D
F
Well,
Mr
Speaker.
The
minister
stands
in
this
house
talking
about
the
premier
and
the
Attorney
General,
as
he
was
in
his
role
for
five
and
a
half
years
he's
had
six
years
to
fix
this
and
under
his
watch,
things
have
only
gotten
worse
in
Chinatown
and
the
communities
across
our
Province
people
do
not
feel
safe
on
our
streets.
F
What
people
see
and
feel
in
Chinatown
is
how
a
once
thriving
Community
is
now
played
by
violence
and
hate
under
this
premier's
catch
and
release
system,
random
attacks
continue
to
escalate
and
anti-asian
hate
crimes
are
400
percent
higher
than
in
2018..
According
to
a
recent
report
to
Vancouver
City
Council
Vancouver
has
become
the
anti-asian
hate
crime,
capital
of
North
America
seniors,
who
called
Chinatown
their
home,
live
in
constant
fear
and
it's
time
for
the
premier
to
start
taking
some
responsibility
after
six
years
of
worsening
results.
G
Mr
Speaker,
everyone
deserves
to
feel
safe
in
their
communities
and
when
we
hear
about
those
traumatic
acts,
we
can
all
stand
together
here
and
condemn
them
and
as
a
government
we're
taking
action.
Two
weeks
ago,
I
met
with
minister
lemetti
to
talk
about.
What's
at
the
core
of
this
issue,
which
is
a
bail
reform
policy
that
needs
to
be
addressed,
we
had
a
very
productive
meeting
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
changes
there,
but
this
government
is
taking
action
to
keep
our
community
safe.
G
We
issued
a
new
bail
directive
for
repeat
violing,
offending
to
all
Crown
prosecutors,
we're
standing
up,
20,
new
dedicated
Crown
prosecutors
as
part
of
our
repeat
offenders,
action
team
that
will
focus
specifically
on
repeat
violent
offenders.
We've
seen
a
32
increase,
32
percent
increase
in
Crown
Council
budgets
and
that's
after
the
opposition,
starved
it
for
years.
This
is
a
government,
that's
a
committed
to
taking
action
to
make
sure
that
our
communities
are
safe.
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,.
F
Mr
Speaker
that
response
from
the
attorney
general
is
simply
just
not
good
enough
for
the
seniors
and
other
people
living
and
working
on
Chinatown
who
are
scared
and
continue
to
live
and
work
in
fear.
This
government,
this
creamer,
has
had
six
years
to
address
this,
and
this
Premier
stopped
on
crime
approach
simply
is
not
working.
What
people
see
and
feel
in
Chinatown
is
how
a
once
thriving
Community
is
now
plagued
by
violence
and
hate.
F
Under
this
creamer's
catch
and
release
system,
foreign
people
are
seeing
and
feeling
the
evidence
that
the
premier's
catch
and
release
system
are
a
dangerous
failure.
On
the
weekend
we
saw
that
Dr
senya
sarangarden
in
Chinatown,
maliciously
vandalized
in
a
game
with
fake
blood
sprayed
on
its
walls.
The
garden
is
executive
director,
Lorraine
Lowe
says
these
unchecked
crimes
send
an
unmistakable
message
of
anti-asian
hate
vandalism
in
Chinatown,
a
skyrocketed
by
a
staggering
455
percent
since
2019
it's
time
for
this
catch
and
release
Premiere
to
take
responsibility.
G
For
the
question,
when
we
hear
about
these
acts
of
racism
and
violent
attacks,
we
all
can
stand
together
to
condemn
them.
G
And
our
heart
goes
out
to
the
victims:
Mr
Speaker.
My
role
as
attorney
general
is
to
make
sure
that
the
justice
system
has
the
tools
that
it
needs
to
respond.
I
spoke
about
our
new
bail
policy
and
the
directors
that
were
going
forward.
I
spoke
about
our
investment
in
Crown
Council
on
the
21
new
dedicated
Crown
prosecutors
that
will
be
focused
on
repeat
violent,
offense
response
teams.
Everyone
agrees:
this
is
a
national
issue.
The
premier
has
written,
along
with
other
premiers,
to
the
federal
government.
G
To
ask
for
changes
to
the
bail
policy,
will
help
us
put
more
Tools
in
place
for
our
Crown
prosecutors
to
respond
to
repeat
violent
offenders,
we're
going
to
keep
doing
the
work
necessary
to
help
make
sure
that
our
communities
are
safe
and
to
dress
the
challenges
that
we
feel
in
our
we
see
in
our
communities.
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,.
E
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
during
the
BC
NDP
leadership
event
last
fall,
Premier
EB
said
quote:
we
cannot
continue
to
subsidize
fossil
fuels
and
expect
clean
energy
to
manifest.
