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From YouTube: FEB 16 2023 Question Period
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
C
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
Mr
Speaker
another
day,
another
example
of
glaring
NDP
incompetence.
It's
been
almost
a
year
since
the
NDB
cabinet
approved
an
inept
plan
to
shut
down
and
demolish
the
Royal
BC
Museum
wanting
to
leave
a
gaping
hole
for
almost
a
decade,
and,
let's
not
forget
this
premier's
personal
support
for
that
billion
dollar
vanity
project.
C
D
D
B
D
Thank
you
chair.
We
know
how
important
this
museum
is
to
people
and
the
ties
that
they
have
to
it
over
the
years.
We
know
how
popular
the
third
floor
exhibits
have
been
to
people
and
also
how
problematic
it
has
been
to
others,
which
is
why
the
museum
is
undertaking
extensive
consultation
as
we
speak,
but
we
also
know
that
there's
an
opportunity
to
use.
What's
there
modernize
it
and
highlight
the
real
history
of
British
Columbia,
to
tell
all
the
stories
I
know.
The
minister
has
spoken
with
the
chair
of
the
museum.
B
C
C
A
new
site
in
Colwood
it
was
supposed
to
cost
177
million
and
be
completed
in
2024.,
surprise,
surprise
costs
have
already
gone
up
by
30
percent
and
are
still
climbing
and
the
site
remains
an
empty
field.
Today,
even
though
construction
was
supposed
to
have
started
last
year,
you
know
you'd
almost
think
the
NDP
don't
know
what
the
heck
they're
doing,
there's
absolutely
no
chance
that
the
delays
and
budget
runs
are
over.
C
D
Hi,
thank
you
chair,
so
we
have
over
7
million
artifacts
at
the
Royal
BC
Museum.
This
is
our
shared
Collective
history
of
all
of
British
Columbia
and
there's
global
history
as
well.
We
have
the
largest
collection
of
Emily
cars.
We
have
dinosaurs.
D
We
have
Antiquities
from
all
across
the
world,
seven
million
pieces
that
currently
many
of
them
are
sitting
below
sea
level
and
at
risk,
which
is
why
our
government
made
the
commitment
to
build
the
collections
and
research
building
to
have
a
safe,
modern,
accessible
space
for
researchers,
for
people
to
view
these
Collections
and
engage
with
these
Treasures
that
we
have
we're
going
to
continue
that
work.
Honorable
speaker
and
we're
very
proud
of
that
documents.
C
Well,
thank
you
Ms,
admittedly,
no
answer
to
the
question
of
how
much
it's
going
to
cost
no
surprise.
Well,
but
frankly,
Mr
Speaker,
the
public
of
British
Columbia,
deserves
a
lot
more
than
an
empty
field
in
call
Wood
and
a
half
empty
Royal
BC
Museum.
It
has
been
15
months
since
the
government
abruptly
closed.
C
C
Then
she
switched
her
story
and
said,
and
I
quote
exhibits
like
the
old
town
are
full
of
asbestos
end
of
quote.
Next,
it
was
seismic
issues
claiming
the
entire
building
was
an
imminent
risk
of
collapsing.
Apparently
and
now
I'm
hearing
the
minister
talk
about
the
flood
issues
that
they're
so
apparently
concerned
about,
and
just
this
week
the
current
Minister
said
and
I
quote:
I'm
not
in
charge
of
Old
Town,
end
of
quote
it's
time
for
the
premier
to
stalk,
with
the
excuses
and
just.
H
E
C
B
C
D
You
chair,
our
government
has
made
some
very
important
commitments
to
the
public
to
the
people
of
British
Columbia.
We
are
out
there.
The
museum
is
out
consultating
right
now
with
the
public
with
indigenous
communities
to
see
what
it
is
they
want
for
a
modern
museum.
We
made
that
commitment
when
we're
doing
that
work.
We
made
the
commitment
to
protect
our
Treasures
that
we
haven't
be
seen.
D
A
A
I
mean
pick
an
excuse
that
you've
disclosed
over
the
last
15
minutes
minute
months
and
run
with
it
pick
just
one,
not
five
or
six.
