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From YouTube: MAY 2 2023 Statements Kelli Paddon
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
A
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker.
It
is
a
pleasure
to
rise
to
do
my
favorite
thing,
which
is
to
share
with
you
all
how
fantastic
people
are
in
Chilliwack,
Kent
and
specifically
today.
What
I
want
to
share
is
something
that
happened.
Last
Friday
April
28th
over
30
organizations
were
represented
in
chachton
Hall
in
Chilliwack
Kent
for
the
30th
annual
conversation
on
chilliwack's
children.
This
conference
is
put
on
by
the
Chilliwack
child
and
youth
committee,
and
the
title
this
year
was
together.
We
can
the
theme
was
collaboration.
It
strengths
its
stories,
its
challenges
and
its
opportunities.
A
It
was
an
honor
to
be
in
the
room
with
so
many
skilled,
passionate
and
dedicated
Advocates
and
service
providers
too
many
for
me
to
name
I'm
not
going
to
make
Hansard
do
it
today
and
it
was
also
an
honor
to
serve
as
a
keynote
speaker.
The
day
was
made
up
of
some
incredible
comments
and
some
amazing
activities.
We
started
off
with
a
welcome
from
Chief
Derek
Epp,
followed
by
welcomes
from
Wanda
Smith
director
of
operations
for
mcfd
and
Kate
Healy
executive
director
for
Chilliwack
Community
Services,
who
serve
as
co-chairs
for
Chilliwack,
child
and
Youth.
A
There
was
another
keynote
by
Martha
Dao
from
University
of
the
Fraser
Valley,
the
director
of
Community
Health
and
Social,
Innovation,
Hub
or
chassis.
The
activities
included
every
door
is
the
right
door,
which
was
a
simulation
activities
for
all
of
the
attendants
and
the
community
collaboration
panel
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
volunteers
and
the
whole
team.
All
of
the
sponsors
who
made
this
possible.
It
really
took
so
many
people,
honorable
speaker,
this
created
an
environment
of
collaboration
for
everybody
in
attendance.