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From YouTube: FEB 9 2023 Statements Elenore Sturko
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Foreign
South,
thank
you.
Honorable
speaker,
the
images
and
losses
have
been
devastating.
Nearly
20
000
people
are
now
known
to
have
died
in
the
disastrous
earthquakes
in
southern
turkey
and
Northern
Syria,
a
magnitude,
7
magnitude,
rather
7.8
or
7.8
quake
and
its
powerful
aftershocks
cause
massive
destruction,
flattening
buildings
and
other
infrastructure.
A
Rescuers
are
continuing
their
painstaking
work
to
pull
victims
out
of
the
rubble,
but
hopes
for
their
survival
are
beginning
to
fade.
Our
hearts
go
out
to
the
people
of
turkey
and
Syria
and
to
many
Canadians
and
British
Columbians
who've
lost
loved
ones
or
who
are
waiting
for
word
to
know
if
they're
friends
and
relatives
are
safe,
many
British
Columbians
have
stepped
up
to
help
in
this
dire
time
of
need
and
for
those
who
are
in
a
position
to
donate.
A
The
Canadian
government
is
now
matching
donations
to
the
Red
Cross
Canada's
earthquake
appeal
until
February
22nd
as
well.
The
Turkish
Canadian
Society,
Canadian,
Turkish,
educational
and
cultural
foundation
and
the
UBC
Turkish
Student
Association
have
come
together
in
Vancouver
to
form
a
logistics
Center
for
accepting
and
packing
donations.
A
The
donations
will
be
shipped
out
on
a
scheduled,
Turkish
Airlines
flight.
Every
other
day,
in
an
effort
to
provide
relief
to
those
affected
by
the
disaster
in
the
days
and
months
to
come,
more
generosity
will
be
needed
to
support
those
who've
survived
and
have
been
left
with
nothing
I
know.
All
members
of
this
house
join
me
in
sending
our
deepest
condolences
our
thoughts,
our
best
wishes
and
prayers
to
the
people
of
turkey
and
Syria,
and
to
all
British
Columbians
affected
by
this
horrific
tragedy.
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,.