Your
story
keeps
changing.
The
excuse
about
decolonization
was
nothing
but
political.
Posturing
by
the
NDP
and
I
did
question
that
then
tourism
Minister
about
this
and
the
story
changed.
A
They
claimed
it
was
being
closed
for
decolonization
and
then
the
story
became
about
asbestos.
Let's
blame
it
on
asbestos
and
then
now
we
have
the
minister
of
Tourism,
claiming
there
was
never
torn
down
in
the
first
place
and
now
it's
about
flooding
all
this
started
with
a
billion
dollar
Museum
that
nobody
wanted.
Nobody
asked
for,
and
then
the
BC
government
had
to
pull
it
back.
The
truth
is
at
the
third
floor
of
the
royal
BC.
Museum
remains
shut
down,
and
nobody
knows
if
or
when
it's
going
to
open.
A
D
Thank
you,
speaker
and
I
appreciate
the
question
you
know
the
member's
office
should
know
very
well
the
reports
of
asbestos
and
the
concerns
that
were
had
with
the
museum
they
weren't
new.
The
members
of
their
cabinet
had
as
well
as
well
so
I'm
surprised
that
the
members
are
out
asking
that
members.
B
D
You
chair
Colombians
to
modernize
the
museum.
This
was
a
a
commitment
that
our
Premier
talked
about
that
was
shared
with
British
Columbians,
so
that
we
could
protect
the
artifacts
that
we
have
in
our
Collective
history.
The
minister
has
spoken
with
the
CEO
and
the
chair
of
the
museum
and
expressed
her
interest
in
having
the
third
floor
open.
She
has
made
that
very
clear.
D
We
are
not
in
charge
of
operations
of
the
museum.
Obviously
the
chair
and
the
CEO
will
make
these
decisions.
We've
made
our
position
clear
and
we
will
continue
to
work
with
them
so
that
we
can
find
a
way
to
open
the
third
floor
and
share
our
Collective
history
in
a
way
that
shares
all
of
our
stories.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
Mr
speaker,
and
it
seems
that
we're
going
to
continue
with
the
mixed
messages.
I
only
want
to
see
what
the
message
could
be
next
week,
because
we
already
covered
flooding,
asbestos,
decolonization,
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
what
else
there
is
because
the
story
keeps
changing.
B
A
Continue,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker.
You
know.
I
spoke
at
attorney
here
when
I
said
that
the
museum
was
shut
down,
it's
not
totally
shut
down.
The
minister
is
offering
private
tours
of
the
third
floor
and
claiming
that
Old
Town
remains
intact.
So
it's
closed
the
public,
but
it's
not
close
to
everybody.
A
This
is
this
is
ridiculous.
This
is
absolutely
ridiculous.
After
15
months
after
the
public
said
they
don't
want
a
billion
dollar
refit,
they
just
want
the
museum
to
be
open
for
the
public,
that's
what
the
public
wants
so
either
the
third
floor
is
unsafe
or
the
asbestos
Ricks
were
overblown,
because
people
are
actually
viewing
it
with
private
tours
or
there
there's
going
to
be
a
flood
happening.
What
what
is
it
so
again
to
the
premiere?
B
D
Thank
you
speaker
and
I
thank
the
member
for
the
question.
This
is
the
fifth
question
and
the
answer
hasn't
changed
so
I'm
not
sure
why
the
member
is
confused.
The
minister
has
made.
D
That
she
intends
to
see.
D
You
that
she
intends
to
see
the
third
floor
open
she's
had
this
conversation
with
the
CEO
and
the
chair.
The
work
was
already
underway
for
that.
The
recm
was
working
on
reopening
the
third
floor
when
I
had
the
portfolio
a
few
months
ago
to
to
include
a
to
include
a
an
exhibition
called
suit.
The
T-Rex
experience.
D
This
work
is
ongoing
and
we're
going
to
continue
doing
that
work.
We're
going
to
continue
to
protect
our
incredible
collections
that
we
have
in
the
museum
we're
going
to
continue
to
bring
modern
exhibits
like
the
wildlife
photographer
exhibit
of
the
Year
exhibit
that
opened
in
December.
