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From YouTube: APRIL 26 2023 Statements Susie Chant
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
North
Vancouver
Seymour-
thank
you.
Honorable
speaker,
I
rise
today
to
acknowledge
Canada's
naval
Reserve
in
their
Centennial
year
2023,
and
to
recognize
in
particular
the
contributions
to
this
province
made
by
the
sailors
of
his
Majesty's
Canadian
ships,
Discovery
and
malahat.
To
begin
with,
I
will
also
acknowledge
that
I'm
speaking
from
The
ancestral
lands
of
the
lakongan
people,
the
Esquimalt
and
the
songis
on
which
hmcs
malahat
is
also
located.
A
I
also
have
the
privilege
of
representing
North
Vancouver
Seymour
in
the
traditional
lands
of
the
musqueam,
Squamish
and
slavertooth
peoples,
upon
which
members
of
hmcs
Discovery
live
and
work.
The
naval
Reserve
was
established
on
January
31st
1923,
as
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
volunteer,
Reserve
many
reservists
participated
in
the
Keystone
Allied
Marine
campaign
of
the
second
world
war
that
sustained
supply
lines
from
the
Americas
to
the
European
war
effort.
Today,
the
naval
Reserve
is
represented
in
24
divisions
across
the
country
comprising
more
than
4
100
Canadians.
A
We
are
fortunate
in
British
Columbia
to
host
two
naval
Reserve
divisions,
hmc's
Discovery,
located
on
dead
men's
Island
in
Stanley
Park
in
Vancouver,
was
established
in
1924.
hmcs
malahat,
now
located
at
Shoal
Point.
Here
in
Victoria
was
established
in
1947.
over
the
years
reservists
have
deployed
from
these
Stone
frigates
on
operations
such
as
Maritime
security
in
for
the
2010
Olympics,
responding
to
the
pandemic
and
supporting
communities
stricken
by
emergencies,
including
BC,
wild
wildfires
and
BC
floods.
A
Further
afield,
they
contribute
to
International
Security
in
Canadian,
Armed
Forces
operations
in
Central
and
South
America
Asia,
the
middle
east,
Europe
and
other
areas.
Members
of
both
Discovery
and
malahat
join
us
today
in
the
gallery.
These
proud,
British,
Columbians,
past
and
present
have
chosen
to
be
citizen
Sailors
who
serve
full
or
part-time
in
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy,
while
engaging
in
their
civilian
lives
and
careers.