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From YouTube: APRIL 20 2023 Statements Adam Olsen
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
Saanich
North
and
the
islands
yeah.
Thank
you,
Mr
Speaker.
When
the
covid-19
pandemic
began
three
years
ago,
it
drew
the
inequalities
of
our
world
into
the
daylight
disproportionately.
It
was
racialized
workers
who
became
ill
and
died
because
they
were
more
likely
to
work
in
low-paid
jobs
deemed
essential
when
everyone
else
was
told
to
stay
home.
Gender
inequalities
in
the
household
work
and
layoffs
emerged.
It
was
called
a
she
session.
The
gap
between
the
rich
and
the
poor
group
where
gender
and
race
and
disability
intersected
the
impacts
were
all
the
more
complex
and
challenging.
A
A
lot
has
changed
since
the
outset
of
the
pandemic.
In
British
Columbia,
many
of
our
job
losses
have
been
regained,
but
we
all
know
that
jobs
are
not
all
created
equal
and
we
know
that
our
Province
remains
a
deeply
unequitable
place,
while
a
few
individuals
in
corporations
swim
in
Windfall
profits,
many
are
growing
increasingly
desperate
because
of
the
cost
of
living.
The
housing
crisis,
the
toxic
drug
crisis,
the
impact
of
extreme
weather
events.
A
We
celebrate
the
hard-won
battles
of
workers
throughout
history.
Workers
are
why
we
have
a
weekend
why
we
have
a
minimum
wage.
Why
we
have
the
right
to
refuse
unsafe
work,
ers
people
organized
and
fought
for
these
hard
for
these
wins?
These
winds
do
not
absolve
us
from
the
responsibility
we
have
to
address
inequality
and
inequity.
A
We
must
challenge
the
notion
that
a
small
step
towards
pay
Equity
is
good
enough.
We
should
not
sit
idly
by
in
accepting
the
burden,
be
unfairly
carried
for
yet
another
generation.
Today
our
fights
are
for
pay.
Equity
housing
is
a
human
right
and
clean
air
in
the
workplace.
Demanding
the
government
decide
with
people
instead
of
Corporations,
and
even
as
the
banners
in
this
house
change,
it
seem
to
fight
remain
the
same.