This
work
is
ongoing
with
the
museum
we're
going
to
continue
to
provide.
D
We're
going
to
convince
continue
to
provide
world-class
exhibitions
for
people
that
they
want
to
see
and
we're
going
to
continue
the
work
on
the
third
floor
because
we
intend
to
see
it
open.
Thank
you.
I
I
apologize
for
the
Outburst
earlier
Mr
Speaker,
but
this
is
quite
activating
this.
This
conversation,
this
whatever
it
is,
that's
going
on
in
here.
The
recognition
needs
to
be
made
from
this
government
that
our
stuff,
the
stuff
that
my
uncle
that
I
talked
about,
had
to
go
visit.
Our
our
cultural,
so-called
artifacts
in
that
place,
we're
locked
behind
the
closed
doors
and
those
are
not
being
transported
out
to
the
safe
place
for
storage,
Mr
Speaker
those
are
staying
in
the
building.
That's
going
to
fall
down!
That's
what
we've
been
told
so
yeah.
I
This
is
an
activating
conversation
for
those
of
us
who
have
sacred
items
locked
away
in
the
glass
cases
of
those
museums,
Mr
Speaker,
the
British,
Columbia
economy,
experiences
boom
and
bust
Cycles.
There
are
many
factors,
including
commodity
prices,
and
access
to
Natural
Resources.
The
completion
of
four
major
Mega
projects
over
the
next
two
years
will
end
thousands
of
jobs
and
billions
of
dollars
in
economic
activity.
Mr
Speaker,
LNG,
Canada,
Coastal,
gaslink
site
C,
Trans
Mountain.
I
F
We
know
how
important
it
is
to
keep
people
working,
we've
seen
significant
impacts
as
Mills
curtailed,
for
example,
and
to
the
members
example
as
well.
That's
why
we've
created
the
90
million
dollar
jobs
manufacturing
fund,
Mr
Speaker.
It's
one
example
of
the
work
that
we're
doing
to
ensure
economic
diversity
in
our
Province.
It's
so
important
that
people
can
find
well-paying
jobs
wherever
they
live
in
the
province.
Mr
Speaker,
it's
important
to
us
we're
doing
that
work
and
we'll
continue.
I
It's
88
billion
dollars
worth
of
economic
activity,
that's
being
generated
by
18
000
jobs,
and
the
minister
provided
roughly
20
million
dollar
response
to
that.
The
context
is
way
out
of
whack
Mr
Speaker.
It's
remarkable
that
this
BC
NDP
government
is
allowing
the
hope
of
the
LNG
industry,
an
industry
that
they
know
makes
no
sense
in
a
climate
emergency
to
continue
to
burn
I.
Imagine
this
is
because,
under
their
plan,
these
workers
will
be
working
in
the
handful
of
new
LNG
and
pipeline
projects
that
are
currently
being
spectated
on
in
our
province.
I
It
appears
that
this
vcndp
government
is
poised
to
make
fracked
gas
the
next
Forest
fiber.
Neither
the
premier
nor
his
ministers
will
close
the
door
on
future
future
fossil
fuel
expansion,
we've,
given
them
several
opportunities
just
this
week
and
before
Mr
Speaker
through
you
to
the
premier.
Is
he
planning
on
keeping
these
workers
busy
on
the
handful
of
new
gas
liquefaction
and
pipeline
projects,
such
as
the
Enbridge
project,
which
is
currently
being
proposed
in
this
project?.
H
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr
Speaker
and
I
appreciate
the
members
question.
It's
a
bit
perplexing,
because
the
projects
he
listed
in
the
job
creation
and
the
economic
activity
associated
with
them
are
all
projects
that,
to
my
knowledge,
he
opposed,
but
I
I
can
tell
them
that
the
workforce,
the
heavy
construction
Workforce
in
this
province,
will
be
utilized
on
and
are
being
utilized
on,
major
infrastructure
projects
right
across
British
Columbia.
Today
there
are
even
workers
who
have
been
working
on
Pipeline
projects,
constructing
the
kicking,
Horse
canyon
phase.
