For Vancouver Kensington, thank you, Mr Speaker every day, we're grateful for the people who make our Province a diverse, strong and resilient place to live today. I want to honor Asian Heritage Month in celebration of the many contributions that communities and people of Asian descent have brought to British. Columbia Asian Canadian cultures in BC include descendants from nearly 50 countries on the continent of Asia, such as the far east, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

This diverse group of people have been living and working in our Province since Chinese workers landed in the new Chad news territories in 1788.

Over the last two centuries, immigrants have journeyed to British Columbia and from all parts of Asia, enriching our province with many languages, religious Traditions, intellectual contributions and entrepreneurial initiatives. Unfortunately, there's also a long history of systemic discrimination that is unfairly targeted, Asian people in BC and people of Asian descent. They faced a rise in racially motivated attacks in recent years.

That's why all of us in this house I know shares the commitment to do our part to make BC a better place for everyone, a place where we acknowledge our historical wrongs, provide Justice to communities and stand in solidarity against all acts of racism and anti-asian racism. In a few short weeks, the Chinese, Canadian, Museum and Vancouver's historic Chinatown will open its doors.

The province has invested close to 50 million, to bring Canada's first Museum dedicated to Chinese Canadian history to realization, and we continue to work closely with the National Association of Japanese Canadians to provide lasting recognition of the traumatic internment of more than 22 000 Japanese Canadians during World War II. By learning more about Asian cultures, traditions and histories, we can build a truly inclusive society and I know.

Everyone here joins me in celebrating Asian Heritage Month, the 27th explore Asian festival brings together over 60 Asian Heritage months, Asian Heritage, Month events and I'd like to close and recognize the interconnected artists, Spotlight Leonor, RS Lim. She says change is the force that motivates me as an artist. A mother and a person. Change requires us to alter comfortable routines, to rethink paradigms to try new ways of doing things. Constant evolution is one of the few undeniable truths in life. Thank you, Mr Speaker.