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From YouTube: APRIL 20 2023 Statements Jackie Tegart
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
Fraser
Nicola.
Thank
you
honorable
speaker.
When
community
members
come
together
under
a
common
goal
and
purpose,
they
can
achieve
great
things.
That
spirit
is
typical
of
the
people
of
Fraser
Nicola
and
in
this
case
the
city
of
Merit
years
ago,
it
became
apparent
that
local
Health
Care
Facilities
needed
an
expansion
and
upgrade
to
meet
increased
demand
and
to
address
aging
infrastructure
and
Equipment,
recognizing
that
the
ER
at
the
Nicola
Valley
hospital
and
Health
Center
was
designed
to
support
the
community's
needs.
A
Half
a
century
ago,
a
process
got
underway
to
build
a
bigger
and
more
modern
emergency
department,
noting
merit's
location
at
the
intersection
of
four
busy
highways
and
the
need
for
high
quality,
Health
Care
Services,
not
only
for
current
residents,
but
to
attract
future
residents
as
well.
The
people
of
Merit
were
fully
behind
this
plan,
generously
contributing
their
time,
energy
and
funds
to
make
it
happen
through
the
Nicola
Valley
Healthcare
endowment
foundation
and
the
Nicola
Valley
Healthcare
auxiliary
and
boy
did
they
come
through
in
a
big
way
better
than
anyone
expected.
A
They
raised
a
whopping
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
help
make
this
much
needed
facility
a
reality
to
improve
local
health
care
services
and
to
benefit
their
community
at
large.
It
was
an
impressive
feat,
one
that
still
astounds
me
today.
We
often
talk
about
how
rural
people
are
strong
and
resilient,
and
that
is
true,
but
after
all
that
work,
just
imagine
how
frustrated
they
are
to
find
themselves
on
protest
lines
after
10
er
closures
in
less
than
four
months.