H
E
You
Mr
Speaker
I,
also
find
it
interesting
that
the
house,
leader
from
the
green
party,
was
talking
about
all
these
projects
that
are
hiring
thousands
and
thousands
of
people.
One
can
only
hope
that
there
is
additional
projects
those
people
will
be
working
on,
but
we
do
have
a
labor
problem
in
this
province.
Mr
Speaker.
J
Honorable
speaker,
as
the
member
will
know,
there
are
38
000,
more
people
working
in
our
Health
Care
system.
Today,.
J
Still,
no
honorable
speaker
he'll,
no
honorable,
speaker
that
we
have
a
health
human
resources
plant
with
70
actions
that
are
dealing
with
recruitment,
they're
dealing
with
Pathways
for
internationally
educated
doctors
and
nurses
that
are
increasing
the
number
of
spaces
that
are
creating
new
medical
schools.
Honorable
speaker,
these
are
the
actions
required
as
we
need
to
continue
to
build
out
our
health
care
System
to
meet
existing
demand.
J
With
respect
honorable
speaker
to
covid-19
requirements,
the
people
who
are
treated,
for
example,
in
our
acute
care
hospitals
in
BC,
are
by
definition
the
most
vulnerable
people
in
The
Province.
There
are
10
000
of
them
in
acute
care
hospitals
today,
as
we
speak
today,
look
ten
thousand
and
four
and
they
are,
as
everybody
knows,
after
three
years
of
this
pandemic
in
a
couple
of
weeks,
honorable
speaker,
the
most
vulnerable
to
covid-19
and
its
negative
effects.
J
It's
why
British
Columbia
and
the
provincial
Health
officer
acted
honorable
speaker
to
ensure
that
those
who
work
in
our
Public
Health
Care
system
are
vaccinated,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
The
issue
honorable
speaker
is
not
mandate.
It's
covet,
19..
The
issue
is
the
safety
of
patients
and
staff,
and
we
will
continue
to
act
on
that
and
continue
to
see
these
decisions
made
by
the
provincial
Health
officer
and
not
by
politicians.
E
You
Mr
Speaker.
What
I
find
interesting
is
every
other
province
in
this
country
has
done
the
right
thing
and
removed
the
mandate
and
they've
removed
the
mandates
Mr
Speaker,
because
they
know
they
need
the
Health
Care
Professionals
in
the
system,
and
it's
great
that
the
health
minister
is
talking
about
all
these
improvements
to
a
system.
But
the
priority
should
be
patients,
not
a
system.
E
J
Minister
of
Health,
honorable
honorable
speaker,
that
decision
was
made
with
patience
in
mind.
One
of
the
reasons
why
I
think-
and
everybody
in
BC
deserves
credit
for
that.
For
this,
not
the
minister
of
Health,
not
someone
else,
everybody
in
BC
that
BC's
covid-19
response
was
amongst
the
best
in
the
world.
Honorable
speaker,
it
was
because.
J
J
Well,
our
family,
how
vulnerable
patients
are
in
long-term
care
residents
are
in
long-term
care
how
vulnerable
patients
are
in
acute
care
hospitals
and
to
take
actions
when
people
out
there
most
vulnerable,
then
they're
being
treated
for
cancer
and
heart
disease
and
other
questions
to
take
actions
to
protect
them
from
the
effects
of
a
pandemic
that
has
affected
the
entire
world
and
killed
people
in
the
thousands
in
BC
in
the
millions
across
the
world.
Honorable
speaker
to
take
action.
Yes,
BC
was
the
only
problems
in
Canada
to
take
this
action.
K
Well,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
Let's
talk
for
a
moment
about
the
premier's
caucus
of
chaos
and
their
latest
insults
to
British
Columbians
during
Throne
speech
debate
this
week.
The
premiers
appointed
parliamentary
secretary
for
Rural
Development
has
some
very
disparaging
things
to
say.
He
said
that
supporting
our
natural
resource
sector
was
and
I
quote,
uninspiring
and
worse.
He
said
a
vision
for
what
rural
communities
were
a
hundred
years
ago.
End
quote:
Mr
Speaker.
