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From YouTube: APRIL 20 2023 Statements Karin Kirkpatrick
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
West
Vancouver,
Capilano,
Mr,
Speaker
Earth
Day
marks
the
anniversary
of
the
birth
of
the
modern
environmental
movement
on
April
22nd.
The
world
will
come
together
to
celebrate
our
Earth,
its
Bounty
and
Our
obligation
to
care
for
it.
We
need
to
talk
about
the
toll
of
climate
change
and
the
causes
of
it.
We
need
to
act
for
our
planet
and
for
our
children.
Today,
I'd
like
us
to
think
about
the
joy,
our
Earth
and
nature
brings
us
and
how
we
can
connect
more
closely
with
it.
A
I'm
going
to
start
with
a
poem
by
James,
Jane
yolin
I
am
the
Earth
and
the
Earth.
Is
me
each
blade
of
grass
each
Honey
Tree
each
bit
of
mud
and
stick
and
stone
is
blood
and
muscle,
skin
and
bone,
and
just
as
I
need
every
bit
of
me
to
make
my
body
fit
so
earth
needs
grass
and
stone
and
trees
and
things
that
grow
here.
Naturally,
that's
why
we
celebrate
this
day.
That's
why,
across
the
world
we
say
as
long
as
life
as
dear
as
free
I
am
the
Earth
and
the
Earth
is
me.
A
This
year's
theme
is
invest
in
our
planet.
It's
important
to
have
a
special
day
to
help
us
stop
and
think
about
our
relationship
with
Earth,
but
every
day
should
be
Earth
Day.
So,
although
we
get
together
and
participate
in
many
wonderful
things
like
local
cleanups,
we
plant
trees
in
our
community.
We
need
to
also
think
each
day
of
the
products
that
we
buy
and
the
kilometers
that
we
drive
I
will
end
also
with
the
part
of
a
poem.
It's
actually
a
64-page
poem.