Somehow
we
cannot
continue
to
expand
fossil
fuel
infrastructure
and
hit
our
climate
goals.
My
question
through
Mr
speakers
to
the
premier,
will
he
commit
to
no
new
expanded
fossil
fuel
projects
in
British,
Columbia.
H
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
I
appreciate
his
interest
and
his
passion
for
this
topic
and
one
that
our
government
shares.
We
have
been
very
clear
all
along
that
all
future
LNG
projects
need
to
fit
within
our
climate
commitments.
We
have
said
this
over
and
over
again
the
premier
has
backed
this
up.
It
has
been
a
strong
part
of
the
message
from
our
government.
H
We
are
going
to
continue
to
work
with
the
oil
and
gas
sector
to
reduce
emissions,
to
fit
within
our
sectoral
targets
and
to
hit
those
targets.
Mr
Speaker
I
am
so
honored
to
have
this
position
to
be
working
with
my
colleague,
the
minister
of
environment,
climate
change
strategy
together
to
address
this
I
appreciate
the
question.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
and
apologies.
It's
essentially
the
same
response
that
the
premier
gave
us
last
fall,
that
we
are
going
to
be
meeting
our
2030
and
2050
targets
and
that's
the
goal
of
clean
BC.
Unfortunately,
we're
not
on
track
to
meet
those
targets,
as
we
currently
stand,
Mr,
Premier
and
or
Mr
Speaker
and
the
the
fact
of
the
matter
is,
is
that
we've
got
multiple
LNG
proposals
in
this
province
being
speculated
upon,
many
of
which
are
very
bullish
in
their
the
future
of
LNG
in
this
province.
E
A
response
that
this
government
has
yet
to
Tamper
down.
We've
got
wood,
fiber,
Tilbury,
LNG,
Canada
phase,
two
Cedar
LNG
cylism's
LNG
all
ready
to
go
in
this
province,
Mr
Speaker,
and
if
they,
if
they
are
going
to
move
forward,
then
it's
going
to
take
the
clean
BC
and
the
rhetoric
around
it
and
completely
make
it
meaningless.
E
So
my
question
through
you
to
the
minister
of
energy
with
all
of
the
speculation
about
these
other
LNG
projects,
does
she
still
believe
that
we
can
expand
the
fossil
fuel
industry
and
meet
our
climate
goals.
I
Thank
you
very
much
honorable
speaker
and
thank
you
to
the
member
for
the
question.
I
appreciate
the
members
passion
for
meeting
climate
goals,
but
I
simply
do
not
accept
a
characterization
of
one
of
the
leading
climate
plans
in
North
America
in
a
context
from
other
people
are
doing
absolutely
nothing
as
empty
rhetoric.
It's
simply
not
true.
We
have
a
broad
series
of
actions
across
all
sectors
that
are
designed
to
reduce
emissions
between
now
and
2030.
Now
in
2040,
now
in
2050
we're
making
progress
on
them.
This
is
hard
work,
but
we're
doing
it.
I
It
involves
meeting
with
industry,
whether
it's
the
oil
and
gas
sector,
The
Pulp
and
Paper
sector,
the
mining
sector
and
working
with
them
to
drive
down
their
emissions.
This
is
not
something
that
can
be
simply
done
by
an
empty
statement
in
this
legislature,
an
empty
statement
in
front
of
cameras
or
a
stroke
of
a
pen.
This
is
hard
work
and
we're
taking
it
on
and
that's
why
we'll
continue
to
work
hard
with
our
partners
with
our
communities
to
meet
our
climate
targets,
because
that's
what
British
Columbians
expect.
J
J
It's
actually
gotten
to
the
point
where
small
business
owners,
like
Tara
from
bagging
shoes,
are
at
a
Tipping
Point
and
are
looking
at
leaving
downtown
for
good,
and
she
says,
and
I
quote:
broken
glass
use
needles,
human
excrement.
We
seem
to
be
left
to
our
own
devices.
End
quote
my
question
is
a
simple
one
to
the
premiere,
how
many
small
business
owners
will
have
to
flee
before
the
premier
ends
the
crime
and
disorder
that
we
are
seeing
in
all
our
downtowns
across
this
province?.
D
D
That's
why
we've
been
working
with
local
government
to
identify
areas
where
the
province
can
assist
them,
whether
it's
through
things
such
as
downtown
revitalizations,
whether
it's
ensuring
that
they've
got
the
the
the
housing
resources
that
they
need.
Where
we've
seen
some
progress
being
made
in
a
number
of
areas
as
communities
such
as
Vancouver
and
Victoria.