K
Frankly,
it's
unbelievable
to
me
that
a
person
the
premier
has
personally
picked
a
fight
for
real
rural
BC
has
just
given
up
and
says
he
thinks
it's
uninspiring.
Our
natural
resources
and
industries
have
supported
the
livelihoods
of
generations
of
hard-working
British
Columbians,
including
many
people
who
used
to
vote
for
the
NDP.
K
Mr
Speaker,
whether
it's
forestry,
natural
gas
mining,
Hydro
ranching,
you
name
it-
you
just
don't
seem
to
care.
Well.
The
premier
stand
up
today
publicly
reject
these
ridiculous
and
insulting
comments
from
his
point
person
for
Rural
BC
and
tell
him
to
do
his
job
and
start
fighting
for
our
natural
resource
sector
instead
of
insulting
resource
workers
from
across
this
province.
B
G
G
G
B
G
G
Federal
speaker,
perhaps
it's
the
narrow
definition
of
what
economic
development
in
rural
communities
is
from
this
member
is
the
problem
speaker
we're
going
to
continue
to
make
investments
to
diversify
our
economy,
to
diversify
Economic
Development
opportunities
to
rural
communities.
We
Believe
rural
economies
can
be
more
than
just
resource
development.
They
can
be
a
whole
host
of
amount
of
initiatives.
We've
announced
many
things
we're
going
to
announce
many
more
honorable
speaker.
B
L
For
Courtney
East
well,
thank
you.
Mr
Speaker,
it's
a
great
day
today
in
the
legislature
when
we
hear
members
of
the
green
party
celebrate
and
recognize
economic
activities
that
our
natural
resource
brings
and
the
minister
to
double
down
with
his
own
lip
service
of
the
same,
but
sadly
enough.
Our
Premier
is
ashamed,
he's
ashamed
of
our
resource
sector
and
there's
no
question
about
it.
L
Last
month,
during
his
keynote
address
at
the
natural
resource
Forum
in
Prince
George,
he
couldn't
even
bring
himself
to
mention
the
initials
LNG
and
in
his
first
90
days,
he
managed
to
lose
12,
000,
manufacturing
and
natural
resource
jobs.
And
what
does
the
premier's
Parliamentary
secretary
have
to
say
to
those
workers
that
lost
their
jobs?
Oh
well,
you're,
too
uninspiring
and
two
last
century.
For
us,
newsflash
is
the
premiere.
These
are
not
Sunset
Industries.
Why?
F
F
To
us,
Mr
Speaker
I
had
the
opportunity
to
attend
the
natural
resources
form
in
Prince
George
and
met
firsthand
with
many
workers
in
the
sector.
Mr
Speaker.
We
met
with
folks
who
were
impacted
by
milk
curtailment
and
we're
talking
to
them
about
what
their
needs
are.
Mr
Speaker,
it's
so
important
that
we
provide
supports
and
we're
doing
that
Mr
Speaker
185
million
in
last
year's
budget,
specifically
to
support
workers.
Mr
Speaker
things
like
bridging
to
retirement
and
skills.
C
F
Know
that
we
need
to
ensure
that
there
are
well-paying
jobs
in
these
communities,
Mr
Speaker
and
we're
doing
that
work
in
a
number
of
different
ways.
The
jobs
manufacturing
plan
is
one
example,
the
90
million
dollars,
but
I
want
to
tell
you
what
is
inspiring
Mr
Speaker.
What
is
inspiring
is
the
work
of
my
colleague,
the
Parliamentary
secretary,
who
Crea
created
the
Reddit
program.
The
Reddit
program
was
a
result
of
members.
F
You
Mr
Speaker,
my
colleague,
the
Parliamentary
secretary
on
this
file
worked
very
closely
with
rural
communities
to
create
the
Reddit
program.
Mr
Speaker,
it's
an
excellent
program,
funded
at
35
million
dollars.
He
met
with
people
throughout
the
regions
to
design
this
program.
It's
been
well
over
prescribed
and
I'm
hearing
from
staff
that
the
applications
are
excellent.
Mr
Speaker.
He
does
great
work,
I'm
very
proud
to
call
him
a
college.