D
At
the
same
time,
it's
working
with
communities.
It
recognizes
that
that
they
need
additional
support
in
terms
of
policing.
That's
why
we
put
in
place
The
Surge
teams
in
places
like
Prince
George,
in
Terrace,
in
cabinets
to
assist
police
in
doing
their
job.
That's
why
we've
made
the
largest
single
investment
in
terms
of
policing
of
the
277
vacancies
on
the
provincial
police
line
to
ensure
that
they're
able
to
serve
smaller
rural
communities
which
are
going
to
assist
as
well.
D
Give
an
answer
to
a
question,
and
what
do
you
do
you
get
heckled
anyway,
anyway?
Honorable
speaker
members,
thank
you
honorable
speaker,
working
with
the
federal
government
to
make
those
changes
where
the
Justice
Minister
himself
has
said.
British
Columbia
has
been
a
leader
on
this
issue.
Honorable
speaker,
we
take
it
very
seriously
we're
going
to
continue
taking
the
actions
working
with
local
government
police,
the
federal
government
to
deal
with
the
problems
of
Public
Safety.
That
communities
are
facing.
K
It's
either
the
local
governments
or
the
business
associations
or
the
federal
government's
fault.
But
the
lip
service,
the
announcements
and
the
long
list
of
rhetoric
are
not
results
that
are
actually
experienced
by
our
citizens,
who
are
traumatized
and
fearful
by
what
they
see
in
our
streets.
Daily
Kelowna
has
the
highest
urban
crime
rate
in
Canada.
K
This
is
what
people
have
experienced
in
my
community.
Just
in
the
last
month,
a
man
attacked
left
lying
on
the
ground
unconscious
and
bleeding
from
his
head
threats
and
smashed
windows
from
a
man
with
an
ax
in
an
unprovoked
attack
and
last
week,
a
prolific
offender
who
personifies
the
premier's
catch
and
release
system
was
back
in
the
news:
Tyler
Newton
the
bus
killer,
with
over
50
criminal
charges
committed
yet
another
crime.
After
being,
let
out
again
into
our
community.
D
Of
Public
Safety,
thank
you
honorable
speaker
and
thanks
for
the
member
for
the
the
question
and
I'd
like
to
remind
that.
Member
that
hiring
270
new
RCMP
officers
that
will
assist
in
rural
small
communities
across
this
province
on
the
provincial
line
is
not
rhetoric.
Honorable
speaker,
it's
action.
D
D
D
A
A
We've
heard
this
government
blame
the
federal
government,
for
example.
We
we
know
that
this
government
downloads
responsibility
in
municipalities
and
small
businesses-
we've
heard
all
that,
but
this
is
the
first
time
that
I
heard
government
get
up
and
say
the
work
that
we've
done
to
protect
BC
citizens
from
violence
is
amazing.
A
A
There
was
no
mention
of
amazing
results.
One
resident
Karen
kovitcha
spoke
out
about
the
devastating
impact
of
crime
in
your
community.
This
is
what
she's
got
to
say
and
I
quote:
we've
already
had
a
loss
of
life
from
a
robbery
that
became
violent,
we've
had
fires
and
vacant
buildings.
We've
had
a
suspected
hit
and
run
that
took
a
life.
The
list
goes
on
and
on,
and
it's
only
been
a
week,
foreign.
A
D
It's
unfortunate
that
the
member
seems
to
characterize
the
initiatives
you
know
as
that
we
have
undertaken
whether
it's
wanting
to
get
changes
made
to
to
to
bail
reform
which
the
Attorney
General
the
premier
had
spoken
to
to
the
to
the
Prime
Minister
about.
As
you
know,
blaming
someone
it's
not
blaming.
What
it's
recognizing
is
is
that
the
feds
made
some
changes.
There
were
consequences,
unintended
consequences,
they're
impacting
them.
We
are
working
to
get
those
things
changed.
Honorable
speaker.
D
In
the
same
way,
honorable
speaker,
we
work
with
local
governments
in
his
community
of
terrorists,
where
the
RCMP
were
facing
challenges
in
terms
of
the
resources
that
we're
facing.
We
put
additional
resources
into
his
community
into
Kamloops
into
Prince,
George
and
I
can
tell
you,
honorable
speaker
on
my
recent
trip
to
Prince
George
the
police.
There
indicated
how
pleased
they
were
that
we
had
put
those
surge
teams
in
because
they
were
proving
invaluable.
D
I'm
finally,
honorable
speaker,
we
have
not
blamed
local
government.
We've
worked
with
local
government,
the
attorney
the
the
premier
when
he
was
attorney
general,
was,
was
asked
by
local
government
saying
we're
facing
some
challenges.
He
asked
for
additional
information
come
come
with
us
and
tell
us
specifically
to
each
community
and
Mayors
did
that
honorable
speaker
and
the
results
out
of
that
were
the
Lepard
report,
which
has
initiated
other
initiatives
in
terms
of
mental
health
and
addictions,
additional
police
resources.
Honorable
speaker,
all
of
those
things
designed
to
assist
communities
and
help
keep
our
communities
safe,
honors.
L
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
well,
the
solicitor
general
routinely
gets
up
and
and
blusters
in
this
house,
but
he
seems
to
have
missed
the
plot
line
here
and
the
sad
reality
is
we're
asking
questions
of
actually
the
third
attorney
general
that
this
government
has
had,
and
instead
of
hearing
from
the
attorney
general,
we
keep
hearing
from
the
solicitor
general
about
policing.
The
police
are
just
as
frustrated
and
all
the
people
that
are
getting
randomly
attacked
in
this
province.
L
We're
not
questioning
the
work
of
the
police
forces
in
this
province,
we're
not
questioning
their
attempts
at
Public,
Safety
they're
just
expressed
frustrated
with
this
premier's
catch
and
release
system
that
has
been
initiated
over
the
last
six
years,
as
he
has
been
the
attorney
general
and
now
the
premier.
But
we
don't
hear.
Apparently
this
attorney
general
is
not
allowed
to
answer
post
leader.
L
L
B
L
Thank
you
good
Mr
Speaker,
the
house
leader
government,
Health
Services.
You
can
have
something
to
work
out
there.
Mr
Speaker
people
are
being
attacked
repeatedly
in
unprovoked
events
in
this
province
and
this
government
continues
to
brush
it
off
as
if
we're
making
things
up
and
that
people
are
actually
safer
and
crime
is
under
control.
Under
this
premier's
catch
and
release
system,
it's
simply
not
factually
correct.
It's
just
more
and
more
empty
NDP
rhetoric
and
Promises
in
denial.
Small
business
owners,
like
Jeff
Ross,
say
there
is
just
in
the
last
60
days
alone.
L
He's
had
two
break-ins
three
vehicle
break-ins
two
shoplifting
events,
two
store,
Windows
being
broken
and
garbage
strewn
all
over
the
place:
listen
to
solicitor
general.
Somehow
things
are
okay.
Well,
here's
what
the
Nanaimo
mayor,
Leonard
croak,
said
and
imagine
Mr
Speaker.
If
Mr
Crow
had
actually
been
made
the
Attorney
General,
perhaps
this
province
would
have
been
actually
safer
and
he
wouldn't
have
left
to
go
to
the
mayor's
Sharon
and
I'm
in
the
first
place.
L
Well,
let's
look
at
what
he
says
at
the
rally
and
I
quote:
I
have
called
upon
the
branch
of
government
over
and
over
again
to
provide
the
secure,
involuntary
care.
People
need
end
quote:
that's
one
of
this
government's
former
mlas,
who
is
now
the
mayor
of
Nanaimo,
saying
that
question
member,
how
much
more
violence
and
theft
and
business
closures
will
people
have
to
endure
before
this
soft
on
Premier
actually
starts
taking
meaningful
action
and
sends
his
catch
and
release
system
to
make
communities
safe
again,.
B
D
Deputy
Premier,
thank
you,
honorable,
speaker
and
and
I
will
point
out
to
my
colleague
across
the
way
that
he
said
that
I
said
it's.
Okay,
the
the
that
the
crime
is
okay,
that
I
said
it's:
okay,
that
all
these
things
are
taking
place.
That
is
simply
not
true.
Everybody
can
dance
the
violence
that's
taken
place.
Honorable
speaker,
everybody
condemns
the
violence.
That's
that's
taking
place.
What
I?
What
I've
said
in
terms
of
amazing
we've
got
an
amazing
Premier.
Honorable
speaker,
we
absolutely
do
have
an
amazing
premium.
D
Honorable
speaker,
that
they
failed
to
add
additional
police
resources,
honorable
speaker
to
communities
such
as
Prince
George
and
Terrace
and
Kamloops
that
were
asking
for
The
Honorable
speaker
that
they
had
16
years
honorable
speaker
to
try
and
fill
a
Provincial
Police
line
honorable
speaker,
and
they
failed
to
do
that.
Those
are
actions,
honorable
speaker,
that
this
side
of
the
house
is
doing
honorable
speaker.
This
side
of
the
house
is
taking
action
in
terms
of
working
with
the
federal
government
to
get
those
changes
needed
around
fatal
reform.